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From: "Paul Moshay" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) craig kilborn - exoticat !
Date: 01 May 1999 01:35:58 +0100



dave letterman's new 'late late' show production
hosted by craig kilborn, is very quietly infused with
lounge/exotica throughout.

i didn't want to like this guy, owing that i was deeply
saddened by tom snyder's decision to depart.  all i can
say...if i had a talk show kilborn's late late is exactly
what i'd want it to look/sound like.

heads up.

paul 'not an employee or relative of any employee of
   worldwide pants or cbs'  moshay


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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Roy Budd
Date: 01 May 1999 13:22:24 +0100


There has been plenty of mention of Roy Budd on this list but to recap,=
 I'd
say:

Get Carter - Legendary =A31500 LP that must be had, now reissued and
available. Very moody, dark and intellegent. A massive classic!

Diamonds - A one trick pony but a top quality and very rare LP now reis=
sued
and available. High speed bass-driven jazz with plenty of breaks and hi=
gh
drama. A massive classic too.

Fear is the Key - Legendary jazz soundtrack by some legendary jazz
performers including Tubby Hayes. Very cool but also very jazzy, featur=
ing
a 10 minute piece, Car Chase with sirens, engine sounds etc. Top!

Roy Budd Plays Great Songs and Themes - This is a 1970s Roy Budd
compliation which the Sound Spectrum took tracks from for its compilati=
on
(and until 1990s reissue fever, this was the only place, other than the=

original 45,  you could get the Get Carter theme). The LP features trac=
ks
from Get Carter, Wild Geese, Soldier Blue and others. Pretty cool but o=
nly
really because of the Get Carter tracks.

Wild Geese - Average, mostly orchestral soundtrack

Paper Tiger - As above, but more boring

Soldier Blue - Never heard it but selected tracks are on the Plays Grea=
t
Songs and Themes LP - average orchestral.


I think thats it. Please correct me if I'm wrong about any of this.


Charlie
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rita Pavone
Date: 01 May 1999 10:19:21 -0400


I got this record...
(This store at the corner is getting rid of tons of stuff for a quarter.
That's why I bought the Bobby Goldsboro record)
Rita Pavone.  I bought it partly because the name seemed slightly familiar
- like one of those names that pops up here - but mostly because it looked
like the right era.  Even though it's on RCA, at first I thought all the
liner notes were in Italian but I was wrong.  It seems it's her first
record, from 1963
You know that fine line separating inspired kitsch from annoying crap?
This keeps just falling over on both sides.
I have a copy of this European"girly go-go ya-ya" tape that Moritz made for
Brian and Cheryl.  She must be on that.
Two songs in particular would fit right into that narrow little groove.
"Clementine Cherie" and "Sul Cuccuzolo".
Tell me they're "ya-ya" classics.
And if this is somebody's holy grail, if they need it more than I do,  I'd
gladly trade it.

Nat




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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Some records...
Date: 01 May 1999 18:12:44 +0200


I found an LP with Russ Garcia while on vacation in Goteborg. Its called =
"I'll never forget whats her name". Its a good jazz LP from 1978 on =
Bethlehem. Its good to see he got the chance in the 70s too. I dont =
listen much to this kind of jazz, but i enjoy this one. Lots of =
trombones.

Also found a Leonard Nimoy LP called "the touch of Leonard Nimoy". This =
one is really great. Contains among other nice tracks a splendid version =
of "Nature Boy". the title is correct, if you listen you'll get touched =
by Mr Nimoy. Highly recommended.

by mistake I crashed my Yma Sumac 78 with Birds and Najalas Lament =
earlier this year. I will never forgive myself... Luckily I found the LP =
Flahooley for $10. That was cheap so now at least I have those tracks =
again. The rest of the LP seems quite uninterresting, except for one =
more Yma Sumac track.

British dancebands from the 30s and 40s... Its a passion. My ex =
girlfriend was so delighted to hear me play old 78s for her she stayed =
with me for 4 years. In Goteborg I found a good LP collection from 1978 =
with songs picked only from Disney movies. "Great songs from Disney =
movies". At last I got the tracks "Whos afraid of the big bad wolf" and =
"Heigh-Ho".=20

I also got a chance to DJ a club called VS. I mixed Comstock and Marino =
with calypso and exotica. Few people there. Nobody  except  my friends =
seem to like it that much, Ahh! they dont know what they are missing. =
This will hopefully change this summer when Goteborg goes exotica. two =
clubs are about to start, one will be a copy of Stefan Kerys "Tiki =
Room".=20

Anybody interested in Comstock and Marino on CDr, please contact me off =
list.

Magnus








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From: Fish Wich <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) UL spinoffs & Electro Lounge
Date: 01 May 1999 18:06:20 -0700 (PDT)


I think someone already posted a message listing the
upcoming Mrs. Miller, Bobby Darin and Louis Prima
Ultra-Lounge spinoffs but I thought I would post scans
from the June 8 EMI New Release catalogue anyway.

Also of interest in the book is the Electro-Lounge
compilation on EMI's Right Stuff label.  Tracks by
Martin Denny, Yma Sumac (!), Dean Elliot and others
remixed by "...the hottest new re-mixers in the dance
scene today."  A "techno-pairing" of Dean Martin and
Julie London for the song Sway?  Hmm...

Check out the scans of both at
http://www.angelfire.com/me2/fishwich/


Regards,

Mark

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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 2
Date: 01 May 1999 23:07:34 -0400


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

All comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #46   Dig It!

Yma Sumac:  Gopher  "Mambo!"
Enoch Light:  In A Persian Market  "Persuasive Percussion"
Max Greger:  Popcorn  "Strictly For Dancing"
Hugo Strasser:  Indian Reservation  "Tanzhits 71"
James Last:  Mr. Giant-Man  "Voodoo-Party"

Al Hirt:  Java  "Honey In The Horn"
The Bob Crewe Generation:  Clementine Boo-Ga-Loo  "Music To Watch Birds
By"
Brigiitte Fontaine:  La Caravane  "Jazz A Saint-Germain"
Edmundo Ros:  Tequila  "Dig It!"
Throbbing Gristle:  20 Jazz Funk Greats  "20 Jazz Funk Greats"

The Bad Examples:  Die 24 Stunden von beguine  "Elektro-Tiki"
Enoch Light:  Hernando's Hideaway  "Provocative Percussion"
Claude Denjean:  Venus  "Dig It!"
Klaus Wunderlich:  Felicidade  "Sound 2000"

Enoch Light:  I'm In The Mood For Love  "Persuasive Percussion"
The Dave Pike Set:  Middle Earth Herd  "Got The Feelin'"
Arthur Lyman:  Watermelon Man  "Sonic Sixties"


Thanks for reading.

[e-mail]
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Bobby Goldsboro ! ??  ! ?! ?! ?
Date: 01 May 1999 23:20:54 EDT



In a message dated 4/30/99 10:57:07 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I bought a record and I kind of like it.

More power to ye laddie


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) gbye to taste
Date: 01 May 1999 23:22:24 EDT



In a message dated 5/1/99 12:39:09 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>(on the other hand, my parents have a whole bunch of his records, if you
>really like them that much...

Your parents are OK, but I wasn't bowled over.............(its late and I
just had a YMCA DJ job)


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) U-L Tiki Sampler
Date: 01 May 1999 23:29:55 EDT


I received an advance CD of the Ultra-Lounge Tiki Sampler, and I must say
I've enjoyed it very much. Of course, the "Tiki" refers to the packaging, not
necessarily the disc's contents. (After all, who among us was disappointed to
find zero leopard songs on the last sampler?)

Aside from the selections from the last six volumes, the "On the Rocks" discs
and the Baxter/Gleason/Denny collections, there are six bonus tracks that
haven't appeared on any U-L comp before and two hidden tracks.

The first hidden track is another one from the Continental ladies' man who
has shown up on several of the most recent volumes. But the second hidden
track is a cool bongo lesson from an old "how-to" record, and it lasts for
several minutes.

All in all, a very worthy purchase and a welcome sign that the U-L is once
again alive and well.

--Rod


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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New from AtaTak!
Date: 02 May 1999 01:50:10 -0500


Rob wrote:

> just reading the new edition of the wire at dinner and it has interviews
> with peter thomas, a certain frank (ex der plan, with moritz mentioned)
I haven't yet read the Peter Thomas yet but the "A Certain Frank"
article is well worth reading.  Written by Biba Kopf, my favourite
reviewer from this magazine, I share his sentiments about this great
label that never found as wide a fan base as it deserved.

Too bad, however, there was no mention made of the latest release on
AtaTak; The Bad Examples - "Electro Tiki". This is the third release
by this band and in my opinion the best!  Imagine the combination of
Tiki influenced - easy - electronics if you can. Highly recommended
to all list members. Cover art is another Moritz R masterpiece! I
assume it's viewable on the AtaTak website and maybe even with a
sound clip. Look up:

Http://www.atatak.com

We'll be featuring another track from it on tomorrow's (as in Sunday
May 2nd edition) of Space Bop between 4:0pm to 5:00 pm (eastern
time).  Catch it on realaudio at:

Http://www.ckut.ca

I think Forced Exposure distributes this label in North America as it
isn't that easy to find. Any store worth shopping at should be able to
track it down. I think you can order direct from AtaTak if all else
fails!

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Disney records
Date: 02 May 1999 01:40:58 -0400


At 06:12 PM 5/1/99 +0200, Sandberg Magnus wrote:
>In Goteborg I found a good LP collection from 1978 with songs picked only
from Disney movies. "Great songs from Disney movies". At last I got the
tracks "Whos afraid of the big bad wolf" and "Heigh-Ho".

You guys talk about Disney so much that I finally bought one.  It's called
something like "Goofy's Dance Record" and covers all the dance styles like
mambo, cha cha etc and it's pretty good.
When I read this post, it occurs to me that there are people on this list
that would like lots of the Disney records I pass up on an almost daily
basis.  The other day there was this one something like "Around the World".
 I didn't buy it mostly because there were no individual cuts on it on
either side.
Anyway if anyone - maybe in Europe? - has a Disney want list, especially if
it's a record involving Disney cartoon characters, you could post it here
or privately and I I'll try and put it on my mental list.
Trouble is once something goes on my mental list, I usually never see it
again.
But other people on the list must stumble upon these things as often as I do.
If you do, check out Goofy doing the cha cha.

Nat



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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Disney records
Date: 02 May 1999 15:47:22 +0200



I wouldnt say that I have a wantlist of Disneyrecords or anything, but I =
think childrens records are often pretty funny, and in some cases really =
wild. When I was visiting my parents home some month ago I searched the =
attic for some stuff. I happened to find some records that I enyojed =
when I was a kid. Finnally I could say for certain that the moog sounds =
has been with me for whole my life. I like it because I liked it when I =
was a kid. One particular record i can referr to is a swedish cheapo LP =
from Disneyland records about that inventor guy with a birdsnest as a =
hat, I dont know his real original name but in Sweden he is called =
"Oppfinnarjocke". Its a weird record. The story is about him inventing a =
3D TV and then getting it stolen by a mean bird. the thief suddenly find =
himself trapped in another dimension. Along the story there are =
moogmusic (made by some studiomusicians probably), and two fullength =
moog tracks. A funny sidenote, I noticed that some parts on this record =
must have been sampled by either Matt Johnson or Foetus in the 80s, =
because I remember it so well, and I have the particular record at home, =
just dont feel like playing those again. The bit that was sampled is =
when a radio-voice in english talks about "...request napalm" or =
something. Vietnam I guess...

If it wasnt for this record, I probably would live a normal life by now =
:)

M



>You guys talk about Disney so much that I finally bought one.  It's =
called
>something like "Goofy's Dance Record" and covers all the dance styles =
like
>mambo, cha cha etc and it's pretty good.
>When I read this post, it occurs to me that there are people on this =
list
>that would like lots of the Disney records I pass up on an almost daily
>basis. =20



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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 02 May 1999 09:22:51 +0000


This week on the Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, meet the man who
created one of the most sought-after space age pop LPs -- DEAN
ELLIOTT, who gave us the classic "Zounds! What Sounds!".  Along
with tunes from the album, we'll also hear a rare 1963 interview
with Dean, done for Capitol's Silver Platter Service (intended for
radio station use, to promote Capitol product).

Also on the menu this week, rare crime jazz from "Honey West",
"Checkmate" and "Burke's Law";  we'll visit Kookie's Mad Pad (from an
insane album featuring Edd Byrnes, Kookie of TV's "77 Sunset Strip");
plus mambo with Puente, rockambo with Prado and malambo with Yma!

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

You'll need a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer 5.0 or
G2, which you download for free at:

http://www.real.com/products/player/50player/index.html?src=download

If you tune in, drop us a line with comments, requests, etc.  Thanks
for the space!

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html
Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro/retrolisten.htm


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) No NO Bobby Goldsboro ! ??  ! ?! ?! ?
Date: 02 May 1999 10:38:05 EDT


In a message dated 5/1/99 11:20:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DJJimmyBee
writes:

<< In a message dated 4/30/99 10:57:07 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

 >I bought a record and I kind of like it.

 More power to ye laddie >>

OH NO.  I want to make one thing perfectly clear.  It was not ME that bought
a Goldsboro record.  I was responding Ho-Che-Mama and somehow the "I bought a
record" above go attributed to me.

Eck!

Tiki Bob


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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Releases
Date: 02 May 1999 17:23:11 +0200



More from FORCED EXPOSURE New Releases list
http://www.forcedexposure.com.

____________________________________________
CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX (GERMANY):

O.S.T.: Signor Rossi CD (CDHW 054 CD). "Signore Rossi -- original music
from the classic animation series - music composed, arranged and performe=
d
by Franco Godi. Original Soundtrack and Dialogues from the well-known
TV-cartoon-series & CD-debut for Signor Rossi! For the first time since t=
he
seventies the soundtrack to the cartoon-classic by Bruno Bozzetto (Allegr=
o
Non Troppo)  with its intelligent and full-of-fantasies musical ideas by
Franco Godi and his Ensemble is available. With the help of carefully
re-created German and Italian original-tapes that had been lost for so
long, this unique collection of musical highlights mixed with some high
dialogues was put together. We join Signor Rossi and his friend Gastone o=
n
their 'looks for happiness' through the stoneage, the antique and from th=
e
middle-ages into the future, travel with them through the Orient, Wild
West, (Town-) Jungle and even on their holidays. Beneath the German,
English and Italian version of the famous titel-track"Viva la Felicita" ,
many more unreleased tracks are the special attraction on this unique
record for fans and young-at-hearts."  [vinyl version forthcoming] $15.00

_____________________________________________
SMELLS LIKE RECORDS:

HAZELWOOD, LEE: Cowboy In Sweden CD (SLR 030). Smells Like's series of
long-awaited, hotly anticipated Lee Hazelwood reissues kicks off with the
release of this 1970 album. Recorded in his prime, Cowboy is a singular
synthesis of rambling cowboy wisdom, moody, rockabilly-inflected rhythms,
dark, poetic lyrics, hard luck tales, esoteric images, pragmatic politics
and wry love odes.  Vocalists Nina Lizell and Susie  Jane Hokum lend thei=
r
heavenly voices to this album, making for some sophisticated and
come-hither duo stylings. Awarded a gold record in Sweden, too! A truly
great album and a  more than worthy introduction to the strange and
wonderful world of Lee Hazelwood's mind."  $15.00

HAZELWOOD, LEE: Farmisht Flatulence, Origami, Arf!!! and Me CD (SLR 031).
"Recorded in Tempe in 1997, this is the first Lee Hazelwood solo album
released domestically in over two decades. Farmisht is a collection of po=
p
standards that Lee grew up with and has sung all his life. His voice has
matured from the pure baritone drawl deployed in the 60s and 70s to a
seasoned, smoky croon. The Al Casey Combo, a group who knew their way
around the lounge long before the words 'space-age' and 'bachelor' ever
became common currency, back up Lee on such classic vocal standards as
'Ain't Misbehavin'' and 'Don't Get Around Much any More.' A classic and
classy tribute from a man who's been there and back."  $15.00
_____________________________________________
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM):

VA: Lunapark 0,10 CD (SR 080). "Sub Rosa has been working in the archives
domain for a number of years and many productions are now accepted as
'classics'. After William Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Antonin Artaud and befo=
re
The Complete Recordings by James Joyce, Raymond Carver and an important
anthology about 'Fluxus'...there is at last (after 4 years of research an=
d
work and editing) Lunapark! A sonor lunapark: the concept is from the
writer, critic and close collaborator Marc Dachy. It`s really a panorama =
of
the most important avantgarde writers and artists of the century. It begi=
ns
in 1912 with Guillaume Apollinaire and ends with the Brazilian avantgarde
of the seventies... 'Unique Archives' mostly never released before!
Original recordings from: Guillaume Apollinaire (Father of the Avant-Gard=
e
-- Paris, 1912), Vladimir Ma=EFakovski (1914-20 in the Soviet Union), Ric=
hard
Huelsenbeck (Father of Dada, in Berlin 1916), Kurt Schwitters (The Geniou=
s
Father of Merz, 1932), James Joyce (Recorded in 1929 [Finnegans Wake],
Gertrude Stein (New York 1934-1935),  Antonin Artaud (About Death and
Destroyed Minds and Bodies, 1946), Tristan Tzara (Father of Dada in Zuric=
h
[Cabaret Voltaire], 1949), Camille Bryen (French Art Brut, 1932/1939),
Marcel Duchamp (Just An Enlightenment, 1957), E.E. Cummings (In Confine o=
f
the Silence), Brion Gysin (3 Permutations from 1960/1962), Julian Beck
(Founder of the Living Theater, 1968), Gherasim Luca (Rare Voice of the
French Poet in New York, 1969), Fran=E7ois Dufr=E8ne (A Pure Fury of Word=
s,
1961), Pierre Guyotat (Sexual Murmuring, Paris 1976) Augusto de Campos
(Brazilian Avant-Garde 1970 ).  $15.00



Arjan



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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) No NO Bobby Goldsboro ! ??  ! ?! ?! ?
Date: 02 May 1999 13:30:15 -0400


At 10:38 AM 5/2/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>OH NO.  I want to make one thing perfectly clear.  It was not ME that bought
>a Goldsboro record.

He does a very acceptable version of "Little Things".  You know "little
things that you do, make me glad I'm in love with you".  When he isn't
singing a sappy song, he doesn't sound sappy.

Nat



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Roy Budd
Date: 02 May 1999 15:37:30 EDT


I've seen a OST on CD by Roy titled _Black Windmill_.  Review?

--David


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: SV: (exotica) Disney records
Date: 02 May 1999 15:40:58 EDT


That Disney character's name is Gyro Gearloose.

--David


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Disney records
Date: 02 May 1999 19:51:12 EDT



In a message dated 5/2/99 2:21:51 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>check out Goofy doing the cha cha.

Or Mickey Mouse John Travolta-ing his way thru Disney's disco rekkid


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Oliver Reed,Roderick Thorp
Date: 03 May 1999 10:09:38 -0500


    NEW ORLEANS, May 1 (UPI) -- New Orleans Archbishop Philip Hannan celebrated
a public funeral mass for musician and entertainer Al Hirt, who died Tuesday
of liver failure at the age of 76.
    Hirt will also be remembered Sunday with a special parade at the conclusion
of the 30th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
    Friends and fans from around the world attended the funeral and are
expected to take part in the parade.
    Flags are at half-staff in New Orleans today, and Mayor Marc Morial ordered
them to remain at half-staff through Sunday in honor of the legendary
trumpet player's contributions to the culture, legacy and tourism of New
Orleans.
    Morial said a committee will be appointed to create a permanent Memorial to
Hirt in the city.
    Hirt's career included 21 Grammy nominations, and he won a Grammy in 1964
for the hit ``Java.'' He was a star on Bourbon Street, entertaining visitors
for decades.
    Hirt performed for six presidents, at the inauguration of President John F.
Kennedy, and during a visit by Pope John Paul II in 1984.
    His accomplishments included recording 55 albums, many of which went gold
and platinum, and a rendition of ``Flight of the Bumblebee'' that became the
theme song for television's Green Hornet. He had his own CBS television
variety show in the late 1960s.
    Hirt continued performing at on Bourbon Street at the Chris Owens Club
until he was hospitalized last month.

 *Oliver Reed
    LONDON (AP) -- Oliver Reed, the feisty, hard-drinking actor who was as well
known for his antics off screen as he was for his performances on screen,
died Sunday in Malta. He was 61.
    Reed, who played the fearsome Bill Sikes in the 1968 musical ``Oliver!'',
died on the way to a hospital after taking ill while drinking with friends
in a bar in the Maltese capital, Valetta, police said. The cause of death
was not immediately disclosed.
    Reed was on the Mediterranean island filming a new movie, ``The Gladiator.''
    His 53 films include ``Women in Love,'' ``The Devils,'' and ``Tommy,'' all
directed by the eccentric Englishman Ken Russell.
    Unlike some stars who need elaborate explication of their roles, Reed was
content, Russell said, to create his own shorthand as a way of understanding
his character: ``moody one, moody two, or moody three ... depending on the
intensity of the smoldering meanness required.''
    But Reed was often better-known for misdeeds away from the camera and
well-publicized drinking bouts.

    LONDON, May 3 (UPI) -- Oliver Reed, an actor whose ``character you love to
hate'' roles were often echoed in his off-screen life, has died. He was 61.
    Police say Reed became ill Sunday while drinking with friends on Malta and
died en route to a hospital. While an autopsy will be performed, authorities
say they have no reason to suspect anything but a natural death. Perhaps
Reed's most known roles were at Bill Sikes in ``Oliver!'' and as the
stepfather in ``Tommy.''
    Reed was in Malta working on ``The Gladiator'' when he died. In what would
have been his 100th film or television role, Reed was appearing in "The
Gladiator," a movie directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Steven
Spielberg. He was playing Proximo, a gladiator trainer. He is credited with
appearances in more than 53 films, including several directed by Ken
Russell. The films he made with Russell, such as ``Tommy,'' Women in Love,``
and ''The Devils`` -- mark some of Reed's most memorable roles.
    Playing the sullen Bill Sikes in the musical ``Oliver!'' was another high
point and was typical of the brooding character Reed so often portrayed.
    But the hard-living actor was also well known for his lifestyle. He once
said: ``I like the effect drink has on me. What's the point of staying
sober?'' As if to support that he once arrived at the Galway, Ireland,
airport lying drunk on the barrage conveyor. He was ordered out of a Madrid,
Spain, hotel after jumping nude into a large fish tank.
    Reed was born Feb. 13, 1938, in Wimbledon. While untrained as an actor,
Reed was cast as Richard I on a children's serial on the BBC. He was married
twice and his current wife, Josephine, is among his survivors. He also had
two children.
See also:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-reed.html


 *Roderick Thorp
    OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- Roderick Thorp, a master of suspense fiction whose
best-selling novels ``Die Hard'' and ``The Detective'' became popular
movies, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 62.
    Thorp's career spanned more than three decades. Born in New York City on
Sept. 1, 1936, he won prizes for short-story writing while attending City
College of New York but was unable to find success as an author after
graduation.
    Instead, he went to work in his father's private detective business. Over
nine years, he gathered knowledge that stood him in good stead in his
writing career.
    Success as an author came with his 1966 book ``The Detective.'' It sold
millions of copies worldwide and was turned into a movie starring Frank
Sinatra and Lee Remick.
    He taught literature at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J., then moved to Los
Angeles in 1976.
    His 1979 detective novel ``Nothing Lasts Forever'' was renamed ``Die Hard''
in its second edition, which later became a 1988 hit movie starring Bruce
Willis.
    One of his later books was 1995's well-reviewed ``River: A Novel of the
Green River Killings.'' It was a fictionalized account of an unsolved series
of murders that occurred in the 1980s in the Pacific Northwest.

Death anniversaries for the week of 3 -9 May:
Tuesday, 4 May
1975 - Moe Howard; actor, "The Three Stooges"
1984 - Jack Barry; TV host, "The Joker's Wild"
1997 - Alvy Moore; actor, "Green Acres"
Thursday,  6 May
1979 - Milton Ager; songwriter
1992 - Marlene Dietrich; actress
Friday, 7 May
1998 - Eddie Rabbitt; country & western performer
Saturday, 8 May
1994 - George Peppard; actor




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Subject: (exotica) epulse 5.18 [excerpt]
Date: 03 May 1999 10:32:58 -0500


FIRST GLANCE OF THE WEEK:

'ELECTRO LOUNGE' is the straightforward title to an upcoming compilation of
fairly impressive electronic types taking a spin through their parents' --
perhaps their grandparents' -- record collections. Tranquility Bass turns in
one of very few weak takes, but who these days could be expected to do
anything to improve upon Louie Prima's ubiquitous "Jump Jive an' Wail"?
Elsewhere on the record, subtitled "Electronic Excursions in Hi-Fidelity,"
Gearwhore does the James Bond theme, Meat Beat Manifesto tweaks Elmer
Bernstein, the Rip-off Artist spoofs a Dean Martin-Julie London
smooch-a-thon and Uberzone gets the opportunity to re-exoticize Martin
Denny. Other contributors include u-ziq (Dean Elliott), Gus Gus (Leroy
Holmes), Luke (aka Wagon Christ aka Plug) Vivert (April Stevens) and Eat
Static (John Buzon Trio.) Q-Burns Abstract Message revitalizes Yma Sumac,
and Omni Trio scores John Barry. Sixteen tracks in all -- out 6/8 from The
Right Stuff record label. (Beech)


SOUND FILE OF THE WEEK:

The stylish folks at Volkswagen haven't yet managed to put together a CD of
all the wise song choices that enliven their commercials, but they have made
one of the finest among them available for free at their web site. The page
at http://www3.vw.com/vwworld/music.htm houses a list of many of the latest
VW commercials, including music by Charles Mingus, Stereolab and
Spiritualized. But the real reason to check out this site is the opportunity
to download a one-minute MP3, WAV or AIF file of "Jung at Heart," the
backing music to the much talked about JETTA commercial in which a pair of
New Orleans tourists discover an entire street life attuned to the pulse of
their car's tape deck. The song is attributed to MASTER CYLINDER. Also
available here: Hector Varela's "Palomita Blanca," from the Passat
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 03 May 1999 11:14:53 -0400


Ouch, we are painfully slow. Here's an open question I posted on here a
couple of years ago. It got a good response then... and led to some
interesting threads. I think we've got enough new blood to make another
round worthwhile.

What are your earliest memories of records and record playing? And can you
remember your first favorite record?

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: (exotica) U-L Tiki Sampler
Date: 03 May 1999 12:40:47 -0400



-----Original Message-----


>All in all, a very worthy purchase and a welcome sign that the U-L is once
>again alive and well.
>
I agree.

And the disk has lots of vocals. Especially the ladies. A couple of Burt
tunes. Love the novelty tune I Dig Chicks by Jonah Jones.

The only thing I don't like is the busy trumpet/ xylophone opening of track
1. The Munsters Theme by Jack Marshall.  It may be a little too much for the
uninitiated.  You only get one chance to make a 1st impression.

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Subject: (exotica) A Happy Exotica Building Story
Date: 03 May 1999 11:31:05 -0400


Distressing as it is to hear of Temples of Exotica torn down throughout the
woild, in the Imperial city of Saugus, MA...they still honour such palaces.
While not a "tiki" restaurant per se, Weylu's, an Oriental restaurant
complex, is a gorgeous, ornate structure -  the architectural equivalent of
Les Baxter's PORTS OF PLEASURE or of a Tak Shindo record.  The funny thing
is:
 Weylu's owes a huge amount of back taxes, and  the City of Saugus has
threatened to
forclose on them.  Saugus gave pause, though, and asked the musical
question: "What are we gonna do
with a huge building shaped like the imperial city?"
Jane Fondle

PS...I can't remember the exact first record I played...but I have two
goofy little kid stories:
1.  First record ever learned all the words to:  "Love Story"
2.  I had a crush on Jimeny Cricket(sp?)...He was my first love!  I broke
open my Pinochio record to see if he was inside! :(


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Subject: (exotica) Go Bowling with AstroSlut
Date: 03 May 1999 11:53:07 -0400


If you happen to be in Boston Thursday night, May 6th...you have a
bowling-date with AstroSlut!  We are playing at the Milky Way Bowling
Alley, the H-O-T-T-E-S-T new spot in Jamaica Plain.  Hope to see you there!
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From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 03 May 1999 10:53:12 -0400


Earliest memories of records . . .

In the late 1950s, we lived in Northern Manitoba, in a Native
community, and had no television.  Once a week, someone set up
a 16mm projector in an old schoolhouse and showed movies.
My earliest movie memory is of a long, long pirate swashbuckler
that astounded me but wore me out . . . years later, I looked up
Ghost of the China Seas in Leonard Maltin and found out it was about
78 minutes in length, a cheap film shot mostly in a bathtub.

But we had a record player, and I remember a Burl Ives record
being played over and over again.  "A little green frog swimming
in the water, a little green frog doin' what he oughter  .. . " or something
like that.  Eventually, we moved down south and my father, a trumpeter,
jumped aboard the Tijuana Brass craze.

Will


Will Straw
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Graduate Program in Communications
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) cartoon music: spongebob squarepants
Date: 03 May 1999 12:13:25 -0500


Speaking of cartoon music (which several folks were doing last week):

Nickelodeon debuted a new cartoon called Spongebob Squarepants. You can get
a glimpse of the characters at http://www.nick.com .

While the cartoon itself seemed fairly brainless, it does feature
tiki-inspired graphics and music supplied (in part) by the Blue Hawiians   (
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=12:03:31|PM&p=amg&sql=B215724 ).

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Releases
Date: 03 May 1999 18:26:18 +0200


Arjan Plug wrote:

> CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX (GERMANY):
>
> O.S.T.: Signor Rossi CD (CDHW 054 CD). "Signore Rossi -- original music
> from the classic animation series - music composed, arranged and performed
> by Franco Godi.

Any comments on this one?

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From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha 99 Playlist #1
Date: 03 May 1999 17:53:32 +0100


My radio show Moon Base Alpha returned to the airwaves
yesterday morning for a four-show run on local (Edinburgh,
Scotland) radio station Fresh Air FM.

Here's what was transmitted:

INTRO: Dick Hyman - Moon Gas (Moon Gas)
Robert Edwin - The Lord's Prayer (Keep the Rumor Going)*
Ray Charles Singers - Hawaiian War Chant (Paradise Islands)
Mix: Les Baxter - Tropicando / East African Airlines - Wild Life
Sounds
Mrs Miller - A Lovers Concerto (World's Worst Record Show)
Leonard Nimoy - Music to Watch Space Girls By (Spaced Out
comp)
Fear of Pop - In Love (Volume 1)
Hugo Montenegro - You Showed Me (Moog Power)
Lounge Brigade - Heart-Shaped Box (Put Some Style In It)
Combustible Edison - Cat O' Nine Tails (Impossible World)
The Mindexpanders - Love Syndrome (What's Happening!)
Emperor Penguin - The Very Attractive Audio Engineer (Shatter the
Illusion of Integrity, Yeah)
Tipsy - Space Golf (s/t)
Piero Umiliani - Beer, Vermouth and Gin (Svezia Inferno e Paradiso)
Sergio Mendes - Night and Day (The Essential Sergio Mendes)
Enoch Light - Scarborough Fair (Permissive Polyphonics)
The Free Design - Make the Madness Stop (Raindrops)
Jumprope - Kites Are Fun (Bookshelf Adventures)
Lenny Dee - Georgy Girl (Moving On)
Dick Hyman - The Cat (Man from ORGAN)
France Gall - Nefertiti (1968)
Attileo Mineo - Man in Art intro (Man in Space With Sounds)
Perrey & Kingsley - Unidentified Flying Object (In Sound from Way
Out)
The Mindexpanders - Pulsation (What's Happening!)
Ken Nordine - Yellow (Colors)
Robert Maxwell - The Breeze and I (Shangri-La)
Cal Tjader - Mambo at the M (Black Orchid)
Mike 'n' Rich - Eggy Toast (Expert Knob Twiddlers)
Bruce Haack - Electric To Me Turn (Hush Little Robot)
Chaquito - Mr Tibbs (In Flight Entertainment)
Piero Piccioni - La Rai Si Presenta (Easy Tempo 5)
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Mr Fantasy Love (Luxury)
Stock Hausen and Walkman - Flagging (Ventilating Deer)
Andre Popp - Java (Delirium in Hi Fi)
Enoch Light - Bingo Bango Bongo Baby (Persuasive Percussion 3)
France Gall - Les Yeux Bleus (1968)
Bob Crewe - Black Queen's Beads (Barbarella OST)
Francesco di Masi - Diamond Bossa Nova (Easy Tempo 3)
Esquivel - Baia (Space Age Bachelor Pad Music)
OUTRO: Air - Modular Mix (Premiers Symptomes)

* - In case anyone's wondering why I played The Lord's Prayer, well
it was because we're on immediately after "The Heavenly Gospel
Hour"!!!  And on a humorous note, the "Reverend Francis Xavier"
who hosts the gospel show hung around for the first part of our
show and when I said "continuing the theme of Good News here's
The Lord's Prayer..." he apparently said to my posse members
"don't mock the Lord, he will be revenged..."  So, we're thinking of
recording our own gospel song called "Don't Mock the Lord" for
next week's show.

Tune in next Sunday 1000-1200 105.4 FM stereo for more fun,
frolics and battles between Good and Evil...


Robbie (aka DJ Bongo Boy)


Space Safari/Moon Base Alpha - to Hi-Fidelity and Beyond!
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Peter Thomas Scat Singer
Date: 03 May 1999 15:01:11 +0200


At 06:16 -0600 99/05/01, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Does anyone know who sings the Shub-a-dooe scat on the song by the same name
>that appears on the Peter Thomas

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Rebirth of the Budd
Date: 02 May 1999 19:52:31 +0200


A couple of the best tracks were already featured on the "The sound
spectrum" and "The easy project volume 2" comps. Half of "Rebirth of the
Budd" is good and tasteful piano cocktail jazz (nothing to get wiold about
though), the rest fits in the "Sound gallery" style.

        Johan


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) anyone lookin for "the history of Space Age Pop 2"?
Date: 02 May 1999 19:43:31 +0200


JIM'S ITHACA MUSIC SHOP
"The Internet Music Source"

http://www.jims.com
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___SON OF BODACIOUS $5.00 SALE:

157. Space Age Pop Vol.2 / Mallets In Wonderland   Various
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From: jonathan <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) curd duca
Date: 03 May 1999 11:11:42 -0700


Hey

The new Curd Duca CD/LP is out. Its called Elevator 2 availbale from Mille
Plateaux records. Second installment in his (hopefully) Elevator series. I
hope he continues to put out stuff as great as his Easy Listening 1-5
series. If you dont know who curd duca is, he's a sample cut-up artist who
samples all kinds of exotica/lounge/easy listening music and gives it a
futuristic atomic-lounge twist. Ambient at times, exotica-dreamy in others,
and sometimes downright creepy. I recommend anything and everything he has
put out.

jonathan

ps
If anyone knows where I can get copies of Curd Duca's Easy Listening 1 and
2, I would be forever greatful.

Check iT Out!
the SOunD LounGe
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From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha 99 Playlist #1
Date: 03 May 1999 15:48:47 -0400


Bongo Boy,

It's a great title. And selection. So keep broadcasting!

Sure the humans in the surrounding area appreciate your efforts.

I say humans because you may not be doing this just for us......Keep in mind
that ALL radio signals are being sent out into the cosmos. Alien
civilizations setting up their own SETI projects need to hear programs like
yours so they know there IS intelligent life on planet earth.  :>)

Domenic



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Subject: (exotica) Laserlight Boxed Sets
Date: 03 May 1999 16:23:50 -0400


This may have come up on the list but missed it:

Just found out Laserlight has deleted the exotica/bachelor pad boxes sets
from their catalog.

Thought I would always have a chance to pick them up....

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hippie Goddesses
Date: 03 May 1999 15:05:42 -0700 (PDT)


Hippie Goddesses, V/A C&P Godddess Recordings (1999) boot?
Picked this up from http://othermusic.com for a reasonable price.

Its schlock psychodelic garage raunch guitar with risque lyrics and a rather ragged
sound.  It appears to be late 60s/70s.   Its  Girls in the Garage styled cd, with less
garage and more psychedelica.

Theres no real credits on this cd, just first names of the artists. The vocals are a
cut above the Shaggs.

If anyone knows more about the origins of these songs I am curious......yellow

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: "Brian Tozer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 03 May 1999 21:50:38 -0400


Suprisingly enough, my first memory of records was the "Living
Stereo" and "Phase Four" records that my father brought out to
impress all visitors to our house.  When these were finished, he
would bring out the "Railroad Sounds" LP and then, we'd get sent
to bed so that he could put on Rusty Warren for the adults. (I have
to pick all these up when I visit him down east in June)
But myself...I had a "Hits of George Formby" record that I played to
death...until I got a copy of "Beatlemania".
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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Hippie Goddesses
Date: 04 May 1999 00:29:46 EDT


I was somewhat disappointed by this collection.  All I can tell you is that
the song "Come In My Mouth" is from an an original cast album of the
off-Broadway play "Let My People Come". (i'm not kidding -it would be hard to
make this stuff up). It's always been my favorite cut on the LP and has been
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Is Tomita boring?
Date: 04 May 1999 12:47:19 +0200




Brian Karasick wrote:

> Keith wrote:
>
> > ISAO TOMITA IS BO-RING!

> Even as a long time Klaus Schulze fan I'd be inclined to agree!
> I began my moog listening back with 70's "space music" (I think I
> gave it up about when the disturbing term "new age" popped into
> existance) but have since developed much more interest in the non
> "space music" applications.  There are many good examples (and it
> seems even more bad ones) but in my mind, Perrey & Kingsley are
> undisputed masters and Walter Sear isn't far behind!

I think I own everything of Tomita and I do NOT agree. A comparison with
Perrey & Kingsley wouldn't come to my mind: That's a totally different cup of
tea. Tomita was the one who stepped into the classic-interpreting footprints
of Walter Carlos. And he did it in a different unique, yet interesting way:
The sound worlds he created, were really new then and not heard before.
Especially the synthesizer sounds that sounded like voices were an exciting
new experience at that time. Every once in while I find myself putting on
headphones and listening to a couple of Tomita classics.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Moondog
Date: 04 May 1999 12:48:47 +0200




Marco \Kallie\ Kalnenek wrote:

> I've read about Moondog before, but I haven't heard his musis yet. After reading
> about him I get the impression that his music is in the same vein as that of the
> late great Sun Ra. Is that correct?
>

Not really. Moondog is pretty much unparalleled. The elements that distinguish him
the most from other artists we talk about in this list, are the influences of
"classical" music, i.e. modern classic. It reminds one of Steve Reich or Terry
Riley. In his early recordings there is still a heavy Exotic part. Yet everything
is performed with a sort of natural primitivism, that is hard to describe. The
entire personality incl. his "story" is so unique that any comparison cannot fully
catch what it's all about.

BTW: If you take a close look at the new album of the Merricks ("Escape from planet
Munich") you'll discover his name!

Mo


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 04 May 1999 12:49:02 +0200


I was maybe five and played this Italian summer hit "Marina" b/w
"Manuela" by Rocco Granata for about a thousand times on the newly
discovered record player of my father. The instrumental accordion melody
of the A-Side as well as the lush Rumba-rythm of the B-side have been
burnt into my memory since then.

Mo

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Laserlight Boxed Sets
Date: 04 May 1999 08:36:40 EDT


In a message dated 5/3/99 2:21:33 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< This may have come up on the list but missed it:

 Just found out Laserlight has deleted the exotica/bachelor pad boxes sets
 from their catalog.

 Thought I would always have a chance to pick them up....

 Were they any good? Maybe I'll find them used somewhere.

  >>
Laserlight probably just deleted the box set version but I am sure the single
CDs are still available that is if you are really desperate -- they were
pretty awful. So maybe the Grammys will give a special humnitarian award to
the guy who deleted these box sets.

Ashley


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Subject: (exotica) Piero......
Date: 04 May 1999 08:40:44 -0400


Is this any good??

Comments please.

<<The Woman With The Skin Of The Moon ("La Ragazza dalla Pelle di Luna")
original soundtrack by Piero Umiliani ITALIAN IMPORT CD or DOUBLE LP
(Right Tempo)-Just in! Sexy score to Luigi Scattini's erotic movie! The
original release of this soundtrack (in *71) was limited to 300 copies!
This re-release includes many unreleased cuts and liner notes by John
Bender and Piero Umiliani himself! CD or DOUBLE LP (in gatefold cover)
is $19.98<<

- Nate




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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Maricaibra.......
Date: 04 May 1999 08:59:00 -0400


Whoever mailed me about wanting this LP get in touch - I listened to it =
and don't like it...........

- Nate




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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Isabelle Adjani
Date: 04 May 1999 07:36:42 -0700 (PDT)


Picked up this 1993 Mercury France cd release of a 1983 Isabelle
Adjani S/T album.

This is all vocals.  The music is too ernest for me.  Nothing really
exotic, its early 80's synthesizer get up and boogie or soft ballads.

Some songs are whispered and on others she does sing quite well.   Her
voice is interesting but the music is rather bland and the melodies
just don't hook.

Beautiful cover and packaging but I would prefer the vinyl full size
for a thrift store price.
If you want this cd it was available at Dusty  Groove.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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Subject: (exotica) She Had  A Taste for Music/Italian Girl Like EAR-CATCHING Melodies
Date: 04 May 1999 08:46:27 -0700 (PDT)


"She Had " Various Artists, Dagored (1999)  This is music from
original Italian soundtrack recordings from generally the early '70's.
 Its almost all gentle instrumental soundtrack meloies, with a couple
of oh so sexy spoken word songs.

Wonderful soft Bacharac influenced melodies that are perfect for the
wee wee hours or your first cup of coffee on an early breezy sunny
Sunday morning.  Theres nothing funky or hard going on here, no
driving drum  beats until the last couple of songs.  The music floats
gently until the end of the cd and then you want to dance and then its
all soft again.

The cd cover says "Rare Gems from the Italian Erotic Archive"   I
don't recognize these songs on other comps but most of the songs are
gems. My only complaint is the cd could be longer, but its well worth
the $11 dusty sells it for.


"Italian Girls Like"  Also on Dagored (1999)  More great Italian movie
themes from the late '60's early/mid '70's.  The music is all over the
spectrum with rocking now sounds,  soft melodies,   nice late nite
jazzy instrumentals, dreamy vocal ballads,  spy jazz, rock and
blacksploitation.   Some of the songs are very short and the cd is
under 50 minutes. There's nothing grounbreaking on here but  I like
most of the songs on this cd alot and can't believe how many cds the
Italian labels have put out over the last four years. The songs on
here do not compare with the best from Irma or Right Tempo but this is
another wonderful Italian soundrack compolation.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) curd duca
Date: 04 May 1999 13:03:25 -0500


At 11:11 AM 5/3/99 -0700, Jonathan wrote:
>If anyone knows where I can get copies of Curd Duca's Easy Listening 1 and
>2, I would be forever greatful.

Other Music ( http://www.othermusic.com ) has these listed on their site:
DUCA, CURD =A0=A0=A0 EASY LISTENING VOL 3 (000)CD 13.99 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 EASY LISTENING VOL 4 (000)         CD 13.99 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 EASY LISTENING VOL 5(000)          CD 13.99 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 EASY LISTENING VOLS 1 AND 2(000)   CD 20.99 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 ELEVATOR(MILLE PLATEAUX)           CD 16.98 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 ELEVATOR 2(MILLE PLATEAUX)         CD 15.99 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 ELEVATOR 2(MILLE PLATEAUX)         LP 13.99 =20
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 SWITCHED ON WAGNER(MILLE PLATEAUX) CD 19.98 =20

Can anyone recommend other exotica flavored cut-up artists besides Curd
Duca? There's early David Shea, but who else?? And which releases by these
folks should we start with?
Thanks!

-Lou
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 04 May 1999 10:11:45 -0700 (PDT)


There was this song that came on top 40 radio,  I believe it was by
the Crew Cuts, and is called "What Is Love"

I just remembered it for many many years by the words that went:
"Sways with a wiggle with a wiggle when she walks"

I remember having it explained to me that poni tails swing back and
forth when you walk.

25 years or so later I heard the Crew Cuts version of "What is love"
It sounded ALMOST exactly as I remembered it,  but something was off.
 I figured it was THE version and my memory of it had changed over the
decades.

I'm still not positively sure if this is the correct version.

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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 04 May 1999 20:00:06 +0200


In addition to the Gyro Gearloose LP I remember being spellbound by a =
Tarzan record. I found that on the attic too. Its a swedish production =
with some wild instro psych rock by a swedish oddball called Hans Edler. =
He has made one of the strangest electronic records I have heard, but I =
cant remember the title. Anyone knows about him?
And a summer when i was about 6 I kept playing the song Cuantanamera all =
the time. My parents had it in two different versions, but one was not =
as good as the other, as I recall. I have no idea what artists. Probably =
some lowbudget LP from a mediteranean country.=20
Then I got the soundtrack to the Jungle Book.=20

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From: Fish Wich <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 04 May 1999 11:32:20 -0700 (PDT)


>What are your earliest memories of records and record
>playing? And can you remember your first favorite
>record?

Ok, don't laugh but my earliest memory and I guess
first favorite was Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer."
It was 1979 or '80 and my older sister had the 45 and
played it constantly.  I suppose it prepared me for
Ferrante & Teicher.

Out of curiosity I did a search on the net and found
that Mills (aka Mr. Music Box Dancer) will be on his
farewell tour through Canada this year and next (the
orchestral pop lifestyle must be taking a toll).  His
official site is at www.frankmills.com.

Regards,

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Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Is Tomita boring?
Date: 04 May 1999 16:18:02 EDT


I've had a few Tomita LP's and the only one I kept was "Snowflakes are
Dancing" (the music of Debussy) and I like it a lot - very interesting and
surprising sounds. The others  I found much less engaging.   Bob


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Subject: (exotica) Persistence of Mammary
Date: 04 May 1999 16:26:29 EDT


As a little boy it was Patti Page singing "How Much Is That Doggie In The
Window". Then, when I was 10, my parents gave me 3 45's: "Witch Doctor" by
David Seville b/w "Almost Good" (which many on this list would probably
like), "Purple People Eater" by Sheb "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" Wooley,
b/w "I Can't Believe You're Mine", and "The Witch Doctor Meets The Purple
People Eater" by The Big Bopper b/w "Chantilly Lace"which of course was
actually the "A" Side. It was at that moment when I discovered the magic of
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Date: 04 May 1999 16:21:24 EDT



In a message dated 5/4/99 1:14:15 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>There was this song that came on top 40 radio,  I believe it was by
>the Crew Cuts, and is called "What Is Love"

That would be The Playmates, purveyors of the little Nash Rambler whose horn
went "Beep Beep" (beep). "Little Ms Stuckup" was the followup 45 on Roulette.


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Subject: (exotica) Beep, Beep (was TOO persistant!!!)
Date: 04 May 1999 17:05:56 EDT


In a message dated 05/04/99 4:44:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< That would be The Playmates, purveyors of the little Nash Rambler whose
horn
 went "Beep Beep" (beep). "Little Ms Stuckup" was the followup 45 on
Roulette. >>

Was the whole point of the car being stuck in 2nd gear an indication that the
car could go even faster or that something was wrong with the car and that
was why it was beating the un-scornable Cadillac????


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Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for May 5, 1999
Date: 04 May 1999 17:03:53 -0400


Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wed at 9 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph,
Ontario.Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

Joe Meek - The Bublight "I Hear a New World"
Attilio Mineo - Century 21 "Man in Space with Sounds"
Peter Thomas - Jupiter's Pop Music "Raumpatrouille"

Claude Denjean - El Cumbanchero "Moods"
Ananda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash "Ananda Shankar"
Rajput & the Sepoy - Up, Up & Away "Incredibly Strange Music Vol 1"

The Brass Ring - Up, Up & Away "The Now Sound of the Brass Ring"
Enoch Light & the Brass Menagerie - Touch Me "Enoch Light & the Brass
Menagerie"
Toots Thielmans - Quarter to Five "Guitar, & Strings...& Things"

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mais Que Nada "Herb Albert Presents..."
Duncan Lamont - A Man & A Woman "Best of the Bossa Novas"
Henry Mancini - Orange Tamoure "Charade"

Tipsy - Oops! "Trip Tease"
Tipsy - Ugly Stadium "Trip Tease"
Enoch Light - Mambo Jambo "Persuasive Percussion"

The Three Suns - Caravan "Mallets in Wonderland"
Yma Sumac - Wimoweh "Mondo Exotica"

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Subject: (exotica) Beep, Beep (was TOO persistant!!!)
Date: 04 May 1999 14:30:34 -0700 (PDT)



The poor maligned Nash Rambler finally got praised by those Playmates!
 What a wonderful song and you can imagine all the confusion that
surrounded it when it first came out.  All those gentleman from the
late 1950's taking off their hats to scratch their heads and wonder
how could a Nash Rambler in second gear be faster than the mighty
Cadillac. I wonder what they told their girl sitting next to them in
their 58 chevy?

Those playmates knew how fast a Nash Rambler really was!     I can see
Tiki Bob scratching his head right now with Martin Denny playing in
the background just like its 1958.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

[e-mail] wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 05/04/99 4:44:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [e-mail] writes:
>
> << That would be The Playmates, purveyors of the little Nash Rambler
whose
> horn
>  went "Beep Beep" (beep). "Little Ms Stuckup" was the followup 45 on
> Roulette. >>
>
> Was the whole point of the car being stuck in 2nd gear an indication
that the
> car could go even faster or that something was wrong with the car
and that
> was why it was beating the un-scornable Cadillac????


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Subject: (exotica) Re: Buick Beep, Beep (was TOO persistant!!!)
Date: 04 May 1999 17:49:04 EDT


In a message dated 05/04/99 5:32:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I can see
 Tiki Bob scratching his head right now with Martin Denny playing in
 the background just like its 1958. >>

How true.  But it would be in my 1951 Buick with the Sonomatic radio (the
Wonderbar was the top of the line radio - it had a button on the floor board
you hit with your foot and the radio would automatically seek the next
station).  Also, the vibrator would be humming right along with the music.
What you say???

Oh, for the uninitiated:  the vibrator was a device in car radios before
solid state that turned DC to AC so the vacuum tubes would work better.  My
vibrator went out about 2 years ago and the "new" vibrators are solid state
and don't hum.  Being the nostalgic fool I am, I searched high and low until
I found a new old stock vibrator that hums.

And my favorite 1951 hit???  It's a tie between Yma Sumac's Wemoweh and The
Domino's Sixty Minute Man.

When better automobiles are built -- Buick will build them!  (And I don't
care how fast that Rambler goes.)

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Azure by Louis Philippe
Date: 04 May 1999 15:21:30 -0700 (PDT)


http://www.dustygroove.com has done the world a favor and brought the
great Louis Philippe for sale rather reasonably.

They are selling "Azure", a Japanese import on Trattoria (1999)
This is another wonderful soft pop Louis Phillipe album. But on this
one he teams up with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra to make a very
wonderful gentle pop record.   His soft vocal style is backed by the
orchestra in a very tasteful manner, nothing is upfront or
overpowering, but the melodies.    This is a very well produce record.

After a few listens this release is simply another marvelous L
Philippe record, much like his previous releases.  Jackie Girl was a
little more haunting, but this is a great album.  Out of the four or
five releases I have this is almost his best yet.The music is very
very slow  balads sung by him in a very meloncholy longing style.
With the orchestra accompaniment this is a  beautiful listening
experience.

http://othermusic.com generally carrys most of his other albums.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Buick Beep, Beep (was TOO persistant!!!)
Date: 04 May 1999 15:25:17 -0700 (PDT)


I tell you, its hard to imagine Yma with Domino's Sixty Minute Man!
I can't imagine how piercing the shrieking would be !?

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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> And my favorite 1951 hit???  It's a tie between Yma Sumac's Wemoweh
and The
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 04 May 1999 19:04:00 -0400


>What are your earliest memories of records and record playing? And can you
>remember your first favorite record?

1. To the subject line, I say, Hello Dali.
2. Sorry.

The first memories that I have pertaining to the question are the
Electrophonic record player in my brother's room.  It was beige and had a
picture of a conductor holding a baton on a podium.

My parents had a collection of 45's which my brother and I used to plow
through, such as:

Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
The Minotaur - Dick Hyman and his Electric Eclectics
Le Chien (El Perro) - Eduardo Davidson(some name, eh?)
Don't Pat Me On My Back and Call Me Your Brother - Kasandra (that's a man,
folks!)

My mother and father had very eclectic tastes.  My mother bought Lady
Madonna (trivia break!  This was written for Fats Domino by the Beatles
which explains the odd timbre of McCartney's voice on the record.  Domino
recorded it later) for the flipside, "The Inner Light" my first sitar
instrumental.

One day, my Father, a notorious, um...thrifty fellow, to hear my Mother
tell it, bought a new stereo for the living room.  It had a Fisher
(pre-Sears) receiver, Garrard turntable, and Acoustic Research speakers
that weighed a ton, to me.

So what was the record I recall listening to on it?  A mono 78 of
Cinderella.  This version was so short, that it actually ended at her going
to the ball.  Last year, I found out about the glass slipper thing, thank
you Internet (just kidding).  I also heard a record of Hans Christian
Anderson's "Little Match Girl". "Here now, you little brat!  Take these
matches and don't come back until you've sold every one of them or you
won't get any supper!".  With echo, that is pretty scary to a seven year-old.

So there I was, selling my matches to pay for the stere...I mean, one day,
we dredged up the 78's from the basement.  We made a tape of them and some
I can remember were:

Thermopylae - Stan Kenton (my brother's favorite)
Love for Sale - Stan Kenton (my favorite)
Otto, Make That Riff Staccato - Duke Ellington
Tell Me a Story - Jimmy Boyd

That was a good one:

"Tell me a story, tell me a story,
Remember what you said.
Tell me about the birds and bees,
How to make the kitten sneeze,
Tell me a story and then I'll go to bed"

It "ends" with a spanking.  Incidentally, we used to make tapes off the air
all of the time.  We used Kor/Sonic (E.J. Korvettes' house brand), Lebotone
and Memorex compact cassettes (Invented by Philips in 1963 and do they give
me ONE bit of a royalty check, no!) and had a Concord tape recorder that
had a dial and a red button (that was for recording).  We taped programs
off the TV (Mom was a soundtrack fiend) and used the same recorder for the
78's, which meant in front of the speaker, everyone be quiet, because the
mike was open.

To end this exotica-lly, one of the oddest themes we had was from "Black
Heritage", an old PBS public affairs program that may or may not have been
shown only in New York.  It started out with bongos and then a sax and a
bass would play two interlocking melody lines.  What made it odd was that
the drums were recorded at regular speed and the sax and the bass were at
double or triple-speed!  Humming that theme could have meant a day away
from school nursing one's throat.

Hope you have enjoyed reading my reminiscences as much as I have enjoyed
reading others,
Brian Phillips



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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Moondog
Date: 04 May 1999 19:13:11 -0400


>BTW: If you take a close look at the new album of the Merricks ("Escape
from planet
>Munich") you'll discover his name!

Ooo!  Don't tell his lawyers.  He has successfully sued to protect his
stage name twice, the most famous being Alan Freed who had to change the
name of his "Moondog's Rock 'n' Roll Party".

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) O my sisters (and brothers)
Date: 04 May 1999 19:14:24 -0400


Not wanting to droog this out any longer than necessary, I am going to
Dallas in a couple of weeks and was looking for some now au-go-go record
shops to browse about in my spare time.

Thanks and yee-ha,
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lee - out now!
Date: 05 May 1999 01:14:17 +0200


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Is Tomita boring?
Date: 05 May 1999 01:15:26 +0200




[e-mail] wrote:

> I've had a few Tomita LP's and the only one I kept was "Snowflakes are
> Dancing" (the music of Debussy) and I like it a lot - very interesting and
> surprising sounds. The others  I found much less engaging.   Bob
>

Yeah, that's a good one, maybe the best. In a way Tomita did become more
refined in his later works, but the early ones grab you more, Snowflakes also
has the good compositons. I do like the Bermuda Triangle LP, though,
soundwise: You don't trust your ears sometimes. Wish Tomita had done more
partitures by Bach!


-Mo


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Date: 04 May 1999 19:53:55 EDT



In a message dated 5/4/99 6:00:52 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>When better automobiles are built -- Buick will build them!

Does the quality go in before the name goes on?


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 04 May 1999 23:11:33 -0400


The only record cover I've framed is called "Songs for Children" and shows
a toddler leaning over a record player with multi-colored 45's scattered on
the floor around him.
I love the image for any number of reasons but that wasn't me.
Friends of mine tell stories about knowing how to play their favorite songs
at three or four years old.  One of them talks about how he knew where the
tune was by counting the bands on the LP.  He refers to this as his
"earliest form of literacy".
But that wasn't my experience.
My father bought a Clairtone stereo console or whatever they're called,
those things in a mahogany cabinet.  But I wasn't allowed to use it.
Of course I did, when everyone was gone.
And probably the first and only record of my father's that I played was
Oscar Peterson's recording of songs from West Side Story.  I probably was
nine at the time.  The other two records that I occasionally played were
Stan Kenton's version of West Side Story and Ray Charles with Betty Carter
singing "Baby it's cold outside".  But mostly it was Oscar for me.
I can only remember my father having ten records at the most.  A couple of
classical, which I didn't play.  The Yellow Rolls Royce, which I grew to
hate.  I'm not even sure why he had the thing.  It was mostly furniture I
think.

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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Isabelle Adjani
Date: 04 May 1999 20:41:45 -0700 (PDT)


Did Gainsbourg do the music?

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Isabelle Adjani
Date: 05 May 1999 07:11:15 -0700 (PDT)


Hello Tosh

Gainsbourg wrote every song on the cd.  Isabelle Adjani cowrote 2
songs with Gainsbourg.    Thanks for mentioning this important fact.
The only other information in the cd booklet is the words to the songs.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
 >
 > --- Tosh  wrote:
 >
 > Did Gainsbourg do the music?

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Daniel Cooke,Joel Price,William Woodward 3d,Tibor
Date: 05 May 1999 10:59:24 -0500


                           *Daniel N. Cooke
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Retired police Lt. Daniel N. Cooke, a Police Department
spokesman for 22 years and technical adviser to movies and television
programs such as ``Dragnet'' and ``Adam 12,'' died April 30 of cancer. He
was 72.
    Cooke was the department's most prominent spokesman for many years before
his retirement in 1988.
    As the department's technical adviser to the entertainment industry he
reviewed television and movie scripts. He became a friend of ``Dragnet''
star and producer Jack Webb, who created the ``just the facts, ma'am'' image
of Los Angeles police detectives.
    In syndicated reruns, ``Dragnet'' was called ``Badge 714'' -- Cooke's badge
number.
    Cooke joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1953, walking a downtown
beat before becoming press relations officer in 1964.

                             *Joel Price
    COMMERCE, Ga. (AP) -- Joel Price, the man credited with introducing the
electric bass to country music at the Grand Ole Opry, died Monday of a heart
attack. He was 88.
    Tired of lugging around the hefty bass fiddle, which would frequently go
out of tune, Price bought a Fender electric bass for $100, according to
former Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs.
    Playing with Country Music Hall of Famer ``Little'' Jimmy Dickens, Price
became the first to play the electric bass on stage at the Opry in
Nashville, Tenn.
    Citing a 1997 interview with Price, Stubbs said the Georgia native was
``quite possibly the first to play that instrument in country music.''
    Price played bass on Dickens' classics ``We Could'' and ``Take Me As I Am
or Let Me Go.''
    Price got his start with Tommy Scott in 1937 and also played with Bill
Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys and George Morgan.

                         *William Woodward 3d
    NEW YORK (AP) -- William Woodward 3d, whose family was known for its wealth
and violent deaths, died Sunday after plunging from his Manhattan high-rise.
He was 54 and had been under psychiatric care.
    Woodward's father, William Woodward Jr., was killed in 1955 by his wife,
Ann, at their estate on Long Island. A grand jury cleared Mrs. Woodward of
wrongdoing. She killed herself shortly before the publication of a book by
Truman Capote fictionalizing the incident. Woodward's brother died after
jumping from a hotel.
    Woodward twice ran for office unsuccessfully, in 1978 for the state Senate
and in 1981 for the New York City Council.
    He worked as a reporter for The New York Post from 1968 to 1971. Later he
founded and published More, a journalism review.
    Woodward is survived by his wife and a daughter.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-wwoodward.html

May 5, 1999
Tibor Kalman, 'Bad Boy' of Graphic Design, 49, Dies
By STEVEN HELLER,NYTimes
ibor Kalman, a graphic designer whose innovative ideas about art and society
helped change the way a generation of designers and their clients viewed the
world, died on Sunday at the Hyatt Dorado Hotel near San Juan, P.R.
Read the rest at:
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 05 May 1999 10:08:30 -0500


I remember nothing about the music on first record that fascinated me. I
remember the record itself though.

This kids' record had a simple animation printed on the vinyl -- frogs on
lily pads and fish in a pond. When the record spun on a turntable, the
frogs dove from the lily pads and fish jumped in tidy arcs. Vivid colors.
But music? Dunno.

First music: Peter and the Wolf and Carnival of the Animals. I adored them
and still do. Recently picked up a Jimmy Smith P&W, conducted and arranged
for jazz orchestra by Oliver Nelson, Creed Nelson, producer (Verve, '66).
No narration, funny music with a cover shot of Jimmy vamping in a wolf
skin. Hilarious hipster liner notes say a P&W with narration was in the
works. Anyone know if Verve ever released that record?

Thanks for stirring this chatter, m.ace.
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From: [e-mail] (Eric Marvin)
Subject: (exotica) Hawaii Trip
Date: 05 May 1999 09:04:40 -0700



     Going to Hawaii (for the first time) the week of July 26 - Aug 2.
     Would greatly appreciate any leads on shows or stores.  Will be at a
     soccer tournament in Honolulu the whole week and should have plenty of
     spare time.


     Eric
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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Is Tomita boring?
Date: 05 May 1999 18:49:29 +0200


A friend from Japan taped the theme from a cartoon series for me. It's called
"The knight of ribbons", it's from the late 70s and it's written by Tomita. It's
a great tune, not boring at all!

Marco



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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Discographies
Date: 05 May 1999 17:50:34 +0100


I've stuck up some discographies for EMI Studio Two and Decca Phase
Four records at:

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~petehip/home.html

These are very preliminary -- they are just based on whatever records
and info I had to hand. So there are large gaps. I'd be grateful for
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Ebay Denny Moog
Date: 05 May 1999 12:55:31 EDT


Martin Denny - Exotic MOOG LP - VERY RARE!
Item #98001415

Description sounds a little rough.  Just thought some might like to browse it.



