....AND i sent this the other day and it never made it through....sooooo....
> > I must stress that I am new to this music so forgive me if I strike you
> > as naiive. Anyway, one musician I think must be awesome is Henri
> > Mancini and I see now that Columbia House has a 3-CD set of him. Now,
> > I've only ever heard "Pink Panther", "Peter Gunn", and "Something for
> > Cat" I believe. Is the rest of his stuff as good as these songs?________________________________________________________________________________________> If you had told me ten years ago that i would someday come to consider Henry (Henry with
> a Y) Mancini a god, I would have told you were crazy. Man, how one's tastes and
> appreciation change as the years go by.
>
> Yes, awesome is the right word and you've probably heard much more than what is listed
> above, like Baby Elephant Walk or Moon River, maybe? Have you noticed the trend of many
> new surf and instro groups paying tribute to Mr. Manicini, not to mention many other
> artists over the past thirty years.
>
> The rest of his stuff is most definitely as good as the tracks you listed. I don't know
> anything about the contents of the Columbia set so would feel much better steering you
> in the direction of the complete soundtracks (on CD) to "Touch Of Evil", "Breakfast At
> Tiffany's", "The Pink Panther" and either "Peter Gunn" or "More Music From Peter Gunn",
> both which are harder to find. As far as I know, the following excellent scores remain
> unreleased and can only be enjoyed on vinyl:
>
> Arabesque
> A Shot In The Dark
> Charade
> Experiment In Terror
> Hatari!
> Mr. Lucky
> The Party
>
> ...AND there are plenty more..."Blues And The Beat", "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin",
> "Combo!"...all quite good.
>
> You can play Mancini is the background without it disturbing you or in the foreground
> without it boring you. Mickey McGowan's criteria for a "perfect" record. Of the many
> Mancini titles I have, only one (Touch Of Evil) is on CD. I think his work is poorly
> represented on CD and you are better off searching through used record stores.
# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info exotica" in the message.
# Postings must go to exotica@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender.
Subject: (exotica) robert maxwell's "bewitched" = "shangri-la"/gabor szabo
Date: 17 Apr 1997 15:59:56 +0200
grrrrrr, i hate it when record companies (re-)issue the same lp with 2 different titles: robert maxwell's (beautiful!) "bewitched" = "shangri-la", both on decca DL 4421, both with exactly the same front & back cover. donnow which was first.
on slightly the same subject: gabor szabo's 1990 cd "the szabo equation: jazz/mysticism/exotica" (1) on DCC, appears to be a compilation taken from 2 lp's, one of which is "bacchanal" (2), also on DCC, issued 1994. (1) contains 6 out of the 8 tracks from (2) plus 4 tracks from i donnow which other lp, so it's not worth getting both cd's.
my first szabo lp was "wind sky and diamonds", a huge disappointment as it is a vocal lp, not very different from the mama's & papa's or the sandpipers, with almost no sitar playing.
Johan
Dada@mail.dma.be = Dada@bewoner.dma.be
---
# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info exotica" in the message.
# Postings must go to exotica@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender.
Subject: (exotica) robert maxwell's "bewitched" = "shangri-la"/gabor szabo
Date: 17 Apr 1997 15:59:56 +0200
grrrrrr, i hate it when record companies (re-)issue the same lp with 2 different titles: robert maxwell's (beautiful!) "bewitched" = "shangri-la", both on decca DL 4421, both with exactly the same front & back cover. donnow which was first.
on slightly the same subject: gabor szabo's 1990 cd "the szabo equation: jazz/mysticism/exotica" (1) on DCC, appears to be a compilation taken from 2 lp's, one of which is "bacchanal" (2), also on DCC, issued 1994. (1) contains 6 out of the 8 tracks from (2) plus 4 tracks from i donnow which other lp, so it's not worth getting both cd's.
my first szabo lp was "wind sky and diamonds", a huge disappointment as it is a vocal lp, not very different from the mama's & papa's or the sandpipers, with almost no sitar playing.
Johan
Dada@mail.dma.be = Dada@bewoner.dma.be
---
# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info exotica" in the message.
# Postings must go to exotica@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender.
Subject: Re: (exotica) robert maxwell's "bewitched" = "shangri-la"/gabor szabo
Date: 17 Apr 1997 13:06:53 -0700
Johan Dada Vis wrote:
>...my first szabo lp was "wind sky and diamonds", a huge disappointment as it is a vocal >lp, not very different from the mama's & papa's or the sandpipers...
As a matter of fact, the vocal group is called "The California Dreamers". Some pretty
screwed up versions of sixties pop classics - not really all that great.
I'm sorry your first Gabor LP was a dud, Johan. Hang in there and seek out "Jazz Raga".
You'll like that one much more. Great cover, too...Gabor and the classic mod chick on a
red vespa.
# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info exotica" in the message.
# Postings must go to exotica@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender.
Subject: Re: (exotica) Strange Tales of Science Fiction
Date: 20 Apr 1997 18:45:05 -0500
Bruce Rhodewalt wrote:
>
> In the mid-'60s, one of the local L.A. stations, possibly Channel 9 (whose number sticks in my head better than its call letters), ran a show on Saturdays, I think mid-day, called "Strange Tales of Science Fiction." I get misty just thinking about how they introduced me to "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms," "Them!" and other incredible '50s science fiction.
>
> The opening music was terrific -- slow, creepy -- over which the creepy host would intone, "Welcome...to Strange Tales of Science Fiction." The main theme went like this:
>
> 4/4 ||: C G C# G | D G C# G :||
>
> Does anyone know anything about this show or this music?
>
> It soundz a bit like Bond,James Bond........
# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info exotica" in the message.
# Postings must go to exotica@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender.
