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There are 18 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. casting couches and Lesley
From: Alan Gordon
2. Re: Shades of Gray
From: Jeffery Kennedy
3. A couple of questions
From: Justin McDevitt
4. Re: Gary Zekley
From: Smokey Roberds
5. New Yahoo Group
From: Larry Lapka
6. Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop Update.
From: Martin Roberts
7. Re: "Diane Renay And Friends" radio interview show
From: Rosemarie Edwards
8. What's New Pussycat?
From: Dave Mirich
9. More stolen licks
From: John Fox
10. Re: Lesley Gore's Lost Album
From: Patrick Rands
11. Re: Shades of Gray
From: Clark Besch
12. Re: Justin's couple of questions
From: Mikey
13. Tom Jones live !!
From: Mike Edwards
14. It's That Man Again! Irving Martin
From: Martin Roberts
15. Re: What's New Pussycat?
From: Javed Jafri
16. 7 and 7 is
From: Steve Harvey
17. Re: What's New Pussycat?/My Little Red Book
From: Steve Harvey
18. Your Ex's Files
From: Steve Harvey
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 11:36:54 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: casting couches and Lesley
Alan Gordon:
> By official decree: Only Gillian Anderson will be
> allowed to play Lesley.
Steve Harvey:
> Hear, hear, I claim dibs on auditioning here!
Steve
no way... i just bought a groovy new couch.
albabe
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 23:05:37 -0000
From: Jeffery Kennedy
Subject: Re: Shades of Gray
Previously:
> Also, the Will-O-Bees did a nice version on Date!
>
> I have for some time assumed the Will-O-Bees' version came out before
> the Monkees' version, as I thought hearing an earlier version on
> Buffalo radio would explain the song's instant familiarity to me upon
> buying the Monkee's lp. Did it?
Sandy Posey recorded this song, too, in 1967. It's on her "Looking at
You" LP, MGM SE-4525. It was not issued as a single and has not, to the
best of my knowledge, been reissued on CD.
Jeffery Kennedy
San Francisco
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:17:02 -0500
From: Justin McDevitt
Subject: A couple of questions
Hi Spectropop group,
Though I haven't posted for a while, I continue to enjoy and learn from
the variety of topics that are brought to the list.
I have a couple of questions for which I would appreciate a response.
1. About 10 years ago, my then future wife Liz and I saw a documentary
at the Walker Art Center here in Minneapolis. It featured interviews with
Hank Ballard, Chubby Checker,(among other notables of the 50s and 60s rock
era) as well as dance footage from American bandstand and other venues. The
title Let's Dance comes to mind, though I don't think this is the correct
title of the documentary.
2. A month or so back, someone of you referenced a double Cd of obscure
mid 60s and early 70s tracks that included a heretofore unreleased early
song by The Association. I located the Cd and track listing on Amazon.
However, I lost my notes on this. What is the title of this comp?
3. Again, about a month or so ago, one, possibly two late 60s Lps by
the Buckinghams were mentioned that reflected more of a progressive,
experimental sound from this Chicagoland group. I would like to find out
the titles for these Lps.
Any assistance is appreciated.
Justin McDevitt
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 18:34:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Smokey Roberds
Subject: Re: Gary Zekley
Jeffrey Glenn:
> ...Great Gary Zekley story; thanks! And someone has pointed me in the
> direction of a copy of the U.S. Males 45 (on yellow wax no less, as
> many Abnak and related promo 45s are), so I should have it in a week
> or so!
Greetings, Didn't Gary Zekley produce The Vogues?
Smokey Roberds
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:18:43 -0000
From: Larry Lapka
Subject: New Yahoo Group
In the past few weeks that I have been a member, I am amazed at the
amount of insigtful information that has been furnished by group
members. I always thought that I was a whiz at this stuff, but the
knowledge that Spectropoppers have about the music that we all love is
amazing.
Anyway, during an idle moment (I have very few of those) this weekend,
I decided to start my own Yahoo Group, known as Alternative Top 40.
Basically, I've created my own musical universe. In this universe,
bands like the Beatles struggle to get their music played, while a band
like the Robbs are chart toppers.
