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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Please Please Me
From: Steve Harvey
2. Classic Stuff
From: Bob Rashkow
3. Re: Anything I Can Do?
From: Art Longmire
4. Re: Collectors first album
From: Dan Hughes
5. Re: Label scans
From: Guy Lawrence
6. Re: Hamilton Camp
From: David Coyle
7. Re: Hamilton Camp
From: Eddy
8. The Metropolitan Soul Show on Soul 24-7.com
From: Simon White
9. Re: Brian Hyland/Jackie DeShannon song
From: Clark Besch
10. New Joey Stec issues
From: Kingsley Abbott
11. Re: Brute Force (plus Mikie Harris)
From: Jeff Lemlich
12. Re: Moses Lake (Boettcher Production)
From: Jon Cook
13. "Keep The Boy Happy"
From: Will Stos
14. Vinyl; Togeter reissues; Brute Force; Collectors; Thanks
From: Country Paul >
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Please Please Me
Actually a recently found acetate of the Beatles came up for sale
on Ebay. The title of this demo disc was "Please Pleasure Me"! Mr.
Epstein freaked out upon seeing this title and told the boys, "You
are just asking for trouble, lads." Eppie had them quickly change it
to the better known "Please Please Me".
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:27:32 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Classic Stuff
Lots of great stuff I HAVEN'T heard being discussed--I've seen
Hamilton Camp do Story Theater on TV way in the past, and I know I
would love "Here's To You." My personal favorite from QMS' first
is "Dino's Song"--another classic! Was it Art Longmire who
mentioned The Collectors' first LP? You know, even with all this
wonderful stuff out there waiting to be uncovered, between their
mini-rock opera "What Love?" and The Pretty Things' "Bracelets of
Fingers" from S.F. SORROW, I sometimes feel as though the entire
late 6Ts and what it meant to me are right there at the flick of a
stereo switch!
Bobster
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:27:56 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: Anything I Can Do?
Martin Roberts wrote:
> Seems a shame to waste the empty spaces on musica, I've played
> the earlier mentioned, The Ashes - "Is There Anything I Can Do"
> - Vault. A one page web site exists:
> http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jason.penick/pbc/pbc_ashes.html
Thanks very much for the link, Martin. This is the best single
article I've ever seen on the Ashes, and I just love the picture of
the group and the label scans. Hopefully more music by this excellent
group will be compiled on CD in the future.
Best,
Art Longmire
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:08:25 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Collectors first album
Art sez:
> ....the Collectors (don't miss this group's first album on Warner
> Brothers if you can find it)!
Art, I would dearly love to have a copy of the song Howard Chrisman's
Older from that first Collectors LP. Can you post it?????
Thanks!
---Dan
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:14:31 +0100
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: Re: Label scans
Martin wrote:
> Just checked out http://www.bertberns.com/ and Brett's got a
> groovy new feature, "Single Of The Day". Not mp3s but great
> label and picture sleeve scans.I guess it's my age but not many
> pictures 'turn me on' as much as a cool record label!
You're not alone Martin! I have hundreds of label scans saved
on my computer and spend many a happy hour loooking at the
45s for sale on places like Ebay. I'm not sure but I think our
fetish may be linked to all that time reading label small print at
record fairs!
Guy.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:39:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Re: Hamilton Camp
If I'm not mistaken, there are two Hamilton Camp songs on "Buried
Treasure." One is the aforementioned "Here's To You," and I think
the other is "This Wheel's On Fire." Or am I getting it mixed up
with Tom Northcott, whose version of Nilsson's "1941" is also on
the collection? I think both have two songs on.
The Gibson/Camp song that was covered by Simon & Garfunkel was
entitled "You Can Tell The World" on "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M."
Interesting about Gibson & Camp that they wrote "This Little Light
Of Mine," which I always thought was an ancient church song. I never
imagined singing it in Sunday School that I'd find out it only dated
back to the early '60s.
