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There are 13 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Looking for Wood
From: Phil Milstein
2. Earl Palmer / Roy Porter
From: Richard Williams
3. Re: The Robbs
From: Jeffrey Glenn
4. Re: The Robbs
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
5. Re: Looking for Wood
From: Dan Hughes
6. What ever happened to PT II
From: Leonardo
7. Who Killed Teddy Bear / Rays
From: Leonardo
8. American Dreams...
From: Ken Levine
9. Re: What ever happened to...
From: Mike Rashkow
10. Re: Darin's drummer
From: Mike Rashkow
11. The Liquid Room 09/29/02
From: David Ponak
12. Mark Wirtz Update: web site
From: Mark Frumento
13. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
From: Phil Milstein
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 09:41:27 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Looking for Wood
Does anyone know if Randy Wood, founder of Dot Records, is
still alive, and if so how I might be able to locate him to
request an interview?
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:07:01 +0100
From: Richard Williams
Subject: Earl Palmer / Roy Porter
Just read the piece on Earl Palmer's fine autobiography in Spectropop
Recommends. Anyone who wants to venture a little further in this
direction might care to find There And Back, the autobiography of Roy
Porter, LA's first bebop drummer, whose big band of the late Forties
included Clifford Solomon (later Ike and Tina Turner's MD), Hadley
Caliman (later associated with Carlos Santana), and the immortal Eric
Dolphy. Porter played with all the great LA beboppers, and all the
greats who came to town -- not least Charlie Parker. A terrific
portrait of the LA music world during the heyday of Central Avenue, it
makes agood complement to Johnny Otis's writings and was published by
Bayou Press of Oxford, England, in 1991. Not strictly Spectropop
material but, as Julius Hemphill used to say, "Put all my food on one
plate." After all, we have been discussing Sun Ra lately...
Richard Williams
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 10:22:29 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: The Robbs
> Also, I read somewhere (Fuzz, Acid & Flowers, maybe?) that
> they also recorded a single or two for Atlantic, although I
> haven't been able to track down any info on those. Anybody
> happen to have 'em?
I've got the second Atlantic 45:
A: Changin' Winds (Robb) - The Robbs, Atlantic 45-2578: 1968, A
ROBB Production, Strings arranged by Johnny Pate B: A Good Time
Song (J. Robb-C. Robb) - The Robbs, Atlantic 45-2578: 1968, A
ROBB Production, Arranged by Tom La Tondre
The A-side is a nice country-inflected pop tune; the flip also
very pop with a horn section.
I can play either side to musica if needed.
I don't have the first Atlantic 45:
Castles In The Air/I Don't Want to Discuss It - The Robbs,
Atlantic 45-2511:1968
Bet it's good though! :-)
Jeff
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 17:13:40 -0000
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
Subject: Re: The Robbs
> Christoffer wrote:
> Just found The Robbs great album. Who were those guys?
> Bryan wrote:
> Christoffer, check out the bio I wrote for All Music Guide:
> http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B5jnsa9rgb23a~C
> And here's my review of their album:
> http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ai2he4j870wat
Has the Robbs Mercury LP ever appeared on CD (anywhere?). I
downloaded a couple of Mp3's and they all sound like they were
from CD. I really love "Ride like The Wind"..
Billy
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 13:53:16 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Looking for Wood
Phil, Wood was born in 1918 so he'd be 84 or 85 if still alive.
Trust you have found this site, but just in case you haven't:
http://www.bsnpubs.com/dot/dotstory.html
---Dan
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:05:02 -0000
From: Leonardo
Subject: What ever happened to PT II
What ever happened to the following people and what are they doing
now?
Charles Callelo
Teddy Randazzo
Paul Leka
Joe Long (4 Seaons bass palyer)
Frank Slay
Thanks again
Leonardo
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:59:46 -0000
From: Leonardo
Subject: Who Killed Teddy Bear / Rays
Still More questions:
I just found out that the theme for the Sal Mineo film Who Killed
Teddy Bear was written by Bob Gaudio and Al Kasha, does anybody know
if this soundtrack or single was ever released and what label might
it be on?
