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There are 21 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Laura Gore and Lesley Nyro
From: Steve Harvey
2. Re: Patti Dahlstrom in Musica
From: Artie Wayne
3. Re: NS nails BB
From: Dan Nowicki
4. Re: The Ventures
From: Robert Pingel
5. Re: more on Moon Shot and the Delfonics
From: Hans Huss
6. Slippin' and Slidin'
From: John Stewart
7. SUNDAY! BOSS NYC BENEFIT FOR NAWLINS!
From: Robert Kacerow
8. Re: I Spy Shelby Flint
From: S.J. Dibai
9. Naomi Wilson....or is it Theresa Lindsey?
From: S.J. Dibai
10. Kenny Shepard (Van Mccoy)
From: Robert Indart
11. NOMC Emergency Fund
From: Mike Rashkow
12. Re: " It's Written All Over My Face"
From: Phil X Milstein
13. The Gleams on Hit
From: Paul Urbahns
14. Re: Royalties to the right people
From: Phil Chapman
15. Re: Ventures
From: Gary Myers
16. Re: Current videos of classic artists
From: Ed Salamon
17. Re: Gretchen Christopher and The Fleetwoods
From: Clarke Davis
18. Re: Shelby Flint
From: Steve Harvey
19. Re: Current videos of classic artists
From: Frank
20. Re: Karen and Richard and Big Al
From: Steve Harvey
21. Re: Shelby Flint; Wildweeds; Little Richard; Buddy Holly; Evie Sands in musica
From: Country Paul
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Laura Gore and Lesley Nyro
Brent Cash wrote:
> ... there is a great song among great songs on the Bear Family box
> set titled "Ride A Tall White Horse" from 1969 ... Surely this
> could be a Laura Nyro song? ... Anybody know who's responsible for
> this gem?
Responsible? Yeah, Lesley Gore! If it's not in the credits there is
a mention in the double Mercury CD. When I first heard it I thought,
"Whoever wrote this one was listening to Lauro Nyro a little too
hard". Sure enough Lesley owned up on the influence. I think for alot
of female songwriters and singers the arrival of Ms. Nyro had much of
the same effect on them as the Beatles' arrival did on other
musicians, songwriters and singers.
Steve Harvey
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 19:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Patti Dahlstrom in Musica
I want to thank Joop and Anthony Parsons for trying to help me get
Patti Dahlstrom's "Emotion" [Sanson/Dahlstrom] up on Musica...and
to our Spectropal Phil Chapman, for finally acomplishing the
mystifying feat!!
Hope you all enjoy it.
Regards, Artie Wayne http://artiewayne.com
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:43:37 EDT
From: Dan Nowicki
Subject: Re: NS nails BB
Phil M:
> One of my favorite records by one of my favorite singers is Nancy
> Sinatra's version of Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me
> Down)." ... the only instrumentation on the damn thing is an
> electric guitar, with the trem set to max. The guitar, though, is
> beautifully played -- it would have to be, considering -- and I can
> only guess it was handled by Billy Strange. Does anyone know if
> that's correct?
According to Al Casey, who once told me he was present at that
session but didn't play on it, Billy Strange was the guitarist.
Dan Nowicki
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Pingel
Subject: Re: The Ventures
Gary Myers wrote:
> To me, the most notable omission in the RnRHOF is the Ventures!
> "Walk Don't Run" influenced every young drummer and guitarist at
> that time, and for years many young bands tried to sound like the
> Ventures. I believe they are the biggest selling guitar-based r'n'r
> instrumental group ever.
Amen to that, Gary. My uncle's guitar teacher was Nokie Edwards of
The Ventures. I have his solo album, "Nokie!" My uncle was MY first
guitar teacher. Which makes me, in a weird way, Nokie's guitar
grandson. The Ventures deserve enlistment in the Hall of Fame. Any
way we could influence the Board of Directors?
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 03:45:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hans Huss
Subject: Re: more on Moon Shot and the Delfonics
James Botticelli wrote:
> ... The Delfonics' "You've Been Untrue" WAS released on Cameo-
> Parkway either prior to or following "He Don't Really Love You."
