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Volume #0238 March 7, 1999
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For juke box use only
Subject: 45 RPM
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: keiko_koXXXXXXXXil.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Hi all!
I listened to Touch the Wall of Sound today and looking at
the 45 labels printed in the CD insert, I wonder why some
singles have big hole and some small one.
In Japan, most 7" single had big hole, but 7" e.p. often
had small hole.
Some 45 especially English one have the small hole and you
can punch out and make big hole.
Why two sizes?
KK
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Subject: 60's psych-pop/soft rock
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: Chris, admirXXXXXXXXom.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
This is my first post to the list and I must say that
while I've really enjoyed being a part of it this past 1/2
year or so, the recent volumes have been, for me,
exceptional. Posts about The Creation and The Smoke have
been a great joy, as have recent ones about Roger Nichols,
The Cyrkle, Eternity's Children etc. It makes one
definitely feel among friends!
I'd like to mention a couple of groups I've recently
discovered and been really taken with that I think tie in
well with the whole psych-pop/soft rock stream of
discussion. The first is The Tokens. In particular, their
"Intercourse" LP recorded in '68, rejected by their label
Warner (I believe), and released in '71 on the band's own
B.T. Puppy imprint. After stumbling on "It's A Happening
World" (67?) and loving the mix of pre and post Pet Sounds
Beach Boy-isms, I got a copy of "Intercourse" and was
absolutely knocked out! You can hear a blend of "Sgt.
Pepper's", "Odyssey and Oracle" , "Wild Honey/Friends",
and perhaps even bits of "The Who Sell Out". It is
incredible how the band move so effortlessly between lush
pop vocal arrangements, straight out rockers, and some
very clever experimental bits. Completely honest and
uncontrived sounding, this record sounds as fresh as any
of the great indie-pop being made today. I know the band
put out a record called "Both Sides Now" in 1970, but then
what? Does anyone have any further info about the making of
"Intercourse"? This has quickly become one of my all time
favourites.
Another record I've fallen in love with is The Arbor's "I
Can't Quit Her/The Letter" on Date/Columbia, from '68 as
well I believe. After a couple of Four Freshmen type LP's,
this record sees the group trying to be hip and relevant to
a psychedelicized pop world, and succeeding all the way as
far as I'm concerned! Excellent versions of "Touch Me",
"Most Of All", an amazing blend of "I Can't Quit Her/For
Emily", and a final climactic near freak-out on "Hey Joe".
Astounding arrangements by Joe Scott on this LP, and once
again, stellar vocals. I think I read somewhere that the
group went on to do many a commercial jingle after this.
I'd love to hear from anyone who has any more info.
I eagerly await the next volume. And yes David, Spectropop
truly does rule!
Chris Robinson
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Subject: Randy and Dusty...
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: james fisher, JHFAXXXXXXXX.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
I second Will's post on Dusty's wonderful voice and to the
discussion of Randy Newman could I add my thought that one
of his best songs is Dusty's version of his " I don't want
to hear it anymore" from the "D.In Memphis" LP. She does a
knockout job, as she did on just about everything she
recorded. I'm sure Randy must have been happy with her
reading of that tune. Also....thanks to all for the info
on Creation.
Jim.
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Subject: Dusty
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: Ian Chapman, iandXXXXXXXXlnet.co.uk
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
What has become so evident in the recent days following
Dusty's passing is the general overwhelming feeling here
in the UK of just how much she was liked by peers and
public alike. Apart from the verbal tributes from the
likes of Elton John, Cher and even words of sympathy from
the Queen herself, sincere and well-written tributes have
appeared in both national and local newspapers, and her
name keeps cropping up with genuine respect and affection
on radio stations everywhere.
Last night - the evening following Dusty's death - the BBC
screened a 30-minute tribute. It was introduced by Lulu,
who gave her own warm testimony: "I was fortunate enough
at fifteen to have a hit record with "Shout", and when I
was asked who my favourite singers were, who I looked up
to and admired, Dusty was at the top of the list........I
believe that she opened the gates for female singers to
cross over and move into that R&B/Blues area." Lulu
concluded thus: "Tonight I want to celebrate Dusty's life.
...I'm sad she's not with us, but let's celebrate the
legacy she has left us, her music....and her music was her
life."
There then followed an uninterrupted sequence of footage
showing classic Dusty performances from the BBC archives,
spanning four decades. Beginning with her first TV
appearance with The Springfields, it segued into her solo
career with "I Only Want To Be With You", "24 Hours From
Tulsa", "Some Of Your Lovin'", "You Don't Have To Say You
Love Me", "How Can I Be Sure" and a late-60s performance
of a dreamy, slowed-down version of "Up On The Roof".
