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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Great Charts
From: Mike Rashkow
2. Lou Reed etc
From: dixigas
3. Re: Lou Reed etc
From: Phil Milstein
4. Gabriel and the Angels
From: Ted L.
5. Re: Sun Ra
From: Louise Posnick
6. Re: LOU REED / ROBERTHA WILLIAMS / NEIL SEDAKA
From: Mick Patrick
7. The Liquid Room 09/22/02
From: David Ponak
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:24:06 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Great Charts
Marc Miller:
> My guess would be Panama Francis.
[drummer on Bobby Darin's "Beyond The Sea"]
A lefty, by the way.
You think? Sounds like double bass drums--very Bellson.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:34:14 -0000
From: dixigas
Subject: Lou Reed etc
Hi - I am new to this list and saw you all discussing some
Lou Reed history! I have all the known pre-VU Lou Reed
Records.. great link at:
http://olandem.chez.tiscali.fr/loureed/lrprevu.html
But..does anyone know what Pickwick City 1003 is?? anyone
have that 7"? Also someone mentioned that Batman album on
Tiffton..being Sun Ra..on organ!! Does anyone know if the
Velvet Underground played in one of those sessions???
I am always looking for wild music from the sixites,
homemade and unknown...anyone ever heared of a band or a
label called "Jungle"????
Also, does anyone know anything about Robertha Williams
on Uptown??
dixigas
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:45:35 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Lou Reed etc
dixigas:
> have that 7"? Also someone mentioned that Batman album on
> Tiffton..being Sun Ra..on organ!! Does anyone know if the
> Velvet Underground played in one of those sessions???
It was The Blues Project.
> Also, does anyone know anything about Robertha Williams
> on Uptown??
Tell Mama Not To Cry b/w Maybe Tomorrow. Good girl group
record. The B-side was alternately released in same recording
but with artist credited as Ronnie Dickerson.
Pickwick, and its various subsidiaries (such as Uptown),
specialized in (apart from, and sometimes combined with,
cheeseball repackagings of pre-fame recordings by major acts)
quickie writing/recording jobs designed to exploit successful
rock & pop genres. Beatles, surf, Motown, hot rod, frat rock,
girl group, etc. all fell within their scope. These records
were aimed at the low-budget market, intended to con moms out
looking for music bargains to buy for their kids, figuring
they wouldn't know the difference.
Once Lou Reed, fresh out of college, was hired as a junior
member of the Pickwick writing/recording music factory, a
tangible measure of sarcasm and sardonic humor entered the
picture, and the records wound up as virtual parodies of
their respective genres, often as good, in their own way,
as their aboveboard counterparts.
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:42:31 -0400
From: Ted L.
Subject: Gabriel and the Angels
A friend on another list is looking for writer(s) credits
and publishing info for the flipside of a 45 by Gabriel
and the Angels that appeared on the Amy label. The only
info he has is that the A side is "Chumba." Supposedly,
the record RnB-ish sounding and from the early '60s.
Any info would be appreciated.
Ted L.
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:33:50 -0400
From: Louise Posnick
Subject: Re: Sun Ra
dixigas:
> ...Also someone mentioned that Batman album on Tiffton..
> being Sun Ra..on organ!! Does anyone know if the Velvet
> Underground played in one of those sessions???
Hi,
This is one of the Phil Spector Lovelites....during my later
years, my significant other was Clifford Jarvis who worked
with SunRa for 25 years as one of his drummers (along with
Lex Humphries-they rotated regularly along with others) -
I knew SunRa quite well and the chances of him playing organ
on a commercial album is slim...you may want to contact ABC
record archives or someone who has access to them to see if
he recorded this..as he was signed with ABC for years...but
maybe he deviated from his unearthly life for a moment...but
it would have been totally out of character in those years..
..in the 40s and 50s he may have done that, but it seems
unlikely in the 60s and 70s..his dedication was immense and
he was faithful to his music as it was his lifestyle, not
just his worklife...
Thankyou,
Louise Robbins Posnick
(Admin. Note - Coming soon: The Lovelites Story.
Watch this space. Signed, The Spectropop Team)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:12:34 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: LOU REED / ROBERTHA WILLIAMS / NEIL SEDAKA
Dixigas:
> Hi - I am new to this list and saw you all discussing some
> Lou Reed history! I have all the known pre-VU Lou Reed
> Records.. great link at:
> http://olandem.chez.tiscali.fr/loureed/lrprevu.html
> Also, does anyone know anything about Robertha Williams on
> Uptown??
Hi,
Great website, I love it, but not as much as I love "Tell
Mamma (sic) Not To Cry" by Robertha Williams, one of the
best Shangri-Las-inspired discs extant. And by a black
vocalist, to boot! I've often wondered who she was. Perhaps
the same gal as recorded for producer Swamp Dogg as Bette
Williams? How about Loretta Williams, the mysterious deep
soul lark produced by Otis Redding?
Interesting fact: one of Lou Reed's songwriting partners
during his Pickwick City period was Terry Philips, previously
an early collaborator of a certain Phillip Harvey Spector.
