[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 146, Issue 9

Sun Nov 29 17:39:43 PST 2020

I'm so sorry to hear this news. A dear friend and colleague for over 20 years and was a huge help for anything we needed in the Columbia/Sony archives. I remember not agreeing with everything he wrote in his liner notes but once I met and worked with him on many of our Mosaic sets I appreciated and loved his unabashed opinion and wicked sense of humor. I was so happy he came to Battery Studios to visit and bring source material so that his long time engineering partner Matt Cavaluzzo could transfer rare Teddy Wilson sides for our Wilson set. 

RIP Michael. 

Scott Wenzel 
Mosaic Records
203-327-7111
www.mosaicrecords.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com> On Behalf Of 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2020 3:00 PM
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Subject: 78-L Digest, Vol 146, Issue 9

Send 78-L mailing list submissions to
	78-l at klickitat.78online.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
	78-l-owner at klickitat.78online.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of 78-L digest..."

Today's Topics:

   1.  can any one figure out the six singers  on this list?
      (Walden Hughes)
   2. Re:  Test (Thomas Stern)
   3.  RIP Michael Brooks (Rodger J Holtin)
   4. Re:  RIP Michael Brooks (Douglas M. Elliot)
   5. Re:  RIP Michael Brooks (Michael Biel)
   6.  RIP Michael Brooks (RODMANLEWIS)
   7. Re:  RIP Michael Brooks (David Weiner)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:10:47 -0800
From: Walden Hughes <waldenhughes at yesterdayusa.com.invalid>
Subject: [78-L] can any one figure out the six singers  on this list?
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID: <00d401d6c5e4$16cb0eb0$44612c10$@yesterdayusa.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="utf-8"

Hi Everybody,

Geri rotella  sent me the below links.  Her Dad was a song writer  Johnny Rotella.  She has put together a web site featuring   her Dad music and she is looking for help to try to figure out who were   the singers on the below songs written by her Dad.  Any ideas?

Thank you so much,

Walden

Meanwhile I would love to point out some tracks that are frustrating me because I cannot find the vocalists names :( I will list them here for you with links to the tracks.  any idea on who they might be?  The male singer on Tillie's Tune has such a distinct voice, it seems like he might be easiest to find?

Here you go Sherlock Holmes :)

Let me know if we can still speak....

all the best

Geri

 "I'll Take It Anytime"  (Rotella- Franz Steininger) https://app.box.com/s/hz5retfemd26ihovm8on4opx2ch4jwm3

 "Tillie's Tune"  (Rotella-Ray Gilbert)            https://app.box.com/s/m907ndqedesv2cfq9y5sspdnmvqdlffu

 "Sugar Belle"   (Rotella-Frances Kane)  https://app.box.com/s/7q1cx2p3oxgs3hlka1ac619lqkl5l3t2

"I'll Die For the Love of You"  (Rotella-Muriel Dix)    https://app.box.com/s/w1gfa0p9u52b2aexma2fb7cwkk5m0svm

"If I Could Captain Your Dreamboat" (Rotella-Frank Spagnuolo)    https://app.box.com/s/x3toakpgpzuvl17fkcpyns0kezokikgp

"Johnny Be A Good Joe". (Rotella-Frances Kane) https://app.box.com/s/a4s3fo1o1biqvcngwy7wp2x9ymhbddmi

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:59:19 -0500
From: Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net.invalid>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Test
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID: <00c101d6c5f3$410a57d0$c31f0770$@attglobal.net>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

?

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of RODMANLEWIS
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 1:12 PM
To: 78-L Mail List <78-L at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: [78-L] Test

_______________________________________________
78-L mailing list
78-L at klickitat.78online.com
http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:02:36 -0600
From: Rodger J Holtin <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
Subject: [78-L] RIP Michael Brooks
To: "78-List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID: <004501d6c5f3$b68591a0$2390b4e0$@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

The more astute and connected already know this, I'm sure, but I just stumbled on this tonight.

https://syncopatedtimes.com/author-and-jazz-historian-michael-brooks-has-die
d/

Rodger Holtin

78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII

For Best Results Use Victor Needles

--
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
https://www.avg.com

------------------------------

Message: 4
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:25:03 -0500
From: "Douglas M. Elliot" <dme3 at cornell.edu.invalid>
Subject: Re: [78-L] RIP Michael Brooks
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID: <b911ff7c-1a49-b0e1-5837-298f7dd9fcf8 at cornell.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

Well, that makes me sad.? I was introduced to his unique perspectives 
way back in 1978 when I picked up a series of Bing Crosby reissue albums 
that he produced for Columbia.? The casual observations and flights of 
fancy in his liner notes were something to behold.? I was corrupted for 
life by his comments about the Guy Lombardo band.? He noted that that 
listening to the sax section was like being engulfed by a giant placenta.

