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Volume #0420 June 9, 2000
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In Your Home...In Your Car...or Wherever You Roam
Subject: The Return of Django
Received: 06/09/00 2:29 am
From: Joe Foster
To: Spectropop!
Hi to all Spectropoppers....
I'm back on my new Poptones address...
To answer some questions which have come up...yes, Revola
has shut down along with it's parent label
Creation....however some of us are now with
Poptones.....a Millennium compilation, 'Misty Mirage',
and both the Joey Stec album and the Sandy Salisbury
album will be released worldwide by Poptones, except for
Japan where our friends at Dreamsville and Trattoria will
be handling these projects....this does mean that the
Revola catalog will be deleted soon, so now is the time
to petition importers and specialist shops to get them
in.....and no, I don't make a cent on them....
On a different tip, I'm helping out a friend with a
college course on sound engineering he teaches, and one
of the kids has decided to do a project on the recording
of 'Pet Sounds' and 'Good Vibrations'....a definite step
in the right direction since when the course started,
these computer generation kids were seemingly shocked
that anyone ever recorded on tape!!....another kid is
doing a project on Joe Meek, so I am keen to encourage
this trend..... I had a bunch of them "analysing" the
multitracks to what is now 'Misty Mirage'....anybody with
any info etc. either send it to me or what the hell, post
it, we'd all like to know.....Carol's memories of all
this will obviously be welcome, but come on, let's all
try & help this kid out!.....
Joe Foster
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Subject: a new girl group compilation
Received: 06/09/00 2:29 am
From: WASE RADIO
To: Spectropop!
Hi all:
There is a new girl group compilation cd out on Varese
Sarbande-with a couple of stereo surprises. For example
"He's So Fine" is now in first time stereo-with the
background vocals split as such around the lead vocal and
musical backing. "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" is in
stereo and even has the organ that was missing in
previous stereo "underdub" versions.
Another first time stereo and to me is one of the all
time lost oldies-"Whenever A Teenager Cries" by Reparata
and the Delrons first released on Golden World records in
1965. The only thing that's stereo is the background
vocals and hanclaps all on the left. The lead and the
entire music track was heard in the center. It has a bit
of that Mirasound grunginess. But still the night I
bought this cd, I was playing in audition. And I must
have played "Whenever A Teenager Cries" like eight
times-not on the air-but only in audition. That song to
me is one of the all time "lost" oldies.
According to Alan Betrock's excellent book "The Girl
Groups-The Story of A Sound", "Whenever A Teenager Cries"
was a huge hit in the New York City area. And in the Cd
booklet They had an ad for the song that suggested that
the song was also a big hit in the Pittsburgh, Pa area.
Nationally the song peaked at #60, but judging from my
previous two sentences, the song was a hugh East Coast
hit. A shame. A great record that copies that Red
Bird Records sound to a tee.
Happy listening:):):):):):):):):):)
Michael G. Marvin
WASE radio
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Subject: ONE recording session
Received: 06/09/00 2:29 am
From: Doug Morris
To: Spectropop!
> Okay you all, here's another query: If you could have
> been present at ONE recording session for one single song,
> which would it be? And why? And what would you have
> changed / suggested, if anything?
Count Basie's first 1936 Decca recording session with John
Hammond....
Ooh! wait a minute - this is Spectropop - O.K. If it can
only be one - then I'd have to go with "Blue Angel" - Roy
Orbison's voice, Fred Foster's ethereal production. An
unreal sound.
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Subject: Re: Next Question
Received: 06/09/00 2:29 am
From: John Frank
To: Spectropop!
>From: Jimmy Crescitelli
> If you could have been present at ONE recording session
> for one single song, which would it be? And why? And what
> would you have changed / suggested, if anything?
>
>I'd choose "A Fine, Fine Boy," And what would I suggest /
>change? Oh, I think nothing...
Well, I think I would have sent Sonny out for burgers
during the recording. I *wish* I couldn't hear his
caterwaulin' so clearly in that song. The only flaw to a
near-perfect song.
Let's see, what would I like to have witnessed?...
Something (anything!) by my number one girl, Dusty.
Possibly "Stay Awhile" to watch her being "difficult", i.e.
knowing exactly the sound she wanted and eking that great
"Wall Of Sound" out of a staid British studio band. I must
whine: Do I have to pick just one?? I'd have to be in the
studio while she recorded the incredible soul number "Go
Ahead On", which she wrote with Madeline Bell -- just to
actually see and hear Madeline, Doris Troy, and Dusty
singing together.
And, no, I wouldn't change anything about either song.
John
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Subject: Re: Next Question
Received: 06/09/00 2:29 am
From: Gary Spector
To: Spectropop!
What recording session would I liked to have attended
and what would I like to have changed?
1st part's easy. I would have loved to sit and watch the
the future of Rock-N-Roll change as Phil Spector created
"To Know Him Is To Love Him". As for a change, I would
not have changed a thing.
2nd part is a little tougher for me. I guess it would be
a recommendation on what happened with my favorite song,
"I Can Hear Music". As much as I would have loved to sit
and watch this song being produced, I would have change
what happened to it. I would have released it with the
Ronettes or the Crystals as it was originally produced
and never given it to the Beach Boys. They did a good
version but I preferred the original.
G.Spector
Not just another PS fan.
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Subject: The Nice Age-6/4/00
Received: 06/09/00 2:29 am
From: David Ponak
To: Spectropop!
Sorry that I've been negligent on getting out the
playlists, but we're getting back on track as of now!
