DOWNLOAD NO.16 - RICK SPRINGFIELD

RICK SPRINGFIELD FROM THE EARLY DAYS WAS TALENTED AND GOOD LOOKING. HIS TEENAGE APPEAL (LOOKS) REALLY HELPED HIM BREAK INTO THE U.S.A. MARKET. HIS FACE WAS IN EVERY TEENAGE MAGAZINE THEN HE WAS ABLE TO CRACK THE SATURDAY CARTOON MARKET WITH HIS SHOW "MISSION MAGIC".

"SPEAK TO THE SKY" WAS HIS FIRST MAJOR OZ SINGLE AFTER LEAVING OZ POP GROUP ZOOT. "SKY" WAS FOLLOWED BY OTHERS INCLUDING "HOOKY JO". FOR THE U.S.A. MARKET HE RE-RECORDED "SPEAK TO THE SKY" BUT FOR "HOOKY JO" THEY JUST HAD A SPELLING CHANGE: "HOOKY JOE".

WHEN THEY DECIDED TO RELEASE RICK'S C.D. ANTHOLOGY IN THE LATE 1990S THE TEAM WORKING FOR ROBBIE PORTER (ORIGINAL PRODUCER) WERE TRYING TO FIND ORIGINAL TAPES FOR RICK'S SINGLES. I WAS ABLE TO HELP SUPPLY SOME SONGS ON C.D. WHICH I HAD AS BOOTLEGS FROM KOREA. THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS HAD BEEN LOST.

WHEN THE ANTHOLOGY C.D. GOT TO MARKET MY FRIEND STEVE SCANES GAVE ME A BI-LINE FOR MY HELP.

TO FIX ONE OF THE GLARING ERRORS ON THE ANTHOLOGY C.D. I AM PUTTING UP FOR DOWNLOAD AN EXTENDED VERSION OF "HOOKY JO". ON THE C.D. ITS STARTING DRUM LINE HAS BEEN RUN OVER THE END OF THE PREVIOUS SONG AND IT SOUNDS REALLY OUT OF PLACE.

"HOOKY JO" WAS MADE IN 1972 AND HAS A WHISTLE SECTION WHICH WAS LATER COPIED BY BRITISH GROUP "PAPER LACE" WHEN THEY RECORDED "BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO". IF YOU PLAY THEM BACK TO BACK THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR....ALMOST SAME STORY USED ABOUT THE U.S.A. CIVIL WAR.

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