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Volume #0275 June 16, 1999
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The get-with-it sound for everyone who cares
Subject: Spectropop Hall Of Fame
Received: 06/15/99 4:11 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_Madxxxx2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
Playing hooky from writing final grade reports.
Having learned of a number of names that I'd never heard
of prior to joining Spectropop, I have begun to wonder,
who would we want to put in the Spectropop Hall of Fame?
Not necessarily from the *performance* side of things,
mind you, but rather, from the *engineering booth* side.
Off the top of me head, I'd begin wiht the following names.
If you have more to add, by all means please suggest
them. If you have a problem with any of my original
nominees, go soak yer head--no actually, I'm kidding.
Please feel free to disagree with any of these names:
Phil Spector
Brian Wilson
Bacharach/David
Goffin/King
Bob Crewe
Jack Nitzsche
Jimmy Webb
Now for some of the "spectropop", names, that is to say
that are either new to me or that have taken on new
significance for me thanks to spectropop:
David Gates
Shadow Morton
Perry Botkin
Roger Nichols
Gary Zekley
Curt Boettcher
Subject: classical airs
Received: 06/16/99 11:56 pm
From: Jack Madani, Jack_Madxxxx2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
>Till by
>the Angels
Did you ever notice the strings on the last verse? Is it
my imagination or is that herkyjerky descending pattern
right out of Richard Wagner? (cv. the Bugs Bunny cartoon
"What's Opera Doc")
There's also that Serge Gainsborough tune "Initials BB"
with the huge french horn cop from Dvorak's New World
Symphony.
And of course the Lover's Concerto's nod to JS Bach.
Subject: girl groups
Received: 06/16/99 11:56 pm
From: john rausch, jxxxxet
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
I found a few new girl group cds that may be of interest
to some fellow Spectropopers: The Essex-walkin miracle and
easier said than done(2 lps on 1 cd)COLLECTABLES Where The
Girls Are vol 2. ACE I haven`t heard the WTGA cd but have
vol 1 and there should be more goodies on the next vol.
They are available at http://www.discol.com
JonR
Phil Spector`s Wall Of Souxxxx//members.tripod.com/~rauschj/
Subject: Groovy
Received: 06/16/99 12:01 am
From: Glenn Sadin, gsaxxxxemedia.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
Andrew sez...
>Anyone from the LA area remember the show _Groovy_ with
>Robert W. Morgan hosting? Ah, to return to the halcyon
>days of Kam Nelson dancing to "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
>with the TV camera poised just below the hem line!
Actually, wasn't that Michael Blodgett hosting? A friend
recently scored some videos of that show. BTW, Michael
Blodgett is now married to Meredith Baxter Birney.
Glenn
gsaxxxxemedia.com
glenn_marxxxxink.net
Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter for THE BERKELEY SQUIRES:
http://www.termites.com/BerkeleySquires.html
Read about JAPANESE POP MUSIC from the '50s to the '90s!:
http://home.earthlink.net/~glenn_mariko/nihon.htm
Subject: Mike(doc rock)Kelly
Received: 06/16/99 11:56 pm
From: john rausch, jxxxxet
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
Hi Mike
I saw your rebuttal in the new ish of DISCoveries:
Good job,I guess you set that guy straight ;-)
You would think a person would have it a little more
together before taking all that time to prove someone
wrong.
JonR
Subject: New Randy Newman record
Received: 06/15/99 4:11 am
From: Yggdrasil Ivanisevic, wuo0xxxx.se
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
Surprised nobody on the list has said anything yet...
Randy Newman has released a new solo album! What is it, the
first in 10 years or so..? I didn't have time to listen to
it in the record store so what are yr opinions about the
album? How does it compare to his previous solo albums, etc?
Of course, the only album by him that I really *love* is
his debut, so I probably won't like the new one...most of
what he's done since then is boring piano rock to me!
He's on Letterman tonight (we're a week behind over here),
though, and that's a performance I'm looking forward to see
!
Tobias
Subject: promenade through the park
Received: 06/16/99 12:01 am
From: Harry Spero, hspxxxxl.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
The "promenade through the park" line is from the movie
with one of the top ten endings of all time--"The Producers"
Subject: Re: Bolan/John's Children
Received: 06/16/99 12:01 am
From: Stewart Mason, flamixxxxom
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
Kana asks:
>Stewart & Jamie,
>I was a heavy T-Rex collector in the sixties and seventies.
