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There are 16 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Patrice/Cheryl/Unreleased Pussycats
From: Stuffed Animal
2. Re: Southbound Jerihco Parkway
From: Richard Hattersley
3. Re: Dennis Wilson and Rumbo 45
From: Billy G. Spradlin
4. Re: Lemon Pipers
From: Stewart Mason
5. The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
From: JJ
6. Re: Joey Levine
From: Guy Lawrence
7. Open Window LP (Vanguard 1969)
From: JJ
8. New Aussie girlie collection
From: Kingsley Abbott
9. Re: The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
From: Mick Patrick
10. Re: Unreleased Pussycats
From: Guy Lawrence
11. Re: Southbound Jericho Parkway
From: Art Longmire
12. Re: Joey Levine
From: Art Longmire
13. Joey Levine
From: Simon White
14. Re: The Lemon Pipers
From: David Coyle
15. Foolish Fool
From: Jerophonic
16. Re: The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
From: Ken Bell
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:54:28 +0000
From: Stuffed Animal
Subject: Patrice/Cheryl/Unreleased Pussycats
Listening to all available tracks, it becomes clear to me now that
Cheryl Ladd was actually the lead singer of Josie and The Pussycats.
Just as Sue Sheridan indicated, Cheryl's lead vocals appear on most
of the Pussycats' recordings. Patrice Holloway was second lead, but
producer Danny Janssen had a definite preference for her voice. He
chose her to sing lead on the Josie and The Pussycats theme song,
and she sings lead on both sides of the two Josie and The Pussycats
singles on Capitol (as opposed to the Capitol Creative Products
singles, where Cheryl and Patrice split leads).
Snippets of the unreleased and possibly lost Patrice Holloway vocal
"Clock On The Wall" can be heard in the Josie and The Pussycats
episode "Never Mind A Mastermind." It is pretty much obscured by
cartoon sound effects, but you can get a general idea of what the
record sounded like. I've identified yet another unreleased
Pussycats track: "Daydreaming," featured in the TV episode
"Strangemoon Over Miami." This is another Cheryl Ladd vocal . . .
BMI credits the song to Danny Janssen and Sue Steward (Sheridan).
Stuff
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:28:59 +0000
From: Richard Hattersley
Subject: Re: Southbound Jerihco Parkway
Hi Art,
I'm not sure if SBJ parkway was influenced by Macarthur but it
definately sounds from the same bag. Im not even sure which was issued
first as I don't have a huge knowledge Roys stuff as Im only just
starting to dig past the hits. However if you like the Richard Harris
record then I reccomend getting hold of Roy "MGM" collection for SBJP.
It's not as catchy on first listening as Macarthur because it does not
have a repeated chorus. But like Macarthur it is long (about 6.30) and
has many different sections. No Mention of cakes in the rain though! :-)
It's a story abot a man who's wife leaves him, his kids don't have much
to do with him and he dies in a car crash (all jolly stuff!)
all the best
Richard
www.wiz.to/richardsnow
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 02:40:11 -0000
From: Billy G. Spradlin
Subject: Re: Dennis Wilson and Rumbo 45
Andrew Hickey:
> The A-Side, Sound Of Free, was almost as good as the B-side,
> even given the somewhat new-agey Mike Love lyrics, and would
> have fit perfectly on Sunflower.
I just played both sides of the single to musica - My copy is
from a dub of the super-rare Australian "Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
Rarities" LP from the early 80's.
Billy
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:19:02 -0400
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: Lemon Pipers
First me:
> Unlike the majority of Buddah albums, this one is actually entirely
> listenable throughout.
Then Ken Bell:
> OUCH!! I think I felt my bubblegum POP! Can't tell you why but
> even as an oldster, I still enjoy that good ole bubblegum music.
> Chewy, chewy, chewy baby.....
Don't get me wrong, I'm an unabashed fan of bubblegum. But there's no
doubt that it was a singles-driven style, and as a result nearly every
bubblegum album I've ever owned, especially those on the Buddah and
Kama Sutra labels, has some absolute howlers buried deep on side 2.
GREEN TAMBOURINE, on the other hand, is the only bubblegum album I've
ever heard where the album tracks are just as good (and sometimes even
better than) the singles.
S
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 06:59:03 -0000
From: JJ
Subject: The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
Has this Red Bird 1965 45, The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
ever been re-issued on CD?
GREAT SONG!
