Spectropop - Digest Number 551

• From: Spectropop Group
• Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002

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                        Jamie LePage (1953-2002)
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There are 16 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. Love Generation
           From: Paul 
      2. Hanky Panky
           From: John Rausch 
      3. Re:Merry-Go-Round
           From: tymespan 
      4. Re: Voola !
           From: Mike rashkow 
      5. Minuteman records
           From: masterswng@aol.com
      6. Sunshine, Orange Skies & other things
           From: Bobster 
      7. Merry-Go-Round/Stones
           From: Dave Swanson 
      8. Minuteman Records
           From: Mike Rashkow 
      9. The Tokens Exposed!
           From: Stefan Wriedt 
     10. Re: Archie Comics
           From: Roger Smith 
     11. Re: Merry-Go-Round
           From: Lou Bova 
     12. Re: Merry-Go-Round
           From: Laura 
     13. Re: The Tokens Exposed!
           From: Stephen Popkin 
     14. Re: chiffons
           From: David Bell 
     15. Grass Roots!!!
           From: Alan Gordon 
     16. Re: Maggie Stredder
           From: Carole Gibson 


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Message: 1
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:04:52 -0000
   From: Paul 
Subject: Love Generation

I also disagree that they are sub-par.  I love this CD, full 
of great tracks; "You","Not Be Found", "Love In Me", "Leaves 
Go Grey", "Magic Land", "Love Is A Rainy Sunday".  There are 
quite a few fillers but they still sound great so who cares,
those boys could SING & Tommy Oliver's production is wonderful.

Paul R




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Message: 2
   Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:25:43 -0400
   From: John Rausch 
Subject: Hanky Panky

Can any Poppers give some details on a disc by the Summits on 
Rust doing the Barry/Greenwich song "Hanky Panky"?  I've seen 
it in an auction and was interested in its worthiness to my 
collection.  I have heard of it but never actually HEARD it. 
So, relying on  someone to "spill the beans".

Thanks,
John Rausch





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Message: 3
   Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:43:45 EDT
   From: tymespan 
Subject: Re:Merry-Go-Round

The Merry Go Round LP was reissued in Japan (with no bonus 
tracks), but is currently out of print.  Emitt Rhodes' LPs 
"The American Dream" & his 1st Dunhill LP are both in print 
in Japan and "Mirror" & "Farewell To Paradise" are due in August. 
Unfortunately no bonus tracks.





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Message: 4
   Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:42:47 EDT
   From: Mike rashkow 
Subject: Re: Voola !

Simon writes:
> "Esquerita And The Voola"  has to be heard to be believed!

I'll check it out.  A madman for sure!

Rashkowsky




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Message: 5
   Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:55:23 EDT
   From: masterswng@aol.com
Subject: Minuteman records

Ian wrote:
> .....Minuteman label listing.....Jean's record was issued 
> in '67....the label's first release was in fact by Don: 
> "Turn Her Around"/"Do You Wanna Know", in '66.  
> It seems the label only had ten releases, but some others sound 
> interesting, e.g. Aleta Diehl, "He's A Character"/"Jimmy Love", 
> and the Cadalinas, "Bad Girl"/"Back In Town".  Does anybody know 
> these records?  Recommended?

Sorry, I know nothing.  But thanks for the additional info--always 
interesting.

Rashkovsky





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Message: 6
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 02:05:39 -0000
   From: Bobster 
Subject: Sunshine, Orange Skies & other things

Love Generation vs Sunshine Company?  Both terrific. LG delicately 
toes the line between MOR a la Claudine Longet and psych/folk.  
SC may have had a somewhat wider following - they're more like 
Peter, Paul & Mary on amphetamines or something.  

I felt privileged indeed to get a response from Phil Margo to 
my gushing complimentary E-mail.  It took well over a month but 
it was worth the wait.  He apologetically informed me that Hank 
Medress is "a non-player, so much for that", but he and Mitch are 
in constant communication with Jay Siegel.  What a kick that was!  

Bill Corelle of Teddy & the Pandas corresponded several times.  
Guess it all depends on who and when.  Strangely enough, never 
heard from the Del-Vetts, who were just as big here in Chicago as 
Teddy & the Pandas were in Boston. (Bill C is a Cubs fan; that might 
be why!!)

Wish I could have been there for Arthur Lee & Love!!  (Feel your 
heart beating/Yum bum bum bum......)  INDEED!!!  

Bobster




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Message: 7
   Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:07:02 -0500
   From: Dave Swanson 
Subject: Merry-Go-Round/Stones

Yeah...where the hell is The Merry-Go-Round Anthology??  
An underrated band if ever there was one.  Fantastic stuff! 
All their recordings could easily fit on a single disc.  
Sundazed?  Rhino?  Anyone?

