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There are 16 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: 3000 Miles
From: Mikey
2. Re: the adorable Ellie Greenwich
From: Artie Wayne
3. The Actionettes
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
4. Tenuous 45rpm Link For Spector Collectors
From: Tony
5. Death threats for playing the Shaggs
From: Neil Hever
6. Re: 3000 Miles
From: Artie Wayne
7. Spectropop Party In NY
From: John Clemente
8. Jack Nitzsche At Spectropop
From: Martin Roberts
9. re: Ben Raleigh
From: Artie Wayne
10. Re: Name That Tune
From: Bill George
11. Jerry Ganey/The Clouds/MGM Labels
From: Peter Richmond
12. Re: Artie Wayne ("From The Inside")
From: Lindsay
13. Songs by US songwriters for which there is no US original record
From: Mike Edwards
14. Art and Dotty Todd
From: Country Paul
15. Having Fun With Elvis On Stage.... on cd!
From: Neb Rodgers
16. France Gall
From: Tom
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:17:27 -0500
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: 3000 Miles
Artie Wayne:
> Mikey......Very good observations!! I wrote "3000" Miles. Ed Silvers,
> boss at Scepter records publishing....... he played it to Snuff
> Garrett who promised to cut it with Gary Lewis but wound up cutting
> it with Brian Hyland. It was my first time working with Snuff, Brian
> and Leon Russell....I remember playing acoustic guitar.
Hey Artie, thats a really interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Do you remember if Hal Blaine played drums on 3,000 miles?
Mikey
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:52:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: the adorable Ellie Greenwich
Hey Mick......How ya' doin'? "You should've told me" was the only
song I wrote with Ellie Greenwich. Danny Jordan, Ellie and I wrote
it while she was waiting for her fiance Jeff Barry to pick her up
for lunch. As far I know none of us attended the session. Yes....she
was as adorable as everyone says....I haven't seen her in years but
when I see her in my mind I can see her blonde bouffant hair with
that little bow on the side.
regards, Artie Wayne
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:09:50 EST
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
Subject: The Actionettes
How might I audition to become an Actionette? Should I pass the
no-doubt rigorous pre-selection process, would I have to re-locate?
Please advise.
==Jimmy C.==
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:19:47 -0000
From: Tony
Subject: Tenuous 45rpm Link For Spector Collectors
A very tenuous link, but one that is of interest. 'The Trial",
released in 1959 (I believe), is a novelty/break-in song
written by Herb Alpert and Lou Adler. The artists/recordings
used for the break-ins are ..
The Shields, Jan & Dean, The Everlys, Little Anthony, Bobby Day,
The Coasters, Bobby Darin, Jerry Wallace, The Elegants, Domenico
Modugno and The Teddy Bears (To Know Him Is To Love Him).
This record was also released on two different lables, listed
as by two different artists, although it is the same recording,
not a cover. Both records do have different B Sides though,
just to add a smidge more confusion.
Arch Records, #1607 is by Herb B. Lou and the Legal Eagles.
The flip is also a Adler/Alpert composition 'Kiss Me', and
is mainly instrumental but has a male voice, or two, saying
'Kiss Me' every few seconds.
The second record is on Parkway, #801, and is credited to Jerry
Field and the Lawyers .. writer credit remains 'Adler-Alpert'.
The reverse of this is a straight instrumental, Easy Steppin',
written by Jon Sheldon - Harry Land. Possibly the name change
was to allow release on a larger lable, Parkway, whilst under
contract to Arch .. but then why change the B side?
Anyway, I'm posting this info as I think the Teddy Bears
inclusion may be relevant to a few.
Tony
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:21:13 -0000
From: Neil Hever
Subject: Death threats for playing the Shaggs
Spectros, In my years as a college Deejay at WMUH in Allentown
I received death threats on the phone for playing Black Flag,
JFA, Hüsker Du (Land Speed Record) and THE SHAGGS! Destruction
of our broadcast antenna was also threatened at times but nothing
ever happened. Talk about music with impact! What separates
The Shaggs from folks who try to create bad music purposely is
their sense of earnestness. It is the kind of spark frequently
lost on more accomplished musicians.
Cheers,
Neil Hever
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 07:52:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: 3000 Miles
Mikey:
> Hey Artie...do you remember if Hal Blaine played drums on
> (Brian Hyland's) 3,000 Miles?
Mikey......The session was done at Mercury Records....studio B,
in NYC....they used a NY studio drummer but I don't remember who.
regards,
Artie Wayne
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:38:00 -0500
From: John Clemente
Subject: Spectropop Party In NY
Hello All,
A Spectropop party in NYC sounds great. Finally, I may be able
to make one of these events, thanks to Sheila. By the way, Sheila,
are you planning to put out another issue of Cha-Cha Charming?
