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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Dr John
From: spectropop
2. LOVE & PAYNE
From: Mick Patrick
3. Cheese & Wine
From: Martin Roberts
4. ladybugs
From: bryan
5. Love and Payne reviews
From: Spectropop
6. Re: LOVE & PAYNE
From: Warren
7. Re: The Ladybugs
From: Peter Lerner
8. Re: Pam Dickinson 45
From: David Bell
9. Andy Williams Singles Collection
From: Christopher Davidson
10. Great Charts
From: Mike Rashkow
11. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN MOTOWN?
From: Mike Rashkow
12. TONI WINE ON SKIS
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 10:34:18 -0000
From: spectropop
Subject: Dr John
(From the Spectropop Public Bulletin Board)
I am working on what I hope will be the definite Dr John
discography. If you know of any sessions that feature the
Doctor, or titles he wrote, produced, arranged (or whatever)
for other artists, do let me know at Dr_John@skynet.be
Tanx y'all !
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 14:40:06 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: LOVE & PAYNE
Hello,
Do any New York area Spectropoppers plan attending the Darlene
Love / Freda Payne two woman show currently running? If so,
how about a report, per-leeeeze. The event, titled "Love &
Payne", is scheduled to run until October 15th at Feinsteins At
The Regency, 540 Park Avenue at 61st. For ticket reservations
call (212) 339-4095. I wish I could be there. Alas, it is simply
not possible.
While I'm on the subject of my favourite vocalist, I thought
some of you might find interesting the following interviewette I
did with Darlene. The topic: Duane Eddy. The location: top deck
of a London bus, seriously! Those of you with Duane Eddy's Bear
Family RCA Sessions box set might have already read it:
"We'd just done 'He's A Rebel' and when Phil first heard '(Dance
With The) Guitar Man', he was really annoyed. He said, 'I know
that's you, Darlene.' But I told him it wasn't me, it was my
sister, Edna. But everybody in town knew that it was me and the
Blossoms on that record. Anyway, we didn't have no contract with
Phil Spector at that time. So we were free to work with whoever
we wanted. He didn't even like me doing back-up work but we all
had families to support and rent to pay. We couldn't afford to
turn down work just to keep Phil happy. He didn't own us. On
'Rebel' there was me, Fanita James, Grazia Nitzsche and my sister
Edna. On 'Guitar Man', it was me, Fanita and Grazia.
"Merry Clayton took over on 'Guitar Child'. I got Merry started
in the business and these must be among the first things she ever
did. Merry was really a friend of my sister Edna. she used to
sing with Billy Preston at the same church as Edna. She was
really young, still at school, about 15, I think. Around the same
time she did those things with Duane, Bobby Darin got her signed
to Capitol records."
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:29:21 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Cheese & Wine
Talking of Toni Wine (as we were!), I've just received a wonderful
parcel of 45s from the States. One is Pam Dickinson on Monument. The
only one I knew by her (which I don't have) is the quite wonderful
"(He's A ) Bad Boy". So another record by Pam on the label seemed a
reasonable gamble. Imagine my delight when checking the credits
revealed the writers of the B-side, "Now That You're My Baby", to be
Wine-Goffin-Kornfield. Full credits are: Pam Dickinson, "Say Cheese"
(wr. Stevens-Tubert)/"Now That You're My Baby", Monument 889, both
produced by Ray Stevens. A-side a bit 'messy' but enough of a Shangs
influence to interest Mick. And thanks to Mick for reminding me of the
Dusty Springfield (also produced by Ray Stevens) and Chiffons versions.
I'll play it to musica.
Martin
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 09:41:16 -0700
From: bryan
Subject: ladybugs
Peter Lerner:
> 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".
There's also the Ladybugs single on Del-Fi (they might be
the same group as the Chattahoochee group, not sure). They
put out one single on Del-Fi: "It's The Last Time"/"Sooner
Or Later" (Del-Fi 4233, February 1964). Both songs are
available on 'Del-Fi Girl Groups: Gee Baby Gee', a reissue
compilation produced by Steve Stanley (he's on the Spectropop
list).
