... It's on a two-fer on Westside, "Tonight's The Night/The Shirelles Sing To Trumpets & Strings" http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005KBJ7/ RP...
... Lyn offers an interesting factoid there about Little Pattie: "Real name Patricia Amphlett ... cousin of Divinyls singer Christina Amphlett." Oops, I left...
... Thanks for the link to the *other* Dickens group. I checked out the soundbite of that single and it is indeed more than a homage to The Left Banke. Like...
... cover of "Where Did Our Love Go?". There is a world of wonderful Donnie Elbert recordings to discover. A small list of must-haves would include: * What Can...
Thanks so much to all who responded to my request. The Welsh site at http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Stage/8089/ was of great help! The Amen Corner -- cool!...
... Donnie's Deluxe sides, including "Have I Sinned" and "What Can I Do", were huge for slow dances at Pittsburgh record hops. They're very unlike his later...
... "They Don't Know" is such a great record and song. It always sounded to me like the Lost Lesley Gore Hit. When Tracey did it on "Solid Gold" I felt very...
Attention Spectropoppers: Hear Ye Hear Ye .... "February is too cold (brrrr)...." "....not enough notice." "Let's make it when it's warmer.." "I Don't know if...
Hi, This is not my auction, but I noticed a copy of 'That Will Never Happen Again' on eBay. For those who do not have this wonderful magazine, any of its...
... I covered a similar situation in my Spectropop article on the SL's aborted reunion in 1977 ( http://www.spectropop.com/Shangri-Las ), in ... 8. A...
Hello from France - I recently got these two singles: Rita Martinson - "I Can't Make It Alone" / "Yesterday's Mornings" VMC V720, 1968 USA, one Carole King &...
... Karen and Larry are right on and so is the Noone man's music. I've been listening to the new Abkco CD and those songs are so-o-o good! He needs a box set...
A few miscellaneous items: * I came across a great line, which I thought most of you would equally enjoy, in, "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", Bill Brewster ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--- The 15th Annual Gala Tribute Benefiting the MusiCares(R) Foundation's Financial Assistance Program will be held Feb....
Wonder if I could ask if anyone might, by some remote possibility, have spare copies of either of these two venerable 45s from 1971 that they would be prepared...
Once again, trying to catch up. ... It may have already been mentioned, but he had a small-to-moderate hit with his own "The Jam" on Cotton in 1962. Billed as...
I'm happy to share "10 Top Tips for Back To Mono Using Wave Editor" for digitally restoring monomix 45s and so-called "Stereo mixes" (and otherwise)to punchy...
It's prety sketchy but here's what inf. I have on Ivanhoe releases in my database. Additions / corrections / comments welcomed. Can anybody tell me the B-side...
I caught a litte snip of an interview on the radio recently with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. While talking about the Ronette's song "Walking in the Rain",...
... That's great! Donnie Elbert's slow tunes of the late fifties were massive in Jamaica, too, resulting in some fine cover versions, most notably 'What Can I...
... Thank you Jeff. Must come round for a copy of your book soon. By the way, Paul Kelly has some interesting things to say about Anette Snell and the...
... I remember seeing him on many sessions late 1960's. I think he might have even played on something for me. Not my personal favorite drummer, but a real...
When Al Kooper first joined Spectropop he mentioned one of his earliest recordings, a novelty record credited to Leo DeLyon and the Musclemen. This sounded...
... This is actually Ivanhoe 50000, not 50001. "Cindy, Oh Cindy" written by Bob Berron & Bert Long. Arr. & Prod. by Eddie Mascari. Matrix 6761 flipped with: ...
... Rita Martinson is credited as co-writer of the Association album track "Goodbye Forever" - this was the "loser" of the two theme songs the group wrote for...
Hey Spectropoppers: As I was organizing my Xmas DJ set, I came across this fabulous Japanese version of "Donde Esta Santa Claus". Japanese pop singer Kayoko...
... "Dance Puppet Dance": I tried to trace an original for it some time ago and drew a blank. Inspired by your question, I've tried again, using every resource...
Very sad to hear of Terry Melcher's death. I'm in the early stages of a feature celebrating Terry's work with Jack Nitzsche. Many friends of the site have...