Be sure to listen to The Nice Age every Sunday afternoon
>from 3-6PM (PT) at www.spikeradio.com
P Kraftwerk - The Robots
The Man Machine Cleopatra 58772 2000-06-04 14:58:51
P Claudine Longet - Love Is Blue
Love Is Blue A&M 1941 2000-06-04 15:04:18
P Capsule - Riche Et Belle
Parismatic Catskills 003 2000-06-04 15:08:07
(Thank you Jill Mingo!)
P The Mike Theodore Orchestra - Moon Trek
Cosmic Wind Westbound WB-305
2000-06-04 15:12:42
G Towa Tei - A Ring
Last Century Modern Elektra 62528 2000-06-04 15:17:10
P Jack Jones - The Windmills Of Your Mind
Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand
Laserlight 12141 2000-06-04 15:20:21
P Sam Paglio - Night Club Tropez
Night Club Tropez Irma 497706 2000-06-04
15:24:24
P Digital Spacepop Replicant - Ashes To Ashes
Pop Artificielle KK 141
2000-06-04 15:28:39
P Bertrand Burgalat - Attention Amante
Atomium 3003 Bungalow 61578
2000-06-04 15:33:04
P Curt Boettcher - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Misty Mirage Magic 0024 2000-06-04
15:37:16
P Tomovsky - Mr. Step
Orange Fiction dohb discs AICT 1221 2000-06-04
15:40:49
P Motocompo - Take Me To Your Party
Single Poplot MTCA 1001 2000-06-04
15:48:33
P Telex - Dance To The Music
I Don't Like Remixes SSR 410377 2000-06-04
15:52:10
P Kahimi Karie - Pygmalism
Journey To The Centre Of Me Polydor Japan POCH
1927 2000-06-04 15:56:21
G Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man
Legal Man single Matador OLE-448 2000-06-04
16:05:56
G Travis - Driftwood
The Man Who Indepediente n/a 2000-06-04 16:05:59
P The Tornados - Jungle Fever
Telstar Music Club MCCD 161 2000-06-04
16:09:18
P Puffy - Umi E To
single Epic ESCB 2122 2000-06-04 16:11:33
P Piero Umiliani - Lady Magnolia (Kid Loco Mix)
Single Easy Tempo MET 501
2000-06-04 16:14:30
R E-Z Rollers - Walk This Land
single Shadow 130CD1 2000-06-04 16:19:21
P Chappie - Welcoming Morning
New Chappie SME AICT 1126 2000-06-04 16:27:03
P Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven
Sings His Greatest Hits RCA 53465
2000-06-04 16:30:15
P Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind The Mask (FPM Remix)
YMO Remixes Victor
VICL 60483 2000-06-04 16:32:56
P Rusty Squeezebox - Same Old Song
Isotopes Eggbert ER80030 2000-06-04
16:44:36
P Benny Golson - Cool Whip
Tune In, Turn On Verve 559793 2000-06-04 16:44:38
P Broadcast - Where Youth And Laughter Go
Extended Play Warp WAP129CD
2000-06-04 16:48:41
P Dots & Borders - Another Mellow Winter
Tokyo Tapes Trattoria PSCR-5810
2000-06-04 16:53:20
R Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu
Remedy Astralwerks 62702 2000-06-04 16:57:17
P Lee Hazlewood - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Poet, Fool Or Bum LHI 97100
2000-06-04 17:02:48
P Saint Etienne - Heart Failed
Sound Of Water Sub Pop n/a 2000-06-04
17:08:47
P Jimmy Webb - I Keep It Hid
Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb Epic ESCA 7574
2000-06-04 17:12:13
P Adventures In Stereo - We Will Stand
Monomania Bobsled Bob-11 2000-06-04
17:15:06
P Flippers Guitar - Coffee Milk Crazy
Three Cheers For Our Side Polystar 5046
2000-06-04 17:17:41
P Sylvia - Pussy Cat
Pillow Talk Rhino 71987 2000-06-04 17:20:59
G Paul Weller - Bang Bang (She Shot Me Down)
Heliocentric Island 7470 (B-side/Japanese bonus track)
2000-06-04 17:23:57
P Mel Torme - Secret Agent Man
Right Now Sony 65164 2000-06-04 17:27:49
P Ute Lemper w/Divine Comedy - Split
The Punishing Kiss Decca 64732
2000-06-04 17:30:23
P Ananda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Ananda Shankar Warner Bros. 72632
2000-06-04 17:34:00
P Billy May & His Orchestra - Marrakesh Express
Easy Hits Vol. 2 Kane 002
2000-06-04 17:40:23 (Thank you Ron Kane)
R Denki Groove - Flashback Disco
Voxxx Ki-oon KSC2-324 2000-06-04 17:45:04
R Banco De Gaia - Touching The Void
The Magical Sounds Of.. 6 Degrees 10122
2000-06-04 17:45:07
David Ponak
A&R-TOKYOPOP Music
5670 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 692-6927
www.tokyopop.com
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ADNIB NOTE: List members are invited to visit the newly
updated Curt Boettcher page at Spectropop.
http://www.spectropop.com/hsoftcurtb1.html#start
All the new Curt Boettcher/Millennium related releases
have been added to the page, with a link to a photo essay
page of Joey Stec and Lee Mallory's recent in-store
performance in Tokyo.
Photo essay page:
http://www.spectropop.com/hsoftcurtb3.html#start
Great thanks to those whose efforts directly or indirectly
helped with this recent Millennium activity
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