'He Don't Really Love You' (Moon Shot 6703) was the Delfonics' first
record, recorded in late 1966, released in early 1967. Their second
was 'You've Been Untrue' (Cameo 472), released in April, 1967.
Following the success of 'La La Means I Love You', the "reactivated
Moonshot label" (as Tony Cummings puts it) re-released 'He Don't
Really Love You' in spring 1968. This is when it charted, 33 R&B, 92
Pop. So I guess you could say 'You've Been Untrue' was released both
prior to and following 'He Don't Really Love You'.
There were a few mistakes in my Moon Shot post yesterday. It seems
most, if not all, their singles were released in 1967, only the Cliff
Nobles album, "Pony The Horse" (601), is a 1969 issue.
Jimmie Raye's 'That'll Get It' is Moon Shot 6708, not 6705. The
uptown ballad flip, 'It's Written All Over Your Face', is equally
wonderful (but does not feature the Shirelles).
Also, three additions to the discography: Virgil Blanding, 'The Birth
Of A Man' (6705), the Subway Riders, 'After The Session' (6707); and
Tony Fox, 'Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say' (6712).
'After The Session' is a highly sought after Teddy Vann-produced
instrumental, one of many records to use the same backing track as do
all of these: Frankie & the Classicals, 'What Shall I Do' (Calla
127); Laura Greene's wonderful 'Moonlight, Music and You' (RCA 9614),
also covered nicely by the Essex (Bang 537), though for their version
the backing track is slowed down from C to B major; the Burning
Emotions, 'The New World' (Bang 553); and Mark Johnson, 'This
Beautiful Place' (Diamond 237), the latter two being the instrumental
track replete with weird animal noises. Hmm... Makes you think Teddy
Vann might be an unacknowledged influence on Jamaican recording
practices!
By the way, Teddy Vann's name pops up on some good records, can
anyone tell his story? His 'Let's Shindig' by Freddy Williams & the
Shindigs (Zizz) is one of my all-time favourites.
All in all, it would seem a Moon Shot compilation would be a very
attractive proposition for someone to work on. Some great music. And
that rocket would look so good on the cover...
Hasse Huss
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:22:41 +0100
From: John Stewart
Subject: Slippin' and Slidin'
Country Paul wrote:
> I don't remember if it was "Slippin' and Slidin'" or "Lucille" by
> Little Richard which was about 1:20 in its original; some judicious
> splicing stretched it out to about two minutes.
You may well be right but you also might possibly be confused as the
Buddy Holly version of "Slippin' and Slidin'" was expanded
posthumously from a brief home demo. The vocal and guitar track was
repeated and other instrumentation added - including an organ solo
which also helped to extend the track. Something similar may have
happened to a Little Richard track but it seems quite a coincidence
that you thought it might be Slippin' and Slidin' and there was,
sadly, a good reason that Holly's version wasn't simply rerecorded at
a marketable length.
John
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:31:58 -0400
From: Robert Kacerow
Subject: SUNDAY! BOSS NYC BENEFIT FOR NAWLINS!
Subject: SUNDAY! BOSS NYC BENEFIT FOR NAWLINS!
Hey Folks,
Big benefit for victims of Katrina this Sunday in Brooklyn!!! Know
that the money raised at this event will go directly to people from
the rock and roll community who are in need...
Sun 9/11
at Magnetic Field - 97 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
$10 cover (more if you can afford it!)
Doors 4PM
Bands start at 6PM, DJs all day and all night long!!!!
Bands to play:
A-BONES (Norton Records)
KID CONGO and the PINK MONKEY BIRDS (ex-Cramps, Gun Club, Bad Seeds)
INSOMNIACS (NJ Mod-Garage Rockers)
SPITTOONS (Brooklyn 50s and 60s rock n rollers)
Plus DJs all day and and all night long:
TIM WARREN (Crypt Records)
TODDOPHONIC TODD (Telstar Records, WFMU)
KARI KROME (from the Runaways!)
