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Volume #0347 November 19, 1999
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"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity
Subject: Girls Will Be Girls
Received: 11/18/99 11:48 pm
From: Jamie LePage, le_pagxxxxxities.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
I believe we discussed this CD a month or so ago, but I
just got my hands on a copy and would like to reopen the
discussion if anyone is interested.
First, I put the CD on and, atypically for me, listened to
it without looking at the liner notes song by song. My
initial reaction was that there seemed to be a lot of
filler on it. One track sounded like a direct lift of "He
Hit Me and it Felt Like a Kiss"; another a carbon copy of
Shirelles "Foolish Little Girl". I checked the liner notes
later (written by Malcolm Baumgart and Mick Patrick!) and
sure enough these references did not slip their attention
either.
But, third listen and the tracks' individual qualities are
starting to sink in. Many of these are publishing demos,
of the highest quality I might add, with previously
unreleased Mann/Weil etc. Several previously unreleased
tracks list the writer as "unknown"!
I really liked the Bob Crewe/Diane Renay side "The Company
You Keep". Nice use of triangle. Perhaps a bit too much
Buddy Holly "I'm Gonna Love You Too", but still one of the
highlights of the CD.
Loved Sherrell Townsend's "He Thinks I Still Care" (the
aforementioned "He Hit Me..." soundalike). The intro is
great: Timpani, log drum and marimba. Sounds like Martin
Denny covering the Crystals for a second there! Malcolm
and Mick point out that Jack Nitzsche did the arrangements
on both He Hit Me and He Thinks I Still Care, which makes
the similarity in the arrangements understandable. (Did
Nitzsche do the arrangement for He Hit Me? I for some
reason thought this was a New York session.)
Toni Wine has a cute track on here called "A Boy Like You"
which sounds to me like a direct "My Boy Lollipop" cop.
But very cool!
The Cinderellas' "Good Good Lovin" is classic Brill, in
fact it sounds a lot like "Some of Your Lovin'" (Dusty).
According to the liners, this is an unreleased Screen Gems
(Aldon) demo. There is a recent Barry Mann boot of all his
Screen Gems demos floating around, which leads to the
question: Why did all these Screen Gems demos suddenly
surface? Who at EMI has them and how is it that these
reissue specialists are suddenly given access to them?
Anyone know? Bet you do, Ian Chapman! You are namechecked
in the liners. Do tell!
Any other thoughts on this release?
Jamie
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Subject: Supremes
Received: 11/18/99 11:48 pm
From: Carol Kaye, caroxxxxxhlink.net
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
Hope you all know about the statement I made "didn't think
they were very good singers", I'm always comparing to our
wonderful studio backup singers when I make statements
like that. The Supremes were good for that kind of music,
sort of commercial stuff, not the best of singers but
certainly not the worst either......they were a classy act
and the music was just a part of it all.
You didn't have to be a Darlene Love or Jackie Ward etc.
to do all that. Wanted to clarify that as musicians
standards for being a "good singer" are different than the
public's views of it all.
Carol Kaye
http://www.carolkaye.com/
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Subject: Re: Reparata & the Delrons
Received: 11/18/99 11:48 pm
From: Stos, William, xxxxx.tyenet.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
>There is also a pic of Kathy Romeo, who was the
Delron that was asked to leave the group apparently
because she was not as "lithe" as the others.
A friend of mine recently spoke with Sheila Drobnicki of
the group, and she said the rumour about Romeo's weight
being the factor wasn't true. Kathy was not actually
forced out of the group at all, and there was no talk of
her weight being a problem. Of course, this is coming from
a member of the group. Too bad we can't find Kathy and ask
her.
Will
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Subject: yet more on Reparata
Received: 11/18/99 11:48 pm
From: Tom Waters, shangxxxxx.com
To: Spectropop List, spectxxxxxities.com
For a long time, I've been trying to figure out which girl
is Reparata in their group photos. I've always thought she
was probably the dark-haired attractive girl with large
eyes. Am I right? Also, where in the world can somebody
find a recording like "I'm Nobody's Baby Now?" by the
Delrons. I've heard persons refer to it as one of the
finest girl group recordings of the '60's, yet it doesn't
seem to be available on any CD I've ever seen. For a
Reparata collector who only started collecting about a
year and a half ago (i.e. myself), searching for their
recordings can be very frustrating. I make a motion for a
Reparata box set that includes everything they have done.
Too bad that's only a dream.
Tom
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