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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Party, Party, PARTY!
From: Spectropop
2. Re: Toni Wine & Helen Miller
From: Mick Patrick
3. [Return of the] Saturday Morning Playlist
From: Simon White
4. Re: Al Nevins / P-Nut Gallery
From: Ron Sauer
5. Re: P-Nut Gallery/Flying Giraffe
From: Patrick Rands
6. Re: The Dickens
From: Tymespan
7. Re: the Parade
From: James Botticelli
8. Re: Artie Wayne's Christmas Tree
From: Artie Wayne
9. Re: P-Nut Gallery
From: Andrew Jones
10. Re: the Ramones
From: Mick Patrick
11. Re: P-Nut Gallery / Flying Giraffe / the Dickens / Artie Wayne's Christmas Tree
From: Phil Milstein
12. Strawberry Jam / Jamme
From: Mike Dugo
13. Re: Artie Wayne at Scepter
From: Mikey
14. Re: the Pearls & Bell Records
From: Keith Moore
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 10:20:35 -0000
From: Spectropop
Subject: Party, Party, PARTY!
Dear Members,
A reminder:
The Spectropop Team had such a good time at our last party
that we have decided to dip our hands into our pockets and
kick off the New Year in style with another bash. Hey, that's
just the kind of people we are!
The event will take place 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 and receive more detailed
information is reply to: party@spectropop.com So do it now!
Click here to see pictures of the last party:
http://www.spectropop.com/party/
And follow the links below to read the most recent features
at Spectropop:
"Butterfly: Ripples, Volume 8" by Mark Frumento:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index.htm#Ripples8
The Ramones & Phil Spector by Martin Roberts:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index.htm#ramones
Kenni Woods/Kendra Spotswood/Sandi Sheldon by Mick Patrick:
http://www.spectropop.com/SandiSheldon/index.htm
Nick DeCaro: Big In Japan by Bill Reed:
http://www.spectropop.com/NickDeCaro/index.htm
Baby Jane & the Rockabyes by John Clemente:
http://www.spectropop.com/BabyJane/index.htm
Jack Nitzsche At Spectropop, updated hourly :-) by Martin
Roberts:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Enjoy,
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 10:16:45 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Toni Wine & Helen Miller
From Toni via Allan:
> Not much to add here. This (Gene Pitney's "It Hurts To Be In
> Love") is certainly one of Toni's most recognized background
> contributions and one of her favorites. As she recalls, she
> went into the studio to do it with Helen Miller. She's almost
> positive that Howie Greenfield wasn't there. Gene came by and
> hung out...
It seems to me that Helen Miller is one of the most woefully
under-appreciated figures of the 1960s Brill Building scene. In
addition to being a hit songwriter, she was also a rather good
producer. I consider myself a bit of a buff on the subject but,
for example, I don't recall ever even having seen a picture of
her.
Here's an old message of mine from April:
> Well done to EMI Music's Alan Warner for chipping in with some
> well-deserved praise for songwriter HELEN MILLER. I've often
> wondered why she has never gotten her just attention. Back in
> November I attended a cinema screening of the documentary Hit
> Makers: The Teens Who Stole Pop Music. The director Morgan
> Neville held a question & answer session after the film.
> Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, I was not one of those
> waving their arms in the air to grill the man. But I was
> itching to ask him, amongst other things, if he had come across
> Helen Miller during his research. Her name wasn't even
> mentioned in the film. I was also keen to learn if any
> songwriters had been left out of the film because they were not
> Jewish. Political correctness prevented me from asking that
> question. (But not from mentioning it here!) Off the top of my
> head, here's a short list of songs I love, each and every one a
> Helen Miller composition:
> It Hurts To Be In Love - Gene Pitney
> All Of My Life - Lesley Gore
> The Doo Lang - Andrea Carroll
> Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles
> Get Rid Of Him - Dionne Warwick
> They're Dancing Now - Patty Michaels
> A Girl In Love Forgives - Bernadette Castro
> His Lips Get In The Way - The Shirelles
> Make Me Your Baby - Barbara Lewis
Allan, as a former colleague of hers, can Toni share her memories
of Helen Miller with us please. Did Helen, perhaps, have foes in
the business? Or was she just a retiring personality? Maybe she
just retired? Thanks.
