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Volume #0327 October 4, 1999
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Vitaphonic Stereo
Subject: be my baby
Received: 09/26/99 8:51 pm
From: Neal Baker, neallxxxxxhlink.net
To: spectxxxxxe.com
trying to pinpoint recording date and release date
for the ronettes 'be my baby'
neal b
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Subject: Nino Tempo/ Philately
Received: 09/26/99 8:51 pm
From: Robin Wills, robin.xxxxxm.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Hey Ian,
It was your review that initialy made me seek out Boystown
and you don't even have a copy! Actually Mick Patrick
played me it about 6 years ago. Will there ever be another
Philately? I really treasure those old issues. My copy of
Boystown is a promo and so was Mick's, I guess it didn't
get a proper release.
One single that I am still trying to track down is "Don't
Drag No More" by Susan Lynn, can anyone help?
All the best
Robin
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Subject: Re: Boys Town
Received: 09/26/99 8:51 pm
From: Brad Elliott, suxxxxxonline.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Lee Dempsey wrote:
> Maybe Brad Elliott can answer this question: Was this song
> the source of the rumors that Brian and Nino had worked (or
> were going to work) together? Brad, I know you quote Brian
> in your book as having said that he was planning to work
> with Nino, but that it never happened. Did Nino go off on
> his own and do "Boys Town?"
I don't think so, simply because the chronology doesn't
match up. Brian's quote about planning to produce Nino is
from 1965, while "Boys Town" (Tower 369) dates from late
1967 or early 1968. (Tower 348, "Can't Help But Love You"
by The Standells, charted in November 1967. Tower 416,
"Mrs. Bluebird" by Eternity's Children, charted in June
1968.)
Brad
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Subject: Sue Thompson
Received: 09/26/99 8:51 pm
From: Michael B Kelly, docxxxxx.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
I spent last week in Las Vegas. No, not for the gambling.
My brother teaches 6th grade there, my daughter Corina is
a grad student and teaches, and my daughter Marlena is a
college student.
But I also spent quite a bit of time with Sue Thompson.
She was/is wonderful. We did a live local radio interview
together. She is a real sweetheart.
Doc
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Subject: Re: Gold Star Article
Received: 09/26/99 8:51 pm
From: Billy G. Spradlin, bgsprxxxxxhlink.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
>Disney's Robin Hood is mentioned, and that film was issued
>in the 70s. Incongruous, but I can only guess whatever this
>refers to it must have been an earlier Disney incarnation
>of Robin Hood.
I believe that Disney did attempt making a Robin Hood
animated feature back in the 50's but the project was
shelved because the production for "Sleeping Beauty" took
longer than expected to complete (It was one of Walt
Disney's most ambitious projects). I also remember a live
action TV version of Robin Hood that came out in the late
50's, so that article might be referring to this also.
Billy G. Spradlin
29 Rim Road
Kilgore, Texas 75662
Email: bgsprxxxxxhlink.net
Homepage: http://home.earthlink.net/~bgspradlin/
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Subject: Ronnie Spector,Hal Blaine and A&M
Received: 10/03/99 11:50 pm
From: john rausch,xxxxx.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Heres a link to an updated site for Ronnie Spector at her
new record label.has news and info on her new release plus
some pics.
http://www.killrockstars.com/bands/ronniespector/index.html
Also ,here are some other links Spectropoppers may find of
interest
Hal Blaine homepage
http://www.halblaine.com/
And since there is a lot of discussion on the A&M label, here
is a link to an A&M site, with lots of info including message
boards to discuss the label and artists etc...
http://www.rudyscorner.com/amcorner/
John Rausch
Presenting The Fabulous Ronexxxxxp://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/2469/
and
Phil Spector`s Wall Of Sxxxxxp://members.tripod.com/~rauschj/
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Subject: Single Questions about Many Singles
Received: 09/27/99 11:28 pm
From: Matthew Kaplan, Twxxxxxcom
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
So while I was in LA a couple of weeks back I scored about
300 singles for 20 cents each, ok. they weren't all
brilliant but the large portion of the are wonderful. I
mean I must have snagged at least 50 singles each on King
and OKeh labels alone. Well, one of the things about
picking up singles at 20 cents each is that you grab loads
of things that I've never heard of but are totally
scorching singles. So I was wondering if any of you out
there could give me details or some kind of info on any of
the following singles or artists, most of them are soul,
light pop and garage.
