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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Ronnie label
From: Phil Milstein I picked up a 45 - She's Gone/I Love You (Ronnie 2142) by
> Ben Tate, obviously the labels fave - and couldn't find
> anything about him on the web - which always fires my
> interest!
Ben Tate was aka Sonny Marshall, see
http://www.aspma.com/globe.htm for a bit more on him,
including a photo. He sure doesn't look like he sounds. If
you can provide (off-list would be fine) writer credits for
2142, I can add it officially to the Ronnie discog.
> And these just the TITLES!
Welcome to the mystical, magical world of song-poem music.
It hardly gets any weirder.
> Oi gavult, the songs could never live up to it! Could they?
Once in a while, once in a while:
http://www.aspma.com/comps.htm.
> And there are affiliated labels???
In this case affiliated by dint of the Nashville studio
(Globe) that Ronnie most often subcontracted to do their
recordings, rather than by more subterranean business
relations. I never did find out who actually operated
Ronnie. Someone named Ronnie, I suppose, but I wouldn't bet
the house on it.
Thanks for the new add,
--Phil M.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:16:30 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Lisa Mychols, Scepter and other questions, more
Guy Lawrence wrote:
> ...M&M Entertainment. Here's a link to a site dedicated to
> the label and featuring a discography, pictures and track
> listings: http://www2.gol.com/users/davidr/
That link is now changed to
http://www2.gol.com/users/davidr/m&m/index.html.
Donald wrote:
> Lisa Mychols CD is listed at http://www.amazon.com where it
> says that it will be released on December 10.... but if they
> are half as good as the wonderful "Lost Winters Dream"...this
> CD will be indispensable.
"Blizzard of Ahhhs" is OK, "Look On" is better; "Listen To The
Bells Ring" could be the "great lost Ronettes track," except that
Lisa doesn't quite sound like Ronnie. A winner nonetheless, even
in "lo-fi" play. But the big score is "XMass=Tyme2"; if Spector
and Wilson could have collaborated, they might have come up with
this. (Somehow the ending feels tacked on, though.) The first 4/5
of it is certainly worth more than one listen!
Artie Wayne, when you were working with the Kingsmen, were you
involved with my favorite song by them, "The Wolf of Manhattan"?
(It's a fave of WFMU listeners - "Run, run, run and hide, take your
baby to the Jersey side.") I know it was also one of two B-sides of
one of their hits - I have it on a CD reissue, and it has hit written
all over it. Very atypical sound for them - smooth and melodic. Do
you have any background on this track, please? Any idea why it was
never an A side?....Also re: Scepter, were you there when a group
called Condello covered the Incredible String Band's "(I Bid You)
Goodnight"? Do you or anyone on this list have any info on that track?
Was there an LP? And if so, was it any good?
Bergen White, "It's Over Now" (at musica) is very nice - sort of
Beach Boys Light (NOT "lite" - there's some substance here). Thanks
for posting it! It was also nice to hear the Sonny James track - I
hadn't realized he'd taken a side trip to NRC between Capitol stints.
(If the younger members of the group don't know his big hit, "Young
Love," treat yourselves - it's a 2:30 masterpiece. Tab Hunter's
"golden throat" version couldn't even hold Sonny's guitar strap.)
Phil Milstein wrote:
> The Dickens were an NRBQ offshoot, whose one and only record was
> the unreleased (and promos-only) Scepter pressing.
Were any members of "the Q" in The Dickens?
Simon White mentioned Bobby Paris. I know he was on Capitol, but
my favorite 45 of his is "Who Needs You"/"Little Miss Dreamer" on
Chattahoochee. Two astounding sides. Any info on him around?
Country Paul
(still catching up - beyond Digest 700 now....)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:40:28 -0000
From: Delia Barnard
Subject: Re: BT&MG "Silver Bells"
Andrew Jones wrote:
> Is anyone else familiar with this single? Thanks.
JB:
> I am...Booker T. also had a Christmas LP on Stax in '66.
> It's quite Bookish and should contain "Silver Bells".
