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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Jodelles?
From: Bill Reed
2. Runnin' with the Toys
From: Bob Rashkow
3. DIANE RENAY CD
From: Wesley A Smith
4. Bo Grumpus; Boston; Motown; self-duetting; Roger
From: Paul Payton
5. Faboo Singlettes/Orchids
From: Kingsley Abbott
6. Re: Early Motown
From: Dan Hughes
7. Re: HDH / Ruth Copeland
From: Frank
8. TV alert
From: Jack Madani
9. Re: The Orchids
From: Patrick Rands
10. Re: The Rondelles
From: Stewart Mason
11. Re: Grace Of My Heart
From: Lou Bova
12. Re: Lesley Gore / The Drifters
From: Don Charles
13. Re: Margo Guryan covers
From: Ken Levine
14. Re: Grace of My Heart
From: Rex Strother
15. Thoroughly Modern Millie
From: Don Charles
16. Re: TV alert
From: Mikey
17. Shelley Fabares
From: Ken Levine
18. Re: TV alert
From: Patrick Rands
19. Re: Lesley Gore / The Drifters
From: Patrick Rands
20. Gary Lewis
From: Antonio Vizcarra
21. Canadian Girl Groups!
From: Vlaovic B
22. Re: Gary Lewis
From: Mikey
23. Donna Reed Show
From: Justin McDevitt
24. Re: Canadian Girl Groups!
From: Patrick Rands
25. Re: Lesley Gore / The Drifters
From: Donna
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 20:15:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Jodelles?
I just had a listen to the Jodelles He's My Boy &
Girls Fall in Love on Musica. Spectropop has expanded
my musical horizons considerably since I logged on
here a year or so ago. Nothing, however, has bowled me
over quite so much as these two tracks. Could someone
please tell us a bit more about these sides, i.e.
writer, producer, arranger????
To my ear the arrangements are a dead ringer for those
of Eiichi Ohtaki, the Japanese arranger - producer
whose career, arranging technique and (I am told),
even his temperament are somewhat similar to Phil
Spector. As a result, Ohtaki is often called by his
countrymen, "Japan's Phil Spector."
I would not be surprised to learn that, either, Ohtaki
was hired by producers in the recordings' country of
origin (?) to arrange these recordings, or else
Japanese tracks were purchased and English vocals were
subsequently dubbed.
One thing is for sure; if it isn't Ohtaki, the person
who did arrange the two Jodelles tracks clearly spent
a lot of time checking out his mulititude of wonderful
recordings.
If you haven't heard these two cuts, do youself a
favor. You will most likely be bowled over.
Meanwhile, if anyone has any futher info. There is
nothing on the net.
Bill Reed
http://communities.msn.com/NickDeCaro
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 02:21:06 -0000
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Runnin' with the Toys
Hi folks, it's 5 thumbs UP for "See How They Run" by The Toys--Got
the 45 of "Attack", it's on the back, Hoorayyyyy!!!! And kudos to
Linzer and Randell (and to Bob Crewe for placing it back to back with
the glorious Attack). Have increased my TOKENS collection by 4. Boy
were those guys talented. Includes the delightful "B'wa Nina" and the
wonderful, life-affirming "I Hear Trumpets Blow" (hadn't heard that
one in a while!). And does anybody wish to venture an explanation of
why "Green Plant", an amazing, breathtaking record did NOT even
chart?? I'll be on vacation for a week and 2 days & lookin' forward
to tons of Spectropop stuff on my E-mail when I come back--just might
check it a couple times while away too!
Bobster
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:24:33 -0400
From: Wesley A Smith
Subject: DIANE RENAY CD
As a fairly new member of Spectropop web site I have been
hesitant to post anything because I just haven't felt at ease
to do so until I found something of interest that I really felt
compelled to add my comments about. Ronnie Allen's recent post
regarding Diane Renay's new 2 C.D. set ("Diane Renay Sings Some
Things Old And Some Things New") has finally given me the incentive
to do so.
