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Spectropop - Digest Number 1371
- From: Spectropop Group
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004
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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 22 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. New Nashville CD release
From: Nick Archer
2. Re: Simon & Garfunkel sessions
From: Al Kooper
3. Re: Scott English vs. Looking Glass
From: Joe Nelson
4. Re: Smile Show photos
From: Phil X. Milstein
5. Re: New Leaders Of The Pack girl group CD
From: Guy Lawrence
6. Re: "Closer To The Aisle"
From: James Botticelli
7. Re: Brian Wilson's SMiLE
From: Bob Hanes
8. Gene Hughes in Today's "Nancy" Comic Strip
From: Skip Woolwine
9. Re: UK Smile
From: Mark Johnston
10. Pantomime
From: John Stewart
11. The Groop - Midnight Cowboy
From: Mike Dugo
12. Re: UK Smile
From: Watson Macblue
13. Re: Jerry Naylor/City Lights
From: Bob Celli
14. McCoys - Beat The Clock
From: Various
15. Re: Rising Sons, Jesse Lee Kincaid
From: Stephane Rebeschini
16. name games
From: Various
17. Re: Scott English
From: Peter McCray
18. Mary Wilson interview
From: Stephanie
19. Rupert Holmes
From: Various
20. Lance Drake / Blue Beats
From: Jim Shannon
21. Josie Cotton
From: Scott Shot
22. Re: Scott English
From: Ed Salamon
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 04:27:32 -0600
From: Nick Archer
Subject: New Nashville CD release
Nashville's Country Music Foundation is releasing a compilation CD of
Nashville Black Music, pop and soul, in conjunction with a new exhibit
opening in March. Read a great article about it in the Nashville Scene this
week:
http://tinyurl.com/ysudq
There's also a review of last week's Zombies appearance.
Nick Archer
Check out Nashville's classic radio station SM95 at www.live365.com/stations/nikarcher
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:35:42 EST
From: Al Kooper
Subject: Re: Simon & Garfunkel sessions
Raskhow wrote:
> I'm wondering if he came from LA to NYC to do it or whether that one was
> recorded in LA. I always think of S&G recording in Columbia, NY because of
> Roy Hallee -- but that might not have been the case. Anyone?? I think it's likely
> that Koop The Keyboard Maven will know the answer. Hit that buzzer, Al Fonts!
BZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!! They'd go out to CA if they wanted to. Hallee was comfortable
anywhere he could set up a plethora of machines. Some of Bookends was done
in LA, so why not BOTW???
Frank wrote:
> Since Larry Knechtel played on the S&G album together with Hal
> Blaine and Joe Osborn I assume they recorded it in L.A.
In those days, Columbia Records had a union contract with sound engineers that
forbade reecording anywhere but Columbia Studios, of which there were many
geographic choices. If Knechtel, Blaine & Osborn are on something, it was cut
at Columbia Studios in LA -- I believe it was 6121 Sunset Blvd. I recorded there
quite a bit, and guested on Taj Mahals "Natchul Blues" album in those studios.
Producers were not allowed to touch the consoles, and most of the desks in
the control rooms had rotary knobs for faders!!!
Al Kooper
Primitive Reminiscing, Inc.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:35:43 -0500
From: Joe Nelson
Subject: Re: Scott English vs. Looking Glass
Artie Wayne:
> Since Looking Glass just had a big hit in the U.S. on a song
> with that title, Clive Davis, head of Barry Manilows record
> label suggested a title change.
Not to mention that the Scott English version charted around the same
time the Looking Glass record was being prepared. Was the (You're A
Fine Girl) subtitle added to avoid confusion with the English single?
Joe Nelson
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:06:34 -0500
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: Smile Show photos
Harvey Williams wrote:
> If anyone's interested, I've been posting photos of the Smile
> shows up on http://www.livejournal.com/users/small-circle
> I'm sure I'll be posting more as the concerts progress.
> Comments welcome! The shows have, of course, been absolutely
> stunning, everything I expected them to be and so much more.
> I've yet to hear or read a single negative word about them.
Some groovy shots, Harvey! However, it seems sadly ironic that
Brian himself isn't seen Smiling in any of them. Hopefully,
he's doing so from the inside out, at least. By the way is that
George Martin McCartney's seen shaking hands with?
