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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Classical Gas promo film
From: Richard Tearle
2. Re: Sounds Inc.
From: Ian Chippett
3. Re: Chart re-entries
From: Don
4. Re: Instrumental hits
From: John Solocinski
5. Re: Monster Mash
From: Mikey
6. Re: Instrumental hits / Telstar
From: Bill Craig
7. Re: Instrumental hits / Apollo
From: James Botticelli
8. Re: Chart re-entries
From: Ron
9. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear?
From: Stuffed Animal
10. Re: Instrumental hits / Soul Coaxing
From: Richard Tearle
11. Re: Instrumental hits / Wipe Out
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
12. Re: Chart re-entries
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
13. Re: Love is a Gas and Other Instrumental Favorites
From: Jeffrey Thames
14. Sounds Inc. on Sgt Pepper
From: Lindsay
15. Re: Instrumental hits
From: Phil Milstein
16. Re: More Paul Leka!
From: Jeff Lemlich
17. Re: Chart re-entries
From: Javed Jafri
18. Re: Instrumental hits
From: John Solocinski
19. Re: Chart re-entries
From: Dan Hughes
20. Re: Instrumental hits
From: Doug
21. Re: Love Is Blue / L'amour Et Bleu
From: Francois
22. Re: Chart re-entries
From: Francois
23. Goodies on E-Bay
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
24. Re: Instrumental Favorites
From: Richard Tearle
25. Re: Come Together / Love Is Blue / L'amour Et Bleu
From: Jean-Emanuel Dubois
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 13:32:54 -0000
From: Richard Tearle
Subject: Re: Classical Gas promo film
Phil Milstein wrote:
> I would like to see the film that (Mason) Williams made to promote
> it ("Classical Gas"), which played (in lieu of a personal appearance)
> on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was the first rapid-cut film I'd seen,
> perhaps even the first ever made. The symbolic images he used were all
> familiar ones, but they went by so rapidly that my mind was unable to
> process them all before the next appeared. I remember being utterly
> drained after watching it. The film was so spectacular that I felt sure
> it would be the talk of the town (a Sullivan pun, for other aging New
> Yorkers out there) for quite a while to come, yet I never heard about
> it again after that night.
Hi Phil,
My resident expert on Mason Williams (she runs a Smothers Brothers
Fan Site) is baffled by your memories...can you add any details about
the film, like what images were portrayed or anything else?
Thanks
Richard
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:15:20 EDT
From: Ian Chippett
Subject: Re: Sounds Inc.
Previously:
> I just picked up a 45 by S.I. doing an instrumental version of the
> Beach Boys' "The Warmth Of The Sun", of all things! (It's not bad,
> either.)
When I saw the Beach Boys in Cardiff way back when (1967?), Sounds Inc.
were also on the bill along with Lulu (perhaps), David and Jonathan and
others though this was over 30 years ago and one's memory is not as
reliable as it was. I can definitely state that neither band performed
this song, alas. If I remember correctly, they were backing one or more
of the other artists.
Ian Chippett
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 14:49:35 -0000
From: Don
Subject: Re: Chart re-entries
Previously:
> I think that Wipeout and The Twist were the only two songs ever to
> be re-released in their ORIGINAL versions and hit the chart twice.
Bobby Boris Pickett's Monster Mash also falls under this .. except
that it hit the charts 3 times .. #1 in 1962, #91 in 1970 and then
it became a #10 hit in 1973 ...
Don
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:18:12 -0400
From: John Solocinski
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits
Previously:
> In my 60s group we recently had a poll and Classical Gas by Mason
> Williams came out as the top instrumental hit of the 1960s - any
> members here got any thoughts on that?
I like Classical Gas a lot, but Memphis by Lonnie Mack is probably
my favorite. It just rocks! On a softer note, Soul Coaxing by Raymond
Lefevre is one I can listen to quite a bit also.
