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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Herman's Hermits
From: Peter Rechter
2. Re: It's My Party - The CD
From: James Botticelli
3. IMPRTY CDs Review from Discoveries, 1999
From: Doc Rock
4. Paul Evans radio show postponed
From: Ronnie Allen
5. Bob Lind story
From: Bob Hanes
6. Re: Flo and Eddie
From: David Goodwin
7. Party; Orbisongs; Del Satins; Bob Lind
From: Country Paul
8. Re: Elusive Butterfly
From: Rosemarie Edwards
9. Party Timers, Welcome Home
From: Simon White
10. Re: IMPRTY CDs Review from Discoveries, 1999
From: Mark Frumento
11. Re: Fool's Errand
From: Ian Chapman
12. Paul Evans radio interview rescheduled for Sunday
From: Ronnie Allen
13. Re: New York Shindig! & etc.
From: Phil Milstein
14. Re: New York Shindig! / Elisabeth's CD
From: Amber
15. Re: Bob Lind
From: Ian Chapman
16. Re: New York Shindig!!!
From: Mick Patrick
17. Re: Flo & Eddie
From: Kurt
18. Re: Roy-like Beatles
From: Alan Gordon
19. Re: Baker Knight etc
From: Martin Roberts
20. Re: Roy-like
From: TD
21. Re: Fool's Errand
From: Ken Silverwood
22. Uncut Magazine CD
From: Art Longmire
23. The Forum, Chad Stuart solo album
From: Art Longmire
24. Re: New York Shindig! / Soul 24-7
From: Mick Patrick
25. Re: Peter Sarstedt
From: Alan Warner
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Message: 1
GrabDateDate: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:33:10 +0000
From: Peter Rechter
Subject: Re: Herman's Hermits
I saw Herman's Hermits back in 1966 at the Palais in St. Kilda,
Melbourne & they were fantastic. I remember the album
with "For
Your Love" on it, I did a quick search, but couldn't
find my
copy. I'm certain that Peter loves what he is doing, & I think
we should all be grateful that he still interprets the songs in
their original form, so many artists don't !!!!
I wish there were more artists like Peter Noone around today, as
there is so much joy in his music.
Peter
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:17:10 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: It's My Party - The CD
Mark Frumento wrote: I hope you and others picked up the IMP CD because
it
is FABULOUS. Not pastiche either. Seven really good originals and 5
wonderful covers.
I did not get that one, but I did manage to abscond with
a copy
of Elisabeth's CD, artwork by Sheila...very innocently
provocative. Fab-Gear level! Did the producers use samples? Such
a ****ing fantastic selection of songs. In my heart it's spring!
JB
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:30:28 -0400
From: Doc Rock
Subject: IMPRTY CDs Review from Discoveries, 1999
IT'S MY PARTY
"Can't"/"I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls"
- Mister Cat Records #701
"That Boy John"/"I'm Bobby's Girl"/"The Boy Next Door"
- Mister Cat Records #702
For years now I've been telling friends and radio listeners
what I would do if I won the lottery. I'd hire a great early
'60s artist, say Bobby Vee or the Pixies Three. Then I'd snag
some writer, such as Ellie Greenwich or Johnny Madara. Next I'd
corral a producer such as Snuffy Garrett. Then I'd round up
players from the so-called Wrecking Crew, or whoever my producer
wanted to have, as well as his favorite arranger. My
goal in all
this? To have some "new oldies," something different for me and
other oldies fans to listen to and for oldies radio stations to
play. To provide a change from the same old Oldies but Goodies.
To recreate the old feel, but with a fresh, modern spin.
Well, I'll never win the lottery. After all, I never buy tickets.
But, thanks to John Giotto and his Girl Group called
It's My
Party, my goal of having new oldies has been
unexpectedly
achieved! "Can't" is the first cut on CD single 701. It is
recorded in wide stereo, with the lead in the middle,
the
background vocals on the left, and all the instruments
on the
right except one guitar and a tambourine. The mix simply drips
sixties. The lead is so catchy, and delivered with such emotion
and verve that the song ran through my mind continuously for
days after I first heard it. I felt the same way I felt the first
time I heard the Pixies Three's "Birthday Party" on the radio
back in 1963. Hopelessly hooked for life.
