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Jamie LePage (1953-2002)
http://www.spectropop.com/Jamie.htm
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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Phil Spector's Xmas Album
From: Keith Beach
2. Queens
From: Kingsley Abbott
3. New here...
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
4. Re: Bobby Russell
From: Eddy Smit
5. Artie's Song
From: David Feldman
6. Rock Flowers / Now Generation / Bubblegum Babylon
From: Patrick Rands
7. Craig Douglas
From: Tony
8. Re: Bubblegum Babylon
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
9. Go Spectropoppers!
From: Artie Wayne
10. Re: The Archies
From: Stuffed Animal
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:37:18 -0000
From: Keith Beach
Subject: Phil Spector's Xmas Album
Had a call to tell me "Phil Spector's Xmas Album" was
advertised on Breakfast TV this morning (I never watch it
myself...you never have a gun when you need one!). Claims to
be digitally remastered by Phil himself, so it's probably just
a reissue of the one from a couple of years back on Abcko. But
it's nice to have TV advertising eh?
Next year is the 40th anniversary of the album...so Mr Spector,
if you do get to read this, can we have a special reissue with
lots of extras etc.?
Keith Beach
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:19:03 -0000
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Queens
Pekka wrote:
> "JB's letter brings back memories of my trip to NY in August
> when I took the time to go to Cambria Heights, Queens, to
> look at Andrew Jackson High School, which the Shangri-Las
> attended. This was before school started, unfortunately,
> so the place was closed and empty. On my way back to Manhattan
> I stopped at MOMA, which had a fantastic exhibition of five
> vintage and new cars, among them a mint Jaguar E-type. On the
> subway you also pass Shea Stadium of Beatles '65 fame, so
> Queens is well worth a visit!"
I also went to that MOMA exhibition in July...wish I had had a
bit more time to get to Cambria Heights, but I was so into the
touristy things that reference points like that had to take a
back seat...next time.. I went by bus, and chatting to the
driver (is that allowed in NY??) he announced himself to be
half-American, half-Chinese and half-English!! Family from
Stevenage! Maths not a strong point. I was struck, however,
by the way the whole feel and vibe of the area changed once you
were over the Queensboro Bridge into Queens, where MOMA has its
temporary home. It is housed in an old staples factory, and the
surrounding area is SO different to Manhattan. I felt the same
when we walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, but at the end of the
walkway there was a chrome 'n' pink upholstery diner to enjoy.
Very local - even with three policemen getting breakfast in the
corner. It was easy to close your eyes in both locations
and imagine The Shangs or Dion hanging out.
Finger pops still echo...
Kingsley
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:17:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
Subject: New here...
Hello, just wanted to say hi! DJ Jimmy Bee drafted me,
and I bet I know some other folks, too.
Looking forward to learning a lot!
LLT
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"It's just my nature to do weird stuff" - Les Baxter
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:16:14 +0100
From: Eddy Smit
Subject: Re: Bobby Russell
Jeff Lemlich wrote in response to information on Bobby Russell:
> Oh no, not a Bobby Russell question! Someone shut me up
> before I get down on my knees and testify to the majesty of
> Nashville pop!.......
Wow! Thanks a bundle, Jeff. Do you happen to have any
information on the track "Honey"? Apparently it's been around
since 1965 and was actually recorded. But was it released?
Eddy
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:56:45 -0500
From: David Feldman
Subject: Artie's Song
Allan Rinde wrote:
> I've played Artie Wayne's "Where Does A Rock And Roll Singer
> Go" to musica (in mid-quality stereo VBR, for the technically
> minded).
Thanks for uploading this song, which I'd never heard. What a
great addition Artie, Allan, and Toni have been to the list.
Thanks so much for participating.
Dave
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:02:24 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Rock Flowers / Now Generation / Bubblegum Babylon
Yes, Mick is right, I've been the one who brings up the Rock
Flowers the most here - I've had an obsession with them and
the Clingers and have been collecting all things to do with
them for awhile. A couple of things worth noting - someone
just posted some Jeff Barry productions worth checking out
and I'd like point out there is a rare Rock Flowers 45 (info
on it maybe linked in Mick's post hopefully) with I believe 4
songs co-written by Jeff Barry and all of them are excellent -
especially the tune "I Wish I Had a Monkey" - my wife loves
that one too! Also worth noting that our friend Mikey here at
Spectropop knows of some unreleased Rock Flowers tunes which
he has said will be issued someday in the future - maybe he
can tell us if anything has happened with those songs yet -
I'd sure love to hear them!
