>
Hi Jeff,
I agree with Javed that "Elephant Candy" by The Fun And Games
is a wonderful album. Although some songs are bubblegummy, none
of it is lightweight when compared to some of the *really*
lightweight groups of that period like The Free Design, The
Sugar Shoppe, and The Love Generation (I like all these groups,
so I'm not using "lightweight" as a pejorative term).
As far as The Fun And Games being on CD, they actually do
appear on a few compilations:
1. "Close To Carmel" (one of my 20 favorite songs of all time,
by the way) appears on the Japanese compilation "The Melody
Goes On, Volume 3", on M&M Records. Like everything else on
that series, it's mastered from vinyl but sounds OK.
2. The aforementioned "Grooviest Girl In The World" appears on
"Bubblegum Classics "Volume 2", on Varese Sarabande Records.
3. "Elephant Candy" appears on Volume 3 of "Bubblegum Classics".
Although there are stereo versions of these songs on the Fun
and Games album, they appear in mono on the "Bubblegum Classics
"collections. I asked Cary Mansfield of Varese why that was,
and he said it was because the stereo masters had been lost.
But...
4. The Fun and Games cover of "Don't Worry Baby" appears on
"Morning Glory Days", a collection recently released by MCA
Japan, and the song is in true stereo! MCA undoubtedly owns the
rights to The Fun and Games, since they were originally on UNI,
so one would suspect that they got this recording straight from
the master tape.
Wow, if that's true then we might see a legitimate reissue of
the "Elephant Candy" album, in true stereo!!!!
I want (Elephant) Candy!!!!
--
Spectropop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David
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Subject: The Grooviest Girl In The World
Sent: 30/4/98 10:41 am
Received: 1/5/98 1:52 am
From: David Feldman, feldXXX@XXXXXXerables.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
> In a message dated 98-04-28 14:22:23 EDT, javed writes:
>
> << the album Elephant Candy by The Fun &
> Games was produced by Zekley with many of the songs co-written
> by him. Some may find this record a little too saccharine but
> it does have it's moments. The song "The Grooviest Girl In The
> World" actually reached # 78 in 1968. >>
>
> wow...there's a song i haven't thought about in forever!! i had
> that 45 as a kid...it was in a stack of "cutout" singles my
> mother found at sears for me one christmas...it was on the uni
> label and the flip, if i recall, was "it must have been the
> wind"...i'm sure the cd availability on any f&g material is
> next to nil, right??
>
Javed,
Don't apologize for "The Grooviest Girl in the World." I think
it's a terrific pop single.
And Jeff, who could forget that Uni label. You could get
nauseous watching, not listening, to this song or "Incense and
Peppermint" or early Neil Diamond.
>
Dave Feldman
RIP: Carl Wilson
Song of the Week: "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac) from "The Dance"
Movie of the Month: Love & Death on Long Island
Best Time Killer of the 90's: Filling out the gender survey at
"http://www.imponderables.com"
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Subject: Jelly Beans
Sent: 30/4/98 10:56 pm
Received: 1/5/98 1:52 am
From: Doc Rock, docroXXX@XXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Let me recommend a CD I just got. It is on Collectibles, and is
called The Jellybeans and Friends. What a slice of Brill
Building!
The Beans never had an LP. But they did work on one, as
witnessed by this CD. Besides "I Wanna Love Him So Bad," and
one of Ellie's greatest accomplishments, "Baby Be Mine," there
are 8 other cuts (plus 8 cuts by the "Friends).
The Beans other cuts are, surprisingly, fast becoming some of
my favorites of all times. For example, I've always liked "The
Kind of Boy You Can't Forget," but their version is actually
steamy! On the other hand, I've never particularly liked
"Chapel of Love," but the Beans' version is tops!
Much of this CD verges on street-corner doo wop. They cuts seem
to be half-complete demos or rehearsals. "Do Wah Diddy" never
sounded better, and "Here She Comes" is great even though it
clearly was not completed.
I love the Wall of Sound. But this underproduced Curtain of
Sound works for me just as well! I can't stop playing it!
Look for it!
Doc
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