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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Little Labels-Big Sound
Date: 05 May 1999 13:42:04 -0500


While checking out the Indiana University Press site to get info on that
Widening the Horizon book I found this info on another about-to-be-released
book that may interest some of y'all.
-Lou

Little Labels=97Big Sound=20
Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music=20
Rick Kennedy and Randy McNutt=20
Foreword by Al Kooper=20
From jazz 78s to rocking 33s=97a breezy odyssey of American popular music=
 and
its colorful entrepreneurs=20
----
 =A0 =93There would be no record business as we know it without the passion=
 of
these pioneers. Today=92s leaders and label heads pale in comparison to=
 these
legendary giants. Show me a man today who could stand up to a Syd Nathan or
a Don Robey, and I=92ll show you a man behind bars=97not behind a desk. Why,
without Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records and the man who unearthed
Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rufus
Thomas, and Howling Wolf, to name but a few, there might not even have been
any rock =92n=92 roll, electric blues, or rockabilly music.=94 =97Al Kooper,=
 from
the Foreword

Little Labels=97Big Sound celebrates 10 legendary record labels, their
founders and the artists they developed, people who created original and
enduring music on the tide of social change. From the 1920s through the
1960s, scores of small, independent record companies nurtured distinctly
American music: jazz, blues, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, and rock =92=
n=92
roll. These companies, run on shoestring budgets, were on the fringe of
mainstream culture. Louis Armstrong, Hank Williams, James Brown, Roy
Orbison, and other musicians brought regional American styles to a world
audience and won enduring fame for themselves. But often forgotten are the
colorful owners of small record labels who first recorded these musicians
and helped to popularize their sound before the dominant, more bureaucratic
competitors knew what had happened.=20

Rick Kennedy and Randy McNutt bring alive the glory days of the independent
labels and their colorful founders, many of whom were interviewed for this
book. Sometimes these men were visionaries. Ross Russell, a record-store
owner in Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, risked his last dollar to create Dial
Records because he was convinced that an obscure jazz saxophonist named
Charlie Parker was creating a music revolution with his bebop jazz. Sam
Phillips in Memphis had recorded white country and black R&B singers in the
early 1950s, so he knew exactly what he was looking for when a shy, teenaged
Elvis Presley walked into his storefront studio in 1954 and asked to make a
record.=20

Other owners had little appreciation for the music but were street-smart
entrepreneurs. The white-owned =93race=94 labels of the 1920s, for example,
recognized a black consumer market that the recording business had
previously ignored. Operating out of such cities as Houston, Memphis,
Cincinnati, and New Orleans, these savvy business people promoted regional
sounds that were to reverberate around the world.=20

But influencing the development of music wasn=92t what these record-label
owners had in mind; they were just trying to earn a living. Today, when most
of the independent record labels have gone under or have been gobbled up by
big conglomerates, the music they produced on primitive equipment remains
fresh=97and bigger than life.=20

Little Labels=97Big Sound tells with verve and affection the story of the
people and the small homegrown companies who gave America its beat.
----
Rick Kennedy, a media relations manager, worked for a decade as a
journalist. Kennedy plays jazz piano and is the author of Jelly Roll, Bix,
and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz (now available in
paperback=97see opposite page).=20

Randy McNutt is a longtime reporter with the Cincinnati Enquirer. He is
author of We Wanna Boogie: An Illustrated History of the American Rockabilly
Movement and a book on Ohio ghost towns.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Little Labels and the American Beat, 1920=961970
Gennett Records
Paramount Records
Dial Records
King Records=20
Duke-Peacock Records
Sun Records
Riverside Records=20
Ace Records=20
Monument Records=20
Delmark Records
Little Labels on Reissue Anthologies

Publication date: May 1999
224 pages, 33 b&w photos, notes, bibl., index, 6 x 9=20
cloth 0-253-33548-5 $24.95 t=20

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Subject: (exotica) ultra las vegas / ultra lounge
Date: 05 May 1999 14:18:32 -0500


http://ultralasvegas.com/cmp/index.html

What is *this* about?!?
-Lou




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Subject: (exotica) ultra las vegas / ultra lounge
Date: 05 May 1999 14:18:32 -0500


http://ultralasvegas.com/cmp/index.html

What is *this* about?!?
-Lou




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From: James G <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) sixty minutes
Date: 05 May 1999 12:05:14 -0700


chuck wrote  <I tell you, its hard to imagine Yma with Domino's Sixty
Minute Man!  I can't imagine how piercing the shrieking would be !?>

You mean you've never lived in an apartment building, ANY apartment
building?

Lets see, that works out to 15 minutes of teasin', 15 minutes of
squeezin, 15 minutes of pleasin, and 15 minutes of blowin their tops,
That last 15 sure would have broken the VU meter needles.


JB, cringing at the thought that Lionel Richie can go "All Night Long"


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 05 May 1999 15:20:40 -0400


Thanks to everyone for throwing in on this thread. I guess I should throw
in a little myself...

I've already gone on a couple of times about my heavily-worn old favorite
-- a Rocky & Bullwinkle 45 -- so I'll skip that, skip that, skip that.

Another early favorite... well, I can't remember it directly, but when I
reclaimed it from the attic (like Magnus), it sure seemed like an old
friend: a Golden Records 45, "When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin'
Along". Really nice vocals by Anne Lloyd -- if they were just a little
hotter they would almost be sultry. When she sings,
"Wake up! Wake up, you sleepyhead.
Wake up! Wake up, get out of bed.
Live, laugh, love and be happy."
it's almost enough to make me enthusiastic about getting up in the morning.
Almost. Jaunty backing by Mitch Miller and Orchestra. Fortunately, no Mitch
Miller Singers.

Our record player was a table-top box that took a while to warm up after
you turned it on. Textured vinyl(?) covering. Maybe had 4 speeds (16 to
78). I hope to find an old snapshot of it someday.

Speaking of Concord equipment, I had occasional access to (and eventually
got it as a hand-me-down) a Concord portable reel-to-reel deck. Mono,
half-track (you could flip the reel over, like a cassette), 7-inch reels,
built-in speaker. For setting the level, it had an orange glowing light
that throbbed brighter or dimmer depending on the volume. Not very precise,
but aesthetically pleasing. Of course there were unapproved experiments
like physical tape loops or removing the capstan roller so I could control
the tape feed by hand (going more for synthesizer-like swoops than DJ
scratches (of course at the time, there weren't DJ scratches to imitate)).

Speaking of "Beep Beep", that was a big favorite in my immediate pre-teens.
But my exposure didn't come through a record... it was a cassette in that
"Cruisin' [fill in the year]" series from the early 70s (same volume that
had "Runaway", which mesmerised me). First heard it in a cousin's '68 or
'69 Roadrunner, which made for a total sensurround "Beep Beep" experience.

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 05 May 1999 12:38:33 -0700 (PDT)




The only thing I can think of that would make your "total
sensurrround"  Roadrunner Beep Beep experience any better is if the
song was played on a "Highway Hi-Fi"

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck



---"m.ace"  wrote:
>
>
> Thanks to everyone for throwing in on this thread. I guess I should
throw
> in a little myself...

> Speaking of "Beep Beep", that was a big favorite in my immediate
pre-teens.
> But my exposure didn't come through a record... it was a cassette in
that
> "Cruisin' [fill in the year]" series from the early 70s (same volume
that
> had "Runaway", which mesmerised me). First heard it in a cousin's
'68 or
> '69 Roadrunner, which made for a total sensurround "Beep Beep"
experience.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) persistence of red raven
Date: 05 May 1999 16:02:54 -0500


At 10:08 AM 5/5/99 -0500, Mimi wrote:
>I remember nothing about the music on first record that fascinated me. I
>remember the record itself though.
>
>This kids' record had a simple animation printed on the vinyl -- frogs on
>lily pads and fish in a pond. When the record spun on a turntable, the
>frogs dove from the lily pads and fish jumped in tidy arcs. Vivid colors.
>But music? Dunno.

Was that a Red Raven record?
 http://elaine.teleport.com/~rfrederi/wraven1.shtml
See also (for Swedish Red Ravens):
 http://www.alb.se/ALB/jazz/fkareng.htm

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Subject: (exotica) This Thursday in SF
Date: 05 May 1999 22:40:05 EDT


It's the first Thursday of the month!

That means you get to hang out at the Li Lo Lounge and here me spin Exotica
and Easy Lounge favorites all night from 9 - close while drinking the finest
in Polynesian cocktails shaken by Sudsee the bartender

ask for these Trader Vic specialties not on the regular menu

tortuga
Trader Vic's Mai Tai
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 05 May 1999 23:15:14 -0400


At 11:32 AM 5/4/99 -0700, Fish Wich wrote:

>Ok, don't laugh but my earliest memory and I guess
>first favorite was Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer."
>It was 1979 or '80 and my older sister had the 45 and
>played it constantly.  I suppose it prepared me for
>Ferrante & Teicher.

Anyone who would like Frank Mills Lp's, just let me know. They're more
abundant than Hagood Hardy up here in "Mills Country"

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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: (exotica) Boris Vian & Serge Gainsbourg reading/music/video event
Date: 05 May 1999 21:03:15 -0700 (PDT)


15 May, Saturday 7:30 P.M.

TamTam Books & Beyond Baroque presents
with the support of the French Cultural Service in Los Angles

 Serge Gainsbourg and Boris Vian Party

                Saturday May 15 at 7:30 P.M.
                AT: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
                        681 Venice Blvd
                        Venice, CA 90291
                        Phone no:                310-822-3006
                        TamTam Books:    323-661-8741

         Tosh Berman and his TamTam Books celebrates the release of their
first two titles: Boris Vian's I Spit on Your Graves  and Serge
Gainsbourg's only novel Evgu=E9nie Sokolov.  Both titles were, and still are
shocking in its sense of outrageousness provocation, and brilliance.  Vian
was a jazz musician, playwright, novelist, translator of hard boiled
American crime classics (Chandler, Cain, etc.) into French, and hardcore
trouble maker.  Gainsbourg was a  prototype lusty punk who tore into the
threads of French society with his numerous films, music projects, and
outlandish persona.     Both of them changed the world, and therefore
transformed the world of pop music and literature into a vision of
sexuality , humor and of course danger.

        Along with the readings of Gainsbourg and Vian's work we feature
the glorious sounds of dj's Lance Rock & Hypnotique spinning the sounds of
Vian & Gainsbourg and the French music revolution they both started, and a
screening of the ultra-rare documentary on Gainsbourg in English, with the
tantalizing Brigitte Bardot,  the desirable Jane Birkin, and of course, the
nasty overtones of "Lemon Incest" with Gainsbourg's  daughter Charlotte.

Tickets are $7. $5 for students and seniors.  Beyond Baroque members free.

Boris Vian's I Spit on Your Graves & Serge Gainsbourg's Evgu=E9nie Sokolov
are available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel.com and various bookstores.
Also through :

                                                                AK Distribut=
ion
Small Press Distribution                                        PO Box 40682
1341 Seventh Street                                     San Francisco, CA 94=
140
Berkeley, CA 94710-1409                                 ph:415.864.0892
800-869-7553                                                    fx:415.864.0=
893


-----------------
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TamTam Books
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Subject: Re: (exotica) ultra las vegas / ultra lounge
Date: 05 May 1999 22:56:14 +0100


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Its a Las Vegas/Ultra Lounge Cross Promotion that
Electric Artists Agency helped Capitol assemble.
Somewhat lacking in 'focus'  given their execution of
the concept, wouldn't you agree ?

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1999
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Contact:
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LAS VEGAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY PLANS FIRST-EVER ROLLOUT
CAMPAIGNS IN PORTLAND, ATLANTA MARKETS
=A0
LAS VEGAS =F1 The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has identified
Portland and Atlanta as emerging domestic markets for Las Vegas and plans
aggressive campaigns in both cities this May and June. These campaigns
include a colorful consumer promotion =F1 the Las Vegas Ultra-Lounge
Extravaganza =F1 as well as dynamic advertising and public relations efforts.
=A0
This year marks the first time the LVCVA has saturated target markets for a
four-week long, consecutive period. The Portland campaign, set to run
throughout May, includes the following elements:
=A0

* The Las Vegas Ultra-Lounge Extravaganza mobile marketing vehicle and Las
Vegas-style performers;
* Weekly newspaper placements in The Oregonian;
* A daily presence on local TV and radio;
* Outdoor displays, including billboards, a wallscape and cab tops
throughout Portland.
* A web site dedicated to the Las Vegas Ultra-Lounge promotion:
www.ultravegas.com.

=A0
"Both Portland and Atlanta have a strong potential customer base and
available airline flights to Las Vegas. This effort represents a significan=
t
step in opening up new markets for the destination," said Rossi Ralenkotter=
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the LVCVA's vice president of marketing. "Every day residents will hear
about the new Las Vegas =F1 the incredible variety of shopping, dining,
entertainment and gaming the destination has to offer."
=A0
The Las Vegas Ultra-Lounge Extravaganza is a colorful, unfolding mobile
marketing vehicle that will make daily stops at sporting events, record
stores, shopping malls, nightclubs and other high-visibility venues in
Portland. The LVCVA's local advertising will encourage residents to watch
for the extravaganza in their neighborhoods.
=A0
=A0
At each stop, an Elvis performer and showgirls will entertain passersby wit=
h
music, games, free giveaways and chances to win trips to Las Vegas. The
extravaganza will tie in with live radio promotions on Portland's top
stations.
=A0
The Las Vegas Ultra-Lounge Extravaganza is co-sponsored by Southwest
Airlines, Tower Records, a2b Music, and Capitol Records, which produces the
Ultra Lounge CD series. Cadillac will be a co-sponsor in the Atlanta
promotion.
=A0
Fans of the Las Vegas Ultra-Lounge Extravaganza can follow the
Portland-Atlanta tour on a dedicated web site, www.ultravegas.com. A bonus
music track will be available for downloading from the web site for those
who enter to win a Las Vegas trip giveaway.
=A0
In addition, the LVCVA will conduct a training seminar for Portland-area
travel agents and a hospitality event for local meeting and incentive trave=
l
planners.
=A0
As part of its annual summer marketing efforts, the LVCVA plans additional
TV and radio flights in the following markets in May and June: Chicago,
Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, San Diego, San
Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis. Outdoor displays will also appear in: Los
Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. Portland and Atlanta wil=
l
become part of the LVCVA's regular feeder market rotation in the future.
=A0
The LVCVA's comprehensive marketing efforts are developed and executed by
R&R Advertising of Las Vegas.
=A0
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and Visitors Authority, visit www.lasvegas24hours.com.

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oughout Portland. <BR>
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.ultravegas.com</U>.<BR>
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vailable airline flights to Las Vegas. This effort represents a significant =
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l hear about the new Las Vegas =F1 the incredible variety of shopping, dining,=
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keting vehicle that will make daily stops at sporting events, record stores,=
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anta tour on a dedicated web site, <U>www.ultravegas.com</U>. A bonus music =
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as/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, San Diego, San Francis=
co, Seattle and St. Louis. Outdoor displays will also appear in: Los Angeles=
, New York, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. Portland and Atlanta will become=
 part of the LVCVA's regular feeder market rotation in the future.<BR>
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) soothing quote
Date: 06 May 1999 10:23:39 -0500


     Below is a zany quote.  Please post it to the Exocitca list 4 me.  THANX!
 -Jeff (Winner, webmaster of http://RaymondScott.com )
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     ''In the context of the minimalist music of the 1980s
      and 1990s, SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY might have
      a second life in the 18-month to 90-year range.''

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Juliet Kepes, Elspeth March,Irving ``Fishbones''
Date: 06 May 1999 10:23:35 -0500


                        *Juliet Appleby Kepes
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Juliet Appleby Kepes, an artist and children's
book author, died March 11. She was 79.
    Mrs. Kepes wrote or illustrated 17 children's books including ``Five Little
Monkeys,'' which won a Caldecott Medal.
    Mrs. Kepes collaborated with her husband, Gyorgy Kepes, a Hungarian artist,
on many projects including enamel murals in schools and libraries.

                           *Elspeth March
    LONDON (AP) -- Elspeth March, a stage actress whose career spanned a
half-century, died Wednesday. She was 88.
    Ms. March was perhaps best-known for creating the title role of Bernard
Shaw's ``The Millionairess'' in 1937.
    Ms. March made her first professional appearance in London's West End in
1932 and appeared in many roles over the next three decades. She suspended
her career for four years during World War II to drive an ambulance for the
American Red Cross.
    Her last West End appearance was in the thriller ``Underground'' in 1983.
    She also appeared on the New York stage as a member of the Irish Players
and in a number of films, including ``Quo Vadis'' and ``Goodbye Mr. Chips,''
as well as on British television.

                          *Irving Stevens
    PITTSFIELD, Maine (AP) -- Irving ``Fishbones'' Stevens, who gained fame
with his stories about life as a Depression-era hobo, died Tuesday. He was 88.
    Stevens was named King of the Hobos in 1988 at the annual National Hobo
Convention in Britt, Iowa. At the 1993 convention, he crowned his daughter
as Queen of the Hobos.
    Stevens' first book, ``Fishbones: Hoboing in the 1930s,'' published in the
1980s, contained more than a dozen stories based on his recollections of his
life on the road.
    His second book, published in 1992, was ``Mandy's Washtub and Other
Stories,'' a compilation of Maine folklore written over a 10-year period.
    Stevens is remembered by fishermen and campers for Irving's Fly Dope, the
foul-smelling fly repellent that he mixed, bottled and distributed for 30
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From: Laura Taylor <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Whilst away
Date: 06 May 1999 07:27:38 -0700 (PDT)


Hi!  I'm outta here tonight until May 12th...But being the geek that I
am, I will likely check my email from my bruddahs' house...use the
jane_fondle_69 address, if you need to reach out and touch me...
Fondly....Jane

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From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Hip Trip playlist
Date: 26 Apr 1999 17:51:54 PDT


Hi y'all.

My radio show, now titled The Hip Trip after my new club night on Sundays=
 in Glasgow at Alaska, has relaunched. My first week was a few weeks ago,=
 but here is the playlist from April 18th. The Hip Trip can be heard at =
102fm Subcity Radio, Glasgow on Sunday from 3.30pm - 5pm.

MERRICKS "Ein Tag an der Muehle"
LOS BRASILOS "Brazilian Beat"
BRADY BUNCH "It's a Sunshine Day"
CHRIS MONTEZ "I Wish You Love"
FREE DESIGN "I Found Love"
ROBERTA FLACK "Feel Like Makin' Love"
THE HONEYS "He's a Doll"
DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND "I'll Play the Fool"
PIZZICATO 5 "Playboy, Playgirl"
ENNIO MORRICONE "Una Spiaggia A Mezzogiorno"
EDEN ABHEZ "Tradewind"
BRUNO NICOLAI "Autostrade per Los Angeles"
VALERIE LEMERCIER "Quand Je L'ai Vu"
GLEN CAMPBELL "Wichita Lineman"
THE LANCERS "Warmth of the Sun"
HERB ALPERT "This Guy's in Love With You"
APRIL MARCH "Sugar"
FANTASTIC EVERLASTING GOBSTOPPER "I am a Kitten"
KAHIMI KARIE "What Are You Wearing?"
STEREO DELUXE "Aerocyclette"
THEE JOKER "I Smoke Mad Rocks"

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From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotica cut-up artists
Date: 06 May 1999 11:42:25 +0000


LOU asked:

Can anyone recommend other exotica flavored cut-up artists besides Curd
Duca? There's early David Shea, but who else?? And which releases by these
folks should we start with?
Thanks!

The first and best thing to come to my mind is The Tape-beatles (a.k.a.
Public Works, recently switched back to their original name), and their
absolutely incredible stuff.  Start with "Music With Sound."  All found
sounds, full of creepy instructional/political narration, with ultra
loungey loops and collages.  In my opinion, that recording, along with
the more political 'The Grand Delusion', are some of the most incisive
and enjoyable cut-up 'music' I've ever enjoyed.  I hadn't heard of Curd
Duca, Lou, so I'll check it out for sure.  I love lots of stuff on Mille
Plateaux, like the amazing Microstoria CD's.  Here's the Tape-beatles
website for lots of cool info:

http://soli.inav.net/~psrf/

I'd encourage ANYONE to check them out.  Not involved in any way with
them (but wish I was),

Keith



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From: byost <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Curd Duca
Date: 06 May 1999 12:42:57 -0500


I hadn't heard of this EZ/exotica cut-up artist before, but am now
interested.  Is it at all like Tipsy?  I'll see if I can find any RA samples
on the net.

And speaking of Tipsy, any word on whether they'll be putting out new work
soon?  I love "Trip Tease."

-- Brad



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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of red raven
Date: 06 May 1999 14:11:54 -0500


Lou wrote:
>Was that a Red Raven record?
> http://elaine.teleport.com/~rfrederi/wraven1.shtml

Oooee, you got it!

I recognized the device soon as I downloaded Elaine's page. Some of the
song titles seemed familiar to me, too: the Little White Duck and
Toot-Toot-Tootles the Tug Boat. Thanks a bunch, Lou!

Do any other exoticats recollect Red Raven records from their childhoods or
collect the disks now?

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  Curd Duca
Date: 26 Apr 1999 20:06:50 PDT




----------
>
> I hadn't heard of this EZ/exotica cut-up artist before, but am now
> interested.  Is it at all like Tipsy?  I'll see if I can find any RA =
samples
> on the net.
>
As press officer in the UK for the Mille Plateaux, the label Curd Duca's =
"elevator" is on, I wouldn't really classify this as "cut-up". He samples=
 stuff, loops it, puts effects on it, and plays some keys over it. I woul=
dn't say the trax are songs in the Tipsy sense although some comparison =
between the two could be made. He is also not much like the Tape Beatles =
or Public Works. The overall effect is almost ambient or experimental but=
 with the melody in tact. He samples from old vinyl so often there are =
scratches and clicks in the loops. The samples are usually one sample, =
not a cut and paste of several.  The trax are more like "sketches" than =
songs - usually only a minute or two in length. His first two releases =
"Easy Listening 1 and 2" are very different from the current wave of Easy=
 Listenings and Elevators. I know there were soundbites of his music at =
one time at www.t0.or.at/~cduca (the "0" in t0 is a zero.)

Oh, and I did post the list about him say two years ago. But at that time=
, there was little or no discussion.

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From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  Curd Duca
Date: 06 May 1999 21:44:56 +0200



>I hadn't heard of this EZ/exotica cut-up artist before, but am now
>interested.  Is it at all like Tipsy?  I'll see if I can find any RA samples
>on the net.

There ought to be be samples on Curd duca's homepage:
http://www.t0.or.at/~cduca/
but alas, they didn't work when I tried them.

There's a priceless picture at
http://plagdichnicht.sil.at/duca1.htm
It's over 300 Kb, so be warned...

Cheers, Ton


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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bang the drum with your hands.
Date: 06 May 1999 23:12:07 +0200


Hearing about this new approach to exotica really disappoints me. Where =
are the people? The REAL musicians? Everybody seems to be on the wrong =
track.

What=B4s wrong with this world, does all have to be "perfect" and made =
through a computer to get some praise? I am really worried. I listen to =
old music because i can hear real humans perform. And they are honest.

If the spinoff of this exotica-boom is techno music, made by =
technicians, I am off.

Its not hard at all. You pick an instrument. Find some friends. And =
start playing. Please!!! Let the digital demon work in ways that are not =
so important. Like sending emails. Dont let it destroy our cultural =
heritage.=20

Bang the drum with your hands.  We've done it for million years, why =
stop now? Maybe its far more important than any of us can imagine.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of red raven
Date: 06 May 1999 17:37:54 -0500


At 02:11 PM 5/6/99 -0500, Mimi wrote:
>
>Lou wrote:
>>Was that a Red Raven record?
>> http://elaine.teleport.com/~rfrederi/wraven1.shtml
>
>Oooee, you got it!

>Do any other exoticats recollect Red Raven records from their childhoods or
>collect the disks now?
>

If you go to ebay and search for "red raven" there are currently 7 items up
for auction, five of them with pictures of both sides of the records. None
with frogs, though.

-Lou




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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Charles E. "Chuck" McKimson Jr
Date: 06 May 1999 18:21:07 -0500


From 5/6/99 LA Times:
Charles E. McKimson Jr.; Warner Bros. Cartoonist
Charles E. "Chuck" McKimson Jr., 84, an animator and cartoonist whose work
ranged from movie cartoons to comic books to animated fine arts. With his
brothers, Tom and Robert, McKimson had a notable career with Warner Bros.'
Looney Tunes Cartoons. He worked on sketches, models and celluloid images
known as cels for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the characters created by
brother Robert--the Tasmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales and Foghorn Leghorn.
Born in Colorado, Chuck McKimson, along with both brothers, worked first on
printing and layout for small newspapers owned by their father there and in
California. Chuck, the youngest, also worked as a Linotype operator, but
soon went into animation, briefly for Disney before joining his brothers at
Warner Bros. to develop the Tasmanian Devil. In 1954, he joined Tom at
Whitman Publishing to produce Dell Comics, and six years later established
his own animation studio to produce motion picture titles and special
effects. Active until his death, McKimson had worked in McKimson Productions
since 1994, designing and signing limited editions of animated sports fine
arts. McKimson also made appearances around the country at gallery showings
of some of his early cels, which are highly valued by collectors. On April
16 in the North Hills area of Los Angeles.


From http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/m.html :
McKimson, Charles
One of the three McKimson brothers (along with Bob and Tom) to work at WB in
the 30s and 40s. Unlike his brother Tom, and like Bob, he seems to have
concentrated mainly on animation, with some story work.
McKimson, along with Sid Marcus, received story credit for the Robert
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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Bang the drum with your hands.
Date: 07 May 1999 00:35:26 +0200


Ah! I'm just an old fossil. I feel like grandpa in Simpsons. Never mind =
about me. Keep having fun.

M












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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Widening the Horizon:Exoticism in Post-War Music
Date: 05 May 1999 12:25:01 -0500


Well, I've learned that this book, which we first discussed back in
Sept.'98, is on the verge of being released.

Europeans:-----------------------------------------------------------------
The book will be available for Europe from this office in London:

John Libbey & Co Ltd
13 Smiths Yard
Summerley Street
London SW18 4HR
UK

Tel: [phone]
Fax [phone]

Order e-mail: [e-mail]

North America:------------------------------
X-Sender: [e-mail]
This book is scheduled to be out in paperback only sometime during this
month, May, 1999.  The price will be $19.95.  Your order will need to be
prepaid either by check through the mail, or by credit card via return
e-mail, fax at 812-855-7931 or phone at 1-800-842-6796.  The shipping fee is
$4.00 in U.S.

And just to remind everyone what we're talkin' about here, this is the
editor's description from back last September:

WIDENING THE HORIZON - Exoticism in Post-War Popular Music
Edited by PHILIP HAYWARD

Published by John Libbey & Co./Perfect Beat Publications, Sydney (Australia)
- scheduled for publication, November 1998

(Length - c 250 pages)

Contents:
Introduction - The Cocktail Shift: Aligning Musical Exotica - Philip Hayward

Chapter 1 - Korla Pandit and Musical Indianism -Tim Taylor

Chapter 2 - Utopias of the Tropics - the Exotic Music of Yma  Sumac and Les
Baxter - Rebecca Leydon

Chapter 3 - Martin Denny and the Development of Musical Exotica - Shuhei
Hoskawa

Chapter 4 - Tropical Cool: The Arthur Lyman Sound - Jon Fitzgerald and
Philip Hayward

Chapter 5 - Soy Sauce Music: Haruomi Hosono and Japanese Self-Orientalism -
Shuhei Hoskawa

Chapter 6 - Musical Transport: Van Dyke Parks, Americana and the applied
Orientalism of Tokyo Rose - Jon Fitzgerald and Philip Hayward

Chapter 7 - The Yanni Phenomenon - Karl Neuenfeldt

Bibliography

Index
...........
Further info on book's availability via bookshop distribution and/or mail
order can be obtained from <[e-mail]>
...........
Providing interest is sufficient - and it certainly looks that way at
present - further published material [covering obvious absences such as Juan
Esquivel + others] should follow in 1999-2000


Cheers,
Lou




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From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #388
Date: 06 May 1999 13:10:19 -0400


Hi Peter--

>I've stuck up some discographies for EMI Studio Two and Decca Phase
>Four records at:
>
>http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~petehip/home.html
>
>These are very preliminary -- they are just based on whatever records
>and info I had to hand. So there are large gaps. I'd be grateful for
>any additions/corrections.

Somewhere around here, I have a sheet which I found tucked inside a Phase
Four LP--it had the complete Ph4 discography, up to a certain (fairly late)
date. Give me a second and I can probably put my hands on it for you.

Of course there might be some differences between the UK Decca releases and
the London Phase Four ones sold over here. . .

Aloha,

 --Ross

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From: "Dagmar O Doom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:32:18 PDT
Date: 06 May 1999 17:57:23 -0600


>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:43:41 -0400
>From: "Lindholm, Jeffrey" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
>
>I heard this song--know it's the song--by this guy. That's the name I think
>the DJ said, but I can't find any hide nor hair of him on the 'net. Can
>anyone give me any info about this guy--records he's made, who he is, etc?
>Thanks.
>
>Jeffery Lindholm

Know nothing bout this guy, but do know that Thee Earls of Suave covered it
on "In the Basement Bar of the Heartbreak Hotel". Prolly not very
informative...

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Subject: (exotica) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:32:18 PDT
Date: 06 May 1999 18:42:36 -0600


>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:43:41 -0400
>From: "Lindholm, Jeffrey" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
>
>I heard this song--know it's the song--by this guy. That's the name I think
>the DJ said, but I can't find any hide nor hair of him on the 'net. Can
>anyone give me any info about this guy--records he's made, who he is, etc?
>Thanks.
>
>Jeffery Lindholm

Know nothing bout this guy, but do know that Thee Earls of Suave covered it
on "In the Basement Bar of the Heartbreak Hotel". Prolly not very
informative...

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From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Isabelle Adjani
Date: 06 May 1999 20:54:23 -0500


>Gainsbourg wrote every song on the cd.  Isabelle Adjani cowrote 2
>songs with Gainsbourg.    Thanks for mentioning this important fact.
>The only other information in the cd booklet is the words to the songs.
Gainsbourg wrote songs, sometimes entire records for a whole lot of
people: in addition to Jane Birkin (of course) and Isabelle Adjani, there
were Catherine Deneuve, Vanessa Paradis, Bambou (the woman who replaced
Birkin), Charlotte Gainsbourg (daughter). My favorite collaborations
actually were with two men: Alain Chamfort (Amour annee zero and
Rock'n'Rose) and Alain Bashung (Play Blessures, which is an amazing
record, and Mauvaises nouvelles des etoiles).

Elisabeth


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Subject: (exotica) Widening the Horizon:Exoticism in Post-War Music
Date: 05 May 1999 12:25:01 -0500


Well, I've learned that this book, which we first discussed back in
Sept.'98, is on the verge of being released.

Europeans:-----------------------------------------------------------------
The book will be available for Europe from this office in London:

John Libbey & Co Ltd
13 Smiths Yard
Summerley Street
London SW18 4HR
UK

Tel: [phone]
Fax [phone]

Order e-mail: [e-mail]

North America:------------------------------
X-Sender: [e-mail]
This book is scheduled to be out in paperback only sometime during this
month, May, 1999.  The price will be $19.95.  Your order will need to be
prepaid either by check through the mail, or by credit card via return
e-mail, fax at 812-855-7931 or phone at 1-800-842-6796.  The shipping fee is
$4.00 in U.S.

And just to remind everyone what we're talkin' about here, this is the
editor's description from back last September:

WIDENING THE HORIZON - Exoticism in Post-War Popular Music
Edited by PHILIP HAYWARD

Published by John Libbey & Co./Perfect Beat Publications, Sydney (Australia)
- scheduled for publication, November 1998

(Length - c 250 pages)

Contents:
Introduction - The Cocktail Shift: Aligning Musical Exotica - Philip Hayward

Chapter 1 - Korla Pandit and Musical Indianism -Tim Taylor

Chapter 2 - Utopias of the Tropics - the Exotic Music of Yma  Sumac and Les
Baxter - Rebecca Leydon

Chapter 3 - Martin Denny and the Development of Musical Exotica - Shuhei
Hoskawa

Chapter 4 - Tropical Cool: The Arthur Lyman Sound - Jon Fitzgerald and
Philip Hayward

Chapter 5 - Soy Sauce Music: Haruomi Hosono and Japanese Self-Orientalism -
Shuhei Hoskawa

Chapter 6 - Musical Transport: Van Dyke Parks, Americana and the applied
Orientalism of Tokyo Rose - Jon Fitzgerald and Philip Hayward

Chapter 7 - The Yanni Phenomenon - Karl Neuenfeldt

Bibliography

Index
...........
Further info on book's availability via bookshop distribution and/or mail
order can be obtained from <[e-mail]>
...........
Providing interest is sufficient - and it certainly looks that way at
present - further published material [covering obvious absences such as Juan
Esquivel + others] should follow in 1999-2000


Cheers,
Lou




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From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) more radio
Date: 06 May 1999 21:55:04 -0500


If you're home with nothing better to do this Saturday, please tune in to
WFMU 91.1 FM from 5 to 7pm. I will be co-hosting a show with the infamous
MC JonBenet (no relation).

Last time we were on, about a month ago, the play-list veered wildly from
the latest Jean-Jacques Perrey opus to L'Trimm to a Battle of the Bands
featuring Tad vs. French pop nymphette Helena Noguerra. A few people
actually called to complain!

If you don't live anywhere near the NY area, fret not: you can hear us in
real audio at www.wfmu.org.

Elisabeth


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From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel's First LP!
Date: 06 May 1999 22:22:08 +0000


Hi kids...If anyone's interested, I just put up a real set of rarities
on eBay: Esquivel's 'To Love Again' lp, and also a 45PPM single from
that album.  For those who don't know the record, it was his first
release outside of Mexico...no-one knew him here at the time.  A bit
less berserk than his subsequent stuff, but a great record nonetheless;
that plus the 45 is super scarce to come by.  Good luck, sorry for the
waste of bandwidth!

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=100729425

Keith


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Coctails in the Cantina
Date: 07 May 1999 00:17:05 EDT


Hello 41-

I just recieved my Coctails In The Cantina CD today.  It's very interesting
to hear the songs in this form, blah blah blah...  Some the songs are well
done, but they do drag a bit.  I wish their version of "Cantina" was a bit
more upbeat and happy but it can't be perfect.  Worth checking out if you see
it in a store.

Adam


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From: Matt Hinrichs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fantastic Plastic Machine
Date: 06 May 1999 22:24:24 -0700


Hi, folks -

I just posted a review of the new Fantastic Plastic Machine release,
"Luxury", at the Arizona Republic's website.

Here's the URL:
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/cdreviews/0506plastic.shtml

Anybody else heard this? Comments?

- Matt


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) The Woman With The Skin Of The Moon
Date: 07 May 1999 09:55:49 +0100



>Is this any good??
>
>Comments please.

i picked this up for 109F in Paris recently ... it's pretty good Umiliani
... not quite up to the standard of Swedish Heaven and Hell on the number
of listens i've had so far but oddly reminiscent of Les Baxter and a little
more exotic than i was expecting

friendly

Sem Sinatra

p.s. does anyone have a trick for getting the firmly-stuck-in-place lid of
a metal cocktail shaker off? would be very much appreciated ... i'm
frickin' parched (it being 10am)




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Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 07 May 1999 06:57:16 EDT


>From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>

>Speaking of "Beep Beep", that was a big favorite in my
>immediate pre-teens. But my exposure didn't come through
>a record... it was a cassette in that "Cruisin' [fill in the year]"
>series from the early 70s (same volume that had "Runaway",
>which mesmerised me).

I believe that was "Cruisin' '61", featuring Boston D.J. Arnie "Woo Woo"
Ginsburg. I had it on an 8-track when I was about 10. The song on it that
sizzled my brain was "My True Story" by the Jive Five. plus, "Hideaway" by
Freddie King, and "Nadine" by Chuck Berry. "Beep Beep" was featured on that
tape as a "golden oldie".

Larry


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Coctails in the Cantina
Date: 07 May 1999 07:25:42 EDT


In a message dated 5/7/99 12:49:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Hello 41- >>

Who is 41?


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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fantastic Plastic Machine
Date: 07 May 1999 09:03:48 -0400


Matt Hinrichs wrote:
>
> Hi, folks -
>
> I just posted a review of the new Fantastic Plastic Machine release,
> "Luxury", at the Arizona Republic's website.

> Anybody else heard this? Comments?

I actually prefer "Luxury" to the first CD.  It's upbeat, and a lot more
fun to listen to - there are also all sorts of samples hiding on it,
which are fun to start noticing.  It does lean more to the japanese
clubpop side, as opposed to the exotica side, but is still a worthwhile
addition to anyone's collection, if you like that kind of music (which I
do, although a certain other member of my household does not, and he
can't stand listening to this one!)

cheryl


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [fwd] 2 interesting URLs
Date: 07 May 1999 15:06:01 -0500


Music in the Public Domain
http://www.pdinfo.com/

Founded in 1986, PD Info (taken over in early 1999 by Haven Sound, Inc.)
provides information and resources for identifying public domain materials.
As part of that project, this site has been developed to help users
understand what music they can freely use and how they may use it. As the
site explains, the rules for public domain use are not as clear-cut as they
seem, and users will find a concise and helpful overview of the differences
between copyright and public domain, and how to identify and prove public
domain. The heart of the site is a 3,000 song alphabetical list of
royalty-free music anyone may use in any way. Additional resources at the
site include annotated links to other public domain sites and a brief list
of examples of projects using public domain music.


RealJukebox (Beta) [Windows 95/98/NT]
http://www.real.com/products/realjukebox/index.html

In what is being widely touted as a turning point in the future of
downloadable music, on May 3 RealNetworks unveiled its new RealJukebox, the
first utility which allows users to play, record, organize, and search for
music from a single interface. Among other features, the RealJukebox will
play music in several digital audio formats and encode CDs to MP3 or
RealAudio while you listen (at 96kps). It also offers an integrated music
file manager and a "Get Music" feature which accesses numerous online music
sources and allows simple downloads. Easy to operate and customize,
RealJukebox will appeal to anyone interested in digital music. Windows users
may download the Beta version for free at the URL above. Mac users, alas,
must once again display their patience, as no information is yet available
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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bang the drum with your hands.
Date: 07 May 1999 16:01:16 -0400


> Everybody seems to be on the wrong track.
 or you are? ;)

> I listen to old music because i can hear real humans perform. And they
>are >honest.
>If the spinoff of this exotica-boom is techno music, made by technicians,
>I am off.
    my answer would be yes.
    why can't you do both? or just be content with the "old music"?

we can have an orchestra at our fingertips and listen thru headphones as to
not wake the neighbors. plus since you can do it all yourself it saves
scheduling headaches. and i am an honest guy i swear!

>Bang the drum with your hands.  We've done it for million years, why stop
>now?

guess it is called evolution.
we won't stop banging. just banging different things.

as far as that thought goes...i guess we should give up typing on our
computers since we have been WRITING for thousands of years.

we all know how great the old stuff is.
so with that appreciation hopefully the new exotica technicians can be
inspired to create new works in that same spirit.
welcome to the 21st century.

my two sense.
bump




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2
Date: 07 May 1999 19:25:37 EDT


Where can I get a copy of Vol. 2?  And is Vol. 3 out yet?

Any comments/reviews on either?????

Tiki Bob


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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fantastic Plastic Machine
Date: 07 May 1999 16:50:06 -0700 (PDT)



This is my very favorite album out last year. Heads and tales above everything else
last year except maybe Combustible Edison and Air. Great mixes, great melodies and
great creativity.

It is much better than their first release. Get it, now.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

--- Matt Hinrichs  wrote:
>
> Hi, folks -
>
> I just posted a review of the new Fantastic Plastic Machine release,
> "Luxury", at the Arizona Republic's website.
>
> Here's the URL:
> http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/cdreviews/0506plastic.shtml


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Fantastic Plastic Machine
Date: 07 May 1999 22:34:02 EDT


FPM is playing SF on sunday at the Cocodrie on Kearny betw Broadway and
Columbus
for $7.00
with the Bardot A Go Go djs opening up

I'll post a review of the live show


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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2
Date: 07 May 1999 22:46:54 -0400


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Where can I get a copy of Vol. 2?  And is Vol. 3 out yet?
>
> Any comments/reviews on either?????

Try Cheap Thrills:

http://www.cheapthrills.ca/

Last time I checked (which was yesterday, actually!), they had vol. 1
and 2 in stock.  I can't decide which I like better!  I haven't heard
anything about vol. 3's release yet - but I believe there are some list
members out there who can tell us more.

cheryl


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 08 May 1999 09:25:34 EDT


Actually, the first two albums I bought brand new (out of a cut out bin) at
age 10 were a Boots Randolph album (which included "These Boots are Made for
Walking") and some Alshire album of some guy named Mustang playing the early
Beatles hits on a Wurlitzer organ.


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of memory
Date: 08 May 1999 14:16:43 -0400


At 09:25 AM 5/8/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Actually, the first two albums I bought brand new (out of a cut out bin) at
>age 10 were a Boots Randolph album (which included "These Boots are Made for
>Walking") and some Alshire album of some guy named Mustang playing the early
>Beatles hits on a Wurlitzer organ.

That's a very good record, that Mustang Beatles one.  Not just the Beatles
covers but the Beatlesque originals.
And the Mustang is interesting period, not just the Beatles record.
So that's pretty good for your first two records.  Sets a high standard,
not that you can maintain it once you get into this stuff.

Nat



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Subject: re: (exotica) Re:  Curd Duca
Date: 07 May 1999 08:24:02 +0100



I hadn't heard of this EZ/exotica cut-up artist before, but am now
interested.  Is it at all like Tipsy?


     It pretty bare stuff, much more minimalist than Tipsy.  In my opinion,
     it falls more into 'avant garde' than 'EZ/exotica cut-up artist.

     regards, Jonny


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From: "kevin king" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Comic Book Heroes
Date: 07 May 1999 15:27:32 -0500


Here's a curious item:

I recently bought a Mainstream Lp entitled Comic Book Heroes
credited on the cover to the Capes and Masks. I was surprised by
the label which credits the whole project to Irving Josephs and
Shorty Rogers, who, from the sound of it did one side each.  Side
one is sorta go-go/NOW sound with sound effects and odd banter
mixed in.  Side two is spy/crime jazz...  and the liner notes are
totally crazy, like narrations from a psychedelic comic book,
deliberately nonsensical.

I wondered if anyone here might have info on this release.  Which
artist was responsible for which side?  What audience was this
intended for?  Is it a compilation of previously recorded material (I
recognize two cuts under different titles from a Time set)?  Any info
would be appreciated.  Please send/copy direct email as I'm not
subscribed to the list.


-kevin



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2
Date: 08 May 1999 17:38:49 EDT


In a message dated 5/7/99 10:47:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< [e-mail] wrote:
 >
 > Where can I get a copy of Vol. 2?  And is Vol. 3 out yet?
 >
 > Any comments/reviews on either?????

 Try Cheap Thrills:

 http://www.cheapthrills.ca/
  >>

Where is cheap thrills based out of?  Can anybody suggest other vendors so I
can do a little pricey comparison???

And where are the comments on vol 2?? and details on Vol 3!!!


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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 9
Date: 08 May 1999 17:52:19 -0400


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:=20

http://www.ckut.ca
=20
All comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #47  Television Memories

Laurie Johnson:  Man About Town  "Music For TV Dinners"
Carl Brandt:  Petticoat Junction  "Top TV Themes '64"
Nelson Riddle:  My Three Sons  "TV Town (Ultra Lounge 13)"
Nelson Riddle:  Route 66  "Route 66  & Other Great TV Themes"
Carl Brandt:  77 Sunset Strip  "Top TV Themes '64"=09
    =09
Laurie Johnson:  Chase That Car  "Music For TV Dinners - The 60's"
BIlly Strange & Orchestra:  Get Smart  "Secret Agent File"
Lao Schifrin:  The Man From T.H.R.U.S.H.  "Mission Impossible...And
More!"
Laika & The Cosmonauts:  Mission Impossible  "Instruments of Terror"
BIlly Strange & Orchestra:  I Spy!  "Secret Agent File"
Werner M=FCller:  Hawaiian Eye  "Hawaiian Swing"
    =09
Syd Dale:  Beauty Parade  "Music For TV Dinners - The 60's"=09
Peggy Lee:  Bewitched  "TV Town (Ultra Lounge 13)"
Carl Brandt:  My Favorite Martian  "Top TV Themes '64"
The Ventures:  The Twilight Zone  "Ventures In Space"
Milton Delugg:  The Outer Limits  "Monsters, Munsters, Mummies & Other
TV Fiends"
Jack Marshall:  Munsters Theme  "TV Town (Ultra Lounge 13)"
    =09
Perrey & Kingsley:  Spooks In Space  "The Essential..."
Peter Thomas:  Raumpatrouille  "Raumpatrouille"
Montefiori Cocktail:  Theme From Star Trek  "Raccolta No. 1"
Barry Gray Orchestra:  Stingray  "No Strings Attached"
The Ventures:  Fear (One Step Beyond)  "Ventures In Space"
Peter Thomas:  Lancet Bossa Nova  "Raumpatrouille"


Thanks for reading.

[e-mail]
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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2
Date: 08 May 1999 17:56:41 -0400


[e-mail] wrote:

>  Try Cheap Thrills:
>
>  http://www.cheapthrills.ca/
>   >>
>
> Where is cheap thrills based out of?  Can anybody suggest other vendors so I
> can do a little pricey comparison???


Cheap Thrills is located in Montreal, Canada - they have two stores
here, and a growing mail order operation.  Highly trustworthy, and good
prices. I don't think the Exotic Trilogy CDs are particularly
inexpensive, however - they're imports from the Netherlands.  But I
haven't seen them anywhere else, so it's hard to compare.  Maybe Other
Music or Medium Rare have them in stock - I haven't checked.

cheryl


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 9
Date: 08 May 1999 19:50:44 EDT


<< Carl Brandt:  My Favorite Martian  "Top TV Themes '64" >>

One of my favorite records in the TV theme category (Warner Bros).

The electronics heard during the open and close of this track are exactly the
same as the effects heard on Frank Comstock's Music From Outer Space, also
Warner Bros.








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From: Pea Hicks <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
Date: 08 May 1999 18:24:16 -0700


hey all, i just thought i'd start a thread....... (i hope, anyway!)

maybe i'm just comatose most of the time, but i don't remember much talk
on this list about gleaning good quality copies of classic exotica
albums from old reel-to-reel tapes, both "official" reels and homemade
copies taped from albums "back in tha day." recently i've gotten some
good stuff from reels, and have burned CDs of them which rival the sound
quality of some of the recent cd re-issues of this stuff...

well anyway last week i got 3 great Command tapes, all official copies:

Brass Impact! (3.75 ips)
Provocative Percussion Vol. 2 (7.5 ips)
Persuasive Percussion Vol. 3 (7.5 ips)

as i said, i made CDs of these, and they really sound GREAT!

also, i got a home-taped copy of Esquivel's "Latin-Esque." Now, I know
that one is available on CD, but i still find it interesting to hear the
results of someone's adventures in hi-fi in the 60's... it's a really
great quality copy! very little in the way of pops/clicks/surface noise.

anyhoo, just wondered if any of y'all have any cool finds along these
lines to share info about...

cheers!
pea


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
Date: 08 May 1999 21:45:01 EDT


In a message dated 5/8/99 9:39:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< maybe i'm just comatose most of the time, but i don't remember much talk
 on this list about gleaning good quality copies of classic exotica
 albums from old reel-to-reel tapes, both "official" reels and homemade
 copies taped from albums "back in tha day." recently i've gotten some
 good stuff from reels, and have burned CDs of them which rival the sound
 quality of some of the recent cd re-issues of this stuff... >>

There are tapes on Ebay occasionally by Martin Denny that never bid very
high.  You might want to jump in on these if you like the reel to reel
format.  The sound quality is excellent and plus I like to watch the wheel go
'round.

Tiki Bob


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
Date: 08 May 1999 21:46:54 EDT


In a message dated 5/8/99 9:39:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< i got a home-taped copy of Esquivel's "Latin-Esque." Now, I know
 that one is available on CD, but i still find it interesting to hear the
 results of someone's adventures in hi-fi in the 60's... it's a really
 great quality copy! very little in the way of pops/clicks/surface noise. >>

I know what you mean.  I listen to all my vinyl on various Magnavox console
stereo units.  There is just something so nostalgic about the way these
consoles work.

Tiki Bob


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bruce Haack website
Date: 08 May 1999 23:19:39 -0400


The Works of Bruce Haack website is stabilized and now located at the
snappy address of:

http://www.brucehaack.com/

I have no involvement with the site (another in our recent series of
disclaimers).


m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/
New: I keep forgetting to mention - my links page was updated a couple of
weeks ago.


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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 09 May 1999 07:50:56 +0000


Bongos, brass and and belly dancers spice up this week's Retro
Cocktail Hour webcast!

There's bongo action from Don Ralke's "The Savage and the Sensuous"
and Jack Costanzo's "Latin Fever";  swingin', finger-snappin' big
band exotica by Frankie Capp (just try to keep your toe from tapping
during "Montoona Clipper") and Enoch Light;  outer space pop from the
Evil Genius Orchestra, Jimmie Haskell's "Countdown in Stereo" and
"Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon";  and '70s crime jazz from
"Dirty Harry" and "Ironside", among others.

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

Requires at least a 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer 5.0 or
G2, which you can download for free at:

http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html?src=macbeta

And, as always, if you tune us in, please drop us a line and let us
know what you think.

Thanks for the space!

Darrell Brogdon
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The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
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Lawrence, KS 66045
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From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE:  Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes
Date: 09 May 1999 10:07:49 -0700


Pea wrote:

> maybe i'm just comatose most of the time, but i don't remember much talk
> on this list about gleaning good quality copies of classic exotica
> albums from old reel-to-reel tapes, both "official" reels and homemade
> copies taped from albums "back in tha day." recently i've gotten some
> good stuff from reels, and have burned CDs of them which rival the sound
> quality of some of the recent cd re-issues of this stuff...

I rarely see "official" reels in the thrifts, except for fairly mundane
stuff you wouldn't want in any format.  However, I have picked up a few
reels that were home-made recordings by people in the 1960s.  One is a
rather unimpressive Hawaiian tape by Jack de Mello, "Ala Moana".
Another tape has 15 quite well-chosen songs by Henry Mancini.  Another
one is Clebanoff's "Strings Afire in Spain" which is not too shabby.
The other one I have is a various artists affair, which is labelled
"Mood Music for Dining," with tracks by Herb Alpert, Bert Kaempfert, and
others.

> well anyway last week i got 3 great Command tapes, all official copies:
> Brass Impact! (3.75 ips)
> Provocative Percussion Vol. 2 (7.5 ips)
> Persuasive Percussion Vol. 3 (7.5 ips)

As a Command fiend, I am quite jealous!

> as i said, i made CDs of these, and they really sound GREAT!

I strongly agree with the great sound quality aspect.  My reel-to-reel
player isn't hooked up to my stereo, so when I've listened to these
tapes, it is through headphones, which normally bring every click, pop,
and vinyl deformity to the forefront, but these are so amazingly clean
sounding.  I think in part it is because in the 1990s we are so used to
recordings of 60s music sounding somewhat beat up, but these recordings
archive that music in a format which time was kinder to.

I've also noticed this in a few home-made 8-track tapes from "back in
the day," but the reel-to-reel tapes, at 7.5 ips, have superior hi-fi
sound.  :)

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) sealed comedy & exotica LPs
Date: 09 May 1999 16:11:29 EDT


Hello fellow music lovers,
I wanted to take a minute to let all my pals on the exotica list know that I
am now doing some heavy trading on eBay.

Recently I managed to purchase over 500 still sealed LPs, most from the early
1970's.  All had been stored for over 20 years!  This was quite a large
investment for me, but, as I was recently laid off (along with several
colleagues) from my job I am trying to see if I can do eBay full time!

To see my records you can put in my eBay name in the seller search on the
search title search page.  It is:  pauldino

So far it is a lot of work, but it is fun to see all the records even though
I can't hear them.  It is still rewarding to send someone and record and have
them write me back and tell me they have been looking for it for years and
that it rules!

Anyhow, I need to increase my buisness if I have any chance of doing it full
time, and I have a lot of stuff that people on this list should like.

Hope everyone doesn't mind this little mention, as my prices are very low,
and never any reserve.

Thanks,
Larry


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Educational film soundtracks
Date: 09 May 1999 17:28:01 EDT


Anyone looking for more production music willwant to pick up, the two volumes
of "Music For TV Dinners" - both CDs are 100% production library music that
have been used in old educational films, TV commercials etc.

Ashley


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Looking for more Astro Sounds info.
Date: 09 May 1999 17:34:00 EDT


In a message dated 4/29/99 2:17:56 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< This is all I could find on Brad's Space Age Pop Page:

 Astro Sounds from the Year 2000, 101 Strings (Alshire)
 Not a violin within a mile of this dense, funky collection of all-electronic
 music.

 I have a CD from Request Records that pairs the album with Yma Sumac's
 Miracles album. No linear notes at all....

 Any more info on the net? Any idea what year they were recorded? There was
 talk about Astro Sounds on the list a few weeks ago.

 I found it on my last CD hunting trip through the Boston stores.

 Lent it to my Led Zep buddy who found it to be a total rip off >>

Just play "Bali Hai" from "South Pacific" to your Led Zep buddy and he'll
head how Zep rip this song off for their (I believe this was it) "Immigrant
Song."

Ashley


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) shameless self promotion
Date: 09 May 1999 20:38:56 EDT


have been absent from the contributing part of the list for a bit, but I have
been reading the list digest. was disappointed that no one responded to my
request for Probe and Limelight discographies -- maybe you all can recommend
some fav titles on these labels along with mini-reviews that we can be on the
lookout for. available now in your local CD retailer and NSYNC poster seller
is a CD which I compiled the tracks and wrote the liner notes for, subtly
titled "Swing Dance Special". it is released on the much-unfairly-maligned
Collectables label. mostly 40's jump blues and jazz, Tiny Grimes, Jimmy
Rushing, et al. it'll keep your toes tappin. I also penned liners for a Three
Suns two-fer of "Midnight For Two", and "Soft and Sweet", also on
Collectables. Admittedly not the most exciting 3 suns rec's, but that was all
they could license at the moment. in view of the passionate opinions that
have been previously expressed here on the Suns, I shall now humbly retire to
my Armor Room to prepare for battle.


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From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeeee)
Subject: (exotica) curd durca
Date: 10 May 1999 00:40:55 -0700 (PDT)


i must concur,
the easy listening cd and the other one i skimmed thru are very minimal.
and i have a feeling most fans of traditional exotica would really find
curd durca kind of lame or boring.

personally, i'd listen to stock,hausen, and walkman over curd durca any
day.  more accessible and playful.  still much more avant garde than tipsy
however.

out of curiosity, has anyone here listened to People Like Us?

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Subject: (exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
Date: 10 May 1999 12:39:19 +0100


>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:43:41 -0400
>From: "Lindholm, Jeffrey" <[e-mail]>

>
>I heard this song--know it's the song--by this guy. That's the name I
think
>the DJ said, but I can't find any hide nor hair of him on the 'net. Can
>anyone give me any info about this guy--records he's made, who he is,
etc?
>Thanks.
>
>Jeffery Lindholm

I've heard this as a sixties punk song,  by the Sonics,  and a wilder
(unlisted) version on Back from the grave vol 1.  Highly recommended for
lovers of low fidelity rockers,  worth having for The swamp Rats Psycho,
and The Rats   Rats Revenge Parts I and II.  The name Kip Tyler rings a
bell too,  didn't he have something to do with the Sonics?  but I could
be making it up.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Subject: (exotica) Good Weekend.
Date: 10 May 1999 12:49:53 +0100


Someone at work  just told me that Good Weekend is an Oxymoron.  What a
sad life.  But then again,  how sad to spend it in Junk shops?

Just two finds this weekend,  Norrie Paramor's Latin for Lovers,  good
but not as much fun as the LP of Cliff Richard and the Shadows Latin
covers.  Couple of top tunes though.  Also the Happy Hammond plays music
from Films Vol2.  Again a couple of good'uns on here,  I bought it for
the James Bond Theme,  but its not as good as some of the other cuts.
Sadly I also bought a late seventies Shirley Bassey LP but didn't check
it properly and when I got home it was just a regular comp in the wrong
sleeve.  Doh.  So if anyone on the list got the wrong Shirley Bassey LP
from the car boot sale in Lewes,  get in touch.

Also I was very pleased to see that the old (relative terms here you
understand)  Lennie de Ice rave classic We Are i.e. has been
re-released.  Typically I'd got the artists name wrong and have spent
the last 8 years checking out the wrong bits of the record shops.  Oh,
well.  Got it now.  Thats why the other reviews are even more than
usually vague,  my girlfriends had this glued to the deck.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Subject: (exotica) 8-track question
Date: 10 May 1999 08:01:28 EDT


In a message dated 5/9/99 11:20:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I've also noticed this in a few home-made 8-track tapes from "back in
 the day,"  >>

Can anyone explain to me how an 8 track player works?  Specifically, how does
the head distinguish between the tracks?  I know the head moves up and down
but I figure that in such a narrow tape there would be bleed over from
adjacent channels.

Thanks.  This has puzzled me for years.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question
Date: 10 May 1999 08:44:40 EDT


You are exactly right!  There is bleed over from adjacent channels.  That's
why the 8 track was not a very good idea!

You probably know this already, but, the 8 track had a predecesor. It was the
4 track.  4 track tapes worked in the same way as eight tracks, except they
were smaller, and only had 2 "programs".  I used to have a 4 track player.
It looked like a brief case, but when opened up the 4 track player was in the
bottom and the speaker was in the top.  There was a section for storing
tapes, and even a mic for making my own 4 tracks!

But even more amazing were the portable reel to reel players!?!?!?!  Tiny
little reels of tape that ran about 5 minutes.  Incredibly hard to load.  Had
one of those bad boys too, back in the day.

Best all,
Larry


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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FW: Last Minute Brimstones Show!!!
Date: 10 May 1999 09:45:00 -0400




The Brimstones will be appearing with Full Blown Cherry at The Melody Bar,
New Brunswick, NJ
on Monday, May 10.  21+, 50 cent Pabst Blue Ribbons til they run dry!!!


The Brimstones
NJ's Premiere Cloven Hooved Stompers
Eternal Surf 'N Garage Damnation at:
http://www.brimstones.com <http://www.brimstones.com>
info: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question
Date: 10 May 1999 10:37:56 -0400


8-track info galore:

http://www.8trackheaven.com/



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Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question
Date: 10 May 1999 10:39:22 EDT


In a message dated 05/10/99 8:46:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< You are exactly right!  There is bleed over from adjacent channels.
That's
 why the 8 track was not a very good idea! >>

But I never heard that much bleed over on the things.  That is what amazed
me.  I can hear the music on a record BEFORE the track starts officially so
why doesn't the 8 track bleed more???

A funny admittance,  when I was a kid I thought the 8 track player "yanked"
the tape real hard to advance it to the next track.  I could "see" how a reel
to reel worked so I did not comprehend the nebulous idea of "tracks" and a
head that moved up and down.

Oh, I used an old reel to reel I found to play with the cat more than to
listen to music in my younger days (I was about 12).  I would string the tape
all over the house and then hit play and the cat would chase the tape.  It
still brings a smile to my face.  Of course the music was playing while the
cat was chasing.

I had recorded the TV movie "Once Upon A Mattress" with Carol Burnett (a take
off on the Princess and the Pea).  There was a comical tune that they danced
to at a ball.

I can still hear the tune in my head and I can still see that cat chasing the
tape.

Ain't that funny???

Tiki Bob


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Darwyn Swalve,Dirk Bogarde,Dana Plato
Date: 10 May 1999 10:56:04 -0500


                           *Darwyn Swalve
    RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Darwyn Swalve, a 6-foot-9 actor who used his bulk
to advantage in a succession of television and movie bad-guy roles, died
Wednesday of a heart attack, The Press-Enterprise reported. He was 53.
    He had recently completed a role in Nickelodeon's ``The Journey of Allen
Strange'' series, scheduled to air this summer.
    Swalve weighed 300-plus pounds and was a onetime semi-professional football
player, but was known as a gentle man who disliked violence.
    He began acting after he was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1968. He
appeared with Southern California theater companies and worked as a stuntman
before making his film debut in 1983 in ``The Zoo Gang,'' which starred Ben
Vereen.
    Swalve's other films included ``City Heat,'' ``Heartbreak Ridge,'' ``Barton
Fink,'' ``Hands of Steel,'' ``Police Academy 6,'' ``Open House'' and
``Underground.'' Television credits included ``The A-Team,'' ``Jake and the
Fatman'' and ``Moonlighting.''

 *Dirk Bogarde
    LONDON (AP) -- Sir Dirk Bogarde, the British actor who starred in more than
70 films and captured the hearts of many women in the 1950s, died Saturday
of a heart attack. He was 78.
    The British film star, who achieved his greatest fame in ``Death in
Venice,'' suffered a stroke in 1996 and had been under 24-hour nursing care
since last May.
    He returned to England from military service in World War II and joined a
small theater group. Soon, he landed roles in the lighthearted ``Doctor in
the House'' series, and by the 1950s, the actor with the boyish good looks
had become a matinee idol.
    Screaming audiences mobbed him at public appearances. The attention soon
led to bigger roles in movies such as ``A Tale of Two Cities,'' in which he
played Sidney Carton, and other films such as ``Darling'' and ``The Servant.''
    During the 1960s, Bogarde sought a quieter life and retreated to a 15th
century farmhouse in France. He began a second career, producing several
novels and a series of autobiographical works, including ``For The Time
Being.''
    After being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1986, he reluctantly
returned to England, where he became an enthusiastic supporter of voluntary
euthanasia.
    The actor was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-bogarde.html

 *Dana Plato
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Actress Dana Plato, who like her fellow ``Diff'rent
Strokes'' child co-stars had seen legal troubles since the show was
canceled, died Saturday of a drug overdose.
    Ms. Plato, 34, apparently took the painkiller Loritab along with Valium on
Saturday while visiting the home of her fiance's parents. Police said the
death appeared accidental and they did not suspect suicide.
    Ms. Plato played Kimberly Drummond on the NBC sitcom that ran from 1978 to
1984.
    She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a Las Vegas video store, and was
placed on five years' probation. In 1992 she was given an additional five
years' probation for forging prescriptions for Valium.
    ``If I hadn't gotten caught, it could have been the worst thing that
happened to me because I could have died of a drug overdose,'' she told
reporters in 1992.
    Ms. Plato and her fiance, Robert Menchaca, had stopped at his parents' home
in Moore for Mother's Day. Ms. Plato and Menchaca, 28, were en route to Los
Angeles after she appeared on the Howard Stern's radio program in New York
as part of an effort to jump-start her career.
    She went on the show to deny the stories of a woman who claimed to know Ms.
Plato well. The woman had called Stern's show, saying Ms. Plato was on drugs.
    Ms. Plato acknowledged the woman had been a roommate, but said she had been
sober for about 10 years. She also said she had her wisdom teeth out about
four months ago and had to take pain killers for that.
    Police said Ms. Plato went to take a nap Saturday afternoon. After Menchaca
realized that evening there was a problem, his mother, a nurse, and his
brother tried unsuccessfully to revive her with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
    Ms. Plato's recent career had included mainly low-budget films such as
1992's ``Bikini Beach Race'' and the 1997 film ``Different Strokes: A Story
of Jack and Jill ... and Jill,'' a direct-to-video softcore tale about a
sexual threesome.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-plato.html

In alt.obituaries, [e-mail] (Lawrence Person) wrote:
>Dana Plato Dead
>Different Strokes, Different Needles
>Child Star Rampage Ends
>
>Shoplifter checks out
>Residuals pay food, rent
>But not heroin
>
>Teen star plague baffles.
>Does spoiled brat = early grave?
>Can't handle fame? Dorks.