The incredibly spirited background vocals were recorded with the
three girls grouped around one microphone for an
authentic retro
sound. The effect brings to mind the closing car-horn-honking-
effect of the vocals at the tail end of the Murmaids'
1964 GG
hit, "Popsicles and Icicles." Speaking of endings,
listen to
the very end of "Can't" for a sweet treat in the right channel!
The 1964 feel of "Can't" is enhanced by the instrumental break,
which features very Beatle-esque handclaps, tambourine, and
harmonica. The song was written in 1981 by Walter
O'Brien, a
John Lennon fan. "I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls" continues
with the Beatles motif. It is a faithful recreation of
the 1964
original by Donna Lynn, a great girl singer whose only "hit" was
the #89 "My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut." Producer John Giotti
deliberately chose a small hit to remake, not wanting to try to
gild the lily by remaking and well-known Top 40 GG
records of
yesterday.
CD single 702 is All Mono, All the Time. The title cut
is a Jeff
Barry-Ellie Greenwich Raindrops 45 from the Fall of
1963, "That
Boy John" (#64). A personal favorite for 35 years, I was dubious
that anyone could do justice to Ellie's incredible vocal magic.
After all, it was Ellie's fantastic voice that backed up everyone
from Lesley Gore to Connie Francis in the early '60s. Jeff's bass
line "pa-pow-did-ip" is recreated by former Promise bassest
Taalib-deen Muhammed. "I'm Bobby's Girl" is a priceless gem,
written expressly for It's My Party (aka IMPRTY or
simply IMP)
by Syeed Abdulal-Haqq. Think the Shangri-Las doing a
gutsy answer
to Marcie Blaine's "Bobby's Girl," complete with a
spoken exchange
intro, followed by classic GG lyrics -- the corny lines, the hip
rap, the loosey-goosey rhymes!
"When you see us at the movie,
Bobby makes me groovy.
Eating popcorn, soda pop,
Bobby Bobby won't you stop?
Everybody won't see what's going on the screen,
hey'll be looking at us while we're kissing in the
seats!"
Were it not for the phrase "home boys" snuck into the
last verse,
I'd swear this was a lost 1964 tape! I could go on for several
more paragraphs about this song, but my editor is doubtless
gnashing his teeth over a review this long for two,
little GG CD
singles. But the crowning cut is the Secrets' 1963 GG classic,
"The Boy Next Door." Since I worship all of the Secrets records,
I was ultra-sceptical about this song. My fears were groundless.
With sax played by Bill Tiberio, a high school music teacher,
drums by producer John Giotti, and handclaps by Janine Michele
(the IMP Fan Club President!), the basic track is an uncanny
recreation of the original session. They could not have paid a
more heartfelt homage to the Secrets 45 without stealing
a tape
from the 1963 session! It is with the vocals, and especially
the lead with its breathy urgency, that the 90s spin I referred
to previously come into play. This track sounds the way that a
1963 Girl Group record would have sounded if Julie Budd had
idolized the Shirelles instead of Barbra Streisand.
Don't get me
wrong. Patty, Jackie, Karen, and Carol did a wonderful
job 37
years ago. But the IMP trio's '90s sound provides the perfect
accent to an otherwise timeless classic.
The cardboard sleeves these CD singles come in are
crafted with
care equal to that lavished on the musical tracks. The girls are
dressed in sweaters, dresses and blouses that would have made
perfect school clothes in 1962. Their outfits and pose
for the
8 x 10 black and white (of course!) publicity still are copied
right off the Secrets own 45 picture sleeve for "The Boy Next
Door." The hair styles, outrageously authentic flips and perfect
Shangri-Las straightness, were done by an aged
hairdresser from
the period. The title strips are printed just like 45 sleeves,
and even the Fan Club address (P.O. Box 423, Pennfield,
NY
14526) is given.
In a bow to the millennium, their email address, imprty@aol.com
and web site, http://itsmypartyonline.com are also provided.
There's been a rockabilly revivial, a punk revival, a
surf revival,
and now a swing revival. Isn't it about time for a Girl Group
revival? For myself, I feel lucky just to have these
two CDs.
So lucky, in fact, that maybe I should go out and buy my first
lottery ticket!
