... Very Spectorian, and a fine vocal performance, but it really sounds to me like a "forced marriage" of song and style. ... The Statues' "Blue Velvet" is, to...
... My original post on this CD specifically stated that it contained remakes of his RCA songs. The available sound sample of 'Where The Boys Are' at Amazon...
... Hi Matt, All I can tell you is that the record's Texan, possibly from the Houston area. Hmmm, Texan girl groups - you don't get many of them ... The...
... True - I should have made it clearer it was an album's title track. That album's puzzled me for ages - I can't think of any other unknown black vocal group...
... To add to the Kenny Hamber Excitement, I have in my 45's archives, a single on Arctic by him. It was a cover of a soul type tune, I think, possibly a dance...
... Different Casuals that sang So Tough (cool record). Best, Austin R....
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... Harold Thomas you'll know better as Prince Harold who had releases on Mercury, Verve, Spring and Kapp. His only hit was "Forget About Me" (Mercury 72621) ...
From Bob Dearborn's Radio Notes, forwarded to me by Don Berns (ex-WBRU, ex-WDRC, ex-WKBW and ex-CHUM among many others): Zola Taylor, an original member of the...
... Wow. Viva Spectropop. I used to play that Prince Harold 'hit' on my old soul ballad program. And while I loved to spew the trivia on the artists I played ...
Before I burn out on all the soul music (northern and other regions) being discussed lately, I thought I'd add a favorite obscure rock/soul track from some...
... Sorry to be four years late, Ken, but I have the single, and I'm happy to share (although perhaps by now you've scored yourself a copy). Both sides of the...
... Kenny Hamber cut two singles for Arctic, and one for Mean Records, the latter label a very obscure Jamie/ Guyden subsidiary. Full details are: Arctic 131...
Hey all, In 1961, Don Carroll released a fantastic single called "Seven Up And Ice Cream Soda/Handful Of Friends", originally on Cadence in the USA. It was...
... Thanks Andres. It's great to see such rare and fascinating items. I've added a scan of the Lady-Bugs 45 to the album: http://tinyurl.com/2drys5 OK, the...
... Beefheart and Ry Cooder together - what a blast this is! Now I understand the leap Nitzsche made from Spector sounds to C. C. Adcock. Thank you! Country...
And now for something completely different. I've added two songs by Bill Hjerpe to musica. Label info: "Navigation Blues" Epic 5-9897, 1965-66 "Mrs. Frost" ...
... Given that the Joe Meek-produced Dowlands' BREAKUPS appeared on UK Oriole CB 1815 in April 1963, I'd reckon March or April is about right. Still waiting...
... Great track. I love it! Don't spread this around, but I'm not the greatest fan of "northern soul". The way some fantastic (to me) records are dismissed...
Artie, I read what you posted up on your website and it made me feel like I'm now looking forward to something real good sometime in the future. It goes ...
... Phil's Spectre: A Wall of Soundalikes http://tinyurl.com/2yz7dj Phil's Spectre II: Another Wall of Soundalikes http://tinyurl.com/2arjld Mark in...
I've been transcribing the 1963 session logs Jean sent me and doing a few searches and a couple of things arose which may interest members before I get the...
Hola everybody, ... Paul, the "Let The Good Times In" CD includes many demos and previously unreleased tracks, but although it's quite interesting I didn't...
Hi Spectropoppers, I have created a group at youtube.com: http://www.youtube.com/groups_videos?name=spectropop Actually a collection of most of my own...
