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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: "High Coin"
From: Jeffrey Glenn
2. Re: Needles and Pins by Love and Tears, 1971
From: Phil Milstein
3. Re: Laura Nyro's background singers
From: Joey "G"
4. Fwd: Rock 'N' Roll Pioneer Sam Phillips Dies
From: Neb Rodgers
5. Re: High Coin
From: Steve Harvey
6. Re: Maggie Stredder - The Girl With The Glasses
From: Keith Moore
7. Mello Cads Live This Sunday
From: David Ponak
8. The Happenings
From: Michael Edwards
9. Re: Jeff Barry + Ellie Greenwich = Billy Mitchell
From: Joey "G"
10. Re: Skip Battin
From: Joey "G"
11. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Newsletter - July 2003
From: Ken Charmer
12. Sam Phillips
From: Richard Havers
13. Re: Maggie Stredder - The Girl With The Glasses
From: Ken Mortimer
14. Re: We Five - "You Let A Love Burn Out"
From: David Coyle
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:04:37 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: "High Coin"
Art Longmire:
> Thanks to all for the info on "High Coin", it certainly seems
> to be a standard of LA pop. Frank Uhle mentioned a version
> (possibly the earliest) by Skip Battin that may have influenced
> Bobby Vee's take on the song - I'd love to hear it. I still
> haven't heard Vee's version yet, or the ones described by Steve
> Harvey (Van Dyke Parks, Jackie DeShannon). The "Indian Beating
> the Drum" label is Chattahootchie, whose biggest act was probably
> Thee Midnighters - now if THEY had recorded "High Coin" that would
> really be something!
I can add one more version of "High Coin" - though it's certainly
not the original, dating to 1969. It's by The Fault Line, and
it's the B-side to their great "Did You Hear About The End Of The
World" (RCA Victor 47-9771). A great version of the song; very much
in the style of The Association. Arranged by Al Capps, so it's
probably an L.A. record too.
Jeff
http://lostjukebox.tripod.com
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:05:26 -0400
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Needles and Pins by Love and Tears, 1971
Shea Ryan wrote:
> My older brother scored a radio promo single in 1976 from
> a sale at a closing college radio station, and, after I'd
> begged long enough, gave me a cassette with the song on it.
Tom Taber wrote:
> I got my copy way back when, very possibly the day I
> visited the Lockport, NY radio station circa 1976 ...
> I've put that "Needles" version on several various
> artist tapes/cdrs I've done over the years ...
Tom, you're not Shea's brother, are you?
Unhelpfully,
--Phil M.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:38:30 EDT
From: Joey "G"
Subject: Re: Laura Nyro's background singers
Hi Tony..even on the re-issue columbia LINER NOTES it gives no
mention...Originally on Verve/Forecast....I would probably say
the Blossoms(Verve is an MGM sub...in 1967)..only would make
sense.
Joey "G".
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:33:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neb Rodgers
Subject: Fwd: Rock 'N' Roll Pioneer Sam Phillips Dies
Yet more sad news.
-Neb
---Original Music---
Entertainment - AP Music
Rock 'N' Roll Pioneer Sam Phillips Dies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in
the rock 'n' roll revolution, died Wednesday. He was 80.
Phillips died at St. Francis Hospital, spokeswoman Gwendolyn McClain said. No
details were available about the cause of death or how long he had been
hospitalized.
Born Samuel Cornelius Phillips in Florence, Ala., Phillips worked as an
announcer at radio stations in Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Decatur, Ala., and
Nashville, Tenn., before settling in Memphis in 1945. Before founding Sun
Records, he was a talent scout who recommended artists and recordings to record
labels such as Chess and Modern. He also worked as an announcer in Memphis.
Full story at http://tinylink.com/?RfTsxWyVUY
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: High Coin
Bob Hanes wrote:
> I have a version of "High Coin", as a 45 on the Record,
> record label, by Skip Battyn (the spelling on the label,
> not mine)..........
> Whether this precedes the other versions, particularly the
> Charlatans, I don't know...
The versions of High Coin by Skip, Harpers Bizarre and
Jackie DeShannon probably came out before the
Charlatans'. Their LP came out at the tail end of
their career which was in the early 70s. Most of the
original band had split by then. Only Mike Wilhelm and
Michael Ferguson were left from the original band.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:49:44 -0000
From: Keith Moore
Subject: Re: Maggie Stredder - The Girl With The Glasses
Ken Mortimer wrote:
> I've just discovered the existence of this book which is now
> 'out of print'. I've tried ordering a copy from my local
> Waterstones and over the 'net' from Amazon - all to no avail.
> Does anyone have a spare copy of this book they'd be prepared
> to sell me or has anyone seen a copy on their travels recently?
Maggie Stredder's book was published by Showbiz Publications,
PO Box 692A, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8DZ. Their e-mail address is
given as MJ48ALPHA@AOL.com (sic). This is a good little book,
lots of great photos. I got my copy through Amazon. It took 6
weeks to turn up and was autographed by Maggie! So I guess Amazon
got it from the publishers. I'm not gonna sell my copy though!
Keith
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:16:51 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: Mello Cads Live This Sunday
Mello Cads (in duo format featuring David and Bob) will be
performing this Sunday in West Los Angeles at the final night
of International Pop Overthrow.
Sunday, August 3rd.
Johnny Foxx's.
