From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2000 #75 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Sunday, February 13 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 075 It's another issue of bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or use the form at . The following subjects are included in this digest: Re: Viscounts, Others & Mickey Finn "fbrandon" The Ricketts Greg Shaw Another CaveStomp Suggestion William H Jones Re: World Artists label apollojams ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 21:51:24 -0800 From: "fbrandon" Subject: Re: Viscounts, Others & Mickey Finn was it arthur lee that actually spent some time in the nooney ricket four (which had five people---at least in that ski movie they were in)---i think it was before the L.A.G.'s single---or was it someone else---this would've been in the non-filmed period of the nooney ricket ? - -----Original Message----- From: TSanc43763@aol.com To: bomp@xnet2.com Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 12:58 AM Subject: Re: Viscounts, Others & Mickey Finn > >In a message dated 2/11/00 9:07:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, >cosmopop@prodigy.net writes: > ><< > ok---this is gonna bug me---what was the mickey rooney jr group i'm > obviously getting this confused with---also this micky finn mick waller is > the same as from the jeff beck group or different >> >>>>>>> >are you thinking of the >Nooney Ricket Four >or was it the Nooney Ricket Five? >There is also another Mickey Finn that did a lot of dixie ragtime crap. No >clue what the scoop is with that. Tony ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:01:18 -0800 From: Greg Shaw Subject: The Ricketts Hey folks, A few comments on recent debates I felt sure someone would clear up by now: 1. Mickey Rooney Jr. He made a bunch of records under his own name on local LA labels like Orange Empire, and also recorded for Columbia as the Rooneys and also the Rooney Brothers. Not in any other bands I've heard of. Some of these records are pretty decent. 2. Nooney Rickett. I would LOVE to see Jeff Lemlich's interview, and a real history of this guy. His band apparently spent time in many cities long enough that locals thought they came from there. I've seen him claimed as being from Texas, FLorida, New Orleans, and of course San Francisco, where he was a North Beach regular for some time (my dad used to hang out with him!). A very minor talent, but he made quite a few records for various unlikely labels. 3. Reparata & the Delrons. They recorded right into the 70s, a nice pile of obscure 45s, all pretty good. I actually met a former Delron working at Phonogram Records in London, in 1974. Still looked cute. There probably were many members over the years, so if there were any demand they could probably reform. But is there any demand? Who remembers them? Only girl group collectors I fear. Not a significant audience. Can't quite see them doing matinee shows in Branson, MO. Of course, a night in NYC tied in with Ronnie Spector and Joey Ramone might work. How common a name is Reparata in New York? Maybe a Yahoo search? 4. Thee Midniters. I doubt Rhino "owns" this, the masters were probably licensed. Besides, surely the LP is long out of print, and there has been no CD that I'm aware of. Anyway this is one Lee Joseph should tackle. The same guy who he did those East L.A. compilations with owns/owned the Midniters stuff, but probably wants too much cash for it (this band still enjoys a big following in L.A.'s Latino community, so a reissue for the "garage" market probably wouldn't interest him. He wouldn't see it as a "tiny market"; too many of the owners of original 60s masters are convinced their stuff still has hit potential, and demand big bucks for it; leading of course to compilations and no money at all for the rightful owners, though often for the bands themselves). Lee, are you listening? Please clear this up for us! 5. I'm glad somebody straightened this out. There was also an Irish pop singer with this name who had records out in the UK, and here too (45s on Dunhill); no connection. The UK rock groups are all connected, hard as it may be to believe, listening to them evolve from bluebeat/ska to "Garden of My Mind." I'm guessing Mickey Finn is a pretty common name on those shores, given that everyone from Ireland is a Mick to start with, then half the Michael's in the UK become Mick as well, and the obvious allusion to the deadly cocktail... what more natural nickname for an unimaginative yobbo? ......Greg ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 03:04:17 -0500 From: William H Jones Subject: Another CaveStomp Suggestion I don't think I mentioned this one yet - how about a reunion of The Choir for Cave Stomp? "It's Cold Outside" is one of my favorite pop songs ever, the very fine "Who Put The Bomp?" compilation included another great Choir tune, "I'd Rather You Leave Me," and "I Only Did It Cause I Felt So Lonely" is a gem from the "Choir Practice" compilation on Sundazed. Perhaps they don't have enough recorded material to warrant a reunion, but it'd be great to hear "It's Cold Outside" by the band that wrote/recorded it. I heard that a Raspberries reunion tour that was in the works for this year was cancelled, so Wally Bryson might be available - don't know 'bout the others. Be seeing you, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:30:09 -0800 From: apollojams Subject: Re: World Artists label Jeff: Actually, you're quite right. A quick check of the World Artist label discography (courtesy of Ken Clee's Stak-O-Wax V. 2) reveals records by Lou Christie, the Stereos, Reperata, and so on. By 1965, they were releasing mostly UK artists, plus a whole gaggle of artists i've never heard of, so dunno origins. And oh yeah, that Mickey Finn record i was diggin' on yesterday (World Artists #1048: "Night Comes Down" b/w "This Sporting Life" WAS a 1965 record (3/65, to be exact). Dunno why i didn't think to just bend over and pull the Ken Clee book out from under my desk in the FIRST place. I really love these books (i have V. 1 to 4). Anyone else have them? White spiral notebooks with complete (95%, and they get updated) 7" discographies of hundreds and hundreds of U.S. labels, from the biggies (WB, Atlantic, etc.) to the small ones (Gee, Rama, End, Gone, Dunwich, Wingate, etc.). They're not cheap, but they've certainly earned their keep time and time again when i need some answers. I may as well plug where you can get them: http://members.aol.com/waxntoys/main/stakowax2.htm - -gary apollo! http://apollojams.com - ---------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Lemlich wrote: > > << 1) "World Artists" meant just that. It was a U.S. label, mind you, but > wasn't > everything on the label from "NOT U.S." (hence, the label name)?? >> > > No, there were some U.S. artists on the label. I was just playing "Tommy" > by Reparata & The Delrons (from New York) about an hour ago! Michael > Brown's dad and his orchestra backed up the girls. They were pals of lots > of N.Y. bands including the Left Banke and Front End (the band on Smash). > > Mickey Rooney Jr. had no involvement with the Nooney Rickett Four. Maybe > one day I'll get around to writing up the Nooney Rickett story, although at > the time I interviewed him I didn't get a chance to ask him much about his > work with Arthur Lee (grrr). Nooney was originally from Indiana, and went > out to California... claims he did the original "Swim" record, which Sly > Stone and his Autumn Records pal Bobby Freeman took credit for "inventing". > I do have a single on Columbia by THE ROONEYS, which is OK. Mickey Jr. and > his band also were in a '60s exploito movie which I think I have a dub of > somewhere. JEFF ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2000 #75 **************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. 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