--Phil M.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:47:26 -0000
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: Re: New Leaders Of The Pack girl group CD
Mikey wrote:
> Is that the same track listing as the "Growing Up Too Fast"
> set from the mid 90s?
Almost certainly not as this label concentrates solely on TV
advertised, broad appeal stuff. My main interest stems from
wondering just what tracks will get included (it's a double CD)
and how it will compare to a more specialist release like
"Growing Up".
Regards,
Guy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TweedleeDumsDrive-In/
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:56:29 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: "Closer To The Aisle"
suddyb2000 wrote:
> Does anyone know of a version of "Closer To The Aisle" other
> than the one by the 5 Satins ? ...... For some reason the
> Escorts and the Esquires seem to ring a bell in my mind.
Its not The Escorts and I really don't think The Esquires did it,
but Jato Von Del comes to mind.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:10:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Hanes
Subject: Re: Brian Wilson's SMiLE
Paul Bryant:
> What was a heap of broken jewels is fused together into -
> what, a symphony? a suite? I don't know the right word.
I'll help you Paul, the word is Cantata. A multi movement
(mostly) vocal work bound together with recurring themes,
done as a whole. A symphony with vocals.
Brian called it a "symphony to God and Laughter" because he
does't care about labels, and probably didn't know the jargon,
but it's a "wonder" ain't it?
The Right Reverend Bob, dumb angel chapel,
Church of the Harmonic Overdub
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:06:51 -0600
From: Skip Woolwine
Subject: Gene Hughes in Today's "Nancy" Comic Strip
Today (Friday 2/27) is the day that The comic strip "Nancy"
pays homage to Gene Hughes (Casinos - Then you can tell me
Goodbye). Check your local paper. It's cute. Here's to you, Gene.
Skip Woolwine
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:06:32 -0500
From: Mark Johnston
Subject: Re: UK Smile
Paul Bryant:
> Just curious - what do American fans think of big Brian
> doing Smile in the UK before the USA?
AK:
> Maybe he's warming up for the big US tour ?????????
Didn't he also unleash Pet Sounds there first before
doing US dates?
Mark Johnston
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:12:48 -0000
From: John Stewart
Subject: Pantomime
> Please can anyone from the UK tell me what is 'pantomime'?
> It's often used in a disparaging way to suggest what a
> performer starts doing in the UK was their career veers
> downward, ie. After he/she stopped having hits they could
> have gone the pantomime route, but thankfully didn't'. I
> assume it's theatre of some sort but it must be more specific
> to something North Americans don't fully understand."
Pantomime is a traditional Xmas show - a distant cousin of
The Commedia Dell'arte. "Aladdin", "Snow White", "Mother Goose"
and any one of a number of others appear in most theatres,
amateur and professional, around the country every year. Often
a current or former pop star is part of the cast and performs a
song or two. They are basically colourful, broad, musical comedies
aimed at a family audience. Most children have their first taste
of theatre at a pantomime and, literally, pantomimes keep theatres
open. For the two or three months that theatres run pantos they
earn more than the whole rest of the year.
Many people who disparage a performer for stooping to do pantomime
don't realise how much can be earned by a popular performer -
certainly enough for most of us to live on in great comfort for the
rest of the year. Many well-known singers and actors have, and do,
appear in pantos, although not those who aspire to being at all "cool".
Although the basic stories remain the same, topical gags and references
are added. Much of the comedy is a cross-talk or slapstick hang over
from the Music Hall (not dissimilar to Vaudeville) and many of the
routines would be familiar to Chaplin or Stan Laurel.
Incidentally, the idea of a man dressing as a woman for comic effect,
which surprised some American audiences when they first saw "Monty
Python", is entirely familiar to a British audience from the pantomime
as the "leading boy" is usually played by a young woman and the "Dame"
is played by a middle-aged man.
Having said all that, they are more interesting in theory than practice.
I've only seen a couple since I was a kid and wouldn't want to repeat
the experience more than necessary.
Here is a link to a brief description of pantomime:
http://www.davekorman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cpchome.htm
John Stewart
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:45:33 -0600
From: Mike Dugo
Subject: The Groop - Midnight Cowboy
previously:
> Does anyone remember The Groop? They had a minor hit
> with "The Jet Song", plus they >>performed a couple of
> songs in the movie "Midnight Cowboy".
