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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Zager & Evans in comic strip
From: Doug Richard
2. The Swingin' Saints
From: Gary Myers
3. Re: L. David Sloane
From: Orion
4. Re: Carole King & Neil Sedaka
From: Don H.
5. Re: Zombies / Love concert at Park West
From: Kurt Benbenek
6. Re: The Germz
From: Don H.
7. Re: Where The Girl Are #6
From: John H.
8. Re: UK MCA
From: Phil Chapman
9. Re: Linzer & Randell
From: Mike Rashkow
10. Sandy Selsie
From: Bill
11. Re: Linzer & Randell
From: Ed Rambeau
12. Re: Claire Francis / Smith
From: Claire Francis
13. Re: Herb Alpert as vocalist
From: Nick Archer
14. Re: Where The Girl Are #6
From: Mike Miller
15. Re: Beach Boys
From: Austin Roberts
16. Beach Boys R'n'B
From: Bgas
17. Re: Claire Francis / Smith
From: Claire Francis
18. Burt B.'s terms of employment
From: Phil X Milstein
19. Re: Pop music as fine art.
From: Austin Roberts
20. Reparata & the Delrons "Look in My Diary"
From: John H.
21. Re: Zombies / Love concert at Park West
From: Mike McKay
22. whatever happened to Baby Jane Holzer?
From: Phil X Milstein
23. Tourville's books
From: Gary Myers
24. Re: days of Steam
From: Gary Myers
25. The Zombies and Arthur Lee
From: Stephanie
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:21:27 -0000
From: Doug Richard
Subject: Zager & Evans in comic strip
With the recent posts concerning Z&E, I wondered if anyone else
noticed yesterdays "Zits" comic strip. Take a look at the t-shirt in
the last frame of the strip: http://tinyurl.com/67c7s
Doug
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:09:53 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: The Swingin' Saints
Previously:
> Bert also debuted a tune called "Ginchy" which the Ventures put out
> as a B-side of their "Lullaby Of The Leaves" 45 in 1961.
Our 1961 band in Florida, the Swingin' Saints (with Dickie Betts) used
to do that one! In retrospect, it seems like about half of our songs
were Ventures and Chuck Berry, even though the Ventures had only had
about 4 hits before we broke up.
gem
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:47:24 -0400
From: Orion
Subject: Re: L. David Sloane
L. David Sloan sure doesn't sound like anything Doris Day would sing.
I have it on a 45rpm that is by an relatively unknown singer. Now I
will have to pull it out and see who it was.
Orion
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:21:43 -0000
From: Don H.
Subject: Re: Carole King & Neil Sedaka
James Botticelli:
> I found a copy of Neil Sedaka's 1982 autobio at a thrift shop in
> Connecticut this past summer...He and Carole were quite an item
> once upon a time. I guess 'Oh Carol' comes from that one......
Carole leads us to believe that Neil made more out of it than it
was. Supposedly they dated one time. Neil is 3 years older than
Carole, so maybe there are other songs about her. "Next Door To An
Angel"? "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"?
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:56:35 -0000
From: Kurt Benbenek
Subject: Re: Zombies / Love concert at Park West
Bill Mulvy wrote:
> I'm new to the group. Just wondering if anyone is going to the
> Zombies and Love concert this Friday. I saw them both seperately
> last year and was very impressed. This could be one of the best
> retro 60s concerts ever.
I saw Arthur Lee and (his incredible) Love at the Knitting Factory
in LA a few months ago. It was a fundraiser and was easily the best
small venue show I've ever seen. The enire "Forever Changes" album
was performed impeccably, as well as a few choice Love "nuggets" I
doubt if I'll ever see another 6-piece band AND a string quartet
performing on a stage the size of a small living room. The current
Love is definitely not a stale oldies revue, but a vital contemporary
music act. They're playing with the Zombies here in Orange County,
but I have too many concert cookies on my plate right now to take
time to see them...but I do recommend them highly.
Kurt Benbenek - USA
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:17:25 -0000
From: Don H.
Subject: Re: The Germz
Barry wrote:
> I'm new to the group -- it's great.
> Does anyone know about:
> Vertigo 8001 - THE GERMZ - No Easy Way Down/Boy Girl Love
Not that I have any answers just another question or observation. I
have a 45 of "No Easy Way Down" by The Lit Candle, and I think it is
exactly the same as the Germz. Anybody know anything about that?
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:47:51 -0000
From: John H.
Subject: Re: Where The Girl Are #6
Julio Niño:
> I´ve just read on the ACE webpage that next month it´s foreseen
> the sixth volume of "Where There Girls Are" is to be released.
> This announcement produced an instantaneous greed attack in
> me. Maybe Mick Patrick could be so kind and reduce my anxiety
> by giving us an advance of the track list. If not I´ll have to
> get a massage.
Ah, this is music to my ears! Can't wait to see what gems await us.
