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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 03:46:04 -0400


At 07:56 PM 30/04/98 -0700, Steve Sando wrote:
>
>At 09:14 PM 4/30/98 -0400, Nat Kone wrote:
>>Don't know the exact title but it was "Marlene Dietrich singing in German
>>with the Burt Bacharach Orchestra".  I guess maybe Burt decided not to show
>>up personally for this date for fear his ancestors might role over in their
>>graves.
>
>What do you mean by this?

Oh it's just my little joke about a Jewish boy conducting a woman singing
German songs which may in fact be decadent songs and altogether different
than other songs sung in German but when you have people around you
spitting on BMW's, you don't start splitting hairs.  And given that the
record might have been made 30 years ago when memories were fresher, I
thought the issue might have occurred to Burt.
Does that explain it sufficiently?  It's just this little chip that was put
in me and forces me to make a little joke whenever Germans and Jews are
shoved up against each other in any context.
But usually I only make my little jokes among people who know that I can't
help it and I don't really mean anything... so I guess I'll suppress it now.
Nat




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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "fusion criminals"
Date: 01 May 1998 02:19:48 PDT


Nat, I couldn't agree with you more...

From BossaNovaVille,
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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mike/Gary/Jake/Mu
Date: 01 May 1998 12:01:12 +0000


Moritz R  wrote:

>Lo-Fi Superstar MIKE PARADINAS strikes again.
>GARY MOSCHELES is his newest "Alter Ego", (...)

And if you want to see him live, Mike Paradinas is touring with Bjork
on her upcoming US tour (under his u-Ziq moniker).


Robbie

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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 07:34:49 -0400



Nat wrote:

> Oh it's just my little joke about a Jewish boy conducting a woman singing
> German songs which may in fact be decadent songs and altogether different
> than other songs sung in German but when you have people around you
> spitting on BMW's, you don't start splitting hairs.  And given that the
> record might have been made 30 years ago when memories were fresher, I
> thought the issue might have occurred to Burt.

I had thought that Dietrich fled Germany because she couldn't stand the
scumbag Nazis. So I fail to see any problem with Burt conducting.

Allan


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From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Marlene/Bachrach LP
Date: 01 May 1998 04:56:54


Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I didn't buy it because it was $5 and that's too much for a record I don't
>want but it made me thought of you guys.
>Don't know the exact title but it was "Marlene Dietrich singing in German
>with the Burt Bacharach Orchestra".  I guess maybe Burt decided not to show
>up personally for this date for fear his ancestors might role over in their
>graves.

I'm not sure if this is the same LP, but I have one from 1964 on the
British EMI label titled, "Die neue Marlene," that is a gem.  Marlene sings
such contemprorary hits as "Puff, the Magic Dragon," and "Blowin' in the
Wind"--in German.  The arrangements certainly sound like Bachrach, and
Marlene puts her trademark "world-weary" stamp on even the most upbeat
tunes.  A cut above your average "golden throat" vinyl.

Brad


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From: Randy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 01 May 1998 08:08:30 -0400 (EDT)


Since i am unable to get to a state where i can by some exotica records i
was wondering if there are any good exotica wwebsites with MP3's


thanks,
randle




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From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Billy Mure/Haggis Baggis
Date: 01 May 1998 10:15:25 -0400


>a strange, cartoonish rock and roll number, with the
>"singer" chanting (in a deep, croaking voice)"Haggis Baggis" to the
>accompaniment of the supersonic guitar. The song is listed as the
>soundtrack to a TV (Game?)show of the same name. Anyone know anything
>about this program? Is this single featured on lp release?

The song "Haggis Baggis" is on the fabulous Mure LP _Supersonics in Flight_
(I think his second release on RCA Victor). But on the LP it's an
instumental--no chanting, croaky or otherwise. . . Sounds like a find to me!

I've often wondered what the story was with Mure's career--how was it that
he ended up featured on  both A-list RCA albums and those sub-grade-Z
releases on Strand. . . If anyone could find all the masters, he really
deserves a serious CD reissue.

 --Ross

|| Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr  <[e-mail]>
|| Ann Arbor, Michigan USA




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From: "Charles Moseley"<[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ray McVay
Date: 01 May 1998 14:26:46 +0100



Can anyone tell me if 'We Got Soul' by Ray McVay's Big Band Sound is worth
getting hold of. Featuring 'soul' classics: Soul Man, 25 Miles, Knock on
Wood and Soul Finger, its got a funky cover with some groovy 60s chicks out
on the razz in swinging 60s London.

Hot or Not?



Charlie




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From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 09:15:47 -0700


<html>
>Oh it's just my little joke about a Jewish boy conducting a woman
singing<br>
>German songs which may in fact be decadent songs and altogether
different<br>
>than other songs sung in German but when you have people around
you<br>
>spitting on BMW's, you don't start splitting hairs<br>
<br>
It's just that Marlene Dietrich was famous for working with the Allies,
not the Germans, during WWII despite being the most German of women. Her
singing Lili Marlene to our boys was pretty moving and probably
demoralizing to the Germans.<br>
<br>
As for her singing, she's got no voice and yet is a great vocalist.<br>
<br>
As for Bachrach, I may be wrong but I thought it was well-known that
Dietrich "discovered" him. I know I've seen photos of them
together.<br>
<br>
.>And given that the<br>
>record might have been made 30 years ago when memories were fresher,
I<br>
>thought the issue might have occurred to Burt.<br>
<br>
Maybe <i>because </i>the memories were fresher, Burt understood
Dietrich's role in history.<br>
<BR>
<br>
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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 17:26:17 +0100


> <html>
> >Oh it's just my little joke about a Jewish boy conducting a woman
> singing<br>
> >German songs which may in fact be decadent songs and altogether

Please don't use HTML. It makes posts unreadable.

Cheers,
Pete.



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From:        SPECIAL AGENT J3274 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) X-Mailer: MUSIC/SP V5.1.0
Date: 01 May 1998 12:43:19 CDT


howzit goin?
   I am new to the list and to the genre and also not hip to the
different classifications of this music.  In the past I have enjoyed
surf (ventures, Dale, Impala) jazz (Cozy Cole, Basie, Miller) and other
types of music that I cannot classify ( Tortise, sea and cake, Mogwi).
But of late I have been falling back on these old 60's ska and 60's
japanese organrecords that i have had for years.  I was curious if any
of you nice folks would be kind enough to send me a mix tape of your
fave selections and a description of how you would classify them.  If
anyone does I will send them my lounge home recording project called
"THE CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ ORCHESTRA" when I am done (2/3 finished)

address:                  JASON TULLER
                          1211 NINTH STREET
                          DARDANELLE AR, 72834

     Please send tapes before june... I am moving to AZ.


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From: Larry House <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Linda Perhacs
Date: 01 May 1998 15:14:12 -0400


Does anyone subscribing to the newsgroup have any information they'd
like to share about Linda Perhacs and/or her LP "Parallelograms" (Kapp
KS 3636)?  I've searched rececently and have turned up no resources on
the web or otherwise.  I thought that some of you who are into
unusual/weird/exotic sounds might be able to relate some info or point
me in the right direction.

Thanks for any assistance,
Larry House.



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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 16:48:20 -0400


At 09:15 AM 01/05/98 -0700, Steve Sando wrote:

<excerpt>It's just that Marlene Dietrich was famous for working with the
Allies, not the Germans, during WWII despite being the most German of
women. Her singing Lili Marlene to our boys was pretty moving and
probably demoralizing to the Germans.


</excerpt>I didn't believe that was the reason, okay?  It's just that when you see
one of those records and it says "Burt Bacharach Orchestra" instead of
"Burt AND his orchestra", I naturally start to wonder if Burt himself was
on the record or not and then I wonder if not, why not?  And then that
thing jumps into my head.  It's a knee jerk reaction that comes from old
old training.

And I thought that others with similar training might have the same
reaction so I just threw it in. And they'd think "yeah, someone else
thought that too".

And chuckle at that training we got.

It's like a joke but not one of those really funny jokes.  More one of
those "nod of recognition" jokes.

But if you didn't have that training, you wouldn't get it.

Hey that's the chance you take when you tell a joke.

There are no pictures of them together on the record, no pictures of him
at all.

And I was reacting mostly to the fact that the songs were SUNG IN GERMAN,
not the fact that it was Marlene Dietrich.

It's interesting if in fact she did discover him but I think they make a
strange pair anyway.  Not for any Nazi or anti-Nazi reasons.

I also would be struck by a record of the Hollyridge strings backing up
Yma Sumac.  Or Esquivel and Lulu.

Or Leni Riefenstahl directing a Leonard Cohen video.  But I think it
would be a very hot video, if she did.


Nat




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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas....
Date: 01 May 1998 15:26:58 -0400


Okay gang.  I'm ready to plop down the $$ for the Scamp
release when I get offa work (Sound Garden has it!!).  Is this
the best release for a newbie to this guy???

I'm listening to the CD right now on the web and I think it's
great.  But, is there another compilation that I might want to
consider or will this pretty much give me as much as I'd want
(I'm one of those who gets a "comp" or "best of" of somebody
then moves on.....there's so much to listen to..!)

- Nate (reply before 4:50pm!!!!)


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kui Lee
Date: 01 May 1998 17:56:34 -0500


I just thrifted a copy of Jack de Mello plays the music of Kui Lee (on Music
of Polynesia records).

From the notes I gather this is orchestral, brass orchestra and vocal group
settings of Kui Lee's songs.

So, here's my question: Who *is/was* Kui Lee?? The notes are written as if
he was Dylan, as if everyone would know who he is/was. Can anyone fill me in?

Here's two (of many) paragraphs from the liners:
 Kui writes today's music -- about today's Hawaii. And when the history of
the music of the Islands is written about this era, it will be one man's
music that will have changed the tired image of whispering palm trees,
moonlit nights, beautiful beaches, and hula girls -- and changed it for the
better. Hawaii is really not like that, and Kui's honest music is about
Hawaii as it really is today.

 Sure, there are beach boys and hula girls and palm trees -- and like that
-- and sure, Kui writes about 'em as they are today. But he also writes
about the new Hawaii -- about the new wave of young people of the Islands.
Being one of them, he understands them, he expresses their hopes and
thoughts, their fears, their desires, their contentments, their anxieties,
and their love.


Oy,
Lou




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From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Kui Lee
Date: 02 May 1998 01:27:42 +0200 (MET DST)


Lou wrote:
>I just thrifted a copy of Jack de Mello plays the music of Kui Lee (on Music
>of Polynesia records).

The triple box set or a single LP? The liner notes on the box set tells his
whole life story. I'll have to get back on that as I dont have it at my
office. The 3rd lp in the set is incredible especially "Waikiki at
Midnight"! I had one of Kui's own LPs once, title eluds me now,  but it was
pretty forgetable except for the narrated introduction.

Stefan
Stefan/Subliminal Sounds

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: Kui Lee
Date: 01 May 1998 19:37:03 -0500


At 01:27 AM 5/2/98 +0200, Stefan wrote:
>Lou wrote:
>>I just thrifted a copy of Jack de Mello plays the music of Kui Lee (on Music
>>of Polynesia records).
>
>The triple box set or a single LP?

There's a triple box of this stuff?!? I found the single LP, which,
unfortunately, doesn't have your pick hit "Waikiki at Midnight."

The song titles on this one are:
I'll Remember You / One Paddle, Two Paddle / All I Want To Do / The Days Of
My Youth / Ain't No Big Thing / Go To Him / Lahainaluna / Rain Rain Go Away
/ Kanaka Pete / She's Gone Again / Going Home / No Other Song

Thanks for the tip!

-Lou





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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 20:23:30 -0400


At 4:48 PM -0400 5/1/98, Nat Kone wrote:

> It's just that when you see one of those records and it says "Burt
>Bacharach Orchestra" instead of >"Burt AND his orchestra".........
>There are no pictures of them together on the record, no pictures of him
>at all.
>It's interesting if in fact she did discover him but I think they make a
>strange pair anyway.

She did in fact discover him. It mentions this in the liner notes on his
first A&M solo album.

There is some excellent footage of them together on the exemplary Bacharach
documentary the BBC made last year (which has been shown in the U.S., and
probably elsewhere, too). This film also relates the tale of her
discovering him.

I would surmise the reasons that there are no photos of him on the Dietrich
album(s) is because :
A) he was unknown at the time
B) the orchestra leader was rarely if ever pictured on the LP covers of the
time  (unless it was his own album........and even then, not always. For
example, Esquivel's photo does not show up on an album jacket until LP #4,
"Exploring New Sounds.......")

br cleve




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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 21:48:43 -0400


At 08:23 PM 01/05/98 -0400, Br. Cleve wrote:
>She did in fact discover him. It mentions this in the liner notes on his
>first A&M solo album.

What was Burt Bacharach doing when Marlene discovered him?  Lurking outside
her window?  Cleaning her pool?  She brought him inside; he looked shyly at
her piano.  "Do you play?" she asked him.  The rest is history?

I guess I don't have his first album.  On the back of "Reach out" it does
say that Marlene doted on him as an arranger and adored him as a man.
But I guess she didn't dote on him as a man.

Anyway, learned something new.  Just looked at that Dietrich record and
thought "Bacharach and Dietrich?  What are you going to tell me next?  Phil
Spector produced Leonard Cohen? Yeah right."

nat



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From: Dlsmay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 01 May 1998 23:25:14 EDT


This was probably already covered in this thread, but Burt's job with Marlene
was his first big break in show-biz.  He was her arranger for several years
before he became known as a composer.

--David


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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Modular
Date: 01 May 1998 21:46:47 -0700


Here's a teaser and a link for the film MODULATIONS, published on the web at
IndieWIRE.com.:

>>INTERVIEW:  Iara Lee's "Modulations" moves to Gen Art
by Tim LaTorre/indieWIRE

In the world of documentary features, Iara Lee's films stand out for their
vibrant and timely subjects, focusing mainly on the influence of technology
on present and future lifestyles. Her 1996 debut, "Synthetic Pleasures,"
uncovered our growing fascination with everything artificial--from giant
indoor beaches to the development of artificial intelligence. Her new film,
"Modulations," follows the evolution of
electronic music in the 20th century, using today's dance scene as a
springboard to delve into the origins of the art form with musicians,
theorists, technicians, and scientists as diverse as John Cage and Karlheinz
Stockhausen to modern media personalities like Prodigy, Moby and Orbital.
After debuting in the documentary competition at this year's Sundance Film
Festival, "Modulations," continues its ambassadorship of 'electronica' at
the Gen Art Film Festival tonight in New York.

>> Read the COMPLETE ARTICLE @ indieWIRE.com:
<http://www.indiewire.com/film/interviews/int_Lee_Iara_980304.html>

C. "Ratso" Russo





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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich
Date: 02 May 1998 11:19:59 -0400


At 9:48 PM -0400 5/1/98, Nat Kone wrote:

>What was Burt Bacharach doing when Marlene discovered him?  Lurking outside
>her window?  Cleaning her pool?

He was sneaking a cigarette in the back of Tin Pan Alley; she asked him for
a match, and he said "Me and you, baby".

.........he had worked as an arranger/conductor for a few years with a
number of vocalists (among them, Vic Damone) and was beginning to have some
success as a songwriter, but Dietrich gave him international recognition.
"Baby It's You" became a massive hit toward the end of his tenure with her.

> What are you going to tell me next?  Phil
>Spector produced Leonard Cohen? Yeah right."

uh, well........alright, so Phil locked Cohen out of the studio midway
through production, but still technically.........

br cleve




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Declicking software for the Mac
Date: 02 May 1998 15:26:08 +0200


Ron Grandia <[e-mail]> asked:

Arboretum (http://www.arboretum.com) has a $99 thing called "Ray Gun" than
does noise reduction, pop (decklick), and filters (rumble, 50 & 60 Hz).
it's a stand-alone application & adobe premiere plug-in. got a rating of 4
and a half mouse in MacWorld of April.

there's a working ray gun demo included in the Peak LE demo that you can
download for free from Bias' web site: http://www.bias-inc.com

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) REVIEW> Prozak For Lovers
Date: 01 May 1998 20:28:02 +0200


This review has been added to my web site...........


"Prozak For Lovers"



REVIEW:

Nine rock/pop classics and one country song are given a cool, sedated,
early 60's EZ treatment on this highly recommended CD. You'll hear two soft
voices (Bruce Lash & Maura Corey), reminding me a bit of Francis Lai, very
subtly accompanied by acoustic guitar, conga, raspe, flute, bass, vibes and
organ, giving the sound a slight Brazilian touch. The atmosphere is
intimate, relaxed, and often sexy (especially Maura Corey solo in "Rebel
rebel"... yummy!)

This is not a parody project, or a tongue-in-cheek camp album, like the
groovy Mike Flowers Pops, or the over-the-top cavalcade of cliches in Jaymz
Bee's multi-talented "Cocktail shakin' and stirred". No, this is fine,
tasteful, excellent musicianship, with love and respect for the originals
AND the resulting easy listening cover versions. Listen to representative
RealAudio fragments at "http://home.att.net/~bblash/page6.html".




TRACKS:

 1. Proud Mary
 2. Pump It Up
 3. Aqualung
 4. Love will tear us apart
 5. (Don't Fear) the Reaper
 6. Message of love
 7. I wanna be sedated
 8. London Calling
 9. Rebel rebel
10. Fulsom Prison blues (live)



DETAILS:

Prozak For Lovers: "Prozak For Lovers"

cd, Private pressing, USA, 1998, 41:04 minutes
e-mail address: [e-mail]



(c) Johan Dada Vis 1996 - 1998 All Rights Reserved


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

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Advice on soundtrack reissues: After The Fox
Date: 02 May 1998 14:58:32 +0200


>Is this the same Bacharach sountrack with the Hollies and Peter Sellers???

    yes.

        Johan




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Boo! Ghost questions? "Mr. Ghost Goes To Town"
Date: 02 May 1998 15:10:51 +0200


on  Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Dlsmay <[e-mail]> wrote:

It's a Halloween novelty (with vocals), perhaps most famously done by The Five
Jones Boys on the Human Orchestra collection.  But Louis Prima did it too on
that cool jump blues/big band halloween collection (Halloween Stomp?  Somebody
help me out.

    yep, that's right, "Halloween Stomp" on cd Jass 623

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 02 May 1998 14:54:28 +0200


Moritz R <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Not really new, I discovered this one yesterday and I think its really
>really good. Call it primitive sampling. this guy turned sampling into
>an art form of it's own. You can really hear the samples start and stop
>but that makes the groove. Hilarious!
>
>GARY MOSCHELES
>"Shaped to make your Life easier"

    i've had a chance to listen to that one, but to me it sounded
    like 99% techno + 1 % "exotic"... but i have to add that i rather
    hate techno and all that modern bonkaboonkabook stuff ;-)

        Johan

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) reference books
Date: 02 May 1998 15:42:32 -0400 (EDT)


We talk mostly about records here on the group, but I'm wondering what
reference books y'all keep on your bookshelf.

I suppose most of us have and endorse Joseph Lanza's Elevator Music and both
volumes of Re/Search's Incredibly Strange Music.

Some other books on my shelves are:
The Catalog of Cool, ed. by Gene Sculatti (1982)
Goldmine's Celebrity Vocals by Ron Lofman (1994)
Goldmine's Comedy Record Price Guide by Ronald L. Smith (1996)
Hi-Fi's & Hi-Balls by Steven Guarnaccia & Bob Sloan (1997)
Hollywood Hi-Fi by those 2 guys whose names I can't remember
Ocean of Sound by David Toop (1995)
Soundtrack: The Music Of The Movies by Mark Evans (1979)
Thrift Score by Al Hoff, Girl Reporter (1997)
TV's Biggest Hits by Jon Burlingame (1996)
Ultra Lounge by Dylan Jones (1997) - yeah i what a rip off this one is...

And magazines including:
Cannot Become Obsolete, Cool & Strange Music!, Exotica/Etc., Thrift Score
and Tiki News.

So, what other publications do y'all find essential?

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From: "Tim @ World Wide Wax" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotica Auction
Date: 02 May 1998 12:09:59 +0000


I've created a new Exotica Auction at:

http://www.worldwidewax.com/xx2/

With LPs/78s by Tak Shindo, Bob Thompson, Esquivel, Herbie Mann,
George Cates, Yma Sumac, Leo Diamond, Dominic Frontiere, Rosemary
Brown, Martin Denny, Les Baxter and others.  Song title listings are
given.

All covers/78 labels have been scanned for your viewing pleasure.

Best,

Tim Barron
World Wide Wax - Your source for classic vinyl
Over 4,000 lps for sale & 600 scanned covers at:
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) What's New, Pussycat?
Date: 02 May 1998 16:25:37 -0400


Sunday night at 10:00 pm (eastern) on TCM:

"What's New, Pussycat?" (1965)
No description necessary, right?

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From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) How to play 78's?
Date: 02 May 1998 15:45:14


Actually, I'd like to know how to *tape* 78 RPM records. I have an old
Zenith radio/record player combo that I can use to listen to 78's, but I'd
like to find a way to get those oldies on tape.

Someone told me they had purchased a 6-speed turntable for playing 78's,
but the sound left much to be desired.

Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

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From: Wayne & Tony <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray McVay
Date: 02 May 1998 11:53:18 +1000


Given that cover how could you resist!

Everything I've heard by Ray McVay and His Funky Trumpet has been fab.

Buy it I say!

Wayne

Charles Moseley wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if 'We Got Soul' by Ray McVay's Big Band Sound is worth
> getting hold of. Featuring 'soul' classics: Soul Man, 25 Miles, Knock on
> Wood and Soul Finger, its got a funky cover with some groovy 60s chicks out
> on the razz in swinging 60s London.
>
> Hot or Not?
>
> Charlie
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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cocktail 2000
Date: 02 May 1998 17:30:15 +0000


Somebody sent me a copy of "Cocktail 2000" (Music for Leisure CD 01)
by the Lance Gambit Trio.  It's got loungey versions of tunes by
Oasis, Spice Girls, Dodgy, Gina G., Pulp and others.  Piano, bass,
drums, congas, vibes, some cool wordless vocals.

The liner notes and the packaging make it sound like a big put-on,
complete with photos of Lance's "other" albums,  including "Cocktail
Magic", "Cocktail Party", etc.   I don't usually care much for
these Loungeapalooza  stunts, but I have to admit I kinda like this
one!

Apparently it was released in the UK back in November, and it
sounds like a stateside release is imminent.  Has this been mentioned
before?  Anybody ever heard of this?  What's the deal?

Darrell Brogdon
Program Director
KANU
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for The Single Eye, May 3
Date: 02 May 1998 22:45:06 -0400


"The Single Eye" can be heard every Sunday at 4pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and is hosted by Brian and Cheryl. Comments &
questions welcome.  Soon to come - RealAudio!

May 3 - Space Music For The Uninitiated

Joe Meek:  I Hear A New World, Orbit Around The Moon  "I Hear A New
World"  (The man was truly a visionary - even today, this music is ahead
of its time.)

Howie B.:  Shag  "Music For Babies"  (Newer spacey stuff)

Lucia Pamela:  Moontown, Walking On The Moon  "Into Outer Space With
Lucia Pamela"  (Lucia Pamela claims to have recorded this one on the
moon - need we say more?)

Skylab:  Seashell  "Skylab #1" (More newer spacey stuff)

The Ventures:  Fear, The Twilight Zone  "Ventures In Space"  (Renditions
as only The Ventures can do them)

Oval:  Do While  "Diskont"  (You may have noticed a pattern here -
1960's ideas of space music, juxtaposed with 1990's ideas of the same -
and what a difference!)

