>
This is a highly unusual arrangement for a black, female artist to
have with a writer, isn't it? Does anyone know how this came about?
Also, a friend of mine described a situation that alienated about
half of Dionne's fan base; her gay fans. I don't really remember
the story he gave me, but I think it had to do with royalties from
That's What Friends Are For, which were, if I'm not mistaken,
sopposed to go to an Aids organization. Can anyone dish the dirt
here, and tell the tale? Anyone know?
RB
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Subject: Re: philles bootlegs
Sent: 09/06/98 10:36 am
Received: 09/07/98 1:05 am
From: Jamie LePage, le_page_XXXX@XXXties.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
john rausch wrote:
>here is a scan of a philles label bootleg on colored vinyl
>just a click away!
>http://members.tripod.com/~rauschj/paradiseboot.JPG
>from jonr
Hey John, thanks for the jpeg. I had never seen anything like this
before. How bizarre! Anders and Poncia didn't write Paradise,
neither is it co-published by Hill and Range! Very strange indeed.
What's on the B-side?
When were these issued? Also, what is the story behind them? I find
it hard to believe there would be sufficient market demand for
counterfeit Philles singles to make it a worthwhile venture. I
am really very curious about this!
I mentioned compiling a Spector "officially unissued" list.
Here's the first disc of this sort I bought:
Philles 111 (Let's Dance) The Screw-Part 1 b/w (Let's Dance) The
Screw-Part 2
It's on black vinyl with the blue & black philles label. The
engraving in the runoff groove is PTCY11 & PTCY12. Unbelievably,
when this pressing was mastered from an original copy, the needle
jumped at one point. That mistake was mastered into the stamper
and is on all copies! They could have either cleaned the record or
done an edit or something...Just a guess, but by the looks of it,
the disc appears to have been manufactured in the mid 70's. Anyway,
it's a neat record, and the only boot 45 I had ever heard of by
Spector until now.
--
le_page_XXXX@XXXties.com
RodeoDrive/5030
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Subject: Re: Spectropop V#0139
Sent: 09/07/98 12:36 am
Received: 09/07/98 1:05 am
From: R Teyes, RTeXXXX@XXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
For Mark and John Rausch:
Another group of people I just discovered may be contributing to
the leak of Philles stuff:
These are people who dealt with Phil directly or indirectly:
Distributor Harry Finfer: Harry did this task when Phil and Lester
formed Philles. Harry stayed with Philles until Danny Davis came
along. Harry went to MGM Records.
Manager Helen Noga: she managed Johnny Mathis and financed the
recording session of "There's No other Like My Baby" after Phil and
Lester persuaded her. Only after Phil re-arranged the song did he
give himself credit for the same along with Larry Bates. This was
Philles rcds. first release and he and Lester badly needed the
$2,700 that Noga risked. Helen in return asked for inclusion in
the Philles company and of course, was refused. Case in point: A&R
and Mirasound had close ties to Helen and Columbia Records. Access
to Phil's stuff was readily available.
Billy Storm of the Alley cats had Phil's attention for awhile
until Phil became bored. When Phil axed Storm, Storm fueled Phil's
anger by taking with him all the musical arrangements for Puddin n
tain and a few other compositions. Phil had naively given Storm
access to a lot of his material.
These and other people, by my own personal recollection and just
by "being there" at the time make me wary of the new stuff out
there. I recall Phil "losing it" and become enamored like a
teenager when Ronnie Bennett was present in the studios here in
NYC. By way of Tony Orlando and Jeff Barry, I was able to sneak
into the studios until Phil got "used" to me and started asking me
to get coffee and sandwiches for the singers and musicians. He
tipped me well, too, and I recall him at one point going to the
back of the studio (and I though he was going to ask me to leave)
and asking me, "how is that song? would you ask your parents to
buy you that record?" He wouldn't wait for my answer and just walk
back to the control booth.
