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Volume #0095 June 9, 1998
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Dedicated to the World's Greatest General Amusement
Subject: At the record store
Sent: 06/08/98 1:06 am
Received: 06/09/98 1:19 am
From: le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Just wanted to ask if anyone has picked up either of these
discs and can advise on the quality.
I saw a CD by John Carter called The Denmark Street Demos. For
those who might not know, Denmark Street is a little alleyway
at Charing Cross in London where music-related businesses set
up shop. Denmark Street is still music oriented, but mostly
instrument shops now, I believe.
Anyway, I rather like Ivy League and Flowerpot Men; has anyone
heard this John Carter release?
I also recently saw the new Odessey and Oracle release with the
long lost mono mix, the stereo mix and some alternate mixes (I
think). Does anyone on the list know about this release? Please
do fill us in. As far as I knew, as of Zombies Heaven release
the original mono O&O masters were still missing.
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le_page_XXX@XXXXXXies.com
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Subject: Chiffons
Sent: 06/08/98 12:02 am
Received: 06/09/98 1:15 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
It suddenly struck me that we've had precious little mention of
the Chiffons, and yet on any short list of favorite girl-group
songs, One Fine Day and Sweet Talking Guy always make it for me.
One Fine Day has the sweetest, most perfectly balanced "
aaaahh" vocal wash, during the instrumental break. Every time I
hear it I get goosebumps.
And Sweet Talking Guy has the most outrageous ending, with
every extant theme from earlier in the song being reprised all
at once during the fadeout. I mean, you could have them stop
singing and simply chant out the varying rhythmic patterns, and
it would still be an amazing thing.
You got yer Crystals and Ronettes, for obvious (spector)
reasons. And in the non-Spector category, Shangri-Las and
Shirelles seem to be consensus choices for greatest girl groups.
Then you got yer various cult faves, like the Pixies 3 and
Reparata and Cookies and so forth. But the Chiffons seem to get
lost in the gaps.
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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: the vaudeville fad of '66 & '67
Sent: 06/08/98 11:33 am
Received: 06/09/98 1:15 am
From: Big L, biXXX@XXXXXXmail.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
I have been thinking about the vaudeville fad of 1966 and 1967.
Without doing a lot of research, it seems that it was kicked off
by the record "Winchester Cathedral." Or was it?
Records that also featured vaudeville elements:
Hello Hello - Sopwith Camel
Words Of Love; Creeque Alley - Mamas & Papas
Anything Goes - Harper's Bizarre
Mammy; I Got Rhythm; - The Happenings
Related records:
A Girl Like You - Rascals (big band)
Possibly related:
The "Snoopy" records by The Royal Guardsmen (the World War 1
flying ace)
Or, was it possible that some cultural trend, maybe something
on TV, triggered the fad?
I would welcome any comments, and identification of other songs
from the period that I have missed.
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Big L
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Subject: Re: BOUNCE spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com: Non-member
Sent: 06/08/98 1:28 pm
Received: 06/09/98 1:15 am
From: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
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Subject: Re: the vaudeville fad of '66 & '67
From: Rick Lewis, rickXXX@XXXXXXet.com
Big L,
I'm a bit vague on this (haven't heard it since then), but the
Association had a song on one of their albums called something
like "1923 (Wasn't It A Bit Like Now"). I think it was on the
same album as "Requiem for the Masses".
Another song with old-style elements (that may have fooled some
folks for a while about its content) was "Acupolco Gold"9sp? by
the Rainy Daze.
There's "Honey Pie' by the Beatles; "When I'm 64"; the
Dixieland sounds of the Kenny Ball Jazz Band with their 1962
hit "Midnight In Moscow" and the Village Stompers' "Washington
Square".
And yes, even Guy Marks' "Loving You Had Made Me Bananas", but
I may be going too far here.--Rick
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Subject: Stereo Unchained Melody
Sent: 06/03/98 3:58 am
Received: 06/04/98 1:45 am
From: Jack Madani, Jack_MadXXX@XXXXXX2.nj.us
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Hey, today I heard a stereo version of Unchained Melody by the
Righteous Brothers. Is this a big deal or not?
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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: Thank You John
Sent: 06/08/98 11:19 am
Received: 06/09/98 1:15 am
From: Big L, biXXX@XXXXXXmail.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
A few issues back, Dicky G mentioned "Thank You John" by Willie
Tee. Oh yeah! That thing must have hit Top 10 in Carolina. You
had it all right but the year: it was out in fall 1966, and was
a near carbon copy of "Teasin' You," which Willie had out in
fall '65.
What a macabre song:
Come in baby
Who did you fool tonight?
Was it my friend John?
He thinks you're outasite.
I know that you've been ballin'
You're as high as you can be
But I knew, baby, you'd come home to Willie Tee
She was just teasin' you
What did he say when you told him you were goin' home?
I know he wanted to handle you
I could tell by the bruises on your arm
I told him once he was a shuck time stud
If he tries this again
He's gotta shed some blood
It's gonna be all right
Now I don't blame you baby
For tryin' to swell his head
Cause after all baby
He's givin' us his bread
Now it's all right for you to go out all night long
But when he spreads that bread
Be sure he spreads it right
I wanna thank you John
For being a good time come
You done proved yourself to me
You're as jive as you can be
Now it's all right to keep her out all night
But when she leaves you alone
Send your paycheck home
It's gonna be all right
Oh thank you John
You been a boss time come
You ain't nothin' but a jive
Shuck time monkey town stud
It's gonna be all right
You lollypop, you sucker John
The alley man, you thought you were raisin' sand....
And me, the teenager who never heard song lyrics right, thought
this was some guy's tribute to his best friend!
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Big L
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