[78-L] Shep Up or Ship Out

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Thu Apr 30 06:30:43 PDT 2009


David,  how about the Vogues?  I seem to remember hearing one which was a 
rippler but that was a long time ago.

I don't recall ever seeing him on MGM at all...more stuff to look for!

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Don't Give Up The Shep


> Nothing "rippling" on Shlep's Musicraft or MGM sides..it was a 
> conventional
> dance band by then. I always liked his "Carioca" on Musicraft. When did he
> recreate the Rippling Rhythm..late 50s for Golden Crest?
>
> dl
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> "New Shep" gave way to a return of "Old Shep" pretty quick...he went back 
>> to
>> rippling sometime during the war.  I think there are some ripplers on 
>> Vogue
>> and also Musicraft. which would date from c. 1945-6.
>>
>> Polly Bergen was married to his brother,  Freddie,  who was an agent...I
>> think that's what Shep also ended up doing after he quite leading a band.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Randy Watts" <rew1014 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Don't Give Up The Shep
>>
>>
>>
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>> --- On Thu, 4/30/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Cary, the way to handle this is to ignore Old Shep on
>>> Buff and Staff, and go for the 11000-series. The
>>> "New Music" records don't sound anything like the
>>> ripplers. You might not like them either, but it won't
>>> be for the same reasons!
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>
>> How long did Shep and his "New Music" last? Some 1960s or '70s things he 
>> did
>> for Reader's Digest never vary from the old "Rippling Rhythm" formula.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
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