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Spectropop - Digest Number 483
- From: Spectropop Group
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002
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Jamie LePage (1953-2002)
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There are 20 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Diane Renay's new double-CD made me UN-retire from radio!
From: Ronnie Allen
2. RE: Rosetta Hightower live
From: Phil Chapman
3. Gene Page
From: Doug Morris
4. RE: The Ronettes/Stu Phillips
From: Phil Chapman
5. Masters - United Artists / Era Labels
From: Rex Strother
6. RE: Sylvia Mason
From: Phil Chapman
7. Jodelles/Fab Singlettes
From: Kingsley Abbott
8. Lennon Sisters on Dot records
From: Bret Wheadon
9. RE: Dual vocals
From: Phil Chapman
10. Re: THE CAROLINES (Correction)
From: Mick Patrick
11. Re: Popcorn Oldies
From: Patrick Haagen
12. Re: Masters - United Artists / Era Labels
From: Mike Arcidiacono
13. Re: Euro - Visions
From: beatle bob
14. Darlene
From: Marc Miller
15. Re: Euro - Visions
From: Dubois
16. Re: Rosetta Hightower live
From: simon white
17. Lesley Gore Acetates
From: Patrick Rands
18. Re: Jodelles/Fab Singlettes
From: Richard Havers
19. Re: Lesley Gore Acetates
From: Billy G Spradlin
20. Re: Gene Page
From: richard hattersley
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:56:37 EDT
From: Ronnie Allen
Subject: Diane Renay's new double-CD made me UN-retire from radio!
Due to work commitments I was away from reading my Spectropop digest for the
past few days but I spent a good part of the holiday weekend "catching up" on
the Diane Renay discussion. :) Well, better late than never!
Regarding Diane Renay's new double-CD "Diane Renay Sings Some Things Old And
Some Things New" Mick Patrick wrote:
> The best tracks on the CD are the FOUR previously unheard BOB
> CREWE productions: "Live And Learn" (not the Joey Heatherton /
> Lesley Gore song but a great Crewe original), "Big City Boy"
> (written by Crewe with Eddie Rambeau), "See How They Run" (the
> Toys' song but with a very different arrangement) and "Teach Me
> Tonight" (a duet by Diane and Crewe), all mastered from Diane's
> own one-of-a-kind molybdenum acetates.
Mick, your comments (and those of others) have inspired me to tell the world
that Diane Renay's double-CD "Some Things Old And Some Things New" made me
decide to UN-retire and get back into radio after a hiatus of eight years!
By the way those who visit Diane's website -- www.dianerenay.com -- can
sample every one of the 35 tracks, read the entire detailed liner notes and
of course acquire her double-CD. I'll address my subsequent comments here to
both you and everyone else here at Spectropop.
Here's the story of how Diane Renay's double-CD got me back into radio! I
live in Morrisville, PA and hosted several oldies shows on radio stations on
various radio stations in my area from 1982 through 1993. I had an excellent
local following during these years but in 1993, mostly because of commitments
involving my PRIMARY job -- as a computer professional -- I felt the need to
retire "for good" from radio. I did my "final" radio show, the last
installment of my weekly "Oldies Shop" show, in March of 1993.
"Navy Blue" and "Kiss Me Sailor" were two of my favorite oldies from the 60s.
When I found out that Diane Renay had just created her own website I just HAD
to visit. As soon as I read the details of her double-CD and sampled some of
the tracks I was hooked and immediately ordered it. I was so impressed with
it that I e-mailed Diane and told her that I had retired from radio in 1993
but if she would consent to doing an interview with me I would get back into
radio just because of her and her CD! She said "I'd LOVE to" and happily I
was able to find two radio stations that allowed me to do separate two and
three hour interview shows with her. I also interviewed Janie Grant, Dale and
Grace and Bobby Vee but it was truly Diane and HER CD that got me back into
radio!
Mick Patrick in his comment that I re-quoted above mentioned four unreleased
Bob Crewe produced tracks, namely the philosophical Crewe original "Live And
Learn," the catchy Crewe-Rambeau Four-Seasons-ish "Big City Boy", the
Linzer-Randell hook-laden "See How They Run" and the standard "Teach Me
Tonight" (her duet with Crewe). And, like Mick, I think those four are all
great. By the way "See How They Run" was not really The Toys' song. Though
the Toys did indeed record it, Linzer and Randell wrote that song especially
for Diane Renay and she was the first to do it.
