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JUNE 2007 ISSUE #161 Inside: Fundraising 101 UK Soul Weekend Second Spectre KRC Fashions! RAMBLINGS FROM THE EDITOR VIEW FROM THE TOP We made it through another winter With the arrival of June and the and spring. Vendor and customer start of the summer season, participation continues to thrive. flea markets, garage sales The February, March and April and yard sales will be in abundance to shows were quite strong. April was provide other resources for record collectors to exceptional with four special added attractions: the hunt for their treasured tunes. I say give them all American Historic Jukebox Society with jukeboxes, a chance to work for you. the Lancaster County Car Club with vintage wheels, The Pennsylvania Music Expo will also be here Teen Guide book author, Jeff Kreiter and rock-a-billy for you the second Sunday of July, August, artist and all-around gentleman, Charlie Gracie. September and throughout the year. The KRC has (Charlie’s PBS documentary is now on been in existence 27 years to help you find all DVD, which he had available that day.) types of music by all kinds of artists and groups. The Mother’s Day show was lighter, The KRC continues to help by providing dealers a however seasoned vendors know this place to set up to buy, sell or trade with club and plan accordingly each year. Keeping members and the general public. the show the second Sunday sometimes Let us take a moment to reflect on how and why conflicts with other events, however it the Keystone Record Collectors club was provides a consistency factor customers formed… and vendors have come to appreciate 1.) To promote record collecting as a over the years. hobby Inside you’ll find another great CD review from the 2.) To provide an avenue for music multi-talented Doug Smith, a way for interested collectors to obtain a wealth of knowledge parties to advertise and help our club at the same about artists and groups that are in their time and something we’ve not had in quite some particular area of interest. time – a KRC club logo clothing offer! The KRC (and the Pennsylvania Music Expo) As summer approaches, vendors - don’t forget your has been here for you. Will you be here for the portable fans if temperatures Musically Speaking, KRC? Help support your club by volunteering rise into the 90’s. Lancaster some of your time at the show or with our Catholic still does not have Air publications. Bill Donohue Conditioning (maybe next Good Hunting! summer), so…plan accordingly. B. Derek Shaw 2007 KRC President KEY-NOTES Editor Keep collecting those tunes! & Communications KRC INFO LINE (717) 898-1246 CALL ANYTIME! Jeff Kreiter (far right) traveled from Bridgeport, Another “Cameo” appearance: Philadelphia’s Ohio to first rock and roll artist, Charlie Gracie, participate in visited our show with his family. (l to r): our show. He Gracie and wife Joan; daughter-in-law Kim recently released the 2nd edition of his Teen Collector's and son Charlie Gracie, Jr. Charlie recently AHJBS members Dale Reinhart and Bob Record Guide. (l to r): Bill Donohue KRC President, Phil celebrated birthday number 71. He still Aspenligter behind a couple of beauties Schwartz Special Projects Coordinator and Kreiter. knows how to rock! they had on display. The club will be back for the November 11th show. Typically you won’t see many of these vehicles at a KRC show. However, the April show (the past two years) has featured automobiles from the Lancaster County Cruisers. PAGE 2 KEY NOTES #161 JUNE 2007 KRC in 2007 FUNDRAISERS (OR HOW TO HELP EACH SHOW 9 AM TO 3 PM SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH THE KRC MAKE SOME CASH!) LANCASTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA BY DAVE SCHMIDT FLYERS ARE AVAILABLE, SO TAKE SOME AND SPREAD THE WORD! ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR WANT LIST ITEMS. Generating revenue to oper- getting out the news is our BUSINESS MEETING FOLLOWS EVERY OTHER SHOW AT 3:30PM, ate any organization is a BIG goal. If you have any leads as (DURING THE MONTH THERE IS NO KEY-NOTES) PLAN TO BE THERE. job and the Keystone Record to someone we could contact Collectors is looking for a way for ads in KEY-NOTES, An off the wall review—and that’s a good thing... to keep our costs in line and please get in contact with raise some money at the Dave Schmidt at the show or “Phil’s Spectre II: Another Wall same time. via: [email protected] of Soundalikes” Various Artists The KRC publishes KEY- We have rates that are NOTES for our membership reasonable for getting your By Doug Smith to enjoy. It is something that message out to