That album does contain "Silver Bells". The whole album is
very laid back/easy listening style but nice for a cheesy
organtastic xmas.
x Delia Dansette x
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:40:04 -0000
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Cliff/Elvis/Times
Mike Edwards:
> Yes, I would love to hear "Tender Feeling" by the Times.
Now playing in musica. Curious that the A-side is an
Elvis cover, and the flip is a Cliff cover. Is this a
one-off for the Times, or did they regularly cover these
two artists of stature?
Phil
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:25:45 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Lisa Mychols, Scepter and other questions, more
Country Paul wrote:
> Were any members of "the Q" in The Dickens?
Yes and no. Not in the official lineup of the group. However,
Joey Spampinato was brought in to play bass on their Scepter
session, and, by convoluted circumstance, he and Keith Spring
wound up active participants on the "Sho' Need Love" side, which
they co-composed.
--Phil M.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:44:44 -0000
From: Patrick Rands:
Subject: Re: Me About You/Lost Lesley Gore
Billy G Spradlin wrote:
> "Me About You" was written by Bonner/Gordon
Lesley Gore also reportedly recorded a version of Me about You.
Now's as good a time as any to ask if anyone knows if any of
these recordings exist. According to the liner notes to the
Lesley Gore Bear Family box set, the following recordings by
Lesley Gore were lost. If anyone knows any different please
pipe up!
Unreleased material recorded for Mercury Records by Lesley Gore,
and lost, according to Bear Family's Discography:
You've Let Yourself Go (Charles Aznavour as Tu T'laisses Aller)
I'm in Love Today (????)
Pretend (Ike & Tina Turner, The Four Preps, Brenda Lee)
The Heart of Town (Bobby Bloom)
Teen Years (Ray Stevens)
Lost and Found (People Choice)
I Can't Get Him Out of My Mind (The Monkees possibly on their
Headquarters album in 67 - a BOYCE & HART song called I Can't Get
Her off My Mind)
Sleep Tight (???)
When We Get There (Paul Anka)
I'm with You (Anita O'Day)
Sweet as Sugar (Brass Construction?)
Me about You (Turtles, Lettermen, Gandalf, Orpheus, Mojo Men, Lovin'
Spoonful, Gary Lewis, Bobby Darin)
Wasn't Loving You Enough (???)
Here, There and Everywhere (Beatles and Claudine Longet in 67)
Sixteen Candles (The Crests)
I put best guesses of who I think did release versions of the songs
next to the song titles (as you can see).
:Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:53:17 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: BT&MG "Silver Bells"
Andrew Jones wrote:
> Is anyone else familiar with this single? Thanks.
JB:
> I am...Booker T. also had a Christmas LP on Stax in '66.
> It's quite Bookish and should contain "Silver Bells".
Delia Barnard:
> That album does contain "Silver Bells". The whole album is
> very laid back/easy listening style but nice for a cheesy
> organtastic xmas.
> x Delia Dansette x
And I believe it has been reissued on 180 MG vinyl.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:24:34 +1000
From: Lindsay Martin
Subject: Re: Cliff/Elvis/Times
Phil wrote:
> Curious that the A-side is an
> Elvis cover, and the flip is a Cliff cover. Is this a
> one-off for the Times, or did they regularly cover these
> two artists of stature?
Times A-sides, as listed in Chris Spencer's "Who's Who of
Australian Rock" 3rd Ed.:
It's Me....................Clarion, 1964
Just Another Guy....HMV, 1965
Glad Not Sad..........HMV, 1965
Eidelweiss..............HMV, 1966
Milk And Honey......Clarion, 1969
EP:
I'm Not The Marrying Kind...HMV, (n.d.)
Dunno about Elvis/Cliff, but one of those may well be a choon
from "The Sound of Music"!
Clarion was the Perth label where such Western Australian acts
as Johnny Young and Ray Hoff & the Offbeats recorded.
Lindsay
in Oz
(no relation to the the Times drummer listed merely as "Lindsay"
in the Who's Who!)