There was a small montage of clips showing duets with Tom
Jones, Mel Torme and Cilla Black. We then saw Dusty in the
late 70s during her first "comeback" period, and her
re-emergence in the 80s in performance with the Pet Shop
Boys at the Brit Awards on "What Have I Done To Deserve
This". The programme rounded off with Dusty's last live
performance, from '95 on the Jools Holland show. With
Jools on piano, and back-up vocals that included Alison
Moyet and Sinead O'Connor, Dusty sang "Where Is A Woman To
Go?" from her last album. As a last lingering shot, we went
back to the 60s for "Son Of A Preacher Man", as the credits
gave way to one of those classic platinum-blonde,
panda-eyed portraits of Dusty as she will always be
remembered, with the simple inscription "1939 - 1999".
Ian :-(
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Subject: Tandyn Almer
Received: 03/06/99 9:51 am
From: David Marsteller, davebXXXXXXXXflin.org
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
On Fri, 05 Mar 1999, Harvey Williams wrote:
> While I'm here; a question. What does anyone know about
> Tandyn Almer? I guess he's best known for penning 'Along
> Comes Mary' and cowriting 'Sail On Sailor', but I've
> recently picked up a couple of 45s with his writing credit
> simply out of curiosity; 'Little Girl Lost & Found' by The
> Garden Club, and 'Poor Old Organ Grinder' by Pleasure.
> They're both great, ambitious-sounding singles; has he
> written any more like them?
I've got a couple of Tandyn-related 45s myself. One is a
single of his called 'Degeneration Gap'. It's very much in
the Dylan protest style lyrically, though a bit more jazzy
musically. It is a promo with the same song on both sides.
I can't picture it receiving much airplay, as the song is
lengthy and Tandyn's singing voice sounds rough. Picture
Brian Wilson at his chain-smoking hoarsest rasping a Dylan
song. The lyrics are quite witty, though, and you do get
used to his vocal sound after a bit.
I'm afraid that I can't remember the name of the second
single, but I found it interesting as his name is spelled
differently in the credits. His last name is given as
Alimir, or something similar. Either it's a typo or he
changed the spelling of his name at some point. The
spelling on this 45 makes him sound of Middle Eastern
descent.
Dave
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Subject: Peppermint Rainbow
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXXXXXXX12.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
>>Will You Be Staying After Sunday-The Peppermint Rainbow
>
>This is a great album in super stereo on most cuts, and I
>have the two follow up singles (also issued in stereo). Love
>that drum sound on these
This was the third 8-track my family bought (first was a
Nancy Wilson tape, second was Flash Cadillac & The
Continental Kids), and the only place we could play it was
in my dad's Buick Electra 225.
That Peppermint Rainbow tape was indeed boss. Sounded sort
of like the kind of group Tony Burrows would be singing
lead for.
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXXXXXXX12.nj.us
"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred."
--Henry Cabot Henhouse III
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Subject: Pure Pop & Soft Rock & Real Radio
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: Javed Jafri, javedjaXXXXXXXXt.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Just catching up with the list and here's some odds and ends:
Regarding the band The Stories. It should be kept in mind
that Michael Brown had left the band by the time of
"Brother Louie" and the song was a last minute addition to
their second album "About Us". The rest of the album has
some nice melodic and more typically M. Brown material,
The Stories first album is also worth seeking out and is
better than the Beckies album IMO. The Stories were one of
a handful of anglo-influenced power-pop outfits in the
early 70's who dared to go against the prevailing tide and
create infectious three minute pop tunes. Some other band
mining the same territory included the Wackers, Blue Ash
and of course Alex Chilton's Big Star.
Tobias had mentioned not liking the Left Banke but my
question is have you listened to their first album "Walk
Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina. It really is a soft-rock
masterpiece.
On the subject of obscure pre-woodstock era psyche pop,
one notable British band who's name has not popped up on
any of the lists yet is The Blossom Toes. They're worth a
listen.
Some more lesser known American bands from the 60's that
should appeal to fans of soft-harmony-folk rock are the
Emmit Rhodes led Merry-go-round, The Cryan Shames, The
Parade, The Tradewinds, The E-Types, The Mojo Men and
Montage.
Before I go I just have to mention that I was listening to
an oldies station from Buffalo, New York today (I live in
Toronto) and they had a fill-in jock who was playing some
fabulous tunes that you rarely hear on the radio any more.
I heard the following and could not believe that I was
listening to a commercial oldies station:
1. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/The Silke (prime mid
60's British folk-rock)
2. The Rains Came/ Sir Douglas Quintet (don't think I have
ever heard this on the radio before).
3. You Are My Sunshine/Ray Charles
4. It Might As Well Rain Until September/Carole King (should
have been a big hit)
5. Tell It To The Rain/The Four Seasons (ok not obscure but
you hardly ever hear it on the radio anymore. The Four
Seasons updating their sound for 1966).
Javed
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Subject: Rupert Holmes
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: jon adelson, humthefirst2bXXXXXXXXil.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
>I can think of no other record by any artist (least of
>all Newman himself) that has the same widescreen feel as
>this.