-John H
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:17:48 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Re: UK MCA
Austin Powell:
> In 1969 MCA also launched a short-lived MK singles series which
> issued only UK artists. This label had the same logo in red against
> a background of "orange/yellow swirls".
Austin, or anyone - I remember an instrumental on the orange/yellow
MCA label which was quite a hit (as I recall) and used for a Guinness
commercial. It opened with a harpsichord figure that cropped up between
each of the sung lines, (female 'dooh's). The title escapes me, as does
the name of the artist, possibly just one word, although in actuality
it was the "Sing Something Simple" Cliff Adams (my ex-boss) Singers.
Phil C.
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:19:24 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Linzer & Randell
Joe Nelson on Linzer & Randell:
> ...the Toys' "A Lover's Concerto"
and, for the Toys, they also wrote and produced Attack, which while a
bit sloppy was interesting and unique as well as May My Heart Be Cast
Into Stone, a great song (one of Phil C's favorites) and one that Ms.
Ellie Greenwich and I produced a decent cover of with The Other Voices
on Atlantic.
Jack Madani:
> Recent musical purchases: Rhino Handmade's "Come To The Sunshine:
> Soft Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults"
Thank you for the royalty.
Di la,
Rashkovksy
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:27:05 -0000
From: Bill
Subject: Sandy Selsie
Hello members,
Does anyone know of a female 60's singer named Sandy Selsie? I would
like to know where she was from? She recorded on the Columbia label
around 1963. I am trying to ascertain if she had a Michigan connection
or not?
Thanks
Vinylspinner
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:35:18 EDT
From: Ed Rambeau
Subject: Re: Linzer & Randell
I worked with Linzer and Randell at Bob Crewe Productions and know
them very well. We were all signed as staff writers for Genius, Inc.
at Bob Crewe Productions. They had the "A" side of a song by Diane
Renay called "Unbelievable Guy". The "B" side turned out to be "Navy
Blue". When Bob came into the office one day and played me the first
acetate of "A Lover's Concerto", I screamed out "It's a smash". And
it was. It was their biggest success at Bob's office.
Ed Rambeau
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:16:04 EDT
From: Claire Francis
Subject: Re: Claire Francis / Smith
More on Smith:
I accidently hit the enter key and my mail got sent before I could say:
I hope this give you a little info on Smith and thank you for bringing
his record back into my life. When my husand Norman and daughters Kiva
and Dawn heard the record they were astounded at the sound, the music
and Smith's voice. They all kept saying "Mom I neve knew you could do
such a thing" and my husband kept saying "I am so proud of you". My
family knew nothing of my work in the studio until just this last two
weeks and all because of Spectropop. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
Love & Light
Claire Francis
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:13:20 -0500
From: Nick Archer
Subject: Re: Herb Alpert as vocalist
Phil M:
> Sorry for not making myself clearer. Yes, the main source of my
> affection for Herb-as-vocalist is "This Guy's In Love With You," a
> record that never fails to stop me in its tracks.
You might listen to "Come What May", where he sings a really laid back
duet with his wife Lani Hall. I think it's on her "Blush" LP.
Nick Archer
Check out Nashville's classic pop and soft rock radio station SM95, now
streaming at http://www.live365.com/stations/nikarcher
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:54:03 EDT
From: Mike Miller
Subject: Re: Where The Girl Are #6
I can not wait until I get my copy. The entire series of "Where The
Girls Are" is one of the single best things that has ever come out
on cd. Just fantastic!!
Mike Miller,
doowopdaddy
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:14:00 EDT
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Beach Boys
Mike Edwards:
> Another successful 20 Golden Greats' compilation was one by the Beach
> Boys from 1977, which, in spite of the number of Mike Love co-penned
> songs, was a very fine album. Incidentally, it contained more non-
> Brian Wilson tracks than any other Beach Boys' album: "Surfin' USA",
> "Sloop John B", "Then I Kissed Her" and "I Can Hear Music". Some
> members have drawn attention to Brian's skills as a producer, and
> these four tracks are fine examples of this. The group didn't even
> need a Brian Wilson song to make a great record.
The songs you sighted were good but put up side by side to Pet Sounds,
well, you tell me.
Austin Roberts
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:16:13 EDT
From: Bgas
Subject: Beach Boys R'n'B
Michael Edwards writes:
> Another point about Brian Wilson songs is that they have zero r&b
> appeal, which is why his work is not totally embraced by S'poppers.
I don't remember the last time I listened to it, but what about the
Persuasions version of the BW-ML song "Darlin" on A&M Records; would
that qualify as r&b?
Bgas
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:17:35 EDT
From: Claire Francis
Subject: Re: Claire Francis / Smith
One more thing I remember about the "Smith" record. When I showed my
budget to my boss, Roland Rennie, he nearly keeled over and said
"You're killin me Claire". Smith was virtually an unknown artist and
I booked (if my memory serves me well) about 40 people for that session!
