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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: This Could Be The Night
From: Susan
2. Re: Fading Yellow CDs
From: Albin Lindstrom
3. Re: Fading Yellow CDs
From: Bryan
4. Re: The Majority / Majority One
From: Stephane Rebeschini
5. Artie, MFQ, etc
From: Bob Rashkow
6. Bobby Darin's "Lost Love"
From: Artie Wayne
7. Fantasia
From: Jon Cook
8. Re: Fading Yellow CDs
From: Terry Rutledge
9. Re: The Majority / Majority One
From: Mark Frumento
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:12:35 EDT
From: Susan
Subject: Re: This Could Be The Night
> Harry Nilsson wrote "This Could Be the Night" as sort of a tribute
> to Brian Wilson.
I've never heard this before, and I'm a fan of both. A wonderful
thing, if it's true - how do we know this, Roger?
Susan
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:57:49 -0000
From: Albin Lindstrom
Subject: Re: Fading Yellow CDs
Martin Jensen wrote:
> Can a track list for these cd's be obtained somewhere and where can
> you order them?
Hi
If you live in Denmark it should be quite easy to order the cds from
a swedish company called Hot Stuff. I Haven't ordered from them in
awhile but they are good, as far as I can remember.
The website is http://www.hotstuff.se but make sure you type in se, or
you will maybe get somewhere totally different, haha
Albin L
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:33:32 -0700
From: Bryan
Subject: Re: Fading Yellow CDs
> Can a track list for these cd's be obtained somewhere and where can
> you order them?
Try here for Fading Yellow volumes 4 & 5's track list:
http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/newfadingyellow.htm
For further details, contact: tracksonwax@swipnet.se
Bryan
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:55:03 +0200
From: Stephane Rebeschini
Subject: Re: The Majority / Majority One
Mark a écrit:
> I haven't really heard much of their music. Are they as good as
> Consortium? Also, I take it the Majority One recordings only came out
> in Europe and not in the UK. Any idea what label they were on? Are
> their records hard to come by?
In France (and many other European countries), Majority One records were
released on Pink Elephant (same label as Shocking Blue, Aeroplane...)
Stephane
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:56:18 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Artie, MFQ, etc
Max Weiner asked about a lost song--the lyrics sound a little like
"Evol Not Love" by the Five Americans, but that's probably not it
'cause that record is dominated by a series of punctuated drum rolls
and their terrific organ. Max, does your song fade out with the
group "Da-ta-tah"-ing the lyrics? If so, it could be this one! ! !
MFQ's "Don't You Wonder" is a nice tune I used to have a DJ copy of.
Am looking for a copy of "Night Time Girl". Is the same song as
recorded by the Down Children? I think I've got the right title,
don't I?
"Trust" as recorded by The Peppermint Trolley Company and written by
Williams and Nichols is one of the most beautiful pop songs from '68,
didn't blow me completely away like Jim Webb's "Montage" (preferably
Picardy's version) did a month earlier, but it's gorgeous. Glad it
was included in that comp. It's hard for me to believe the P.T.C.
could have recorded anything better, but "Lollipop Train", a dynamite
tune by Sloan and Barri (if not mistaken) is the one I consider to be
their master cut!
Artie Wayne, please tell us the end of the story. You got in the car,
leaving Capitol Records, and cruised up into the hills, right? What
happened after that :--///
And I have a question! Magill's Film Guide claims that in the movie
version of "THE BOYS IN THE BAND", the opening credits play "Anything
Goes" by the Lovin' Spoonful. Is this correct? Did John, Zal and the
boys record this song at all? Have always thought it was Harper's
Bizarre's tuneful, Association-reminiscent version that you hear
watching Cliff Gorman walking his French poodle up Fifth Avenue.
Bobster "Gotta Know"
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:06:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Bobby Darin's "Lost Love"
Country Paul..........How ya' doin'? Last week I went with Toni Wine
and Allan Rinde to a 60s pool party that kicked off "Rocktober Fest"
in Palm Springs. I had a chance to ask Billy Reed, who's performing
with my friend Jay Siegal as a "Token", if he sang on or knew who
sang background on "Lost Love" by Bobby Darin. He said he too loved
the record but didn't know who was singing............he made a guess
that J.R.Bailey [who sang with him in the Halos] did one of the parts.
regards, Artie Wayne
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 03:30:42 EDT
From: Jon Cook
Subject: Fantasia
Any chance Fantasia could be posted to musica? Any song resembling 'Good
Vibrations' peaks my interest. Thanks
jon cook
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:42:12 -0400
From: Terry Rutledge
Subject: Re: Fading Yellow CDs
Mark:
> Can a track list for these cd's be obtained somewhere and where can
> you order them?
Hi
Track listings for Fading Yellow CDs Volume 1 through 3 can be found at:
http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/ADM/GPCSeries/FadingYellow.html
Fading Yellow CDs can be purchased from: http://www.freakemporium.com/
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Terry
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:34:20 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: The Majority / Majority One
Mark wrote:
> I haven't really heard much of their music. Are they as good as
> Consortium?
I think Consortium had a better in house songwriter but yes I think
they are as good. They took more of a turn toward "rock" than
Consortium but at the heart both bands were harmony groups. The
Majority had been billed in ads as "The British Beach Boys" where the
Consortium have been called the British Association. Personally I
think both bands were a little more original than they get credit for.
> Also, I take it the Majority One recordings only came out in Europe
> and not in the UK. Any idea what label they were on?
I think the main label for Majority One was Pink Elephant but I had
one single on London (Canada).
> Are their records hard to come by?
There seems to be a lot of people after the LP so that can go for
good money. For the singles just search "Majority One" on eBay and
you're likely to find one or two of their singles on any given day.
The most common seems to be Because/Get Back Home. Both sides are
good but the B-side is the standout and almost freakbeatish.
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