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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Playlist For Space Bop, January 5
From: James Botticelli
2. Re: Rasberries / Allison Moorer
From: Bill George
3. Re: The Deltairs "I Might Like It"
From: Jan Kristensen
4. Re: < < < < Party Talk > > > > ..... Where to start?
From: Martin Roberts
5. Re: Sunshine Boy
From: Elisabeth
6. Re: Bernadette Peters, musical home remedies, <> Stardust
From: Jack Madani
7. Re: The Stangeloves
From: Clark
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 14:14:58 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Playlist For Space Bop, January 5
I want to give my friends Cheryl and Brian some plug. They work hard to make
this show work. Its highly unusual and accessible on the web...Enjoy!
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Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can be
heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time (that's 9 to 10 pm in the UK,
and 10 to 11 pm in most of the rest of Europe...) on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at: http://www.ckut.ca
As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome. Coming soon...the
Space Bop web site!! We'll keep you posted.
Space Bop #218 Rock Music The Way It Wasn't Intended To Be Played
Well, it's a new year, and to start it off we're going to play some old
music! But not just any old music, of course - rock & roll tunes performed
to slightly different standards...
Phil Bodner: Black Magic Woman "Muzak - Stimulus Progression - Number Two"
Hugo Strasser: Paperback Writer "Vom Twist Zum Beat"
Werner Muller: Satisfaction/Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine "The
Strip Goes On"
Lucien Hétu: (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone "Lucien Hétu joue les Monkees"
Lucien Hétu: I'm A Believer "Lucien Hétu joue les Monkees"
Max Greger: Rock & Roll Part 2 "Strictly For Dancing"
Kai Warner: Black Is Black "Pops For Minis"
Neil Hefti: Batman "Batman & 11 Other Hefti Batman Songs"
Hugo Strasser: Black Night/Paranoid "Tanzhits '71"
Klaus Beyer: Das Gelbe Unterwasserboot "Hauptmann Pfeffers Einsamer
Herzenklub"
Klaus Beyer: Wenn Ich 70 Bin (Live) "Hauptmann Pfeffers Einsamer
Herzenklub"
Host Wende: Ob La Di Ob La Da/Get Back/Dizzy "Hits à la Carte"
Cyril Stapleton: I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman "Stereo '68"
James Last: Aquarius "Hair"
James Last: She Came In Through The Bathroom Window "Happyning"
Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening.
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 17:16:20 EST
From: Bill George
Subject: Re: Rasberries / Allison Moorer
Stuffed Animal writes (animal rights, geddit?), ahem, anyway:
> It's almost ridiculous, how industry watchers are pointing fingers at the
> economy, at Internet downloading, at anything and everything but the music
> itself.
I imagine one of the main causes of sales being down is that radio/video
playlists are so tight, there is less music being HEARD. Most people are
reluctant to buy a CD they have never heard. There is some great music being
made out there. It's just that nobody gets to hear it without really
searching it out.
In keeping with that, I'd like to recommend my favorite CD from 2002: "Miss
Fortune" by Allison Moorer. You'll find it in the country section, but there
is material on here that recalls Bacharach, Dusty In Memphis, Bobbie
Gentry... and she is one of the best singers around today. Give it a try!
-Bill
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 23:17:52 +0100
From: Jan Kristensen
Subject: Re: The Deltairs "I Might Like It"
Bob Perry:
> I have on MP3 a superb song called "I Might Like It". The song is
> labeled "The Deltairs". I have searched the Deltairs on the web but
> have so far seen nothing about such a song. It sounds like a late 50s
> recording which would make sense. Does anyone know this song and on
> what label it was released?
I believe that "I might like it" was the flipside of "Standing at the
altar" from 1958.
Jan K
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:35:23 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: < < < < Party Talk > > > > ..... Where to start?
Thanks to the Spectropop team for putting on another wonderful party and this
time I arrived early, left late and didn't miss a thing! Where to start? Not
being one to make a long story short...greeted at the door by Eric with the
consummate ease normally associated with only the finest game show hosts, some
good friends, familiar faces, a lovely looking spread on the downstairs bar and
Lonnie Donegan playing on the large video screen. Great start and the evening
just got better.
Upstairs, topically the Strangeloves blaring out of the speakers, more friends
to be reacquainted with, new ones to be made and some email pals to put faces
with the messages. One of the first of the latter was Hans Ket who I've been
'chatting' to for sometime - a knowledgeable and very helpful contributor to
he Jack Nitzsche site, it was a pleasure to meet him. Another, much prettier,
face was the Cha Cha Charming Sheila B, as much fun and enthusiasm as her
wonderful magazine would suggest, I'll be eagerly looking forward to her mag
going 'live' on the net.