Does anybody know if the Rays ever had an LP on Bob Crewe's label XYZ?
Does anybody know what LPs Bob Crewe produced for Freddie Cannon?
Thanks all,
Leonardo
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:32:26 -0700
From: Ken Levine
Subject: American Dreams...
Warning: the following is a pan.
I sure wanted to like this program. But found it soooo bogus, so
cloying, so derivitave of every other program like this, and
ultimately just a string of ham handed cliches....of course
building to the ultimate cliche, the Kennedy assasination. Didn't
we see that in every Barry Levinson movie? In the 60's mini series?
In probably a dozen other movies of the genre (e.g. the Wanderers)?
"The loss of innocence" -- the Kennedy assasination. Shots of
stunned people watching department store TV's. Strangers crying.
Our heroes stunned into a shattering reality putting all their little
problems in perspective. Rivals holding hands. Everyone hugging.
Frank McGee (or Cronkite) announcing the news. The world is changing.
I want to see a saga of real people not "types". I'd also like to see
a series where songs from 1964 and 1965 are not considered 1963. And
American Bandstand is a national show by then, not a local. And it
wasn't on Saturday afternoons by then. If anything, Dick Clark was
out in LA doing a Saturday night show by, I believe, 1959 or 1960 at
the latest.
There are so many excellent TV dramas on the air these days -- from
the SOPRANOS to WEST WING to LAW & ORDER to the SHIELD to NYPD BLUE,
ER, PRACTICE, 24.....etc. The bar is much higher. This show sadly
doesn't measure up.
And this was the pilot. Wait'll subsequent episodes when the
production values go down and they don't have Kennedy to assasinate
anymore.
Wasn't the dad in AVALON a department store TV salesman? Wasn't
there a John Waters movie about a girl who wanted to dance on
"Bandstand"? The son not wanting to play sports? Wasn't that
FEAR STRIKES OUT?
K
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:42:43 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: What ever happened to...
Leonardo:
> Whatever happened to Teddy Randazzo...
Last I heard was living in Florida.
> Paul Leka...
Last I heard he still had a recording studio in Connecticut.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:38:12 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Darin's drummer
Previously:
> I suppose it could be Bellson, but he didn't do near as many
> Atlantic sessions (or others) as Francis. Just a guess.
So's mine. But the two, one bar breaks are out of this world.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:46:43 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: The Liquid Room 09/29/02
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.
Tune in this coming weekend for a live in studio performance
by SPOOKEY RUBEN!
The Liquid Room 9/29/02
1.The Cymbals/Wingspan
Sine (JVC Victor-Japan)
2.Stone/You're So Good To Me (French)
Femmes De Paris (Anthology-France)
3.Mastretta/White Sheets, Tight Bed
Mastretta (Minty Fresh)
4.Yuki Fuji/Moo Dame Moo Dame Yo
60's Cutie Pop Collections: First Date Edit (Victor-Japan)
5.The Polyphonic Spree/Track 7
The Beginning Stages Of.. (Good)
6.Jacque Dutronc/La Publicite
Dutronc (Vogue-France)
7.The Coral/Dreaming Of You
The Coral (Deltasonic-UK)
8.Entre Rios/Primero De Enero
Idioma Suave (Elefant)
9.Tipsy/Sweet Cinnamon Punch (High Llamas Remix)
Tipsy Remix Party! (Asphodel)
10.Scott Walker/Stormy
'Til The Band Comes In (Phillips-UK)
11.Future Bible Heroes/Losing Your Affection
Eternal Youth (Instint)
12.Irving/Turn Of The Century
Good Morning Beautiful (Eenie Meenie)
13.Irving/L-O-V-E
Good Morning Beautiful (Eenie Meenie)
14.Irving/Eyes Adjust To Light
Good Morning Beautiful (Eenie Meenie)
15.Irving/Faster Than Steam
Good Morning Beautiful (Eenie Meenie)
16.Bee Gees/Horizontal
Horizontal (Polydor)
17.Juana Molina/Salvese Quien Queda
Tres Cosas (JM)
18.Claudine Longet/Sleep Safe And Warm
A&M Digitally Remastered Best (Universal-Japan)
19.DJ Me DJ You/Salsa M Microchips
The Music (Eenie Meenie)
20.Primal Scream/Autobaun 66
Evil Heat (Sony-UK)
21.Dick Shawn/Love Power
The Producers (soundtrack) (BMG)
22.Gypsophile Vs. Shop/Matto Grosso
Gypsophile Vs. Shop (Radio Khartoum)
23.The Negro Problem/Is This The Single?