Please let us know.
Regards,
John Clemente
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:18:25 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche At Spectropop
Update news: To satisfy a few requests, Record Of The Week is the
Paris Sisters "My Good Friend" (Reprise 0511 B). Follow the link
to read the review while you listen to the track. Both are great.
The new radio jingle is the now familiar KHJ call-sign played
jazz style.
Thanks to Ian & Eric the complete Crawdaddy article is now in
'Writings On', plus a P.S. from Denny Bruce on both the Hitweek
and Crawdaddy interviews.
Enjoy,
Martin
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 08:21:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: re: Ben Raleigh
Mick....My friend and longtime collaborator,Ben Raleigh was
in his mid-forties when I started writing with him in 1961.
He wrote the lyrics for "Laughing on the outside,crying on the
inside","Wonderful,Wonderful", "She's a fool", "Tell Laura I Love
Her", "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing", Deadend Street" and "Midnight Mary"
He liked to work with young composers...who could write the music
of the times for his timeless lyrics....Jeff Barry...Mark Barkan
....David Lindley and myself.
I saw him a few weeks before he passed away in' 97.....we talked
about old times.I asked himwhich one of his songs made the most
money? He laughed and said....."Scooby-Doo..Where are you?"
[which he wrote in 20 minutes!]
You never know.....You just never know.
regards,
Artie Wayne
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:33:22 EST
From: Bill George
Subject: Re: Name That Tune
> Actually that's impossible. All notes are relative, to most
> of us humans without perfect pitch. No specific note is any
> different than another note except in it's relationship to
> another.
>Call it a lucky guess, then? Aw, you caught me in a moment
>of self-amusing hyperbole. But I definitely do recall a
>small handful of very impressive stabs at naming that tune
>in two notes.
I recall that the contestants got a few clues before having
to guess the tune, so it sometimes enabled them to "name the
tune" in one note. Or even no notes. They simply knew the song
from the clues.
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:13:23 -0000
From: Peter Richmond
Subject: Jerry Ganey/The Clouds/MGM Labels
Mick Patrick:
> Am I to assume, Peter, me old mate, that you have an MGM
> reference book? One of Michel Ruppli's wonderful tomes,
> perhaps? If so, maybe you could look up the line-ups for
> some other MGM girl groups, as a treat for the obsessives
> amongst us? Here's just a few from the top of my head:
Yes I do have "The MGM Labels Vol 2" book, I know the virtues of
buying such an expensive book have been debated here previously
but I have to say the book has been worth every penny of the 100
pounds it cost. The information contained is staggering and what
I find so amazing is the amount of unissued tracks that were
recorded and must be still in the vaults at MGM.
I did look at "The Mercury Labels" book by the same author (Michel
Ruppli) last year while at the National Sound Archive at the British
Library and found an unissued Paramours (Bill Medley group pre-
Righteous Brothers) track from 1961.
Any Spectropop members who would like any information from the
MGM book, please feel free to contact me offlist.
The line ups of the 4 groups you mentioned are not listed
unfortunately,but the information it does list is below;
>Jackie Burns & The Bo-Bells
MGM K13182
63-XY-739 He's My Guy
(purchased title MGM # assigned in NYC, Oct 14 1963)
63-XY-792 I Do The Best I Can
(purchased title)
>The Paper Dolls
MGM 13766
NYC, March 31, 1967
102688 You're The Boy I'm Gonna Marry (arr Bob Stone)
10289 Cause I Love You
>The Whispering Winds
MGM K13373
65-XY-496 First Hundred Years
65-XY-499 My Baby
>The Models
MGM 13775
Arr by Larry Fallon
Mayfair Recording Studios, NYC June 28 1967
102766 Bend Me Shape Me
102767 In A World Of Pretty Faces
>However, I did read recently that Jerry Ganey, of the Bill
>Medley-produced "Just A Fool" fame, was previously a member
>of the Clouds. But I bet you knew that already! :-)
I had always thought that Jerry Ganey was the featured vocalist
on the Clouds records but have never been able to confirm this.
In fact I have been unable to find any information on Jerry Ganey,
which is surprising as he has two massive Northern Soul anthems in
"Just A Fool" and "You Don't Love Me".
Where did you read this Mick?
I do have another Jerry Ganey single, produced and arranged by Dennis
(Woody) Woodrich who might sound familiar to Spectropopers, he was the
arranger of the Medley produced tracks on the "You've Lost That Lovin
Feelin" album.
