// Concert reports, the folk music history on line,
// and "what the hell are 45s?"
// Enjoy...[BP]

_________________________________________________________________


Subject: NN: Return of the Grievous Angel
   From: "Shawn Kimbro" (skimbro@bhset.org>

On September 21, 1973, two days after Gram Parson's
overdosed on morphine, heroin, and whiskey, Phil Kaufman and
Michael Martin borrowed a hearse, posed as undertakers,
stole his body, and burned it beside the road leading to
Joshua Tree National Monument.  The plan was to fulfill a
pact to cremate Parsons' body at the tree, but alcohol
induced paranoia set in before they reached their goal. So
began a series of ill-fated tributes to the memory of a man
who some have touted as the father of alternative country
music.  The latest assault, RETURN OF THE GRIEVOUS ANGEL - A
GRAM PARKER TRIBUTE comes close, but still falls short of
the fiery passion which marked the cosmic cowboy's music.

After hearing rodeo sweetheart Emmylou Harris would be
lining up artists for this CD, I was salivating at the
prospect my favorite artists providing individual shots of
Parson's melodies.   After giving it a few turns on CD
player though, I'm just not getting the buzz I expected.
There are a few highs.  Gillian Welch and David Rawlings add
fresh taste to the ripped-off melody "Hickory Wind," a group
of Nashville outlaws who call themselves "The Rolling Creek
Dippers" serve up a satisfying version of "In My Hour of
Darkness," and I enjoyed Sheryl Crow's "Juanita" which
benefits greatly from Harris' backing vocals.

Since I'm not so certain Parson's was as influential as many
give him credit for being, I didn't look for much from
covers by disciples like Wilco, Whiskeytown, Elvis Costello,
or Chris Hillman. They performed as expected.  Lucinda
Williams version of the title track pales in comparison to
the definitive cover by Lucy Kaplanski a few years back.
Beck does nothing for "Sin City," and I can't understand a
single word Margo Timmins sings in her over-winded version
of "Ooh Las Vegas."  The one area in which I see Parson's as
influential is in the attitude he brought to country-laced
rock-n-roll.  Unfortunately, this disc falls short of
capturing anything of that.  Most of the songs feel stale
and uninspired.  That's a pity because this is a project
that, like Parsons, should have burned very brightly.

  .--.  ___________
  |==| ////SEE/////\     Warm Regards,
  |  ////ROCK////[]\        -Shawn
  | ////CITY////|__|\
  |  ^|^^^^^^^^^^|  |  "Years go by and everything changes
  |   |          |  |    But nothing does"  -Kate Campbell
  |__ |___[X]____|__|
                       http://www.geocities.com/~trailzzone
_________________________________________________________________


Subject: NN: let the tears........fall.......free
   From: jimmywolf@switchboardmail.com

.....and she played "Wing and a Wheel" with the Blue Moon Orchestra.   A real
tear-jerker.....and when it ended...the lights went on...a cool breeze
blew........stars WERE in the west...................and we all stood in
stunned silence........it was surreal......I hung my head.........afraid to
look anyone in the eye...............so I...look away...........emotionally
spent.....tingling all over................... WOW........to all the nice folks
who were there.....thank you for sharing this night.....Nanci.... you're an
angel.    
jw   
_________________________________________________________________


Subject: NN: Re: let the tears........fall.......free
   From: "Sharon Burton-Hardin" (sharonburton@earthlink.net>

It was pretty cool listening to Wing and the Wheel when the moon had a chunk
out of his middle and the stars were in the west. I did get goose bumps. My
our broken heats find rest.

I was just delighted with last night's show. Really good. My first and just
about everything I hoped for. She even did Ford Econoline, one of my
personal favs for singing along with. Badly, but fun, anyway.

sharon

Sharon Burton-Hardin
President of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
www.iestc.org
Anthrobytes Consulting
www.anthrobytes.com
Check out www.WinHelp.net!
See www.sharonburton.com!

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Brief review of HOB concert, July 22
   From: "Musicant, Paul" (Paul.Musicant@CAX.USA.XEROX.COM>

        Thursday evening, Nanci and the BMO delivered a great performance
for an impassioned audience at the House of Blues. The interior acoustics
(and probably better sound engineering) made for a more intense and crisper
sound experience than the previous evening outdoors at Humphrey's.
        As expected, the cast and 19-song-set were identical to Humphrey's,
except that HOB permitted a second encore of Late Night Grande Hotel and
Battlefield.
        Again, the highlight of the evening was the duet of "I Still Miss
Someone" with Nanci and Rodney Crowell, including Rodney's acoustic guitar
break.
        Nanci was dressed in layers of spangled black and white, with an
overall effect of platinum gray in the spotlights. Perhaps, a more
fashion-conscious witness can provide the details.

