[78-L] Shep Up or Ship Out
David Weiner
djwein at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 30 10:08:45 PDT 2009
The Vogues are mostly non-ripply.
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I've had a couple of Vogues..can't remember what he sounded like on them.
For
MGM he did one of the first recordings of "Silver Bells" in 1950.
dl
Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>> 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>
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>>> 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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