Perrey And Kingsley:  Spooks In Space, Jungle Blues From Jupiter  "The
Essential Perrey And Kingsley"  (What space music show would be complete
without Perrey and Kingsley?  30 years later, these quirky pieces are
still fun to listen to)

L@N:  L@N L-10  "L@N"  (From Germany's A-Musik)

101 Strings:  Flameout, Astral Freakout  "Astral Sounds From Beyond The
Year 2000"  (Speaking of being in space...)

POL:  Dimda  "Transomuba"  (Also from A-Musik)

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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 03 May 1998 06:56:21 +0100


Lou asked:
>So, what other publications do y'all find essential?
1) Rock On! Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Rock and Roll
     (but covers other genres) - by Norm N. Nite
2) Billboard book of (USA) Top 40 hits
3) Guinness book of (UK) hit singles
4) Music Master CD catalog
5) The Name Game  (real names + more) Glen Baker
6) Total Television
7) Billboard Music Guide (CD ROM)
8) Ivor Mairants' Dance Band chords (for guitar)(50's goodie)
9) Trade catalogs (list all UK releases except 78's from 1955-64)

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From: "mighty recording corp." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 02 May 1998 23:10:52 -0800



i'm pretty sure billboard also publishes a book of easy listening
chart hits, too.

i have the info on it somewhere here.


paul moshay
mighty recording corp.
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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 03 May 1998 02:16:04 -0400


At 3:42 PM -0400 5/2/98, Lou Smith wrote:

>So, what other publications do y'all find essential?

Lou, that's a beautiful list. I'd be honored to sit in your library some day.

I keep 99% of those (don't have the Toop, must add it) plus a few more -

The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan Kassel
Cad, A Handbook For Heels , ed. by Charles Schneider
Pin-up Mania, by Alan Betrock
Album Covers From The Vinyl Junkyard, Booth-Cliburn Editions
That's Blaxploitation, by Darius James
A Girl and  A Gun, by David N. Meyer

and so many cocktail recipe books I can't even begin.........but I like
this thread.......

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From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Breithel)
Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 03 May 1998 12:36:06 +0200


At 15.42 980502, Lou Smith wrote:
>So, what other publications do y'all find essential?

Here's some additional reading matter:

Yasushi Ide (ed.): In the Mood (1991) - before the era of websites with
album cover scans, this was something to drool over: a wonderful book
with photos of records by Baxter, Gleason, Riddle, Shearing, etc.
David Meeker: Jazz in the Movies (1977)
Roy Carr, Brian Case, and Fred Dellar: The Hip - Hipsters, Jazz, and the
Beat Generation (1986)
Ferguson & Johnson: Mainstream Jazz Reference and Price Guide
1949--1965 (1984)
Robert Gordon: Jazz West Coast (1986)
The Billboard Book of Brazilian Music (1991) - for the bossa nova
content
Hal David: What the World Needs Now and Other Love Lyrics (1968)
- has interesting background info on the conception of some of this
century's greatest songs (and a foreword by Dionne Warwick)
Schwann catalogs - THE essential reference guides

And, moving away from the music for a moment, for space age design
and bachelor pad style, the following books are highly recommended:

Gerd and Ursula Hatje: Design for Modern Living (1962)
Cara Greenberg: Mid-Century Modern. Furniture of the 1950s (1984)
Martin Eidelberg (ed.): Design 1935--1965. What Modern Was (1991)
Lesley Jackson: The New Look. Design in the Fifties (1991)
Lesley Jackson: Contemporary. Architecture and Interiors of the
1950s (1994)
Mark Burns and Louis DiBonis: Fifties Homestyle. Popular Ornament
of the USA (1988)
Thomas Hine: Populuxe (1986)
Alan Hess: Googie. Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture (ca 1990)
Holly Wahlberg: Everyday Elegance: 1950s Plastics Design (1994).
Sheila Steinberg and Kate E. Dorner: Fabulous Fifties: Designs for
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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) What's New, Pussycat?
Date: 03 May 1998 12:52:17 +0100


>"What's New, Pussycat?" (1965)

Has this been released on CD? I can't seem to find it....I've seen it on
vinyl but I prefer CDs.

On a related note to this soundtrack, has anyone heard Arthur Lee & Love's
cover of My Little Red Book? Bacharach hated it apparently....I think it's
pretty cool though, but not as good as the "psychedelic muzak/punk with
strings" of Forever Changes.

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 03 May 1998 12:52:20 +0100



>        i've had a chance to listen to that one, but to me it sounded
>        like 99% techno + 1 % "exotic"... but i have to add that i rather
>        hate techno and all that modern bonkaboonkabook stuff ;-)


Yeah, kids of today....we can only make noise, not music ;)

Actually, digging deeper into the world of exotica, I'm surprised to hear a
lot of really big connections between exotica and "that modern
bonkaboonkabook stuff". I mean, listen to Pierre Henry or JJ Perrey, then
put on the latest albums with Mouse On Mars or Aphex Twin.....they're all
basically the same! It's in the same tradition, only that MOM has access to
a lot of modern technology.....it wouldn't surprise me at all if JJ
Perrey's forthcoming album will fit perfectly in with today's
electronica/ambient/whateveryouchoosetocallit! Jack Diamond, you had heard
it, right? What would you say, comparing it to the latest modern
electronica?

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Phuture Lounge playlist
Date: 03 May 1998 11:01:44 -0600


Here is the playlist for the Phuture Lounge show broadcasting on Subcity
Radio, 106.2 FM, Glasgow, Scotland on Sundays through May 17th, 3.30pm - 5pm.

Hosted by DJ Mingo-go. Here is the list for May 3rd. Any queries? Just email
me.

5th DIMENSION "Stoned Soul Picnic"
ST. ETIENNE "Spring"
BEACH BOYS "Passing By"
GREGORY "Je Fais La La La"
FREE DESIGN "Felt So Good"
ANDY WILLIAMS "Music to Watch Girls By"
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66 "Chelsea Morning"
MONEY MARK "Use Your Head"
A. TROVAIOLI & AF LAVAGNINO "Sun City"
JIMI TENOR "Unmentionables"
HIGH LLAMAS "Hiball Nova Scotia"
LES BAXTER "I Dig"
PIERO PICCIONI "Mr. Dante Fontana"
FLORINDA BOLKAN "Metti Una Sera A Cena"
CHRISTY "Deep Down"
ENNIO MORRICONE "Ho Messo Gli Occhi Su Di Te"
BRUNO NICOLAI "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
MIKE SAMMS SINGERS "He Who Would Valient Be"
RICHARD HAYMAN "Hare Krishna"
BLACK MASS LUCIFER "The Ride of Aida (Voodoo)"
JERRY GOLDSMITH "The Trouble with Angels - Main Theme"
SERGE GAINSBOURG "Les Succettes"
FRANCE GALL "Teenie Weenie Boppie"
BRIGITTE BARDOT "Ca Pourrait Changer"
FERRANTE & TEICHER "How High the Moon"
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 03 May 1998 13:58:00 -0400


Coincidentally enough, just a couple of days ago I lucked into a nice 50 cent
find -- a hi-fi-exploitation pocket paperback titled:

"The Authentic Guide To Hi-Fidelity And Stereo"
by Herschel L. Stark, assisted by Joseph F. Reid
(about 188 pgs, 1963, Authentic Publications, New York, NY)
Part of the Authentic Reference Library, including "Rapid System Language
Guides" (Italian, German, Spanish, French, Russian and Ingles available)

I haven't had time to check it in depth, but it's sort of a mid-geek tome,
written to bring the beginners up to speed, I guess. Has a scattering of illos
and photos, very much of the time, which is to say, up our alley. Much of the
info is actually still pretty valid.

There's some classic audio-geek prose, like in the section on 'how high does
your frequency response really need to be', where the harmonic content of
various musical instruments is discussed:

"FLUTE -- Opinions differ on the number of harmonics to be found in the tones
of a flute. Some have even described the flute tone as simple (having no
harmonics) when played softly in the low register, and then again in the
extreme upper range. However, some thoughts hold that as many as eight to
twelve harmonics exist in the low tones, and two or three at the upper-most
notes. The fundamental frequency range of a flute is from middle C (261 cps) to
about 2093 cycles. Presuming that the top note could contain as many as four
harmonics yields a high frequency of 2093 X 4 = 8372 cycles for flute tone
harmonics."

We will never arrive at a rock-solid definition of Exotica (fortunately), but
we do now have a definition of Hi-Fi. Actually, he's quoting from the Radiotron
Designer's Handbook:

"It is generally agreed that a high fidelity amplifier should comply with the
following specifications. Values in parentheses are rather extreme.
Frequency range: 40 to 15,000 (30 to 20,000) cps.
Variation in output: +- 1 db (+- 0.5 db) at 3 levels.
Total harmonic distortion: Not more than 1% (0.7%).
Intermodulation distortion: Not more than 3% (2%), measured at 40 cps, and some
say 7,000 cps -- r.m.s. sum.
Power output sufficient to ensure that over-loading does not occur."

The photos are mostly in the section titled "The Showcase", which seems to be a
bit of graft, with photographs and specifications "presented through the
courtesy of the following manufacturers...", including AR, Ampex,
Electro-Voice, Fisher, Heathkit, Jensen, Pickering, etc. (my fav is the Ampex
1250 reel to reel tape recorder). The best photo is of a modern couple dancing
in their living room with University's "Companion II" and "Senior II" speaker
cabinets prominently on view. The "Medallion XII" photo, showing off its
"Select-A-Style" grille and base options is maybe a close second.

There's also a bonus section, explaining (step-by-step) how to tune your new
color TV.

But that's not all! Filling out the page count is a listing of FM radio
stations in the US & Canada, with asterisks indicating "stations now or soon
broadcasting Stereo multiplex." Yes, WFMU and KFJC (88.5 back then) are listed,
but only in mono.

checking the specs to be sure my hi-fi isn't too "extreme",

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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 5/2/98
Date: 03 May 1998 17:08:52 EDT


"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, Cambridge Saturdays 6-8 am
-----Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme-----
Gentle People-Soundtrack of Life-their CD
Enoch Lite-Walk On By-from "Spaced Out" LP
Sounds Orchestral-Soul Coaxing-Sequel
Les Baxter-Tropicando-Scamp
Roy Budd-Hurry To Me-UK Import
Xavier Cugat-Gesundheit-RCA 7"
Brown Brothers of Soul-Cholo-from "Soul Cargo" (Brussells)
Barry Gray Orchestra-Captain Scarlet-Thunderthemes Are Go!
Ennio Morricone-Svolta Definitiva-from More Mondo Morricone
Barry Gray Orchestra-Sting Ray-Thunderthemes Are Go! CD
-Bernard Gerard-Le Crocodile Porte-Stereo Ultra (Big Cheese)
-James Taylor Quartet-Theme from Dirty Harry-JTQ CD
-Curtis Mayfield-Freddies Dead (instro)-Rhino Superfly CD
-Ken Thorne-Lindt Vans-Mood Mosaic #4 CD
-Henry Mancini-Mambo Parisienne-Martinis With Mancini CD
-Serge Gainsbourg-Cha Cha Cha Du Loup-CD on Mercury
-Alan Lorber-Mais Que Nada
-Chris Montez-Because Of You-from  A&M "Forget-Me-Not" 45
Brigitte Bardot/Serge Gainsbourg-Bonnie & Clyde-Bubblegum
Peter Thomas-Caught At Midnight-Scamp Futurmuzik CD
Resonance-OK Chicago-StereoUltra CD on Big Cheese(slammin)
Peter Thomas-Traitors-Scamp Futurmuzik CD
Lalo Schifrin-Enter The Dragon-Japanese Import SoundtrackCD
Enoch Lite-Bond Street-Spaced Out LP
Sweden Heaven & Hell-You Tried To Warn Me-vocal
Ray Anthony-Samba D'Orfeu-Ultra Lound "BossaNovaVille" CD
Ron Granier-A Man In A Suitcase
Metropolis-I Love New York-12" disc of tourism commercial
-Piero Piccione-Abigaille-WHO IS THIS GUY PIERO ANYWAY???
-Johnny Keating-Theme From Sam Benedict-Sequel
-Donald Austin-Pea Shooter-Soul Cargo 4 CD from Bar Records
-Stelvio Cipriani-La Fine De Cobb-Easy Tempo
-Hugo Montenegro-Theme From The Fox-Best of Double LP
-K-Taro-Sweden Heaven & Hell (request)
-Pizzicato 5-Its a Beautiful Day-Happy End Of The World CD
-Fifth Dimension-Workin' On A Groovy Thing-Arista Double CD
-Petula Clark-British Coca Cola Commercial-Coke CD
-Don Tiki-An Occasional Man (a listener claimed to have the         Jeri
Southern original on original vinyl!)
-----Lalo Schifrin-Jim On The Move-----


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From: Taro HOSHIJIMA <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas & P5
Date: 04 May 1998 06:28:14 +0900


Just adding my two yen to Peter Thomas thread...

Last week's "Ready-Made FM" (weekly radio program on Tokyo-FM hosted by
none other than Pizzicato 5) guested Yan Tomita, who was promoting his
new CD (actually a set of three CDs + one CD-ROM).  And there was a
conversation between Konishi Yasuharu and Yan Tomita like this
(originally in Japanese):

Konishi: "You talk about your music like an evangelist.  It reminds me
of Peter Thomas I met in Germany... He is a composer...over 70-year
old."
Yan: "That just means I'm an old man...lol."

Btw, short excerpts from Yan's new release (incorporating some brain
waves turned into musical scales, he said) played there sounded to me
like an acid house/dub mix of Eno's airport music ;-)

Taro HOSHIJIMA
email: [e-mail]
alias: [e-mail] (forwarded to the above address)
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) reference books
Date: 03 May 1998 23:24:19 -0400 (EDT)


At 02:16 AM 5/3/98 -0400, Br. Cleve wrote:
>At 3:42 PM -0400 5/2/98, Lou Smith wrote:
>>So, what other publications do y'all find essential?
>
>Lou, that's a beautiful list. I'd be honored to sit in your library some day.

Next time you're in Brooklyn! Actually, I was thinking of you and the sort
of reference material you seem to have handy when I came up with the thread
idea.
>
>I keep 99% of those (don't have the Toop, must add it) plus a few more -
>
>The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan Kassel
>Album Covers From The Vinyl Junkyard, Booth-Cliburn Editions

Do you know if these above two books are still available? If they're on your
list they must be worth seeking out.

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From: Pea Hicks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 03 May 1998 20:26:40 -0700


Lou Smith wrote:
>

> >The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan Kassel
> >Album Covers From The Vinyl Junkyard, Booth-Cliburn Editions
>
> Do you know if these above two books are still available? If they're on your
> list they must be worth seeking out.

i just got a copy of the Vinyl Junkyard one for xmas...... it's a
relatively new book, i think- try looking for it at Tower.....

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hollywood Hi-Fi
Date: 03 May 1998 23:48:03 -0400 (EDT)


At 09:02 AM 5/3/98 PDT, Keir Keightley wrote:
>
>>Hollywood Hi-Fi by those 2 guys whose names I can't remember
>
>Lou, don't know this one, tell me more please.
>
>I'd also add Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1896-1954 and an older
>version of his Billboard LP book that covers 1946-71, as well as his
>book of Easy Listening charts.  There's also a new book called Vinyl
>Junkyard that I got in the UK that's useful.

Hollywood Hi-Fi is, like Incredibly Strange Music and Ocean of Sound, a
book/CD combo.
"Those 2 guys" are George Gimarc & Pat Reeder. The book (1995) was published
by St. Martin's, and the CD (1996) was released by Brunswick.

Basically, the set is in the Golden Throats/Goldmine's Celebrity Vocals camp.

The book contains over 100 celebrity recordings, described in a now typical
Medved 'Golden Turkey' style. You can go to this official site to find out more:
<http://www.onramp.net/RGP/Hollywood.html>

The CD is a fairly good selection of 18 cuts. The key cut for me is Anthony
Quinn's What Is Love? Also included are Bette Davis, Robert Michum, Ted
Cassidy, Racquel Welch, Joe Pesci, Jayne Mansfield, Joe E. Ross, Jack
Larson, JFK, Jerry Mathers, Danny Bonaduce, Brady Bunch, Sissy Spacek, Mamie
Van Doren & June Wilkerson, Steve Allen, Dennis Weaver, and Joey Bishop.

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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More cool s*** you NEED to know
Date: 03 May 1998 22:22:42 -0700


Did I tell you guys this already ?

Ferrante and Teicher:

Sound-PROOF in STEREO has the SAME TITLES AS Sound-BLAST in Mono.

Sound-PROOF in Mono have DIFFERENT TITLES than EITHER RECORD with the SAME
COVER as Sound-BLAST

It just makes my fuckin brain spin and I always HATE GOING THROUGH THAT BUT
CAN NEVER REMEMBER IT!

IT'S TOOOOOOOOOOOO WEIRD!!!

So it's important to have BOTH the Mono and Stereo "Soundproof" LP's as
well as Sound-BLAST if only for the cover, cause it's totally cheesy "toy
like"
outer space and different than the other release anyway.

I don't think Soundblast came out in Stereo with THAT ALBUM TITLE

Also, originally released as a 10" LP "XMAS HI FIVORIES" was their very 1st LP
of Prepared Piano works, dated 1954 ( I think), I'm not going to go look.

RE-RELEASED as a 12" LP called "Adventures in Carols"

Damn!

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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray McVay
Date: 04 May 1998 10:32:15 +0100



> Charles Moseley wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me if 'We Got Soul' by Ray McVay's Big Band Sound is worth
> > getting hold of. Featuring 'soul' classics: Soul Man, 25 Miles, Knock on
> > Wood and Soul Finger, its got a funky cover with some groovy 60s chicks out
> > on the razz in swinging 60s London.
> >
> > Hot or Not?
>
> From: Wayne & Tony <[e-mail]>
>
> Given that cover how could you resist!
>
> Everything I've heard by Ray McVay and His Funky Trumpet has been fab.
>
> Buy it I say!
>

Ahem. I think you're getting a bit muddled between the funky dress
sense of Ray Davies (and his Button Down Brass/Funky Trumpet) and the
funky moustache sense of Ray McVay.

McVay's albums are, for the most part, dreadful ballroom dancing
schplurnge, with perhaps a certain vomitarious value (e.g. "Two Little
Boys" as a, um, ?, foxtrot). However, he occasionally pops out a
monster, such as "The Ray McVay Roadshow" -- you can hear "2001" from
this on the In Flight 2 compilation. That's good cheesy funkoid, and
if the album mentioned is up to that level, *I'd* definitely be well
chuffed to own it.

Davies albums are often fairly uninteresting, I think, but with
occasional moments of surprising, complete and somewhat worrying
musical psychosis (e.g. motorized version of "Green Grow The Rushes O"
complete with bird chorus ending).

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray McVay
Date: 04 May 1998 06:03:33 -0600



>McVay's albums are, for the most part, dreadful ballroom dancing
>schplurnge, with perhaps a certain vomitarious value (e.g. "Two Little
>Boys" as a, um, ?, foxtrot). However, he occasionally pops out a
>monster, such as "The Ray McVay Roadshow" -- you can hear "2001" from
>this on the In Flight 2 compilation. That's good cheesy funkoid, and
>if the album mentioned is up to that level, *I'd* definitely be well
>chuffed to own it.

True, McVay is often a let down, but...
>
>Davies albums are often fairly uninteresting, I think, but with
>occasional moments of surprising, complete and somewhat worrying
>musical psychosis (e.g. motorized version of "Green Grow The Rushes O"
>complete with bird chorus ending).

Davies usually is a bit more swinging. He definitely has one or two albums
worth getting - although I don't have them so don't have the titles in front
of me, but friends have played me some stuff of Davies that has made me
think "ooh...ahhh", and those who know Mingo-go knows that there isn't much
that I would actually buy!
>
>My tuppence worth.

Ditto for me.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Test Card Classics
Date: 04 May 1998 11:44:49 -0500


I've just noticed two English imports:

1) Test Card Classics - The Girl The Doll The Music (Flyback/Chandos 1996)
2) Test Card Classics - Big Band Width (Flyback/Chandos 1997)

These appear to be previously unreleased Light/Production music pieces
originally broadcast by the BBC during TV downtime. I can't determine the
performers from the CD packaging, except for that the first disc seems to
contain the only two Roger Roger original performances now available on CD
(please correct me if I'm wrong).

Anyone familiar with these discs and care to recommend for/against them?

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Shag Gallery
Date: 04 May 1998 13:15:19 -0400


Here's an online gallery of paintings you may like -- by Shag (Josh Agle):

http://www.laluzdejesus.com/SHAG/ShagShow1.html

It's left over from a show earlier this year at La Luz de Jesus Gallery out in
LA. I should try to remember to check this site more often.

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 04 May 1998 14:39:24 +0200


what are "MP3's"?

        Johan

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Subject: (exotica) Test Card Classics
Date: 04 May 1998 18:16:35 +0100


Lou Smith wrote:

>
> I've just noticed two English imports:
>
> 1) Test Card Classics - The Girl The Doll The Music (Flyback/Chandos 1996)
> 2) Test Card Classics - Big Band Width (Flyback/Chandos 1997)
>
> These appear to be previously unreleased Light/Production music pieces
> originally broadcast by the BBC during TV downtime. I can't determine the
> performers from the CD packaging, except for that the first disc seems to
> contain the only two Roger Roger original performances now available on CD
> (please correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> Anyone familiar with these discs and care to recommend for/against them?
>

You might want to have a look at "The Test Card Circle":

http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/index.html

Which has some ramblings by the compiler of these two discs, giving
artist details, etc., might be a tad Brit-o-centric. Also discussion
of other test card music releases. There's also some RealAudio of test
card music in there (can't play that myself).

BTW, I've got Vol. 1, and I like it a lot, but this might well just be
simply nostalgia value for that style of music; hypnotism by the girl
and the doll... generally very smooth and laid back. Vol. 1 does have
Roger Roger, also Syd Dale and Alan Moorhouse if I remember right. I
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 03 May 1998 23:34:05 -0400 (EDT)


At 12:52 PM 5/3/98 +0100, Kenny B. wrote:
>....it wouldn't surprise me at all if JJ
>Perrey's forthcoming album will fit perfectly in with today's
>electronica/ambient/whateveryouchoosetocallit! Jack Diamond, you had heard
>it, right? What would you say, comparing it to the latest modern
>electronica?

Um, didn't Jack say he only had time to post here but didn't have time to
subscribe to or read the list?  In other words, the communication is one-way
at this point, until he decides to re-join fully. So, I wouldn't expect a
response unless you e-mailed him directly.

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From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 04 May 1998 00:52:08 PDT



>>GARY MOSCHELES
>>"Shaped to make your Life easier"
Johan wrote:
>i've had a chance to listen to that one, but to me it sounded
>like 99% techno + 1 % "exotic"... but i have to add that i rather
>hate techno and all that modern bonkaboonkabook stuff ;-)

While I would still classify it as "modern bonkaboonkabook," :) his
u-Ziq album "Urmur Bile Trax Volume One Volume Two" has a fair amount of
Perrey/Kingsley-sounding samples and thus _might_ appeal to moog etc.
fans.

Then there's also Luke Vibert, who samples "Psyche Rock" (Henry &
Colombier) and a bunch of people talking about space exploration, among
other things.  Mr. Vibert also records drum-and-bassy stuff under the
name Plug.

Both of these records are sample-heavy but neither borrows as much from
the exotica-genres as something like Tipsy.  For those who like the
new-school bonkaboonkabook etc. as well as the old-school it borrows
from (like me), I would recommend both.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 04 May 1998 00:59:59 PDT


Lou Smith wrote:

>And magazines including:
>Cannot Become Obsolete, Cool & Strange Music!, Exotica/Etc., Thrift
Score
>and Tiki News.
>
>So, what other publications do y'all find essential?

