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There are 20 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Bubblegum Awards TONITE, tickets available at door
From: Kim Cooper
2. Vacant Lot
From: Bill Craig
3. Best falsetto ever?
From: Stuart Miller
4. Re: Best falsetto ever?
From: Richard Havers
5. Re: Renaissance
From: Steve Harvey
6. Re: more on Lovey
From: Jeff Lemlich
7. Eddie Rambeau site
From: Rosemarie Edwards
8. Re: Full Treatment
From: James Botticelli
9. Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop Updates.
From: Martin Roberts
10. Re: Best falsetto ever?
From: Shawn Baldwin
11. Larry Henley
From: Guy Lawrence
12. Re: Best falsetto ever?
From: Vincent Degiorgio
13. Re: Seasonal Similitude / The Rumbles
From: Jeffrey Glenn
14. Re: Renaissance
From: Freeman Carmack
15. Re: Best falsetto ever?
From: Shawn Baldwin
16. Rock deaths
From: Dan Hughes
17. Re: Larry Henley
From: Dan Hughes
18. Re: Duos
From: Bob Rashkow
19. Re: More Q & A
From: Art Munson
20. Eric Records
From: Country Paul
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:18:12 -0800
From: Kim Cooper
Subject: Bubblegum Awards TONITE, tickets available at door
Tonite (1-18) is the night--the Bubblegum Achievement Awards will commence
at 9pm at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Dinner is sold out, but we have
arranged to sell a limited number of awards-only tickets at the door for
people who arrive no later than 8:45 pm. Each ticket is $55 and must be
paid with cash or check. Come see honorees Artie Ripp of Buddah Records,
Toni Wine of the Archies and Mark Volman of the Turtles, and live
performances from David Lovering, Bobby Conn, Monotrona, Canned Hamm and
burlesque cutie Ginger Goldmine. Free goodies for everyone, nutty contests,
pink cocktails, and a chance to meet and greet the Bubblegum Queen and her
newly-crowned King.
The Magic Castle is at 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028. The phone
there is (323) 851-3313. Valet parking costs $6. Someone from the event
will come upstairs to escort you to the Inner Sanctum, so you must be prompt.
On arrival, please identify yourself to the hostess as an unticketed
guest of the Bubblegum Ball, and don't forget to check out the dress code
restrictions on our website or the Magic Castle's link before you pick your
attire: http://www.bubblegum-music.com
We hope to see you at the Castle,
Kim
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:25:57 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Vacant Lot
Somewhat related to the Four Seasons threads, does anyone have any
info on a 45 from 1968 by a band called The Vacant Lot on Roulette?
The song was "I Blew It", I think there was a Seasons connection.
Thanks,
Bill Craig
R.I.P. Maurice Gibb
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 17:13:36 -0000
From: Stuart Miller
Subject: Best falsetto ever?
Country Paul wrote:
> Meaning what, Stuart? That every male falsetto lead would be a Seasons
> soundalike?
I do have other records in my collection Paul besides the Seasons. This
is entirely subjective of course but I thought that Larry Henley had a very
poor voice. I just could never take the group seriously because of that,
although if you asked me to justify as to how I ended up buying the majority
of their releases, then I couldn't give you an answer. If that was my
falsetto, I just wouldn't have the guts to get up in front of an audience,
but hey, hats off to Larry (boom boom), he did it. But, you got me thinking.
Here's my list of the best falsettoists to have graced popular music:
! Frankie Valli
2 Brian Wilson
3 Bob Miranda
4 Jay Seigel
5 John Carter
6 Donnie Elbert
7 Eddie Kendricks
8 Carl Wilson
9 Lou Christie
10 Del Shannon
11 Tiny Tim
12 Larry Henley
13 Jimmy Summerville
14 Barry Gibb
15 Russell Thompkins
I'm sure there will be many that will disagree.
Stuart
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 17:41:48 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Best falsetto ever?
