From: owner-bomp-digest@ (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@Bolis.com Subject: bomp-digest V1 #37 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@ Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@ Precedence: bulk bomp-digest Tuesday, February 11 1997 Volume 01 : Number 037 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 04:43:35 -0500 (EST) From: DKugel@aol.com Subject: Re: I figured it out! the cake recorded for dot ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 04:45:23 -0500 (EST) From: DKugel@aol.com Subject: Re: I figured it out! thats right the cake recorded for decca -- and had a whipped performance on sullivan were at least one of them looked really way way out (in Skip SPence land) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 02:45:41 -0500 (EST) From: Squishy@aol.com Subject: Re: Poptopia Haven't seen any posts on it, but this big "powerpop" festival just ended in L.A. and I went to a few of the shows. I must admit most of the bands were pretty lame, but the highlight of the whole thing was a performance by Emmit Rhodes (backed by the Ray Paul band and members of the Spongetones) which was so good it gave me chills. To my great delight, one of the songe he did was the obscure Pagliaro single "Some Sing Some Dance" (which readers of Bomp Magazine may recall me raving about at length in the '70s). How he knew it, I'll never know. I also picked up an interesting tidbit of info from a friend who was there, who works at Rhino. Apparently there is a whole album's worth of unreleased Merry Go Round tracks sitting in the vault at A&M. Not only do they refuse to release it or license it, they won't even let anybody see the tapes. Sheesh, what a waste. Greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:54:28 -0500 From: "White, Rob E." Subject: Monkees Info For you Monkees fans, this is from Mike Nesmith: ********************* From: Michael Nesmith Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 13:57:27 -0800 Message-ID: <32FCF6C6.6840@primenet.com> Newsgroups: alt.music.monkees We are finished with the Special except for the final mix and will deliver it Wednesday night. The synopsis on the ABC page does not give anything away. We are all proud of it and think you will be surprised.We are most happy with the time slot, leading in to the Comedy awards, and think that anyone who tunes in will stay with us. The songs in the Special are Circle Sky, You and I, Regional Girl (with a lyric change for ABC Broadcast Standards and Practices) and some other small tunes, Bill Martin's Antarctica and a couple of tunes Davy sings. The general idea of the show is that we never stopped making the show, even though we were off the air for thirty years, and this episode finds us as grown ups. There are some wonderful Monkee moments. I have agreed to a short Summer American tour after July. Probably fifteen or twenty dates. No cities have been set. It will probably be a repeat of the show we are putting together for the UK, a forty or fifty minute set of the four of us playing, then a solo section with each one of us taking one number, then an augmented section where we will play as a quartet but with horns and other keys, then a finale. We are experimenting with big screen video, both pre recorded and live, and will bring that as well. ABC has expressed their great pleasure with the special and there may be more, but as of now we have begun work on the movie, which should be out next year. ************************** Robbie White ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:09:07 -0500 From: William Jones Subject: Vinyl Revival FYI - there's a nice article at http://www.washingtonpost.com today about the revival of vinyl LP's. Be seeing you, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:07:00 +0900 From: "Hitomi I" Subject: Pebbles CD Hi I bought Pebbles CD 9. It's a cool comp! But I think the track listing is something wrong. I found Velvet Illusion on 17(It is written as 18)??? Hitomi I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cutie Morning Moon '60s garage rock page from TOKYO http://www.kiwi-us.com/~hitomi/ e-mail hitomi@kiwi.co.jp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:11:47 -0500 From: William Jones Subject: Circle Sky Revisited Brian wrote: > So I go over to the ABC Site to find out about the Monkees' Special and they say that along with their old songs, they plan to play "new songs, including "You and I," "Circle Sky,..."" Imagine that, they came up with a song called "Circle Sky". I hope the Monkees don't find out. hee hee! Yeah, that's a little confusing. As many (such as Brian!) know, "Circle Sky" appeared on the Monkees' "Head" soundtrack album back in '68 or so (along with several other great tunes). Also, "You and I" appeared on an album released by the 70's combo of Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. The reason these are listed as "new songs" is cause they were re-recorded for lat year's "Justus" album. That was a little lame of them, but at least the rest of the album consists of new songs! Be seeing you, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:15:22 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: Jetsons If it hasn't been mentioned before, Jet Screamer was played by Howard Morris, who also was in the parody singing group on "Your Show of Shows", The Three Haircuts. >I have this on a Colpix label lp which contains the soundtracks of 2 >Jestons episodes, one being the "Jet Screamer" episode. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:38:35 +0100 From: Pierre GURDJOS Subject: Re: Poptopia Squishy@aol.com wrote: > > Haven't seen any posts on it, but this big "powerpop" festival > just ended in L.A. and I went to a few of the shows. > I must admit most of the bands were pretty lame.... Hey Greg, why do you seem so disappointed regarding Power Pop ? Ok, I was not at Poptopia (I can easily imagine lame pop groups) but anyway you words were hard yet on the power pop wave as it can read in the special Goldmine issue dedicated to it. Is pop definitively belonging to the sixties ? A week ago I bought the "Power Pop" compilation on Bomp! and listening to the 20/20 unreleased tracks, or these Poppees/Rockin'Horse.. tracks, it seems flagrant to me that it's maybe with this kind of demos (eg up to a certain degree, the "Basement tapes" of the Rubinoos, existing demos of Blue Ash...) or more obscure or amateur (it's not pejorative!) singles (that Shoes single on Bomp!...the Puppet Rulers, Ray Paul! on Permanent Press) that the real -- and the most interesting -- identity of (early) power pop could be found in this unreleased and/or obscure stuff. For me all these late 70's/early 80's records considered as "classics" (20/20, Shoes "Present Tense" etc..) are pretty good but have lost the "amateur/spontaneous" side we love in '77 punk. Not unlike the sixties, couldn't we imagine that a bunch of lost gems exist only asking for being unearthed ? or do I have too much imagination ? In the late 70's Power Pop seemed to be the future of Punk, and anybody who was there at this time can easily remember what did it mean. By the way, what has become of this guy co-writing in Bomp! named Gary S..(Sparazza!? ooops I don't remember his name...) ? Anyway, this Bomp! issue was a great moment of writing about Pop even if it was 20 years ago... Pierre ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:56:02 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: I figured it out! Brian Phillips wrote: > > Yup. As a matter of fact, I have a song by them from a radio show that I > listen to. Darned if I can remember the title, however I think they > recorded for Capitol > > >Does anyone remember a 3-girl singing group from the '60s called THE CAKE? Why do people like to answer qustions they don't know the answer to? Cake had 2 LPs - The Cake - Decca 74927 - '67 A Slice Of Cake - Decca 75039 - '68 Best, GaryM ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:15:15 -0500 From: lbiondi@iserver01.ci.buffalo.ny.us (Louie Biondi) Subject: Re: Poptopia Pierre GURDJOS wrote: > > By the way, what has become of this guy co-writing in Bomp! named Gary > S..(Sparazza!? ooops I don't remember his name...) ? > Anyway, this Bomp! issue was a great moment of writing about Pop even > if > it was 20 years ago... > > Pierre Hi-- Gary Sperazza! runs a small record store here in Buffalo New York that is a wierd mixture of dance 12inchers and obscure 45's and lps from the 60's & 70's in the back downstairs of his store. I leave the rest of the details to Bernie Kugel!! Best always, "mad" louie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 15:25:02 UT From: "Bill Holmes" Subject: RE: Poptopia Hi Greg: If you have the time to do so, I think a lot of us would love to see an expansion of your comments. Who did you see, and what did you think of them? Can't believe I had to endure job interviews in the snowy North East when _I_ should have been interviewing bands and enjoying balmy weather! We now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress... Bill Holmes bholmes_fm@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8282 - ---------- From: Bomp-Sender@bolis.com on behalf of Squishy@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 1997 2:46 AM To: Bomp@bolis.com Subject: Re: Poptopia Haven't seen any posts on it, but this big "powerpop" festival just ended in L.A. and I went to a few of the shows. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 10:42:09 -0500 From: Evan Davies Subject: Obit - Brian Connolly Rocker Brian Connolly Dies (Reuter) Brian Connolly, lead singer of the British rock band Sweet, has died at a London hospital of a heart attack. Connolly, 52, admitted at one point that his "downfall" in life was alcohol. He was renowned for his stack heels and long blonde hair, and for partying in "those wild and crazy days and nights." In his heyday 25 years ago, Connolly was often seen in the company of Who drummer Keith Moon, who died in 1978. Sweet had several hits in the early 1970s, including "Blockbuster." - --------- Hello, Reuters? How about "Little Willy," and of course the classics "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox On The Run," from the great _Desolation Boulevard_ album -- one of the highlights of the Chinn/Chapman era, imho. (Including the song "A.C./D.C." - "she's got some other woman as well as me." Then there was "Love Is Like Oxygen," but I'm not going to speak ill of the dead. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.juvalamu.com MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 97 10:49:36 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: The Cake GaryM said: >Why do people like to answer qustions they don't know the answer to? >Cake had 2 LPs - >The Cake - Decca 74927 - '67 >A Slice Of Cake - Decca 75039 - '68 Are these easy to find or have they been reissued? I have "Baby It's Me" on one of the Girl in the Garage comps, and would like to find more stuff. Thanks Andrea Lauritzen Cambridge, MA Andrea_Lauritzen@Aspentech.com ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 1997 10:23:32 -0600 From: "Christopher Holtane" Subject: The Catman! Hey Pards! It's Gene Vincent's Birthday!! So put on your blue caps, grab your fave = Gene wax and turn it up baby! Let him know that he's not forgotten down = here...B-i-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo Go GO GO!! Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:02:30 +0000 From: "moonbaby@serv.net" Subject: Re: Obit - Brian Connolly > Hello, Reuters? How about "Little Willy," and of course the classics > "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox On The Run," from the great _Desolation Boulevard_ > album -- one of the highlights of the Chinn/Chapman era, imho. (Including the > song "A.C./D.C." - "she's got some other woman as well as me." How many obits do we see here every year? Tons... but this one kinda shook me up. I've never even bothered being a closet Sweet fan. I liked 'em too much to hide it, even from those who turned up their noses at 'em. Personally, I think every single song on Desolation Boulevard and almost every song on Give Us A Wink are worthy of inclusion on solid glam comps. Most of their first album, too. > Then there was "Love Is Like Oxygen," but I'm not going to speak ill of the > dead. And yet it made them more money than all their other records combined. Almost tragic. More great Sweet music: No You Don't (later covered successfully by Pat Benatar, though Neil Geraldo's guitar solo was the only component superior to the original), White Mice (with the great line "You've got a mouth like a DC-10!"), Sweet FA, Teenage Rampage, and The Sixteens. Say what you will... there was a lot of snap in that bubblegum. Deej - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DJ Johnson - Editor, Cosmik Debris E-Zine Now at http://www.cosmik.com/cosmikdebris Cosmik Debris: If we were a fight, they'd stop it! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 12:28:54 -0500 From: Evan Davies Subject: Re: Obit - Brian Connolly >> Then there was "Love Is Like Oxygen," but I'm not going to speak ill of the >> dead. > >And yet it made them more money than all their other records combined. >Almost tragic. I was going to agree, and say it went beyond almost to truly tragic. But then it occurred to me that at least they got some financial compensation -- however misdirected -- for their efforts. For those who are interested, I came across a Sweet website at http://www.personal.u-net.com/~thesweet/ "And life goes on... you know, you know it ain't easy" - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.juvalamu.com MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:47:11 -0500 (EST) From: Squishy@aol.com Subject: Re: Poptopia In a message dated 2/11/97 2:47:02 PM, you wrote: <> Not at all, there's good pop music in all times I think. The problem with a lot of these "pop revival" bands is that they are so intent on copying their influences that there is nothing very special about them. It's the same problem with many modern "garage revival" bands with the difference that pop music, by definition, has a different standard of quality. Many of these bands are good in a generic sort of way, they have nice harmonies, ringing Rickenbackers and all the rest, but their singers have no personality or style, and the songs don't stick in your mind the way, to me, a good pop song should. Of course there are many exceptions. At least one, maybe two of the bands I saw at Poptopia were pretty good, but others (often the ones others seem to find the most thrilling) really left me cold, and I think this is the reason. I will mention a few I did like: The Andersons, the Beat Angels (from Tucson, I think) and Walter Klevinger. <> Well I don't think pop could ever be as "spontaneous" as punk by its very nature. I also appreciate a more immediate, unpretentious presentation, but a good band that's well rehearsed should be able to offer this. There may be some obscure records from the late 70s gathering dust somewhere, but I think the collectors have noted them all by now. One big differnce in the '60s is that there were huge local and regional scenes whose records never were known outside a limited radius, making for later collector treasure hunts. I mean, even a fairly small city in Iowa could have hundreds of bands putting out records in those days. In the late '70s, you were lucky if there was one band per state, and their audience was primarily via the international network of fanzines etc, rather than local. A completely different arrangement. >>By the way, what has become of this guy co-writing in Bomp! named Gary S..