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:18:59 EDT
From: Ronnie Allen
Subject: Paul Evans radio show postponed
The station "threw in" a Little League game into their schedule
at the last second and it started late and ran long, leaving
me no choice but to cancel yesterday's (Monday's) scheduled
one-hour interview show with Paul Evans.
I will be meeting with station management tomorrow to
see if
I can arrange for a new date/time for the show ..... hopefully
one which will not be subject to pre-emption.
I am sorry if this caused anybody any inconvenience but this
was something beyond my control.
Ronnie Allen
E-mail: RonnieOldiesGuy@aol.com
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:18:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bob Hanes
Subject: Bob Lind story
I had a friend named Bernie Greene. He was a record collector/
dealer living in Portland, Oregon in the '70s and '80s. Some
of you may have done business with Bernie "back in the
old days."
This is a story he told me back in those days of Park Avenue
Records in Portland. It's third hand, but it's fun.
A few years after Bob Lind had released his Capitol
album, he
had been booked into a Ramada Inn in the upscale suburb
of
Portland, Lake Oswego, Oregon. A very nice place to
live, but
not even the cultural center of an underpopulated, artistically
deprived state like Oregon. Bernie found out about the show and
made a point of attending. Just prior to the start of
the show
the MC pointed out that there were pads and pencils on each
table and though the first set would consist of Mr.
Lind's "new
material", the second set would be open to anything the crowd
wanted to hear from Bob's repertoire. Simply write your request
on a slip of paper and hand them to a waitress or
waiter.
Bernie wrote down his request.
When Bob came out, after a short respite after the first set,
and asked: "who asked to hear, 'A B Movie World Meets
Reno
Funtown U.S.A?'" Bernie spoke up and admitted that it
was he.
Bob asked Bernie to stay after the show, that he had to talk to
him. The gist of the conversation doesn't stick in my mind.
Pretty tame talk, about career and musical inspirations, record
label crookedness. However, with all this talk of Bob's work I
am remembering both my old friend Bernie, and an artist, Bob Lind,
that made me want to be a Bohemian in my younger days.
I was
too late for the "beat generation" but I was a pretty
good hippie,
still am. I'd much rather spend my money on music and good
friends than a new car.
The Right Reverend Bob, dumb angel chapel,
Church of the Harmonic Overdub
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 01:12:09 -0500
From: David Goodwin
Subject: Re: Flo and Eddie
Stewart Mason, in response to whether the Flo & Eddie
box set
was worthwhile, wrote: No, if you want something that sounds like the
Turtles. Yes if you want a relentlessly sarcastic take on the pretentions
of '70s rock. While Flo and Eddie were always capable of greatness (their
single "Another Pop Star's Life" is
one of the great glam-rock songs), the albums are quite
uneven and often too beholden to their "concept" to be thoroughly interesting
on their own terms.
I disagree, at least to a certain extent. Their first album
(The Phlorescent Leech and Eddie) is excellent in and of itself,
and is largely divorced from the "concept" of later Flo and Eddie.
Of course, it isn't available on CD or anything...
-D
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:52:19 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Party; Orbisongs; Del Satins; Bob Lind
Par-tee!!! Special thanks to Sheila for Shindig NYC; to Mick
and Martin and families, and Phils C. and M. for the
great
times and great company; to David Young, Mark Frumento, Mike
Edwards, Tony Leong, John Clemente, Dave Feldman and all the
other list members I met and talked with all night (and those
I didn't get to talk with enough) until my poor wife literally
fell over from exhaustion!
The presence of the guest artists was a delight, and
It's My
Party were all kinds of fun (thanks Steve Harvey for the link -
http://www.hrtimeout.com/current/Tim_Cain_Column/cain.php - wish
you could have been there, too!). Extra-special thanks
to the
folks who asked me to MC and DJ a set - I tried to get
as broad
a range of our kind of music as I could squeeze into a short
time. Hope y'all liked it. Those of us in attendance
were a
great audience, and personally, I think we're a pretty nice
bunch of folks! I'm still on a pink cloud from the weekend....
Orbisongs........Bill Craig: Just thought of another by a mid-'80s band,
Cock Robin. The song is called "When Your Heart Is Weak". It's an obvious
homage to R.O.