John
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:40:10 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Monster Mash
Original Message:
> Bobby Boris Pickett's Monster Mash also falls under this (chart
> re-entry) .. except that it hit the charts 3 times .. #1 in 1962,
> #91 in 1970 and then it became a #10 hit in 1973 ...
>>>Yea, you're right Don!! I remember in '73 when MM hit the charts, I
actually bought the 45 at that time.
Mikey
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:47:12 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits / Telstar
Previously:
> In my 60s group we recently had a poll and Classical Gas by Mason
> Williams came out as the top instrumental hit of the 1960s - any
> members here got any thoughts on that?
As an avid Joe Meek fan I'm a bit taken aback that there has been
no mention of The Tornadoes monster from left field (or Joe's flat on
Holloway Road) smash Telstar.
I was 11 years old when I heard it on my tiny, tinny transistor, and
it sounded magical then and it still does today.
Regards to all,
Bill Craig
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 13:04:05 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits / Apollo
Previously:
> I'm wondering whether anyone here knows the source of "Apollo". It
> sounds as if it could've been a theme of some kind.
Apollo was the name of the US space program in the 6T's which culminated
with the 1969 moon landing. The "theme" like sound you refer to could have
been inspired by some space theme already in existence. But that's just my
intellectual reaction. I've never heard the rekkid.
Jimmy Botticelli
Taking The E-Z...Way Out!
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 17:12:03 -0000
From: Ron
Subject: Re: Chart re-entries
Several other double charting songs come to mind.
Shirelles-Dedicated to the One I Love.
Gogi Grant-The Wayward Wind
Ben E. King-Stand By Me
Righteous Brothers-Unchained Melody
Beach Boys-Surfin USA
Beatles-Twist and Shout
I'm sure there are others. Many Christmas songs charted repeatedly
until Billboard gave them a seperate chart.
Ron
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 17:16:30 +0000
From: Stuffed Animal
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Phil Milstein:
> "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.
I've GOT to find a copy of this film - it's rather coveted in homophile
film circles due to Sal Mineo's involvement. Does anyone know if it's
available on VHS or DVD?
Stuffed Animal
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 17:48:17 -0000
From: Richard Tearle
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits / Soul Coaxing
There are so many that you guys are coming up with! By coincidence,
we had a discussion about Soul Coaxing (aka Ame Celine - if I've got
the spelling right!)as one of our members liked it, but also my local
football club (at the time) Barnet used it to welcome the players
out! I can still see that perfect sloping pitch, the sun shining in
early September, the amber shirts of Billy Meadows, Les Eason and
Colin Powell and the lads and the first few bars of Soul
Coaxing....aah!
On the recurring hits theme, does Rock Around the Clock count (or
tick!) and what about House of The Rising Sun?
Cheers,
Richard
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 18:51:54 -0000
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits / Wipe Out
Previously:
> I'd have to say two other close to the tops would have to be Wipeout
> by the Surfaris - a seminal hit of the surf era of the early 60s
Reply:
> >>>>>>>And don't forget, TWO groups of teens got to hear wipeout...
> as it was hit in summer '63, then re-released and hit the charts
> AGAIN in summer '66.
Top 40 stations were still spinning it as an "Oldie" and another
generation of teenagers picked up on it. There's something about that
song that still makes kids (and wannabe tabletop drummers) go crazy.
It's still one of my favorite instrumentals along with Link Wray's
classics "Rumble" and "Jack The Ripper" (which sounds a lot like
Wipeout in parts!)
Billy
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 19:15:30 -0000
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
Subject: Re: Chart re-entries
> Bobby Boris Pickett's Monster Mash also falls under this .. except
> that it hit the charts 3 times .. #1 in 1962, #91 in 1970 and then
> it became a #10 hit in 1973 ...
And the wierd thing is that record became a monster hit (sorry for
the pun) in the SUMMER of 1973, and not during Holloween. I remember
dancing to it in summer school.