While I know that many of Diane's great recordings can certainly be
classified as gilr group sound, I also have always felt that Diane
is truly one of the very best "POP BALLAD" vocalists that I have ever
heard in my life and I sincerely feel that her 2 C.D. set has so much
to offer all Diane Renay fans, no matter what style one may prefer
over another. I know that she really can do it all! There is nothing
one-dimensional about Diane, she TRULY has that versatility to do so
many things so well!
Most of the stuff from this set has been previously unreleased and
hearing these recordings has really made me become even more aware of
what a FANTASTIC TALENT she truly is. There are so many songs on this
set (including four that she, herself wrote) which I feel that the
whole world should hear. There are 35 songs in all with so much GREAT
music that is so enjoyable and I'm sure glad that I own it because so
many of these songs are unavailable anyplace else and otherwise I would
have never known what I'd be missing. From my own personal view, I don't
know how any true Diane Renay fan could afford to be without it.
Just to name a few my personal favorite ballad songs I just adore
" Love Is Wonderful", This Is Where I Came in", " Blue Snow", "The Gift
Of Love", and my personal favorite uptempo songs on this set are "They
Lied", "Teach Me Tonight", (A great duet with Bob Crewe.), and "Zing Went
The Strings Of My Heart" (A fantastic Doo- Wop Style demo - and the very
first thing she that ever recorded).
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to express my personal feelings on
this subject.
Wes Smith
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 01:16:03 -0400
From: Paul Payton
Subject: Bo Grumpus; Boston; Motown; self-duetting; Roger
Been away - lots to catch up on....
I wrote earlier about Boston groups, including this mention:
> Over on Atco, Bo Grumpus had an album regrettably overproduced
> by Felix Pappalardi. They were much more like a Lovin' Spoonful
> in person - also a great live act, as I remember.
I was questioned as to their "Boston-ness" off list, as WBCN never
played them. True, their album was not up to their live act, but
they were frequently at the Tea Party and the Psychedelic Supermarket,
among other locations. Bassist and songwriter Jim Colegrove has a new
label in Texas, by the way: Cool Groove http://www.thecoolgroove.com,
which has links to Bo Grumpus and to many other artists of interest to
this list who are still currently out there working!
Jimmy B, the Bosstown sound thing is an interesting history lesson
to me - MGM, at the time never the most scrupulous of labels, simply
went to an empty well and drew water anyway! Thanks for the reminder
about Dick Summer. I knew him somewhat - he was a good guy, very
intelligent, and dryly hip in a Dick Cavett kind of way, certainly the
hippest guy on Boston AM radio, a person who helped pave the way for
the existence of WBCN.
Nick Archer quotes:
> "...Professor [Joe] Williams played on Marv Johnson's "Come to Me",
> which is the record that is considered to be the birth of Motown.
> However, Berry's thirst for perfection was apparently not satisfied
> by any of these players, because they quickly become history when
> Jamerson arrived on the scene."
My personal taste in Motown runs to the pre-perfect early records, as
they were fascinating when they were "finding their way" and fine-tuning
their machine. Faves include The Miracles "Bad Girl" (released on End!)
and "Way Over There" (a two-chord wonder expanding the form to the same
degree as Dee Clark's "Nobody But You" and Dick & Deedee's "The Mountain's High"), Marvin Gaye's "Stubborn Kinda Fella" and "Can I Get A Witness,"
and the brilliantly raw Mary Wells track, "Bye Bye Baby" (her opening
"Well!" was so strong that it could knock down a large building). Also
check out the Supremes' "Breath Taking Guy" to prove that all of them
could sing lead (as if proof was needed).
Mark Wirtz, thanks for the post-HDH Lamont Dozier info. I've been looking
for a copy of Parliament's beautiful "The Silent Boatman" (also done by
Ruth Copeland, both on Invictus), the last(?) HDH effort - or did they do
solo work on that? Also, I'd heard that Ozzie himself produced Rick's early
sessions; he was no slouch as a musician and bandleader - his pre-TV claim
to fame.
Will George mentioned singer/songwriter Brian Gari's Brian Wilson CD:
http://www.briangari.com. Just ordered it, looking forward to its arrival.
Peter Lerner writes:
> I must admit I thought it was Connie Francis (the first self-duettiste
> that is).