Robert the Ronette Hound
(rteXXXX@XXXom)
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Subject: straggler's top 10 gg's (in no particular order)
Sent: 09/06/98 3:14 pm
Received: 09/07/98 1:05 am
From: Frank Youngwerth, FMXXXX@XXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
"Big Bad World" Cathy Saint
"Strange I Know" Marvelettes
"Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon" Three Degrees
"The One You Can't Have" Honeys
"Home of the Brave" Bonnie & the Treasures
"I Can't Stay Mad at You" Skeeter Davis
"He Couldn't Care Less" Peggy March
"My One and Only Jimmy Boy" Girlfriends
"Past Present & Future" Shangri-Las
"Wounded" Cookies
(plus dozens of others)
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Subject: Verdelle & Shirley
Sent: 09/06/98 11:00 pm
Received: 09/07/98 1:05 am
From: Mark Landwehr, mslXXXX@XXXbs.com
To: Spectropop List, SpectroXXXX@XXXties.com
Ok, gang - Here's a toughie (maybe)...On Verdelle's song "Tar and
Cement" (Capitol 5632) there is a sub-title "Il Ragazzo Della Via
Gluck" - Looks Italian to me...Can anybody translate it? Great
song!!!
>Another great recording (one I do still
>have on a 45 and would like to find on CD) is BIG TOWN BOY by
>Shirley Matthews and the Big Town Girls. Very reminiscent of the
>Crystals HE'S SURE THE BOY I LOVE. There's a Canadian AM radio
>station, CSCO, that plays it now and then along with a great many
>NOT top 40 oldies of all time. Love that station!!!
>
What a great oldies radio station!!! I bet 95% of the clowns
running oldies stations in the US haven't a clue who she is -
After all, it seems the record never made the Pop charts (!)
Mark (Philles Phanatic)
The Phil Spector Record Gallery:
http://www.toltbbs.com/~msland/Spector/
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Subject: connie francis
Sent: 09/07/98 2:43 am
Received: 09/07/98 2:21 am
From: john rausch, jXXXX@XXXnet
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
jack wrote :
>I hope someone will be able to help guide me regarding that single
>disc Conniegreatest hits disc vs. that 2-disc "Readers Digest"
>compilation.
....hi jack, the connie cd i have is a single disc "very best of"
it has all the biggies you`d expect for the average connie fan.
mono/stereo ratio is 50/50 . 21 cuts, sound is very good. its on
polydor label. if you are an avid connie fan you might want the
2 disc set, dont know anything about that one tho...also i would
like to mention that there is a killer girl group sounding connie
francis tune on the girl group anthology "growin up too fast" written
by barry/greenwich "dont ever leave me" and sounds exactly how the
raindrops would have done it. and another cut "my best friend barbara"
although not as rockin as the first one its better than alot of the
schlock she is responsible for.
hope this has been of help jack.
jonr
PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/2469/
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Subject: pj proby
Sent: 09/07/98 2:50 am
Received: 09/07/98 2:21 am
From: john rausch, jXXXX@XXXnet
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
james wrote
"Hold Me" P.J.Proby, from
1964. It's a real rocker! Anyone else remember this guy?"
...hi james,i have been searching for a song by pj proby for years,the
only song i ever heard from him "nikey hokey" i have this version by
ellie greenwich but have never found the original. thats interesting
about the split pants thing. thanks for reminding me about him.
jonr
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Subject: GGs for sale
Sent: 09/07/98 3:02 am
Received: 09/07/98 2:21 am
From: john rausch, jXXXX@XXXnet
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
hi fellow gg fans
i have a few gg cds for sale :
here come the girls vol 2
this one has 8 tracks each by:
julie grant
billie davis
helen shapiro
HERE COME THE GIRLS vol 4:
23 tracks: various artists
this next cd is from japan "dreamboy"
20 cuts,various artists.
if anyone is interested, please email me directly. jXXXX@XXXnet for
price and track listings. thanks
jonr
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