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 11:05:50 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: [Return of the] Saturday Morning Playlist
After some enquiries.....it's the [Return of the]
Saturday Morning Playlist:
GLAD ALL OVER - LEON YOUNG STRINGS
OVER AND OVER - BOBBY DAY
HOUSE OF BAMBOO - EARL GRANT
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - SAMMY DAVIS JNR AND CARMEN MCRAE
I'M GONNA BE WARM THIS WINTER - CONNIE FRANCIS
I SAW WHAT YOU DID - THE TELLTALES
WHAT LOVE CAN DO - ELAINE DELMAR
MAMA, HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN - BIG MAYBELLE
LIVE IT UP - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES - LUKE HOFFMAN AND HIS GROUP
TEA FOR TWO CHA CHA - DON SWAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
HEART - TERRI THORNTON
BESITO PA TI - MONGO SANTAMARIA INTRODUCING LA LUPE
COMIN HOME BABY - SERGIO MENDES
SUPERMAN - JOYCE DAVIS
SPIDERMAN - FREDDIE McCOY
TWISTIN TIME - THE HI-LITES
TIME WON'T LET ME - SANDY NELSON
THERE COMES A TIME - EARTHA KITT
THERE WAS A TIME - THE DEE FELICE TRIO
Every one a winner!!
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 12:17:08 -0000
From: Ron Sauer
Subject: Re: Al Nevins / P-Nut Gallery
Bob Rashkow:
> ...actually I'd like to pose a question about Al Nevins, the
> "other 1/2" of Aldon. We know Kirshner went on to become a
> living legend with The Archies and TV's "Rock Concert"; what
> I'm wondering is did Nevins too go on as a producer? (& what
> labels/artists if any were he involved with)?
I'm not sure what Al Nevins did after Aldon, but before Aldon
he was a member of "The Three Suns", a popular instrumental
trio in the forties and fifties.
Ron
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:42:19 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: P-Nut Gallery/Flying Giraffe
Bob Rashkow wrote:
> ...a studio group calling themselves the P-Nut Gallery had a mild
> hit in summer '71 called Do You Know What Time It Is? to coincide
> with a renewed interest in the Howdy Doody shows (I think if I'm
> not mistaken that an attempt to revive it was in the works but
> didn't get very far) and the clincher is...they were on BUDDAH!!!
> Same producer? Can't recall if Kasenetz-Katz or Levine-Resnick had
> anything to do with this one.
On one of the Bubblegum MF compilations which came out recently there
is also a Howdy Doody song and it's called Bring Back Howdy Doody by
the Flying Giraffe - a Super K production on Bell from 1969. It's a
lot of fun!
:Patrick
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 12:44:20 EST
From: Tymespan
Subject: Re: The Dickens
Phil Milstein wrote:
> ...I'm researching an article on a record from c.'72, by The Dickens,
> which was pressed in promo copies but withdrawn at the last moment.
> I haven't found anyone from the company who could remember it to
> comment on, but I sure would like to.
Is this the same Left Bank soundalike group that recorded on Format?
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 13:11:56 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: the Parade
Paulus247 wrote:
> How can I get a copy of The Parade CD? I've looked on the net but can't
> find it anywhere. I've got a couple of tracks on comps, 'Sunshine Girl'
> & the fantastic 'I can see love'. I'd love to hear more - anyone help?
http://www.othermusic.com They carry many Japanese imports
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 11:25:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Artie Wayne's Christmas Tree
Eric.....Thanks for all the nice things you said........Once upon a
time I was Gen. Mgr. of Warner Brothers Music and in the summer of
'72 I was sitting in my office with George S. Clinton [composer for
"Austin Powers" 1, 02 and 3]. We were throwing flakes of Ivory Snow
in the air trying to get in the mood to write a Christmas song for
Michael Jackson. Jerry Marselleno and Mel Larson, two Motown
producers, loved the final product and cut the classic "Little
Christmas Tree". It was supposed to be the follow up to "Ben"....but
they held it back so it wouldn't interfere with an academy award
campaign. That's when I waged a campaign of my own and got Motown to
release our song along with previously recorded christmas songs.....
the Motown Christmas Album.
regards, Artie Wayne
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:11:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Jones
Subject: Re: P-Nut Gallery
The "Howdy Doody" show was indeed revived for one season in the early
1970s, around the same time as the Peant Gallery single came out. It
wasn't too sucessful, but every now and then a local station or
out-of-the-way cable channel runs the "new" show.