JJ
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:41:48 +0100
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: Re: Joey Levine
Art wrote:
> I have a solo 45 by Joey Levine on the Earth label from about 1970
> and wonder if he recorded an entire album. Although a full length
> LP with a voice as nasal as his might be a little hard on the ears...
Ah! What you have there Art, is a genuine piece of bubblegum treasure!
"Come On My Baby/Becky & Joe" (E 103) was Joey's only record under his
own name and is highly regarded in bubblegum circles. He did release a
single under the name Joey Vine in 1966 - "The Out Of Towner/Down &
Out" (Hercules 103) - a nice Dylanish rocker that got a British release
on Immediate. Sadly there never was a Joey Levine solo album (beautiful
idea though!) but I suppose the Ohio Express "Chewy Chewy" album could
be seen as the ultimate expression of his art. I maintain a guide to
Joey's work at: http://home.att.net/~bubblegumusic/joeysongs.htm
Regards,
Guy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TweedleeDumsDrive-In/
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:14:33 -0000
From: JJ
Subject: Open Window LP (Vanguard 1969)
**i just got the orig soundtr to OH! CALCUTTA!, fr ´69, as i wanted to
check out the orig vers to "Sincere replies", which i´ve heard by Can
duo MARK & SUMLEY, and like very much.....the orig vers is made by The
Open Window, and they also have other GREAT stuff on the soundtr., incl
a 5 min MAGIC/hypnotic sike-pop wonder. Have any of u ever heard their
sole Vanguard LP fr 69? Someone listed it as Jazz/fusion, another one
as avant garde.......??
JJ
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:34:12 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: New Aussie girlie collection
There's a new sixties collection of Australian girls called 'Girls
Girls Girls - Australian Female Performers of the Sixties Volume 1'
issued on Canetoad Records CTCD 013. 27 tracks of soloists and
sisters, including covers of ...'Rain Until September', 'Keep Your
Hands Off My Baby', 'Whenever a Teenager Cries' and Carter/Lewis'
'Someone Cares For me'. Variable listeability, but some nice
moments with the Taylor Sisters 'Something Funny Going On' being an
early standout for me. No website seems to be mentioned, but
contact address is
Canetoad Records
PO Box 1039. Potts Point
New South Wales
Australia 2011
Kingsley
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:05:10 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
JJ asked:
> Has this Red Bird 1965 45, The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
> ever been re-issued on CD? GREAT SONG!
Yep, "Summertime Girl" is out on CD. It's one of 32 tracks
contained on "Dressed In Black: The Red Bird Sound, Volume 4"
(UK Diamond GEMCD 025). A search of the 'net reveals a complete
tracklist here:
http://bizrate.lycos.com/marketplace/product_info/details__cat_id--5213,prod_id--1003121.html
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:21:46 +0100
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: Re: Unreleased Pussycats
Stuffed Animal wrote:
> I've identified yet another unreleased Pussycats track:
> "Daydreaming," featured in the TV episode "Strangemoon Over
> Miami." This is another Cheryl Ladd vocal . . .BMI credits the
> song to Danny Janssen and Sue Steward (Sheridan).
"Daydreaming" was also used, with a male vocal, on Scooby Doo and
saw an official release on Rhino's "Snack Tracks - The Ultimate
Collection" along with several other Janssen songs including a
previously unreleased Davy Jones track.
Guy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TweedleeDumsDrive-In/
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:43:10 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: Southbound Jericho Parkway
Richard Hattersley wrote:
> I'm not sure if SBJ parkway was influenced by Macarthur but
> it definitely sounds from the same bag. Im not even sure
> which was issued first as I don't have a huge knowledge of
> Roy's stuff as Im only just starting to dig past the hits.
> However if you like the Richard Harris record then I recommend
> getting hold of Roy "MGM" collection for SBJP. It's not as
> catchy on first listening as Macarthur because it does not
> have a repeated chorus. But like Macarthur it is long (about
> 6.30) and has many different sections. No Mention of cakes in
> the rain though! :-) It's a story about a man whose wife leaves
> him, his kids don't have much to do with him and he dies in a
> car crash (all jolly stuff!)
Hello Richard,
This song definitely sounds interesting, as if Roy was going
into a progressive direction, into the "artistic pop" style so
characteristic of the late 60's. Did he do other material in
this vein? I wasn't aware of any of his efforts in this style
until now. I know that his contemporary Del Shannon did an album
along these lines, and Del's late 60's material has been very
highly recommended to me by fellow psych fans, but like Roy I
haven't heard any of Del's later stuff yet.