3387 Motor Ave.
West Los Angeles 310 839-2500
Complete lineup:
7:30 Jaimie Vernon & Dave Rave
8:00 Velouria
8:30 Monogroove
9:00 JJ Farris
9:30 Evie Sands
10:00 Mello Cads
10:30 Preoccupied Pipers
Cover is $8.00
Hope to see you there!
http://www.mellocads.com
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:54:54 -0000
From: Michael Edwards
Subject: The Happenings
Thanks, Clark, for the extract from WBZ's Nightlife show
(January 1968) that features the Happenings' version of
"When The Summer Is Through". It is now playing on musica,
together with another version by the Chiffons. I declined
playing the Happenings' version to musica as it out on a CD
(Collectables' 2-for-1 coupling of "The Happenings" and
"Psycle") although it is the best version. I can hear the DJ
saying that he is playing the song as a cut from "Psycle".
I also remember hearing this on London's Capital Radio in the
70s. Every summer, DJ Roger Scott would feature a collection
of summer songs on his "Cruisin'" show and the Happenings'
"When The Summer Is Through" was always one of them, as it
segues well with titles such as Brian Hyland's "Stay And Love
Me All Summer" and "Sealed With a Kiss". Those particular
"Cruisin'" shows are the inspiration behind the "Keeping The
Summer Alive" series of tunes currently being played to musica.
Mike
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:41:22 EDT
From: Joey "G"
Subject: Re: Jeff Barry + Ellie Greenwich = Billy Mitchell
Stuffed Animal:
> I just acquired a single credited to Billy Mitchell, on Jubilee
> 5400. This would've come out late 1962 or early '63. The A-side
> is "Short Skirts," an early Ellie Greenwich composition co-written
> with Jimmy Curtiss. The B-side is "You Know I Do," a Jeff Barry
> original that was later recorded by The Edsels under the title
> "Shaddy Daddy Dip Dip."
> "Short Skirts" is a scream and a half to listen to, by the way....
> you haven't lived until you've heard Jeff croon "How I love to see
> my baby's knees!"
..Ellie's knees, very very funny! I'm so damn sure that a
girl group 'Pattis Groove'..is Ellie solo..in '65...both
songs sound like a 'swan song' to Jeff...although written
by K.Young?/???????
Joey '"G".
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:42:39 EDT
From: Joey "G"
Subject: Re: Skip Battin
Hey...have you heard the 'dating game' from '65...by him?
GREAT!
Joey "G"
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:15:08 +0100
From: Ken Charmer
Subject: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Newsletter - July 2003
Hi Group Members,
This is just our notice that the Frankie Valli and The Four
Seasons UK Historical Group have published the latest fanzine
(Newsletter Nr 39) at our website:
http://www.btinternet.com/~seasonally/
The latest edition contains the 63-4 album factfile and
interview articles with Ed Rambeau and Jean Thomas talking
about their work with Bob Crewe.
Lots of sixties articles quotes and info and some great photos.
Also we've uploaded the Seasons and Bob Crewe discographies (as
far as we have them), so lots for collectors here.
Hope you enjoy our work.
Best for now,
Chameleon
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:24:05 +0100
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Sam Phillips
I had the honour, and the privilege, of interviewing Sam
Phillips a couple of years ago and to say it was fascinating
would be an understatement. He was generous with his time and
gave of himself in a way that few men of his stature do. His
stories become so involved and intricate it was more akin to
listening to a preacher in some Southern church than a man who
made records.
A year or so later I was back in Memphis and had dinner with
Sam, his son and their partners. It proved to be even more
memorable. Midway through dinner Sam was telling yet another
story and pushed his chair back, stood up and started to really
hold forth; dinner by the way was in a restaurant. Not that Sam
was showing off, or being loud. He was totally absorbed in the
telling of his tale.
Cut to today, watching several news pieces about Sam on the TV.
They, of course, were cliché drenched and over used the inevitable
"without Sam Phillips there would be no rock and roll". One,
Channel 4 news, concentrated totally on Elvis. Not even mentioning
anyone else. Not 'The Killer', Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and of
course not Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner or the Wolf.
Sam Phillips was charming, eloquent and underneath that Southern
charm he was a shrewd dude. After the interview, as I was leaving,
I asked him to sign my booklet to the Sun Records Blues Years box
set. "Richard, thank you for your visit, Sam Phillips" is what
he wrote.
Well Sam, thanks for yours, you helped make my world a more
exciting place.......quote, unquote!
Richard
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:44:57 +0100
From: Ken Mortimer
Subject: Re: Maggie Stredder - The Girl With The Glasses
Keith Moore wrote:
> Maggie Stredder's book was published by Showbiz Publications,
> PO Box 692A, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8DZ. Their e-mail address is
> given as MJ48ALPHA@AOL.com (sic).
Thanks for the info on the Maggie Stredder book Keith.
An e-mail is now winging its way to Surbiton.
Fingers crossed.
Ken
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:55:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Re: We Five - "You Let A Love Burn Out"
I have to concur on the comments about "You Let A Love Burn
Out." I have a video compilation that has the We Five singing
"You Were On My Mind," with it cut off in the middle and a
clip for the aforementioned song spliced on -- a much better
song, I think, or maybe it's just that I've heard "You Were On
My Mind" so many times...
The clip is interesting for having one guy with round rimmed
glasses and long 1965 hair, playing a banjo. Almost like John
Sebastian without the Autoharp. And another guy playing a
Rickenbacker 12-string while sitting on a stool. When the banjo
guy joins the singer on the vocals, it's just great.
David
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