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Volume #0057 03/28/98
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Exemplifying the Best in Popular Music
Subject: Re: Ragamuffins
Sent: 3/25/98 3:09 AM
Received: 3/26/98 2:37 AM
From: Birdy-Num Num, monsaXXX@XXXXXXink.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Javed Jafri wrote:
> 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?
This area was covered heavily in last year's Gary Zekley
Spectropop thread but I'll be glad to plug my ol' friend
Domenic Priore's Zekley crusades a second time around. Once
again, Dumb Angel Gazette Vol. 3 is a "Potpourri" issue that
came out about jeez, I'd say 5-6 years ago covering the
entire range of surf-hot rod-Wilsonian concepts (kind've
ahead of it's time with the whole hot rod "Big Daddy" Roth
culture revival). Yeah and it did feature an amazing Zekley
article packed with great pictures, an interview with Gary
himself, and a discography along with your typical Domenic
shenanigans. . .pretty cool. At any rate, the article covers
the Ragamuffins, etc. Vol. 3 was obviously not the big
seller Vol.2 (Look, Listen, Vibrate. . .Smile) was so I don't
think he ever went into a second pressing with it. You might
want to write to him, I'm sure he's got a few still sittin'
around. He's at 2690 Great Highway #203, San Francisco, CA
94116. Domenic's also responsible for the fine research /
liner notes of the recent Yellow Balloon reissue on
Sundazed.
Spectropop, keep up the good work! . .always a source for
valuable info. Glad to see Doc Rock getting a lot of action.
Apologies for kind of being Spector-aloof. Been locked in
the recording studio for months. . .the album is finally
finished and I'm taking a much needed vacation to England
(leaving tomorrow. . .YES! ! !) to hopefully find some vinyl
treasures and to visit spots where one of my favorite films
"Melody" was shot.
Cheers,
Darian
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Subject: Awake In a Dream Mystery
Sent: 3/27/98 1:26 PM
Received: 3/28/98 3:53 AM
From: Javed Jafri, javedjaXXX@XXXXXX.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
I have another question about the Japanese Melody Goes On
(volume 1) comp for list members.
There are three surprise tracks tacked on to the end of the
CD, in fact they start a full 17 minutes after the last
listed song. These tracks included strangely enough, Our Day
Will Come by Ruby & The Romantics, (strange because it does
not really fit in with the rest of the CD), a cover of this
same song by some mystery artist and then a true unknown
masterpiece that sounds like a Smile era out-take. The
recurring lyric in the chorus is "awake in a dream". The
song sounds like a 1967 follow-up to Good Vibrations and is
one of the best BB's meet psychedelia pastiches that I have
ever heard. It's better than Pale & Precious by The Dukes Of
Stratosphere, in my opinion. Can anyone shed some light on
this mystery track. Is this the magical work of Gary Zekely
once again ?
Javed
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Subject: Cha Cha Charming
Sent: 3/26/98 2:33 AM
Received: 3/26/98 8:31 AM
From: Doc Rock, docroXXX@XXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
I'd like to recommend a Girl Group Fanzine called Cha Cha
Charming. It has 60-plus 8 1/2 by 11 pages, maybe 200
photos, and is devoted the US and European girls and groups
of the early '60s. It includes an interview with Kay McCool
of my favorite GG, the Pixies Three.
"Cha Cha Charming" is $4 check or money order (postage is
included in the price), address is:
Sheila Burgel
284 Lafayette Street
Apt #5D
New York, NY
10012-3304
pluXXX@XXXXXXort,net
Tell her Doc sent you!
---[ archived by Spectropop - 03 /28/98 - 04 :08:27 AM ]---
Subject: Stones/Orbison
Sent: 3/25/98 1:31 PM
Received: 3/26/98 2:37 AM
From: Gillian Brett, gillian_brXXX@XXXXXXpatico.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
le_page wrote:
>Also, why isn't Metamorphosis available on CD? Anyone have an
>opinion on the quality of the ABKCO CDs in terms of overall
>sound, care in remastering and re-release research?
I didn't realise that Metamorphasis wasn't on CD so I went
to some of the on-line record stores to check and you're
right, I couldn't find anything. I have most of the Stones
albums which I have been trying to replace on CD and in
Canada, most of the CDs are on the ABKCO label, the quality
of which is excellent in regards to overall sound, I'm not a
professional by any means but they seem to have taken a
great deal of care in the remastering. As for re-release
research, well I can't really say about that.
On another note though, there seems to be an appalling lack
of information/web sites devoted to the great Roy Orbison.
Considering that this man had a whole raft of songs that got
into the top 10 in the late 50s-early 60s and considering
the amount of information devoted to other artists, I find
it hard to believe that there aren't more people out there
who really love this mans music. Any ideas.
Gill
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Subject: Torrence/Sinatra new URL
Sent: 3/27/98 4:34 AM
Received: 3/28/98 3:53 AM
From: Marie-J. Leclerc, XXX@XXXXXXron.ca
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Hi, I sent a post about the Dean Torrence/Frank Sinatra Jr.
kidnapping and gave a link who had expired. I am terribly
sorry, they usually keep their articles for a least 2 weeks
in the archives (Washington Post). But I finally found it
elsewhere, so here it goes:
http://www.newtimesla.com/archives/1998/011598/feature1-1.html
This time it should work. Marie
---[ archived by Spectropop - 03 /28/98 - 04 :08:28 AM ]---
Subject: Yellow Balloon/Pink Floyd
Sent: 3/28/98 3:34 AM
Received: 3/28/98 3:58 AM
From: le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Great to see Zekley talk back on the list. I bought the
Yellow Balloon reissue on Sundazed. The liners talk a bit
about Ragamuffins. There are a few photos of Zekley in the
booklet as well as session and studio details. This is a
must-have for anyone interested in West Coast pop circa
1966/67. Yellow Balloon is Zekley's most well known
work and a wonderful collection of sunshiny LA pop.
I was delighted to also find the first Pink Floyd album
reissued in the mono edition. The pressing is British and is
presented in a fairly elaborate hardboard package. On the
outskirts of "on-topic" here, but I have to say the sound is
quite alarmingly different from its stereo counterpart.
Around 1967 there was a short time when British producers
were still concentrating on mono mixes while U.S. record
companies were already phasing mono out. Since then, labels
seemed to have assumed "stereo=better" and consequently many
albums from that period are known in the "wrong" version. I
don't know whether the mono Piper at the Gates of Dawn was
intended to be the definitive mix, but it is much cleaner
and it is easier to hear the natural link between mod Who/
Creation and psychedelic early Floyd. I hope mono edition
re-releases will be a continuing trend. I don't dislike
stereo by any means, but it is nice to be able to hear
both, and I have to admit that I do generally end up
preferring the mono mixes over stereo.
--
le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
RodeoDrive/5030
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Subject: Bacharach on TNT
Sent: 3/27/98 9:19 PM
Received: 3/28/98 5:45 AM
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
This comes on the "What's On Comcast?" flyer they stuff into
my cable bill:
BACHARACH: An evening of hits orchestrated by the master
songwriter and interpreted by some of today's most talented
artists. Premieres Wednesday, April 15th at 8pm on TNT.
jack
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drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster." --Seneca, 64 A.D.
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