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:47:55 -0000
From: Billy G Spradlin
Subject: Re: Me About You
Paul Richards wrote:
> Billie Davis also did a great version on her 69 LP
I have now counted 7 versions of "Me About You". you could do
a compilation called "Me About Us".. :) I guess Bonner/Gordon
(or more likely Koppleman/Rubin) thought this song was a hit
and pitched it to many artists. Has there ever been a song that
was covered by many 60s Pop artists, sounded like a hit, yet
NEVER was a hit?
BTW Gary Lewis did a cover of "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice"
on his "She's Just My Style" LP. (basic LP filler)
I did a search for the song on Gracenote and Mark Wirtz recorded
the same song on his "Go-Go Music Of The Mark Wirtz Orchestra And
Chorus" CD - would love to hear it.
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:17:50 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Roger Scott; WPTR 1540 from Albany, NY
Ref: Roger Scott and James Hamilton.
Thanks to all who wrote in. Kingsley Abbott writes:
> I feel that, had they lived, both those lovely gentlemen
> would be sure to be Spectropoppers
No doubt about it (see below). A search for Roger Scott on Yahoo
brought up a website for a regional radio station, The WPTR Tribute
Site (http://www.fifteenforty.com). This appears to be one of those
Wolfman Jack type stations that broadcast over a very wide area – in
this case, the Northeast USA and Southeast Canada. Roger worked here
(the station was in Albany, NY) from February thru' November 1966 and
the website has a 22 minute stream of his last broadcast before he
left to take a job in Montreal. You can listen with Realplayer by
clicking on "Sounds" and scrolling down to "Roger Scott's final
broadcast at WPTR - November 1966". And there he is with that same
bubbly enthusiasm he brought to London's Capital Radio in the 1970s.
Al Quaglieri, who I believe is the same person as the one responsible
for numerous CD reissue projects, contributed this stream.
(Sundazed's headquarters at Coxsackie, NY is about half an hour from
Albany). The playlist for Roger's farewell show has been edited but
we get to hear:
Sandie Shaw/Tomorrow (Roger: I really do think that's a fantastic
song)
Cyrkle/Please Don't Ever Leave Me
Los Bravos/Going Nowhere
James & Bobby Purify/I'm Your Puppet
Freddy Cannon/The Dedication Song
Seagulls/Don't Go Out Into The Rain
Paris Sisters/I Love How You Love Me (Roger credits this as being his
all time favorite tune – thus he was already a Spectropopper)
Tommy Roe/Hooray For Hazel
Bobby Vinton/Coming Home Soldier (a request from someone serving in
Vietnam)
[Some decidedly non-top 40 items in this bunch]
This is very cool website with pics of the past DJs (including
Roger), radio surveys, and memorabilia items. My favorite:
"The Beatles magazine "Imported by WPTR" Interesting import, since
these were printed right here in Albany!"
Like most Spectropoppers, I love to peruse old regional playlists for
titles that were not on the hot-100.
The one for the week at July 23, 1966 features a pic of Roger Scott
and the following chart entries:
09 Deep Six/Counting
13 Myddle Class/Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long
15 Tidal Waves/Farmer John
33 Clefs Of Lavender Hill/Stop - Get A Ticket
The list also includes such "Picks au Go Go" as:
Billy Joe Royal/Campfire Girls
James Brown/This Old Heart
Sundy Funnies/She's Not At All Like You
3 & 1/2/Don't Cry To Me Babe
Invictas/The Hump
Jacobson & Tansley/Dream With Me
"Looking Ahead", the station was interested in:
Silkie/Born To Be With You
Teddy & The Pandas/We Can't Go On This Way
Wow! Tough titles, but they are all on this playlist which
you can view on the website along with a few other lists.