DAVE THE SPAZZ (WFMU)
THE GREAT GAYLORD (WFMU)
JOSH STYLES (Smashed Blocked)
THE THING WITH TWO HEADS (Penetration Party),
PADDY BULLOCKS (Penetration/Shop Fronts)
TOMDASH (Dot Dash)
Raffles from: Crypt Records, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Get
Hip Records, Telstar Records, Norton Records, as well as local
merchants and community members!
Baked Goods for Sale, Special CD comps for Sale
All proceeds will go to The Rock n Roll Community Fund and New
Orleans Musicians Clinic.
For more info on these funds, please see below...
Since this was done on the fly, please spread the word!!!
The rock and roll community fund
This fund was put together to aid members of the garage and punk rock
communities who have lost everything due to Hurricane Katrina. Most
recipients identified are currently in Memphis and Austin, however we
are taking names of those in need from wherever they have established
temporary homes. Thanks to DJ Paddy Bullocks, whose father is a
minister there, funds are being administered by Trinity Parish
Church. Due the high concentration of those in need who have fled to
Memphis and Austin, funds are being distributed by Goner Records in
Memphis and Rocks Off Records in Austin.
Trinity Parish Church Episcopal Discretionary Fund
200 N Elm St
Searcy, AR 72143-5271
put Katrina Fund in subject line of check
paypal to: trinityparish@yahoo.com
New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC)
This is a fantastic hands on organization who has the names and
addresses of so many great musicians because they have them all
coming to their FREE health clinic all these years and now, they are
the ones who are tracking down the local musicians and finding them
shelter. They are the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and know the
whereabouts of the local musicians down there.
Send donations to:
NOMC Emergency Fund
funds will be distributed by:
SW LA Area Health Education Center Foundation, Inc.
103 Independence Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
desk: 337-989-0001
fax: 337-989-1401
Contact: Kathy Richard directly at 337 989-0001
email: finance@swlahec.com
http://www.swlahec.com/
musiciank@swlahec.com
The New Orleans Musicians Clinic is determined to keep Louisiana
Music Alive! We want to relocate our New Orleans musicians into the
Lafayette/Acadiana community where they can remain a life force! But
most of them have lost everything... we must help them rebuild their
lives.
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:04:48 -0000
From: S.J. Dibai
Subject: Re: I Spy Shelby Flint
Gary Myers regarding Shelby Flint:
> She did well - maybe still is - as a studio singer.
I think a lot of people don't realize that her voice was featured
prominently in an episode of "I SPY" entitled "Laya." There was an
Earle Hagen melody that was used as a recurring theme throughout the
episode, and then during the tag scene we got to hear a recording of
Shelby singing it with lyrics over a silent film sequence of a broken-
hearted Bill Cosby wandering through the ruins of ancient Greece. It
was one of the most beautiful scenes in the history of television.
The song, incidentally, was called "The Voice In The Wind." Did
Shelby put this out on record in the '60s? It's really a great song.
S.J. Dibai
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:20:44 -0000
From: S.J. Dibai
Subject: Naomi Wilson....or is it Theresa Lindsey?
Many thanks to those of you who answered my Moon Shot questions! Now
here we go again....
I have two versions of the song "Gotta Find A Way," one by Theresa
Lindsey and one by Naomi Wilson. The Lindsey version kind of flew
below my radar--I played it once and then forgot all about it. Later,
I got the Wilson version and it automatically sounded familiar to me,
like I'd heard it a million times on oldies radio here in Philly.
That, combined with the fact that it was on the Swan label, made me
wonder if Wilson was a Philly artist. I consulted Jim Nettleton, one
of the major Philly deejays from the '60s who knows his local hits,
and he said Lindsey's version was the Philly hit and as far as he
knows, Wilson is not a Philly artist!
I don't believe I'm crazy.....or at least as crazy as this story
suggests. Did Wilson's version become a hit anywhere? Where was she
from? Any info on her Swan connection? And what's the 411 on Theresa
Lindsey, for that matter?