I love the song, but I don't hear the obvious homage. I
do
hear the influence in Chris Isaak, though (thanks, Bill George).
Clark Davis: ...Chip Taylor Here I am Warner Brothers anyone know of
these records?
This is a beauty! 1962, I think, and fraught with Orbisonian
drama - as is the David Box track at musica. I just ordered the
Box CD; I await it with great anticipation.
Thanks, Mike Edwards, for the kind Brian Wilson
comments; he
still seems to love the old stuff too. Andrew Hickey, thanks
for the updates and corrections; I agree the band took a few
songs to find itself, but I thought it was excellent
from then on.
I only knew of the substitution by the stage
announcement, and
not being overly familiar with the band's "regular" line-up,
I wasn't disappointed by what I didn't know was missing.
Phil Milstein: ...The Del Satins' "Feelin' No Pain"...
Wow - a perfect early 60's Dion rocker, only missing
Dion
himself!
Mike Edwards: Good choice, Ian, but for many the definitive Val Doonican
cut will always be "Elusive Butterfly" (UK Decca,
1966)
Gary Apollo: 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....
Lind, the writer, was the original. He was a signed
World
Pacific artist. A brief bio can be found at
http://www.tsimon.com/lind.htm but there is a
semi-error:
It credits "Don't Be Concerned," the album with "Elusive
Butterfly," as his first. There were some acoustic-only demo
tapes of earlier songs, recorded before his hit, but released
afterwards with a sloppily-overdubbed orchestra, on
Verve
Forecast, to try to turn lead into gold. The album was called
"The Elusive Bob Lind." Caveat emptor. And here's a less-effusive
very short bio:
"Bob Lind's 'Elusive Butterfly was one of the most successful
one-shots of the mid-'60s folk-rock boom, reaching the
Top Five
in early 1966. He never came close to matching that
early
triumph, although other acts brought his songs to a
wider
audience with their covers of Lind compositions like "Cheryl's
Going Home" (Blues Project), "Counting" (Marianne Faithfull), and
"Mr. Zero" (Yardbirds' lead singer Keith Relf). The
beauty of
Jack Nitzsche's intricate production on Lind's two 1966 LPs,
favoring acoustic guitars and pretty string
arrangements, is
admirable, but Lind himself hasn't worn that well. His songs are
wordy and on the didactic side; his voice is nervous and lacks
emotional range; his melodies are pretty, but not enormously so."
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Still three digests behind,
Country Paul (exhausted but happy!)
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:13:29 -0000
From: Rosemarie Edwards
Subject: Re: Elusive Butterfly
The best version of "Elusive Butterfly" that I have ever
heard is by Eddie Rambeau - on his "The Best of the
Past"
CD http://www.multi-craft.co.uk/ed/best.html
Not that I am at all biased ....LOL
Rosemarie (Leeds UK - Editor or Eddie Rambeau - Website)
http://www.edrambeau.com
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:28:46 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Party Timers, Welcome Home
As the weary travellers struggle bravely home from the
New
World, concerned that the U.K. can only now be a series
of
downwardly spiralling disappointments (Cilla Black, Lulu etc),
we poor workers and toilers in the homelands stand, and
in some
cases sit, open-mouthed in awe at tales of the strange peoples
and customs in far-off places.
Welcome back, brave warriors !
Is it true there is to be a slide show and talk at the Walford
Womens Institute?
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:03:37 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: IMPRTY CDs Review from Discoveries, 1999
Doc - thanks for posting that review. I ordered the two
singles yesterday. Amazing service - they were shipped
the
same day. Can't wait.
The review (is that yours?) is interesting because it's
almost exactly what I was thinking when I first listened the
full length CD... what a trip it would be to make real
sounding 60s music. Among the other CDs I have
replicating
60s sounds, it's hands down the best.
What impressed me about John Giotto (I'm assuming he was the
drummer at the S'Pop show?) is that he he seemed to know even
the most obscure of the songs being played by the Party DJs.
I watched him sing along to songs I had never heard before.
So I could tell the guy knew his stuff (at least
compared to
me, which may not mean a thing). For anyone pondering buying
these CDs, the review says it all.
I know others bought the CD Friday night. In fact Dave
F's
idea to buy it prompted my purchase. Any other comments
on it?