May 10, 1999
Irving Stevens, 88, Ex-Hobo, Author, Inventor of Fly Dope
By NICK RAVO, NYTimes

     Irving "Fishbones" Stevens, who became a folk hero in Maine for his
tales of hobo life in the 1930s and his success developing a foul-smelling
insect repellent called Irving's Fly Dope, died at the home of his sister,
Dorothy Glazier, in Pittsfield, Maine, last Tuesday. He was 88 years old.
     Stevens, who was born on June 21, 1910, in Surry, Maine, and lived in
Corinna, Maine, picked up the nickname Fishbones as a youth, when he was
poor and hungry.
     "He was as thin as a rail," Ms. Glazier said. "So, everyone called him
'Fishbones.' You could see every bone in his body."
     As many down-and-out men did during the Great Depression, Stevens hit
the road, becoming what was then known as a hobo. When World War II started,
he joined the Air Force and served as a private. After the war, he never
returned to the hobo life. Instead, he became a machinist in Maine and
Connecticut.
     In the early '60s, Stevens, always a tinkerer, developed Irving's Fly
Dope by heating pine tar and adding a few secret ingredients. The
concoction, which he bottled himself and sold throughout New England, from a
car, was as effective as it was rank, and it remained a staple of campers
and fishermen during black-fly season until 1991, when environmental
licensing fees made it too expensive to produce.
     For some men, being the creator of Irving's Fly Dope might have been
enough fame for one life, but in the 1980s, Stevens self-published
"Fishbones: Hoboing in the 1930s," a collection of stories about his hobo
years. The book became something of a local sensation.
     Stevens wrote two more books, "Mandy's Washtub and Other Stories" in
1992 and "National King of the Hobos" in 1997. He was given the ceremonial
title King of the Hobos in 1988, at the annual National Hobo Convention in
Britt, Iowa. Five years later, he crowned one of his daughters, Constance
Hall of Dexter, Maine, as Queen of the Hobos.
     In addition to Ms. Glazier and Ms. Hall, Stevens is survived by another
sister, Sidney Hanscom of West Palm Beach, Fla.; three sons, James Stevens
of Stetons, Maine, Richard Russell of Worcester, Mass., and Philip
Batchelder of Abbot, Maine; two other daughters, Brenda Hall of St. Albans,
Maine, and Marybeth Cribbs of Waterville, Maine, and 13 grandchildren.








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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) it's all connected, maaaan!
Date: 10 May 1999 13:14:59 -0500


Has anyone here spent time at DIRK (http://interconnected.org/ )?

As the site says:
DIRK explores the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

It does this by having visitors enter a thing/person and then describing a
connection to another thing/person.

I entered a few exotica/lounge terms and names, and came up empty.
I think we should spend some spare moments over there building up the database!

DIRK currently knows about 6144 objects with 12290 connections. We have the
technology; we can make it better!

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) ? & the Mysterians
Date: 10 May 1999 19:23:38 +0200


M=FCnchen:

Morgen, Di, 11.5., Atomic Caf=E9, die psychedelische Pop-Legende, deren
gr=F6sster Hit "96 Tears" war. Kostet leider so 25 Mark oder so.

Mo



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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question
Date: 10 May 1999 13:53:54 -0400



>But I never heard that much bleed over on the things.  That is what amazed
>me.  I can hear the music on a record BEFORE the track starts officially so
>why doesn't the 8 track bleed more???

Records Warp, Pop and Skip (characters for a new cereal perhaps ;), you
hear the music before the track starts because of the REEL tape that they
mastered the record from. i think they called it something like "ghosting".
as the tape wraps upon itself sometimes the music bleeds thru the tape
magnetically onto the portion it is lying on or so i was told in SOUND-301
class!

vive le vinyl!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Hawaii Trip
Date: 10 May 1999 19:50:37 +0200


Eric Marvin wrote:

> Will be at a soccer tournament in Honolulu the whole week

How exotic! Isn't Rugby the favorite sport in the south seas?


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2
Date: 10 May 1999 19:49:29 +0200




Tiki Bob wrote:

> Where can I get a copy of Vol. 2?  And is Vol. 3 out yet?

No Vol.3 out, as far as I know and I would like to get my copy of No.2 as
well. I think Capt. Nemo still has one for me, eh, Captain?

> Any comments/reviews on either?????

Has great "statistics" on the cover, things like "average listening pleasure
of exotic music compared to regular music" and those kinda jokes. All done
with neat nice graphics. Funny, good humor, recommend.

BTW: Does anyone know where the Shmaltzwald is now, resp. what happened to the
KBZ200-Gordons after leaving the Prater-location?

-Mo


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Subject: (exotica) [PR] Digital recording according to TDK
Date: 10 May 1999 13:53:15 -0500


     PORT WASHINGTON, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--
     Comprehensive Informational Site Is Tied To TDK's New Brand Image
Advertising Campaign

     TDK has made it easier than ever before to learn everything you need to
know about the exciting new world of digital audio recording via a new World
Wide Web site named "Digital Audio: A TDK Guide," accessible via the
company's main Internet site, http://www.tdk.com.
     The new site is a comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide through all
aspects of today's digital audio recording technologies, including both
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among audio enthusiasts, MiniDisc, and more. Users can also learn details
about the next step in digital recording, DVD-R and DVD-RAM, as well as the
Internet-based MP3 music format.
     Guided by colorful graphics and simple text, visitors to the new TDK
site can instantly jump from the navigation page to special sections on
topics that interest them most. Visitors can learn, for instance, all about
the different types of stand-alone and computer-based CD-recorders (also
known as CD burners), as well as the various recording software packages
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choose the equipment that's best for them. A wide variety of tips are also
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     "Digital audio recording is one of the hottest trends in music today,"
notes Bruce Youmans, TDK Director, Marketing Services. "But like any new
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     The "Digital Audio" site will be frequently updated with information on
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) it's all connected, Everything, H2G2
Date: 10 May 1999 14:47:53 -0400


>Has anyone here spent time at DIRK (http://interconnected.org/ )?
>I entered a few exotica/lounge terms and names, and came up empty.
>I think we should spend some spare moments over there building up the
database!

That's funny. I've been meaning to suggest the same thing about:
Everything
http://everything.blockstackers.com/
Somewhat similar, except you can contribute a longer blurb/article. And our
area of expertise is sadly uncovered. Let's move in.

And here's another one, based on the "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy":
http://www.h2g2.com/
Also wide open for contributions.


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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: (exotica) Two Reviews for Gainsbourg's Evguenie Sokolov
Date: 10 May 1999 12:13:34 -0700 (PDT)


Two reviews for Gainsbourg's Evguenie Sokolov:


CMJ: New Music Monthly (May)

Like the songs he penned for Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, and himself, this
novelette by French singer/provocateur Serge Gainsbourg (who died in 1991)
is infantile, shockingly frank, and extremely clever. First published in
1980 but previously unavailable in English, Evguenie Sokolov is the
fictional
autobiography of the uncontrollably flatulent title character, an artist
who makes his distinctive drawings ("gasograms") by letting his hand move
while passing violent wind. Hiding his condition by publicly blaming the
inevitable
sounds and odors on his bulldog, and artifically inducing it when it
mysteriously vanishes, Sokolov climbs to the pinnacle of art-world success
before his untimely end. This is not a book for the easily nauseated, but
there's more substance than the one-joke premise suggests. Gainsbourg's
book is a scatological allegory for the dangers facing artist, like the
author himself, whoturn their own internal pathologies into public
spectacle.

-Franklin Bruno

                           Top Ten list from Artforum International (May)


 'Ooo, don't come near me!' my grandmother said as I went to kiss her
good-bye. 'Why, Gran, have you got that flu?' I innocently asked. 'No,' she
said, wafting the air around her, 'I just fluffed.' Since bowel movement
always been a subject of great discussion in my family, I had been dying to
read famed French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg's 1980 novel Evguenie Sokolov
(TamTam Books), about an artist who uses the vibrations of breaking wind to
make his work. It's a funny yet tragic story, and Sokolov's technique and
the art "movement"(Hyper-Abstractionism) his gasograms inspire are
described so vividly you can almost smell the -.

                           Georgina Starr

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TamTam Books
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From: Jeffery Hess <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: reels
Date: 10 May 1999 14:30:06 -0500



>Records Warp, Pop and Skip (characters for a new cereal perhaps ;),
>you hear the music before the track starts because of the REEL tape that

>they mastered the record from. i think they called it something like
>"ghosting". as the tape wraps upon itself sometimes the music bleeds
>thru the tape magnetically onto the portion it is lying on or so i was
told in
>SOUND-301 class!


Is it possible to prevent further ghosting by storing the reels
'tails-out?

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Now-Sound Ramones
Date: 10 May 1999 16:16:39 -0500


Spotted today:

Ramones Songbook as played by the Nutley Brass (1999;The Medicine Label).

The cover sez it's recorded in "Dynamic Extra-Relaxing Monophonic."

10 classic early Ramones tunes.

Anyone know anything about this? There's only one name visible,
arranger/producer Sam Elwitt, so this could be a one-man band type exercise.

I can see these tunes translating to a Now Sound treatment; can anyone say
if this is a successful experiment?

-Lou




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
Date: 10 May 1999 16:25:03 EDT


This is on the Buffalo Bop compilation _Horror Hop_ (highly recommended -
also has "Vampira" by Bobby Bare and the stunningly great "At the House of
Frankenstein" by Big Bee Kornegay).  Kip was in Kip & the Flips, a legendary
L.A. band on the cusp of the fifties rockabilly and sixties scenes.  As I
recall, several members of the Flips later went on to become well known
session players in L.A.

--David


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Subject: (exotica) RE: Beck at the Tropicana
Date: 10 May 1999 15:56:29 -0500


Thought this might be of interest to fellow lounge enthusiasts.  I just flew
out to Las Vegas this weekend to see Beck in concert at the Tropicana Hotel.
While I'm no officianado on Vegas and this was my first trip, I think I like
the old Las Vegas you see in Ratt Pack movies like "Ocean's Eleven" rather
than the one you see now with these billion dollar hotels that look more
like theme park rides (The New York, New York actually has a roller
coaster!).  There was not much evidence of swinging... the big shows on the
bill boards were Barbara Streisand, Johnny Mathis, and HUEY LEWIS AND THE
NEWS.  ACK.

Luckily, Beck was swinging, and he did play his bigger lounge-influenced
hits Tropicali and Deadweight in addition to mostly songs from Odelay and a
few from Mutations and Mellow Gold.

Opening for him was Tenacious D.  They don't really swing, but anyone who
likes their music and or comedy off the beaten path would probably be
interested in these guys. I think their web page is www.sidehatch.com.

As I left the show at about 12:00 or so, I saw that Sal Butera was playing
in a little lounge area.  It sounded a litle lackluster, but the guy is
pretty up there in years and I'm sure the guys in his band are too.  Sounded
pretty good though, but they were taking a break at about that time.

Overall, Vegas is a pretty tacky, evil place.  But, the trip was a lot of
fun and the concert was great..



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From: byost <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Unlikely recording formats
Date: 10 May 1999 17:17:38 -0500


Larry noted:

<<But even more amazing were the portable reel to reel players!?!?!?!  Tiny
little reels of tape that ran about 5 minutes.  Incredibly hard to load.
Had
one of those bad boys too, back in the day.>>

And don't forget there were even primitive telephone answering machines that
used those small reel-to-reel tapes.  My first ans. machine was like that (I
thrift scored it well after it's marketplace demise).  I kind of wish I had
it again in these days of microchips and no moving parts!

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) LEE HAZLEWOOD: LIVE AT LAST!
Date: 10 May 1999 21:10:13 +0100


I just received this ...

>LEE HAZLEWOOD TO PERFORM LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS
>
>
>LEE HAZLEWOOD, the trailblazing songwriter, producer and singer, has
>announced that he will be performing at the Meltdown Festival, directed by
>Nick Cave. The show takes place at the Royal Festival Hall, LONDON on Monday
>June 28, and is the first time that he has performed solo anywhere in the
>world for 25 years. Lees last solo show took place in Sweden in 1974. This
>will be his only scheduled live appearance anywhere in the world. Tickets
>cost 27.50 / 25 / 22.50 / 20 from the Royal Festival Hall box office
>(0171 960 4242). A support act will be announced shortly.
>
>For the Meltdown show Lee will be joined by long-time cohort and guitarist
>Al Casey, who has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as Duane
>Eddy, Dean Martin and the Beach Boys (including work on Pet Sounds),
>alongside Brad Bauder. They will be accompanied by The Lars Samuelsson
>Group.
>
>The show will cover material from Lees entire career. Songs from his new
>album, as well as lost classics and some of the hits, have been promised.

i'll be there ...

Sem Sinatra




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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Shel Silverstein
Date: 10 May 1999 18:12:24 -0500


Children's author and songwriter Shel Silverstein dies
May 10, 1999
Web posted at: 5:56 PM EDT (2156 GMT)
KEY WEST, Florida (AP) -- Shel Silverstein, the author of such acclaimed
children's books as "A Light in the Attic" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends,"
was found dead at his home early Monday. He was 66.

Two cleaning women discovered Silverstein in his bedroom. The cause of death
was not immediately known.

"There's no evidence of weapons or drugs," police spokeswoman Cynthia
Edwards said.

Silverstein was born in Chicago and began his career as a writer and
cartoonist for Playboy in 1952. He later served in the U.S. military in
Japan and Korea, where he was a cartoonist for the Pacific Stars and Stripes.

Silverstein was known for his folk songs and his children's verse.

His books include "The Giving Tree" (1964), "Falling Up" (1981) "Where the
Sidewalk Ends" (1981) "A Light in the Attic" (1981) "The Missing Piece"
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) John Kricfalusi on lounge
Date: 10 May 1999 18:12:22 -0500


A friend just pointed me in the direction of this interview with the
Ren&Stimpy guy, from June 7th, 1997, wherein he discusses his use of
production music in his cartoons.
For just the relevant bits, go to:
>   http://spumco.com/propaganda/derivative06.html
>   http://spumco.com/propaganda/derivative07.html

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From: "Val E. Forge" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) LEE HAZLEWOOD: LIVE AT LAST!
Date: 10 May 1999 17:32:23 -0500


I hope someone gives us the full report
on this concert.  Where is Lee living
these days?  Still in Europe?

--

Kerry


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From: "Dagmar O Doom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sore Losers, et al.
Date: 10 May 1999 06:52:53 PDT


Well, er, kinda funny...didn't see it. Soundtrack rocks, though.

McCarthy's got a new film SUPERSTARLET A.D. debuting in August. The trip to
Femphis in dead summer should be delightful. Mmmm. Should be intriguing...I
can't wait to see it...being IN IT & all...whoo hoo.

If'n yer interested, check out:

Bigbroad.com/Superstarlet/Superstarlet.html

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From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
Date: 10 May 1999 14:08:43 -0400




>anyhoo, just wondered if any of y'all have any cool finds along these
>lines to share info about...

Pea,

I few months ago I saw about 8 official reel to reel tapes for sale in a
used place in Boston. All were going for about $25.

The one's I remember:
Julie London, On the Rocks
Martin Denny, Quiet Village
Thelonius Monk, a Columbia album. Maybe Monk's Dream
Miles Davis, maybe Kind Of Blue

First time I ever noticed reel to reel for anything besides classical
titles. Mostly opera.

BTW, A reel to reel tape machine is for sale at a flea market near my home.
Brand: Pioneer? Asking price $250. Been there for a few months. Always
wanted one of these about 20 years ago. Now I ask myself: If I got it when
am I going to have time to listen to it?

Domenic



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From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) just joined- ? re: john kirby
Date: 10 May 1999 16:51:38 -0000


Hello,

Just signed on... Looking forward to chatting.

Here is my latest musical obsession (not exactly Tiki fare, but
great and weird nonetheless)... John Kirby. I am a big fan of
Raymond Scott and I always thought he was a one-of-a-kind. But
I heard some John Kirby stuff that sounded just like him. He
seems to have shared a trumpet player with Scott (Charlie
Shavers), but I can't find out much about Kirby. Does anyone
know about him?

See ya, Steve

      Stephen Worth
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Subject: Re:  (exotica) RE: Beck at the Tropicana
Date: 10 May 1999 19:52:54 EDT



In a message dated 5/10/99 4:59:40 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Barbara Streisand, Johnny Mathis, and HUEY LEWIS AND THE
>
>NEWS.

Two out of three ain't baddd


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Now-Sound Ramones
Date: 10 May 1999 19:51:21 EDT



In a message dated 5/10/99 4:23:41 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>10 classic early Ramones tunes.
>
>Anyone know anything about this?

I've heard this. It sucks


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Subject: (exotica) Morricone - Grand Slam ?
Date: 10 May 1999 21:29:04 EDT


I recently heard the title track by Ennio Morricone, to the 1968 film Ad Ogni
Costo aka Grand Slam.  It's a groovy, groovy bit of Now sounding music.  Does
anyone have the entire soundtrack album?  If so is the rest of it as good as
the title song?

-Roy


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Subject: (exotica) Quincy Jones - The Anderson Tapes OST?
Date: 10 May 1999 21:36:18 EDT


Is the sound track to this film currently availible?

-Roy



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From: BaBaS <[e-mail]>
Date: 11 May 1999 04:44:33 +0300 (EET DST)


Are there any funs of Ska
Are skatalites into this range?
Can i ask about ska things on this list
iif not I wont
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Subject: (exotica) re: shameles self propmotion
Date: 10 May 1999 22:09:00 EDT


Naficher sez >> I also penned liners for a Three
Suns two-fer of "Midnight For Two", and "Soft and Sweet", also on
Collectables. Admittedly not the most exciting 3 suns rec's, but that was all
they could license at the moment. in view of the passionate opinions that
have been previously expressed here on the Suns, I shall now humbly retire to
my Armor Room to prepare for battle. <<

Hey, the release of ANY Three Suns is a cause for celebration.  And while
"Soft and Sweet" does suck pretty badly for the most part (damn strings!),
"Midnight For Two" is a great neglected gem.  There are some tracks there
that hold up with their best - Cumana and When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the
Tuba particularly rock.  The inclusion of pipe organ works, too.  I've got
mint copies of the lps but I'd probably buy the cd just for the halibut.
Really too bad Soft and Sweet had to be in there, though.


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Now-Sound Ramones
Date: 11 May 1999 00:11:48 EDT


I heard one cut from this and thought it was great. I asked someone who lived
in Nutley about the Nutley Brass and they had never heard of them.  Bob


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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now-Sound Ramones
Date: 11 May 1999 00:21:34 -0500


Lou Smith wrote:

> Spotted today:
>
> Ramones Songbook as played by the Nutley Brass (1999;The Medicine Label).
>

I concur with djjimmy. If you like the Ramones you'll hate it. If you never
heard of the Ramones you'll think it musically stupid.Truely a sound fart
destine for the spittoon. Although...Muzak fans will adore it.

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Subject: (exotica) Mondays in San Fran
Date: 11 May 1999 03:42:06 EDT


Free

Ape is a new Exotica band (really!) consisting of former members of The
Swami's, Shockwave, and Brian from Frenchy, et al.

from 8 - 10 you can enjoy their exotica tunes for free in the truly authentic
setting of the Bamboo Hut

next to the Hi Ball on Broadway near Kearny

The Bamboo Hut now rivals the Tonga Room as they have added a volcano to
their lavish decor which inlcludes a waterfall, a huge vintage wooden Tiki
mask from the late Coral Reef in Sacramento, blowfish, thatched bar, masks,
free standing wooden Tikis, etc

And bartender Steve will throw you a Castaway if you ask nicely
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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Yeah, yeah, this isn't a film discussion group.....
Date: 11 May 1999 09:14:05 -0400


*but* - can anyone tell me if the documentary, "Salesman" is available on =
video??

This tells the tale of guys hawking bibles and sounds VERY good.

Also, if you're in Baltimore, be sure to attend the Charles Theater's =
screening of "Modulations," a documentary about the history of electronic =
music with Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Robert Moog, and others.........=
June 10-12 at 8pm.

- Nate




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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) High Fidelity
Date: 11 May 1999 09:35:41 -0400


Stephen Frears is directing the film version of Nick Hornby's novel "High
Fidelity".  If you haven't read it, it takes place in a used record store
and I half-recommend it.
The novel took place in England somewhere.  The film is being shot in
Chicago as far as I know.  The lead is being played by John Cusack who's a
bit younger and hipper than I imagined the lead when I read the book but
still, Stephen Frears is pretty good news as director, if you ever had any
hopes for this book's film potential.

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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) High Fidelity
Date: 11 May 1999 14:37:55 +0100


Hi-Fidelity is a fantastic book!


Charlie





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Subject: Re: (exotica) Yeah, yeah, this isn't a film discussion
Date: 11 May 1999 09:49:19 -0400


At 09:14 AM 5/11/99 -0400, Nathan Miner wrote:
>
>*but* - can anyone tell me if the documentary, "Salesman" is available on
video??
>
>This tells the tale of guys hawking bibles and sounds VERY good.

I'm pretty sure I've seen other Frederick Wiseman films on video somewhere.
Wait a second, now I'm not sure it is Wiseman.  Maybe it's Maysle Bros.
Nah, I'm going with my first impulse.  It's Wiseman.  (I really should know
this.)

I've seen the film a few times and I loved it but then again, one of the
things I loved about it was the way it evoked the period in which it was shot.

Damn, I'm having more second thoughts.  Maybe it isn't Wiseman or the Maysles.

I'm sure Cheryl or Will will correct me if I'm wrong.

But either way, suddenly I'm having flashbacks to that film.  Everytime I
see it, I thank G-d I never tried selling door to door.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Shirley Dinsdale Layburn,Maurice Scott,Gilbert
Date: 11 May 1999 10:03:32 -0500


                      *Shirley Dinsdale Layburn
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Shirley Dinsdale Layburn, a ventriloquist who won an Emmy
Award in 1949, the first year the awards were presented, died Sunday of
cancer. She was 72.
    Mrs. Layburn received her Emmy for Most Outstanding Television Personality.
    Her show appeared on Paramount Studio's KTLA in Los Angeles and featured
her and her puppet ``Judy Splinters.''
    She later had her own children's show on KNBH-NBC, followed by several
other shows on ABC in New York and Chicago.
    She later quit her television career and from 1973 to 1985 was the head of
the Respiratory Therapy Department of John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in
Port Jefferson, N.Y.
    Mrs. Layburn, who was born in San Francisco, began her ventriloquism career
at age 14 with her radio show, ``Judy in Wonderland.''
    She later moved to Hollywood, where she and her puppet had appearances on
radio shows along personalities such as Rudy Vallee, Eddie Cantor and Bob
Burns.
    Mrs. Layburn made her television debut in 1947 announcing shows and giving
children birthday greetings on KTLA. Her appearances led to the weekly
children's show, ``The Judy Splinters Show.''

                           *Maurice Scott
    CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Maurice Scott, a trumpeter and band leader whose
namesake orchestra headlined concert halls for a half-century, died
Saturday. He was 86.
    The Maurice Scott Orchestra played in New York hotels and other landmark
venues in the region. For 20 years, Scott's band entertained summer visitors
at the Nemerson Resort in the Catskills. For another 15 years, the
orchestra's home was the Metropolitan Hotel in Asbury Park.
    The band's run lasted for more than 50 years, with Scott fronting the group
and contributing trumpet and vocals.
    Scott, whose real name was Maurice Anzaldi, also played with Tommy Dorsey,
Jackie Gleason and Sammy Davis, Jr.

                         *Gilbert Millstein
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Gilbert Millstein, who brought attention to Jack Kerouac
with a favorable review of the Beat Generation writer's novel ``On the
Road,'' died Friday of kidney failure. He was 83.
    Millstein's 1957 New York Times review of ``On the Road'' described the
novel as a beautifully executed work of art and helped propel Kerouac into
the public consciousness.
    Millstein wrote book reviews and articles for the Times from 1949 to 1963.
He also wrote for The Saturday Evening Post.
    He was the news editor of the ``NBC Nightly News'' from the mid-1970s to
the mid-1980s.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-g-millstein.html


For the NYTimes Shel Silverstein obit, go to
http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/051199obit-silverstein.html





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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Music to Moog by
Date: 11 May 1999 15:48:28 +0100


I just picked up the bootleg?/reissue of Gershon Kinglsey's Music to Moog
by. Very nice Moog LP, saturated with loads of echo and veering between
Hymanesque wierdness and Perreyesque cheesiness. Very nice to have it at
last though (without having to pay through the nose for it).

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: john kirby
Date: 11 May 1999 18:45:52 +0200


"Stephen W. Worth" wrote:

> But
> I heard some John Kirby stuff that sounded just like him.

Correct, they are similarities. Scott's compositions are a bit 'wilder', but
Kirby is certainly worth checking out.

Marco


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From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Music to Moog by
Date: 11 May 1999 19:46:29 +0100


Charlie wrote:

> I just picked up the bootleg?/reissue of Gershon Kinglsey's Music to Moog
> by. Very nice Moog LP, saturated with loads of echo and veering between
> Hymanesque wierdness and Perreyesque cheesiness. Very nice to have it at
> last though (without having to pay through the nose for it).

I've got a couple of copies of this for sale if anyone's interested.
Please email me privately if so...


Robbie


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From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Educational film soundtracks
Date: 11 May 1999 15:57:42 -0400



---From: [e-mail]

>
>Anyone looking for more production music willwant to pick up, the two
volumes
>of "Music For TV Dinners" - both CDs are 100% production library music that
>have been used in old educational films, TV commercials etc.
>
>Ashley.

I may sound like a commercial from the 50's when I saw this but who cares.

I have these and think they are great.  I've used them as background music
for lighthearted public service announcements on the radio. (Call the Ferret
Friends of Massachusetts and adopt a ferret today!)

Most of the music reminds me of movie or drive-in trailers encouraging you
to visit the concession stand for some refressing snacks!

The sound quality, like all Scamp releases, is excellent.



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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yeah, yeah, this isn't a film
Date: 11 May 1999 09:56:58 -0400


Nat:

It's the Maysle Bros.

Now go relax..... :-)

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) just joined- ? re: john kirby
Date: 11 May 1999 16:03:52 -0500


At 04:51 PM 5/10/99 -0000, Stephen "Mr. Big Shot" Worth wrote:
>Hello, Just signed on... Looking forward to chatting.

Welcome to the E-List, Stephen! Let me be presumptuous and guess that your
main interest areas are production music, percussion music and cartoon
scores. Am I close? I'm sure we'll all be tapping your knowledge in those
areas, in any case.

And hey, since John K. takes a lot of credit for jump-starting this music we
call our own ( http://spumco.com/propaganda/derivative07.html ), perhaps you
can drag him into the list occasionally?!?

>Here is my latest musical obsession (not exactly Tiki fare, but
>great and weird nonetheless)... John Kirby. I am a big fan of
>Raymond Scott and I always thought he was a one-of-a-kind. But
>I heard some John Kirby stuff that sounded just like him.=20

I guess it was Don Byron with his Bug Music CD/Band who first made the
connection between Raymond Scott and John Kirby apparent to me. A month ago
I was at a show he put on for kids, called Toons & Tunes. He played a bunch
of Bug Music cuts, and played "spot the Raymond Scott melody" with the kids
by then showing a few WB cartoons. Great fun with a very open, appreciative
audience! Byron is fabulous with kids - if Mr. Rogers ever retires, Don
could easily fill those tennis shoes, and make the neighborhood a lot hipper
place to be as well.

There's not a lot on the web about Kirby, but here's a few URLs:
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=3D3:46:39|PM&p=3Damg&sql=3DB6896
http://www3.jazzcentralstation.com/newjcs/main/artist.asp?nameid=3D39226
http://www3.jazzcentralstation.com/newjcs/main/artist.asp?nameid=3D170609


Besides Byron's Bug Music Band, another Kirby tribute project is the Onyx
Club Sextet. Their promo reads: "The Onyx Club Sextet is a contemporary jazz
band that recreates the music and sounds of The John Kirby Sextet, which was
dubbed the 'best little big band from the 1940s' for their performances at
the famed Onyx Club. Under the leadership of bassist Wayne Roberts, this
sextet follows the famous 'Onyx Club Boys' tradition of performing swing
arrangements of classical pieces from composers like Beethoven, Schubert,
Dvorak, and Chopin."

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: John Kirby
Date: 11 May 1999 17:02:00 -0400


>Correct, they are similarities. Scott's compositions are a bit 'wilder', but
>Kirby is certainly worth checking out.


I too can vouch for Kirby, a sadly underrated performer.  A wonderful place
to start is "Boss of the Bass", if you can find it (I have it) on Columbia
or "The Biggest Little Band in the Land' on ASV, which is still in print..
The Benny Goodman Sextet had many fine players, including Charlie Christian
and Teddy Wilson and Goodman himself, but I prefer Kirby for the precision
and unbelievable sense of swing, which of course includes fantastic
musicianship; "Jumping in the Pump Room" is just the tip of the iceberg of
the richness that is Kirby.  The only frustrating thing that can be derived
from the recordings is that the is almost no soloing on the bass by Kirby
himself, although according to musicians of the day, he was more than
capable of taking a solo spot.

For those who like their Classical music done Jazz style, this was a
specialty of the Kirby groups as illustrated by "Beethoven Riffs On", also
on "Biggest Little...".  Had he been the businessman that Goodman was,
perhaps there would have been more music of his to enjoy.

Vivat Kirby!  From a fellow who never could quite play the bass properly,
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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" May 12, 1999
Date: 11 May 1999 17:16:15 -0400


"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday morning at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

King Palmer - Holiday Playtime "Music for TV Dinners"
Paul Mauriat - Lady Madonna "Prevailing Airs"

The Brass Ring- Carrot Top "The Now Sound of the Brass Ring"
Peter Thomas - Moontown "Raumpatrouille"
Billy Strange - Run Spy Run "Secret Agent File"
Anandji & Kalyanji Shah - Swami Safari "Bombay the Hard Way"

Serge Gainsbourg - En Melody "The Haschisch Party!"
Funki Porcini - Nothing to Do "The Ultimately Empty Million Pounds"
Funki Porcini - Losers in L.A. "The Ultimately Empty Million Pounds"

Julee Cruise - Rockin' Back Inside My Heart "Floating into the Night"
Arthur Lyman - Love is Blue "Sonic Sixties"
Ananda Shankar - Snow Flower "Ananda Shankar"

Nino Nardini & the Pop Riviera Group - Express Pour Portofino "Rotonde
Musique"
Stellio Subelli - Curly "Scoctopus"
Armando Trovajoli - Blazing Magnum "Beretta 70"

23 Skidoo - Last Words "The Gospel Comes to New Guinea 12" "

Thanks for reading...

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Back to CD-R's
Date: 11 May 1999 17:58:15 EDT


Has anyone on the list had or heard of experiences with the Hewlett Packard
CD-Writers?  Especially the 8110i?

Any information is helpful. On the same note, has anyone had any experience
with the currently available "stereo units" that duplicate CD's?  What brands
and comments???

Thanks,

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From: Mark Renwick <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
Date: 11 May 1999 20:04:55 -0400


Pea and other Exotica Listers:

I know what you mean about reel-to-reel tapes.  If you can
find original tapes and keep your equipment running, it's
hard to beat.  I have a 1957 demo tape used by the Sonotape
Corporation at the New York City audio show containing
excerpts from their catalog of the day.  This was my
introduction to Ferrante and Teicher when I was a little
kid.  The stereo version of "Soundproof" was also released
as "Latin-American Adventure" on a 2-track stereo Sonotape
(a subsidiary of Westminster Records).  The sound quality is
excellent!

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) 70s cop shows revisited
Date: 12 May 1999 10:45:47 +0100


A few weeks back someone was asking about 70's cop shows.  I came across
a series of LPs called Funky Soundtracks while doing the rounds
yesterday (a day off work, doing the child care thing).  Vol 1 was
mentioned last week (Asteroids/Pearl and Dean theme),  the other volumes
have the sweeney theme and I think I saw Ironside and Starsky and Hutch
on there too.  At this point the baby woke up and started
complaining....Not another record shop dad,  nooooooo.. waaaaaaaahh.....
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

I've heard volume 1 and its not too bad,  weighted towards what the
Break Beat Boys would like (eg Hot Slow Wind from Hells Belles OST for
the drums)  but some good stuff all the same.

I would imagine that they are British releases due to the fact that
Asteroids is there.  I'll try to find out more on labels and stuff,  but
I won't get down to the shops until probably next week.  Perhaps someone
else knows the details.

Another vague posting from:

El Maestro Con Queso

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From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Crime Jazz 1st and 2nd Degree
Date: 12 May 1999 12:49:50 -0400


This is old news for folks on the list since 1997...

Just got the Crime Jazz comps and they are incredible!

Photos of the album, track listings and linear notes at:
http://www.rhino.com/Catalog/Cat11/Cat11_index.html will do a better job of
describing this music than I will.

Notice some of people involved with putting this together. Many of them are
still contributors to the Exotica Mailing List.

My daughter, who recently turned 3, has an interesting comment about the
Prison Break intro on Volume 2: "Sounds like a yucky guy's hand with claws".
Even kids with a few years of television viewing have got the dramatic
imagery of this music down pat.


Corrupting a whole new generation.... :^)
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
Date: 11 May 1999 19:18:35 +0200


A new update to the eXotica Releases Overview is available.
These are the most important recent additions, that where not yet announced
here.

(If you would like to receive the unabridged updates on a regular base by
e-mail, just let me know you want to get on my "XRO updater")



           - May 11: new (1999) releases, announcements & corrections -


* Eumir Deodato: "Samba Nova"
      LP, ? EQ803, UK, 1999

* Lisa Ekdahl: "Back To Earth"
      CD, RCA Victor 63474, USA, 1999

* Soundtrack: "Music From Peter Gunn" [by Henry Mancini]
      CD, Buddha, USA, June 1999

* Spring: "The Last Goodbye"
      LP, Elefant ER1052, UK, 1999

* Various Artists: "Latin Spectrum"
      CD/LP, Barely Breaking Even BBE019, UK, 1999




           - May 11: more or less recent (1998) stuff -


* Various Artists: "Sound Book Part 1"
   (De Wolfe Music Library & Background Music)
      Double LP, Irma, Italy, 1998

* Various Artists: "Sound Book Part 2"
   (De Wolfe Music Library & Background Music)
      Double LP, Irma, Italy, 1998



        >>> Additions & corrections are more than welcome!
        >>> The XRO is a discography, NOT a sale catalog!

        For the online version of the eXotica Releases Overview,

        visit "Dada'quariums Exotica": http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Back to CD-R's
Date: 12 May 1999 19:47:25 +0200


[e-mail] wrote:

> Has anyone on the list had or heard of experiences with the Hewlett Packard
> CD-Writers?  Especially the 8110i?

I have a HP 7200i and I'm very happy with it. The only problem I had, was that
the software that comes with it had some sort of bug. Fortunately there's lots of
good software to be downloaded for free.
Mail me off-list if you have more questions.

Marco

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From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Oodles o'exotica
Date: 12 May 1999 14:55:47 +0000


Hi there, all!  Just a quick note to let you know that I've put a long
list of unusual vinyl (exotica, moog, theremin, poetry, etc.) up on
eBay, and you can browse the list at the link below.  If you like what's
there, keep checking...I'm moving to Australia at year's end, so I must
get rid of EVERYTHING (more or less). and every few days there'll be a
dozen more gems.  Thanks for the shameless pitch-space!

http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=seasob

Ciao,

Keith 'seasob' Lo Bue


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Subject: (exotica) Sid Bass?
Date: 12 May 1999 15:39:12 -0400


Our keyboardist-extraordinaire has a day job, as a professional Thankyou
man for Harvard.  He sent this to me today:
"I just wrote letter to a guy named Sid Bass who lives in Fort Worth,
Texas.
 I wonder if it's the same Sid Bass who was an arranger for RCA.  He made
some good atomic era instrumental pop.  He was also the unfortunate
arranger for the Sgt. Barry Sadler LP.  Maybe someone on the exotica list
would know if he lives in Fort Worth."

Do ya?  Jane Fondle
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sid Bass?
Date: 12 May 1999 16:38:47 -0500


At 03:39 PM 5/12/99 -0400, Jane Fondle wrote:
>
>Our keyboardist-extraordinaire has a day job, as a professional Thankyou
>man for Harvard.  He sent this to me today:
>"I just wrote letter to a guy named Sid Bass who lives in Fort Worth,
>Texas.
> I wonder if it's the same Sid Bass who was an arranger for RCA.

Wrong school, wrong State, and wrong state...

http://209.63.231.35/.WWW/b3.html
[ Sid Bass Orch. ]
b. Jan. 22, 1913, New York, NY, d. June 19, 1993, Putney, VT
Bass matriculated from New York University. He became a staff composer for
RCA after having worked for Muzak (a New York corporation producing
background music for commercial uses (elevators, stores, etc.). At RCA, he
recorded a some pre-stereo High Fidelity showcase albums for RCA's budget
'Vik' label, among which are:
Bells are Swinging, Vik LP
Blue Bells, Vik LP
From Another World, Vik LX-1053
Funny Bones, Vik LP
Moog Espana, RCA Victor LSP-4195
Sound and Fury, Vik LX-1084
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From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: John Kirby
Date: 12 May 1999 12:50:11 -0000



>Welcome to the E-List, Stephen! Let me be presumptuous and guess that your
>main interest areas are production music, percussion music and cartoon
>scores. Am I close?

Yup! Along with Harlem Jazz, Cowboy Yodellers, Wagnerian Opera,
Texas Swing, Big Band Vocalists, Cuban Mambo and Cumbia... etc...
etc... etc...

>There's not a lot on the web about Kirby, but here's a few URLs:

Unfortunately, all of those links are expired...

>Besides Byron's Bug Music Band, another Kirby tribute project is the Onyx
>Club Sextet.

Cool! I'll look for it!


>I too can vouch for Kirby, a sadly underrated performer.  A wonderful place
>to start is "Boss of the Bass", if you can find it (I have it) on Columbia
>or "The Biggest Little Band in the Land' on ASV, which is still in print..

I got the Classics set... Complete and chronological from 1938 to 1943
on three CDs, but like a lot of CDs on this label, the sound quality
is pretty variable. How is the sound on the Columbia and ASV collections?

>The only frustrating thing that can be derived
>from the recordings is that the is almost no soloing on the bass by Kirby
>himself

In the recordings I have heard, you can barely hear the bass, but
that might just be a case of digital manipulation to eliminate
surface noise. (I wish they would just leave stuff alone.)

>For those who like their Classical music done Jazz style, this was a
>specialty of the Kirby groups as illustrated by "Beethoven Riffs On"

The liner notes in the Classics CDs (which are very condescending
to Kirby) say that classical novelty charts were a staple in a
lot of bands at the time. It would be great for a record label to
collect all the best tunes that "jazz the classics" into a single
package.

Many thanks to Lou and Brian for the info!

See ya
Steve

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sid Bass?
Date: 12 May 1999 19:38:47 -0400


>"I just wrote letter to a guy named Sid Bass who lives in Fort Worth,
>Texas.
> I wonder if it's the same Sid Bass who was an arranger for RCA"

WhoWhere <http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/> turns up 3 Sid Bass (Sid
Basses?). One in Oregon, one in Fort Worth, Texas and one in Virginia. The
Fort Worth Sid has a middle initial of R... if anyone can turn up the
middle initial of our musical Sid, for cross-check.


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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) eXotica on eBay!
Date: 12 May 1999 21:12:20 -0500


Up for bid right now at eBay:

Martin Denny / "Latin Village"
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=103226756

Les Baxter / "The Primitive and the Passionate"
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=103226579

Russ Garcia / "Fantastica"
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=103226375


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sid Bass/BB DB
Date: 12 May 1999 18:04:56 -0500


At 04:38 PM 5/12/99 -0500, I wrote:
>http://209.63.231.35/.WWW/b3.html
>[ Sid Bass Orch. ]
>b. Jan. 22, 1913, New York, NY, d. June 19, 1993, Putney, VT

I forgot to mention this URL, http://209.63.231.35/.WWW/ezl.html#EZLTOP
,which is the Big Band DataBase's EZ page, with links to biographical blurbs
for scads of our guys.

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sid Bass?
Date: 12 May 1999 23:10:51 -0400


I wrote:
>WhoWhere <http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/> turns up 3 Sid Bass (Sid
>Basses?). One in Oregon, one in Fort Worth, Texas and one in Virginia. The
>Fort Worth Sid has a middle initial of R... if anyone can turn up the
>middle initial of our musical Sid, for cross-check.

Later, I realized Lou wrote:
>[ Sid Bass Orch. ]
>b. Jan. 22, 1913, New York, NY, ***d. June 19, 1993***, Putney, VT

Duuuh, never mind.

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Subject: (exotica) Tabu Tiki tonight
Date: 13 May 1999 04:17:03 EDT


  What: Tiki Tabu Benefit for the Aids Candlelight Vigil
  Where: Stud Bar 9th street and Harrison (San Fran)
  When: May 13th 1999, 10pm
  Donate? 5-10$ (all money goes to the Aids Candlelight Vigil)
Sponsored by Tropico Liquor and Sounds Good Sound

Enjoy the intoxicating tropical paradise  that is Tiki Tabu.  A monthly
'club' that recreates tropical nightlife so well you can feel the sand
between your toes..  Discover the hi-octane elixers dressed in garish garni,
while swaying to bold exotic rhythms. Free prizes awarded for best Tropical
skirt and undergear and *Tragic Tourist* award.
Let the Tiki atmosphere mambo through your heart as the 1$ Tropico
umbrella'd drinks improve your dance step. Absolutely no house music will be
played, there is just TOO much Cha Cha to be Cha'd. Too much Bossa to be
Nova'd.

 Shake your maracas and beat your bongos to the jazzy, sexy and provacative
croonings of *Mr. Lucky* and his Tiki Tabu Trio minus one. The club will be
cookin' cause this band is hot!. Yes, Mr Lucky and his spicy latin licks for
those hot voodoo chicks.

Hosted by the lovely Brynne Cortez of the Space Cowgirls and Sister Kitty
Catalyst of the Sister's of Perpetual Indulgence. Finger Snapping Booty
shaking Vintage Vinyl spun by the cooolest cat on 2 steel wheels DJ Alvin
A-Go-Go! Feel the warm off shore breezes as DJ Otto navigates us to his
uncharted  Hi-Fi Island.

Enjoy yourself, dont suffer a jigger of guilt because you are supporting the
Aids Candlelight Vigil.
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Subject: Subject: Re: (exotica) LEE HAZLEWOOD: LIVE AT LAST!
Date: 13 May 1999 09:35:32 +0100



According to the Mojo interview from last month,  hes living in Florida
near his kids.  This issue of Mojo was quite on list,  an article on
Exotic LP sleeves and the new Johnsons Tiki shop in north London.
Johnsons previously having been a rockabilly shop,  They used to sell
the pointiest shoes in Christendom.

The concert sounds like a must.

I hope someone gives us the full report
on this concert.  Where is Lee living
these days?  Still in Europe?

- --

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
Date: 13 May 1999 11:43:02 +0200


El Maestro Con Queso:

>I've heard this as a sixties punk song,  by the Sonics,  and a wilder
>(unlisted) version on Back from the grave vol 1.  Highly recommended
>for lovers of low fidelity rockers,  worth having for The swamp Rats
>Psycho, and The Rats   Rats Revenge Parts I and II.

The Sonics "The Witch" is a different tune than "She's My Witch"!

Sixties punk/garagepunk compilations are usually a goldmine for demented fun
songs. My favorite still is vol. 3 of the Pebbles series called "The Acid
Gallery" which has to be heard to be believed. Other series like Back From
the Grave also have their brilliant moments like The Crusher IThe Novas) or
Scream (Ralph Nielsen & Chancellors). The recent "Scum of the Earth"
reissue is also a hoot.

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) ska
Date: 13 May 1999 11:56:26 +0200


BaBaS:

>Can i ask about ska things on this list

Only if it's off-beat!

"exotic" ska-covers I know of:

Skatalites - Ska-ra-van
Val Bennett - The Russians are Coming (version of Take Five)
Randy's All Stars - Mission Impossible
Carlos Malcolm & Afro Caribs - Ska Bonanza (version of Bonanza tune)
Ernest Ranglin - Exodus

there are a few comps on Trojan with western inspired reggae on Trojan
packed with late 60s/early 70s lunacy like King Stitt's "Van Cleef" or
Richard Ace 'Hang 'em High"

A few years ago there was also an entertaining  CD by the Skandalous All
Stars with indie covers like I Wanne Be Sedated or Take the Skinheads
Bowling

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
Date: 13 May 1999 13:36:51 +0200


Johan Dada Vis wrote:

> * Various Artists: "Sound Book Part 1"
>    (De Wolfe Music Library & Background Music)
>       Double LP, Irma, Italy, 1998
>
> * Various Artists: "Sound Book Part 2"
>    (De Wolfe Music Library & Background Music)
>       Double LP, Irma, Italy, 1998

Any comments on these titles?

 Marco "Kallie" Kalnenek
+------------------------------------------+
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 http://weirdomusic.freeservers.com/
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) LEE HAZLEWOOD: LIVE AT LAST!
Date: 13 May 1999 13:47:06 +0200


> The concert sounds like a must.
> (...) I hope someone gives us the full report on this concert.

I will, got tickets in the first row!!!! Life is great!

(BTW: Anyone from London on the list? Looking for a place to stay for one or
two nights around the 28th of June... Please contact me offlist.)


-Mo


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Saul Steinberg
Date: 13 May 1999 10:06:06 -0500


    NEW YORK (AP) -- Saul Steinberg, a cartoonist whose work was compared to
Pablo Picasso and is perhaps best known for his drawing showing New York
City as the center of the world, has died. He was 84.
    Steinberg, who drew cartoons for The New Yorker magazine for more than 50
years, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. His brooding doodles were
considered a fine art and drew comparisons to legendary painters such as
Picasso and Duchamp. Art critic Harold Rosenberg described Steinberg as ``a
writer of pictures, an architect of speech and sounds, a draftsman of
political reflections.''
    Among Steinberg's most famous cartoons is ``View of the World from 9th
Avenue (1975),'' which first appeared on the magazine's cover the following
year. The drawing shows a bird's-eye view of the world looking west from
Manhattan, with the great detail of New York streets fading into ill-defined
clumps for the rest of the nation and the world.
    This perspective -- as seen in the cartoon from the standpoint of a
chauvinistic Manhattanite -- spawned similar drawings for numerous cities,
including London, Paris, Rome and Venice.
    Born in Romania in 1914, Steinberg studied at the University of Bucharest
before moving to Italy, where he received a doctoral degree in architecture
in 1940.
    But Steinberg began drawing in 1934, quickly discovering his skill as a
cartoonist. The New Yorker published its first Steinberg cartoon in 1941, a
sketch of a reverse centaur. Steinberg arrived in the United States a year
later.
    During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy, and had tasks ranging from
teaching Chinese guerrillas to blow up bridges, to producing
counter-propaganda drawings meant to stir anti-Nazi sentiment within Germany.
    Later, his works included architectural fantasies, watercolor landscapes
and vicious pictures of New York street life that indicated a pessimism
about urban life. Among his images were depictions of Mickey Mouse as a
terrorist clad in combat boots, doormen saluting as soldiers and building
facades as frightening mazes.
    Steinberg is survived by Hedda Lindenberg Sterne, whom he married in 1943.
They were separated in the 1970s but never divorced.
    ------------------------------
Death anniversaries for the week of 10 -16 May:
Monday, 10 May
1977 - Joan Crawford; actress
1994 - John Wayne Gacy; mass murderer
Tuesday, 11 May
1979 - Lester Flatt; country and western performer
1981 - Bob Marley; reggae performer
1985 - Chester Gould; cartoonist, "Dick Tracy"
Wednesday, 12 May
1992 - Robert Reed; actor, "The Brady Bunch"
Thursday,  13 May
1972 - Dan Blocker; actor, "Bonanza"
1985 - Selma Diamond; actress, "Night Court"
Friday, 14 May
1982 - Hugh Beaumont; actor, "Leave It to Beaver"
1987 - Rita Hayworth; actress
1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr.; magician
1998 - Frank Sinatra; singer
Sunday, 16 May
1984 - Andy Kaufman; comedian & actor
1990 - Sammy Davis Jr.; entertainer
1990 - Jim Henson; puppeteer




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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: John Kirby
Date: 13 May 1999 11:10:42 -0400


>Yup! Along with Harlem Jazz, Cowboy Yodellers, Wagnerian Opera,
>Texas Swing, Big Band Vocalists, Cuban Mambo and Cumbia... etc...
>etc... etc...

Then I heartily recommend the Okeh Western Swing compilation if you don't
have it already.

>>I too can vouch for Kirby, a sadly underrated performer.  A wonderful place
>>to start is "Boss of the Bass", if you can find it (I have it) on Columbia
>>or "The Biggest Little Band in the Land' on ASV, which is still in print..
>
>I got the Classics set... Complete and chronological from 1938 to 1943
>on three CDs, but like a lot of CDs on this label, the sound quality
>is pretty variable. How is the sound on the Columbia and ASV collections?

The Columbia I have on record and the sound is very good indeed.  Mono, no
fake stereo, good bass response.  I can only vouch for other ASV releases
having good sound, for they seem to take the time and get the sound right.
Their "Banned" and "Cotton Club" comps boasted good sound.

>In the recordings I have heard, you can barely hear the bass, but
>that might just be a case of digital manipulation to eliminate
>surface noise. (I wish they would just leave stuff alone.)

Not so on the Columbia issue, which was done before CBS went digital
remastering-happy; a process that sometimes served well or gave you too
much treble or too much bass.

>The liner notes in the Classics CDs (which are very condescending
>to Kirby) say that classical novelty charts were a staple in a
>lot of bands at the time. It would be great for a record label to
>collect all the best tunes that "jazz the classics" into a single
>package.

I did a short radio show on just that many beautiful moons ago.
Considering cartoon soundtracks of the time, shows like "It Pays To Be
Ignorant" and even "progressive" rock groups like ELP and Yes, this is not
too surprising.  I agree that that would be a cool idea.

Anecdote time: I am a big fan of an old radio show called the Goon Show.  I
went to a convention in England, which was attended by the two surviving
cast members, Spike Milligan and Sir Harry Secombe.  Milligan is not only a
writer (he wrote or co-wrote almost all 162 shows), but a musician (trumpet
and guitar).  That night, he was playing at being the crochety old man, no
photos were allowed, he signed no autographs and didn't shake a single
hand.  He answered the various questions with the usual answers and I
asked, "Are you a fan of John Kirby?" and it turns out that he was/is!  It
seemed as if it was one of the times that he was interested that night.

>Many thanks to Lou and Brian for the info!

You're welcome and welcome aboard!

>      The Web: http://www.spumco.com
>      Usenet:  alt.animation.spumco
>      Palace:  cartoonsforum.com:9994

...and may I say that I have enjoyed Spumco animation for many years,
having been an animation gourmand for a long time (can't draw
though...*sniff*), so thank you!

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
Date: 13 May 1999 11:18:31 -0400


>I've heard this as a sixties punk song,  by the Sonics,  and a wilder
>(unlisted) version on Back from the grave vol 1.  Highly recommended
>for lovers of low fidelity rockers,  worth having for The swamp Rats
>Psycho, and The Rats   Rats Revenge Parts I and II.

If any of you decide to buy any of the BFTG collections (there are 8
volumes), which are all heartily recommended by myself, buy the LPs if you
can.  The compiler (Tim Warren) hates CDs so much, he will actually lop off
songs from the CD and put more on the vinyl.  He also distributes or
actually compiled "Jungle Exotica", which leans more toward Rock than
orchestrated material but is enjoyable all the same.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
Date: 13 May 1999 11:39:16 -0400




If any of you decide to buy any of the BFTG collections (there are 8
volumes), which are all heartily recommended by myself, buy the LPs if you
can.  The compiler (Tim Warren) hates CDs so much, he will actually lop off
songs from the CD and put more on the vinyl.  He also distributes or
actually compiled "Jungle Exotica", which leans more toward Rock than
orchestrated material but is enjoyable all the same.

Brian Phillips


>>>Brian, you MUST know that I don't wanna get into another ponderous "what
is exotica" debate...but I think the JUNGLE EXOTICA __is__ exotica,
regardless of the fact it ain't orchestral.  It has as many primal screams
and wild animal calls and bonga-bonga beats as a record like EXOTIC
PERCUSSION AND BRILLIANT BRASS...but yes, it's more Screamin' Jay Hawkins
and Cramps than it is Les Baxter..true.  Are the BACK FROM THE GRAVES boots
like the JUNGLE EXOTICAs are?  Whaddabout the LAS VEGAS GRINDS(did Warren
do those too?)
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Subject: (exotica) more Shel Silverstein
Date: 13 May 1999 11:52:54 -0400


"Shel Silverstein's Adult Works"
http://www.banned-width.com/welcome.html


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Oodles o'exotica (aka ebay)
Date: 13 May 1999 23:55:25 EDT


>Thanks for the shameless pitch-space!

why don't you put it up for auction to the exotica list first rather than the
dog-eat-dog free for all of ebay
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From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The eBay Question
Date: 14 May 1999 00:57:09 +0000


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the shameless pitch-space!
>
> why don't you put it up for auction to the exotica list first rather than the
> dog-eat-dog free for all of ebay
> or stop advertising it here like a carrot on a stick and stick to ebay?

Your point is taken, and I will stop posting such things (I've said in
previous postings that if anyone finds it unwanted, I'd stop).  I must
point out to you however, that I'm far from the first or only person to
post eBay auctions on this list.

The 'dog-eat-dog free for all' you speak of happens to also contain some
very savvy and, dare I say it, good people.  I've seen my share of
jerks, sure, but I've also 'met' many cool folks with whom I've enjoyed
correspondence.  Think of it this way: you're having a yard sale.  If
given the choice, would you set it up in your back yard, with a sign
pointing in, or in the front yard, where traffic can pass and see?  The
eBay auction opens your goods up to, quite literally, the world.  The
odds of actually (uh-oh, dirty words again) making money on what you
post are exponentially greater.  I'd love love love to GIVE my vinyl
away to friends and acquaintences, but the fact is, my income is highly
unstable, and eBay affords me an opportunity to reach a wide and
interested marketplace.

The people who subscribe to this list are the most concentrated and
often most knowledgeable regarding music that inhabits the fringe of
'popular' tastes.  If I've got items I feel might be of interest, why
not let them (you) know?  Feels funny to write that, because a while
back I got embroiled in this same debate, but from your side.  I had
just come from another list-digest that RUTHLESSLY hacked out any people
'hawking' anything.  So I entered this list with those same guidelines,
and learned before long that this was a totally different kind of list,
and people (it seemed to me) enjoyed the 'advertising' of
exotica-related goodies.

I'd be interested to hear more feedback from others on the list about
this issue...both sides of the coin have valid points...anyone?

Keith

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From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) oodles of ebay
Date: 14 May 1999 01:07:22 -0400


Hi, all,

[e-mail] wrote:

"why don't you put it up for auction to the exotica list first rather
than the dog-eat-dog free for all of ebay or stop advertising it here
like a carrot on a stick and stick to ebay?"

although there is definitely a self promoting element to announcing
relevant material placed in ebay, it is also a service to those of us
who are interested in possibly bidding on such material to place a
notice on the exotica list. after all, it is exotica...

as to putting it up for auction here first, that might be nice and
loyal, but it certainly won't assure the maximum number of potential
buyers. Also, a carrot on a stick compels the beast to work long and
hard with no reward... on ebay, you bid (and snipe), you may win!

ebay is wild, but it provides great stimulation and fantastic scores to
hundreds of thousands of folks with the same type of collectors
compulsion which drives many of us...

citizen kafka





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Subject: Re: (exotica) 70s cop shows revisited
Date: 14 May 1999 08:45:45 -0400



     Re: the 'Funky Soundtracks' series, I used to own volume 3 of this.

     While the material on it was excellent, the sound quality and pressing
     quality were appalling, which is a shame.

     On the topic of Hell's Belles, I've been listening to it lots.  It
     really is amazing to think it was made by the same guy who composed
     'ritual of the savage', 'jungle jazz' and 'que mango'...  I never knew
     Les Baxter could be funky...

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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: XRO
Date: 14 May 1999 08:52:49 -0400


     Re:

     * Eumir Deodato: "Samba Nova"
           LP, ? EQ803, UK, 1999

     I have this, and it is absolutely brilliant stuff.  A really nice warm
     sound, and excellent production, with just the right amount of
     percussion.  Deodato was very influenced by Mancini in his
     arrangements, and you can hear that here...

     As far as I can tell, this is one in a long series of reissues of
     Deodato's 60s recordings, released by Blue Moon productions/Ubataqui
     in Spain.

     I only have two, both of which I love.  The other is 'Impulso', which
     is similar to 'Samba Nova', only with much more use of the hammond
     organ.

     Have been listening to these non-stop recently, along with the Astrud
     Gilberto/Walter Wanderley 'a certain smile...' reissue, Marcos Valle's
     'Samba 68' reissue, and that Tamba Trio 2cd compilation.

     Also looking forward to my Japanese cd of Astrud's 'September 17,
     1969', which I will pick up from the post office tonight...

     In a brazilian mood, Jonny



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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bellybongo Manifest
Date: 14 May 1999 10:48:01 +0200


+
B e l l y b o n g o   M a n i f e s t=20

Bellybongo is Man
Bellybongo stands for forgotten values
Bellybongo wants to reclaim Man in Man
Bellybongo is a trademark of humanity

Lets get back into the swing of things.=20

Man
You are now Man. Man is huge. Man is flesh. Man is plant. Man is animal. =
Man is earth. Man is Nature.=20

Children
Children are true Man. We are all children, but society says we are not. =
If you dont agree, tell me when you stopped being child.

Women
Women treats bad. Most of all by themselfes. It is Bellybongos belief =
that Women carries the strength to take over after Mens constant =
failures. More Women than Men are true Man. Womens intuition is to be =
trusted. We belong together.=20

Mans trouble
Mans trouble begins when he rapes Nature. Before that he is as welcome =
as any animal or plant. Nature is forgiving. Stop your acts immediately =
and forgive Nature for what you have done. Nature is you.=20

Violence
It is absolutely forbidden to use violence against Nature in any form. =
Violence means deliberately damage. This is the most important thing to =
think of. If you find your inner self chaotic and strange, try another =
way of living. This is important because if you not are with ease with =
yourself, the world that is You changes in the direction you want, which =
are destruction. If you have felt this destructive anger, I recommend =
You to seek answers from the time before you were born. Bellybongo can =
fully understand Mans struggles. But what Bellybongo cant understand is =
violence. By hurting others you hurt yourself. And, your acts will =
automatically bring danger to Man. Not just for the victim of your rage, =
but to all.=20

Senses
The senses you have must swing with Nature. Nature is the greatest =
sense.=20

Animals
Bellybongo eats Animals. Man are allowed to do that. Dont eat to much =
Animals, just eat enough to keep you going. You should get yourself =
pictures of the animals you eat, as a symbol of their sacrifice for you. =
It is very important to love and vorship animals, because they are =
Nature.=20

Dogs
Dogs protect Man from bad dreams. Dogs are the shadow of the Sun. Dogs =
will leave Man when all bad dreams are gone.=20

Cats
Cats wants to play. They dream of You. Cats play you tricks constantly.=20

Fox
Man is either Cat or Dog. Seek comfort in Fox. Fox is both Cat and Dog.=20

Wolf
Wolfes are dogs who believes bad dreams are gone.=20

Cuckoo
Cuckoo is Bird who doesnt wants to be seen. Respect Cuckoos wish. If You =
see Cuckoo, Cuckoo gets sad.=20

The constant Now
Time doesnt exist. Its a constant Now. Man has succeded in recapture =
past Now through art. It is Mans most important contribution to Man =
after Man. By seing the past Now you see the evolution of the constant =
Now. By seing the evolution you see what has to be done in means of =
changing the evolution in another direction.=20

God
A Man is not true to himself, if he puts his fate in hands of something =
that doesnt exist. Believe in yourself, because within yourself =
everything exists. You are the only one who knows the true you. You will =
find company. Man are all different and you must love that.=20

Past Now
Man consists of everything Man has been since Mans first birth. Before =
the first birth Man was Bird.=20

Mans eyes.
Mans eyes are the map to the inner mind. You know this.=20

Dreams
When You close your eyes you come to Dreams. Dreams wants to tell you =
life is beautiful. When dreams are Bad, remember that they only reflect =
your life. You live with a belief that there are something bigger than =
you, the truth are you believe in God. But God is only an idea. Kill =
God, God is a bad idea.=20

Whistling
You can end bad dreams by whistle along with Nature. Nature likes that.=20

Contradiction
The Contradiction is the real truth. Your aim is to make the =
contradiction to contradiction truer. That is Mans greatest challenge. =
Man will succeed in this.=20

Music.
Something terrible has happened in the art of making music. Bellybongo =
can say that for certain, because music is the language of feeling and =
emotion, which are the main ingredients in Bellybongo. Bellybongo doesnt =
sense the smell of Man in music today. Digital is Alien. We cant let =
Digital keep deforming Man. The ways of making and recording music must =
get back to Analogue ways. Analogue is friend of Man. Digital is the =
most dangerous enemy we have had because Digital is not Nature. It is no =
need to fear Digital if Digital is used in copying man made art. Man =
made art will always carry true values, if the artist behind it is a =
true artist. Digital should be our slave.=20

Art
Artists now doesnt fully understand what the term Artist means. To be an =
artist means to be a creator. The artist himself means nothing, his work =
does. There are too many artists nowadays that doesnt believe in Man. =
They should either stop their acts, or start believe in Man, because =
creation without belief in Man is dangerous.=20

Death
Try to see to have pleasant dreams before entering death. This is =
Bellybongos advice. Suicide is not allowed because suicide doesnt =
change.=20

Dragonfly
In the Dragonfly lies the key to further enlightment. When Bellybongo =
dies, Bellybongo becomes Dragonfly.=20

Paradise
Bellybongo believes in Man. Man will succeed in regain Paradise.


