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Bedazzled.tv's DeeJay Spike Priggen at Brooklyn's Sidecar Thursday January 10th

Spike Priggen (AKA "Cookie" of Bedazzled.tv and Scopitones.com) will be DeeJaying at Sidecar on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn every other Thursday starting January 10th. I'll be "spinning" everything from Freakbeat to Dub, up to and including Glam, Bubblegum, Pop-Psych, Sunshine Pop, Garage Rock, Girl Groups, British Invasion, Punk, New Wave, Northern Soul, Ska, Funk, Soundtracks & other great musics of the 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond. Also expect to see some obscure Mod Retro Video action, courtesy of Bedazzled.tv on the monitors. Link to FaceBook Event page.

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The group members of PUNCH were Charles Merriam (leader, singer and main songwriter), Steve Adler (lead singer), Kathy Ward (singer) and Dee Steele (singer).

Fast-forward to 1973. They regroup as SONOMA, replace Dee with studio singer Tricia Johns and jump to the Dunhill label. They release one album that year for that label, simply called "SONOMA". Then they jumped to the MCA Records label and recorded two more singles.

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"Waitin', Holdin' Out" - Punch (1970)

 

"Waitin', Holdin' Out" sung by Punch (Vocal Solo: Dee Steele, Tack Piano: Larry Knechtel), written by Charles D. Merriam and arranged by Charles Merriam and Bones Howe. This song was released in 1970 with A-Side "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (A&M 1233).

The group members of PUNCH were Charles Merriam (leader, singer and main songwriter), Steve Adler (lead singer), Kathy Ward (singer) and Dee Steele (singer).

Fast-forward to 1973. They regroup as SONOMA, replace Dee with studio singer Tricia Johns and jump to the Dunhill label. They release one album that year for that label, simply called "SONOMA". Then they jumped to the MCA Records label and recorded two more singles.

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Wisconsin native Curt Boettcher's work is some of the most highly regarded in the world of so-called "sunshine pop"; taking cues from the harmonies of The Beatles and Beach Boys, this movement of sorts that was rooted in the studios of Los Angeles in the mid to late 60's often contains a darker undercurrent that makes the records so appealing and sophisticated.

Curt Boettcher (who died of a lung infection in 1987 at the shockingly young age of 43) got his start in the folk group the Goldebriars, where his sophisticated harmony arrangements began taking shape; the group released two albums for Epic records in 1964. Sometime during this period, Boettcher relocated to L.A, where he signed on to produce the debut album for The Association, where he also arranged their first hit, the controversial (the "Mary" here is marijuana, of course) and groundbreaking single "Along Comes Mary".

While the Association's followup single ("Cherish") was an even bigger hit, the group replaced Boettcher with another producer (Curt insisted on studio players, while the self-contained Association wanted to play on their own records). Curt met Columbia staff producer Gary Usher around this time, where Usher helped get Curt a production gig at Columbia records, which borught about the two most revered albums of Boettcher's career- the reputation building Present Tense by Sagittarius and Begin by The Millenium.

During the recording of Present Tense, Curt put together his dream lineup of musicians (along with co-producer Keith Olsen who worked often with Curt) and became The Millenium. The Millenium's lone LP is considered by many to be the highpoint of Boettcher's career. The album failed commercially, and it's typically blamed on the fact that the group could not recreate the sophisticated arrangements live and on tour. My favorite track from the album is 'It's You"; a fabulous number that is very reminiscent of early period Bee Gee's (especially the driving bass); perhaps the odd bridge section of the song where the time and rhythm shifts (a Boettcher trademark) slowed the commercial success.

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(The early System were made of :  Gérard KAWCZYNSKI (aka Crapou on Guitar)  - Christian PADOVAN (Bass)  - Michel PELAY (Drums)  - Alain LEGOVIC (aka later famous MOR singer Alain Chamfort who also previously lead French Beat band : Les Mods; on keyboards and Vocals) - Jean-Pierre Alarcen (Guitar); the name of the System was given by none other than Jacques Dutronc who couldn't pronounce properly Kawczynski name, who was part of his backing band: Les Murator’s!)