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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Brook Benton
From: Lindsay Martin
2. Bonzo Dog item
From: Steve Harvey
3. The Ivories - Please Stay
From: Will Stos
4. Re: Hamilton Camp
From: TD
5. Randy and Jackie
From: Joe Foster
6. The 4 Seasons - Genuine Imitation LP
From: Kurt
7. Metropolitan Soul 24-7.com Playlist 20th July
From: Simon White
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 00:17:27 -0000
From: Lindsay Martin
Subject: Brook Benton
Is anyone else here nuts about Brook Benton?
So many of his tracks are absolute gems: amazing voice, loads of
musicality, classy production & arrangements: "Endlessly", "Fools
Rush In" etc. Apart from that, he had a relaxed good humour that
came through on his duets with Dinah Washington ["Baby (You've Got
What It Takes)" & "A Rockin' Good Way..."], and the novelties: "Boll
Weevil Song", "Hit Record"... And "A Rainy Night In Georgia", a
1970 career revival.
His reissues seem to be a bit patchy: has there ever been a
comprehensive collection? A lot of CDs I've seen around are of late
career rerecordings.
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of information or enthusiasm
about him on the Net either, if my Googling is any indication. He
had 22 Billboard Top 40 entries 1959-1970.
[The production on his tracks from the 60s has that old-style, crisp
sound: chunky rhythm section, soaring strings, female chorus...
There oughta be a word for it: you hear it on some of Gene
McDaniels' songs: "Lonely Town..." or even, say, Sarah
Vaughan's "Broken Hearted Melody".]
I just never get sick of this guy's work!
Lindsay
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:06:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Bonzo Dog item
Any poppers know the history behind this CD?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2546220419&category=1057
BONZO DOG WORK IN PROGRESS STUDIO CD BEATLES
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 02:13:01 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: The Ivories - Please Stay
Anybody know anything about this girl group, or the song? It
sounds very weird. Probably mid-late 60s, mix between soul and
psychedelic styles. The lead vocal is very wobbly in places.
Still, it's extremely catchy.
Will : )
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:42:58 -0400
From: TD
Subject: Re: Hamilton Camp
David Coyle wrote:
> 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.
We were singing "This Little Light of Mine" in Kindergarten and Sunday
School back in the 1950s, and I think it was an oldie but goodie even
then.
-- TD
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:42:35 +0100
From: Joe Foster
Subject: Randy and Jackie
Steve Harvey wrote:
> In 1980 I finally got to meet Randy Newman and discuss the
> various early stages of his career ..... He did admit writing
> several tunes with Jackie DeShannon. Probably a connection via
> his childhood friend, Lenny Waronker.
I think the connection was that Randy and Jackie were both signed
to Metric Music, Liberty's music publishing arm.....
Best,
Joe
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:24:54 -0700
From: Kurt
Subject: The 4 Seasons - Genuine Imitation LP
I picked up a copy of The 4 Seasons album, "Genuine Imitation
Life Gazette" at a garage sale yesterday. Does any body have
any juicy background, trivia, gossip and/or information on this
album?
Even compared to some other way out, hippie-fied and/or complex
LP packages of the era, the fold-out, underground comic packaging
of this LP is just weird (especially for The 4 Seasons).
The album has a full-colour 8-page 12 x 12 booklet with Skip
Williamson cartoons, National Lampoon-esque advertisments and moody,
groovy photos of Frankie Valli and the gang.
A friend of mine told me it was The 4 Seasons attempt at making
their own "Sgt Pepper. But the packaging is more akin to Jefferson
Airplane's "Volunteers" or some sort of Yippie put-on. I almost
expected to find rolling papers in the bottom of the LP sleeve
Before I actually put the record on my turntable and play it, I'd
like to know a little bit more about it. I've seen the compact disc
version of the LP, but it's only a pale shadow compared to the
original LP and only includes small bits of the original LP graphics.
PS: At the same garage sale, I also found a clean copy of Sonny
Bono's "Inner Views". I'm going to put it on my stereo now, open my
windows and crank the volume up to 11
ahhhh...garage sales....
Cheers,
Kurt
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:40:23 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Metropolitan Soul 24-7.com Playlist 20th July
For those who missed the show -
roosevelt grier - pizza pie man
gary u.s. bonds - working for my baby
bobby marchan - everything a poor man needs
little richard - well alright
ike and tina turner - beauty is just skin deep
tommy and cleve - boo ga loo baby
andre williams - soul party a go go
dorothy ashby - action line
clyde & the blue jays - the big jerk
major lance - matador
susan coleman - the age of the wolf
the blossoms - deep into my heart
patrice holloway - for the love of mike
darlene love - too late to say you're sorry
little ann - who are you trying to fool
martha reeves - always something there to remind me
donnie elbert - this old heart of mine
inst. - you better go go
henry jerome - uptight
soulful strings - i know i'm losing you
pookie hudson - jealous heart
marv johnson - with all thatıs in me
shirley matthews & the big town girls - you can count on that
hoagy lands - baby let me hold your hand
eddie bo - every dog got his day
eddie floyd - thing get better
tony and tyrone - whip it on me baby
george freeman - why are you doing this to me
cindy gibson - i'll always love you
gloria gaynor - false alarm
saundra edwards - no more room in my heart
carole waller - this love of mind
the carvels - don't let him know
gloria jones - come go with me
inst - come go with me
les girls - stop look and listen
inst. - theme from the other side
frank nelson - dominica
fran jeffries - gone now
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