Though, like Mick, I personally love all four of the songs mentioned above,
there are so many others on the CD that I personally feel are at least
equally good. Focusing on the other Bob Crewe productions for the moment I
feel that "The Company You Keep" is an absolutely fabulous recording with
such an intriguing sound that I must confess to constantly banging my hand on
the dashboard in time with it on my way to work though (but only when stopped
at a red light of course!). Two other Crewe productions, "Happy Birthday
Broken Heart" and "Cross My Heart, Hope To Die" are two great examples of how
well Diane was able to sing a ballad back in the 60s. Very well indeed.
Almost every one who follows oldies closely knows that Diane was
quote-unquote "Bob Crewe's protege" and how important he was to her career.
But this double-CD is NOT just Bob Crewe! Most of Diane's fans throughout the
world do not know that Diane also worked with many of the top producers in
the business over a recording career that exceeded 30 years. All are
represented on her double-CD. Besides Crewe they are -- in order of first
appearance on the double-CD -- Pete DeAngelis (who produced her very first
single), Gerry Granahan, Thom Bell, Ritchie Rome, Herb Bernstein, Phil Hurtt,
Billy Terrell and David Lasley.
Prior to becoming a professional recording artist Diane Renay, at the age of
13 or 14, recorded a fantastic uptempo doo-wop version of "Zing Went The
Strings Of My Heart." It is the closing track on her first CD and after
playing it on both of my shows I have over the past few months received many
e-mails raving about that recording and asking me "was she REALLY that
young?" The answer is an unequivocal YES!
Diane's very first professionally-released recording was the standard "Little
White Lies" on Atco Records. It was produced by Pete DeAngelis (probably
best-known as Frankie Avalon's co-producer) and is the leadoff record on the
CD. Also included are three other Pete DeAngelis produced recordings: the
hauntingly-beautiful flipside "Falling Star" and (on CD2) two
previously-unreleased tracks, "Little Miss Lonely Heart" and "My First
Corsage." These four most-enjoyable ballad recordings show a side of Diane
Renay that few people are familiar with. In 1967, after Diane had stopped
working with Bob Crewe, Gerry Granahan produced a great single by Diane that
was released on United Artists, the very catchy "Please Gypsy" and the
buoyant "Dynamite" with it's fabulous hook-line "Keep away from my TNT"!
In 1969 Diane decided to make one final recording before getting married, in
effect her "swan song." For the occasion she hired one of the best
up-and-coming producers in the business, a man named Thom Bell, who later
became legendary for his work with groups such as the Stylistics and the
Spinners. The song was the standard "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me." Diane's
version of that beautiful song is extremely poignant and heartfelt as is its
flipside, a rendering of Lennon-McCartney's "Yesterday."
All the above songs (except "Lonely Heart" and "Corsage") are from CD1 which,
for the most part, represents the "60s pop sound" of Diane Renay. But as good
as CD1 is the fact is that it is CD2 that truly is the HEART AND SOUL of
Diane's double-CD. CD2 consists primarily of recordings she made following
her "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" swan song, mostly recordings made in the
80s going up to 1990. And that's understandable the songs on CD2, for the
most part, represent different chapters in her own life.
Diane wrote four of the songs on CD2. Those are "Together Again," "Love Is
Wonderful," "Blue Snow" and "I Need You Too." Each of the four was inspired
by a different event or series of events in her life, some of them happy and
some of them sad. She sings each original song with in such a way that it's
obvious she was truly reliving her life as she was recording them.
Phil Hurtt (who was the co-writer of the Spinners' "I'll Be Around" and the
Village People's "YMCA" and "In The Navy" - another "NAVY" connection, LOL!)
produced and co-wrote (with Ann Clark) six of the other tracks on CD2 and
they are all, in my opinion, excellent. The heavenly "This Is Where I Came
In" has become one of my all-time favorite ballads as has "The Gift Of Love"
which is, pure and simply, a love song that is pure magic. On the latter
recording Diane duets with Phil Hurtt with Ann Clark does some of the angelic
"operatic" portions. "I'd Rather Do It Myself" is a change-of-pace rhythmic
track that reminds me (and Diane as well) of Captain and Tennille's "Do It To
Me One More Time." Though it was Hurtt and Clark who wrote the above songs
they did so after Diane told them about the many events in her own life. So
like the four originals I mentioned above, they are truly reflections of HER.