I must admit...I've never seen MIDNIGHT COWBOY. Does The
Groop actually appear on screen...or do they provide songs
on the soundtrack only? If they appear...I need to add
them to the Cameos section of 60sgaragebands.com
Does anybody know which songs they performed?
Mike Dugo
http://60sgaragebands.com
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:01:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Watson Macblue
Subject: Re: UK Smile
Bob Hanes writes:
> In Brian's mind and many of those around him, his
> penultimate work of the mid sixties was "better
> received by the Brits than the Yanks".
Presumably meaning Smile. But if Smile is his penultimate
(last but one) work of the Sixties, what on earth is his
ultimate? The mind boggles.
Just wondered.
Watson
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:43:04 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: Re: Jerry Naylor/City Lights
Ken Silverwood:
> Is this THE "City Lights" as recorded by Petula Clark?
> And is this THE Jerry Naylor, who was lead singer with
> The Crickets in 1962/3 ..... There is a Glen Harding also
> in the group at that time -- would it be far -fetched of
> me to presume he went on to be Glen D. Hardin,......
Ken, I can't answer the question on Petula Clark's song but
yes, the person we are discussing is THE Jerry Naylor from
the Crickets and it wouldn't be far fetched for you to presume
that Glen Harding was actually Glen D. Hardin. I have no idea
why his name would be spelled that way. The Crickets have had
a varied lineup over the years for sure!
Bob Celli
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:52:47 -0000
From: Various
Subject: McCoys - Beat The Clock
Jim Shannon:
> Anyone remember the minor hit from the McCoys (on Bang)
> called "Beat the Clock". Released in the autumn of '66.
> Song had a progressive edge to it unlike some of their
> previous top 40 fodder. This is a good one. Rick Derringer
> (real name Zeheringer) Currently ives in Connecticut.
Jim,
If you mean "Beat The Clock" as in:
"Beat the clock,
try to make it stop
before time can draw the line
and cut you down
to 'er size...",
then the answer is yes. I remember something else about
a carnival being over and time running out, but the rest
of the lyrics escape me...
P.A. Ferra
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Great song! An extended version appears on
"The Best Of The McCoys" CD on Epic/Legacy.
Denny Pine
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Beat the Clock remember it well although may have been
Spring 67' I believe follow-up to another lost classic
McCoys song titled I Got To Go Back ( and watch that
little girl dance) from the early winter of 67'
Ed B
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Mike and Jim, I agree completely on "Beat the Clock" being a great
one. Actually, I appreciate the McCoys music much more today than I
did even in the sixties. I could do without hearing "Hang on Sloopy"
once in the next 20 years, but I just heard "Fever" on an old
aircheck today and immediately cranked it up. As a kid, I
loved "Come on, Let's Go" and despite its' total kiddie bubblegumism,
the B side, "Little People" was played a lot by me as a kid. I still
get a kick outta playing it today. "I got to Go Back" falls into
the "Beat the Clock" placing--just great! By the way, that long
version of "Beat the Clock" is indeed fantastic. Even the long
version of "Hang On Sloopy" kept my interest for a long time. Even
the style change with "Jesse Brady" was good. Lastly, I'd never
heard "Say Those Magic Words" until the Sony CD, and it is better
than most listed above. A great song to add from the 60's to my
collection!
Speaking of the Sony McCoys CD, Bob Irwin mixed many of these songs
for the first time in stereo over a year to two years before the CD
finally got released. To the best of my memory, he got the McCoys
and Strangeloves tapes, mixed them for CD release and then they sat
there. I'd ask him time after time about the CDs and basically,
after he was given the go-ahead, original producers Bob Feldman,
Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer decided those songs "just
weren't meant to be in stereo"!! So they sat and sat and sat. They
said, "No one was meant to actually HEAR the lyrics to 'I Want
Candy'. It'll lose it's punch." Bob finally convinced them of his
great punchy mixes and in the booklet it is noted "These tracks have
been mixed from the original multi-track tapes to possess the same
mighty wallop and intensity of the original mono singles." Nuff
said! If you have the Cd, you know the McCoys got to record "Hang on
Sloopy" because the DC5 were gonna try to get a version out first. I
assume the DC5 did do a version, but it woulda been quite a change in
history if they had. Released at the same time as the DC5's "Catch
Us if You Can", would their "Sloopy" have been the single from their
movie??? Would "Over & Over" have seen the light of day?
