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Yeah, definitely a great song. Holmes updated some liner
notes for the Varese CD reissue of that album, and
commented that this was the first song he and his
collaborator had worked on. That was originally a demo,
and I think the only thing that was changed was the
addition of strings.
Rupert Holmes is one of those 1970s pop composers who
deserves a lot more than just being known as "that Pina
Colada guy." Quite a talent.
--MFW
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Subject: 45 RPM
Received: 03/08/99 7:50 am
From: Paul Urbahns, PaulurbXXXXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
> I listened to Touch the Wall of Sound today and looking at
> the 45 labels printed in the CD insert, I wonder why some
> singles have big hole and some small one.
>
> Why two sizes?
Keiko,
The basic reason a 45 rpm has a large whole is because of
a marketing dispute between Columbia Records and RCA
Victor. In the beginning there was only 78 rpm (with a
small hole) then Columbia introduced the 33 1/3 Long Play
record which was approximately the same size as a 78 (10 ")
but made the speed slower and cut it with a smaller
needle to allow it to play about 15 mins. RCA got mad and
introduced the 45 rpm and put a big hole in it so it would
only play on RCA players. They wanted to use it to replace
78s and 33s. So they issued albums (like little box sets)
with the big hole. Eventually the 45 replaced the 78s for
single songs but the Long Play album succeeded as the
main source of music. After both companies started making
both types of records. Some companies started making 33
EPs (the size of a 45) but with a small hole to indicate
the speed difference. I have seen European 45s with a small
hole (which is the way all 45s start out). The punching of
the big hole is an extra step which is no longer needed.
Paul Urbahns
paulurbXXXXXXXXom
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Subject: Bermudas, Murmaids
Received: 03/08/99 7:50 am
From: WILLIAM STOS, wsXXXXXXXXt.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Has anyone ever heard the song "Chu Sin Ling," by the girl
group the Bermudas? Doc, I'm especially asking you! If you
like the faux Egyptian in "Egyptian Shumba," you'll
definitely, um, well like (?) this song? I really want to
choose my words carefully, not to sound as though I'm
racist, because I'm definitely not! But this song uses
practically ever Asian stereotype in the book in it's
lyrics! Words like "A boy to share a bowl of rice with,"
it's odd! I like the song, despite the awful lyrics,
simply because it has a nice beat. But if anyone knows
more about them. Were they actually from Asia? It would
certainly make me feel a lot better about liking the song.
Also, I just came across the Murmaids album. Wow! They
only had two other songs which sounded like "Popsicles,
Icicles." Otherwise, they sound like a mix between the
Shangri-las and the Paris Sisters. Songs like "Playmates,"
and "Bull Talk," are so fun! I'm really surprised these
gals didn't have any other hits. Pick up the cd reissue
while you can! Especially if you like a little jazz beat.
Will
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Subject: Canterbury Music Festival
Received: 03/08/99 7:50 am
From: Steve Stanley, sstanXXXXXXXXi.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Chris Robinson wrote:
>Does anyone have any further info about the making of
>(The Tokens') "Intercourse"? This has quickly become
>one of my all time favorites.
Steve Stanley writes:
I can tell you that around the same time that the Tokens
were "performing Intercourse," they were also producing a
band called The Canterbury Music Festival for their BT
Puppy label. Their sole album, entitled "Rain & Shine," is
absolutely amazing and their version of "Poor Man" is even
better than the Tokens! A truly extraordinary album that,
based on its eclecticism, sounds as if it was recorded at
various times between '65 & '68. Unfortunately, "Rain &
Shine" is not on CD and, according to their Sales Manager,
the master tapes were lost many years back in a fire.
Thanks to David Bash for turning me on to these guys (and
countless other bands with goofy names).
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Subject: Pre/Post Woodstock Soft Rock
Received: 03/07/99 10:48 pm
From: CLAUDIA CUNNINGHAM, TPXXXXXXXX.net
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
I was going through my archives and found three gorgeous
soft rock records which I highly recommend to anyone
interested in the genre. The first one is "1900 Yesterday"
by Liz Damon's Orient Express (1970/White Whale label).