She is not merely a recording artist singing a song (as she was when she did
"Navy Blue"); she is a recording artist LIVING a song! And just when you
think you've heard it all from the Hurtt and Clark team you are astounded by
a most unexpected recording called "City Girl"; this hard-edged dance track
"City Girl" (which Billy Terrell did the final production of) is in sharp
contrast to all the above recordings; in it Diane is portraying a kind of
grown-up version of the tough sassy girl she portrayed more than 20 years
earlier in the Shangri-Las-inspired "Watch Out Sally." (Can we call "City
Girl" SHANGRI-LA GROWS UP???!!!) "City Girl" is a truly infectious dance
track and, for good measure, features a most memorable "Rappin' Renay"
portion!
Also on CD2 is a 1987 remake of her 1964 hit "Navy Blue" which is both
similar to the original and at the same time quite different. The producer
was David Lasley, whose songwriting credits include "Lead Me On" by Maxine
Nightingale and "Jo Jo" by Boz Scaggs. It has the same sparkle and vitality
as the 1964 original but it's really a disco track that takes the song to a
totally new dimension and even includes a spoken portion! I must honestly
tell you that in general I am negative about oldies artists remaking their
hits. But I was very surprised at how good the new "Navy Blue" turned out and
have, over the past few months, gotten to like it every bit as much as the
original which, in light of my prejudice here, is really saying something.
The last track on the double-CD was never meant to be a recording that the
public would ever hear. And yet from a personal standpoint it probably means
more to Diane than any recording she has ever made in her life! It's the
standard "Over The Rainbow". Diane told me on both of our interview
shows that the song was not done not in a regular recording studio but in one
of those "Make Your Own Record" recording booths. There is, in fact, a very
poignant story behind the making of this recording and Diane shares it on the
liner notes of her CD. And, as noted above, those liner notes are posted on
her website http://www.dianerenay.com. Her recording of the song is,
understandably, emotionally riveting and she told me that she was barely able
to make it through the entire song without breaking down.
If I were to try to pinpoint what most surprised me about her double-CD I
would say it's Diane's incredible versatility and vocal maturity that has
pretty much up-to-now been a well-kept secret. The hit singles "Navy Blue"
and "Kiss Me Sailor" may be BY Diane Renay but the double-CD compilation
"Diane Renay Sings Some Things Old And Some Things New" (and primarily CD2)
truly IS Diane Renay.
I truly hope that her double-CD ultimately achieves all the success it so
richly deserves. And I invite any of you who would privately like to share
comments with me or ask questions about Diane's double-CD to e-mail me.
Ronnie Allen
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 17:37:23 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: RE: Rosetta Hightower live
Simon White:
> Out of interest, I witnessed last night, along with other interested
> parties, a live performance by Ms Rosetta Hightower, at the North
> London venue "The Rocket".
And a fine night it was too, Simon. It's a pity Rosetta stuck to northern
favourites, and in a noticeably lower key, but great to see and hear her
anyway. Loved your set, couldn't believe I was hearing some those tunes in a
public place, in 2002! In fact, I don't think I've ever heard The Dixie
Cups' "What Kind Of Fool" outside of my own turntable, didn't half sound
good.
Will you be doing an all-girl set for Sandi Sheldon/Kenni Woods night?
Phil
PS - Did you hear that souly version of "Just Once In My Life" by Taste Of
Grey? - Who played it, and where can I get it??
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 21:15:50 -0700
From: Doug Morris
Subject: Gene Page
Is Gene Page recognized as the extraordinary arranger that he
was, not only responsible for so many unforgettable Motown
arrangements, but later also as Phil Spector's arranger for some
awesome productions, including "Black Pearl" ??