Hmmm.....or should I say "Ommm, Ommmm, Ommmm...."
- Clark Besch
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:13:33 +0100
From: Stephane Rebeschini
Subject: Re: Rising Sons, Jesse Lee Kincaid
Stephane Rebeschini:
> The former Rising Sons member Jesse Lee Kincaid has his
> own website and is still working in the music biz.....
Al Kooper a écrit:
> When was this person in The Rising Sons ?????
> Is this a pseudonym for Jesse Ed Davis, notable guitarist
> besides Ry Cooder in The Rising Sons?
Hi
Jesse Lee Kincaid (sometimes spelled Kincade or Kincaide) was a
founding member of the Rising Sons, along Taj Mahal, Gary Marker,
Ry Cooder and Ed Cassidy (replaced later by Kevin Kelly). He wrote
several songs for the group, and you can find 6 of them ('11th
Street Overcrossing', 'The Girl With Green Eyes', 'Sunny's Dream',
'Spanish Lace Blues', 'Flyin' So High', 'I Got A Little', in fact
all the "pop" tunes of their recordings) on their album (recorded
in 65/66 but finally released in 1992 by Sony (on CD) and 2001 by
Sundazed (vinyl LP).
His real name is Stephen Nicolas Gerlach, and is the nephew
of Fred Gerlach, a great 12-string player (whose two LPs on
Folkways & Takoma are really nice but hard to find nowadays!).
There's a site about the Gerlachs at
http://www.wirz.de/music/gerlafrm.htm
After the Rising Sons, Kincaid released at least two singles on
Capitol. Among his songs possibly familiar to Spectroppers:
- "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune" recorded by Harry Nilsson, Hearts
and Flowers, The Freshmen (UK 60's group), the Idle Race (UK group),
the Dillards, Jim Ringer, Harry Tuft, the Out Of Bodies Experience,
Steven Fromholz, Fernand Casas... "Louise" recorded by Paul Revere
& The Raiders
The confusion between JESSE Ed Davis and JESSE Lee Kincaid
was made by some writers years ago. Here are some explanations
provided by Gary Marker, the Rising Sons bass player:
"Cooder, I think, once met The Reverend Gary Davis, but it was
in fact our other guitar player, Jesse Lee Kincaid, who spent a
couple years shadowing the Rev. around the country, functioning
as a kind of personal assistant to him, all the while doing a
sponge-job on the Rev's finger technique. This isn't the first
(or probably the last) example of garbled rock history popping
up here and there--especially concerning the Rising Sons. I once
read in Mojo Magazine, and in a couple other so-called reliable
sources, that Jesse Ed Davis was once the lead guitar player for
the Rising Sons. Nope, never. One jam session, that's all. It's
an easy mistake to make, I guess--Taj had Jesse Ed on guitar in
his band, Taj had a Jesse Lee in another band. Rock writers and
historians often being the sloppy, clumsy and inept high-grade
morons they are, simply combined two guys named Jesse."
I hope that helps!
Stephane Rebeschini
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:31:37 -0000
From: Various
Subject: name games
Al Kooper:
> Brute Force is Steve Friedlander
> Tandyn Almer is Tandyn Almer
Alice Cooper is Al Kooper?
Steve Harvey
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previously:
> Mars Bonfire is a neat name - but not a real one.
> John Kay told me what it really was once, but I've
> since forgotten.
Dan Hughes
> Born Dennis McCrohan, in Oshawa, Ontario.
Well sure Dan,
Most guys I know named Dennis change their first names
to planets..... Just kidding.
AR
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Dr Mark:
> Celebrating his 57th birthday (Tue 02-24): a great,
> underrated singer/songwriter:
> Rupert Holmes- The Buoys' "Timothy," The Street People's
> "Jennifer Tomkins," his own great 1978-1980 hits... and
> creator of AMC-TV's "Remember WENN"...
Yeah Doc, but what's his real name?