Besides the ones above, a couple of related zines I like are Easy
Listener and Mystery Date.  I also like having some back issues of Grand
Royal (like the one with a feature on the history of electronic music),
but that's a very spotty magazine.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 04 May 1998 01:23:05 PDT


Kenny Brockelstein wrote:

>It's in the same tradition, only that MOM has access to
>a lot of modern technology.....it wouldn't surprise me
>at all if JJ Perrey's forthcoming album will fit perfectly
>in with today's electronica/ambient/whateveryouchoosetocallit!
>Jack Diamond, you had heard it, right? What would you say,
>comparing it to the latest modern electronica?

Well...
a)I'm not Jack Diamond
b)I haven't heard the new Perrey album

but...
I have heard a track he did with Air on last year's Sourcelab 3
compilation.  It pretty much sounds like Air, but more bouncy and
techno than they usually are, so one would think that the bouncy
techno-ness might be due to Mr. Perrey's contribution to the
collaboration.

When is that Perrey album coming out?  Jack?  Someone?


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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray McVay
Date: 04 May 1998 10:13:08 -0700



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


Jill wrote:
>[Ray] Davies usually is a bit more swinging. He definitely has one or two
albums
>worth getting - although I don't have them so don't have the titles in
front
>of me, but friends have played me some stuff of Davies that has made me
>think "ooh...ahhh"

I always ooh and ahhh when I listen to his album "Firedog!"  Incredibly hip,
rockin' versions of POLICE STORY, HAWAII FIVE-0, POLICE WOMAN, ROCKFORD
FILES, McCLOUD, KOJAK, COLUMBO and more.  The best cut is Davies' own
composition, title track "Firedog!"  In best 70s urban style, it seems to be
his frustrated bid to score TV cop shows.  To my knowledge the album hasn't
been re-issued.  The original is on DJM/Pye.  Grab it if you see it!

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From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 18:43:21 -0500
Date: 04 May 1998 16:49:36 -0600


Has anyone heard the Arthur Lyman cds, " Sonic Sixties " or " Taboo II " ?
Any reviews welcome.

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From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 04 May 1998 21:46:01 -0400


RE: JJ Perrey's new material.
I have an album he recorded in collaboration with a young French guy
named David Chazam. It's called _Eclectronics_ and it's rather good--very
much in the current French lite electronics school but with Perrey's
trademark sonic jokes, if you see what I mean. Chazam also has a solo
album called _Eclectryhms_. Both are on the Basenotic label out of Paris.
I don't know much about these releases and if they're readily available
or not. A French friend told me that Perrey and Air have been working on
a full-length album. I guess that should get a lot of publicity when it
comes out, as Air have a higher profile than Chazam.

There's actually another Perrey collaboration on _SourceLab 3_: Le Tone's
"Jean-Jacques & les dauphins." ("Jean-Jacques & the Dolphins"--Perrey
studied dolphins before turning to music.)

Elisabeth

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From: Jbtwist <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 04 May 1998 22:14:02 EDT


I just discovered these this weekend so bear with me. MP3's are wav files
compressed into MPEG format, kinda like Real Audio but apparently better
fidelity(I noticed some distortion at times). You need shareware called WinAmp
to play them,and apparently it also converts wav files to the smaller
compressed MP3 files. There are a million web sites to FTP the latest "hits" ,
like the exotic Celine Dion, but apparently record companies dont like em at
all and shut em down pronto.
There are a few newsgroups: alt.binaries.sounds.1950s.MP3 and others for 60's,
70's 80's and 90's, where people post files.  The 50's have doo wop and
obscure stuff.  Found Linda Laurie's weird tune "Ambrose" there, a Zacherle
song, Wynonie Harris, "Kung Fu Fighting", plus "The Long Ships" by 3 Suns
arranger Charles Albertine ?(borrr-ing)  The 60's or 70's group had all 4
sides of Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music, which I'd never heard before.
Interesting, but OUCH!
Make sure you have a cable modem and a 10 gig hard drive or a zip or jazz
drive. Even compressed the files are big, like a Jenna Jameson video clip.
Looks like a little less than a meg per minute.

The legality of all this stuff is outside my area of expertise.

JB Twist    - btw yesterday was Godfather James Brown's 65 birthday, the
HARDEST workin man in show business !!!!!!!!!!!!!! KFJC did 12 hours of him.
"And you can bet, you havent seen nothin yet, until you've seen me do...the
James Brown. OWWWW!!!!"


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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Hollywood Hi-Fi
Date: 04 May 1998 22:14:18 -0700


Regarding Hollywood Hi fi, there is a cut on that disc:

Mamie Van Doren & June Wilkinson - Bikini with no top on top

that has no information on the original YEAR of release in the booklet.  It
mentions the year for every other song but that one.  I've researched on
the net and at the library, but I've come up empty handed.

Does anyone know?

Thanks - Dave...


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 12:57:19 +0000


"In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans is still one of the most bizarre,
strange and, if you like, exotic ("strikingly or excitingly different or
unusual") pop songs of all times to me.
I don't know much about it, though. It kind of plays in the same league
as "The House of the Rising Sun", if you know what I mean...

I have 3 basic questions to ask to the list:

1. Can somebody supply me with the lyrics, that I never seemed to
understand right. Or did I and just couldn't believe what I heard?

2. Cover-versions: I heard just one so far and don't even know who did
it.

3. What became of Zager & Evans; who are they, resp. what else did they
do? Any albums?

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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
Date: 05 May 1998 06:53:06 PDT


Has anyone got any information on this guy - when he was recording, with
whom, etc.? I have a single of the "Theme to Star Trek", which is great
fun - fuzzed out psych-sploitative guitars and what sounds like prepared
piano. There is a brief reference in one of the ISM volumes, but not
enough to determine whether it would be worth looking around for more
Grean Sounde output.

regards,

waugh

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Subject: (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 11:27:56 -0500


At 12:57 PM 5/5/98 +0000, Moritz wrote:

>I have 3 basic questions to ask to the list:
=20
>1. Can somebody supply me with the lyrics, that I never seemed to
>understand right. Or did I and just couldn't believe what I heard?

In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus) written by Richard S. "Rick" Evans

In the year 2525,
If man is still alive,
If woman can survive,
They may find-

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth,
Tell no lies.
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today.

In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth,
Won't need your eyes.
You won't find a thing to chew,
Nobody's gonna look at you.

In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your side,
You legs got nothing to do,
Some machine's doing that for you.

In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband,
Won't need no wife.
You'll pick your sons, pick your daughters too
From the bottom of a long glass tube.
Whoa-oh-oh.

In the year 7510
If God's a-coming
He ought to make it by then.
Maybe he'll look around himself and say,
"Guess it's time for the Judgement Day."

In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head.
He'll either say, "I'm pleased where man has been"
Or tear it down and start again.
Whoa-oh-oh

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering
If man is gonna be alive;
He's taken everything this old Earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing.

Now it's been ten thousand years,
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew.
Now man's reign is through.
But through eternal night,
The twinkling of starlight,
So very far away,
Maybe it's only yesterday...

In the year 2525 (etc...)

>2. Cover-versions: I heard just one so far and don't even know who did
>it.

There's an orchestral pop cover on Raymond LeFevre's "Oh Happy Day" and I
think Lawrence Welk covers it also (on "Jean"??). There must be others as=
 well.
>
>3. What became of Zager & Evans; who are they, resp. what else did they
>do? Any albums?
Formed=A01968 in Lincoln, NE
1969 Early Writing of Zager & Evans   White Whale
1969 In the Year 2525                 RCA
1969 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)       RCA
1970 Zager & Evans                    RCA
1971 Food for the Mind                Vanguard

Well, you asked.

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Subject: (exotica) Re: arthur lyman
Date: 04 May 1998 23:24:27 PDT



>Has anyone heard the Arthur Lyman cds, " Sonic Sixties " or " Taboo II
" ?
>Any reviews welcome.

Mr. Lyman is better-known for his exotica stuff (meaning more along
bird-noises-and-vibraphones lines), but Sonic Sixties is pretty much
easy listening, with pleasant vibey versions of 60s pop hits.  I liked
having it around when I was doing the radio show, but I probably
wouldn't listen to it much if I owned it - it's not too crazy, mellow,
pretty and nice.

I haven't heard Taboo II, but given the lengthy discussion a while back
about whether or not Mr. Lyman is any good, I'm sure someone else has an
opinion.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 08:27:04 -0700



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


>Cover-versions: I heard just one so far and don't even know who did
>it.

Laibach released a pretty scary version of 2525 a few years ago.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
Date: 05 May 1998 08:20:11 -0700



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

Ben asks:

>Has anyone got any information on [Charles Randolph Grean]- when he was
recording, with
>whom, etc.?

>From the liners of "Dark Shadows: The 30th Anniversary Collection" (Varese
Sarabande):

"Veteran record producer Charles Randolph Grean approached Dan Curtis
Productions (the producer of 'Dark Shadows') in early 1969 with the idea of
recording his own version of 'Quentin's Theme,' a selection which had
recently been introduced on 'Dark Shadows.'  Grean had heard the song after
watching the show with his 16-year-old daughter, Lorin, who had previously
turned her father on to another cult favorite, 'Star Trek.'  As a result,
Grean had produced an album with one of that series' stars, Leonard Nimoy."

Greane's contributions to the Varese disc are the grooviest of all!  With
theremin, if I remember right.

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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Watch out for Saturn records
Date: 05 May 1998 08:43:44 PDT



I feel its time to post a warning.
I ordered some LPs and a 78 set from a shop called "Saturn Records"
(http://www.saturnrecords.com) on the internet at the end of January,
and recieved the package some weeks ago. Unfourtunately all the 78s were
crashed, due to uncareful packaging (they hadnt made any effort at all
of making it arrive safely) and one of the LPs (Dennys Forbidden
Island)had lots of scratches on both sides, which was strange because
there grade was M-. When I complained about this they offered me the
money back on the 78 set (and an additional 15% refund on my order) but
wanted to see the LP before they could decide to give a refund on that.
That would have costed me another $10-15, so I didnt send it to them.

The irritating thing is that I have to buy from them again to get my
money back, which I dont feel like at all, partly because I want to be
sure to get records in a really good condition, and partly because the
package I got was meant to arrive after a week (by airmail) but was
delayed more than 2╜ month, and I had to pay swedish custom charges at
the post office to get them out. A ridiculous sum of about $40! I have
had this problem once before, and specifically told Saturn Records that
they had to write a smaller amount on my package than the actual value
and also declare the package as a "gift" so the customs people wouldnt
bother.  Saturn record didnt do that...

Stupid as I am I ordered from them again in february, with the same
specifications, and that package is still floating around somewhere, and
destined to cost me another $40!! And maybe LPs in a poor condition too.

Another part of my irritation is there policy of not answering on
emailed questions.

They have some wonderful rare records and a goodlooking website so you
would expect them to take their buisness a little more serious.

My advice to You is to stay away from Saturn Records.
I know I will.

I am aware that they tried to come to a solution, and try to help me, so
it could be worse. The problem is I dont trust their judgement anymore.

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From: mike clifford <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rat Pack/ onion
Date: 05 May 1998 09:51:30 -0600


It's not exactly exotic, but we all know the works of Frank, Dean, Sammy and
the rest have strong connections to the exotica/ cocktail scene.  Why is the
Rat Pack so popular?  You can get a typically sarcastic and satirical answer
to that question at
http://www.theonion.com/onion3316/infograph_3316.html
I thought people on this list might be interested and be able to take it
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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 05 May 1998 18:17:41 +0100


>Um, didn't Jack say he only had time to post here but didn't have time to
>subscribe to or read the list?  In other words, the communication is one-way
>at this point, until he decides to re-join fully. So, I wouldn't expect a
>response unless you e-mailed him directly.

....and what is his email address??

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Subject: Re: (exotica) GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica???)
Date: 05 May 1998 09:46:21 -0700 (PDT)


>
>
> >Um, didn't Jack say he only had time to post here but didn't have time to
> >subscribe to or read the list?  In other words, the communication is one-way
> >at this point, until he decides to re-join fully. So, I wouldn't expect a
> >response unless you e-mailed him directly.
>
> ....and what is his email address??
>

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Subject: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica)
Date: 05 May 1998 13:26:51 +0200


I wrote:

    >> i've had a chance to listen to that one, but to me it sounded
    >> like 99% techno + 1 % "exotic"... but i have to add that i
    >> rather hate techno and all that modern bonkaboonkabook stuff ;-)

At 23:05 +0000 98/05/03, Moritz R replied:

>I don't like techno either but can't agree on your review. especially
>because techno isn't so sample-based.

    well, i don't _know_ anything about techno , so i can't tell if
    something is techno or something else...
    it sounded just too experimental, industrial and weird for me.

>Maybe you are amongst those who didn't like Tipsy either,

    i LOVE tipsy. in the beginning i wasn't exactly wild about them,
    but after listening several times, i began to appreciate, and later
    on love their music...

        Johan

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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 13:25:39 EDT


Zager & Evans-While Roy's Away-LP 802-B
Zager & Evans-Trigger Happy ("Un" Stuff)-LP 921-F
Zager & Evans-Have You Met Mr. Novak?-LP 1076-AA
             Single released followup to 2525:
Zager has a Lager, Evans in Heaven

that's all I have on them~


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From: [e-mail] (Jonathan M Perl)
Subject: (exotica) Essential reading
Date: 05 May 1998 13:33:37 -0400


>The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan
Kassel

I also enjoyed this one very much  - the large format is perfect because
lots of the album covers are actually real size reproductions.

I would like to add
Film Posters of the 60s, by Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh. London: Aurum
Press, 1997; New York: Overlook Press, 1998.

This is particularly interesting to look at in conjunction with the Album
cover art book, as it has reproductions of posters of the same kinds of
films, including many comparisons of posters from different countries.
In particular, the Japanese posters, such as the one for 'the umbrellas
of cherbourg' are fascinating.

There is a cover scan of the book here:
http://www.mcs.net/~klast/www/bks_film.html#posters

regards

Jonny

P.S. Lou - Good thread!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 13:27:57 -0500 (CDT)




On Tue, 5 May 1998, Moritz R wrote:

>
> "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans is still one of the most bizarre,
> strange and, if you like, exotic ("strikingly or excitingly different or
> unusual") pop songs of all times to me.
> I don't know much about it, though. It kind of plays in the same league
> as "The House of the Rising Sun", if you know what I mean...

I don't know how exotic it is.  It used to give me the
creeps when I was a little kid, but it wasn't long before
I realized that a brave new world in which everything
just so happens to rhyme with "five" would not be likely.
Still, the thought of having to subsist on a diet of chives
and endive gives me the shudders.

Fans of cringeworthy music ought to check out the b-side,
though- one of the worst songs ever - "Mr. Turnkey",
the sympathetic tale of a man who, having been convicted of rape,
attempts suicide by nailing *one* wrist to the wall of his prison cell.
Our would-be half-Christ, over a pious protest-folk backing,
laments that his predicament is not entirely his fault:
"she led me on.  she knew she wasn't gonna let me love her."

> 3. What became of Zager & Evans; who are they, resp. what else did they
> do? Any albums?
>

I believe they were from Lincoln, Nebraska, where
I lived for several years.  I know someone who
took guitar lessons from Danny Zager.  She said
he was "a dork".  I would imagine so...


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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 19:49:15 +0100


>
>"In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans is still one of the most bizarre,
>strange and, if you like, exotic ("strikingly or excitingly different or
>unusual") pop songs of all times to me.
>
>What became of Zager & Evans; who are they

Denny Zager and Rick Evans
Evans is described as a Nebraskan, and Zager 'a fellow Cornhusker' (I
guess that's a code for Nebraskan too, confirmation welcomed!)

Evans is pictured at an interesting page
http://bubblemouth.pathfinder.com/people/rock/onehit/rick.html

and the text describes Zager & Evans' bad career move:
Their manager passed on a chance to play Woodstock and instead
booked them to open for Engelbert Humperdinck.

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Subject: (exotica) Syd Lawrence
Date: 05 May 1998 19:49:17 +0100


England May 5, 1998

Bandleader Syd Lawrence died today, age 74.  Most of his bread-
and-butter work was as leader of a studio orchestra in TV variety
shows (Les Dawson etc.), but he also toured with a Glen Miller
soundalike band.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Essential reading
Date: 05 May 1998 16:47:05 -0500


At 01:33 PM 5/5/98 -0400, Jonathan M Perl wrote:
>>The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan
>Kassel

>I also enjoyed this one very much  - the large format is perfect because
>lots of the album covers are actually real size reproductions.

Didn't find this one at the store today, but I did find (and buy) one of
those massive (1024 page) doorstop books that seem so popular today:

VideoHound's Soundtracks, edited by Didier Deutsch (who compiles soundtracks
for Rhino and Sony), forward by Lukas Kendall (ed. of Film Score Monthly),
$24.95, (1998) .

The book reviews over 2,000 soundtracks, rates them on a 5 dog-bone scale
(ha ha - i geddit), and includes a 15 cut CD of Hollywood Records soundtrack
selections.

Impulse purchase - I'll know if it was worth it in a few days when I've had
a chance to browse. UK magazine Gramophone also has a soundtrack book available.

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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
Date: 05 May 1998 21:58:41 +0100


Ben Waugh asked
>Has anyone got any information on this guy - when he was recording, with
>whom, etc.?

I have a Ranwood LP (R8075, dated 1970) by this guy, which is
- covers of hits
- covers of TV themes (Dark Shadows, Marcus Welby)
- classical tunes modernised (a la Waldo de los Rios)
Standout track is his "Peter and the wolf".

The album sleeve lists Grean's CV, which includes
- Phil Harris - The Thing (composer/lyricist)
- Leonard Nimoy - Mr Spock's music from outer space (A&R)
- Jim Lowe - Green door (producer)
plus a whole lot of other 1950's stuff.

Was Grean a shareholder in Ranwood?  Did he produce the
recently discussed Exotic Guitars album on Ranwood?
He is still around, and according to the web, was due to
guest at a Dark Shadows fest last August.

Also, Carl Russo's post mentions his daughter Lorin Grean - this lady has
a folk album out on Silver Wave records, CA.

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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 05 May 1998 14:49:35 +0000


Johan Dada Vis wrote:
>
> what are "MP3's"?
>

Johan! I'm suprised! Being as astute as you are, I thought
that your reply was going to contain a WEALTH of sources to
find MPEG layer III (MP3) files.

MPEG Layer III refers to a compression scheme devised to shrink
the size of audio files for storage and transmission. There are
quite a few of these schemes but MP3's seem to be the most commonly
used. I'm not really hip to the specs, but I think the compression
ratio is around 10:1 and *reportedly* is virtually transparent to
the ear. I'm rather doubtful the performance could be that good.

I understand that the 'net is LOUSY with MP3 sites where one can
obtain MP3 compressed sound files of songs, etc. I have been to one -
Nordic Music (no URL on file) Files can be sampled and purchased
for 25 cents to $1.00. I've been meaning to try it just for kicks, but
you need some kind of Cyberbank account opened with a credit card, and I
DO NOT SEND MY CC# over the net! I've been BURNED big time. They have
some interesting stuff as I remember, though. I hear there are free
sites as well. Better get there before the lawyers move in.

I probably should have saved myself (and you) the trouble and waited for
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Subject: (exotica) Re: arthur lyman
Date: 05 May 1998 17:20:39 -0500 (CDT)


>I haven't heard Taboo II, but given the lengthy discussion a while back
>about whether or not Mr. Lyman is any good, I'm sure someone else has an
>opinion.


Taboo 2 is excellent!  one of my favorites by Lyman.  git it sez me.

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From: Mark Benton Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525
Date: 05 May 1998 18:24:18 -0400


The album, "Exordium and Terminus" is one of my all-time faves, although it's
not all that exotic except for 2525 and maybe "In the Land of Green."  I luv it
so much that I have it on both vinyl and 8track.

Moritz R wrote:

> "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans is still one of the most bizarre,
> strange and, if you like, exotic ("strikingly or excitingly different or
> unusual") pop songs of all times to me.
> I don't know much about it, though. It kind of plays in the same league
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From: the_curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kilgore Trout/chris trout
Date: 05 May 1998 19:06:34 +0000


>I've been looking for Chris Trout stuff for a while and haven't had much
>luck...
>Today i found Kilgore Trout but it has no mention of Chris Trout...  But it
>does say written and produced by Kilgore Trout....     Anybody know if this
>is the Chris Trout project or just something else..........???

CT now has a (rock) band called Bear who are about to realease an LP on
Vespertine .... mail me off the list if you need more info ...

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Watch out for Saturn records
Date: 05 May 1998 19:33:22 +0000


At 08:43 AM 5/5/98 PDT, Magnus wrote:
>I ordered some LPs and a 78 set from a shop called "Saturn Records"...
>and recieved the package some weeks ago. Unfourtunately all the 78s were
>crashed, due to uncareful packaging (they hadnt made any effort at all
>of making it arrive safely) and one of the LPs (Dennys Forbidden
>Island)had lots of scratches on both sides, which was strange because
>there grade was M-.

Sorry to hear that.  I have been pleased with EVERYONE who I have dealt with
so far on the internet...and the number is growing.  Nauck's Records
(www.78rpm.com) is most recent and THEY know how to pack.  They sent me one
small 10 inch transcription disk in a 5 inch thick box with double bubble
wrapping and several cardboard layers.

They could teach Saturn a thing or two.  But what do you expect from aliens
from another planet (a planet with rings even!).

Byron

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525
Date: 06 May 1998 10:59:55 +0000


Thanks, Lou, Mark, Kerry, Hugh & Jimmy Bee! I think the Raymond Le
Fevre's version might be the one that I heard.
Have you seen any of those albums in second hand shops or flea markets?
In Germany there is just plain nothing.

>> I know someone who
took guitar lessons from Danny Zager.  She said
he was "a dork".  I would imagine so..<<

a dork??? Couldn't find that in my dictionary.

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Subject: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica)
Date: 06 May 1998 11:00:26 +0000


 Johan Dada wrote:
>>i LOVE tipsy. in the beginning i wasn't exactly wild about them,
        but after listening several times, i began to appreciate, and
later
        on love their music...<<

You should try exactely the same thing with  Gary Moscheles!

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) tapes
Date: 06 May 1998 11:00:50 +0000


Does anybody know SMYLONYLON? It's tapes from a shop in N.Y.C. with all
kinds of weird selections. They were the first "Easy Listening"-revival
tapes that I know of. It's all totally illegal (no royalties, no rights
to any author) but it's more like an honour to be on such a tape than a
case for the lawyer... I wonder if it's possible to get them in Europe?

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Rat Pack/ onion
Date: 06 May 1998 11:04:30 +0000


Friends of Sinatra-humour can check out the Frankieboy-homepage of my
friend Stefan Stratil. It also has a brand new gallery-page with,
(Uhumm!) some of my paintings... It IS exotica-related! There is a
Tiki-painting.

MO

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Essential reading
Date: 06 May 1998 11:05:58 +0000


>>The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan

>Kassel

>I also enjoyed this one very much  - the large format is perfect
because
>lots of the album covers are actually real size reproductions.

>>Didn't find this one at the store today...<<

Check the MARINA records homepage. There is also a Peter Thomas record
to come out pretty soon....

http://www.marina.com

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Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes
Date: 06 May 1998 04:43:01 -0600



>Does anybody know SMYLONYLON? It's tapes from a shop in N.Y.C. with all
>kinds of weird selections. They were the first "Easy Listening"-revival
>tapes that I know of. It's all totally illegal (no royalties, no rights
>to any author) but it's more like an honour to be on such a tape than a
>case for the lawyer... I wonder if it's possible to get them in Europe?

Yeah. They've been on the go for years in New York. It's kinda weird that
there hasn't been more of a mention about them on this list. Last I heard,
there tapes were going more disco. Still way out stuff though. One of the
guys came to my gig in NYC a couple years ago, and he was very cool -
forgotton him name, damn.

