__________________________________________________________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ S P E C T R O P O P __________ __________ __________ __________________________________________________________ Volume #0273 June 14, 1999 __________________________________________________________ Spectra-sonic-sound ...the ultimate in High FidelitySubject: Promenade through the park Received: 06/13/99 11:32 pm From: Musil's, muxxxxm To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com Steve McClure asked: > From which film is the following quote > taken, and which LP featured it on the inside of the > gatefold cover?: "Well, Leo, what say we promenade through > the park?" Can't tell you the movie but the lp is George Harrison's Dark Horse. Later, Rory --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Producers/John's Children/Vogues Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Stewart Mason, flamixxxxom To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com Steve asks: >From which film is the following quote >taken, and which LP featured it on the inside of the >gatefold cover?: "Well, Leo, what say we promenade through >the park?" That would be Zero Mostel to Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks' THE PRODUCERS, possibly the funniest film ever made. George Harrison used it in the gatefold of DARK HORSE. Personally, my favorite line in the movie is "Der Fuehrer never called anyone Baby," in response to Dick Shawn's equally legendary line "Achtung, Baby!" Speaking of THE PRODUCERS in a pop context, Legs Larry Smith (former drummer for the legendary Bonzo Dog Band) did a 1978 single with a disco (!!!) version of THE PRODUCERS' centerpiece tune, "Springtime For Hitler." And then Jamie LePage wrote: >White Whale was indeed an elusive label; I know little >about the operation. Why do you think the Turtles were >particularly given a raw deal, Lenny? I'm not disagreeing, >just curious. btw, love the White Whale single by Brit band >John's Children "Smashed! Blocked!", which I understand was >actually recorded by Simon Napier Bell in LA with the >clique (Wrecking Crew). Carol, any recollection of this? >Anyone else know about this side? I own John's Children's THE LEGENDARY ORGASM ALBUM, a reissue on Cherry Red of an album released by White Whale in 1968. ORGASM is 12 studio cuts covered with tapes of hysterical screaming (legend has it that the screaming is from A HARD DAY'S NIGHT) to simulate a live album. Legend also has it that WW pulled the album almost immediately after complaints over the title, eventually reissuing it in the early 70s as an 8-track, which was the only way it was available until Cherry Red reissued the album, with both sides of the "Smashed Blocked"/"Just What You Want, Just What You'll Get" single appended. But listening to this song twice in a row right now, no way is this Hal, Carol and company. Whoever is playing this record is either extremely stoned or borderline incompetent. This is not a bad thing, as it's a wonderful example of freakbeat, as appealling in its way as anything by the Creation. Oh, and someone asked in the last issue -- no, The Vogues' "The Land of Milk and Honey" was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, not Curt Boettcher. Stewart ****************************FLAMINGO RECORDS************************* Stewart Allensworth Mason Box 40172 "When your dad brings home baby skunks, Albuquerque NM 87196 it just becomes problematical." www.rt66.com/~flamingo **********************HAPPY MUSIC FOR NICE PEOPLE******************** --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Mello Cads' - An Afternoon Affair Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: DJ JimmyB, DJJimmyxxxxm To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com In a message dated 6/10/99 1:40:11 PM, you wrote: >Mello Cads' vocal version of An Afternoon Affair This is real top-shelf stuff. Verrill's reocrding is fantabulash, but I cringe a bit at the clarinet sound. Then when the Cad's took it home it became a sheer delight in every bite. It has been on "heavy rotation" on my show "Jimmy's Easy" on WMBR-FM, Cambridge 88.1 at MIT. My guess is that the femme fatale on the tune is Asian. Anyone know? Also right in the middle where they have 3-4 seconds of heavy guitared notes, that part should have been recurring. Also they should have made the tune longer...Maybe the remix will t.c.b. on those concerns --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Various topics #0270-#0272 Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Yggdrasil Ivanisevic, wuo0xxxx.se To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com Jeez, this list is faster than lightning nowadays :) This is a kind of messy reply to messages from three digests so it isn't really, uh, digestable. Chuch M (did you use to be on the Exotica-list as well?) wrote on the topic of soft pop: >I've been thinking about the origins of this soft pop >music and I personally believe you can look to big band >ballads of the 40's or doo wop songs of the 50's and catch >a glimpse at grandparents of soft pop. Well, I guess that's the Brill