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Volume #0043 02/17/98
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Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment
Subject: jack reaches saturation
Sent: 2/13/98 9:42 AM
Received: 2/14/98 9:49 AM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Well, it finally happened. I found a disc of non-psychedelic sixties
stuff that I don't love. "Sweet and Lovely: The Best of Nino Tempo &
April Stevens," on Varese Sarabande. I bought it based on the two songs
I had heard, Deep Purple and All Strung Out. Phew! Of the first twelve
songs, only Deep Purple is of interest. Most of the others are utter
carbon copies, down to the harmonica-blow riffs. And the April solo cut,
Teach Me Tiger, is like something Ginger Grant would've sung to the
accompaniment of Gilligan, the Skipper, the Perfesser and Mr.
Howell--strictly meant for larfs. And then comes a remake of the Paris
Sisters hit I Love How You Love Me, which Nino has decided to bless with
a bagpipe ostinato. Bagpipes! Yow! Out of this mess, All Strung Out
emerges absolutely without warning or precedence. And then follows two
cuts from the same album as All Strung Out, about which all I can say is
that I guess they don't stink, but neither do they raise to the level of
All Strung Out. And then come two latterday (1985 and 1996) perductions,
all synths and no soul. Again, they don't stink, but neither are they in
any way special. This album is one that I can't really recommend, and
I'm not sure I ever said that before about material from pre-Invasion
sixties material.
jack "although, maybe it was worth it for the pictures of April in the
liner notes" madani
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Jack Madani - Princeton Day School, The Great Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540 Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they
drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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Subject: Motown on TV!
Sent: 2/16/98 10:44 PM
Received: 2/17/98 12:42 AM
From: David Marsteller, davebXXX@XXXXXXlin.org
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Did anyone see part one of the Motown 40th anniversary special?
Incredible. A clip of a Supremes recording session (brief glimpses of the
'Funk Brothers' Motown band in action!). All kinds of fun antique
footage. This was the Motown equivalent to The Beatles Anthology
documentary. They even discussed the rivalries between
Holland-Dozier-Holland, Smokey, Norman Whitfield, Ashford & Simpson etc.
What a treat that show was...
Dave
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Subject: Petula Clark
Sent: 2/16/98 3:22 PM
Received: 2/17/98 12:42 AM
From: Marie-J. Leclerc, XXX@XXXXXXron.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
It brings back so many memories to see all the Petula Clark posts here.
When I was a child, pre school, my mother used to listen to her album,
and the funny thing is that it was all sung in French. She would play it
on that old Fleetwood stereo, and to us, Petula was as French as can be,
only later as a teenager did I find out that Petulas wasn't. Might seems
weird but it's true. What I recall the most was those Kinks songs, all
done in French, especially "Well respected man", that's the one who
strikes me the most, it was very well done.
Before saying bye, I have a question. I would like to know what Yardbirds
cd would be the best for a beginner, I am just discovering them, any help
would be welcomed. Thanks for listening, take care.
Marie
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Subject: Re: Next Plane To London
Sent: 2/13/98 9:40 AM
Received: 2/14/98 9:49 AM
From: Marc Wielage, XXX@XXXXXXrax.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Jeff Glenn 
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