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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Party, Party, PARTY!
From: Spectropop
2. Re: Dodie, Mel & Caroline Too
From: Martin Roberts
3. Re: Queens
From: Phil Milstein
4. Wayne, Wine & Song(s)
From: Bob Rashkow
5. Re: Lee Hazlewood on Jamie
From: Frank Lipsius
6. Banana Splits and Beagles
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
7. VH1
From: Steve Harvey
8. Shirley
From: Phil Milstein
9. Re: Craig Douglas
From: jennyluvver
10. Shangri-Las CDs
From: Doc Rock
11. Re: Les Baxter
From: Allen Roberds
12. Re: Jeff Barry, Bobby Russell, Artie Wayne, Toni Wine, etc
From: Country Paul
13. Re: Shirley
From: Ian Chapman
14. Re: Francoise, Mel & Caroline Too
From: David Bell
15. Bobby Russell / Craig Douglas
From: Norman
16. 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero
From: Dan Hughes
17. Craig Douglas
From: Ian Chapman
18. Re: Banana Splits and Beagles
From: Astroboy
19. Re: Les Baxter
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
20. Michael Stewart
From: Bill George
21. Lisa Hartman/Jeff Barry
From: Bill George
22. Re: Craig Douglas
From: Phil Chapman
23. Bo Diddley launches new website
From: David Blakey
24. Gary Criss on musica
From: Mike Edwards
25. RE: Shirley label listing
From: Mike Edwards
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:30:56 -0000
From: Spectropop
Subject: Party, Party, PARTY!
Dear Members,
The Spectropop Team had such a good time at the last party
that we have decided to dip our hands into our pockets and
kick off the New Year in style. Hey, that's just the kind
of people we are!
The event will take place at the same venue in West London
on Saturday January 4th. All members and their partners are
invited to attend. Entrance will be free of charge. All you
need to do to get your name on the official guest list is
reply to party@spectropop.com - So do it now!
Further details to follow. Watch this space!
Click below to see pictures of the last party:
http://www.spectropop.com/party/
See you all there in January hopefully.
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:50:38 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: Dodie, Mel & Caroline Too
Thanks Mike for playing Dodie Stevens' "I Cried", terrific arrangement,
and Mel Carter's "Tar And Cement", very good. Although as far as the
'Battle Of The Bands' goes; close but just not close enough. Caroline
Munro gets the gold!
Martin
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:28:30 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Queens
Kingsley Abbott wrote:
> temporary home. It is housed in an old staples factory,
> and the surrounding area is SO different to Manhattan.
Queens, along with Staten Island, are the two NYC boroughs
(of five in all) that are more suburban than urban. Most
Americans' knowledge of it comes from All In The Family, the
'70s sitcom that remains one of the most famous and
successful TV shows in U.S. history. The show's setting
there was largely incidental to its content, but the intro
shot included an aerial sweep over the neighborhood, which
gave a pretty good sense of its style of housing stock
(although entirely overlooking its stock of sub-&-pizza
joints). The show, by the way, was based on the British show
Til Death Do Us Part.
> corner. It was easy to close your eyes in both locations
> and imagine The Shangs or Dion hanging out.
You'd have to do much more imagining to conjure up Dion, as he
came from the Bronx -- near Belmont Ave. hence the group name.
--Phil M.
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:18:11 -0500
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Wayne, Wine & Song(s)
Nice Rockin' Robin update by our wonderful Artie Wayne!
Did Roger Miller really record Bobby Russell's "Little Green Apples"
(much less successfully) in 1966, 02 years before O.C. Smith's hit?
Spotted it Bubblin' under the Hot 100.
Simon:
>...later done by Jay & The Techniques as "Number Onederful"...
Am I missing something here--didn't Jay Proctor and his group break up
in late '69 or early '70? Were they possibly still recording in 1972
when the Rock Flowers charted--unless they followed "Silver Lining"'s
version?
Allan Rinde, welcome. Columbia had Ronnie Dyson when you were there (I
think!) and what a great talent you had with him as well as the then
relatively unknown Billy Joel. Toni Wine's work, particularly with
Carole Bayer and Neil Sedaka, is just fantastic, all through the 6Ts.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a great documentary with great
footage and interviews. If there are still Spectropoppers who haven't
seen it, let me add my high recommendation. Especially a treat...Bootsy
Collins, Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert et al doing their utmost best to
recreate a few of the original songs with those Funk Brothers still
living. The legend lives on at 2648 Grand Boulevard!