Rashkovsky
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Clark Besch:
> And a book! I thought the TV show was a great way to see what 40's
> radio was like. His 78-80 stuff like "Morning Man", "The End" and "I
> Don't Need You" were GREAT!
Yes....but what was his real name?
Rashkovsy
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:00:32 -0000
From: Peter McCray
Subject: Re: Scott English
Hi Guys
I'm new to the list, and just thought I'd dive right in
on Scott English. "Brandy" was quite a substantial chart
hit for him in Australia back in 71 or 72, long before
Barry Manilow got hold of it. I've always much preferred
Scott English's original version.
I also have a Scott English album on vinyl - a self-titled
LP released in Australia a few years later, in 1978. Produced
by Spencer Proffer for the Pash Music Organisation; Engineer:
Larry Brown. There are lots of other details on people who
played on the album etc if people are interested.
After "Brandy", he released another single in Australia -
another belting ballad, this one called "Waterfall Woman".
Good song too. It didn't chart, but again I do remember
it made K-Tel's 20 Explosive/Dynamic Hits or whatever, on
the release following the one featuring "Brandy".
I just remembered also that, in the dark recesses of my
collection I have a Scott English CD I picked up in the
early 90s called, surprise, Brandy, which features that
track and 13 others, all written either by Scott English
or with Richard Kerr.
This is the (rather sparse) information on the inside cover
(where he is described as a US male vocalist):
Scott English's only major hit in Australia was "Brandy"
in 1972 - released on Interfusion (original Catalogue number
ITFK-4417 Festival) and produced by Dave Bloxham. It entered
the charts on February 6, 1972 at Number 38, peaked at Number
3 and stayed on the Australian Charts for 14 weeks. On "Brandy",
backing vocals are by our own Vanda and Young (of the Easybeats
fame)." (That is, "Australia's own" Easybeats of course - mega
here and elsewhere in the late 60s with lots of classics
including Friday on My Mind etc)
Peter
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 04:29:28 -0000
From: Stephanie
Subject: Mary Wilson interview
[from Africana magazine
http://www.africana.com/articles/qa/mu20040226wilson.asp]
The Africana QA: Mary Wilson - By Regina R. Robertson
First published: February 26, 2004
Before Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle, T-Boz, Chilli and Left Eye,
Cindy, and even Coko, LeLee and Taj, there were, simply, The
Supremes.
When Diana, Mary and Florence strutted onto the stage at the Ed
Sullivan Theater in those tailored gowns with frosted lips and
laid coifs swooning, "Baby, baby", they not only fashioned the
mold for what girl groups should be, they took the image of
African Americans on broadcast TV to new heights. To
paraphrase Oprah's commencement address before Wellesley
College's Class of '97, "Growing up, I didn't have a lot of role
models. I was born in 1954. On TV, there was only Buckwheat
and I was ten years old before I saw Diana Ross on The Ed
Sullivan Show with the Supremes." A groundbreaking moment
indeed.
The complete interview can be found in the files section:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:40:59 -0000
From: Various
Subject: Rupert Holmes
Always liked Rupert Holmes. Didn't know he wrote "Timothy".
"Brass Knuckles" was a great pop song out of era for him.
"Escape" was my mantra for years. Happy birthday, Rupert.
Jim Shannon
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Was the The Buoys' "Timothy" about some guys lost in a
cave and became cannibals. "Oh why, oh why" - I think
he was lamenting eating Timothy or something. No one
I've talked about this song with remembers it. I use
to hear it on WIFE Indianapolis.
Kasandra
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And how about "The Mystery Of Edwin Drood"?
Bill Craig
-Is it good? I never saw it or heard much of the music.
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Message: 20
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:13:28 -0000
From: Jim Shannon
Subject: Lance Drake / Blue Beats
Just to see where it would lead, I e-mailed Lance Drake
of the Blue Beats on February 21st:
> Your group and name has been mentioned recently on a
> pop/rock site called Spectropop.com....Lot of talk about
> the #1, too....Could you give me an overview of how the
> group came to be, how you managed to get a record deal
> with Columbia, the Ken Griffen (DJ )factor, and, how
> "Extra Girl" charted in other markets? Were you part of
> the group Moovees? Any information and help would be
> appreciated .
> Thanks,
> Jim Shannon (WHCN-FM 1972-78)
Lance replied:
Hi Jim - oh man...WHCN:- Ever the coolest radio station ever!
