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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bergen White "For Women Only" |
| Date | Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:09:32 -0600 |
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When I worked in Christian radio in the 80's I saw Bergan White listed on many
religious MOR/AC albums as producer, arranger or writer. It's very strange now
that Im learning about the history of people "behind the scenes" of 60's pop
(via the Specropop list) that many popular 70's religous artists and producers
started out first making pop and rock records.
Billy
At 09:46 AM 3/12/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Yesterday I got a copy of a new reissue on Rev-ola, "For Women Only" by
>Bergen White.
>
>For those of you who've never heard of Bergen White, he was a songwriter and
>arranger based in Nashville who'd done background vocals on several sides
>for the Hit Records label (Anyone remember Hit Records? They were a budget
>label who released cover versions of songs which were currently on the
>charts, all done by studio cats under noms de plum that sounded like the
>bands they were apeing-e.g. The Mummies for The Zombies), and then releasing
>some 45s under his own name.
>
>For Women Only was originally released on the SSS label in 1970, and had the
>kind of schmaltzy cover art that destined it both for obscurity and the easy
>listening bins. But what a magnificent album it is; try to imagine what a
>David Gates solo album might have sounded like had it been recorded in 1969!
>In other words, beautiful but with enough cool musical flourishes to make it
>kinda hip (interestingly, a couple of the songs on the album were penned by
>Gates).
>
>The album came to the attention of both myself and Steve Stanley (who some
>of you know from his work as a graphic artist and liner note writer) a few
>years ago, but it took a long time for us to find actual copies. After we
>did find copies we'd joke about the album being released on CD, but once
>Steve got involved with Revola, the joke became a reality.
>
>Sorry to sound so mawkish about this album, but I guarantee that if you like
>this kind of soft-pop you need to get this reissue, which includes several
>pre-album tracks as a bonus as well as very thorough and informative liner
>notes by Mr. Stanley.
>--
>Pop Rules!!!!!
>Take Care,
>David
>
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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