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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sound Gallery
Date: 24 Dec 1997 13:41:29 -0500


I admit that I can be amazingly slow when it comes to acquiring new releases,
so please don't hurt yourself laughing when I say that I just got "Sound
Gallery, Vol. 1". Super stuff. A wonderful mixture of elements you might not
expect to mix so well. And it's very, er, interesting to see that it's a "A
Jerry Cornelius Production". Glad to see he's finally found a gig that doesn't
(generally) involve assassination. ; )

Pardon a very geeky question, but was 90's technology used to fatten up the
bottom end for this cd? If not, I'm real curious about what they were using in
the studio when they cut the bass guitar parts on some of those tracks.
Extremely punchy and fat -- yum!

Happy holidays, everyone.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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(Movies Of The Week tv picks for Dec. 21 to 28 now posted)

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist Fantastica
Date: 25 Dec 1997 14:26:06 +0100 (CET)


Fantastica runs on Radio Scorpio, FM106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday
15-16 h.




Fantastica # 9




* Mrs. Miller: "Yellow Submarine"
      [LP: "Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?"]
* Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger: "A Day In The Life"
      [LP: "Pop History Vol. 26"]
* William Shatner (Captain Kirk): "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
      [CD: "The Transformed Man"]
* Buddy Morrow: "I Saw Her Standing There"
      [LP: "Big Beat Beatlemania"]
* Some Very Talented Kids: "Here Comes The Sun"
      [compil. CD: "The Talent Show"]
* Mike Melvoin: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko"
      [LP: "The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog"]
* Susanna Hoffs: "Are The Beatles Really Here? (Fragment)"
      [compil. LP: "English As A Second Language"]
* The Woofers And Tweeters Ensemble: "Love Me Do"
      [LP: "Beatle Barkers"]
* Band Of The Irish Guards: "Michelle"
      [compil. LP: "Break-Through - An Introduction To Studio Two Stereo"]
* The Hollyridge Strings: "The Delayed Fool On The Hill MIX"
      [CD: "The Best Of The Beatles Song Book"]
* Vincent Bell: "Eleanor Rigby"
      [LP: "Pop Goes The Electric Sitar"]
* The Wild Honey Singers: "That Would Be Something"
      [LP: "A Child's Introduction To The Beatles"]
* Koot & Bie: "Yesterday"
      [TV Show: "?"]
* Paul Frees as Charlie Chan: "Let It Be"
      [LP: "And The Poster People"]
* Living Guitars: "Baby, You'Re A Rich Man"
      [LP: "San Franciscan Nights"]
* Sounds Galactic: "Across The Universe"
      [LP: "An Astromusical Odyssey"]
* Dick Hyman: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
      [LP: "The Age Of Electronicus"]
* Paul Mauriat: "Get Back (Vuelve)"
      [LP (CD): "Interpreta A Los Beatles"]
* Derek Enright M.P.: "Yellow Submarine (In Latin)"
      [compil. CD: "The Exotic Beatles Part One"]
* The Frivolous Five: "All My Loving"
      [LP: "Sour Cream & Other Delights"]
* Commercial: "Help"
      [compil. LP: "15/30/60"]
* The Baroque Ensemble W/ Joshua Rifkin: "Help"
      [LP: "The Baroque Beatles Book"]
* Patrick Husson: "Hey Jude"
      [CD: "Le Jardinier"]





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From: LTepedino <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sound Gallery
Date: 25 Dec 1997 09:54:20 EST


In a message dated 97-12-24 13:44:37 EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Pardon a very geeky question, but was 90's technology used to fatten up the
 bottom end for this cd? If not, I'm real curious about what they were using
in
 the studio when they cut the bass guitar parts on some of those tracks.
 Extremely punchy and fat -- yum! >>

Regarding the sound on the Sound gallery, sure a little bit of mastering was
inolved, but to tell you the truth, I've heard the source material on a lot of
this stuff and part of the reason not a lot had to be done was because it ws
engineered/recorded so well to begin with, many of the tracks being recorded
at EMI's Studio 2 - the very same studio used by the Beatles and other top
bands at the time.

Ashley

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From: Randall Rothenberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) NYT Death of Journalism
Date: 25 Dec 1997 11:45:00 -0500 (EST)


    Now, now -- as a former reporter I take (goodnatured) umbrage at
the assertion that New York Times trend pieces are always "off." There are
good trend pieces and bad trend pieces. This one was lacking because it
was a bit old and tired, and went pretty far afield in reaching for its
examples, and thus came off as specious. It also repeated your -- David
Strauss's -- thesis, but didn't go nearly as far and wasn't nearly as
thoughtful in exploring it.


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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jan. on GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS
Date: 25 Dec 1997 11:37:42 -0800


============== H A P P Y  H O L I D A Z E,  A M I C I ! ==============

January Highlights from
GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

Sundays, 7 - 8 PM (PST) on KUSF 90.3 FM, San Francisco
RealAudio BROADCAST: < http://www.kusf.org> for instructions to access
stream

CONTACT:  Ratso Russo, Producer.  E-mail: [e-mail]
==========================================================

SHOW 27:  January 4
Astro-kitten "BARBARELLA" (68) leads us into the brave new year to hear the
grooviest space sounds this side of Uranus, courtesy of BOB CREWE and
CHARLES FOX.  Composer JERRY GOLDSMITH fires the "WARNING SHOT" (67) that
sets off a night of urban chaos.  Dig HERBIE HANCOCKÆs soulful sounds
wafting through ANTONIONIÆs pop culture snapshot, "BLOWUP" (66).  Or slap
yourself into an enlightened state with the mysterious "SHEMP MEDITATION
TAPE" (93), minus LARRY and MOE.

SHOW 28:  January 11
Filmmaker MELVIN VAN PEEBLES helped usher in the age of black exploitation
films when he cast himself as a superstud in "SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS
SONG" (71).  $4 million in stolen gold bullion can buy a lot of records, but
QUINCY JONESÆ chase scenes are priceless in the gold-heist romp "THE ITALIAN
JOB" (69).  Plus two JAMES BOND rip-offs almost redeemed by their scores:
The WALKER BROTHERSÆ "DEADLIER THAN THE MALE" (67) and DAVID WHITAKERÆs
"HAMMERHEAD" (68).