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 14 May 1999 11:28:47 +0200


Have these been mentioned here before?

In 1997 Mercury/Talking Loud have put out compilations of Brazilian
music, called "Brazilica" (compiled by Gilles Peterson and Joe Davis). I
have here the "Brazilica 2" and what I like about it, is the selection.
Well known names mix with not so common ones, we have Gal Costa,
Gilberto Gil and Sergio Mendes, but who is MPB 4? However, the selection
concentrates on not so chique, not so loungy material, but the more
spiritual, hypnotic aspects of the Brazilian music. The multi-vocalistic
version of "Aqua de beber" by Quarteto Em Cy / Tamba Trio is just too
beautiful. Mmmmm...  warmest recommendation! Would like to know if there
are more volumes of "Brazilica"....

-Mo


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The eBay Question - the Shaman speaks
Date: 14 May 1999 11:30:28 +0200


NOW NOW, peaceful, brothers and sisters! As long as there is capit...,
uh, competion, there will be people who sell AND want as much for their
items as possible and people who buy AND want to pay for these items as
little as possible. However you organize the trade...  Our notorious
Karl Marx has found out these amazing facts over a hundred years ago.
Searching around in eBay just makes one all too greedy! Get rid of those
earthly desires, free yourself from the concentration camps of your
minds and find the spiritual dimensions of EXOTICA! Do you think Michael
Jackson is happier because he can buy any record he wants to for any
price? Does it make his music any better?
Be happy with less (just think of the next time you have to move),
collect JPEGs, buy flowers for your mother!


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Subject: Re: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 14 May 1999 11:54:58 -0400


     >Have these been mentioned here before?

     Not that I noticed, and they sound good, thanks.

     According to CDNow (just an information source, since they are
     charging $31.49), there is indeed a Brazilica Vol. 2 (cat. no. ELEKT
     M91413).  They give a track listing, but no artists.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question
Date: 14 May 1999 07:21:17 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 12:58:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Think of it this way: you're having a yard sale.  If
 given the choice, would you set it up in your back yard, with a sign
 pointing in, or in the front yard, where traffic can pass and see? >>

I think this missed Otto's point.  I think Otto was saying, if you are going
to have a yard sale why not ask your friends if they want first option on
what you have to offer.  Especially if you and the friends have the same
interest and like the same stuff.

Don't get me wrong, I like ebay and have bought about 40 things from sellers.
 I just think Otto's point is very valid.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) oodles of ebay
Date: 14 May 1999 07:26:32 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 1:07:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Also, a carrot on a stick compels the beast to work long and
 hard with no reward... on ebay, you bid (and snipe), you may win! >>

Of course only one will get to taste the sweet carrot.  The rest of the
jackasses in line will watching the one fat assed donkey (with gobs of
cashola) devour the prize.

I find it interesting that many of the records at eBay that are posted by
amateurs (the ones with a few feedbacks) are being bought by dealers.  I have
watched a few that get immediately recycled with a higher reserve.

Go figure.

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From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 13 May 1999 18:32:20 -0400


Okay, I figured out who does the song for Gap's Khaki Soul ad.
Bill Withers, Lovely Day.

Can anyone fill my little brain with what should be obvious?  That song =
that those retarded football players are singing on that Tostitos =
commercial.  "Groovin'... On a Sunday afternoon..."  I can sing it, but =
I have no idea who it's by, which is a tribute to my lack of AM radio =
knowledge.

Please help.
Thanks,
peter


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From: m h jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ska / Re: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 14 May 1999 12:46:03 +0100


> Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:56:26 +0200
> From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) ska
>
> BaBaS:
>
> >Can i ask about ska things on this list
>
> Only if it's off-beat!
>
> "exotic" ska-covers I know of:
>

Phyllis Dillon 'Perfidia'?


>
> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:28:47 +0200
> From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) "Brazilica"
>
> Have these been mentioned here before?
>

> Would like to know if there
> are more volumes of "Brazilica"....

There's a volume 3.  And three volumes of 'Talkin' Jazz' from the same
people which contain some exotic-ish and some latin-y MPS label stuff.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question
Date: 14 May 1999 08:25:02 EDT


In a message dated 5/13/99 11:58:52 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< I'd be interested to hear more feedback from others on the list about
 this issue...both sides of the coin have valid points...anyone? >>


I don't know whay you had such a ridiculous reaction to your postings on
eBay. Is this guy who protested next going to complain about records one buys
at a thrift store because it's not fair that he doesn't live within driving
distance. The reason to put something up for sale is so you get as much as
possible for it. But I guess this guy thinks its OK only if something sells
for a price HE is willing to pay. Post away it is a service to everyone on
the lsit.

Ashley


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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 14 May 1999 08:29:57 -0400


.>can anyone fill my little brain with what should be obvious?  That song
that those retarded football players are singing on that Tostitos
commercial.  "Groovin'... On a Sunday >afternoon..."  I can sing it, but I
have no idea who it's by, which is a tribute to my lack of AM radio knowledge.

The name of that song is "Groovin'" by the Young Rascals, on Atlantic,
which is easily obtainable.  It can be found on "The Very Best of the
Rascals".  CDNow has it for $9.99 and on the whole is sung better than
Parcells and his athletes.  If you don't want to spend the dough call your
local oldies station and make a request.  It's one of those songs that is
played quite a lot.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question
Date: 14 May 1999 08:34:35 EDT


An open letter about my previous posting:

Sorry Otto,
I didn't realize this original posting was from you! I must apologize for the
grumpy mood I am at this morning.

But for someone whose views i always concur with and who is one of the most
intellifgent and respected contributors to this list, I am really surprised
at your comments and must take the contrary point with you on this.

eBay is just another public forum for sale. When a dealer sells his stuff at
a record convention he is paying a fee just like he does to eBay to allow
their stuff to go for sale. Having a group of dealers at a record show or
flea market from around the country is a great idea and I don't mind paying
the entrance fee to have that oppertunity to find things I wouldn't find in
my local used record shops.

On eBay you can do the looking for free, no entry fee. So who is the bigger
exploiter here. the record conventions or eBay?

Ashley


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Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question
Date: 14 May 1999 08:39:03 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 6:22:55 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< << Think of it this way: you're having a yard sale.  If
  given the choice, would you set it up in your back yard, with a sign
  pointing in, or in the front yard, where traffic can pass and see? >>

 I think this missed Otto's point.  I think Otto was saying, if you are going
 to have a yard sale why not ask your friends if they want first option on
 what you have to offer.  Especially if you and the friends have the same
 interest and like the same stuff.

 Don't get me wrong, I like ebay and have bought about 40 things from
sellers.
  I just think Otto's point is very valid. >>

Now I undersatnd...I must say with this explination I understand Ott's
viewpoint and concur and leads me to feel red-faced embarassed about my first
omment. Sorry Otto.

Ashley


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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 70s cop shows revisited
Date: 14 May 1999 08:40:56 -0400


>I never knew Les Baxter could be funky...

Though I am probably treading where one Ms. Fondle normally does, it seemed
that there was almost no form of music that he couldn't do plausibly!  The
"Wild in the Streets" soundtrack features 'Psychedelic Senate" by him,
which is indeed trippy and not only did he compose a great deal of Exotica,
encompassing African and Latin influences, he also played Jazz and and
success with MOR.  Funky doesn't come as a surprise in this context, but it
is good to hear that his protean talent fit yet another genre!

Tamb...YAY!,
Brian Phillps



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Subject: Re: (exotica) oodles of ebay
Date: 14 May 1999 08:41:33 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 6:28:25 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< I find it interesting that many of the records at eBay that are posted by
 amateurs (the ones with a few feedbacks) are being bought by dealers.  I
have
 watched a few that get immediately recycled with a higher reserve. >>


I see that at record conventions all the time.

Ashley


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Subject: Re: (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 14 May 1999 08:42:01 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 6:36:30 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Can anyone fill my little brain with what should be obvious?  That song
that those retarded football players are singing on that Tostitos commercial.
 "Groovin'... On a Sunday afternoon..."  I can sing it, but I have no idea
who it's by, which is a tribute to my lack of AM radio knowledge. >>


Lovin' Spoonful

ashley


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Subject: Re: (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 14 May 1999 08:48:24 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 7:44:53 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< << Can anyone fill my little brain with what should be obvious?  That song
 that those retarded football players are singing on that Tostitos
commercial.
  "Groovin'... On a Sunday afternoon..."  I can sing it, but I have no idea
 who it's by, which is a tribute to my lack of AM radio knowledge. >>


 Lovin' Spoonful

 ashley >>

IWRONG!!!! I stand corrected by the previous posting. That's twice today I've
not looked before I leaped. Not a good day for the Ash man on the exotica
list!

Ashley


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Judy Chabola,Sally Payne Kelly,Leon Thomas
Date: 14 May 1999 10:56:39 -0500


                           *Judy Chabola
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Judy Chabola, an award-winning choreographer and stage
director of televised events including the Olympics and Emmy, Grammy and
Academy Awards ceremonies, died Sunday of breast cancer. She was 47.
    Chabola was special events coordinator for the Los Angeles Unified School
District when she volunteered to help with the 1984 summer Olympics. She
contributed to the dance routines for the opening and closing ceremonies at
the Los Angeles Coliseum.
    That assignment won a Bob Fosse Award in choreography for her and her
co-creator, Kenny Ortega. They both were nominated for an Emmy.
    Ms. Chabola choreographed the ceremonies for the 1992 Olympics in
Barcelona, the 1992 and 1994 soccer World Cup, and 10 Super Bowl half-time
shows. She worked on more than 100 special events and TV broadcasts,
including Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Billboard and Essence awards.

                         *Sally Payne Kelly
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sally Payne Kelly, an actress who appeared in a series
of 1940s Westerns with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry before becoming an
illustrator for children's books, died Saturday. She was 85.
    Originally known as the ``Sunshine Girl'' of artists' models, Sally Payne
came to Hollywood under contract to appear in Republic Studios cowboy films.
    She made her debut in a bit part as a tourist in the 1934 film ``Hollywood
Hobbies.'' By 1940, before moving into a series of westerns, she had
appeared as a maid in ``No, No, Nanette'' and as Lucy Endover in ``La Conga
Nights.''
    She married Western Airlines executive Arthur F. Kelly in 1942 and turned
to art. She painted oils for her home and those of friends and illustrated a
series of ``Small Star'' children's books, including ``Neighbors.''

                            *Leon Thomas
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Leon Thomas, a jazz singer known for his ululating style,
died Saturday of heart failure as a result of leukemia. He was 61.
    Thomas developed his wordless yodeling style -- which he later called
``soularphone'' -- in the late 1960s when he performed with musician Pharoah
Sanders. His elastic throat articulation was compared to African pygmy and
American Indian singing techniques.
    Along with Sanders, Thomas helped develop ``kosmigroov,'' a type of
spiritual African-tinged soul-jazz exemplified in recordings like ``The
Creator Has a Master Plan'' (1969) and ``Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah''
(1970).
    Born in Illinois, Thomas moved to New York in 1958 and worked as a straight
blues-jazz singer. By the mid-1960s he was performing with Count Basie and
Mary Lou Williams.
    Later in his career he recorded albums for the Flying Dutchman label, and
spent two years with the band Santana. In recent years, he often sang at the
Lenox Lounge in Harlem.

May 14, 1999
Leon Thomas, 61, Jazz Singer Known for 'Yodel'
By BEN RATLIFF,NYTimes
Leon Thomas, a jazz singer known for his bellowing glottal-stop style in
free jazz of the 1970's, died on Saturday at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx.
He was 61 and lived in the Bronx.

The cause was heart failure as a result of leukemia, Karen Dagneau, his tour
manager, said.

Thomas, who was born in East St. Louis, Ill., and studied music at Tennessee
State University, moved to New York in 1958. With his stout tenor voice, he
worked as a straight blues-jazz singer, performing with Count Basie and Mary
Lou Williams in the mid-60's. But by then he had also begun to spend time
with young jazz musicians, like Randy Weston and Pharoah Sanders, who were
looking to Africa, the East and meditation for musical material.

Onstage with Sanders in the late 60's Thomas developed his ululating singing
style, which has been compared to African pygmy and American Indian singing
techniques, and which he later called "soularphone." He believed that his
ancestors had given him his elastic throat articulation, he said, and
henceforth always used it.

Pharoah Sanders tracks like "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from 1969 and
"Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah" from 1970 were full of Thomas's wordless
yodeling over band vamps.

This kind of spiritual African-tinged soul-jazz has become known as
"kosmigroov."

After working with Sanders and making some of his own albums for the Flying
Dutchman label, he spent two years with the band Santana.

In the last few years he often sang at the Lenox Lounge in Harlem.

Thomas is survived by a son, Amos, of the Bronx, and a brother, Curtis of
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Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question - the Shaman speaks
Date: 14 May 1999 11:24:29 -0400


>Be happy with less (just think of the next time you have to move),
>collect JPEGs, buy flowers for your mother!

Or get a musical instrument and make your own music (go with percussion if
you're intimidated by notes). You don't have to be brilliant -- just relax
and have fun. As the old Sears Catalog used to say, "Music self-played is
happiness well-made." It concerns me that most people today probably
perceive music as a product you purchase, rather than a living art made by
living people.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) High Fidelity
Date: 14 May 1999 11:22:34 -0400


Nat Kone <[e-mail]> writes:

>Stephen Frears is directing the film version of Nick Hornby's
>novel "High Fidelity".
          [snip]
>The lead is being played by John Cusack who's a bit younger and
>hipper than I imagined the lead when I read the book

I dunno about the hipness factor, but wasn't the lead in the book only 30?


Peter
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Subject: Re:  (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 14 May 1999 14:32:26 EDT



In a message dated 5/14/99 7:36:30 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>"Groovin'... On a Sunday afternoon..."

Young Rascals, later known as Rascals, Italo/Soul band from Lawn Guyland,
(btw. I have that song in Italian and Spanish as well by the Rascals) Jimmy
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Date: 14 May 1999 14:42:03 EDT



In a message dated 5/14/99 11:32:02 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I dunno about the hipness factor, but wasn't the lead in the book only 30?

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Subject: (exotica) Uh oh!
Date: 14 May 1999 16:23:42 -0400


http://www.gemm.com has it.  The title is Okeh Western Swing and it was on
Epic, the number of the release may be 0373242.  Do a search on Okeh
Western and you wont go far wrong.


...then again, maybe you will!  Kirsten had the presence of mind to look at
the feedback about the vendor and it was none too positive, so you may not
wish to pursue this.  http;//www.musicfile.com came up with the LP for 25
dollars and good feedback about the vendor.

As it is with Gemm or Musicfile or that auction place that rhymes with
relay, caveat emptor (does caveat vendor mean "let the vendor beware"?)

The cat from north of Manhattan, with the Latin Au Gratin,
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Subject: (exotica) Another John Kirby tribute project
Date: 14 May 1999 16:22:53 -0500


From our pals at Basta:
http://www.basta.nl/catalogus5.html

Robert Veen Sextet / Aces of Swing=20
Jazz musician Robert Veen formed this sextet to perform authentic swing
music as played in America in the 1930s. The ensemble specializes in the
work of the John Kirby Sextet, an American group whose popularity peaked
during the years 1938=961942 and has been compared to the Raymond Scott
Sextet. Leader John Kirby and arranger Charlie Shavers created highly
intricate compositions and arrangements, forming a bridge between the swing
music of the =9230s and the bebop of the =9240s. Their music simply=
 represented
the highest attainable level for musicians of the swing era. Selections
include =93A Close Shave,=94 =93Opus Five,=94 and =93Pastel/Blue Dilemma.=94
Trumpet player Menno Daams, clarinetist Ronald Jansen Heijtmajer and sax
player Robert Veen (also key members of The Beau Hunks orchestra) have
worked together as musicians for many years. Joep Peeters and Tilmar Junius
alternate on piano. Jan Voogd plays an authentic double bass. Louis Debij is
Holland=92s top drummer and also a swing enthusiast. Vocalist Fay Victor
performs on some selections, some of which were arranged especially by
Robert Veen.=20
A Close Shave 2`36``=20
The Bird of the Blues 4`00``=20
Old Fashioned Love 2`45``=20
Good Morning Heartache 5`00``=20
Rose Room 3`32``=20
Eccentric Rag 2`42``=20
Tunisian Trail 3`32``=20
I Love Being Here with You 5`42`` =20
Blue Skies 2`52``=20
Opus Five 2`41``=20
That`s All 3`47``=20
Coming Back 2`52``=20
Coquette 3`36``=20
Our Love Is Here to Stay 5`17``=20
Sweet Georgia Brown 3`30``=20
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Subject: (exotica) Re: Fwd: HONKY
Date: 14 May 1999 16:48:11 -0400


I am retransmitting this because of e-trouble!



In the "soundtrack is better than the film" department, we
have...HONKY!  Ahh,yes, as the film description says on the box, "a
love story...about hate" or something simpy.  Anyway, it's an
inter-racial love affair b-movie, set in the early 70s...lots of talk
about "turning on" and "hang-ups". But the film score cat, Quincy
Jones, is of course, oh-so-A-list..Anybody know whether the groovy OST
for HONKY was ever released?
Jane Fondle...still wondering about POINT OF TERROR...too!

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Subject: Subject: (exotica) Re BFTG/Jungle Exotica - was "She's My Witch"
Date: 14 May 1999 14:06:46 +0100


This explains a lot about the Jungle Exotica LP's (I was given vol 2 for
my birthday) Wild Wild LP,  Raw strange surf/bongo/murky music.  Its
fun,  but I can't listen to too much at one sitting,  just one side at a
time.

Laura,  the back from the grave Lps are pure 60's punk,  reissues of
real low budget limited run singles produced by the disaffected youth of
the American middle classes.  Some of the artists appear on the pebbles
LPs,  but the stuff here is more demented (or more stupid),  and better
quality pressings than my (80's) copies of pebbles.  I think my
favourite though is highs of the mid 60s.  Just for 'The light Show'.




If any of you decide to buy any of the BFTG collections (there are 8
volumes), which are all heartily recommended by myself, buy the LPs if
you
can.  The compiler (Tim Warren) hates CDs so much, he will actually lop
off
songs from the CD and put more on the vinyl.  He also distributes or
actually compiled "Jungle Exotica", which leans more toward Rock than
orchestrated material but is enjoyable all the same.





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Subject: Subject: (exotica) not really Re: John Kirby
Date: 14 May 1999 14:17:26 +0100


Off from a tangent from this I played out 'No Opportunity Neccessary No
Experience Needed' by Yes from 'Time and a Word' last night,  totally in
keeping with the rest of my set.  Lovely fat organ sound,  strings
lifted from the theme to The Big Country and a wonderful bassline that
just keeps going faster and faster.  Straight into a Gert Wilden
afterwards, lahvlee.

I promise,  strictly on-list next post.


El Maestro Con Queso

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collect all the best tunes that "jazz the classics"
I did a short radio show on just that many beautiful moons ago.
Considering cartoon soundtracks of the time, shows like "It Pays To Be
Ignorant" and even "progressive" rock groups like ELP and Yes, this is
not
too surprising.  I agree that that would be a cool idea.




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From: Laura Taylor <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) HONKY
Date: 14 May 1999 08:48:29 -0700 (PDT)


In the "soundtrack is better than the film" department, we
have...HONKY!  Ahh,yes, as the film description says on the box, "a
love story...about hate" or something simpy.  Anyway, it's an
inter-racial love affair b-movie, set in the early 70s...lots of talk
about "turning on" and "hang-ups". But the film score cat, Quincy
Jones, is of course, oh-so-A-list..Anybody know whether the groovy OST
for HONKY was ever released?
Jane Fondle...still wondering about POINT OF TERROR...too!

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Subject: (exotica) Reissues / Bing Crosby Link
Date: 14 May 1999 17:01:34 -0400



The May 13 Washington Post had a good article about a guy named F.B.
Wiggins who has played a key role in some re-issues of Bing Crosby's
music.  I know that Bing falls perhaps just outside of the fuzzy exotica
border, but I found the article interesting with their perspective of
what gets re-issued and what gets left behind.

The article is positive and inspiring....those of you who are interested
in releasing some locked treasures from the corporate vaults might enjoy
it also

http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-05/13/035l-051399-idx.html

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Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #392
Date: 14 May 1999 11:18:05 -0000


>From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
>
>Then I heartily recommend the Okeh Western Swing compilation if you don't
>have it already.

I don't know if I've seen that one. What is the title and SKU
number? I'd like to look for it. The collections I have are:

Kings of Western Swing (Charly)
Jitterbug Jive (Krazy Kat)
Hillbilly Boogie (Columbia)
Heading Back to Houston (Krazy Kat)
Western Swing Texas 1928-1944 (Fremeaux & Assoc.)
Hillbilly Fever Vol 1: Legends of Western Swing (Rhino)

>...and may I say that I have enjoyed Spumco animation for many years,
>having been an animation gourmand for a long time -Brian Phillips

Glad you like our crap!

If you are interested in production music, you probably know
that most of the Ren & Stimpy cuts were from the Capitol /
KPM libraries. (Caroline Records has two great CDs of
this stuff). We also use the Chappell Music library. It
includes the Captain Kangaroo cue we used in the first
commercial we did for Old Navy (There is a quicktime
version of that commercial on our website if you are
interested.) Most of the music in our web cartoons comes
from Chappell. The Chappell library also has great drama
and crime cues. (A CD called "Betty Page Danger Girl" had
a lot of these on it...)

We just finished a prime time special for Cartoon Network
starring Ranger Smith and Yogi Bear. We had the "cartoon music
expert" Daniel Goldmark research the stock music used in the
original series and we were able to license some of them. In
a few cases, it was first time these tracks had been used in
decades.

Unfortunately, just like consumer CD's a lot of the libraries
had undergone digital mauling. The stock music companies seem
to feel the need to put digital reverb on old cuts, and filter
out all the surface noise until the music loses all of its
punch. On many of the most important cues, like John Seeley
and William Loose's "Toboggan Run", we were able to convince
them to pull the original acetate masters and make us straight
unaltered dubs off of those. The funny thing is, I was watching
an old Yogi Bear cartoon from the early sixties, and there
were pops and clicks in the exact same places that there was
pops and clicks on the acetate they pulled for us! Even back
then, they sounded pretty much the same.

In any case, you will really like the music... lots of great
Jack Shandlain, George Hormel, John Seeley and William Loose
tracks mixed in. It really gives it the feel of the old show.

See ya
Steve

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #392
Date: 14 May 1999 14:42:50 -0400


>From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
>
>Then I heartily recommend the Okeh Western Swing compilation if you don't
>have it already.

I don't know if I've seen that one. What is the title and SKU
number? I'd like to look for it. The collections I have are:

http://www.gemm.com has it.  The title is Okeh Western Swing and it was on
Epic, the number of the release may be 0373242.  Do a search on Okeh
Western and you wont go far wrong.

And thanks for all of the wonderful information!

Brian Phillips


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Subject: Re: (exotica) High Fidelity
Date: 14 May 1999 17:17:05 -0400


> >The lead is being played by John Cusack who's a bit younger and
> >hipper than I imagined the lead when I read the book
>
> I dunno about the hipness factor, but wasn't the lead in the book only 30?

Rob, the main character in High Fidelity, has his 36th birthday in the novel.

Rob at one point spends a long paragraph talking about the meaning in Dusty
Springfield's version of 'The Look of Love'  The book was first published in
1995, if it would be written today, I would expect the Rob character to make a
few more lounge/exotica references.  I had the definite impression he was NOT
into the mainstream...instead he ridicules much of it.  This excerpt happens
when he is looking through the CD collection of his girlfriend's
co-workers......

"So I wander over to the shelf, and turn my head to one side and squint, and
sure enough, it's a disaster area, the sort of CD collection that is so
poisonously awful that it should be put in a steel case and shipped off to some
Third World waste dump.  They're all there:  Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Kate
Bush, Pink Floyd, Simply Red, the Beatles, of course, Mike Oldfield (Tubular
Bells I and II), Meat Loaf.....I don't have much time to examine the vinyl, but
I see a couple of Eagles records"

good book, now waiting for the movie
Vern



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Music out of the Moon, etc.
Date: 14 May 1999 16:29:58 -0500


Okay, I got my copy *reserved* and I'm going
to pick it up on my way home tonight, so
I guess I can let the cat out of the bag.
I've been wanting this so badly ever since
I saw _Theremin_.  Oh, and coincidentally,
I picked up Clara Rockmore's CD yesterday
for $9.99 -- it's going to be a theremin-
inspired finals week for me.

From the Dustygroove web page:

"Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman/Les Baxter/Harry Revel -- Theremin -- Music Out
Of The Moon/Perfume Set To
Music/Music For Peace Of Mind . . . CD . . . $29.99
Basta (Netherlands), Early 50s/1999 (3CDs) Condition: New Copy | View
Cart ]
Amazing! This is a stunning 3 CD set that reissues the original 10"
albums of early Theremin material by Dr. Samuel Hoffman!
The records were originally issued by Capitol and RCA in the early 50's,
and they're as rare as can be on vinyl. This set
packs tiny 5" replicas of the albums themselves into a tiny box, along
with a very nice booklet that contains a wealth of
information on Hoffman, the Theremin, and lots of other nice bits. The
orchestrations for the albums are by Les Baxter and
Billy May, and the works were written by the enigmatic Harry Revel. The
sound is incredible, and is a wild mix of sci fi and
easy themes, with a feel that is out of this world! The package is more
beautiful than we can describe, and this is a
long-overdue tribute to 3 of the weirdest records of all time!"



--

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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ska / Re: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 14 May 1999 18:55:13 -0500


m h jemmeson wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:56:26 +0200
> > From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
> > Subject: (exotica) ska
> >
> > BaBaS:
> >
> > >Can i ask about ska things on this list
> >
> > Only if it's off-beat!
> >
> > "exotic" ska-covers I know of:
> >
>
> Phyllis Dillon 'Perfidia'?

Yes, yes, YES ! This is one of my favorite versions of Perfidia but
technically it's a rock-steady tune not ska. When she says "sock it to me
baby"  in the middle of the song it gives me a shiver. It can be had on the CD
collection "Duke Reid's Treasure Chest - Treasure Isle Rock-Steady" on
Heartbeat 95/96 (this 2-cd set has since been broken up into two singly issued
cds)

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From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Damn!
Date: 14 May 1999 20:09:48 -0400


I hit a Record Exchange here in Cinci, and though they didn't have a =
ton, they did have a couple of nice things, all at 33 cents.
One rekkid was a copy of Breakfast at Tiffany's by Mancini.  Nice =
condition all around except the track Mr. Yunioshi has this tremendous =
groove in it that someone obviously cut with a knife or something.  =
Quite bizarre.
Also got Ray Charles Singers Command Performances on Command.  Not a big =
RC fan, but it had Hawaiian War Chant...
A couple of Herb Alpert rekkids, the ubiquitous Goin' Places (what the =
hell) and ...Sounds Like... which is a beautiful cover.
Also a copy of Nino Rota's score for Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet.  =
Hopefully good.
Then a couple of other non-list oriented things including an absolutely =
golden mint copy of Derek and the Domino's Layla and that rekkid by =
Oliver, Good Morning Starshine.

Not a bad haul for under 5 bucks.
But that Mancini rekkid.  What a weird thing to do to a record.  A =
mauling.

Peter


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Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) High Fidelity
Date: 14 May 1999 20:27:56 EDT



In a message dated 5/14/99 5:26:07 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>They're all there:  Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Kate
>Bush, Pink Floyd, Simply Red, the Beatles, of course, Mike Oldfield (Tubular
>Bells I and II), Meat Loaf.....I don't have much time to examine the vinyl,
but
>I see a couple of Eagles records"
>
>good book, now waiting for the movie

I can't quote from the book and admit to being a record collector for many a
Moon, but above and beyond the above-mentioned groups, the book, as I recall,
continually referred to specific songs as being excellent. Most of them were
well known and although good, it didn't seem to me to be a used record shop
proprietor's "want list" by any stretch. I kept thinking that if I were to
visit that record shop (in '95), there probably wouldn't be a whole lot I
would need, based on his favored songs and records. Ok book, can wait forever
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Bacharach Birthday Playlist
Date: 14 May 1999 20:43:45 EDT


Burt Bacharach-Something Big
Lanie Kazan-Look Of Love
Dionne Warwick-Here I Am
Brass Ring-Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
Christopher Scott-Everybody's Out Of Town
Living marimbas-I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Gene Pitney-Fool Killer
-Dusty Springfield-Look Of Love (casino royale version)
-Enoch Light-What The World Needs Now
-Burt Bacharach-Saturday Sunshine
-Petula Clark-Saturday Sunshine
-Stan Getz-Walk On By
-Cal Tjader-You'll Never Get To Heaven
-Jackie DeShannon-So Long Johnny
-Wondermints-Don't Go Breakin' My Heart
-Christopher Scott-What's New Pussycat?
Johnny Mann Singers-What The World Needs Now
Billy Strange-What The World Needs Now
Claudine Longet-Look Of Love
Pizzicato 5-Me Japanese Boy
Bobby Goldsboro-Me Japanese Boy
Dusty Springfield-This Girl's In Love With You
Dionne Warwick-Odds And Ends
Edyie Gorme-Knowing When To Leave
Bacharach Orchestra-Grapes of Roth
Walter Wanderly-Reach Out For Me
Burt Bacharach-Bond Street
-OST-After The Fox (after the fox)
-OST-Pussy Cats On Parade (what's new pussycat)
-OST-Hot Gold (after the fox)
-Percy Faith-Are You There With Another Girl?
-Dionne Warwick-Paper Mache
-Seks Bomba-Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
-Mark Lindsay-Something Big
-OST-Promise Her Anything (instro from promise her anything)
-Tom Jones-Promise Her Anything
            ----------Wayne Newton-Wives And Lovers----------
                                Happy 71st
Burt!


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From: James G <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica)Young Lounge Rascals
Date: 14 May 1999 21:53:19 -0700


DJJimmy answered the Groovin question correctly with < Young Rascals,
later known as Rascals, Italo/Soul band from Lawn Guyland>

I've been meaning for years to bring up this great puffy-shirt group's
probable Lawn Guyland(the phonetic spelling?) wedding band roots, as
evidenced by their 2nd LP "Collections", which includes "Since I Fell
For You" and my very favorite version of Riz Ortolani's "More", a wild
slow-fast-slow Hammond-slammin lounge classic with Eddie Brigati
warbling away, the gals swooning, and the groomsmen sneaking in some
slow dance grinds with the bridesmaids.....and to think i used to skip
over this cut!

JB


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question - the Shaman speaks
Date: 15 May 1999 12:17:32 +0200


mike ace wrote:

>  It concerns me that most people today probably
> perceive music as a product you purchase, rather than a living art made by
> living people.

When I listen to the early Brazilian music, as represented on the "Brezil-the
early years"-CDs, I notice that the songs seem to be based on often repeated
strong chorus-lines sung unisono by groups of men and women, designed to be
sung along as part of the fun of enjoying this kind of music. It seems to me
that the people at that time were singing and/or dancing to music when
listening,  as a group experience. I remember when I was a kid we were
visiting this friend of my mother in Italy, this beautiful film actrice, and
she would take any opportunity to sing, like when driving around in her
convertible car, or walking at the beach, and she would always reprimand me
when I would not join her. I belong to the generation that has grown up
entirely with records and tapes and no live music at all. I think I was 13
when I heard my first live concert; (according to neurologists it's too late
then). You can also see this kind of collective singing enchantment in Tati's
film "Mon oncle", when this group of people drives around in Paris ( like from
one bar to the next) in a horse carrier and they all sing the incredibly
catchy title melody of the movie all the time.


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 15 May 1999 12:17:43 +0200


[e-mail] wrote:

>      According to CDNow (just an information source, since they are
>      charging $31.49), there is indeed a Brazilica Vol. 2 (cat. no. ELEKT
>      M91413).  They give a track listing, but no artists.

Volume 2 is what I was writing about. If you want I can give you the artist's
listing. I think the 1st volume is what a friend recorded for me a while ago,
that one was not be so brillant.I'd like to add an aspect about Vol.2: I think
this selection represents what you could call the black influence in Brazilian
music.  Isn't Gilles Peterson, one of the guys who compiled the CD, a black
jazz musician from N.Y.?


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Damn!
Date: 15 May 1999 07:36:58 EDT


In a message dated 5/14/99 8:24:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< But that Mancini rekkid.  What a weird thing to do to a record.  A
mauling. >>

Yeah, unless your remember the Mr. Yunioshi character Mickey Rooney played
and then you might understand why someone would "cut" his song.

"Take that you landlord bastard!!!"


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) OFF TOPIC: Mac sound problem
Date: 15 May 1999 12:17:36 +0100


Folks

apologies for the off-topic post but since we're all audio addicts here, i
thought it likely that someone might have some useful info, which i'll be
sharing with a number of people who are having similar problems ...

i have an Macintosh 8600 which i bought mainly so that i could start to
edit sound files at full bandwidth.

however i'm finding that when the RCA In is selected as audio input device,
i'm getting a certain amount of mains hum coming thru even before i plug
anything in ... strangely this doesn't happen when External Mic is selected
as input device ... or any other input option for that matter ... so  when
i record anything on to the Mac thru the RCA In input it has this low hum
on it ... it's driving me crazy ...

does anyone have any idea what my problem could be and more importantly how
i can get rid of it?

or even some on-line resources that might be useful

i'm in the UK by the way ...

much apreciated

Sem Sinatra




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Subject: Fw: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 14 May 1999 08:17:32 PDT



 that one was not be so brillant.I'd like to add an aspect about Vol.2: =
I
> think
> > this selection represents what you could call the black influence in
> Brazilian
> > music.  Isn't Gilles Peterson, one of the guys who compiled the CD, =
a black
> > jazz musician from N.Y.?
>
> No, I am pretty sure Gilles is white and from London. Go figure.
>
> x Jill Mingo-go




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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 15 May 1999 09:21:05 -0400


At 12:17 PM +0200 5/15/99, Moritz R wrote:

>Isn't Gilles Peterson, one of the guys who compiled the CD, a black
>jazz musician from N.Y.?

nope. He's a white British DJ

br cleve


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From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha 9/5/99 Playlist
Date: 15 May 1999 15:26:02 +0100


Here's the playllist for my radio show Moon Base Alpha which went
out last Sunday morning:

Moon Base Alpha 9/5/99 Playlist

INTRO: Dick Hyman - Moon Gas
Eartha Kitt - Let's Do It
France Gall - Y'a du Soleil
Pizzicato Five - La Depression
Free Design - Bubbles
Alan Lorber Orchestra - Mas Que Nada
Astrud Gilberto - Agua de Beber
Ferrante & Teicher - African Echoes
Enoch Light - Taboo
Professor Stephen Hawking sings:
- Fever (backed by the Three Suns - Fever)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (backed by Korla Pandit - Smoke Gets
in Your Eyes)
Augusto Martelli - Nanaue
Anandji, Katyanji - The Good the Bad and the Chutney
Ananda Shankar - Snow Flower
Dick Hyman - Goldfinger
Thurrlow Spurr - Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho
Tony Mottola - Lay Lady Lay
Bobby Byrne - A Taste of Honey
Oranj Symphonette - Magnificent Seven
Erotica Italia - Part-Y Time
Louise Huebner - Intro to Seduction Through Witchcraft
Turn On - Ru Tenone
Moog Cookbook - Black Hole Sun
Our Version of the Star Wars Trailer (back by Tomita - Star Wars
Theme)
Ed Lincoln - Cochise
Enoch Light - Bond Street
Doris Day - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Perrey & Kingsley - One Note Samba
Richard Hayman - The Look of Love
Multiplication Rock - Three is a Magic Number
Kurt Villy and his KaJazzateers - Fly Me to the Moon
Piero Umiliani - Mah Nah Mah Nah
Del Close/John Brent - Introduction to the Language of Hip
Rod McKuen - The Beat Generation
Combustible Edison - Solid State
Stereolab - Miss Modular
Big Jim Sullivan - Sunshine Superman
Yetta Brontstein - I Want to Hold Your Hand
Laika & the Cosmonauts - Psyko
Henry Mancini - Shot in the Dark
Les Baxter - Jungalero

We're on the air again tomorrow (Sunday) morning so listeners in
the Edinburgh area should tune their radio dials to 105.4 FM from
1000-1200.


DJ Bongo Boy


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From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) eBay
Date: 15 May 1999 17:34:56 -0400


For what it's worth, I like a little three line note telling me stuff is for sale.  Easy enough to delete or skip over.
Easy enough for me to dive in if I'm interested.


Peter


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Subject: Re: (exotica) The eBay Question
Date: 15 May 1999 18:18:26 EDT


<<why don't you put it up for auction to the exotica list first rather than
the
dog-eat-dog free for all of ebay or stop advertising it here like a carrot on
a stick and stick to ebay?>>

 <<Your point is taken, and I will stop posting such things (I've said in
 previous postings that if anyone finds it unwanted, I'd stop).  I must
 point out to you however, that I'm far from the first or only person to
 post eBay auctions on this list. >>

<<I'd be interested to hear more feedback from others on the list about
this issue...both sides of the coin have valid points...anyone?>>

I say that you and anybody else who has interesting items on sale on ebay is
certainly doing me a favor by posting the information.

As far as giving all your "buddies" here on the exotica mailing list first
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Subject: Re:  (exotica)Young Lounge Rascals
Date: 15 May 1999 19:59:47 EDT



In a message dated 5/15/99 12:54:03 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Eddie Brigati
>warbling away,

Eddie was the Easy Side of the Rascals. How can I be sure? I've reviewed the
entire discography and there "ain't no bout adout it" (Larry Graham) Capiche?
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Date: 15 May 1999 20:07:30 EDT



In a message dated 5/15/99 9:12:28 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Gilles is white

Color unimportance notwithstanding (and I'm not implying that anyone has
indicated that it WAS important), I've never heard of an African-American
named Gilles.  And the name Peterson is a name unaffiliated with any black
communities around these parts, and I've been working with the 'hoods in some
way shape or form since 1979.  I will check with a coupla homes I know to try
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From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) record store tip
Date: 15 May 1999 20:32:47 -0500


If you're in or near New York City, drop by Holy Cow, a record store =
in Brooklyn. I was there today and they had just put out several very =
nice items from Irma, Easy Tempo, etc. All on vinyl at decent prices =
($18-23 for double albums). The used vinyl section in the back of the =
store is worth investigating as well=8BI've found a lot of good stuff =
there over the past few years, including a Kaye Ballard album with =
one of the most demented sleeves I've ever seen. Owner Steve is very =
nice and very knowledgeable, and he'll play stuff if you ask nicely.

This is just a satisfied customer's opinion by the way.

Holy Cow is on 9th St at 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 15 May 1999 21:13:08 -0500


Get your wetsuit ready for this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast!
You'll hear some of Leo Diamond's wonderfully wacky "Skin Diver
Suite".  Then it's off to a scuba lesson with Lloyd Bridges and the
theme from TV's "Sea Hunt".

Other treats includes a pair of tracks from the great new collection
of '70s mood music from the MPS label - "Snowflakes";  Edmundo Ros
and his Orchestra with a Latin-ized spin on Stevie Wonder's "You Are
the Sunshine of My Life";  bossa nova by Walter Wanderley (it's von-
der-LAY, if you please), Les Baxter and Neil Richardson;  crime jazz
from "I Spy", "Mannix" and "Hawaiian Eye";  stereo over-stimulation
by Henri Rene, Roger King Mozian and the Frankie Capp Percussion
Group;  and the go-go sounds of 101 Strings, Maurice Pop and Werner
Drexler (who?).

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

You'll need at least a 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer, which
you can download for free at:

http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html?src=macbeta

As always, your comments, suggestions and requests are welcome.

Thanks for the space!


Darrell Brogdon
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KANU Radio
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) High Fidelity
Date: 15 May 1999 23:44:31 -0400


At 08:27 PM 5/14/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>>good book, now waiting for the movie
>
>I can't quote from the book and admit to being a record collector for many a
>Moon, but above and beyond the above-mentioned groups, the book, as I
recall,
>continually referred to specific songs as being excellent. Most of them were
>well known and although good, it didn't seem to me to be a used record shop
>proprietor's "want list" by any stretch. I kept thinking that if I were to
>visit that record shop (in '95), there probably wouldn't be a whole lot I
>would need, based on his favored songs and records. Ok book, can wait
forever
>for the movie

In the absence of any other books set in used-record stores, "High
Fidelity" comes off okay but I too thought the book fell short of my hopes.
 I'm not going to go and pull it off the shelves to prove my point but like
Jimmy, I also thought that the musical references were limited to a very
familiar "pop rock so-called collector's records".  But that's okay.  There
are probably more people collecting that kind of stuff than anything else
in the greater record collector world.
As far as the movie goes, if it wasn't Stephen Frears and John Cusack
involved, I would be certain that the used-record store context would just
become a backdrop and nothing more.
But something tells me that those involved are "hip" enough to properly
exploit the whole record-collecting ambience.
I posted about this after I read an item in a local paper about
transplanted Torontonian Neko Case going down to Chicago to audition for
the part of the singer.  According to the item, she didn't think she got
the part but still, if they're hip enough to know about her, that's a
hopeful sign.

But if you're looking for a film with slightly more record-collecting and
exotica content, well... wait a couple of months and I'll tell you about one.


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 15 May 1999 23:44:25 -0400


At 02:32 PM 5/14/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>>"Groovin'... On a Sunday afternoon..."
>
>Young Rascals, later known as Rascals, Italo/Soul band from Lawn Guyland,
>(btw. I have that song in Italian and Spanish as well by the Rascals) Jimmy
>Botticelli

Speaking of the Rascals... (You want me to name the individual members?
They had no bass player btw.)  I can't remember the name of the record but
I'm sure someone here will know it... Anyway in their latter days, they
changed from a hot rock combo into a pseudo jazz band and did at least one
record with Alice Coltrane playing harp.
(Am I dreaming?  I know there was harp but maybe it wasn't Alice.)
That's not exactly exotica content but that record is pretty exotic and
mellow and even kind of great in parts.

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Subject: Re:  Fw: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 15 May 1999 23:50:06 -0400


At 08:07 PM 5/15/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>.  And the name Peterson is a name unaffiliated with any black
>communities around these parts, and I've been working with the 'hoods in
some
>way shape or form since 1979.

I'll let Oscar know about this.  Maybe he'll want to change his
"affiliation" before it's too late.  Then again, he's from Montreal so who
the hell knows how he got that name.

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Subject: Re: Fw: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 16 May 1999 11:12:42 +0200


[e-mail] wrote:

> I've never heard of an African-American
> named Gilles.  And the name Peterson is a name unaffiliated with any black
> communities around these parts

OK OK, got it. (Around the parts where I live black men have names like Roberto
Blanco) Still, there IS a dimension in Brazilian music, that I can't explain any
other than "black", and I think it's essential and I like it and I find it
represented in the Brazilica 2 comp. If there's someone in the list who is
familiar with the history of Brazilian music, I'd certainly like to learn more
about it.

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Calypso compilations
Date: 16 May 1999 10:46:39 +0200



Last friday my daily paper printed a good review of this new calypso
compilation from Rounder.

Anyone can recommend the other calypsotitles they have in their catalog?

-------------


from:  www.rounder.com

ROUN1142
CD   $14.98

Various Artists
Roosevelt in Trinidad: Calypsos of Events, Places, and Personalities
1933-1939

Songs about British royalty, American movie stars and singers, of local
politics, sporting events and disasters all vie for attention in the calypso
song. Enormously popular during the 1930s, today these songs are a window on
a specific place and time, mirroring contemporary attitudes towards
international events. But more than that, these songs are charming, clever,
philosophical and funny, possessing a sophisticated (and often biting) wit.
Several of the songs heard here were revived in the '70s by such artists as
Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks and others.

01.  Trinidad Hurricane  Wilmoth Houdini  3:06
02.  The Treasury Fire  Lionel Belasco and His Orchestra (E. Peters, vocal)
2:54
03.  West Indian Federation  The Atilla  2:55
04.  Mannie Dookie  The Tiger  3:05
05.  Captain Cipriani  Egbert Moore (Lord Beginner)  2:53
06.  Duke and Duchess of Kent  Raymond Quevedo (Atilla the Hun)  3:06
07.  M.C.C. vs. West Indies  Egbert Moore (Lord Beginner)  2:52
08.  Unfortunate Bridegroom  King Radio  2:56
09.  Movie Stars  The Tiger  3:01
10.  Four Mills Brothers  The Lion  2:45
11.  Body Line  King Radio  2:57
12.  Intercolonial Tournament  The Atilla  2:58
13.  Edward the VIII  The Caresser  3:06
14.  Roosevelt in Trinidad  The Atilla  2:33
15.  King George the VI  The Lion  3:10
16.  Reign of the Georges  The Executor  3:08
17.  Modern Times  The Lion and the Atilla  2:37
18.  History of Woodbrook Vicinity  The Growler  2:41
19.  The Beautiful Land of Iere  The Tiger  2:47
20.  The Vendor's Song  The Lion  2:45
21.  School Boys' Adventure  Black Prince  3:12
22.  Fire, Fire in Port of Spain  The Caresser  2:54
23.  Police Diplomacy  The Growler  2:40
24.  Bing Crosby  The Lion  2:52
25.  Poppy Day  Lord Executor  2:54








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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Perfidia / rocksteady
Date: 16 May 1999 10:39:58 +0200


> Phyllis Dillon 'Perfidia'?

Frank:

>Yes, yes, YES ! This is one of my favorite versions of Perfidia but
>technically it's a rock-steady tune not ska. When she says "sock it
>to me baby"  in the middle of the song it gives me a shiver. It can
>be had on the CD collection "Duke Reid's Treasure Chest -
>Treasure Isle Rock-Steady" on Heartbeat 95/96 (this 2-cd set has
>since been broken up into two singly issued .cds)

Yup, that CD set must be the best rocksteady compilation ever. It also got
the Paragons original version of "The Tide is High" on it of course. My
favorite reggae cover is still Alton Ellis version of "A Whiter Shade of
Pale" on his Studio One album Alton Ellis sings Rock and Soul. Gently
flowing rhythm and great organ (probably by Jackie Mittoo). Nice versions of
Massachusetts and Baby Now That I've Found You on there too.

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Subject: (exotica) Cirque du Soleil / Yma Sumac
Date: 16 May 1999 11:52:02 +0200


Got dragged to the "Quidam" show in Amsterdam yesterday (yes folks, love is
blind). The otherwise forgettable score of the show had one surprising
exotic highlight when during the first act (crap comedy) after the
intermission an Yma Sumac song blasted through the speakers. Me jumping up
of course and shouting "hey! I know that!!".  Anyway, it was a fast paced
mambo song which I didn't recognise at all, anyone knows by any chance which
song they did use?

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From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Problems
Date: 16 May 1999 07:46:56 -0400


Hello all,

I recentl hopped over to dusty groove to pick up copies of the Coffey =
soundtrack, the Hell's Belles "reissue" and more, but found they were =
suddenly OUT.  Does anyone know a place to score these from over the =
internet?  Please!?

Peter


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Subject: Re:  (exotica)Young Lounge Rascals
Date: 16 May 1999 10:25:54 -0400


Booker T. & The MG's did a real tasty version of "Groovin'". I have it on
"The Best Of Booker T. & The MG's" (LP, Atlantic). Probably appeared
somewhere else first.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Penn & Teller (Was Re: (exotica) Cirque du Soleil / Yma Sumac)
Date: 16 May 1999 09:33:27 -0700


>an Yma Sumac song blasted through the speakers.
>...anyone knows by any chance which
>song they did use?

Similar question...I saw Penn & Teller's magic last year and they used an
Yma Sumac song at the end.  Anyone know which song they use?

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From: "Paul Moshay" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica)Young Lounge Rascals
Date: 16 May 1999 10:26:11 +0100



> "The Best Of Booker T. & The MG's" (LP, Atlantic). Probably appeared

anyone happen to know of a soul lounge a-riffic version of the
stones 'wild horses' ?   i do believe it was by Booker T.... heard
this stellar track about *five* yrs ago here in LA on indie radio
but have not ever been able to locate the track.   ragin' sounds.

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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 16
Date: 16 May 1999 14:35:10 -0400


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:=20

http://www.ckut.ca
=20
All comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #48  Those Wacky Germans!

Max Goldt:  Party  "Die Majest=E4tische Ruhe des Anorganischen"
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra:  Jumpin' Jack Flash  "Organic"
Klaus Wunderlich (& Gert Wilden):  Hummmelflug (Flight of the Bumble
Bee)  "Super Star Sound - Hammond Gala"=09
Hugo Strasser:  Exodus/Smile/High Noon  "Filmhits Zum Tanzen"
    =09
Der Plan:  Gummitwist  "Perlen"
Kai Warner & His Orchesta:  The Sheik Of Araby  "Pops For Minis"
Hugo Strasser:  Paranoid  "Tanzhits '71"
James Last:  Voodoo Ladys Love  "Voodoo Party"=09
    =09
Oval:  Delft  "Wohnton"
    =09
Peter Lauch Und Die Regenpfeifer:  Gib Ihn Mir Mal Zum Spielen  "Oh
Diese Schande"=09
Vico Torriano:  Das Gibt Es Nur In Texas  "Die Schlagerparade der 14
Besten, #2"=09
Renate Fuchs:  Ich Bin Sheriff Von Kentucky  "Ich Bin Sheriff Von
Kentucky"=09
    =09
Pyrolator:  Boccia  "Resport - Kreidler Remixed by..."
Orchester Erwin Halletz:  Die 5 Kolonne  "Kriminal Magazin"
Gert Wilden:  Hong Kong Twist  "I Told You Not To Cry"


Thanks for reading.

[e-mail]
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From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha 16/5/99 Playlist
Date: 16 May 1999 21:55:16 +0100


Here's the playlist from this morning's Moon Base Alpha:

INTRO: Dick Hyman - Moon Gas
Enoch Light - Waltzing Matilda
Richard Hayman - Dansero
Gershon Kingsley - Paperback Rider
Enoch Light - I Feel Fine
Sergio Mendes - Scarborough Fair
The Corporation - Willow Weep for Me
Lalo Schifrin - Run Spy Run
Enoch Light - Green Eyes
Doris Day - Blue Skies
France Gall - Baby Pop
Grammar Rock - Interjections!
Tony Mottola - Tequila
Tipsy - El Bombo Atomico
Yoshinori Sunahara - Cross Wind Take Off
Free Design - I'm A Yogi
Three Suns - Swingin' on a Star
Lalo Schifrin - Secret Code
Kalyanji, Anandji  - Bombay 405 Miles
Emperor Penguin - RollerRinx
Moog Cookbook - Sweet Home Alabama
Cy Payne - Theme from U.F.O.
Stereolab - Speedy Car
"Purple Prose from Beyond the Erogenous Zone" backed with The
Hi-Los - Summer Sketch
Chaino - Jungle Chase
Edmundo Ros - Melodie D'Amour
Enoch Light - Lullaby of Birdland
Enoch Light Singers - Hello I Love You
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Il Libanese
Piero Umiliani - Lady Magnolia
Stock, Hausen & Walkman - Sleep
Jim O'Rourke - Something Big
"Wooden Bob" backed with The Three Suns - Beyond the Sea
Leon Berry - Blacksmith's Blues
Les Baxter - Wheels
Big Jim Sullivan - Tallyman
The Mindexpanders - Cul de Sac
Brass Menagerie - Soulful Strut
Ravi Harris - Gimme Some More / Hot Pants Medley
Piero Umiliani - Saudade
OUTRO: High Llamas - Glide Time

Tune in next Sunday for the last in our series of four Sunday
morning shows...


DJ Bongo Boy


Space Safari/Moon Base Alpha - to Hi-Fidelity and Beyond!
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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Calypso compilations
Date: 16 May 1999 21:01:15 -0500


Arjan Plug wrote:

> Last friday my daily paper printed a good review of this new calypso
> compilation from Rounder.
>
> Anyone can recommend the other calypsotitles they have in their catalog?
>
> -------------
>

That looks like a good one. From my experience you can't go wrong when it comes
to 30's calypso collections.
My favorite is "Where Was Butler" which came out on  a Folklyric (9908) LP, I
don't know if some or all of this came out on the later Rounder CDs.
Other recommendations are:
Wilmoth Houdini from the 1930's, Folklyric LP 9040
Calypso Breakaway, Rounder 1054 (LP/CD)
Calypso Calaloo, Rounder 1105 (LP/CD)

there is also at least one other Rounder collection that I've heard but don't
own, but I don't recall the title.

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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) An extremely interesting list of records for sale
Date: 17 May 1999 10:07:34 +0100


Nuff said!

(123 Yen to the US Dollar)

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Subject: (exotica) An extremely interesting list of soundtracks for sale
Date: 17 May 1999 10:19:33 +0100



Nuff said!

(123 Yen to the US Dollar)

http://www.manuera.com/lp-ost-e.html





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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sitars
Date: 17 May 1999 11:05:50 +0100


Does any clued-up member of the list know an LP by the Shankar Family
called Three Friends. I understand its produced by George Harrison.
Recommendations? Reviews?

Thanks all,



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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: High Fidelity
Date: 17 May 1999 12:31:14 -0400


     >The book was first published in 1995, if it would be written today,
     >I would expect the Rob character to make a few more lounge/exotica
     >references.  I had the definite impression he was NOT into the
     >mainstream...instead he ridicules much of it.

     I was interested to read this.  The book actually irritated me, because my
     friends said 'the guy in the book - he's into music - he's just like you!'.

     Then when I read it, I felt that 'Rob' was really just into classic 'Rock,
     Blues and Soul'.  I feel that this 'Rock, Blues and Soul' thing is the
     whole reason why I never got into lots of the music we discuss on this list
     before a few years ago.  It was like I didn't know it existed!

     And that's why the thread 'how do I describe what kind of music I like to
     people I meet' often comes up on this list.

     I feel that the official history of popular music bypasses most of the
     stuff I enjoy most, and it seemed to me that the record shop owned by 'Rob'
     did just the same, even if he did ridicule a standard mainstream rock
     record collection.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Burn Baby Burn ! ! ! (CD-R's)
Date: 17 May 1999 07:05:33 EDT


Well gang,

I picked up a Hewlett Packard CD-R/RW (Model 8110i) recently and will try to
find time to install it this week.

If any body has any comments or tips on installation please email me (of list
if appropriate).

I also want to know the creative ways that the folks with burners have put
their vinyl on CD.

Thanks,

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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) re: High Fidelity
Date: 17 May 1999 12:16:45 +0100


I thought the nature of the music in the book was unimportant - Its the
obsession with the music that makes it relevant to us listees. The
continual production of compilation tapes with stupid themes, the constant
noting of various lists of records(top 5 records I played on such and such
a night), the minute details of records, etc etc.
The book is primarily a love story - a broken down relationship has to be
repaired and our hero spends time re-examining his life and then repairing
his love life. He owns a second hand record shop as an aside but the
obsessive details of his record collecting mark his life out and allow him
(and the reader) to focus elsewhere. I think the message of the book
affirms the relationship between a man and his hobbies (his obsessions) and
the coupling of this with the traditional man-woman relationship.
In other words, its OK for me to have too many records because my
accumulation of records is a necessary and positive aside to my
relationship with my fiancee.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The Rascals
Date: 17 May 1999 12:45:05 +0100


> Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 23:44:25 -0400
> From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re:  (exotica) No Exotica Content

> Speaking of the Rascals... (You want me to name the individual members?
> They had no bass player btw.)  I can't remember the name of the record but
> I'm sure someone here will know it... Anyway in their latter days, they
> changed from a hot rock combo into a pseudo jazz band and did at least one
> record with Alice Coltrane playing harp.
> (Am I dreaming?  I know there was harp but maybe it wasn't Alice.)
> That's not exactly exotica content but that record is pretty exotic and
> mellow and even kind of great in parts.

The Rascals - Peaceful World - (CBS?)
it's a double with Gaugin's Tahitan Landscape (?) on the cover
Has Alice Coltrane, Hubert Laws etc
'Visit to Mother Nature Land' is probably the best track.


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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Reviews
Date: 17 May 1999 16:53:04 +0100


I seem to have picked up a few compilations recently which I've only
properly listened to this weekend, so here goes:

Pulsar Music Ltd (Plastic) - Very Jazzy, library/soundtrack music with a
largely improvised feel, some standout moody/eerie moments but mostly
nothing special - nothing to dance to on this one.

Beyond the Valley of the Ultrabeats 1 and 2 - Good obscurities from some
record collectors' pile. The compiler has made sure that he hasn't
duplicated other compilations' selections - Good breaks and some unusual
tracks but both LPs lack gems. (Is this something to do with you, El
Maestro con Queso?)

And today, I've been listening to The Duke of Burlington's two LPs A
Revolution in Sound and Pressed Piano - both are superb, with that hard
piano sound, flutes, breaks, instrumental/rocking/pop music - very Italian.
Personally prefer Pressed Piano - its less psychedelic and more groovy.

And finally, does anybody have Instant Insanity Drugs and LSD - Battle for
the Mind on CD that they could copy onto MD or CDR and trade for something
they've always wanted (or a mix).


Thanks all,





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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) velvet dreams
Date: 17 May 1999 11:58:29 -0400


Saw a documentary on Bravo last night that I thought some people here would
love.
It was from New Zealand and called "Velvet Dreams".  It followed a search
for the origin of a particular velvet painting portraying a naked
Polynesian woman.
The documentary is narrated "hardboiled style" as the narrator tries to
find out anything he can about the "velvet lady" that has become an
obsession for him.  He travels to Seattle to meet velvet painting
collectors; one of the "experts" hangs out in a place called "the Tiki
Lounge".  From there he goes to Tahiti in order to find out if his velvet
lady was painted by Leeteg, the most famous of the velvet painters.  It isn't.
He finds the painter - Charles McPhee - back in New Zealand.
Anyway, it's filled with tikis and exotica and Hawaiian music.  Check it
out if you get a chance.

Nat



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Subject: (exotica) The Sound of Sight
Date: 17 May 1999 12:26:47 -0400


Not sure I ever heard this record referred to here.
It's by the sometimes great Ray Martin.
On Phase Four (rather than Stereo Action for instance.)
Called "The Sound of Sight"
subtitled "Music for an experiment in imagination"
It's a two sided musical collage, full of different moods, genres and sound
effects.
The only complaint I would have is that the cuts flow into each other and
make it virtually impossible to put individual cuts on a compilation tape.
Among the pieces of particular interest to someone here are "Destination
Space", complete with countdown and other various spacey chatter.
Then there's "Hoodunit" which is crime-jazz filled with nightclub sounds,
creaking floors etc.
The record is described in great detail in the liner notes.  It's hard to
sum it up here.
I'm not surprised a record like this exists but I was still surprised when
I found it.

The cover art, by the way, is also very familiar and appropriate.  A riot
of cartoonish characters reflecting the themes on the record.
By Jack Davis.  The name isn't familiar but the style is.  Sort of Mad
Magazine looking.

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Subject: (exotica) free designing hippies
Date: 17 May 1999 12:58:38 -0400


I blame it on Free Design and biker soundtracks.
My new appetite for any LP I'm not familiar with, which has that soft-pop
fake hippy look.
In that regard I bought two LP's last week.
"The Love Generation" featuring their supposed hit "Groovy Summertime".
It's on Imperial/Liberty.  Can't discern an exact date.  I'd guess late
sixties.
It's pretty good, more Fifth Dimension than Free Design.  And the
instrumental arrangements are a cut above average, including the subtle use
of sitar-like sounds.

The second LP is by the Sunshine Company and is called "Sunshine and
Shadow".  Also on Imperial/Liberty.
(Did I read about them on the list here?)
I can't decide what I think about this but there's less harmony than The
Love Generation.

So, are there any compilations of this kind of Orpheus/ Association hippy
harmony stuff out there?

Sounds like a job for someone on this list.  Anyone about to burn a CD of
this kind of stuff?  Make sure you include "Not be found" by the Love
Generation.

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Date: 17 May 1999 14:08:53 -0400


Nat opined:
I blame it on Free Design and biker soundtracks.
My new appetite for any LP I'm not familiar with, which has that soft-pop
fake hippy look.
In that regard I bought two LP's last week.
"The Love Generation" featuring their supposed hit "Groovy Summertime".
It's on Imperial/Liberty.  Can't discern an exact date.  I'd guess late
sixties.

Hi, Nat!  Again, I'll turn this over to AstroSlut's Mr. Keyboards, Quinn
Martian, who has this to say:
"One of my fave liner note quotes of all time is from the Love
Generation's first Imperial LP.  It says how during the recording of one of
 the
songs,
"...an impromptu party broke out, with 7-Up, pressed ham sandwiches,
and
flowers flowing freely."

These guys made at least 3 albums for Imperial, and the cover art for
the 3I've seen use pictures from the same photo shoot.  They're a very
sanitized Sears Roebuck version of '60's counterculture."

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Subject: (exotica) new motion reviews ---+ date: 17.may.99
Date: 17 May 1999 19:28:10 +0100



---+ new reviews ---+ http://motion.state51.co.uk/reviews/

     Chuck E. Weiss - Extremely Cool (Rykodisc)
     Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. - 1970-73 (Cuneiform
      Records)

thanks, and apologies for cross-postings

the motion team

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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Patience & Prudence
Date: 17 May 1999 10:17:52 -0400


     I sent this to Moritz instead of the list by accident.
     His fault for having such a cool email address...


______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________
Author:  Jonathan Perl at ZZ1TR002


     Patience & Prudence fans might be interested to do what I just did,
     which is download a scan of some sheet music with a cool picture of
     the girls on it:
     http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=101629737

     My opinion on the ebay debate?

     Anyone else can do what they want, but personally, I see the list as a
     kind of 'help each other', uncommercial thing.

     I think it would be much more in keeping with that notion if people
     just sold the stuff they didn't end up liking at a minimum profit.

     This might pay back list members for all their good recommendations
     over the years.

     regards, Jonny


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Subject: Re:  Re:  (exotica) No Exotica Content
Date: 17 May 1999 15:18:19 EDT



In a message dated 5/15/99 11:43:21 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Speaking of the Rascals... (You want me to name the individual members?
>They had no bass player btw.

Eddie Brigati, Dino Danelli, Gene Cornish (the Canadian) and Felix Cavaliere
on the Hammond B-3 compleat with bass pedals...Jimmy/loved 'em back in the day


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) re: High Fidelity
Date: 17 May 1999 15:33:46 EDT



In a message dated 5/17/99 6:45:45 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I feel that the official history of popular music bypasses most of the
>     stuff I enjoy most

That is true, but I think in order to enjoy this music you have to almost
learn about it as a reaction to "popular" music, rock, etc. I often wonder if
I would be into this stuff if I hadn't gotten totally sick of rock and roll
and exhausted the soul supply out there. It rebels against rock dominance in
a totally unintended, but cool and strange way. Would it stand on its own
without  having rock to react against? Opinions?