the member- is produced as a labor of love ship. KEY-NOTES is pub- The UK’s Ace label is a top- for the hobby. In order to help lished six times a year, all for drawer operation in bringing keep the costs in line, we are the purpose of promoting the back American music from looking for people who would hobby of music collecting! We the past (somehow that be interested in advertising in are a non-profit organization, concept still seems wrong). our newsletter. Ads will be on so your ad costs/donation The subject of this review is an insert. KEY-NOTES would may be tax deductible. Get in Ace’s “Phil’s Spectre II: not become filled with ads - on the action and support Another Wall of Soun- YOUR club, the KRC! dalikes”. Just like it seems: a 2005 sequel to the original release of 24 more 1960’s wannabes darling Timmy?” One place Timmy when Messrs. Hatfield and Medley first that were trying to be another brick in obviously wasn’t, was at the piano heard it, they were trying to remember the Wall of Sound perfected by Mr. writing intelligent lyrics. when they recorded it! Spector. (See, I can use allusions, In between there are many interesting There is a Beach Boys track included, too). tracks. Speaking again of the Shangri- “I Do” listed as being from 1990. It’s The Wall of Sound was so successful it las: they recorded “Dum Dum Ditty”. doubtful this is actually from the “Still is certainly no surprise that a whole On this album instead you get the Cruisin’” time frame. Rather, it is most host of imitators came forth. Some of original by the Glories. Played back to likely a lost track from very early in the efforts came very close to that back, of course, the version differences their career that showed up on pairing original Wall in terms of quality, if not would be minimal. of two of the Beach Boys’ early Capitol success. Hands down, my favorite on This album starts out with “Nite Owl”; albums “Surfer Girl/Shut Down vol. 2” this album is Reparata & the Delrons’ which shows the early, doo-wop side of on one CD in 1990. One other little “I’m Nobody’s Baby Now” (and it’s not the Righteous Brothers before they gem is the silly but catchy “Bobby’s even their best-known work). “Baby latched on to the mega-success of Come a Long Long Way” (Eight Feet) Now” is a nearly-perfect slice of girl- blue-eyed soul. It was Bill Medley that is supposedly a Dylan tribute! The group genre; as melodramatic as himself behind the mixing board on creative force behind this track was anything the Shangri-las ever recorded this track. Continuing with the RBs, none other than Al Kooper. without any of the traffic problems. there are a couple of tracks that sound There are several obscure tracks within Any clunkers? Well, it is hard to like them from a pair of artists you’d from well-known names, like Mary imagine why anyone would have probably never guess: “Wishful Wells, Four Tops, Ruby and the Ro- wanted to try to make a hit from Thinking” (Knickerbockers) and “The mantics, and Dobie Gray. anything in a Julie Andrews movie Habit of Lovin’ You Baby” (Nino Tem- Summary: Not every track on this CD (“Climb Every Mountain”-Victorians). ple/April Stevens!). tries to carbon copy the Spector Wall. Then there is “Timmy Boy”-Timmy and But in the ‘imitation is the sincerest It’s more like they all show the far- the Persianettes. The first line goes form of tomfoolery’ department, Kane reaching impact of his influence: the “Where have you been, Timmy Boy/ and Able take the cake. This anecdote importance of the diligence and dedi- from the allmusic.com review of cation to the artistic craft and the ‘lofty this album: James perch’ that the producer once held in Holvay and Gary the process that no longer exists in the Beisbier created the same way. Indeed, the world of Issue #161 June 2007 K&A track “Break popular music production and public EDITOR: B. Derek Shaw GRAPHICS & LAYOUT: Scott L. Shermeyer Down and Cry” in tastes were already changing by the CONTRIBUTORS: Dave Schmidt, Andy Turner, Doug Smith, three hours using mid-sixties; which explains in part the Don Mennie high school students relative commercial failure of Spector’s PHOTOS: Ron Diehl, B. Derek Shaw, Andy Turner as backing musicians. magnum opus “River Deep, Mountain CHANGE OF ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1516, Lancaster, PA 17608 The result sounded so High”. Nonetheless, “Soundalikes NEWS/PHOTOS/IDEAS: 329 Rathton Rd., York, PA 17403-3933 much like Spector- II” (and presumably its predecessor) [email protected] produced era Right- would be real treats for Wall of Sound th (Deadline for #162 is July 8 ) eous Brothers that aficionados.