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There are 15 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Jackie DeShannon / Pleasure Seekers
From: Bill George
2. Folk Rock: new book
From: Will George
3. Re: TIME / BRENT / SHAD
From: "Mick Patrick"
4. Re: The Montage
From: Mark Frumento
5. Re: Suzi Quatro / Pleasure Seekers
From: Richard Tearle
6. Re: Pleasure Seekers
From: Phil Milstein
7. Re; The Pandoras
From: Ian Slater
8. Re: All-Girl Bands
From: Don Charles Hampton
9. Re: The Montage
From: Michael Coxe
10. Beach Boys Radio Show
From: Paul MacArthur
11. Marshall Leib R.I.P.
From: Spectropop
12. Re: Jackie DeShannon / Ladybugs / Toni Wine
From: Peter Lerner
13. Re: Let's Dance (revisited); one more time
From: Peter Lerner
14. Kim Sisters
From: Ian Chapman
15. Re: Beach Boys Radio Show / Dancing Queens
From: James Botticelli
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 01:16:03 EDT
From: Bill George
Subject: Jackie DeShannon / Pleasure Seekers
Previously:
> There was the Pleasure Seekers out of Detroit. They were an
> all female garage rock group comprised of Suzi Quatro and
> her three sisters. Suzi had a minor hit on her own in the
> 70's, the glam inspired 48 Crash, and she achieved some
> degree of fame with her role as Leather Tuscadaro on Happy
> Days.
Of course, she also had a smash in the late 70s with Stumblin' In,
a duet with Smokie's Chris Norman. Do you have any of the Pleasure
Seekers music? If so, could you play something to musica?
This is a recent Jackie DeShannon interview for the Orange County
Weekly... http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/02/46/music-washburn.php
Bill
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 01:16:02 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Folk Rock: new book
I thought this would appeal to many people here. I've ordered mine,
but haven't received it yet, so I can't comment on it. But it seems
to be quite in-depth, well-researched, and inclusive.
Bill
TURN! TURN! TURN! NOW AVAILABLE
"Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution," written by Richie
Unterberger, has just been published by Backbeat Books. This 300-page
book ($19.95) is the first volume of the first comprehensive history
of one of the greatest movements in rock music, drawing on first-hand
interviews with more than 100 musicians, producers, managers, and
journalists (see full list at the end of this message). An epic
history of the entire style as it evolved throughout the 1960s, this
first volume follows folk-rock's growth chronologically from the
streets of Greenwich Village at the dawn of the decade and the
electrification of folk music by the Byrds, Bob Dylan, and others
through mid-1966, when the Byrds were taking folk-rock into
psychedelia and Bob Dylan dramatically vanished from the public eye
following his motorcycle accident. The innovations of the giants and
the contributions of lesser-known heroes are thoroughly detailed, as
well as the labels, producers, session musicians, managers, and fans
that helped made the music happen. The sequel to "Turn! Turn! Turn!,"
"Eight Miles High," will cover folk-rock from mid-1966 through 1970,
and will be published by Backbeat in 2003.
The merging of folk, rock, and the changing social climate led to a
musical and cultural revolution that was the most exciting in twentieth
century popular music. This is its definitive story, weaving together
lively description, critical analysis, and stories from the people who
made it happen, including photos and a critical discography.
Richie Unterberger is the author of the acclaimed "Unknown Legends of
Rock'n'Roll" (Backbeat Books, 1998) and "Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring
Strangers: Overlooked Innovators & Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock"
(Backbeat Books, 2000), both of which contained in-depth profiles of the
most interesting overlooked cult rock artists of all time, in all cases
including first-hand interview material with the artists themselves
and/or their close associates.
For additional information regarding "Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-
Rock Revolution" or to send questions or comments about the book, email
Richie Unterberger at richie@richieunterberger.com. You can also visit
his website at http://www.richieunterberger.com to view complete
transcripts of his interviews with folk-rock and cult rock musicians
from the past few years; sample excerpts of chapters from his books;
links to other websites of interest to folk-rock, cult rock and '60s
rock enthusiasts; and updates on his current and future projects.