SHOW 29:  January 18
Maestro NINO ROTAÆs mondo tribal freak-out inspires psychedelic gladiator
dreams in "FELLINI SATYRICON" (70). THE BYRDS and VIC MIZZY provide fun in
the Malibu sun for TONY CURTIS and SHARON "HELTER SKELTER" TATE in "DON'T
MAKE WAVES" (67).  JOHN WONG and his band of warriors massacre their foes
along with the English language in the martial arts rock opera, "LET'S ROCK"
(75).  Included: NEW WORLD SYMPHONYÆs extended theme from "WONDER WOMAN"
(76-79).

SHOW 30:  January 25
AL CAIOLAÆs twangy guitar screams "Run!" in the BOB HOPE comedy "EIGHT ON
THE LAM" (67).  ThereÆs no place to hide when the pack of roving man-eaters
from "SHE DEVILS ON WHEELS" (68) tears through your townùsinging lyrics
written by cult director HERSHELL GORDON LEWIS!  The only PINK FLOYD
soundtrack worthy of a spin here is the Euro-hippie odyssey "THE VALLEY
(OBSCURED BY CLOUDS)" (72).  Also ALEXANDRO JODOROWSKYÆs funk remix from his
own film "EL TOPO" (71).

====================================
Outside the Bay Area?  Listen on the Internet!  <http://www.kusf.org>

Visit the Groovie Movie Soundtracks Web Page--with complete playlists--at
<www.sanfransicko.com>

C. "RATSO" RUSSO
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) France Gall
Date: 25 Dec 1997 22:33:52 -0500 (EST)


Information and ruminations sought for an upcoming 'zine article on the
French Poptresse, France Gall. This could include commentary on her music,
biographical info, or simple personal opinion....Please site sources, please
include supporting information......All sources attributed, all creditable
sources credited in article. E-Mail me if interested....Jimmy Botticelli

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Batmania cd
Date: 26 Dec 1997 19:57:29 +0100 (CET)


>>If only they had had the foresight to include the amazing (and fairly
>>impossible to find) 45, "We Love You, Boy Wonder", sung by Burt Ward (Robin)

>That is an odd exclusion.  Dr. Demento used to play this fairly regularly
>on his show.

    Dr. demento transcription LP's are a great source for this kind of
    super-rare novelty ditties. i've got one including that very
    "We Love You, Boy Wonder";

        Johan

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) NYT Death of Journalism
Date: 26 Dec 1997 10:48:39 -0500


> From: David J. Strauss <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) NYT Death of Journalism
>
> I don't know if we should exactly fault the author of the piece --  anyone
> who has ever dealt with the Times knows that they have pretty stringent
> rules to enforce banality in their trend pieces. Every one has to read
> like a catalogue of unrelated items which are then linked by specious
> reasoning. But hey! It's a hell of a clipping.

Yes, the Times piece struck me as a very generic pile of column filler. If you
simply switched some key words and movie references it could be a "Death of
70's Retro" story (to name just one possibility).

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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) basic hip for Ruddy
Date: 26 Dec 1997 22:10:56 EST


i hope Ruddy likes his tape.  here it is.

side a
basic hip (how to speak hip)
sid bass - spanish flea (moog espana)
bill holman / richie kamuca - blue jazz (west coast jazz in hi-fi)
fred lowery - the moon of manakoora (walking along kicking the leaves)
esquivel - lazy bones (exploring new sounds)
dennis farnon / marni nixon - very contrary mary (magoo in hi fi)
group 1 - chime time (the brothers go to mothers and others)
speedy west and jimmy bryant - old joe clark (stratosphere boogie)
morricone - twist of the spinsters (malamondo)
denny - voodoo dreams (hypnotique)
jonathan frid - I, barnabas (dark shadows)
perrey and kingsley - electronic can-can (essential)
milton delugg - rise, robots rise (gulliver's travels beyond the moon)
marcy do you know? (sing with marcy)
pea hicks - fartinÆ partners (lucas and friends discover a world of sounds)
??? - nine inches will please a lady (songs of erotica)
time bomb commercial

side b
prelude - dimitri from paris (sacrebleu)
lambert hendricks & ross - farmerÆs market (way out voices of)
alan lorber - mas que nada (lotus palace)
mort garson - good morning starshine (electronic hair pieces)
piero umiliani - topless party (svezia inferno paradiso)
vic mizzy - vox box (don't make waves)
enoch light - volare cha cha (pertinent percussion cha chas)
franklyn maccormack - easy come, easy go lover (the torch is burning)
andre popp - la polka du roi (delirium in hi-fi)
comstock - twinkle twinkle little star (music from outer space)
brass ring - the dis-advantages of you (the dis-advantages of you)
henke - the lively ones (la dolce henke)
bacharach - after the fox (after the fox)
serge gainsbourg - ford mustang (comic strip)
louise huebner - the emotional bondage spell (seduction through witchcraft)
laurie johnson - happy go lively (music for tv dinners)
pea hicks - donuts and jingle bells (lucas and friends discover a world of
sounds)

questions happily answered

happy new year

don't drink and drive

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Demento/Martin Mull
Date: 27 Dec 1997 19:47:55 +0100


Jerry on Demento:

>Perhaps this isn't really "exotica" stuff, but it's certainly some
>Incredibly Strange Music.


>#32 The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor

English indie-legends The Fall did a nice cover of this on their recent
"Levitate" album

>#45 2001 Polkas - Martin Mull

Can anyone enlighten me about this guy?? Only know his awesome "Santa Claus
doesn't cop out on Dope"


Arjan




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist Fantastica
Date: 25 Dec 1997 19:12:01 +0100 (CET)


Fantastica runs on Radio Scorpio, FM106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday
15-16 h.