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Date: 17 May 1999 15:39:45 EDT



In a message dated 5/17/99 1:11:02 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>So, are there any compilations of this kind of Orpheus/ Association hippy
>harmony stuff out there?

The Japanese have recently re-issued The Parade, a late 6T's soft-pop group
whose only hit "Sunshine Girl (Won't You Stay With Me)" left a dent at the
#20 spot on the pop chart where it sat for eight weeks. The L.A.-based group
was led by Jerry Riopelle. It was on A&M and if you like the Orpheus
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Date: 17 May 1999 15:51:56 -0400





It rebels against rock dominance in
a totally unintended, but cool and strange way. Would it stand on its own
without  having rock to react against? Opinions?


>>>HELL YES it would stand on its own! Great, well-written music stands
alone on its merits, because it HAS them to begin with.  Anybody who writes
music can tell you how difficult it is even to write something light or
silly,but do it well and meaningfully.(I am not a song-writer, but I play
one on TV: bud-uh-BUM!)
Les Baxter, Henry Mancini, and others who were writing film scores and
instrumentals in the late 40s and early 50s before there was a rock
dominance to "rebel" against, created amazing music, that stood alone then,
and the test of time,today!
GOGOGO! Jane Fondle


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Subject: (exotica) Go-Go ! ! ! But from Where-Where ? ? ?
Date: 17 May 1999 17:29:11 EDT


i have heard that the term GoGo came from Paris (France not Texas).  but can
anyone tell me what the origin or meaning of this phrase is?

tiki bob


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Go-Go ! ! ! But from Where-Where ? ? ?
Date: 17 May 1999 18:38:16 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:

> i have heard that the term GoGo came from Paris (France not Texas).  but can
> anyone tell me what the origin or meaning of this phrase is?
>
> tiki bob
>

I was thinking about this recently when I came across a name of a Brazilian
instrument called an "agogo", surprisingly similar to the oft seen phrase "au
go go".  An agogo is a "melodious two-toned bell". Could be a red herring but
perhaps some one else can fill in the missing links. Perhaps the use of this
instrument in mid-sixties French pop led to "au go go"....!?

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Subject: Re: (exotica) free designing hippies
Date: 17 May 1999 19:13:14 -0500


Nat Kone wrote:

>
> "The Love Generation" featuring their supposed hit "Groovy Summertime".
> It's on Imperial/Liberty.  Can't discern an exact date.  I'd guess late
> sixties.
> It's pretty good, more Fifth Dimension than Free Design.  And the
> instrumental arrangements are a cut above average, including the subtle use
> of sitar-like sounds.
>

I came this close to mentioning The Love Generation when all that
Association/Free Design discussion was taking place. I really like this group,
though admittedly in small doses. I think what I like more than the music is
the following genealogy of this group.

Centering around the vocal arranging brothers Tom and John Bahler the
California Dreamers show up on a few Impulse albums including the phenomenal
1967, Gabor Szabo album "Wind Sky and Diamonds". A  few years later the
brothers and many of the California Dreamers formed the Love Generation. The
similarity in the vocal arrangements is fairly evident and the happy-go-lucky
and faux protest lyrics to their songs make them poignantly absurd (a plus in
my book.) But here's the kicker, what group did the Bahler's become after the
Love Generation?
The Partridge Family!!! Yes, those wonderful vocalists backing up David Casidy
and providing lip sync material for the rest of the group was actually Bahler
and company which, I surmise, was many of the members of the Love
Gen./Califonia Dreamers.

1970 is for me the end of my period of "exotica" interests, aside from odds
and ends (moog lps, etc.) I cut my losses after this date. So, the development
of this group has for me been the perfect real life analogy as to the
development of late sixties pop into early seventies pop. But of course we all
know it wasn't the Partridge Family that killed off any decent adult
contemporary music that accolade I give to the Carpenters. Coincidentally ,
these groups first charted albums entered the charts almost within a month of
each other.

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Subject: (exotica) Secret Cinema: "SITCOM ROCK" 1999 Enhanced Version at Troc
Date: 18 May 1999 02:50:39


The Secret Cinema presents
"SITCOM ROCK: Rock N' Roll Episodes of Classic TV Comedies"
1999 Enhanced Version at the Trocadero

The Trocadero
10th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia
(215) 922-LIVE

Sixties garage-band The Third Bardo complained on their most famous record
that they were "Five Years Ahead Of My Time," and we here at Secret Cinema
headquarters sympathize. A little over five years ago we presented what is
still one of our best programming efforts, "Sitcom Rock," to a somewhat
underwhelming response. "Sitcom Rock" showcases special episodes of classic
situation comedies from the past -- all featuring rock band guest stars
and/or rock n' roll storylines.

Now, in the light of a Third Bardo reunion (no lie!), an Austin Powers
SEQUEL, us getting calls to show "Sitcom Rock" and "Exotica Music Films" in
cities across the country, and a '60s/mod/pop/etc. revival just getting up
to speed that could dwarf all previous sixties revivals, the time seems
ripe to present the 1999 ENHANCED VERSION of "Sitcom Rock." Enhanced,
because this time the rare film prints will be projected on the bigger
screen of the Trocadero, because we will be showing more stuff than before
(including material we've never screened anywhere), and because we will be
sharing the big Troc stage with two period-friendly pop bands -- the also
recently reformed Nixon's Head, and young surf-rock bucks The Vipers.

Unlike the last two Secret Cinema screenings/concerts at the Troc, the
films, bands and audience will all be in the big room (and not in the
Balcony). And unlike other "movie nights" at the Troc/Balcony -- this
program will be shown in 16mm film (not video).

The show is on Saturday, May 29. There will be one complete program
beginning at 9:30 pm. Doors open at 9:00 pm. Admission is $6.00.

Highlights of "Sitcom Rock" will include:

THE MUNSTERS: The Munsters agree to rent out their house to touring rock
group The Standells. When they return, they find a way-out beatnik party in
progress, but Herman soon gets in the spirit and tries out some impromptu
beat poetry (The Standells, in a pre-"Dirty Water" phase, perform "I Wanna
Hold Your Hand" and "Do The Ringo").

THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW: In a special episode of this somewhat-forgotten series
about the trials of two pairs of middle-agers coping with their married
offspring, the older set have a go at managing wild primitive rockers Sky
Saxon and The Seeds! This amazing show was directed by Desi Arnaz, and also
features Joe Besser of The Three Stooges (what a meeting of the minds!).

THE FLINTSTONES: In "Shinrock-a-Go-Go," then-popular rock showcase SHINDIG
and its host Jimmy O'Neill are caricatured, as are San Francisco's genius
folk-rock/beat group The Beau Brummels. Fred inadvertently invents a new
dance craze, "The Flintstone Flop," as "The Beau Brummelstones" play their
hit "Laugh Laugh."

Plus much more, including THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (Opie's garage band play
their first gig at a teen party), and LOVE AMERICAN STYLE (with segments
featuring both Davy Jones and Sonny & Cher).

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Secret Cinema: "SITCOM ROCK" 1999 Enhanced Version at
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their first gig at a teen party), and LOVE AMERICAN STYLE (with segments
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>>Wow!  This is all so amazing, except somebody left out the MAN FROM
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the _Brady Bunch_, as Marciax3 was his fan club prez!
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Subject: (exotica) tv avalanche
Date: 18 May 1999 14:03:18 -0400


Heads up. For some reason, there's an avalanche of groovy movies coming up
on tv this weekend.

Lolita, Double Indemnity, Laura (heh), The Loved One, Bell Book And Candle,
2001: A Space Odyssey, A Shot In The Dark, Casino Royale, The Girl Can't
Help It, The Last Of The Secret Agents, The Ruling Class, I Married A
Monster From Outer Space, LoganÆs Run, The Man Who Fell To Earth, 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea (1916 version)...

"and many, many more." To save typing and bandwidth, check my TV Scavenger
page for details.

(like I always say, don't miss "The Loved One")

Also, all this week, A&E's Biography is featuring gals like Raquel Welch,
Jayne Mansfield, Ann-Margret.

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Subject: (exotica) What do Michael Jackson and Crippled Dick have in common?
Date: 18 May 1999 14:52:46 -0400



Well, virtually nothing, except they will all be mentioned in this post!



Frank wrote:

But here's the kicker, what group did the Bahler's become after the
Love Generation?




>>Tom Bahler also went on to pen several bad late '70's
early '80's pop hits, like "She's Out of My Life" by Michael Jackson.
Now, on to Crippled Dick..somebody tell me about : "Signor Rossi."
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From: "Albert Fish" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Voodoo
Date: 18 May 1999 12:05:48 PDT


Any opinions about Harry Horlicks "Voodoo" lp?

It's going for $20?

Whaddaya think?


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From: King Kini <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Voodoo
Date: 18 May 1999 14:11:26 -0600


Harry Horlick?!

i'm not gonna touch that one.

  - kini



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Subject: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss
Date: 18 May 1999 16:07:33 -0400


 With apologies to Lou Smith:
WIRE:May 18, 3:19 p.m. ET
Aloha to hula show? Kodak may quit 62-year-old attraction

 AP News Service

HONOLULU (AP) _ When the dancing women of the Kodak Hula Show  say aloha
next month, it may be for the last time.
Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it is considering ending its  sponsorship of
 the 62-year-old free tourist attraction at Kapiolani
Park by the beaches of Waikiki.
``It's under consideration,'' said Everett Fritz, a Kodak  distribution
manager in Hawaii.
``But there is lots of work behind  the scenes to see if we can keep the
show running.''
Some of the show's performers said they have been told to start  looking
for another job while city officials look for a new
  sponsor.
The show features a cast of 40 men and women from the Royal  Hawaiian Glee
Club, including hula dancers dressed
in traditional  skirts made of green ti leaves with yellow leis around
their necks  and in their hair.
At the end, the cast spells out ``Hawaii'' in giant red and  yellow
letters.
The show was the idea of former Kodak executive Fritz Herman,  who saw it
as a way to sell more film.
Herman thought tourists had  little opportunity to take pictures of hula
dancers in daylight. It  is still the only
daytime show of its kind in Hawaii, said host  Kimo Kahoano.
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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" May 19, 1999
Date: 18 May 1999 17:17:33 -0400


"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday morning at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

Funki Porcini - Theme from Sugar Daddy "The Ultimately Empty Million
Pounds"
Okko Bekker - Musik Im Deutschen Imbiss "U"
Mr Scruff - Fish "Chipmunk & Fish"

Ananda Shankar - Light My Fire "Ananda Shankar"
Okko Bekker - Santana "Sitar & Electronics"
Thievery Corporation - Vivid "Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi"

Les Baxter - Magenta Mountain "African Blues"
Martin Denny - M'Gambo Mambo "Primitiva"
23 Skidoo - IY "Seven Songs"

Martin Denny - Pagan Love Song "Quiet Village"
Throbbing Gristle - Exotic Functions "Journey Through a Body"
23 Skidoo - Quiet Pillage "Seven Songs"
Milt Raskin - Moon Festival "Kapu (forbidden)"

Third Ear Band - Earth "Third Ear Band"

Thanks for reading,

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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) What do Michael Jackson and Crippled Dick have in common?
Date: 18 May 1999 18:14:41 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:

What do Michael Jackson and Crippled Dick have in common?
Well, virtually nothing, except they will all be mentioned in this post!

>

Virtually nothing in common? That's not what I've heard.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss - CLICK ! ! !
Date: 18 May 1999 18:12:57 EDT


In a message dated 05/18/99 4:15:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< When the dancing women of the Kodak Hula Show  say aloha
 next month, it may be for the last time.
 Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it is considering ending its  sponsorship of
  the 62-year-old free tourist attraction >>

I bet too many bastards are showing up at the show with digital cameras!
Can't sell film that way.

Other interesting note:  Nearly 8% of all film that Kodak makes is exposed at
one of the Disney theme parks.  (And I thought I was the one doing the
exposing at my last trip to Disney World - especially after seeing the
changed Enchanted Tiki Room Show)

And . . .  the name Kodak was chosen by Eastman because it had no meaning in
any language known at the time it was selected.

Tiki Bob
(No other Tiki Bob known to exist on the Exotica List when this name was
chosen.  Tho there was a Tiki Robert, Tiki Bobby and Rob Tiki)


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From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Signor Rossi
Date: 16 May 1999 02:09:53 PDT


Well, I know I posted something about this already, but it is a soundtrac=
k of incidental music from the 70s cartoon of the same name. I know it =
was shown in Italy, Canada, Germany and the UK, but I've never seen it =
myself. The lead man is Mr. Rossi who is travelling the world on a quest =
for happiness. The music is a hodge podge - some bits of dialogue. I thin=
k it would be of interest to lots of people on the list. The theme tune =
is very groovy in an Italo-cartoon sort of way. There are a few groovy =
numbers too. Very thorough. I'm pleased to have it...and promote it - so =
I get paid by the company, but I really do like it.

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Subject: (exotica) Backyard Barbecue Idea
Date: 18 May 1999 19:09:33 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:

>
> Tiki Bob
> (No other Tiki Bob known to exist on the Exotica List when this name was
> chosen.  Tho there was a Tiki Robert, Tiki Bobby and Rob Tiki)

Sorry, but every time I see this signature I see "Tiki Kabob"!
I'm sure others will know what goes on a tiki kabob.

Frankabob



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From: Lloyd Kandell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss
Date: 18 May 1999 13:44:49 -1000


[e-mail] wrote:>
>
> HONOLULU (AP) _ When the dancing women of the Kodak Hula Show  say aloha
> next month, it may be for the last time.

sad but true... another one bites the lava. first the tiki palaces, now
the dancing maiden. as the bumper sticker o'er reads, "no Hawaiians, no
aloha." like the product disclaimer says, "no aloha may cause potential
tiki loss." on a sunnier note, Don Tiki recently played a fundraiser for
the contemporary art museum here at the swank "A Pacific Cafe." Martin
Denny was invited as a guest of honor and wound up jamming with the band
on 5 tunes including "Quiet Village", "Exotica", "Taste of Honey"
"Corcovado" and "Cobra." He was AmaZingZing!!! Our own dancer Pamtiki
bamboozled the men in the audience with her sultry forbidden hula.
Martin just got back from Seattle where he was flown in for the premiere
of "Breakfast of Champions"... new major film from Vonnegut book that
features his music prominently throughout. He reports that stars Willis
and Nolte treated him like royalty... as well they should!

let your tiki flag fly,
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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Fw: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 18 May 1999 19:52:44 -0400


>Color unimportance notwithstanding (and I'm not implying that anyone has
>indicated that it WAS important), I've never heard of an African-American
>named Gilles.  And the name Peterson is a name unaffiliated with any black
>communities around these parts...


Awww, it could happen!  My first name is Celtic (Brian), my middle name is
French (Douglas) and my last name is Greek (Phillips).  I am partially West
Indian and had my father been into the dual citizenship (UK and Jamaican)
thing I might have ended up with a name like Giles, such as Beville (a
fellow I met in Los Angeles) or a friend of the family, the fabulously named
Llewelyn Herod!

Besides, haven't you ever heard of the famous trumpet player Giles Davis,
especially his collaborations with Mil Evans?


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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Denny/DonTiki (was Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss)
Date: 18 May 1999 17:58:41 -0700


Lloyd Kandell wrote:
> on a sunnier note, Don Tiki recently played a fundraiser for
> the contemporary art museum here at the swank "A Pacific Cafe." Martin
> Denny was invited as a guest of honor and wound up jamming with the band
> on 5 tunes including "Quiet Village", "Exotica", "Taste of Honey"
> "Corcovado" and "Cobra." He was AmaZingZing!!!

You know, most of us have resigned ourselves to the fact that we can't live in
paradise, and now you add more fuel to that fire...?  Please tell me this stuff
has been videotaped or something. (hey, are the vids of ANY Denny
performances?)  Man, I am so very, very jealous... (and, a great selection of
songs, too!)  first Drasnin and now this...

> Our own dancer Pamtiki
> bamboozled the men in the audience with her sultry forbidden hula.

Ach! Now I'm jealous I've never seen Don Tiki too! Jeeze, way to ruin a guy's
day.

> Martin just got back from Seattle where he was flown in for the premiere
> of "Breakfast of Champions"... new major film from Vonnegut book that
> features his music prominently throughout. He reports that stars Willis
> and Nolte treated him like royalty... as well they should!

Well, this certainly softened the blow! I was just thinking it would be cool to
hear Denny music in a movie! Maybe Denny will be featured on the soundtrack.
Hey, maybe Quiet Village will celebrate it's 40th anniversary of being a hit
(this summer folks!) by being a hit again!

Hey, a guy can dream can't he?

Kevin Crossman
The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai
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From: Jeff Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Backyard Barbecue Idea
Date: 18 May 1999 18:03:43 -0700


recliner wrote:

> I'm sure others will know what goes on a tiki kabob.

String on bamboo skewers:

spam (cubed)
pineapple chunks
cherry tomatoes
sweet Maui onion (cubed)
Tiki shrimp (jumbo, with heads on!)

Before grilling, brush the kabobs with your favorite Kapu (forbidden)
sauce.  Mine contains haba=F1ero-infused grapeseed oil!

EZ does it,

Jeff
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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) LSD-Battle for the Mind/Instant Insanity Drugs
Date: 18 May 1999 14:35:56 +0100


Does anybody on the list have this CD? And fancy doing a CDR or minidisk
copy in exchange for records and a mixed minidisk?

Please?



Thanks all,


Charlie





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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Link Wray live
Date: 18 May 1999 23:08:24 EDT


A rare chance to see the legend up close in a small club

Link Wray
with San Francisco's only Exotica/Surf band: Ape

Tuesday, May 25, 1999

at Mick's Lounge
2513 Van Ness @ Union
415-928-0404

tix are $20.00 and are available via
ticketweb.com

or through Mick's box office

doors open at 7:00 pm
Ape plays at 9
Link plays at approx 10


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From: James G <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lord Sitar & The Fleetwoods
Date: 18 May 1999 22:53:45 -0700


Spotted Lord Sitar's 11 track CD full of Beatles and Who songs in the
Virgin Megastore import section, but passed on it since i'm waiting on
the Vampyros Lesbos DVD due out next week. (Am also trying to figure out
what the 2 disc compilation "Suck It and See" is all about - it does
have a Fantastic Plastic Machine song on it - just more garden variety
technolectronica or something special?)

BTW, considering the threads about EZ vocals like Free Design et al,
give another listen to the Fleetwoods. There is a 28 track EMI
compilation for $9.99 at CDNow ($10-off coupon special just expired)
which contains all the hits plus some acapella stuff, especially a
hauntingly lovely "Unchained Melody." Very little lame filler, and
better than the Rhino comp of a few years back despite the omission of
"Truly Do." Excellent liner notes (Roy Lanham & Si Zentner played on
Mister Blue) and a story that the title of "Come Softly to Me" was
originally "Come Softly" but the producer changed it - well, it WAS
1959.  In retrospect a fine body of work, and IMHO these kids seem to
have been taken for granted here as EZ pioneers in the heyday of rock.
Sweet, simple, charming and innocent, except maybe "Lovers By
Night,Strangers By Day." Great nighttime music.

JB (no longer living la vida loca)


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From: "Dick Diablo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) DIABOLIK - The Guiltiest Pleasure of Them All
Date: 19 May 1999 12:25:22 -0400


For those on the list who are fans of the movie Danger:Diabolik, there's an
interesting article at http://www.dvdresource.com/savant/s71diabolik.shtml .
It confirms that Ennio Morricone's original soundtrack was lost in a garage
fire, as discussed on the list about a year ago.

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) namedropping (was: "Brazilica")
Date: 19 May 1999 11:20:33 +0200


Brian Phillips wrote:

> my last name is Greek (Phillips).

 Like Briandougoulos Phillipos? Philips sounds more like a Dutch
company...BTW:  the most famous German Schlager star of all times chose "Roy
Black" as his artist's name. He is - of course - white as a piece of chalk...

-Mo


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Lord Sitar & The Fleetwoods
Date: 19 May 1999 11:23:30 +0200




James G wrote:

> Spotted Lord Sitar's 11 track CD full of Beatles and Who songs in the
> Virgin Megastore import section, but passed on it since i'm waiting on
> the Vampyros Lesbos DVD due out next week.

I don't get it.

-Mo


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Subject: Re: (exotica) namedropping (was: "Brazilica")
Date: 19 May 1999 11:52:56 +0200




BTW:  the most famous German Schlager star of all times chose "Roy
>Black" as his artist's name. He is - of course - white as a piece of chalk...

Not true, he's as brown as a fried pickle...

Ton


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Subject: Re: (exotica) namedropping (was: "Brazilica")
Date: 19 May 1999 12:28:20 +0200




Ton Rueckert wrote:

> BTW:  the most famous German Schlager star of all times chose "Roy
> >Black" as his artist's name. He is - of course - white as a piece of chalk...
>
> Not true, he's as brown as a fried pickle...
>

Yeah, but that's only because he is dead now...


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Backyard Barbecue Idea
Date: 19 May 1999 06:46:01 EDT


In a message dated 5/18/99 7:14:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Sorry, but every time I see this signature I see "Tiki Kabob"!
 I'm sure others will know what goes on a tiki kabob. >>

As long as it is not Tiki KaBoob I am OK.


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Date: 19 May 1999 06:50:28 EDT


In a message dated 5/18/99 8:58:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Hey, maybe Quiet Village will celebrate it's 40th anniversary of being a
hit
 (this summer folks!) by being a hit again!  >>

Now THAT would be a blast.

Any detail on just what this movie is about?

Tiki Bob


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Date: 19 May 1999 06:52:17 EDT


In a message dated 5/18/99 10:29:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< > I'm sure others will know what goes on a tiki kabob.

 String on bamboo skewers:

 spam (cubed) >>

Interesting (and true)  I saw somewhere recently that Hawaii uses more Span
than any other state.

Maybe they are putting it on skewers.

Tiki Bob


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Date: 19 May 1999 06:54:50 EDT


In a message dated 5/19/99 5:21:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Brian Phillips wrote:

 > my last name is Greek (Phillips).

  Like Briandougoulos Phillipos? Philips sounds more like a Dutch >>

Yeah right Brian!  We all know that you are part owner in Phillips and that
your are that dancing bastard on the recordable CD commercial.

Tiki Bob


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Date: 19 May 1999 06:56:35 EDT


In a message dated 5/19/99 6:28:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< > Not true, he's as brown as a fried pickle...
 >

 Yeah, but that's only because he is dead now...
  >>

Still very taste tho!

Tiki (canibal) Bob


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From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Londoner visiting SF and Portland, OR in July
Date: 19 May 1999 12:34:16 +0100


hey y'all

I'm finally jetting over the pond for a Stateside visit in the summer and
would really appreciate pointers as to cool n groovy things to do, shops to
visit, scenes to dig along my way.  For example vintage clothes stores, flea
markets, way-out architecture, cool record stores, vintage music stores ....
.

my itinerary is something like:

June 25th SF
June 30th Portland, OR
July 5th Seattle, WA and then on to Vancouver
July 12th London

Mail me off-list if need be.

thanks a bundle

phil dilemma




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Subject: Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss - CLICK ! ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 08:08:21 EDT


In a message dated 5/18/99 5:18:13 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Other interesting note:  Nearly 8% of all film that Kodak makes is exposed
at
 one of the Disney theme parks. >>


Another intersting note: Nearly 8% of all perverts that live in New York
expose themselves in Central Park.


Ashley


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Subject: Re: Denny/DonTiki (was Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss)
Date: 19 May 1999 08:11:27 EDT


In a message dated 5/19/99 5:51:32 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< << Hey, maybe Quiet Village will celebrate it's 40th anniversary of being
a
 hit
  (this summer folks!) by being a hit again!  >>

 Now THAT would be a blast.

 Any detail on just what this movie is about?
  >>


It is the filmed version of the Kurt Vonnegut book "Breakfast Of Champions"
(Nick Nolte, by the way, plays a cross-dresser!)

Ashley


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Subject: Re: (exotica) What do Michael Jackson and Crippled Dick have in
Date: 19 May 1999 08:17:08 EDT


In a message dated 5/18/99 5:14:55 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< What do Michael Jackson and Crippled Dick have in common? >>

They both are in little boys underpants.


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Subject: Subject: (exotica) Reviews
Date: 19 May 1999 12:15:31 +0100


I've been looking at these for a while,  not much disposable income at
the moment,  so I've just been looking,  I'm afraid the lack of gems is
nothing to do with me, though.

Conjures up all kinds of images... sneaking round Charlies house in my
best black polo neck,  under the laser beams, over the pressure
sensitive floor,  and off with his best tunes......

masked up and ready to go.

El Maestro Con Queso

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>

Beyond the Valley of the Ultrabeats 1 and 2 - Good obscurities from some
record collectors' pile. The compiler has made sure that he hasn't
duplicated other compilations' selections - Good breaks and some unusual
tracks but both LPs lack gems. (Is this something to do with you, El
Maestro con Queso?)



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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Denny/DonTiki (was Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss)
Date: 19 May 1999 08:24:51 -0700


[e-mail] wrote:
> Any detail on just what this movie is about?
>
> Tiki Bob

Check this for more info on Breakfast of Champions
http://www.duke.edu/~crh4/vonnegut/boc.html

-Kevin Crossman


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss - CLICK ! ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 12:06:10 EDT


In a message dated 05/19/99 8:08:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LTepedino
writes:

<< Another intersting note: Nearly 8% of all perverts that live in New York
expose themselves in Central Park. >>

That's always my choice when I am in NY.  Right across from The Plaza --
because I am a classy kinda guy.


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Subject: Re: Denny/DonTiki (was Re: (exotica) Potential Tiki Loss)
Date: 19 May 1999 12:09:00 EDT


In a message dated 05/19/99 11:59:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< "Breakfast of Champions" is the one
 Vonnegut with interesting illustrations, and follows the story of Kilgore
 Trout, if I recall correctly.   >>

I will stop by the used book store on my thrifting adventures.


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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Don Fagen
Date: 19 May 1999 12:29:14 -0400


Just pondering the exotica/lounge influences on Donald Fagen's stuff,
particularly "the Nightfly" album.  Doesn't walk between the Raindrops sound
like 80s-hipped out lounge?  Or The Goodbye Look like some vibe intro from
lighter exoticish pseudotaboo?

Just a thought, mabye a thread.

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
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Subject: (exotica) Baxter's Best ? ? ?  Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 12:27:53 EDT


Well, this certainly separates the men from the boys (apologize to all the
women on the list).

I found this while browsing:

Scarce LES BAXTER LP "Space Escapade" LOUNGE!
Item #104213815

Books, Movies, Music:Music:Records:Pop

Currently $172.50  First bid $6.76
Quantity 1  # of bids 17 (bid history) (with emails)
Time left 2 days, 2 hours +


Yes that is $ 172.50 !

Is there anybody there we know????

And I thought I went overboard with Exotic Moog for $ 39.00

tiki bob


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Subject: (exotica) Yma Ebay Oh-vey ! ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 12:42:41 EDT


And there is some dude that keeps listing Yma Sumac "Glamor Photographs" on
ebay and sometimes they are (I think) signed.

His signature is " [e-mail]  ".  (
http://search.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebay/results.html?maxRecordsPerPage=50&qu
ery=yma&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1=ebayctry&ebaytag1code=0&SortProperty=Meta
EndSort&SortOrder=%5Ba%5D)

What is also funny is that he starts bidding a $ 10.00 and usually list
Photos 1 thru 5.  The current set is all bid on by one person.

Just another curiosity!  That Yma must be hanging out at the mall and keeping
Glamor Shots in business.

I wonder if they are using Kodak film?

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter's Best ? ? ?  Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 12:08:22 -0500


there's another one up there right now at $192.50 besides that one.

  - kini "glad i already have a copy" kini


>I found this while browsing:
>
>Scarce LES BAXTER LP "Space Escapade" LOUNGE!
>Item #104213815
>
>Books, Movies, Music:Music:Records:Pop
>
>Currently $172.50  First bid $6.76
>Quantity 1  # of bids 17 (bid history) (with emails)
>Time left 2 days, 2 hours +
>
>
>Yes that is $ 172.50 !

visit...

  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
            King Kini's  C L U B  V E L V E T
              http://www.tamboo.com
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter's Best ? ? ? Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 13:10:06 -0400




I found this while browsing: Scarce LES BAXTER LP "Space Escapade"
LOUNGE!Item #104213815 Yes that is $ 172.50 ! Is there anybody there we
know????And I thought I went overboard with Exotic Moog for $ 39.00
tiki bob

>My love and respect for Les Baxter are well documented, so I don't feel to
badly in saying this poor soul is being ripped off, especially considering
the SHAPE the record is in!  Yes, I think SPACE ESCAPADE is nice space-age
pop.  I only say "nice", as it's nothing dazzling.  And anybody who buys it
thinking its "space" music along the lines of Frank Comstock or Russ Garcia
will cry on his or her credit card bill.  I also  saw that BEDAZZLED was
going for a cool $200, at last check.  Kids!  Do what I did until the thing
is released on CD or CDr(hint, hint!)...dub the songs off the viddy!
Thriftly,
Jane Fondle, who only spent $15 on her SPACE ESCAPADE, and gasped at the
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Date: 19 May 1999 13:13:02 -0400






cc:





In a message dated 05/19/99 11:59:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< "Breakfast of Champions" is the one
 Vonnegut with interesting illustrations, and follows the story of Kilgore
 Trout, if I recall correctly.   >>

In the words of Ed Sullivan, "You are correct, sir!"  It's one of my
all-time fave books, and cheap-used copies are easy to find.  I guess
they'll use the Martin Denny music in the scenes where the car-dealership
has a Hawaiian-themed promotion.  I am uneasy about making this masterful
book into a film, especially with Bruce "lughead" Willis, but to each one's
own.  But the use of Martin Denny makes one hopeful!
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Subject: Re:  Re: Fw: (exotica) "Brazilica"
Date: 19 May 1999 14:29:19 EDT



In a message dated 5/18/99 7:53:47 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Awww, it could happen!  My first name is Celtic (Brian), my middle name is
>
>French (Douglas) and my last name is Greek (Phillips).  I am partially West
>
>Indian and had my father been into the dual citizenship (UK and Jamaican)
>
>thing I might have ended up with a name like Giles, such as Beville (a
>
>fellow I met in Los Angeles) or a friend of the family, the fabulously named
>
>Llewelyn Herod!

I stand corrected. As my friend here says, "we can have virtually any last
name, that is any last name that slaveowners had..." Apologies to all..Jimmy
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter's Best ? ? ?  Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! ! !
Date: 19 May 1999 17:05:21 EDT


In a message dated 05/19/99 3:58:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I have talked with some record-sellin' types who LOVE ebay because of the
FRENZY of bidding on mediocre product. There are still bargains on ebay
though...
  >>

You bet!  I got a complete album (and that is 4 records - eight sides!!!) of
Yma Sumac's Xtabay on 78 about 2 weeks ago.  Price?  Nine bucks plus book
rate shipping of $ 2.00.  The cover, wax, etc. all in beautiful condition.

What a blast!

On the other hand -- cocktail shakers.  Through the roof.  One's I paid 20
bucks for 3 years ago now go for over a hundred.  A few (Revere Wear's
Manhattans and Zephyrs which I got for $ 80 to $ 90  bucks a few years back
now reach from $ 600 to $ 1000.  That's right.

My problem with this?  I am not a collector.  Collectors will often sell
their wears.  I am an accumulator -- we never sell nuthin'.  Thus no profit
to be had.  Oh well.

tiki bob

P.S.  My spellchecker suggests "Yam" for "Yma".  That is one sweet potatoe
(the checker says potato - tiki dan)


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From: Jeff Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) From Ron Grandia re: Backyard Barbeque Idea
Date: 19 May 1999 13:27:21 -0700


BOY does this list scare me sometimes with it's ability to tune-in on my
head and create a thread to match.

My conspicuous absence for a few weeks and the abrupt halt to
FeelthyMonkey are due to the fact that I moved into a swell 1957
Ranch-Style Pad with a swingin' lanai area and patio-zone suitable for
swell outdoor entertainment. My first purchase? A Deeeeluxe Weber BBQ
(red, of course) and BBQ table. So says I to myself "Ron," Cuz that'
what I call me, " I wonder how to make an authentic tiki-kabob. And the
answer arrives the next day. Coincidence? Not a chance. (Now where to
bury the pig?)

The recipe supplied HAS to be authentic polynesian because of it's use
of SPAM. What gives with that? Why are the natives so crazynutsinsane
for spam?

Also, anybody out there hip to websites dedicated to patio-culture?

Ron

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http://www.xtabay.com/feelthyradio.htm
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From: Laura Taylor <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Pea Thread
Date: 19 May 1999 12:53:11 -0700 (PDT)



-------------Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 18:24:16 -0700
hey all, i just thought i'd start a thread....... (i hope, anyway!)e
i'm just comatose most of the time, but i don't remember muchtalk
on this list about gleaning good quality copies of classic exotica
albums from old reel-to-reel tapes, both "official" reels and homemade
copies taped from albums "back in tha day

>>>Geez, my work-day is so slow I'm goin' thru old digests...No, Pea, I
don't have one, but I almost bid on Pete Rugolo's BEHIND BRIGETTE
BARDOT reel on Ebay.  Why didn't I bid, you breathlessly ask?  Because,
when you fold out the box of the tape, in place of the "behind" part is
instead a lovely b&w pic of her. Still, getting the __behind__ part is
all of the fun(it's a great rekkid, too, have it on tape.)
That Naughty Girl-Jane Fondle
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fathom
Date: 19 May 1999 20:00:28 -0400


On the fabulous A&E biography of Raquel Welch - who knew there was so much
to say about her "career"? - they showed a moment from a film called "Fathom".
Never heard of it but it looked like the kind of thing we'd all like to see
here.
And I bet the soundtrack would be cool too.
Inform me please.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Backyard Barbeque Ideas
Date: 19 May 1999 21:09:29 -0400


>Also, anybody out there hip to websites dedicated to patio-culture?

Not exactly what you're after, but here's:

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/food.html

The Gallery Of Regrettable Food.

Drawn from old cookbooks and advertising.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Fathom / Les & Franky
Date: 19 May 1999 21:54:56 -0400


>On the fabulous A&E biography of Raquel Welch - who knew there was so much
>to say about her "career"? - they showed a moment from a film called
"Fathom".
>Never heard of it but it looked like the kind of thing we'd all like to see
>here.
>And I bet the soundtrack would be cool too.
>Inform me please.

Coincidentally, it just ran on AMC. I was slightly disappointed... it's in
that less compelling zone between the really good and the cheap 'n' sleazy
poles. It had that made-for-tv movie feel. Even had Tony Franciosa as the
male lead, y'know? But worth a viewing, with some of that fun quirkiness
that 60s movies have, like Clive Revill's performance as a twistedly
eccentric jewel thief. Raquel is a trooper as always. She plays a dental
hygienist (sic?)/ part-time skydiver touring Europe with her skydiving
buddies. But she's quickly sidetracked into a spy/jewel theft conspiracy. A
cheery little action flick that never gets into anything that would raise
the budget too much (a yacht gets all smoky but never actually explodes).
The music (by John Dankworth) had some nice moments, I think. I seem to
recall thinking, "yeah, the gang on the list would like this bit." But to
be honest, I can't recall a lick of it now.

I have been meaning to mention "Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine", which
ran on AMC this past weekend. Score by Les Baxter, and a real fun one, I
thought (with Les, there's always more (sorry)). I don't know if he wrote
the music for the title song (sung by The Supremes), but he employs a lot
of variations on its main riff in the score. Also has a lot of fun "busy"
music, sort of like cartoon music, sort of like "Busy Port". Some nifty
horror and action cues too. I swear, Francis Vincent Zappa must have
listened to a good helping of Les in his youth. Juxtapose "Jungle
Riverboat" and "Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme" sometime.

I don't know if there was a soundtrack album released for "Dr. Goldfoot",
but like Jane F, I'm happy enough to hear it via the video.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Otto returns
Date: 19 May 1999 23:12:53 EDT


to Radio Valencia this Thursday, May 20

Premiering new CD releases and the usual cheesy listening
(plenty of Beatles covers too!)

I take requests too

7:30 - 11:00

Free
dinner is recommended but there is plenty of bar seating if you just want to
have a beer or pie and Mexican hot chocolate


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From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) hilarious ebay message
Date: 20 May 1999 00:21:33 -0400


This is cut and pasted from ebay. Note the condition descriptions of
disc and jacket...

  ---LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS---""THE MELLOW GUITAR MOODS
     OF""---RCA RECORDS---LSP--2959(STEREO)---THIS IS AN ORIGINAL
     PRESSING FROM 1964.---THE JACKET IS IN GOOD CONDITION---THERE
     IS A LITTLE WEAR AT THE CORNERS--AND A LITTLE SURFACE
     WEAR---THE BACK OF THE JACKET HAS A PEICE OF THE LINER NOTES
     PAPER TORN OFF.---THERE IS A WATER STATIN AT TOP LEFT
     CORNER.---THERE ARE 6 SONGS ON EACH SIDE ALONG WITH THE
     TIMES ARE LISTED.--THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAMS ARE OPEN ABOUT
     3" EACH.---THIS ALBUM IS 35 YEARS OLD!!!---THE INNER SLEEVE IS
     ORAIGINAL AND SHOWS 18 MINI-ALBUM COVERS OF
     RECORDS--BEING RELEASED BY OTHER RCA ARTISTS AT THIS
     TIME(1964).---BONANZA--CHET ATKINS--DUANE EDDY--PAUL
     ANKA--ARE SOME OF THE COVERS ON THE SLEEVE!!!---GREAT ITEM
     IN ITSELF!!!---THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT COND.---THE VINYL
     HAS BEEN PLAYED AND HAS MANY SURFACE SCRATCHES ON EACH
     SIDE--NONE ARE DEEP---THE RECORD PLAYS THROUGH---BUT THERE
     ARE AREAS OF NOISE---THIS IS A PRETTY SCARCE RECORDING FROM
     1964---ALL IN ALL THE ALBUM IS IN -GOOD CONDITION-I WILL
     ANSWER ALL E-MAIL---3.75 POSTAGE---NO RESERVE---AS ALWAYS
     100% MONEY BACK GAURANTEE IF NOT SATISFIED FOR ANY
     REASON(LESSPOSTAGE)---THANKS FOR BIDDING---CHECK OUT ALL
     THE OTHER GREAT RECORDS I HAVE FOR AUCTION---

In fact, here is this persons list of all their records:

http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=rj121

there are some really good records, but who knows what condition they're
in... lots of funny prose in the sales pitches! Examples:

     THE SHINE--THE LUSTER ARE FANTASTIC!!!---THERE ARE ONLY AS FEW
     VERY LIGHT SCUFFS--NOT SCRATCHES---GAURANTEED!!!---IF NOT
     FOR THE SCUFFS IT WOULD BE MINT!!!--NO KIDDING!!!--TRUST
     ME---

  ---THE JACKET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION--EXCEPT FOR
     THE SEAMS AT TOP AND BOTTOM THAT ARE OPEN ABOUT 5".---

   ---ONE SIDE IS NEAR MINT!!---THE OTHER
     SIDE IS IN EXCELLENT OR BETTER CONDITION!!!---

all right, that's enough shouting...


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Bone Productions website
Date: 20 May 1999 02:28:19 EDT


some folks have noted that Bone Productions' web address has
changed so here is the latest info

new address is,

C'[e-mail]


new website:

www.tikimania.com
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From: Jamie LePage <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The Fleetwoods
Date: 20 May 1999 15:41:33 +0900


On Tue, 18 May 1999 22:53:45 James G <[e-mail]> wrote:


>...considering the threads about EZ vocals like Free Design et al,
>give another listen to the Fleetwoods.

Yes, the Fleetwoods - my very favorite Seattle group!

>There is a 28 track EMI compilation...
>which contains all the hits....

It is a great collection.

>...better than the Rhino comp of a few years back despite the
>omission of "Truly Do."

Truly Do is truly missed on the EMI comp. I love that track, especially
the opening line when Gary sings "Hey, baby"....

>IMHO these kids seem to have been taken for granted here as EZ
>pioneers in the heyday of rock. Sweet, simple, charming and innocent,
>except maybe "Lovers By Night,Strangers By Day."

I usually lurk here, but I had to write in to comment on this. I adore
the Fleetwoods, but one thing that appeals so strongly to me about
their records is how even though the records all sound "Sweet, simple,
charming and innocent," the songs themselves are largely about affairs,
trysts and cheating. Pretty heady stuff for high school kids. A few
examples:

It's all over town, I was the last one to know...

I'm Mr. Blue when you say you're sorry then prove it by going out on the
sly...

His future's bright, my future's dim, and all the dreams we shared you
share with him...

With your arms around him, you're so glad you found him, you never once
looked up to see me...

You get the point. Barbara, Gretchen and Gary had a fantastic sense for
prosody, and to me, the most appealing aspect of their EZ sound is the
way it is juxtaposed against the haunting despair in many of their songs.

Just one guy's opinion, though.

One more quick point. The Fleetwoods' sound borrows heavily from the
Teddy Bears, so if you gotta give credit to someone for being the
pioneer of EZ vocal pop, give it to Phil Spector (who resurrected that
sound on his Paris Sisters sides too).

>[The Fleetwoods are] Great nighttime music.

Now THAT I agree with 100%!

For much, much more on the Fleetwoods (and Martin Denny!) -
Recommended reading: Liberty Records - Michael "Doc Rock" Kelly
(McFarland)



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Subject: re: (exotica) DIABOLIK - The Guiltiest Pleasure of Them All
Date: 20 May 1999 08:42:10 +0000


     Great article, thanks.

     And in case anyone else is as morricone-obsessed as me, the fantastic
     'canto morricone' series is available through cduniverse.com for
     around $17 per CD (oddly, they are listed as 'soundtrack collections:
     the morricone songbook); you can also get $5 off at the moment by
     typing 'save' into the promotional box.  They are well worth it;
     volume 3 is particularly exquisite, and volume 1 contains one great
     track salvaged from the Danger:Diabolik score, 'Deep Down' by Christy
     (a futuristic masterpiece, discussed on this list a few times before).

     regards, Jonny

     ps more on canto morricone is here:
     http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/morricone0.html
     needless to say, I have nothing to do with these releases, I just like
     them very much...



>For those on the list who are fans of the movie Danger:Diabolik, there's
>an interesting article at
>http://www.dvdresource.com/savant/s71diabolik.shtml .
>It confirms that Ennio Morricone's original soundtrack was lost in a
>garage fire, as discussed on the list about a year ago.
>
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Bone Productions website
Date: 20 May 1999 03:26:57 EDT


some folks have noted that Bone Productions' web address has
changed so here is the latest info

new address is,

C'[e-mail]


new website:

www.tikimania.com
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Subject: (exotica) website address confirm
Date: 20 May 1999 04:06:32 EDT


just wanted to make sure that the URL came through correctly
sorry if this is a duplicate

New web address:

www.tikinews.com

new email:

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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! ! !
Date: 20 May 1999 09:22:51 +0100






cc:


Talking of bargains, I just scored the Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs
LP on Ebay for $4. That is a deal!


Charlie.

PS. Of course, with shipping to London, the price was actually $11 but its
still a deal.





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Subject: Re: (exotica) hilarious ebay message
Date: 20 May 1999 07:33:47 EDT


In a message dated 5/20/99 12:33:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS---""THE MELLOW GUITAR MOODS
      OF"" >>

10 minutes of that record (especially that one song they are famous(???) for)
would drive me crazy.

Tiki Bob (with a 3 inch tear up one side but still showing good lustre)


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! ! !
Date: 20 May 1999 07:35:32 EDT


In a message dated 5/20/99 4:25:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Talking of bargains, I just scored the Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs
 LP on Ebay for $4. That is a deal! >>

For who?  The Seller???

Hahaha!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Tiki Bob


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Date: 20 May 1999 08:02:24 EDT


In a message dated 5/19/99 11:30:30 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Just pondering the exotica/lounge influences on Donald Fagen's stuff,
 particularly "the Nightfly" album.  Doesn't walk between the Raindrops sound
 like 80s-hipped out lounge?  Or The Goodbye Look like some vibe intro from
 lighter exoticish pseudotaboo?

 Just a thought, mabye a thread. >>


The whole album was influenced from growing up in the suburbs during the
atomic age. In fact there is a great vidoe for the song "New Frontier"
featuring lot's of atomic age icons. The video features a nerdy guy taking
his "Tuesday Weld" style prom night date to his family's underground bomb
shelter.

Ashley


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter's Best ? ? ?  Ebay is the Judge and Jury ! ! !
Date: 20 May 1999 08:06:52 EDT


In a message dated 5/19/99 11:30:51 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Scarce LES BAXTER LP "Space Escapade" LOUNGE!
 Item #104213815

 Books, Movies, Music:Music:Records:Pop

 Currently $172.50  First bid $6.76
 Quantity 1  # of bids 17 (bid history) (with emails)
 Time left 2 days, 2 hours +


 Yes that is $ 172.50 !

 Is there anybody there we know???? >>


Let me have this guy's e mail address I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell
him.
$172. !!!! Does this guy have the word "Sucker" tatooed on his forehead????

Ashley


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Date: 20 May 1999 08:17:49 EDT


In a message dated 5/19/99 11:33:22 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAMS ARE OPEN ABOUT
      3" EACH.---THIS ALBUM IS 35 YEARS OLD!!!--- >>
Isn't crazy, once an album reaches 35 years old "!!!" those damn seems just
seem to pop open.

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Subject: (exotica) Whipped Cream Bootleg
Date: 20 May 1999 09:39:36 +0100


I heard a fantastic Whipped Cream bootleg on 7" 45 yesterday. It had Flavor
Flav's Public Enemy Accapella from Bring the Noise (I think) laid over some
Herb Alpert loops. 'Bass how low can you go, death row, what a brother
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Subject:  (exotica) Don Fagen
Date: 20 May 1999 09:49:42 -0400



In fact there is a great vidoe ....

Yes, it was the video that made me get the disc in the first place.  What I
am particularly interested in discussing is the musical elements of the
songs and their similarities to original lounge/exotica songs/performers
from the time.  Any thoughts?

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman
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Subject: (exotica) Dr. Goldfoot, Bikini Machine
Date: 20 May 1999 10:52:25 -0400






cc:






I don't know if there was a soundtrack album released for "Dr. Goldfoot",
but like Jane F, I'm happy enough to hear it via the video.

>>>There is most certainly a soundtrack for DOCTOR GOLD FOOT AND THE
GIRLBOMBS(my fortunate brother has it) and I THINK one for BIKINI MACHINE
as well. Mace, baby, don't wanna step on you here, but I have GIRLBOMBS on
viddy, and it's a LOUSY movie, even by my sub-standards! I'm sure Cleve,
Brian or Lou will jump on the BIKINI ost question...
Next,
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Whipped Cream Bootleg
Date: 20 May 1999 16:36:51 +0100


Charles Moseley wrote:

> I heard a fantastic Whipped Cream bootleg on 7" 45 yesterday. It had Flavor
> Flav's Public Enemy Accapella from Bring the Noise (I think) laid over some
> Herb Alpert loops. 'Bass how low can you go, death row, what a brother
> know, The public enemy number one', etc etc

And it's by the Evolution Control Committee.


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Subject: (exotica) More on Cosby ! ! ! !
Date: 20 May 1999 12:40:28 EDT


In a message dated 05/20/99 8:20:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LTepedino
writes:

<< Great comeback Tiki Bob!!! This made my day!

 Ashley
  >

Thanks --  I try so hard,

It gets better!

Bill Cosby will be giving the commencement speech for the Medical University
of South Carolina's class this Saturday here in Charleston.  My dad is the
president of the alumni association this year and said he will probably be
talking to Cosby at the reception/dinner afterwards.

I told my dad to tell him that some dude in England recently bought one of
his used albums for $ 4.00.  No joke - I really asked him to do this.  My dad
thinks stuff like this is funny and said he would do it.

Now, if I actually HAD that album here I could probably get my dad to get
Cosby to sign the record!  Then the album would then be worth . . . . oh, I
don't know . . . . . . . . . .$ 4.50?

Tiki Bob

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) NEW L'ATOME CD
Date: 19 May 1999 19:42:31 +0200


>Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 00:05:08 -0400
>From: "E. C. Cornell" <[e-mail]>
>
>Hello-
>
>Just to let you know. There is a NEW L'ATOME CD about to be released
>["Spiritual Meltdown"] . You can hear a preview of the song UNDER THE
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Subject: (exotica) Proteus 7: For Your Ears Only
Date: 20 May 1999 14:27:10 +0200


The 6 players are all members of classical symphony orchestras, and they
succeed in turning spy thriller music into a super-clean and boring
cathedral concert. The arrangements give new meaning to the word
"conservative". The sound is crystal-clear, but also ice-cold and thin,
which makes the "wide dynamic-range" warning on the cover ridiculous. A bad
joke, if you ask me.

Proteus 7: For Your Ears Only (CD, Dorian, USA, 1999)

        Johan


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Subject: (exotica) Electro Lounge
Date: 20 May 1999 13:07:42 EDT


I know we got an update from a list member that this was being released.
Does anyone have a review?  Is this as good as the Exotic Triolgy CD's?
Finally, what is on the front of Trilogy Vol. 2 (is it different from Vol. 1)?

Tiki Bob

1. Hypnotique - Uberzone
2. Gopher Mambo - Q-Burns Abstract Message
3. Watermelon Man - Utah Saints
4. Sway - The Rip-Off Artist
5. James Bond Theme - Gearwhore
6. Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The - Gusgus
7. Jump, Jive, An' Wail - Tranquility Bass
8. Do It Again - Wagon Christ
9. Seance On A Wet Afternoon - Omni Trio
10. Lonesome Road - U-ziq
11. Staccato's Theme - Meat Beat Manifesto
12. Caravan - Eat Static

 NOTES

Original Release Date: 1999
Label: EMD/RIGHT STUFF
Genre: General
Number of Discs: 1
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
Studio/Live: Studio
Category: Electronic Collections


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Dr. Goldfoot, Bikini Machine
Date: 20 May 1999 14:31:21 -0400



>DOCTOR GOLD FOOT AND THE GIRLBOMBS

Is this the movie with Vincent Price and girl robots going after rich guys?
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>DOCTOR GOLD FOOT AND THE GIRLBOMBS
Is this the movie with Vincent Price and girl robots going after rich guys?
(hope I'm not giving anything away here...)

Yes, these ladies, along with Ursula Anders in THE 10TH VICTIM, give sharp
meaning to thee "bullet bra."!  That sequence is great, but not even the
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Date: 20 May 1999 15:31:59 -0400


>>DOCTOR GOLD FOOT AND THE GIRLBOMBS
>Is this the movie with Vincent Price and girl robots going after rich guys?
>(hope I'm not giving anything away here...)
>
>Yes, these ladies, along with Ursula Anders in THE 10TH VICTIM, give sharp
>meaning to thee "bullet bra."!  That sequence is great, but not even the
>Masterful Vincent Price can salvage this do-do!
>Jane


Saw about 1/2 hour of this when it was on AMC. Turned it off and went to
bed.

I felt bad about not staying up to watch it.  It's camp, I'm supposed to
LIKE stuff like this now! :')

Guess there is a difference between the bad stuff that is good (Casino
Royal?) and the bad stuff that is just plain bad....

missed the bullet bra part....would have stuck with it if I knew Les Baxter
did the music! Exotica research.

BTW, saw the Austin Powers trailer yesterday when I went to see That Other
Summer Movie. A hoot. A new sidekick for Dr. Evil.... a 1/8th size Dr. Evil
clone. Reminded me of the remake of The Island of Dr Moreau with Brando.









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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Mary Lou Conrad, etc.
Date: 20 May 1999 14:40:09 -0500


                          *Mary Lou Conrad
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Mary Lou Conrad, a longtime figure in  Indiana
Democratic politics who wrote former Sen. Birch Bayh's signature campaign
theme song, ``Hey, Look Me Over,'' died Friday. She was 64.
    Mrs. Conrad's marriage to Larry Conrad, the state's former  secretary of
state, brought her into politics. But she wrote her own footnote in
political history in 1962 when, as a worker in Bayh's first senatorial bid,
she wrote ``Hey, Look Me Over.''
    The jingle became popular and won a national song-writing award.

                        *Charles W. Mapes Jr.
    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Charles W. Mapes Jr., whose hotel-casino  attracted the
rich and famous during its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, died Thursday of
complications following heart surgery. He was 78.
    The 12-story Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nev., opened on Dec. 17, 1947,  and the
glorious mountain views from atop its Sky Room once drew politicians, high
rollers and Hollywood's elite, including Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe,
Clark Gable and Shirley Temple.
    It closed on Dec. 17, 1982, and has stood shuttered ever since.
    Mapes' hotel was the first in the country to feature gambling,  dining,
entertainment and luxury accommodations under one roof.
    Among those performing at the Mapes were Sammy Davis Jr., Mae  West, the
Marx Brothers, Gypsy Rose Lee and Danny Thomas.
    Its unique art deco style earned it a listing on the National  Register of
Historic Places in 1984. The resort was named last year as one of the most
endangered historic places in the country by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation.

                        *Kyriacos Demetriou
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Kyriacos Demetriou, a haircutter whose  old-fashioned
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) free designing hippies
Date: 20 May 1999 13:35:25 -0700 (PDT)


I was in Tower records at lunch time and spotted a 4 volume comp of this
Orpheus/Association hippy harmony good feeling late 60's music called Sunshine Days.
Nothing to obscure on them but a lot of hit pseudo hippie harmony singles compiled.
The cds were rather short and the price was $11.99 at Tower .

I remember only a few songs on one of the discs:  Windy  by the Association, Daydream
by the Spoonful, Groovin by the Rascals, Grazing in the Grass by the Friends of
Distinction and 59th Street Bridge Song by Haprers Bizzarre and a song by Spanky and
Our Gang.   There also was Sunny Afternoon by the Kinks which didn't seem to fit in
with the tone and mood of the rest ot the album but I never pass up a chance to mention
the Kinks.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

--- Nat Kone  wrote:
> The second LP is by the Sunshine Company and is called "Sunshine and
> Shadow".  Also on Imperial/Liberty. (Did I read about them on the list here?)
> I can't decide what I think about this but there's less harmony than The
> Love Generation.
>
> So, are there any compilations of this kind of Orpheus/ Association hippy
> harmony stuff out there?
> Nat


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Date: 20 May 1999 17:02:26 EDT



In a message dated 5/20/99 4:35:48 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>So, are there any compilations of this kind of Orpheus/ Association hippy
>> harmony stuff out there?

Actually Nat wrote this and this is quoted from Chuck's response. Spanky &
Our Gang fall into the soft pop category and of course, so do the Sandpipers.
I also found 3 45-singles in my 6T's Pop Box listers might keep an eye out
for: "The French Girl" by The Daily Flash (on Uni), "You Can't Grow Peaches
On A Cherry Tree" by Just Us (on Colpix) and "Promise Me" by A Group Called
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Subject: (exotica) The Fleetwoods
Date: 20 May 1999 15:02:53 -0700 (PDT)



Just wanted to add that the sound of the Fleetwoods is very much in touch with the
modern soft pop underproduce music coming out today on Siesta/Elephant indie type
labels.   The gentle harmonies of these indie bands remind me so much of the Teddy
Bears or the Fleetwoods.

I personally believe this sound originated with the Big Band vocal groups on some of
their soft harmonizing ballads or the softer edged doo wop songs.

Even though Richie Vallens was singing by himself, his Donna (which was the bigger hit
over La Bamba, the flip side, where he also pioneered "Latin Rock')  also predates the
Teddy Bears and I believe the Fleetwoods and is in the same vain.   And don't forgert
Ricky Nelson whose producer was very fond of turning up the echo and letting Ricky
harmonize with himsef.  Ricky was also a pioneer of "Country Rock"

Also one of my favorite songs out of Seattle is "Tall Cool One" by the Wailers, sp? It
still sends chills down my spine.   Special mention always goes to Louie Louie whose
vocalist was described by David Marsh as sounding like Donald Duck on helium,  not to
mention the drummer who always seems to be a little behind and the riot ot a lead.
The Kinks were quoted as saying they redid the song as "You Really Got Me"

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck




--- Jamie LePage  wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 May 1999 22:53:45 James G  wrote:
>
>
> >...considering the threads about EZ vocals like Free Design et al,
> >give another listen to the Fleetwoods.
>
> Yes, the Fleetwoods - my very favorite Seattle group!
>
> >There is a 28 track EMI compilation...
> >which contains all the hits....
>
> One more quick point. The Fleetwoods' sound borrows heavily from the
> Teddy Bears, so if you gotta give credit to someone for being the
> pioneer of EZ vocal pop, give it to Phil Spector (who resurrected that
> sound on his Paris Sisters sides too).
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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Electro Lounge
Date: 20 May 1999 16:28:32 -0700


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> I know we got an update from a list member that this was being released.
> Does anyone have a review?  Is this as good as the Exotic Triolgy CD's?
> Finally, what is on the front of Trilogy Vol. 2 (is it different from Vol. 1)?

I'm new to the group and have heard only passing references to the Exotic
Triology. What is this?? Can you provide more background?

Is this stuff actually available somewhere (my impression it is a bootleg...)?
On CD perhaps?

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From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Silva label soundtrack comps
Date: 20 May 1999 19:29:27 -0700


Anybody know if those ubiquituous Silva soundtrack collections contain
original artists' recordings (versus recreations by "studio musicians")?

Thanks,

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Date: 20 May 1999 22:58:03 EDT


In a message dated 5/20/99 9:21:19 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Anybody know if those ubiquituous Silva soundtrack collections contain
 original artists' recordings (versus recreations by "studio musicians")?
  >>
I have found that they are not originals, but newly recorded recreations

Ashley


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Date: 20 May 1999 23:03:31 EDT


In a message dated 5/20/99 8:51:18 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Yes, it was the video that made me get the disc in the first place.  What I
 am particularly interested in discussing is the musical elements of the
 songs and their similarities to original lounge/exotica songs/performers
 from the time.  Any thoughts? >>


What makes this album an artistic success is that Fagen is not trying to
recreate or  ape the styole of music form this era. He is mostly drawing on
memories of this time and putting them in a contemporary musical context
while lightly sprinkling  musical tid bits form that period, enough for you
to get a feeling for the mood.

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From: Keith Lo Bue <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) My Kingdom for a Ring
Date: 21 May 1999 00:28:02 -0400


So there I am spinning my new acquisition, a fantastic ur-psychedelic one-off by T.SWIFT
AND THE ELECTRIC BAG.  And in the middle of an echoey space jam, it hits me.

Hard.

The major RING WEAR on the sleeve...looks...friggin' brilliant.  No drugs here, kids, it
just occured to me that if a designer today were to create that ghost-like image of outer
ring of record, inner ring, and yes, even faint sign of hole (all can be seen on this
baby), I would fall to my knee pads screaming GENIUS.

How funny that all these years, I've treated that wear as a screen through which I tried
to view the image better, never once incorporating the graphic reality of the rings into
the total look of the artwork.

Time to thumb thru every record I own and see if my flimsy epiphany really holds water.

Ciao!

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Subject: (exotica) Teddy Bears vs. Ritchie Valens
Date: 21 May 1999 13:45:29 +0900


chuck <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Just wanted to add that the sound of the Fleetwoods is
> very much in touch with the modern soft pop underproduce
> music coming out today on Siesta/Elephant indie type
> labels.  The gentle harmonies of these indie bands
> remind me so much of the Teddy Bears or the Fleetwoods.

The Siesta/Elephant releases sound interesting. Can
anyone point me to a website with more info?

> Even though Richie Vallens was singing by himself, his
> Donna (which was the bigger hit over La Bamba, the flip
> side, where he also pioneered "Latin Rock')  also
> predates the Teddy Bears and I believe the Fleetwoods
> and is in the same vain.  =20

Teddy Bears - To Know Him is to Love Him (Dore 583)
Released September 22, 1958
Peaked at #1 on December 1, 1958

Ritchie Valens - Donna (Del-Fi 4110)
Released November 24, 1958
Peaked at #2 on February 23, 1959

Although Teddy Bears debut indeed predates the Valens
record, chances are Valens had the song in his head
before he ever heard To Know Him... Still, there's a good
chance that Bob Keane went for this as a single based on
the growing success of the Teddy Bears record. In any
event, Valens' style was varied, while the Teddy Bears
(and Fleetwoods) stayed in the soft harmony vein. And
although I previously wrote that the Teddy Bears, if
anyone, should be given credit for being the pioneers of
this style, in all fairness it should be pointed out that
some critics suspect Spector borrowed the style of this
song from The Aquatones=1B$B=92=1B(B Top 25 hit "You", released 8
months earlier.=20

The Fleetwoods debut record "Come Softly" (Dolphin 1)
wasn't issued until March 9, 1959.

> And don't forgert Ricky Nelson whose producer was very
> fond of turning up the echo and letting Ricky harmonize
> with himsef.=20

That producer, btw, was named Ozzie!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)
Date: 21 May 1999 06:12:02 EDT


In a message dated 5/20/99 7:28:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< [e-mail] wrote:
 >
 > I know we got an update from a list member that this was being released.
 > Does anyone have a review?  Is this as good as the Exotic Triolgy CD's?
 > Finally, what is on the front of Trilogy Vol. 2 (is it different from Vol.
1)?

 I'm new to the group and have heard only passing references to the Exotic
 Triology. What is this?? Can you provide more background?

 Is this stuff actually available somewhere (my impression it is a
bootleg...)?
 On CD perhaps?

 Kevin Crossman >>

There is a group of DJ's (out of Germany I believe) that have collected
countless versions of 3 songs (The Trilogy):  Quiet Village, Taboo and
Caravan.  The feel that these three songs make up the only important music
there is.

They put out a CD with 21 tracks about 3 years ago that has 7 versions of
each of the songs.  The strive to make 5 or 6 volumes of the Trilogy.  Vol. 2
came out about 6 months or a year ago.

I guess it may be called a boot because they probably have not gotten
permission to re-release the songs but it is not your typical boot that is a
direct copy of an LP.

Can anyone else add to this.  Please correct my observations if they are
wrong.

