Arlene Smith - Good Girls

[Guest]

Arlene Smith - Good girls

The more I hear this the more I like it.

Has anyone ever played this 45 at a venue ?

Its a really lovley overlooked and an obscure 60s newie / popcorn type tune to me.

Great drums and a fantastic shrill vocal, not unlike Minzi Berry.

I know John Manship rates this 45 as a very rare disc and not a well known 45 because of that,

has anyone got any more info on this singer and this 45.

I believe she was a black singer and obviously a member of the Chantels.

Its a Phil Spector product but I presume it was released well before he was successful in the mainstream?

So does anyone have any more info on this obscure 45

I realise its a rare 45, but I just wondered how obscure this 45 actually is?

I can imagine someone dropping this 45 in a popcorn set and getting a few people scratching their heads as to who it is ?

Feedback as usual please

[The Yank]

Arlene was the lead singer of the Chantels. The record doesn't have anything to do with Phil Spector (the name might refer to Abner Spector) ,

I think they were trying to confuse people with the "Spectorious" name. The record does show up from time to time- not sure if the rare

word applies to this one.

[Guest]

Arlene was the lead singer of the Chantels. The record doesn't have anything to do with Phil Spector (the name might refer to Abner Spector) ,

I think they were trying to confuse people with the "Spectorious" name. The record does show up from time to time- not sure if the rare

word applies to this one.

Are you sure about the phil spector connection - she released a pop 45 on big top records that was deffo produced by mr phil spector

and as far as rare - I am only going on JMs oppinion

[The Yank]

Did a little research and this record is semi- Phil Spector related. When Arlene signed with Big Top, George Goldner (who owned End Records her former

label ) was not thrilled and complained to Big Top. Burt Bacharach was supposed to produce her Big Top debut but was replaced by Phil Spector. Supposedly

Phil got Arlene to leave Big Top, reunited her with former producer Richard Barrett who then produced "Good Girls". The record was then released on the one

shot Spectorious label as a payback to Phil for getting her away from Big Top.

All the above info came from "He's A Rebel" by Mark Ribowsky.

I don't know how much of this I believe since it doesn't look like Barrett had anything to do with the record and if it was supposed to smooth things out

with Goldner ,why is the label distributed by Rust? Rust/ Laurie were not Goldner labels.

[Guest]

here you go

deffo a phil spector connection i suspect

I bought a few 45s in the form of a lot from phil spectors estate including a kell osbourne 45 that i didn't know that was produced by spector

none of these 45s were northern / popcorn apart from the arlene smith 45

[Guest]

Did a little research and this record is semi- Phil Spector related. When Arlene signed with Big Top, George Goldner (who owned End Records her former

label ) was not thrilled and complained to Big Top. Burt Bacharach was supposed to produce her Big Top debut but was replaced by Phil Spector. Supposedly

Phil got Arlene to leave Big Top, reunited her with former producer Richard Barrett who then produced "Good Girls". The record was then released on the one

shot Spectorious label as a payback to Phil for getting her away from Big Top.

All the above info came from "He's A Rebel" by Mark Ribowsky.

I don't know how much of this I believe since it doesn't look like Barrett had anything to do with the record and if it was supposed to smooth things out

with Goldner ,why is the label distributed by Rust? Rust/ Laurie were not Goldner labels.

we must of posted the same time bud !!

thanks for the info !

I really like the Arlene 45!

But I am a Latin / 60s Popcorn fan so I would

[Guest]

Another 45 by Kell Osbourne - this was an early 60s product from phil spector and totally disappointing from a northern soul perspective !!!

But I really rate the Arlene 45 as Spectors best and rarest 45

A great and rare popcorn sound !!!