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Volume #0322 September 17, 1999
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immense sonic panoramas with lots of sleigh bells
Subject: New Millennium
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: Joey Stec, Jxxxxxcom
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
By way of introduction, I was in the Millennium,
Sagittarius, Blues Magoos, etc.
Lee Mallory and I played a live gig in San Francisco this
past week - the first in 25 years! It was really good. We
are currently trying to set up a tour...Lee Mallory would
open with an acoustic set, then Lee and I together (we
would do some Millennium songs as they were originally
written, then we would do some material which was recorded
for my new Joey Stec album). Finally, we'd finish with the
band doing "It's You" from the Millennium album which was
I co-wrote with Mike Fennelly.
Regarding the comments on Eternity's Children, Keith did
most all of the production, but Curt did come in and do
vocal arrangements on a few songs as I remember. I also
confirmed this with Keith.
Finally, I just thought I would add that the Association
live album has just been released in Japan.
Cheers,
Joey Stec
the Joey Stec homepage
<http://members.xoom.com/joeystec/>
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Subject: The A&M Dream Team
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: Jamie LePage, le_pagxxxxxities.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
David Bash, Baxxxxxcom wrote:
>...[Rumors and Wait & See] would be
>perfect for an A&M Records compilation of '60s material,
>something which would be essential for soft pop collectors.
>Who knows, maybe one of those will materialize one day :-)
What a coincidence that you mention this on the day the list
is talking about West Coast Brill writers/A&M artists Tommy
Boyce & Bobby Hart. It made me think about those early A&M
days and just how good A&M's artist and repertoire policy
was. Indeed, there is enough A&M material for at least a
single disc set. Another contender for inclusion would of
course be Parade material. Question for Jerry Riopelle: If
it is not too sensitive, can you tell us what it was like
at A&M in those days and give us an idea as to why the
Parade album was not released at the time. Having heard
the Japanese CD release, I can attest to its quality, and
after all, Parade had a big hit to support the album. Also,
Carol, if you have any comment on the "vibe" at A&M in
those early days do let us hear from you on this.
Merry-Go-Round, Parade, Eternity's Children, Small Circle
of Friends as well as the more widely released artists
such as We Five, Sandpipers, Boyce & Hart and Chris Montez
would all fit in nicely on such a compilation set. How
about Caroline No by Nick DeCaro?
The big question in 1999 with respect to such an A&M set
is, under whose department would such a project fall?
Seagram pretty much absorbed A&M into the Uni/Poly group,
didn't they? Is there anyone in their organization that
has a clue? Dawn Eden worked on a few Soft Rock comps for
Universal Japan a couple of years ago. Maybe a Japan comp
is a possibility now that A&M is under the Seagram umbrella
(although last I heard Polydor KK in Japan still looks
after the A&M catalog. Seagram's tsunami apparently hasn't
made its way across the Pacific yet...
Does anyone have an early A&M 45 discography or know of
one somewhere on the web? It would be interesting to have
a look and consider what would work on David's
hypothetical A&M soft pop comp CD. Come to think of it,
the people most qualified to actually do such a comp are
right here on this list!
A&M rules!!!!
All the best,
Jamie
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Subject: Boyce and Hart
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: Jill Mingo, xxxxxnet.co.uk
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
>If so, do Boyce & Hart lip synch a song in that episode,
>and if they do, is it a familiar Boyce/Hart song?
I know the song is "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind",
which is fantastic. Any other info would be appreciated as
I have seen it once on a Raven compilation, but don't know
if it appeared on any LP.
Jill "Mingo-go"
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Subject: Phil Spector on video
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: Tom Simon, txxxxxcom
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
I too remember seeing Phil's appearance on I Dream Of
Jeannie. It is definitely in color, and Boyce & Hart do
appear on the same show. I do not recall what song they
sang, although my best guess would be Alice Long (You're
Still My Favorite Girlfriend). Jeannie refers to him on
the show as Phil Spector.
Phil also made a cameo appearance in a major motion
picture that many people associate wih the 60's, Easy
Rider. He was good friends at the time with actor Dennis
Hopper, who has a featured role in the film. Phil appears
at the very beginning of the movie, playing the role of a
drug dealer. He is seated in the back seat of a car, and
the chauffeur is played by Phil's chauffeur in real life.