On another topic...
I beg to differ on the Stones remasters.  I also heard that same 
sampler, and while it is an improvment on the initial cd's, it 
still lacks the sound (soul) of the original LPs! A-B "Monkey Man" 
with the new remaster and the original LP. The bass is rounder 
and fuller on the LP and when the band kicks in, once again the 
vinyl packs more crack in the whip.  The other, maybe obvious, 
complaint is that there are no bonus tracks, no deluxe packaging, 
and they are stereo?  Anyone with any ear whatsoever can attest 
that the early Stones LPs in MONO are the only way to go.  The 
other question is, when the hell did everyone become a goddamned 
audiophile? CDs, Super Audio, DVD Audio?!?  Does anyone who is 
deeply into this crap even like the music?  I think not.  If the 
major labels think everyone is going to switch over to Super Audio 
or DVD Audio and re-re-buy all their favorite records...well....
they may be right.  Consumers are nuts and the majors know that - 
however, consumers are getting fed up with the endless re-mastering 
of titles that have already been "upgraded" within the last few 
years.  Where will it all end?  Some CDs do sound amazing - the CCR 
remasters for example - but usually, they still don't match up to 
the dear old LP.  I can't wait for the forthcoming Deluxe Ultra 
Master Super Surround Sound Extra Plus CD format.  It's supposed 
to sound like you are right there inside the speaker in the control 
booth...you actually become a tweeter (or perhaps a Woofer in 
Tweeters clothing - God bless the Mael brothers).  Yeah, that'll be 
the ultimate.  Till they come up with another format that is.

DSZILCH

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Message: 8
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:23:45 -0000
   From: Mike Rashkow 
Subject: Minuteman Records

Ian wrote:
> .....Minuteman label listing.....Jean's record was issued 
> in '67....the label's first release was in fact by Don: 
> "Turn Her Around"/"Do You Wanna Know", in '66. 
> It seems the label only had ten releases, but some others sound 
> interesting, e.g. Aleta Diehl, "He's A Character"/"Jimmy Love", 
> and the Cadalinas, "Bad Girl"/"Back In Town". Does anybody know 
> these records? Recommended?

Sorry, I know nothing. But thanks for the additional info--always 
interesting.

Rashkovsky




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Message: 9
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:36:23 +0200
   From: Stefan Wriedt 
Subject: The Tokens Exposed!

A note (almost) directly from Bear Family.  As of today, 
(30th July 2002), The Tokens box set is shelved because there's 
no way to sell any good number of copies after Collectables 
will put out these "2 albums on 1 CD" things.

Sorry for the bad news!

Stefan


Leonardo Flores wrote:
> RCA Reissues: Phil told me that much of Tokens RCA catalog is going
> to finally be released on the Bear Family label out of Germany - so
> I know it's going to be good!




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Message: 10
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:27:22 -0400
   From: Roger Smith 
Subject: Re: Archie Comics

> Laura, I'm on a group of old-time radio fans, and one of the
> other members is the guy who played Jughead on the radio
> version of Archie, back in the late 40's/early 50's.  His name
> is Hal Stone and he's quite a character.  I'm sure he'd love to
> hear from Archie fans. Contact me offlist for his email address.
> (By the way, Archie on that show was played by Bob Hastings,
> who later played Lt. Elroy Carpenter on McHale's Navy, and
> Betty was played by Rosemary Rice.  All three of these folks
> still appear at old-time-radio conventions around the country).

Straying a bit from the topic ... a couple of years ago an issue 
of "Jughead" comics included a story where Jughead makes up a 
bedtime fable to tell a little girl.  In the fable, Jughead visits 
the land of the "Hairyheads."  Some of us who are fans of Harry 
Nilsson have adopted the label "Harryheads."  The story Jughead 
tells is filled with references to Nilsson ("I'll do it on Monday", 
the Hairyheads wear bathrobes, Arrow from "The Point!" makes a 
cameo, etc).

Craig Boldman who wrote the script for the issue is, obviously, 
a fan of Nilsson.  He's also a Beatles fan and he and artist 
Henry Scarpelli will sometimes include a subtle or not-so-subtle 
Beatles reference in the "Archive" daily comic strip they create.

Roger
http://www.harrynilsson.com/

P.S. ... I "discovered" Spectropop when doing some research on 
the "New Nilsson Songs" album.  The article about it in the 
Spectropop archives has more info about the LP than any other 
source I found.  Thanks!



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Message: 11
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:22:12 -0700
   From: Lou Bova 
Subject: Re: Merry-Go-Round

Where does one find most interesting pop CDs released?... 
that's right Japan.