Two to add:
Adrian Baker, Beach Boys band member, solo artist, Liquid Gold,
Gidea Park (who incidentially had two fair-sized British hits
with "Beach Boy Gold" & "Seasons of Gold" in 1981) and Matt
Jardine (Al's son and a fine, fine singer)
Richard
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:06:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Renaissance
Annie Haslam seems to be living near me, in the Philly
area. Every Dec. she does a Christmas show at the
Keswick Theater. Speaking of folk-rock and the
Four Seasons, Steeleye Span did a version of "Rag
Doll".
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:19:31 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Re: more on Lovey
Country Paul wrote:
> I remain amazed that a song as lame as "Lovey Kravezit"
> has had so many lives.
Phil Milstein:
> Lame? We're all entitled to our own opinions. I find it a
> very pleasant example of cheeseball mid-'60s superupbeat
> semi-instrumental pop.
What the world needs now is Lovey. The world is "kravin'" it.
Vic Dana's version is now playing on musica.
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:18:13 -0000
From: Rosemarie Edwards
Subject: Eddie Rambeau site
Country Paul wrote:
> Rosemarie, the Eddie Rambeau site is a treat. Nice links,
> too (got to Teddy & the Pandas from it; Spectropop is also
> linked).
Paul - Thank you for your kind comments about our site - Eddie
sent me the remainder of his CDs yesterday - I now have all 11
- and am trying to listen them.
I am glad you found the link to Teddy & the Pandas - it was our
first link - and came from Bob - on this group. (I am going to
order a CD from them soon as I really liked their music)
We are going to launch (probably tonight) - a Yahoo group for
Eddie's fan club.
Rosemarie (Leeds UK)
http://www.edrambeau.com
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 14:12:31 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Full Treatment
Bob Rashkow wrote:
> Let's hear it for David Ponak......Wish I
> lived in L.A. so I could listen to The Liquid Room
> every week!
See if you can find his group's CD. They are called
The Mello Cads. "Soapland" is a masterpiece!
JB
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:40:37 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop Updates.
Lots happening in Mr. Nitzsche's Magical, Musical World
at present:
Record Of The Week: This week's winner, Jerry Cole - "Every
Window In The City" (Capitol), is a fine arrangement by Jack,
combined with a good vocal by West Coast session man Jerry,
on a superb Resnick and Young song.
This week, a special offer: two tracks for the price of one!
Visit Jack's pages at:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Listen to Jerry Cole, and then follow the Irving Martin link
to listen to Dave Walton's version. English producer Irving
Martin's name might not be too well known with sixties record
collectors, but it should be!
****Mike Ross if you're still listening could you get in
touch please.****
Next week's choice for Record Of The Week should not be so
difficult. Reminded of a biblical quote "...they know not
what they have done". I'm going to put Daniel A. Stone back
in the frame this time against another obscure release from
The Buckshots. Now if you like novelty items vote for the
Buckshots. On the other hand, if early New York soul a la
Ben E. King is your bag, go for Albert. Hopefully this has
tipped the balance!
The new jingle at Nitzsche Radio,
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/jacknitzscheradio.htm
...is a rather groovy folk-rock styled interpretation of the
KHJ ident.
Two other pages have also been updated recently:
Fans' Reviews at...
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/JackNitzscheFansReviews.htm
...features an informative piece by Les Peckham from the Guy
Mitchell Appreciation Society, and Record Reviews at...
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/jacknitzscherecordreviews.htm
...features an earlier review of Jack Nitzsche's Lonely Surfer LP
passed on to the site by Pipeline.
Martin
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:01:46 -0600
From: Shawn Baldwin
Subject: Re: Best falsetto ever?
Country Paul wrote:
> Meaning what, Stuart? That every male falsetto lead would
> be a Seasons soundalike?
Stuart:
> I do have other records in my collection Paul besides the
> Seasons...... But, you got me thinking.
> Here's my list of the best falsettoists to have graced
> popular music..[etc]
Eddie Kendricks, Prince, Michael Jackson, Phillip Bailey,
Maxwell.
Shawn
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:33:21 -0000
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: Larry Henley
I must add my voice to Country Paul's defence of the great
Larry Henley. The Newbeats were one of those groups cursed
with a downhill slope saleswise after an initial smash hit
(the Kingsmen being another). Not quite one hit wonders, but
still fighting a losing battle. They tried everything to match
the success of "Bread & Butter", but what an entertaining ride
it was - garage, Motown, folk rock, psychedelic pop, soft pop,
bubblegum, and there were some real gems in there. The most
thrilling moment in each one, though, is the moment Larry pipes
up and just knocks you off your seat!