Jeff mentioned the Now Generation - and Bergen White - now
Bergen White has a fantastic album and some singles I have
on a CDR - really lovely stuff, so I was excited to see him
mentioned in a message regarding the Now Generation. Check out
this link - for more info on the Now Generation (an always
funny look at things here believe me!):
http://franklarosa.com/vinyl/Exhibit.jsp?AlbumID=43
Finally did anyone see Bubblegum Babylon on VH1 over the
weekend? Is this a new show or had it been previously boradcast?
It was a pretty damn fine look at the bubblegum genre. The most
thrilling bit I thought was on the Cowsills, a truly amazing
story worth the telling.
Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:50:53 -0000
From: Tony
Subject: Craig Douglas
Country Paul wrote:
> Interesting to this Yank (from the northeastern US, so the
> term fits) to see a mention of Craig Douglas. I have an early
> 60s 45 of his on London, "Love Her While She's Young". Was
> this a hit? And was he a major artist or actor in the UK?"
Craig Douglas charted in the UK 11 times between 1959 and 1963,
including a #1 with "Only 16", a cover of the Sam Cooke hit ...
Craig's recording being one of the very few times (IMHO) that
the cover surpassed the original.
He also covered "A Teenager In Love", "Pretty Blue Eyes",
"When My Little Girl Is Smiling" and recorded two different
versions of "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" .. Auntie BBC wouldn't
play the original as they didn't care for the lyrics. Some
non-charting covers he made include "Dream Lover", and a
superlative rendition of Larry Hall's "Sandy".
See For Miles issued a CD in 1989 entitled "Only 16" SEE CD 34,
a 20 song compilation of basically his Top Rank/EMI material.
The title Country Paul mentions, "Love Her While She's Young",
appears to be from 63/64, and was a Decca recording.
Excerpt from CD liner notes .. "Oddly enough, the Beatles had
once been Craig's backing group, and it happened at the Liverpool
Empire in October, 1962. 'Little Richard was on tour with Sam
Cooke and I was asked to deputise for Sam Cooke at short notice.
The Beatles agreed to back me and even though they couldn't read
music, they picked up my songs at one rehearsal. They had their
own spot in the show and they stayed on to back me while I closed
the first half. 'Love Me Do' was on the charts and even then they
were a hard act to follow'."
Tony
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:58:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
Subject: Re: Bubblegum Babylon
Patrick wrote:
> Finally did anyone see Bubblegum Babylon on VH1 over the
> weekend? Is this a new show or had it been previously
> broadcast?
Hi, Patrick
I missed that, unfortunately, but yes, it's new.
Anybody know when it'll repeat?
Thanks, LLT
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"It's just my nature to do weird stuff"-Les Baxter
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:54:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Go Spectropoppers!
I had a chance to check out the Spectropop site...I loved it !!!
...But like Disneyworld, you can't see it all in one day. As I was
getting lost, these lyrics came to mind.......
"They rock on computers all day long.......... hoppin' and a-boppin'
to a sixties song. All the cats and chicks rock to the beat......
down on the corner of memory Street. Spectropoppin'....Spectropoppin'
......Go Spectropoppers, somethin's really gonna' pop tonight!!!"
regards, Artie Wayne
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:11:12 +0000
From: Stuffed Animal
Subject: Re: The Archies
Allan Rinde on the Archies:
> Here's what Toni had to say on this - "Although I did oodles of
> sessions with Joey Levine, Ellie Greenwich, Ronnie Dante and Billy
> Carr (aka Jamie Carr), all of us as a unit never sang together as
> the Archies. If we did sing together - at the same time on the same
> session - it would have been strictly as background vocals, possibly
> even for a Jeff Barry production, but not for an Archies session."
Thank you so much. Toni Wine has settled once and for all the question
of whether she and Ellie Greenwich sang together on Archies records.
Stuffed Animal
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