Bobster
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:22:07 -0500
From: Frank Lipsius
Subject: Re: Lee Hazlewood on Jamie
Country Paul:
> The Lee Hazlewood Ace Records promotional article was also
> a treat. The book-length version must be a true treasure...
> Are there any CD collections of Hazlewood's production work
> at Jamie and elsewhere aside from Duane Eddy - like Sanford
> Clark (particular the Jamie tracks), Connie Conway, etc.?
Yes there is. The CD, The Twang Gang, Jamie 4017, was conceived
as a tribute to Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood's collaborators and
fellow musicians in Phoenix. John Dixon's excellent liner notes
recreate the time when Phoenix, ever so briefly, seemed to catch
the fair wind of rock 'n roll inspiration and ride it to prolific
output and a fair amount of success. Besides Lee Hazlewood's two
Jamie sides, "Girl on Death Row" and "Words Mean Nothing," the CD
includes Hazlewood's first single, using the pseudonym Mark
Robinson, which was a Cash Box pick at the time.
BTW, the cover photo on the CD of Duane Eddy was meant to be on
the sleeve of the single "Girl on Death Row" but was never used
and the black-and-white side of the tray card notes which tracks
Duane Eddy plays on. Remixed in stereo by Tom Moulton, the CD's
available in record stores and from Jamie/Guyden's website:
http://www.jamguy.com
Thanks for asking, Paul.
Frank Lipsius
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:30:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
Subject: Banana Splits and Beagles
Stuffed Animal wrote:
> 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.
Speaking of the Archies, does anybody know the personnel of either
the Banana Splits or The Beagles, the latter of which had some
exceptionally good pop songs!
LLT
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:03:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: VH1
You can go to the VH1 website and find out there when
shows are repeated. All sorts of schedules and search
devices to find out when shows are rebroadcast.
http://www.vh1.com/shows/schedule/
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:32:35 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Shirley
A friend just sent me a dub of a brilliant record, a
hardcore scuzzbucket urban blues titled "Tin Pan Alley" by
Ray Agee. He listed it as being from 1962, on Shirley 111.
My questions are:
* Is this Spector's Shirley label? (The date and catalogue
number lead me to presume it is.)
* If so, was Spector's role beyond that of merely releasing
it on his label?
* Is there a Shirley discography online somewhere?
--Phil M.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:28:53 -0000
From: jennyluvver
Subject: Re: Craig Douglas
Craig Douglas had quite a few hits on the UK charts in the early '60s,
most of them cover versions of American hits such as "Pretty Blue Eyes",
"Only Sixteen", "When My Little Girl is Smiling", "a Teenager in Love"
and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay". He had a few originals like "The Heart
of a Teenage Girl" as well. I've never heard of "Love Her While She's
Young", though.
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:50:38 -0500
From: Doc Rock
Subject: Shangri-Las CDs
Here is a 1996 review of mine from Discoveries magazine. I thought about
revising it with the new information, but decided to leave it alone.
THE SHANGRI-LAS The Best of the Shangri-Las Mercury 314 512 371-2
July 28, 1996, Marge Ganser died of breast cancer at age 48. Full name
Marguerite Ganser Dorste, Marge was one of the dark-haired backup singers
in the Shangri-Las. Her twin sister, Maryann, died of an illness in 1971.
Although Marge was a backup singer, in concert the girls would trade off
leads for variety.
The day I got word of Marge's passing, I received this CD in the mail.
That afternoon, I listened to the Shangs music with a perspective I'd
never had before.
With sisters Mary and Liz Weiss, the Shangri-Las formed at Andrew Jackson
High School in Queens, and their career started with a few forgotten
singles on the Smash and Spokane labels. But when George "Shadow" Morton
hired them as demo singers for his new/first composition, "Remember
(Walkin' In the Sand)," their lives changed forever.
Five minutes were cut from that demo for the single release on the Red
Bird record label. The demo must be either lost or terrible, as it has
never surfaced. But on this CD, 25 cuts, practically everything they
recorded for Red Bird (I counted four missing songs), are presented in
crystal-clear sound.
"Leader of the Pack" is cut two, and Mercury wisely chose to use the mono
45 mix. The stereo mix invariably skips the first line of the second
verse, "One day my Dad said find someone new." I've always wondered if
someone back in the '60s censored that line to make the Shangs less
controversial, or if there was just a glitch in the stereo tape that had
to be edited out.