'Fraid not - and not even Patti Page, I think (although Mick's bio makes
an excellent case). I'm informed that Les Paul developed the overdub
technique (with wife Mary Ford) using multiple decks in his home studio
around 1947 or so! Patti Page's breaktrough of the technique would thus
be a year or so later. (Personal faves of hers: the original "Old Cape Cod"
- deliciously redone by the Four Freshmen on Capitol in the Beach Boys'
style in the mid 60's - "Allegheny Moon" and "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm
Dreaming").
Kenny Laguna was involved with Little Roger's "Stairway"? Thanks for the
bio, Jeffrey Glen. That 45, by the way, was on Richmond, as was the
astonishing "Kennedy Girl". Richmond is the same label that had Gloria
Balsam's notorious wonderful-awful "Fluffy" (you'll laugh! you'll cry!!
at the same time!!!). (Little Roger, however, did something awful one
Christmas on another label which mercifully slips my mind at the moment.
It was red, though....)
More catch-up soon!
Country Paul
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:26:44 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Faboo Singlettes/Orchids
Interesting to see note of a five piece line-up
from an Australian source. The album I have
(and the TV show) featured a three piece of
Lisa Shipley, Naomi Eyers and Alison Jiear,
so I guess that Toni and Dee didn't make the
trip to the UK. BTW the album was produced
by Jon Miller and Wayne A. Findlay and has the
following tracks:
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Da Doo Ron Ron
My Guy
Be My Baby
It's In His Kiss
Needle In A Haystack
Walk In The Room (as they call it)
Time Is On My Side
The Dum Dum Ditty
Leader Of The Pack
It's My Party
Maybe
Born Too Late
I Only Want To Be With You
You Don't Own Me
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Dancing In The Streets
Supremes Medley:
You Keep Me Hanging On
Where Did Our Love Go
Baby Love
I Hear A Symphony
Stop In The Name Of Love
Thank You And Goodnight
Whilst on the 80s girlies, can I recommend
a track by The Orchids on their eponymous
album on MCA (MCF 3067). It's called
"Radio Dream (The Last Song)" (written by
Bishop/Fowley)and is a great melody with
lyrics about all the 60s girl groups.
The whole album is a Kim Fowley production,
and the rest of it is not memorable, but this
track stands out like a diamond. It's not
Spectorious in production, but is a very fine
slab of pure pop. The five goils look tuff 'n' trashy
in typically Fowley concept style, but I am sure
they are now all lawyers who love their moms!
Does anyone know if they did anything else before
or after this album??
Kingsley Abbott
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 05:28:11 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Early Motown
Country Paul mentions early Motown.
Back in the early 60's in one of those 5-for-88 cents "Hits You
Missed" packs (actually mostly Flops You Missed), I got an early
Temptations single called Check Yourself. The rhythm and the tune
were quite off-kilter, and I found it so bad that I enjoyed
listening to it; it was fascinating, like a train wreck. It began
with a voice singing, "By and by, you knew that you would make me
cry." Then another deep voice recited the same words. They musta'
heard Nino and April's version of Deep Purple.
And it was on a label called Miracle Records, with their slogan
printed on the label: "If It's a Hit, It's a Miracle!"
You know it.
---Dan
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:14:59 +0200
From: Frank
Subject: Re: HDH / Ruth Copeland
Speaking of Ruth Copeland and her great LPs, anyone knows what
became of her?
Frank
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 09:29:52 -0500
From: Jack Madani
Subject: TV alert
Hiyer, gang. Simultaneously glad and sad to be reading Spectropop
digests once again.
Tvland has some marvelous shows in its current lineup, music wise.
At midnight is Gidget. Tune in early for the outtasite Johnny
Tillotson-sung theme song (swingin' like Bobby Darin's little
brother), then stick around for glimpses of the smog-capped southern
California beaches and mid-sixties American automobiles in all their
glory. Watching the location scenes of this show always makes me
think of Lew Shiner's book "Glimpses," when he time-transports back
to '66 LA to help Brian finish "Smile," and drives around on the
freeway watching all the cars belching smoke out of their mufflers.