The main thrust of this site is not the posts, although they are
welcome. It is the MP3 section, where I've posted eight songs from the
1960s which somehow fell through the cracks. They are there for members
to hear, but the most important thing is the polling area. Each
voting period, members will vote on their four favorites, and when the
votes are tallied, the top vote getters will stay, and the other four
songs will be replaced by four new ones.
I can't hope to duplicate the success of Spectropop, and I don't want to.
Please go to the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlternativeTop40/
and give it a try. Also, any suggestions you have, or any posts you might
like to add, are welcome. If you want to add a song to the MP3 area,
please contact me first, and we'll put it on when there is room.
I need 25 to 30 members to make this thing work. Please give it a try.
Thanks.
Larry Lapka
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 07:31:02 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop Update.
Sorry for delay in updating Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop's Record Of The
Week: http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm But I promise
it's been worth the wait! Quite an outstanding recording by Tammy
Wynette & Freddy Fender, "No One Knows Better Than You" from the film,
"When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder". Sorry about the audio quality track
recorded from a 'dodgy' video. Maybe it will gain a legitimate release
but until then...
The duet has been chosen to tie in with yet another new page on the site,
"Movie Reviews": http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/moviereviews.htm
First is an excellent one by Michael Kemp, reviewing "Cutter's Way". A
good film this, there's no soundtrack LP but the music that is well worth
hearing.
The discography has come in for some overdue updating, at
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/discography.htm If you thought
you had them all you've got about another ten to get!
On The Radio: http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/radio.htm is playing
Jingle #11, the short "Blockbuster." (No, nothing to do with Sweet).
If all this is almost too exciting to bear, there's more. Don't forget to
visit In Hardback...Nitzsche On The Bookshelf for some great writing on:
some super books: http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/inhardback.htm
Plus, as a little treat, if you've heard of Dean Martin's, "Hollywood
Palace Show" but never actually heard his 'witticisms' about the Stones,
there is an audio link.
Martin
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 12:02:18 -0000
From: Rosemarie Edwards
Subject: Re: "Diane Renay And Friends" radio interview show
This is very exciting news for me - I hope that the show is
a great success - I was responsibe for getting Eddie Rambeau
and Diane Renay in touch again - because I e-mailed her and
asked if we could link our two sites together...she sent me
a number of e-mails and seems like a very nice kind person.
Will this be available after the event to listen to on the net?
I am not sure what time it will be here in the UK.
Could you ask Diane if she has had any luck in finding a UK
outlet for her new CD?
Rosemarie Edwards
(Leeds UK)
http://www.edrambeau.com
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 06:30:43 -0600
From: Dave Mirich
Subject: What's New Pussycat?
I was up late one night lately watching the old movie
"What's New Pussycat?" and thoroughly enjoyed it, especially
the soundtrack, which is out of print.
When "My Little Red Book" played, I thought I was listening
to Love play one of their early masterpieces. But on the
track listing, it turns out to be a Manfred Mann version.
I wonder why they didn't use the original? Did Mann have a
hit with MLRB?
BTW, I'll be going to see Tom Jones next month. Does he still
put on a good show? It should be fun.
Dave Mirich
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:20:24 EDT
From: John Fox
Subject: More stolen licks
2 more Beatle lawsuit possibilities:
Brian Wilson could have sued John Lennon for stealing
part of the tune of "Just Like Starting Over" ("...but when
I see you darling, it's like we both start falling...") from
"Don't Worry Baby" ("...but she looks in my eyes, and makes
me realize...").
And I always wondered why George Harrison never sued the group
America for a direct rip-off of "I Need You"--both the words
and "do-re-mi" tune are identical.
John Fox
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 16:26:43 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: Lesley Gore's Lost Album
Stuffed Animal wrote:
> Does anyone know of plans to reconstruct Lesley Gore's
> unreleased MAGIC COLORS album and release it on CD?
> And if there are currently no plans to do this . . why not?
The "Magic Colors" album was included on Lesley Gore's box set
on Bear Family records.
Somebody must've put together a bootleg version though, because
a CD copy did sell at ebay awhile ago. The seller claimed he
bought it from Lesley at one of her live shows, which seemed
ludicrous!
:Patrick
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 05:45:18 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: Shades of Gray
Previously:
> Also, the Will-O-Bees did a nice version on Date!
Tom Taber:
> I have for some time assumed the Will-O-Bees' version came out before
> the Monkees' version, as I thought hearing an earlier version on
> Buffalo radio would explain the song's instant familiarity to me upon
> buying the Monkee's lp. Did it?