Doug Elliot

On 11/28/20 9:02 PM, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
> The more astute and connected already know this, I'm sure, but I just
> stumbled on this tonight.
>
>   
>
> https://syncopatedtimes.com/author-and-jazz-historian-michael-brooks-has-die
> d/
>
>   
>
>   
>
> Rodger Holtin
>
> 78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII
>
>   
>
> For Best Results Use Victor Needles
>
>   
>
>
>

------------------------------

Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 08:11:54 +0000
From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com.invalid>
Subject: Re: [78-L] RIP Michael Brooks
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID:
	<CH2PR04MB70638941A0BFE9DA774A9385B5F60 at CH2PR04MB7063.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"

The liner notes on the identical inner sleeves on those three Columbia Bing albums were also my first introduction to Michael Brooks. The graphics of all those colorful labels on the Unipac jackets were what grabbed you to a set featuring Bing Columbia?s that had never been reissued on lp before, but his notes explained why you should care. What was most striking was his telling of his unsatisfactory meeting with Bing ? a story he could tell now that Bing was gone.

Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
________________________________
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com> on behalf of Douglas M. Elliot <dme3 at cornell.edu.invalid>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 9:25:03 PM
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] RIP Michael Brooks

Well, that makes me sad.  I was introduced to his unique perspectives
way back in 1978 when I picked up a series of Bing Crosby reissue albums
that he produced for Columbia.  The casual observations and flights of
fancy in his liner notes were something to behold.  I was corrupted for
life by his comments about the Guy Lombardo band.  He noted that that
listening to the sax section was like being engulfed by a giant placenta.

Doug Elliot

On 11/28/20 9:02 PM, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
> The more astute and connected already know this, I'm sure, but I just
> stumbled on this tonight.
>
>
>
> https://syncopatedtimes.com/author-and-jazz-historian-michael-brooks-has-die
> d/
>
>
>
>
>
> Rodger Holtin
>
> 78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII
>
>
>
> For Best Results Use Victor Needles
>
>
>
>
>
_______________________________________________
78-L mailing list
78-L at klickitat.78online.com
http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l

------------------------------

Message: 6
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 16:58:24 +0000
From: RODMANLEWIS <julianvein at gmail.com.invalid>
Subject: [78-L] RIP Michael Brooks
To: 78-L Mail List <78-L at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID:
	<CAHp1gHCHLjujzShfyFg_+GCx9J9efdwRgKAwyFBDbey6c85=1w at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

I first met Mike when he was working in the Swing Shop in South London in
the early 1960s. I'd gone in there with what I thought was a Chick Bullock
78 on Imperial that I'd just purchased, and he pointed out that it wasn't
him! Turned out to be Sid Gary[r]y.

At some point I got to understand that he didn't care that much for Charlie
Christian.

     Julian Vein

------------------------------

Message: 7
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:26:02 -0500
From: David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net.invalid>
Subject: Re: [78-L] RIP Michael Brooks
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Message-ID: <2D3BCA9E-6A9F-4254-A6C7-CC58EF28B69B at earthlink.net>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="UTF-8"

I headed for the CD box of the Bing Columbia CROONER set last night and have been enjoying revisiting it and Michael's sassy notes.  He certainly had a way with words! He pissed me off with his notes to the Glenn Miller Ace Of Hearts LP (Glenn's 1937 Decca session), referring the band as a "bunch of bland, soporific Trilbys," but it was a memorable turn of phrase!

Dave Weiner

?On 11/29/20, 3:11 AM, "Michael Biel" <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com on behalf of mbiel at mbiel.com.invalid> wrote:

    The liner notes on the identical inner sleeves on those three Columbia Bing albums were also my first introduction to Michael Brooks. The graphics of all those colorful labels on the Unipac jackets were what grabbed you to a set featuring Bing Columbia?s that had never been reissued on lp before, but his notes explained why you should care. What was most striking was his telling of his unsatisfactory meeting with Bing ? a story he could tell now that Bing was gone.

------------------------------

_______________________________________________
78-L mailing list
78-L at klickitat.78online.com
http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l

End of 78-L Digest, Vol 146, Issue 9
************************************