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Volume #0408 April 14, 2000
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This monophonic microgroove recording will not become obsolete
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Subject: Funny How Tastes Can Be....
Received: 04/14/00 3:46 am
From: Ian Chapman
To: Spectropop!
Dave wrote:-
> Yep, Ivy League sounds a little wan. I wonder if I'd feel
> differently if I had heard the Ivy League version first.
> Imagine loving the Ivy League original! What a travesty
> the kitchen sink version would likely be.
Well, Dave, the above applies to me I guess. I, along with
the rest of the UK listening population, first heard the
Ivy League version, which remains to me one of the most
appealing and poignantly performed records in the "harmony"
genre. And whilst I wouldn't by any means label the
Danny Hutton version "a travesty", I've never quite been
able to get into it.
Ian
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Subject: "Two to Tango"
Received: 04/14/00 3:45 am
From: Charles G. Hill
To: Spectropop!
P Woods wrote:
> On another point, one of the Ike and Tina singles on
> Philles which was announced in the music press but later
> pulled was "Two to Tango", apparently produced by Bob
> Crewe. Did this ever surface anywhere?
> Best,
> Paul Woods
At least one copy made it to my shelf, as Philles 134, b/w
"A Man Is A Man Is A Man". No matrix numbers, for some
reason, but "APRIL-2" is scratched into the dead wax on
the Tango side, and "APRIL 3" on the other. Bob Crewe is
credited as producer, Herb Bernstein as arranger and
conductor. "Two to Tango" is very much in the mood of I&
T's Sue sides, although Crewe was far more meticulous a
studio craftsman than Ike. "A Man..." builds like Otis
trying a little tenderness. Surely these tracks must have
surfaced somewhere else by now....cgh
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Subject: Grace of My Heart
Received: 04/14/00 3:45 am
From: Michael Gessner
To: Spectropop!
Stewart Mason wrote
" John Tuturro's performance as the Spector manque is
completely unsubtle and utterly fearless in its silliness."
I thought that the Turturro character is closer to Don
Kirshner.
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Subject: Precious obscurities
Received: 04/14/00 3:46 am
From: sheila
To: Spectropop!
>Also, I think "us" types tend at times to champion obscure
>songs at the expense of hits. My guess is that if we did a
"blind ear tasting" of 50 random girl group hits and 50
girl group obscurities, we'd favor the hits.
Ahh..........that one is up for a debate! I believe that
most hits (of all eras) are "hits" because they are
instant. "Be my baby" - who didn't love this the first
time? "Da doo ron ron"- immediately grabs you.
But a lot of the more obscure records take time, and very
often those obscure records (after a few listens of course
) turn out to be a lot better than the "hits."
There's no argument that the GG hits were not completely
stunning, BUT I'd like to stand up for the obscure records
and say that if the public gave songs like Margaret
Mandolph's "I wanna make you happy" or Reparata and the
Delrons "Nobody's baby..." a chance, they really might
have been hits.
Sheila B.
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Subject: River Deep Mtn. High
Received: 04/14/00 3:45 am
From: Carol Kaye
To: Spectropop!
>>>>>Or why it was so popular in England?<<<<
Having been a bass player on this hit and working for Phil
on most of his dates (there's many that Larry Levine forgot
about in his article like Howard Roberts etc. who were
regulars on Phil's dates etc.), we were all expecting this
to be his greatest hit yet. He was a great producer, but
kept in that "wall of sound" mode maybe too long and
eventually styles did change.
The English (I think) are a little more discerning about
what they like in music and are just different than
Americans who I think can sometimes be impatient and want
something "new" all the time, just my guess, I'm probably
wrong. At least the Americans and English agree about how
great Brian Wilson and his music is.
Best, Carol Kaye
http://www.carolkaye.com/
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Subject: rock & roll movies.
Received: 04/14/00 3:46 am
From: john rausch
To: Spectropop!
All this talk of High Fidelity and Grace Of My Heart got
me remembering a great movie I saw awhile back. Called
There Goes My Baby, I recommend it to all on this
list. Great early 60s atmosphere about the coming of age of
a group of high school friends and one of the girls even
aspires to start her own girl group. And just for fun,
there is Hairspray. Also of note on original Saturday
Night Live episodes,the late great Gilda Radner does a
skit of a Jewish girl group called Rhonda and the
Rhondettes, another SNL skit has Gilda, Lorraine Newman,
and Jane Curtain doing a song called Chevy`s Girls. A cross
between Be My Baby and Leader Of The Pack. Truly
hilarious.