PEOPLE INTERVIEWED FOR "TURN! TURN! TURN!" AND "EIGHT MILES HIGH":
Roger McGuinn (the Byrds), John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful), Donovan,
Judy Collins, Denny Doherty (the Mamas & the Papas), Chris Hillman (the
Byrds/the Flying Burrito Brothers), Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield/
Poco), Jac Holzman (founder and president of Elektra Records), Arlo
Guthrie, Janis Ian, Pete Seeger, Iain Matthews (Fairport Convention),
Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary), Sylvia Tyson (of Ian & Sylvia), Robin
Williamson (the Incredible String Band), Ashley Hutchings (Fairport
Convention, Steeleye Span), Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Dave Pegg
(Fairport Convention), Bob Johnston (producer Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel,
Leonard Cohen, Dino Valenti), Joe Boyd (producer Fairport Convention/Nick
Drake/Sandy Denny/Incredible String Band), Erik Jacobsen (producer Lovin'
Spoonful, Tim Hardin, the Charlatans), Manfred Mann (discussing his covers
of Bob Dylan material), Barry McGuire, Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane),
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Lou Adler (producer the Mamas & the Papas/Barry
McGuire), Tim Rose, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, Bruce Langhorne (guitarist
sideman to Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, Richard & Mimi Farina, Richie Havens,
Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, Carolyn Hester, Buffy St. Marie), Jim Dickson
(producer/manager the Byrds/the Dillards/Hamilton Camp/the Flying Burrito
Brothers), John McNally (Searchers), Sal Valentino (Beau Brummels), Ron
Elliott (Beau Brummels), Eric Andersen, Howard Kaylan (Turtles), John
McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), Rodney Dillard (the Dillards), Dean Webb
(the Dillards), Ed Sanders (Fugs), Tuli Kupferberg (Fugs), Peter Stampfel
(Holy Modal Rounders), Mimi Farina, Carolyn Hester, Danny Thompson
(Pentangle bassist and sideman to many British folk-rockers), Dave Cousins
(the Strawbs), Shel Talmy (producer Pentangle and Roy Harper), John
Renbourn (the Pentangle), Judy Henske, Bob Lind, John Steel (the Animals),
Michael Ochs (Phil Ochs manager), Cyrus Faryar, Jerry Yester, Larry Beckett
(songwriting partner of Tim Buckley), Jim Pons (the Leaves, the Turtles),
Dan Hicks (the Charlatans, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks), Al Kooper, Larry
Murray (Hearts & Flowers), Banana Levinger (the Youngbloods), Steve Boone
(the Lovin' Spoonful), John Forsha (sideman Fred Neil/Tim Buckley), Gary
Marker (Rising Sons), Jesse Kincaid (Rising Sons), Chester Crill
(Kaleidoscope), Chris Darrow (Kaleidoscope), Billy James (early publicist
and/or manager Byrds, Jackson Browne, Pamela Polland/Gentle Soul, Gene
Clark, Rising Sons), Arthur Gorson (manager Phil Ochs/Tom Rush/David
Blue/Jim & Jean), Howard Solomon (owner Cafe Au Go Go in New York, manager
Fred Neil), Art D'Lugoff (owner Village Gate in New York City), Joe Marra
(owner Nite Owl cafe in NYC), Happy Traum, Pamela Polland (Gentle Soul,
early associate Browne/Buckley/Noonan), Carol Kaye (top L.A. '60s session
bassist, played many folk-rock dates), Peter Albin (Big Brother & the
Holding Company), Barry Melton (Country Joe & the Fish), David Freiberg
(Quicksilver Messenger Service), Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon, producer
Linda Ronstadt & James Taylor), Gordon Waller (Peter & Gordon), Jerry Jeff
Walker, Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine), Irwin Silber (editor Sing Out!
