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Volume #0417 May 13, 2000
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Jimmy Webb Gospel Hour Edition
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Subject: Mystery Nick
Received: 05/12/00 12:51 am
From: Spector Collector
To: Spectropop!
Since the topic has turned to A&M and Nick De Caro, let me
ask whether anyone can shed some light on a record of
Nick's I found recently. It's a German 45, A&M 210 072,
"Happy Heart"/"If I Only Had Time, " and although there's
no producer credit on either side, both labels bear the
"little man" Phil Spector Productions logo. (The songs are
most certainly not Spector productions.) The nearest
analog I can think of are the non-Spector sides released
on PSI in the '70s. Does anyone know of an explanation for
this seeming anomaly, or whether there were other
non-Spector A&M records similarly released under his
banner? I assume this to be at least an endorsement of
some sort on Phil's
part.
Thanks,
David A. Young
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Subject: Re: Gourmet Gorme
Received: 05/09/00 2:36 am
From: Ron Sauer
To: Spectropop!
My favorite Eydie has always been "Don't Go to Strangers"
from about 1966, particularly the song "If He Walked Into
My Life". What a torch singer! I read a while back in the
liner notes to a Marvin Gaye box set that Eydie was one of
his influences.
Ron
DJ JimmyB writes
<< In a message dated 5/7/0 2:43:51 AM, you wrote:
>The name is Eydie Gorme
And a must have LP for all is her Bossa Nova LP from 1963
on Columbia. The absolute worst track is "Blame It On The
Bossa Nova". All other tracks are excellent bossa early
6T's standards given swingin' bossa arrangements with her
sassy vocals capping them off. And what a blouse she
sports on thee cover....JB
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Subject: Re: Chris Montez, Randy Newman, Studios in LA
Received: 05/09/00 3:58 am
From: Carol Kaye
To: Spectropop!
Claudia said: To this day..I just adore his voice.<<<< (hi
Claudia!)
He is like his voice, a very sweet non-egoist man....just
as down-home today as he was back then too and grateful
for his success, and still touring, loves performing for
his fans. He's still good-looking too, doesn't look much
different, just a few more pounds like the rest of us,
still very attractive and nice.
>>>>(Julius Wechster played on Montez' sessions, no?)<<<
Yes, I remember he did at the early Gold Star Montez
sessions but not sure about the "Call Me" etc. sessions
much later on at RCA, don't think he did those but I could
be wrong.
About Randy Newman, someone said:
>>>.....Randy Newman was covered fairly regularly too,
which is funny when you think his sarcastic lyrics would
clash with the A&M artists' "image"...<<<
Don't mistake the man for his lyrics. I played on the
early Randy Newman things, he's as NICE as nice can be -
just had some "quirky" material for those times yes. Also
I was happy to do a symphony appearance with him and his
uncle Lionel too in Denver about 1986 just before Lionel
died - meant a lot to me to see them both again. Altho'
Lionel had a GREAT funny sense of humor (they had to hold
up the "stop" sign if any woman walked into Fox studios on
the soundstage there, his Brooklyn wit sometimes got a
little dirty...he'd have us all roaring with giggling) and
was well-loved, this was the last time I saw him....he died
pretty soon after.
We all enjoyed doing many a fine film and TV score for
Lionel, and I did the theme and quite a few cues to
Airport for the great Alfred Newman too (only time I
worked for this big legend-composer)....a great family of
talent.
Randy is a nice and sweet as you can imagine - full of
mischief and energy. Haven't seen him since about 1986 but
he was just the same man then as when I recorded for in the
late 60s (or was it early 70s? can't remember, did his
first things I know that, he was in the "pool" at the end
of all the rock groups I recorded for in the 60s).
Remember this was the time when the great Frank Zappa also
was writing some very almost-porno lyrics and Frank was the
same way, a very nice sweet man, bursting with talent.
