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Volume #0150 September 20, 1998
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America's First Family of Fine Recordings
Subject: Re: Girl Groups, etc
Sent: 09/19/98 3:54 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:36 am
From: Wondermints, monsaXXXX@XXXlink.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
Happy Birthday Freda Payne! Just wanted to tell you all that a few
weeks back my girlfriend and I went down to Ghengis Cohen Cantina
on Fairfax (here in L.A.) to solve the mystery of whether the Evie
Sands that was listed in the paper was indeed THE Evie Sands. We
tried calling ahead but no one there knew. Even as we stood in
front of the ticket guy, HE didn't even know. Just then a group of
folks came in to watch the show so we asked them, "is this THE Evie
Sands?" Even THEY said that they weren't sure who we were referring
to. All they knew was that they were coming down to support the
wife of a friend of theirs but that her recent campaign has been
"Evie Sands is Back!" Well that was enough for us to pay the five
bucks(!) and sit through a couple other mediocre acts in
anticipation.
So finally the moment arrived and a long raven haired lady takes
the stage. Dressed in black, guitar in hand, rythym section behind
her. We thought, what's this the latest female Johnny Cash? She
starts her first song, country rock in style . . .oh no, is it her?
Or is this just a big SNAFU? Then she opens her mouth and GOD,
the angel(s) sing. . . .IT'S HER !!!! Unmistakable is that soulful
yet pop tender voice that made in my opinion the best version of
"Take Me For A Little While". Still there was the reserved strength
yet passionate voice that pleaded "I Can't Let Go" before the
Hollies made it one of their biggest songs in England. In fact she
paced her show with stories and antecdotes about her hard luck
career, but with endearing charm, not sour grapes. And she did
play snippets of all her almost-hits "Angel Of the Morning",
"Anyway That You Want Me" along with songs from her new electried
country album. But it didn't end there.
After the show she was so humble to spend time with me and my girl
(also a huge fan). As nice and appreciative as you can ever imagine
one to be. Good news also is that she's back working with her old
producer-songwriter team Chip Taylor and Al Gorgoni. Since that
night she's sent us thank you letters and e-mail info of
forthcoming shows. She even offered to come down to one of my
band's shows. Wow, is that an honor or what?! Just a real angel
(of the morning, afternoon, and evening). By the way, for those of
you in the L.A. area her next appearances are back at the Ghengis
Cohen Cantina on Sat Oct. 10 at 8:30 (they're giving her more time
so she says she's gonna play full versions of her almost-hits).
Also at 14 Below in Santa Monica on Tues, Oct 13. Don't miss one
of the greatest unsung female vocalists in rock history!
Hail, hail the "Egyptian Shumba"! What can I say but since Doc
hipped me on to that one, jeez, it's been about a year now. . .
how've you been Doc? (okay I tried to avoid the obvious, "What's
up. . .") it's catapulted up to me and my girlfriend's Top Ten.
William Stos wrote:
>Here's a question to other Girl Group-a-holics. Did the Angels
>ever record anything similar to their song, "Jamaica Joe"? That
>song is so cool! I love the part where they go "hey, hey, hey,
>umph!"
Why not try "Ska-Doo-dee-Ya" by Tracy Dey? Bob Crewe girls rule!
-Darian
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Subject: Freda Payne
Sent: 09/19/98 12:38 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:36 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXXX@XXX12.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
>P.S. A toast to Freda Payne, who turns 53 today!
Yes! I heard "Band Of Gold" on the radio today. What an incredible
, thumping driving beat that song has. And good recording quality,
too! What the Motown records might have sounded like, methinks, if
only they hadn't recorded in that awful studio....
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXXX@XXX12.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: NINO & APRIL & THE NEWBEATS
Sent: 09/19/98 3:56 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:36 am
From: CLAUDIA CUNNINGHAM, TPXXXX@XXX.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
What's up with Nino Tempo and April Stevens, the sister and
brother act from the 60s?
They had 4 tunes: Deep Purple; Whispering; Stardust, and All
Strung Out, which made the charts.
Do they still perform? Also....
Whatever happened to the group the Newbeats? They had Bread and
Butter; Break Away (from that Boy), and Run, Baby, Run (Back into
my Arms) in '64-'65. They were noted for their falsetto voices and
included Larry Henley (lead singer) and brothers Dean and Marc
Mathis. Claudia
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Subject: connections
Sent: 09/19/98 12:25 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:36 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXXX@XXX12.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
>The Ballroom CD will.....include Spinning Spinning
>Spinning,.....
