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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Laura Nyro's background singers
From: Tony Leong
2. Re: Needles and Pins by Love and Tears, 1971
From: Billy G. Spradlin
3. The Three Degrees
From: Mike Rashkow
4. Another Mystery 45 - The Jam "Somethings Gone" 1972
From: Billy G. Spradlin
5. Billy Mitchell on musica
From: Mike Edwards
6. Re: Needles And Pins by Love And Tears, 1971
From: Bill Craig
7. Silence Is Easy
From: Brian
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 06:03:22 -0000
From: Tony Leong
Subject: Re: Laura Nyro's background singers
Joey "G" wrote:
> 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 Sir - I would've thought your name would be Joey "P"!!!! I got
the answer about Laura Nyro's backgrounders from a Laura aficionado--
it was a group called the Hi-Fashions that were signed to a DynoVoice
subsidiary. No, it was not the Blossoms backing Laura on those great
cuts of hers. Remember, Laura cut her earliest stuff in New York in
1966. Back then, the Blossoms never left Los Angeles, but true that
they were signed to Verve/MGM.
Oh, and "WHERE'S YOUR RECORD STORE??????????" a nutty woman once
asked you (LOL!!!!!!)
Tony Leong
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 08:56:15 -0000
From: Billy G. Spradlin
Subject: Re: Needles and Pins by Love and Tears, 1971
Tom Taber:
> I've put that "Needles" version on several various artist
> tapes/CDRs I've done over the years, and it always sounds
> good, no matter what kind of music surrounds it.
One thing I noticed on the website with the Love & Tears picture
sleeves is that the LP "Needles And Pins" was re-released on CD -
have you tried to find it anywhere?
Great song - it's on my 45 want list now!
Billy
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:12:54 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: The Three Degrees
No one, in my time with this group, has mentioned The Three
Degrees. Wonderful girls group out of Philly and did tons
and tons of backgrounds before and after they got their one
big hit. "When Will I See You Again" I think it was.
So, c'mon you girl group mavens, let's hear about the Three
Degrees.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 23:23:02 -0000
From: Billy G. Spradlin
Subject: Another Mystery 45 - The Jam "Somethings Gone" 1972
Another Mystery 45 I have been trying to find is "Somethings
Gone" by The Jam (not the Paul Weller-led UK band).
David Bash put this on one of his AOL Power Pop Mix Tree tapes
in the mid 90s, and its been a longtime favorite of mine. The
only thing he knew about the 45 is that it came out on Sire in
1972. He discovered it on a Nuggets/Pebbles/Boulders style garage
rock compilation LP.
It's a super-catchy record (with a killer hook) and sounds more
like a 1966-7 garage band than 1972. I have done searches using
Google and other search engines and have found nothing about it.
Who knows if stock copies ever existed? I will post it to musica
and see if it jars anyone's memory.
Billy
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 02:14:40 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Billy Mitchell on musica
Stuffed Animal writes:
> I just acquired a single credited to Billy Mitchell, on Jubilee
> 5400. 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."
> Jeff has yet to confirm it to me, but I am 100% certain that he is
> singing both lead and background vocals on this single. I believe he
> produced it, too, though there are no production credits on the
> label (Richard Wolfe was the arranger).
Billy Mitchell's "You Know I Do" is now playing on musica and it's a
very good early Brill Building sound. I always thought it was Jeff
Barry singing the background vocals as it sounds so much like the
Raindrops. It would be great if someone would post the version by the
Edsels.
Incidentally, Stuff, have you heard Jeff Barry Singing "Welcome Home"
(the Shelley Fabares/Frankie Avalon title)? He sounds a lot like
Eddie Rambeau on this one. How about the Rover Boys with Barry-
Raleigh's "Is It Me". Both nice. Let me know if there's any interest.
Mike
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 03:05:14 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Re: Needles And Pins by Love And Tears, 1971
That's a neat version. The more impassioned verse vocal sounds
quite a bit like Steve Marriot.
The Searchers still did the definitive recording IMHO, and I like
Cher's a lot also. Does the Jackie DeShannon have the verse with
the lyrics "I can't let go although I know he'll make me cry till
the day I die...etc." I can't remember.
Bill Craig
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 03:44:49 -0000
From: Brian
Subject: Silence Is Easy
Phil's new production for Starsailor is available on
http://www.nme.com/features/105740.htm Sounds like he
hired a drummer, someone with a triangle and someone who
wrote banal lyrics and murdered them with the "singing".
Not a patch on his classic productions. I wish he had
never done it. It only detracts from those songs and
productions for which he is so fondly remembered
Brian
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