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| From | moteeko@telerama.com |
| Subject | Re: Hanky Panky |
| Date | Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:10:36 -0500 (EST) |
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Quoting "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>:
> In 1966 some Pittsburg DJ looking for an exclusive disovered the record
> and
> made it a huge hit there. Someone had bootlegged the 45 selling over
> 10,000
> copies and he was getting calls for live appearances. So Tommy quit his
> job,
> formed a new Shondells and signed with Roulette Records. He didnt have
> the
> master tape so the version we've heard for years was dubbed from his
> own
> scratchy copy.
>
The DJ was the late "Mad Mike" Metrovich. The bootlegger was a gent named Ernie
Kashouer (sp?) who also ran a label called Red Fox. Ernie released a lot of
"Pittsburgh Hits" on a lot of shady labels. He also put money into local bands
of the 60's, such as the Fantastic DeeJays and their later incarnation, The
Swamp Rats.
Denny Nicholson of the DeeJays told me once that Ernie was "the money man" and
that he bought the DeeJays the wall of VOX Super Beatle amps theu had later in
their career.
Ernie was eventually sent to jail - not for bootlegging records, but for selling
stolen beauty aids at a flea market!
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