Seems unlikely that they were censored. With "Remember" portraying a
near-suicidal anguish; "Past, Present and Future" being about rape; and
death featured as the topic of "Leader," "Give Us Your Blessings,"and
"Dressed In Black," censorship of such a tame line begs credulity. Too
bad the one line hasn't been restored from the mono tape. Or maybe they
tried it, and it was too jarring?
Besides Shadow, arranger Artie Butler and writers Ellie Greenwich and
Jeff Barry are the ones to be held accountable for most of the
Shangri-Las two-minute-tragedies. Liz was the original lead of the
foursome, but the gang at Red Bird immediately replaced her with sister
Mary, whose voice was not as "good," but it was perfect for rock and
roll. After that, Liz appeared with the group sometimes, and other times
they appeared as a trio.
Don Charles wrote the insightful and informative liner notes for this
album, and his first paragraph sums up the Shangri-Las situation in a
nutshell. After several sentences of black humor describing their musical
vignettes, including death, dismemberment, and finally elopement he ends
with, "That is, if you live long enough to repeat your marriage vows." If
these songs had been released a few years earlier, instead of in 1964,
they would all have been banned!
Truth be told, it was never the doom and gloom lyrics that were the
attraction for me, but the sound of the Shangri-Las music that was the
attraction. They instrumental arrangements were superb, and they had some
of the best girl groups harmonies ever waxed. I for never discriminated
between the tragedy tunes and the lighter songs, like "Sophisticated Boom
Boom," "What Is Love," "Long Live Our Love," "Maybe," and the fun "Give
Him A Great Big Kiss," with the thrown kiss a la Dinah Shore. It was the
sound that I tuned in for. This is what CDs were made for.
Like "Leader," "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" is featured here in mono. The
rare stereo version has a drum introduction instead of the "When I say
I'm in love, you best believe I'm in love, L-U-V!" intro. In another
difference, the stereo version ends with "The butcher, the baker, the
candlestick maker" instead of "How does he dance? Close, very very
close." The stereo version would have made a nice bonus track on this CD.
When Red Bird shut down in 1966, The Shangri-Las moved to Mercury
records. But their time had passed, and although their Mercury recordings
showed promise, the times they were a-changin' and the new material
didn't catch on. The CD ends with four of the fine Mercury recordings.
A few years ago, a set of bogus touring Shangri-Las were caught in the
act, then were given legal permission to appear as the Shangs. One thing
for sure -- if you want to hear the originals, from July 28th on, it'll
have to be on recordings like this one.
Doc
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:46:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Allen Roberds
Subject: Re: Les Baxter
Lounge Laura Taylor wrote:
> 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!
I remember Les Baxter. Murray McLeod and I wrote a song for him for a
group he was producing back in the 60s.
Smokey Roberds
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:18:24 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Re: Jeff Barry, Bobby Russell, Artie Wayne, Toni Wine, etc
Stuffed Animal:
> Amassing a comprehensive collection of Jeff Barry productions isn't
> hard to do if you go the route of vinyl LPs....
How can you leave out The Raindrops "What A Guy" and the still-astounding
"The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget" and Berry's Marvin Gaye-styled turn on
Red Bird, "I'll Still Love You"? To my ears, no Jeff Barry collection would
be complete without those. My question to the experts - are there any more
sides like the Red Bird track out there somewhere?
And a big "amen" on Bobby Bloom, especially the underappreciated gems
"Montego Bay" and "We're All Going Home." I also cast a couple of votes for
the even-more-underappreciated Hank Shifter's Steed 45's, "Saturday
Noontime" and to a lesser degree "Mary on the Beach."
Artie Wayne, I've only heard Joey Powers' "Midnight Mary" single, but would
love to hear the album. Also, I had asked Al Gorgoni about a group on
Jubilee called The Front Porch, which he worked with but didn't remember any
details. Were you involved in anyway? I'm particularly interested in their
first 45 (all 3 I know of on Jubilee), "Song for St. Agnes"/"Shake Rattle &
Roll." Also, was there an album that included these? (I'm very glad you've
joined the group - it's great to have another first-person source, and I
hope you don't mind being bombarded with questions!)
And to Allan Rinde for Toni Wine: I have Toni's "Sisters of Sorrow" on
Colpix. Am I really hearing it right as a song about bigamy?!? Great refrain
on this record!
Eddy Smit:
> Does anybody have any information on Bobby Russell, mainly known as
> composer of the Bobby Goldsboro hit "Honey"?...