Bryan
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 17:47:20 -0000
From: Spectropop
Subject: Love and Payne reviews
Members might enjoy the following reviews:
(New York Times: Sept 18, 2002):
Darlene Love and Freda Payne are prime examples of rhythm &
blues singers who are considerably more complex than the sound
of the vintage hit singles that typecast them vocally on the
nostalgia hit parade. And in their exciting act, 'Love & Payne,'
which plays through Oct. 5 at Feinstein's at the Regency, both
singers present three-dimensional musical personalities that
their hits only hinted at.
Ms. Love's whooping gospel shout, with its raw-silk vibrato,
propelled several Phil Spector girl-group anthems of the early
1960's, and 40 years later, she projects the same blunt, sky's-
the-limit optimism. But there's a softer, subtler side to Ms.
Love, and it comes out in her version of the Dan Hill-Barry
Mann ballad 'Sometimes When We Touch.' Ms. Love takes a song
that invites mawkish self-dramatization and tackles it head on,
ripping away the mewling self-pity that traditionally accrues
to its expression of fear of intimacy and replacing it with a
directness that turns a confession of weakness into an
assertion of strength.
Ms. Payne's 1970 signature hit, 'Band of Gold,' the unstrung,
dance-floor lament about a bride abandoned at her wedding,
barely indicated the range of a performer who toured as a jazz
singer in the mid-1960's before enjoying a short string of
hits in the early 70's. At Feinstein's her smoky-voiced,
confidently phrased versions of 'Angel Eyes' and 'Blues in the
Night' show her to be a sophisticated pop-jazz interpreter in
the Nancy Wilson mold but warmer.
The show repeatedly demonstrates that the stylistic division
between post-Motown pop-soul and traditional pop-jazz is much
blurrier than it seemed three decades ago. There is a
nostalgic segment, of course. But it's a playful side dish in
a program that recognizes rock-era songs like 'You've Lost
That Lovin' Feeling' and 'How Sweet It Is' as enduring
standards.
The high point, which had a preview audience cheering, was a
medley of Leon Russell's 'A Song for You' (sung by Ms. Love)
and Stevie Wonder's 'All in Love Is Fair' (Ms. Payne) wound
together into a statement that encapsulated a generation's
tumultuous emotional journey.
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(New York Times: Sept 20, 2002):
A selective listing of new or noteworthy cabaret shows in
Manhattan this weekend.
* denotes a highly recommended show.
* DARLENE LOVE AND FREDA PAYNE, Feinstein's at the Regency,
Park Avenue at 61st Street, (212) 339-4095. Although
cherished for their vintage hit singles (Ms. Love was one of
the producer Phil Spector's strongest girl-group voices and
Ms. Payne the belter of 'Band of Gold'), there is much more
to both singers than their oldies might suggest. The
inevitable (and welcome) nostalgia is held to a minimum as
each shows her more mature side. Ms. Love's quietly
affirmative take on 'Sometimes When We Touch' refreshes this
self-pitying tearjerker, while Ms. Payne's pop-jazz versions
of songs like 'Angel Eyes' suggest a warmer Nancy Wilson.
Together they weave 'All In Love Is Fair' and 'A Song for You'
into a kind of generational anthem. Tonight and tomorrow night
at 8:30 and 11. Cover: $45; no minimum.
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 13:18:04 -0400
From: Warren
Subject: Re: LOVE & PAYNE
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Do any New York area Spectropoppers plan attending the Darlene
> Love / Freda Payne two woman show currently running? If so,
> how about a report, per-leeeeze...I wish I could be there. Alas,
> it is simply not possible.
I'm going....going to try to get reservations tomorrow. Is there
something you needed.....
Warren
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:50:17 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: The Ladybugs
After I wrote with such confidence about the Ladybugs, Bryan
reminded me:
> There's also the Ladybugs single on Del-Fi (they might be
> the same group as the Chattahoochee group, not sure). They
> put out one single on Del-Fi: "It's The Last Time"/"Sooner
> Or Later" (Del-Fi 4233, February 1964). Both songs are
> available on 'Del-Fi Girl Groups: Gee Baby Gee', a reissue
> compilation produced by Steve Stanley (he's on the Spectropop
> list).
And I own that Del-Fi CD and forgot entirely about the third set
of Ladybugs. Having listened again to those tracks, I'd say the
Del-Fi group is definitely neither of the other two but sounds to
me more like Red Bird's Butterflys than any other group I can
think of.