There's also Batman, weeknights at 7 and again at 7:30. What a
musical pedigree: Nelson Riddle doing incidental music, a Newman
(Lionel?) listed as music supervisor, and perhaps the most
unforgettable tv theme song ever, written by Neil Hefti (man! who
did the arrangement of this one? Oh those Hal Blaine cascades).
How come Hefti isn't more known than he is? Composer of the Batman
theme, the Odd Couple theme, Barefoot In The Park, Girls Talk, and
some of the utterly coolest Count Basie tracks from his "Atomic"
period. My 7-year-old son has just discovered this show, and I have
to tell you, it is the grooviest thing ever to see him watching
Batman with completely un-ironic eyes. "Hah! Dad! Commissioner
Gordon doesn't know Batman is Bruce Wayne!"
The Munsters are on at 9:30 pm, but right now I think they're still
showing the episodes with the earlier "wacky"-arrangement theme song.
Eventually, though, they'll get to the ones with the kickass
surf-guitar version.
There's also the Donna Reed show, but I don't think Shelley Fabares
or Paul Petersen ever sang on the show.
jack
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 09:50:55 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: The Orchids
Hi Kingsley,
I just got this album a few weeks ago, and yes was even more
than under-impressed, so much so that I didn't bother to listen
to the whole LP (how could I when I had also gotten Michael
Lloyd's Friends LP from 1973, and the Johnny Cymbal/Peggy
Clinger LP at the same time and those are great LPs!!).... but
now I will dig the Orchids out to check out this tune you
mention. The Orchids had some singles too, mostly taken from the
one lp, but there was one pre-album single on the Mystery label
with these tracks (I don't have it):
Artist: The Orchids
itle: Get Out Of My Life, If Boys Got Pregnant b/w Teenage Babylon,
Just A Photograph
Some great looking titles....
Patrick
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 11:21:27 -0400
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: The Rondelles
I too recommend the Rondelles, who I knew and worked with when the
band and I both lived in Albuquerque (they're in Washington DC now
and I'm in Boston) -- anyone who looks back with fondness on bands
like the Rezillos and the B-52s should enjoy them.
S
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 11:34:25 -0700
From: Lou Bova
Subject: Re: Grace Of My Heart
Just a quick note on David Baerwald:
David was not part of Tears For Fears but in fact appeared on the
international scene as David & David (the other David being David
Ricketts) with the release of "Boomtown" on A&M Records back in 1986.
Critically loved but since FM radio was dead at this point they never
were given the opportunity to have a wide audience find them. Today's
Wilco audience would love this album as well as David Baerwald's 2
solo A&M releases , "Bedtime Stories" (which was produced by Larry
Klein) and the powerful album " Triage".
"Grace Of My Heart" isn't David's only soundtrack accomplishment. He
was also responsible for the loungy-jazz tinged music to the edgy
1999 film "Hurly Burly". You can also credit David as an instrumental
part of Sheryl Crow career. Her first album "Tuesday Night Music Club"
developed out of David's regular Tuesday night music jams in L.A.,
hence the title of her album, with a variety of musical friends around
the early '90s. There's an interesting story concerning the song
"Leaving Las Vegas" which Ms. Crow has taken far too much credit for.
Check out this link to read David's 1996 L.A. Weekly interview which
discusses his relationship with the late John 'O Brien (author of the
book and later the film "Leaving Las Vegas").
http://www.dbinfosource.com/mags/lasvegas.htm
David has a new album coming out in July on Lost Highway Records (the
Island/Mercury affiliated label that released "O Brother, Where Art
Thou") called " Here Comes The New Folk Underground".
Lou Bova
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:15:39 +0000
From: Don Charles
Subject: Re: Lesley Gore / The Drifters
When I first started collecting Brill Building music about 20 years
ago, I quickly discovered that two excellent introductions to the
work of songwriters like Goffin/King, Mann/Weil, Barkan/Raleigh and
Barry/Greenwich were the albums of Lesley Gore and The Drifters.