                             Fantastica # 39 (Xmas)


 1. RODE DRAAD (THREAD): The Walt Disney Players:
    "Scrooge Duck tells a spooky Christmas story"
    [LP: "An Adaptation Of Dicken's Christmas Carol"]
 2. Fragment: "Merry Fucking Christmas!" [Film: "Dark Angel"]
 3. Jimmy Smith: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" [CD: "Christmas Cookin'"]
 4. Marcy Tigner: "Silver Bells"
    [LP: "Christmas With Marcy, Sing With Marcy"]
 5. The Three Suns: "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
    [LP: "A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas"]
 6. Herman Apple, Ses Carillons Et Ses Percussions: "Le Pere Noel S'En
    Vient" [LP: "Stereo Percussion De Noel"]
 7. U.S. Arm Band: "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer"
    [compil. Cassette: "Off-The-Wall Christmas 1991"]
 8. Miss Sza'Vee: "Jingle Bells"
    [compil. Cassette: "Awfully Painful Christmas Records"]
 9. The Chipmunks Featuring David Seville: "The Night Before Christmas"
    [LP: "Christmas With The Chipmunks Vol. 2"]
10. Recyclophonics Featuring The 3 Barbra'S: "Streisand Night MIX"
    [LP: "A Christmas Album"]
11. Sam Ulano: "The Story Of Santa Claus"
    [compil. Cassette: "Off-The-Wall Christmas 1995"]
12. The Sonics: "The Village Idiot"
    [compil. LP: "Merry Christmas From The Sonics, The Wailers, The Galaxies"]
13. The Blue Hawaiians: "Have Yourself A Quiet Little Christmas"
    [CD: "Christmas On Big Island"]
14. The Bonnie Sisters: "I Saw Mommy Cha Cha Cha With You Know Who?"
    [compil. Cassette: "Christmas For The Kid In Us All 3"]
15. The Jethros: "Silent Night"
    [compil. CD: "The Dark Side Of The Christmas Tree"]
16. Trio Schmeed: "Winter Time" [LP: "Trio Schmeed"]
17. Tiny Tim: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
    [CD: "Tiny Tim's Christmas Album"]
18. The Mammoth Radio City Music Hall Organ Played By Richard Leiber: "The
    First Noel" [compil. CD: "Bob & Ray Throw A Stereo Spectacular"]
19. The Jingle Cats: "Little Drummer Boy (Edit)"
    [CD: "Here Comes Santa Claws"]
20. Karin Et Rebecca: "Petit Papa Noel" [LP: "Petit Papa Noel"]
21. John Klein: "Jingle Bells" [LP: "A Christmas Sound Spectacular"]
22. Sy Mann: "Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer" [LP: "Switched On Santa!"]
23. Arthur Lyman: "Auld Lang Syne" [CD: "With A Christmas Vibe"]
24. Combustible Edison: "Sleigh Ride"
    [Promo CD: "Happy Holidays From Sub Pop"]

                   (CD) = bestaat op CD (exists on CD)

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        [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Martin Mull
Date: 28 Dec 1997 02:45:43 -0500 (EST)


Martin Mull in exotica-----let me say this about that. He had his first show
of paintings in the Mens' Room at The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston in 1971.
From then he recorded an LP--a brilliant endeavor--which contained the local
aor hits "Am I In Heaven, Or Am I In Miami" and "The  Bag I'm In Is Just A
Package From, A Package Store". He'd won my heart, but opted for hollywood
under the Steve-Martin-Mull umbrella from what I understand........he
recorded a few more brilliant LP's then went idle, but I have the
albums~~.Affiliated with  Fernwood and Mary Hartmann too.................

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From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Christmas
Date: 28 Dec 1997 22:48:36 -0500


Well the exotic CDs were flying around fast and furious here at Casa Mambo
this Christmas. . .

GAVE:

Ennio Morricone's _I Malamondo_ soundtrack, and _The Legendary Italian
Westerns_ comp.

Thanks to Michael Toth for suggesting _I Malamondo_. This is one weird-ass
platter let me tell you--it really may not be for everyone, the lurches in
mood are so extreme. It can sound like Bert Kaempfert one moment and
Charles Ives the next, finally winding up somewhere in the neighborhood of
Dr. Seuss. With the Spaghetti Western soundtracks you are back on somewhat
more familiar ground, if you can call Morricone's trademark eerie, echoey
sounds "familiar."

This morning I heard the composer of the _Titanic_ soundtrack on NPR,
patting himself on the back for having written an "unconventional" score
for that movie. It sounded perfectly generic to me, and I couldn't help
thinking, "unconventional? Buddy, you have *no* idea. . . "

GOT:

Martin Denny's _Exotica I & II_ and _Afro-Desia_(both Scamp).

Having known Denny only through the _Quiet Village_ LP and _Enchanted Sea_
it's really interesting to hear his earliest work, from before when his
sound started to turn into a bit of a formula.  In between all the monkey
cries and Charlie Chan gongs, Exotica v.1 has some pretty rhythmically
adventurous and sophisticated stuff going on ("Busy Port" etc.), which I
have to admit surprised me a little. And I love "Bacoa" on vol 2.

But it's _Afro-Desia_ which is the total jaw-dropper. This is the true
missing link between Denny and Esquivel. Peculiar Percussion, screams,
Stereo Action, a rockin' "Swamp Fire". . . but trippiest of all, the Randy
Van Horne singers doing their most egregious "African" booga-booga vocals.
I see a whole PhD here deconstructing all this pseudo-swahili. OK,
everybody after me:

"Ma Bunga-loo, Ma Bunga-loo. Aiieeeeeee! Mooga ya ya ya. Za-boo-ga-don,
Za-boo-ga-don!! Yula Cha-Cha-Cha. . . MOOMBA!!!!"


Ferrante and Teicher _Blast Off_ (Varese Sarabande)

The cover photo is irresistable, and it's great to have this available on
CD, where you can really appreciate some of those odd timbres. I like the
F&T original "In the Rain," and all the bonus tracks from _F&T with
Percussion_. But I'd have to say that my old LP of _Dynamic Twin Pianos_
(UA WWS 8504) still takes the prize for flat-out otherworldliness. A lot of
the tracks on _Blast Off_ are actually (dare I say it?) somewhat on the
sensitive and tasteful side.