If I could sit Larry Henley down and say one thing to him it
would be - "thanks!!!". I didn't realise there were so many
falsetto fans out there - I thought I was the only one! My
all time favourite falsetto moment, better than even Larry
Henley's entry in "Shake Hands..." has to be Lou Christie's
second "...I can't stop!" on "Lightnin' Strikes".
It's 42 seconds in - go check it out!
Regards, Guy.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:58:43 -0800
From: Vincent Degiorgio
Subject: Re: Best falsetto ever?
A list without Russell Tompkins Jr of the Stylistics
essentially voids the list. Thom Bell was once quoted as
saying when he went up high, he needed aircraft to go get him
Vincent
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 17:05:01 -0800
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: Seasonal Similitude / The Rumbles
Doug on the Rumbles:
> They released a Christmas record in 1965..."The Wildest Christmas"
> /"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"...sounding very much like the Seasons.
Doug, do you have this record? I've been looking for it for a couple of
years now. Please e-mail me off-list at jeffrey_glenn@hotmail.com.
Thanks!
Jeff
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:23:37 -0500
From: Freeman Carmack
Subject: Re: Renaissance
Didn't Jane go on to sing in the group The Illusion with John Hawkens
(after Blue Weaver left to join Bee Gees.) I knew a guy who interviewed
Dave Cousins in college. We all went out after their show(tour for the
GHOSTS album), with Cousins and Lambert in tow. Lambert sat in and jammed
some blues tunes with a lounge group at the Hotel Roanoke, in '75. It was
then that I learned that Hawkens was the pianist with the Nashville Teens.
He was amazed that I knew who they were. I think I may have been one of 3
people who bought The Illusion when it came out, in '77. I lost it along
the way.
Freeman Carmack
Worthington, Ohio
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:27:50 -0600
From: Shawn Baldwin
Subject: Re: Best falsetto ever?
From: Vincent Degiorgio:
> A list without Russell Tompkins Jr of the Stylistics essentially voids
> the list.
Yes, you're so right! He still sounds GREAT! Shawn
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:03:48 -0600
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Rock deaths
Somebody sent this to me today....
Sometimes news of the death of rock musicians comes out late. But we
would be remiss if we didn't mention the passing of Edward Farran of
the Arbors from kidney failure on January 2, Mike LaNeve of the
Happenings January 4 and Bernie Dwyer of Freddie & the Dreamers of
cancer on December 4.
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:09:44 -0600
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Larry Henley
Didn't the Newbeats' Larry Henley later write the song Wind Beneath My
Wings?
---Dan
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Message: 18
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:16:43 -0500
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Re: Duos
Jimmy Bee gets an "A" ("A" is for Botticelli!). Loved the list of duos
he took the time to put together..........but.........wasn't Pacific Gas
& Electric a quintet??!!
:-{ Bobster
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:37:28 -0800
From: Art Munson
Subject: Re: More Q & A
Two further questions for Art Munson:
> Were the Fugitives he was in the band that recorded "Freeway" on Arvee?
> It's one of my all-time favorite instrumentals.
Nope, not the same band. Our band was about 1963-64.
> Where was Art from in Connecticut? (I lived there for 24 years; it's a
> great state. Not a lot of surf on Long Island Sound, though.)
I'm from Litchfield and a smaller town a few miles away, East Morris.
Yes it is a great state. My parents still live there and a few of
my siblings.
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Message: 20
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 22:41:22 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Eric Records
Did anyone here ever mention Eric Records? I've seen their 45's for years,
but at http://www.ericrecords.com they've got some nice CD's available. Of
interest here: "The Complete Hits of Vic Dana," "...of Tommy Edwards" and
"...of Linda Scott," plus a bunch of 45's compilations - no real surprises
in these, but a nice cross-section of tracks. No sign of their famous 45rpm
reissues, though.
Country Paul
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