Following are a lot of the names of late 50s-60s-early 70s
studios I gleaned from my log that I recorded at out here...
maybe not "all" of them but certainly the bulk of them
that were around in those days, from one of my attachments:
>>>>Studios at which I've recorded over the years: Radio
Recorders, Gold Star, Radio Recorders Annex & 10-H (R. R.
10-H was later known as TTG), United, Western, El Do (El
Dorado), Capitol, Harmony House, Nashville-West, Westwood,
H-R (Henry Russell), TTG, Audio Arts, Moonglow, Steiners
(Formosa St.), Hollywood Sound, Heider's, Conway, World
Pacific (later known as Liberty), RCA, International Sound,
Neophone, Ted's Studio, Crown Records, CBS, Columbia,
Del Fi (Bob Keene's studio), Hollywood Central, Sunset
Sound, Rendezvous, Ryder Sound, Stereo Masters, Whitney
Studios - Glendale, RPM, Glenn-Glenn, Fox, Universal, MGM,
Desilu, Columbia Studios both Valley and Fairfax, Paramount,
Disney, Warner Bros., CBS Valley, CBS Fairfax, Emperor,
American, Ultimate, Louis Jackson's, Bell Sound,
McGregor's, Valentine's - No. Hollywood, LA Sound,
Continental Sound, Stereo Fi, Goldwyn, RJ, Original Sound,
Amigo, Venture, Record Plant, Hollywood Sound, Independent,
Decca, Revolution Records in Toronto Can., Sound Factory,
ID Sound, A&M, Sun-West, Studio Center, Dimension,
Hollywood Video, Poppi, ABC-Dunhill, MGM-Fairfax, Abbey,
Haji Sound, Devonshire. Also some various studios in
Nashville, San Francisco, NYC, Kansas City, Ojai, San
Diego, and Denver.
Engineers:
Some Engineers with whom I've worked: Thorn Nogar, Lowell
Frank, Stan Ross, Larry Levine, Al Schmidt, Ami Hadani,
Henry Lewy, Wally Heider, Pete Abbot, Bones Howe, Walter
Gest, John Krause, Chuck Britz, David Wickes, Armin
Steiner, Dave Hassenger, Eddie Brackett, Dick Bogart, Hank
Cicalo, Joe Polito, Buddy Brundo, Larry Brown, Wally
Traugott, Bob Costa, Val Garay, Humberto Gatica, Ed Green,
Bruce Botnick, Lee DeCarlo, Angel Balestier, Michael
Braunstein, Ian Eales, Joel Fein, Tim Boyle, Mickey
Crawford, Jay Lewis, Murray McFadden, Joel Moss, Don
Murray, John Neal, Joe Sidore, Guy Costa, Rudy___ at RPM...
Regards,
Carol Kaye
http://www.carolkaye.com/
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Subject: another Spectropop-friendly station at Live365.com
Received: 05/12/00 12:51 am
From: Stewart Mason
To: Spectropop!
Now playing in the pop and 60s sections of
http://www.live365.com
is my new station, Needles and Pinza.
I created the station out of my own daydreams of what oldies
radio could be but almost never is (one exception being the
daily show Lost and Found on Cambridge's WMBR, a show whose
name back 20 years or so ago was...Needles and Pinza).
There's familiar songs here, but they're interspersed with
cult favorites, uncommon remixes, unjustified obscurities
and fringe-pop oddities. To give you an idea, the
station's test broadcast consisted of the entirety of five
of my favorite 60s albums: SMILEY SMILE, REVOLVER, The
Bonzo Dog Band's GORILLA, and singles compilations by
France Gall and Astrud Gilberto. Artists I've added in the
last couple days include Van Dyke Parks, Nirvana (the
British lite-psych group), Dusty Springfield, Billy
Nicholls, Octopus (New York psych on ESP-Disk), the Grass
Roots and about 80 others. I think it complements
Spectropop and Spectropop Girlpop (two excellent stations,
if you haven't heard them yet) without covering too much of
the same ground.
Stewart
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Subject: Chris Montez and his safe
Received: 05/12/00 12:51 am
From: DJ JimmyB
To: Spectropop!