As for re-entries, Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me" became a hit
again in November 1986 after it was featured in the movie of the same
name - hitting #9 in Billboard. I think at the time it held the
record for the oldest reissue to hit the Top 10.
The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" hit the Top 40 again after
it appeared in the movie "Ghost" in October 1990. The original 1965
version got to #13 on Verve while the inferior remake (with synth
strings! arggh!) on Curb hit #19. Most of the CHR stations I listened
to played the original. I think the Curb version took off because it
had better distrubution as a cassette single-it went platinum too.
It's proably the first time in chart history two different versions
of the same song by the same artist hit the Top 40!
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:05:16 -0500
From: Jeffrey Thames
Subject: Re: Love is a Gas and Other Instrumental Favorites
Wow, nice to see two of my absolute favorite 60's instrumentals ("Love is
Blue" and "Classical Gas") being discussed with such verve, but I'm
surprised there hasn't been a mention (that I've noticed, anyway) of my #1
voxless hit of any decade..."Telstar" by the Tornadoes. Has Joe Meek
become too hipster-cliche to rave about anymore? I first heard that tune
when I was five years old and suffered chills for a week. It's actually
brought me to tears on a few occasions.
Honorable mention goes to the Sounds Orchestral rendition of "Cast Your
Fate to the Wind", and, yes, "Theme from 'A Summer Place'". And we mustn't
forget the ubiquitous "Spanish Flea"...
Man, it's been awhile since I posted anything here!
Cheers,
Jeff
http://www.soundawake.com
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 22:18:38 -0000
From: Lindsay
Subject: Sounds Inc. on Sgt Pepper
This is something I never realised until about 7 minutes ago:
Several members of Sounds Incorporated - by then known as Sounds Inc -
played on "Good Morning, Good Morning" on Sgt Pepper, hired by John
Lennon.
Quite a few lines about it in Mark Lewisohn's "Complete Beatles
Recording Sessions" (entry for Monday 13 March, 1967).
S.I. had met the Beatles in '62 at the Star-Club, and Brian Epstein
managed them from early '64.
That's all,
Lindsay
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 18:25:35 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits
Previously:
> In my 60s group we recently had a poll and Classical Gas by Mason
> Williams came out as the top instrumental hit of the 1960s - any
> members here got any thoughts on that?
Vince Guaraldi's Cast Your Fate To The Wind is pretty
terrific.
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 22:56:30 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Re: More Paul Leka!
Leonardo wrote:
> I think Paul Leka was a great pop-pysch producer, every recording I
> have by the guy is amazing, the second Left Bank LP, The Peppermint
> Rainbow, Steam, The Lemon Pipers. What else did he do that I should
> be aware of?
One of my favorite Leka 45s is by THE ZEBRA on Philips:
Miss Anne (Ain't That Kind Of Man)/Groovy Personality
Somehow "Miss Anne" became a big hit record in 1968 on WNVY in
Sarasota, Florida. I have no idea who The Zebra was, but to my ears
they sound exactly like the Lemon Pipers.
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 18:57:07 -0400
From: Javed Jafri
Subject: Re: Chart re-entries
Ron:
> ...chart re-entries...
> Shirelles-Dedicated to the One I Love.
> Gogi Grant-The Wayward Wind
> Ben E. King-Stand By Me
> Righteous Brothers-Unchained Melody
> Beach Boys-Surfin USA
> Beatles-Twist and Shout
Here's a few others :
Get Together/Younfbloods
Sail On Sailor/The Beach Boys
They're Coming To Take Me Away/Napoleon xiv
There are many more but not too many have hit the top 10
twice by the same artist.
Javed
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Message: 18
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 19:44:25 -0400
From: John Solocinski
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits
Richard:
> In my 60s group we recently had a poll and Classical Gas by Mason
> Williams came out as the top instrumental hit of the 1960s - any
> members here got any thoughts on that?
Another favorite of mine is the Mexican Shuffle by Herb Alpert, most
might remember it as the "Teaberry Shuffle" from the Teaberry gum
commercial.