I believe one of the guys is in Family of God - which has some good moments
on it. Just released in Europe on OCHRE Records. I am looking forward to
getting my own copy soon.

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) How'd they do? How'd they do? How'd they do? (Bear with me)
Date: 05 May 1998 06:57:33 -0400


This list is a good thing for people that want to talk about exotica, but
since I was born in 1963, I have no historical perspective on the albums we
discuss.  I can, however, look at the Billboard chart positions of some of
the people we discuss.

The list is who I could think of that was listed in Joel Whitburn's Top Pop
Albums book, 2nd edition.  I don't own the book, so what I found out was
done while some kids made more noise than I would like to hear in a
library, so I forgot a couple of folks (Ferrante and Teicher, but they had
20-plus entries) some had a boatload of entries (Mancini had 39!).  The
book only goes back to 1955, so some things are beyond it's scope.  If I
listed some albums that aren't "exotica", well, I haven't heard all of the
albums!

The list ai not complete, is all I'm saying.

Album - Chart position (year)
 Single - Chart position

Baxter, Les
Tamboo! - 6 (1956)
Skins! - 21 (1957)

Carroll, David (real name Nook Schrier)
Let's Dance - 21 (1959)

Dee, Lenny
Dee-lightful - 11 (1955)
 Plantation Boogie - 19
Gentle on my Mind - 196 (1968)

Denny, Martin
Exotica! - 1 for 5 weeks! (1959)
 Quiet Village - 4
Quiet Village - 8 (1959)
 Martinique - 88 (1959)
Exotica III (1959) (forgot the chart position!)
A Taste of Honey - 6 (1962)
Hawaii Tattoo - 123 (1965)

Light, Enoch (25 entries; here are the tikilights)
I Want to be Happy Cha Cha's - 38 (1959)
 I Want to be Happy Cha Cha - 46
Persuasive Percussion - 1 for 13 weeks! (1960)
Provocative Percussion - 2 for 5 weeks (1960)
Persuasive Percussion 2 - 3 (1960)
Provocative Percussion 2 - 4 (1960)
Persuasive Percussion 3 - 3 (1961)
Stereo 35MM - 1 for 7 weeks! (1961)
Persuasive Percussion 4 - 34 (1962)
Big Band Bossa Nova - 8 (1962)
Persuasive Percussion '66 - 144 (1966, easy to remember)
Spaced Out - 191 (1970)

Lyman, Arthur
Taboo - 6 (1958)
 Taboo - 155
Yellow Bird - 10 (1961)
 Yellow Bird - 4
I Wish You Love - 36 (1963)
 Love for Sale - 43

Prado, Perez
Prez - 22 (1959)

Schory, Dick
Music for Bang, Barroom and Harp - 11 (1959)
Supercussion - 13 (1963)

Sincerely Yours,
Brian Phillips - 34 (1963)

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
Date: 06 May 1998 13:16:23 +0000


>>One of the guys came to my gig in NYC a couple years ago<<

You play in a band? Let's get outed!

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rat Pack Exotica
Date: 06 May 1998 04:51:52 PDT


The Rat Pack "not exactly exotic"?!?!?

Listen to Frank and Billy May's "On the Road to Mandalay" (_Come Fly
with Me_, Capitol 1958) - it's a friggin' fabulous gong-fest!

From BossaNovaVille,
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Subject: Re: (exotica) reference books
Date: 06 May 1998 06:01:34 PDT


One of the books on my stereo shelf is A Guide to Electronic Music, by
Paul Griffiths (Thames & Hudson, 1979; ISBN 0500272034). It is a small
volume (127 pps), somewhat academic, but quite readable (not couched in
jargon). It provides an interesting history of electronic music,
discussing tape, the theremin, Robert Moog and the genesis and
employment of synthesizers in various musical genres There is quite a
bit of focus on composers such as Cage, Subotnick, Stockhausen and, to a
lesser extent, rock musicians, but little to do with the pop of the day.
The appendices include a nice list of composers and their recordings;
each entry gives a brief description of the composer's style and
history.

bw

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 13:30:55 UT


There's been some debate over on the Zorn list about who wrote the James Bond
theme.  Barry claims it's his, but it seems it was credited to some other guy (I
forget the name).  Does anyone here know the real deal?

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Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 15:33:06 +0000


[e-mail] wrote:

> There's been some debate over on the Zorn list about who wrote the James Bond
> theme.  Barry claims it's his, but it seems it was credited to some other guy (I
> forget the name).  Does anyone here know the real deal?
>

  On my official United Artists album it says: Monty Norman
John Barry arranged and conducted the music...

MO



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Subject: Re[2]: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 06 May 1998 13:29:17 UT


<<
MPEG Layer III refers to a compression scheme devised to shrink
the size of audio files for storage and transmission. There are
quite a few of these schemes but MP3's seem to be the most commonly
used. I'm not really hip to the specs, but I think the compression
ratio is around 10:1 and *reportedly* is virtually transparent to
the ear. I'm rather doubtful the performance could be that good.
>>

The compression is about 10:1 (which comes to about a meg a minute) and yeah,
it's virtually undetectable for most musics.  The only place I've noticed
break-up is on long sustained sounds, like dying piano chords.  Other than that,
I've never done a disc to MP3 comparison, but I imagine you lose some
brightness, etc.etc.  So, unless you're listening to Morton Feldman, you should
be alright.

There are lots of players, but my favorite is WinAmp, which is free, I think, at
WinAmp.com.  Then, you gotta scour FTP sites and spend your time banging up
against user limits and ratios to get anything to hear.  But with some
persistence you can build up a library.

I also make my own, which isn't too hard, and send them via Email to my friends,
which is nice.  I like to share.  It's like making mix tapes, but one song at a
time


If you're really interested, set aside some time (and get a nice size line,
they're big files) and do a search for MP3 Search or MP3 FTP Site.  That should
turn up search engines and site lists.  But these sites are come and go, as they
tend to be run by college kids and teenagers, and also, the big ones tend to get
threatened with lawsuits by the RIAA.


I've never found much Exotica, although once I found six cuts from the UL Crime
Scene and some theme songs (Hawaii 5-0, Fat Albert, Mission Impossible).  Mostly
it's modern pop, techno and ska.  So, if you're looking just for Exotica, it's
probably not worth the effort, unless you connect with someone who wants to
trade specifically.

Anyway, that's what I know about that.
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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond -Reply
Date: 06 May 1998 10:16:47 -0400


Who can recommend a good John Barry comp?.......

- Nate


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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond -Reply
Date: 06 May 1998 07:51:40 -0700 (PDT)


>EMI released this great three volume set on the early years of John Barry.
>To be honest I like his early work than the Bond stuff.  His mixture of
>the electric guitar and strings are really brilliant.  His 'John Barry
>Seven' is similar to the Shadows, but Barry's work is much more textural.

-----------------
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From: "Michael Bennet" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tina Louise
Date: 06 May 1998 11:34:47 -0400


I understand that one of the Tina Louise LPs (or possibly a comp) is being
reissued on CD.  Is this worth searching for?

Michael


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From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) smylonylon
Date: 06 May 1998 06:28:54 PDT



>Does anybody know SMYLONYLON? It's tapes from a shop in N.Y.C. with
>all kinds of weird selections. They were the first "Easy Listening"-
>revival tapes that I know of. It's all totally illegal (no royalties,
>no rights to any author) but it's more like an honour to be on such a
>tape than a case for the lawyer... I wonder if it's possible to get
>them in Europe?

What great tapes they are!  I have three, including one from
Arkle&Sparkle, their annex store a little further up the block.  Great
Euro-easy, with a lot of obscure electronic stuff.  The Arkle&Sparkle
tape I have leans a little more towards psych stuff, with more odd
noises and sped-up-or-slowed-down strangeness.

They charge something like 12 bucks a tape, but I don't know if you can
get them without going to the stores themselves.  I like the tapes
better than the stores, which sell deadstock vintage clothes (in typical
NYC style, everything seems to be in really tiny sizes and is expensive
for what it is) in a rummage sale configuration - piles and racks
stuffed overwhelmingly full, though Arkle&Sparkle has a nicer interior,
with fake fur covering the walls and odd neon signs everwhere.  Worth
gawking at, certainly.  They're not too far from Other Music, on the
same street as Liquid Sky and X-Girl.  Smylonylon has a lot of plastic
toys and such cemented to their exterior walls.

The people who run the stores also used to have parties at some
nightspot, and had a hand in the Family of Man, which I don't know too
much about.

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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 10:26:19 -0400


It's credited to Monty Norman on all of the Bond films.  Norman did the
soundtrack to Dr. No.  Or did he?

> There's been some debate over on the Zorn list about who wrote
> the James Bond
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525 - semantic extension
Date: 06 May 1998 11:55:40 -0400


> a dork??? Couldn't find that in my dictionary.

U.S. slang. Dork = phallus.

Also applied to humans, with negative connotation. In my experience, roughly
equivalent to "nerd", but minus the brainy aspects. A closer match might be the
British "twit". Also used as an adjective: "dorky". A true-life example? Well,
for my money, our former vice president, Danny Quayle, stands out as a real
grand prize dork. (pardon my opinion)

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From: Tim Earp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: James Bond Theme
Date: 06 May 1998 11:03:06 -0600


Here's what it says from the newly acquired cd "The Best of James Bond/=
30th Anniversary Collection":

"It was a Friday night phone call from Noel Rodgers, head of music at =
United Artists, that put John Barry to work on the orchestration of Monty =
Norman's two-minute composition that would become 'The James Bond theme' =
for the 'Dr. No' soundtrack."

It went to #13 on the UK charts, by the by.


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes
Date: 06 May 1998 18:43:38 +0000


Thanks for the offer. We can talk about it. Are you in Chicago? That'll
be expensive for me. Anyway, I have to check my tape-copys to find which
Vol.number they are.
Btw: I saw an exhibition recentely in D=FCsseldorf that had all the bubbl=
y
60s furniture that you seem to be interested in. Together with some
fashion. They had a whole bar interior from Bolzano, Italy, everything
entirely plastic and plexiglass... plus the UFO-sized house of Charles
Wilp designed by Luigi Colani. Nice to look at but I wouldn't wanna live
in it.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525 - semantic extension
Date: 06 May 1998 09:51:51 PDT




>> a dork??? Couldn't find that in my dictionary.
>
>U.S. slang. Dork = phallus.

Could not find dork in my dict. I have a growing suspicion that at its
etymological root is dirk (dagger)....

One of these days I'm going to get my self genitally organizized,

BW



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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Rat Pack Exotica
Date: 06 May 1998 09:26:49 -1000


>The Rat Pack "not exactly exotic"?!?!?
>
>Listen to Frank and Billy May's "On the Road to Mandalay" (_Come Fly
>with Me_, Capitol 1958) - it's a friggin' fabulous gong-fest!

Also try Frank and Billy's "Granada" and "Moonlight on the Ganges"... I
think they're bonus tracks on the Reprise album Sinatra Swings (eary
60s)...

Imagine "Mandalay" taken one step further and you've got an idea what these
sound like!

- Steve

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) smylonylon
Date: 06 May 1998 11:46:12 -0600



>The people who run the stores also used to have parties at some
>nightspot, and had a hand in the Family of Man, which I don't know too
>much about.

Actually, isn't this band FAMILY OF GOD? Which I already mentioned in my
email that the guy is in that band. I dunno...maybe they used to be called
Family of Man???

Jill "Mingo-go"



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From: Marcus Kozica <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) smylonylon
Date: 06 May 1998 18:44:45 +0200


                          Yes, but where is it. I've been walking up
and down Lafayette 1000 of times and I haven't found it.
     People tell me that the actual store isn't called Smylonylon
but something else (not Something Else though.)

AND

                           isn't it Family of God?

Marcus.



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From:        SPECIAL AGENT J3274 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) my crappy lounge
Date: 06 May 1998 13:11:21 CDT


any one on the list want a tape of my crappy lounge project titled
THE CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ ORCHESTRA?  It isn't quite finished yet but
it should be in about a week or two.  if you are interested, send me
your address, and $2.00 (i have to pay for tapes and postage and $2 wont
even cover that but I'm not looking to make a buck.) to this address

NINTH STREET RECORDS
C/O JASON TULLER
1211 9TH STREET
DARDANELLE AR, 72834

YOU WILL ALSO RECIEVE A CATALOGUE.

P.S. I assure you this tape will not live up to your expectations of wha
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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
Date: 06 May 1998 12:42:48 -0600


At 13:13 06/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>>One of the guys came to my gig in NYC a couple years ago<<
>
>You play in a band? Let's get outed!

I am a DJ. I think a lot of people on this list know this already - I didn't
think it was a secret and I certainly don't mind being "outed". That is why
I post my radio show playlists every week. And...on a person note, I think
you and I have met before in Germany...I emailed you the other day MO, but
you never got back to me about it. What gives??

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From: Rcbrooksod <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 15:50:48 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-06 11:51:40 EDT, you write:

<< It's credited to Monty Norman on all of the Bond films. >>

It is always credited separately from the sound track credits to Norman.  This
is noted in all the "official" Bond films.  The Broccoli/Saltzman team were
obviously required to make the credit to the original composer of the JB
Theme.

BTW, don't most of the newer (i.e. last 20 years) James Bond Movies suck?
Geeze, even George Lazenby was better than the "blokes" we have today.  Sorry
Remington Steele and Dalton . . .just speaking my mind.

Regards,

Tiki "is that a Walther PPK in your pocket or are you just happy to see me"
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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
Date: 06 May 1998 13:18:33 PDT



>Greane's contributions to the Varese disc are the grooviest of all!
With
>theremin, if I remember right.
>
>C. "Ratso" Russo

Speaking of soundtracks and theremin, on TV's Greatest Hits (Mercury,
1976), the John Gregory orchestra uses a theremin on "Columbo" (I can't
recall whether the original series soundtrack did or not). Other tracks
include Cannon, The Rockford Files, Kojack, etc.

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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Warm Sound of Plas Johnson
Date: 06 May 1998 15:19:51 +0000


This may be old news to most of you, but I just found "The Warm Sound
of Plas Johnson" (Blue Moon 3060), a great CD featuring the
saxophonist on Les Baxter's "Jungle Jazz" and "African Jazz", as well
as Mancini's "The Pink Panther" and many other soundtracks.

This comp features Plas in small group sessions with Emil Richards,
Jimmy Bond, and others, plus several tracks from the smoky "Blue
Martini" album (which has great "late night" feel), with John Neel's
Orchestra.  Check it out!

Blue Moon is a Spanish label, and this apparently came out in 1996.
Got mine at Dusty Groove America.  Sorry if this old news!


Darrell Brogdon
Program Director
KANU
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
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From: "R. M." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 06 May 1998 13:23:14 PDT



>
>I've never found much Exotica, although once I found six cuts from the
UL Crime
>Scene and some theme songs (Hawaii 5-0, Fat Albert, Mission
Impossible).  Mostly
>it's modern pop, techno and ska.  So, if you're looking just for
Exotica, it's
>probably not worth the effort, unless you connect with someone who
wants to
>trade specifically.
>

Check out http://newmedia.slc.edu:3003
They've got MP3s by some interesting artists there, like Mort Garson
(some sorta Satanic Mass played on the Moog, I think).

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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Required reading digested
Date: 06 May 1998 14:46:25 +0000


Lou Smith's post about reference material produced some great replies.
I took the time to compile some of them so's I would have a ready
reference.
I'm posting this in the hopes that others will find it useful as well.

This may not be a complete list of messages, apologies if I missed yours
or
one you were interested in. I check email from several locations and may
have
"stranded" a post or two on a remote computer.


Lou Smith  <[e-mail]>

We talk mostly about records here on the group, but I'm wondering what
reference books y'all keep on your bookshelf.

I suppose most of us have and endorse Joseph Lanza's Elevator Music and
both
volumes of Re/Search's Incredibly Strange Music.

Some other books on my shelves are:
The Catalog of Cool, ed. by Gene Sculatti (1982)
Goldmine's Celebrity Vocals by Ron Lofman (1994)
Goldmine's Comedy Record Price Guide by Ronald L. Smith (1996)
Hi-Fi's & Hi-Balls by Steven Guarnaccia & Bob Sloan (1997)
Hollywood Hi-Fi by those 2 guys whose names I can't remember
Ocean of Sound by David Toop (1995)
Soundtrack: The Music Of The Movies by Mark Evans (1979)
Thrift Score by Al Hoff, Girl Reporter (1997)
TV's Biggest Hits by Jon Burlingame (1996)
Ultra Lounge by Dylan Jones (1997) - yeah i what a rip off this one
is...

And magazines including:
Cannot Become Obsolete, Cool & Strange Music!, Exotica/Etc., Thrift
Score
and Tiki News

======================================================
Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>

1) Rock On! Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Rock and Roll
     (but covers other genres) - by Norm N. Nite
2) Billboard book of (USA) Top 40 hits
3) Guinness book of (UK) hit singles
4) Music Master CD catalog
5) The Name Game  (real names + more) Glen Baker
6) Total Television
7) Billboard Music Guide (CD ROM)
8) Ivor Mairants' Dance Band chords (for guitar)(50's goodie)
9) Trade catalogs (list all UK releases except 78's from 1955-64)

======================================================
Br. Cleve  <[e-mail]>

The Album Cover Art Of Soundtracks, ed. by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan
Kassel
Cad, A Handbook For Heels , ed. by Charles Schneider
Pin-up Mania, by Alan Betrock
Album Covers From The Vinyl Junkyard, Booth-Cliburn Editions
That's Blaxploitation, by Darius James
A Girl and  A Gun, by David N. Meyer

======================================================

Ingmar Breithel  [e-mail]

Yasushi Ide (ed.): In the Mood (1991) - before the era of websites with
album cover scans, this was something to drool over: a wonderful book
with photos of records by Baxter, Gleason, Riddle, Shearing, etc.
David Meeker: Jazz in the Movies (1977)
Roy Carr, Brian Case, and Fred Dellar: The Hip - Hipsters, Jazz, and the
Beat Generation (1986)
Ferguson & Johnson: Mainstream Jazz Reference and Price Guide
1949--1965 (1984)
Robert Gordon: Jazz West Coast (1986)
The Billboard Book of Brazilian Music (1991) - for the bossa nova
content
Hal David: What the World Needs Now and Other Love Lyrics (1968)
- has interesting background info on the conception of some of this
century's greatest songs (and a foreword by Dionne Warwick)
Schwann catalogs - THE essential reference guides

And, moving away from the music for a moment, for space age design
and bachelor pad style, the following books are highly recommended:

Gerd and Ursula Hatje: Design for Modern Living (1962)
Cara Greenberg: Mid-Century Modern. Furniture of the 1950s (1984)
Martin Eidelberg (ed.): Design 1935--1965. What Modern Was (1991)
Lesley Jackson: The New Look. Design in the Fifties (1991)
Lesley Jackson: Contemporary. Architecture and Interiors of the
1950s (1994)
Mark Burns and Louis DiBonis: Fifties Homestyle. Popular Ornament
of the USA (1988)
Thomas Hine: Populuxe (1986)
Alan Hess: Googie. Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture (ca 1990)
Holly Wahlberg: Everyday Elegance: 1950s Plastics Design (1994).
Sheila Steinberg and Kate E. Dorner: Fabulous Fifties: Designs for
Modern Living

======================================================

Jordana Robinson  [e-mail]

Besides the ones above, a couple of related zines I like are Easy
Listener and Mystery Date.  I also like having some back issues of Grand
Royal (like the one with a feature on the history of electronic music),
but that's a very spotty magazine.

Jordana Robinson
[e-mail]
www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157

======================================================

Ben Waugh [e-mail]

One of the books on my stereo shelf is A Guide to Electronic Music, by
Paul Griffiths (Thames & Hudson, 1979; ISBN 0500272034). It is a small
volume (127 pps), somewhat academic, but quite readable (not couched in
jargon). It provides an interesting history of electronic music,
discussing tape, the theremin, Robert Moog and the genesis and
employment of synthesizers in various musical genres There is quite a
bit of focus on composers such as Cage, Subotnick, Stockhausen and, to a
lesser extent, rock musicians, but little to do with the pop of the day.
The appendices include a nice list of composers and their recordings;
each entry gives a brief description of the composer's style and
history.


====================================================

Jonathan M. Perl [e-mail]


I would like to add
Film Posters of the 60s, by Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh. London:
Aurum
Press, 1997; New York: Overlook Press, 1998.

This is particularly interesting to look at in conjunction with the
Album
cover art book, as it has reproductions of posters of the same kinds of
films, including many comparisons of posters from different countries.
In particular, the Japanese posters, such as the one for 'the umbrellas
of cherbourg' are fascinating.

There is a cover scan of the book here:
http://www.mcs.net/~klast/www/bks_film.html#posters

===========================================================


Lou Smith

VideoHound's Soundtracks, edited by Didier Deutsch (who compiles
soundtracks
for Rhino and Sony), forward by Lukas Kendall (ed. of Film Score
Monthly),
$24.95, (1998) .

The book reviews over 2,000 soundtracks, rates them on a 5 dog-bone
scale
(ha ha - i geddit), and includes a 15 cut CD of Hollywood Records
soundtrack
selections.

Impulse purchase - I'll know if it was worth it in a few days when I've
had
a chance to browse. UK magazine Gramophone also has a soundtrack book
available.


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
Date: 06 May 1998 23:50:56 +0000


>>And...on a person note, I think
you and I have met before in Germany...I emailed you the other day MO,
but
you never got back to me about it. What gives?? <<

Are you the one that sat in the trunk of Bernd's Renault with a Tiki
tattooed on your shoulder? Then, and only then, I remember. At that day
the whole city was so crowded.

BTW: I think in my imperfect English a gig always meant a performance of
a band somehow, didn't think of DJing. You never stop learning...

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond -Reply
Date: 06 May 1998 23:56:25 +0100


>Who can recommend a good John Barry comp?.......

"Great TV And Film Hits" (Columbia 476956 2)

I dunno how available it is, I bought it in Prague last year, but I haven't
seen it elsewhere before or since. It's really good though, just a few Bond
songs and lots of obscure great stuff such as The More Things Change
(anyone know where this song was released originally??? It's my favourite
Barry track) and The Danny Scipio Theme. 16 songs all in all, playing time
is about 45 minutes.

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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tijuana Brass
Date: 06 May 1998 23:30:50 +0100


Hi,
Knowing that there are several musicologists who take part in
this discussion group, can anyone trace the origins of the
Tijuana Brass style of music back to European roots?
I'm not sure if I can define the question exactly, but if the
origin of Tijuana is in some Euro brass band tradition, how
come it's very different to the German Oompah sort of
music?  Perhaps it relates back to a style of brass in
Spain - 'bullring accompaniment' - but if you ask about
Spanish music you tend to think of Flamenco.  Come
to that, do you hear Flamenco in Mexico?
Puzzledly,
Hugh.


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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: [ANN] Blue Moon Records Sale
Date: 06 May 1998 23:59:25 GMT


Wasn't there a recent post endorsing Blue Moon?
If so, here's an FYI picked up from Usenet.
Standard disclaimer: I'm not associated with BM in *any* way.
-Lou
(can someone remind me which Blue Moon releases are worth buying?)


In rec.music.misc, "Lunar E-clipse" <[e-mail]> wrote:


>http://www.purity.com/bluemoon/
>
>From May 5-15 All Domestics are 10% off and all Imports are 15%off on all
>orders of $50 or more.
>
>Blue Moon is a new online music store specializing in underground dance
>music on both vinyl and CD. Our catalog is divided into five main styles
>(listed below), and is fully searchable.
>
>House/Progressive/Garage
>Techno/Trance/Acid/Goa
>Hardcore/Gabber
>Drum & Bass/Jungle
>Big Beats/Trip Hop/Breaks/Electro
>
>New releases are added every week, so come by often and browse the catalog.
>
>
>Keith La Rosa
>Lunar E-clipse
>Owner
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) How'd they do? How'd they do? How'd they do?
Date: 06 May 1998 19:02:20 -0400


At 06:57 AM 05/05/98 -0400, Brian Phillips wrote:
>
>This list is a good thing for people that want to talk about exotica, but
>since I was born in 1963, I have no historical perspective on the albums we
>discuss.  I can, however, look at the Billboard chart positions of some of
>the people we discuss.