(Sparazza!?<< FOr the past 15 years or more he's been running a record shop in Buffalo (his home town). I don't recall the name/address, but I'm sure someone else out there does (are you on this list, Bernie Kugel?) Cheers Greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:56:34 -0500 From: MCINTYRE@pa.msu.edu Subject: the Blue Things I'm currently taking a class on the inter-relationship between movies and rock'n'roll. The current movie is _Don't Look Back_ which documents Bob Dylan's 1965 English tour. The prof put up a geneology chart tracing the development of folk-rock. One of the headings was "Regional Folk-rock bands" and the two examples given were the Leaves and the Blue Things. I'm familiar with the Leaves, but I've never heard of the Blue Things. Would someone please fill me in? John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept Michigan State University mcintyre@pa.msu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:28:54 -0600 From: tj@ice.net (T.J. O'Brien) Subject: Re: the Blue Things >I'm currently taking a class on the inter-relationship between movies and >rock'n'roll. The current movie is _Don't Look Back_ which documents >Bob Dylan's 1965 English tour. The prof put up a geneology chart tracing >the development of folk-rock. One of the headings was "Regional Folk-rock >bands" and the two examples given were the Leaves and the Blue Things. I'm >familiar with the Leaves, but I've never heard of the Blue Things. Would >someone please fill me in? > >John McIntyre >Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept >Michigan State University >mcintyre@pa.msu.edu > >Don't know much about 'em, other than that I have an LP on Cicadelic records titled The Blue Things Story Vol. 2 (1965-1966). According to the liner notes, they were signed to RCA, and hailed from the Lawrence, Kansas area. To state the obvious, they had a folk-rock sound, kinda reminiscent of the Byrds, Dylan, Lennon trying to be Dylan, etc... If you dig the whole folk-rock thing, you should check these guys out. I'm sure somebody else can (and will) provide much more information on them for you... That's all I know. - -T.J. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:36:50 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: I figured it out! I remember the LP jacket, high contrast/heavy black eye goop/white lips but no radio play that I was aware of...Lola On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Brian Phillips wrote: > Yup. As a matter of fact, I have a song by them from a radio show that I > listen to. Darned if I can remember the title, however I think they > recorded for Capitol > > > >Does anyone remember a 3-girl singing group from the '60s called THE CAKE? > Brian Phillips > http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar > ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 1997 12:48:19 -0600 From: "Christopher Holtane" Subject: Scott Walker list Hey anybody get on that Scott Walker List? I keep getting a List Server = Error. Is the list working? Any help would be greatly appreciated. You = can e-mail me privately. Thanks! Chris holtanec@mailgate.chi.ddbn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:54:26 -0500 From: lbiondi@iserver01.ci.buffalo.ny.us (Louie Biondi) Subject: Re: Poptopia Squishy@aol.com wrote: > > FOr the past 15 years or more he's been running a record shop in Buffalo (his > home town). I don't recall the name/address, but I'm sure someone else out > there does (are you on this list, Bernie Kugel?) > > Cheers > > Greg Hi, The store is called "Apollo Records"--it's on the Elmwood Avenue "strip". And yes Bernie The Kugel is on this list!! Best always, "mad" louie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:01:35 -0500 From: lbiondi@iserver01.ci.buffalo.ny.us (Louie Biondi) Subject: Re: the Blue Things MCINTYRE@pa.msu.edu wrote: > > but I've never heard of the Blue Things. Would > someone please fill me in? > > John McIntyre > Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept > Michigan State University > mcintyre@pa.msu.edu Hi, The Blue Things were a pretty hot mid 60's band from Kansas I believe who cut some independent singles and then were signed to RCA where they cut a few more singles and an album. I guess you could compare them to the Beau Brummels soundwise. Their leader Val Stoecklein died a couple of years back I believe. He also, if memory serves, had a solo album on Dot Records. Most of their recorded output (with a few exceptions) can be found on the Collectables label out of Pennsylvania--they have three cds out on The Blue Things, Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3. All worth checking out IMHO... Best always, "mad" louie ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 97 14:17:13 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Re: The Catman!!!! Chris wrote: >Hey Pards! >It's Gene Vincent's Birthday!! So put on your blue caps, grab your fave Gene wax and turn it >up baby! Let him know that he's not forgotten down here...B-i-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo Go GO GO!! Thank you for remembering!!!! I often forget, although his birthday is the day before mine! Thanks Andrea Lauritzen Cambridge, MA Andrea_Lauritzen@Aspentech.