It appears Roger Scott came from England (the streamed broadcast
tells us this) and "turned up" in the US much the same way as
John Peel did in Texas in the mid 60s. I believe James Hamilton
was also in the US at this time as he claimed to have been the
first English journalist to interview the Supremes. Interesting
people for interesting times. Well, if there is a "Rock And Roll
Heaven" you know they've got a helluva DJ roster.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:54:46 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Bobby Paris
Country Paul wrote:
> Simon White mentioned Bobby Paris. I know he was on Capitol,
> but my favorite 45 of his is "Who Needs You"/"Little Miss
> Dreamer" on Chattahoochee. Two astounding sides. Any info on
> him around?
Have a look here -
http://www.localdial.com/users/jsyedu133/Soulreview/Miscpages/bobby.htm
The video mentioned "The Strange World Of Northern Soul"
will be available on DVD sometime next year.
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:48:38 -0000
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: Roger Scott & James Hamilton
Mike wrote:
> As I recall they did two two-hour shows entitled "girls, girls,
> girls", before the girl group genre existed. The music was superb
> and I became a convert. They grouped the titles so you heard, for
> example, all the "party" and "16" songs batched together.
And Roger always, always played Jackie DeShannon's "Needles And Pins"
directly after Miss Toni Fisher's "The Big Hurt" - always made me
smile, anyway!
Peter
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:52:11 +1000
From: Lindsay Martin
Subject: Footstomp: a song about itself?
Here's a bizarre song: "Footstomp", by ex-Shadows Jet Harris
& Tony Meehan. (And it is a song, with words, and singing,
the B-side of their instrumental hit "Diamonds".)
This guy goes "to the corner to buy him(self) a limousine",
the kind of thing you do every day, really. Well, either
there's some British product (an ice cream? a candy bar?)
called a Limousine, or it conveniently rhymes with "record
machine" in the next line (Or I misheard the lyric!).
On the record machine he hears an annoying song called
"Footstomp" which he can't get off his mind. In fact,
if he hears it again, he'll do himself in!
Obviously some fictitious song, made up for the story:
I'm assuming there never was another song called "Footstomp"
which inspired this record.
But hang on: this record we're listening to is itself called
"Footstomp". Surely THIS isn't the song he hates? That would
mean this is a song about what an annoying song this is!
See the weirdness? It's like one of those photographs of
somebody holding a copy of the same photo, and so on forever
and ever. Where does it all start?
By the way, the chorus (the Footstomp bit) is strangely haunting,
more complex in contrast with the mundane storytelling of the
verse. And it's kinda catchy, too: in fact, if you get it on your
brain, it does end up being fairly annoying. Aaaarrrgh!
Who wrote "Footstomp"? They were clearly ahead of their time.
It's a post-modernist masterpiece!
Lindsay
in Oz...
who clearly has too much time on his hands now that the Summer
vacation is here
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:15:40 -0000
From: R. K.
Subject: Re: DynoVoice Story/Ecology Songs
James Botticelli wrote:
> Thanks Roger...and all this time I thought I was "forgotten
> but not gone~" Chuck's version of "When The Fuel Runs Out"
> is indeed on some all-platinum form..turbo maybe? I have the
> 45 buried somewhere. It's not quite with the punch of Executive
> Suite or Boston's own Ambitions (who used the same Philly-
> produced backing as Executive Suite and also appears on Brit
> Soul comps here and there) but if you dig the tune it's got the
> same danceability quotient. And MAY be on a compilation.
Jimmy,
Christmas just ain't Christmas without the Sugar Shack Christmas
show. Not enough people are spinning Reggie Lamb's "Christmas
Confession" these days. Guess we'll have to stick with the candy
canes for our sacharine fix this year.
Thanks for answering another unanswered question about the
Ambitions. No wonder I could never tell the two versions apart.
Great mid-70s Philly sound (or is it New Jersey?) on it. The
Ambitions version is on a couple of CD comps on Goldmine and the
Executive Suite version is on the one of the "Super Rare Disco"
CDs from a few years ago. Will have to track down the Chuck jackson
version someday.
R.K.
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:48:46 -0500
From: Jack Madani
Subject: Pet Clark
It's been a real tough year for me, what with one thing and
another, and I'll be glad when 2003 gets here damn quick.
But along with my family, bless 'em, another constant has
been music and the shared passions of spectropop. I wanted
to thank everyone for that.