All souled out,
S.J. Dibai
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:05:50 -0000
From: Robert Indart
Subject: Kenny Shepard (Van Mccoy)
I was just wondering if Kenny Shepard's "Try To Understand" on the
Maxx label, in 1964 was ever released on CD it was written by Van
Mccoy. If not can it be posted on musica. To my understanding Kenny
Shepard recorded as Kenny Young in 1969 on the Share label with
another Van Mccoy song. This information I got on the Kenny Young
article on Spectropop website. Thanks!
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:12:26 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: NOMC Emergency Fund
This is a fantastic hands on organization who has the names and
addresses of so many great musicians because they have them all
coming to their FREE health clinic all these years and now, they are
the ones who are tracking down the local musicians and finding them
shelter. They are the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and know the
whereabouts of the local musicians down there.
Send donations to:
NOMC Emergency Fund
funds will be distributed by:
SW LA Area Health Education Center Foundation, Inc.
103 Independence Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
desk: 337-989-0001
fax: 337-989-1401
Contact: Kathy Richard directly at 337 989-0001
email: finance@swlahec.com
http://www.swlahec.com/
musiciank@swlahec.com
The above was part of a post about a NY benefit.
I thought it would be worth billboarding it again on it's own.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:48:33 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: " It's Written All Over My Face"
Hans Huss wrote:
> Jimmie Raye's 'That'll Get It' is Moon Shot 6708, not 6705. The
> uptown ballad flip, 'It's Written All Over Your Face', is equally
> wonderful (but does not feature the Shirelles).
Not the same song as Marva Holiday's of that title, is it?
--Phil M.
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 20:49:12 -0400
From: Paul Urbahns
Subject: The Gleams on Hit
Mick Patrick:
> A quick google throws up two further Gleams releases:
> You Broke My Heart / I Don't Know Why (KIP 236/237, 1961)
> He's A Rebel (HIT 36, 1962)
The Hit Records "Gleams" was a made up name for a Nashville
recording, and not the same Gleams group as the other records.
Paul Urbahns
"the Hit man"
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:37:57 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Re: Royalties to the right people
Artie:
> As an African-American, it's incomprehensible to me
> that the composer, Solomon Linda, a Black South African
> was denied the monies due him, because at the time,
> under the rules of apartheid, Blacks weren't
> allowed to earn royalties.
Hi Artie, if I understand the story correctly, it seems
ironic that the apartheid ruling turned out to be the
very reason that Solomon Linda ever saw *any* money for
"Mbube"/"Wimoweh"/"Lion Sleeps..." during his lifetime.
Pete Seeger of the Weavers readily acknowledged that their
'50s hit, "Wimoweh", credited to Paul Campbell (their alias
for a public domain work), was actually Linda's uncopyrighted
song from 1939, "Mbube" (Zulu for "The Lion", pronounced
Uyimbube), and managed to get a $1000 payment to Linda direct,
instructing their publisher to do likewise with further amounts.
The real sleight-of-hand took place later when the Tokens' flip
of "Tina", namely "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", began to chart.
The producer/writers, Hugo & Luigi and lyricist George Weiss,
had reworked "Wimoweh", which they had assumed to be a traditional
Zulu hunting song. However, when the U.S. copyright holder surfaced
in late 1961, a hasty 50/50 deal was struck, allowing the record to
continue its ascent to no. 1! Despite all parties now knowing that
the song was essentially another reworking of Solomon Linda's
"Mbube" with new lyrics, the revised copyright described "The Lion
Sleeps Tonight" as 'based on a song by Paul Campbell'.
Linda died penniless in October '62, at least knowing his tune had
gained worldwide popularity. To my mind he was as much a victim of
shoddy music business practice as anything else. And that's another
irony of this tale: Legally speaking, nobody did anything wrong!
For interest, I have posted to musica a stitch-up of segments of the
three versions that chart its evolution into an estimated $15,000,000
hit.
PC
It's worth reading the full account at
http://www.3rdearmusic.com/forum/mbube2.html
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:46:30 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Ventures
Dennis Hoban wrote:
> My uncle's guitar teacher was Nokie Edwards of The Ventures.