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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo
Date: 21 May 1999 10:24:17 -0500


                          *Augustos Pablo
    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaican musician Augustos Pablo,
popular in Europe and known for his plastic melodica, died
Wednesday after being in a coma for several days. He was 46.
    He was suffering from a muscle disease.
    His most popular works include ``East of the River Nile,''
``Java,'' and ``Baby, I Love You.''
    Pablo, whose real name was Horace Swaby, recently released his
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)
Date: 21 May 1999 08:00:47 -0700 (PDT)


For pictures and further information on the Exotic Triogy Vol 1 &2  go to Vic's Lounge
at
http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/news/exotictrilogy.html

A nice description of the albums by Vic,  including track listing and artists is
included at the site, plus pictures of the covers (in color)

I picked up my copies from Soleilmoon Recordings, tele [phone]
http://www.soleilmoon.com/

Solielmoon appears to be a gothic music record store, specializing in the band the
Legendary Pink Dots,  a pink floidish goth rock band.  I purchased my copy over a year
ago.  I searched the site and the exotic trilogy is not listed.  Maybe they no
longercarry this record.  You could email them or call to make sure.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


> [e-mail]  writes:
>
>  I'm new to the group and have heard only passing references to the Exotic  Triology.
What is this?? Can you provide more background?
 >  Kevin Crossman >>
> >
> And the tiki worshipping Tiki Bob wrote:
>
>  There is a group of DJ's (out of Germany I believe) that have collected  countless
versions of 3 songs (The Trilogy):  Quiet Village, Taboo and > Caravan.  The feel that
these three songs make up the only important music  there is.
> >
> > They put out a CD with 21 tracks about 3 years ago that has 7 versions of  each of
the songs.  The strive to make 5 or 6 volumes of the Trilogy.  Vol. 2  came out about 6
months or a year ago.
> >
> I guess it may be called a boot because they probably have not gotten  permission to
re-release the songs but it is not your typical boot that is a  direct copy of an LP.
> >
> Can anyone else add to this.  Please correct my observations if they are  wrong.
> > Tiki Bob
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)
Date: 21 May 1999 11:17:21 -0400


"Solielmoon appears to be a gothic music record store"

Not true Chuck.....Solielmoon carries a wide variety of stuff.=20

Lots of great "Ambient" music from the likes of the great Muslim Gauze.  =
Most of their product are bands who mix tribal/techno/trance stuff in =
"inequal" doses depending on the particular band.

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Teddy Bears vs. Ritchie Valens
Date: 21 May 1999 09:23:20 -0700 (PDT)


Thanks Jamie for the post.  I went home and checked the charts last night.
The Siesta site is at

http://www.siesta.es

My favorite place to buy soft indie pop music on Siesta like labels  is at Roundabout
Records at

http://www.wmuc.umd.edu/roundaboutpop/

There are brief descriptions of the music and very low prices.   I really like the Red
Sleeping Beauty cd or Louis Phillipes "Jackie Girl"

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


--- Jamie LePage  wrote:

> The Siesta/Elephant releases sound interesting. Can
> anyone point me to a website with more info?

> Teddy Bears - To Know Him is to Love Him (Dore 583)
> Released September 22, 1958
> Peaked at #1 on December 1, 1958
>
> Ritchie Valens - Donna (Del-Fi 4110)
> Released November 24, 1958
> Peaked at #2 on February 23, 1959

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy
Date: 21 May 1999 19:18:05 +0200


> There is a group of DJ's (out of Germany I believe) that have collected
> countless versions of 3 songs (The Trilogy):  Quiet Village, Taboo and
> Caravan.  The feel that these three songs make up the only important music
> there is.

It must have been half a dozen of times I have posted on this. I thought we have
archives. ???  OK: They are Canadian artists, Gordon and Gordon W. ( who also
often cooks exotic) plus Laura plus some others I don't know and they live in
Berlin and they ran the Shmaltzwald and they moved and I had asked where are
they now and nobody had answered. I had posted a long review about a
mystic-surrealistic-"futuristic" performance that some of the KBZed members had
joined here in Munich that I really liked.

> They put out a CD with 21 tracks about 3 years ago that has 7 versions of
> each of the songs.  The strive to make 5 or 6 volumes of the Trilogy.  Vol. 2
> came out about 6 months or a year ago.
>
> I guess it may be called a boot because they probably have not gotten
> permission to re-release the songs but it is not your typical boot that is a
> direct copy of an LP.

-Mo


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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo
Date: 21 May 1999 19:20:00 +0200


Lou Smith wrote:

>                           *Augustos Pablo
>         KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaican musician Augustos Pablo,
> popular in Europe and known for his plastic melodica, died
> Wednesday after being in a coma for several days. He was 46.
>         He was suffering from a muscle disease.
>

I hope it wasn't a bullet sticking in the heart muscle, as usual in Jamaica...

-Mo


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Subject: (exotica) Italian Lounge Festival
Date: 21 May 1999 11:00:20 -0700 (PDT)


There is going to be a Festival called the "International Lounge Festival" It will be
held in Italy,  and will probably interest somebody around there, (Giovanni?)  The
location is in a park called "Parco Enza" in a small town called "Montecchio Emilia" on
June 12th, Saturday.

The acts announced are:
 - Paolo Scotti (Ita)
 - The Karminsky Experience (UK)
 - Valvola (Ita)
 - The Fez File (Ita)
 - Sam Paglia (Ita)
 - Mina (Ger)
 - Mo'Plen (Ita)
 - Balanco (Ita)
 - Montefiori Cocktail (Ita)
 - Le Hammond Inferno (Ger)
 - Berto Pisano (Ita)
 - Piero Piccioni (Ita)
 - Pizzicato 5 (Ja)

A real live loungeapallooza !  There should be more of these, but with all the good
music coming out of Italy it makes sense its held there.    P-5  are suppose to DJ and
I'm guessing Mo'Plen is a dj act not a band.  I hope somebody on the list makes this.

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From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 5/21/99
Date: 21 May 1999 15:55:49 -0400


=93Martinis With Mancini" broadcasting Friday's from 6-9 AM.
WJUL 91.5, Lowell Massachusetts.
There is talk about WJUL broadcasting live on the internet someday. When =
I
have no idea.
The show=92s rebuilt web page: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/80=
07/

Your comments, questions always welcomed.

The Playlist:

It Could Happen To You, Bjork
Star Wars Main Theme, Henry Mancini
I Get A Kick Out Of You, Dave Brubeck
Cotton Candy, Al Hurt
Night And Day, Karrin Allyson
Mood Indigo, OST Paris Blues
Fugue In E Flat Major, Swingle Singers
Moonlight In Vermont, Billie Holiday
The Folks Who Live On The Hill, George Shearing
If I Should Lose You, George Shearing
Starlight Souvenirs, George Shearing
What Is There To Say, George Shearing
The Best Man, Al Hurt And Ann Margret
Ma (He=92s Making Eyes At Me), Al Hurt And Ann Margret
Limehouse Blues, Benny Goodman
Cherry, Art Van Damm/Singers Unlimited
My Very Good Friend The Milkman, Dave Whitney
Baby But You Did, Gus Bivona, Music By Steve Allen
Tonight, Gus Bivona, Music By Steve Allen
You=92e The One, Gus Bivona, Music By Steve Allen
Laughing At Life, Etta Jones/Houston Person (32 Jazz)
Cantina Band, OST Star Wars
Work Song, OST Disney Cinderella
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend, Marilyn Monroe
Java, Al Hurt
Frankie  Machine, Elmer Bernstein, (Crime Jazz I comp)
Adios, Perez Prado/Rosemary Clooney
Central Park Blues, Nina Simone
Slow Boat To China, Holly Cole Trio
Where Or When, Errol Garner
Mack The Knife, Al Hurt
Para Jose, Two Bones And A Pick
The House Of The Blue Lights, Ella Mae Morse And Eddie Slack
Dakota Station
Poor Butterfly, The Three Suns
One Mint Julip, The New Xavier Cugat Orchestra
The Pink Panther Theme, The Anita Kerr Singers
Nature Boy, Esquivel
Out Of My Dreams, The Norman Luboff Choir
Wave, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Yellow, Ken Nordine
Carnival Of Venice, Pete Rugolo
Granada/Blue Pavillion, Four Piece Suit
The Millionaire=92s Holliday, Combustable Edison
Wonderful World, David Carroll
I Can=92t Stop Loving You, Ray Charles
Arabesque, Henry Mancini (Crime Jazz II comp)
Arabesque, Oranj Symphonette
The Imperial March/Darth Vadar Theme, Evil Empire Orchestra, Cocktails In
The Cantina
I Hear A Symphony, Pizzicato 5
Laughed At Love, Etta Jones With Oliver Nelson
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy
Date: 21 May 1999 12:31:33 -0700


Moritz R wrote:
>
> It must have been half a dozen of times I have posted on this. I thought we have
> archives. ???

Well, it isn't in the FAQ you provide on your site... Maybe you should add that
to the FAQ. :-)

Kevin Crossman


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Subject: (exotica) Combustable Edison
Date: 21 May 1999 16:27:00 EDT


What section would one look in a CD store is if they were trying to locate
CDs by Combustable Edison? I am curious to hear what they sound like and I
couldn't find any CDs by them in the store yesterday.


Jason


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From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les & Tony
Date: 21 May 1999 18:55:59 -0400


I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is Lester Baxter.
If he were paged, they might say
"Paging Mister Lester Baxter."
That'd be funny.


More importantly, does anyone else notice the similarity between "Recado Bossa Nova" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"?
Every version makes me think they're doing a bossa version of the Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando classic.

Weird.

Peter


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Les & Tony
Date: 21 May 1999 19:53:41 -0500


Risser Family wrote:

> I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is Lester Baxter.
> If he were paged, they might say
> "Paging Mister Lester Baxter."
> That'd be funny.
>

Hate to burst your bubble but, it's Leslie Baxter.

Frank



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop
Date: 21 May 1999 21:37:09 EDT


Scouring a few bins today I located the second album by Bob "Elusive
Butterfly of Love" Lind who provides great folksploitation on World Pacific.
It brought to mind the 6t's faux-angst single by Peter Sarstedt, "Where Do
You Go To My Lovely?" The second We Five  LP on A&M was kind of disappointing
with two redeeming tracks.  Anyone else following up on this soft pop
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Subject: (exotica) Phil and Sheila
Date: 22 May 1999 16:53:51 +0200


Rare! Hot! & Cole Porter (Phillips PHS 600-169)
Aloha, I picked up an Lp with a singer called Sheila M. Sanders. Its =
from 1966 and it is arranged and conducted by Phil Moore. 12 =
reeinditions of not so well known Cole Porter songs. The first track on =
side 1 ("Come to the Supermarket in old Peking") is really great, and =
has some exotic feeling in the Phil Moore vein. his arrangements are =
when he feels like it in a style completely his own. Sheila sounds a bit =
like Eartha Kitt, she is really good.=20

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Subject: (exotica) The Golden Strawberry
Date: 22 May 1999 20:38:41 -0700


You will love the story of this Sacramento man:

http://www.cockeyed.com/plazaprank.html

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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 23
Date: 23 May 1999 10:13:51 -0400


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

All comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #49   Travel, Temptation & The Tropics


Fantastic Plastic Machine:  Electric Lady Land  "Luxury"
Lee Selmoco:  Chemin de Fer  "Mosaico Psichedelico"
Henry Mancini:  Latin Golightly  "Breakfast At Tiffany's"
Enoch Light:  Good Night Sweetheart Cha Cha  "Provocative Percussion"
Enoch Light:  Mambo Jambo  "Persuasive Percussion"

Mundell Lowe:  Coffee, Coffee  "Satan In High Heels"
Jerry Van Rooyen:  Paris From A Helicopter View  "At 250 Miles Per Hour"
Peter Hamilton:  Obsessivamente  "Mosaico Psichedelico"
Ronnie Aldrich:  Girl On The Via Veneto  "Here Come The Hits!"

Horst Jankowski:  The Blues, The Beat & All That  "Black Forest
Explosion!
Edmundo Ros:  Hair  "Hair Goes Latin"
Yma Sumac:  Taki Rari  "Mambo!"
Esquivel:  Moonlight Enchantment  "Exploring New Sounds In Sonorama"
Lalo Schifrin:  Jungle Fantasy  "Piano Espanol"

Fantastic Plastic Machine:  Pura Saudade  "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
Walter Wanderley:  Summer Samba  "Samba Swing!"
Quintetto X:  Esquema Da Bossa  "Novo Esquema Da Bossa"


Thanks for reading.

[e-mail]
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Soft Pop
Date: 23 May 1999 16:56:14 -0400


At 09:37 PM 5/21/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Peter Sarstedt, "Where Do
>You Go To My Lovely?"

  Anyone else following up on this soft pop
>thread/sound?..Jimmy Botticelli

As you know, I'm following this soft pop thread but if that Peter Sarstedt
tune fits, then I think the "genre" is a bit too inspecific.
Next thing you know, you'll be putting Al Stewart in the category too.

Picked up another one the other day but the jury's still out until the
thing gets a thorough cleaning
Good name though.
THE DEEP SIX.  On Liberty.
It sounds right so far.  1966 I think.  It says they had a hit with a song
called "Rising Sun" which I've never heard of.

OH and by the way, I was a bit hasty in my dismissal of Chris Dedrick's
soundtrack music for the Canadian prime time soap opera "The City".  He
actually does some really interesting things with wordless vocal choirs.

OH and one more group, not a new acquisition but definitely fit, I think.

EVERY MOTHER'S SON.  I always loved the hit "Come on down to my boat" but
the rest of the LP is pretty good too.

Okay that's all for today.

Nat



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Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Moon Base Alpha 23/5/99
Date: 23 May 1999 22:33:03 +0100


Moon Base Alpha left the airwaves this morning after another rip-
roaring success of a broadcast on local radio station Fresh Air FM.
We'll hopefully be back on again in October...

Moon Base Alpha 23/5/99 Playlist

INTRO: Dick Hyman - Moon Gas (Moon Gas)
Enoch Light - Marrakesh Express (Permissive Polyphonics)
Joe Harriott / John Mayer Double Quintet - Acka Raga (Indo-Jazz
Fusions)
Brigitte Bardot - Ne Me Laisse Pas L'aimer (Best of BB)
Irvin's 89 Key Marenghi Organ - She Loves You (Exotic Beatles III)
Dick Hyman - Michelle (Happening!)
Lounge Brigade - Heart-Shaped Box (Put Some Style In It)
East African Airways - Safari Souvenir / Les Baxter - Tropicando
(Que Mango)
Don Swan - Hooray for Hollywood (Cha Cha) (Ultra Lounge: Mambo
Fever)
Wanda de Sah/Sergio Mendes - So Nice (Ultra Lounge: Bossa
Novaville)
Chad Weisenberger - Uranium is the Future
Julie London - Fly Me to the Moon (an unintended extra track from
Bossa Novaville - oops!)
France Gall - Pense a Moi (Poupee de Son)
Left-Right Channel Identification (How to Give Yourself a Stereo
Checkout)
Doc Severinsen - Summertime (Live!)
Esquivel - Amor (Exploring New Sounds in Sonorama)
Prez Prado - Beautiful Margaret (bonus track on "Prez" CD)
Jess Conrad - This Pullover (The World's Worst Record Show)
Doris Day - Do Do Do
Dick Hyman - The Liquidator (The Man from O.R.G.A.N.)
Enoch Light - Downtown (Discotheque 2)
Sergio Mendes - Wave (The Essential Sergio Mendes)
Yma Sumac - Goomba Goomba (Voice of the Xtabay)
G.P. & G.F. Reverberi - Sequence Six (Erotica Italia)
Control Voice Introduction (The Outer Limits)
Perrey & Kingsley - Spooks in Space (The In Sound from Way Out)
Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical (Spaced Out)
Joe Meek - Orbit Round the Moon (I Hear a New World) / Apollo 11
Landing (First Man on the Moon)
Pete Moore - Catwalk (In Flight Entertainment) / A Lady's Coat
Edmundo Ros - Vaba-Ba-Boom (Vaba-Ba-Boom)
Leo Addeo - Hawaiian War Chant (Songs of Hawaii)
Combustible Edison - Intermission (I, Swinger) / The Poetry of
Leonard Nimoy
Bad Examples - Song Electrique (the river the night the moon
temptation and you) / More Poetry by Leonard Nimoy
Dick Hyman/Mary Mayo - Desafinado (Moon Gas)
Stock, Hausen & Walkman - Lipgloss (Organ Transplants Vol 1) /
Le Cocktail (Starting French)
Mel Henke - Farmer John (La Dolce Henke)
Chaquito - Caravan (Spotlight on Chaquito)
Alan Moorhouse - Tea for Two (Alan Moorhouse and his Bond
Street Brigade)
The Alan Tew Sound - The Troubleshooters (Latin Style - The
Music of Tom Springfield)
Laika & the Cosmonauts - Tantrum (Amazing Colossal Band)
Henry Mancini - Experiment in Terror (The Ultimate Collection)
The Shaggs - Yesterday Once More (s/t)
Free Design - I Found Love (Bubbles)
Doris Day - Steppin Out (Cuttin' Capers)
OUTRO: Hugo Montenegro - My Way (Moog Power)


DJ Bongo Boy


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Date: 23 May 1999 15:43:29 +0000


At 06:55 PM 21-05-99 -0400, Peter wrote:

>I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is Lester
Baxter.

Are you sure?  I thought Les was short for Leslie.  At least the composing
credits I have occasionally seen said "Leslie Baxter."


Byron Caloz
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Date: 23 May 1999 20:59:19 EDT



In a message dated 5/23/99 4:55:07 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>As you know, I'm following this soft pop thread but if that Peter Sarstedt
>tune fits, then I think the "genre" is a bit too inspecific.
>Next thing you know, you'll be putting Al Stewart in the category too.

I know what you mean, even if I don't quite get the analogy. I suppose if Al
Stewart gets the Soft Pop label,  the next one in is Al (Franken) as Stewart
(Smalley), but that's not really my point. Let's build some parameters around
soft pop's definition. To me it has to reflect a certain well-meaning
earnestness slightly corrupted by commerciality. It can be slightly
pretentious, but not dogmatic. It is influenced by the 6T's Folk Music period
but not "pure" in an acoustic folkie sense. It might be called E-Z Folk. And
it seems to be an exclusively 6T's category. The Soft Rockers of the 7T's
don't fit.....Help elaborate


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Subject: SV: (exotica)
Date: 24 May 1999 03:06:48 +0200



Hey! I thought you knew? Les is More!

Magnus



>At 06:55 PM 21-05-99 -0400, Peter wrote:
>
>>I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is =
Lester
>Baxter.



>Are you sure?  I thought Les was short for Leslie.  At least the =
composing
>credits I have occasionally seen said "Leslie Baxter."
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Soft Pop
Date: 24 May 1999 02:25:59 -0400


At 08:59 PM 5/23/99 EDT JimmyBee wrote:
> Let's build some parameters around
>soft pop's definition.

Sounds like fun.  But is it soft "pop" or soft "rock"?
I ask this because for instance, Claudine Longet would probably qualify as
soft pop but not as soft rock, I hope.
Or maybe Claudine is uncategorizable.

> To me it has to reflect a certain well-meaning
>earnestness slightly corrupted by commerciality. It can be slightly
>pretentious, but not dogmatic.

Woo, heavy terms man.
I think that most soft rock - dunno about the pop - is very heavily
influenced by commercial concerns.
We probably should have two categories.
Those who softened their sound for what they saw as commercial reasons.
And those who hardened their sound for the same reason.
On one hand, you have a hard rock band who hear that the soft sound is
selling and on the other hand you have a wispy folky band who add a bit of
a rock edge in order to capitalize on the "rock craze".
They may arrive at a similar place though...

>It is influenced by the 6T's Folk Music period
>but not "pure" in an acoustic folkie sense. It might be called E-Z Folk. And
>it seems to be an exclusively 6T's category. The Soft Rockers of the 7T's
>don't fit.....Help elaborate

Well given that this discussion began with The Free Design I think you'd
have to include some of the early seventies.
I sort of agree with the folk routes.  In some ways you could call The
Byrds the original soft-rock band.  Or the Lovin Spoonful.  Both have
acoustic hootenanny folk routes.  I think the same thing is true for the
Association.
But maybe the Byrds and Spoonful have a bit too much of an "edge" to be
called soft.

I think we're talking about a hard-to-pin-down genre. On the one hand you
have the Free Design who are virtually all vocal arrangements and the
instruments are just sort of there.  Then for instance you have Orpheus or
the Cowsills who kind of rock out compared to Free Design.
Orpheus sometimes remind me of the Buckinghams.

I think we're in trouble here but I'll still participate.

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Augustos Pablo
Date: 24 May 1999 11:58:49 +0200


Distressing news to hear about his death. That's Tommy McCook,
Roland Alphonso and Augustus Pablo - three of the all time greats -
in the space of one year.

Short recap for the Pablo novice:

instrumental melodica :

This is Augustus Pablo (Heartbeat) &  Original Rockers are both essential.
Original Rockers vol.2 is also good. The rest like King David's Melody or
East of the River Nile are more uneven balanced. Don't care for much of
his later output (Rockers come East or Rising Sun), a bit too mellow, but
that may be a matter of taste. "Zion Seals Dub" on Rising Sun is pure
bliss for instance. Look out for "Java" on various reggea compilations,
don't think it crops up on one of his regular releases.

dub:

King Tubby meets the Rockers Uptown (various labels) - essential!!! Best dub
album ever made
King Tubby meets the Rokcers Ina Firehouse - so so
Ital Dub (Trojan) - good
Africa Must Be Free by 1983 Dub - excellent
Eastman Dub - so so

compilations with A.Pablo productions:

Augustus Pablo presents Rockers Story (RAS) - excellent. Struggle in Soweto
must be my favorite Pablo tune
Classic Rockers (Mango) - excellent. Paul Blackman's Earth Wind and Fire is
magnificent
Classic Rockers vol.2 (Rockers international) - even better than vol.1 IMO.
Horace Andy's Rock to Sleep and the instrumental dub workout of Rockers
Mood/Tubby's Mood are works of utter genius.
Rockers International Showcase and Rockers International are comps with 80s
productions. All good

various Pablo productions

Hugh Mundell - Blackman's Foundation (Shanachie)  - excellent
Hugh Mundell - Africa Must Be Free by 1983 - excellent. There is a CD on
Greensleeves which has the vocal and dub version together on one CD
Jacob Miller - Who Say Jah No Dread : the classic Augustus Pablo sessions
1974-75 (Greensleeves). Six vocals + dubs by late Inner Circle frontman. The
six dub cuts are the same as the ones on King Tubby meets the Rockers
Uptown.

various
v/a - Melodica Melodies. An old compilation on Trojan with early 70s stuff b
y various other excellent melodica players likeJoe White and Glen Brown.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo
Date: 24 May 1999 11:57:33 +0200



>>                           *Augustos Pablo
>>         KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaican musician Augustos Pablo,
>> popular in Europe and known for his plastic melodica, died
>> Wednesday after being in a coma for several days. He was 46.
>>         He was suffering from a muscle disease.
>>
>
>I hope it wasn't a bullet sticking in the heart muscle, as usual in
Jamaica...
>
>- -Mo


From the NY Times, May 20, 1999


Augusto Pablo, 46, Musician; Helped Shape Reggae's Sound
By JON PARELES

Augustus Pablo, a widely influential reggae producer, died on Tuesday at
University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 46 and lived in the hills
outside Kingston.

The cause was myasthenia gravis, a nerve disorder, said his brother, Garth
Swaby.

Pablo, whose original name was Horace Swaby, was known for what he called
the "Far East sound": haunting, minor-key tunes with sparse lines for
melodica (a harmonica with a keyboard) floating above deep bass lines and
echoing keyboards. He was an architect of dub reggae, music in which deep
bass lines and dizzying echo effects envelop a few shards of melody.

Born in Kingston in 1953, he became a Rastafarian while still a teen-ager;
he also taught himself to play piano. Bob Marley brought him into the
studio to play keyboards on early Wailers recordings, and he began working
regularly as a session musician in the late 1960s. He joined the house band
at Randy's Studio, a leading Kingston studio.

A friend introduced him to the melodica, and he took it into the studio
when he had his first recording sessions as a leader in 1969 with the
producer Herman Chin-Loy. His first single, "Iggy Iggy," was credited to
Augustus Pablo, a name Chin-Loy used for instrumentals. When Adams moved to
the United States in 1971, he left the Pablo name to Swaby.

With his next single, "East of the River Nile," Swaby as Augustus Pablo
inaugurated the Far East sound, and he followed it with his first major
Jamaican hit, "Java," in 1972. While making solo recordings, often
reworkings of past and present hits, he was also in demand as a studio
musician, and he worked for a dozen leading Jamaican producers in the early
'70s. In 1972 he started running his own labels, including Hot Stuff,
Rockers International, Yard and Message. Pablo produced recordings for
singers, notably Junior Delgado, Jacob Miller and Hugh Mundell, and he
released instrumentals under his own name.

Those instrumentals are cornerstones of modern dub reggae, particularly
those he recorded in the mid-70s, including the albums "King Tubby Meets
Rockers Uptown" (a 1976 album of Pablo instrumentals remixed by the
engineer and producer King Tubby) and "East of the River Nile" from 1978.

Pablo rarely toured; his milieu was the recording studio. He had hits in
Jamaica as Junior Delgado's producer in the mid-80s, and he continued
releasing his own instrumental recordings well into 90s, adding digital
technology to his older style.

In addition to his brother, he is survived by his companion, Karen Scott; a
son, Addis; a daughter, Isis; a sister, Claudia Swaby McBean, and his
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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ethio Jazz
Date: 24 May 1999 12:21:37 +0200


I don't think this series has been mentioned on the list before but they are
definitely recommended for exotica-fans.
Start with volume 3, which I think is best too.

The stuff below (picked up from the web) should give you an impression


Arjan


<<<<>>>>

VARIOUS
Ethiopiques, Vol. 1 - Golden Years Of Modern Ethiopian   Buda 82951-2  .....
CD - $15.98
17 tracks, 70 mins, highly recommended Wonderfully exotic and exciting music
recorded between 1969 and 1975 that has rarely been heard in the West. The
music is a mezmerizing blend of the old and the new and features some of
Ethiopia's finest singers with intesely emotional vocal style and
distinctively Ethiopian warble. They are accompanied by hard-charging bands
with wailing horns, swirling keyboards, and stuttering rhythms. The
fascinating 28 page booklet has notes in French and English about the music,
the musicians and the political climate out of which they emerged. (FS)

Ethiopiques, Vol. 2   Buda 82952  ..... CD - $15.98

Ethiopiques, Vol. 3 - Golden Years Of Modern Ethiopian   Buda 82963  .....
CD - $15.98

Ethiopiques, Vol. 4 - Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumental   Buda 82964-2
..... CD - $15.98

Ethiopiques, Vol. 5 - Tigrigna Music   Buda 82965  ..... CD - $15.98
The fifth volume in this remarkable series features music from Tigray and
Eritrea recorded between 1970 & 1975.

<<<<<>>>>>


a few Sound Clips at:
http://www.ethiopianmusic.com/Merchant/NewReleases.html



<<<<>>>>>>

Following the beautiful funk / rocksteady / Ethiopian folk fusions on the
first compilation, AQ has stocked the full catalogue of the "Ethiopiques"
series. Here's a shortened version of what Windy wrote in her Bay Guardian
review of the albums. I recommend you pick up #3 and the stunning
instrumental volume #4, then #1. Volume #2 is from the 1990s, not the 1970s
as are the other three, and is good but very different.

"From 1969 to 1975, spanning an astonishly short six years, a fascinating
set of factors contributed to the golden age of modern Ethiopian music.
Unless you're already a Mahmoud Ahmed fan or own the sadly out-of-print
'Ethiopian Groove' compilation, then this is some of the most amazingly
beautiful music you've never ever heard. Ethiopia, unlike the rest of
Africa, was never deeply colonized. Thus the institutional bands, like the
Imperial Body Guard Orchestra and the Police Band, used conventional western
instruments without regard for western song forms; the music sounds at once
familiar and strange, a tantalizing combination. Alternately wistful and
eerie arpeggios in pentatonic scales are warbled by the vocalists and horns.
Rhythm guitar and jazz-like drums wreak havoc on a westerner's sense of time
(once you think you're tapping toes along with the beat, you realize you've
lost it.) And American sixties soul-type guitar follows its own melody above
it all."

V/A Ethiopiques 3  (CRC/Buda Musique) cd 17.98

Ethiopia was the site of some of the most beautiful yet sadly forgotten
music in the 60's and 70's. This compilation takes some of the best tracks
from the enterprising Amha Records. This label specialized in recording
unusually catchy and groovy pop songs that are not dissimilar to late 60's
Jamaican rocksteady fused with jazz signatures and Ethiopian folk, plus
plenty of James Brown funk. What makes these recordings (and most from the
"golden era" of Ethiopian music) especially strange is that they were all
performed by the institutional military bands who played all of the Imperial
marches. Includes tracks by the great Mahmoud Ahmed (different from those on
his wonderful Ere Mela Mela disc), ...Those of you who loved the Ethiopian
Groove compilation, or who couldn't get a copy (as it's now out of print),
be thankful.








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From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) free designing hippies
Date: 24 May 1999 16:21:15 PDT




----------
>
> I was in Tower records at lunch time and spotted a 4 volume comp of thi=
s
> Orpheus/Association hippy harmony good feeling late 60's music called =
Sunshine
> Days.
> Nothing to obscure on them but a lot of hit pseudo hippie harmony singl=
es
> compiled.
> The cds were rather short and the price was $11.99 at Tower .

I wouldn't say the CDs are short. And they are worth the dosh. I have 3 =
of them and mini disked the other two - or the tracks I liked and didn't =
have. They are a great intro to the whole Sunshine pop thang. If memory =
serves, I like Vol. 3 a lot. Really nice listening especially for the imp=
ending summer.

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From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hip Trip playlist from 2 May 99
Date: 24 May 1999 16:29:51 PDT


Late in posting these playlists - been really busy. This is from my show =
The Hip Trip on Subcity Radio 106.2 FM, Glasgow from 3.30-5pm. It is now =
off air as the station is only on for 4 weeks at a time about twice a yea=
r. On this occasion, my special guest was DJ Hypnotique from Switched On =
in Los Angeles.

The club the Hip Trip is still going...see other posting for details!

Any info on tracks or LPs can be given - email direct.

INNER DIALOGUE "Within You"
FREE DESIGN "Bubbles"
PETE RUGULO "My Name is Mr. Clean"
DOUPEES "Doupee Time"
BEACH BOYS "Busy Doin' Nothin'"
NOTRE DAME "Sur ton repondeur"
DANIELE LUPPI "Cou Cou"
SUKIA "Zoom"
ANDREAS DORAU "Taxi nach Shibuya"
LESTER LANIN "The Boxer"
LOVELETTER "Barbarella"
COWSILLS "Love American Style"
ROGER NICHOLLS "The Drifter"
'LECTRIC WOODS "Time of the Season"
JAYNE MANSFIELD "That Makes It"
YUKARI FRESH "Yukarin' Disco"
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66 "Laia Ladaia"
JOHN & ROBIN ELASTIC EVENT "Dr. John"
AMERICAN SPRING "Good Time"
SAGITTARIUS "Lonely Girl"
ASSOCIATION "Here in Here"
SAD ROCKETS "Rockets"



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Subject: (exotica) Hip Trip playlist ammendment...
Date: 24 May 1999 16:31:26 PDT


Ooops!

Forgot 3 tracks on the playlist for 2 May.

MASANORI IKEDA "Theme from Lupin the 3rd - Latin, Love and Peace Calcutta=
 mix"
MARVIN GAYE "T Plays it Cool"
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) re RING WEAR
Date: 24 May 1999 12:40:07 +0100


Ring wear as a design feature,  Elvis Costello's Get Happy LP (80?)

Keith said
<snip>

The major RING WEAR on the sleeve...looks...friggin' brilliant.  No
drugs here, kids, it
just occured to me that if a designer today were to create that
ghost-like image of outer
ring of record, inner ring, and yes, even faint sign of hole (all can be
seen on this
baby), I would fall to my knee pads screaming GENIUS.

How funny that all these years, I've treated that wear as a screen
through which I tried
to view the image better, never once incorporating the graphic reality
of the rings into
the total look of the artwork.

Time to thumb thru every record I own and see if my flimsy epiphany
really holds water.


El Maestro Con Queso

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Local shop
Date: 24 May 1999 13:56:42 +0100


I walked past the second hand record shop on the street where I used to
live,  just to have a look in the window.  Oh, my god what a feast,
Arthur Lyman,  Scott Walker, Lee Hazlewood, 3 Serge Whateverhisnameis's,
Claudine Longet,  Some assorted Voodoo LPs I'd not heard of,  but in
great sleeves.  Just inside the door, persuasive percussion 1 and 3,  2
copies of a Harry Stoneham Hammond LP. Unfortunately no real bargains,
but what a feast.  I could have done a hundred quid without getting into
the shop to search.

Unfortunately bought right down to earth when the hole in the wall
wouldn't give me a damn penny.  Still I suppose one heartbreaking
decision saved me having to prioritise and make several on what to leave
behind.

And if anyone asks,  I'm not telling where it is.....Ner.

El Maestro Con Queso

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Norman Rossington, James Blades, Owen Hart
Date: 24 May 1999 10:17:19 -0500


                        *Norman Rossington
    MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Comic actor Norman Rossington, a veteran of
dozens of movies and British television shows, died Friday of cancer. He was
70.
    The Liverpool-born Rossington was best-known for his string of more than 40
films, including the classic ``Lawrence of Arabia,'' ``A Hard Day's Night''
with the Beatles, the World War II epic ``The Longest Day'' and ``A Night to
Remember'' about the Titanic disaster.
    His stage career included stints at the Metropolitan Opera in New York,
Laurence Olivier's pre-National Theatre company at Chichester, England, and
in the Royal Shakespeare Company. His many TV credits included ``I Claudius.''
    Rossington had been working up until November in the London West End stage
hit ``Beauty and the Beast,'' but bowed out after a fall on stage.

                           *James Blades
    LONDON (AP) -- James Blades, a symphonic percussionist whose most widely
heard work was banging out ``V for victory'' for the BBC's wartime
broadcasts, died May 19 at his home in Cheam. He was 97.
    Blades also recorded the sound of the gong that was featured in the opening
credits of films by the J. Arthur Rank studios.
    His recording of the Morse code for ``V'' was played up to 150 times a day
at the start of British Broadcasting Corp. broadcasts to occupied Europe.
    Blades began drumming with a circus, then in cinemas. In 1982, he joined
the London Film Society Orchestra. During the war he began playing with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra, and later with the English Opera Group, the
Aldeburgh Festival and the English Chamber Orchestra.
    He wrote ``Percussion Instruments and Their History,'' published in 1970,
and two volumes of autobiography.

                             *Owen Hart
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Owen Hart, the youngest member of a prominent
Canadian wrestling family, died Sunday following a fall at an World
Wrestling Federation event. He was 33.
    Hart plunged 50 feet into the ring at a Kansas City arena as he was being
lowered by cable before a match.. Hart, who wrestled under the nickname
``Blue Blazer'' for the federation, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
    At 5-foot-10 and 227 pounds, Hart entered the WWF in 1989, the last of Stu
Harts' seven sons to do so.
    During his 10-year career, he won several WWF titles, including four tag
team champions, two intercontinental championships and a European championship.
    Hart had recently told a magazine that he was planning to leave wrestling
when his contract was up.

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Subject:  (exotica) Soft Pop
Date: 24 May 1999 10:30:45 EDT



In a message dated 5/24/99 2:29:58 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I think we're in trouble here but I'll still participate.

That seems to be the case. It could be like the guy who says, "I can't define
pornography, but I know it when I see it."


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From: Keith Lo Bue <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas HELP!!
Date: 24 May 1999 10:46:39 -0400


Would anyone out there have a list (partial or complete) of the film
soundtracks of Peter Thomas?  I picked up 'Chariots of the Gods' the
other day, and it is phenomenal.  I need more!

Thanks fer the help.

Keith

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop
Date: 24 May 1999 10:23:33 -0700 (PDT)



Trying to define soft pop is as hard as trying to define any musical genre, though it
does sound easier then defining exotica, which was attempted on this list a few times.

I like the suggestion that the Teddy Bears and Fleetwoods were among the first soft pop
groups and I don't see any reason to limit the genre to the '60s. The late '60s post
hippie soft pop groups are for me a special genre of soft pop, influenced by folk,
garage and/or psychedelic music  but fo me this is  not really a large jump from bands
that preceded them. This whole discussion did start with Free Design/ Association type
bands, but Free Design is really not that much different music then Bryand Holland's
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Poka Dot Bikini" or Gary Lewis and the Playboys or
Leslie Gore/Girl Groups or the Teddy Bears. I can't imagine describing Patience &
Pudence as anything but soft pop.  For me, in the pop music world, or bubbling under
the charts,  we could limit the genre to the modern pop music, 1955 to present.   This
would exclude rythmn & blues, some doo wop, big band,  and 1920-40s ballads.  But like
DJJimmyBee suggested, its difficult to describe it unless you hear it.  There's a new
compilation out called "Monster Ballds" its heavey metal ballads,  its not soft pop
even though its ballads.

In January of 1955, on Mercury # 70529, The Crew Cuts softened up and poped up the doo
wop ballad Earth Angel.   This song had a different feel, much popier and less earthy
then the Penguins version.  Soft and bouncy as was their remake of Sh Boom, this is the
earliest soft pop song I can imagine.

Like Nat, I'd like to draw some parameters here, anyone for suggestions?  This thread
interests me alot.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

[e-mail] wrote:
 >As you know, I'm following this soft pop thread but if that Peter Sarstedttune fits,
then I think the "genre" is a bit too inspecific Next thing you know, you'll be putting
Al Stewart in the category too.

And DjJimmyBee wrote>
Let's build some parameters around  soft pop's definition. To me it has to reflect a
certain well-meaning  earnestness slightly corrupted by commerciality. It can be
slightly, pretentious, but not dogmatic. It is influenced by the 6T's Folk Music period
 but not "pure" in an acoustic folkie sense. It might be called E-Z Folk. And  it seems
to be an exclusively 6T's category. The Soft Rockers of the 7T's  don't fit.....Help
elaborate
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fantastic Plastic Remix & Video
Date: 24 May 1999 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT)


The cover art for the new FPM remix series is posted @

http://music.denon.co.jp/heatwave/triad/who/readymade/fpm

There's also a video clip from the first FPM to click on.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Date: 24 May 1999 11:51:44 -0700 (PDT)


I have extra copies of Billy Vaughn/Ken Nordine lp,
The Whispering, Shifting Sands, F&T's Dynamic Twin
Pianos (I believe it is "Wall-to-Wall Stereo"). These
are in good shape - I picked them up with ebay in
mind, but am bored at the thought of the effort.

Anyone who wants either/both, establish contact and we
can go from there.

regards,

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hip Trip playlist from 2 May 99
Date: 24 May 1999 15:16:51 -0400


At 04:29 PM 5/24/99 PDT, Jill Mingo wrote:

> This is from my show The Hip Trip on Subcity Radio 106.2 FM,

>'LECTRIC WOODS "Time of the Season"

Why does it make my day to see this on the list?

(Could it be because Ross dissed this record a month or so ago and
mentioned my recommendation while doing so??  No, I know that everyone has
their own taste and I think Ross has good taste... usually.)

I actually wish this cut were a tad shorter but I'm glad to see my taste
replicated here.

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel...
Date: 24 May 1999 14:13:19 -0700 (PDT)


An email person I never met from Spain is selling his Esquivel albums.  I told him I'd
post it to this list.  His email address is at the bottom

Chuck


--- carlos icaza  wrote:
> well, i have this esquivel albums for sale   (12")...
>
> 1.- latin-esque   (mexican edition)
> 2.- infinity in sound vol. 2. (mex)
> 3.- odisea burbujas    (red vinyl edition, from the tv program)
>
>
>   i want 60 us dollars for each one.....
>
>   this are very strange editions and not-reeditated.
>
>
> - a la gente, por lo general, no hay quien la aguante.

>
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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Song of the second moon
Date: 24 May 1999 23:22:32 +0200


I dont know if this reissue has been mentioned on the list. =
Extraordinary record.=20
Tom Dissevelt/Kid Baltan -- Song Of The Second Moon (reissue) . . . LP . =
. . $14.99
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Pebbles Vol 3: The Acid Gallery
Date: 24 May 1999 15:22:29 -0700 (PDT)



Whoever posted about this on the list a week or so ago you were absolutely right. This
is one wild rollicking rough edged psychedelic journey that should please some listees
a lot.  One cut captures a dj talking  in that wild late 60s fm radio style and raw
primitive no bounds journies into the psychedelic corners of garage music.

Hard psychedelic garage pop with allot more creativity then I imagined.  Strange ideas
about how to do the music, nothing much like Pink Floyd or Hendrix going on here, this
is raw.  The best Pebbles for the list I've heard yet.   This cd is worth the price of
admission.  One listen is worth a 1000 words,  to paraphrase that 1967 Look magazine
picture.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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Subject: (exotica) Hewlett Packard Burner Question (Again!)
Date: 24 May 1999 18:20:22 EDT


Someone emailed me that they initially had problems with their CD Burner and
had to update the drivers with updates?  Would you please contact me again?

For the rest of the List -- thanks for putting up with this post.

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Van Dyke Parks and Nilsson
Date: 24 May 1999 18:35:12 -0400


I assume there are Van Dyke Parks fans here and even some who treasure
their copy of "Discover America".
I sort of wish I still had that record but only so that I could sell it and
make a bundle.  (Maybe enough to finance a copy of Skip Spence's "Oar".
Dont know why but somehow I associate those two records with each other.)
I kept trying to like "Discover" but I don't really like calypso or steel
drums and I could never get into it, no matter how many times I read what a
genius Van Dyke was.
But now I discover this Nilsson record which is either called "Duit on mon
Dei" or "Formerly God's Greatest Hits", depending on which cover you look at.
And it's produced by Van Dyke and has that same steel drum sound as
"Discover" but it's a way better record... for me.
More modern.  None of that fake Bing Crosby stuff that's all over "Discover".
A modern-sounding eclectic record with cool tunes by Nilsson but with that
extra bit of exotica that Van Dyke brings with him.
Anybody else know or love this record?  This is a real find.  I would never
have thought I'd even like a Nilsson record this much, even with "The Point".

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Subject: (exotica) Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Myers
Date: 24 May 1999 19:29:09 -0400


Charles said:
Whoever posted about this on the list a week or so ago you were absolutely
right. This
is one wild rollicking rough edged psychedelic journey that should please
some listees
a lot.  One cut captures a dj talking  in that wild late 60s fm radio style
and raw
primitive no bounds journies into the psychedelic corners of garage music.

Hard psychedelic garage pop with allot more creativity then I imagined.
Strange ideas
about how to do the music, nothing much like Pink Floyd or Hendrix going on
here, this
is raw.  The best Pebbles for the list I've heard yet.   This cd is worth
the price of
admission.  One listen is worth a 1000 words,  to paraphrase that 1967 Look
magazine
picture.

I added:
I have had the vinyl version of this for about 15 years; it's a great one.
Also, if you like DJ's (Charles is referring to Dave Diamond as he descends
into "The Diamond Mine") that go on great flights of fancy, I recommend
Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers, whose ravings can be found at
http://www.earthstation1.com/Mad_Daddy_Meyers.html and also he recorded
What is a Fisterris? as the Joker.  I would love to know if there are
anymore sound clips of this fellow!

Also, Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) can be sampled at
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7356/ghoul.html

Is Horror Asparagus Stories by the Driving Stupid on the CD?  It is listed
on the LP but not on the record.  Also, there was a bonus cut, uncredited,
which I think is Timothy Leary.

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From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soft Pop
Date: 24 May 1999 19:31:09 -0400



I've mentioned it before,  probably about 4 years ago, but one of my
favourite all-time misconceived lines in pop is on Peter Sarstedt's "Where
Do You
Go To My Lovely?" album, in a song called "Sons of Cain are Abel."  I'm
actually
a Sarstedt fan, but this song has lines like "We had this fine old place in
the country,
where we grew melancholy on the lawn . . ." and then goes on for a verse or
two
before we hear this :  "As I was walking lonesome through the garden, in
someone's
sick homosexual half-world".  Or something.

And then there's his old-time-movie concept album, and then there are the
records
by his brother.

Will
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Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Communications
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Subject: (exotica) Arthur Lyman's greatest Hits
Date: 24 May 1999 19:54:48 EDT


I got wind that Ryko plans to release a greatest hits by Lyman as their other
releases have now fallen out of print

Please submit to me your suggestions for top Lyman tracks that you'd like to
see on a Cd whether they have been on CD before or not (preferably not)

thanks
Otto



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Subject: (exotica) Calling All DJ's
Date: 24 May 1999 20:59:29 EDT


Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin' it.
Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the style of a
6T's spy-thriller movie. To share a couple of quoteson the contents:
"multi-layered songs that are actually arranged, with the depth and panache
of European films of the 60's", "cool, laconic, and licensed to kill." All
radio and club DJs please contact me. Be SURE to include in your
correspondence the following: Station Call Letters, Name of Program, Station
Phone Number, Your on-air name, the hours your show airs, and the description
your station's program guide gives your show. Club jocks: please provide the
name, location, phone number, club manager's name and night(s) and hours you
work at the club.
Seks Bomba's record release Party will be held in Boston on June 18th at the
Linwood Grille. DJ Brother Cleve (who also told me about this band over two
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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 24 May 1999 22:12:36 -0500


This week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast is a two-hour tribute to Les
Baxter.

From such early classics as "Music Out of the Moon", "Voice of the
Xtabay" and "Ritual of the Savage" to his numerous commercial pop
records and '60s soundtracks, it's a wide-ranging look at one of
exotica's leading lights.

All of the famous and much-discussed Baxter albums are represented,
including "Space Escapade", "The Passions", "Jungle Jazz", "Skins!"
and many more, alongside his later work for Reprise, Alshire and
American-International.  Plus, we'll hear a very rare 1962 interview
with the B-Man in which he discusses the popularity of "Quiet
Village" and his latest (in 1962) exotic album, "The Primitive and
the Passionate"!

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro/retrolisten.htm

You'll need RealPlayer 5.0 or G2 and at least a 28.8 Internet
connection.  You can download RealPlayer for free at:

http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html?src=macbeta

Comments, requests and suggestions always welcome.  Thanks for the
space!


Darrell Brogdon
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KANU Radio
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The University of Kansas
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Subject: (exotica) CRUZ HAWAIIANA/SURF EXPO, Los Angeles
Date: 24 May 1999 23:33:49 EDT


This looks like a really good show and I thought you'd all want to know about
it. I am forwarding this email for the promoter. For info about this event do
not reply to me. Direct your emails to:

[e-mail]

or call 310-939-1282
_________________________
Manhattan Beach, CA. on Sunday, June 27th.

list of CONFIRMED DEALERS...

SAM AND KATHY ACOSTA  L.A.-based Hawaiiana lovers and private collectors.
JOSEPH ALPHABET Long-time private longboard and surf memorabilia collector
and member of the Longboard Collector's Club.
JIM BELOFF The owner of Flea Market Music and associate publisher of
Billboard Magazine who has a "yen for ukes". Jim is also the author of  "The
Ukulele - A Visual History". He has also published 3 other songbooks for the
ukulele and has produced a CD of original songs performed on the uke.
KEITH "RATTAN MAN" COLLINS Co-owner of Art Here, Inc.- custom rug maker.
Created quite a splash at the recent Hawaii Collector's Show with his 6'x9'
rug mosaic depicting the cover of Mark Blackburn's "HAWAIIANA" book. Keith is
also a collector/dealer of vintage rattan...particularly Heywood Wakefield
and Paul Frankel.
M. DAVIS Hails from San Clemente...Hawaiiana private collectors.
DAN DUNHAM  Long-time So.Bay longboard collector...bringing 10 boards that we
know of.
EDWARD ECONOMY So.Cal. surfboard, skateboard and world-class Duke Kahanamoku
collector. Eddie has a permanent Duke display at Duke's Restaurant in
Huntington Beach. Eddie also toured for several years on the pro-skateboard
circuit.
MARILYN EDWARDS Owner/publisher of Wahine Magazine, San Diego-based
publication entirely devoted to the female surf culture. Marilyn will be on
hand to share her magazine with you along with her tales of the evolution of
women in surfing. RIGHT ON!
"TIKI STEVE" EDWARDS L.A.-based Tiki and Hawaiiana collector/dealer. Tiki
Steve also maintains a permanent dealer space at The Antique Guild, West L.A.
JERRY HARRINGTON Traveling all the way from No.California...Jerry is an
all-around Hawaiiana collector/dealer but is a noted specialist in rare
Hawaiiana paper goods and Ming's Honolulu Hawaiian jewelry.
KC HEYLIN  By far, the most "colorful" Hawaiiana dealer around specializing
in restaurantware and pottery. "It's not restaurantware until KC says it's
restaurantware"!
JAMES LANG Skateboard specialist and surf collector. James is also the Makaha
Skateboard team captain and currently a member of the CRUZ sales staff.
MICHELE LEYPOLDT Currently residing in Orange County, Michele has collected
Hawaiiana for years. She is a featured contributor to the "ALOHA SPIRIT"
book. Michele does not do collector shows regularly and this will be a
special treat!
JAN AND BARRY LOWE  Owners of Orange County-based Tropical Classics featuring
custom tropical artwork and collectibles.
BOB MERSON  So.Cal.-based surf collector specializing in surf paper and books.
KELLY AND FREEMAN REID Long time Hawaiiana collectors and owner's of  Kelly's
Vintage Department Store in Long Beach. Rattan and tropical barkcloth fabric
specialists.
DAYLE RUSHALL All the way from Encinitas, Ca., Dayle is private
collector/dealer who we feel is a renown expert in the field of Hawaiiana
figurines and restoration.
DINO SAINATO Owner of Plantation House in Newport Beach, Dino is a rattan
home furnishings specialist.
GEORGE SINGER  Has been a Hawaiiana lover for many years and for the first
time breaks out the private collection.
DON STEWART From Monterey, Ca. a long-time, all-around Hawaiiana
collector/dealer with a passion for ukuleles. You can see much of Don's
collection in the "ALOHA SPIRIT" book.
JIM STISO  A long-time Orange County private collector whose collection we
have never witnessed except for on the pages of "ALOHA SPIRIT".
MIKE TUITASI  Hails from Long Beach, this private collector specializes in
Tiki collectibles.
CARY WEISS L.A.-based surf/Hawaiiana collector who is featured in the recent
collector's books "SURFING" and "ALOHA SPIRIT". Cary also has much of his
personal collection on permanent display at Duke's Restaurant, Malibu and The
Malibu Inn.
SUE WHITE Mahattan Beach's own Hawaiiana collector/dealer who is featured in
"ALOHA SPIRIT". Sue maintains a permanent dealer space at Stars Antiques in
Hermosa Beach.

We hope that you will take the time to witness this RARE event...MARK YOUR
CALENDAR'S NOW FOR JUNE 27TH! Until then...

Mahalo,
Cruz and Art

CRUZ
1417 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Manhattan Beach, Ca. 90266
310-939-1282

For additional info on our Expo...please check this link eBay View About Me
for cruz (Keyword to: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/cruz/)
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Re:  More Soft Pop
Date: 25 May 1999 01:30:44 -0400


At 08:36 PM 5/24/99, JimmyBee wrote:

> Soft Rock is to me
>really a 6T's thing where these groups were working adjacent to rockers on
>the charts and may have spent as much time listening to Folk music and the
>Bacharach/Bossa stuff as the Beatles Stones Garage/Rocking stuff. And while
>the guitar was their primary instrument usually, they did not feel it
>necessary to project like rockers, forcing the listener to engage more with
>the content of the song less for its beat and bombast than for its sensitive
>sentiment and hippie-inspired ethos.

The hallmarks of soft rock or pop for me are the quality of the voices and
to a lesser degree the "suckiness" of the messages.
"Hippie-inspired" is part of it.  References to trees, sunshine, flowers
and the innocence of children.
"Innocence" is a good word too.
Of course I don't really believe that all these bands were actually
innocent.  In some cases I think they were as cynical as those heavy metal
bands who put on flannel and called themselves "grunge".
But to some degree that's what I'm looking for.  Just as I like the way the
"NOW sound" mimics rock but gets it wrong, same goes for a lot of this soft
rock.

To be soft, it has to have soft voices.  Sweet, soft harmony.  You can't
sing soft rock or pop if you growl or whine.

Or try it this way.  Soft rock is rock with no blues, no soul, no black
music component whatsoever.  It's rock on the poppy side.  But it doesn't
include the Poppy Family who really rocked, screamed and hollered.

I hope someone's compiling all this.

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lee live in London - and on screen
Date: 25 May 1999 10:12:36 +0200


RARE LEE HAZLEWOOD FILMS JOIN THE BILL FOR NICK CAVE=92S MELTDOWN

Nick Cave=92s MELTDOWN  FESTIVAL will present an evening of LEE HAZLEWOOD
associated films on Saturday June 26 at the Purcell Rooms, South Bank
Centre, London, starting at 7.30pm. The presentation will be in addition
to
LEE HAZLEWOOD=92s first solo performance for 25 years, which takes place
on
June 28 at the Royal Festival Hall. Tickets for the film night are =A35,
and,
like tickets for the performance, are available from the Royal festival
Hall
Box Office on 0171 960 442.

The evening will feature two unique films featuring the talents of the
endearingly iconoclastic singer/songwriter/producer LEE HAZLEWOOD,
produced
in collaboration with the Swedish director Torbj=F6rn Axelman. Known
primarily
for his work as a songwriter and producer for Duane Eddy and Nancy
Sinatra,
HAZLEWOOD was also a performing and recording artist in his own right,
releasing a string of sterling solo albums throughout the 60s and 70s.

COWBOY IN SWEDEN, released in 1970, sets a suite of HAZLEWOOD
compositions
to Axelman=92s footage of various Swedish landscapes; a long-form music
video
made well before the advent of MTV. A critical and commercial success in

Sweden, the soundtrack, performed by LEE with the help of singers Nina
Lizell and Suzie Jane Hokom, went gold in that country.

NANCY & LEE IN LAS VEGAS, from 1975, intertwines a vintage performance
by
this incomparable duo at Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin=92s Riviera with
backstage/behind the scenes shenanigans as seen through the eyes of
co-director Axelman. HAZLEWOOD=92s verit=E9-style editing manages to capt=
ure

both the surreal glitz and the lighter side of the Vegas experience. The

screenings follow the re-release of two HAZLEWOOD albums on CD: the
album
Cowboy In Sweden, and Farmisht, Flatulence, Origami, ARF!!! And Me (the
first new LEE HAZLEWOOD album in two decades). These are the first in a
series of HAZLEWOOD re-issues by Hoboken based Smells Like Records, an
independent label run by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley.

LEE HAZLEWOOD - FIRST AND ONLY SOLO  PERFORMANCE IN 25 YEARS


LEE HAZLEWOOD, the trailblazing songwriter, producer and singer, has
announced that he will be performing at the Meltdown Festival, directed
by
Nick Cave. The show takes place at the Royal Festival Hall, LONDON on
Monday
June 28, and is the first time that he has performed solo anywhere in
the
world for 25 years. Lee=92s last solo show took place in Sweden in 1974.
This
will be his only scheduled live appearance anywhere in the world.
Tickets
cost =A327.50 / =A325 / =A322.50 / =A320 from the Royal Festival Hall box=
 office

(0171 960 4242). A support act will be announced shortly.

For the Meltdown show Lee will be joined by long-time cohort and
guitarist
Al Casey, who has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as
Duane
Eddy, Dean Martin and the Beach Boys (including work on =93Pet Sounds=94)=
,
alongside Brad Bauder. They will be accompanied by The Lars Samuelsson
Group. (Lars was one of the arrangers on the =93Cowboy in Sweden=94 album=
.)

The show will cover material from Lee=92s entire career. Songs from his
new
album, as well as lost classics and some of the hits, have been
promised.
Lee may be most famous for his work with Nancy Sinatra - he wrote =93Thes=
e

Boots Were Made For Walking=94 and =93Some Velvet Morning=94 - but his so=
lo
albums
have been the stuff of legend for many years, despite being expensive
collector=92s items. His gravelly voice, dark lyrical insight and melodic
skills recall Johnny Cash, but Lee=92s playful corruption of genres sets
him
apart from any of his contemporaries as his music has always stood
outside
of fashion. Lee was also responsible for giving Duane Eddy and Gram
Parsons
their first breaks, and has worked with Dean Martin, Waylon Jennings and

countless other greats. His songs have been covered by a whole range of
artists, from Jesus & Mary Chain to Billy Ray Cyrus, Dusty Springfield
to
Einsturzande Neubauten, and have influenced many more. They have also
appeared in numerous films, most recently Fargo, Forrest Gump and Austin

Powers.


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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Weekend finds
Date: 25 May 1999 11:29:11 +0100


I went to a crappy old Car Boot Sale this weekend and scored Ray Martin's
Dynamica, Dick Shory's Holiday for Percussion and another Schory Percussion
record - Purcussion Pops? something like that anyway. All RCA, Stereo
Action, all 50p, all mint and I've fallen in love with the bird on the
cover of the Holiday Percussion LP (UK copy) - Goddess!
I still cant see the attraction of these records though.



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Subject: (exotica) Laurie Johnson
Date: 25 May 1999 11:48:32 +0100


Did anyone go to see Laurie Johnson at the Albert Hall recently?
Someone I know has just sent me a (rave) review from one of the daily
papers?  Jack Parnell (described as the 'ever stylish') leading
apparently.

counting down to Lee


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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Laurie Johnson
Date: 25 May 1999 11:58:23 +0100


I read a review in the Guardian (I think) saying that he played one or two
funky tunes amongst a heavily orchestral set. I would have loved to have
been there for a full funk workout!
Still sounds cool though.

Charlie





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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Flash!
Date: 25 May 1999 09:01:38 -0400


Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. World and all the ships at sea, let's go to
press.  FLASH!  A young chanteuse has taken the Big Apple by storm. One
Katie Curic, as first reported by the Today Show has taken to the cabaret
stage and wowed the crowd!  In a black sequined dress and red boa, Ms.
Kouric showed the entertainment world that "lounge" need not mean "relax",
as Couric's renditions stunned a jaded New York and this reporter.  Further
evidence of a boffo arrival was given when she was joined onstage her
rendition of "The Last Laugh" by Tony Bennett, always a gentleman.

Upon interviewing Ms. Courick backstage, she said that if the footlights
refuse to shine on her any longer, that she wishes to take up journalism.
This reporter says that the cabarets throughout the world are more than
roomy enough for a talent as bright as this young songbird.

A merry http://www.msnbc.com/news/TODAY_front.asp to all of my listerners
and take it away, Sy Berspace!

This is Walter Winchell, signing off.
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From: Laura Taylor <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Is it just me....
Date: 25 May 1999 06:55:35 -0700 (PDT)


...or...has anybody else ever noticed the STRIKING similarity between
the choruses of Tom Jones' "Daughter of Darkness" and XTC's "Towers of
London"?
Or...is it just me...
Jane Fondle

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Kenneth Glancy, Guru Hanuman
Date: 25 May 1999 10:01:53 -0500


                       *Kenneth Donald Glancy
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Kenneth Donald Glancy, a former RCA Records president who
helped the careers of David Bowie and Cleo Laine, among others, died Sunday.
He was 74.
    Glancy was in charge of the artists and repertory of Columbia Records,
Columbia's European operations and, in the 1970s, all of RCA's labels
worldwide.
    In 1980, he formed his own Finesse label and issued albums by Mel Torme,
the Modern Jazz Quartet and Paul Desmond. He retired in the early 1990s.
    Glancy began working for Columbia as a salesman and then Midwestern sales
manager. He traveled to London in the 1960s and helped revive the flagging
British division by promoting a series of hit records.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-k-glancy.html

                           *Guru Hanuman
    NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Guru Hanuman, a pudgy wrestler who transformed
thousands of men into top wrestlers, died Monday in a car crash in northern
India, domestic news agencies reported. He was 99.
    Guru Hanuman spent his life on the banks of Yamuna River in New Delhi,
operating an Indian-style wrestling camp, or akhada, where he offered free
training to anyone interested in the sport.
    Over the years, Guru Hanuman, as he was called -- his real name was not
known -- established 1,200 wrestling centers in India. He reportedly
borrowed the name of the Hindu monkey-god known for his physical strength.
    A tire of the car in which he was traveling burst and the vehicle crashed
into a tree in the village of Rithani, 35 miles north of New Delhi, Indian
news agencies reported.
    Even in his 90s, Guru Hanuman trained for four hours every day, later
enjoying a huge meal of bread, vegetables and milk.

NYTimes James Blades obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-blades.html

NYTimes Norman Rossington obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-n-rossington.html

NYTimes Vanessa Brown obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-v-brown.html




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Date: 25 May 1999 09:39:34 -0400







Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin' it.
Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the style of a
6T's spy-thriller movie.   THIS IS AN EXCELLENT RECORD


>>>"Operation B.O.M.B.A was the Number One record...in my house this
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Date: 25 May 1999 09:38:00 -0400






Brian added:
I have had the vinyl version of this for about 15 years; it's a great one.
Also, if you like DJ's (Charles is referring to Dave Diamond as he descends
into "The Diamond Mine") that go on great flights of fancy, I recommend
Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers, whose ravings can be found at
http://www.earthstation1.com/Mad_Daddy_Meyers.html and also he recorded
What is a Fisterris? as the Joker.  I would love to know if there are
anymore sound clips of this fellow!Is Horror Asparagus Stories by the
Driving Stupid on the CD?  It is listed
on the LP but not on the record.  Also, there was a bonus cut, uncredited,
which I think is Timothy Leary.

Brian Phillips



>>>Brian, I, too, have had that for about 15 years(!)(Feelin' old!) and
talk about SOFT POP, whaddabout thee Jefferson Handkerchief(sp?) and I'M
ALLERGIC TO FLOWERS!?  Also, per the Bomp! list, it's thee Third Bardot
that's reuniting,yes?
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Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" May 26, 1999
Date: 25 May 1999 11:36:10 -0400


"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

Xavier Cugat - Miami Beach Rhumba "Cugat Cavalcade"
Chuck Sagle - The Sheik of Araby "Ping Pong Percussion"
Enoch Light - Pussyfoot "Patterns in Sound"

Esquivel - Take the "A" Train "Infinity in Sound"
Ken Nordine - Green "Incredibly Strange Music Vol 2"
Peter Thomas - Orion 2000 "Raumpatrouille"
Pierre Henri - Machine Danse "Dimensions in Sound Vol 2"

Mohamed Rafi - Jan Pahechan Ho "Doob Doob O'Rama"
[unknown group] - "Cambodian Rocks"
Jade Warrior - Groover "Waves"
Moebius & Plank - Rastakraut Pasta "Rastakraut Pasta"

Asha Bhosle - Karle Pyar Karle "Doob Doob O'Rama"
Ken Nordine - Yellow "Incredibly Strange Music Vol 2"
Nino Nardini - Tropicola "Dimensions in Sound Vol 2"
Claude Denjean - Baia "Moods"

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Subject: re:(exotica) Calling All DJ's
Date: 25 May 1999 10:54:45 -0400



Hello everyone. I'm Michael Neustadt, co-owner of YaYa Records, home of the
aforementioned Seks Bomba cd. You can visit us at http://www.yayarecords.com
or visit the Bombas directly at http://www.bomba.com. It's worth the trip.




Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin' it.
Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the style of a
6T's spy-thriller movie. To share a couple of quoteson the contents:
"multi-layered songs that are actually arranged, with the depth and panache
of European films of the 60's", "cool, laconic, and licensed to kill." All
radio and club DJs please contact me. Be SURE to include in your
correspondence the following: Station Call Letters, Name of Program, Station
Phone Number, Your on-air name, the hours your show airs, and the
description
your station's program guide gives your show. Club jocks: please provide the
name, location, phone number, club manager's name and night(s) and hours you
work at the club.
Seks Bomba's record release Party will be held in Boston on June 18th at the
Linwood Grille. DJ Brother Cleve (who also told me about this band over two
years ago) spins between sets. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT RECORD



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Subject: (exotica) Re: Burman
Date: 25 May 1999 13:31:11 -0400


Hi, Jane Fondle here, asking a question on behalf of a nonlist person!

"Does anyone out there have any info on the Indian film composers S.D.
Burman and R.D. Burman?  Biographical, discographical, filmographical,
anything.Are there any particular soundtracks by either of them that anyone
could
recommend?Do they mostly pop up on cassettes at Indian grocery stores, or
are there
any CDs or LPs out there?"

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Soft Pop
Date: 25 May 1999 11:37:06 -0700 (PDT)


DJJimmyBee wrote:
>
> > Soft Rock is to me really a 6T's thing where these groups were working adjacent to
rockers on the charts and may have spent as much time listening to Folk music and the
> >Bacharach/Bossa stuff as the Beatles Stones Garage/Rocking stuff. And while
> >the guitar was their primary instrument usually, they did not feel it necessary to
project like rockers, forcing the listener to engage more with the content of the song
less for its beat and bombast than for its sensitive sentiment and hippie-inspired
ethos.
And Nat Kone wrote
>
> The hallmarks of soft rock or pop for me are the quality of the voices and to a
lesser degree the "suckiness" of the messages. "Hippie-inspired" is part of it.
References to trees, sunshine, flowers and the innocence of children. "Innocence" is a
good word too.
> Of course I don't really believe that all these bands were actually innocent.  In
some cases I think they were as cynical as those heavy metal bands who put on flannel
and called themselves "grunge".
> But to some degree that's what I'm looking for.  Just as I like the way the
> "NOW sound" mimics rock but gets it wrong, same goes for a lot of this soft
> rock.
>
> To be soft, it has to have soft voices.  Sweet, soft harmony.  You can't
> sing soft rock or pop if you growl or whine.
>
> Or try it this way.  Soft rock is rock with no blues, no soul, no black
> music component whatsoever.  It's rock on the poppy side.  But it doesn't
> include the Poppy Family who really rocked, screamed and hollered.

And Chuck replied
Theses descriptions work just fine for me.  Jimmy's description of soft rock works well
for describing the late 60s bands like Orpheus, Association or Harpers Bizzarre type of
bands.  And Nat's dscription of soft voices, sweet soft harmony and no blues, soul or
black music component works well for describing late fifties early 60's groups like the
Crewcuts, Teddy Bears and the Fleetwoods all of which proceded the hippy/folk
influences. Taken together they provide better parameters then I expected.

Thanks Jimmmy and Nat & Jamie for all the comments on & off list.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Sheetmusic Alert
Date: 24 May 1999 13:51:41 -0700


There are at least two Les Baxter Sheet Music books on ebay right now  - =
Just keyword-search Les Baxter. Neat cover art, too.

Ron



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Subject: (exotica) Re: Calling All DJ's
Date: 25 May 1999 18:12:14 -0400


> Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin'
> it.  Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the
> style of a  6T's spy-thriller movie.

How about telling us where us non-Bostoners can get it?
Peter


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Subject: (exotica) Stefan Kerry's e-mail address
Date: 25 May 1999 19:20:51 -0400


Does anyone have this?  I am asking for a friend of mine.
Brian Phillips
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop Finds
Date: 25 May 1999 19:50:24 EDT


Today's finds:     The New Colony Six   "Attacking A Straw Man"
                The Peppermint Rainbow   "Will You Be Staying
After Sunday?"

BTW, does anyone have Skip Heller's e-mail address? His new CD called "Couch,
Los Angeles" isn't bad and I'm playing it on the radio


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From: [e-mail] (Craig Carlson)
Subject: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 25 May 1999 20:02:34 -0400


There is a fellow who calls himself "collector" who has been posting about
soft-pop and pop-psych on the various nooz groops for years. He has a very
spiffy web page at:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/7500/

Well worth a look for the database alone.

Craig

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From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 25 May 1999 18:48:52 -0700


At 12:21 PM 5/24/99 +0200, Arjan Plug wrote:

>I don't think this series has been mentioned on the list before but they are
>definitely recommended for exotica-fans.VARIOUS Ethiopiques, Vol. 1

I for one am extremely happy to get an occasional tip on ethnic/world
music.  Anybody else out there have strong recommendations?

I have come across a lot of "world music" releases that blend in very well
with exotica or lounge mixes, partly because they are so enjoyably
"musical" and yet at the same time somehow odd.  Most people on the list
know about Os Mutantes, for example, but there's also some really great
material from these other Latin groups (among many others):

1. Karnak, a hip high-energy Brazillian group that at times sounds
operatic, borrows a little from Arab music, and even quotes
Chattenooga-Choo-Choo in one song.

2. Uakti, a melodic Brazillian group that specializes in odd percussion
instruments, often mixed with flute.

3. Inti Illimani, a Peruvian group with an Andean sound that often sounds
European.

Fans of belly dance music will probably enjoy a CD by Salamat called "Mambo
El Soundani."  And fans of Fellini might enjoy an Alpine brass band CD by
Die Knodel called "Overcooked Tyroleans."

Anyone else have recommendations, or care to violently disagree with mine?

Jerry




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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend finds
Date: 25 May 1999 19:27:30 -0400


At 11:29 AM 5/25/99 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
>
>I went to a crappy old Car Boot Sale this weekend and scored Ray Martin's
>Dynamica, Dick Shory's Holiday for Percussion and another Schory Percussion
>record - Purcussion Pops? something like that anyway. All RCA, Stereo
>Action,
>I still cant see the attraction of these records though.

Do you mean the attraction of Stereo Action in general or these records in
particular?  This is a bit silly of course because if you don't see it, why
would anyone want to make you see it.
I love that packaging and the whole idea of stereo you can see.
It's kind of hard to separate that from the "music" and if I started doing
that, I'd have to get rid of lots of records.
But there are some great "musical" moments scattered throughout those
records and between Stereo Action and a number of other records I own that
Ray Martin either produced or arranged or put out under his name, I've come
to the conclusion that he definitely belongs in the lounge/bachelor pad
pantheon.

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) they pull me back...
Date: 25 May 1999 19:27:33 -0400


On the day I decide that I have enough of "this stuff" and I should try and
strip back the hunger, I walk into my friend's used record store to discuss
some non-record-related business and he has:
Lalo Schifrin's "Mission Impossible"
Buddy Morrow's "Double Impact"
and a non phase four version of Werner Muller's "Hawaiian Swing".
That's two records with versions of "Hawaiian Eye" in case you didn't make
the connection.
As it turns out, he's looking for quad records so I pick these up on a
trade (for a Montenegro quad and a Louis Bellson Project 3 quad record
among others.)
No money changes hands on this particular day but if I don't get control of
this, I'm going to have the best vinyl lounge collection of anyone living
in a box.

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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Calling All DJ's
Date: 25 May 1999 23:36:16 EDT


already spun it last Thursday

cheers
Otto


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Subject: (exotica) My Soft Pop (long)
Date: 26 May 1999 13:13:54 +0000


     So we all have a different notion of 'Soft Pop'.

     I suspect mine is more mainstream than some others, although this is
     probably due to scarcity of records rather than taste...

     Important ingredients for me are
     a) lots of nice vocal harmonies

     b) that the songs have a slightly hip beat, rather than being slow
     and ballad-y (this would exclude some late 50s things like 'earth
     angel' and 'sh-boom' (which incidentally I love, but would rather
     have the penguins and the chords singing than the crew-cuts...))

     c) a major key and nice warm string sound also helps


     I'm constantly finding new things I like, so this list isn't remotely
     exhaustive, but my 'soft pop' tapes generally cover the following:

      - Free design (songs like 'bubbles', 'I found love', '2006 hit
     song', 'you could be born again')
      - early 70s (A&M period?) Burt Bacharach (eg South American Getaway,
     Pacific Coast Highway)
      - Spanky and our Gang
      - late 60s and early 70s A&M stuff like Claudine Longet, Chris
     Montez and less shmaltzy Carpenters tracks ('we've only just begun',
     'I won't last a day without you', 'yesterday once more')
      - late 60s and early 70s Beach Boys (Pet Sounds, Friends, 20/20)
      - less rocky Mamas and Papas and Cass Elliott tracks ('Disney
     Girls', 'Dedicated to the one I love', 'Dream a little dream' rather
     than 'Creeque alley' or 'California Dreaming')
      - American/Brazilian recordings from the late 60s (eg. by Marcos
     Valle, Astrud Gilberto, Tamba Trio, but recorded in the US with a
     deliberately more accessible style)
      - some 60s orchestra plus vocal group stuff (eg Jankowski singers,
     hipper Ray Charles and Enoch Light singers stuff, those great Bob
     Crewe LPs from the late 60s)

     In response to Chuck's mail, yes, I guess the vocals on Patience &
     Prudence make this soft pop, but what is missing for me is the attempt
     at 'hipness' in rhythm.  I guess this only came from the 'swinging
     london' thing, and from late 60s west coast pop and the things
     influenced by it.  I love the Girl Group scene, but don't think it
     often with my vision soft pop, since the instrumentation is generally
     more primitive.

     Sorry to have gone on; this is a very interesting topic for me.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend finds
Date: 26 May 1999 12:37:39 +0100


> From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
> At 11:29 AM 5/25/99 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:

> >
> >I went to a crappy old Car Boot Sale this weekend and scored Ray Martin's
> >Dynamica, Dick Shory's Holiday for Percussion and another Schory Percussion
> >record - Purcussion Pops? something like that anyway. All RCA, Stereo
> >Action, I still cant see the attraction of these records though.
>
> Do you mean the attraction of Stereo Action in general or these records in
> particular?  This is a bit silly of course because if you don't see it, why
> would anyone want to make you see it.
>
> I love that packaging and the whole idea of stereo you can see.
> It's kind of hard to separate that from the "music" and if I started doing
> that, I'd have to get rid of lots of records.
>

A couple of salient points here:

1. Hardly any of the American "Stereo Action" records were released
   over here. "Latinesque" and the the ones Charles mention are the
   only ones I know of for sure.

2. They don't have that nice packaging.

3. But there are a lot of totally crap RCA records by "Cyril Orandel and
   the Stereo Action Orchestra" which are outstandingly naff, duff,
   and shoddy, with complete ping-pong hocketing arrangements. Some of
   these are funny because they're so bad, but that's about it.

4. More generally, the "Stereo Action" titles are released as part of
   the RCA International series, which prominently features artists
   such as Jim Reeves.


> But there are some great "musical" moments scattered throughout those
> records and between Stereo Action and a number of other records I own that
> Ray Martin either produced or arranged or put out under his name, I've come
> to the conclusion that he definitely belongs in the lounge/bachelor pad
> pantheon.

Oh, Ray Martin does have some amazing moments. Personally, I think
"Dynamica" is one of the best. I think appreciation of it might depend
where you lie on the "Spike Jones vs. James Brown" scale. I'm also
very fond of his baroque album ("Michelle") which has a rocking
harpsichord version of The Stones' "As Tears Go By"... mmm, nice!



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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Weekend finds
Date: 26 May 1999 13:23:20 +0100


'where you lie on the "Spike Jones vs. James Brown" scale' - The mind
boggles!





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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] John Burton Tigrett
Date: 26 May 1999 10:25:45 -0500


                        *John Burton Tigrett
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Entrepreneur John Burton Tigrett, who amassed a
fortune as a toy maker and bus company executive and was an adviser to
politicians, businessmen and musicians, died May 18. He was 85.
    Vice President Al Gore, a family friend, recalled his excitement as a child
when his mother took him to Tigrett's toy factory. It was ``the closest
thing you could get to Willie Wonka.'' Tigrett later became an adviser to him.
    Tigrett amassed a fortune through an array of ventures -- as a book
salesman, an executive with American Burlington Bus Lines and an investor in
patents.
    His most famous patent was probably for the ``drinking duck'' novelty toy
known as the Glub-Glub, a whimsical bird that appears to drink water from a
glass as it bobs back and forth. He paid $800 for the patent in the 1950s
and sold 22 million.
    He also invented children's mesh playpens after his baby son  John cut
himself on a wooden one.


Death anniversaries for the week of 24 - 30 May:
Tuesday, 25 May
1990 - Vic Tayback; actor, "Alice"
Wednesday, 26 May
1995 - Isadore "Friz" Freleng; cartoon animator, Warner Brothers
Friday, 28 May
1978 - Arthur Brough; actor, "Are You Being Served?"
1998 - Phil Hartman; actor, "Saturday Night Live"




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Subject: (exotica) Is it just me....
Date: 26 May 1999 08:49:24 -0400


...or...has anybody else ever noticed the STRIKING similarity between
the choruses of Tom Jones' "Daughter of Darkness" and XTC's
 "Towers ofLondon"?
Or...is it just me...Jane Fondle===
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: FWD: VIRUS WARNING
Date: 26 May 1999 09:31:26 -0500


>----- Original Message -----
>From: Shirley George +ADw-grannie6+AEA-hotmail.com+AD4-
>-Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 3:27 PM
>
>-f you receive an email titled +ACI-It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'+ACI-
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>  It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information
> was
>- announced yesterday morning from IBM.

Here's what IBM says about it:
http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/Guts/

Another VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!! hoax message has found its way into the
netstream, this one containing quite a few of the common hoax
characteristics. Using hoax heuristics (rules to help determine if a message
has characteristics making it likely to be a hoax), you can learn to
recognize Virus Hoaxes.

The characteristics which appear in this message are many. One of them, the
request to forward the message to everyone you can, even appears four times.

First, there is the almost obligatory warning to not open mail with a
specific Subject: line. In this case, the Subject line is;

"It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'"
The warning continues, claming that if you do open a message with that
the hoax are urged to 'Forward this letter out to as many people as you
can'. The virus is referred to as "new and very malicious." So far, you can
see several common hoax heuristics:

All capital letters with copious explanation marks in the announcement

Claims of damage, in this case, erasing your entire hard disk

Description of the virus as 'new and very malicious'

Request for you to send the message along to as many people as you can. In
fact, this request is made at the beginning of the hoax and again near
middle and again shortly thereafter and again near the end of the message.
There is one additional twist to this hoax. Appended in what appears to be
almost an afterthought, the "RETURNED MAIL" hoax message is part of the "It
Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" Hoax. You can read more about the RETURNED MAIL
hoax warning.

Finally, the "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" hoax message claims the
information about the 'new virus' originated at IBM. As always, if you have
questions or concerns about Computer Virus Hoaxes, please check our hype
alerts section. You can read more about hoaxes and how to recognize them in
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 26 May 1999 09:00:26 -0700 (PDT)


There is a Javanese Court Gamelan album from the 60's now out on cd on the Nonesuch
label.   This album has 4 songs, 3 with haunting vocals.  It is the most hypnotic music
I have ever heard.  Trance like, it was recorded live and if you listen closely you'll
hear crickets.

I have never played this album for someone where they weren't shocked by the uniqueness
of the sound.  There are real audio samples at cdnow which don't do the music justice.
 This is not your regular gamelan music, its very slow and the gamelan is in the
background on 3 of the songs.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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> I for one am extremely happy to get an occasional tip on ethnic/world
> music.  Anybody else out there have strong recommendations?
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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The incredibly strange connection between Vinyl and Birds
Date: 26 May 1999 18:17:52 +0200


I just recieved Augie Colons "Chant of the Jungle" which is a warm =
gentle exotica record i think. No birdcalls in the grooves BUT While =
playing the record and sitting on my balcony just Now the birds in my =
neighbourhood made it a fantastic birdcall exotica record with their =
whistlings. Thank You little ones, you made my day!

SK=C5L! to you all, because tonight is drinking night for Magnus!=20
(Sk=E5l means cheers in swedish)

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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Isnt it odd?
Date: 26 May 1999 18:38:28 +0200


Have you noticed that the records that doesnt seem to lose its mening =
for you just keeps sounding better the more you play them? There are =
some in my collection that has been with me for at least 500 times, and =
I cant hear a freaking distortion.

Now i play the record call "Girls" An old favorite cheapo compilation LP =
from1971 with lovely original hits from original GIRLS.
Music for pleasure MFP 5131. And that blonde on the cover! Yikes!=20

Something
Son of a preacher man
Monsieur Dupont
Surround yourself with sorrow
Temma Harbour
It must be him
To Sir with love
Don't play that song (you lied)
I'll never fall in love again
Don't sleep in the subway
Come back and shake me
Harper Valley PTA


First beer.

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From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 26 May 1999 11:48:44 -0500


On Tuesday, May 25, 1999, Larson/Thomas wrote:

> Anyone else have recommendations, or care to violently disagree with mine?

The local college radio station has recently discovered Tuvan throat music.
I believe two of the groups the station plays are called Yat Ka and Hun Huur
Tu (I have no doubt that my spelling is waaaaay off).

Anyone got the scoop on this cool sound?

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 26 May 1999 12:57:13 -0400



Charles wrote
"here is a Javanese Court Gamelan album from the 60's now out on cd on the
Nonesuch
label.   This album has 4 songs, 3 with haunting vocals.  It is the most
hypnotic music
I have ever heard.  Trance like, it was recorded live and if you listen
closely you'll
hear crickets."

The Javanese album is great, but I prefer the livelier "Golden Rain"
Gamelan music of Bali.  This features the "Ramayana Monkey Chant" which is
arresting listening in the dark.  Imagine a bunch of people imitating
monkeys (they band together to save a princess; hey wait a minute, I have
an idea for a sitcom about a band!), yelling "Jak, Jak, Jak!"(Hi, Jack) in
unison.  I believe that bits of this were used the film "I Never Promised
You a Rose Garden".

The only problem with the recording is that someone keeps bumping into the
mike!

Mongo Santamaria's first album, "Yambu" is also very good, too.  This is
most certainly NOT "Watermelon Man".  It is percussion with vocals.  If
you'd like a bit of both worlds, try Herbie Mann's Afro-Jazz album.

I am still trying to locate "Return of the Inca" by Sukay, which features
"Nevando Esta" a simply beatiful guitar piece.

For a wall-to-wall not a bad cut on the CD CD, try "Bravos Del Ritmo'
(http://www.gemm.com has it, but check the vendor), my favorite Salsa
compilation, highlighted by the exceptional 'Feria En Manizales" by Richie
Reyes, as well as Ray Baretto and yes, list fave Perez Prado is on it, too.
 The Cuba Classics, Vol 2., "Dancing with the Enemy" compilation on Luaka
Bop is a good one, too and easier to find.  For Salsa, I also heartily
recommend the great Celia Cruz Y Sonora Matancera.

Since this list has subscribers outside of the United States, I would also
like to mention "Zydeco!" on Arhoolie, which features key Zydeco tracks by
Amade Ardoin (recognized as the first person to record Zydeco music),
Clifton Chenier and also Leadbelly (on accordion!) and Clarence Garlow.
The other half of the record was recorded at a couple of outdoor parties in
1964.  For those who are unfamiliar with Zydeco, imagine it as R&B or
Blues, with accordions and washboards.  Also, some of it is in a dialect of
French.  It is all quite wonderful.


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Peter Thomas HELP!!
Date: 26 May 1999 14:03:14 +0200


Keith Lo Bue wrote:

>Would anyone out there have a list (partial or complete) of the film
>soundtracks of Peter Thomas?  I picked up 'Chariots of the Gods' the
>other day, and it is phenomenal.  I need more!


        visit The "eXotica Releases Overview":
        http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/
    for the few soundtracks that are out on CD.

        Johan


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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 26 May 1999 13:05:53 -0400


Tuvan throat music.
Anyone got the scoop on this cool sound?

NPR did an interview with one of these fellows who is said to be the best
throat singer in Tuvalu.
on their rundown for Oct 9 1998:


6. TUVAN THROAT SINGING -- Robert talks to Ralph Leighton, who has compiled
recordings of Tuvan throat singing on a new CD called "Deep in the Heart
of Tuva". [the label is Ellipsis Arts.] Tuva is a region located roughly
between Mongolia and Siberia, and the style of singing which is prevalent
there is a rough,
throaty, grinding, growly chant-song. Experts can produce as many as four
distinct tones at once, and Leighton says anyone can learn how to do it.
(8:00) (IN
STEREO)

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
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From: "little dymaxia, happy at last!" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend finds
Date: 26 May 1999 12:15:37 -0500


I went to Unique Thrift Store (the absolute best)
with no intention of buying records -- I was
looking for art ideas.  Anyway, sitting on top
of the pile was a Michel Legrand live jazz album
from the early seventies.  It's a pretty groovy
jazz record, but what prompted me to buy it was
that it has a track from the Orson Welles film
"F For Fake" (titled "Orson's Theme") -- unfortunately,
it wasn't one of the cooler selections from that
soundtrack.  Still, it was a great find -- good
art-making music.

--

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Immediate Records Reissues
Date: 26 May 1999 13:11:39 EDT


     Has anyone checked these out? For those who might not know, Immediate
was Andrew Loog Oldham's (Rolling Stones manager) record label in the late
60's. In House Producers for Immediate included Jagger and/or Richards,
Marriot/Lane, and a pre-Zep Jimmy Page. Of especial interest to this list are
the reissues of Mark Murphy and the Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra, which was
'conducted' by Keith Richards (yeah, right). Mark Murphy was a jazz crooner,
very out of place for inclusion on the Now Pop type label, but there
nonetheless. The Aranbee disc is another of the Oldham method of recording
orchestral versions of current British hits. These are now very notorious due
to the "Bittersweet Symphony" debacle. If any listers have bought these or
any of the other CDs that have been reissued, such as Twice as Much, Billy
Nicholls, and Chris Farlowe, feel free to e-mail me off list with your
opinions. Thanks-
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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Burman
Date: 26 May 1999 19:32:58 +0200


[e-mail] wrote:

> "Does anyone out there have any info on the Indian film composers S.D.
> Burman and R.D. Burman? .Are there any particular soundtracks by either of
> them that anyone could recommend?

I have 7 albums by Rahul Dev Burman:

Aanchal    1979
Dhan daulat     1979
Takkar     1980
Gehra zakham     1981
Biwi o biwi     1981
Yeh to kamaal ho gaya     1982
Yeh vaada raha     1991

If have to admit that I don't know which one to recommend. To me soundtracks
from India are always worthwhile.

> Do they mostly pop up on cassettes at Indian grocery stores, or
> are there
> any CDs or LPs out there?"

There must be thousands of LPs and a couple of years ago I read that EMI India
was releasing lots of CDs with old(er) soundtracks.
QDK in Germany recently released a nice CD-compilation of Indian filmmusic:
Doob-doob o'rama. Also check out the series Golden Voices from the SIlver
Screen (or something like that).
There's also Bombay the Hardway, but I don't really like that one - the tracks
have been remixed and don't sound 'authentic' enough to me.

Marco

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 26 May 1999 13:32:05 -0400







>>The Javanese album is great, but I prefer the livelier "Golden Rain"
Gamelan music of Bali.

Hmmmmm...I have a record(very cool) called THE JAPANESE BACH SCENE...it's
like hearing Bach at a Japanese restaurant(but most likely one in the
US)...Does this count?

>Mongo Santamaria's first album, "Yambu" is also very good, too.  This is
most certainly NOT "Watermelon Man".  It is percussion with vocals.  If
you'd like a bit of both worlds, try Herbie Mann's Afro-Jazz album.


I would think that some 6ts Hugh Masekela rekkids count in this thread,
too!
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sorry (was re:virus warning)
Date: 26 May 1999 11:11:29 -0500


I'm sorry to have posted that response to a virus warning.
I incorrectly assumed I'd received the original warning via the list, and so
responded to the list.

Won't happen again!

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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Page Turner
Date: 26 May 1999 15:45:07 -0400


Scorsese, Tyler Turn The Page

NEW YORK (Variety) - Martin Scorsese
 is eyeing the chance to  direct Liv Tyler in a biopic of Bettie Page,
 the country's first  kinky pinup girl. The director and star have been
enmeshed
 in  talks for several months trying to put together a film, and it
appears they will
shop it to studios in the near future with  Page's life rights part of the
package.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) fwd: slackerTV
Date: 26 May 1999 16:02:15 -0500


SlackerTV

Here's something completely new for those with nothing to do at work.
Slacker TV presents a range of documentaries and short films that are
guaranteed to waste time while you are waiting for lunch. You can also add
your e-mail to the service and get instant notification of new material.
World Wide Web: http://www.slackertv.com

On show now, amongst others, is:
24 Hours in Vegas - A 24 hour journey down the famous Las Vegas Strip.






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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Is it just me....
Date: 26 May 1999 14:50:02 -0700 (PDT)


You definitly can substiltue the melody for the words daughter of darkness sung by Tom
for the words towers of london sung by XTC.     Good ear, this stuff always interests
me.  I've noticed a lot of melodies in the soft indie pop world reminding me of other
songs.


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> ...or...has anybody else ever noticed the STRIKING similarity between
> the choruses of Tom Jones' "Daughter of Darkness" and XTC's
>  "Towers ofLondon"?
> Or...is it just me...Jane Fondle===

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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The return of FeelthyMonkey Radio
Date: 25 May 1999 18:03:28 -0700


FMR is back!  (well, sort of)

I have the high-speed link running, so you exoticats with cable-modems =
or access at work can tune in. =20

I am also having connctivity problems at the new pad, so I can only =
support a few listeners at a time. (for now)

It's all happening at www.xtabay.com

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ELP? 'Elp! (or what do you Tarkus for?)
Date: 26 May 1999 21:37:52 -0400



>on another note, my husband swears that emerson, lake, and palmer stole
>their ideas on moog directly from dick hyman, electric eclectic moog.
>any comments?

One thing they most certainly stole on their first album was The Barbarian,
which is Bartok's "Allegro Barbaro".  I don't recall that Janacek was
credited for the lifting of one of the themes of his "Sinfonietta" for
'Knife Edge", either.

As far as robbing Hyman, hard to say.  Emerson mostly tended to play the
Moog like any other keyboard, which Hyman did, but Hyman also used
Moog-only sonorities (Tap Dance in the Memory Banks, for example, uses the
Moog to make for a somewhat clumsy dancer), but Emerson did too, in "Lucky
Man".  The timbre of both Moogs sound similar, but I am gathering that is
due to brand more than outright copying.

For influences, from http://www.keithemerson.com/ :

"His early influences were primarily jazz artists such as Fats Waller, Art
Tatum, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Smith, Oscar Peterson, and Jack McDuff.
Classical composers also became influential in his music including J.S.
Bach, Aaron Copland, Rachmaninoff, Bartok and Alberto Ginastera amongst
others.

I guess this doesn't quite close the book on the Hyman-Emerson connection,
but in all the years of reading about them I have never heard him mention
it, nor have I reason to believe that he would conceal Hyman as an
influence.  However, with very few synthesizers accessible and few records
(compared to now), almost any of the albums that sold halfway decently
probably had some influence.  My knowledge of early synthesizers is nascent
at best, but if I recall correctly, in the early days, it was rather hard
to work them, so many of the musicians may have asked the same sets of
people to help them, so there may be another connection there.

Truth be told, there is much more organ than synthesizer to be had on early
ELP albums.

Hey, didn't Hyman play organ...?

And I listened to Yes, too,
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Van Dyke Parks and Nilsson
Date: 26 May 1999 21:46:34 EDT


Nilsson, Van Dyke and Randy Newman were all in-house writers for Lenny
Waronker in the sixties with his Warner's Reprise group (when he tried to set
up a Brill Building West, or white Motown kind of arrangement).  Nilsson's
early stuff is pretty great (7 songs off his first album were covered by
other people, including The Yardbirds and Monkees).  I particularly love "You
Can't Do That" his seamless splice of seventeen Beatle songs into one organic
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From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) sleeve/liner notes
Date: 26 May 1999 22:25:02 -0500


I'm doing some research on particularly good liner/sleeve notes. Some
choice ones include poet Marianne Moore doing notes for a Cassius Clay
album, Mickey Spillane on the RCA series "Sounds of Violence," etc.

Personally I'm partial to the delirious notes that Stan Cornyn wrote on
the back of several Petula Clark LPs in the 60s. Sample: "Small, so
people are always looking around asking, 'Where'd she get to now?' Only
she's just over there, leaning up against a coffee cup. Deceptive wench."
And my fave: "Maybe it will take another 300 years for another British
invasion. If my name were Methuselah, I'd be around. Unfortunately, it
isn't. It's Henri Rene."

Any other suggestions?

Elisabeth


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Subject: (exotica) Dan Gresham from Durham, UK
Date: 27 May 1999 02:55:51 EDT


anybody know this guy?
Apparently he was a dj at this college's station for a while
(at one point he had a page on their website)

He apparently ripped me off.

I sent him an IMO for some records and just got a reciept bakc that the check
was cashed and while I paid for first class insured postage I have not
recieved the pls after 8 months
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Subject: (exotica) International Lounge Festival (Italy)
Date: 27 May 1999 03:48:10 EDT



This is all the info I could garnish on the big Lounge fest happening in
Italy:

Maybe Giovanni from Milan could check this out for us.

Chuck


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>
> >Where can I find out more about this wonderful event?   I am really
> interested.
>
> I think the best you could do is to contact the promoter:
>
> MAC MAC
> tel.: ++39-0522-406179
> fax.: ++39-0522-445322
> no e-mail sorry.
>
> Take care.
>
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Subject: Re: (exotica) ELP? 'Elp! (or what do you Tarkus for?)
Date: 27 May 1999 04:15:49 -0400


At 09:37 PM 5/26/99 -0400, Brian Phillips wrote:
>

>As far as robbing Hyman, hard to say.  Emerson mostly tended to play the
>Moog like any other keyboard, which Hyman did, but Hyman also used
>Moog-only sonorities   The timbre of both Moogs sound similar, but I am
gathering that is due to brand more than outright copying.

I don't have the musical terms to back this up but I think the early style
of moog playing which I hear in everything from Perry and Kingsley to
Switched On Bacharach, is quite different from the style practiced by
Emerson and even Hyman.
And the best example of this for me is on Hugo Montenegro records.
As his son John took a more prominent role on his records, the more they
sounded like crappy noodling seventies synth and less like that original
frothy bubbly sound.
I don't know how far back his son's participation goes but I'm pretty sure
that though his son participated in his all-Neil-Diamond-tunes record, his
role wasn't as prominent as it was on his all-Elton-John-tunes record and
the two are like night and day.
Maybe that's not the best example.  For all I know the Neil was done after
the Elton.  I do know that the liner notes on the Elton one make a big deal
of John and show his picture whereas on the Neil one, he's just listed
among the arrangers.
Either way, there's almost nothing that I love about Hugo's moog sound on
that Elton record where John is a focus.
Maybe this happened with more sophisticated equipment.  Or maybe it was
style of playing.  Or maybe rock n roll influences were deadly for the moog.
All I know is that the sixties moog and the seventies are like two totally
different sounds.

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Burman
Date: 27 May 1999 20:07:02 +0900


I bought a couple of Burman LPs (in Indian grocery stores) in the early
'80s. Other Indian soundtracks were (and are) good too, but the Burmans
were the best. A particular favorite was "The Burning Train".
Unfortunately I believe R.D. Burman died a couple of years ago.

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Subject: (exotica) swedish folks playing the moog
Date: 27 May 1999 15:05:44 +0200


There is a swedish girl called Merit Hemmingsson who still is around i =
believe. In the 70s she made a lot of records mixing swedish folk with =
latin american rhytms. Occasionnaly she used the moog too which she =
played herself. Those records are easy to find in fleamarkets here =
really cheap, but I havent picked them up yet, dont know why actually. I =
keep staring at the american stuff I guess. On some records she used =
Sabu Martinez as percussionist. This is pleaseant easy listening which =
probably sounds exotic to nonscandinavians.

If someone is interested in this girl let me know, and maybe we can =
arrange some sort of swap.

Benny Andersson of Abba made at least one moog record too, together with =
a swedish fiddler called Gnesta Kalle. I have only seen that record =
once, but I have it on tape and it is quite strange. Its called Gnesta =
Kalle and his Moogmen and has a space cover. Anyone have that?

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Subject: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 27 May 1999 06:11:23 -0700 (PDT)


Anyone know anything about this guy?
I have a song of his on a Verve sampler that's pretty decent, with
bongos, strings, vibes and the like.  Is there anything i should check
out by him?

Peter

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Date: 27 May 1999 09:31:39 EDT


Elisabeth,

You are right, Stan Coryn wrote some great liner notes.  The notes on the
back of the Dean Martin LP, "Happiness Is Dean Martin" are the funniest liner
notes I have ever read.  If you don't have the LP I will be happy to
transcribe them for you.

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I'm doing some research on particularly good liner/sleeve notes. Some
      choice ones include poet Marianne Moore doing notes for a Cassius
      Clay
      album, Mickey Spillane on the RCA series "Sounds of Violence," etc.
      Any other suggestions?

Elisabeth

>>Well, gee, I hate to sound like, a, um, "broken record," but there is The
Love Generation's first album:  "...an impromptu party broke out, with
pressed ham sandwiches, 7-Up, and flowers flowing freely."

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Subject: (exotica) Rudy Rosa and his synthetic organ
Date: 27 May 1999 07:03:48 -0700 (PDT)


I found an interesting lp a month or so back (included
a track or two from it on someone's comp. tape) -
Computerized, Synthesized, Organized: Rudy Rosa and
His customized Hammond Organ, Live at Manny's Surf and
Turf in Fairfax, VA. It must be from the early 70's as
the synth RR has hooked up to his Hammond is an ARP.
The music is quite strange - goofy treatments of
standards du jour such as Baby Elephant Walk,
Michelle, etc.

I tried to track down some info on him on the WWW,
but, go figure, only one listing for a Rudy Rosa and
it ain't him (rough paraphrase of the response I
received to my e-mail query from a namesake in
Florida: R&R studios, which "produced" the lp, existed
in Vienna, VA and some place in FL).


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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Waldo Semon,Candy Candido,John Tigrett
Date: 27 May 1999 10:21:27 -0500


                            *Waldo Semon
    HUDSON, Ohio (AP) -- Waldo Semon, who won a patent for bubble gum,
developed vinyl and helped create synthetic rubber during World War II, died
Wednesday. He was 100.
    Semon worked for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., where one of his first
assignments was make a rubber adhesive from polyvinyl chloride. Instead, he
found a way to make PVC into a flexible, elastic material that became widely
used in the plastic industry.
    Semon earned 116 U.S. patents by the time he retired in 1963, including one
for bubble gum. In 1995, Semon was inducted into the National Inventors Hall
of Fame in Akron.

From Wednesday's L.A. Times:
 Candy Candido; Did Voices in Disney Films

 Candy Candido, 85, the man of "a thousand voices" who spoke for Disney
animated characters in such classics as "Sleeping Beauty" and "Peter Pan." A
native of New Orleans, Candido began his career singing with big bands. His
vocal talents and bass stylings quickly attracted Hollywood casting agents.
Candido appeared on "The Jimmy Durante Show" in the early days of television
in the 1950s. Over the years, he performed in clubs and at variety shows at
state fairs and other events across the country, often serving as master of
ceremonies as well as singing and telling jokes. Candido was a veteran voice
for Disney and other animators, providing the vocal acting for characters in
"Robin Hood" and 1973's "Heavy Traffic." In 1986, Candido earned special
praise as the voice of the peg-legged bat Fidget in "The Great Mouse
Detective." On Wednesday in North Hollywood.

May 27, 1999
John Tigrett, 85, Entrepreneur
By NICK RAVO,NYTimes

John Burton Tigrett, a Tennessee entrepreneur who made a fortune on things
like the Glub-Glub drinking-duck novelty, befriended financiers like Sir
James Goldsmith and musicians like Isaac Hayes, and advised politicians like
Vice President Al Gore, died on May 18 in a hotel room in Washington. He was
85.

Tigrett, who lived in Memphis, Tenn., was also the father of Isaac Tigrett,
the co-founder of two restaurant chains, the Hard Rock Cafe and the House of
Blues. He was staying overnight in Washington after visiting his other son,
Kerr Tigrett, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.

Known in Memphis as the driving force behind the city's distinctively
designed civic center, the Pyramid, John Burton Tigrett had jobs that ranged
from bookseller to bus-company executive to investor in patents.

Patents proved to be his gold mine. In the early 1950s he paid $800 for the
Glub-Glub duck, a toy that bobs and appears to drink water. He eventually
sold 22 million Glub-Glubs.

Tigrett was an inventor in his own right, too. When his son John Jr., cut
himself on a wooden playpen, Tigrett made a playpen of plastic mesh. No one
knows how many have been sold since.

Tigrett was born on Sept. 29, 1913, in Jackson, Tenn. He lived briefly in an
orphanage there after his father left his mother, until he was taken in by
his uncle Isaac, a railroad baron. He attended the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville, worked for a while as a freelance writer and newspaper
reporter, and served in the Navy during World War II.

After the war, he entered the world of commerce and credited his uncle,
according to an obituary published in The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, with
teaching him the importance of being independent.

"I've never depended on anyone for a salary, and that independence has
proven invaluable over the years," Tigrett said in an interview with the
newspaper last year.

A son, Hewitt, was killed in 1962 at the age of 11 in a ditch collapse at
the family's winter home in Arizona, and in 1968, John Jr. died in Mexico.

Tigrett divorced his wife, Frances, when he was 52; relatives say he gave
her all his money, except for a $10,000 grubstake. He then moved to London,
where he worked with Armand Hammer, the chairman of Occidental Petroleum,
and Goldsmith, the corporate takeover artist.

He also worked as a European representative for Holiday Inn and the North
Sea Oil Consortium, before moving back to Memphis in 1989. There he and
other developers initiated the Pyramid project.

In his later years, Tigrett wrote a book, "Fair & Square" (Spiridon Press,
Nashville, 1998), about his careers.

At his funeral on May 19 in Savannah, Tenn., a videotape was played of Vice
President Gore, a longtime friend and a recipient of Tigrett's advice. Gore
likened him to another toy tycoon, the fictional Willie Wonka. Gore also
recalled how his mother used to take him to Tigrett's toy factory.

Besides his sons, Isaac of Los Angeles and Kerr of Memphis and
Charlottesville, Tigrett is survived by his wife, Pat Kerr; a brother,
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 27 May 1999 10:45:04 -0400


At 06:11 AM 5/27/99 -0700, Peter Risser wrote:
>
>Anyone know anything about this guy?
> Is there anything i should check
>out by him?

Check out everything by him.
I only know what I know but G.M. was an arranger and producer - most
notably on Stan Getz's bossa nova records - who also put out a number of
his own records with a fairly unique Jobim-influenced bossa jazz style
often featuring vibes and an interesting, often wordless vocal style.
I love his version of "She loves you".  And "God only knows".

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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Waldo Semon,Candy Candido,John Tigrett
Date: 27 May 1999 10:50:20 -0400


>From Wednesday's L.A. Times:
> Candy Candido; Did Voices in Disney Films

This is a shame, or...

"I'm feelin' miiiighty low"


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 27 May 1999 10:43:59 +0000


> Anyone know anything about this guy?

Yes, by all means, check him out.  I love his stuff!  Albums to watch
for include:

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Point of Departure
Soft Samba
The In Sound
Soft Samba Strings
Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon?
Sympathetic Vibrations
Butterscotch Rum

These are just a few.  There's also the CD "Latin Lounge" on Motor
Music, a great collection of his stuff for Verve in the '60s, early
'70s.  Sadly, Gary McFarland had a tragic end - he and a friend were
poisoned in a NYC bar in 1971.  Sort of forgotten today, though some
of his albums are now being reissued on CD, including "Does the Sun
Really Shine On the Moon?".

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Subject: Re: (exotica) sleeve/liner notes
Date: 27 May 1999 11:59:53 EDT


I have to agree with Jane on the Love Generation LP.  Not much of a record,
but worth owning just for the cover and the liner notes.  And the song where
there is a "spontaneous party" in the background!!!!!


And Jane, when is the Astro-Slut site going to be up and running?  Any
Astro-Slut merchandise for sale yet?

Best wishes,
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Subject: (exotica) since you asked...
Date: 27 May 1999 12:10:29 -0400





>And Jane, when is the Astro-Slut site going to be up and running?

Our crack bass player and designer, Jesus' Knievel is creating one as I
write this!  A shameless huckster like I am will surely tell the list when
he gets it up...the web site, of course!

>Any Astro-Slut merchandise for sale yet?

Best wishes,
Larry

Thanks!  We are still in the midst of recording our album...which will be
due out in September, and available thru this website:
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 27 May 1999 21:44:44 +0200


Nat Kone wrote:

> I love his version of "She loves you".  And "God only knows".

"Satisfaction" is also hilarious. My fave song is "Fried Bananas". Verve has
put out a nicely designed "best of his Verve recordings"-CD called "Latin
Lounge". Classic.

-Mo


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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Nature boy 1982 version
Date: 27 May 1999 22:19:03 +0200


Thrift finds today:

I had to buy this, a maxisingle from 1982  with Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy" =
with a group called the Central line. Unfortunatly the single wasnt any =
good, some of the song was nice, but the music... Nah! Reminds me to =
much of the mainstream music of the 80s and 90s. these guys interpreted =
the song in a strange way. In some way its more exotica to me than real =
exotica...  Does that make sense? No it dont.

Swedish guy Robert Zero Broberg -"Am I your new toy?" I have only =
listened to one track, Let Go! and its quite shaky. He took a looong =
break after this I recall. Sounds like groups like Devo in a way.

Found Anthony Quinns "In my own way I love you". good one, I have had it =
in mind for quite some time, sometimes it better to wait for it. Cheaper =
anyway.


The biggest scores were in the bins for "7.
Rick Dees and his cast of Idiots -Disco Duck   Why? Its fun.
Tony Renis -Non sei Mariu' Stasera    Great italian bossa from the mid =
60s. Irresisteble.
The Peanuts -Happy Yokohama     They look like they are twins! Japanese =
twins (is that correct, Moritz?, Ben?), happy happy german schlager. How =
many twins sing together? I cant remember none just now... There ought =
to be a lot of them.
M factor -Pop music   I couldnt resist it. Talk about Pop Music!
France Arnell - 4 lovely french tracks and a beautiful girl it is.
Nancy Sinatra You only live twice/Jackson (w Lee)  Now all I need is a =
jukebox
2 Supraphone singles from 64 and 68. Jazz and rock as only the =
tjeckoslovakians did it. the song "the Guitarman" is called "Gary Mary". =
"Hearts of stone" is called "Radost". (Still, the masterpiece of eastern =
europe pop is in Peters collection. The devil twist.)
Also bought 2 Lena Horne de luxe singles. One was with Phil Moore =
orchestra. Just squeeze me.

The Phil Moore four played on a Sinatra 78 i found. Bought that one too. =


Then some that wasnt too impressive. I often look for country because i =
like that too. A record with a girl named Connie Eaton on a little =
strange label from Tennesee (Chart). Ah! she looks like a girl from a =
Russ Meyer movie. But she is not that good singer, I hope she is/was a =
better sinner.

Cha Cha Cha. Decent Lp with Latin Big Band -Armando Stello.=20
Night in Manhattan -Lee Wiley. Columbia. Its good, but not in my taste. =
At least not today.
 An Alfred Apaka double LP  "The best of A A" Decca. Didnt do that much =
for me. Will try again some other day.


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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 27 May 1999 17:43:42 -0500


Peter Risser wrote:

> Anyone know anything about this guy?
> I have a song of his on a Verve sampler that's pretty decent, with
> bongos, strings, vibes and the like.  Is there anything i should check
> out by him?
>

Gary is God. I confess to being a Gary McFarland fanatic from way back, and
have since cleaned up un pretty much all of his albums. McFarland did some
fairly straight jazz albums but it's the wonderful "fake jazz" material that
folk here in exotica will appreciate.

If you want the whole story check out Doug Payne's site.

http://siteworks.com/szabo/gary1.htm

This is the most complete single source of McFarland information anywhere in
or out of print. Payne also wrote the liner notes to the McFarland collection
on Motor that came out last fall or there about. From the track list the Motor
collection is an excellent place to start however I seem to recall some talk
of the label's demise not to long ago.
If you see a copy of the album "the In Sound" grab it, it's his best!  Pass on
the Impulse label stuff - they're good in their on way but a shy too jazz.

If you have any more McFarland questions that the web site doesn't answer just
ask me.

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Subject: RE: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 27 May 1999 23:55:14 +0200


I have Soft Samba and thats a nice one. My copy circulated among the =
rockers in my hometown for some years and was by them considered some =
kind of an internal joke until it found a loving home in my apartment.

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Subject: (exotica) Attention all Lee goers!
Date: 26 May 1999 11:46:43 PDT


For those folk that are going to the Lee Hazlewood gig in London on June =
28th, a bunch of my pals and I are going to Trader Vics after the show. =
Reckon it should be around 10.30pm. It's at the London Hyde Park Corner =
Hilton. Please email if you are going along. If there are a whole ton of =
us, I will phone up to see if we can book a table in the bar. But it shou=
ldn't be too busy on a Monday night. They have a live Brazilian guitar =
player who is really pretty good. He plays in the evenings. A Glasgow con=
tingency is going down, but if you are in London on that date and want =
to meet, it could be no bad thing, eh?

Drop us a line.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) sleeve/liner notes
Date: 27 May 1999 22:42:33 -0500


>You are right, Stan Coryn wrote some great liner notes.  The notes on the
>back of the Dean Martin LP, "Happiness Is Dean Martin" are the funniest
>liner
>notes I have ever read.  If you don't have the LP I will be happy to
>transcribe them for you.
I don't have that Dean Martin album! Is Stan Cornyn for real? I'm getting
really fascinated by him now. Does anybody have more info on him? Has he
done any other notes?

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Subject: (exotica) Vik's Lament
Date: 27 May 1999 22:32:37 EDT


Hey Gang!

I was cruzing some old sites tonight and found this preface to Vik's Lounge.
I kinda depresses me.

"Started in 1996 to cover the lounge revival, Vik's Lounge focused not on the
historical but rather current scene. It was the first home for Capitol's
Ultra Lounge collection and Caroline's Scamp Records. Captiol, Scamp,
Dionysus and Rykodisc partnered with Vik's for new release promotions. Users
were encouraged to send field reports for the Jet Set providing a global
clearing house of lounge nights, radio and happenings. In 1997, Radio Vik
became one of the first 24 hour all lounge web radio stations featuring
current releases, classic vinyl and global radio shows.

Also in 1997, Vik's became home to the original web lounge site, Space Age
Bachelor Pad Music. SABPM creator Joseph Holmes no longer wanted the site,
Vik's creator Frank Davis offered to archive SABPM at Vik's. One year later,
the lounge revival was fading and Vik's Lounge also went into archive."

Skal ! ! ! ! As old Magnus would say!

(from:  http://www.chaoskitty.com/vik.html)

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Subject: (exotica) Swingin' Cheese
Date: 27 May 1999 22:51:03 EDT


Does anybody have comments on this:

Various Artists
"Swingin' Cheese"
(Irma 488689)


Thanks,

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Subject: (exotica) Poisoned in a bar
Date: 28 May 1999 08:26:04 +0000


     >Sadly, Gary McFarland had a tragic end - he and a friend were
     >poisoned in a NYC bar in 1971

     Darrell, can you tell us any more about this?

     Sorry to be morbid; it just sounds a bit odd

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 28 May 1999 09:01:42 +0200




recliner wrote:

> Payne also wrote the liner notes to the McFarland collection
> on Motor that came out last fall or there about. From the track list the Motor
> collection is an excellent place to start however I seem to recall some talk
> of the label's demise not to long ago.
>

It looks now, that - despite dramatic changes within the company - they will at
least continue to a) exist and b) to publish jazz/easy/lounge reissues. However:
the CD you mention here is the same that I mentioned in my last posting, it is
licensed from Verve (Verve is owned by  Universal Music {former PolyGram /
Universal Studios, now Seagram} as well as Motor).

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 28 May 1999 17:23:27 +0900


On Mon, 24 May 1999 chuck <[e-mail]> wrote:


> I like the suggestion that the Teddy Bears and Fleetwoods
> were among the first soft pop groups...
>
> This whole discussion did start with Free Design/
> Association type bands, but Free Design is really not that
> much different music then Bryand Holland's "Itsy Bitsy
> Teenie Weenie Yellow Poka Dot Bikini" or Gary Lewis and
> the Playboys or Leslie Gore/Girl Groups or the Teddy Bears.
> I can't imagine describing Patience & Pudence as anything
> but soft pop.

This is an interesting thread; I would just like to add some
further comments to chuck's observation.

One very interesting aspect of soft rock (the term I
personally prefer, even if it is an oxymoron) is not the
music itself but rather the people involved in its
creation. In studying the background of the
behind-the-scenes players, one starts to get a better
handle on just what it is that places one work within the
soft rock category and another outside the genre.

Phil Spector, known for his overwhelming wall-of-sound
productions, was one of the earliest producers to dabble
in the genre. His Teddy Bears' singles for Dore were
recorded at Gold Star Records. The Fleetwoods earliest
sides too were recorded at Gold Star (at least the
backing tracks were). Phil's work with Specotr's Three
and the Paris Sisters, both classic examples of early
soft rock, too were tracked at Gold Star. Strangely
enough, this studio is very closely connected with an
extraordinarily large percentage of the records that seem
to have become grouped within the so-called soft rock
genre. Jack Nitzsche often recorded there; check out his
Expecting To Fly by Buffalo Springfield for a great soft
rock track. One of Phil's proteges, Jerry Riopelle,
wrote Close Your Eyes for Bonnie (another Gold Star
recording), and then went on to form the definitive soft
rock band the Parade, who signed with A&M.

A sub-genre of soft rock is called "the A&M sound", and
includes artists like Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of
Friends, Sandpipers, Burt Bacharach, Merry-Go-Round,
Claudine Longet and even Chris Montez.Later, the
Caprenters carried on the A&M Sound, and sure enough,
the songwriter credits see Roger Nichols and Burt
Bacharach name-checked on many of these records.
t.
On the other side of Barham there was another similar
circle which of late has been tagged "the Burbank Sound",
including Harpers Bizarre, Sunflower/Surf's Up-era Beach
Boys and Van Dyke Parks.

Even though the genre seems to have started with Teddy
Bears and Fleetwoods (Patience & Prudence recorded such
music by default, me thinks), the bulk of what we refer
to as soft rock seems to have come about, at least in
part, through the following factors:

1. Revolver and Pet Sounds - notice that soft rock artists
often cover songs from these albums (or other lighter
Beatles and Beach Boys titles). Both albums seem to have
paved the way for other artists to follow in a similar
style (e.g., Love's Forever Changes & Rascals Once Upon a
Dream), where sophisticated arrangements replace a
straight guitar/bass/drums set up and harmonies are
usually at the forefront.

2. The advent of "underground" FM radio - When amps got
bigger and bands started writing and actually playing on
their own records, the sound got heavier and albums became
more important in the rock world than singles. While rock
started on its long downward spiral by jacking up the
volume and incorporating extended jams, it left a hole in
Top 40 which was filled by mediocre old-school
pop,bubblegum, and, to a lesser extent, soft rock.

3. The pros of the pre-hard rock era needed a niche area
to continue to work in. - Many of the early 60s producers,
arrangers and writers were not willing or were unable to
cross over to the genre which spawned regrettable bands
like Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly. So, those who had
worked on surf, girl group and beat records went in a
softer direction, leaving the heavy market to the less
experienced and less schooled. Is it any wonder that John
Barry or Burt Bacharach records have aged far better than
much of the early hard rock records?

Anyway, those factors certainly played a role in shaping
what we now call soft rock.

When did soft rock end? Or, has it ended? Well, it isn't a
black and white question. There is a lot of gray area, but
personally, I think when Carole King followed the soft
rock classic "The City" with phenomenal success of her
Tapestry, it marked the end. The sunshiny "ba-ba-ba-ba"
harmonies faded into the background, the arrangements took
on a decidedly less jazzy feel. Tapestry is a signpost,
though, not a fatal blow. We hear elements of soft rock in
contemporary music like High Llamas, Wondermints, Apples
in Stereo, Cornelius, Komeda and even Sean Lennon. I hope
soft rock will continue to be reinvented by new artists
into the new millennium.

Although not all soft rock artists had a background in
earlier pop/rock recordings, many did. Some names to look
for in the fine print:

Curt Boettcher (Association, Sagittarius, Eternity's
Children, Millennium)
Gary Zekley (Yellow Balloon, Jan & Dean, Bonnie, Grass Roots)
Jack Nitzsche (Paris Sisters, Bob Lind, the Cake, Buffalo Springfield)
Roger Nichols (Small Circle, Sundowners, Claudine Longet, 4 King
Cousins, Carpenters)
Jerry Riopelle (Bonnie, the Parade)
Anders & Poncia (Tradewinds, Innocence, Critters)
Lou Adler (Mamas & Papas, Johnny Rivers, 5th Dimension)
Bob Crewe (Four Seasons, Lesley Gore, Bob Crewe Generation)
Jimmy Webb (5th Dimension, Glen Campbell, Johnny Rivers)
John Carter and Ken Lewis (Ivy League, Flowerpot Men, White
Plains, Fortunes, Edison Lighthouse)
Tony Hatch (Pet Clark, Tony Hatch Orchestra, Chris Montez)
Jerry Ross (Keith, Jerry Ross Symposium, Jay & the Techniques)

I don't know if any of this helps in defining the genre or
clouds the issue even further. Any further comments?

Jamie


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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 28 May 1999 12:04:27 +0200


Thanks all who contributed with postings about soft pop. Very =
informative and well written! Its a "genre" quite unknown to me, except =
Claudine Longet and Bob Lind. I keep seeing records with the Sandpipers, =
but i dont buy them because i have some tracks on a compilation album =
that doesnt give me anything, maybe I should try an LP? If you think so, =
Which LP to begin with? Or shall I leave all at the fleamarkets?

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From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 26 May 1999 12:17:16 PDT




----------
>
> Thanks all who contributed with postings about soft pop. Very informati=
ve and
> well written! Its a "genre" quite unknown to me, except Claudine Longet=
 and
> Bob Lind. I keep seeing records with the Sandpipers, but i dont buy the=
m
> because i have some tracks on a compilation album that doesnt give me
> anything, maybe I should try an LP? If you think so, Which LP to begin =
with?
> Or shall I leave all at the fleamarkets?

 I would start with Verese USA's excellent Sunshine Days compilations. =
Many of the artists discussed appear on them, and they will give you an =
overall view to what is what. Personally, I think anything by Curt Bottch=
er (Millennium, Sagittarius and Ballroom - Jamie, what is the other band =
you mentioned in conjunction with Curt and is it available anywhere???!!!=
) is a must, as he is kinda a God. He produced the Association "Along com=
es the Association" LP with "Along Comes Mary" and "Cherish" - two songs =
I would think most of you are familiar with.

x Jill "Mingo-go"



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From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) News from Ferrante and Teicher
Date: 28 May 1999 06:48:14


Good news for fans of "Soundblast" and other prepared piano classics from
Ferrante and Teicher.  I got a note from their manager today that says,

"Within the past few months they have been practising together in
Florida--and
are contemplating a recording comeback--which will include "new" sounds and
prepared -piano.  Both Mr. Ferrante & Mr. Teicher are in excellant health and
the best of friends after a 68 year friendship that began as students at the
Julliard School of Music."

I suspect these would be released on Avante Garde, their personal label,
but I'll keep the list posted on any further info.

Brad
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Subject: SV: (exotica) News from Ferrante and Teicher
Date: 28 May 1999 14:11:26 +0200



I think it is wonderful to hear this. I wonder how they will sound =
today?=20

Magnus



>Good news for fans of "Soundblast" and other prepared piano classics =
from
>Ferrante and Teicher.  I got a note from their manager today that says,
>
>"Within the past few months they have been practising together in
>Florida--and=20
>are contemplating a recording comeback--which will include "new" sounds =
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Subject:  (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Date: 28 May 1999 13:46:29 +0100



- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail]
The local college radio station has recently discovered Tuvan throat
music.
I believe two of the groups the station plays are called Yat Ka and Hun
Huur
Tu (I have no doubt that my spelling is waaaaay off).

Anyone got the scoop on this cool sound?

There are some releases on peter Gabriels World Music Label that I think
are by Hun Huur Tu (?),  Fantastic Mongolian Gypsy Throat music,  some
really wild stuff.  I also think that they played down here during the
Brighton Festival,  I couldn't go, but a friend did and said it was
incredible.  I also have some tapes of Tibetan singing in a similar
style,  some folk songs and some religious music.  I would imagine that
the Tibetan stuff would be available from the Tibetan Cultural Centre on
New Oxford Street in London.

I'll try and get the information on the Hun Huur Tu(?) CD for Wednesday
(Its a long weekend).


El Maestro Con Queso

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[e-mail]
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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Poisoned in a bar
Date: 28 May 1999 08:07:47 +0000


>Sadly, Gary McFarland had a tragic end - he and a friend were
>poisoned in a NYC bar in 1971
>Darrell, can you tell us any more about this?

Some details are in the liner notes for the "Latin Lounge" CD.
However, from the Gary McFarland site:

"By late 1971, McFarland was working hard toward making a name for
himself in Broadway and film scoring, two areas he'd hoped to explore
in greater depth. But, while with a friend in a New York City bar one
afternoon, he ingested a drink into which liquid methadone had been
poured. He suffered a fatal heart attack and died instantly."

For more on Gary, the site's URL is:

http://siteworks.com/szabo/gary1.htm

Sorry, don't remember much else about this off the top of my head.
Seems to me it was ruled an accidental death or was a practical
joke gone horribly wrong.

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html
Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Subject: Re: SV: (exotica) News from Ferrante and Teicher
Date: 28 May 1999 09:14:39 EDT


This is great news.  A new F&T recording with prepared piano and new
sounds!!! I guess at this point they are free to persue their avant garde
leanings totally.  It would be great if they did an outrageous over the top
recording and showed the world what they are really capable of.

Best wishes,
Larry


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Subject: Re[2]: (exotica) Poisoned in a bar
Date: 28 May 1999 15:24:52 +0000


     Thanks for the info

     That site is fantastic, by the way.  I would advise everyone to check
     it out if they get a chance.


     regards, Jonny


>For more on Gary, the site's URL is:
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) A Moment of Silence........
Date: 28 May 1999 10:18:14 EDT


.......and then a whole lot of noise for Waldo Semon, the inventor of vinyl,
dead at 100.   Thank you, Waldo.


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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lou Christie
Date: 28 May 1999 07:55:24 -0700 (PDT)


Here's a Lou Christie link:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/9229/loulinks.htm

Esy listening in the BBig Easy
Chuck

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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Scores
Date: 28 May 1999 15:19:15 +0100


I picked up Club Morricone yesterday - not bad at all, eight Morricone
tracks (one of which I'm sure I've got elsewhere but by another artist).
One side is mostly orchestral but pleasant and melodic, the other features
a couple of go-go style tracks, one of which is very very fast. All in all
its not a bad package but I wouldn't recommend it as a must-buy.
On the other hand, my copy of Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs arrived
today in a pizza box from someone in Kentucky. It is superb - Bill's
chatting in the classroom about BAD drugs, uppers and downers, heroin,
marijuana and the pusher man. It is full of amusing samples, my favourite
being 'If a man offers you white powder and tells you you should take a
sniff *sniffing sound*...... etc etc.' A very stupid LP - excellent!

Charlie





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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a *new* flying car
Date: 28 May 1999 11:25:45 -0400


An update on our flying car thread... here's a *new* one:

Brief news item:
http://cnn.com/TECH/ptech/9905/27/flying.car.reut/

The company's own site:
http://www.moller.com/skycar/


m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/


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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Moment of Silence........
Date: 28 May 1999 17:57:25 +0200


They should build a flying car made out of vinyl for our god, Waldo. =
Then send him out into space and look for vinyl through the whole =
Galaxy. Maybe Waldo returns with a lot of wonderful records. There may =
be other planets that are changing into digital too and dont care about =
"ze Black meat" (sorry Burroughs, I couldnt resist). I'd love to hear =
more goofy music from the goofy people of Phobos for example.=20

Thank you Waldo Semon. I still collect pieces of your invention. I hope =
its not all vinyl where you are heading.

Magnus



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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Waldo Semon
Date: 28 May 1999 12:14:44 -0500


    AKRON, Ohio, May 27 (UPI) -- Funeral arrangements are pending for the
inventor of vinyl, bubble gum and numerous other plastic and rubber-related
innovations.
    Waldo Semon, who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in
1995, died Wednesday at a northeast Ohio retirement community at the age of
100.
    Semon was best known for inventing vinyl and helping lead the emergency
effort to produce synthetic rubber during World War II.
    During a 1995 interview with the Akron Beacon Journal, Semon said that
shortly after being hired by the B.F. Goodrich Co. in Akron, he was asked to
see if he could make a rubber adhesive from a then little-known chemical,
polyvinyl chloride.
    Instead, Semon discovered a way to turn PVC into a flexible, elastic
material that became the basis for today's global vinyl plastic industry.
    Semon earned 116 U.S. patents by the time he retired in 1963. But family
members told the newspaper Semon always found it amusing that, for all of
his serious inventions, most people would ask him about bubble gum.

For a more detailed obituary from the Akron Beacon Journal:
http://www.ohio.com/bj/stories/semon27.htm




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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gary McFarland
Date: 28 May 1999 11:24:31 -0500


Another yea vote for Gary McFarland, especially "Does the Sun Really Shine
on the Moon?"  Love the bossa "Melancholy Baby." Downy, sun-drenched music
for the crowd who like innocent soft Now Sound instru stuff. Blurbed as "an
embodiment of life in America in the mid-sixties..." What more would you
want? Didn't know he'd arranged/produced Getz. Thanks, Nat. The Skye
gatefold LP (SK-2) is one of the better $2 I've frittered away at Goodwill.


