The version of 'Dawn' without the 'Pretty eyes a midsummers morn....' intro is a stereo version that appeared on the 'Edizione D'Oro' double hits album that...
... Interesting CD. Only recently, have I picked up a few French language records. I do have a Sheila 45. Philips B373447 F Vous les copains, je ne vous...
... Here's a link to an edit I did many years ago combining both versions of "Dawn" http://www.sendspace.com/file/b02upt The stereo 'drum roll' version I...
I will greatly look forward to acquiring the new C'EST CHIC and the upcoming Louise Cordet collection. My copy of HEY, BEACH GIRLS just arrived today, but...
... Put me down for a copy of the Louise Cordet CD. I found the complete tracklist on the Harkit website: http://www.harkitrecords.com/cordet.html As you'll...
... I´m anxiously waiting for my postman to bring my copy (and hoping it will be my favorite one: a heavily tattooed deep voiced young fellow that looks like...
... Good luck tracking down Louise's French language recordings. Somewhere in the S'pop message archives is a complete discography. I'll try to find it....
... I have always (well since early 64) been trying to find out where there appear to be TWO versions of "Dawn." One has a drum roll and Dawn repeated. It is a...
I always thought it was one of the numerous original Italian compositions which were popular for translation to English language versions around the mid-60s,...
Hola everybody, These last days I've been suffering one of my periodical fixations with a song. This time the protagonist is "Dawning", written by Tony Powers...
"Constantly" was the English version of "L' Edera" (The Ivy), a 1958 song sung by Nilla Pizzi at the Sanremo Song Festival, second place after Domenico...
... Of course it's a version of the classic Italian song "L´Edera". I think the original version could be the one by Nilla Pizzi or at least it is a song...
The Four Seasons UK Appreciation Society is currently completing a full sessionography based on the Master Nrs from 1953 to 1974 and the Philips period is one...
... Thanks for posting that, Glenn -- it's been a long while since I've heard it. I think the problem that I have with Clarence Carter's "Patches" is that it's...
I have just heard this song on the radio which was a UK hit in 1964 for Cliff Richard. The announcer said this was the original, but I always presumed this was...
Hi there, Two things to report that may well interest Spectropop members. The BBC is running a two-part radio documentary about Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman. The...
... I've played "Patches" to musica, from General Johnson's 1976 self-titled album on Arista. Enjoy. As to what jazzcatfish said about the majority of Chairman...
I have heard that during 1971 Colgems was set to release the soundtrack to the "Lost Horizon" movie and possibly another Monkees single-LP greatest hits album...
Re "The Art of Rock and Roll"--really sad, folks!!! This person obviously had a staff of "researchers" and probably doesn't know the genre that well. Well,...
Regent holds a special place. My father Alan, rest his soul, recorded many demos there including "Happy Together" and "She'd Rather Be With Me", among others....
I had no idea this existed! I have tears in my eyes listening. What an astonishing group they were - and are!. From the Bob Lefsetz e-mail list, passed along...
... Dan, thanks for reproducing my post from another site to Spectropop. I can confirm that the brochure is available to anybody who wishes to e-mail me with a...
My latest radio interview show is with Bonnie Nadley. Though you may not know her by name, you almost assuredly saw her on "American Bandstand" if you were a...
... LOL!!! When I saw the Smiths perform in NYC in July 1986, MOZ was wearing a Shangri-Las T shirt (the photo on the "Golden Hits" LP). I think Terry Hall...
Hi Vikke, Hope that you are in good health and doing fine. When will the cd be out, who is producing it (what label), and how do I pruchace a copy. This is...
... And I'm excited to learn from the same excellent Liverpool Beat website www.liverpoolbeat.com that I referred to in an earlier posting about Tiffany, that...
... Although I have vinyl for all of these, I haven't transferred them yet, so I have digital audio only for Chris Connor, Frances Faye, Jack Jones, and Jaye...