The historical perspective I bring to the records discussed here has little
or nothing to do with chart positions.
I do find it kind of fascinating to discover that a number of these records
attained chart positions and even sold well.  For one thing it helps
explain the abundance of certain records at Goodwill stores.  And having
grown up with that stuff around me, I guess I'm not surprised to find out
that some of this stuff "charted".  Of course, the first time I saw a
"chart" of any kind it was the local radio station's CHUM Chart and I only
cared whether the Animals had toppled the Beatles.
I'd be surprised to find out that anyone collected this stuff using charts.
I guess I assumed that most people who collect this stuff do it somewhat
like I do, whether they were around for all of it or not.
When I was growing up, there was the world of music I couldn't get enough
of and there was the world of music that I couldn't get AWAY FROM enough.
It never really occurred to me that there were people who actually bought
these records I was trying to get away from.  Occasionally I'd see the
actual records in someone's parents' collection but mostly this music was a
FORCE which seemed to permeate everything.  Even rock shows on TV had more
easy listening versions of current hits than they had actual rock n roll.
So now I'm mining all the tributaries I can find within this "genre" which
I once considered the ENEMY, the voice of official culture.  And given how
unbelievably narrow my view of music was as a child, it's interesting to
find out that Perez Prado's "Patricia" was an actual hit.  That perspective
was so narrow and so entrenched that even 15 years into collecting jazz, I
still read the back of some bebop record and think "Wow they made this
record when I was two!  Who knew?"
I guess my historical perspective is not so much based on historical FACT
or historical research as much as it's about finding as many records as
possible which I once would have HATED - as much for what they stood for as
for any musical qualities - and finding out what I think of them now.
In some sense, it's about putting faces to all those names that once made
me cringe but it's also about the endless, faceless mass of generic records
that sometimes turn out to be pretty groovy.
Really what it's about is the fact that these records are usually cheap and
if you sufficiently expand your idea of what is a record you want, then you
can always find a record you THINK you want.  It is anthropological but
historical fact only enters into it only AFTER you decide that this is the
coolest record you found in weeks and then someone says "Hey that was on
the Billboard chart for 2 weeks".
"Oh yeah?  Hmmmm..."

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Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 19:02:22 -0400


At 01:30 PM 06/05/98 UT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>There's been some debate over on the Zorn list

There's a Zorn list?!?  Like this list but dedicated to one artist?  A
prolific artist I must admit - some might say a little TOO prolific - but
still.
A newsgroup or a list?
Like how many posts a day?  You look in your mailbox and there's 25 little
letters all about John Zorn?  Anybody over there speculating on whether
Marvin Hamlisch is slated for a Great Jewish Composers tribute?
I guess this was a rhetorical question.  Why shouldn't there be a Zorn
list?  It's the web, right?  I guess no matter how much I come to
understand this web thing in principle, I can still be surprised by what
happens in practice.
I was actually listening to one of his Filmworks CD's as this posting came
up...
Is there a John Lurie list?

Nat



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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2525 - semantic extension
Date: 06 May 1998 19:02:24 -0400


At 11:55 AM 06/05/98 -0400, m.ace wrote:
>
>> a dork??? Couldn't find that in my dictionary.
>>U.S. slang. Dork = phallus.
>
>Also applied to humans, with negative connotation. In my experience, roughly
>equivalent to "nerd", but minus the brainy aspects.

I never think of dork as a nerd-related term.  I think of dork as more like
"doofus" or even "jerk".  And if it is slang for phallus, then that would
put it with all the other phallic terms like schmuck, schmendrick, prick,
dick... which I apply mostly to people I dislike.  But I think it implies a
meanness, a cruelty on the person's part and nerds are usually nice.
I mean, if a person were somehow so focussed on their phallus that they in
effect BECAME a phallus, then I think they would be the OPPOSITE of a nerd.
 When I think of myself as a nerd - though "geek" comes to mind more often
- it's because I believe I'm acting like I don't have a phallus at all...
which before you say it, is not the same as acting like a woman.
Whatever the original meaning of dork, I think that today it implies a
prick who's too stupid to be all that mean.  Too stupid or too harmless.  A
stupid harmless phallus.

Nat



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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) mildew
Date: 06 May 1998 20:04:31 -0400


I know this has been discussed previously, but I can't imagine when it was or
what the subject line would have been (and maybe someone's learned some new
tricks by now).

Does anyone know some good methods for dealing with mildew on records and
covers? (especially covers -- got some rather overpowering specimens here)

And yes, I know about the Nitty Gritty. No, it's not an option.

Thanks,

m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: Rcbrooksod <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 22:12:44 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-06 17:49:51 EDT, you write:

<< Especially since James has to drive an ordinary BMW just because it is
 sponsored!
  >>
 This BMW slant is interesting.  In the books, Ian Fleming still had a "post
war' dislike of things German.  The villians often drove German cars (Draco in
Moonraker and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, et.
al.).  Actually many of the villians had "German blood".

Fleming would relate Bond's appreciation for the German cars but Bond "would
never consider owning one".

Keep this mind these are Fleming's observations not mine.  For one, I live in
South Carolina -- the only place where the Z3 is made and the most favorite
car I ever owned was a 1976 BMW 2002 (which had an excellent Blaupundt radio
that I use to listen to a "Walk in the Black Forrest" on -- there -- I tied in
a music thread).

Robert


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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: (exotica) Hello exotica
Date: 06 May 1998 17:20:01 -0500


Hello good people of the exotica list.  I'm a newcomer to this list.  I
am a big fan of all sorts of exotica/lounge/moog and such.  My faves
include Esquivel, Denny, and Baxter (of course).  Which I consider to be
the big 3 of exotica.  I also love more obscurer stuff like Milton Delugg
and Si Zentner.  I love tape trading, and I am always willing to spread
good music around wherever possible.  In the meantime, I'll just sit back
and get a feel for the list and chime in whenever I think it's
appropriate.


Thanks,
Jeffery Hess

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From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) smylonylon
Date: 06 May 1998 18:58:14 PDT


Marcus wrote:
>Yes, but where is it. I've been walking up
>and down Lafayette 1000 of times and I haven't found it.
>People tell me that the actual store isn't called Smylonylon
>but something else (not Something Else though.)

The name is on the door, but really small.  You're better off looking
for the plastic crap that covers the door.  As for directions, it's in
the opposite direction from Other Music, Prince Street, Screaming Mimi's
etc., and if you're walking towards it it's on the right side of the
street.

>AND
>
>                           isn't it Family of God?

Yes, I think you and Jill (Mingo-go) are both right.  I sent my post
before I got hers, hence the repetition.  Besides the Vampyros Lesbos
nights (are those still happening?), the Smylonylon scene is one of the
things I really want to go to in NYC but I almost never stay overnight.
Anyone been to either?

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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 22:35:11 -0400


Nat Kone wrote:
>
> There's a Zorn list?!? ...  Like how many posts a day?  You look in your mailbox and there's 25 little letters all about John Zorn?  Anybody over there speculating on whether Marvin Hamlisch is slated for a Great Jewish Composers tribute?

Scary thought, but you never know...

> Is there a John Lurie list?

If anyone knows about a John or Evan Lurie/Lounge Lizards list, I'd
appreciate knowing about it!

cheryl


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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 19:49:44 -0700 (PDT)


How are the Bonds books?  Which are the best ones?  Suggestions please!
Plus exotica goes beyond just music.

-----------------
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TamTam Books
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From: Rcbrooksod <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond
Date: 06 May 1998 23:18:09 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-06 22:51:15 EDT, you write:

<< How are the Bonds books?  Which are the best ones?  Suggestions please!
 Plus exotica goes beyond just music. >>

These are some of my opinions of good Bond books:

Casino Royale (the first)
Moonraker
Diamonds are Forever
Live and Let Die
Thunderball
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service


These are the early one's -- the later ones were softened along with Flemings
post war cynicism.  The post Fleming Books written by Gardner as epilogues at
the best.  Run through the classics first.

These make for great summer reading -- easy to pick up and put down.  I would
suggests the used paperback book stores.

Hope this thread is ok people.

Robert



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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) If I knew Nat was coming, I'd have baked a cake...
Date: 07 May 1998 07:54:42 -0400


I wrote:
> >This list is a good thing for people that want to talk about exotica, but
> >since I was born in 1963, I have no historical perspective on
> the albums we
> >discuss.  I can, however, look at the Billboard chart positions
> of some of
> >the people we discuss.

To which Nat replied:
> The historical perspective I bring to the records discussed here
> has little  or nothing to do with chart positions.

So I say...

That's fine.  As Nat said later in his post, it is interesting to me to see
what charted and what did not, which is why I posted what I did.  My Uncle
(the one that got me interested in Yma Sumac) said once while playing "Le
Souk" by Dave Brubeck, "Everyone I knew at college had a copy of "Jazz Goes
to College".  That is the perspective that I cannot provide and a chart may
or may not reflect the popularity of this record.  I personally don't use
the charts to say, "Well, that must have been _____'s best album, look how
it sold".  To quote the computer in the movie "Rollerball", I'm a stat
freak, myself".  Let's just say I rely on the kindness of strangers before
and after a good browse session.   It doesn't take many repetitions of the
Eagles' oeuvre to make one a niche consumer.   It is nice to see the men and
women who left behind great music get appreciated by others.  Music business
is business and business needs sales.   The recognition of this (as good or
bad Billboard's methods were/are) I find interesting and was not meant to
dictate taste in the group., or my particular.

Further on, Nat said...

"...as it's about finding as many records as possible which I once would
have HATED - as much for what they stood for as
for any musical qualities - and finding out what I think of them now."

This phenom never ceases to amaze me.  My early (8 or 9 years old!) dislike
of Billie Holiday came from the fact that my father hogged the stereo to
listen to all four sides "The Billie Holiday Story", not quality of music.
I'd like another crack at Orquestra Almendra for the same reason!  However,
there are some that fall into the good category (Les Baxter), yet there are
still the records that I still cannot deal with (as always, Jo Basile's "My
World" and "Do the Hula" by various artists or Thurston Knudson).

For all y'all:

What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter, a 10"
LP.


*Ding* Cake's done,
Brian Phillips



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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Date: 07 May 1998 05:52:54 PDT


Yes, Sy Zentner! I just finished making a compilation tape last evening
and capped it with a couple of Zentner tunes: Dragons and Demons and his
version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD
comps. it may have been included on? Great song). Although I can't
recall the name of the lp, it is really quite good. Zentner, I believe,
started out in Billy May's band.

>I also love more obscurer stuff like Milton Delugg
>and Si Zentner.

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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ranwood.Tornadoes
Date: 07 May 1998 06:22:20 PDT


Hugh Petfield inquired:

Was Grean a shareholder in Ranwood?  Did he produce the
recently discussed Exotic Guitars album on Ranwood?


Perhaps a shareholder, but the producer was ... Randy Wood. Nifty, hm?

Speaking of producers (sort of), the Joe Meek project The Tornadoes is
well worth a listen. They are, of course, the band that is responsible
for the initial recording of Telstar - and their version much more
interesting than subsequent covers. Though the instruments played are
pretty conventional, they seem to have totally exploited the resources
of Meek's studio - capturing a distinct, "outerspace pop" sound. All
songs are instrumental, and though The Tornadoes do not really belong in
the proto-surf pantheon, I'd mention them in the same breath as The
Shadows and The Atlantics. I think the Telstar lp has been released on
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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 07:37:03 PDT



>For all y'all:
>
>What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
>exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
a 10"
>LP.

Not much but
"Great Mambos" by Perez Prado maybe. Hot mambos, cute covergirl.

But the most important LP I found back home is a blues LP called "Angola
prisoners Blues" recorded at Angola State prison where the bluesmen
Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey and Guitar Welch were inmates at the
time (1960?). That LP hooked me onto Country blues in the 80s, and
Robert Pete Williams still remains (after 5-6 more LPs) my favorite
bluessinger. He made Grown So Ugly btw, later covered excellently by
Captain Beefheart.

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
Date: 07 May 1998 16:41:29 +0000


Jill Mingo wrote:

>  And I am going to PopKomm again.
> It's a business thang, of course.
>

U2? I will also be there . Business thAng, shure! Me and my publisher will
introduce my book called "Popkatalog Vol.1 / Postpsychedelische Malerei", 128
pages full color hard cover, if you know what I mean... Also featuring: 10
pages of Tiki-Art plus other exotic goodies. Be prepared! Make shure we meet!

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica)
Date: 07 May 1998 16:42:11 +0000


DJJimmyBee wrote:

> please consider writing your stuff in one e-mail as opposed to a separate e-
> mail for every topic--the temptation at this address is to simply delete

Why? A list member interested in James Bond might not wanna read everything
about Zager & Evans at the same time. My remarks are always subject-related. I
don't understand your point.

MO



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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond cars
Date: 07 May 1998 16:42:39 +0000


 >>This BMW slant is interesting.  In the books, Ian Fleming still had a
"post
war' dislike of things German.  The villians often drove German cars
(Draco in
Moonraker and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service,
et.
al.).  Actually many of the villians had "German blood".

Fleming would relate Bond's appreciation for the German cars but Bond
"would
never consider owning one".

Keep this mind these are Fleming's observations not mine.  For one, I
live in
South Carolina -- the only place where the Z3 is made and the most
favorite
car I ever owned was a 1976 BMW 2002 (which had an excellent Blaupundt
radio
that I use to listen to a "Walk in the Black Forrest" on -- there -- I
tied in
a music thread).

Robert<<

I had a 1802 which is basically the same model, only a different engine.
What color was yours? Orange? Mine was black...

THE James Bond Car is of course the Aston Martin. But these days: You
never know who buys whom, like BMW bought Rolls Royce, so even driving a
good old "Strolls Nice" wouldn't help 007 to be "English" in his car
preferences. Like Daimler Benz and Chrysler now want to fusion...

MO



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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Teletubbies
Date: 07 May 1998 10:55:08 EDT


I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one-
year olds.

A very unusual (odd), highly creative program from Britian with music, song
and stories to match.  Andrew McCrorie-Shand wrote and performs the quirky
music.  The Teletubbies (little alien-like creatures with TV's in their
stomachs) strange giggles and whispers are all over the place and Tim Whitnall
narrates.

Check it out if you are into this kind of thing.

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Date: 07 May 1998 08:57:46 -0600



>Yes, Sy Zentner! I just finished making a compilation tape last evening
>and capped it with a couple of Zentner tunes: Dragons and Demons and his
>version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD
>comps. it may have been included on? Great song). Although I can't
>recall the name of the lp, it is really quite good. Zentner, I believe,
>started out in Billy May's band.

This is from that "Exotica Suite" LP which is a Si Zentner/Martin Denny
collaboration, composed by Les Baxter. Or so the cover says. It is a great
track, me thinks.

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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) smylonylon
Date: 07 May 1998 10:59:09 -0400


>  As for directions, it's in
> the opposite direction from Other Music, Prince Street, Screaming Mimi's
> etc., and if you're walking towards it it's on the right side of the
> street.
>
Jordana,

Could you rephrase this?  Walking towards it from what direction, north or
south?  Whether it is on my left or right is relative to the way I am
walking.  What is the cross street?  Is it closer to Astor or Houston?





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From: Mark Turner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 08:00:20 -0700 (PDT)


>
> But the most important LP I found back home is a blues LP called "Angola
> prisoners Blues" recorded at Angola State prison where the bluesmen
> Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey and Guitar Welch were inmates at the
> time (1960?). That LP hooked me onto Country blues in the 80s, and
> Robert Pete Williams still remains (after 5-6 more LPs) my favorite
> bluessinger. He made Grown So Ugly btw, later covered excellently by
> Captain Beefheart.

FYI, "Angola Prisoner's Blues" was reissued (last year, I think)
on CD by Arhoolie, with previously-unreleased tracks.

--
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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 10:53:25 -0400


Pardon me, but who is John Zorn?  I think I know a guy by that name, but is
that him?

Charlieman

> At 01:30 PM 06/05/98 UT, [e-mail] wrote:
> >
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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 12:07:43 EDT


<< Pardon me, but who is John Zorn? >>

Per the All-Music Guide:

It is possible to call John Zorn a "jazz" musician, but that would be much too
limiting a description. While jazz feeling is present in a good deal of his
work, and the idea of improvisation is vitally important to him, Zorn doesn't
operate within any idiom's framework, drawing from just about any musical,
cultural or noise source that a fellow who grew up in the TV and LP eras could
experience. This eclecticism gone haywire can result in such wildly jump-
cutting works as Spillane, whose plethora of diverse and incompatible styles
makes for a listening experience akin to constantly punching the station
buttons on a car radio. Zorn believes that the age of the composer as an
"autonomous musical mind" had come to an end in the late 20th century; hence
the collaborative nature of much of his work, both with active musicians and
music and styles of the past. Like Mel Brooks, the zany film director, many of
Zorn's works are tributes to certain musical touchstones of his -- such as
Ennio Morricone, Sonny Clark and Ornette Coleman -- all filtered through his
unpredictable hall of mirrors. While it would be foolhardy to single out a
handful of dominant influences, Zorn's music seems very close in spirit to
that of Warner Bros. cartoon composer Carl Stalling, both in its
transformation of found material and manic, antic moods.

This calculating wild man started playing the piano as a child before taking
up the guitar and flute at age ten. By the time he was 14, Zorn had discovered
contemporary classical music and began composing; his college years in St.
Louis brought about his introduction to avant-garde jazz, particularly that of
Anthony Braxton. He dropped out of college, settled in lower Manhattan, and
began working with free improvisers, rock bands, and tape, sometimes working
duck and bird calls into his arsenal. After putting out releases on tiny
domestic and poorly distributed import labels, Zorn signed with Elektra-
Nonesuch in the mid-1980s, which increased his visibility considerably. Along
the way, he has formed tribute bands to play the music of Coleman, Hank
Mobley, Lee Morgan and others; featured musicians as diverse as Big John
Patton, Tim Berne, Bill Frisell and the Kronos Quartet; and assembled a group
called Masada that merges Coleman with Yiddish music. Jazz buffs should be
directed to his Coleman tribute album Spy Vs. Spy (Nonesuch), which makes
exciting, thrashing yet concise hashes of 17 Ornette tunes with a quintet. --
Richard S. Ginell,

back to me...

The only thing I have from him is his very short, very INTENSE, "Cynical
Hysterie Hour", which is the score to a Japanese animated film.

Although it took awhile to "get it", I've grown too like it quite a bit.


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From: Larry House <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Columbo theme
Date: 07 May 1998 12:25:03 -0400


I'm sure I remember a news or entertainment feature from the 70's that
showed an electric violin being used for the TV theme for the "Columbo"
show.

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From: mike clifford <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Bond books
Date: 07 May 1998 10:33:20 -0600


I want to echo the used book store suggestion, and maybe add thrift shops
abnd garage sales.  It's been my experience that, like Herb Alpert lps, bond
paperbacks seem to turn up pretty often in the used bins.  I don't think
I've ever spent more than $1 on an old Bond paperback, usually less.  In a
related note - anyone else have the "Music to Read James Bond by" album?
don't have it with me here, but some fun stuff, if memory serves, and a
great cover w/ the gold-leafed girl, what else, reading Fleming books.  I
also really reccomend reading the books to get a better perspective on the
"real" Bond, especially if you've been poisoned by the last few years of
movies.  And I've got to say, as bad as the Dalton and Brosnan flix may be,
are they worse than "A View to a Kill?"  Sorry about the digression...at
least I mentioned the album.
mike
>
><< How are the Bonds books?  Which are the best ones?  Suggestions please!
> Plus exotica goes beyond just music. >>
>
>These are some of my opinions of good Bond books:
>
>Casino Royale (the first)
>Moonraker
>Diamonds are Forever
>Live and Let Die
>Thunderball
>Goldfinger
>On Her Majesty's Secret Service
>
>
>These are the early one's -- the later ones were softened along with Flemings
>post war cynicism.  The post Fleming Books written by Gardner as epilogues at
>the best.  Run through the classics first.
>
>These make for great summer reading -- easy to pick up and put down.  I would
>suggests the used paperback book stores.
>
>Hope this thread is ok people.
>
>Robert
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From: "Christopher Elkins" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 10:45:19 -0700


<..snip..>
>>many of Zorn's works are tributes to certain musical
>>touchstones of his -- such as Ennio Morricone
<..snip..>

IMHO, Zorn's most accessible album (and my own personal favorite) is
"Big Gundown: Music of Ennio Morricone" (Nonesuch, 75597 79139 2).  It
comprises various interpretations of Morricone tunes as orchestrated
by Zorn.  Some are true to the original, while most are, shall we say,
uniquely rendered.  I don't think he actually plays on any of the
tracks, but a lot of his New York art scene friends do -- Fred Frith,
Arto Lindsay, Anton Fier, Bill Frizzell, etc.  If for nothing else,
this album is worth getting just for the theme from "Battle of
Algiers", complete with turntable scratching.

...
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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Date: 07 May 1998 10:15:11 -1000


>... and his
>version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD
>comps. it may have been included on? Great song).

CD-wise: I'm pretty sure it's on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" double CD
on Captiol.

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Date: 07 May 1998 14:42:45 -0400


At 08:57 AM 07/05/98 -0600, Jill Mingo wrote:

>This is from that "Exotica Suite" LP which is a Si Zentner/Martin Denny
>collaboration, composed by Les Baxter.

That's the one with the piece of burlap on the cover, right?  I passed it
up at the beginning of this journey because it was $15 and I thought the
price laughable.  Later a collector of this stuff said I should have
grabbed it.  I don't know but I haven't seen it since.  The burlap was a
nice touch, have to admit.

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 14:42:48 -0400


At 10:53 AM 07/05/98 -0400, Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD wrote:
>
>Pardon me, but who is John Zorn?  I think I know a guy by that name, but is
>that him?

This should probably be answered by someone who IS on the Zorn list but
certainly there's a connection between music discussed here and some of
Zorn's output.  In fact, I think that Zorn is one of the forces that led me
"back" to the music discussed here.  For one, there's his Naked City band
and records with all their "crime music" references. (One of the best
concerts I've ever seen.)  And there's a cut on his Morricone tribute album
("The Big Gundown") called "Erotico (The Burglars)" which is one of the
coolest exotica-sounding cuts I've ever heard.
I think I've seen it here on someone's playlist.
And someone could make the argument that Zorn's klezmer-influenced records
are exotica but I'm not going to be the one to suggest that klezmer IS
exotica.
I'm considering that Zorn list.  We actually have a mutual friend. (Me and
Zorn that is, not me and the list.)  I just don't know if I want to impose
my opinions on a whole new group of folks.

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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 14:43:36 -0400


It's a toss up between Arthur Lyman "Taboo Vol. II" or The Ventures
"A-Go-Go".

They both rule in their own special way.

Charlieman

> >For all y'all:
> >
> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
> >exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
> a 10"
> >LP.
>
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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 07 May 1998 12:12:38 +0000


Johan Dada Vis wrote:
>
>         hi Ron!
>
> I KNOW what MPEG Layer 3 is, i just didn't know the abbrev.

This occurred to me well after I sent my message. Type first,
ask questions later. That's me. I guess MP3 is a nickname
of sorts.   See, I was right! You did know.

> i think the file size of 10:1 compressed files is still too huge for
> the current bandwith of the 'net, hence the success of the rather
> lousy quality of realaudio.