I believe Gene Page also wrote the arrangement for The Righteous
Brothers/Spector/Mann-Weil's "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 17:50:47 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: RE: The Ronettes/Stu Phillips
John Rausch/Stu Phillips:
> > Just a note to remind you that The Ronettes recorded 13 sides
> > for Colpix Records and an album was released on Colpix Records.
> > Although the Ronettes did not have any big hits on Colpix or May
Hi John - When The Ronettes were a big hit in the UK, the Colpix album was
rushed out, and although it didn't have the (((sound))), I found myself
listening to "He Did It" as much as some of their Spector recordings. Does
Stu have any photos from these sessions? And has anybody else recorded this
Sheeley/DeShannon song, or is it on a Jackie DeShannon demo collection?
Phil
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 08:06:08 -0600
From: Rex Strother
Subject: Masters - United Artists / Era Labels
Does anyone at Spectropop know where the recording masters of the United
Artists and Era and Ava labels now reside, who to contact?
Rex Strother
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:36:57 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: RE: Sylvia Mason
Ian Chapman:
> Sylvia later joined the Pet Shop
> Boys entourage and is featured heavily on many of their
> tracks and videos - check her out as Miss Liberty in the
> video of "Go West". (Did you work with Sylvia, Phil?)
Yes I worked with Sylvia (sometimes with Juliet Roberts) relatively
recently, the late 80s:-)
One memorable occasion was for a film soundtrack, where they couldn't get
the license for an Aretha Franklin tune. While we were laying down the
rhythm track, Sylvia, who didn't say much, and you could easily get the
impression that she wasn't interested, was sitting in the control-room
reading a book, and occasionally knitting! When it came time for her vocal,
she put her book down, wandered over to the mic, and out of nowhere came
this enormous voice .."Chain chain chain - chain of foo-ools..."! She gave
an incredible performance which we took first time, gave me chills, a rare
treat on a budget film session. When we stopped the tape she simply turned
around and enquired "Is that the kind of thing you want??"
The incongruity of this quiet sarf-Londoner belting out full-on Aretha to
order, brought to mind the feeling I had as a teenager on seeing a picture
of Carole Kaye accompanying an article about Motown bass-lines.
Phil
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:23:05 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Jodelles/Fab Singlettes
I'll add my voice, as i think I did at one stage
a few months ago for the Jodelles. Though not
perhaps 5 star girlie recreations, their singles
(the first of which was in a picture bag) were
pretty good tracks with all the requisite wall of
castenets 'n' rumble. They looked pretty good
too, and got a bit of TV coverage at the time.
Also in the late 80's were The Fabulous Singlettes
who were initially more of a stage act (much like
how The Flying Pickets emerged from fringe theatre
to crossover to pop success (BTW The Pickets were
quite SUBERB on stage at their height). The Fab
Singlettes were Australian I believe who got started
at the Donmar Warehouse (key UK theatre platform)
and then got a bigger theatre show through London
producer Bill Kenwright. There was also a TV show
which I have on video somewhere. Theirs was a campy
recreation of the girl groups, all huge beehives and satin
dresses, and the material was pop girly/Motown stuff.
The album (First Night Records- Scene 13 - 1988) called
"Stop In The name Of Love - Live from The Piccadilly"
included Da Doo Ron Ron, Dum Dum Ditty, Be My Baby,
Its My Party, You Don't Own Me and many other
expected ones. Great fun!
Kingsley Abbott
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 06:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bret Wheadon
Subject: Lennon Sisters on Dot records
Hi,
When I was a boy, my parents had an LP of the Lennon
Sisters called "Somethin' Stupid" [DOT 3797 - mono],
that contained the following song list:
Somethin' Stupid
My Cup Runneth Over
Georgy Girl
This is my song
A Lover's Concerto
There's A Kind of Hush
Single Girl
You Don't Have to Say you love me
Sure Gonna Miss Him
Dedicated to the one I love
As you can see, it was all girl-group type numbers,
sung with gorgeous harmonies, but otherwise pretty
white bread in it's production.