Also, I just played (to musica), a local, (Detroit / Windsor),
instrumental that most probably never heard of. It was the theme song
for a local 60s TV dance show, "Swingin' Time, with Robin Seymour".
The song is by Mel Taylor called "Young Man, Old Man". I think Mel
was the drummer with the Ventures. Anyway, an excellent instrumental
that only charted locally, (as far as I know), on WKNR - Keener13.
http://www.keener13.com/guides/660330W.html
John
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 18:04:12 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Chart re-entries
And of course, Bing Crosby's White Christmas hit the chart TWENTY times,
and on its 19th time (1961) it made it all the way to number 12. Used to
be the best-selling single of all time; I assume it still holds that
record. Does anyone know for sure?
---Dan
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Message: 20
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 00:35:33 -0000
From: Doug
Subject: Re: Instrumental hits
John Solocinski wrote:
> I like Classical Gas a lot, but Memphis by Lonnie Mack is probably
> my favorite. It just rocks! On a softer note, Soul Coaxing by Raymond
> Lefevre is one I can listen to quite a bit also.
That's pretty close to my own tastes. I love Soul Coaxing (and
looked for it on CD for many years until I found it), but I'd take
Wham! over Memphis by Lonnie Mack.
Doug
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Message: 21
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 06:41:38 -0000
From: Francois
Subject: Re: Love Is Blue / L'amour Et Bleu
Previously:
> Dear My love is blue/L'amur et bleu fans- This hit created by André
> Popp was also included in the soundtrack of the Movie of "Come
> Together" (mostly composed by Stelvio Cipriani) including My Love
> Is Blue sung by the Dells - and a vocal cameo by Joe South (by
> courtesy of Capitol records). "Come Together" the soundtrack
> (released on Apple Records- SW 3377) was the musical companion of a
> 71 euro-sleaze soft erotica/false arthouse movie about a man living
> a love escapade with two girls at the same time (aaah the 70's!!):-)
> A William Cash Production!!!! Starring Tony Anthony, Luciana Paluzzi
> & Rosemary Dexter. Fans of Popp should check out the André Popp
> songbook cd on the great label Tricatel: http://www.tricatel.com
> (+ the David Whitaker songbook cd too while they are at it).
Come Together...Apple Records...this have a definite Beatles sound
...What's the relation? I know a lot about the Beatles but never heard
of that movie before...Does anyone can bring some light on this?
cheers
Francois
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Message: 22
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 06:55:08 -0000
From: Francois
Subject: Re: Chart re-entries
I don't know in what position but Dolly Parton hit the Billboard 2
times with "I will always love you"...in the early 80's and in 1995 I
think...Sorry If I'm not more detailed on that...Didn't the Beatles
reenter the chart in 76 with "ob la di Ob la da"?
cheers
Francois
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Message: 23
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 07:57:12 -0000
From: Billy (You'll have to guess the rest)
Subject: Goodies on E-Bay
I was doing the E-Bay Thing and found this - I thought the collector
types would be interested.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=910883500
An Acetate of "Every Breath I Take" "This is a one-sided 7" disc with
a "Mirasound Studios, Inc." Label. A valuable addition to any Spector
collection. VG"
Since I heard Spector spent a lot of $$$ to make this record, could
this be an early mix/version of the song? Bidding starts at $50.00
BTW are any Philles Picture sleeves valuable?
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Message: 24
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 12:28:30 -0000
From: Richard Tearle
Subject: Re: Instrumental Favorites
Hi Jeff,
Glad to see I made you stir your stumps LOL...in the poll in my group
I did include both Telstar (which sends cold shivers up my back even
today and I once played it in Hamley's on a new fangled Stylophone!!!)
and Cast Your Fate to the Wind - which I thought was superb. The
B-side was a piece called To Wendy with Love which happened to be the
name of my then girlfriend and future ex-wife! Unfortunatey, nobody
but me voted for either of these! Spanish Flea is one of those songs/
tunes that you can't help but whistle! I preferred The Lonely Bull and
might indeed put that in the next poll I am planning for Instrumentals
I missed! If you want to know more, feel free to visit my group on
http://group.yahoo.com/group/sensational60s where all this discussion
originated!