>I had "Smashed! Blocked!" in my collection for a time
>until another collector gave me an obscene amount of money
>for it. Why do I keep thinking Marc Bolan & John's
>Children????
Marc Bolan was briefly in the band, before Tyrannosaurus
Rex but after his days as a male model. I'm not sure where
Bolan's 60s solo work fits into the JC saga, but unless I'm
remembering this entirely wrong -- and I may well be, I
like Marc Bolan fine but I've never cared enough to learn
much about his career -- Bolan was briefly managed by
Simon Napier-Bell, who threw him into John's Children
either before or after his solo singles (also reissued by
Cherry Red) were recorded. Perhaps Jamie has more details.
The other member of John's Children who went on to better
things was singer Andy Ellison, who reappeared in the fine
punk-era pop band The Radio Stars along with ex-Sparks (a
band that nowhere near enough people are suitably
worshipful of) bassist Martin Gordon. Their SONGS FOR
SWINGING LOVERS (the sleeve features a couple dangling
from nooses -- it was 1977, remember) on Chiswick is
good-to-great guitar pop with a handful of brilliant songs,
my personal favorite being "Macaroni and Mice."
Stewart
Subject: Re: Total Heart Throb True Confessions
Received: 06/16/99 12:01 am
From: Big L, bixxxxmail.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
>I also saw that Patty Duke reunion
>show... I thought it was pretty dismal, sad to say. That
>totally sophomoric script! How labored.
Actually, I saw it as an attempt to remain true to the
somewhat campy premise of the original show. Didn't Nat
Hiken produce that? If he did, it was actually somewhat
tame when compared to his prior efforts (Sgt. Bilko, Car
54.) 60s schtick just doesn't come off as well as it once
did.
It was definitely Cathy for me, too.....
==
Big L Check out my Radio Legends pages at:
bixxxxmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816
Subject: Smashed! Blocked!'s flip!
Received: 06/16/99 12:01 am
From: Frank Youngwerth, FMxxxxm
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
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Subject: a sign of the times
Received: 06/16/99 12:02 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_Madxxxx2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
N.P. Colour My World, Pet Clark singing a Trent-Hatch
slice of brilliance. Cor, this is groovy.
Tonight on TVLand I've seen again an awesome retromercial,
for Papermate "Ops & Pops" decorated pens. I date it at
1965 or maybe 1966 because of the sound of the softrock
music, plus the reference to "Tom Jones shirts", which a
later generation raised on Seinfeld will recognize as a
puffy shirt. What's spectropropriate about this commercial,
however, is the MUSIC--totally BrianWilsony,
CurtBoetcherry. A slice of midsixties heaven. Do you dig a
wild child in a miniskirt?
Which brings me back to recent discussions (caused by me,
I'm afraid) of the groovy chicks of sixties tv. And you
know something? I think it IS related to our topic here.
I'm not totally "baby boomer." Being born in '59, I'm more
like a boomer's kid brother. Jazz writer Paul MacArthur
once referred to this as being a "Brady Boomer." So I was
alive and kicking in the sixties, but I was more of an
impartial observer, too young to be involved in the youth
movement but still aware enough to know that it was boss.
I had a transistor radio and I had it tuned to 1380 WAMS
out of Wilmington Delaware, where my family lived in the
mid and late sixties. All around there were girls and boys.
It was a swinging place, a cellarful of noise.
And when it comes to the music of that period, the music
that we celebrate here, I can't help but make cultural
associations. I think Katy Douglas, Agent 99, Ann-Margrock,
Patty Lane (a hot dog makes her lose control!!!!), Pussy
Galore, Mrs. Peal, the UFO Moon Maidens, the Silver Bikini
Chick from The Gamesters of Triskelion. Take a look at a
late episode of the Dick Van Dyke show and notice that
Laura is wearing white vinyl go go boots and sporting a
Clairol Flip. Look at an episode of a Sherwood Schwartz
sitcom and see what the joke-hippies are wearing (think
Jethro as a hippie, or the Mosquitoes on Gilligan's Isle--
straight outta Sonny & Cher's wardrobe).
What is it about the girlgroup trax, or the softrock cuts,
that I adore so much from that time? What is it that
connects them to the look of the '65 and '66 Pontiac
Widetrack and midsixties Papermate Ops&Pops retromercials
on TVLand?
