From: owner-bomp-digest@ (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@Bolis.com Subject: bomp-digest V1 #33 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@ Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@ Precedence: bulk bomp-digest Saturday, February 8 1997 Volume 01 : Number 033 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 02:52:46 -0500 (EST) From: FFortune@aol.com Subject: Re: The Banana Splits, Iron Butterfly (revisited) In a message dated 97-02-06 22:31:55 EST, you write: << Try doing a search on Sid & Marty Kroft. I'm pretty sure they were the loonies behind the Splits. >> Try Hanna Barbara, I think there is even some bulloney on the Cartoon Network site. Sid & Marty did H.R. Puff, Lidsville etc. ------------------------------ Date: 07 Feb 97 09:22:47 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Banana Splits William Walton wrote: > > Hi kids, > > Does anyone have any information regarding The Banana Splits? I'm trying > to find out who the writers, session musicians, producers, songwiters, > actors, discography, etc. were. Any information regarding the recording > studio (and it's equipment) would also be appreciated. There is a CD out with all the songs from The Banana Splits. If I see my friend who owns a copy this weekend, I'll try to get some info. I also borrowed from the same friend a 6 hour video tape of the Banana Splits marathon on Cartoon Network. The music is incredible! And those Sour Grape Girls!! I didn't remember their skirts being so short; it's actually kinda scary! There's GOT to be a page devoted to the 'Splits. Thanks Andrea Lauritzen Cambridge, MA Andrea_Lauritzen@Aspentech.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 10:13:44 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: Banana Splits Sure is. http://www.hype.com/nostalgia/tv/banana_splitz/bananain.htm >There's GOT to be a page devoted to the 'Splits. HONK! Brian Phillips ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 08:09:44 -0800 From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Subject: Re: Smoke, Banana Splits You wrote: > > If were talking psych-pop, we could include the Kaleidoscope >LPs "Tangerine Dream" and "Faintly Blowing" and if we can add non-UK >LPs we should definitely throw in The Smoke LP on Sidewalk Which Smoke is this, because there was both a British and an Australian Smoke. I didn't know there was an American one, also. >Does anyone have any information regarding The Banana Splits? I'm trying>to find out who the writers, session musicians, producers, songwiters, >actors, discography, etc. were. Any information regarding the recording >studio (and it's equipment) would also be appreciated. > There's a Banana Splits retropsective CD out, but I don't know how to get it. I think it's on Hollywood Sound, which I'm not sure is the same as Hollywood Records owned by Disney. I saw a review of it in "Multiball" fazine, which I don't have handy to check the address. That's surely got some info on it. I do know that Barry White wrote BS songs, and I think I heard that Glen Campbell played on the sessions. Alan W. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 12:04:58 EST From: psy68@UFCC.UFL.EDU Subject: Re: Smoke, Banana Splits Not only one, there were two American Smoke !!! The one was the psych-pop on Sidewalk (a Michael Lloyd production) and the other was a post psych/biker- hard rock group with two Lps on UNI (ex Nomads, the Houston group on the 3 o'clock merrian webster time compulation, reissued by collectables). George ------------------------------ Date: 7 Feb 1997 11:03:42 U From: "J. Emery" Subject: sleep walk yes, this is the same tune. i would bet that you have heard the original = but don't realize it--it gets played on am radio oldies stations all the = time. it is also the song that richie valens' mother was listening to on the = radio when a newscast interrupted to report the plane crash that killed = her son. joe d.valley - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:57:58 -0500 From: mary robinson crews Subject: Re: re- santo & johnny for some unknown reason after joe emery wrote "it was a huge hit for them (as far as i know they wrote it) and has never been done justice on = record since", i felt compelled to search the net for the origins of "sleep = walk". i finally found a page that lists the composers of the tune heard on the ventures' "walk don't run" reckerd as "S. Farina-J. Farina-A. Farina". would this be the same tune? (i'm humbled to admit i don't know) and would "S" & "J" Farina be Santo = & Johnny? with "A" maybe being another family member? who knows the answers to these questions that lurk in the hearts of men = (& women)? shadow, you out there? +=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D= =3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D+ mary robinson crews FREEZE 'EM and EAT 'EM mary@catalogue.com -Chilly Willee http://www.catalogue.com/ http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/ +=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D= =3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D+ ------------------------------ Date: 07 Feb 97 12:28:04 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Sleepwalk >it is also the song that richie valens' mother was listening to on the radio when a newscast >interrupted to report the plane crash that killed her son. Did they include that in "La Bamba"? I may be recalling that scene. Yes, I cried when I watched that movie! Thanks Andrea Lauritzen Cambridge, MA Andrea_Lauritzen@Aspentech.