Dragged home some new vinyl too. . .

Hope you all got the presents you wanted,

 --Ross

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) presents
Date: 29 Dec 1997 01:28:48 -0500 (EST)


I got Easy-Tempo volumes 1-3, Montefiori Cocktail, James Taylor Quartet's
JTQ, Mo Plen 2000 and 3000,  and KLF. Now I'm drowning in 7T's wa-wa
blaxploitaiton pseudo funk and Continental Latinova on the E-Z side, with a
nice dose of heavy playing from JTQ and some techno e-z from
Montefiori......happy New Year all......Jimmy Botticelli

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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Gifts
Date: 29 Dec 1997 05:52:34 PST



Found in or near my sock:

CD: Combustible Edison: Schizophonic; Johnny Burnette: Rock 'N' Roll
Trio/Tear It Up
LP: Irv Cottler: Percussion Around the World; Wild Stereo Drums;
?:Ancient Voices of Children (Nonsuch); Thunderball soundtrack; Little
"Butchie" Saunders & His Buddies: Rock 'N' Roll Indian Dance; The
Shadows: Out of the Shadows.

Season's Greetings to all,

BW

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Mull
Date: 29 Dec 1997 11:51:19 -0500


> albums~~.Affiliated with  Fernwood and Mary Hartmann too...

Yes -- after his little stint on "Mary Hartman" (his character wound up being
impaled on an artificial Christmas tree), he hosted its summer replacement,
"Fernwood 2-Night" (1977), a hilarious fake talk show. They gave Tom Waits some
of his early exposure. It was followed the next summer by "America 2Night" --
same thing, except the show had (fictionally) moved from Fernwood to Alta Coma,
California, "the unfinished furniture capital of the world." This gave them the
excuse to have more celebrity guests on the show. Frank DeVol led the house
band, "Happy Kyne and The Mirthmakers", which included Tommy Tedesco on guitar.
Just to tie it all back into music.

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Mull
Date: 29 Dec 1997 12:20:43 -0500



>Yes -- after his little stint on "Mary Hartman" (his character wound up being
>impaled on an artificial Christmas tree), he hosted its summer replacement,
>"Fernwood 2-Night"

Actually, it was two characters.  Garth and Barth Gimble were twins and
Garth was the one impaled, I think.

To keep it even MORE musical, Martin Mull does play guitar and DeVol has
many credits to his name, however, some of the musical highlights(?) of the
program were "Ice Cream Baby" with vocals by Kyne, who also did a version
of "Shake Your Booty".

There was also a pianist in an iron lung, who accompanied a tap dancing
Shirley Temple-style moppet, I cannot recall her name.

Do leisure suits cause cancer?
Brian Phillips

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #21: DJs + music writers
Date: 29 Dec 1997 19:10:48 +0100 (CET)


    hi again,

    i just read this:

>Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 10:10:20 -1000
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: (exotica) Don Tiki Part2
    <--cut-->
>Don't forget to include your address! Of course, DJs + music writers get
>a CD and press kit just for asking. Until zen...

    well, I AM a dj, and write about exotica cd's on my web site,
    so i'd love to get the cd for free ;-)

        Dada'quariums Exotica:
        http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/index.htm

        the radio pages on my web site:
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        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Help with archives
Date: 29 Dec 1997 19:10:51 +0100 (CET)


>I finally got an index of the archives, but when I ftp there to retrieve
>documents it won't let me in without a password.

    for anonymous ftp, use your e-mail address as "password"

        Johan



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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist Fantastica
Date: 29 Dec 1997 19:11:02 +0100 (CET)


Fantastica runs on Radio Scorpio, FM106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday
15-16 h.




Fantastica # 44: Cartoons in stereo - B




* The Renegades: "Geronimo"
      [compil. CD: "Wa-Chic-Ka-Nocka"]
* Bob Prescott: "The Races"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* Kai Winding: "Till"
      [LP: "Mondo Cane #2"]
* Phil Cammarata: "The Last Blast Of The Bugler"
      [Transcription LP: "Dr. Demento Show # 87-33"]
* Ennio Morricone: "The Devil Was Angel"
      [CD: "Golden Film Themes"]
* Creed Taylor: "Heartaches"
      [LP: "Panic, The Son Of Shock"]
* Bob Prescott: "The Shooting Gallery"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* The Little Big Horns: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
      [compil. CD: "Ultra-Lounge On The Rocks Part Two"]
* Bob Prescott: "Calisthenics"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* Miss Piggy: "Dream Dancin'"
      [LP: "Aerobique Exercise Workout Album"]
* Dean Elliott: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
      [LP: "Zounds! What Sounds!"]
* Bob Prescott: "The Time"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* Ferrante & Teicher: "Three O'Clock In The Morning"
      [LP: "With Percussion"]
* Judy Sheppard Missett: "Chase The Clouds Away - Chuck Magione"
      [LP: "Jazzercise"]
* Creed Taylor: "Time Runs Out"
      [LP: "Shock"]
* Bob Prescott: "The Railroad"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* Jack McDuff: "The Honeydripper"
      [CD: "The Honeydripper"]
* Mel Henke: "Adventure On The Rails"
      [LP: "Dynamic Adventures In Sound"]
* Creed Taylor: "The Operation"
      [LP: "Panic, The Son Of Shock"]
* Doodoo Wah: "The Dental Yodel (Edit)"
      [CD: "For Amusement Only"]
* Bob Prescott: "The Dentist"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* Bob Prescott: "Cristopher Columbus"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* B. Bumble And The Stingers: "Nautilus"
      [CD: "Nut Rocker And All The Classics"]
* Leo Diamond: "The Skin Divers - 2"
      [LP: "Skin Diver Suite"]
* Stevens & Grdnic: "Fast Food"
      [compil. LP: "Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All
       Time Vol 5: The 1980'S"]
* Bob Prescott: "The Intruder"
      [LP: "Cartoons In Stereo"]
* Nervous Norvus: "Transfusion"
      [compil. LP: "Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All
       Time Vol 2: The 1950'S"]




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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Mull
Date: 29 Dec 1997 17:05:44 -0500


> From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Mull
>
> Actually, it was two characters.  Garth and Barth Gimble were twins and
> Garth was the one impaled, I think.

