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Vabosity

20-11-2013

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Vabosity

20-11-2013

Vabosity's Third Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #45.

There is no theme to today’s post in the Third Anniversary Review. It just contains five tracks that I like a great deal that were initially submitted to the thread during the first few months of its existence.

Bobby Darin - Eighteen Yellow Roses (1963)
First submitted to the thread in June 2010.
Bobby Darin was a superlative artist, who recorded a multitude of superb tracks in a multitude of different styles. He did country music particularly well, as this fine track clearly demonstrates.

Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him (1963)
First submitted to the thread in July 2010.
An excellent English language cover version of Petula Clark’s French language track Chariot. Neither Little Peggy March nor Pet Clark had a hit with this song in the UK.

The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina (1967)
First submitted to the thread in September 2010.
The Left Banke’s magnificent original version of Walk Away Renee (which has already featured in the Third Anniversary Review) is for me the perfect melodic pop single. This is the band’s follow-up single, which I’m also rather fond of.

Raymond Froggatt - Callow La Vita (1968)
First submitted to the thread in October 2010.
I don’t know what offends me the most, the fact that this wonderful original version failed to chart or the fact that the Dave Clark Five’s excruciating cover version (re-titled Red Balloon) was a top ten hit.

Roy Orbison - Love Hurts (1961)
First submitted to the thread in October 2010.
This song was first recorded as an album track by the Everly Brothers. There have been several cover versions of it over the years, but imho this one by the uniquely gifted Roy Orbison is unquestionably the best.

DavetheSensible

20-11-2013

Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Raymond Froggatt - Callow La Vita (1968)
First submitted to the thread in October 2010.
I don’t know what offends me the most, the fact that this wonderful original version failed to chart or the fact that the Dave Clark Five’s excruciating cover version (re-titled Red Balloon) was a top ten hit.”

personally I'd go for s combination of a) Raymond Froggatt was a great musician who somehow missed the boat b) this wasn't the song that typified his funky jazzy pop sound that was just that little bit too early and c) let's not forget that Dave Clark got righteously ignored by the UK market for drivel like this, but paradoxically made enough from the US being dumb about music to make enough money to save 'Ready Steady Go',

mushymanrob

21-11-2013

woofer3

21-11-2013

There have so many to chose from but this was one always one of my faves. Listen to the pushy eights in the bass.

Love is after me/Charlie Rich - [a rare departure from his usual bad salad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnR3DSV-HwA

mushymanrob

22-11-2013

65 - question - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0-2DWPmxoc and this
66 - stop thief - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_55IKyPJO5I and this

Tony Barry
no info
66 - when youre in love with a girl - no youtube vid

Barry and Tamerlanes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_&_the_Tamerlanes
63 - i wonder what shes doing tonight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZFtHomzrU
64 - roberta - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXlQASV_xds

Barry and Tony
no info
65 - lost love - no youtube vid.

continues on monday.

mushymanrob

22-11-2013

Originally Posted by woofer3:
“There have so many to chose from but this was one always one of my faves. Listen to the pushy eights in the bass.

Love is after me/Charlie Rich - [a rare departure from his usual bad salad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnR3DSV-HwA”

thats pretty good!

and ill be including it when i get to 'rich' in about 4 years time!

DavetheSensible

23-11-2013

Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“back to abit of variety to finish the week...”

Is it safe to come back out? Have the Barron Knights gone?
Phew!!!

Quote:
“ Kay Barry no info”

You're right there - but we can conjecture a bit.
That's three covers of hits by others. And a quick look at 45.cat shows 'Sherry', 'It Might As Well Rain Until September', 'It's My Party', 'Be My Baby' and sorry - 'Come Outside', among other covers. She was on Embassy Records, often just on the b side of the single.
Never going to be a star - Embassy were sold in Woolies, not the general record shops, and were usually a sign of even less quality than Top Rank recordings. (see http://www.spanglefish.com/thewonderofembassyrecords/ for info on the label)

mushymanrob

23-11-2013

Originally Posted by DavetheSensible:
“Is it safe to come back out? Have the Barron Knights gone?
Phew!!!
You're right there - but we can conjecture a bit.
That's three covers of hits by others. And a quick look at 45.cat shows 'Sherry', 'It Might As Well Rain Until September', 'It's My Party', 'Be My Baby' and sorry - 'Come Outside', among other covers. She was on Embassy Records, often just on the b side of the single.
Never going to be a star - Embassy were sold in Woolies, not the general record shops, and were usually a sign of even less quality than Top Rank recordings. (see http://www.spanglefish.com/thewonderofembassyrecords/ for info on the label)”

nowt wrong with the barron knights

they added abit of frivolity..

yeah id noticed her material was all covers, tbh bobbys girl wasnt a bad one, sounding alot like susan maughans big hit.

mushymanrob

23-11-2013

it has to be done...