Paul Musicant (Paul.Musicant@cax.usa.xerox.com)

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Nanci Griffith Revisited
   From: Bill Lavery (bill@villagerecords.com>

I just got a new release sheet today.  It lists an upcoming release
called Nanci Griffith Revisited on the Damin label.

Is this the same recording of remixes that everyone was talking about a
while back?

It says rerecordings and remixes but somehow I am having my doubts that
this is with NG's contributions.

??????

Bill Lavery
http://villagerecords.com

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: Nanci Griffith Revisited
   From: bateman@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca

Bill:

I think this is the same recording. On amazon.com track 5 is listed as
"Roy Rede's (Piano and Bassoon Mix) - whatever that is. At any rate, I
recognize the name Roy Rede. I'm sure this is the same recording talked
about earlier. The whole thing seems bizarre.

Rob Bateman

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: The Anthology of English Language Folk Music
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

All of your suggestions concerning historically important folk
recordings have been compiled on a website, together with interesting
links to web resources I've found while researching this topic. So far,
it's just a text-only skeleton. It ain't purty but it shore is fast!
I'll be adding more links- and possibly some graphics- as time permits.
Here's the URL:

       http://stever.home.mindspring.com/folktime.html

Give it a beta test and let me know about any errors. And I would
welcome ideas on how to make the organization more efficient.

Hidin' Out in the Georgia Pines,
Steve Robertson

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: The Anthology of English Language Folk Music
   From: RonHennesy@aol.com

stever@mindspring.com (Steve Robertson) writes:

(( Here's the URL:
 
        http://stever.home.mindspring.com/folktime.html
 
 Give it a beta test and let me know about any errors. And I would
 welcome ideas on how to make the organization more efficient. >>

Hello Steve,

I liked your web site a lot (unfinished though it is).  The links I clicked 
on all worked fine.

I loved the interview with Burl Ives' widow.  Burl has been a favorite folk 
singer of mine since I was about 2: that was in 1943.  My parents had several 
of his 78 rpm albums, from that time and later, that I listened to. I 
remember and love the songs to this day, with Burl's rich, warm singing and 
simple guitar strumming.

Best wishes,

Ron Hennessy

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Re: The Anthology of English Language Folk Music
   From: "Julie" (julie-anne@home.com>

>       http://stever.home.mindspring.com/folktime.html

Steve,

Good work!  It looks great.  I like the way you chronicled significant
events.

Only one comment - Since Nanci didn't start recording until 1977, maybe
there should be another category after the '51-'75 folk revival section for
her and others on that list like J.D. Gilmore, etc.  There are many we can
put in a contemporary section covering the past 25 years.  There has been a
lot of great folk music made since 1975, and the folk revival of the 90's
has been significant (even if only for rescuing us from the music(?) of the
80's).  Here we are at the end of '99 and this latest revival is still
growing.

Thank you for all your hard work and careful attention to make your lists as
good and accurate as possible.  It's a resource I'm sure many will refer to
often.  Not to mention how it will swell our "CDs I've Got To Purchase"
lists so we'll all have to get second jobs pumping gas just to pay for them.

Julie   "Hoping those gas station attendant jumpers come in pink"

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: Re: The Anthology of English Language Folk Music
   From: "Kat Mc" (carolinapine@excite.com>

> Julie   "Hoping those gas station attendant jumpers come in pink"

Yeah and I hope my jumper comes in any of the Fall colors!  Now my list has
grown into one of those scrolls!  Great work, Steve!

  ^  ^
=  . .  =
   kat    "Watching the sun goin' down in the Carolina Pines" and tryin' to
roll up the scroll!

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: Re: The Anthology of English Language Folk Music
   From: Petop@aol.com
julie-anne@home.com writes:

(( maybe
 there should be another category after the '51-'75 folk revival section for
 her and others on that list like J.D. Gilmore, etc. >>

Jimmie Gilmore recorded his legendary album with the  Flatliners prior to 
1975.