David
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:47:54 +0200
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Hamilton Camp
Phil Milstein:
> I believe Camp was also a semi-regular on M*A*S*H. I also saw
> him in the early '70s in an off-Broadway production called Paul
> Sand's Story Theater, where he was billed as Hamid Hamilton Camp
> (had he semi-converted to Islam?). Very tiny dude -- couldn't
> have been more than 5'3", but he had a lot of talent.
As far as I know he was only in 2 episodes...The Moon Is Not Blue"
(episode # 11.8) 13 December 1982 and "Major Topper" (episode # 6.24)
27 March 1978.
Possibly of more interest is the fact that he was also in "Monkees,
The" (1966) playing "Philo" in episode: "Monkees at the Movies"
(episode # 1.31) 17 April 1967 not to mention in Bewitched, Bonanza,
Mary Tyler Moore, Starsky & Hutch, WKRP in Cincinnati, Laverne &
Shirley, Soap, Three's company, Hill Street blues, Mork & Mindy,
Twilight zone, Cheers, Duck tales, Murphy Brown, ER, Lois & Clark,
Star Trek and movies such as American Hot Wax, Heaven can wait,
Roadie, SOB, Attack of the 50ft woman and a truckload more, including
many "voices only".
Eddy
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:04:09 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: The Metropolitan Soul Show on Soul 24-7.com
This Sunday 20th July 2003 2pm-4pm GMT on Soul 24-7.com:
http://www.soul24-7.com/index.htm
The METROPOLITAN SOUL SHOW
2 solid hours of 60's, 70's but mainly Northern, Soul
This week the long awaited return of
The Utterly Marvellous Simon White
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:48:48 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: Brian Hyland/Jackie DeShannon song
Hi, now that I have the "power" (!!!!), I have added Jackie DeShannon
and Randy Newman's Brian Hyland 45 "He Don't Undertand You" to Musica
for Mike Edwards. I have really been loving Brian's Philips/Dot/Uni
era stuff lately. Faves: "I Can Hear the Rain" (wr. Layng Martine
Jr./L. Stallman), "Stay Away From Her" (wr. Hyland/Jimmy
Holvay), "Stay & Love Me All Summer", "When You Touch Me" (wr. George
Fischoff (98.6)/J. Meltzer), "3000 Miles" (some guy :) ), "Yesterday
I had a Girl" (Hyland), "Rainy April Morning" (Hyland), "Hung Up In
Your Eyes" (wr. Sonny Curtis/GD Hardin), "Holiday for Clowns" (Sonny
Curtis/GD Hardin), "Get the Message" (wr. J Griffin/M Gordon). Also
really like Del Shannon's "Sister Isabelle" (wr. Shannon/Hyland) and
its' flip "Colorado Rain". Upon looking at my Hyland 45s, it is
amazing who wrote some of his other 45s too. Bobby Russell
("Joker..."), Ray Whitley ("Run, Run, Look & See)--in case you didn't
know, Ray wrote "The Lovin Things" that we have been talking about
lately among others--, John Hall ("If You Come Back"), Bobby Hart
("With my Eyes Wide Open"/"Out of the Blue"). Of course, the Jackie
DeShannon/ R. Newman (I assume this is THE Randy Newman) on the first
listed "He Don't Understand You". Funny that the flip of this 45
is "Love Will Find a Way", later a hit by Jackie DeShannon.
Actually, her song was a different song, but maybe the idea stuck in
her head for later????? Anywya, hope you enjoy this cool Hyland
song. Clark
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:48:33 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: New Joey Stec issues
Thanks are due to Ron W for posting the very full details of the new
Sonic Past issues of The Millennium, Randy Meisner and Sandy Salisbury.
Since my original posting about them, I've been enjoying them more.
They should be pretty essential for anyone wanting to get more into
this wonderful period, and as well as this, excellent as Curt B was,
these releases do underline the wealth of OTHER talent there was in the
Millennium. The really cool thing is that Joey tells me that if these
go well enough, there will certainly be more to come - so, seek 'em out
fellas!
Kingsley
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:05:41 -0400
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Re: Brute Force (plus Mikie Harris)
Mike Rashkow wrote about Brute Force:
> Not add, but reiterate; that it was my favorite cut on the LP, that the
> production on that LP was first class--Columbia Studio, John Simon Prod.