Nokie sat in with us at a club gig in '75. I think he was dating a waitress at
the club and came in a few times.
I often do gigs for Joe Barile, who replaced Mel Taylor for a while in the early
'70s. (He was previously with Shango).
gem
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:01:06 -0000
From: Ed Salamon
Subject: Re: Current videos of classic artists
Country Paul wrote:
> I am informed that there are current videos of the touring versions
> of a lot of "our music" acts (some with more original content than
> others, I'm sure) available at
> http://www.nealhollanderagency.com/videodir.html
Thanks for the tip, Paul. I looked at a couple and enjoyed them. Frankie Ford
does Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and "Sea Cruise", introduced by Ralph Emery on
Nashville Now. Coasters are an older lineup with Carl Gardner, who recently
announced his retrirement. Marcels are Walt Maddox's group, with Walt
fronting. Walt manages but no longer sings with his Marcels. Great stuff.
Ed Salamon
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:14:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Clarke Davis
Subject: Re: Gretchen Christopher and The Fleetwoods
I have told Gretchen Christopher about the discussions here and
posed a question to her. This is her reply. Feel free to contact
her if you like.
Clarke
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> Gretchen, will you be appearing with Gary Nov. 19?
No, Clarke, that November 19th booking in Toledo, Ohio is not an authorized
appearance; I had no knowledge of it, though only I have the right to contract
for The Fleetwoods. Since he resigned, Gary is supposed to refer any booking
inquiries to me.
Nine years after Barbara retired, Gary gave his written resignation from The
Fleetwoods, giving up his right to perform under the name The Fleetwoods
and leaving me to carry it on, with our mutually signed agreement which states,
"Gretchen Christopher, as manager of The Fleetwoods, shall have the sole
authority to bind the original and replacement Fleetwoods by contract for any
performance commitment as Manager deems appropriate to carry out the
business of The Fleetwoods."
We have Fleetwoods replacements on both coasts, and do only occasional
appearances, but I am delighted that Phil Hall considers "the Fleetwoods, one
of my absolute all-time top 10 favorite groups." I hope he will enjoy our website,
http://www.fleetwoods.com (in the process of being updated with a new photo
calendar) and my upcoming solo CD, "Gretchen's Sweet Sixteen "!
We're rushing to get the CD finished before touring London, Edinburgh,
and Athens in October. We've been debating whether to have The Fleetwoods
guest on any of the tracks. But it's not really necessary. As Ed Silvers, then
president of Warner Brothers Music, said, "Why not do it solo? You were the
one who did the arrangements, you could sing all the parts yourself." I have,
and it's amazing -- if we (including the Grammy Award winning engineer
who recorded it) do say so ourselves! (:o) Still, we Fleetwoods were in the
studio last week, and some of the tracks may still be considered.
Thanks so much for forwarding this question to me. I hope you will post this
for Phil and your/our other fans. If there are any other questions or desires
for bookings, please ....
Come Softly To Me,
Gretchen Christopher
The Fleetwoods
GretchenChristopher@TheFleetwoods.com
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:10:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Shelby Flint
Peter Lerner asked:
> ... Shelby Flint, another west coast angel. Who can tell us what became
> of her?
I always loved Shelby's "Angel On My Shoulder" and "Cast Your Fate". Joni Mitchell
cites her as an early influence. She is on the "Wouldn't It Be Nice: A Jazz Portrait
Of Brian Wilson" on Blue Note on one cut, "The Warmth of the Sun", along with Tim
Weston (who produced all the artists on this CD). She also did a CD with Weston
called "Providence" on Soul Coast. She's more into jazz these days.
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 08:01:32 +0200
From: Frank
Subject: Re: Current videos of classic artists
Country Paul wrote:
> I am informed that there are current videos of the touring versions of
> a lot of "our music" acts (some with more original content than others,
> I'm sure) available at http://www.nealhollanderagency.com/videodir.html
I haven't had time to watch all of them, but The Crystals one is really strange.