Agreed But at least it facilitates the exchange of files you KNOW
you want. You just have to be committed to the lengthy load time.
I should break out the calculator and figger how long
it would take to up/download a FANTASTICA! program (probably WAY
too long, but not as long as the Postal Service, eh?)

> i'd like to find that site you mention, sounds intruiging,
> thanx for mentioning it!

http://www.nordicdms.com/CollectorsRecords/  It looks as though
they have seriously revamped the site. I'm interested in going back and
looking around, as I have not been there for a long time.


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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Date: 07 May 1998 12:17:05 PDT



No, I checked this one. I'm pretty sure it wasn't on there; could be
wrong, though. The Zentner lp I was taping may be a best of - so it may
well be that the track first showed up on the Denny/Zenter
collaboration?
>CD-wise: I'm pretty sure it's on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter"
double CD
>on Captiol.
>
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From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Breithel)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Teletubbies
Date: 07 May 1998 21:22:54 +0200


BasicHip wrote:
>I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one-
>year olds.
>
>A very unusual (odd), highly creative program from Britian with music, song
>and stories to match.  Andrew McCrorie-Shand wrote and performs the quirky
>music.

Cheezus! Not THE Andrew McCrorie-Shand?? But it must be.... none other
than the leader of Druid, the most pompous of progressive rock groups
from the 70s! Their first album "Toward the Sun" from 1975 is one of the
more blatant Yes rip-offs in existence, down to the pilfered songtitles
and lyrics, not to mention the castrato vocalist. And Mr. McCrorie-Shand's
Rick Wakeman-like synthesizer antics are another amusing highlight. Well,
this only goes to show, as so many times before, that anything and anyone
will sooner or later turn up on the list.... "Tales from Topographic Oceans"
has been mentioned in the past, so why not Druid? What's next, Fruupp?







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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) greetings
Date: 07 May 1998 12:29:11 -0700


Hello, I'm new on the list.  I'm Dave and I like many genres of music,
including many of the personal definitions of "exotica" I've seen described
here.  I'm a stickler for categorizing my music library (each song) in many
ways - year of release (or recording), songwriter, etc.  I try and make an
honest attempt at research, and I appreciate the reference books and
resources I've seen mentioned here.

So, I'll probably pop on once in a while with a question regarding the year
of a song or an album - I hope no one gets too annoyed.

Or I'll pop on with a comment.  Those are sure to annoy.

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From: [e-mail] (Brian Salter)
Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 12:35:51 -0800


>> >
>> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
>> >exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
>> a 10"
>> >LP.
>>

I also found this one, along with Tamboo, in my mom's discarded LPs out
in the garage one day... but the album that takes the cake is 'Zodiac
Cosmic Sounds' by Mort Garson.  That one really made me wonder...  ;)

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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 12:52:44 +0000


Magnus Sandberg wrote:
>
> >For all y'all:
> >
> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection

Hmmmm.... That would have to be Heintje, the singin'est little
Dutch cherub ya ever did see. He was Dutch, but sang in German.
It was mixed in with all those RCA red vinyl records of God-knows-what.
That's as hip as it gets.

Oooooooh! Wait! I'm having a flashback on a Nancy Sinatra Album...
Probably my first encounter with cheesecake on an album. She's reclining
in a that tight black and white striped outfit. Yeeeeessssss! How did
that get mixed in with all the Perry Como albums?

My clearest musical memories of the happy household was Sunday mornings
listening to Hugo Schneider on KBAY's European music program.
It was mostly German. My dad who lived throught the occupation of
Holland called it "Singing along wih the enemy." The only song I can
actually remember is "the Third Man Theme." Everything else is
just a blur of oompah.

Also, KFOG at the time was a "Beautiful Music" station, and I believe
a lot of exotica standards were imprinted on my psyche from hours of
having it in the background. KFOG's signature was the sound of a San
Francisco fogorn, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAmmmp! with a loooong
decaying echo. I love that sound. They still use it from time to time,
but KFOG is now a pretty mediocre classic-rock station. Also, I was
aware of the fact that KFOG in particular had a fantastic sound. It had
a stereo presence that would keep me between the speakers for hours.

Another memory is my mother LUNGING for the radio to turn off Dean
Martin or Frank Sinatra. Both sent her into spastic fits of disgust.
This bothered me because I truly LOVED the song "Something Stupid"
by Frank and Nancy. At one time it was in regular rotation on either
KBAY or KFOG.

Hooboy! a flood of memories. Great thread!


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From: [e-mail] (Brian Salter)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Date: 07 May 1998 13:04:45 -0800


>
>That's the one with the piece of burlap on the cover, right?  I passed it
>up at the beginning of this journey because it was $15 and I thought the
>price laughable.  Later a collector of this stuff said I should have
>grabbed it.  I don't know but I haven't seen it since.  The burlap was a
>nice touch, have to admit.
>

I would say that if you're used to paying $10-15 for these kind of
records,
then Exotica Suite would be worth picking up... exciting music and
a beautiful sounding recording.  It would be a great album even without
the burlap!  (but some people don't like it on account of it's not being
pure exotic Dennyism...  it has a lot of driving big band arrangements
mixed in, which I happen to like... and the arrangements and playing are
top notch, IMO)

Recently I DJ'd a wedding reception , and when I played 'Jungle Train'
from this album, the newlyweds came out and had their first dance... now
there's an endorsement for you!

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 13:23:36 -0700 (PDT)



 >> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's
collection, exotica-wise?

For me it was definitely Quiet Villiage by Martin Denny, but the
coolest song was Blen Blen Blen with the great Miguelito Valdez on
vocals for the Xavier Cughat Orchestra on some cracked in half record
Big Band Greatest Hits, an RCA compilation. I always wondered if the
crack hurt my stylus or needle as it was sometimes called.

Special mention should go to Perez Prado- Maria Bonita!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 13:33:07 +0000


Chucke writes:

> Special mention should go to Perez Prado- Maria Bonita!


Aaaaaay-Yaaaaaay-Yaaaaaaay-YAIII!!!!!! (Hoooo!)

Don't get me STARTED! The beginning of that song is PRICELESS.
So's the picture of "PREZ" on the cover, with his head kinda
resting on one hand all thoughtful-like.


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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Industrial designer Joshua Lippincott dies
Date: 07 May 1998 22:12:51 GMT



>   NEW YORK, May 7 (AFP) - Industrial designer Joshua Gordon
>Lippincott, known for creating the Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup
>logos, has died, the New York Times reported Thursday.
>   Lippincott's grandson Jonathan told the daily his grandfather
>died at the family's home in New Haven, Connecticut, at the age of
>89.
>   An engineer by training, Lippincott also designed the 1947
>Tucker automobile known as the "Tucker Torpedo," of which only 46
>were produced.
>   Lippincott's soup can design was the inspiration for Andy Warhol
>and the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.



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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Date: 07 May 1998 14:18:18 +0000


> http://www.nordicdms.com/CollectorsRecords/  It looks as though
> they have seriously revamped the site. I'm interested in going back and
> looking around, as I have not been there for a long time.

In my haste to reply to Johan, I sent this URL without checking it out
first. It still does not have the variety necessary to be truly useful.
It had some worthwhile MP3's for download, though not anything to
excited over.

It is however an interesting concept: Buying music and receiving it
via the internet. They also offer a portable MP3 player - Like a
Walkman, but with no moving parts!

The "Collectors Vinyl" area is a joke.


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Subject: (exotica) the most exotic record found in my parents' collection:
Date: 07 May 1998 16:29:41 -0500 (CDT)


I once found in my parents' record collection a Moog record called "Blues
Current" that had all-Moog versions of blues standards . . . it had a giant
electrical plug on the cover.

                        Lisa
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Siesta Records
Date: 07 May 1998 14:53:10 -0700 (PDT)



Greetings to all Exotic Listers:

Been out and worn out from the jazz fest & I finally took the time to
listen to two great cds I purchased from a small independent company
called Roundabout Records.   p o box 76302 Washington DC 20013-6302
202/543-5465

The first cd was a various artist compilation on Siesta call Expresso.
 This cd nails the suave sophisticated easy listening sound that we
seem to be drifting away from with the Now Sound .   I can't recommend
this Expresso cd enough, just about every song nails it.  Way too cool
!
   I would like to know more about the Siesta artists and plan to buy
some more.  Is anyone familiar with Siesta arists Laila Amazon, La
Buena Vida ,  Holiday, Minema, Moving Pictures,  Loius Phillipe or the
Red Sleeping Beauty Sountrack?

The other cd I got was Music for Marshmellow Lovers on the Marina
lable. This cd has remakes of Barbarella & kites by Free Design & I am
a Kitten.  The whole cd is great cutesy popsy easy lisenting Special
thanks to whoever posted the Marina web site.  The  Marshmallow Lovers
cd is just about the same songs and artists as is found on the Songs
for the Jet Set cd on Siesta , What gives?

 The Siesta web site is at http://www.get.es/Siesta/enter/enter.htm

Thanks for all the great postings that have been going on.
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond cars
Date: 08 May 1998 00:06:29 +0000


Just one hour ago I read that not BMW but VW buys Rolls Royce. To me
that sounds like McDonalds running the "Chez Bocuse" or something... But
I'm totally off exotica-road now...
One of my paintings represents a Tiki-VW, all wooden with Tikis and
Bones and carvings...I never understand why todays cars lack any sense
of imagination.

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
Date: 08 May 1998 00:06:48 +0000


>>Coolerama. Wish I was able to actually READ your book. Guess I'd
better
brush up on my German.<<

No need, it's mostly all pictures. The text, "art theory", is only in
it to cheat the conceptionalists a bit. Also we will have English
translations later.
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From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:29:43 -0500
Date: 07 May 1998 16:36:00 -0600


Hello to all,

       My name is Steve Peterson.  I'm new to the list.  Exotica is what
I'm into(Denny,Lyman, Baxter,ect).  I hope I can benefit and be of benefit
to the list.
Thanks!

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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: (exotica) Baxter's "Tiki" on CD
Date: 07 May 1998 14:53:51 -1000


Just went home for lunch  and double checked this, for anyone who's
interested...

I was in fact WRONG about "Tiki" being on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" CD.

The Martin Denny/Sy Zentner version of "Tiki" IS on "The Exotic Sounds of
Martin Denny" compilation.

Always get those two confused... lots of the same tunes, differnet
arrangements.

I stand corrected, and so forth.

- Steve

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Parents record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 20:15:57 -0400


My folks didn't seem to acquire many records, so there's not a lot of
competition, leaving a winner more or less by default...

Joe Bushkin - "Nightsounds" (Capitol). With arrangments by Kenyon Hopkins. Joe
plays piano. The odd thing is that this is a promo copy, and it doesn't just
have the usual "For Promotional Use Only - Not For Sale" sticker on the cover.

The label is yellow with black print, and along with the normal info, says (in
fairly large type):

"Sample Album for Radio-TV program use"

Along with a smaller, "Not For Sale - Restricted To Promotional Use Only". Is
this unusual? Did this record ever go into public release? Why is the sky blue?

Switching channels here, no advice on mildew? Maybe you thought I was being
wimpy about a little smell? No, I don't mind a *little* smell (heck, I like the
smell of old books). But these specimens have real heavy-duty, room-filling,
"knock you off your feet & bring a tear to your eye" odor! Not to mention the
organic "texturing" on the covers. Is there a way to get it off without ruining
the art? Anyway to cut the stench? Is there a cure? Please, before it takes
over the whole building! Thanks.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Your record collection
Date: 07 May 1998 20:29:43 -0500


OK then, what (exotic) music from *your* collection have you turned your
parents on to?

Zamphir's early Romanian pan-flute releases worked for my folks, and Mickey
Katz (it mystifies me how they hadn't heard him before).

I couldn't tell them anything about Light Classics or Beautiful Music (or BM
Radio, as we called it) 'cause that was what was on the radio 24/7.

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Subject: (exotica) Record Collection Software
Date: 07 May 1998 20:36:50 -0400


Can anyone share what kind of software they use to catalog their
cd/vinyl/8track and/or book collections?  I'm getting ready to look for
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From: "Larson/Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 18:22:15 -0700


To me, Zorn's work has always seemed "calculated" rather than
inspired--like a dancer with years of lessons but no natural sense of
rhythm or movement.  Just my 2 cents.  Sorry if I upset anyone.

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) SRL
Date: 07 May 1998 21:23:42 -0500


While watching some Survival Research Labs videos, it occured to me that the
source material for their soundtracks are very exotica/ISM.

Does anyone know if SRL's sound mixes are available on tape/CD separately
from the videos? What with all the crashing and burning it can be a bit hard
to hear the sounds clearly. I'm sure the audio is meant to be part of the
total experience but I wouldn't mind hearing clean audio alone.

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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist fer Jaaaaaaaaaack
Date: 07 May 1998 19:09:33 -0700


KFJC play list 4/26/98 for Jack Diamond

Http://www.KFJC.org
Click on Internet Broadcast w/ A 28.8 Modem or better and I guarantee
this will rock your world like you could never imagine possible,
ANYTIME, except for Sundays, 10AM-1PM

            ARTIST                     TRACK                  ALBUM
 The Planets                 Chunky

 Maynard Ferguson Octet      Finger Snappin'
 Bill Holman;
 Arrangements/Composition

 George Barnes               Old Joe Clark             Country Jazz Lp
                                                       On Colortone!!!

 Roland Shaw Orch            I Spy Theme               London Phase 4
 Ahbez, Eden                 The Wanderer              Eden's Island
 Elizabeth Waldo             Siembra                   Maracatu, Stereo
 The Soul Providers          Unstoppable Oldsmobile    1970 OST NOW!
 Angelo Badalamenti          Frank                     Blue Velvet Ost
 Woodrow Leafer              Drums in My Typewriter    1958
 Shorty Petterstein          A Visit to My Best Girl   1958
 Kenny Burrell               Girl Talk                 April, 1966
 Giovanni Cristiani          The Revelation            Demonia Ost, CD
 Peter Green                 The Supernatural          1966
 Perrey, Jean

 Jacques/Chazam,D.           Analog Dialog             Eklectronics LP

 Jim Gordon                  Rites of Passage          Request via E-Mail

 18TH Century Concepts       Reach Out, I'll Be There

 Bill Holman/Mel Lewis       Out of this World         Andex, 1958
 W/ Lee Katzman-Tpt          Wilfred Middlebooks-Bass
 Jimmy Rowles-Piano

 Clyde Borley                Taboooo                   Martenot Waves
 Peter Thomas Orch.          Hedono                    Raumpatrouille

 Ennio Morricone             Chase on the Roofs        Bird with the
                                                       Crystal Plummage

 Jean Jacques Perrey         Saturian Sleighride       1966
 Chaino (Cha-Ee-No)          Walking Bongos            Dionysus CD
 Leonard Bernstein           The Rumble                West Side Story
                             Cool
 Kenneth Patchen W/
 Chamber Jazz Sextet         Limericks                 Cadence Label

 Mike Pacheco                Caravan                   Bongo Session,
                                                       TAMPA-21. 1957

 Leith Stevens Orch.         Escape From the           Destination Moon
                             Moon/Finale              10" LP

 Marvin Gaye                 Sexual Healing(Instro)    1982
 Oscar Brown Jr.             Mr. Kicks!                1962
 101 Strings                 Concrete Jungle
 Googie Rene                 Caesar's Pad              Jack Costanzo-Bongos
 Nordine, Ken                Yellow                    Colors
 Nordine, Ken                Green                     Colors
 Don Morrow Orch.            It Ain't Grindlesteig     Roulette
 Joe Williams!               Just a Dream!             Joe Is My Man!

 Mel Blanc With;             Tweety Pie & Sylvester    Warner Bros.
 Billy May Orch.

 Pierre Henry                Jerico Jerk

 Mike Pacheco-Bongos,                                  Wild Side of
 Jack Costanzo-Congos        Main Title Part 2         Henry Mancini
 Not Part of OST             Vinyl Copy Only

 Henry Mancini Orch.         Background to Murder      The Wild Side
 Pete Candoli-Tpt            Plas Johnson-Tenor Sax    Of Henry Mancini
 Dave Pell-Bari Sax          Red Norvo-Vibes           A.K.A.
 Barney Kessel-Guitar        Ray Sherman-Piano         Touch of Evil

 Pete Rugolo Orch.           Diamond on the Move

KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

KFJC play list 4/26/98 for Jack Diamond

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this place will rock your world like you could never imagine possible,
ANYTIME, except for Sundays, 10AM-1PM

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From: Eb <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 19:42:28 -0700


Regarding John Zorn:

Discovering Zorn's then-new "The Big Gundown" album in the mid '80s was the
initial catalyst for me becoming actively interested in Zorn, Morricone,
other "outside" jazz, traditional jazz AND film soundtracks. ALL of that.
So obviously, it will always have a special place in my heart!

Coolest records in my parents' collection: zilch. Hardly anything but
conservative classical music and mainstream '60s folk (Peterpaulmary, Baez,
Kingston Trio and all that ilk, but not one Dylan album).

Eb

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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: zorn
Date: 07 May 1998 19:46:50 -0700 (PDT)


Zorn is wonderful that he exposes so many different types of music/ideas.
Going into the world of Zorn,you are sort of being lead into one area of
the world to the other.  He is one of the few that mixes low into high art.
I also think his Gainsbourg collection is great.

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From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) John Barry compilations
Date: 07 May 1998 16:44:25 PDT


Someone asked about this a few days ago, but I accidentally deleted the
message.

Scamp put out three EMI compilations.  You can find more info on them at
http://www.caroline.com/scamp/john_barry/

Volume 1 is the most Shadows-y, with lots of rocking ringing guitars and
some songs from that film "Beat Girl".  Volume 2 has the "Stringbeat"
album and similar tracks: also guitary but with a nice smooth feeling
that goes well with (pre-moog) Enoch Light-type stuff.  Volume 3 has
Bond soundtracks and similar stuff - the kinds of things trip-hop people
love to sample (lush and filmic).

If you can only get one I would recommend Volume 2.  While it's similar
in feeling to the Command "style", it has a very original quality.  The
effect of the bright guitars and plucky strings works extremely well.
The other volumes are also good, but since it's easier to find his
soundtrack stuff and Volume 1 is a little more rock-and-roll, Volume 2
may be the best to start with.



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From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) smylonylon
Date: 07 May 1998 17:41:34 PDT


This is starting to get farther off topic, but this blurb from
www.papermag.com should hoepfully help anyone who needs to find the
place:

ARKLE AND SPARKLE 216 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012
[phone]
This shop carries an overwhelming array of groovy all-new
fashions from the 60's and 70's. Fur-lined walls and plastic
decorations add to the shopping experience. For those who
hunger for even more polyester, sister store Smylonylon is
conveniently located two doors down.


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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Record Collection Software
Date: 08 May 1998 00:39:40 -0400


Mark Benton Reed wrote:
>
> Can anyone share what kind of software they use to catalog their
> cd/vinyl/8track and/or book collections?  I'm getting ready to look for some, and I would like opinions.

We use Lotus Approach (a database program - equivalent to Microsoft
Access).  If you have enough titles, it's worth it (as opposed to just
using a spreadsheet program).  It does take forever to input the data,
however.  You can set up whichever categories make sense to you, ie -
record label, country of origin, year, artist, title, type of music,
etc...

cheryl


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Subject: (exotica) Re: Your record collection
Date: 08 May 1998 00:27:33 -0500 (CDT)


Salut!

    The only "exotica" artists I've gotten my parents into would have to be
Combustible Edison (I turned my mom on to I, Swinger when it came out, but when
the second one came out, she didn't like it, because she said it sounded like
"a carousel in Hell"), Serge Gainsbourg, the Ultra-Lounge collection, and
(semi-pertinently) the Cardigans.  But I did also get my mom into the Brian
Jonestown Massacre after a night of mutual admiration of old Rolling Stones.
That, however, has nothing to do with exotica -- sorry.

                              Lisa
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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) John Barry compilations
Date: 07 May 1998 23:24:29 -0700 (PDT)



>
>If you can only get one I would recommend Volume 2.  While it's similar
>in feeling to the Command "style", it has a very original quality.  The
>effect of the bright guitars and plucky strings works extremely well.
>The other volumes are also good, but since it's easier to find his
>soundtrack stuff and Volume 1 is a little more rock-and-roll, Volume 2
>may be the best to start with.
>

I totally agree with Jordana's views on the three volume set.  I would
think most of the people on this list would enjoy these albums (cds).
>
>

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic cars
Date: 08 May 1998 11:23:36 +0000


>>I don't know if you were on the list when this first went up, but I
have some
photos of the 1953 Kaiser Dragon at my site. A very tiki car indeed.<<

Thanks, I've been to your homepage before, but apparantely didn't make
it to the car page. Now, that's interesting: Are you stating, that the
Kaiser cars were built by Henry Kaiser, the man who built the aluminium
dome, were Martin Denny and others performed? It's a small world.
The Dragon's Tiki-appeal is rather subtle, my Tiki-VW is more drastic, I
attached a pic. Of course you know Robert Williams then and his book
Custom Kulture. Do you know a small book called Led Sleads, which came
out a while ago? I also collect picture of cars of all kinds. I remember
a car called dragon wagon, and I first thought you were talking about
that. It was designed by a Tom Daniel , came out as a Monogram (Mattel)
hobby kit and looked like a custom Model-T with a Circus-cage on the
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) SRL
Date: 08 May 1998 11:47:30 +0000


Lou Smith wrote:

> While watching some Survival Research Labs videos, it occured to me
that the
> source material for their soundtracks are very exotica/ISM.
>
> Does anyone know if SRL's sound mixes are available on tape/CD
separately
> from the videos? What with all the crashing and burning it can be a
bit hard
> to hear the sounds clearly. I'm sure the audio is meant to be part of
the
> total experience but I wouldn't mind hearing clean audio alone.
>

No, but I remember that our notorious  friend Boyd Rice was involved in
the
soundtracks of SRL, at least some years ago.
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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic cars
Date: 08 May 1998 04:10:31 PDT



>>>I don't know if you were on the list when this first went up, but I
>have some
>photos of the 1953 Kaiser Dragon at my site. A very tiki car indeed.<<
>

What URL? A tiki car? Must see.

Magnus

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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Smelly records
Date: 08 May 1998 04:30:33 PDT



m.ace wrote:

>Switching channels here, no advice on mildew? Maybe you thought I was
being wimpy about a little smell? No, I don't mind a *little* smell
(heck, I like the smell of old books). But these specimens have real
heavy-duty, room-filling, "knock you off your feet & bring a tear to
your eye" odor!

Oh, I didnt understand the word mildew... i thought it meant dust.
So you mean your records smell?! To make you feel better, I can assure
you that I have some that really stinks ;)

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Subject: (exotica) John Barry compilations -Reply
Date: 08 May 1998 09:19:53 -0400


Jordana:

That was me asking about the Barry comps.  Thanks for the
info - BUT your recommendation for "Vol. 2" since it is
"similar in feeling to the Command style" will make me steer
clear of that one!!!!  I'd rather go for the rockin' Vol.1!!!!!  Vol.3
sounds like what I'm after too.

(Tired of Command and "Percussion" albums.......)

- Nate


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Subject: Re:(exotica) Record Collection Software
Date: 08 May 1998 13:59:37 UT


I just use Excel, but depending on your level of detail, a simple record
collection database would be pretty easy to enter into Access or any other
database program (like Lotus).

I'd consider going this approach before buying some sort of software.

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From: "Charles Moseley"<[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Quincy Soundtrack?
Date: 08 May 1998 09:18:51 +0100



Can any enlightened person tell me which LP the Quincy Jones track Snow
Creatures appeared on? Is it a soundtrack?