Yes, Garth was the one who became a tree ornament. Barth was the tv host on the
run from statutory charges in Florida (or something like that).

> To keep it even MORE musical, Martin Mull does play guitar

Indeed -- a big, blonde Gibson archtop. I seem to recall that he could do a
nice job on a bossa nova. His stage design when touring in the 70's was a
living room sort of setup, tv tables and everything, billed as "Martin Mull &
His Living room Furniture" (or something like that -- maybe it was an album
title also?). Whatsizname from The Cars played keyboards in the backing band at
one point (keyboard was set up on an ironing board).

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 13:17:17 UT


I have a question.  Or, multiple questions:

The first is, how biased is the Ultra Lounge series towards Capitol Artists?  Is
there anybody I might be missing hearing stuff from because they didn't record
with Capitol?  (Like say, Martin Denny or Esquivel or Ferrante & Tiecher or the
Three Suns)  Or did they do a decent job licensing stuff from other companies?
I have the Christmas Cocktails disc and have heard some of the Crime Story disc
and I like about 70% of what I hear.  How do the rest stack up?

Also, are there other comps a newbie should start with besides these?  Maybe
something a little less staid and a little more rambunctious?  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Peter

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Blue Hawaii
Date: 30 Dec 1997 13:19:25 UT


I saw a disc in a store called, I think, Blue Hawaii Christmas.  It looked like
a Lounge comp of Hawaiian-style Christmas tunes.  Can anyone recommend or revile
this?
How exotically Hawaiian is it (versus Lawrence Welk-y Hawaiian)?
How's the selection of artists?

Thanks,
Peter

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From: "Waldo Muller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) easy tempo
Date: 30 Dec 1997 16:19:41 +0200




DJ Jimmy Bee wrote:
>
> I got Easy-Tempo volumes 1-3, Montefiori Cocktail, James Taylor Quartet's
> JTQ, Mo Plen 2000 and 3000,  and KLF. Now I'm drowning in 7T's wa-wa
> blaxploitaiton pseudo funk and Continental Latinova on the E-Z side ...

As far as my taste goes, Easy Tempo vol. 3 looks like the best of the trio.
Is it worth buying? Is it sort of like the Peter Thomas or Horst Jankowski
bossa stuff? Is it mostly bossa or does it lean more towards the other
Latin beats? (Jimmy mentions KLF ... my love for the elevator sounds of
Acker Bilk started when they sampled "Stranger on the shore" on Chill Out
... Here Johnny Pearson's "Sleepy shores" - on Music for TV Dinners - also
comes to mind. I recently compiled a 90 minute tape of early seventies
Johnny Pearson and Sounds Orchestral - but I will spare you the track list)

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From: "Waldo Muller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) r-a-m-b-u-n-c-t-i-o-u-s
Date: 30 Dec 1997 16:48:38 +0200



Peter wrote:

> Also, are there other comps a newbie should start with besides these?
Maybe
> something a little less staid and a little more rambunctious?  Any
suggestions?

More rambunctious, heh? Try Gert Wilden's crime jazzy, twisty CD comp "I
told you not the cry" (think that is what it is called) on Crippled Dick
Hot Wax. Also Hugo Montenegro's "Man from U.N.C.L.E." CD reissue (much more
rambunctious than Ultralounge crime comp). Harder, but more seventies, in
sound are the British Blow Up compilations or the first Easy Project
Loungecore compilation. And on the Latin side, Yma Sumac's "Mambo" CD is
also pretty rambunctious.

staid Waldo

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 07:05:01 -0800 (PST)


At 01:17 PM 12/30/97 UT, peter_risser wrote:
>how biased is the Ultra Lounge series towards Capitol Artists?

very.  they do have some denny (capitol put together a 2-disc set of
denny, in fact) but they don't include Esquivel or the 3 Suns because
those are RCA.  I don't recall Ferrante&Tiecher on UL.

For RCA artists there are 3 CDs in the Space Age Pop series which has
some E and 3S as well as other greats.

Also, check out the Cocktail Mix series on Rhino.  They were able to get
a full range of artists including Dean Elliott, The 3S, F&T and Lenny Dee
from respectively Capitol, RCA, ABC-Paramount and Decca!  Volume 1 is my
favorite.

Hi-Fi Rykodisc owns Arthur Lyman but also Jack "Bongo" Burger and some other
folks which are okay.  Try "In a Cocktail Mood."  They also have packaged three
of their discs in a boxed set.

Then there is  Incredibly Strange Music, Volume 1...the CD on Caroline
Records. I heard there is a Volume 2 CD but I have never seen it.  Anyway,
Vol. 1 has Harry Breuer, Dave Harris, Perrey & Kingsley, Billy Mure...

The new Varese Sarabande disc "The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection" has a
good cross section including several F&T selections, Yma Sumac, The Tony
DeSimone Trio and the Les Baxter Orchestra...and, of course, Ernie Kovacs!

All the Enoch Light and Command stuff has not gone onto a compilation,
although several CD's from some of the Percussion albums have been
made...but NOT on UL.

With all those, I think you have a beginning sampling of a good range of
this kind of music.

Byron

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From: "Waldo Muller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) r-a-m-b-u-n-c-t-i-o-u-s, g-l-o-s-s
Date: 30 Dec 1997 17:22:49 +0200



This has nothing to do with music but i must in retrospect explain why i
used RAMBUNCTIOUS over and over in my previous e-mail. English is my second
language and I learned a new word. Join the exotica mailing list and
increase your word power!

tipsy Waldo

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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) easy tempo
Date: 28 Dec 1997 07:59:25 -0800



From Waldo Muller:

>As far as my taste goes, Easy Tempo vol. 3 looks like the best of the trio.
>Is it worth buying? Is it sort of like the Peter Thomas or Horst Jankowski
>bossa stuff?