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: 
   From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>

"Robert Pugsley" (RMP6@leicester.ac.uk> wrote:
"......why are we stoppping at 1970.  That way we miss really widening out the
discussion to such personal favourites as .........., Nick Cave (oh yes...),
......

Yes, yes, oh yes!!!!! to Nick Cave!!!!!   Not sure he falls into the genre of
"folklore", though......   Glad there's someone else out there who knows him. 
You must be a fellow European, Robert?
Come sail your ships around me
and burn your bridges down
we'll make a little history baby..........

Donate "used to perform a lot of European folk and other cool stuff in my young
days" von Bredow-Gardner

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Alone with LNGH
   From: "Malcolm Gardner" (malcolm@mgardner.demon.co.uk>

I have recently started working full-time from home.  And I have to admit that
there are moments when I feel quiet alone.  I live only five minutes walk from
the Kennet and Avon canal and the beautiful Berkshire countryside, so I am
really lucky. 

However, I guess this afternoon I have the blues. My daughter will ring me this
evening and cheer me up.  But in the meantime I have put on the music machine
and caught up with NanciNET.  I should really be writing the final chapter of a
book on fraud but I can't be arsed.

Late Night Grande Hotel is playing on the CD player.  It is 5 O'clock in the
afternoon and the sun fights with the rainclouds, and this album has never
sounded finer.

I know that this is the least favourite of many of Nanci's fans.  Some say that
it is overproduced.  I have set my machine (Sony players and speakers, Awa Amp
and additional speakers) to Rock sound and Live ambience and I have to tell you
that the music sound rich and full and crystal clear.  Each track is a
pleasure, the music and the lyrics blending together flawlessly.  I
particularly like the use of Tanita Tikaram contrasting against Nanci's.  This
is a fabulous album and it has brightened my spirits considerably.

Comon folks get LNGH out of your collection and listen again with fresh ears. 
Hear the pleasure.

Malk
malcolm@mgardner.demon.co.uk

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: Alone with LNGH
   From: Halesbop@aol.com

Mark,
    Nice post. Both Storms and LNGH took some real getting used to for me 
when they first came out. But it didn't take me long to adapt to the 
then-new, somewhat commercial sounds. This is what's nice about all the 
vareity Nanci has given us over the years. At certain times certain albums 
really hit the spot. Grande Hotel is probably wife Connie's favorite Nanci 
disc.

Steve

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: FOLKSINGER LIST
    From: Greg Johnson (gregor@computerpro.com>

We shouldn't forget Rick VonSchmitt, Bob Gibson and Patrick Sky.

Gregor

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Re: Nanci Rocked the House of Blues...Nanci's Birthday Hat
   From: George Golob (geogo@earthlink.net>

Hi
Still dancing and smiling over Nanci's especially energetic set at the 
House of Blues this Thursday in LA.  She looked great, sounded great, 
and the BMO was in full swing.  Rodney Crowell opened with a short but 
vibrant set and later dueted with Nanci on Speed of the Sound of 
Loneliness and Well All Right.  Some people in the back of the house 
were rudely noisy all night long (probably Hollywood "Industry" people 
who had gotten in free and were there just to schmooze, not 
listen)...the music drowned them out most of the time, but they were a 
real annoyance during the quiet songs and the talking between songs...I 
saw Miss Nanci roll her eyes a couple of times over it, but it didn't 
really phase her.

I have a question and a request for you all.  During the show, Nanci 
mentioned that she is 45 this year, and she said she'd like to get a 
set of Mickey Mouse ears, chop the ears off the beanie, and stick a 45 
RPM record on it as a hat to wear in celebration of being 45.
Well, I just happen to work at Disneyland, so I'll be happy to supply 
the hat, with Nanci's name embroidered of course, and with or without 
the ears...probably leave them on and let Nanci decide if they should 
be chopped off or not....anyway.  My request is this...Who is going to 
be at one of Nanci's upcoming shows and likely to be or get close 
enough to the stage to give it to her.  I will mail the hat to you if 
you can.
And the question is (OF COURSE) WHAT 45 RPM RECORD SHOULD WE PUT ON 
NANCI'S BIRTHDAY HAT??? Let's take a vote!!!

Hope to hear from y'all!!
george golob

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Nanci's Birthday Hat
   From: "Hank Van Slyke" (chevelle@pnx.com>

Thanks, George, for your kind offer to get Nanci the hat she wanted.  I saw
a hat with "Your Name" embroidered on it, very cool.  :-)
  As for the 45 record to go on Nanci's birthday hat, it could be an Elvis
classic -- but we would hate to break a good record, so it should be an old
scratchy record.  Or an old folk hero, label legible, grooves too bad to
listen to.  Hey, how about a Buddy Holly record?

