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Post by ROCKY on Nov 9, 2020 19:34:57 GMT
We sort of missed ya Jimmy. Jimmy Winston, original keyboarist for the group The Small Faces way back in 1965! On Sept. 26th R I P Jimmy age 75.
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Post by pothos on Nov 9, 2020 23:16:11 GMT
Another sad loss and condolences to his loved ones. RIP.
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Post by ROCKY on Dec 24, 2020 16:25:09 GMT
The BIG GUY is gone! Leslie West at 75 R I P Leslie What a blast he was!!!
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Post by pothos on Dec 24, 2020 23:24:03 GMT
R.I.P. Mr West.
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Post by ROCKY on Dec 28, 2020 1:23:59 GMT
Chad Stuart half of the English folk duo Chad & Jeremy died on Dec. 20th (last Sunday) at age 79. R I P Chad Stuart Chad is on the left. Jeremy Clyde is still living at age 79.
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Post by pothos on Dec 28, 2020 10:14:39 GMT
Sorry to hear of Mr Stuart's passing. R.I.P. sir.
I have never heard of that track of that duo before which is sad.
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Post by ROCKY on Dec 28, 2020 17:58:29 GMT
They were right there at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964.
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Post by ROCKY on Dec 28, 2020 18:04:29 GMT
a nice interview with them about 50 years later.
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Post by ROCKY on Dec 30, 2020 0:42:32 GMT
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Post by pothos on Dec 30, 2020 10:38:00 GMT
She cannot have been that old; so sad to hear of her passing. I always go into panic mode when I see that there is a new posting on this thread. The years of the Golden Gods are fading.
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Post by brewmaster on Jan 3, 2021 18:08:29 GMT
Really sad news, to hear of the death of Merseybeat legend Gerry Marsden Among his many hits, this has become an anthem in Liverpool.....
RIP Gerry
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Post by pothos on Jan 3, 2021 22:55:03 GMT
I am deeply saddened to read of the passing of Gerry Marsden. Such a loss to all those concerned.
R.I.P.
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 4, 2021 14:47:44 GMT
He was right there at the beginning. R I P Gerry.
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Post by brewmaster on Jan 17, 2021 22:42:53 GMT
Well, Phil Specter has died. Although he was pretty crazy, and a convicted murderer, he did give us much great music. I rate "River Deep" and "You've lost that loving feeling" as two of the very best of pop music.
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 18, 2021 0:19:39 GMT
Don't know how John ever got mixed up with him. But like they say, there's that thin line between a genius and an idiot.
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Post by brewmaster on Jan 18, 2021 9:51:07 GMT
The movie about the murder case was quite good...
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Post by pothos on Jan 18, 2021 10:41:36 GMT
Great record producer; a mess of a human being.
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 18, 2021 21:38:12 GMT
The HISTORY of the Lennon "Rock & Roll LP" with Phil Spector: In 1969, Lennon composed the song "Come Together" for the Beatles' album Abbey Road. Inspired by the Chuck Berry tune "You Can't Catch Me",it bore too much of a melodic resemblance to the original—and Lennon took the third line of the second verse ("Here come [old] flat-top") for the new lyric. Publisher Morris Levy brought a lawsuit for infringement, and the case was due to be heard in a New York court in December 1973. It was later settled out of court, with the agreement that, according to an announcement by Levy, Lennon had to "record three songs by Big Seven publishers on his next album". The songs [he] intends to record at this time are "You Can't Catch Me", "Angel Baby" and "Ya Ya"." Lennon had the right to change the last two songs to any other songs that were published by Big Seven. In the meanwhile, Lennon had split with Yoko Ono and was living in Los Angeles with his personal assistant, May Pang. Nostalgia was a popular trend on film with American Graffiti, and television was readying the series Happy Days (Lennon and Pang had even visited the set). Lennon, rather than writing his own songs, and partly inspired by his arrangement to include at least three songs from Levy's publishing company catalogue, Big Seven Music, decided to record an album of oldies as his next release, following Mind Games. Recording Lennon initially teamed up with producer PHIL SPECTOR to record the album, letting Spector have full control. Spector chose some of the songs, booked the studio, and the musicians. When news got around that Lennon was in Hollywood making a record, every musician there wanted to be part of the sessions. In mid-October 1973, sessions were booked at A&M Studios, with many of them having over 30 musicians, but the sessions quickly fell into disarray—fueled by alcohol. Spector once showed up dressed in a surgeon's outfit and shot a gun in the ceiling of the studio, hurting Lennon's ears. On another occasion, a bottle of whiskey had spilled on the A&M Studio's mixing console causing future sessions to be banned from the facility. Unknown to Lennon, each night Spector would remove the master tapes from the studio, and move them to his house. Spector then disappeared with the session tapes and would not be heard from for several months. Spector made one cryptic call to Lennon, claiming to have the "John Dean tapes" from the recent Watergate scandal; Lennon deduced that Spector meant he had the album's master tapes. When a car accident on 31 March 1974 left Spector in a coma, the project was put on indefinite hold. In mid-1974, Lennon returned to New York with Pang and began writing and recording a new album of original material, Walls and Bridges. Shortly before these sessions began, Al Coury, then-head of A&R/promotion for Capitol Records retrieved the Spector tapes. Not wanting to break stride, Lennon shelved the tapes and completed work on Walls and Bridges. With Walls and Bridges coming out first, Lennon had reneged on his deal with Levy, and Levy threatened to refile his lawsuit, but Lennon explained to Levy what had happened, and assured him that the covers album was indeed in the works. Levy gave Lennon use of his farm in upstate New York to rehearse material. Lennon then recalled the session musicians from Walls and Bridges to complete the oldies tracks. Several tracks never made it past the rehearsal stage: "C'mon Everybody", "Thirty Days", "That'll Be the Day" – the band also played a few impromptu jams. On 21 October, Lennon went into Record Plant East, completing the oldies tracks in a few days. Lennon wanted the musicians to stay close to the original arrangements of the songs, apart from "Do You Wanna Dance?". Mixing and editing lasted until mid-November To assure him progress was being made, Lennon gave Levy a rough tape of the sessions to review. Levy took the tapes and pressed his own version of the album called Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits on his record label, Adam VIII, then proceeded to sue Lennon, EMI and Capitol for $42 million for breach of contract. Capitol/EMI quickly sought an injunction. After two trials, in which Lennon had to convince the court of the difference between a rough version and a final take, Levy won $6,795 in damages, and Lennon won $144,700, in February 1976.The album was originally scheduled for release in April 1975; however, in February 1975, Capitol Records rush-released the official Rock 'n' Roll as a Capitol "budget" album (prefix code SK—one dollar cheaper than the usual releases) to counteract sales of the Levy album And Morris Levy was probably a worst human being than Phil!!!
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 20, 2021 14:24:38 GMT
Reading my book "Love me Do' last night. Got to the chapter where the Beatles are going to America and leaving the London Airport for their flight, guess who was on that plane with them? PHIL SPECTOR!!! They arrived in NYC at 1:20pm on Friday Feb. 7th, 1964.
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Post by brewmaster on Jan 21, 2021 9:52:09 GMT
Craig Brown has a bit about this in his book "One, two, three, Four": Having wheedled his way on board the Beatles’ plane, Spector had proved a tricky passenger. ‘He’s as mad as a hatter,’ observed Ringo. ‘… We realised how crazy he was because he “walked to America”. He was so nervous of flying he couldn’t sit down, so we watched him walk up and down the length of the plane all the way.’
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