I've been searching for a word or phrase, and the best I
can come up with is that they were all so, so...
....so coifed.
I dunno. Something about the flip hairdos, the gogo boots,
the Betty & Veronica fashions, the black stripe around the
nose of the Chevy Camaro. Robert Wagner in It Takes A
Thief. Culp & Cosby in I Spy.
The creamy purity of the primary colors in the AIP beach
movies.
The echo of Goldstar.
Gawd, I miss them days.
jack "wasn't made for these times" madani
Subject: Re: The Older Generation
Received: 06/16/99 11:56 pm
From: Jack Madani, Jack_Madxxxx2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
>.....seemed all
>the "oldies" had at least one shot at the younger sound in
>the 60s. A few of my personal faves and recommendations
>would be:
>
>Phil Crosby - Where The Blue Of The Night Meets the Gold
>Of The Day - Reprise (probably not as old as he sounds,
>but yep, it's Bing's tune, only a Jack Nitzsche-produced
>stomper version with a killer sax break - has to be Steve
>Douglas. Carole, I'd bet you were on this, from '63?)
>
Didn't Robin Ward do this number also?
>I'll stop there, apart from adding all of the Steve
>Lawrence Brill Building numbers from the 60s
....
> and of course Eydie did her share
>too.
>
>Can anyone offer any additions?
Well, Ian, for some unknown reason your mention of Steve
Lawrence made me think of Bobby Rydell's version of Volare,
with the yacky/waily backing girl vocals that could
almost have been the Tammys. I always liked Rydell's voice,
and thought that it was a little unfair that he got
tagged with that "no-talent Philly Pretty Boy" label.
Wildwood Days and Wild One are fun tunes even if they ARE
sort of manufactured, but Volare seemed to me to be more
like what Rydell should have been singing all along: right
on the knife-edge balance between two generations, slightly
swinging, yet with a pounding beat. Like the best of those
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra ca. '65 or '66 cuts that
were supposed to reach down to the younger rekkid buyers.
Or like another of my favoritest songs *ever*, Mel
Carter's Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me.
Okay, enough fooling around. I have to finish those final
grade reports by Thursday so's I can enjoy the Brian
Wilson Philly show with a clear mind. Second row, left
center. Sweet!
Subject: Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy"
Received: 06/16/99 12:02 am
From: DJ JimmyB, DJJimmyxxxxm
To: exotxxxxon.com
Spectropop List, spectroxxxxies.com
"Jimmy's Easy" airs on 88.1 WMBR-FM, Cambridge on
Tuesdays 6-8 am
WMBR-FM can be heard at its website...www.wmbr.org
JUNE 14--All Sunshine Soft Rock Special
Ray Conniff Singers Love Can Make You Happy
Rose Garden Next Plane To London
Johnny Mann Singers Up Up And Away
Astrud Gilberto Windy
Strawberry Alarm Clock Tomorrow
Left Banke Coca Cola Commercial
Bryan Hyland Run Run Look And See
Jay & The Americans Got Hung Up Along The Way
Keith Ain't Gonna Lie
Sandpipers The Drifter
Orpheus Leslie's World
-Glen Campbell Where's The Playground Susie?
-Richard Harris Paper Chase
-The Forum The River Is Wide
-Fifth Dimension California Soul
-Innocence A Lifetime Lovin' You
-Petula Clark Coca Cola Commercial (English)
-Chris Montez I'm Glad There Is You
-Spiral Starecase Sweet Little Thing
-The In Crowd Questions And Answers
Ray Bloch Singers Georgy Girl
Peppermint Rainbow Don't Wake Me Up In The Morning Michael
Spanky And Our Gang Making Every Minute Count
Petula Clark High (request)
Laura Nyro Flim Flam Man
Magic Lanterns Shame Shame
Buckinghams Back In Love Again
Gary Lewis & Playboys Green Grass (request)
Harper's Bizarre Malibu U
-Blades Of Grass Just Aaah
-Music Machine Some Other Drum
-Danny Hutton Roses And Rainbows
-Pozo Seco Singers I Can Make It With You
-Vogues Coca Cola Commercial
-Tommy Roe Paisley Dreams
-The Sugar Shoppe Skip Along Sam
-Status Cymbal Takin' My time
-Love Generation Let The Good Times In
-Tokens It's A Happening World
-Cowsills We Can Fly
-Dino, Desi, & Billy Spray-Colored Glasses
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