Did you know Volume 4 has been released?  More excellent mod and funky
sounds from Italian soundtracks and studio projects.  The double LP is a
beautiful thing to behold but the CD exists, too.

Also out:  Beat at Cinecitta, vol. 2 and Blowup, vol. 2,  the latter
consisting of more wild library music.

Cool name, Waldo!

C. "Ratso" Russo





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From: Randall Rothenberg <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 11:00:17 -0500 (EST)


    My recollection, from my interviews with Brad Benedict, the series
producer at Capitol, is that Ultra Lounge is entirely from Capitol's
vaults. Now, there may be some occasional crossover; rights-sharing and
favors are done among companies on archival compilations.  Ashley and Br.
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From: "Sean Berry" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 06:43:30 -0800


> I have a question.  Or, multiple questions:
>
> The first is, how biased is the Ultra Lounge series towards Capitol
Artists?  Is
> there anybody I might be missing hearing stuff from because they didn't
record
> with Capitol?  (Like say, Martin Denny or Esquivel or Ferrante & Tiecher
or the
> Three Suns)  Or did they do a decent job licensing stuff from other
companies?
> I have the Christmas Cocktails disc and have heard some of the Crime
Story disc
> and I like about 70% of what I hear.  How do the rest stack up?

--All of the artists on the Ultra-Lounge compilations recorded for Capitol.
Martin Denny was one of them. You'll find a few of his tracks on several of
the Ultra-Lounge CD's, PLUS, Capitol released an excellent 2-CD set of his
exotic material last year. They also released great 2-CD sets by Jackie
Gleason and Les Baxter. As far as I know all of the tracks on these CD's
were taken from the Capitol vaults and no outside material was used. I have
the complete set and like just about all of them. The only one that I found
disappointing was Space Capades, which was fairly tame and had tracks that
didn't really fit in with the space theme. My favorites are Cha-Cha de
Amor, Bossa-Nova Ville, and Christmas Cocktails I.

Thanks,

Sean

The Continental Magazine & Continental Records
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Catalog: http://www.az.com/~sberry/catalog.html
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #21: DJs + music writers
Date: 30 Dec 1997 19:13:07 +0100 (CET)


oh boy, i screwed up the header of that message... sorry guys, i wasn't
meant to be sent to the list!

Johan



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From: "allanc" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 14:33:43 -0500




 Peter wrote:
> Also, are there other comps a newbie should start with besides these?
> Maybe
> something a little less staid and a little more rambunctious?  Any
> suggestions?

 I would suggest buying the following compilations: "Las Vegas Grind" (3
 volumes on cd) and "Jungle Exotica" (2 volumes) all released by the good
 people at Strip Records. Wild 'n' Raucous tunes.

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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 14:59:30 -0500


At 1:17 PM +0000 12/30/97, [e-mail] wrote:

>The first is, how biased is the Ultra Lounge series towards Capitol
>Artists?  Is
>there anybody I might be missing hearing stuff from because they didn't record
>with Capitol?

The Ultra Lounge series only uses artists who were on Capitol, or any of
the labels that are also currently owned by the parent conglomerate, EMI.
Therefore, you have artists whose original records were on Capitol,
Liberty, EMI, United Artists, Tower, Blue Note and Imperial (I think that's
all of them).

So, you're not hearing artists who recorded for RCA, Command, Warner Bros,
ABC-Paramount, Columbia, A&M, Time, Richmond, Omega, Atlantic, Elektra,
Reprise, Mercury, MGM, Hi-Fi, Westminster, Decca, Coral, London, Epic, etc
etc etc

In other words, Ultra Lounge only provides a tip of the iceberg, albeit one
with some very important artists.

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From: "allanc" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for The Single Eye" December 28, 1997
Date: 30 Dec 1997 15:11:49 -0500


The Single Eye can be heard on Sundays at 4pm on CKUT 90.3 fm in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada.

The Camberwell Now: Greenfingers "Greenfingers"
Silver Apples: Cosmic String "Beacon"
Amon Tobin: One Small Step "Bricolage"
Brainticket: Era of Technology "Celestial Ocean"
The Lords: Don't Mince Matter (live) "The Continent Lashes Back!"
The Ooze: We're Living Now "Visions of the Past Vol 1"
Piero Piccioni: Notti Caldi "Beat at Cinecitta Vol 2"
The Ray McVay Sound: Kinda Kinky "The Easy Project"
Bruno Nicolai: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang "Beat at Cinecitta Vol 2"
Eden Ahbez: Tobago "Lost Treasures!"
Kid Koala: Taboo Soda "Scratchhappyland"
Pasquale & the Lunar-tiks: Moon Madness "Jungle Exotica Vol 2"
Improved Sound Ltd: Hit 'em in the Face "Electrick Loosers"
Kid Koala: Thank you, Goodnight, Drive Safely "Scratchhappyland"
Tony Rodelle Larson: Bear Rug "Swing for a Crime"



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From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Looking for Jerry Larson
Date: 30 Dec 1997 14:15:13 -0800


Jerry,

If you're here, I need your address

Jack

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From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 30 Dec 1997 11:18:24 -0800


>--All of the artists on the Ultra-Lounge compilations recorded for Capitol.
>Martin Denny was one of them.

Weren't a lot of these tracks originally on labels later acquirred by
Capitol/EMI, like Liberty and Blue Note?

By the way, I think what works best about the Ultra-Lounge series is that
they do mostly maintain the "Capitol Sound" rather than try to be all
things to all people.


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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) it's a good time to be a newbie
Date: 31 Dec 1997 00:48:30 EST


peter, you could drop a quick grand on all those comps that are out now!
consider yourself fortunate that you have all of these CD's to feast upon.

it was not long ago that all you had to pick from CD-wise was "Incredibly
Strange Music", Rhino's Martin Denny collection and Esquivel's "Space Age
Bachelor Pad Music".

to this day, Capitol has given us something like 18 Ultra-Lounge comps but has
still yet to release any of Les Baxter's greatest LP's.

so there is still more to come.

and that's STILL only the tip of the iceberg, because as soon as you dust off
your turntable you'll be amazed at how much more is out there that will never
see it's way to a Virgin Megastore.