They also had another album on Dot that I've never
heard, "On The Groovy Side" [DOT DLP-25829] that
contains the songs:
Up, Up and away
Never my love
Sunny
Goin' out of my head
Ode to Billy Joe
Count me in
I will wait for you
'Till
Gypsy
What can I do
I love
Prisoner of Love
Are there any other recordings that the Lennon Sisters
did on Dot? I really enjoy their sound during this
period. I would also like any information about their
mercury LP "The Lennon Sisters Today", is this their
only recording for this label?
Thanks for any help,
Bret W.
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:01:27 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: RE: Dual vocals
David Bell:
> Of course, this meant that we in Britain missed out on the dual
> tracked version of "Don't Ever Leave Me" on 45 release, which is one
> of the gems of her recording career. Other countries of the world got
> to hear the Ellie Greenwich harmony vocal initially,
As is often the case with the first version you hear of something, I still
prefer this single-tracked. It sounds cleaner to me - the Ellie backing
vocals are slightly out of sync with CF's on "Don't Ever Leave Me". Sounds
more as if it's Ellie's demo with Connie singing over the top. That said,
I'd love to hear it in any other language. Are they currently available?
Phil
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:28:29 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: THE CAROLINES (Correction)
Hi,
Oops, screw up my last garbled message, poke your ear with it
and throw it in the bin. :-)
It should have read as follows:
In answer to the question from Will Stos about THE CAROLINES,
the two tracks concerned were released back-to-back on Roulette
4709 late in 1966. "Can't Stop Lovin' The Boy" was written by Larry
Weiss and Tom Catalano. The B-side, "You're My Baby", was a
solo Weiss composition. Both sides were arranged by Artie Butler
and produced by Larry Weiss for Glamorous Productions. To my
knowledge, the group released no other records. Although there
was a British group of the same name active at around the same
time .
Just to save anyone the bother of posting "Can't Stop Lovin' The
Boy" to musica, only to have it immediately deleted by some
uberSpectropopper, I'd like to point out that the track is contained
on the CD "Run Mascara" (UK Sequel NEMCD 193). I don't think
the B-side is out on CD. So, er, post away.
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:24:51 -0000
From: Patrick Haagen
Subject: Re: Popcorn Oldies
Hi,
I saw sometime ago you were interested in the history of the
name popcorn oldies. I'm a Belgian popcornlover and will try
to give you an explanation.
As my language is Dutch please forgive me the spelling.
There was a pub called The Popcorn in Vrasene, Belgium. It was
there that the mixture of songs became popular in the early 70's.
Later it became very popular in other parts of Belgium and some
parts of Holland. Because there was no general name for this kind
of music it became popcornmusic and it stayed called like that
till nowadays. Every saturday at 9 pm you can listen to a live
broadcasting at http://www.radio192.nl presented by Theo Dumoulin.
Bye
Patrick Haagen
http://www.papaja.be
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 15:12:35 -0400
From: Mike Arcidiacono
Subject: Re: Masters - United Artists / Era Labels
Rex Strother:
> Does anyone at Spectropop know where the recording masters
> of the United> Artists and Era and Ava labels now reside,
> who to contact?
Hello Rex. I can tell you that the United Artists material is
owned by EMI. The masters are safely stored in EMIs huge tape
vault. Dont hold out any hope of licensing any tapes tho', they
have absurd minimums, and want ridiculously high fees. Its a real
shame. I tried to legally use "A Summer Place" by The Ventures
for a video soundtrack and they wanted like 10,000$$. Era, I
believe is owned by Lew Bidell in California.
Ava, I have no idea
Hope this helps,
Your Friend,
Mikey
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:14:15 +0000
From: beatle bob
Subject: Re: Euro - Visions
Hey Jean-Emmanuel,
Really dug the boss Alain Delon/Jean-Pierre Melville comp CD you
sent my way for our community radio station here in St. Louis,
Missouri. Man, there's not a duff cut in the bunch, and I assure
you my friend that we've been getting a lot of requests on the air
for various selctions from the CD.
Hopefully, all of the Spectropoppers will jump on this one.
As the legendary St. Louis Cardinals baseball Hall Of Fame announcer
Jack Buck would say, "That's a winner!!!'
Beatle Bob
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 15:57:34 -0400
From: Marc Miller
Subject: Darlene
Is there a site somewhere that has pix of the young Darlene Love?
I can't find one...
Thanks!