I finished up my first term comments and now we're getting
ready to go on christmas break, when I'm going to go for
some very simple, elemental, outpatient surgery. Not even
general anesthesia. But I won't be able to get to my computer
for probably a week. So while I had a quick chance, I wanted
to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Peace.
And to say how great it is that I can tell this here, and folks
will understand.
I just got through grading a set of lab reports down here in my
basement office, and it's freaking cold down here I tell you.
My bloody fingers are numb! But I have to be down here because
my spectropoppy music is all down here and I can play my music
while I work and not bother anyone.
I have Petula Clark on, and what a wonderful thing it is. I'm
listening to Don't Sleep In The Subway, and all of a sudden I'm
like 7 years old again, in the back of my dad's maroon Ford Galaxie
with the white interior, and we're driving down Concord Pike and
Pet Clark's on the radio real loud on WAMS because the windows are
open while we drive. There's the McDonalds with the old white tile
construction and only walkup windows, no inside to it at all. There's
the Charcoal Pit. The Charcoal Pit! With the hamburgers all named
for the local high schools, and the jukebox menus in all the booths.
There's Simpson's Hobby Shop where I bought all my Revell model car
kits. And the 7-11, which was amazingly open from 7 to 11, and you
could get those newfangled Slurpees that would freeze your brain if
you ate it too quickly. And for Christmas that year I got the
astronaut GI Joe with the John Glenn type space suit and a Mercury
space capsule, and it even came with a floppy 45 that you could play
if you put a couple coins on it so it wouldn't slip on the turntable,
and you could hear an actual recording of Glenn during his flight.
"Roger, the clock is operating, we're under way!" Oh man, the
memories begin to flood over me.
See y'all in the new year if not before,
yer fiend,
jack
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:49:02 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Re: Ronnie label
Simon White wrote:
> I picked up a 45 - She's Gone/I Love You (Ronnie 2142) by
> Ben Tate, obviously the labels fave.
Simon, does this mean Ben Tate made a Northern soul record?
I guess if Rodd Keith can become a "hot spin", anything is possible!
Doing backflips to Cara Stewart,
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:32:44 -0000
From: Rikard
Subject: Carrie Nations
Hi!
I have a question about the legendary Carrie Nations of
"Beyond the valley of the dolls"-fame. It seems to me that
the songs sound different in the movie than on the studio
takes - the vocal that is, which doesn´t make any sense
since they´re doing them play-back in the movie. Very strange.
Anyway, it´s all killer material, so who cares. "Find it",
"Come with the gentle people", "In the long run"...Carrie
Nations should be inducted into the Rock n´ Roll Hall of Fame
immediately.
take care
Rikard
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:46:30 -0000
From: Ron Sauer
Subject: Re: Me About You
Billy G Spradlin wrote:
> BTW Gary Lewis did a cover of "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice"
> on his "She's Just My Style" LP. (basic LP filler)
The Grass Roots also recorded "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"
for their "Where Were You When I Needed You" LP. Not sure which
of the two "groups" of Grass Roots, which were featured on this
album, did the song but I would guess Sloan and Barri.
Ron
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:43:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Elvis covers
Country Paul......Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the titles on Scepter
that you asked about.
Phil........Although it was "Dangerous" to cover one of Elvis' songs....
a few became big hits...including "Suspicion" by Terry Stafford, "Wooden
Heart" by Joe Dowell, "Girl Of My Best Friend" by Ral Donner and "Lonely
Blue Boy" by Conway Twitty.
Billy.......When I co-wrote "Flashback" with Alan O'Day......everybody
thought it was a "Smash"!!!!!! It was covered by the 5th Demension, Tom
Jones, Cher, Paul Anka, Cilla Black and Blue Swede [among others]......
but it never really became a hit.
regards, Artie Wayne
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Message: 20
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:42:36 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Popcorn Oldies Show
Ref: Bob Crewe presents the DynoVoice Story (UK Westside, but now
deleted). Two tracks from this remarkable double CD will be featured
on the Popcorn Oldies Show this weekend: Jessica & The Outlaws – Come
Closer and Mitch Ryder – Blessing In Disguise.