I obtained a copy of Merry-Go-Round's "You're A Very Lovely 
Woman - Live"(POCM -2015) Cd back in 1995. It was released by 
Polydor K.K. (Japan) as part of their A & M Nice Price 1800 
series (1800 yen). As usual, these type of titles are deleted 
in Japan almost at the time of issue.
The only other place I've found Merry-Go-Round material was 
on the Varese Sarabande release "Listen, Listen - The Best Of 
Emitt Rhodes" (VSD-5591). This release contained 5 Merry-Go-
Round songs including the single version of "Time Will Show 
The Wiser" as well as "Listen, Listen" & "She Laughed Loud" 
from the deleted Rhino "Best Of ..." This release is rounded 
out with 14 songs from Emitt's solo gems ("Emitt Rhodes" to 
"Farewell To Paradise"), "Tame The Lion" (1972 Dunhill single) 
and "Isn't It So" (1980 unreleased).

Maybe if enough people who are interested in Merry-Go-Round 
drop a line on Rhino they may consider releasing a CD via 
Rhino Handmade or that new label started by either Richard Foos 
or Harold Bronson (I can't remember which one of those guys is 
doing it). Since they put out "The Best Of..." way back when, 
I've got to assume someone at Rhino has a soft spot for 
Merry-Go-Round!

Lou Bova



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Message: 12
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:53:03 +0000
   From: Laura 
Subject: Re: Merry-Go-Round

The Merry-Go-Round CD was available as a Japanese import
about 5 or so years ago. 

Also, Amazon is selling the American Dream CD.

Laura





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Message: 13
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:55:38 -0400
   From: Stephen Popkin 
Subject: Re: The Tokens Exposed!

Stefan:
> A note (almost) directly from Bear Family.  As of today,
> (30th July 2002), The Tokens box set is shelved because there's
> no way to sell any good number of copies after Collectables
> will put out these "2 albums on 1 CD" things.

Which LPs are Collectables doing?



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Message: 14
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:55:59 EDT
   From: David Bell 
Subject: Re: chiffons

Well, I have the virgin vinyl, a never played Chiffons LP on
BT Puppy from Australia. Now who has the energy and wherewithal 
to get it released?

David.

P.S. I received my Dusty magazine today and was surprised to read 
that Maggie Stredder has written an autobiography. Did you know 
about this? Where can I get hold of a copy?



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Message: 15
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:44:43 -0700
   From: Alan Gordon 
Subject: Grass Roots!!!

Hey Glennnn (and all Grass Roots fans):

Thanx for all the information on the Roots.  I am a huge fan of 
their work... all incarnations.  It's amazing to me that after 
their initial "explosion" onto the rock scene as the Sloan-Barri 
studio band, that the guys in that "second band" had what it took 
to write, "belt-out," and record some really tasty material.  I 
remember waiting in my family's '67 Rambler station wagon in the 
parking lot of their favorite restaurant on a rocky beach in foggy 
Pacifica (just 15 minutes south of scenic San Francisco [spoken in 
late '60's dj voice]) listening to "Temptation Eyes" for the first 
time, on the car stereo, while waiting for my folks to finish their 
coffee.  Whew.  It was my senior year and I was madly in love with 
at least 3 girls that I don't think I ever even spoke to in high 
school... and that song still makes me a little weak with that 
feeling of pubescent breathless new-love.  I was thinking that, in 
my case, the pubescent "wonder" lasted a bit longer than it did with 
most of my friends, but now I realize, it never even leveled-off at 
all after puberty.  Must be the junk food.

I've read everything that I can on these talented fellas and I'm 
still confused, so it's great that you are working up a thoughtful 
and informative website on the guys.

As an aside:  The "Where Were Your When I Needed 'Ya'" album on 
Varese is great.  Lotsa bonus tracks and two pages of very small 
type, single spaced "misinformation" (kidding) on this album and 
the group.

best dishes,

albabe

PS:  One more aside:  Now that you're doing this ultimate site 
on the Grass Roots, all I need to satiate my life's needs (kidding 
again... I'm not that shallow... or easy, for that matter... I hope) 
is a good site on the Lovin' Spoonful.  All I can find is a pathetic 
one for John Sebastian that barely mentions the Spoonful and has a 
terrible discography, and an "official" Spoonful site that is more 
about the other guys in the band and their touring, than about the 
major musical force of the Spoonful (no offense to the other guys, 
especially the great guitar playing of Zal).



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Message: 16
   Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:11:22 +0100
   From: Carole Gibson 
Subject: Re: Maggie Stredder

Re: Maggie Stredder's biography.  I didn't get my Dusty Bulletin 
today, but if the book is 'The Girl With The Glasses', I got it at 
a show Maggie did with the Vernons last year and she also brought 
along some copies to Dusty Day in April.  I doubt if it's available 
in the shops but there is an address on the back of the book.  
It's Showbiz Publications, PO Box 692A, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8DZ.  
I should add that it's not a long book, just over a hundred
pages.

Carole x





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