I couldn't vouch on the current lineup of the group we can see there, but though
they are backed by a group what we hear are the original tracks from Phil Spector!
Frank
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:47:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Karen and Richard and Big Al
Bob Radil wrote:
> I don't know if I would say massive, but it certainly got
> plenty of airplay on WPOP, WDRC, and probably the
> New Haven stations, in the spring of 1971. It was the
> previous summer that The Carpenters hit the big-time
> with "Close To You". If I'm not mistaken, it was a few
> years earlier that they moved to California, where The
> Wildweeds' song probably got no airplay.
The Carpenters had already left Connecticut by the time The Wildweeds
got started. I always thought it was friends back in CT that turned them
on to the 'weeds, but Richard set me straight via his website. They heard
"And When She Smiles" on the road in the early days of their career.
Steve Harvey
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Message: 21
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:31:04 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Re: Shelby Flint; Wildweeds; Little Richard; Buddy Holly; Evie Sands in musica
Peter Lerner asked:
> Nestling next to the Fleetwoods in my "F" album box is "Cast Your
> Fate To The Wind" by Shelby Flint, another west coast angel. Who can
> tell us what became of her?
She branched out into jazz, frequenrly partnering with someone named Tim
Weston (who someone here will know much more about than I do). Check out:
http://www.karukas.com/gkweb/gkweb15.htm (with photo)
http://www.karukas.com/gkweb/gkweb42.htm (much more about her, with bigger
picture, LP cover scans, and more; updated 1997)
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~takeito/1-03.html (scroll down about 20% of the
way to a Japanese-issued CD called "Smooth Jazz Vocals" - she's on it.
In looking up Shelby Flint, I came upon this interesting bio of labelmate
Barry DeVorzon (Barry & The Tamerlanes):
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rockin.paul/BARRY%20and%20TAMERLANES.htm
Bob Radi,l re: "And When She Smiles" by the Wildweeds:
> I don't know if I would say massive, but it certainly got plenty of
> airplay on WPOP, WDRC, and probably the New Haven stations, in the
> spring of 1971.
I believe it was at least Top 5 if not #1 in Hartford, and was semi-
inescapable as I first got to town that year. Of course, "No Good To
Cry" was a regional superhit and the one any other local act looked
up to....
Me, earlier:
> I don't remember if it was "Slippin' and Slidin'" or "Lucille" by
> Little Richard which was about 1:20 in its original; some judicious
> splicing stretched it out to about two minutes.
John Stewart:
> You may well be right but you also might possibly be confused as
> the Buddy Holly version of "Slippin' And Slidin'" was expanded
> posthumously from a brief home demo. The vocal and guitar track
> was repeated and other instrumentation added - including an organ
> solo which also helped to extend the track. Something similar may
> have happened to a Little Richard track but it seems quite a
> coincidence that you thought it might be Slippin' and Slidin' and
> there was, sadly, a good reason that Holly's version wasn't simply
> rerecorded at a marketable length.
I know about that one, John; whichever Little Richard song it was, it was
recorded in a radio station when he and the Upsetters were on tour. (Why I
remember that and not the title I don't know.) It was deemed too short for a
single, so most of it was spliced back on and repeated. Holly, by the way
had a 1:20 version of Ferlin Husky's great "Gone" - it was indeed issued (on
the early 60s "Reminiscin'," I believe) but not spliced long. What a gorgeously
heartbreaking 80 seconds!
By the way, Collectors Choice has just come out with the early sides Husky
recorded for Capitol as Terry Preston, including the original 1952 "Gone."
I've never heard it and imagine it's pretty primitive, but I've gotta have
it. Interesting that there are a couple of dozen albums CC is making
available as CD-Rs, but with professional cover graphics! (Talk about
handmade.) God bless technology....
Finally, thanks to whoever played Evie Sands' "The Roll" to musica. Amazing
little record - not a masterpiece, but she (1) sure sounds black and (2) sure
sounds good. I'm having a major crush on it despite its imperfections....
Country Paul
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