Thanks



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Subject: (exotica) Galt McDermot
Date: 08 May 1998 09:29:17 +0100



After asking about the possible Quincy soundtrack, it also occurred to me
to ask which Galt McDermot soundtrack features 'Ripped Open by Metal
Explosions' and which of his soundtracks are worth picking up? (excluding
Hair)

Thanks



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Subject: Re:(exotica) Zorn
Date: 08 May 1998 13:41:36 UT


Yeah, I have to agree with several people.
One, Zorn and Naked City are the first people who got me thinking in the
spy/western music vein, which led me to exotica.  Two, the Big Gundown is a
classic in my collection.  And three, the Serge Gainsbourg tribute rules and is
easily more accessible than the Big Gundown or the Bacharach tribute.  It's
definitely topping my list for best of 98 right now.

If you're interested in joining the Zorn list, it's on the xmission server, just
like this list.  I think you have to "subscribe zorn-list", but I forget the
exact mechanics.


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Subject: (exotica) Quincy - Soundtrack?
Date: 08 May 1998 14:07:10 +0100



Does anyone know where the Quincy Jones track 'Snow Creatures' appears? Is
it on a soundtrack?

Thanks


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From: Gary Mattingly <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Record Collection Software
Date: 08 May 1998 07:26:33 -0700


Hello,

I use Keep It Compact for my CDs, which you can see at:

<http://www.keepitcompact.com/main.htm>http://www.keepitcompact.com/main.htm

Also, on the page you will see a link to CDDB, on one of the
CDDB pages there is a list of CD software and other database
software.

Gary

At 08:36 PM 5/7/98 -0400, you wrote:=20

>
> Can anyone share what kind of software they use to catalog their
> cd/vinyl/8track and/or book collections?=A0 I'm getting ready to look for
> some, and I would like opinions.
>
> Many thanks!


--   Gary S. Mattingly
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zorn list
Date: 08 May 1998 11:35:54 -0500


At 01:41 PM 5/8/98 UT, PeterR wrote:

>If you're interested in joining the Zorn list, it's on the xmission server,
just
>like this list.  I think you have to "subscribe zorn-list", but I forget the
>exact mechanics.

Just a note that the Zorn list could just as well be called the Knitting
Factory list or the Downtown list. It ain't just Zorn (though he's the
organizing principle).

Here's the mechanics:
 To subscribe to zorn-list-digest, send an email to
       "[e-mail]"
 with
       "subscribe zorn-list-digest"
 in the body of the message.

 For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send
 "help" to the same address.  Do not use quotes in your message.

 A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to
 subscribe to that instead, replace all instances of "zorn-list-digest"
 in the commands above with "zorn-list".

 Back issues are available for anonymous FTP from ftp.xmission.com, in
 pub/lists/zorn-list/archive.  These are organized by date.

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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Marty Gold
Date: 08 May 1998 10:00:11 PDT



Has anyone heard Marty Gold & Orchestra's The Soundaroundus? (RCA, 1966)
It's billed as "A Marriage of Music and Electronics", but Spider Sense
is tingling. Does "electronics" here refer to newfangled recording
techniques which add an extra dose of sap to lush springs, or is this a
genuinely strange and/or interesting recording?

Thank you,

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Quincy - Soundtrack?
Date: 08 May 1998 11:08:49 -0600


At 14:07 08/05/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>
>Does anyone know where the Quincy Jones track 'Snow Creatures' appears? Is
>it on a soundtrack?

Yeah, it's on "$" or known in the UK as "The Heist". FABULOUS soundtrack.
Recently picked it up myself. Not an easy one to find, but worth the look.
Weird ass stuff. Introduced to me by my good friend and fellow DJ Hush Puppy.

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: 2525
Date: 08 May 1998 17:09:23 +0200


Moritz R <[e-mail]> wrote:

>2. Cover-versions: I heard just one so far and don't even know who did
>it.

    the version by Laibach on their cd "NATO" is hilariously over the top!
    it's also the only track i can bear ;-)

        Johan

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From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sex Italian Style
Date: 08 May 1998 15:06:01 +0000


> I'd like to alert all y'all to "Erotica Italia: The Kama Sutra of Italian
> erotic movie music from the 1960s and 70s."  It's available on double LP or
> CD from Arista/BMG Eurodisc, compiled by the Sound Gallery guys.  Tracks by
> Morricone, Micallizzi, Trovajoli, etc.  Extremely groovie--on par with the
> Easy Tempo collections.  But like "Stroboscopica," no film titles!

as far as "stroboscopica" is concerned, the music compiled there
wasn't used in any soundtrack. it's just music that was recorded for
eventual use in movies, television breaks, documentaries, etc., but
has always remained unissued ever since.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Sitar
Date: 08 May 1998 15:06:00 +0000


jack wrote:
> Just received a record from an Indian guy as in not "original American" but
> waaaaaaaaaaaaay east.
> "V. Balsara and His Singing Sitars - Golden Hits"
> I was actually expecting another title but you don't want to give too much
> away when looking/asking for weird LP's in general.
> I was expecting Great International Hits but got Golden Hits instead on the
> Indian "Odean" label, a subsidiary of those bastards, EMI

I happen to have a recorded tape of "Great International Hits",
complete with photocopy of cover and notes. Someone who listened to
my radio show sent it anonimously to me, supposing that I may like
it. I did it, indeed.
Cannot imagine how someone here in Italy could have put his hands on
this indian record.
Anyone interested in tape swapping can make request.
Tracklisting goes:
1. These Boots Are Made For Walking
2. Puppet On A String
3. My Favorite Things
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Sugar Town
6. Edelweiss
7. Do-Re-Mi
8. If I Had A Hammer
9. Strangers In The Night
10. Tequila
11. Lemon Tree
12. Lara's Theme

Hi Jack and anyone
Gionni


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From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yper Sound
Date: 08 May 1998 21:31:50 +0000


Ray Coffey wrote:
> >  les_'YperSound
> Is it also a play on words with the city Ypres , also known as Ieper (pron:
> Yayper)??
> Is this a Belgian-influenced or produced record?

and Chester Nimitz wrote:
> Who came up with the term 'les ypersound' from the beginning? Just
> wondering cos I've had Pierre Henry's "Psych Rock" on a mixtape for
> a while and the guy who made the tape had the song written down on
> the cassette-sleeve as 'Pierre Henry (Les Yper Sound): "Psych ROck"'
> but then I got on this list and I see lots of artists have used the
> term...I always assumed it was something Henry came up with but I
> guess I was wrong....

Les Yper Sound was name of a group (?) who released a single of some
commercial fame in France and Europe also (at least in Italy, I'm
sure) at the end of the sixties (1969, I guess), on Fontana tf
260.103. A side was "Too Fortiche"; B side "Psyche Rock".
Both songs are by Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier. Whether they are
French or from Belgium, I don't know. Maybe Johan will help.
A side is labelled as "jerk"; B as "rock".
Notes in the back cover of my italian print 45 say (I'm roughly
transalting from italian):
"The research of new sonic material is the main goal for every modern
composer and arranger. In the U.S.A. and U.K. there are clubs where
beginners go to dance, but also - and above all - to get drunk of
sounds in a sort of mysterious communion. Pierre Henry with Michel
Colombier have composed one jerk and one rock in a way that nobody
has ever listened before, stricly reserved to the in-crowd. It's sort
of a cult: music that cannot be described. It has his own particular
language, based on rhythm... must be listened in the dark, standing
still or dancing... has many hidden virtues... he who knows how to
melt with this music finds himself in a special state that opens a
world of colors and unknown sounds..."
(notes by Charles Davoust).

You can find "Psyche Rock" reissued on beat/psych cd comp. "Turds On
A Bum Ride" vol. 6 (or 7).

Hi
Gionni


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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Sitar
Date: 08 May 1998 16:18:20 -0400


> > Indian "Odean" label, a subsidiary of those bastards, EMI
V. Balsara and His Singing Sitars - Great International Hits.
On the back cover, at the bottom, for whatever reason, it reads "Dum Dum"!


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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Siesta Records
Date: 09 May 1998 00:54:00 +0100



>   I would like to know more about the Siesta artists and plan to buy
>some more.  Is anyone familiar with Siesta arists Laila Amazon, La
>Buena Vida ,  Holiday, Minema, Moving Pictures,  Loius Phillipe or the
>Red Sleeping Beauty Sountrack?

Here's what I know about these artists (it's not much): Red Sleeping Beauty
come from Sweden, haven't heard them but they supposedly play pretty
anorak-y C86 pop (C86 was a tapecompilation New Musical Express put
together with that year's English wave of jingle-jangly west coast psych
Byrds/Association/Love/Velvets influenced bands). Holiday have been
described as "American sugarsweet guitar pop for friends of pop like Ivy,
Field Mice and The Smiths". Sean O'Hagan from the High Llamas guests on
Laila Amazian's (correct spelling) album which is suppsedly in a Astrud
Gilberto bossa nova-style.

Alright, hope this was to some help, I told ya guys I didn't know much
about this! :)

On another note, I ordered the new Pizzicato 5 remix-CD but haven't heard
it yet - what can I expect? How much have the original Happy End songs been
remodeled, remixed, or rearranged?? I'm particularly curious about the High
Llamas remix, anyone heard it?

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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Re: Siesta Records
Date: 08 May 1998 20:46:11 EDT


I heard the P-5 remix CD today at my favorite record shop and I was very
disappointed...I have become a big fan of theirs thanks to Br. Cleve and knew
the stuff that was re-mixed to the point of knowing the originals are far
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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for The Single Eye, May 10
Date: 09 May 1998 00:03:08 -0400


"The Single Eye" can be heard every Sunday at 4pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and is hosted by Brian and Cheryl. Comments &
questions welcome.

May 10 - As the 15th International Festival Musique Actuelle at
Victoriaville (FIMAV) unspools next weekend, this (and next) week's
Single Eye features acts we'd like to see at the Festival - some will be
appearing, some have appeared, and some...?

Lars Hollmer:  Starlep Signs  "Vill Du Hora Mer"

Pascal Comelade:  La Bolangera, La Gala de Campdevanol  "Un Tal Jazz"

Pierre Bastien & Mecanium:  Inanga Conga  "Musiques Machinales"

FM Einheit:  Dia Mauer/Akt 1  "Prometheus-Lear"

Muslimgauze:  Stars of Golan Heights  "Maroon"

A Certain Frank:  Kismet  "A Certain Frank"

Frieder Butzmann:  Dive Bombers  "Dive Bombers"

Conrad Schnitzler:  Fete Champetre  "Con Brio"

Nurse With Wound:  Yagga Blues  "Yagga Blues"

Tom Recchion:  Free Of Ice  "Chaotica"

Il Gran Teatro Amaro:  Ascoltando I Vicini, Afterhours  "Piazza
Orphelins"

Lars Hollmer:  Baldis  "Vill Du Hora Mer"

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From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 00:27:36 -0500
Date: 08 May 1998 22:33:54 -0600


Hi to all,

         I don't mean to change the subject(s) that are going on at the
present time,
but I have one question that I hope someone can answer.  Does anyone know
if the
Les Baxter album, " Space Escapades " is available on cd?

Steve
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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Staged for Stereo/80 Drums Around the World
Date: 09 May 1998 03:47:47 PDT


Well, that's another sort of mystery....

But it gives me an excuse to repost my still unanswered question:
Has anyone ever seen an LP by "80 Drums Around the World", or are they
actually an invention of Brad UltraLounge who didn't like the sound of
"Bob Thompson's Battery"??

From BossaNovaVille,
Keir

>From: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 01:01:19 -0700
>Subject: Re: (exotica) Staged for Stereo/80 Drums Around the World
Mystery
>    ...
>
>I will be out of the office from 5/11 - 5/22. I will not be checking
e-mail
>messages until I return. For all issues that cannot wait until I
return,
>please contact Jen Bryant at [phone]
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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Quincy - Soundtrack?
Date: 09 May 1998 06:11:35 -0700



>>Does anyone know where the Quincy Jones track 'Snow Creatures' appears? Is
>>it on a soundtrack?
>
>Yeah, it's on "$" or known in the UK as "The Heist". FABULOUS soundtrack.

I second Jill's sentiments!  "$" is my personal fave QJ ST.  Second must be
THE LOST MAN.

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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Mildew and cocktails
Date: 09 May 1998 09:24:42 -0500 (CDT)


m.ace wrote:

>Does anyone know some good methods for dealing with mildew on records and
>covers? (especially covers -- got some rather overpowering specimens here)

Here's a recipe from Steve Milgram, who ran the great Deetroit used record
store Sam's Jams for many years. (Don't know if Sam's still exists. Any
Detrioters out there who could enlighten me?) A fine cleaner for vinyl,
although it will probably strip the four-color inks from record sleeves:

Sam's Jam's Secret Sauce

One part denatured alcohol
Two parts distilled water

Mix and wipe on yer viny with a soft cloth. A little goes a long way.

And if anyone would like a recipe for Lebanese-style grilled chicken, write
offlist.

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: arthur lyman: Sonic Sixties
Date: 09 May 1998 14:07:42 +0200


Jordana Robinson wrote: <quote>

>Sonic Sixties is pretty much
>easy listening, with pleasant vibey versions of 60s pop hits.
> <cut>
> it's not too crazy, mellow, pretty and nice.

    exactly, though i liked it _very very_ much, i love those vibes!
    it's a bit jazzy too, AND it contains the one and only version of
    Popp's "love is blue" that i can stand ;-)
        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) THE VOODOO RHYTHM NEWS
Date: 08 May 1998 20:46:17 +0200


forwared from: Beat Zeller <[e-mail]>

Lightning Beat-Man and the Never heard of'EMS - Apartment Wrestling Rock'n'Roll
(12" LP VR1202)
4 jears ago Lightning Beat-Man released his first Album :10" LP (Wrestling
Rock'n'Roll,Record Junkie) and in this 4 jears alot of things happend,there
where alot of singles released by labels all around the World such as Bag
of Hammers,Demolition Derby,Wild Wild,G.I.,Mad driver... and playing alot
of shows around Europe,Paris,London ,Madrid.... NOW is the time to present
you his new album,on this album you gonna here the  Lightning Beat-Man one
man band stuff, songs from radio sessions from around the world,and songs
together with his backing band "the never heard of'EMS" (Dink
Winkerton,guitar Duro Duro,Double bass Gringo Starr drums) there will be
record release tour in germany and austria,on this tour you can buy a
special Silk screen on fabric cover only pressed 300, we don't gonna sell
those over the Voodoo Rhyhtm Mail order!!! but i gonna send some of those
copies to Sound Flat ([e-mail]) in germany and you can order
them directly,you have to hury there are not many copies like that!!!
anyway if you are in europe and come to the shows,you have a cope for
shure15.Mai : Wien,flex (A) 16.Mai : Munchen,Atomic Cafe (D)17.Mai :
Dresden,riesa e.V (D)18.Mai: Bautzen, steinhaus D)19.Mai : Nurnberg,LGB
(D)20.Mai : Frankfurt am main,Ostclub (D)21.Mai : Munster,gleis 22
(D)22.Mai : Bremen,Bremenale (D)23.Mai : Leonberg,beatbarracke (D)
or there gona be a record release party in Dojo (Reithalle Bern,Switzerland
5.Juni) with a Lightning Beat-Man Impersonation Contest... come as
Lightning Beat-Man,and play a song on stage !!! the Worst Lightning
Beat-Man impersonator get a free limited edition Record and a set of
Lightning Beat-Man trading Cards !!!


anyway if you wana order some records please use our Distributers thats Rec
Rec ,EFA, or Clear Spot,or you can order direct:
Voodoo Rhythm
c/oBeat'MAN' Zeller
Laengassstrasse 57
3012 Bern
Switzerland
tel/Fax ++41(0)31 302 52 86
http://www.bboxbbs.ch/home/voodoo



Stay Wild and Stay Wrestling                Voodoo Rhyhtm




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Subject: (exotica) Re: Record Collection Software
Date: 09 May 1998 15:07:43 +0200


my personal experience is that it is sometimes best to build it yourself,
with an easy to use yet powerful database application like filemaker pro.
if you have a mac, you don't have much of a choice either, because all the
prefab commercial music databases out there are for windowz...

        Johan

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Teletubbies & "pingu"
Date: 09 May 1998 14:52:23 +0200


BasicHip <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one-
>year olds.

    i've been trying to tape them on vhs, but somehow i always miss them,
    maybe the emission hour mentioned in my tv guide is wrong...
    so i'm glad to hear there's a cd! they seem to have some cult
    following, because they're so completely mad.

    another children's program worth checking if it's on your cable is
    called "pingu", made in switzerland i think, starring pinguins
    dolls, who produce an incredibly hilarious out-of-space like,
    high pitched nonsense talk :)

        Johan

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Subject: (exotica) Fwd: Lucia Pamela's Granddaughter
Date: 09 May 1998 01:23:41 -0400


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Her name is Noel Irwin Hentschel.  She's running for Lt. Governor of
the state of California.  I am in possession of her four-page color
campaign brochure and it is bizarre in every sense of the word.

Picture this.  The cover: A perfectly coifed young republican
complete with pearls, smiling in front of a portrait of Ronald
Reagan, a banner below proclaims Hentschel to be "A True Reagan
Republican".  Worse yet, an inset photo pictures Ms. Hentshcel w/none
other than current CA Attorney General Dan (the Anti-Christ) Lungren.

Subsequent pages reveal that Hentschel is a business-woman who
overcame great hardship during her childhood in Fresno and went on
to start her own successful business.  The brochure is loaded with
the usual rightwing propaganda - fighting drugs and crime, supporting
religion and family values, blah blah blah.  Nothing original here.
More entertaining is the series of photos of Hentschel with a truly
astounding array of characters, including: Dan Quayle, Pete Wilson,
Mother Teresa and . . . LUCIA PAMELA!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that's right, Lucia.  The photo appears to be at least 40 years
old.  Hentschel is an infant in this picture.  Her grandmother is
holding her proudly and smiling for the camera.  The picture is
entirely out of place in the context of the brochure.  Even more
strange, she is not identified simply as "Noel's grandmother," but
instead she is "Noel's grandmother, Lucia Pamela".   As if the name
itself will draw votes (it just might, but unfortunately not from
me).

Many questions come to mind.  What were they thinking?  Are there
actually Republican political consultants who worship Lucia
(possible when you consider the lyrics, "No more taxes, No more
bills, Just doing the Flip Flop Fly")?  Is Lucia even aware that her
image is being used in this manner?  Or is she somehow behind it all
(in which case, maybe I should be voting for Hentschel).  The mind
boggles.

For those so inclined, you can learn more about Noel and her
campaign at: www.teamnoel.org.  Unfortunately, a quick scan of her
web site reveals no pictures of Lucia (only poorly dithered photos
of Noel).

Kirk Biglione
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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Record Collection Software
Date: 10 May 1998 15:29:53 +0100


There are freeware versions of music databases built on commercial platforms.

I never found one that I was happy with and have not looked for quite some
time,
so I have no recommendations or hints where to look. I guess making my own
would solve that problem though.... I'll put that the list of projects I'm not

likely going to get to.

Johan Dada Vis wrote:

> my personal experience is that it is sometimes best to build it yourself,
> with an easy to use yet powerful database application like filemaker pro.
> if you have a mac, you don't have much of a choice either, because all the
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From: Rcbrooksod <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mildew and cocktails
Date: 09 May 1998 21:59:49 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-09 10:25:55 EDT, you write:

<< >Does anyone know some good methods for dealing with mildew on records and
 >covers? (especially covers -- got some rather overpowering specimens here)
  >>

I still like the brillo pad and comet suggestion from awhile back.

Mr. Solvent,

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From: Jbtwist <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rat Pack Special
Date: 09 May 1998 22:57:11 EDT


Guess NOBODY gets the TV Land cable channel, as i don't recall seeing any
posts about the Rat Pack Special 3 weeks ago. In short, Dino was the Ultimate
Crooner, it was easy to see why all the housewives loved him. Sammy was Mr.
Entertainment, especially a 3 song medley backed by only a drummer and a conga
player, during which he danced the Monkey, Jerk, Mashed Potatoes and Frug.
Frank was Frank, and the Count Basie Band led by Quincy Jones swung hard.
Johnny Carson even 'sang' a verse in the closing cut-up session with all four
out there, drinks in hand and obviously feelin no pain. Some of the antics
were funny (use of off-stage mike to sling zingers while each other
performed), some not so funny, but damn, there must have been some incredible
live shows back then. TV Land tacked on a lame pie fight from an appearance by
Frank, Sammy and Trini Lopez on the Soupy Sales show. (Frank made it oh-so-hip
to get pied by Soupy after he did it on Soupy's nighttime network show).
All in all, quite a show. A matronly cellist with cats-eye glasses beamed with
delight from her front row seat in the second orchestra on stage.

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Techno Ken
Date: 10 May 1998 11:08:52 +0200


Some kind of lounge techno version of Ken Nordine's "Flibberty Jib" can be
found on the album For the Whole Family by Lord Runningclam. Makes me wonder
why he isn't sampled more often in modern day dance music.

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From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) spare copies of elpees
Date: 10 May 1998 19:58:10 +0100


hi all

following recent posts ... I have brand new spare copies of the following
vinyl elpees if anyone's interested (not really my thang y'see)

Piero Umiliani - Today's Sound
Various Italian Movie Music Composers - Erotica Italia

UK shop price plus postage at cost from London

email me if y'interested

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From: "Charles Moseley"<[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Record Collection Software
Date: 10 May 1998 21:38:34 +0100



Whatever software you use, you still have to spend days typing in all the
information. If you're cataloging newish vinyl or CDs, maybe a barcode
scanner is a good idea. Simply scan all your barcodes and hey presto or
voila or something, your music is catalogued.
I have been told by my insurance company that I have to catalogue all my
old records individually so that they are insured for their correct value.
I considered writing the names of all of them down, using a database to
catagorise them all, barcoding all of them or even photgraphing all of them
(perhaps with digital camera and imaging software). In the end, I said
bollocks to it all and they are still uncategorised.
Lets hope I don't have a fire.


Merry May to all,



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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Identify the vinyl..
Date: 10 May 1998 22:28:49 +0100


Hi,
I know it's considered bad form to read the National Enquirer,
but this week's edition (p21)  has a beautiful picture of Audrey Hepburn
taken in 1954.  She's wearing a plaid shirt and short shorts, and is
sorting out albums to play on her Columbia autochanger.  The
albums are tantalizingly only partly visible,  but include
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- 'Recuerdos' by Carlos ???????
- 'Love Songs for a ??????????G' (possibly Romantic Evening)
- ? album not in sleeve, on Mercury Olympian Series label.
- 'African ????' - jazz recording.
A couple more sleeves are partly visible, and may be identifiable
by their graphics.
Anyone identify more details please?

Mini article about Audrey is headed "Hollywood and Vinyl".  Eeek!

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Giorgio
Date: 11 May 1998 01:16:42 +0000


Does anybody know, when Giorgio (Moroder) had his No.1 Hit "Son of my
father" in England? I found this funny LP ("Giorgio") that he made right
after the hit. It has his early attempts to create synthiepop music. But
how early? No date on it...

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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Giorgio
Date: 10 May 1998 21:41:59 -0400


Moritz R wrote:
>
> Does anybody know, when Giorgio (Moroder) had his No.1 Hit "Son of my
> father" in England? I found this funny LP ("Giorgio") that he made right after the hit. It has his early attempts to create synthiepop music. But how early? No date on it...
>

Very early 70's - I remember hearing it on the radio, but I don't
remember the exact year.  Probably well before 1975, if I'm not
mistaken.

cheryl


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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Giorgio
Date: 10 May 1998 23:11:25 -0700


At 01:16 AM 5/11/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Does anybody know, when Giorgio (Moroder) had his No.1 Hit "Son of my
>father" in England? I found this funny LP ("Giorgio") that he made right
>after the hit. It has his early attempts to create synthiepop music. But
>how early? No date on it...
>
>MO

The single "Son of my Father" peaked on the American charts in April 1972.