Building heritage you are thinking of. I'd like to add american folk music to the list of soft pop's origins...and surf music, obviously, which of course is a kind of folkmusic (mixed with rock'n'roll). BTW, is it a coincidence that soft rock essentially is a Californian type of music? Maybe the climate shaped the music in the same way as it did to country in the midwest. What do you listees think? I have to thank you all for the huuuuge respons to my question about Claudine Longet and The Four King Cousins. I really don't have anything to add except for a few short things. Ian Chapman wrote: >Several nice tracks to choose, my personal faves being >"Small Talk" (better known by Lesley Gore) Is this Small Talk the same Small Talk that Harpers Bizarre released as a single?? It's a great song nonetheless! Stewart Mason (I see you post on the Stereolab list, btw) wrote: >I have the lovely Claudine's LOVE IS BLUE and it's [SNIP] >the album's highlight is Randy Newman's "Snow," a remarkably pretty song Oh yes! Again, Harpers Bizarre did a wonderful version of Snow as well, but I haven't heard anyone else's recording of the song. Hey, why did so many artists cover Randy Newman in the sixties? When you think about it, he was totally unknown until Nilsson recorded his album of Newman songs in..was it 1971? Newman must've had a lot of music industry contacts because his first album sold only a thousand copies when it came out! Stewart Mason (again) wrote: >Given that "Classical Gas" is an instrumental, it would >be interesting to hear what the Alan Copeland Singers did >to it I forgot to add that is a medley of Classical Gas and Scarborough Fair - they essentially sing the latter to the chords and backing track of the sooner. It's an ok version, nothing particularly interesting IMO. Their version of This Guy's In Love With You on the other hand, now *that* is as good as music can get! James F. Cassidy wrote: >Then Tobias, the Man of a Million Names, wrote: They seek him here, they seek him there.... :-) >Chris Montez certainly fits into this collection, as his >A&M stuff was kind of a male version of Astrud Gilberto >(breathy voice/no vibrato/semi-monotone). It's funny you bring this up. Before I looked up who was singing what tracks on the Easy Listening Moods compilation, I thought it was a woman who was singing Chris Montez' songs! But he is obviously a man :-) My hands hurt. Tobias --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Re: Turtles Golden greats 1967 Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Big L, bixxxxmail.com To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com We were talking about this album a few days back. I found several copies for sale on ebay, in the $5 range, except for one which was claimed in mint condition which had reached $19. I downloaded the picture - view it at: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816/turtles.jpg Really neat 60s art. You fellow Beach Boys fans will like these: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816/beach.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816/landlocked.jpg http://cougartown.com The person selling Landlocked claims it's pristine vinyl from Brother Records. How? I didn't think any of them made it to production. A cleverly disguised boot? == Big L Check out my Radio Legends pages at: bixxxxmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816 --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Turtles Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Big L, bixxxxmail.com To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com >I can't think of another artist or group that got a rawer >deal from their record company... >White Whale was indeed an elusive label; I know little >about the operation. Why do you think the Turtles were >particularly given a raw deal, Lenny? My understanding is that the label claimed ownership of their REAL NAMES. They were forbidden to perform in public using them, and just recently won back the right to do so. Hence, Flo and Eddie. That's a pretty raw deal in my book. I think White whale was a subsidiary of some big label, maybe Dunhill? Can't remember. == Big L Check out my Radio Legends pages at: bixxxxmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816 --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Turtles... Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Carol Kaye, carolkxxxxink.net To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com >"Smashed! Blocked!", which I understand was >actually recorded by Simon Napier Bell in LA with the >clique (Wrecking Crew). Carol, any recollection of this? >Anyone else know about this side? We did some of Turtles things there for awhile, then the Turtles decided to try to do their "own" recordings (as did a few others in the mid-60s) and after a month or so of running up studio costs, etc. and couldn't do anything like our bunch of studio musicians could do for them (in 3 hours time), they all went back "quickly" to use our regular bunches of 60-70 studio musicians. Sorry, there's so many tunes we cut (about 12 or more a day) and you got in the habit of recording