Somewhere in my archives I have a printed interview with
Jerry Vance, another of the "Tell Mamma Not To Cry" co-writers.
Perhaps I should try and find it for you. Do you have few
years? :-)
Me:
> Neil Sedaka does indeed have his own 57 track double CD on
> the mysterious Brill Tone label: "Let The Good Times In"
> (NSW 555). It's readily available from vendors who deal in
> "grey area" releases. If you've not heard Neil's demos of
> the Chiffons' "Teach Me How" or Connie Francis' "My Best
> Friend Barbara", you ain't lived!
Al Babe:
> Thanx so much, Mick. I checked with Amoeba Music here in SF,
> but it looks like it might be unavailable. I'll find out in
> a week or two. As for the Brill Tone cds, I have the Carole
> King, Elle Greenwich, Jeff Barry (raspberries) and Barry Mann.
> Is there a Cynthia Weil one besides the Neil Sedaka that I'm
> missing? Or any others?
If it helps, I got my copy from Bim Bam. A better CD vendor
you will not find. With any luck they have some left. So if
you can't find a stockist closer to home, go to:
http://www.bim-bam.com/vocal.html
I think Cynthia Weil cut too few demos to warrant a whole CD.
The reason? Well...she's the first to admit that she can't
sing! But HEY, what a sensational lyricist she was!
I agree, Ellie Greenwich's "Silly, Isn't It" is adorable, in
a schoolgirl "I wanna be Connie" (Conniebe?) way. In fact,
it's Cha-Cha-Charming and rotating on my turntable as I type.
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:08:16 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: The Liquid Room 09/22/02
The Liquid Room, (usually) hosted by David Ponak (me), airs
every Saturday night from Midnight to 3AM (PDT) on 90.7FM KPFK
Los Angeles, as well as streaming at http://kpfk.org.
The Liquid Room 9/22/02
1. The Association/Come On In
Birthday (WB)
2.Primal Scream/Autobahn 66
Evil Heat (Sony-UK)
3.The United States Of America/The Garden Of Earthly Delights
The United States Of America (Sony)
4.Entre Rios/Alcance
Idioma Suave (Elefant-Spain)
5.Tipsy/Wig Out (Seksu Roba Remix)
Tipsy Remix Party! (Aspholdel)
6.Tipsy/Kitty Takes A Ride
Uh-Oh! (Asphodel)
7.Seksu Roba/Zero Gravity Miniskirt
Seksu Roba (Crippled Dick Hot Wax-Germany)
Juana Molina live solo acoustic set
Please check out http://www.juanamolina.com
8.Saint Etienne/Anderson Unbound
Action (single b-side) (Mantra-UK)
9. Stevie Wonder/Another Star
Songs In The Key Of Life (Motown)
10.Future Bible Heroes/Smash The Beauty Machine
Eternal Youth (Instinct)
11. The Muppets/Mahna Mahna
The Muppet Show-The 25th Anniversary Collection:Music, Mahem And More!
(Rhino)
12.Beck/Sunday Sun
Sea Change (Geffen)
13.Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger/Light My Fire
Street Noise (Polydor)
14.The Coral/Dreaming Of You
The Coral (Deltasonic-UK)
15.The Bee Gees/Melody Fair
Odessa (Polydor)
16.Spookey Ruben/Overkills
Breakfast (Hi-Hat)
17.Spookey Ruben/N. Kinski
Bed (Hi-Hat)
18.Scott Walker/The Amourous Humphrey Plugg
Scott 2 (Fontana-UK)
19.Wondermints/On The Run
Mind If We Make Love To You (Smile)
20.The Polyphonic Spree/Track 2
The Beginning Stages Of... (Good Records)
21.The Rolling Stones/Each And Every Day Of The Year
Metamorphosis (Abkco)
22.The Rolling Stones/New Faces
Voodoo Lounge (Virgin)
23.Irving/L-O-V-E
Good Morning Beautiful (Eenie Meenie)
24.The Cymbals/Satellite Sings
Sine (JVC-Victor)
25.P.F. Sloan/I Found A Girl
Melodies For You (Universal-Japan)
26.The Witch Hazel Sound/Blue City
The World, And Then The Fireworks (Hidden Agenda)
27.Nino Tempo/Boys Town
Single
28.The Negro Problem/Watering Hole
Welcome Black (Smile)
29.Paul McCartney/Temporary Secretary
McCartney II (Capitol)
30.Eel/Reality Bites
People People (Fille Unique)
31.Margo Guryan/Spanky And Our Gang
Take A Picture (bonus track) (Trattoria-Japan)
32.Ladytron/Blue Jeans
Light&Magic (Emperor Norton)
33.Lemon Lemons/Beautiful Dreams
60's Cutie Pop Collection: Twiggy Edit (Tokuma-Japan)
34.Ivy/Let's Go To Bed
Guestroom (Minty Fresh)
35.Scooter & Fozzie Bear/Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear
The Muppet Show-The 25th Anniversary Collection: Music, Mahem And More!
(Rhino)
36.Paul Williams/Mornin' I'll Be Movin' On
Someday Man (Reprise)
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