I can't top Jeff Lemlich's Bobby Russell info (how'd you know all that
stuff?!?), but to add some mainstream info from an article by Sandra Brennan
is from the All Music Guide:
"Although Bobby Russell had a successful recording career, he is best
remembered as the songwriter who penned the 1960s hits "Honey" and "Little
Green Apples." Born and raised in Nashville, Russell first attracted notice
with "The Joker Went Wild," which provided Brian Hyland with a Top 20 pop
hit. Two years later, he penned "Little Green Apples" for Roger Miller,
which became a Top Ten country hit and crossed over to the pop Top 40. Later
in 1968, Bobby Goldsboro earned a number one hit and a gold record for his
rendition of "Honey"; O.C. Smith also recorded "Little Green Apples," and
had a number three hit....He died of coronary disease in 1992, and two years
later was posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of
Fame."
"Little Green Apples" was a nominee for the Country Music Association's 1968
song of the year; it won that title in the Grammies. "Honey" won it in the
CMA. "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero," on Elf Records, was a sorta wimpy ode
to the suburban dad who's a hero to his kids. There was some phenomenal
Nashville pop - just not this song to my ears!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Country Paul
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:42:32 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Re: Shirley
Phil Milstein wrote:
> A friend just sent me a dub of a brilliant record, a
> hardcore scuzzbucket urban blues titled "Tin Pan Alley" by
> Ray Agee. He listed it as being from 1962, on Shirley 111.
> Is this Spector's Shirley label? (The date and catalogue
> number lead me to presume it is.)
We're talking two different Shirley labels here, Phil. The
Spector label (Shirley 500) was strictly a one-off, with the
Treasures' "Hold Me Tight" appearing in '64. The excellent
Fitzpatrick/Fogerty book "Collecting Phil Spector" says it was
only issued in demo form.
The Shirley label with the Ray Agee release ran from 1960
to 1963 with a total of 12 releases, the first being a duet
by Doc Bagby and Doris Payne (who we all know and love as
Doris Troy). Mostly R&B, other artists on the label included
Jesse James, Allen Baldwin & the Uniques, and Earl "Good
Rockin'" Brown
Ian
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:28:53 EST
From: David Bell
Subject: Re: Francoise, Mel & Caroline Too
Martin wrote:
> ...Mel Carter's "Tar And Cement", very good. Although as
> far as the 'Battle Of The Bands' goes; close but just not
> close enough. Caroline Munro gets the gold!
I agree with that. Caroline gets my vote too in the Battle
of the Bands. However, neither version is a patch on the
Francoise Hardy version "La Maison Ou J'Ai Grandi".
Wonderful, wonderful recording.
David.
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:15:02 +1030
From: Norman
Subject: Bobby Russell / Craig Douglas
Following up on Bobby Russell's "Honey":
Wasn't his first wife called Honey?
Craig Douglas: Interesting to note that Craig Douglas went
to #9 on the Adelaide (South Australia) charts with "Time"
in November 1961. But that was it, no more was heard from him.
I prefer Jimmy Justice's version of "When My Little Girl Is
Smiling" to Craig Douglas'. But then again being a Drifters
fan I prefer their version overall. I wonder how Tony Orlando
would have sounded doing that song?
Norman
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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:28:23 -0600
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero
Country Paul sez:
> "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero," on Elf Records, was a
> sorta wimpy ode to the suburban dad who's a hero to his kids.
> There was some phenomenal Nashville pop - just not this song
> to my ears!
You call it wimpy--I call it warm.
I like to think of myself as that guy.
---Dan
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:09:53 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Craig Douglas
"Our Favourite Melodies" has always been my er, favourite
Craig Douglas record - a #9 UK for him in '62. Apart from being
a good early Brill-type song (think Steve Lawrence's "Footsteps")
it also mentions other hits of the day in the lyrics: "..they're
playing 'Hit The Road Jack' …..they're playing 'Run To Him', my
baby…...." I love this kind of stuff. However, I believe the
U.S. original was done by Gary Criss on Diamond. I've always
wanted to find/hear this. I wonder if any kind Spectropop soul
out there who has it could maybe play to musica?
Let me also mention that in '65 Craig did a nice version of the
Gene Pitney song "Across The Street" – some of you may know it
by Ray Peterson, Eddie Hodges or (in the U.K.) the She Trinity.
Craig's version is played to musica for anyone interested.
