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Volume #0313 August 29, 1999
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Subject: The Hep Stars "It's Been A Long Long Time" CD
Received: 08/26/99 10:51 am
From: David Bash, Baxxxxxcom
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Hi Everyone,
I own the Hep Stars "It's Been A Long Long Time" CD that
several people have mentioned, so perhaps I'll be able to
illuminate some things...
1. The songs are sung in English, and very good English I
might add. The covers of Boettcher releated and other soft
pop tunes are top notch, and this CD would be a worthwhile
purchase for any soft pop fan.
2. It does seem, on the face of it, absurdly amazing that
a very popular Swedish band, who probably had never been
to the States, would end up doing a bunch of covers by a
relatively unknown songwriter. However, the album was
produced by Steve Clark, who had done some work with Curt
Boettcher in the past. One would surmise that their
connection probably in large part was responsible for this
occurrence. The Japanese liner notes allude to the
possibility that Boettcher did some of the vocal
arrangements, but are never definitive.
Perhaps if someone on the list knows how to contact Steve
Clark, we may gain some insight. In the meantime, I'll do
my part to try and get some more info.
The version of the CD I have is on Keystone Music, Japan.
The M&M version has several bonus tracks that don't appear
on the Keystone edition, making it the version of choice.
However, the bonus tracks are not in the same soft pop
vein as the album proper, though they are pretty good.
I hope this helps!
--
Spectropop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David Bash
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Subject: Candy and the Kisses/Tammys
Received: 08/27/99 11:09 am
From: WILLIAM STOS, xxxxxet.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
It seems as though Candy and the Kisses recorded a lot of
great material for Scepter during the 60s, plus the stuff
on Cameo and Decca, why is there no best of series for
them?
Does anyone know which Lou Christie comp features
some of the Tammys sides? How many, and which ones?
Will
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Subject: Japanese Girl Groups
Received: 08/26/99 10:51 am
From: Jimmy Cresitelli, Jimxxxxxcom
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Hi! I recall that I have a few cuts of girl-pop by an
artist named Celia Paul-- VERY Spectoresque. I think these
are from the early 70s. They shimmer very beautifully.
Anyone recall her? I may be able to get you all more
details from my archives, with titles, etc.
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Subject: Rupert Holmes
Received: 08/28/99 3:30 pm
From: Marie J. Leclercxxxxxotron.ca
To: Spectropop list, spectxxxxxities.com
I have seen two Rupert Holmes album titles that I am not
familiar with: Rainy Night In Georgia and She Lets her
Hair Down. I am familiar with the songs that the albums
were named after but can someone fill me in with any
details on these two albums, like when were they recorded,
track lists, labels etc?
Many thanks,
Marie
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Subject: Sunshine Pop
Received: 08/29/99 10:47 pm
From: Kingsley Abbott, kinxxxxxa.freeserve.co.uk
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Thanks to Harvey for the kind words about the Ripples
compilations. They are indeed selling very well for a new
area of compilation-enough anyway for Sequel to be happy
to do all the others. This very week we have pretty well
finished the next two - Uptown Girls & Big City Boys and
Autumn Almanac. the first being big sounding New York type
Pop and the second being much more folky. But each will
have some soft rock style vocals in there - maybe not as
much as Look At The Sunshine, but harmonies in with girlie
stuff (inc the Tammy St John track recently mentioned on
the list). Mick Patrick, a good telephone mate of mine,
has had some input on this one, and this will have
improved the end product. Expect them sometime in October.
(Thinks...Must write the notes soon...)
The Revola product is actually only out this Monday (29th?),
so everyone should order copies of SC and EC as soon
as possible. Re. Lou Christie - Yes, Joe Foster and I did
talk about all the CBS/Columbia LC material that is in the
vaults, quite a bit I believe. Along with some other ideas
we have been toying with, it's on the back burner at
present. Joe saw Joey Stec recently at the IPO2 in LA and
I know they discussed a lot of ideas. Joey is currently
engaged in sorting out some past Millenium financial
history with CBS. Future issues may well have to wait on
this. In the meantime, I see Collectables have reissued
early Lou C. material as a twenty four track 2on1 issue.
Also just out in Japan on EM Records is a retrospective CD
of Chris White's mid seventies UK material. For anyone who
does not know this, Chris had a medium sized hit in the UK
with "Spanish Wine", a wonderful B. Boys styled ballad, and
went on to put out some great stuff. Its a great package,
as indeed are all the EM CDs. They did a series of Tony
Rivers issues, which I helped with. I'm not at present
involved with the planned RPM Tony Rivers retrospectives,
put I can assure everyone that TR is delighted with all
this sudden attention after all these years.
Kingsley Abbott
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Subject: Re: Tatsuro Yamashita
Received: 08/27/99 11:09 am
From: Jamie LePage, le_pagxxxxxities.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Dave Mirich, Dmxxxxxcom wrote:
>Jamie, can you tell us more about Tats...
The first time I heard Yamashita's music, someone was
playing The Big Wave album, and it just shocked me that
someone, anyone would cover Sacramento, Guess I'm Dumb and
This Could Be The Night - all on one album! All done very
tastefully, I might add. Knowing you are the Beach Boys
fan, Dave, this would be the album I would recommend to
start with. Side two of this LP is all Brian Wilson
related covers (and This Could Be The Night).
I guess the Tats Yamashita story has to do with a Tokyo
record store called Pied Piper, the proprietor Yoshi
Nagato, and a band called Niagara Triangle. I think
Yamashita and Nagato shared similar interest in American
pop, and this led to an artist/management relationship
between the two of them. (Side note: it was Yoshi Nagato
who suggested Foskett record Yamashita's Fish for the Thru
My Window album). Yamashita is a dedicated student of
American pop and has recorded two volumes of Doo Wop
covers called On the Street Corner 1 & 2. He also covered
the Tradewinds' New York's a Lonely Town, changing the
words to Tokyo's a Lonely Town. Yamashita has recorded
albums for a number of labels including CBS/Sony,
Alfa/Moon, and MMG.
At one point, Yamashita worked on a five CD Spector box
set while he was involved with the MMG operation. This box
set was pressed and ready to ship when Spector somehow
stopped the release. MMG reportedly destroyed nearly all
the copies although a few did survive. I have heard this
set and the mastering is superior to the ABKCO set that
was released a few years later. When the subject of this
box set comes up, occasionally I hear people refer to it
as the unreleased Rhino set. I wonder about this though,
because I was under the impression that this particular
set was compiled in Japan, not in US. Rhino typically
would use Bill Inglot and master in LA. The ABKCO set is
credited as mastered by Larry Levine and Spector himself.
To cloud this issue even further, around this time MMG
released the Spector Atlantic productions CD. Have there
been two rejected Spector box sets, or are these one and
the same? Can anyone clarify?
I hoped our J-Pop fans would have chimed in here with
more background info on Yamashita. Glenn Sadin, can you
add anything here?
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Jamie LePage
le_pagxxxxxities.com
<http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/5030>
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Subject: Tats Yamashita
Received: 08/27/99 11:09 am
From: Dave Mirich, Dmxxxxxcom
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
where can one order a Tats Yamashita CD?
thanks, Dave Mirich
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