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There are 11 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Canterbury Music Festival
From: Scott
2. Re: Val Doonican
From: Gary Apollo
3. Looking for a song recorded I believe by Bill Deal and the Rhondels
From: LB
4. Shindig Party in NY City
From: Mike Edwards
5. Re: Canterbury Music Festival
From: JJ
6. Re: Walk Tall by Val
From: Ken Silverwood
7. Summer Reunion/Darlene Love
From: Ellie Greenwich Fan Club
8. Re: Party Time
From: Mikey
9. Pete Antell at Shindig NY
From: Mike Edwards
10. Orbisounds; David Box; rockabilly weekend
From: Country Paul
11. Re: Shindig Party in NY City
From: Mikey
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:52:40 EDT
From: Scott
Subject: Re: Canterbury Music Festival
Kingsley wrote:
> Very pleased to report that the recently discussed
> ultra rare Canterbury Music Festival album is about to
> get a UK release on Revola (CRREV 33) >>
Just sold a mint original copy to a guy in Korea ...
Scott
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 04:30:19 -0000
From: Gary Apollo
Subject: Re: Val Doonican
Mike Edwards wrote:
> Good choice, Ian, but for many the definitive Val Doonican
> cut will always be "Elusive Butterfly" (UK Decca, 1966)
Hmm. A cover of the (1/66 BB Pop: #5) Bob Lind record? Not
sure which came first, since BL's was on World Pacific (meaning:
I suspect they licensed it). Has either song been comped anywhere
yet? The former, so I can compare Val's version to Bob's. The
latter, cuz I can't remember WHERE my copy of the Bob Lind single
is. :)
- Gary Apollo!
http://apollojams.com
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 05:32:59 -0000
From: LB
Subject: Looking for a song recorded I believe by Bill Deal and the Rhondels
Have been trying to locate a copy of a song that I believe was
recorded by Bill Deal and the Rhondels. However, I haven't seen
it on any of the old albums. The title may have been "Can You
Live Without Me". If my memory is correct, a musician named
Freddy Owens was in some way connected with the song.
The lyrics started out something like:
Well goodbye was what you wanted...
So goodbye was what I said...
(there was some more here...I can't remember, then...)
Can you live without me baby...
Can you make it through the night...
Can you live without me baby...
Can you face the morning light...
Any tips on locating a copy, or an mp3 would be greatly #
appreciated.
Thanks...
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 06:14:32 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Shindig Party in NY City
Just turned 2:00 am Saturday morning and I have just got
home after the Shindig party in NY City. What a night that was!
Truly memorable. Many many thanks to the organizers, and to the
many artists who graced us with their presence and their
performances.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:20:27 -0000
From: JJ
Subject: Re: Canterbury Music Festival
Kingsley Abbott wrote:
> Very pleased to report that the recently discussed
> ultra rare Canterbury Music Festival album is about to
> get a UK release on Revola (CRREV 33), along with
> a re-release of Joey Levine's Third Rail Id music and
> albums from Fred Neil and the Poor. Deep Joy!
**Yeah, Kingsley, WONDERFUL NEWS!
When I read about the Poor release, I yelled out loud, as I
wasnīt prepared for such a release, and I canīt wait to hear
the unreleased stuff!
I L-U-V their 45s, esp. "Come Back Baby" and "How Many Tears"
(both FY2)
Itīs great to be alive!
JJ
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:53:48 +0100
From: Ken Silverwood
Subject: Re: Walk Tall by Val
Ken:
> ..wow, what a concept - Val Doonican on a northern soul
> compilation.......What about that, Simon??
Simon:
> Hmmm. I did play Al Martino's "More Than The Eye Can
> See" at a "do" last year and got asked if it was Val. Does
> that count Ken ?
What? VAL Martino?
....... no but the CD cover of the Val Doonican, Greatest Wigan
Stompers, brings tears to my eyes!
Ken On The West Coast.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:10:34 -0000
From: Ellie Greenwich Fan Club
Subject: Summer Reunion/Darlene Love
Hi Fans
Summer Reunion XIV starring Darlene Love, Lou Christie,
The Duprees, The Contours, The Channels, The Excellents,
The Planetones, Johnny Farina and Mel Carter will take
place on June 21st at 7:30 p.m. at the Continental
Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey.
Tailgate Party starts at 3 p.m. outside the Arena.
Classic car display, acapella stage, stars autograph
table etc. If rain, tailgate party moves inside the arena
on the concourse.
Ellie Greenwich Fan Club
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:28:32 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Party Time
Well, what can I say? The Spectropop Party was a complete
and fantastic success!!!!