John Rausch
Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes featuring Ronnie Spector @
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/2469/
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Subject: The Liquid Room
Received: 04/12/00 4:02 am
From: David Ponak
To: Spectropop!
The Liquid Room airs every Saturday morning from 3-6AM on
KPFK 90.7FM in southern California.
Also check out my show "The Nice Age" at
www.spikeradio.com every Sunday afternoon from 3-6PM.
The Liquid Room 4/8/00
1.The Beach Boys-The Little Girl I Once Knew
The Beach Boys Today (Bonus Track) (Capitol)
2.The Beach Boys-Add Some Music To Your Day
Sunflower (Reprise)
3.The Beach Boys-All Summer Long
All Summer Long (Capitol)
4.Brian Wilson-Love And Mercy
Brian Wilson (Reprise)
5.The Beach Boys-Till I Die
Surfs Up (Reprise)
6.Ladytron-He Took Her To A Movie
Miss Black And Her Friends (Bambini-Japan)
7.The Bob Crewe Generation-Wives And Lovers
Let Me Touch You (Dynovoice)
8.Yellow Magic Orchestra-Behind The Mask (FPM's
Sweet Soul Bossa Nova)
YMO Remixes-Technopolis 2000-1 (Victor-Japan)
9.The Negro Problem-Ken
Joys & Concerns (Aerial Flipout)
10.Michael Nesmith-Joanne
The Best Of The Early Years (Rhino)
11.Mint Royale-Lonely Girl
On The Ropes (Faith & Hope-UK)
12.Rupert Holmes-I Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Epoch Collection (Varese Sarabande)
13.Saint Etienne-How We Used To Live
Single (Mantra-UK)
14.The Gordion Knot-We Must Be Doing Something Right
The Gordion Knot (Verve)
15.Tomovsky-Tengoku Wa Tengoku Ja Nasasoo
Orange Fiction (Sony-Japan)
16.Repartage-Satisfaction
Italia (RLP)
17.Hi-Posi-Jenny Bad Mood
Single (Contemp-Japan)
18.The Tennesee Guitar-I Walk The Line
7" (Bell)
19.Puffy-Kore Ga Watashi No Ikiru Michi
Jet CD (Sony-Japan)
20.Marpessa Dawn-A Noite Do Meu Ben
The EP Collection (Barclay-Japan)
21.JJ Johnson/Kai Winding-Catherine's Theme
Israel (CTI)
22.Great Lakes-An Easy Life
Great Lakes (Kindercore)
23.Walter Murphy-Dancin'
Stone Fox (Promo Sampler-Emperor Norton)
24.Grant Lee Phillips-Heavenly
Ladies Love Oracle (Magnetic Field Recordings)
25.The Sunrays-Andrea
Andrea (Tower)
26.Blur-For Tomorrow
Modern Life Is Rubbish (Food)
27.The Kinks-Waterloo Sunset
Something Else (Pye)
28.Beck-Mixed Bizness (DJ Me DJ You Remix)
single (DGC)
29.Neu-Hallogallo
Neu
30.David Axelrod-Song Of Innocence
Song Of Innocence (Ascension-Australia)
31.Steve Lawrence-Speak Low
Swing Softly With Me (ABC Paramount)
32.The Tiki Tones-Il Vespa
The Leisure Experiment (Hepcat)
33.The Mojo Men-Flower Of Love
Sit Down, It's The Mojo Men (Sundazed)
34.DJ Food with Ken Nordine-The Ageing Young Rebel
A Dub Plate Of DJ Food (Ninjatune)
35.Haruomi Hosono-Indo 2000
Indo/Pre YMO & Various Artists (Daisyworld-Japan)
36.LTJ Bukem-Rhodes To Freedom
Journey Inwards (Kinetic)
37.Scientific American-3
Saints Of Infinity (Slabco)
38.Skylab-Magenta
Skylab #2 (Sony-Japan)
39.Indian Rope-Downsized/Critical Mass
Downsized EP (Trattoria-Japan)
40.Paul Williams-Morning I'll Be Moving On
Someday Man (Reprise)
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