Welcome Black (Smile)
24.Fischerspooner/Horizon
#1 (Capitol)
25.Kyoko Enami/Sayonara Mo Ienakute
Tokyo Bossa Nova Lounge Chronicle (Teichiku-Japan)
26.Sketch Show/Wilson
Audio Sponge (Daisyworld-Japan)
27.Electric Brother/MG 2002
28.The Walker Brothers/Night Flights
Night Flights (Epic-UK)
29.Saint Etienne/Stranger In Paradise
Ruby Trax (NME-UK)
30.Spookey Ruben/When You Fall In Love With Someone Who's In Love With
Someone Else
Bed (Hi-Hat)
31.Linus Of Hollywood/A Whole New Country
Let Yourself Be Happy (Franklin Castle)
32.Ladytron/Blue Jeans
Light & Magic (Emperor Norton)
33.Sharon Marie/Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby
The Brian Wilson Productions (Toshiba EMI-Japan)
34.The Wondermints/Ride
Mind If We Make Love To You (Smile)
35.The Who/Circles
My Generation (MCA)
36.Ivy/L'Anamour
Guestroom (Minty Fresh)
37.The Critters/Awake In A Dream
Touch 'n' Go (Project 3)
38.The Witch Hazel Sound/2 or 3 Things I Know About
Her
This World, Then The Fireworks (Hidden Agenda)
39.Francis Lai/Party Music-Show Out
I'll Never Forget What's His Name (soundtrack) (Decca)
40.Jochen Brauer Group & Tender Agression/Die Kette
The Mad, Mad World Of Soundtracks Vol. 2
(Universal-Germany)
41.Papa Byrd/Pure Imagination
7" (Transistor Recordings)
42.The Muppets/Mahna Mahna
The 25th Anniversary Collection (Rhino)
43.Paul Williams/Mornin' I'll Be Movin' On
Someday Man (Reprise)
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:23:27 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Mark Wirtz Update: web site
Mark's domain host seems to be having temporary problems. Direct
access to his site is as follows:
http://markwirtz0.tripod.com
Sorry for the confusion.
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:08:22 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
Leonardo wrote:
> I just found out that the theme for the Sal Mineo film Who
> Killed Teddy Bear was written by Bob Gaudio and Al Kasha,
> does anybody know if this soundtrack or single was ever
> released and what label might it be on?
Girl group collector John Grecco has a non-label promo 45 of
the title track, b/w "Born To Be Bad" (wr. Kasha w/ Joel
Hirschhorn). There's some evidence that the disc was meant
for theater lobby play, but perhaps it also served other
promotional purposes. There's no indication, either on the
label or in the film credits, of the singer's identity, but
John says that to his ears it sounds like it might be
Joannie Sommers.
John sent me scans of both sides -- I'll post these to the
Files area soon, and in the coming days I'll post the track
itself to musica. He added that there was also a cover
version by Leslie Uggams, on an Atlantic 45.
"Who Killed Teddy Bear" was directed by Joseph Cates,
phather of Phoebe. If any list members know her, please ask
for her opinion about her dad's movie.
--Phil Milstein
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