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:30:33 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Re: Fool's Errand
Ken Silverwood wrote: A question I've been wanting to find an answer to but always
leave out, regards Billy Fury's "Do You Really Love Me Too(Fool's Errand)". Who
recorded it before him? I believe it was a female, possibly Barbara Chandler?
And of course, is it possible to hear it played to musica if anyone
has it?
Bit late answering this, but yes, Ken, it was Barbara Chandler.
Her version came out Kapp in the US and on
London-American in
the UK. It was the second of a great trilogy of 45s she cut for
Kapp in '63/'64, which included other fab girl-group
sides
such as "I'm Going Out With The Girls", "Running Running Johnny"
and a version of "It Hurts To Be Sixteen", as also done
by
Andrea Carroll.
Before Kapp, she did a couple of 45s for ABC, then later cut
one-offs for Cameo ('67) and Musicor ('68) - the latter
a song
penned by the UK's Valerie Avon, entitled "Pretty Shade
of Blue".
I think some of her songs have been reissued, but I'm
not sure
if "Fool's Errand" was one of them, or if any are still
currently available.
Ian
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:47:44 EDT
From: Ronnie Allen
Subject: Paul Evans radio interview rescheduled for
Sunday
The radio station management has given me a new date for my Paul Evans
one-hour radio interview show along with assurances that this time it will
NOT be pre-empted!
The new date/time is: this Sunday June 29th at 8 PM Eastern Time
Information about the show (along with my previous show archives) can be
found on the following web page:
http://www.wbcb1490.com/rallen.htm
Note: depending on when you visit the above page it may still have the
original show date (I have submitted the update but it
may not be posted
for a few hours). The correct information is the date specified above:
Sunday June 29th at the the same 8 PM Eastern Time originally scheduled.
The remainder of the information on the web page is correct. To listen to
the radio station please use the following link:
http://www.wbcb1490.com
When that home page has loaded, click on the "Listen
Live" link at the
upper-left.
Ronnie Allen
E-mail: RonnieOldiesGuy@aol.com
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:24:16 -0500
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: New York Shindig! & etc.
I'd like to add my own glowing report to those who've already checked in
here with comments on this past weekend's S'pop
gathering in New York.
It was truly a magnificent event, filled as it was with first-time
meetings with many friends-from-afar, the wonderful performances of
Elisa K. and It's My P., a steady stream of brilliant tracks from the
hepcats at the wheels of steel, the graceful presence of numerous
from-the-day starlets, drinking, dancing, the gross gyrations of a
couple of skanky "went-went" dancers, and even a near-disaster caused by
the drunk and bitter guest (not, of course, a Spectropopper) who tried
to set fire to the greenback dollars he'd planted in the G-strings of
the skanky "went-went" dancers. Talk about action!
Sheila B. is to be thanked and congratulated in
particular for all that
she did to carry off such a festive event so
successfully. Her smaller
get-together the next night was equally memorable, not least of which
for allowing us an audience with the charming Maxine Brown, who looked
about five years older than the photo of her on Country Paul's pic
sleeve of her classic "Ask Me" even though it was made
in 1963. We should
all age half so sweetly.
On to a couple of other matters. I'd like to thank everyone who's
responded to my request for "Orbison-like" suggestions. There's some
great tips there, including quite a bit I know nothing about but hope to
snag soon. Right now I'm figuring out which ones I
already have, and
which I can acquire more-or-less easily (and
double-thanks to those who
are one step ahead of me and have already posted
suggested tracks to
musica), and then I'll start hitting people up for dubs
of those I can't
locate. Considering how rare some of the suggested
tracks seem to be, I
suspect there'll be a lot in that latter category, so buckle up.
Finally, I'm curious to know who is responsible for posting that fabuloo
pic of Nancy Sinatra and Mickie Most motoring away to
the S'pop/Yahoo
homepage on. It is truly a keeper, and a finer representation of what
we're all about here would be hard to find.
Still reeling,
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:58:07 +0100
From: Amber
Subject: Re: New York Shindig! / Elisabeth's CD
James Botticelli: ...I did manage to abscond with a copy of Elisabeth's CD,
artwork by Sheila...very innocently provocative. Fab-Gear
level! Did the producers use samples? Such a ****ing fantastic selection of
songs. In my heart it's spring!