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:23:16 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: The Catman! uh wuh-man LOVE, hey, uh hey uh hey, uh wuh-man LOVE...Vincent Eugene Craddock will ALWAYS rule!!! I got a pink Thunderbird with a red plush seat - ah, baby, that's MINE... On 11 Feb 1997, Christopher Holtane wrote: > Hey Pards! > It's Gene Vincent's Birthday!! So put on your blue caps, grab your fave Gene wax and turn it up baby! Let him know that he's not forgotten down here...B-i-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo Go GO GO!! > > Chris > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:29:15 -0500 (EST) From: HayHuggins@aol.com Subject: Re: the Blue Things In a message dated 97-02-11 14:07:12 EST, you write: << The Blue Things were a pretty hot mid 60's band from Kansas I believe who cut some independent singles and then were signed to RCA where they cut a few more singles and an album. I guess you could compare them to the Beau Brummels soundwise. Their leader Val Stoecklein died a couple of years back I believe. He also, if memory serves, had a solo album on Dot Records. Most of their recorded output (with a few exceptions) can be found on the Collectables label out of Pennsylvania--they have three cds out on The Blue Things, Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3. All worth checking out IMHO... >> Some additions to the above.... The pre-RCA 45s were acetate only I believe (or at least demo only) on Ruff records (I think) from TX. People used to think they were from TX for this reason. They had one LP on RCA. Later recordings were much more psych. One of my fave 45s of all time is "Orange Rooftop of Your Mind" b/w "One Hour Cleaners" (Scored it for $2!!) They made some recordings after Val left that I don't think are as good, with the possible exception of the material he wrote that they recorded after he left. Val did have a solo LP on Dot that literally put me to sleep when I listened to it. It's VERY lightweight folk stuff. Here is a rough guide to the 3 Cicadelic LPs: Vol 1 is mostly pre RCA stuff Vol 2 has stuff from the time around when they recorded the LP Vol. 3 has the psych stuff and (side 1 at least) is my fave. All 3 contain previously unreleased stuff and demo versions of previously released stuff along with the best of the stuff actreleased in the 60's. Unfortunately, these are not readily available. However, I think they are available now on some other, evil format, but let's not get into that. Maybe someone can offer that info? - -Richard Whig ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 20:17:06 UT From: "Bill Holmes" Subject: Walter CLEVENGER Greg: That's Walter CLEVENGER, just FYI. Not a slap at you (Hell, you'd win the punk-o-rama spelling bee against me with your tongue tied behind your back, painful though that would be) but just because I think he's one of the bright lights of the scene right now. Those of you who have not heard his stuff, come on board. There's a link to his page from mine. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress... Bill Holmes bholmes_fm@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8282 - ---------- From: Bomp-Sender@bolis.com on behalf of Squishy@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 1997 12:47 PM To: Bomp@bolis.com Subject: Re: Poptopia In a message dated 2/11/97 2:47:02 PM, you wrote: <> Not at all, there's good pop music in all times I think. The problem with a lot of these "pop revival" bands is that they are so intent on copying their influences that there is nothing very special about them. It's the same problem with many modern "garage revival" bands with the difference that pop music, by definition, has a different standard of quality. Many of these bands are good in a generic sort of way, they have nice harmonies, ringing Rickenbackers and all the rest, but their singers have no personality or style, and the songs don't stick in your mind the way, to me, a good pop song should. Of course there are many exceptions. At least one, maybe two of the bands I saw at Poptopia were pretty good, but others (often the ones others seem to find the most thrilling) really left me cold, and I think this is the reason. I will mention a few I did like: The Andersons, the Beat Angels (from Tucson, I think) and Walter Klevinger. <> Well I don't think pop could ever be as "spontaneous" as punk by its very nature. I also appreciate a more immediate, unpretentious presentation, but a good band that's well rehearsed should be able to offer this. There may be some obscure records from the late 70s gathering dust somewhere, but I think the collectors have noted them all by now. One big differnce in the '60s is that there were huge local and regional scenes whose records never were known outside a limited radius, making for later collector treasure hunts. I mean, even a fairly small city in Iowa could have hundreds of bands putting out records in those days. In the late '70s, you were lucky if there was one band per state, and their audience was primarily via the international network of fanzines etc, rather than local. A completely different arrangement. >>By the way, what has become of this guy co-writing in Bomp! named Gary S..