Ian
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Message: 18
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:21:19 -0500
From: Astroboy
Subject: Re: Banana Splits and Beagles
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
> Speaking of the Archies, does anybody know the personnel of
> either the Banana Splits or The Beagles, the latter of which
> had some exceptionally good pop songs!
Didn't Barry White pen at least one of the Banana Splits tunes?
The Beagles: apparently the original masters for this
program are lost, which is why the show has been mia since their
network airings in the 60s (I know I've never seen copies in
circulation). The negatives were in the possession of an editor
who died before returning them to the production studio, TTV Prods,
and his widow unknowingly threw them out. Here's a website which
gives the details, plus it has a rare clip from a b&w kinescope of
an original telecast.
http://www.toontracker.com/beagles/beagles.htm
Astroboy (who's new to spectropop list)
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:40:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Lounge Laura Taylor
Subject: Re: Les Baxter
Allen Roberds wrote:
> I remember Les Baxter. Murray McLeod and I wrote a song
> for him for a group he was producing back in the 60s.
Hmmmmm-----do tell!?!
LLT
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:17:27 EST
From: Bill George
Subject: Michael Stewart
Michael Stewart also produced Jackie DeShannon's 1975 LP
"New Arrangement" which is arguably her strongest work. That
album included her original version of "Bette Davis Eyes."
She now complains about the production on that project, but
in interviews given at the time of its release she was very
enthusiastic about it.
-Bill
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:17:00 EST
From: Bill George
Subject: Lisa Hartman/Jeff Barry
The TV Land cable channel is currently re-running the 70's series "Tabitha"
starring a very young Lisa Hartman. I noticed that she sings the theme song
at the beginning, which was written by Jeff Barry. The end reprise of the
theme also features a male voice singing with her. Could this be Jeff Barry?
I've never heard his singing.
That also reminded me of the recent thread about their work together. I've
finally been successful in playing to musica, so now you can hear a song from
her first album, produced by Jeff Barry. It was released in 1976. The track
was co-written by Jeff Barry, Lisa Hartman, Dene Hofheinz and (?). Enjoy!
Bill
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:07:04 -0000
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Re: Craig Douglas
Ian Chapman wrote:
> "Our Favourite Melodies" has always been my er, favourite
> Craig Douglas record - a #9 UK for him in '62.... However,
> I believe the U.S. original was done by Gary Criss on Diamond.
> I've always wanted to find/hear this. I wonder if any kind
> Spectropop soul out there who has it could maybe play to musica?
Sure, it also had a UK release in 1962 on Stateside.
Phil
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:26:30 -0000
From: David Blakey
Subject: Bo Diddley launches new website
Bo Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock & roll and the
popularizer of the world-famous "Bo Diddley beat", has announced
that he will be launching his new website this coming Thanksgiving.
(He made his first ever TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show at
Thanksgiving, 1955). The website, named with typical idiosyncracy,
"Bo Bo Diddley's Turnup Root", is at http://www.turnup-root.com/
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Message: 24
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:16:37 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Gary Criss on musica
Ian Chapman writes re: "Our Favorite Melodies":
> I believe the U.S. original was done by Gary Criss on Diamond.
> I've always wanted to find/hear this. I wonder if any kind
> Spectropop soul out there who has it could maybe play to musica?
It's up there now, Ian and it is a tough 45 to find. I eventually
purchased a copy from someone in Keswick, UK. It is an absolute gem –
such a perfectly constructed pop record. Gary's b-side, "Welcome Home
To My Heart" is a little more bluesier but also a very fine pop song
and I know of one cover by Sacha Distel in French. This is also a
very strong record on the Belgian popcorn scene.
I have been meaning to mention Gary Criss for some time. I believe he
was the guy who showed up on Salsoul Records in the late 70s
with "Rio De Janeiro". If he was, that's quite a stretch. I would
welcome any info on Gary from Spectropop members.
In the meantime, Ian, how about sending Ginny Arnell's "Tell Me What
He Said" to musica. That's a song I would like to hear. Thanks.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:41:14 -0500
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: RE: Shirley label listing
Phil Milstein asks:
"Is there a Shirley discography online somewhere?"
There sure is, Phil. Go to International Discographies
http://www.recordmaster.com under the Concise Reference Guide
tab in Spectropop. My search for "Shirley" under labels and 7"
format brought up 20 titles including "Tin Pan Alley" and the
Treaures' "Hold Me Tight".
Spectropop really is a full service website!
Mike Edwards
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