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There are 11 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Need some clarification
From: Mikey
2. Re: Pet en français
From: Stewart Mason
3. Re: Pet en français
From: Dubois
4. New Ivy covers album
From: Patrick Rands
5. Re: Summer Winds
From: Bob Rashkow
6. Re: Tony Burrows
From: Norman
7. Re: Sundowners
From: Hans Ket
8. Re: Summer Winds
From: Den Lindquist
9. 60s covers...
From: Ken Levine
10. Re: Death of Radio
From: Will George
11. Re: Gold Star Acetate Found - Chuck Barris Syndicate
From: inspiracy1
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:38:01 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Need some clarification
Norman:
> I need someone who knows to tell me who sang the vocals on
> "It's Up To You Petulia" / "Let's Make It Up" by Edison...
> ....I have never been satisfied that it was Tony Burrows.
Why not? It sounds exactly like Tony Burrows and his name is
on the session documentation. Why wouldn't you think it was him?
Your Friend,
Mikey
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:39:11 -0400
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: Pet en français
Phil Chapman wrote:
>I guess Antonio has got it right? Petula was/is very prolific
>en français.
If I'm not mistaken, Petula lived in Paris during her biggest
hitmaking years. Vogue has released a seven-volume series
called ANTHOLOGIE that covers her Francophone sides from the
late '50s to the early '70s, and it's absolutely essential
listening for any fan of Petula and/or French pop. I think
her French songs are at least the equal of her English-language
material.
Stewart
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:42:34 +0200
From: Dubois
Subject: Re: Pet en français
Stewart Mason:
> I think her [Petula Clark's] French songs are at least
> the equal of her English-language material.
Yep
Her Gainsbourg song La Gadoue + Oh Oh Sherrif are great
did you listen to that?
Petula in the 70's was massive in France and a reccurent
guest on Sacha Distel Shows-
JEd :-)
http://www.euro-visions.net
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:49:39 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: New Ivy covers album
I'm a big fan of the band Ivy and they have a new album out of all
cover tunes called Guestroom - they do a fine version of Be My Baby
amongst other things.
http://thebandivy.com/news/
:Patrick
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:58:53 -0400
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Re: Summer Winds
Hey gang, haven't posted too much lately due to a busted modem at
home, but have been following the threads. So happy that I'm not
the only person in the universe who loves "Ashes To Ashes" (The
Mindbenders). Tinks, the Boettcher tune "Another Time" you have
by The Summer Winds is PROBABLY same as recorded by Sagittarius.
Their recording is quite possibly IMHO one of the loveliest pop
records that came out of late 6Ts. Is this the one?....."you'll
see a sky that beckons you to try your wings at last, but another
time has come, another time has passed...." Absolutely poetry!
Keep those groovy posts coming in, all!
Bobster
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:40:51 +0930
From: Norman
Subject: Re: Tony Burrows
Thank you Mikey,
You say his name is on the session documentation...
that is good enough for me.
I will going into our local community station in a couple of weeks
to run a few records past the morning audience. The theme I wanted
to follow was Tony Burrows with a few things thrown in from the
side lines such as Greenaway-Cook, Carter-Lewis and even Benny
Hill's Harvest of Love.
I will be starting off with the Kestrels and working my way through
to the 1970s with White Plains, Edison Lighthouse, Pipkins etc.
Most Spectroppers may realise that at the time Tony Burrows had
those hits in the early 1970s only Love Grows was a hit in
Australia. There was a record ban (of the Boston Tea Party type) on
British records. Most of his hits were covered successfully by local
groups. The only exception being The Joe Jefferies Group (My Baby
Loves Lovin') who hail from Ohio, I think.
Any info on Tony Burrows etc., would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Norman
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 23:20:37 +0200
From: Hans Ket
Subject: Re: Sundowners
> the second one is the sundowners "dear undecided" c/w "always
> you" on decca. I've always wondered about who the Sundowners
> REALLY were.
I've a copy of the Sundowners Decca album "Captain Nemo". The
bandmembers mentioned on the cover (and photographed) are:
Domenick DeMieri, George Bianchi, Benny Grammatico, Bobby Dick,
Eddie Placidi en Eddie Brick. The album is produced by Domenick
DeMieri & Charles Bud Dant. The tracks on the album are indeed
heavenly influenced by britisch groups like the Hollies &
Beatles, but they didn't forget u.s. groups like the Byrds as
well. I've no release date of the album but it seems a pre Sgt.
Pepper affair. The album doesn't sound like a concept album, and
to me it's more a collection of 11 (for the biggest part very
good) songs (including "dear undecided" c/w "always you"). Sadly
there are no writers credits on the label. They really put their
soul in it. I've associated the album more as a "Rubber Soul" the
a "Sgt. Pepper".
Hans Ket
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:22:09 -0400
From: Den Lindquist
Subject: Re: Summer Winds
Bobster:
> Tinks, the Boettcher tune "Another Time" you have by The
> Summer Winds is PROBABLY same as recorded by Sagittarius.
The Summer Winds version of "Another Time" (Metromedia 131)
is indeed the Boettcher tune. While decent, it doesn't come
close to the Sagittarius masterpiece. I can post it to musica,
if anyone wants to judge for themselves.
Den.
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:44:38 -0700
From: Ken Levine
Subject: 60s covers...
One of the best 60s cover artists is Lisa Mychols.
Check out Lost Winter Dreams.
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:59:03 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: Death of Radio
Mary S.
> One of the few exceptions
> to all of this is the great young singer, Charlotte Church,
> who does a lot of classical-type singing.
Ack! Mention her name to any real classical singer, and
you'll get the same reaction from them as you just had to
the "whisper" singers.
I rarely listen to radio any more because there is very
little music played on the radio that I like. I buy tons
of new CDs every year, and enjoy many different styles of
music, but most of it doesn't get any airplay. There is one
NPR station in NYC that is bearable, but even they seem to
have a pretty tight playlist. I truly believe that if radio
stations began playing more new music, the public would come
around. There is more out there than Britney Spears and 'N Sync,
but nobody gets an opportunity to hear them!
Bill
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:09:22 -0000
From: inspiracy1
Subject: Re: Gold Star Acetate Found - Chuck Barris Syndicate
Leonardo Flores wrote:
> ... behold I find a yellow and Black "Gold Star" Acetate
> by a group called the Chuck Barris Syndicate. The song is
> called "Baja California" with a B-side song with an
> unknown title.
The B-side of "Baja California" (Dot 17137, 1968) was entitled
"Donnie" but it is not a composition credited to Mr. Barris.
I wrote about it briefly in my webzine
(http://www.inspiracy.com/ep/ep16.html) but I wasn't able to
discover why he selected this particular song.
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