Magazine), Paul Williams (Crawdaddy founder and critic, not the singer),
Paul Nelson (critic for Sing Out/Little Sandy Review/Rolling Stone), Izzy
Young (proprietor of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, columnist
for Sing Out), Andrew Oldham (manager/producer the Rolling Stones/Marianne
Faithfull/the Poets), Frank Werber (producer/manager the Kingston Trio/the
We Five/Blackburn & Snow), Anna Chairetakis (head of Alan Lomax Archive and
daughter of Alan Lomax), Kenny Edwards (Linda Ronstadt & the Stone Poneys),
Ian Anderson (editor of Folk Roots magazine), Shawn Phillips, Geoff
Muldaur, Barry Tashian (about associations with Farinas and Gram Parsons),
Sherry Snow (of Blackburn & Snow), Charlie McCoy (Bob Dylan session
musician), D.A. Pennebaker (director of Bob Dylan concert film Don't Look
Back and Monterey Pop), Murray Lerner (director of Festival film with
footage from 1963-66 Newport Folk Festivals, including a clip from Bob
Dylan's first electric rock concert), Nat Joseph (founder/owner,
Transatlantic Records), Barry Friedman aka Frazier Mohawk (producer
Kaleidoscope/the Holy Modal Rounders/Paul Butterfield), Elliot Mazer
(producer Gordon Lightfoot, Ian & Sylvia, Linda Ronstadt, Richie Havens,
Jerry Jeff Walker), Gene Parsons (the Byrds, Nashville West), Richard Scott
(the Bluethings), Steve Lalor (Daily Flash), Sam Lay (Paul Butterfield
Blues Band), Mac MacLeod (early Donovan associate), John Simon (producer,
the Band, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot), Roy Halee (Simon & Garfunkel
producer/engineer), Vern Gosdin (the Gosdin Brothers, the Hillmen), ED
Denson (Country Joe & the Fish manager), Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger
Service, Dino Valenti associate), Bruce Botnick (Elektra Records
engineer/producer), David Rubinson (Columbia producer), David Anderle
(producer, Judy Collins, David Ackles), Jerry Schoenbaum (executive,
Verve/Folkways and Verve/Forecast Records), Bernard Stollman (owner ESP
Records), Steve Gillette, Steve Young, Hamilton Camp, Joshua Rifkin
(arranger, Judy Collins), John Wood (engineer, Fairport Convention/Nick
Drake/the Incredible String Band), Merrell Fankhauser (Fapardokly, HMS
Bounty), Corky Siegel (Siegel-Schwall Band, about early demos with Joni
Mitchell), Morgan Cavett (manager New Balladeer coffeehouse in Los Angeles,
mid-1960s), Trini Lopez, Jim Yester (the Association), Rick Turner
(guitarist for Ian & Sylvia, Autosalvage), Ken Koblun (the Squires/3's a
Crowd), Georg Kajanus (Eclection), Gerry Conway (Eclection/Fotheringay),
Mick Moloney (the Johnstons), Stefan Grossman, Bob Siggins (Charles River
Valley Boys), Roy Marinell (the Gentle Soul), Tom Campbell, Phil Elwood
(San Francisco music journalist), Tony Thompson (the Rising Storm), Marc
Silber (Children of Paradise), Mary McCaslin, Maury Manseau (the Sunshine
Company), John Ware (Linda Ronstadt, Michael Nesmith & the First National
Band), Don Glut (the Penny Arkade), Dick Campbell, Dick Weissman, Andrew
Means (journalist, Melody Maker), Gene Shay (folk radio program host, WHAT
and WDAS in Philadelphia)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:55:41 +0100
From: "Mick Patrick"
Subject: Re: TIME / BRENT / SHAD
Country Paul
> ...re: "More Rockin' On Broadway" on Ace CDCHD 853, is there
> a track list on-line for that, please? The Time/Brent/Shad
> labels of the '58 - '61 period had some great stuff, i.e.,
> the Bell Notes (not just "I've Had It" but the beautifully
> innocent "Old Spanish Town") and also Bertha Tillman's
> exquisite "Oh My Angel" on Brent.
Hi,
There are three excellent Time/Brent/Shad CDs around. On-line
tracklists are available for:
"Wop Ding A Ling":
http://216.15.202.119/cgi-bin/SearchCatNo.asp?lngID=174713
http://216.15.202.119/MoreInfo/CDCHD739.html
"Rockin' On Broadway":
http://216.15.202.119/cgi-bin/SearchCatNo.asp?lngID=174732
http://216.15.202.119/MoreInfo/CDCHD758.html
"More Rockin' On Broadway":
http://216.15.202.119/cgi-bin/SearchCatNo.asp?lngID=174811
http://216.15.202.119/MoreInfo/CDCHD853.html
Ace Records have numerous other tracks from these labels, by
acts like the Donays and Bertha Tillman, available in their
catalogue. Their website is user-friendly:
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:20:18 -0400
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: The Montage
From Bob Rashkow:
> ...I've never heard I SHALL CALL HER MARY (unfortunately) but
> I am very privileged to own a DJ copy of WAKE UP, JIMMY...