Tom, the Will-O-Bees version came out in July, 67 I think. "Headquarters"
debuted on Billboard Lp charts in early June. It is possible that you
heard the Will-O-Bees' version first tho. You never knew which songs
Stations would play off "Headquarters" early on, since they had no single
to play and it was a giant without one--a tribute to the boys. Of course,
"Sgt. Pepper" also had no single.
Clark
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 14:14:53 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Justin's couple of questions
Hey Justin,
The movie you saw was called "The Twist" and it's available
on DVD. I have it.
And the double CD you asked about is probably "Buried Treasure".
Mikey
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:54:51 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Tom Jones live !!
Dave Mirich asks about Tome Jones' live performances:
It's been about 3 or 4 years since I saw Tom Jones at the
Westbury Music Theater here on Long Island. Tom entered
while "The Ballad Of Tom Jones" by 90s UK group, Space, was
playing. The guy stays up to date and offers a full spectrum
of rock/r&b/soul/country from the last 40 years, backed by a
tight little orchestra and great back-up vocalists. I remember
totally enjoying "I Who Have Nothing", which he introduced
by saying that it's about time we brought back some numbers
that we haven't done for a while. Some of the girls in the
audience went into a trance; he clearly still has the charisma.
Dave, it will be fun and I hope you enjoy the show and don't
forget to let us know about it.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:01:25 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: It's That Man Again! Irving Martin
I've raved about UK producer Irving Martin's work a number of
times - not so much an underrated producer as an unknown one.
A page on the web,http://www.amajor.com/imartin/index.htm
mainly lists the productions I'm aware of.
To check it was not my obtuse musical taste, I asked fellow
S'popper Jeffrey Glenn to review a few and I couldn't be more
pleased. In his inimitable style, he has cast his ears over 29
tracks and his opinions - as always - make for good reading.
I've added another mp3, this one to the new page, "Top Pop Picks"
by Jeffrey Glenn, http://www.amajor.com/imartin/reviews.htm
As you read the reviews wave your mouse over one of the label
scans and when the pointer changes to a hand and the message
"Listen to..." appears, you've found it!
A very different recording to the Spectorish-sounding Dave Walton,
enjoy! (To quote my Yiddische momma!)
Martin
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:06:23 -0400
From: Javed Jafri
Subject: Re: What's New Pussycat?
Dave Mirich asked:
> When "My Little Red Book" played, I thought I was listening
> to Love play one of their early masterpieces. But on the
> track listing, it turns out to be a Manfred Mann version.
> I wonder why they didn't use the original? Did Mann have a
> hit with MLRB?
The Manfred Mann version of "My Little Red Book" predated the
Love version by at least a year but it did not chart in the U.S.
Javed
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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:37:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: 7 and 7 is
I thought you had to have more than 7 notes or words
(syllables?) that were the same before you could be sued
for stealing somebody's song. Sometimes just changin' the
words to a tune can get you into trouble, as the Stray Cats
found out when inserting some swearing into Eddie Cochran's
"Skinny Jim".
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:42:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: What's New Pussycat?/My Little Red Book
Dave Mirich wrote:
> When "My Little Red Book" played, I thought I was
> listening to Love play one of their early masterpieces.
> But on the track listing, it turns out to be a Manfred
> Mann version. I wonder why they didn't use the original?
> Did Mann have a hit with MLRB?
The original was Manfred Man's version. I think the
film industry was throwing in a beat number written by
Burt Bacharach with each film. He did "After the Fox"
for the Peter Sellers film of the same name. Nice tune
too.
I take guitar lessons with one of Bill Haley's
guitarists. He told me that Bill would frequently size up
newcomers and if he gave them the thumbs down the act would
usually go onto becoming a big name. Once they were doing
a British TV show in the early 60s with a pimply singer.
Bill said the guy wasn't ever going to make it.
It was Tom Jones!
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Message: 18
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:33:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Your Ex's Files
Alan:
> By official decree: Only Gillian Anderson will be
> allowed to play Lesley Gore.
Steve:
> Hear, hear, I claim dibs on auditioning her!
Alan:
> no way... i just bought a groovy new couch.
So what's the beef? You got a groovy couch and I get
the groovy chick! Works for me.
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