I think we all have to throw a big kiss at Sheila (a la Jim
Lang on The Newlywed Game) for arranging such a gala affair.
And it was a blast meeting Sheila, Mick, Jim, Bill, Lillian
from The Exciters, and more people who I can't remember.
As for Its My Party, what else can be said, they were simply
unbelievable. What native talent, but more important, the hard
work they must have put into their rehearsals really showed.
Those intricate 4 part harmonies were dead on.
For James Botticelli......James, you KILLED me when you played
"Questions and Answers" by The In Crowd. One of my favorites.
Did you know that they were really "The Eligibles" in disguise?
So when's the NEXT party? :)))
Mikey
PS......I forgot who, but someone asked me why I looked like
Frankie Avalon........I took it as a compliment....
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:22:17 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Pete Antell at Shindig NY
Pete Antell was one of the guests at the Shindig Party in
Manhattan on June 20th. Pete chatted with us and offered
some background info on his hit record, "Night Time" (Cameo
234 from late '62). The song was sent over to Bernie Lowe at
Cameo in Philadelphia before it was finished, to get his input.
Bernie liked it exactly as it was and issued it, giving Pete
his only Hot-100 entry as an artist. "Night Time" is now
playing in musica and Pete; if you are reading this, what
else did you think this great record needed?
Pete went on to record for Bob Crewe's New Voice label,
releasing the very tasty "Warm Smoke" in 1967. This was
included on the ill-fated Dyno Voice double CD and is yet
another reason to track that down. Pete's biggest chart
action was with the Percells, whose girl-group classic,
"What Are Boys Made Of" reached #53 in 1963.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:00:57 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Orbisounds; David Box; rockabilly weekend
Phil Milstein:
> I have been toying with the idea of putting together a new
> compilation album, but would need your help to come up with
> enough tracks to make it worthwhile. The concept would be
> "recordings heavily influenced by Roy Orbison."
Not of this era, but from 1983, is a superb track by one Tom
Kimmel, "Bon Vivant" (CD: "Circle Back Home," Polydor 843133-2)
which he dedicates to Orbison, and in my opinion is one of
the best Roy Orbison songs he never did. While it doesn't have
the grand crescendo, it is appropriately dramatic, has a very
emotional pause, and comes as close to the Big O's voice as
anyone living. There was also a song by Richard Cocciante, an
Italian recording in English on (possibly) 20th Fox in the early
'70s that was based upon two long dramatic builds and sung with
"superheated vocals," and a 1950s hit by Gary Stites, "Lonely
For You," which builds with an up-the-scale melody, one step
per line.
I've never heard the Waylon Jennings track you cite, "Love
Denied," but would like to. On what album is it, please?
Mike Edwards mentions:
> David Box - If You Can't Say Something Nice (Candix) 1962
> Written by Roy Orbison-Joe Melson-Ray Rush
It was great to meet you (and so many of us) in New York, Mike.
Is this available on 45, LP or CD at a reasonable price? I've
got David Box's "Little Lonely Summer Girl" (Jo-Ed, 1963),
which is a cross between Orbison and Buddy Holly - and a superb
record. I had it at the S'pop party, but didn't have time to
play it. I know he's been discussed in this group before (he
sang with the Crickets after Buddy Holly's death); there's a
short but significant biography and discography at
http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute/DavidBox.html
Since last checking his information, there's now a David Box
website run by his sister, Rita, at http://www.davidbox.net
She has a nice rememberance of him, and there's a CD of his
music (which sounds as though it has many demos, since he
only released 5 45s in his short lifetime. (I wonder if this
is the one Alan Karr mentioned....)
Larry Shell:
> my review of the Viva Las Vegas 2003 Rockabilly Weekender is
> now online at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame website....
> http://www.rockabillyhall.com/LarryShellVLV6.html
I think some of your review relates here - artists you mention
such as Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones, Ruth Brown, Jody
Reynolds, and the Bobbettes (!), even though some predate our
general "time zone." And you've obviously done your homework to
mention "Cad" Kadiston being a member of the Pastel Six
("Cinnamon Cinder"). Sort of a footnote to pop history, but a
cool one!
Still basking in the party glow (and still catching up),
Country Paul
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:46:55 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Shindig Party in NY City
Mike Edwards:
> Just turned 2:00 am Saturday morning and I have just got
> home after the Shindig party in NY City. What a night that was!
It sure was Mike!! I dont think I had a chance to meet
you tho'....
Mikey
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