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 18:21:41 +0000 From: Steve Coleman Subject: Re: Ugly Ducklings Compilation At 23:58 05/02/97 -0800, Brendan wrote: >Lisa Lindstrom mentioned a comp. of Ugly Ducklings stuff - can anyone tell >me the title of that comp and what label its on? Yorktown Records (Arc Sound Co, Ontario) released a comp. in 1982 simply titled UGLY DUCKLINGS. The album collects sixties and seventies recordings. All the material is worthy of repeated listening *not* just the classic cuts. The sleeve is very easy to spot and features a Disney characterization of the Ducklings on a red background. Unfortunately the album is probably long out of print. UGLY DUCKLINGS Yorktown Records YT-50003 Just In Case You Wonder + I Wish You Would * I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore + Gaslight ^ My Little Red Book * Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut) + Nothin' + 10.30 Train + I Need Your Love * She Ain't No Use To Me + Rimb Nugget + Originally released on 'Somewhere Outside' * Previously Unreleased ^Unreleased Version Steve C. ------------------------------ Date: 07 Feb 97 15:02:28 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: Lounge Laura draws the line It's just naturally a given that many of us would draw the line at Pat Boone-but-OH LAWD!-this new heavy metal album of his...I just heard his cover of Judas Priest's "You Got Another Thing Comin'"...and I thought, "THIS IS THE GOLDEN THROAT OF THE FUTURE!" Anything else in that category? Two come to mind: Barbara Striesand(sp?)'s cover of David Bowie's "LIFE ON MARS" Tina Turner's cover of Bowie's "1984." BTW-gone from 8-16th...feel free to write, but I won't get back at ya' until the 17th... ALL MY LOVIN' lounge l "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 BUSINESS ONLY: ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu PERSONAL ONLY: laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 12:21:25 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: Jewels List Keith D'arcy wrote: the > Appletree Theatre, "Miss Butters" by the Family Tree Ah, 2 of my faves! Family Tree became Roxy & then my beloved Wackers! Appletree Theatre had members of Rick "Don't Call Me Ricky" Nelson's band, with Rick having a guest spot or 2. Their "Sorry State Of Staying Awake" was regularly played on the wonderful WYBC-FM New Haven in the 60s! Someone mentioned SF Sorrow by the Pretties, but I always preferred Parachute. And how about Neon Philharmonic's The Moth Confesses? Or the 2 sidelong suites Esther's Nosejob & Rivmic Melodies that made up Soft Machine 2? Best, GaryM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 21:18:49 +0100 From: Filippo Dulio Subject: Naivety turned into magic. Flipping thru the mags, surfing the web, reading the posts, talking around.... it makes me wonder: am I the last one around who loves the TV Personalities, the Direct Hits, Biff Bang Pow, Orange Juice, the Jasmine Minks, the Squire, the Pastels, the Times, the Vaselines......... Those bands, expecially in their early years, represented the true essence of pop but it seems like they have been completely forgotten. Those bands had IDEAS, LOVE and urge to communicate it, and despite (often) very poor musicianship they created the ultimate sixties-influenced pop songs. Stuff you may find if interested: TELEVISION PERSONALITIES - And don't the kids just love it? (1st LP) TELEVISION PERSONALITIES - Yes darling, but is it art? (Anthology) DIRECT HITS - The magic attic (Anthology) SQUIRE - Big smashes (Anthology) BIFF BANG POW - Pass the paintbrush honey ...... (1st LP) JASMINE MINKS - 1234567 all good preachers go to heaven (1st LP) ORANGE JUICE - Ostrich churchyard (Prev.Unr. version of 1st LP) ORANGE JUICE - The heaters on fire (Anthology) PASTELS - A truckload of trouble (Anthology) VASELINES - The way of the Vaselines (Anthology) TIMES - Pop goes art (1st LP) VV.AA. - All for art and art for all Filippo Dulio, Italy (duliof@telenia.it) The Outsiders' Touch: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/3486/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:00:28 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: The Banana Splits, Iron Butterfly (revisited) William Walton wrote: > > Hi kids, > > Does anyone have any information regarding The Banana Splits? I'm trying > to find out who the writers, session musicians, producers, songwiters, > actors, discography, etc. were. Any information regarding the recording > studio (and it's equipment) would also be appreciated. Vocals were by the guys who wrote the songs - Mark Barkan & Ritchie Adams. Best, GaryM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:33:40 -0500 From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Subject: WYBC Gary M: played on the wonderful WYBC-FM New Haven in the 60s! Ohh, I just got a flashback... My first exposure to underground radio; and the dj's actually let us geeky high-school kids come into the station and pick out records for the shows. There was no greater thrill in 1968! It was there, much to my wife's current dismay, that I thought "Someday I will have this many records.." Craig ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:48:35 -0500 From: Brian Poust Subject: Re: Naivety turned into magic. I almost agree. Squire was almost as lame as Secret Affair, and the only good thing to come from Biff Bang Pow was Creation Records decision to sign Ride (and if you're into pure finance, then Oasis too). But the Times and TV Personalities will always have a close place in my heart. Brian Poust At 09:18 PM 2/7/97 +0100, you wrote: >Flipping