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Volume #0055 03/24/98
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Give me Liberty or Give me Dot!
Subject: He's So Shy
Sent: 3/21/98 9:51 AM
Received: 3/22/98 5:08 AM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
A while back I had mentioned a few post-60's girlgroup
records that had made it to the radio in the past 25 years,
listing the Pointer Sisters' He's So Shy among them. I just
found out HSS was co-written by Cynthia Weil. So I guess
that would explain *that*.
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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: Liberty Recors Book
Sent: 3/21/98 1:35 AM
Received: 3/21/98 3:21 AM
From: Marc Miller, marXXX@XXXXXXom
To: 'SpectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com', SpectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Kids, re:
>>Liberty Records
By Michael "Doc Rock" Kelly, Ph.D.
Published 1983<<
I have read this book. I bought it thinking it was just a
discography and was pleasantly surprised (actually amazed)
that it was a history AND discography. Really a "must read"
for anyone into, uh, make that anyone on this list!
Marc
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Subject: Re: Bobby Vee
Sent: 3/20/98 1:11 PM
Received: 3/21/98 3:21 AM
From: Marc Wielage, XXX@XXXXXXrax.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Doc Rock <docroXXX@XXXXXXom> commented;
>Bobby Vee DID record "It Might As Well Rain Until September."
>It ended up on his "Night Has A Thousand Eyes" LP, along with
>another original record, "Go Away Little Girl." Bobby had too
>many songs that were too good to put them all out on 45s, so
>people like Carole and Steve Lawrence had the hits.
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That's not exactly the whole story. In a 1982 interview for
a TV special on her ONE TO ONE album (later released on home
video), Carole King played a piece of "Take Good Care of My
Baby," which she and Gerry Goffin had written for Bobby Vee.
She then went into the intro of "It Might As Well Rain Until
September," and laughed and admitted the two songs were
extremely similar.
Carole's explanation was that Vee had rejected the latter
song because it was a) too similar to the other one, and b)
a little too wimpy for the guy's point of view, so she and
Gerry decided to just release her demo. As you know, it
wound up as her first Top 40 hit as a performer.
As far as I know, Vee didn't even record the song until
months later, for his mid-1963 album THE NIGHT HAS A
THOUSAND EYES. I suspect he regretted this, because he only
had three Top 40 hits in all of 1962. He didn't have that
many "too good" songs, if you ask me. One more hit never
hurts.
--MFW
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Subject: Liberty Records
Sent: 3/21/98 2:39 AM
Received: 3/21/98 3:21 AM
From: Doc Rock, docroXXX@XXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
RE: Liberty Records. Slight correction: The book came out
in 1993, not 1983! Give me Liberty or Give me Dot!
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Subject: Stones
Sent: 3/23/98 2:39 AM
Received: 3/23/98 3:21 AM
From: le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Saw the Stones in concert last week. Pretty amazing. Won't
bore you with the full report, but seeing them did make me
pull out the Brian Jones-era Stones CDs for a fresh listen.
Funny, I haven't listened much to Stones on CD, but I did
notice I couldn't find the version of Time is on My Side
that I remember preferring: the version that has no lead
guitar on the intro. Is that version unavailable on CD? What
about 2120 South Michigan Ave from the French Around &
Around? Wasn't there a different take of Everybody Needs
Somebody To Love too? Can't seem to find those either. Also,
why isn't Metamorphosis available on CD? I bet a very good
rarities release could be put together (in addition to all
the Hot Rocks releases) from Metamorphosis and several bonus
tracks (like the stereo 19th Nervous Breakdown we discussed
some time ago).
I haven't really done a sit down study of the Stones on CD,
but I did notice a few strange things in the mastering on
Between the Buttons (possibly my fave). Anyone have an
opinion on the quality of the ABKCO CDs in terms of overall
sound, care in remastering and re-release research?
Finally, it seems Jack Nitzsche worked on even more of the
early Stones records than I had previously thought. I knew
about the RCA recordings on Out of our Heads, but apparently
he had quite a bit to do with Buttons as well. Any comments?
Charlie Watts rules!!!!
--
le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
RodeoDrive/5030
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Subject: Ragamuffins ??
Sent: 3/23/98 1:15 PM
Received: 3/24/98 2:20 AM
From: Javed Jafri, javedjaXXX@XXXXXX.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
A friend sent me a cassette copy of a Japanese collection
called "The Melody Goes On" a volume of soft rock songs from
the sixties. The collection includes songs by Eternity's
children, Yellow Balloon, Gary Zekley and others. Quite an
enjoyable collection that should appeal to fans of sixties
pop-harmony.
One of the songs on the collection is called "The Fun We
Had" by the Ragamuffins. This group sounds like a cross
between Jan and Dean and the Fantastic Baggies. Actually the
song sounds a like a re-write of "Summer Means Fun". Does
anyone know anything about this group?
Javed
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