> AND, Ellie, Jeannie and Mikie all the way in the BG parts.
Speaking of Mikie... do you happen to know who else besides her was on the
Mikie & The Ardons record "Three's A Crowd"?
Thanks,
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:06:01 EDT
From: Jon Cook
Subject: Re: Moses Lake (Boettcher Production)
Greetings all -
I remember about a year or so ago the announcement that the Moses Lake
album would finally make it to CD. Since then I haven't heard a word.
Can anyone give a review? It is/was a Boettcher production, wasn't it?
Thanks for any help -
jon cook
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:24:00 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: "Keep The Boy Happy"
Just before the Chiffons thread ends, I'd like to ask a question
about this B-side song. Why are their no backing vocals? Was this
track always a solo by Judy, or were there once background vocals
that were wiped off? I always found it odd. Before I knew anything
about the group I had the Ace CD The Fabulous Chiffons which had
twelve tracks, the last of which being this one listed as being
released in 1968. I thought the group might have broken up and this
was a last single recorded by Judy as a solo but released under the
group name. Now I know that's not true. Anyone know the real story?
Will : )
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 01:41:19 -0400
From: Country Paul >
Subject: Vinyl; Togeter reissues; Brute Force; Collectors; Thanks
Steve Harvey, thanks for the vinyl testimonial. I have many of my
45's in the original company sleeves and albums in the original
inserts as possible. (The clumps of color on the 45 sleeves make
the artists easy to find, as I file by artist.) Those Columbia
plastic sleeves were problematic, though; they shipped DJ copies with
white paper inserts, which were easier to deal with.
Ron Weekes, you've really whetted my appetite with your thorough
Sandy Salisbury and Millenium album reviews. One of my all-time
favorite records is Salisbury's version of the Fleetwoods' "Come
Softly To Me," actually the A side of "Once I Had A Little Dog" on a
Together stereo 45. Very Wilsonian/subtle Spectorian in its
production. I don't patronize Wal-Mart (for a variety of political
and personal reasons); is there a website for ordering these?
Martin Roberts:
> ...The Ashes - "Is There Anything I Can Do" - Vault. A one page web
> site exists:
> http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jason.penick/pbc/pbc_ashes.html
Where do you find these gems? Great site - who knew? (The song's nice,
too!)
Martin again:
> ...[The] Brute Force track I mentioned, "Making Faces At Each
> Other"... on his "Confections of Love" LP....The track is
> 'interesting'....I've played Brute's, "In Jim's Garage" to musica.
> This is not only interesting but musically enjoyable as well...
My other "wacky" favorite is "To Sit On A Sandwich." From memory:
"Nothing could be finer, nothing could be wiser.... / in this day and
age of such advanced civilization / Than to pounce / and sit on a
sandwich.... / Oh, to go frolic through the cole slaw, what for? / Who
knows anymore.... / Oh, to laugh and frolic through the pickles / While
the big Sandwich Maker Himself/ sits high on His Olympian shelf / and
giggles / and prepares for the wurst!" (Why do I remember these
things?!?!?) In context, it's quite the piece of social commentary.
Really.
The album is a bit like Broadway on LSD - or maybe one too many
martinis! In fact, I always wondered why a Broadway show of this wasn't
produced, although I can't imagine what the storyline would be!
Art Longmire:
> ...the Collectors (don't miss this group's first album on Warner
> Brothers if you can find it)!
Agreed...very fine Canadian group; WFMU just played thee opening track
"What Is Love?" last week. Later became Chilliawack, who I remember as
somewhat less exciting but still popular in Canada.
Department of Thanks:
Andrew Jones, thanks for the nod on the Chordettes. (I feel strange
liking - a lot - an artist played on what some radio folks derisively
called the "Music of Your Wife" format, but then again, I've done
stranger things in my life!)
Dave Feldman: thanks for the first-person write-up on Hamilton Camp.
Bryan, thanks for the off-list Thrills review (I'd typed your name on
my last post, but somehow accidentally edited you out - mea culpa).
Country Paul
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