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There are 6 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Montanas
From: James Botticelli
2. Re: Montanas
From: Rob Stride
3. Re: Cranking up the speed
From: Dan Hughes
4. Re: The Cryan Shames
From: Steve Harvey
5. Rose Garden, Camp Hilltop
From: Country Paul
6. American Breed, Buckinghams
From: Mike Edwards
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 19:57:57 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Montanas
Bob Rashkow wrote:
> The Montanas charted in the US with the marvelous "You've Got
> To Be Loved".....but not nearly as high as it should have.
> Whoever hasn't heard it, go for it, it's a supreme example of
> the sunniest of sunshine-pop from here or across the Atlantic.
> Irresistible harmonies! :--)))
There are a few Montanas tracks on the double-cd of "Songs of
Tony Hatch" I picked it up recently, think its on RPM...will
double check if anyone's interested
JB
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:31:45 +0100 (BST)
From: Rob Stride
Subject: Re: Montanas
Bob Rashkow wrote:
> ...The Montanas charted in the US with the marvelous "You've Got
> To Be Loved".....but not nearly as high as it should have....
If the Montanas charted it must have been very low because
they are not in Billboard's Top Forty Chart Book?
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 20:24:28 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Cranking up the speed
I think I remember hearing the LP version of "Sweet Mary"
by Wadsworth Mansion and it was ENTIRELY different from the
45--about half the speed and totally disappointing.
Anybody know about that one?
---Dan
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 19:30:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: The Cryan Shames
David Coyle wrote:
> Of the original tracks, "I Wanna Meet You" is definitely
> an infectious teen-popper.
Glad somebody else knows this tune. I even have a
promo somewhere of it.
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 23:23:25 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Rose Garden, Camp Hilltop
I agree with Brett Berns (and welcome out of the lurking
corner, Brett), David Feldman and the others: Richard Gagnon's
Brill Building strip is way cool! Thanks for turning us on to it.
Billy Spradlin: I don't know about the Rose Garden (never liked
the 45 that much, but two Gene Clark compositions arouse my
curiosity). On the same page there's a link to Dean Torrance's
"Legendary Masked Surfer Unmasked":
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=VSA63492.
Anyone with any word on this one?
Jeff Glenn - Camp Hilltop's "Sunday" - WOW! I've always loved
this total obscurity - and wondered why it was totally obscure!
More later - after I check out some websites folks have been
referring us to - like the Rob Stride material, the Bert Berns
site, Pop 45 (gotta know more about Camp Hilltop!), etc.
Doggone, ain't S'pop great!?
Country Paul
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:11:23 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: American Breed, Buckinghams
My original message:
> Many many years ago I threw away my well played copy of the
> American Breed's 45, "Bend Me Shape Me" and purchased the album,
> named after this hit tune. I never became comfortable with the
> version of "BMSM" on this album, as it seemed to lack the urgency
> I was used to with the 45.
Response from Charles Hill:
>What is claimed to be the mono 45 version shows up, oddly, on
>another Varese disc - "Dick Bartley Presents Collector's Essentials:
>On the Radio, Volume Three". Says Bartley in the notes:
>"[W]here the mono single had punch and power (and was considerably
>"speeded up" for radio airplay), the stereo LP version seemed slow,
>limp and lifeless."
>Interestingly, this version runs 2:16; I can't swear to it, but
>I think it fades later than the 45. It's certainly faster than
>the two-track mix that's been widely circulated.
Thanks for the response Charles. "Considerably speeded up" is the
operative phrase! I just feel a little embarrassed that I hadn't
figured this out for myself over all these years. On a similar
note I have always stuck with my 45 version of "Kind Of A Drag"
which was issued as a 45 on USA. The Bucks switched to Columbia
but I was always wary that a version of "Kind Of A Drag" that may
appear on Columbia albums would be a re-record. I could not
imagine anything topping that frenetic blend of lead vocals, back-up
vocals and organ that made it such an instantaneous and spectacular
45. I didn't buy the Legacy CD that came out in 1991 for the same
reason. I just checked the reviews of that CD in amazon.com and one
reads:
"Unfortunately, Columbia decided to re-mix the song, "Kind Of A Drag."
It lacks the punch of the original mix. Does anyone out there know
where I can find the original mix of their best song???"
I will contact this reviewer and offer him my 45 copy. Meantime can
anyone oblige with a pristine copy of "Bend Me Shape Me" - the
original 45, that is.
Thanks, Mike Edwards
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