tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post1081021366551603466..comments2024-03-15T09:46:34.310+00:00Comments on Be Bop Wino: Dancin' & Romancin'boogiewoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565453839281572426noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-1399646748948429102017-07-28T15:51:36.995+01:002017-07-28T15:51:36.995+01:00Thanks for this boogiewoody. An old favourite whic...Thanks for this boogiewoody. An old favourite which will replace my own, dreadful, rip.<br /><br />cheersMuzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-54922348994534980132017-06-04T16:03:12.198+01:002017-06-04T16:03:12.198+01:00Just wanted to add my thanks, too...Just wanted to add my thanks, too...neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675829691958622769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-10084913985012326542017-05-18T19:53:25.508+01:002017-05-18T19:53:25.508+01:00Thanks for the comments folks. Rijnko - the next p...Thanks for the comments folks. Rijnko - the next post on The Five Keys / The Nitecaps collection is now well in hand and will probably appear tomorrow.<br /><br />Great comment again Mr Pismotality. You've obviously been way into doowop to a level which I never reached as at some point in the 1980s I went off on a jump blues / bop kick and never recovered.I enjoy nosing around the posts on your blog - came across the one on VeeJay and the Dells and finding a bunch of LPs in a newsagent's in Motherwell Civic Centre. Ye gods, what were the chances of that?<br />boogiewoodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565453839281572426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-152692385544737532017-05-18T18:49:19.906+01:002017-05-18T18:49:19.906+01:00Worth mentioning that Johnny Keyes of the Magnific...Worth mentioning that Johnny Keyes of the Magnificents wrote a very good hand account of being in a 50s doo wop group called Du-Wop [sic]. It gives you all sorts of small details you won't find elsewhere. For example, the backing musicians in the studio would take their cue from groups' acapella arrangements as worked out on streetcorners, but would then take exclusive credit for the subsequent instrumental arrangements. There was usually an age gap between musicians and groups, and a snobbishness from the jazz-oriented elders about what the young singers were doing. The book could be longer - it's filled out with pics - but it does conjure the period vividly, and I can't think of a comparable book. You also get stuff on the hazards of live performance: seems it was rare that acts would get a chance to rehearse properly with musicians, leaving audiences disgruntled when the performance didn't sound like the record. And if musos became annoyed with a group they might even deliberately play in the wrong tempo or favour another singer or group who had paid them. It's a wonder that so much good stuff happened in the studio!Tony aka Pismotalityhttp://sweetwordsofpismotality.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-70578554355320503042017-05-18T16:22:15.284+01:002017-05-18T16:22:15.284+01:00Thanks for this album as well.Was looking for it.
...Thanks for this album as well.Was looking for it.<br />Fits nicely in my Doo-wop collection.<br /><br />Rgds RijnkoRijnkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335786475020749355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-75331298664796515102017-05-18T14:11:31.701+01:002017-05-18T14:11:31.701+01:00You got here George, I was getting a bit worried! ...You got here George, I was getting a bit worried! I thought you'd got stuck at "Jump Children." They're both v. good albums. Forgot to say that the sleevenotes on this one are well worth reading.boogiewoodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565453839281572426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661655599191402760.post-73997587343298257682017-05-18T14:08:51.625+01:002017-05-18T14:08:51.625+01:00Thank you BoogieWoody, this also great album and g...Thank you BoogieWoody, this also great album and gret performers. Much appreciated. Greetings, George.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com