Just about EVERY songwriter of importance wrote for them . . . you
can even find a Mike Post song in Lesley's catalog ("No Matter What
You Do")! It's just amazing. And with flawless production by Leiber
and Stoller and Quincy Jones, you can't lose. These are the records
to immediately pull out and listen to again when you find yourself
beginning to succumb to the lure(???) of hip-hop, rap and
"alternative" rock. It vexes me much that Mercury has never seen fit
to reissue Lesley's albums domestically. Ditto for Atlantic and The
Drifters (though Collectables has recently stepped into the breach).
When it comes to pop standards of the latter 20th century, these LPs
are indispensable treasures. Anybody on this list who doesn't own a
complete set of original Drifters and Lesley Gore albums needs to
make up for lost time, and fast, too . . . they get rarer and more
expensive all the time!
Stuffed Animal
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 09:30:27 -0700
From: Ken Levine
Subject: Re: Margo Guryan covers
Here is a list of Margo Guryan covers that she provided for me.
She omitted the Bobby Sherman song. I'm sensing she's not too
fond of it.
Ken
Astrud Gilberto -- "Think of Rain"
Jackie DeShannon -- "Think of Rain"
The Split Level -- "Think of Rain"
Spanky and Our Gang -- "Sunday Morning"
Oliver -- "Sunday Morning"
Baja Marimba Band -- "Sunday Morning"
Sue Raney -- "Sunday Morning"
Dick Wellstood -- "Sunday Morning"
Richard "Groove" Holmes -- "Sunday Morning"
Carmen McRae -- "Don't Go Away," "Can You Tell"
Cass Elliott -- "I Think a Lot About You"
Julie London -- "Sunday Morning"
Julie London -- "Come To Me Slowly"
Samantha Jones -- "Come To Me Slowly"
Rita Moss -- "Come To Me Slowly"
Claudine Longet -- "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You"
Claudine Longet -- "Think of Rain"
St. Etienne -- "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You"
Lennon Sisters -- "I Love"
Glen Campbell and Bobby Gentry -- "Sunday Morning"
Miriam Makeba -- "Four Letter Words"
Harry Belafonte -- "On My Way to Saturday"
Leon Bibb -- "On My Way to Saturday"
Chris Connor -- "Moon Ride"
Chris Connor -- "Lonely Woman" (lyric & some music - with Ornette Coleman)
Pat Thomas -- "To Welcome the Day" (lyric - with Ornette Coleman)
Malcolm McNeill -- "To Welcome the Day")
Freda Payne -- "Lonely Woman"
Anita O'Day -- "I Want to Sing a Song" (lyric - with Gary McFarland)
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:36:21 -0600
From: Rex Strother
Subject: Re: Grace of My Heart
I rented this movie because of the Brill Building theme and nearly
jumped out of my chair when a scene came on with my aunts' recording
"Bermuda" blaring from a small 45 player. Later, I found out the
Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach collaboration on the song "God Give Me
Strength" in the film led to the two songwriters doing the recent
"Painted from Memory" album together, which is stunning - highly
recommended.
I later met Allison Anders, the director of the film, and she treated
me to a rarity - an autographed copy of the soundtrack CD which
features the song "Man from Mars" sung not by the lead voice actress,
but by the song's composer - Joni Mitchell (which version was not
meant for release).
By the way, I think all will appreciate that I quickly learned that
my aunts did not receive their half of the film licensing fee for
"Bermuda" - and I had to hound RCA/BMG for months to pay them the
$5,000 owing. Jeez, it never ends.
Rex Strother
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:36:49 +0000
From: Don Charles
Subject: Thoroughly Modern Millie
I'm extremely happy that "Millie" has won the Tony award for best
Broadway musical of 2002. I can't wait to see it myself, and I
hope it brings some much-deserved attention to the original 1967
movie starring Julie Andrews, Carol Channing, Beatrice Lillie and
Mary Tyler Moore. I swear, you'd think they tried to fashion a film
with irresistible appeal to gay men . . . it couldn't have more of
a lavender sensibility if it'd had a cameo appearance by Judy Garland!
Stuffed Animal
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:56:33 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: TV alert
Jack Madani:
> There's also the Donna Reed show, but I don't think Shelley
> Fabares or Paul Petersen ever sang on the show.
>>>>>>>>Yes, they did.
In one episode, Shelly sings "Johnny Angel". In another, Paul
Peterson sings "My Dad". And Carl Benz actually cries in that
episode.