Hank "endless summer fun" Van Slyke

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Bought 2 new CDs
   From: Phil Garner (PGARNER@prodigy.net>

This post has no Nanci content but I think it may be pertinent to those
who like her style of music.  I also would like some feedback from any
who have heard the two CDs on which I comment.

I have recently bought two new CDs, one whose expections were not met
and another whose expectations were far exceeded.  I put the first, "A
Far Cry From Dead" by Townes Van Zandt, into my player with the
unrealized expectation of it being a real gem only to find Townes to
have been modernized almost beyond recognition by the instrumental
tracks laid on top of him.  In my opinion there has not been such a
crime of modernization in the music business since George Jones over the
past ten years or so, "High-tech Redneck" being the nadir.  (I've since
listened to an import also released this year, Townes Van Zandt
Anthology - 1968-1979, where Townes is REALLY "a far cry from dead". If
you love Townes then you outta get it -- 2 CDs, about 40 songs, about
$20 on CD Now!)  The second CD, "Party Doll" by Mary Chapin Carpenter,
almost got put back on the shelf but I'm really glad I had a few extra
bucks in my pocket at the time.  At first glance it's mostly a greatest
hits collection with a few new songs.  But what I found was most of her
hits mostly recorded live, the kind of recordings normally saved up for
the boxed set late in a career.  There's not a weak song on this set. 
(If you're yet to hear it, buy it, then crank up "Quitting Time" done
purely acoustically; there ain't enough "Os" in "smOOOOOOOOOOth" to
describe it!)  I'm still playing Mary Chapin more than everything else
combined, and for me that is a LOT!   When it comes to my favorite CD of
1999 Lyle and Mary Chapin will be in a real dogfight.  

I look forward to any comments, pro or con.

Phil Garner

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: INFO: Nanci's Sept. Lubbock Show
   From: Tom Gill (tgill@igc.org>

Nanci's show in Lubbock this summer (yaay!  AT LAST maybe I can see one
of my favorite artists LIVE!!!) will be on September 3rd, not September
2nd as previously advertised.  She will be performing together with the
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and The Crickets on Sept. 3rd at the Lubbock,
Texas Civic Center.  Tickets go on sale August 6. This is sort of
informally part of the annual Labor Day "We Can't Call It Buddy Holly"
Festival* here in Lubbock, and the opening of the Buddy Holly Center (a
museum dedicated to Buddy Holly) here in Lubbock's Depot District on
that same afternoon.  It will be the Crickets' first-ever live
performance with a symphony orchestra.  The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
press release and promos calls Nanci "no stranger to orchestral
settings."

-Tom Gill
 Lubbock, TX
 tgill@igc.org

*FYI, this used to be called the "Buddy Holly Festival" for years until
a tiff this spring with Maria Elena Holly, Buddy's widow, over the
rights to Buddy's name and the fees charged to use them.  It is now
being called something like "The West Texas Music Crossroads Festival on
Buddy Holly Avenue Because That's An Official Street Name in Lubbock and
We Don't Have To Pay To Use The Name of the Street That The Shows Are
Located On," or something like that.

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Re: Nanci's Birthday Hat
   From: "Julie" (julie-anne@home.com>

Hank wrote:
>Hey, how about a Buddy Holly record?

I have a gorgeous red vinyl 45 of one of Nanci's songs that would look
really great spinning above that Mickey Mouse hat, but the sentiment of the
song is all wrong (Cold Hearts, Closed Minds).

I second Hank's suggestion - how about "Well, All Right" (we'll live in love
with all our might . . . ).

Julie

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Nanci's House of Blues show / live show traders?
   From: Greg Benson (gregb@westworld.com>

Wow!!!  Hi all, I'm new to this list.  I've been a fan of Nanci's since a
friend made me buy "One Fair Summer Evening" when it came out, and it's now
an all-time favorite album.  (Although I'm really partial to "Flyer".)

I had never seen Nanci before, but she was UNBELIEVABLE at the House of
Blues here in L.A. two nights ago!  I loved every single song she
performed, and danced like crazy!  (Well, as much as I could in a crowded,
standing-room-only venue).  The only strange thing was that she ended the
show (her 2nd encore) with "Battlefield", which in my opinion was hardly a
climactic song and hardly a "signature" tune of hers (not even a signature
tune of Nick Lowe's, who wrote it).

