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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Ronettes on tour with the Beatles
From: Mike Edwards
2. Ronettes pix with Elaine
From: Ian Slater
3. Re: Satisfaction etc
From: Richard Havers
4. Ronettes on tour with the Beatles
From: Steve Harvey
5. Rhino CDs
From: Bryan
6. Re: At The Movies With Jack Nitzsche
From: Bryan
7. Burnin' Love
From: Phil Milstein
8. Hang On Sloopy
From: Robert Beason
9. Back to the Teacho
From: Mike Rashkow
10. SF Chronicle article on record collecting
From: Neb Rodgers
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 22:36:56 -0500
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Re: Ronettes on tour with the Beatles
Energy B writes:
> According to Ronnie's biography, her cousin Elaine
> filled in for her during the Ronettes 1966 Tour with
> the Beatles. Are there any live or promotional shots
> from that time in existence showing Elaine as part of
> the group?
The Beatles 1966 US tour was written up by Barry Tashian
(of Barry And The Remains) in a book entitled, "Ticket To
Ride - The Extraordinary Diary Of The Beatles Last Tour".
Most of the pics in the book are of the Beatles but there
is one page showing the supporting acts (Cyrkle, Bobby Hebb,
Ronettes). Under the Ronettes pic, the caption reads:
"(Ronnie Spector was not on the tour, her cousin Elaine
stood in for her); Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley and Elaine".
There is another pic of Nedra Talley jumping a rope held
by Ted Dawes of the Cyrkle and Elaine of the Ronettes.
The book is published by Dowling Press, Inc. of Nashville,
Tennessee (Barry's home town now - not for him those cold
Boston winters) and retailed at $19.95
Mike Edwards
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:38:05 -0000
From: Ian Slater
Subject: Ronettes pix with Elaine
Energy B asked:
> According to Ronnie's biography, her cousin Elaine filled
> in for her during the Ronettes 1966 Tour with the Beatles.
> Are there any live or promotional shots from that time in
> existence showing Elaine as part of the group?
There is a picture of her as part of the group at John Rausch's
super Ronettes website:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/2469/ronettes.gif
I think some other shots include Elaine too, e.g. Shea Stadium
shots, but I'm sure other members can give more authoritative
replies than me.
Ian Slater
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:36:09 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Satisfaction etc
Alec Harvey wrote:
> And isn't the Stones' "Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man"
> really Buster Brown's "Fanny Mae" with different words?
And the Beach Boys with "Help Me Rhonda" helped themselves to
"Fanny Mae"!
Richard
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:26:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Ronettes on tour with the Beatles
I caught the Ronettes with the Beatles when they did Philly
in '66. Never saw a picture of the Ronnie-less Ronettes.
Don't remember much about the concert except that it took
forever for the Beatles to come on.
As a 12 year old I didn't appreciate the fact that I was
seeing the Ronettes, Remains and Bobby Hebb. I can remember
being pissed that the Beatles did nothing off their new LP,
"Revolver". They seemed like a totally different group from
the one I was listening to on "Revolver". Then they disappeared
for over a year and came back with "Sgt. Pepper". Played it
and thought, "These guys still know how to write a hook".
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:33:56 -0800
From: Bryan
Subject: Rhino CDs
Mike Edwards wrote:
> Has anybody noticed the slowdown in the release rate of
> oldies CDs by the big companies, particularly in the US?...
> ...I haven't purchased a Rhino CD in years and don't tend
> to regard them as an oldies label any more.
I'd like to point out, in case you don't know this, that Rhino
is now wholly owned by Warner Music Group, and acts as the
reissue division for Warner Bros., Elektra, Atlantic and some
of the subsidiary labels like Sire. Because they're part of
the WEA labels, they don't tend to focus on licensing music
owned by the other major labels any longer (Universal, BMG, etc.)
and from this point onward, you'll no doubt start seeing more
reissues branded with Warner Archives, Elektra Traditions and
sometimes the Rhino logo, but the company is no longer an "oldies
label", as you point out.
Bryan
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:35:58 -0800
From: Bryan
Subject: Re: At The Movies With Jack Nitzsche
I'd like to chime in and say that I loved Jack Nitzsche's
score for "Performance" (with Ry Cooder, etc.), and
"The Hot Spot" (with Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, et al)
Bryan
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 13:44:36 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Burnin' Love
Roger wrote:
> I can try to play the original version by Dennis Linde,
> the guy who wrote it, to musica if you're interested?
Hell yeah. It'll hold me over until I can locate the Arthur
Alexander version.
Thanks,
--Phil
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 20:29:13 +0000
From: Robert Beason
Subject: Hang On Sloopy
Today my local classic rock station played a version of the
McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" with an additional verse that I'd
never heard before. It began, "Sloopy put your red dress on..."
Why haven't I ever heard this expanded version before and
where did it come from? Was the long version ever issued on
vinyl? And which CD(s) is the long version on? I know I can
count on the experts of Spectropop nation to satisfy my curiosity!
Bob Beason
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:35:40 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Back to the Teacho
Picking up on an old thread, Teacho Wiltshire, I now have
my 45s again available and was able to check out some things.
Many people know that he did the chart on one of the great all
time 60s group records: "Tell Him" by The Exciters--a very
cool, mid-tempo kind of latin feel.
But if you can find the uncharted and unknown "Goin Wild", by
a later incarnation of the "My True Story", Jive Five, you will
hear one of the most fired up, cooking up-tempo in your face
R&B killer charts I've ever heard--Sonny Sanders eat your heart
out--arranged by Teacho.
Anecdotally, when I first came to NY from LA, the voice coach
and producer, writer, arranger, Eddie Beal (Robins, Jean Turner,
etc.) gave me Teacho's name and told me to see him as my first
contact in NYC. Well I got an appointment with Teacho and he
listened to my demos and said, "Son, you might want to find
something else to do in the music business instead of singing".
Rashkovsky
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 20:18:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Neb Rodgers
Subject: SF Chronicle article on record collecting
Today's SF Chronicle has an article on record collectors.
Too much of it rings oh so true :)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgifile=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/27/WB150903.DTL
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F278124E2
I think many of you 'vinyl-holics' will be able to relate
to this article!
Happy Holidays,
Neb
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