Angie, of the two-sister duo The Baby Dolls, was kind enough to send me a file of their 1964 recording of Burt Bacharach and Larry Kusik's The Bell That Couldn't Jingle. Said Angie, back in July:
"My sister and I recorded The Bell That Couldn't Jingle by Bacarach-Kusic as 'The Baby Dolls' in 1964 at Abbey Road Studios,London (we are English) I was 10 years old and my sister 12 years old. We bumped into The Beatles in the corridor as they were also recording there at the time :) We sang the song twice in the studio for the recording. I remember we laughed at the end of the song and they decided to keep it on the track. The orchestra was Geoff Love and his orchestra and the backing vocals were provided by The Ladybirds. Some great memories from my childhood, meeting the stars of the day, performing etc spring to mind each time I hear the record played...usually once at Xmas! Singing not too bad for a couple of youngsters! I have the original 7" vinyl in front of me. We were signed to EMI and recorded on the Columbia label. The B side is We're No Angels,(which we preferred) written for us by our agent Ponte-Johnson. Sorry If I've bored you with this info! lol Angie x :) "
Bored? Hardly. In fact, that was downright cool! Best of all, here's the not-all-that-common track itself an excellent-sounding file. Again, many thanks to Angie:
The Bell That Couldn't Jingle (Bacharach-Kusik), The Baby Dolls with Geoff Love and His Orchestra and The Ladybirds, 1964.
Angie continues:
"It is different I know and it WAS REALLY FUN to make, hence the laughing at the end. Geoff Love and his orchestra were really big in the UK so the style of the music and spicing up of the song is all down to him."
Pretty darned good for two takes, I'd say. Angie also sent me a cool photo of the Baby Dolls in the studio, but something has happened to the photo during Outlook Express storage--two-thirds of it is washed out, otherwise I'd include it. (Digital decay? Very odd.)
Glad to have the chance to present this Yuletide gem--and sorry to have to revert to Savefile.com, but bandwidth is rapidly evaporating at Box.net....
More to come as I slowly shake three days' worth of fever and chills.
Lee
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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6 comments:
What a coup! I'm jealous....
But I'm also sick like you (physically, I mean...).
Hey Lee,
It wouldnt open. Thats the first time i had a problem with any of your downloads. I think you put up bobby helms and vinton last year, great song.
Hey, chop up 4 garlic cloves, equal amnt of ginger, juice of a lime or lemon, some fresh jalapeno, or dried cayenne, some honey, 1 or 2 green tea bags, throw me in tea pot, pour boiling water over it, wait half hour, drink. Repeat all winter, youll kick the flu in the ass. hope you feel better. thanks for all the tunes.
King,
Yikes! Sorry to hear. I'm back to solid food, though it's taken me three days. Cottage cheese and oatmeal today, which is more than I had yesterday. May we both recover and rejoin the living!
Mike,
It might be a pop-up issue, since I always have to use the "Play file now" prompt to get the download box to appear. I wonder if that's the issue. And, sometimes, Savefile gets overwhelmed and slows down or sneaks off.
Yes, Helms and Vinton last year. I'd burned Herb Alpert's version, but the CD-R vanished on me.
I might try your concoction at some point--thanks. At the moment, I'm just trying to get food to stay down!
Lee
What a great story, and a fun song. Thanks for this one, Lee!
Stephen,
Certainly!
Lee
A fun song, well produced, but hey it's geoff love, he turned a lot from abbey road in the 60's....and lot more then the beatles material was cut at abbey road.
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