>Most of the Ballroom stuff was recorded around the
>time Boettcher was working with Tommy Roe.
So are you saying that there's some sort of connection between
"Spinning Spinning Spinning" and "Dizzy?"
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXXX@XXX12.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: Re: Alpert Playing on Records
Sent: 09/19/98 4:15 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:36 am
From: Paul MacArthur, Rtf_XXXX@XXXedu
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
<<Carol Kaye, in more than one of her posts on the web, stated
adamantly that Herb didn't play on his own records. Of course,
she's also said she played bass on all the Monkees hits, so who
really knows?>>
>Wow, what a provocative notion! I wonder if she really meant (or
>perhaps really stated?) Herb didn't play on his *sessions*.
>Implying that he could well have always overdubbed his parts
>afterwards.
I think your interpretation is most likely correct. Alpert has a
very distinctive tone and it is the same on his live records (like
the one w/ Hugh Masekala from 1978) and when he apperas live as it
is on the Tijuana Brass albums.
- Paul
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Subject: home movies
Sent: 09/19/98 3:29 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:35 am
From: Doc Rock, docroXXXX@XXXcom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
Will said:
>One last thing. I was watching the Girl Groups: Story Of A Sound
>video a couple of nights ago, I just bought it, and I was knocked
>dead by the Shangri-las' performance of "Give Him A Great Big Kiss.
Well, I produced (well, taped) a home video of my wife and daughters
reproducing that video lip synch, costumes and all. It's pretty
cool. Doc Rock's home movies are fairly unique!
Doc
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Subject: Beatle Women
Sent: 09/19/98 4:18 am
Received: 09/19/98 7:36 am
From: CLAUDIA CUNNINGHAM, TPXXXX@XXX.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXX@XXXties.com
My friend has done a website on the original Beatle girls (wives
and girlfriends of the Beatles in their salad days). She has been
contacted by E! to help in their production of a t.v. special on
them which has never been done before.
I gave her some pictures from my original collection of 1964
onwards and they appear on the website. These girls were the trend
setters for the rest of us and had such a great look. I'm talking
about Jane Asher (Paul McCartney); Maureen Cox (Ringo Starr),
Pattie Boyd (George Harrison) and Cynthia Lennon (John).
They are a great part of Beatles history, as many of the Beatles'
greatest masterpieces were written for them. Pattie is
particularly interesting because Eric Clapton wrote some of his
greatest hits for her.
As I understand it, the E! special is now in preproduction and I
will let you know when the air date is.
Jane Asher is the Martha Stewart of Britain with her own Jane
Asher's Tea Room in Chelsea. She is also a noted stage actress in
London. She's Married to cartoonist Gerald Scharff and has three
children and lives in Chelsea. She will NOT discuss the 60's or Mr.
McCartney. Well, I will be in London in April and have plans to
meet this lady via a mutual friend who knows someone who works for
Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon. Will give you full report.
For Pattie there were lots, one being "Something" and Eric Clapton
wrote "Pretty Blue Eyes", "For You, Blue" and his unforgettable
classic, "Layla". "Layla" was written during his heroin addiction.
He was in love with his friend George Harrison's wife and couldn't
have her. Through his pain, his greatest song emerged. Happily,
they DID get together and were married several years. Pattie, now
a London photog, is friendly with both ex-husbands, and George and
Eric are still friends. Pattie is dynamite looking to this day.
Cynthia appears at many of the Beatle fests and has forged a
strange friendship with May Pang, John Lennon's old girlfriend
while separted from Yoko. She married twice to men named John and
now lives in Wales with a gentleman and is very happy. Julian is
her son.
Sadly, little Maureen died of leukemia 3 years ago. After their
divorce Ringo dated a series of "Mo" look-a-likes and even married
one (his current wife, Barbara Bach). Mo married Alec Tigrett,
billionaire founder of Hard Rock Cafe. I don't think Ringo ever
got over his little Northern Girl and when she passed away, he was
by her side, holding her hand surrounded by their two sons and
daughter..
Will let you know when the show airs if anyone would like to see
it....Claudia
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