Peter
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:10:21 EDT
From: David Bell
Subject: Re: Pam Dickinson 45
I've just listened with great delight to Pam Dickinson's
"Now That You're My Baby" which is currently on musica.
File this one under "I wish..." or "If only.." though.
I wish that Julie Grant had recorded this title. It would
have been perfect for her with a Tony Hatch copycat arrangement
and the Breakaways providing backups!
David
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:15:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christopher Davidson
Subject: Andy Williams Singles Collection
Some interesting NYC pop connections on the new Andy Williams
2 CD "Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection" on Taragon.
Does anyone know if the following tunes were orginally done by
Andy or someone else? "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" writ by
Mann & Weil; "One Day Of Your Life" writ by Sedaka & Greenfield;
"Don't You Believe It" writ by Bob Hilliard and Burt Bacharach.
Overall a great collection for those thinking of purchasing.
=====
Chris Davidson
The Sixth Dave Clark Five
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:32:40 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Great Charts
Hey boys and girls. Just picked up Bobby Darin's greatest
hits. I forgot how good he was, though some are better than
others. His best stuff for me had super big band arrangements.
There are no liner notes on the thing so I could use some help.
I'm pretty sure Dick Berkhe did the chart on "Artificial Flowers".
Who did "Mack The Knife", who did "Clementine", who did "Beyond
The Sea"?
Does anyone really know who the drummer was on "Beyond The Sea"?
Sounds like Louis Bellson to me.
I'd be interested in any other details on the players as well.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:38:58 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: ANYBODY INTERESTED IN MOTOWN?
Got the following from my son, who got it from his stepsister:
> I have never sent a mass e-mail endorsement for a film before
> but this very well done documentary, "Standing in the Shadows
> of Motown", deserves the support and I feel that anyone who
> is a fan of Motown, or a fan of music, will thoroughly enjoy
> this documentary.
> The film is about the original Funk Bros, a group that had
> more hits than Elvis, The Beatles and the Stones combined.
> Never heard of the Funk Bros? Well that's exactly why this
> documentary had to be made. The Funk Bros created a sound
> that has become an American icon, a sound that continues to
> influence musicians around the world today, a sound called
> Motown.
> The band behind the voices of Marvin Gaye, The Supremes,
> Little Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson - you name it, they
> played it. And when it was over, they went back to their
> humble lives without the recognition they so deserved.
> In addition to being touched by their story which is so
> genuinely told, you can hear the music all over again as
> they reunite for a concert in Detroit. For those of us that
> never got to see an original Motown performance, this is an
> incredible opportunity to hear the Funk Bros live - and even
> more so because the guests that join the band on stage are
> some of my favorite performers - Ben Harper, Chaka Khan,
> Bootsy Collins, Joan Osborne. To hear these artists give it
> their all, and see how they deeply appreciated their
> opportunity to play with these talented and ingenious
> musicians, is well worth the trip to the theater.
> The film comes out in November and I highly recommend it.
> My compliments to Artisan for having the foresight to
> recognize the contribution this film has to the history of
> American music. My compliments to Motown for the great
> soundtrack this will yield, and for allowing us to see these
> moments to remember.
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 19:11:21 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: TONI WINE ON SKIS
Martin wrote:
> Talking of Toni Wine...Pam Dickinson on Monument..."Now
> That You're My Baby"...produced by Ray Stevens...written
> by Wine/Goffin/Kornfeld...I'll play it to musica.
Thanks Martin,
I didn't even know that record existed. And I so like those
Dixie chicks with a girl group sound. I clicked on the link
below, waited an hour or so... :-) and, voila! Diane Renay
meets Betty Everett in Nashville! I love it, but not quite
as much as Dusty's version, or the Chiffons.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Talking of Toni Wine (still), has anyone seen the 1965 film
"Winter A-Go-Go"? Joni Lyman appears in this flick cooing the
Wine co-composition "Do The Ski (With Me)". To my knowledge,
the song was never released on record. I have a vague memory
of seeing this movie at an all-night showing at the Scala
Cinema. It must have been, ooh, about a hundred years ago.
MICK PATRICK
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