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 20:33:10 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: the Ramones
Previously at Spectropop:
> One, two, three, four... The Ramones' Phil Spector-produced
> "End Of The Century" album is back in the shops in digital
> format. Martin Roberts brushes his hair over his eyes, dons
> his black leather jacket and torn jeans to get in the mood.
> Click below to read his review:
> http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index.htm#ramones
An observation:
Rhino's new revamped "End Of The Century" CD contains two
versions of "Rock & Roll Highschool"; the original demo plus
the Spector-produced recording.
A question:
Is the other version of the song, the pre-"End Of The Century"
one Spector was called in to remix for the movie soundtrack,
out on CD?
Gabba, gabba, hey!
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:20:09 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: P-Nut Gallery / Flying Giraffe / the Dickens / Artie Wayne's Christmas Tree
Artie Wayne wrote:
> ... time I was Gen. Mgr. of Warner Brothers Music and in the summer
> of '72 I was sitting in my office with George S. Clinton [composer
> for "Austin Powers" 1, 02 and 3].
This one a different George Clinton than the Parliafunkadeliment dude?
Previously:
> ...I'm researching an article on a record from c.'72, by The Dickens,
> which was pressed in promo copies but withdrawn at the last moment.
Tymespan wrote:
> Is this the same Left Bank soundalike group that recorded on Format?
No, The Dickens were an NRBQ offshoot, whose one and only record was
the unreleased (and promos-only) Scepter pressing. Was the Left Banke
soundalike also named The Dickens?
The former group, by the way, took their name not from the Victorian
novelist, nor from the obscure euphemism for the devil, but from a
strange duck-chicken hybrid they ran into once on a farm. And that's
about the least strange part of their story!
Bob Rashkow wrote:
> ...a studio group calling themselves the P-Nut Gallery had a mild
> hit in summer '71 called Do You Know What Time It Is? to coincide
> with a renewed interest in the Howdy Doody shows (I think if I'm
> not mistaken that an attempt to revive it was in the works but
> didn't get very far) and the clincher is...they were on BUDDAH!!!
Patrick Rands wrote:
> On one of the Bubblegum MF compilations which came out recently
> there is also a Howdy Doody song and it's called Bring Back Howdy
> Doody by the Flying Giraffe - a Super K production on Bell from
> 1969. It's a lot of fun!
It's possible, judging only from the above comments and with sounds
unheard, that the two releases might be comprised of one and the
same recording, which in turn might be the same as the B-side
Pow-Wow when reversed (or, as I've taken to calling it, Wow-Wop).
--Phil M.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 14:51:15 -0600
From: Mike Dugo
Subject: Strawberry Jam / Jamme
Is anybody on this list familiar with a late '60's band named Strawberry
Jam, or Jamme? Drummer Terry Rae, who played with many groups, including
the Palace Guard, Blue Cheer, Sweet Wine, Strawberry Alarmclock and, later,
the Hollywood Stars, sent me a cassette of an album that the band recorded,
and it's very "Beatles meet California sunshinepop". Putting it simply -
it's excellent. John Phillips was involved, and I find it hard to beleive
this LP is so obscure. Has anybody heard it? Comments?
Mike Dugo
http://www.60sgaragebands.com
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:41:26 -0500
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Artie Wayne at Scepter
For Artie Wayne:
Artie, my friend Tom Moulton worked at Scepter. Were you there
when he was there?
Mikey
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 21:43:40 -0000
From: Keith Moore
Subject: Re: the Pearls & Bell Records
First of all, I agree with Eric - the Pearls version of "Third
Finger..." is much better than the Vandellas...
The only other Pearls track I know is Guilty - another fine song. Am
I correct in thinking that all their records were released on Bell?
And didn't Bell's other groups include Reparata & the Delrons, the
late 60s Shirelles, Nino & April and maybe some Ellie Greenwich
product....isn't it time for someone to sort out a compilation -
over to you Mick & Malcolm.........
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