Ref: Chapel of Love and Other Great Girl Group Gems (UK Castle Pulse,
triple CD set). One track from this king size value CD is on the
playlist: Roddie Joy – He's So Easy To Love.
The Popcorn Oldies Show (broadcast from Amsterdam, Holland) broadcasts
from 20:00 to 22:00, Dutch time. (It starts at 2:00pm in New York and
7:00pm in London.) The show is streamed live over the internet at:
http://www.radio192.nl/mainframe.html (click on Live Radio). The
playlist for Saturday, December 21st can be viewed at the same site –
just click on Popcorn in the right hand panel. Hope you get to listen
and enjoy the show.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 21
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:22:41 -0000
From: ERWULF
Subject: Mardi Gras
I'm trying to get hold of a copy of "Girl I've got news for you" by
Mardi Gras. Anyone knows where I can get a copy???
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Message: 22
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 22:16:33 -0000
From: Billy G Spradlin
Subject: Re: Me About You
> The Grass Roots also recorded "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"
> for their "Where Were You When I Needed You" LP. Not sure which
> of the two "groups" of Grass Roots, which were featured on this
> album, did the song but I would guess Sloan and Barri.
The "Where Were You..." LP was partially Sloan/Barri productions
and a SF based group called The Bedouins that toured as The Grass
Roots in 1966. When they fell out with Sloan/Barri and Dunhill,
they hired a new LA based group (featuring Rob Grill) and that
became the Grass Roots we know.
I need to dig the CD out and figure who did what - that first LP's
a very spotty affair, havent listened to it in a long time!
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Message: 23
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:31:29 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Ersatz Phil
A few weeks ago, through this list I became aware of the the
faux Spector Christmas album on the Hallmark label. It was not
regarded so highly by the few who heard it, STILL I have a
strong desire to have a copy of it. I am guessing that is
available only in the UK. If anyone hereabouts could secure a
copy for me I would be really grateful.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bill Reed
http://www.pinkywinters.com
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Message: 24
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:44:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Don't Know Jack.
Hey Jack,
Where are you now? Your memories are right from
my childhood as I lived from 10 on in Longwood (once
airbrushed into Bongweed by some damn pothead, damn
that McCartney!) Anyway, all those places were from my
childhood too.
I remember my mom taking me downtown to WAMS to
see Joe Butler of the Spoonful only to find out the
station had moved to the sticks of Greenville. Got my
autograph picture none the less. The Singer Sewing
Machine store once had the Vanilla Fudge signing
autographs at the store. Still can't remember the
connection between the two.
I remember Simpson's In Fairfax. Bought A Hard
Day's Night, I'm Telling You Now and Shapes of Things
at Mitchells Dept. store located at the same shopping
center. Also bought Notorius Byrd Brothers and
Sweetheart of the Rodeo for $5, brand new, at some
electronic shop there.
In the 70s I went to see some band called George
Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers just because
they had the word "the" in their name. This was a time
when the local hip bands were named "Shakey Jake" and
"Scuzzy Frog".
The Charcoal Pit named their sundaes after the
local high schools, not sure about the burgers. Ever
attend the Sidedoor coffeehouses up at the Brandywine
Y? Mark Frumento's grandparents use to live right off
of Concord Pike.
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Message: 25
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:30:02 -0800
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: ecology songs/Everlys fyi
One of my fave ecology songs was the quasi-jazz prog nasty
"Mother" on Chicago III.
I thought I'd mention that I just picked up two 2fers
of the first 4 Everly Brothers albums from their WB period,
imported on Germany's WB label.
It's Everly Time/A Date With The Everly Brothers and
Both Sides Of An Evening/Instant Party
Amazing stuff. I've never heard these 4 albums in their
entirety, so it was a real thrill to find out that they are
easily as good as any of their Cadence material. Lotsa bonus
cuts and very nice packaging too.
albabe
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