Cookie, Poppet, Baby Cakes, Heart Face, Angel Eyes!!! Well, this time,
thanks to my pal Joey Heatherton acting as my stunt double, I was able to
attend the New York Shindig! Although, with flashlights popping all around
me, I was forced to keep a very low profile. Heck, one little pic in the
local press could prove disastrous, remission-wise. So wound up in the
excitement of the event, I didn't spy anyone selling copies of Elsabeth's
CD. How did you score yours, Jimmy? Do tell! Joey loaned me her new camera,
and even taught me how to use it, bless. Click below to see some of the
shots I bagged. Divine frock. And just my size! (Evil thoughts!) :-)
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/
Gotta run or I'll be late for group therapy. That would result in me
being barred from the TV lounge this evening. They're showing One Flew
Over The Cucckoo's Nest. How apt.
Love to all,
AvT
xxx
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 18:23:24 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Re: Bob Lind
Country Paul reprinted a Bob Lind bio from All Music Guide:
Paul,
I agree with Richie Unterberger's praise for the
Nitzsche-
arranged strings on the World Pacific stuff, but he was too
negative about Bob Lind himself. Sure, lyrics can be on the
didactic side sometimes but he sings with such
conviction that
you just go along with it. Lyrics too wordy? Maybe,
but
glimpses of genius and humour often shine through - one
of my
favourite lines comes from "Go Ask Your Man" - I'm
quoting from
memory here, but it goes something like, "and in the meantime,
could anything be finer than rolling to the ocean in
your
trusty Morris Minor" (when a reference to a car that was once
a reliable but un-trendy British institution turns up in an
American song, it kinda takes a UK listener by
surprise!)
Nervous voice? Well, right now I'm listening his Verve
Folkways 45, "Hey Nellie Nellie", a traditional tune
about
slavery and the civil war and there's nothing faltering there
- in fact his voice soars above the swirling strings, which -
overdubbed or not - do work well on this particular
track,
almost Nitzschean.
But if he never did anything else, I'd always be
grateful
to him for his composition and delivery of "Elusive Butterfly",
a record that would have to figure somewhere in my all-time
pop Top 20.
Ian
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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:16:56 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: New York Shindig!!!
Tony Leong wrote: Our jaws dropped when the group It's My Party sang
"He's The Greatest" by the Delrons (I would've passed out had
they sang "Weather Forecast"!!!!!).
Hi Tony,
We never had the chance to chat. Shame. Still, there's always
next time. Someone groped me as I queued up "Panic".
Dunno who
that coulda been! I heard a rumour Nanette Licari was in
attendance. Can u confirm?
Jimmy Botticelli: I almost had a caniption when they sang "Attack".
The lead was dead on. And those harmonies....better than rekkids even!
To attempt "Attack" live was brave. The result was so spine-
chilling I had to bite my hand!
As I was packing up my 45s at about 4 am, I happened across two
nice LPs under the counter. It turns out they don't
belong to me,
Sheila or Country Paul. That leaves you, Jimmy. Lemme know.
Sheila deserves a huge round of applause for organizing the
Shindig! The event coincided with the launch of the new issue of
her Cha Cha Charming magazine, now a stylish internet publication.
Check it all out right here:
http://www.chachacharming.com
More later.
Mick Patrick
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:17:24 -0700
From: Kurt
Subject: Re: Flo & Eddie
Mark Frumento wrote: I don't know of a boxed set by Flo and Eddie but I
would recommend you seek 'The Best of Flo and Eddie.' Their material is a
mixture of comedy and melodic songwriting, the latter being way more appealing
to me. When they wanted to
they could recreate the magic they produced in the Turtles.
Mark...
A Turtles compilation was released in 2002 called "Solid Zinc".
51 songs...including some demos. It's on Rhino Records
Kurt
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Message: 18
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:23:49 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Re: Roy-like Beatles
Steve Harvey: The Beatles' "Please Please Me" pre-Martin version was very
Orbisonish until George Martin changed it around.