Yes it's Bert Sommer, with whom Michael Brown wrote several songs.
The Montage album is one of those amazing hidden treasures of pop
music. It finally got an official CD release on Sundazed (typical
incredible packaging job too). If you like "Wake Up Jimmy" run out
now and get the CD!
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:11:47 -0000
From: Richard Tearle
Subject: Re: Suzi Quatro / Pleasure Seekers
Can I just add that Suzi Quatro had at least 3 Big hits in the UK in
the 70s - Can The Can, the aforementioned 48 Crash, Devilgate Drive
and, I think, Daytona Demon...she is now appearing in a stage revival
of Annie Get Your Gun (or is it Oklahoma?- one of the two, I always
get them mixed up!)
To see more of Suzi, you might like to visit my Beautiful Women of
Rock group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bwor
I also have a sensational 60s group on:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sensational60s
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:20:06 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Pleasure Seekers
Bill George:
> Of course, she also had a smash in the late 70s with Stumblin' In,
> a duet with Smokie's Chris Norman. Do you have any of the Pleasure
> Seekers music? If so, could you play something to musica?
Their 45 What A Way To Die / Never Thought You'd Leave Me
(Hideout 1006) is included in the recent Norton CD Friday At
The Hideout, and also available separately as a 45 (w/ PS).
Note that this is not girl-harmony music, but rather pure
bashing garage.
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:56:36 +0100
From: Ian Slater
Subject: Re; The Pandoras
Patrick Rands wrote:
> Also if curious there's a wonderful all girl link here:
> http://www.aurealm.com/women.htm
The link has a link to a super web-site about the Pandoras of "I
Could Write A Book" fame:
http://www.aurealm.com/pan60s.htm
Now I know why "Hey Ah" and "All About Jim" sound so different -
totally different group. Anybody know about the latter - the same
as recorded on Oliver?
Ian Slater
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:28:30 +0000
From: Don Charles Hampton
Subject: Re: All-Girl Bands
Javed Jafri:
> I would love to hear more about all-girl bands from the 60s. Are
> there any others which come to mind who were fun or exciting?
Even though they were actually a vocal group in the studio, the
cartoon band Josie and The Pussycats would have to qualify -
especially if your criteria is fun and excitement! You'd be hard-
pressed to find more exciting tracks than "Inside, Outside, Upside-
Down," "Roadrunner" and "It's All Right With Me." Great pop/soul
girl group sound circa 1970. The later version of this studio group,
which included Kay Hanley and Jane Wiedlin, recorded the soundtrack
for the Josie and The Pussycats movie last year. Their music was a
little too much on the punk side, in my opinion, but you might like
it.
Stuffed Animal
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:51:28 -0700
From: Michael Coxe
Subject: Re: The Montage
Bob Rashkow:
> I've never heard I SHALL CALL HER MARY (unfortunately) but I am
> very privileged to own a DJ copy of WAKE UP, JIMMY which has to
> be one of the more bizarre recordings in my collection thus far.
> Brown aka Lookofsky et al leave the disaster that befalls the
> two brothers at the end entirely up to your imagination,
> continuing in the Left Banke's tradition of subtlety and poetic
> elegance. There's a surname of Sommer involved too - suspect
> this ISN'T BERT Sommer ("We're All Playing in the Same Band",
> died way too young, appeared with Ronnie Dyson et al in HAIR on
> Broadway), or is it?
Yes, the two collaborated on five Montage songs on the original
release. Sommer also sang lead on 1967's Left Banke single "And
Suddenly", instead of official vocalist Steve Martin. Brown
also assisted (though only credited on one cut) on Sommer's
self-titled Buddah lp. There is also a version of "Grand Pianist"
with Sommer singing.
michael
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:25:46 -0500
From: Paul MacArthur
Subject: Beach Boys Radio Show
Check it out, the Back To The Beach Radio Show featuring the music of
Brian and the Boys airs every Saturday at 5pm Central time on KSHU
FM. This week's feature... Harmonies. The show begins with "Our
Prayer" and ends with "Endless Harmony" -- what will be played during
the 50 some odd minutes in between??? Check it out on the web, live,
Saturday at 5pm Central
Go to http://www.kshu.org
Click the listen button and enjoy the sounds of the Beach Boys.
- - Paul
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:41:58 -0000
From: Spectropop
Subject: Marshall Leib R.I.P.