50 years ago today we first heard possibly the best tv theme tune ever, certainly one of the most recognisable and ground breaking. ron grainer was a genius. apart from it being a tv theme, it was also a fantastic piece of music, mysterious, futuristic , with a touch of darkness...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4

DavetheSensible

23-11-2013

Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“it has to be done...
50 years ago today we first heard possibly the best tv theme tune ever, certainly one of the most recognisable and ground breaking. ron grainer was a genius. apart from it being a tv theme, it was also a fantastic piece of music, mysterious, futuristic , with a touch of darkness...”

Indeed it does have to be done.

Mind you, it drives me bloody mad that Delia Derbyshire doesn't really get any credit. Grainer might have written the theme, but it was her genius at the Radiophonic Workshop that turned it into the electronic wonder it is (with assist from Dick Mills).
I doubt it would have lasted 50 years if it was one of Grainer's lush stringy orchestra things.
Nice to see 'The Making of The Doctor' recognise this and have a scene of Delia in the studio crafting the theme.

mushymanrob

24-11-2013

Originally Posted by DavetheSensible:
“Indeed it does have to be done.

Mind you, it drives me bloody mad that Delia Derbyshire doesn't really get any credit. Grainer might have written the theme, but it was her genius at the Radiophonic Workshop that turned it into the electronic wonder it is (with assist from Dick Mills).
I doubt it would have lasted 50 years if it was one of Grainer's lush stringy orchestra things.
Nice to see 'The Making of The Doctor' recognise this and have a scene of Delia in the studio crafting the theme.”

grainer though is well known for other scores... im looking forward to getting to 'g' lol , of course there the fabulous 'a touch of velvet, a sting of brass' that elevates him into legendary status..

DavetheSensible

24-11-2013

Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“grainer though ... legendary status..”

No argument there.
Nice to see Delia finally got the credit at the end of 'Day Of The Doctor

Vabosity

24-11-2013

Vabosity's Third Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #46.

Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Vabosity's Third Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #8.

Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl (1962)
First submitted to the thread in June 2010.
I love Doo-wop music, and although it’s usually associated with the fifties, a lot of great tracks were still being recorded in the early sixties. This is the original version of a song that was a big UK hit single for Doo-wop revivalists, the Darts, in the late seventies.”

I’m a massive fan of Doo-wop music, so I’ve decided that today’s post will consist entirely of Doo-wop tracks. As you can see, the brilliant Duke Of Earl by Gene Chandler has already featured in the Third Anniversary Review, so I searched the thread for other just as brilliant Doo-wop tracks, found quite a few, and am repeating five of them below.

The Volumes - I Love You (1962)
First submitted to the thread in June 2010.
A splendid Doo-wop ditty that was the group’s only hit in the USA. It goes without saying that it failed to chart in the UK.

Dion and the Belmonts - Where Or When (1960)
First submitted to the thread in June 2010.
Very, very cheesy, but I absolutely love this song.

Rosie and the Originals - Angel Baby (1960)
First submitted to the thread in August 2010.
This one's a bit of an oddity in Doo-wop terms inasmuch as Rosie is the only one singing throughout the track so there is obviously no vocal harmony, and yet in all other respects this is unquestionably Doo-wop. The track may be simplistic and unpolished, but in its own unique way it’s quite magnificent.

The Marvelows - I Do (1965)
First submitted to the thread in November 2010.
By the mid-sixties Doo-wop music was very much out of vogue, so this fine track peaked at a rather lowly #37 on the U.S. singles chart in 1965. Had it been recorded and released three years earlier I’m sure it would have made the U.S. top ten.

The Pentagons - To Be Loved (1960)
First submitted to the thread in July 2011
I get the impression from many of his posts that Barney is as big a fan of Doo-wop music as I am. This track was new to me when Barney first submitted it to the thread just over two years ago, but it’s remained a firm favourite of mine ever since.

Barney06

24-11-2013

Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“[b]Vabosity's Third Anniversary Review Of The Thread -

The Pentagons - To Be Loved (1960)
First submitted to the thread in July 2011
I get the impression from many of his posts that Barney is as big a fan of Doo-wop music as I am. This track was new to me when Barney first submitted it to the thread just over two years ago, but it’s remained a firm favourite of mine ever since.”