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Message: 25
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 14:32:39 +0200
From: Jean-Emanuel Dubois
Subject: Re: Come Together / Love Is Blue / L'amour Et Bleu
François,
Come Together is the name of a track and of the movie but it's not the
well known Beatles tune-it's a movie produced by Ringo Starr though! -
on that record there is 3 versions of my love is blue - and a track
named Bad Vibration!!! hé hé! :-) see what a user of
http://www.imdb.com says about the movie. If you want a cdr recorded
copy of it send me a mail: d-luxe@wanadoo.fr you may have stuff that
I'm looking for!!
Now see what a user of http://www.imdb.com says about the movie:
Come Together (1971), Directed by Saul Swimmer, Writing credits
Tony Anthony (I), Saul Swimmer. Post-hippie era Euro road movie
produced by Ringo Starr. Aimless spaghetti-western stuntman picks up
two hitchhikers and they have adventures driving around southern Europe.
Not much of a plot but that's part of the charm of post-EASY RIDER
existential road movies of the early 70s. Tony Anthony wears a big
floppy hat the whole time and whines about how directionless his
existence is while the two girls just want to have a good time. Most
interesting was the behind-the-scenes look at the shooting of European
Westerns. The ending borrows a lot from EASY RIDER but at least it
was a real surprise.
Here's what's written on the something weird site about Come Together-
I have the soundtrack but don't own the VHS and i'm willing to see it by
the way. To order the vhs contact http://www.somethingweird.com/6684.htm
Come Together is one of those great, unique, hard-to-categorize European
films that would best be described as a slice of life from the ³free
love² hippie generation. TONY ANTHONY plays Tony, a free-wheeling
American stuntman working in Italian films, who tries to pick up two
swinging American tourists, Lisa (LUCIANA PALUZZI) and Ann (ROSEMARY
DEXTER). His persistence pays off and he gives them a tour of Rome in
his new sports car. As the trio develop a friendship, we find that Ann
is still suffering stress from an abortion, and Lisa was recently
involved in a messy affair with an older married man. Tony has his own
mental baggage: he was the only survivor when his unit was massacred in
Vietnam. All three are searching for an intimate relationship. Tony is
hired to play a Mexican bandit in a spaghetti western in Spain -- fans
of the genre won¹t want to miss these scenes -- and finds himself missing
the two girls. When he returns, the three take a trip to Pompeii, get
turned on by the ancient erotic paintings (not an easy thing to do) and
plunge into a ménage à trois. However, Tony is pretty freaked out by
this and drives off to sort things out. It doesn¹t take him long to
return and accept the relationship for what it is. It all comes to a head
with a jaw-dropping out-of-left-field ending that would never fly with
today¹s test audiences. Mr. Anthony, best known for his spaghetti western
Stranger character (Stranger in Town), is hilarious (sometimes
unintentionally) and his ¹60s voice-over philosophy is a hoot. He¹s also
a real fashion casualty of the times in his floppy hippie hat and Mickey
Mouse denim jacket. A standout scene shows him as a gigolo in bed with a
whacked-out client, lots of poodles, and a vibrator. Gorgeous Luciana
Paluzzi is best known as James Bond¹s love interest in Thunderball.
Hardcore Beatles fanatics should be alerted that the soundtrack for Come
Together was released on Apple Records. Co-director SAUL SWIMMER was also
nvolved with Let It Be, and Ringo Starr and Tony Anthony starred together
in Blindman. From a beautiful (and quite together) 35mm print and
presented in the widescreen format. #6684 -- Eric Maché, Video
Confidential.
Jean-Emmanuel
http://www.euro-visions.net
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