Jerry Ganey & The Break Of Dawn
Bi Truckin 12345
Just For Us
Like I Have Never Loved Before
I would be interested to know if any Spectropopers have any info
on Jerry Ganey or Chris Morgan, another singer that Bill Medley
produced a couple of singles for in the late 60's. I haven't been
able to confirm that the Chris Morgan & The Togas that recorded 2
singles on Challenge in the mid 60's, is the same Chris Morgan.
Peter Richmond.
Righteous Brothers Discography
http://freespace.virgin.net/p.richmond/
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:38:45 -0000
From: Lindsay
Subject: Re: Artie Wayne ("From The Inside")
Artie Wayne, Artie Wayne...
At last I've remembered why that name was familiar!
Artie, you wrote a wonderful song called "From The Inside",
which was a Top 10 hit here in Australia in 1975 by Marcia Hines.
(It was recorded in Sydney, produced by Robie G. Porter, whom old
Aussies like me still think of as Rob E. G., chart-topping
guitarist.)
I've always loved this song, and I still have the 45.
There's just one thing has always driven me nuts: there's a key
line I've never been able to make out on this recording:
"Go on girl, you can do it,
It's only life, there's nothing to it.
It's ????????????????????????????????"
My best guess is
"It's just tough seeing through it from the inside",
How close am I?
Cheers,
Lindsay
in Oz
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 21:30:18 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Songs by US songwriters for which there is no US original record
A few weeks' ago, Mick Patrick asked:
> Who recorded the original versions of their (Goffin/King)
> compositions "What You Got" and "So This Is How It Feels"?
> I am aware of the British versions by the Eccentrics and
> the Countrymen, respectively. Surely previous American
> renditions exist.
I wonder if these songs belong to a very rare genre, namely
"songs by US songwriters for which there is no US original".
Artie Wayne has just told us that "Queen For Tonight" was
commissioned directly for Helen Shapiro. I had always thought
that Goffin/King shipped "Show Me Girl" directly to Herman's
Hermits as a reward for their good works on G/K's "I'm Into
Something Good". Same goes for Tony Jackson's "Stage Door",
although this time they felt sorry for him as "Love Potion #9"
was a big US hit after he left the Searchers. It may come as a
surprise to Spectropoppers but there was likewise no original
US version of the Dennis Lambert co-penned, "Do The Freddie".
In this case, not only the song, but the whole backing track
was shipped to the most maligned group in other people's sleeve
notes, Freddie & The Dreamers. So, let's start a list of "songs
by US songwriters for which there is no US original". We have
seven to start us off:
Eccentrics/What You Got
Countrymen/So This Is How It Feels
Helen Shapiro/Queen For Tonight
Hermans' Hermits/Show Me Girl
Tony Jackson/Stage Door
Freddie & The Dreamers/Do The Freddie
Anita Harris/London Life (but then, Bacharach-David are a little
different aren't they?)
Mike Edwards
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:27:50 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Art and Dotty Todd
While searching for info on Art and Dotty Todd, I tripped
across a note on the Exotica list about an LP by "Lounge
performers Art and Dotty Todd, 'Chanson d'amour,'...on
Beverly Hills records with orchestral backing by exotica god
Don Ralke and the Tokyo symphony orchestra. Great stuff."
Are these the Era and Dart tracks, or is there more out there?
If not, are they available on LP or CD? Is this any good? Is it
similar to the sounds they're known for?
Incidentally, http://www.recordmaster.com shows no listings of
any LPs or CDs, and Google only paid off with the note above.
However, with so many singles on so many labels (Era, Dart, RCA,
Diamond, Signet, Decca [not on their list, but I have one], even
Abbott), it's hard to believe they were never collected on CD.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Country Paul
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:17:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Neb Rodgers
Subject: Having Fun With Elvis On Stage.... on cd!
Here's a reissue of one of my favorite Elvis albums ever.
There's almost no actual songs on here, just the King's
in-between patter while he's onstage. I personally think
he missed his calling as a stand-up comedian!
-Neb
Title: Having Fun With Elvis V.01
Artist: Presley, Elvis
The original!
IMPORT
$29.95
Catalog #: WWHFE0001x
Collectors' Choice Music
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=HFE00012
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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:46:33 -0000
From: Tom
Subject: France Gall
Hi again,
Does anyone know where it would be possible to attain video
clips of France Gall from the '60s or '70s? I love that
French girlpop by the likes of France Gall, Francoise Hardy
and Claudine Longet. Very hard to find videoclips of them
though. Thanks in advance,
Tom
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