thru the mags, surfing the web, reading the posts, talking >around.... it makes me wonder: am I the last one around who loves the TV >Personalities, the Direct Hits, Biff Bang Pow, Orange Juice, the Jasmine >Minks, the Squire, the Pastels, the Times, the Vaselines......... >Those bands, expecially in their early years, represented the true essence >of pop but it seems like they have been completely forgotten. >Those bands had IDEAS, LOVE and urge to communicate it, and despite (often) >very poor musicianship they created the ultimate sixties-influenced pop songs. >Stuff you may find if interested: >TELEVISION PERSONALITIES - And don't the kids just love it? (1st LP) >TELEVISION PERSONALITIES - Yes darling, but is it art? (Anthology) >DIRECT HITS - The magic attic (Anthology) >SQUIRE - Big smashes (Anthology) >BIFF BANG POW - Pass the paintbrush honey ...... (1st LP) >JASMINE MINKS - 1234567 all good preachers go to heaven (1st LP) >ORANGE JUICE - Ostrich churchyard (Prev.Unr. version of 1st LP) >ORANGE JUICE - The heaters on fire (Anthology) >PASTELS - A truckload of trouble (Anthology) >VASELINES - The way of the Vaselines (Anthology) >TIMES - Pop goes art (1st LP) >VV.AA. - All for art and art for all > >Filippo Dulio, Italy (duliof@telenia.it) >The Outsiders' Touch: >http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/3486/ > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 15:00:24 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: The Banana Splits, Iron Butterfly (revisited) Jeff Penczak wrote: > > William Walton wrote: > Try doing a search on Sid & Marty Kroft. I'm pretty sure they were the > loonies behind the Splits. > > Jeff Nope, You're wrong, sir! It was Hanna-Barberra! Best, GaryM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Feb 97 15:58:36 -0700 From: MENACHEM TURCHICK Subject: Re: Ear Pierrcing Punk >i am curious, what is the deal with the east side digital vs. the aip >pebbles? i usta work for a distributor and bought all the east side digital >without pause; i also have a stack ot the aip pebbles' cds and many >overlap.... what is up with that and which pebbles cd 6 is it? todd It's one of the AIP Pebbles. I'm fairly certain that the East Side Digital series only had four volumes. I'm not sure where the "East Side Digital" label name came from - maybe Greg will clue us in - but they were essentially a Greatest Hits of Pebbles package. A few years later the decision was made to reissue the entire vinyl series on CD, so I'm sure the vast majority of the ESD tracks will show up on the AIP releases. Some of these songs have been reissued 4 or 5 times under the Pebbles banner! Besides the ESD and AIP CDs, and the vinyl originals, there was a Pebbles box set, a "Great Pebbles" CD for the Japanese market, and three Best of Pebbles volumes in England. Menachem ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 16:09:13 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: WYBC ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com wrote: > > Gary M: > > played on the wonderful WYBC-FM New Haven in the 60s! > > Ohh, I just got a flashback... My first exposure to underground > radio; and the dj's actually let us geeky high-school kids come > into the station and pick out records for the shows. There was no > greater thrill in 1968! It was there, much to my wife's current > dismay, that I thought "Someday I will have this many records.." > > Craig My 1st real radio experience! Who do you remember from those golden days? I got an FM transistor radio around my 13th birthday (9/68), twiddled the dials, heard Greasy Heart by the Airplane, & the dial never turned for 5 years!!! Fave EVER show was the all night Diversions! I was invited down as a guest of Tim Powell! I remember that it was the day that the James taylor LP on Apple arrived. He even let me pick some tunes - I did a trilogy that I'd often heard back when I lived in Boston & worshipped Dick Summers' Subway on WBZ - Beatles-Flying -> Country Joe & The Fish - Chapter 43 -> Ultimate Spinach - Baroque #1 (try it at home!). Also was the 1st time I heard Robert Johnson. went back a few times, also got me close enough to shop at Cutler's Records! BTW, do you remember Mitch Kapor doing the 6-8PM slot? Ended up inventing a little computer program called Lotus. Have talked to one of the Kevin Mc's from that time via e-mail (can't remember if it was McKane or McEuen). And does ANYBODY have a tape or at least remember a 'YBC band called A Stately Pleasure Dome - did Night Plane, 7-4-Time For War & It Could Be So very Easy To be So Very Slightly Insane? Or Lancelot by Christopher Hawk? Or the original versions of Lady Rain Again & Early Morning Phantasy by Randy Burns & The Sky Dog band? HELP!!!! Best, GaryM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 19:25:34 -0500 (EST) From: HayHuggins@aol.com Subject: Re: Banana Splits In a message dated 97-02-07 11:17:14 EST, Alan writes: << There's a Banana Splits retropsective CD out, >> I know Get Hip had a bootleg this past summer. Dunno if it's the this one..... Richard ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 01:45:23 -0500 (EST) From: HayHuggins@aol.com Subject: Re: Ugly Ducklings Compilation There was also a reissue of their Yorkville ('67) LP that collected a few extras that was put out by the owner of the Vinyl Museum (stores in Toronto and Fla.). It is excellent. However, it should be filed under: 80's reissues that are becoming as rare as the original 60's release. - -Richard Whig ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V1 #33 *************************