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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gamelan (was Ethnic recommendations)
Date: 28 May 1999 11:36:59 -0500


I agree with other posts:  Gamelan music is sensational. A good intro LP is
"The Exotic Sounds of Bali" Balinese Music performed by Gamelan Gong Sekar
Anjar and Gender Wajang Quartet under the direction of Dr. Mantle Hood.
It's on Columbia Odyssey, n.d. -- late 70s to early 80s??. Pieces are
short, with one long 15-minute "suite", all scored for dance or for the
famed Javanese shadow plays. Superb liner notes, uncredited, tell you a bit
about the instrumentation, context, and the experience of attending a dance
or shadow play. A gorgeous often tranquil record, appealing to people who
love repetition and riffs of Philip Glass scores, Bach fugues, and Indian
ragas. It's playing right now, and energizes me like the wonderful Nigerian
juju music by King Sonny or Ebanezar Obay. The mood and the tintinabulating
sound of gongs/metallaphones bring to mind exotica's Holy Trinity: Denny,
Lyman, Baxter. Anyone know if these guys studied gamelan or hired
Indonesian musicians for their bands?

Exoticats lusting for musical adventure should attend a gamelan/shadow
play/dance performance if it comes to yer town. Leisurely, bewitching
shows, with incredible eye and ear candy.

And for you ethnomusicologists who already know and love gamelan, check out
three exhaustive studies of gamelan and Javanese vocal music edited by
Judith O. Becker, a world class authority  at the U of Michigan:
"Karawitan: Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music" - Edited
       by Judith Becker with assistance from Alan H. Feinstein.
       Vols. 1, 2, and 3, 420 to 520 pages each, $US 44.05 each.
English translations of essays by Indonesian master musicians and
composers.   These ain't for amateurs, but these books are indispensable
for experts or musicians crazed to learn the real poop on one variety of
"exotic percussion". Given the rarity of the content, Becker's reputation,
and the short print run, it's amazing the books are still available. Order
from CSSEAS Publications, http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/csseas/pubs.html
You gotta be patient with CSSEAS. It's a shoestring operation (I know, I
ran the press for a while) and things slow to a crawl in summer. They're
smart about overseas shipping though.

MimiM




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From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martinis with Macini playlist (5/28/99)
Date: 28 May 1999 13:37:15 -0400


=93Martinis with Mancini" broadcasting Friday's from 6-9 AM.
WJUL 91.5, Lowell Massachusetts.

The Show=92s web page: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/
Your comments, questions always welcomed.

The Playlist:

It Could Happen To You, Bjork
Cool Struttin=92, Sonny Clark
The Tender Trap, Dominique Eade
Peel Me A Grape, Diana Krall
Music To Watch Girls By, Al Hurt (LP)
One For Ken, Paul Combs
Someone To Watch Over Me, Holly Cole Trio
That=92s My Kick, Errol Gardner
Confessin=92 The Blues, Joe Williams
A Kiss To Built A Dream On, Louis Armstrong
Woodchoppers Ball, Woody Herman
No Name Jive, Glen Gray
Thomas O=92malley Cat, OST The Aristocats
Ev=92rybody Wants To Be A Cat, OST The Aristocats
Two O=92clock Jump, Harry James
My Three Sons, Nelson Riddle
Perdido, Perez Prado
The Breeze And I, The New Xavier Cugat Orchestra
So Danco Samba, Getz/Gilberto (LP)
Riff Blues Theme, Skip Martin, Crime Jazz I
A Taste Of Nothing, The Tampicos (LP)
Quiet Village, The Tampicos (LP)
I=92ve Got You Under My Skin, Anita O=92day
One Note Samba, Eydie Gorme (LP)
Mean To Me, Sarah Vaughan/Count Basie
She=92s A Lady, Tom Jones
Pink Panther Theme, OST The Pink Panther (LP)
It Had Better Be Tonight, OST The Pink Panther (LP)
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree, Pete Rugolo
Something Wonderful, Nina Simone
I Know Why, Manhattan Transfer
I Don=92t Want To Set The World On Fire, The Ink Spots
After Your Gone, 8 =BD Souvenirs
Dinner Music for A Pack of Hungry Cannibals, Dave Harris and The Powerhou=
se
Five (LP)
Drinking Wine, Pizzicato Five
Big Guitar, John Barry Seven, The Emi Years I
O Calcutta, Dave Pell Singers, Sound Gallery I
Sports Car Special, Johnny Pearson, Sound Gallery II
Like Waltz, John Barry, The Emi Years II
Cutty Shark, John Barry (Dateline TV Theme, (Old British Show?)) The Emi
Years III
The Shake, The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
Bargains Galore, Stuart Crombie & Dennis Berry, Music for TV Dinners The =
60=92
s
Speaking Guitar, Gerhard Narholz, Music for TV Dinners The 60=92s
Shopping Spree, Laurie Johnson, Music for TV Dinners The 60=92s
Walk Don=92t Run, The Ventures
The Checkered Flag, Combustible Edison
Blow-Air-O, Four Piece Suit
Martini Five-O, The Blue Hawaiians
Azure-Te, Dead Ringers
I Get A Kick Out Of You, Dinah Washington
I Love Paris, Esquivel
Bond Street, Burt Bacharach
Cantina Band, Evil Empire Orchestra, Cocktails in the Cantina




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Ethnic recommendations: Yat-Kha and Hun Huur Tu
Date: 27 May 1999 19:58:59 +0200


    Yat-Kha: "Yenisei-punk": reviewed at my site:
    "Dada'quariums Exotica": http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/

    Huun Huur Tu: "The Orphan's Lament" is recommended highly, but
    their other cd's sound more ... er ... "normal", i mean, without
    that strange throat singing.

        Johan


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Indy Rutks wrote:

>The local college radio station has recently discovered Tuvan throat music.
>I believe two of the groups the station plays are called Yat Ka and Hun Huur
>Tu (I have no doubt that my spelling is waaaaay off).
>
>Anyone got the scoop on this cool sound?





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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Ethnic recommendations: indonesian
Date: 27 May 1999 19:52:45 +0200


    my favorite indonesian LP is:
    Le Groupe Angklung: L'Indonesie (LP, Arion ARN 33 353, France,
1976)

    it's a percussion group, named after the sound their bamboo
    instruments are making: klang klung. very funny, and they
    sing melodies that are surprisingly catchy.

    no idea if it is on CD.

        Johan


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>- --- Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> I for one am extremely happy to get an occasional tip on ethnic/world
>> music.  Anybody else out there have strong recommendations?
>>





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Subject: (exotica) Stan Cornyn
Date: 28 May 1999 12:40:16 -0500


Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote:
>
> >You are right, Stan Coryn wrote some great liner notes.  The notes on the
> >back of the Dean Martin LP, "Happiness Is Dean Martin" are the funniest
> >liner
> >notes I have ever read.  If you don't have the LP I will be happy to
> >transcribe them for you.
> I don't have that Dean Martin album! Is Stan Cornyn for real? I'm getting
> really fascinated by him now. Does anybody have more info on him? Has he
> done any other notes?

I, too, am much amused by Cornyn's liner
notes, and your post prompted me to do
some digging, since I work in a library
that focuses on the arts.

The OCLC database lists 145 albums for
which Cornyn wrote liner notes, among
them are lp's for Frank, Sammy and Dean,
but also The Everly Brothers, The Anita
Kerr Singers, Harpers Bizarre, Don Ho, Sandie Shaw,
Lee Hazlewood "Friday's Child" (I have that
one, I'll have to take a look at it), and
he did the Nancy Sinatra albums, too, didn't he?

It looks as if he wrote liner notes
for anyone who was released on Reprise.
Elisabeth, I may be able to e-mail you
a list of these titles if you would like
one.  He won a Grammy in 1965 for "Best
Liner Notes" for _September of My Years_.

Amusingly enough, a search for the
non-lp writings of Mr. Cornyn reveals
two screenplays ("Naish" and "The Phynx"),
and a self-published book entitled,
_My father wore a hat: reminiscences about
the Cornyn family from Adam and Eve to
Christopher and Thomas_.  The subject
headings say "Irish-Americans--California --Biography".
(I just *knew* he was a Celt!)  The Library
of Congress is the only library that holds
this title.  It was published in 1994 -- he must
still be alive, then.  It looks like he
may have written for _Theatre_ magazine
in the 1960's, because his name is listed
in the cataloged record for the index.
He must have worked for Warner / Reprise
mostly, because one web search result said
that he was former president of New Media
for Warner.  I think I liked him better
when he was more mysterious -- that way
I can imagine him as some eccentric recluse
who writes under a pseudonym....

He is also listed as one of the authors in:
_Frank Sinatra and American Culture: Essays
on an American Icon_.

As an extra special treat,
I got these liner notes off the web.

---------------
"Happiness is Dean Martin" Singing "Lay Some Happiness on Me" And Other
Selected Hoop-Las

"Aesthetically, he ends up somewheres between '39's Mickey Mouse Watch
and Lichtenstein's neo-heroic painting, "Take
That . . . Pow !"

"A little camp, perhaps, but too much of our current action really to
rate that high on the Camp Charts. Put him more in the
Hula Hoop- Silver Mini-Skirt-"Chelsea Girls"- William Manchester bag
[?]. That is to say, awfully celebrated right now, not
to mention being hellishly good examples at what they're driving at.

"Nothing, for example, is more hula-hoop than a Pink Plastic 1960 Hula
Hoop. Nothing is more Dean Martin than Dean
Martin.

"Of course, doing a really preposterously good job of being Dean Martin
depends a lot on knowing the rules about what
makes the best Dean Martin. Knowing the archetypal definition of
Martinism: How is he different? Why is he individual? What
is he driving at?

"What Dean Martin is driving at seems to be to lead a Life Of Sloth. A
Life of EPIC Sloth. Not just your common little ol'
Sunday afternoon lazy Sloth, like you get with minor Erskine Caldwell
Georgia darlins. [?]

"No, Martin now epitomizes EPIC SLOTH. Sloth like Joseph E. Levine would
come up with. In big, 3-D letters, like in those
Ben Hur movie ads, with all forms of EPIC EXHAUSTION draped over the
letters. "Epic Sloth," starring Dean Martin, and
then running around the bottom, instead of Mongol hordes and Jack
Palance you find other things, for this is "Epic Sloth."
Things like deflated innertubes. Like the ears of sleeping Spaniels.
Like Kleenex ashes. [?] Like all of Life's Most Unresilient
Stuff.

"And there, leaned up in Herculean-Scope against those giant letters,
our Pop Star slumps. Dean Martin. Kind of half-eyed
looking out at you, grinning "Hi ya, pally," like he hopes you haven't
got anything heavy on your mind.

"Dean Martin has been working at becoming an Epic Pop Art Object. He's
been getting in a good deal of pop art hypnotizing.
Avis knows, you don't get to be Number One by just sitting round. Some
detractors have published this about Martin: that he
sits round, trying to make spaghetti look tense. [!] "Pish tosh," we
say, and "Yellow journalism."

"You have to publicize to get to be Our National Epic Sloth. Martin has.
His medium: the most popular art object of Our
Times, meaning . . . your television set. (Breathes there a soul with
fingers so dull he can't find his Vertical Knob blindfolded?)
[Note similarity to remote control in 1994.-Ed.]

"The mind-boggling task which DM has accomplished in his upwards surge
to Number One Epic Sloth in [sic] this: he has put
other would- be number one lazy slobs into limbo. "Amos 'N Andy's"
Lightnin, for instance, now is largely forgot. Shiftless
and No-Account has moved to Beverly Hills, where dey got no deltas,
chile. [!!!-Whooee!-Ed.] The other
competition--those slothy Southern belles once played by Lee Remick and
Joanne Woodward--are now minor league stuff.

"Martin (few people have known this until this very minute; it has been
a closely kept secret) was actually only Number Two
until quite recently. The spot of Number One Epic Sloth was recently
held by another performer. Not a human being, but a
small dog. His name: Red Dust. He is (or was, for he has largely
disappeared from our scene) part of a Vaudeville turn. His
master would bark out commands: "Red Dust, Roll Over! Up, Red Dust!" But
Red Dust was an utterly and irrevocably
sag-boned hound. Red Dust never voluntarily moved anything, least of all
a paw. The pooch looked permanently pickled. It
was pretty funny stuff.

"Dean Martin finally won out over Red Dust. Much of his triumph has been
ascribed by some scribes to his ability to project
an alcoholic aura from coast-to-coast, into millions of Puritan homes.
Good, Puritan, beer-drinking homes. Martin has almost
by himself established Booze-o-Vision as America's new Art Populaire.
It's difficult to imagine any other object that would
currently be more welcome in our historic nation's thousands of beer
bars and juke joints. Nothing more popular than DM,
slumped there, looking for his cue card, all brung [sic] to you in NBC's
surrealist color. Martin and his--dare we say it?--
goopy baritone. [??] Martin: the biggest sex symbol to hit neighborhood
taverns since the heyday of The Rheingold Girl, may
she in our secret imaginations requiescat in flagrante delicto.

"Nothing should slow up his reign as our beloved epic boozer short of a
sudden attack of dysphagia.--Stan Cornyn"


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From: Laura Taylor
Subject: re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 28 May 1999 09:45:54 -0400






cc:





Thanks all who contributed with postings about soft pop. Very informative
and well written! Its a "genre" quite unknown to me, except Claudine Longet
and Bob Lind. I keep seeing records with the Sandpipers, but i dont buy
them because i have some tracks on a compilation album that doesnt give me
anything, maybe I should try an LP? If you think so, Which LP to begin
with? Or shall I leave all at the fleamarkets?
Magnus

>>But of course!  The soft,shifting,sounds du Sandpipers can be heard on
the MARVY ___BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS__ OST!  Yeah, it's a mint on
Ebay and at shows(both the ost lp and the CD bootlegs...)  But there is a
record store in Cambridge, MA, Mars, that sells I think, another bootleg
version of it, for around$20!
GOGOGOGO!-Jane Fondle



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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Indian recommendations
Date: 28 May 1999 14:10:21 -0500


Marco wrote:

> QDK in Germany recently released a nice CD-compilation of Indian filmmusic:
> Doob-doob o'rama. Also check out the series Golden Voices from the SIlver
> Screen (or something like that).
Don't forget the David Byrne produced compilation "Dance Raja Dance"
on Luaka Bop which is some excellent Indian film Music.  Still, the
pieces on Doob Doob o' Rama are my favourite as those that compiled
it seemed to go to the extra bit to pick more offbeat-exotica inspired
pieces.  The sound quality on it, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be
desired!

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations, I forgot...
Date: 28 May 1999 14:24:41 -0400


I also rather liked the album "Yemenite Songs" by Ofra Haza, which came out
about 1985.  Ancient melodies backed with now-au-go-go instrumentation.

I don't know if there was any controversy over the possibility of her being
Afro Azah from Brooklyn, though :^)

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 28 May 1999 14:25:12 EDT


In a message dated 5/28/99 1:59:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Laura_Taylor/ADM/Boston_MA/C&L/[e-mail] writes:

> BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS__ OST!  Yeah, it's a mint on
>  Ebay and at shows(both the ost lp and the CD bootlegs...)  But there is a
>  record store in Cambridge, MA, Mars, that sells I think, another bootleg
>  version of it, for around$20!

Jane,
Who has Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls for $20.00?  I gotta get me one of
them!
Do you have an address or phone number?  Please.

Best,
Larry


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 28 May 1999 14:33:13 -0400







[e-mail] on 05/28/99 02:25:12 PM

cc:





In a message dated 5/28/99 1:59:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Laura_Taylor/ADM/Boston_MA/C&L/[e-mail] writes:

> BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS__ OST!  Yeah, it's a mint on
>  Ebay and at shows(both the ost lp and the CD bootlegs...)  But there is
a
>  record store in Cambridge, MA, Mars, that sells I think, another bootleg
>  version of it, for around$20!

Jane,
Who has Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls for $20.00?  I gotta get me one of
them!
Do you have an address or phone number?  Please.

Best,
Larry

>>>Mars Records, my fave store in the Boston area...here's their website..
http://www.marsrecords.com

Also, it never hurts to check pawn shoppes!  That's where I got my CD
bootleg of BEYOND...
Thrifty-ly,Jane Fondle


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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Two recent releases
Date: 28 May 1999 21:38:44 +0100


Just found this interesting UK online store which seems to
specialise in Jazz/Classical/Soundtracks.  They have a couple of
recent releases which look interesting (and coincidentally enough
this first one has a Gary McFarland track!):

Impulse! IMP12412   =A39.99   =A38.50   Format: CD  22-Mar-99
California Dreamin' - Jazz Exotica
Honeysuckle Breeze (Tom Scott). Sophisticated Wheels (Gabor
Szabo). Song Plum (Bill Plummer). Bliss (Emil Richards).
Conquistadores (Chico Hamilton). Blues for Hari (Dave
Mackay/Vicki Hamilton). Today (Tom Scott). Gypsy Queen (Gabor
Szabo). Journey to the East (Bill Plummer). Raga Doll (Gabor
Szabo). Sandpiper (Gary McFarland). The look of love (Bill
Plummer). Spellbinder (Gabor Szabo).
compiled by DJ Patrick Forge

Verve 5383302   =A38.50   =A37.23   Format: CD  08-Mar-99
Stan Rugolo - Patti Page in the Land of Hi-Fi
Nevertheless. Out of Nowhere. The Lady is a Tramp. The Trill is
Gone. A Foggy Day. Mountain Greenery. I've got my eyes on you.
My kind of love. I didn't know about you. My Sin. Taking a chance
on love. Love for Sale. I've got my eyes on you (monaural version).

Anyone have any idea whether these would be worth investing in
(I'm guessing the first would!)?

Oh, the site is at http://www.crotchet.co.uk/


Robbie


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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Indian stuff and self promotion
Date: 28 May 1999 16:57:09 -0400


speaking of golden voices of the silver screen.
For those of you in the VA/DC/MD area, did you get your
tickets to the LIVE MEGA STARS show at the Patriot Center next saturday?
Incredible Hindi Films Stars event setting the house aflame.
like a Bollapallooza!
I went two years ago and it was a blast. i am going again cuz my favorite
star this year GOVINDA will be there. Last time Anil Kapoor got me to go.
(worth the $45 $60 and $100 ticket prices!)
There is a live Indian "orchestra" and cheesy dance numbers galore. the
mega stars include along with Govinda...sporty Sunil, the big B himself
Amitabh Bachchan, charming Urmilla, Suman Ranganathan and Tabu!
as it says in the ad, Simply Spectacular ;)

and now for some shameless self promotion
next week, Friday Happy Hour from 6-11 at the new Lava Lounge in the Art House
(formerly the Chart House) in Baltimores' "glamorous" Inner Harbor between
the Power Plant and the National Aquarium. yours truely will be spinning
the discs from classic and neo Exotica/Electronica, Euro Grooviness, to hip
swivelin' soul/funk.
admission is free so stop by and say hi.
this will be a weekly event if i like it.
 i cannot believe this is actually finally happening in my town.
there must be a tiki god!

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From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  sleeve/liner notes
Date: 28 May 1999 18:00:21 -0700


A few years ago I read full liner notes on a web site managed by one of
our list members, I think one of the people from the Minneapolis area,
to one of the "Adventures in Sound" series LPs that Columbia put out.
They were truly mind boggling and deserve to be mentioned while this
thread is running.  It may have been a Sabu album?  I can't recall the
details but hope the person who had the site will come forward and
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 28 May 1999 20:45:19 -0400


>On Mon, 24 May 1999 chuck <[e-mail]> wrote:

>> This whole discussion did start with Free Design/
>> Association type bands, but Free Design is really not that
>> much different music then Bryand Holland's "Itsy Bitsy
>> Teenie Weenie Yellow Poka Dot Bikini" or Gary Lewis and
>> the Playboys or Leslie Gore/Girl Groups or the Teddy Bears.

Though I accept the idea that lots of stuff does belong in the general soft
pop category with the Free Design,  I really haven't yet found a soft pop
group with the "songs to inspire the Manson Family" type of feel that the
Free Design achieves on cut after cut.
There are groups with lyrics about flowers, trees and kites.  There are
groups with boy/girl harmonies.  There are songs that occasionally cross
over into the "so achingly cute, it's cool" category but I find that the
Free Design have a quality that really can barely be compared to anyone.
I started looking for soft pop records that had been unknown to me after I
realized - on about the third hearing - that in spite of a thousand good
reasons to hate them, I actually loved the Free Design.
And I have enjoyed some of the records I've found.  Orpheus, The Deep Six,
Love Generation, Sunshine Company, Peppermint Rainbow, Rejoice, Harper's
Bizarre, Cowsills.
But none of them has that ability to make my teeth ache or give me thoughts
of skipping through the park with a smile on my face and a machete in my
hand that the Free Design inspires every time.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Two recent releases
Date: 28 May 1999 20:56:44 -0400


At 09:38 PM 5/28/99 +0100, Robbie Baldock wrote:
>
>Impulse! IMP12412   =A39.99   =A38.50   Format: CD  22-Mar-99
>California Dreamin' - Jazz Exotica=20
>Honeysuckle Breeze (Tom Scott). Sophisticated Wheels (Gabor=20
>Szabo). Song Plum (Bill Plummer). Bliss (Emil Richards).=20
>Conquistadores (Chico Hamilton). Blues for Hari (Dave=20
>Mackay/Vicki Hamilton). Today (Tom Scott). Gypsy Queen (Gabor=20
>Szabo). Journey to the East (Bill Plummer). Raga Doll (Gabor=20
>Szabo). Sandpiper (Gary McFarland). The look of love (Bill=20
>Plummer). Spellbinder (Gabor Szabo).=20
>compiled by DJ Patrick Forge=20
>
>Anyone have any idea whether these would be worth investing in=20
>(I'm guessing the first would!)?

That's a CD even I would buy.  I have much of that stuff on LP but the =
Bill
Plummer record is really hard to find.  It's virtually the only record =
I've
been looking for that I've never found - or even seen - since someone
played it for me three years ago.

Nat



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From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  sleeve/liner notes
Date: 28 May 1999 18:41:27 -0700


At 06:00 PM 5/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>A few years ago I read full liner notes on a web site managed by one of
>our list members, I think one of the people from the Minneapolis area,
to one of the "Adventures in Sound" series LPs that Columbia put out.
They were truly mind boggling and deserve to be mentioned while this
thread is running.  It may have been a Sabu album?

I have a real strong feeling that you are referring to Tony Wilds' web
site, which has a section on liner notes:

http://www.wildsscene.com/music/jukebox.html

He also has a number of exotica albums for sale.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) 4:35 MMF
Date: 28 May 1999 21:43:58 EDT


Well, that got your attention.

I picked up an album on the Cameo label called Exotica but across the top is
the title "4:35 MMF" and it describes it as 4 channels on 35 millimeter film.

The album is by our old friend Ted Auletta and his Orchestra and is fair.  A
certain Denny rip off.

My question???  What was the big deal with this recording technique?  The
notes make it sound like it was the next thing in true high fidelity.

Did this label go any where with this gimick?

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Date: 28 May 1999 20:09:48 +0000


At 09:43 PM 28-05-99 EDT, Tiki Bob wrote:
>the title "4:35 MMF" and it describes it as 4 channels on 35 millimeter film.
>My question???  What was the big deal with this recording technique?  The
>notes make it sound like it was the next thing in true high fidelity.

One of the advantages of recording on 35 millimeter film, so they say, is that
there is no print through.  I do have vinyl where the printthrough from
audio tape is evident on the record and I have never heard this on a 35mm
master.

Command also used this technique.

I am sure there are limitations with this...especially when multi track
sessions became standard.  You could still only do four tracks on
35mm...okay for live recordings or ones requiring some minor
adjustments...but if you wanted to record an instrument at a time and a
click track, etc.  This is
probably why this was a short-lived technique (and master tapes gradually
were able to limit print through anyway).

This is not authoritative...just gathered from liner notes, etc.

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
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Subject: Re:  SV: (exotica) News from Ferrante and Teicher
Date: 29 May 1999 00:36:48 EDT



In a message dated 5/28/99 8:16:14 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I think it is wonderful to hear this. I wonder how they will sound today?

Maybe like The Wondermints minus vocals, "It's Wonderful" by the Rascals or
maybe even Wonderful Wonderful minus vocals .....  ;-)


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Date: 29 May 1999 00:52:34 EDT



In a message dated 5/28/99 9:46:18 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Did this label go any where with this gimick?

I've seen a couple more "exotica" type LP's on Cameo/Parkway. a label more
Mashed Potato and Twist/Bobby Rydell friendly than it was exotica-friendly.
The Ted Auletta stuff is relatively generic exotica to my ears--the usual
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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) self promotion retraction/Baltimore
Date: 29 May 1999 02:00:44 -0400


well i spoke too soon on this one...
my venue has changed to the Harbor View Hotel/Condos Deck Party on Light St
by the Visionary Arts museum...not what i would call exotic or loungey and
the sound system is pretty lame.
more like a mature frat party :( ...so i am sticking to soul and funk.
the booking person did not inform me until today when i went down to check
out the Lava Lounges grand opening (she books both places)...the place is
very swank and the she is looking to get me in there on Thursdays...
i will let you all know if and when that happens.
i knew it was too good to be true.
till then
bump



>and now for some shameless self promotion
>next week, Friday Happy Hour from 6-11 at the new Lava Lounge in the Art House
>(formerly the Chart House) in Baltimores' "glamorous" Inner Harbor between
>the Power Plant and the National Aquarium. yours truely will be spinning
>the discs from classic and neo Exotica/Electronica, Euro Grooviness, to hip
>swivelin' soul/funk.

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Defective Records
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From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) ARABIC INDIAN EUROPEAN DANCE MUSIC
Date: 29 May 1999 04:52:07 PDT


was at the mars records site and saw this, anyone know anything about ir?

VARIOUS -WELCOME TO ORIENTALES SENSATIONS -ATOLL  --  $17.99 CD

COMMENTS ARABIC INDIAN EUROPEAN DANCE MUSIC
thanks
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Subject: (exotica) music to feel your monkey to
Date: 29 May 1999 13:49:18 EDT


A CD-R submitted for play on Ron's internet broadcast...
I seem to always remember how I came across recordings, so I have included
that info as well.

BASIC HIP INTRO (Beat Generation Box)
Cynical Hysterie Hour (John Zorn)
 - Tower Records / Virgin Mega Store (I usually avoid this place)

CHARLES EARLAND  Shanty Blues
The Dynamite Brothers
 - Dusty Groove mail order

PIERRE HENRY  Jericho Jerk
Messe Pour Le Temps Present
 - Dusty Groove mail order

VIJAYA ANAND  I Am The Emperor
Dance Raja Dance
 - Tower Records

PAMS Jingles  Anita Kerr Singers
WLS Chicago  (Ken R)
 - KenR mail order

FRANK COMSTOCK  Galaxy
Music From Outer Space  (Warner Bros.)
 - KUSF Rock N Swap

MIRIAM BURTON  Yoruba Lady
African Lament  (Epic)
 - Hot Platters online auction

RAY MARTIN  Chiquito
Martin Goes Latin  (Imperial)
 - Amoeba Music Haight Ashbury

BILL PAGE  Prisonero Del Mar
Sounds Of The Sonic Sixties  (Tower)
 - Amoeba Music Haight Ashbury

Johnny Spots Private Ear / 1967 Chrysler Jingle
Hot Spot New Car Jingles For 1967
 - tape dub via swap from fellow list member / Preston Peek Vinyl Lives mail
order

HENRY MANCINI  Mystery Movie Theme
The Cop Show Themes  (RCA)
 - Village Music Mill Valley

LLOYD GREEN  Panhandle Rag
Big Steel Guitar  (Time)
 - Ebay

ART COATES  An Affair To Remember
Whistling Like The Birds  (Dot)
 - Recycled Music mail order (Jim Eukey)

FRANKIE LAINE  Rawhide
Hell Bent For Leather  (Columbia)
 - Amoeba Music Haight Ashbury

BRUCE HAACK AND ESTHER NELSON  Spiders
The Electronic Cassette For Children
 - Miss Nelson sent it to me  :)

KEITH TEXTOR  Tea For Two
Sounds Sensational!  (RCA Victor)
 - Rocket Records (Inner Sunset)

ROY SMECK  Ain't She Sweet
The Magic Ukulele Of Roy Smeck  (ABC Paramount)
 - KUSF Rock N Swap

JERRY MURAD'S HARMONICATS  The Pink Panther Theme
Great Themes From TV And Motion Pictures  (Columbia)
 - Ebay

ANN MARGRET  Never On Sunday
Bachelor In Paradise  (RCA Victor)
 - Amoeba Music Haight Ashbury

The Custodian / Contact
Fast, Fast, Fast Relief From TV Commericals / Radio Plays The Plaza
 - vinyl swap with fellow list member / Ebay

MEL HENKE  Little Sir Echo
Dynamic Adventures In Sound  (Warner Bros.)
 - Ebay

GEORGE CATES  The Moon Of Manakoora
Polynesian Percussion  (Dot)
 - Goldmine advertisement then swapped to fellow list member after burning to
CD-R

DICK HYMAN  Mack The Knife
Electrodynamics  (Command)
 - Revolver Records (Clement Street)

DAVE PELL SINGERS  Keem-O-Sabe
Mah-Na-Mah-Na  (Liberty)
 - Jack Diamond mail

Stoned backwoods couple - excerpt
A Child's Garden Of Grass  (Elektra)
 - can't remember  :)

WEST COAST WORKSHOP  The Merry Old Land Of Oz / Ozwind
The Wizard Of Oz And Other Trans Love Trips  (Capitol)
 - Jack Diamond,  coffee at Keplers Books

MORT GARSON  Leave The Driving To Us
The Wozard Of Iz  (A & M)
 - California Albums online mail order

RAJPUT AND THE SEPOY  Beautiful, Beautiful Flower
Flower Power Sitar  (Design)
 - California Albums online mail order

THE MINDEXPANDERS  Sensory Overload
What's Happening! (CD-R)
 - Jack Diamond mail



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From: [e-mail] (Mr.Drakes)
Subject: (exotica) hello list!
Date: 29 May 1999 15:30:46 -0500 (CDT)


just wanna say hi and thanks for all the lovley
posts! i enjoy reading all of them...in mr.drakes
a exotica lounge record collector.i realy enjoy this list! anway,i read
some post about finding
exotica lps on cameo.im looking a jewish
lp on the red &black cameo label.i dont remember the bands name,it was
danny somthing? and his orch.klezmer music. if anyone has this lp id
love a cdr copy of it or the lp itself... i know this is not
exotca.please dont flame me. thank you all! Drake



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Subject: Re:  re: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop
Date: 29 May 1999 00:34:02 EDT



In a message dated 5/28/99 6:09:14 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

> Sandpipers, but i dont buy them because i have some tracks on a compilation
album
>that doesnt give me anything, maybe I should try an LP? If you think so,
Which
>LP to begin with

I happen to really like the Sandpipers LP with Misty Roses on it (can't
recall the title)


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Subject: (exotica) Esquivel and Esquivel/Sinatra relationship
Date: 29 May 1999 19:19:17 EDT


 Hello,

I lurk on this list most of the time and yesterday I puchased my first
Esquivel album called MORE OF OTHER WORLDS AND OTHER SOUNDS on the Reprise
label from 1962. I read in the Musichound lounge book that this was to be
avoided becuase it was too normal or something like that. I had never really
heard any of his music but I didn't want to start out with anything too
strange , so I went ahead and bought it anyway after much thought, I don't
believe everything I read. I like it to say the least and I think I may want
to purchase some more of his work. Does anybody know why he didn't record
more extensively with all the talent he had?? Were his records just not
selling anymore?  Did he just never attain a huge folowing in this country?
Also, why did he stop performing in Vegas after 1974? I read that somewhere.
Does anybody know the reasons??

Also I read on a website and I quote that"Frank Sinatra was a fan of
Esquivel's Las Vegas sets" So becides Esquivel recording for Frank's record
label Repirse and Sinatra liking Esquivel's music, did these two men have any
other kind of connections with each other??  Thanks for your time.


Jason


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel and Esquivel/Sinatra relationship
Date: 29 May 1999 17:58:00 +0000


At 07:19 PM 29-05-99 EDT, Jason (the Jayman) wrote:
>Esquivel album called MORE OF OTHER WORLDS AND OTHER SOUNDS
>I like it to say the least

I agree with Jason.  I just bought a used copy of it today.  I quite
enjoyed it
and thought, of all the Esquivel recordings I own, this one was the nicest
sounding from a technical point of view.  I own the Bar/None samplers and
2-fers as well as an RCA sampler.

This album was recorded on 35mm, by the way.  From the notes it apparently
does
better with highs and lows (less print through and less tape noise to
contend with).  They may have been able to use 35mm to get 8 tracks,
because the diagram shows two 35mm reels running in parallel.

For some reason, who ever owned the CD before must have agreed with Music
Hound
because he or she didn't want to keep it.  Well, I am not selling mine!

Don't know much about the Sinatra-Esquivel connection but it is an interesting
question!  I, too, would be interested in knowing if the two worked
together or what they thought of each other.

Byron



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Subject: (exotica) CDs
Date: 29 May 1999 18:14:08 +0000


Today I bought that Star Wars lounge CD.  It was a blast.  Cocktails in the
Cantina is pretty much the brainchild of Carvin Knowles who is almost a
one-man band but works with several others as "The Evil Genius Orchestra."
Somehow they managed to get John William's Star Wars 4-6 music in a swanky
swingin' mode.  My favorite was "Han Solo and The Princess" which made me
think more of the two meeting in a cool bar somewhere than in a spaceship!

I skipped on the Ultra Lounge Tiki Sampler.  Seems I have most of the cuts
already and didn't want to shell out almost $20 for packaging.

I also passed on a Columbia release which is apparently the first in a series
of loungey type music.  They call it "Music for Gracious Living."  The
titles didn't do anything for me, but I may have made a mistake.  Anyone
heard this?  Is there a series and are the others any good?

For those who think this kind of music doesn't interest the recording
companies anymore, think again.    Pickwick started a series this year
which copies the
Ultralounge approach (so much you might confuse the two!).  They used
lesser known artists, but the one I got (for only $7 by the way...the
standard price)
called Brash and Brassy in the Lounge Sensations series had 14 selections
and well recorded and fun to listen to.  Bob Allen wrote the brief liner
notes, Pete Kline compiled the series.  This one has Peter Gunn and Perry
Mason themes performed by the RICHARD Gleason orchestra.  The Frankie Capp
Big Band does a great rendition of Montoona Clipper and also does Blues in
Hoss Flat.  Art Mooney's Orchestra does Caravan.

For the same price I could have got another in the series called "Ringa A
Ding Swing." (I didn't because the titles looked less exotic and more
standard big band swing.  Any one heard this?)  The other two in the series
are "Precocious Percussion" and "Lovers Midnight Rendezvous."

Here's what Lounge Sensations says about stereophonic sound:
"A true sterophonic disc has two distinct orthogonal modulations derived
from an original live recording in which a minimum of two separate channels
were employed."

In case you didn't know.

Byron

Byron Caloz
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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 4:35 MMF
Date: 29 May 1999 23:25:51 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:

>
>
> The album is by our old friend Ted Auletta and his Orchestra and is fair.  A
> certain Denny rip off.
>

I can hardly believe how jaded we've become. This comment and djjimmy's comment
about it being generic, as if there is soo much of this style of exotica that
we can just write off another attempt at it.

There are a few wonderful things about this album that I think make it stand
out.  First of all Auletta pens a few originals, "The Sound of Exotica" and
"Makaha". OK they are not the best cuts, but you gotta give him credit for doing
it. Also the arrangement is not so typical since it features harp and flute
which are blended in quite nicely and help break it from the typical Denny/Lyman
ensemble. It also has some name recognition. Marty Wilson produced it and it
features Phil Bodner on flute, the man behind the Brass Ring and more than a few
sixties hip recordings.
Voodoo Moon is fantastic and the Baxter tune Pool of Love is worth just
contemplating its title.

Ted Auletta nay sayers, for shame.

Frank



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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 30
Date: 30 May 1999 00:08:41 -0400


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

All comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #50   Electronica Exotica

Stock, Hausen & Walkman:  Space Rocks  "Peter Thomas - Warp Back To
Earth"
A Certain Frank:  I Am Alive (Kreidler Remix)   "A Certain Frank - Remix
EP
Attilio Mineo:  Around The World  "Man In Space With Sounds"
Peter Thomas:  Communication In Hyperspace  "Peter Thomas - Warp Back To
Earth"

Mr. Scruff:  Ron's Newt  "Peter Thomas - Warp Back To Earth"
Pierre Bastien:  Sinetic Santic  "Musiques Paralloidres"
V/VM:  The Swedish Model With Big Bazoomas And No Implants Bedding Game
"Blip, Bleep"

Stock, Hausen & Walkman:  Empty Box  "Oh My Bag!"
The Bad Examples:  Johnny Geht Von Bord  "Elektro Tiki"
Amon Tobin:  Toys  "Permutation"

Bruce Haack:  Eelctric To Me Turn  "Hush Little Robot
Ursula 1000:  Gambit  "The Now Sound Of Ursula 1000"

Tipsy:  Nude On The Moon  "Trip Tease"


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From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Return to list/Love Generation, Lance Link et al.
Date: 30 May 1999 00:33:33 +0100



Hello, fellow listers:

I've been pretty swamped the past several weeks -- there was a mountain
of Exotica digests that never got read, let alone responded to. Hoo-ee.
There was an insane block of 3-4 weeks around April/early May where
virtually none got read...I think I need to just get on with my life and
delete the block of unread digests and live with the mystery of never
knowing what I missed.

Anyhow, I did catch some of the talk of the Love Generation. Over a year
ago I picked up a sealed dollar copy of the LP with "Groovy Summertime,"
and *by far* my favorite track, "Meet Me at the Love-In" (had anyone
mentioned that one?). Somebody said they did TWO other albums? That
definitely looked like a record that never saw a follow-up.
Coincidentally, I found cheap copies last week of Varese's "Bubblegum
Classics" Vol. 1 & 2, which had extensive notes about the incestuous
production credits on all these different recordings, including where the
Love Generation folks were turning up.

Does anyone have Volume 3? I guess there's a Lancelot Link & the
Evolution Revolution track on that one. I've got that LP, and noted it
sounded like a zillion other Bubblegum Pop records of that era, and was
wondering if the liner notes in Vol. 3 identified the Lance Link vocalist
in particular and named the other groups/names he recorded under.

It was weird hearing "It's Up to You Petula" by Edison Lighthouse again.
I played that 45 incessantly when I was 4 or 5, and have visions of that
silver Bell Records label rotating around when I hear it. But, man, a lot
of that stuff on those CDs is genuinely awful. Since my youth, I've been
a big Buddah Records fan, and I must say though a lot of it is still
genuinely fun and fabulous. Not "exotica" by a long stretch, but F-U-N.

If there are any fellow "Buddhists" out there, I've got a spare vintage
1910 Fruitgum Co. 24"x36" rolled poster from the amazing cover to the
"Indian Giver" LP (the band with the faux Indian babe) if anyone's
interested. I found *three* copies a few years back: the best-condition
one is hanging framed at Chez Toth and a friend has the third. I've
contemplated putting the spare up on eBay, but if any Listers are
interested, I'll let it go to the best offer over $20 that I get by June
4th. I'd grade it VG+ ... more details if you're interested.

Catching up on life,

Michael David Toth
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From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bill Page (was: (exotica) music to feel your monkey to)
Date: 30 May 1999 00:43:17 +0100



BasicHip noted:

>BILL PAGE  Prisonero Del Mar
>Sounds Of The Sonic Sixties  (Tower)

This is the first mention I've ever noticed of this record or Bill Page
and his "all-ampliphonic" orchestra. I just picked it up a month or so
ago and wondered, what IS the deal on this record? It appears to be
Moogless, but it has a pretty wacky electronic sound. I assume some of
it's Ondioline and old fashioned electric organ (a la Moon Gas), but it
also appears that in the "amplification of all the instruments in the
orchestra," some of them are occasionally run through some sort of Vinnie
Bell-like effect device.

Anyone have more info on this? Did Page do any other similar records?

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From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FYI: Three Suns site is online
Date: 30 May 1999 01:28:14 +0100



Hey, Exotica Listers:

For several months when I've gotten a chance I've tried to put time in on
my Three Suns site. They really need a comprehensive Web presence, and I
assumed responsibility to give the Suns a fitting memorial. It's at:

http://members.tripod.com/~ThreeSuns/

It's my goal to have the cover, track listing, and liner notes of EVERY
Three Suns release up there, but my initial goal is at least getting the
sixty or so different Suns albums in my collection up there. :-) Let me
know if you're willing to contribute anything, text information or
graphics scans -- I'm especially looking for weird cover variants and odd
foreign releases. A store in Cleveland has a copy of the "irregular
colored shapes cover" Love In the Afternoon, but I didn't want to drop
$11 for it. Has anyone out there got one they could scan? I also need the
green painted version of "The Sound of Christmas." (I *do* have two
different versions of "Midnight For Two" and "Easy Listening" though)

If anyone knows any stories about the multiple covers (why/when/where),
please share.

I figured there was enough stuff there to open it to the public, but it's
still horrendously "under construction" -- there's no decent central
navigation menu yet, and the only functional Discography section so far
is the Living Stereo Era. I should also have a couple more 1940s-vintage
Quicktime movies up later in May, but "Caravan" should satisfy until
then. (Let me know if you have success/difficulty with the Quicktime --
some people were reporting problems) Also, look for some nifty Three Suns
news on the site over the next few months. I'm in touch with late 1950s
Suns guitarist Del Casher and I'm working with him to issue some wild
previously unreleased live recordings on CD.

Regarding the recent "liner notes" thread, there are some masterpieces in
there. I'm perpetually amused by "WARM AND TENDER -- that's the way most
men prefer their women . . .
and their music."

(And let me take this opportunity to voice that WARM & TENDER is one wild
album, but its major weird factor is extremely subtle and not apparent
under a superficial listen. I'll admit I wasn't too crazy about it on
first listen either, but I think this album gets undeservedly panned way
too much. "Poor Butterfly," "Warm & Tender" and "Unchained Melody" and
other tracks are pure Albertine genius.)

[Special Purple Heart to Ross Orr for all the liner notes/track lists he
OCRed and contributed months back. And a tip of the hat to "Jazzpants"
the noble soul who created the first Three Suns site I'd ever run across.]

More as it happens,


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From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Memorial Day "Parade"/radio special
Date: 30 May 1999 01:59:17 +0100



If you're interested, I'll be on Zombo's Mondo Record Party here in Akron
this Sunday night doing a Memorial Day special that promises to be a
blast. It's at 91.3 FM if you're around Akron, otherwise, there's a Real
Audio feed accessible through www.wapsfm.com

From 11:00 to midnight Eastern, we're documenting perhaps the first
Memorial Day parade of 1999. We'll have play-by-play accounts of all the
exciting floats and attractions as they pass, with parade music by the
likes of Ray Martin, The Residents, Burt Bacharach, Enoch Light, Joe
Meek, and other swell folks. And you won't want to miss the Duke
Ellington Centennial Float with a mind-melting "Caravan" by Canton's own
Bluecoats drum & bugle corps!

For the midnight to 1:00 hour, we'll present a fine selection of off-beat
military and patriotic ditties, including no less than TWELVE
delightfully different versions of the "Col. Bogey March."

An experience you're sure to cherish for years to come, so set up your
lawn chair and tune in your radio or Real Audio player!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) FYI: Three Suns site is online
Date: 30 May 1999 00:41:17 +0000


At 01:28 AM 30-05-99 +0100, Michael David Toth wrote:
>For several months when I've gotten a chance I've tried to put time in on
>my Three Suns site. They really need a comprehensive Web presence, and I
>assumed responsibility to give the Suns a fitting memorial.

and what a memorial!  Wonderful job.  I hope everyone who can help to
put in the appropriate additional material will help out.  It definitely
is set up very nicely and promises to be a great web resource (it already
has shown me stuff I didn't know...such as the original Stereo Action
cover or the other alternate covers).

In case you didn't see the URL before it is:
http://members.tripod.com/~ThreeSuns/

Byron


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Subject: Re: (exotica) 4:35 MMF
Date: 30 May 1999 07:58:10 EDT


In a message dated 5/29/99 8:30:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I can hardly believe how jaded we've become. This comment and djjimmy's
comment
 about it being generic, as if there is soo much of this style of exotica that
 we can just write off another attempt at it.

 There are a few wonderful things about this album that I think make it stand
 out.  First of all Auletta pens a few originals, "The Sound of Exotica" and
 "Makaha".  >>

I know what you mean Frank.  I looked at it as one more variation on things I
already like.  Maybe it is just me but the depth and loudness of the tone on
the record did seem pretty good -- especially compared to early Liberty
pressings of Denny.

Oh, well.  I was chastised for liking Cates too.

Tiki Bob


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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Sampler
Date: 30 May 1999 08:02:59 EDT


In a message dated 5/29/99 6:13:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< I skipped on the Ultra Lounge Tiki Sampler.  Seems I have most of the cuts
 already and didn't want to shell out almost $20 for packaging.
  >>

I got it and there are a couple of "blips" in two places.  Mild but
noticable.  Your typical digital signal problem.  I took it back and got
another one and the same blips are in the same place.  Has anyone else
noticed this?

One of them was near the 1:50 mark in "Light My Fire".

Do bad "batches" like this happen?

Tiki Bob


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Subject: Re: (exotica) CDs
Date: 30 May 1999 08:05:18 EDT


In a message dated 5/29/99 6:13:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Here's what Lounge Sensations says about stereophonic sound:
 "A true sterophonic disc has two distinct orthogonal modulations derived
 from an original live recording in which a minimum of two separate channels
 were employed."
  >>

Does this mean stereo???  Or did two mono mikes just happen to be on while
the recording was going on???

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Gary McFarland
Date: 28 May 1999 19:48:34 +0200


* Gary McFarland:  "latin lounge (the best of his Verve recordings)"
        cd, Motor Verve 533 912, Germany, 1998

        The best bossa nova, latin and pop-jazz from his Verve years.
Excellent, catchy lounge jazz, beautigful melodies (mostly his own
compositions), with McFarland doin' some nice vocalase "bya-by-bo;
pa-ba-ba" humming. A bit like Cal Tjader, but much more relaxed.  Bossa
nova style covers of "Hard day's night" and "Satisfaction";  "More", and a
Bacharach song. From the liner notes by Douglas Payne: "Warm and cool,
relaxing and engaging, refreshing and provocative, elegant and casual. It's
an apt description of the music of composer, arranger, conductor,
vibraphonist and hummer/whistler, Gary McFarland=8A In 1964, at age 31,
McFarland was young enough to dig the new pop sound and effectively combine
it with his own unique jazz style". With guest musicians Gabor Szabo, Kenny
Burrell, Willie Bobo, and Grady Tate.

    my rating: 4/5



* Gary McFarland:  "Does the sun really shine on the moon"
        cd, DCC, USA, 1998

        First time CD reissue of this 1968 debut on Skye records, formed by
him and his pals Cal Tjader and Gabor Szabo. A colllection of 11
sophisticated pop covers and originals. All unpretentious, like casual,
straigtforward, warm, very nice, pleasant jazzy pop (or pop cool jazz lite
if you will). Perfect music to watch the sun go down and the moon rise on a
hot summer evening. Covers of "God only knows", "By the time i get to
Phoenix", "Lady Jane", "Up, up and away" and others. Only 30 minutes, but
priced accordingly.

    my rating: 4/5


        Johan


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From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: Bill Page
Date: 30 May 1999 12:56:19 +0200


I have seen other Bill Page records available, but not with such a funny =
name as this one. This is probably his best and most unusual, but i hope =
there are more. I love it. And we have talked about it before, you just =
cant remember _everything_. I remember nearly all records if i get a =
chance to hear them, and hopefully see them before i decide to try and =
get them.=20

Magnus

=20
>BasicHip noted:
>
>>BILL PAGE  Prisonero Del Mar
>>Sounds Of The Sonic Sixties  (Tower)
>
>This is the first mention I've ever noticed of this record or Bill Page =

>and his "all-ampliphonic" orchestra. I just picked it up a month or so=20
>ago and wondered, what IS the deal on this record? It appears to be=20
>Moogless, but it has a pretty wacky electronic sound. I assume some of=20
>it's Ondioline and old fashioned electric organ (a la Moon Gas), but it =

>also appears that in the "amplification of all the instruments in the=20
>orchestra," some of them are occasionally run through some sort of =
Vinnie=20
>Bell-like effect device.
>
>Anyone have more info on this? Did Page do any other similar records?




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Subject: SV: (exotica) re: Bill Page
Date: 30 May 1999 20:27:01 +0200



>if i get a chance to hear them, and hopefully see them before i decide =
to try and get them.=20

Hmm... That sounded strange...
I meant to see the record sleeve. I remember pictures better than music. =


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) hello list!
Date: 30 May 1999 16:43:36 -0400


At 03:30 PM 5/29/99 -0500, Mr.Drakes wrote:
>
>.im looking a jewish
>lp on the red &black cameo label.i dont remember the bands name,it was
>danny somthing? and his orch.klezmer music. if anyone has this lp id
>love a cdr copy of it or the lp itself... i know this is not
>exotca.please dont flame me.

I consider klezmer totally consistent with exotica, even though on some
level it is more "authentic" than a lot of the music we talk about here.
Then again, it is a hybrid and we are all about hybrids here.
Having said that, let me just say that true klezmer LP's are really hard to
find.
I collect "Jewish" records - which for me doesn't include Hebrew records
usually - and I've found three records in three years that I'd consider
truly klezmer.
And two of them are Dave Tarras records.
There are lots of cantorial records, lots of Jewish comedy records, lots of
Mickey Katz... but klezmer is scarce.

Nat



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Subject: Re: (exotica) hello list!
Date: 30 May 1999 16:49:50 EDT


In a message dated 5/29/99 1:32:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Drake >>

Donde esta Senor Drake (aka Tonycake)?

Tiki Bob


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Subject: Re: (exotica) music to feel your Manakoora to
Date: 30 May 1999 17:02:58 EDT


In a message dated 5/29/99 10:52:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< GEORGE CATES  The Moon Of Manakoora
 Polynesian Percussion  (Dot)
  - Goldmine advertisement then swapped to fellow list member after burning
to
 CD-R
  >>

I think this was the prettiest versions of Moon Of Manakoora that I have
heard.  There is a rare Denny version of this on The Best of Martin Denny by
Pair.  Otherwise you have to find the vinyl.

It also strikes me interesting that this one of the few tunes we discuss that
is set to waltz time ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2- 3)

Tiki Bob


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From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  sleeve/liner notes (where are they now?)
Date: 30 May 1999 16:58:59 -0700


From a record I picked up this weekend, Meco - "Superman and other
Galactic Heroes," liner notes by composer/conductor John Williams.
After several paragraphs in which he basically gushes about Meco's
talent, we have this final sentence:

"I am delighted that the words DISCO and MECO are now household words."

This is from 1979 -- (cap letters his emphasis, not mine).

Long live disco,
Brad


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Subject: Re: (exotica) liner notes - "Dean Martin Hits Again"
Date: 30 May 1999 19:56:42 -0400


There's no touching those "Epic Sloth" liner notes (at last, a name for my
ultimate aspiration), but here's some more Stan Cornyn from "Dean Martin
Hits Again." Not as flashy as the "Epic Sloth" notes... more a documentary
of a studio session.

<quote>

The atmosphere at his recording sessions has changed. Before he hit with
"Everybody Loves Somebody" and then "The Door Is Still Open To My Heart,"
Dean Martin's sessions were hopeful. Now, hits later, they're confident.
You don't need to listen at the sessions to tell that. You can tell just by
looking. Confidence everywhere. In everyone.

IN ERNIE FREEMAN, the arranger and conductor. He's a lot busier these
weeks. He's a hot talent. Everybody's after him to do for their boys what
he did for Martin. "Ernie, what we want is... well, you know 'Everybody
Loves Somebody'..."

At the session, Ernie's all attention. Before him, seventeen yards of score
paper to become hit-or-miss records in three hours. A trombone asks, "Bar
59... E flat?" Freeman, under a battered cap that looks as if two cabbies
once wrestled for it across 76th Street, flips through his score to Bar 59.
His shirt tail hangs down two inches below his jacket. He was up all night
worrying out the brass lines. The horns are an added element tonight,
something different from the previous hit sessions. Why tamper? Freeman's
confident. He shows off the callus on his scoring hand. "Busy? Whew."

IN KEN LANE, Dean's accompanist. Pink headed from the sun, chewing gum, a
snappy smile. Used to sharing ad libs with Dean about his thinning white
hair. He wrote the music to "Everybody Loves Somebody," and is feeling
confident. No runs in his alpaca sweater either.

IN JIMMY BOWEN, the producer. He's as aware as anybody that what happens to
these seventeen yards of score can mean the difference between a million
dollars and a busted golden egg. He recorded his own hits a few years back
-- "ex-teenage idol," he calls himself -- then got into producing. His
Southern accent gets business-like: "Kindly lemme hear the rhythm section
only from letter F." In the control booth the rhythm blasts through three
suspended-in-air hundred-pound speakers. It's loud enough to flatten the
visitors against the back wall. "A wee bit more piano," says the producer.
The engineer twists a dial. "Better," says the producer. It doesn't sound
any different. The visitors nod knowingly. Better, they agree.

Bowen, no tie, sleepy-eyed, in a metal-shiny off-color suit, tends his
sound with care. "Ohmygosh," he says, over and over, in Texan. He shoos
away a kid standing by one of the playback speakers. "You're blocking my
triplets," he says. He's the envy of every producer in town.

IN EDDIE BRACKETT, the engineer. He fondles the row of dials on the console
in front of him, urging the monitor speakers up toward the threshold of
pain. He's the only engineer in the business who controls the crucial takes
standing up, eyes so intent on the VU meters you'd think they were windows
in a starlet's dressing room.

IN THE ORCHESTRA. Always looking bored, as if they'd really rather be home
watching "Mister Ed" re-runs. The arranger asks the trumpets if they can
blow into their stands to get more of an organ sound on "Chapel." The third
trumpet replies, in a tone like you'd hear from Wrigley if you'd asked him
if he could spare a stick of gum, "I think so." Like a convention of movie
extras, they seem to be practicing some sort of East Indian unbugability.
When Martin pretends to sprinkle a little J&B on his hair as tonic, a few
of them chuckle. The bystanders, they really laugh.

IN DEAN MARTIN. Black suede loafers and white sweat socks. A rugged, great
face that looks expressive even when it's blank. Always smoking. Sitting
down whenever possible. He's shaved tonight; a photographer is there,
hoping to squeeze in the next cover shot. The producer suggests that Martin
delay a phrase at one point. "You're the boss," Dean says. His muscular
hands toss up a cigarette, he catches it in his lips, and looks over at the
photographer. "You get that?" The photographer hopes so.

Dean's casual again. He radiates confidence. But sweat is beginning to make
rings on his polo shirt. It's not all casual. As a matter of fact, it's a
special kind of hell they're all going through, making these songs for you.

-- STAN CORNYN

<end quote>


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) I'm feelin' a little Comp.-stipated!!??
Date: 30 May 1999 20:20:13 EDT


I just got a compilation titled:
"Lift Off! With Apollo Sound (Unreleased 70's Lounge Grooves)"APSCD209
and I'm looking for information!

For the most part (90%) is this CD is fabulous and the rest is real nice.
The problem is that the liner notes are for the most part non existent.

For me the highlight of the CD is the cuts performed by the Polish Radio
Orchestra which are slick jazz vocalese style with a great instrumental
backup and it's all very groovy.   Song titles by the Polish Radio Orchestra
are: "Hurry, Hurry", "Cha-coo, Cha-coo", "Searching In Vain", "Watch Your
Steps", "Bej-ge-le", "Tse-Tse", "Anxiety", & "Why Do You Say Goodbye?".

Other Performers on the disc are: The Buxton Orr Sound, Budapest Radio
Orchestra, Jones & His Quintet, Lem Arcon Sound, Dick Hunter Five, Ted Nord
Sound, and the Robin Jones Seven.

Most of the stuff is copyrighted Obelisk Music (London)/Edition Kunzelmann,
(CH Adliswil) or not copyrighted at all.  There are no years mentioned except
that the disc is 1998.  I'd love to know more about some of the artist on the
CD and if Apollo has released any other similar material.   If you want to
check some of the songs out you can via real audio at:

http://www.tunes.co.uk/timewarp/index.htm
it's listed under easy listening.

Apollo Sound is at 32 Ellerdale Rd., London (phone [phone]) and the
disc was compiled by John Cooper, produced by Toby Herschmann.  I've searched
around the Internet and I can't find any web site and little other reference
made to Apollo Sound.  I've e-mailed Timewarp records to see what they have
to say.  Any other help or info is as always appreciated.


-Roy


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Gary McFarland
Date: 31 May 1999 13:45:33 EDT


Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo LP "Simpatico" 1966 (featuring Norwegain Wood
and Nature Boy) on auction on eBay at

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111548635

Just thought that since we have been discussing him lately you would like to
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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dutch Delirium in HiFi festival
Date: 31 May 1999 21:57:59 +0200


I visited a small music festival in Rotterdam (Nighttown Theatre) sunday
evening which was dedicated to Incredibly Strange Music or music you
wouldn't be caught dead with according to the flyer... Crowd close to a 100
surprise surprise. First the Aquartet took the stage and performed their
"Eine Kleine Wasser Musik" . Basically four guys in front of four big tubs
filled with water and an array of kitchen and splashing utensils, scuba
gear, gurgling etc. to create "music". Fun to watch for a minute or ten. But
put a screechy guitar with it and hey you got an early version of
Einsturzende Neubaute. Not sure if it was somehow rehearsed, the organizer's
subtle hint to finish up quick when time ran out was appreciated. Next up
was Mauro Pawloski with his band, the Belgian artrock group Evil Superstars,
who did two long covers of songs by Sun Ra (This is My Instrument) and John
Coltrane. Liked this a lot, good stage antics too. Heavy guitar music came
as a surprise to a part of audience I noticed, several people holding their
ears...  Best was saved till last, a solo performance by the wonderful Fay
Lovsky on theremin, only accompanied with a rhythmbox. In the spirit of the
evening she opened with a cover of Andre Popp's "Chant de Mystere" no less.
Further songs included two own compositions (Katzenjammer and Mexican Dog),
The Swan by Saint Saens (apparently a classic amongst theremin and singing
saw enthusiasts) , Smoke gets in Your Eyes (which she partly sung - she's
got a very good voice - to point out the difference between the sound of a
theremin and a hysterical soprano) and Aloha Oe. After that another theremin
player (with a plastic one, a different sound) joined in for a few theremin
duets
for an encore: a Dutch traditional, Love me Tendel (japanese style) and a
medley where I recognized the Dutch anthem and the Eurovision tune. Great
stuff! Between the acts an exotica-DJ spinned his records, a few wacky
versions of Hawaiian War Chant and Caravan amongst others. Had a nice
evening anyway.

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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 31 May 1999 15:08:27 +0000


This week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast features one of the rarest
outer space records ever - Larry Elgart's incredibly rare 10" album
"Impressions of Outer Space" (with music and arrangements by Charles
Albertine).  There's more space exotica from Russ Garcia and Jimmie
Haskell, too!

Also, you'll find numerous obscure TV themes, including tunes from
"The Rogues", "Straightaway", "Jonny Quest", "Staccato" and more;
a beatnik fairy tale told by Al "Jazzbo" Collins;  and guitarist Earl
Backus with a tune from "Haunted Guitar" (a real buried treasure of
outer space pop!).

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, you'll need RealPlayer
and at least a 28.8 Internet connection.  You'll find us at:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

A note to Retro web listeners -- over the weekend we've been having
problems with our ISP.  If you experience any difficulty connecting,
please let us know at once!  Our computer guys are working on the
problem.  Why do these things always happen on a holiday weekend??

Thanks for the space!

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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Subject: SV: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 31 May 1999 22:57:03 +0200



This week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast features one of the rarest=20
outer space records ever - Larry Elgart's incredibly rare 10" album
"Impressions of Outer Space" (with music and arrangements by Charles=20
Albertine)

Please tell us how it is like. I tried your real audio broadcast but I =
couldnt get it to function today.

>and guitarist Earl=20
>Backus with a tune from "Haunted Guitar" (a real buried treasure of=20
>outer space pop!).

Funny, I just recieved that one, there are definetely magic in it.=20

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Gary McFarland
Date: 31 May 1999 17:52:08 EDT


larry writes:

<< Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo LP "Simpatico" 1966 (featuring Norwegain
Wood
 and Nature Boy) on auction on eBay at

 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111548635

 Just thought that since we have been discussing him lately you would like to
 know. >>

This album has an extremely cool cover of both Gabor and Gary seated on
motorcycles.  I give high marks to this LP and any other Impulse recordings
by Gabor Szabo.  Thick, glossy gatefold covers, addtional black and white
photos, informative notes, beautiful records.

The Sorcerer, Wind Sky And Diamonds (with The California Dreamers), Jazz
Raga, Spellbinder, there is another from this 1966ish period that I can't
recall.  Outstanding guitar work and occasional haunting vocals .


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) soft pop and Stan Cornyn
Date: 31 May 1999 19:50:04 -0400


Picked up a few Harper's Bizarre records on the advice of one of our
soft-pop devotees.
Perused the liner notes, something I never do normally.
Found this entry on one of the bandmembers:

"Dick Yount chuckles a lot about his brother, Gale.  Gale likes to travel
with the group when Dick's on the road.  Then the Groupies that get worked
up at the show attack Gale, thinking he's part of the show.  So Gale's
losing buttons and hair.  He runs, yelling "I'm nobody!  I'm nobody!"  Dick
alas, is nervier.  He searches for life's luxuries, like a credit card with
somebody else's name on it."

BTW, Ted Tempelman is in the band.

Nat



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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations
Date: 31 May 1999 20:44:28 -0400


Another recommended cd of Indonesian music is: Idjah Hadidjah "Tonggeret"
(Nonesuch Explorer Series / Icon Records, 1987). It is a compilation of her
recordings ranging from 1979 to 1986, in the Jaipongan style. Jaipongan was
developed in the 70s by producer, Gugum Gumbira Tirasondjaja, working from
Sundanese traditions. It's related to gamelan, with more of a dance and
lead vocalist emphasis -- but still zero Western influence. The drumming
can be very fiery... there may also be plucked or bowed string instruments.
Exotic and soaring female vocals by Idjah Hadidjah. Occasional, gruff
cross-commentary vocals by the males of the ensemble. Very exotic and
dreamy music. Give it a shot if it's still available anywhere.

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Subject: (exotica) Geek Survey
Date: 31 May 1999 22:59:10 EDT


And so the conversation usually goes . . . "So what kind of music do you
like?"

My reply:  "Well, I like Exotica Music -- you know from the 50's and 60's  --
sorta a Polynesian flare with bird calls and animal noises."

That is when I get the look.

You know the look.  Like I must be crazy, or nutty or . . . .or . . . .a geek!

So here is the question(s).

1.  Do you consider yourself a geek?  (answer before looking at the next
question)











2.  Do you think others consider you a geek?


I know, these are dumb questions but I just get tired of trying to explain
the type of music I like.  And when I mention our Web mailing list . . .
well, you get the point.

Oh, my answers?  Yes, no -- but not necessarly in that order.

Tiki Bob


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