This is a dreamy and beautifully orchestrated song which
will put your senses on overload.
Then I found my copy of Dion Jackson's "Love Makes the
World Go Round" (1966/Carla label). This is a light pop
ballad and great to listen to.
The third one is by the Lemon Pipers which is on the "B"
side of the hideously overplayed "Green Tambourine". It is
called "Rice is Nice".. This song typifies the whole feel
and sound of that era between the late Sixties and early
Seventies outside the Woodstock sound.
The second item I 'd like to speak about is my love for
all those great "overproduced" singles from the mid
Sixties through early Seventies. They are pretty, are
extremely well orchestrated, and qualify as "real" music.
Here are some from my collection:
"Strange Things Happen in This World"/"The Girl from Peyton Place"
(Dickie Lee);
"Ebb Tide"/ "He"/"See That Girl" (Righteous Brothers);
"Blue Autumn"/"Watching Scotty Grow" (Bobby Goldsboro);
"My Heart Sings"/"Band of Gold"---not the Freda Paine song-- (Mel Carter);
"Before and After" (Chad and Jeremy)
"True Love Ways" (Peter & Gordon);
"Didn't We"/MacArthur Park" (Richard Harris);
"Catch the Wind" (Donovan);
"All I Need is You" (Buddy Randell and the Knickerbockers);
"Six O'clock" (Lovin' Spoonful);
"Our Winter Love" (Bill Purcell);
"Soul Coaxin'" (Raymond LeFebre);
"A Walk in the Black Forest" (Horst Jankowsky);
"Fly Me to the Moon" (Joe Harnell);
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Sounds Orchestral),
"Baby, The Rain Must Fall" (Glen Yarborough)
...These are just a few from my collection of many like
songs, too numerous to mention.
It is good to remember that besides the two note guitar
pluckers of the hippy dippy, love-the one-yer-with era
(who seem to dominate the minds of many people from the era)
that the Sixties through mid Seventies was a goldmine of
many, many different sounds, feels and looks, not just the
unwashed, love beaded hippies, but the sequined gowns of
the Supremes, the stovepipe pants and electric hair of Bob
Dylan, Beatle boots and Eton collars, the Nehru shirted
Strawberry Alarm Clock, the surf look of Jan and Dean and
the Tradewinds, the bell bottomed- fur vested Sonny and
Cher look, and the fashion conscious London look of Cilla
Black, Sandie Shaw, Pet Clark and Her Majesty, Dusty
Springfield, ...oh, you know what I mean! And what a time
it was to live through!
Claudia
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Subject: '60s psych/pop
Received: 03/08/99 7:50 am
From: Dave Mirich, DmirXXXXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
The way that I got started on this love affair with '60s psych/pop stuff
it is when I was channel surfing and stumbled upon the Don Was
documentary/biography of Brian Wilson "I Just Wasn't Made for These
Times". I immediately went out and bought Pet Sounds was astounded by its
timeless beauty. Right after this came the unbelievable world of Smile.
Friends, Wild Honey, 20/20 Sunflower, (as well as early '70s stuff like
Surf's Up, Carl and the Passions, Holland) took me even deeper into this
magical world. Then came Van Dyke Park's early stuff, including the
incredible inner-world of "Song Cycle".
I then purchased a copy of Mojo magazine which had a list of the 100
Greatest Rock Albums. It listed Pet Sounds as the greatest rock album of
all-time (music writers poll). At No. 11 was Love "Forever Changes". I
bought this masterpiece and became enthralled with it which led me to "De
Capo". In my opinion, the first side is just about as good as Forever
Changes. The experience I have when listening to these two records is
about his good as it gets for me.