Piero Umiliani's "Svezia Inferno E Paradiso" is tremendous.  might want to
check out "Vampryos Lesbos" too.

you mentioned The Crime Scene.  You should consider Rhino's two fine new Crime
Jazz collections.

happy new year and all that jazz...

if ya drink, don't drive.




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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thunderbirds are Go!
Date: 31 Dec 1997 09:01:46 -0500


Okay gang, enlighten me.

A couple of weeks ago I picked up this CD ("Pulse" label.....? I forget) -
subtitled "Kiddie Shows for Adults" or something like that.  It's got tracks
to TV shows like "Stingray" and "Doctor Who."

These tracks sound like they're in mono (makes sense since these tunes
would only be heard through a small, tinny TV speaker).

Are all/most of these shows British or what??  I'm not that old to
remember Thunderbirds or any of the other shows listed.

I'd highly recommend this CD for some swingin' theme music - almost all
the tracks are a lot of fun - there's about 4 or 5 duds.

- Nate

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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds are Go!
Date: 31 Dec 1997 09:41:56 EST


In a message dated 97-12-31 09:05:21 EST, you write:

<< Are all/most of these shows British or what??  I'm not that old to
 remember Thunderbirds or any of the other shows listed. >>

All British.  Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball-XL-5, Captain Scarlet, Supercar
all scored by the Barry Gray Orchestra.  You should go to a good video store
and check these out.  sci-fi shows done with marionettes with thick lips and
thicker eye brows who fly through through space and face danger.

scamp's Shadows Are Go has Lady Penelope's pink car on the cover.

something you have to see if only once.

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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds are Go! -Reply
Date: 31 Dec 1997 09:55:02 -0500


Yeah, I've seen the Thunderbirds show, and have a vague recollection of
this being on when I was a tot.......I've got that Scamp Shadows CD too...

Can't really get into the puppet thing.  They also did this for a "horror
movie" whose name escapes me at the moment - its got all the classic
monsters running around in a classic "old castle" setting.....Boris Karloff
does one of the voices.....anybody know the title???

- Nate



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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds are Go!
Date: 31 Dec 1997 12:13:05 -0500


> Can't really get into the puppet thing.  They also did this for a "horror
> movie" whose name escapes me at the moment - its got all the classic
> monsters running around in a classic "old castle" setting.....Boris Karloff
> does one of the voices.....anybody know the title???

"Mad Monster Party" (1969). Not a Gary & Sylvia Anderson SuperMarionation
project (they used actual marionettes with strings and everything), but a stop
motion animation thang from Rankin & Bass. Besides Boris himself and some Peter
Lorre and Charles Laughton sound-a-likes, it also includes the inimitable pipes
of Phyllis Diller. Mad Magazine founder, Harvey Kurtzman, co-wrote the
screenplay and you can see some influence from his art in the character design,
especially the fabulous babe character. I can't remember who did the music, but
I seem to recall (shudder) songs. Sort of like a mutated relative of the old
"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" TV special. It's an interesting curio.

Getting back to the Andersons (Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, etc.),
Outre Magazine has been doing a series of stories on their career for the last
few issues. Also, the feature films, "Thunderbirds Are Go!" (1966) and
"Thunderbird Six" (1968) seem to turn up regularly on Turner's channels,
although curiously, they are flagged as "edited for content" at the beginning!
"Thunderbirds Are Go!" includes a musical segment with puppets of Cliff Richard
& The Shadows performing in space (as seen on the cover of the Scamp cd).

Happy New Year everyone.

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From: Micheleflp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thunderbirds and the Giant Wheel show
Date: 31 Dec 1997 12:53:37 EST


In a message dated 97-12-31 09:59:14 EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Yeah, I've seen the Thunderbirds show, and have a vague recollection of
 this being on when I was a tot.......I've got that Scamp Shadows CD too... >>

Hey, they show that Thunderbirds show on the Televisions at the local
nightclub here in L.A. (Silverlake) - Spaceland.  Thunderbirds were really
cool!  Does anyone remember a show where a horse and some other animals would
get in a big wheel (the wheel was like a vehicle for them) and they would
travel in it?  It was done during the Kimba the White Lion/Speed Race
style/era.  I'm still trying to find someone that remembers that show.  What
is the name of it?????

Anyway, none of you said whethere these CDs were any good.  So let us all know
what you thought of the Cds, some of us may want to purchase them.

- Michele
Flipside Fanzine

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: John Zacherle: "Dinner With Zach
Date: 31 Dec 1997 19:49:59 +0100 (CET)


it's a bootleg i guess, and you can get it from Norton
<http://members.aol.com/nortonrec/norton.html>

it has some tracks that are also on the "monster mash" LP i have, but also
other ones; i don't have the track list right now.

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mirageman
Date: 31 Dec 1997 19:49:55 +0100 (CET)


got that new cd by Mirageman, called "thunder and lightning", on Irma
(Italy), and i like it a     lot! if you digged the sound gallery
stuff, you'll like this - and i quote fom the sleeve - "psychedelic acid
funk with violent trashings of fuzz guitar intertwined with a total freak
out on the Hammond organ".
ignore the "file under easy listening" label, as this is wild and dangerous
stuff! (beautiful digi-pack sleeve too!)

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) about 3 James taylor Quartet cd's
Date: 31 Dec 1997 19:49:42 +0100 (CET)


i checked out the 3 James taylor Quartet cd's that were mentioned here:

Mission Impossible
The Money Spyder
Get Organized

i liked the first 2 mentioned very much, and can recommend them if you like
this kind of thing (jazz-influenced spy-flavored energetic instro rock).
the third is a bit too "free" for me, more like nervous, freewheelin' funky
acid-jazz. not bad, but not the same thing as the other 2 mentioned.