The show was so amazing I'm hoping someone out there gets a soundboard copy
to trade on tape or CDR.  Really, I guess any good recording from this tour
would be great to have, so if there are any traders out there (CDR
preferred) please contact me directly!  I have some great Nanci rarities to
trade on CDR, and plenty by other singer-songwriters too.  I'm not
interested in audience tapes though.

By the way, I hope there's no rule against talking about trading on this
list.  I just read the "welcome to nanci" e-mail and didn't see any mention
of trading, so here I am!

Thanks everybody!  Nanci is the greatest!!!
Greg

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN:45rpms
   From: Jenny Jones (strangelittlestar@yahoo.com>

ok, 
WHAT THE HELL IS A 45RPM?????????
jenny*, i am just a barroom child...


===
If i could i'd tell you now
there are no roads that do not bend
Days like flowers bloom and fade
and do not come again
we've only go these times we're livin in

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Crickets tribute album news
   From: MMcLean7@aol.com

>From a Beatles mailing list I subscribe to.

Mickey McLean
Greensboro, NC

PAPERBACKWRITER'S "I Read The News Today, Oh Boy. . ."
Sunday, July 25, 1999

PAUL PLAYS CRICKET 

Paul will be joining an all star cast to record a Crickets tribute
album next month. 

Paul will sing Rave On. Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills & Nash
fame will do Think It Over and rocker Vince Neil of Motley Crue
will sing I Fought the Law. 

Nanci Griffith -- longtime Crickets pal -- will sing Heartbeat, John
Prine will do Oh Boy and Rodney Crowell will belt out That'll Be
The Day. The Mavericks also are expected to contribute a song. 

The project is being recorded at the home studio of Crickets
drummer J.I. Allison. 

The whole thing also is being filmed for a possible documentary
later. 

No label yet for the project, being called The Crickets: Pickin'
Under the Influence.

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Nanci's Birthday Hat
   From: Susan Peete (suepeete@cruzio.com>

Shouldn't there be two 45s to replace the two ears on Nanci's birthday hat,
And I think it should be a Buddy Holly record and maybe the Beatles. Was
_Things We Said Today_ on a 45? I'm too...old to remember. My brother
snapped all my Beatles records over his knee out of a fit of anger
or...insanity many years ago.

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: VickiStein@aol.com

The 45 disk gave us great listening pleasure through our hi-fi's...the 
cumulative result of a good 45 was a long playing disk which circled the 
turntables at a somewhat s..s..slower rate of speed...33 RPM.  The 33 can be 
equated to an "album. "  Albums were where it was at in the  60's, and even 
in the 70's....Before 45's, though, in my dad's era, they spun 48's....I am a 
novice at this, perhaps someone else would care to step in?

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: shalsey1@aol.com

Lord, I had forgotten those days!  The really old ones were 78's, I 
think...not 48's...although I didn't get really too involved with those 
personally; however, our 45's were akin to solid GOLD in value, weren't they? 

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: Annavedo@aol.com

I find it hard to believe that anyone who considers themself a true fan of 
music (no matter what your age), would fail to recognize the term for the 
music medium that prevailed for, what.....30 years?  CD's have been BIG for 
only about the last 10 years, though they were introduced prior to that.  
Don't tell me you've never at least seen a record player and the numbers "45" 
and "33"....  I'm not buying it!!!
Annie - "anyone can be somebody's fool" - Pink
(BTW to nobody in particular---I think the speed of the records our parents 
enjoyed was 78 Revolutions Per Minute.)  

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: SierraSkyz@aol.com

Every time I play a CD I secretly pretend it's really a little golden 45'.  

The 45 record was an icon of the boomer life. I remember my first one, 
Beatles "Hello Goodbye/ I Am The Walrus".  Every time I hear the intro to 
Nanci's "Love At The Five and Dime" I am picturing the record stacks she digs 
through as a bin of 45's. Doesn't everyone?

I wonder why they made the hole in the middle so big?  You had to buy those 
little adaptors to make them fit the pin in the turntable.  The "rich" kids 
had adaptors on all of their records. I had five that I switched between the 
few 45's I owned.  

Deb " Too Much Time On Her Hands in Fresno" Meyer

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: "Hans Janssen" (hjanssen@mail.dotcom.fr>

> I wonder why they made the hole in the middle so big?