Mikey
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Message: 17
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:56:11 -0700
From: Ken Levine
Subject: Shelley Fabares
Shelley did sing "Johnny Angel" on an episode of The Donna Reeed Show.
I think at her prom. Also James Darren sang "Goodbye Cruel World" on
the DR show, inexplicably singing it while driving a car. I imagine Paul
Peterson did "My Dad" or "She Can't Find Her Keys" but I had homework
those nights.
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Message: 18
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:09:35 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: TV alert
Jack Madani wrote:
> TVland has some marvelous shows in its current lineup, music
> wise. Batman, weeknights at 7 and again at 7:30. There's also
> the Donna Reed show, but I don't think Shelley Fabares or Paul
> Petersen ever sang on the show.
Hi Jack,
Suffice to say, that Lesley Gore performed on both Batman
(as Pussycat!!!!) and The Donna Reed Shows - well worth the
watch....
:Patrick
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Message: 19
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:17:45 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: Lesley Gore / The Drifters
Hi Don,
That is exactly what I have done - dug up the Lesley Gore
vaults and opted out from modern alternative schlock. You can
get the Bear Family Box Set by Lesley Gore, well worth every
single penny, to get every single note she put out on Mercury
Records, what a way to support an incredible record label AND
an incredible lady....
Here's a poll which I think no one will answer though and is
even more sad to me:
Who wants the Lesley Gore "Bob Crewe Label" singles re-released
on CD???? These are excellent, and actually avante-garde as all
heck.....
And Who Wants her two excellent 1970s LPs (Love Me By Name -
produced by Quincy Jones and Someplace Else Now on MoWest) re-
Released on CD????
My Answer: I Do and NOW!!
:Patrick
P.S. Also love them Drifters - incredible songs incredible voices :)
P.P.S OK, the Bear Family box doesn't have every note recorded for
Mercury but its damn close.
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Message: 20
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:54:09 +0200
From: Antonio Vizcarra
Subject: Gary Lewis
Hi everybody
I recently bought a Gary Lewis single called "Peace of Mind" from the early
70s and I was greatly surprised. This was a nice song similar in style to
the hits Gilbert O'Sullivan was releasing on those years.
I had always thought that after the album "I'm On The Right Road Now" Gary
Lewis had left the music business, but this record showed me he had released
a few more songs afterwards.
Has any of these songs been compiled on Cd?
I think that Gary Lewis recorded some really great albums in the sixties and
althought he may not be considered hip or cool by some record collectors he
certainly deserves a place among the greatests pop singers of the sixties.
Antonio.
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Message: 21
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:07:11 -0400
From: Vlaovic B
Subject: Canadian Girl Groups!
A subject that I would find endlessly fascinating! I recall visiting
a Ye Ye Girls site a year or so ago and they listed a number of
Francophone girl acts, including two: Les Beatlettes and The Gallant
Sisters which were both listed as Canadian. I wonder if The Gallant
Sisters included one Patsy Gallant of latter 70s fame (cheesey disco
diva)....? I'd also suggest looking at the CHUM radio top 50 listings
which are archived in their entirety at http://www.1050chum.com ...
endlessly interesting stuff.
Possibly our proximity to the states inhibited the development of our
own home-grown girls. Interestingly (if the CHum charts are any
indication) girl groups were exceptionally popular north of the 49th.
With the exception of Motown girl groups, which may have indeed been
distribution problems. But acts like The Goodees, Shirley Matthews,
(both top 10 actually), Candy and The Kisses, Vernons Girls, Tracey
Dey all went top 40 in the Toronto market. The Chiffons had a top ten
as late as 1968, The Chantels 'Maybe' went all the way to #1, Gore's
'Sometimes I wish I were a Boy' went top 40
Curious indeed!
Holy Gone!@ I just went to look at the Chum site only to be greeted
with the following message.....
"1050CHUM.COM has permanently gone off-line."
We'd like to thank all of the people who have put so much into the
creation and maintenance of 1050CHUM.COM. We'd also like to thank you
for your loyalty to 1050 CHUM over the years.
1050CHUM.COM is gone, but never forgotten. We may be back one day but
until then...The loss of invaluable resource!