Congrats on your legacy as on the hip-trip-and-that's-no-lip
crowd. Lots of BlueBeats images at blind link:
http://www.drake.org/BBs/fotos.html
The group was the last in a string of H.S. bands I was in. It
all started in Westport,Ct with Mike Hayden-can't remember,
I was 12 at the time-then to Sarasta Florida (The Villagers),
then to Ridgefield,Ct (The Cobras) and finally in Danbury, CT
as the BlueBeats-from a Jerry Kennedy 45 I heard on WICC
(Bridgeport,CT) called "BlueBeat"-it was a ska tune that had
name that struck me.
Original lineup: Lance Drake, Peter Robbins, Bruce Boege and
Andy Gaeta. Then Kit Miller subbed for Andy and Jack Lee
(http://www.jackleemusic.com) for Bruce Boege. Two years later,
Jack went off to college after an altercation at the Southington
KofC dancehall gig wher things were going badly that night. The
band was never the same. Dick LaFreniere came aboard and shortly
therafter I left.
We were signed to 7 years with Columbia when they were
signing Hot dog stand vendors with a harmonica. Teo Macero
was our executive producer (you see his name on "everything"
classy that Columbia ever did-Brubeck, Steisand,etc) We
released a single, "Extra Girl"-written by me (when I had the
flu) about (girlfriend) Claudia Connors and her cousin from
Norwalk, CT.
How we got signed? - Ken Griffen had lots of connections and
we were making lots of noise in Connecticut-appeared with the
Four Tops, Byrds, Soupy Sales, Angels, Gary Bonds, Little Eva,
Herman's Hermits and others I can't remember. We cut our
musical teeth playing six nights a week in a well known bar
in Brewster, NY, 'The Brewster Lanes". Several other sides
were cut - can't remember if they were ever actually released
- as the management situation was flaky. The producers of our
tunes got nothing of the sound we made when live- it's embarassing
to listen to the recordings- we were so much better than what
ended up on tape. (Really!) BTW - never got a penny for any
recording ever made.
A Fellow named Chris Covall replaced me the group became
The #1-dropping BB moniker. Then they became "The Moovees" -
produced by Joey Reynolds (WKBW-now WRKO/NYC). The #1's
song "The Collector" was really well done. Don't have a copy
but Peter Robbins, Post Office Box 250, Reed Road, Marlo, NH
03456 probably does. He's a great guy!
For the record, I've been thru several careers - printer,
advertising writer and producer (2 years WLIX, Islip, NY; DJ
for 4 years WTGR, Myrtle Beach and allnite at WDRC-FM, Hartford,
CT. Then out to California for Apple for four years, now do
contract work.
That's all the news that fits! Good to hear from you.
Best Wishes,
Lance Drake
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Message: 21
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:02:37 -0600
From: Scott Shot
Subject: Josie Cotton
Okay... while she's not exactly a 60s artist, her best music
is nothing but 60s. I'm talking about Josie Cotton. I read
that she was supposed to release a new album (in the style
of her first two, not the third) last year on B-Girl Records.
It's called "The Influence of Fear on Salesman." But I can't
find any indication it has hit the streets. Does anyone here
know anything about this California doll?
By the way, for those who don't know, Josie came on the scene
in the early 80s with her version of the GoGo's concert classic
"Johnny, Are You Queer?" She went on to release the fantastic
"He Could Be the One" and a cover of the Exciters' "Tell Him".
Her second album's lead single was her verion of "Jimmy Loves
Maryann."
I am sure most of you girl group enthusiasts already know and
love Josie, but if you missed her the first time around, rush
to the net and order a copy of her two-on-one CD from Collectibles.
I pulled it out again last week and can't seem to take it out
of the CD player.
Scott
in Houston
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Message: 22
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:46:14 -0000
From: Ed Salamon
Subject: Re: Scott English
Ed Salamon:
> I'm going to email Scott the S'pop link and let him
> know we're talking about him, maybe he'll post.
The following from Scott:
Ed, tell everybody I'm well and writing my ass off. I'm
living in London, where I just had another number 1 smash
all over Europe with "Mandy" by Westlife. I'm presently
working with Simon Cowell's people on different projects.
later,
Scott
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