Do you have this version, Steve? I have hundreds of
hours of
Beatles, Threatles and solo stuff, but I've only heard about this
slowed-down version, I've never actually heard it.
peace,
albabe
(Admin Note: NO Beatles tracks in musica, pretty please)
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:53:24 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: Baker Knight etc
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the tip on Baker Knight. Sue has the mag but will check
out his site. I do hope 'poppers realise how lucky they are to hear
Timi's "Teardrops 'till Dawn", one of my favourites. Actually, some
really great tunes in musica at the moment, if not known all are
worth hearing. (Well, most are!)
Regarding "I Could Have Loved You So Well" - good
version by Chance
Eden. The Jack Bedient And The Chessmen's recording on Columbia is
also good but as much as I love the song I wish there
was a version
by a 'real' singer. A very hard song to do right, just imagine how it
could have sounded if recorded by Jimmy Radcliffe or
Tommy Hunt!
I also noted Ken's request for the original of "Fool's Errand" but
was surprised that in the UK the record (at least the London demo) has
the title as simply "Do You Really Love Me Too".
Martin
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:58:43 -0400
From: TD
Subject: Re: Roy-like
Did anyone mention "Run To Him" as a Roy Obrison-type song? How
about Johnny Jack's "The Beggar Who Became a King"?
-- TD
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:17:26 +0100
From: Ken Silverwood
Subject: Re: Fool's Errand
Ian Chapman on the original of "Fool's Errand": Bit late answering this, but yes,
Ken, it was Barbara Chandler.
Many thanks Ian for your reply confirming my suspicion, although I'm
only familiar with "It Hurts To Be Sixteen".
Ken On The West Coast.
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:26:56 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Uncut Magazine CD
Anybody else pick up the latest issue of Uncut magazine? It has a
bonus CD of British psych and was a real bargain at only eight bucks.
The track by Dantalion's Chariot alone was worth the price. Also got
to hear My Friend Jack by the Smoke for the first time. Excellent.
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:47:43 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: The Forum, Chad Stuart solo album
It was great to hear that Revola has put out a CD of the Forum...I
have the original album and have always liked it. I had first
purchased their 45's "The River is Wide" and "Trip on Me". Of course
the Grass Roots also recorded "River" but I like the
Forum original
best. I also have a version of the tune by Bobby Rydell that is
interesting in that it has several extra verses.
Another album I wish somebody would issue on CD is the
one by Chad
Stuart that originally came out on Bell records back in 1968. I'm
surprised this album hasn't gotten more attention...it's
a Bill Traut
Dunwich production and is every bit as good as "Cabbages and Kings"
and "The Ark".
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Message: 24
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:12:54 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: New York Shindig! / Soul 24-7
Simon White: Welcome back, brave warriors! Is it true there is to
be a slide show and talk at the Walford Womens Institute?
Expect Mssrs Roberts, Chapman and yours truly to bore everyone
within earshot with tales of our NY jaunt for months to come.
We were thinking of hiring the Peckham Senior Citizens
Pop In
Centre. We'll reserve you a seat. Soul 24-7.com - Metropolitan Soul Playlist, 22nd June
The Toys? Barbara Jean English? Maxine Brown? The Exciters?
Great playlist, thanks for being there in spirit. I was hugged
by all these ladies last weekend, not forgetting Linda
of the
Lovelites, Louise of the Hearts/Jaynetts and Beverly Warren.
Bored yet? Gimme time.
Mick Patrick
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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:25:51 -0700
From: Alan Warner
Subject: Re: Peter Sarstedt
James Botticelli wrote: Every time I think about Bob Lind--
admittedly not terribly frequently--I think of Peter Sarstedt
and "Where Do
You Go To (My Lovely)". Anyone have the Sarstedt Skinny?
Never heard from him after that one.
Following "Where Do You Go To My Lovely" and Peter's Top 10
follow-up UK hit "Frozen Orange Juice" (both in '69), he
continued recording for United Artists (product released here
in the US on World Pacific) including a controversial
song
called "Take Off Your Clothes"; Peter even had his own British
television series on the-then new BBC2 channel. In
1976, he
cut a much-revered album for Warner Bros. called "Tall Tree".
After that, he recorded sporadically for some smaller labels
including an album called "Never Say Goodbye" on Trax in 1986
and eventually he wrote and recorded a "Where Do You Go" sequel.
I'd known Peter during his UA days and met up with him again
in London in the late 80s when he and his brother Clive opened
for Neil Sedaka at the Palladium.
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