Then one-day Jack Madani posted something about The Flowerpot Men which
took me into some of the most beautiful music I know. This discovery also
led me to the Ivy League (pre-Flowerpot Men). Then my friend Jamie LePage
told me about The Millennium and Sagittarius. I was now in a world of
such exquisite beauty that I cannot begin to count number of times I have
spun these two disks (and have since discovered the early stuff, The
Ballroom).
Since then I have been trying to find other music that could be
comparable in terms of craftsmanship, inventiveness and
other-worldliness. Again, thank you all for your recommendations for my
list of essential '60s psych/pop music. I'll let you know what I find in
my further explorations and education.
Dave Mirich
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Subject: Re: Korgis
Received: 03/08/99 7:50 am
From: David Bash, BashXXXXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
> For those who track these things, two ex-Stackridgers,
> James Warren and Andy Davis, later went on to form The
> Korgis, who had a minor hit with "Everybody's Got to Learn
> Sometime" from their "Dumb Waiter" album.
> Jim Cassidy
Hi Jim,
I'd like to do my part to plug The Korgis, who I thought
were one of the best bands to come out of the new wave era.
They had three albums, "The Korgis", "Dumb Waiters," and
"Sticky George", which are full of lush, melodic ballads
and bouncy uptempo songs, not to mention James Warren's
"#9 Dream" era- Lennonesque vocals.
I know we're supposed to stick to all things '60s here,
but I think a lot of '60s soft pop fans would love The
Korgis.
--
Spectropop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David Bash
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Subject: updated '60's psych/pop list
Received: 03/08/99 7:50 am
From: Dave Mirich, DmirXXXXXXXXom
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXXXXXXXties.com
Here's the list as it stands now. Any last minute
additions, changes, or corrections? Also, please let me
know if some of these albums have not been correctly
listed as being available on CD.
This list of music will bring me more ecstasy in the
coming years than anything I could imagine (then again, we
are expecting our first child in July). Thanks everyone.
You guys are great! Dave Mirich
Dave Mirich started us out with these cd titles of '60's psych/pop:
Left Banke "There's Gonna Be A Storm: Complete Recordings 1966-1969"
Yellow Balloon "Yellow Balloon"
Beach Boys "Smile"
Van Dyke Parks "Song Cycle"
Harpers Bizarre "WB Archives" compilation
Millennium "Begin"
Sagittarius "Present Tense"
Ballroom "Preparing For The Millennium"
Flowerpot Men "Let's Go To San Francisco" Sunny/Repertoire
Mob Grape (first album)
The Move Best Of The Move" Music Club
Jan and Dean "Save For a Rainy Day"
Zombies "the Collection" (Castle)
Chris offered:
The Tokens "Intercourse" B.T. Puppy
The Tokens "It's A Happening World" (67?)
The Arbor's "I Can't Quit Her/The Letter" on Date/Columbia, '68
Javed says:
Wackers
Blue Ash
Alex Chilton's Big Star.
The Blossom Toes.
Merry-go-round (Emmit Rhodes)
The Cryan Shames
The Parade
The Tradewinds
The E-Types
The Mojo Men
Montage
Jim Cassidy gives us:
Stackridge "Pinafore Days"
Tobias recommended:
The Carpenters
The Free Design "Kites Are Fun"
JM recommended:
The Creation (Retroactive label www.retro-a.com, complete works of The
Creation on two CDs) also,
The Creation (one-CD collection 'Our Music Is Red - With Purple Flashes'
on
Diablo)
Steve McClure recommended:
The Idle Race
The Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah) Band
From Ron Weeks:
Small Faces
David Bash offered the following titles of 60s psych pop on cd:
And Along Comes The Association-The Association
The Association "Renaissance"
The Association "Insight Out"
The Association "Birthday"
Harmony Grass "This Is Us"
The Tokens "It's A Happening World"
The Tages "Studio"
The Hollies "Evolution"
The Hollies "Butterfly"
The Turtles "Happy Together"
Grapefruit "Around Grapefruit"
The Grassroots "Let's Live For Today/Feelings" (2 Fer on Repertoire)
The Kaleidoscope "Tangerine Dream"
The Clique "The Clique"
The Pleasure Fair "The Pleasure Fair"
The 8th Day "The 8th Day"
The Montanas
Marmalade
The Rockin' Berries
Tony Rivers and the Castaways
The Arbors
The Cyrkle
The Choir
The Critters
The Ivy League
Pinkerton's Colours/The Flying Machine
and the names of "tremendous albums that haven't seen the light of CD day
are..."