Also a fan of the girl groups

The Shepherd Sisters - The Greatest Lover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdlLp7x_84

A couple of new groups to me both featuring female vocalists The Spike Drivers - Often I Wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJvRTd3fufM

Insect Trust - Walking On Nails

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDoZ9GZNfUg

Following on from The Dr Who theme , my favourite TV theme from The 60s

Z Cars Theme - Johnny Keating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQh-b11vcM

mushymanrob

25-11-2013

Barry Sisters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bar...ited_States%29
60 - misty - no youtube vid

Chris Bartley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bartley_%28singer%29
67 - the sweetest thing this side of heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUqhidWVUM
68 - i found a goodie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YRpQy-yXfI

Eva Bartok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Bartok
67 - broken blossoms - no youtube vid

Ria Bartok
http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...00%26bih%3D432
64 - see if i care - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-8GM-VmAMQ i like this

Count Basie and his Orchestra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie_Orchestra
60 - april in paris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU1yg6_l0_4
67 - green onions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23nkxQATi4
68 - for your precious love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt0MBmHT8xo

Basies
no info (unless its the band from above)
67 - river jordan - no youtube vid.

DavetheSensible

25-11-2013

Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“Basies
no info (unless its the band from above)
67 - river jordan - no youtube vid.”

Well ..#
thank goodness you didn't get involved in all that Doctor Who nonsense and just put plain posts up this weekend

mushymanrob

26-11-2013

well... we have several 'big' names coming up over the next week or two... and one will be today, with a real big name tomorrow.

Alfie Bass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Bass
60 - villikens and his dinah - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97fyAIB7W5c (flip side first, a bomus track!

Billy Bass
no info
69 - i need your love so bad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8xTFpO9Ss

Fontella Bass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontella_Bass
65 - dont mess up a good thing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQQUdeCaec
66 - recovery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd96g5AabRM
66 - i cant rest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJWzyN8Ei8
69 - safe and sound - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lo-cEROv2I

at this point ill skip the next big artist until tomorrow when the whole post will be all about her, but post a few artists from beyond her to fill out todays post.

June Bateman
http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/61535
64 - i dont wanna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRSjFZiI7mk

Jon Bates
no info
65 - where were you last night - no youtube vid

Bats
http://www.jimmydunning.co.uk/the-bats/
64 - accept it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHVweMxVvY
66 - listen to my heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDVdjNFm7Uo i like this

67 - you will now wont you - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CQjbGOxEsM
67 - hard to get up in the morning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbP2TTW1MI

mushymanrob

27-11-2013

todays post will feature on of our greats....if you like this sort of thing! lol..

Shirley Bassey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Bassey
60 - with these hands - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za3BPqXUcv8 #38
61 - birth of the blues - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8mofdyTG74
62 - tonight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJi5s88ghs #21
62 - youll never walk alone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ueaN-hg7U
62 - far away - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nlk4L0GRB0 #24
63 - what kind of fool am i - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etR6D_MvinI #47
64 - my special dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZP3wOnJYqY #32
64 - gone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbXWPCFGrc#36
64 - who can i turn to - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1gkcva6nM8
64 - goldfinger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouhKgdCfJys #21
66 - dont take the lovers from the world - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbq9MjfwYA
67 - big spender - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVSlILP4fSk #21
68 - to give - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rjy6I7v13w

think theres some surprises in there, two big well known tracks didnt make the top 20 so actually qualify for this thread! back to variety tomorrow.

mushymanrob

28-11-2013

Mike Batt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Batt
68 - mr poem - no youtube vid
68 - i see wonderful things in you - no youtube vid
69 - your mother should know - no youtube vid

Les Baxter and his Orchestra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Baxter
60 - ooch i baba - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3frSG0nb97I
66 - michelle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4izeHijyBls

Ronnie Baxter
no info
60 - i finally found you - no youtube vid

Baytown Singers
no info
65 - walkin down the line - no youtube vid

Beach Boys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys
63 - surfin safari - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLXvATxHHiQ #34
63 - ten little indians - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScPDVA3KbSo
63 - surfin usa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4slliAtQU
64 - fun fun fun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F24LC0QsYTQ
64 - when i grow up to be a man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgTRU-UVLwA #27
65 - dance dance dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F74pEzgTA8I#24
65 - all summer long - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tytTebj8ic
65 - help me rhonda - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPnBrK6D26g#27
65 - california girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boVY83PQvX8 #26
65 - the little girl that i once knew - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFudhpBf0q8
67 - wild honey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4fkgKzeNxw#29
68 - friends - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm6eC2jmGwY#25
69 - bluebirds over the mountain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOofuEYVGvs #33

well, that must be the most 'unrare' selection posted, however these tracks didnt break the top 20 so qualify!