Harvey, your comments sparked a nice memory...a fascinating
album by Rupert Holmes called "Wide Screen." There's a most
memorable cut called "Terminal." Anyone familiar with it?
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Subject: More Psychedelic Pop for Dave M.
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: James Cassidy, casswriXXXXXXXXlink.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Since Robert Charles-Dunne has taken us over the threshold
of the 1970's with Dwight Twilley (his 1st album is
definitely worth getting), Tom Petty, and Michel Pagilaro
(definitely a new name to me), I guess I'm allowed to
offer another early 70's disk that fits somewhere into the
Brit-psych-pop tradition, "Pinafore Days" by Stackridge.
Produced by George Martin and featuring a batch of heavily
Beatlesque tunes, "Pinafore Days" was released here in the
US on Sire around 1974 or so.
For those who track these things, two ex-Stackridgers,
James Warren and Andy Davis, later went on to form The
Korgis, who had a minor hit with "Everybody's Got to Learn
Sometime" from their "Dumb Waiter" album.
Jim Cassidy
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Subject: Pagliaro and Smokie
Received: 03/06/99 5:16 pm
From: Warren Cosford, raXXXXXXXXNet
To: Spectropop, SpectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Hi Folks:
Robert Charles-Dunne is certainly correct on all counts
about PAGLIARO. Great records that never realized their
sales potential in Canada largely because of the CHUM
connection.
In 1971 The Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC)
introduced Canadian Content Regulations (CANCON).
Essentially, the regulation required all Canadian radio
stations that played music to assure that 30% of it
between 6AM and Midnight meet the regulation. Initially, a
record qualified as CANCON providing it met 1 of 4 criteria
......Music written by a Canadian, Artist is a Canadian,
Produced in Canada, Lyrics written by a Canadian. This was
called MAPL. After a "phase in period", a record only
qualified if it met 2 of the 4 criteria.
Canadian radio was concerned about both the quantity and
quality of music they would be required to play. CHUM
Limited, at the time, owned a number of stations in Canada,
most of which were Top 40. They decided to start their
own record label and called it MUCH. They made a number of
pretty good records, the most successful of which were by
Michel Pagliaro. Robert is correct that one of the
problems was that CHUM program director, J. Robert Wood,
was hesitant to add MUCH records early, play them in heavy
rotation and even chart them.
Between 1970 and 1972, there were 4 Pagliaro records on
MUCH charted by CHUM with chart positions of 25, 09 , 20 and
23. Pagliaro was then signed by Columbia. His only chart
record, What The Hell I Got, peaked at #11 on the CHUM
Chart in 1975.
CHUM was not the only Canadian radio station that
considered getting into the record business because of
their concerns about the effect of the CANCON regulations.
CKLW in Windsor, which in 1971 was the #1 station in
Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit also toyed with the idea and
even roughed in a huge room in their new studios facilities,
in 1972, with that thought in mind.
In the early 80's, CHUM resurrected the MUCH name for
first a video recording facility and then for their cable
music video service.
SMOKIE - a British band that might be of interest to this
group. I first heard them on an Oldies station in England
in the early 80's. The song was Living Next Door To Alice.
I looked everywhere for the record, but couldn't find it.
Then, a couple of years ago, while going through the CKLW
Archives I discovered two Smokie albums, Bright Lights and
& Back Alleys and Midnight Cafe. Alice was on the latter.
The albums were released in Canada in 1975 and 1977.
Anybody know anything about these guys?
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Subject: Michel Pagliaro
Received: 03/06/99 9:50 am
From: Marie Leclerc, XXXXXXXXtron.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Robert- Did you bring back memories, good ones, when you
mention Michel Pagliaro. The _Quebec rocker_, it didn't
get any better than Pag. There were two Montreal "Stars"
and they were Michel Pagliaro and Gino Vanelli. The
quality of his work is high, the songs were hits after
hits, Loving you ain't easy, Rainshowers, Some sing some
dance, What the hell I've got. Strangely, the one that
really made it big for us (French speaking people) was
J'entends Frapper. This single is the perfect example of
the perfect hit. You listened once and it was right into
your head, you were hooked.
It's a good thing his hits made it into a double cd "Hit
Parade" since I never was able to find his early work.
It's a pure joy listening to "Chateau d' Espagne" on cd
quality. Two musicians who deserve mentions for their work,
with Pag or solo, are Walter Rossi and Jim Zeller.
Before leaving I would like to say Michel is still one of
the most respected musician in Quebec and still appear
quite often on stage and on television, he hasn't changed
much. I remember an interview on Musique Plus with Claude
Rajotte, and a caller asked Pag, "hey Michel, is Pagliaro
your real name?" so Pag answered, very seriously, "You
think I would make up such a name? Would have taken me
lots of thinking to find one like that!"
Take care everyone and thanks for listening,
Marie
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