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There are 4 messages in this issue #20.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Yellow Balloon
From: "WASE RADIO"
2. Midge is back (The Pixies Three)
From: Michael Helfinger
3. BOUNCE: Non-member submission
From: Spectropop: Archive | Bulletin Board
4. BOUNCE: Non-member submission
From: Spectropop: Archive | Bulletin Board
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 19:46:34 -0400
From: "WASE RADIO"
Subject: Re: Yellow Balloon
Len wrote:
>Yellow Balloon - what a piece of ear candy circa spring
>'67 for a 14 year old who dug the Beach Boys vocal sound!
>
>now, a question - coming out of the chorus and back to the
>second verse - that's either a very clumsy segue: OR a very
>bad tape splice.. does anybody notice this? it's almost
>like the tape dragged for a split second.. comments?
It sounds like a bad transition coming out of the chorus in
to the second verse. If there was an edit, it wasn't out of
beat.
Michael G. Marvin
WASE radio
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 17:57:45 -0400
From: Michael Helfinger
Subject: Midge is back (The Pixies Three)
Hi everyone:
As the Toronto Chapter of the Pixies Three Fan Club, I've
been authorized to announce to the Spectropop List that
Midge Bollinger Neel, original lead singer of the Pixies,
has rejoined the group for appearances on the oldies show
circuit. Her first public performance with the group will
be at the Marshfield Fair in Scituate, MA on August 19
(the show will be broadcast live over the Internet at http:
//www.rockinoldies.com).
Midge sang lead on the Pixies' first two Mercury 45
releases in 1963, "Birthday Party" and the double-sided
"Cold, Cold Winter/442 Glenwood Avenue." She left the group
for personal reasons at the end of the year. Debby Swisher
(Horn) assumed lead vocal duties, and Bonnie Long (Walker)
joined Kaye McCool (Krebs) on backup. It was this lineup
that recorded the "Party with the Pixies Three" album and
subsequent singles, and also comprised the Pixies after
their 1991 reunion.
Early this year Debby left the group, and Kaye and Bonnie
persuaded Midge to come out of retirement.
On one hand, I'm sorry to see Debby go - I saw the ladies
perform in Ohio last fall and she showed herself to be a
vocalist of spellbinding intensity and passion. Yet, it
was Midge's smooth, perky, upbeat singing voice that hit
me between the eyeballs when I first heard "442" on a
Toronto-area oldies' station during the 1980s - giving the
tune its unmistakable cheerleader-chant quality. Maybe that
explains my subsequent fascination with the Pixies - they
reminded me of the bubbly, cute popular girls who were
beyond my reach in high school...I would eventually find
out through Doc Rock Kelly's epic "Discoveries" article on
the Pixies that Midge actually WAS a cheerleader at her
school in Hanover, PA.
I offer Midge my best wishes and encouragement, and
eagerly look forward to the next time the ladies do a show
within a days' driving distance of TO.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:01:22 -0000
From: Spectropop: Archive | Bulletin Board
Subject: BOUNCE: Non-member submission
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Re: CDs Wanted...Name your Price!
Posted by Robert Hull on Thu, 10 Aug
2000
It has been brought to my attention that the "timelife
music" reference is not cool. Let me untangle things a bit:
My name is Robert Hull. I am a private collector of many
things, and one of them is Phil Spector material. I will
pay top dollar for any or all of the aforementioned CDs.
That's pretty much it. I hope you can help me. Thanks....
http://www.spectropop.com/hspectorboot.html
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:51:07 -0000
From: Spectropop: Archive | Bulletin Board
Subject: BOUNCE: Non-member submission
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A&M Records Discography?
Posted by Keith on Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Just surfed in yesterday and have already spent many hours
on this great site... (I think a search for Curt Boettcher
got me here)
Anyway, anybody working on a complete (LPs in particular)
discography for A&M Label? I've been to Rudy's Corner
(another great site) but only a few specific artists have
discographies there. What with the FANTASTIC discographies
here for so many other great labels, would love to see more
info about A&M -- especially since so much great (and
relevant to this site) music came out on A&M, in
particular through the 1970s.
Thanks! and now back to browsing...
Keith
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