Dear Members,
Marshall Leib of the Teddy Bears passed away in March.
For a modest, belated obituary:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/MLobit.htm
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:01:29 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: Jackie DeShannon / Ladybugs / Toni Wine
Alan comments most observantly:
> ......I think it's great how Ms. King affects a Mexicali accent
> for the demos for the Mexican American songs and a southern drawl
> for her Everly Bros demos. She gives good Brooklyn accent too.
> Gawd, were those folks talented.
Can we add Jackie DeShannon to that tribute to talent. In her early
60s demos she does pretty good attempts at being Elvis, Bobby Vee,
Roy Orbison, and Brenda Lee, amongst many others, in her brilliantly
arranged pitches of some great songs.
Patrick introduced the topic of the Ladybugs:
I have two sets of Ladybugs on 45 vinyl. There's the Murmaids /
Jackie DeShannon fun combination on Chattahoochee, doing Gerry
and the Pacemakers' "How do you do it". And then there are the
even funnier Ladybugs on Legrand records doing "Fraternity USA"
and "Who sent this love note". This is one of the oddest in my
collection; these girls are having a great time doing mock
British voices and sounding very much like the British -American
television personality Loyd Grossman. I would suspect that neither
group is the one in Patrick's picture. Anyone know any more about
either record - and who were the Ladybugs on Smash?
Original Message:
> Just saw that Toni Wine, co-writer of "Groovy Kind Of Love",
> "Black Pearl" and "Candida" and one of the top background
> singers of the 60's and 70's (the voices of Betty & Veronica
> on the early Archies records, including "Sugar, Sugar" and
> "Jingle Jangle" among many others) will be playing at
> Genghis Cohen in L.A. this Friday at 9:30.
> I've never heard of her performing before. The club doesn't
> have much information about what's going to happen, and they
> don't take reservations. I've been there before and the room
> is small, but the sound is very good.
I'm sure all Spectropoppers would like to have a review / write-up
of this concert. Certainly I would!
Peter
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:36:22 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: Let's Dance (revisited); one more time
Phil was kind enough to write, reviving an early 2002 thread.....
> Guess which happy couple managed to fill the dancefloor with all
> ages by playing "Dancing Queen"?:-) - (the original, not the ultra-
> modern, recently withdrawn, KLF version.) Many congratulations to
> Peter and Karen.
Well, just to prove it was no coincidence, Peter and Karen went to
another wedding yesterday. The monumentally repetitive 70s and 80s
disco music got a lot of us moving around at the post-nuptial party,
but it wasn't until guess what slid out of the speakers that everybody
- I mean evrybody - was dancing. And number two for danceability was
the fab Candi Staton and "Young hearts run free".
Peter
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 01:44:19 +0100
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Kim Sisters
Jason wrote:
> Hey everyone - I just joined this group. I am the manager
> of THE KIM SISTERS - the greatest night club act ever!
> Please check out our new website at http://www.kimsisters.com
> and please keep an eye out for the upcoming DVD of some of
> their spectacular television appearances and CD collection
> of live and studio recordings including many unreleased!
Jason,
What a fantastic and entertaining website, with great pics!!
I knew a few of the sisters' Monument 45s, which I always
enjoyed, but knew very little about them. What a fascinating
story theirs is. I was quite taken aback to read about their
harrowing experiences as kids and the murder of their father
after the invasion of Seoul. Talk about succeeding against
all odds.....
Looking forward to the DVD and CD issues. And love that
logo!!
Ian
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 00:53:43 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Beach Boys Radio Show / Dancing Queens
Paul MacArthur wrote:
> ...the Back To The Beach Radio Show featuring the music of Brian
> and the Boys airs every Saturday at 5pm Central time on KSHU FM.
> Go to http://www.kshu.org Click the listen button and enjoy the
> sounds of the Beach Boys.
That is amazing...I spent the better part of today compiling tracks
for my 78 minute Beach Boys anthology....ballads, instros, and LP
cuts along with carefully selected hitz...the title: "My Big Fat
Beach Boy Epiphany". Sadly it took until now for me to realize their
genius. But when you know..........
Peter Lerner:
> And number two for danceability was the fab Candi Staton and
> "Young hearts run free".
As a mobile dj for over 20 year's i'll agree that that tune works.
"What's the sense in sharin'?"
Jimmy Botticelli
Taking The E-Z...Way Out!
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