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Message: 22
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:26:29 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Gary Lewis
Antonio Vizcarra
> I had always thought that after the album "I'm On The Right Road Now"
> Gary Lewis had left the music business, but this record showed me he
> had released a few more songs afterwards.
>>>He did, in fact he did a whole bunch of them for small labels, I think
one on Bell, also. They've never been compiled on CD because they werent
even close to being hits, altho some of the songs are quite nice.
People forget that Gary Lewis had 10 top 40 hits and 15 chart records total,
that's as good as many of the British Invasion bands, and better than most
of them. Yet you never hear Gary's name mentioned among the 60s great acts,
which is wrong. So he did bubblegum Pop stuff, so what? is that any less
important than R&B? I guess the "critics" think so.
I played on the same bill as Gary with his new Playboys in the early 90s.
I got to talk with him before he went to dinner (with his aunt!) and he
was an incredibly nice guy. He's basically happy that he can play music
for a living which is what he always wanted to do. He loves his hit records
and is glad to sing them for the audiences. I hope he quits smoking and gets
his voice back because I think the world needs a new Gary Lewis record, sort
of return to the innocence of his original hits and a much happier time in
general.
So, "Count Me In" on that!!
Your Friend,
Mikey
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Message: 23
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 14:46:10 -0500
From: Justin McDevitt
Subject: Donna Reed Show
Hello,
Jack Madani's posting to Spectropop highlighting some of the current
programs on the TVland channel brought back memories of watching the
Donna Reed show when it aired on ABC TV from the late 1950's to the
mid-60's.
Jack, I do recall three Donna Reed episodes in which both Paul Peterson
and Shelley Fabares sang and launched specific songs which subsequently
were played on AM radio. The first episode, (Sept-Oct 1961 featured Paul
Peterson singing "She Can't Find Her Keys". I recall an episode, July/August
of 1962, (a summer rerun) in which Shelley Fabares sang "Johnny Angel".
In the episode Mary Stone, (Shelley) was going off to college, the event
which I believe marked the end of her tenure on the Donna Reed show.
Finally, I saw the episode, (Sept-Oct 1962) in which Paul Peterson sang
"My Dad" to this TV dad, Carl Bets, a favorite song of mine from this era.
I subsequently heard the song on AM radio in late October-early November
of 1962, a welcome distraction from the events of the Cuban missile crisis.
What great memories!
Justin McDevitt
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Message: 24
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:19:08 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: Canadian Girl Groups!
Last Fall I collected a handful of 60s Canadian groups which
had been reissued on CD. Amongst these was an all girl
collection called Les Groupes Filles de Jeunesse, and also one
of these groups got the spotlight treatment on a single disc of
their own called Les Milady's. I would recemmend both the Les
Milady's disc and the Les Groupes Filles de Jeunesse collection.
This site has all sorts of cd reissues, sound samples etc.
http://www.disquesmerite.com/
Les Milady's
http://www.disquesmerite.com/htm/fiche.asp?NumArtiste=056
Les Groupes Filles de Jeunesse
including Les Beatlettes, Les Coquettes, Les Milady's, Les
Intrigantes, Les Ingénues, Del Campo Twins, Les Planètes, Les
Minous Blancs, Les Québécoises, Les Bises, Five Bells
http://www.disquesmerite.com/HTM/fiche.asp?NumArtiste=182
A Complete list of singers, the music is more hit or miss:
http://www.disquesmerite.com/HTM/rubrique.asp?Rub=2
:Patrick
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Message: 25
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:57:38 -0000
From: Donna
Subject: Re: Lesley Gore / The Drifters
Patrick Rands:
> Here's a poll which I think no one will answer though and is
> even more sad to me:
> Who wants the Lesley Gore "Bob Crewe Label" singles re-released
> on CD???? And Who Wants her two excellent 1970s LPs (Love Me By Name -
> produced by Quincy Jones and Someplace Else Now on MoWest) re-
> Released on CD????
Patrick, As you can see, I've finally succeeded at joining the group!
And the answer is "YES!" to both of your questions. As Smokey would
say, "I second that emotion."
Donna
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