The Colours "The Colours"
The Smoke "The Smoke"
The Fun and Games "Elephant Candy"
Don and the Goodtimes "So Good"
The Gordian Knot "Tones"
Eternity's Children "Eternity's Children"
Eternity's Children "Timeless"
Five Man Electrical Band "Five Man Electrical Band"
The Tuneful Trolley "The Tuneful Trolley"
Chamaeleon Church "Chamaeleon Church"
Teddy and The Pandas "Basic Magnetism"
The Peppermint Rainbow "Will You Be Staying After Sunday"
Jack Madani added these cd titles:
Zombies "Odyssey & Oracle"
VA "The Melody Goes On: Soft Rock Vols.1-3" M&M Japan
Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends "The Drifter"
Antonio Carlos Jobim "Wave" 1967, A&M CD 0812
Beach Boys "Friends"
The Cyrkle
The Critters
Robert Charles-Dunne added these LP titles:
Dwight Twilley (1st 2 albums, reissued on Right Stuff)
Tom Petty (1st album on Shelter)
Michael Pagilaro "Lovin' You Ain't Easy"
Stories "Brother Louie" (Michael Brown from The Left Banke)
The Beckies (also with Michael Brown)
The Walker Brothers
Scott Walker's solo work
White & Torch
Amen Corner
PP Arnold
Badfinger - "Straight Up" album
The Iveys "Maybe Tomorrow" (preBadfinger)
The Easybeats
Bee Gees
Rick Springfield "Speak To The Sky."
Buffalo Springfield
Marmalade -
The Herd - (Peter Frampton)
Andy Bown solo albums (from the Herd)
Chad & Jeremy - "Of Cabbages & Kings"
Grapefruit -
Golden Earring - (an eponymously titled album on Polydor from about
'70/71)
Spooky Tooth - "It's All About A Roundabout"
Love - "Forever Changes"
The McCoys - "Human Ball" and "Infinite McCoys"
Bubble Puppy - "A Gathering Of Promises"
Emitt Rhodes - (solo albums)
Raspberries - "Go All The Way"
The Soft Boys - "Underwater Moonlight" (80s)
5 Man Electrical Band - "Coming Of Age"
Anthony Moore (from Slapp Happy) solo album "Flying Doesn't
Help." Quango label in the UK, reissued by Canadian El Mocambo
Judy Get Down," "Caught Being In Love" and "Lucia"
Mick Greenwood - "Living Game"
Paul Slade - "Life Of A Man"
Graham Gouldman - "Graham Gouldman Thing"
Tony Hazzard - "Loudwater House"
The Mandala (Chess subsidiary K&R label)
The Ugly Ducklings.
Andrew Sandoval said:
The Smoke "It's Smoke Time" (CD via Repetoire in Germany)
The Powder (Distortion Records)
Billy G. Spradlin's cd recommendations:
The Move "Movements" (3-CD Set) and Great Move! (on EMI)
The Critters "Anthology" (on Targon Records)
The Hollies "For Certain Because" (Released in the USA as Stop! Stop!
Stop!)
The 4 Seasons "Genuine Imitation Life Gazette"
The Bee Gees (Bee Gees 1st Lp)
The Bee Gees "Horizontal",
The Bee Gees "Idea"
The Bee Gees "Odessa"
Kinks "Face To Face",
Kinks"Something Else",
Kinks"The Village Green Preservation Society",
Kinks"Arthur"
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