It was this enthusiasm that really made the evening special and it could have
not have been displayed any better than the marvelous show that was put on to
cheerful, loud applause, by the glamorous, velvet voiced Elisabeth and those
foxy, hunk magnets the Actionettes. I'd missed their show at the Summer Party
and was determined to be in position when the show started. Ian introduced it
with professionalism - even down to delaying his entrance so as to heighten
expectance - gained through many years of bingo calling. The girls performed
the first of their routines and it was easy to see why they have built such a
good reputation, a joyous show seemingly danced with as much pleasure by the
girls as they gave to us watching. We were then treated to a bevy of fine tunes
performed by Elisabeth - appropriately including two seasonal numbers
originally sung by Felice Taylor and Lisa Mychols - sung with an ease and
clarity that had me hot footing it to Malcolm B's stall to snap up one of her
CD's. (Could the Admin team post an address where those unlucky enough not to
attend could buy a copy?)
Among the songs was a specially rewritten Happy Birthday rendition of Da Doo
Ron Ron. This was for a very special chap who, to a very large degree, was
responsible for us being there. I for one have gone on record as saying that
he is the main inspiration for a hobby turning into an obsession. It was so
good to see that even in his dotage he was still able to wag (admittedly out of
time) a finger to the beat of the bass. The joy in his watery eyes as his
presents were accepted was a pleasure to behold and as he was carefullyled to
back to his seat there were not many other dry eyes in the house.
The rest of the night was spent chatting to friends old and new. Sadly still
not enough time to speak to everyone and there were some faces that I was not
able to put names to. A nearly packed house but some friends were missed,
unable to make the night: Keiko, Kingsley, Ian S. and others. I did raise a
glass to them and let's hope we can all be at the next one.
Martin
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:44:08 -0000
From: Elisabeth
Subject: Re: Sunshine Boy
Ian wrote:
> Just uploaded it to musica. I think it's pretty good, see what you
> think. At that time she was billed under the singular Vicky.
Fantastic - thank you Ian! My only version of this was on a fading
and much-loved cassette. It's especially a treat when copies of the
LP "Sunshine Boy" appears on (the title escapes me) regularly go for
$100 or more on eBay. Those pesky Vicky Leandros fans keep preventing
me from getting my own copy! :-)
I'm still recovering from the fabulous party last night (as well as
the train journey back to Manchester) so more on that later.
Elisabeth x
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 18:40:17 -0500
From: Jack Madani
Subject: Re: Bernadette Peters, musical home remedies, <> Stardust
> Can anyone tell me if any of Bernadette Peters' 60s recordings have been
> put onto a CD?
You'll surely hear from more knowledgable folks than me, but the only one
I know of that came close was "We'll Start The Party Again," from the
original vinyl lp "Where The Girls Are" Mick Patrick compilation. It's
playing to musica right now, if I can get it to fit in the folder.
> doesn't help me get unforgettable musical hooks out of my head when I'm
> trying to get to sleep!
I don't remember any more who told me this--it might've been someone on
this group even--but the method I use is to hum the chorus to The Theme
From The Greatest American Hero a few times. It cleans out your hook-
laden brain, but for some odd reason it won't itself stay stuck, but
rather evaporates cleanly away.
Mick's Spectropop Party Playlist:
> SET FOUR: STARDUST
> Billy Stewart - Summertime
> Ruby & the Romantics - How Deep Is The Ocean
> Baby Washington - You And The Night And The Music
> Peaches & Herb - True Love
> Sammy Turner - Always
> Shirley Ellis - Stardust
> Ben E. King - I Could Have Danced All Night
> Doris Troy - Stormy Weather
> James Brown - Prisoner Of Love
> Van Dykes - A Sunday Kind Of Love
> Aretha Franklin - Try A Little Tenderness
> Elsie Mae (TV Mama) - All Of Me
> Etta James - I Wanna Be Loved
> James Brown - I Wanna Be Around
> Judy Clay - The Way You Look Tonight
> Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles - Over The Rainbow
> Royalettes - An Affair To Remember
> Jimmy Scott - Day By Day
> Ray Charles & Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside
> Esther Phillips - The Party's Over
Mick, You've hit on something that I've been meaning to bring up now for
months and months, and that is the fact that back in the day it wasn't all
that rare for music groups to be willing to tackle standards and current
Broadway tunes. A couple other examples might include Len Barry's
"Somewhere" from West Side Story, the 4 Seasons' "I've Got You Under My
Skin" (one of my two favorite 4 Seasons tunes, along with Girl Come
Running), and even the Beatles' "Til There Was You." Of course, we also
mustn't forget the Stu Phillips-produced "Blue Moon" by the Marcels.
Jack
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 23:25:53 -0000
From: Clark
Subject: Re: The Stangeloves
Hi, I just viewed a video of Strangeloves doing "Cara-Lin" in 1966 and it was
so cool to see a group with a "regular" drummer as well as a drummer next to
him beating on long bongo (?) drums! What a change of pace from the normal (is
there such a thing?) 60's garage band!
Clark
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