and forgetting them the minute you walked out of the studio doors to the next date of the day, I don't recall that one. Carol Kaye http://www.carolkaye.com/ --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Tuesday and Apples Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Dave Mirich, Dmirxxxxm To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com Shelby writes: > I agree 100% with Tom Simon about Tuesday Weld. > She was definitely the knockout girl on TV in the late > 50's, early 60's. Didn't she marry someone in the pen? and it scuttled her career? Dave Mirich BTW, I've been spinning non-stop the new Apples in Stereo CD recommended on this list (by I forgot who?). It is a fantastic example of the 60s sound, and the song Strawberry Delight (I think it's called, it's out in the car) would have been a smash FM song in 1967-69 era - WOW!! I LOVE this kind of stuff! This Schneider fellow from The Apples produces Olivia Tremor Control, and other music from his studio in Denver named Pet Sounds. He also has an early, adorable sounding, pre-Apples CD called Marbles. Dave Mirich --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Total Heart Throb Received: 06/13/99 11:32 pm From: Big L, bixxxxmail.com To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com >And I STILL dream about Wrangler Jane!!! >I agree 100% with Tom Simon about Tuesday Weld. >She was definitely the knockout girl on TV in the late >50's, early 60's. >I wanted Shelley "Mary Stone" Fabares to be my older >sister; and I wanted Annette to be my girlfriend. What is this, True Confessions? I nominate Barbara Eden.. Who did you have a crush on: Patty or Cathy? (BTW, how many saw the reunion movie a few weeks ago? Not bad, and even used the old theme. Eddie Applegate looked great for his age (mid 60s.) Poor Patty looks older than he. I always wondered if he's Cristina Applegate's father? Some resemblance to my eyes.) I don't have to dream, because I got a heap of Patty Duke Shows and F Troop on VHS from when Nick At Night was running them. (Ha!) I also got a pristine copy of "Don't Just Stand There." Patty couldn't sing much, but after "Johnny Angel," all TV teenagers had to be pop stars. == Big L Check out my Radio Legends pages at: bixxxxmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816 --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: girls,girls,girls. Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: james fisher, JHFAxxxxnet To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com Annette. Tuesday. Sandra Dee. All so lovely. I would've gladly traded my entire 45 collection for a date with any one of 'em. Wasn't to be. Also Natalie Woods at the movies. Sigh. On the covers thread....I picked up a few albums (vinyl) at a thrift shop yesterday and talk about Bad Ideas... one of them is Freddy and the Dreamers doing a North of England version of Roy Orbison's "Cryin"...it's so awful it's actually good. Roy's big melodramas require Roy's big voice and poor Freddy squeaks his way through this one with one of the lamest covers I''ve ever heard. I seem to recall someone else having a crack at that tune in the late 70's (?) and also turning in a feather-weight version. It became a hit I think. Some performers are tough to cover because of their distinctive delivery and Roy Orbison is one of them. On a happier note ,I got 3 Burt LPs--"Reach out" "Make it easy.." and "Greatest hits", all in good shape. I hadn't heard him sing "A house is not a home" before--as much as I love Burt I kind of wish he had got Freddy and the Dreamers to cover it. Also got a Leon Russell greatest hits, great album but perhaps not really of Spectropop interest.(?) One more thing....I mentioned last year that Andy Williams Christmas LP's are the Leaders of the Pack in the thrift shop record piles and I'm pleased to report that he's retained his title again this time around. An impressive selection. Perhaps all the talk of he and Claudine here on Spectropop lately will help move some of his product....Cheers to all. Jim. --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: Tuesday Weld Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: chuck, chucxxxxcom To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com Tuesday Weld also had a nice movie career. My favorite one is Lord Love a Duck, which has a sound track I'm curious about and almost purchased recently. For more information on her there is a nice site at: http://www.dnai.com/~raydavies/weld.html Easy listening in the Big Easy Chuck Shelby Riggs, vinylmaxxxxi.net > I agree 100% with Tom Simon about Tuesday Weld. > She was definitely the knockout girl on TV in the late > 50's, early 60's. --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- Subject: More Knock-outs Received: 06/13/99 11:31 pm From: Tom Waters, shangrixxxxom To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com My favourite knock-out of the '60's wasn't on TV, but in movies, Yvette Mimiuex. She looked amazing! I agree that Tuesday was great too! Tom --------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------- End
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