Devon Miles

28-11-2013

Hi All

Long time since I poked my head round this door

Good Times by the Easybeats - an under-rated Aussie band IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adq6CrkiyZ0

i only knew until recently the INXS / Jimmy Barnes version and always thought it was a Jimmy Barnes original.

You'll hear the unmistakable and superb vocals of Steve Marriot on the EB's version

mushymanrob

29-11-2013

for the last installment this week..

Beachcombers
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_G/0_gr...ombers_242.htm
63 - mad goose - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL11t6o-xHY
64 - night train - no youtube vid

Beach-Nuts
http://60sgaragebands.com/interviews/beachnuts.html
65 - out in the sun (hey-o) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wPhAe59vU

Beacon Street Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Street_Union
68 - blue suede shoes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr0_arVlHAo

Beale Street Buskers
no info
60 - 'fraidy cat - no youtube vid

George Bean
no info
63 - secret love - no youtube vid
64 - will you be my lover tonight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGsAWoyu2mM
64 - a sad story - no youtube vid
65 - she belongs to me - no youtube vid
67 - the candy shop is closed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2NXnait_Pw
68 - bring back lovin - no youtube vid

Bean and Loopys Lot
no info
68 - a stitch in time - no youtube vid

Beans
no info
62 - jumping beans - no youtube vid
62 - hey janey - no youtube vid

Beas
no info
68 - dr goldfoot and his bikini machine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz4pWEKZ7u4

Beat Boys
http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups...s/beatboys.php
63 - thats my plan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H4KLGybOeI

Beat Brothers
no info
63 - nick nack hully gully - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCzVB9Xkycw

Beat Chics
no info
64 - skinny minnie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9PFFfSxFbw

...cant think who comes next...... lol. (or will they?)

Vabosity

01-12-2013

Vabosity's Third Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #47.

Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Vabosity's Third Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #46.

I’m a massive fan of Doo-wop music, so I’ve decided that today’s post will consist entirely of Doo-wop tracks. As you can see, the brilliant Duke Of Earl by Gene Chandler has already featured in the Third Anniversary Review, so I searched the thread for other just as brilliant Doo-wop tracks, found quite a few, and am repeating five of them below.”

There’s only one way to follow a Third Anniversary Review post consisting entirely of Doo-wop tracks and that’s with a Third Anniversary Review post consisting of more Doo-wop tracks.

I searched the thread for some great Doo-wop tracks, found quite a few, repeated five of them in my previous post and am repeating five more below.

Dion - Ruby Baby (1963)
First submitted to the thread in June 2010.
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote some fantastic songs, and Ruby Baby is certainly one of them. The original 1956 version by the Drifters is imho the definitive version, but this is a superb cover.

The Passions - Gloria (1960)
First submitted to the thread in July 2010.
It’s been a very long time (too long) since I (or anyone else) last posted to the Rare 70’s Classics thread, but I vaguely remember submitting my favourite version of this much covered song, the one by Manhattan Transfer, to that particular thread. Check out that version if you have time, but first please click on the above link to hear this fine version by the Passions, which is also well worth a listen.

The Regents - Barbara Ann (1961)
First submitted to the thread in August 2010.
Although the 1973 film American Graffiti was a nostalgic piece set in 1962, most of the songs on the soundtrack were actually from the fifties. This is one of the few sixties tracks used. You’ll certainly know the song, but not necessarily this version.

Jo Ann Garrett - A Thousand Miles Away (1967)
First submitted to the thread in April 2011.
Jo Ann Garrett, backed by the Dells, delights us with a track that’s a fabulous mix of Doo-wop and Soul.

The Duprees - You Belong To Me ( 1962)
First submitted to the thread in April 2012.
In January 1953, Jo Stafford’s version of You Belong To Me, became the second ever Number One single in UK chart history, and the first ever by a female artist. As much as I admire (in a guilty pleasure sort of way) Jo Stafford and other fifties singers of her ilk, I have to say that I much prefer the Duprees’ Doo-wop version of the song.

Vabosity

01-12-2013

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mushymanrob

02-12-2013

at this juncture we would have a little band from liverpool, but they were so successful they hardly qualify as 'rare'.

so skipping the beatles...

Beatmen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatmen
64 - you cant sit down - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyoazOjCjs
65 - now the sun has gone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfSB8TrZs_g like this

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