        Johan

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From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mirageman
Date: 31 Dec 1997 11:28:16 -0800


At 07:49 PM 12/31/97 +0100, Johan Dada Vis wrote:
>
>got that new cd by Mirageman, called "thunder and lightning", on Irma
>(Italy), and i like it a     lot! if you dug the sound gallery
>stuff, you'll like this - and i quote from the sleeve - "psychedelic acid
>funk with violent trashings of fuzz guitar intertwined with a total freak
>out on the Hammond organ".
>ignore the "file under easy listening" label, as this is wild and dangerous
>stuff! (beautiful digi-pack sleeve too!)

Yeah, I have to listen to that 1 again.
Fabrezio, head of Irma America, sent me their entire catalog except the 1 I
really wanted which is Montefiori Cocktail!, show biz is everywhere, even
amongst small indie labels, and that was 1 of them.

I'm sure since he saw that I reviewed it for KFJC and loved it, I didn't
need "my own" copy, since I'm going to start carrying it

So like I said, I have to listen to it again to really "get it", 'cause I
didn't "get it" yet, meaning it didn't make me crazy.

There's another "Mirageman", just in case you didn't know and I love that
cover with the "chalked out" silhouette of a man on the ground thing

Jack

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From: Antho=?iso-8859-1?Q?=F1?=io Mighuel Pettit <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Blue Hawaii
Date: 30 Dec 1997 15:28:24 -0800


Ohayo!
         Regarding the Blue Hawaiians' "Christmas on Big Island" CD:
I first heard it while trying on clothes at Urban Outfitters in Seattle.
They were playing a bunch of loud thumpy Gen-X-type stuff, when out of
nowhere came an intriguing twang followed by the perfect Hawaiian Christmas
tune. It sounded like it could have been old late-forties country music.
Very campy. My friend and I were both immediately taken by the song, so we
approached one of the sales drones and asked what was playing. They showed
us the CD but said that they had had it a couple of years etc etc etc...
Blah blah blah We head out to all of the Disc shops on Capital Hill, but
everyone gave us one of those
"No-we've-never-heard-of-it-and-why-the-Hell-would-you-want-it-anyway" type
looks. Even the upscale downtown Book 'n' CD shoppe "Borders" didn't stock
it, and they have everything (albiet marked up 15%.) We had pretty much
given up hope, when as a last resort we stopped into Tower Records and they
cheerfully said that they had 15 copies in stock blah blah blah...
      They point is, it is pretty good. The songs that are good are really
good. It is not Lawrence Welk-y at all. Exotica-yes, in that it's Hawaiian,
but it doesn't sound THAT  The particular track that I had initially heard
and was so impressed by, ("Jingle-Jangle") was actually kind of a rarity in
that the rest of the songs are definately more modern. It is kind of modern
surf music otherwise. There are quite a few really catchy tunes, but they
had to grow on me just a little bit for me to appreciate them. I think you
should buy it... I ended up being happy with it.
         Sorry to go on and on, but I'm on company time...

Regards,
T. Mighuel Bishop Pettit
[e-mail]

********* Records, Tokyo

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds are Go!
Date: 31 Dec 1997 16:50:42 -0500


> From: Wayne Davidson <[e-mail]>
> Subject: RE: (exotica) Thunderbirds are Go!
>
> Here in Australia on the cable channel Nick At Nite they screen Stingray,
> Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, Fireball XL5 and (the quite amazing) UFO every
> Saturday night. They call the block of shows 'Strung Out In Space'.
>
> Something which may be of interest to TV fans: on the same channel they also
> screen such British spy/adventure shows as The Man From UNCLE, The Saint,
>
> The cable channel of my dreams!

You would be REAL disappointed by the U.S. version of Nick At Nite. Sheeeit,
I'm movin' to Australia. ;)

(oh, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." was a US production, I think)

m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/
(Movies Of The Week tv picks for Dec. 28 to Jan. 4 now posted)

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From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Command discography questions
Date: 31 Dec 1997 14:55:59 PST


Hi,

Does anyone have Command 916, 944, or 949, or know the artists/titles of
them?  None of the web-based Command discographies I've seen have the
titles for these releases, including the Spaced Out site.

Even more arcane, has anyone ever heard why there apparently is no Command
803?  Or maybe there once was but it got discontinued?

Any info appreciated, thanks.

Brad Yost



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From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge
Date: 31 Dec 1997 19:15:57 -0000


"Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>At 1:17 PM +0000 12/30/97, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>>The first is, how biased is the Ultra Lounge series towards Capitol
>>Artists?  Is
>>there anybody I might be missing hearing stuff from because they didn't
record
>>with Capitol?

As previously suggested, rush out to get those Rhino Cocktail Mix CDs,
especially Irwin Chusid's "Bachelor's Guide to the Galaxy" volume. Also,
they're a bit uneven, but those Music for a Bachelor's Den comps aren't
bad and feature stuff licensed from many different labels; but I consider
them more interesting than a lot of the Ultra Lounge stuff I've heard.

>The Ultra Lounge series only uses artists who were on Capitol, or any of
>the labels that are also currently owned by the parent conglomerate, EMI.
>Therefore, you have artists whose original records were on Capitol,
>Liberty, EMI, United Artists, Tower, Blue Note and Imperial (I think that's
>all of them).

I don't know. I'm kinda annoyed with the reality that Ultra Lounge almost
defines this whole genre because they're the only CDs I see EVERYWHERE,
perhaps because they have the distribution and marketing push of
EMI/Capitol. I'm increasingly disappointed in the kind of stuff they pick
(but apparently they know what sells). They're squandering their
resources, IMO. Take for example, Ferrante & Teicher's _Dynamic Twin
Pianos_ LP on UA (recently plugged here by Ross Orr with good reason) and
other stray prepared piano tracks on UA. Am I mistaken or has NOT A
SINGLE ONE OF THESE *amazing* tracks turned up on Ultra Lounge discs?
Idiots!!!

It also seems like there's little chance of convincing them to reissue
prominent cult albums like Russ Garcia's _Fantastica_ or a CD of the
complete UA prepared F&T recordings. It seems that if it isn't the Rat
Pack side of "lounge," it doesn't stand a chance any more.


Michael David Toth
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