As far as the depressing subject matter of the song, it may be
that there is some autobiographical stuff worked in, since I
understand that Roy had a tragic fire at his home in the 60's
that killed his wife and children (I don't know the exact details).
Or maybe it's just that Roy had a thing about doing melancholy
songs-he did them so well!
Best,
Art Longmire
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:05:20 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: Joey Levine
Art wrote:
> I have a solo 45 by Joey Levine on the Earth label from about
> 1970 and wonder if he recorded an entire album. Although a
> full length LP with a voice as nasal as his might be a little
> hard on the ears...
Guy Lawrence:
> Ah! What you have there Art, is a genuine piece of bubblegum
> treasure! "Come On My Baby/Becky & Joe" (E 103) was Joey's
> only record under his own name and is highly regarded in
> bubblegum circles. He did release a single under the name
> Joey Vine in 1966 - "The Out Of Towner/Down & Out" (Hercules
> #103) - a nice Dylanish rocker that got a British release on
> Immediate. Sadly there never was a Joey Levine solo album
> (beautiful idea though!) but I suppose the Ohio Express "Chewy
> Chewy" album could be seen as the ultimate expression of his art.
> I maintain a guide to Joey's work at:
> http://home.att.net/~bubblegumusic/joeysongs.htm
Hello Guy,
Just checked out your site-I actually have a few questions on Joey
Levine. Was he in a group called the Third Rail? I have an old Rhino
compilation LP with a track by this group, I think it's called "Run,
Run, Run".
The Joey Levine 45 is pretty nice-and a bit bizarre. Bubblegum is
definitely a category of music I like a lot and I have quite a few
bubblegum 45's. As far as I can recall, I only have one classic
bubblegum LP - "Indian Giver" (Aargh! I can't even remember the
group - I think it's the 1910 Fruitgum Company). The book on
bubblegum that came out a year or so ago was excellent and very
informative - I need to go back and read it again!
Probably the bubblegum song I would most like to snap up would
be "Elephant Candy" by the Fun and Games.
Best,
Art Longmire
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:04:37 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Joey Levine
Guy Lawrence wrote
> Ah! What you have there Art, is a genuine piece of bubblegum
> treasure! "Come On My Baby/Becky & Joe" (E 103) was Joey's
> only record under his own name and is highly regarded in
> bubblegum circles.
I have a copy of this 45 and it needs a good home, because
it's unhappy here. (And to be honest, I'm unhappy to have it
here.)
If anyone knows of one and they have a nice Soul 45 that needs
a good home, we might be able to come to an arrangement.
Simon White
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Re: The Lemon Pipers
Thanks to John and Ron for their comprehensive answers
about the origins of the Lemon Pipers. I have another
Tony & The Bandits disc on the Coral label, a song
called "I'm Goin' Away From You" backed with "The Sun
Doesn't Shine Anymore Now You're Gone." "I'm Goin'
Away" has a decent British Invasion sound and the song
is a dead ringer for "Little Child" from the first US
Beatles album.
I didn't realize the three bands had that much of a
connection. Regarding the request for "Just Let Her
Go," I was going to transfer those songs to CD along
with the "WONE Dayton Scene" LP (also on the Prism
label), but me and the guy who was helping me ran out
of time, having transferred a bunch of other Ohio 45s,
some of which bored us out of our skull (won't name
any names). I will try to make a tape of it sometime.
Maybe in trade for a tape of "Bit Of Alright." Fair
trade.
Ivan Browne by the way now lives in California and has
a duo act with his wife. As for "Black Betty" by Ram
Jam, that makes two songs by former members of
psychedelic bands with fruit in their names to end up
on that "Goin' South" CD -- the other of course being
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, which included
Ed King of the Strawberry Alarm Clock.
David
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 04:40:15 -0000
From: Jerophonic
Subject: Foolish Fool
Years ago I heard an extended version of "Foolish Fool" on a
Dee Dee Warwick LP. The 45 seems to be edited down from the LP
cut. As I recall, the album track began with a 30-60 second
instrumental section which segued into the stunning guitar/drum
explosion that became the intro for the 45.
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:35:37 -0500
From: Ken Bell
Subject: Re: The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
JJ:
> Has this Red Bird 1965 45, The Tradewinds - Summertime Girl
> ever been re-issued on CD?
>
> GREAT SONG!
I have never seen it. I am a tradewinds fan. I would love to
hear it. Anders and Ponica, a great duo through many groups. :)
Ken
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