(Sparazza!?<< FOr the past 15 years or more he's been running a record shop in Buffalo (his home town). I don't recall the name/address, but I'm sure someone else out there does (are you on this list, Bernie Kugel?) Cheers Greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 20:50:48 UT From: "Bill Holmes" Subject: TTYD - Oscar Nominee! Finally!! "That Thing You Do" was one of the five nominees for "Best Song"!! Now if Tom Hanks isn't forced to sing it (please, oh please get some great band to do it live!!) we might have a moment of International Pop Nirvana in a few weeks! Playing It Loud, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:39:24 -0500 (EST) From: dcoyle@mail.bright.net (David J. Coyle) Subject: Banana Splits/Kroffts Did the Kroffts also have anything to do with the slightly later "Great Space Coaster" show? I used to watch it all the time, but thinking back, I really don't think I could stand seeing reruns of it... Dave || David J. Coyle // E-Mail: dcoyle@bright.net || || Chillicothe, OH // Another minimum-wage college graduate || ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:39:31 -0500 (EST) From: dcoyle@mail.bright.net (David J. Coyle) Subject: New/Upcoming stuff in stores? Does anyone know if the One Way reissue of the Nashville Teens "Tobacco Road" album has come out yet? And why has my local store not received any word about the Monks CD? I would think that a CD that got a big writeup in Billboard would be pretty easy to get by its street date. Anyone have the catalog number for it? Plus, does anyone have any further information about the upcoming release of the Knickerbockers "Hits And Rarities" set on Sundazed? I was told it was set for a February release. I'm still interested in finding out if I can get rid of the other Knickerbockers compilation that was put out a few years ago... || David J. Coyle // E-Mail: dcoyle@bright.net || || Chillicothe, OH // Another minimum-wage college graduate || ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 20:03:13 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: The Cake and Jayne Kennedy The Cake were Eleanor Barooshian, Barbara Morillo and Jeanette Jones. Carol Kaye, studio bassist extrodinaire played on one of their albums. Jones went on to sing background vocals on Hendrix's Electric Ladyland album. The album doesn't say where, however, I would like to believe that she is one of the women on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp". Jayne Kennedy(now Jayne Kennedy Overton), is an actress, formerly married to Leon Isaac Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy made several movies, including Penetentiary, Penetentiary 2 and not surprisingly, Penetentiary 3. One of my favorite lines from Penetentiary is his explaining his reason for boxing, in which he states, "...I wanna show kids about the hate and fear in this world!" The reason that Jayne Kennedy was mentioned during the Berry thread was that there apparently exists a videotape that somehow got out to the public of the Kennedys in a sexual practice to nasty for me to mention on the list. I STILL cannot remember the name of the Cake song that I have. Dagnabbit. I can't eat my cake and have it, too, Brian Phillips ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 21:04:34 -0500 (EST) From: MDUGO125@aol.com Subject: Re: the Blue Things The Blue Things originated from Hays, Kansas and recorded from 1964-1967. The band consisted of Val Stecklein, Bobby Day, Mike Chapman, Richard Scott and, at various times, Richard Larzalere and Larry Burton. Stecklein was VERY much influenced by John Lennon and most of his folk rock songs show the influence Lennon had on him as the main songwriter for the band. Their RCA album is LOADED with great songs, including "It Ain't No Big Thing", "High Life", and "Now's The Time" all in the folk rock vein. They became more psychedlic in 1967 and recorded not only "The Orange Rooftop Of Your MInd" but also "You Can Live In Our Tree" and the "Coney Island Of Your Mind" (actually an early version of "Orange Rooftop..."). The Collectables label has two volumes of Blue Things recordings, spanning the entire length of their existence, from records recorded by Val Stecklein and the Hi-Plains Singers from 1963, through the Blue Boys in 1964, most of the Blue Things recorded output and, finally, some solo Stecklein demos from 1968. ALL of the material recorded as the Blue Things is worth a listen. Most of it repeated listenings... - -Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 21:15:14 -0600 From: tj@ice.net (T.J. O'Brien) Subject: Re: Banana Splits/Kroffts >Did the Kroffts also have anything to do with the slightly later "Great >Space Coaster" show? I used to watch it all the time, but thinking back, I >really don't think I could stand seeing reruns of it... > >Dave > >|| David J. Coyle // E-Mail: dcoyle@bright.net || >|| Chillicothe, OH // Another minimum-wage college graduate || > ====================================================================== > >Man, I certainly hope not! That show sucked! I was repulsed by it even as a kid. - -T.J. > ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V1 #37 *************************