Tom Simon
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Subject: Ronnie Spector
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: john rausch,xxxxx.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Here is a link to a new Ronnie Spector intervie/article.
http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/14/spector/index.html
Another little tid bit:
A friend who keeps up with Ronnie and Jonathan says that
Ronnie is taking guitar lessons and David Bowie has a song
for her and they are talking of a full length lp/cd in the
works!
John Rausch
Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes at
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/2469/
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Subject: the phil spector of cincinnati??
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_Mxxxxxk12.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
At www.purepop.com, I read about the most IN-teresting
reissue I've heard of in a long time: "Where Has the Music
Gone? The Lost Recordings of Clem Comstock" These appear to
be lost gems from the mid sixties, recorded in the
Cincinnati area and produced by the euphoniously-named
Clem Comstock. But what REALLY got my interest was that Mr.
Comstock was supposedly known as "The Phil Spector of
Cincinnati." Honest? Really? Just what is meant by such a
moniker? That he was an egomaniacal s.o.b. who ripped off
his artists, or that he created immense sonic panoramas
with lots of sleigh bells and castanets? I believe it was
our own David Bash who wrote the [favorable] review, and I
wonder if he might be coaxed into adding a few words about
what these recordings sound like. Maybe some name-checks
("song x sounds a lot like Peanut's Home of the Brave,"
etc.) to help a dolt like me understand what I'd be getting
into? I'd appreciate it a lawt.
jack "the phil spector of ton def" madani
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_Mxxxxxk12.nj.us
"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred."
--Henry Cabot Henhouse III
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Subject: The T Bones
Received: 09/17/99 1:04 am
From: john rausch,xxxxx.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
For Carol
I asked you once long ago if you had played on the
original Addams Family tv show soundtrack, which you
mention on your site now anyway Carol. I finally heard
the entire lp of the T Bones "No Matter What Shape (your
stomach's in)" and there seems to be a striking
resemblance in overall sound on this lp to the Addams
Family tv soundtrack. Are you on this also? Who "were"
actually the T Bones?
Thanks
John Rausch
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Subject: Estelle & Nedra and Boyce & Hart
Received: 09/17/99 3:18 am
From: Glenn Sadin, glenn_mxxxxxhlink.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Thank you Jim Cassidy and John Rausch for the info re:
Estelle & Nedra Ronette:
>The last I knew/heard Estelle owned/ran a restaurant in
>either South or North Carolina and Nedra had married Scott
>Ross of Christian Broadcasting Network fame. She had become
>a born again christian and even recorded a christian lp in
>the mid 70s called Full Circle. I have some pics of Nedra
>from that lp on my Phil Spector`s Wall Of Sound at
>http://members.tripod.com/~rauschj/
Very cool site! I plan to check it out more thoroughly after
work!
>That Murray The K lp is pretty cool,I have it on cd but
>has a different front cover than the lp, I always wondered
>if there was a pic of the Ronettes on the back. Thanks for
>the info; it is strange that Ronnie is not shown in the
>pic.
Is that the semi-legit Euro CD that has a b&w photo of the
Brooklyn Paramount on the front cover? Are there any tracks
on there not on the LP I listed?
If you (or anyone else) is interested, I would be happy to
scan all or any of the photos from the Murray The K album.
Just drop me a line. For that matter, I also have Ronnie's
"Try Some Buy Some" 45 on Apple w/PS if anyone needs a scan.
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Somebody asks:
>Phil Spector appeared in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie...
I remember it being in color, and I remember hearing a
version of "Last Train to Clarksville" in the show NOT by
the Monkees. I think it might have been an intrumental
version (it's been a while since I've seen it). I would
guess the episode dates from late '66 or '67.
Glenn
Glenn Sadin
glenn_mxxxxxhlink.net
Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for THE BERKELEY SQUIRES:
http://www.termites.com/BerkeleySquires.html
Read about JAPANESE POP MUSIC from the 1950s thru the 1990s:
http://home.earthlink.net/~glenn_mariko/nihon.htm
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