Love & Light
Claire Francis
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:46:20 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Burt B.'s terms of employment
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if Burt Bacharach was ever an actual
employee of Scepter Records, or if he only ever worked for them on a
freelance basis?
--Phil M.
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:11:30 EDT
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Pop music as fine art.
Previously:
> ... you seem to be mixing apples with oranges; a minor pop
> recording versus an internationally accepted master painting by
> perhaps the greatest artist that ever lived. Even Barry Mann's
> face must be a little red from the comparison.
I may receive a lot of hate mail and run the risk of being called
the Music Antichrist but, to me, the greatest of artists and composers
of the past and present are, once again I say, much like the greatest
writers (ALA Dylan's lyrics, Rogers and Hammerstein and Hart, Elvis's
total one of a kindness, the Beatles, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector and a
few more writers and singers are as important to their Genre as anyone
else has been to theirs.
Austin Roberts
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 01:55:31 -0000
From: John H.
Subject: Reparata & the Delrons "Look in My Diary"
One of my all-time favorite tracks, I simply can't believe it was
never released as a single in its time. I remember reading here that
the original master was in poor quality and Ace had to do
some "splicing" before including it on the first Where the Girls Are
compilation. They did a stunning job!
Question for Mick: The song does seem to end abruptly. I know this
wasn't unusual for singles at that time, but I'm wondering was there
a bit of the song "lost" to tape decay?
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Message: 21
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:04:51 EDT
From: Mike McKay
Subject: Re: Zombies / Love concert at Park West
Bill Mulvy wrote:
> I'm new to the group. Just wondering if anyone is going to the
> Zombies and Love concert this Friday. I saw them both seperately
> last year and was very impressed. This could be one of the best
> retro 60s concerts ever.
I'm seeing the same bill this coming Monday in Cleveland, and will
give a full report. I'm listening at the moment to the new Zombies
album "As Far As I Can See." My second time through. My assessment
is that it's very good, but not the knockout I had hoped for.
Mike McKay
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Message: 22
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:05:03 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: whatever happened to Baby Jane Holzer?
Now at musica is the next installment in our occasional series of TV-
only tracks. This one features the leonine Baby Jane Holzer singing
"You're Gonna Hurt Yourself," from the March 28, 1966 episode of
"Hullabaloo," hosted by Chad & Jeremy.
Although her pop career was brief, Holzer seemed to do quite well for
herself in other facets of her life – besides her involvement with the
Warhol/Factory crowd, her activities have included operating an art
gallery, co-producing the Oscar-nominated flick "Kiss Of The Spider
Woman," and even owning an ice cream shop in Palm Beach! A couple
of interesting websites on her:
bio:
http://www.warholstars.org/stars/jane.html
chat w/ Anita Pallenberg (from '02):
http://www.warholstars.org/warhol/warhol1/andy/janeholzer.html
"picture":
http://www.warhol.dk/entourage/jane.html
Enjoy,
--Phil M.
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Message: 23
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:44:25 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Tourville's books
Previously:
> Tourville's books are really weak attempts at documenting an area
> ... WAY too many errors!
Yes, there are a lot of mistakes, including spelling, but they remain
the only printed source for much of the info. It was my contributing
to Tom's Wisconsin book that led me to do my own. Besides the fact that
I went beyond his format by finding the people and the stories, I was
able to add a lot of discog. info and correct many mistakes, etc. But,
I still have to thank Tom for his help.
gem
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Message: 24
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:46:14 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: days of Steam
Austin Roberts:
> Na Na Hey Hey was cut in the last hour of a session Paul Leka was
> producing on me.
Geez, it seems like either Austin or Al K. have been involved in about
half the records we all know!
gem
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Message: 25
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 04:40:03 -0000
From: Stephanie
Subject: The Zombies and Arthur Lee
Hey Phil Mulvy I live in MD and they are coming here and I am going
to see them. I just saw Donovan here and he was awesome!!! Im
amazed at how good these guys sound for their age. He did
everything except Atlantis and to Susan on the West Coast Waiting
and Jennifer Juniper other than that he did all of the hits like
Mellow Yellow and Wear Your Love Like Heaven and Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Season of the Witch was better live than the record.
I was reading the Herb Alpert postings and I agree there is
something about his voice on This Guys in Love With You that no one
else can do. He is no singer but he warms my heart with his
delivery on this. When it comes to the trumpet he is not the best I
have heard but he can deliver. I dont like him without the Tijuana
Brass the oomph isnt there, its like John Fogerty he is good solo
but without that rhythm section of his brother and Cosmo and the
gang its not the same. I respect Fogertys talent but the bass and
the sound is not there without Creedence. I think the last hit he
had Old Man Down the Road was a mere shadow of what he did with them
although I like it.
If you get a chance go see the Hurdy Gurdy Man you will be amazed.
Stephanie
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