Marc
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:49:41 +0200
From: Dubois
Subject: Re: Euro - Visions
Beatle Bob:
> Really dug the boss Alain Delon/Jean-Pierre Melville comp CD you
> sent my way for our community radio station here in St. Louis,
> Missouri. Man, there's not a duff cut in the bunch, and I assure
> you my friend that we've been getting a lot of requests on the air
Dear spectropoppers
That will be nice
http://www.euro-visions.net is the name of the site
you can order it on http://www.amazon.fr
best
Jean-Emmanuel
;-)
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:16:52 +0100
From: simon white
Subject: Re: Rosetta Hightower live
Phil Chapman wrote:
> Will you be doing an all-girl set for Sandi Sheldon/Kenni Woods night?
> PS - Did you hear that souly version of "Just Once In My Life" by Taste Of
> Grey? - Who played it, and where can I get it??
Well thank you for your interest, Phil! It was indeed a great night and
the anticipation for Sandi Sheldon [as we prefer to know her] is growing
by the day. I strongly urge any London based Spectropoppers with even a
passing interest in 60's music to come along surely there must be a few -
Saturday 29th June.
I was refiling records today, as they are all about to go into cardboard
white sleeves for the sake of aesthetics. Dont worry, any original sleeves
and of course picture sleeves, will be kept, including my signed Lorraine
Silver, Lorraine Chandler, Vermettya Royster, Little Richard and now Rosetta
herself!
While I was refiling, I came to a 99% definite decsicion that my June set
would be girl stuff. I have also toyed with a half Van McCoy set as well,
so I may yet combine the two. I am a wild and crazy guy after all.
As for Taste Of Grey...leave it with me....
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 17:28:12 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Lesley Gore Acetates
I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the possibility
of existing acetates by Lesley Gore. She recently mentioned in
an interview earlier this year, that Quincy Jones helped
preserve the acetates her father had made of her singing, and
I'm guessing that the ones pictured here are from that batch.
http://www.geocities.com/pswayne/lesley/TestPres.htm
Does anyone know of more Lesley Gore acetates, she claimed to
have been doing them since the age of 3! Any thoughts on this
subject would be much appreciated. I have sound files of the
acetates pictured and they are quite different than IMP, a lot
more jazz oriented, and the idea that more exist is too much
for my Gorehead,
:Patrick
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 23:30:17 +0100
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Jodelles/Fab Singlettes
On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at 11:23 , Kingsley Abbott wrote:
> Also in the late 80's were The Fabulous Singlettes
> who were initially more of a stage act (much like
> how The Flying Pickets emerged from fringe theatre
> to crossover to pop success (BTW The Pickets were
> quite SUBERB on stage at their height). The Fab
> Singlettes were Australian I believe who got started
> at the Donmar Warehouse (key UK theatre platform)
> and then got a bigger theatre show through London
> producer Bill Kenwright. Best Wishes
Kingsley as usual displays the taste for which he is legendary!
The Singlettes got their break at the Donmar and were absolutely
superb. For anyone with an ear for something different check out
the Flying Pickets 'Get Off My Cloud'.....funny, clever and great
music all at the same time.
Richard
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 23:16:01 -0000
From: Billy G Spradlin
Subject: Re: Lesley Gore Acetates
Patrick Rands:
> Does anyone know of more Lesley Gore acetates, she claimed to
> have been doing them since the age of 3! Any thoughts on this
> http://www.geocities.com/pswayne/lesley/TestPres.htm
I have a one-sided Mercury 45 white label acetate pressing of "He
Gives Me Love (La-La)" from 1968. Its the same track that's on
the "It's My Party" CD. I paid around 3 dollars for it at a Wichita
KS record shop in the late 1980's. I'll dig it out and make a scan of
the label.
Billy
PS: nice webpage!
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Message: 20
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 23:48:11 +0000
From: richard hattersley
Subject: Re: Gene Page
Doug Morris:
>I believe Gene Page also wrote the arrangement for The Righteous
>Brothers/Spector/Mann-Weil's "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
He has his own site.
There is a link to it on Carol Kaye's site
Didn't he do Ebb Tide arrangement as well? Brilliant stuff.
Richard Hattersley
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