In a message dated 5/8/0 12:15:04 PM, you wrote:
>I hope it's not the same "Let's Dance" that David Bowie
>recorded in the Eighties...
Hell no! We used to sing "Hey baby won't you take a chance.
I left my safe in my other pants...."
JB/also read too much Mad Magazine
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Subject: engineers
Received: 05/13/00 11:38 am
From: Bob Hanes
To: Spectropop!
I'm not sure that he worked as an engineer in the mid 60s
but I know he did during the early 70s. Go to Smile Shop
and email the man that identifies himself as Desmond F
Jones. He worked as a second engineer at Columbia (and
others) studios. He's quite a character, but his line of
bs is sound. No pun intended. I know he engineered the
Flaming Groovies lps and as you know the 60s didn't end
until disco in the early 70s around 74 or 75
The Right Reverend Bob, dumb angel chapel, The Church of the Harmonic
Overdub
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Subject: Up Up And Away-The Marathon
Received: 05/09/00 2:36 am
From: David Ponak
To: Spectropop!
My post for the final edition of "The Liquid Room" on 4/29
never made through cyber land to the Spectropop list, so
I'm re-sending it. For my own send off, I played 46
consecutive cover versions of the Jimmy Webb classic "Up,
Up And Away."
You can still check out my show "The Nice Age" at www.spikeradio.com
Sunday
afternoons from 3-6PM (PT)
The Liquid Room-4/29/00
(*) denotes instrumental version
1. The 5th Dimension-Up,Up And Away (Live)
2. The 5th Dimension-Up,Up And Away (Studio)
3. The Ventures*-Up,Up And Away
4. Johnny Mathis-Up,Up And Away
5. Floyd Cramer*-Up,Up And Away
6. The Red Birds-Up,Up And Away
7. Probyn Gregory-Up,Up And Away
8. Laurindo Almeida*-Up,Up And Away
9. The Barry Vaughn Singers-Up,Up And Away
10. Gene Russel*-Up,Up And Away
11. Diana Ross & The Supremes-Up,Up And Away
12. Rajput & The Sepoy*-Up,Up And Away
13. Bossa Rio-Up,Up And Away
14. Roger Williams*-Up,Up And Away
15. Andy Williams-Up,Up And Away
16. Don Costa*-Up,Up And Away
17. Der Weinerschnitzel*-Up,Up And Away
18. The Enoch Light Singers-Up,Up And Away
19. Dick Hyman*-Up,Up And Away
20. Nancy Sinatra-Up,Up And Away
21. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra-Up,Up And Away -
22. Chris Waxman*-Up,Up And Away
23. The Doodletown Pipers-Up,Up And Away
24. Terry Baxter*-Up,Up And Away
25. The Big Hello-Up,Up And Away
26. The Brass Ring*-Up,Up And Away
27. Bing Crosby-Up,Up And Away
28. The Marble Arch Orchestra*-Up,Up And Away
29. Ray Coniff-Up,Up And Away
30. Gary McFarland*-Up,Up And Away
31. The Four Freshman-Up,Up And Away
32. Lady Nelson & The Lords*-Up,Up And Away
33. Paul Frees And The Poster People-Up,Up And Away
34. The Sounds Of Our Times*-Up,Up And Away
35. The Lennon Sisters-Up,Up And Away
36. Englegert Humperdink-Up,Up And Away
37. Seksu Roba*-Up,Up And Away
38. Tony Osborne*-Up,Up And Away
39. Dionne Warwick-Up,Up And Away
40. Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops*-Up,Up And Away
41. The Johnny Mann Singers-Up,Up And Away
42. The Letterman-Up,Up And Away
43. Mantovani*-Up,Up And Away
44. The Sunshine Company-Up,Up And Away
45. The Impressions-Up,Up And Away
46. The Do-Re-Mi Childrens Choir-Up,Up And Away
David Ponak
A&R-TOKYOPOP Music
5670 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 692-6827
www.tokyopop.com
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