Deb,

The hole were so big because you could use them on a auto matic record
changer, but I agree it was diffecult when lost one of the adapters.

Hans

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: Re: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: Georg Vallestad (gvallest@online.no>

I thought most record players included an adaptor which you put onto
the turntable before playing the 45's? Mine did.

Georg

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: I read that last message, and I gorked
   From: Petop@aol.com
hjanssen@mail.dotcom.fr writes:

(( 
 The hole were so big because you could use them on a auto matic record
 changer, but I agree it was diffecult when lost one of the adapters.
  >>

    The original 45 rpm changer (I got my first one in 1949) were one-speed 
jobs that had a spindle the size of the hole in the records. Adapters were 
not needed until they came out with multi-speed changers later in the 1950s.

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: Nanci tribute plus Shelby Flint
   From: James_Troiano@umit.maine.edu (James Troiano)

  Hi folks: It was great to get tne Nanci digest back this week and I
hope Bill is all settled in. Once again, I again I thank him for this
great service to Nancinetters.  Last Saturday, I heard about a half
hour of songs by Nanci ranging from "Dashboard lights" to "He Was a
Friend of MIne" and "Love at the FIve and DIme." I tuned in to FM
Odyssey on our Public Radio Station about 10pm and the host Fred
MIgliore was playing a tribute to our hero. He was very generous in his
priaise of her work from the earliest to the latest. It made me a
regular listener of the show. He seems to play all kind of music from
folk to jazz to rock. It is a show which reminds me of what radio
should sound like-as depicted in Nanci's "Listen to the Radio."
  Secondly, does anyone remember the singer Shelby Flint from the
seventies?. She has an angelic voice and sang songs such as "Angel on
MY Shoulder," Hi Lilly Hi Lo" and "Cast your Fate to the Wind" .My wife
and I always loved her voice-even before we knew each other and I
recently got hold of an LP. What is she up to? I hope to see some
Nancinetters at the Folk Festival in Rockland, Maine on Aug. 15.  
See you, Jim Troiano

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: Re: NN: Nanci tribute plus Shelby Flint
   From: Annavedo@aol.com

    I LOVE SHELBY FLINT!!!  I haven't checked recently, but a few years ago I 
tried to get my hands on anything by her.  It seems she was a favorite at 
Disney where she sang the opening songs for such movies as "The Rescuers" 
(Someone's Waiting For You).  She also got a little "jazzy", and I'm trying 
to remember, did she record something in a Mel Torme-vein?  I still have my 
45 of "Angel On My Shoulder" as a matter of fact.  I was so young when it 
came out (late 50's?  early 60's?) that my mom put an "X" in crayon on the 
"Angel" side, because I couldn't yet read.
*Anne*

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: RT
   From: GORDON1717@aol.com

Roman said....
"As far as I know,
Richard Thompson is still with FC. Can anyone confirm this?"

WRONG!!!!
only once a year at the Cropredy festival in England (they get together for 
old time's sake) outside of that he is very much the solo artist!!!
Gordon (it's too hot in Missouri to think) Roberts

_________________________________________________________________

Subject: NN: 45 stories
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Here's one of my pet peeves about 45's. Being the scrounge that I am, I used
to spend some of my Saturdays at garage sales, buying up old albums. I used
to find lots of good stuff at yard sales. If you go to these sales
frequently, you begin to see some familiar faces, folks that are also out
there buying up vinyl. There was this one fellow which used to buy up all
the 45's, didn't care what they were, just bought them in bulk for as cheap
as possible. I later discovered that he was a part owner of a pub near one
of the universities in town. Do you know what he did with the 45's? He
decorated the walls and ceilings of his pub with them, thousands of them. I
wonder how many "collector's items" this guy glued to the ceiling?
And, while we're on the track of 45's, how about some comments on stereo
45's? I believe these did not come around until the late 1960's. All the
45's up to that point were mono. My earliest recollection was the Beatles,
on Apple records, releasing stereo 45's. Get Back/Don't Let Me Down is the
first one that comes to mind. Hey Jude, I think, was the first 45 the
Beatles put out on Apple, but it was also in mono. 
See ya.
Roman

(PS. My favorite Beatles classic on Apple 45's "You know my name, look up
the number")  
_________________________________________________________________

Questions about NanciNet?  Send e-mail to bpage@scctel.com