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There are 6 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Long John comes up short
From: Phil X Milstein
2. Re: Rock 'n' Roll City album
From: Nick Archer
3. The Penthouse
From: Diane
4. Wildweeds; Videos from Frankie Ford, lesley Gore and others; Al Casey
From: Country Paul
5. Re: Rhino's Girl Group Box: Sound Quality
From: Peter Andreasen
6. Re: Gonna Get Along With You Now
From: Paul Urbahns
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:06:36 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Long John comes up short
Any of y'all know whether the late Long John Baldry's version of
"I Put A Spell On You" ends abruptly (at the 3:00 mark) on the word
"Stop!," or whether I'm simply the recipient of a truncated dub?
Thanks,
--Phil M.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:43:25 -0500
From: Nick Archer
Subject: Re: Rock 'n' Roll City album
I recently found a cassette album called Rock 'n Roll City that I
bought at Radio Shack in 1983. The cover has a picture of Mike Love
and Dean Torrence. It's copyright 1983 Hitbound Records and Radio
Shack. Here's the track list:
Lightning Strikes - Mike Love & Dean Torrence
Walk Away Renee - The Association
The Letter - Mike Love
The Locomotion - Mike Love
Sealed With a Kiss - Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher
Sugar Shack - Mike Love
96 Tears - Paul Revere & The Raiders
California Dreaming - The Beach Boys
Baby Talk - Dean Torrence
Wild Thing - Dean Torrence
Da Doo Ron Ron - Mike Love
Her Boyfriend's Back - Mike Love & Dean Torrence
What I'd like to know is, do these songs have any historical value,
or was this a re-issue of some cheesy old tracks? Who was Hitbound
Records? The sound quality is decent to my ears.
Nick Archer
Franklin TN
Listen to Nashville's classic pop and soft rock station SM95 at
http://www.live365.com/stations/nikarcher
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:22:53 -0000
From: Diane
Subject: The Penthouse
Hi Poppers, I am amazed at how quickly I got an answer to my plea
posted yesterday @ who was the mystery singer of the great version
of "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" I remember from my early years
- Tracey Dey! Thank you pres and Michael for your very thoughtful
replies.
Not wanting to wear out my welcome, but, can anyone give me the name
of the woman who did "Penthouse", the theme from the 1967 British
flick of the same name? Fake sitar and all...!
Thanks!
Diane
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:42:06 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Wildweeds; Videos from Frankie Ford, lesley Gore and others; Al Casey
I wrote, in re Wildweeds' original "And When She Smiles":
> The record (on Vanguard) was a massive hit in Connecticut, where
> both the Carpenters and the Wildweeds resided.
Bob Radio answered:
> 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.
If I remember, the national Vanguard promo man at the time (I'd
credit him, but he was someone I met only once and I forget his name)
said it got to #2 in Hartford and Top 5 in every market they could
get it played. Unfortunately, theydidn't have a large enough promo
staff to coordinate the promotion, so it only hit in about half a
dozen markets, and no two at the same time. Ah, the vagaries of the
record biz.
Bob again:
> BTW - I *would* use the word "massive" when describing the
> Wildweeds' 1967 hit "No Good To Cry".
No argument there; the Wildweeds were superstars in the Connecticut
River Valley!
Me earlier:
> 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 checked out the Frankie Ford video that Ed Salomon saw. Ford opens
with a darn-near operatic take on Ferlin Husky's "Gone" (never would
have expected THAT voice from this guy, based on his records) then
sits down at a piano and rocks out on "Sea Cruise" and "Roberta [I
Ain't Mad At You]". What a contrast!
The same site has a live video of Lesley Gore doing segments of
"Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows" and "Judy's Turn To Cry." "Joey Dee
and The Starliters" are fronted by one Bobby Valli, who also covers a
medley of Frankie's hits; you decide how well. Doowop fans will
probably enjoy the Norman Fox & The Rob Roys excerpts, including
their hits from last year's UGHA appearance, the best (and first)
segment.
Al Casey, the jazz guitarist who played with Fats Waller, died at 89
earlier this week. I am assuming that's a different Al Casey than
the "Surfin' Hootenanny" artist. Do I assume correctly?
Country Paul
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:53:22 -0000
From: Peter Andreasen
Subject: Re: Rhino's Girl Group Box: Sound Quality
John H wrote:
> A friend of mine, someone lucky enough to work in the world of
> publishing, managed to obtain a promo copy of this ... The bad
> news: when he played several key cuts for me, the sound quality
> was terrible...
That sounds terrible. I thought that Rhino had better intentions. I
am still depressed ´cause their Shelly Fabares CD included two tracks
that sounded like taken from vinyl gone bad. What will this do to me?
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:38:29 -0400
From: Paul Urbahns
Subject: Re: Gonna Get Along With You Now
Diane:
> I am trying to find the name of the female artist who did a version
> of "Gonna Get Along without You Now" probably @ early sixties. It
> wasn't Teresa Brewer, Patience & Prudence or Skeeter Davis, but
> someone else. Her version had a great arrangement. (And it wasn't
> Viola Wills!)
There was a really good version on the Twin Hits label manufactured
by Operators Records in NYC. They made sound-a-likes to be stocked in
juke boxes. I don't have the record anymore, lost a box ofd records
in one of my moves over the last 50 so years) but it sounded like a
girl group record in the Crystals mode and the label was credited to
"The Trixies" I believe. The flip side was a sound-a-like of Trini
Lopez's Michael. Go to http://www.gemm.com type in the title and you
will see lots of artists recorded the song.
Paul Urbahns
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