BOOKER T. AVERHEART & THE MUSTANGS: HONEY b/w GITTA'
STEPPIN' (VAULT RECORDS 932)
THE FALLEN ANGELS: ROOM AT THE TOP b/w YOUR FRIENDS HERE
IN DUNDERVILLE (ROULETTE RECORDS 4770 1967)
GENESIS: JOURNEY TO THE MOON PTS. 1 & 2 (BUDDAH RECORDS
PDA132 1969)
THE GROOP: SUCH A LOVELY WAY b/w WE CAN TALK (JAMIE
RECORDS 1371)
ROSE HARGOVE: KNOCKED DOWN KICKED AROUND b/w SOMEBODY'S
GOTTA GIVE (HELL'S PRODUCTIONS AW484)
HOPPI & THE BEAU HEEMS: WHEN I GET HOME b/w SO HARD
(LAURIE RECORDS 3439)
THE KNOWBODY ELSE: LET US PRAY b/w SOMEONE SOMETHING (HIP
RECORDS HIA8020)
JOE LEE: SINCE YOU BEEN GONE b/w MY GIRL (ULTRA SONIC
RECORDS 125)
PAT LUNDY: IT'S RANIN' OUTSIDE b/w HAL'S BELLES (LEOPARD
RECORDS 5009) both sides of this beauty were written by Al
Kooper! I believe that she also recorded under the name Pat
Lundi.
THE SHONDELLS: I GOTTA TELL IT b/w WONDERFUL ONE (KING
RECORDS 5656) of course this is not the Tommy James group
but rather a really cool girl group with the lead vocals
listed as Novella Simmons and Shirley Brooks
GEOFFREY STEVENS: DO THAT AGAIN b/w GRAPE JELLY LOVE (YORK
RECORDS 407)
THE UNLUV'D: AIN'T GONNA DO YOU NO HARM b/w AN EXCEPTION
TO THE RULE (TRUE LOVE RECORDS TL1000)
I know that you people have the answers,
Matthew Kaplan
PS I've got about thirty fifties and sixties country
singles out of this batch that are going to be looking for
a home soon.
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Subject: Stereolab
Received: 10/03/99 11:50 pm
From: Andreoli/Poncia, wuxxxxxet.se
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Finally bought the new Stereolab CD "Cobra And Phases
Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night" today. As opposed
to some of the negative comments on the record, I have to
say it's *very* good, and could quite possibly grow to
become the best effort by Stereolab so far. Bizarrely
enough, what this album reminds me the most of is The
Beach Boys' "Friends" from 1968, a record that was equally
laidback and moody with Brazilian influences, farfisa
organs and lots of vocal harmonies. There are few songs on
"Cobra..." which sound more like the High Llamas than
Stereolab, such as "The Spiracles" and "Kaleidoscopic Gaze
" which got *that* Brian Wilson feel (staccato piano with
the bass notes slightly behind the beat, for example).
Sean O'Hagan obviously played a big part on this record,
so I guess that's where that influence might come from.
Still, in the end, mostly thanks to the very distinct
vocals (does anybody else sound like Laetitia and Mary?),
this is 100% Stereolab. It's a lot warmer and less
clinical than "Dots & Loops". Thankfully, the Velvets/Neu!
drone, which always gave me a headache, is gone. The music
is still as repetitive as on "Peng!", but it's from a
melodic point of view. 'Highly recommended', as the New
Musical Express wouldn't say! :-)
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Subject: what was left off the Spector box set?
Received: 09/26/99 8:51 pm
From: Andreoli/Poncia, wuxxxxxet.se
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
I only really listen to the mid-sixties disc of Back To
Mono, the one with The Ronettes' "Paradise" and Ike &
Tina's "River Deep Mountain High". It's Spector in his
finest noise/ambient mood. Are there many other equally
great/dense/reverby tracks from this period that Spector,
for whatever reasons, didn't include on Back To Mono?
And why doesn't he want to have Presenting The Fabulous
Ronettes reissued on CD? I've only seen a copy once in my
life, at Rough Trade in London who were charging (I think)
£100 for it.
Finally, driving into the seedy side of the city, do Phil
Spector bootlegs exist?
T.
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