... I don't know who or what BSNPubs is, but I can understand why they might have misread the title of the album. I've added a photo of the album jacket to the...
... PPX was most notably the company which, under the 1965 agreement, obtained the right to the exclusive services of Jimi Hendrix to produce, play and/or sing...
... I'd like to know who Wool is. In my special interest area of recordings by other people of songs written by Neil Diamond, I've come across this name. They...
Regarding the recent Motown LP covers discussion: Many of the early VJ & Chess covers were also using the same marketing/crossover strategy. I remember one of...
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If I'm not mistaken, I have the Moondog himself, Alan Freed, playing a Treniers 45 on his show from the 50's on a tape somewhere, so maybe that's where the...
... I'm not sure if you know it (probably yes) : Micky Jones was then mostly living in France and working with Johnny Halliday. and several other French acts....
Just finishing up Ken Emerson's "Always Magic In The Air" (OK, I'm a slow reader!), I noticed something curious in the author's acknowledgments. "Among the...
Spike Priggen's got a satchel full of Spectropopular videos on his Bedazzled! site this week, including the Toys doing "A Lover's Concerto" by that Brill...
... G'day, Eddy. I asked my friend Charley about this. He's big Tokens fan, and replies: "The 1969 Tokens recording of the Beach Boys "Don't Worry Baby" on...
... Wool was an outstanding band from the Watertown, New York area in the 60s and 70s. Led by Ed Wool, a terrific guitarist and singer, it also included...
... I'm very curious as to how both of those albums are. You are right in that they are quite rare but are they any good? I would assume yes as most of the...
... From New York State, Ed Wool was the leader of WOOL. Line-up for their LP "Wool" (ABC ABCS-676, 1969): Ed Wool, gtr, vcls Claudia Wool, vcls Ed Barrella,...
... BSNPubs stands for "Both Sides Now Publications". For several years, Mike Callahan, a former Washington, DC, disc jockey, published a newsletter and...
How ya' doin'? Last month was a record for discovering cover records on songs of mine that I never knew had even been recorded. I want to thank Spectropoppers...
... The Collectables Johnny Thunder cd is a vinyl dub. Not very well done, either, but at least they sourced the album from stereo vinyl. They added two non-lp...
Regina...How ya'doin'? You must be having a great time in your quest of Neil Diamond covers. He's one the best songwriters I ever worked with, although it was...
... Sorry to keep banging the drum for Louis Hardin (although he'd probably want me to bang it in 9/4 time, at least) but wasn't there an out of court...
... How do you think it measures up against Carole King's own demo, which, thanks to some friendly CK Heads of my acquaintance, is now playing at musica: ...
Hola everybody, ... Thanks Mick (and thanks to the friendly CK Heads of your acquaintance). You probably could guess the answer, but just in case I´m going to...
... I don't think Andrea Carroll was the right artist for this song. She does a relatively competent job, but brings no spark to the proceedings. Sounds like...
Glad to see some Spectropoppers are checking this CD out. I had my wife take it to work and put it in rotation at the coffee shop, thinking it'd be perfect...
... I've uploaded about another 30 shots to S'pop's Jackie DeShannon Photo Album. These are arranged in approximate sequence, and show Jackie arriving at the...
... Those photos are so cool. I love Jackie DeShannon. She got tons of airplay throughout the 60s in the Bay Area, and her early singles, "Needles and Pins"...
... "Even better," offered the iconoclast. "Being There" is terribly degrading in this era. Line up, get stamped, ID'd........... Plastic Cupped cocktails with...
Today I added Laurel Canyon by Jackie DeShannon to my Amazon wish list and was told by their little marketing pop-up that "Customers who bought Laurel Canyon...
... It's sounds like Andrea phoned in this performance. It's flat and dispirited. It could have been done much better by several other artists. Phil H....