Dave


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Subject: [Brian Phillips: RE: (exotica) Sitar]
Date: 11 May 1998 11:19:02 +0100


> From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
>
> > > Indian "Odean" label, a subsidiary of those bastards, EMI
>
> V. Balsara and His Singing Sitars - Great International Hits.
> On the back cover, at the bottom, for whatever reason, it reads "Dum Dum"!
>

That's the name of an Indian town. I think dum dum bullets were first
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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Giorgio
Date: 11 May 1998 06:04:28 -0600


At 01:16 11/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Does anybody know, when Giorgio (Moroder) had his No.1 Hit "Son of my
>father" in England? I found this funny LP ("Giorgio") that he made right
>after the hit. It has his early attempts to create synthiepop music. But
>how early? No date on it...

I'm pretty sure that this was number one by another artist. Giorgio is
probably just covering it. It was No. 1 by some 70 (early) British band.
Someone out there in the UK should know it.If no one else responds, I'll
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Giorgio Moroder
Date: 11 May 1998 16:29:33 +0000


Jill Mingo wrote:

> I'm pretty sure that this was number one by another artist. Giorgio is
> probably just covering it. It was No. 1 by some 70 (early) British band.
> Someone out there in the UK should know it.If no one else responds, I'll
> track down the band name.

No, it was written by Moroder / Bellotte / Holm. Pete Bellotte is Moroders
then-musician (Giorgio couldn't read notes and had to paint coloured dots on
the key of the piano) and Holm could be Michael Holm, German Schlager-singer,
although that would kind of surprise me.

MO



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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Coney Island Mermaid Parade in JUNE
Date: 11 May 1998 15:32:21 GMT


Here's a note about one of NYC's great exotic events:


The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is scheduled for
Saturday June 27, 1998.

Attractions will include beautiful antique cars near which you
can be photographed as well AS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC contests for
best parade entries including for Best Mermaid. Some mermaids
compete bare breasted.

For more information, including the history of Coney Island and
an inside look at the lives of carnival side show freaks go to:
http://www.coneyislandusa.com.

Ray Normandeau will be parade MC.
http://www.buzznyc.com/actors/res.normandeau.raymond.html



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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Rat Pack Special
Date: 11 May 1998 08:45:26 -0400


I get the TVLand channel and I taped said special, however, I haven't seen
it yet.  Thanks for the write-up!



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From: david kasdorf <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fwd: Lucia Pamela's Granddaughter
Date: 09 May 1998 17:43:48 -0400




I loved the post on Lucia Pamela.  I've been a huge fan ever since the
early 80's when I was introduced to her on KFSR radio in Fresno ("This is
Lucia Pamela telling you what to do in and around Fresno...") by Kirk
Biglione, program director of what was then a truly great station.  I
managed even to scrape up a few copies of her LP, and in fact mark this as
the onset of my passion for collecting "Incredibly Strange" records. Return
visits to the area prove that the station is no longer interesting, but
then I've been spoiled by years of WFMU.

But I digress.  Some time back, in a conversation with Irwin Chusid, a more
recent convert, but the driving force behind the release of the CD, it was
revealed that, alas, Lucia's mind is no longer as lucid as it once was.
(Make of that what you will)  I trust she is still alive; I haven't heard
anything to the contrary, all of which to say she could very well be the
"brains" behind the campaign.

  David Kasdorf


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Yper Sound
Date: 10 May 1998 20:40:46 +0200


>From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>

>Les Yper Sound was name of a group (?) who released a single of some
>commercial fame in France and Europe also (at least in Italy, I'm
>sure) at the end of the sixties (1969, I guess), on Fontana tf
>260.103. A side was "Too Fortiche"; B side "Psyche Rock".
>Both songs are by Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier. Whether they are
>French or from Belgium, I don't know. Maybe Johan will help.

    sorry, no idea, i haven't heard of them before. the label
    "fontana" doesn't give a clue either, as it appeared in uk,
    belgium, france, and maybe other countries...

        Johan

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Les Baxter album, " Space Escapades " is available on cd?
Date: 11 May 1998 15:42:43 +0200


nope, it isn't.

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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Clara Rockmore
Date: 11 May 1998 10:51:03 -0700


I'm sure Lou "I find it out before anyone else does" Smith has already told
you all BUT if there is a FREAK chance that he didn't;

Clara Rockmore, beloved friend, mentor, consummate musician and virtuoso
of the theremin, died peacefully at 9:30 Sunday morning at her home.

Her family was at her bedside during the last few days of her life, and
just two days earlier she learned of the birth of her first great
grandniece. Clara had previously said "If it's a boy he'll be another
Jascha Heifetz. If it's a girl, she'll be a Clara Rockmore".

So we shall hope.

An obituary will appear in Tuesday's "New York Times".  Funeral services
will be held the following day.

Clara's death signals the end of a chapter in the extraordinary story of
Leon Theremin and his remarkable instrument.  Her life and artistry will
serve as inspiration to carry on the truly fine theremin tradition that
she established.  It is the end of a chapter in a book that has just
begun.




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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Downhill Racer
Date: 12 May 1998 01:21:55 -0400


I have this very anonymous album which supposedly has tunes from "Midnight
Cowboy", "Easy Rider" and "Downhill Racer".  It's on Design and there's a
big picture of a blonde cowboy, resembling Jon Voight but I don't think
it's him.  No band credits, not even a made-up name.
In any case, there's this absolutely stunning cut called "Florida Dream"
which the record seems to imply comes from "Downhill Racer".  Does anyone
know?  Is there a Downhill Racer soundtrack?  Is that a tune on the
soundtrack?
Here it's done with vibes and wordless vocals and a Latinesque feel and the
tune is very reminiscent of some great lost Bond theme.
The whole thing is way too good to be so anonymous.
Any info?

Nat



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From: "Les Belikian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Giorgio Moroder
Date: 11 May 1998 22:43:20 -0700


I'm fairly sure the band Jill's referring to was Chicory Tip,
whom I remember as having just that one hit back in the
earlier part of the glam/glitter era.

Les

>Jill Mingo wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure that this was number one by another artist. Giorgio is
>> probably just covering it. It was No. 1 by some 70 (early) British band.
>> Someone out there in the UK should know it.If no one else responds, I'll
>> track down the band name.
>
>No, it was written by Moroder / Bellotte / Holm. Pete Bellotte is Moroders
>then-musician (Giorgio couldn't read notes and had to paint coloured dots
on
>the key of the piano) and Holm could be Michael Holm, German
Schlager-singer,
>although that would kind of surprise me.
>
>MO






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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Giorgio Moroder
Date: 12 May 1998 00:20:41 -0700


On Rhino's CD "Have a Nice Day - Super Hits of the '70s Volume 7", last
track, is "Giorgio - Son of my Father", and it lists the song peaking on
the US charts in April, 1972.  The liner notes indicate this was the first
hit as an artist for Giorgio Moroder, and after tasting mega-success as a
producer in the later '70s, he would again return to the top 40  as an
artist in 1979 with "Chase" from the film Midnight Express.

I'm not sure about Chicory Tip, but Giorgio Moroder (as "Giorgio") did
indeed co-write and record that song!

dave

At 10:43 PM 5/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>I'm fairly sure the band Jill's referring to was Chicory Tip,
>whom I remember as having just that one hit back in the
>earlier part of the glam/glitter era.
>
>Les



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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Phuture Lounge playlist - 10 May.
Date: 12 May 1998 04:21:18 -0600


Again, folks. Here is my playlist for Sunday, 10th May Phuture Lounge show
on Subcity Radio, Glasgow, Scotland. It is on 106.2 FM from 3.30pm - 5pm
hosted by myself, DJ Mingo-go. This weeks show was co-hosted by BONGO BOY
from Edinburgh.

Any more info needed, email me.

5TH DIMENSION "The Girls Song"
FREE DESIGN "You Could Be Born Again"
CAL TJADER "The Fakir"
JOHN BARRY "Kinky"
MORTON STEVENS "Front Street"
VENTURES "Starsky & Hutch"
LALO SCHIFRIN "Magnum Force"
APRIL STEVENS "I Need a Lip"
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66 "Lost in Paradise"
ALAN LORBER ORCH. "Mas Que Nada"
FRANCE GALL "Baby Pop"
PIZZICATO 5 "Porno 3003"
DICK HYMAN & MARY MAYO "Moon Gas"
RESTAURANT TRACKS "We Want Reggae (Because It Makes Us Feel Sexy)"
G104 "P.A.R.T.Y."
EAST OF SUEZ "Harem"
G104 "K.U.N.G."
TURN ON "Ru Tenone"
THE HIGH LLAMAS "Homespun Rerun"
CHRIS MONTEZ "Girl Talk"
BEATLES "Good Day Sunshine"
NANCY & LEE "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"



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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) La Locura Del Rock┤n Roll
Date: 12 May 1998 06:28:39 PDT



La Locura Del Rock┤n Roll
English title: Crazy About Rock & Roll.
A mexican film made 1956 with music AND acting by Esquivel!
I sure would like to see it...


http://azteca-films.com/pelicula/LaLoollZ.htm

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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Comp tapes.....
Date: 12 May 1998 08:58:55 -0400


Hey Basic Hip - got your package the other day.  Thanks for
the added info about Moog.

Haven't listened to the tapes yet.  Will post the results.

- Nate


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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: CDnow Puts 20 Years OF CMJ's Content at the Fingertips of Music Shoppers
Date: 12 May 1998 15:20:50 GMT


This is a commercial announcement (with all the hype) but it may be of
interest to some of y'all. Hope no one minds.
--Lou

         CMJ, The Leading Authority on New Music Partners with CDnow,

                        The Leading Online MusicStore

    GREAT NECK, N.Y., and JENKINTOWN, Penn., May 11 /PRNewswire/ --
College  Media, Inc. (CMJ), the industry leader in the discovery and
promotion of new artists, and CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNW), the Internet's
number one music store, today announced a four-year exclusive alliance
to create the most informative alternative music shopping experience
available.  CDnow will now feature the tens of thousands of music
reviews from the CMJ New Music Report and CMJ New Music Monthly.  The
agreement brings together CDnow's breadth of selection and music
authority with CMJ's 20 years of content on emerging and cutting-edge
artists.
    CMJ New Music Report, a music industry trade publication, began
publishing  in 1978.  Its consumer-oriented sister publication, CMJ
New Music Monthly, is now celebrating its fifth year of publication.
CMJ's unique content, which will now be available on CDnow, runs the
gamut of musical genres and includes extensive coverage of alternative
music from its very beginning, roots and blues, jazz, metal, hip hop,
Triple A, electronica, dance, world music, and more.  Additionally,
visitors reading reviews at the CMJ Online Web site can click through
to CDnow to purchase the album.
    "CDnow's alliance with CMJ will create an enriched experience for
music  shoppers," says Jason Olim, CDnow CEO and President.  "CMJ is
the standard in the industry for news about emerging artists, and
CDnow continues to set the standards for online music retailing.
About 80% of CDnow customers are purchasing hard to find and non-hit
driven artists, and CMJ's content will help them discover new artists
they may not have heard before."
    "CDnow is the perfect type of partner for CMJ," adds CMJ President
&  Publisher Robert Haber.  "We share common goals and similar
histories.  From humble beginnings in our parents' basements to
becoming leaders in our respective fields, to our shared commitment to
the promotion of new and developing artists.  We believe that no other
publisher in the world has amassed the kind of database that CMJ has
over the past two decades, with such a strong focus on new and
emerging artists and sounds.  We are delighted to have entered into
this arrangement with CDNow -- a company that has quickly established
itself as the clear leader in the world of online music retailing. We
are also pleased that we will now be able to offer CDnow's impressive
array of services to the visitors to CMJ's own website."
    College Media, Inc. was founded in 1979 by Robert Haber, who began
publishing a mimeographed trade journal called CMJ New Music Report
out of his parents' basement.  From that time forward, CMJ New Music
Report has distinguished itself and risen to prominence as, to quote
the Los Angeles Times, "the bible of new music."  Today, in addition
to CMJ New Music Report, CMJ also publishes CMJ New Music Monthly,
which brings CMJ's expertise to the music consumer -- along with a
compact disc in every issue, and CMJ Online ( http://www.cmj.com ),
which brings CMJ's expertise to the web.  CMJ also hosts the annual
four-day music industry convention and band showcase known as CMJ New
Music Marathon & MusicFest.
    CDnow, Inc (cdnow.com) offers more than 250,000 music related
items --  five times the size of the average music store.  Founded in
1994 by twin brothers Jason and Matthew Olim, CDnow is building a
better music store by offering music fans personalized album
recommendations, music samples and a vast library of information on
artists, releases, reviews and features from top writers in the music
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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Downhill Racer
Date: 12 May 1998 07:19:22 -0400



> In any case, there's this absolutely stunning cut called "Florida Dream"
> which the record seems to imply comes from "Downhill Racer".  Does anyone
> know?

That sounds like "Florida Fantasy", which is one of my favorite tracks on
"Midnight Cowboy", which is played in a bizarre dream sequence.  Barry's
arrangement is played with an electronic keyboard (Arp? Moog?), percussion
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Beat at Cinecitta VOL 1 <-> 2
Date: 11 May 1998 20:01:49 +0200


>From: Jack <[e-mail]>

>All the Easy Tempo Volumes RULE and Beat at Cinecitta VOL 1 is equally
>tremendous.  Vol 2 is the 1 I have heard to stay away from, though I have
>not heard it

    right, i'd give vol 1 a rating of 5, and vol 2 only a 4, both on a
    scale of 5

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: THE MOOD MOSAIC
Date: 11 May 1998 20:03:28 +0200


>Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 15:10:53 EST
>From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>

>...and then there were the MOOD MOSAIC releases from England.  The MArk Wirtz
>go-go one (vol 1) and the Thriller Memorandum spy one (vol 2).  on RPM.  were
>there more than 2?

    OST by Les Reed: "Girl on a motorcycle (Mood Mosaic Volume 3)"
        (CD, RPM RPM 171, UK, 1997)

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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Beat at Cinecitta VOL 1 <-> 2
Date: 12 May 1998 19:07:15 +0100


> From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>

> >From: Jack <[e-mail]>
>
> >All the Easy Tempo Volumes RULE and Beat at Cinecitta VOL 1 is equally
> >tremendous.  Vol 2 is the 1 I have heard to stay away from, though I have
> >not heard it
>
>     right, i'd give vol 1 a rating of 5, and vol 2 only a 4, both on a
>     scale of 5
>

I really didn't like Vol. 2 that much when I first got it. However, on
relistening it has grown and grown on me; I now love it as much as the
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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Comp tapes.....
Date: 12 May 1998 16:19:48 EDT


If your BasicHip tapes are as good as mine, you'll surely exit with a smirk
;-) (they're great)


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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter album, " Space Escapades " is available
Date: 12 May 1998 22:32:11 +0000


No, but one track ("Saturday Night on Saturn") appears on volume 3 of
Ultra Lounge.


Robbie

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) Kelsey Grammer from Cheers likes the Siesta label!
Date: 12 May 1998 23:44:52 +0100


I got this from a friend, and he got it in turn from someone else:

>Newsflash: Sideshow Bob likes the Free Design!
>
>>Kelsey Grammer (TV's Frasier) came into my work today!!!
>>well, i work at a retail store and among my menial duties i just happened to
>>be the so-called "muzak director." i had Free Design along with They Go
>>Boom!!, Acid House Kings, La Buena Vida, and Otis Redding in the background.
>>and guess what? he loved Free Design and asked where he could get a hold of
>>it. so i gave him a little bio on them and told him that he can get it through
>>Siesta label!  thanks Siesta for making my "celebrity encounter" a  delightful
>>experience...    he'll be getting in touch with you real soon!

Pretty cool, eh? Anyone know any other celebrities being into Exotica?

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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Kelsey Grammer from Cheers likes the Siesta label!
Date: 12 May 1998 15:49:34 +0000


Kenny Brockelstein wrote:
>

>
> Pretty cool, eh? Anyone know any other celebrities being into Exotica?

Mamie and Ike dug Danny Guglielmi, and reportedly were into the 3 Suns.


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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: The Sync Adds More Movies
Date: 13 May 1998 00:28:29 GMT



The Sync Adds More Movies

If you're searching for some fun online, check out The Sync's newly
added cult movies, available on demand in Real Video format. You can
now watch Richard Blackburn's controversial 1972 vampire thriller
"Lemora, Lady Dracula," which was declared "banned" by the Catholic
FilmBoard at its premiere; Jason Paul Collum's "5 Dark Souls" (1997),
an eerie mystery of students involved in a snuff film production;
and the documentary of the septugenarian punk rock star and
apocalyptic poet Dika Newlin, "Dika: Murder City" (1995).
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From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Techno Ken
Date: 12 May 1998 21:47:56 -0400


"Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]> writes:

>Some kind of lounge techno version of Ken Nordine's "Flibberty
>Jib" can be found on the album For the Whole Family by Lord
>Runningclam. Makes me wonder why he isn't sampled more
>often in modern day dance music.

For more recent Nordine sampling, check the title track from Towa
Tei's "Sound Museum" album.


Peter
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The 101% styling list
Date: 13 May 1998 11:04:10 +0000


When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:

50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
black velvet painting by Leeteg,
60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
Bamboo bar,
50s TV set,
Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
Old editions of National geographic casually lying around
Exotica record collection

Any additions?

MO



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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list
Date: 13 May 1998 03:20:48 -0600


At 11:04 13/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
>to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:
>
>50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
>large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
>Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
>black velvet painting by Leeteg,
>60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
>Bamboo bar,
>50s TV set,
>Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
>Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
>Old editions of National geographic casually lying around

Forget these. You need 1960s copies of Playboy.

>Exotica record collection
>
>Any additions?

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 11:52:13 +0000


On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

MO



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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 05:16:11 -0600


At 11:52 13/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

Sure. In the 60s and 70s they had those stereos with automatic record
changers.You would stack your records and they would drop down one by one.
So if you wanted to hear your double LP, you would stack Side 1 and Side 2,
then flip them both to hear 3 and 4. Does that make sense?

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list
Date: 13 May 1998 07:55:10 -0400



Moritz wrote:

> When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
> to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:
>
> 50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
> large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
> Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
> black velvet painting by Leeteg,
> 60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
> Bamboo bar,
> 50s TV set,
> Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
> Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
> Old editions of National geographic casually lying around
> Exotica record collection
>
> Any additions?

I would add paintings by Tretchikoff...you know, those paintings of
blue or green exotic looking women. I think these prints were everywhere in
the late 50's/early 60's.


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 14:38:28 +0000


>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4

>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

>Sure. In the 60s and 70s they had those stereos with automatic record
>changers.You would stack your records and they would drop down one by
one.
>So if you wanted to hear your double LP, you would stack Side 1 and
Side 2,
>then flip them both to hear 3 and 4. Does that make sense?

It does. Thank you!

MO



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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list
Date: 13 May 1998 14:44:24 +0000


telstar wrote:

> Moritz wrote:
>
> > When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
> > to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:
> >
> > 50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
> > large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
> > Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
> > black velvet painting by Leeteg,
> > 60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
> > Bamboo bar,
> > 50s TV set,
> > Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
> > Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
> > Old editions of National geographic casually lying around
> > Exotica record collection
> >
> > Any additions?
>
> I would add paintings by Tretchikoff...you know, those paintings of
> blue or green exotic looking women. I think these prints were everywhere in
> the late 50's/early 60's.
>
> Allan

Well, yeah... paintings. Of course you'd need a painting by Moritz R !
I know that many like Tretchikoff. I myself am not such a big fan of him. But
I can't really explain why.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 06:00:14 +0000


At 11:52 AM 5/13/98 +0000, Moritz wrote:
>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

Automatic record changers.  Stack them...play sides 1 and 2, then pull
off the stack, flip and play 3 and 4.

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Subject: RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 10:47:02 -0400


> Automatic record changers.  Stack them...play sides 1 and 2, then pull
> off the stack, flip and play 3 and 4.

...repeat until record is ruined, which is why this practice was stopped.
Semi-funny idea: release an album with no gatefold sleeve, say it is a
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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 11:46:16 -0500



>> Automatic record changers.  Stack them...play sides 1 and 2, then
>pull
>> off the stack, flip and play 3 and 4.
>
>...repeat until record is ruined, which is why this practice was
>stopped.


The very thought of a record dropping and sliding on to another record
while it's spinning makes me cringe.

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 18:57:28 +0100


Hey all,

I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
is! :( :( :( Burt Bacharach is my all time favourite songwriter but this
really must be his worst recording ever....It was an awful surprise to
hear...avoid it like the plague, if you ask me. Maybe it was supposed to be
in the same 'cheery' mood as the movie (it's a comedy).....I dunno, but I
do know I'll cancel my order from a company on the Net straight away. Did
this album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach fanatics on
this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and maybe you
all think it's a masterpiece...

On a more positive note, I bought The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter and this
is fantastic, really amazing, as most of you already know. 40 songs too!!

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From: Pearmania <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Date: 13 May 1998 13:16:17 EDT


I am a fan of Les Baxter's exotic albums.  I noticed that the Citadel label
has released two Baxter soundtracks on CD: Cry of the Banshee/Edgar Allan Poe
Suite
and Black Sunday/Baron Blood.  Can anyone on the list offer recommendations to
buy these?


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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Date: 13 May 1998 11:01:33 PDT


If Black Sunday is really Black Sabbath, the 60's horror flick - I seem
to recall that one having a fairly enjoyable score. There's even a
little self-reflexive irony in it: one of the tales involves a hep young
composer who while vacationing on a tropical aisle witnesses a native
voodoo ceremony, he jots down the music and upon his return home he
transcribes it as a jazz number. Unfortunately, this invokes bad juju
and Dhambala whacks the guy. Then again, maybe this tale is from "Terror
Train" (or similar)... but one thinks of Lester. And Citadel - the
Australian label?

BW

I noticed that the Citadel label
>has released two Baxter soundtracks on CD: Cry of the Banshee/Edgar
Allan Poe
>Suite
>and Black Sunday/Baron Blood.  Can anyone on the list offer
recommendations to
>buy these?
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks -Reply
Date: 13 May 1998 14:13:02 -0400


Black Sunday and Black Sabbath are two different films -
same director I think (Mario Bava, Italy).

Black Sunday has Barbara Steele hauntin' up the joint.

Black Sabbath is an omnibus with 5(?) stories.  That's
probably the one with the jazz musician.  The first story is
with Boris Karloff.

- Nate


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks -Reply
Date: 13 May 1998 11:18:09 PDT


"while vacationing on a tropical aisle"

that would be opposite the frozen vegetable aisle.

Damned spirochete,

BW

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Subject: Re:RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 19:31:11 UT


<<
...repeat until record is ruined, which is why this practice was stopped.
Semi-funny idea: release an album with no gatefold sleeve, say it is a
double album and list the sides as Side one and Side Four.
>>

I like that!
Or, release it WITH a gatefold, and just leave the other side empty.

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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 13:01:30 -0700


At 06:57 PM 5/13/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Hey all,
>
>I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>is! :( :( :( Burt Bacharach is my all time favourite songwriter but this
>really must be his worst recording ever....It was an awful surprise to
>hear...avoid it like the plague, if you ask me. Maybe it was supposed to be
>in the same 'cheery' mood as the movie (it's a comedy).....I dunno, but I
>do know I'll cancel my order from a company on the Net straight away. Did
>this album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach fanatics on
>this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and maybe you
>all think it's a masterpiece...

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but I certainly enjoyed it.  I found it
to be somewhat in the same vein as Butch Cassidy, mood pieces for different
scenes of the film - as as you noted, it WAS a comedy.  And of course, his
soundtrack work differs greatly from his "pop" work (aside from the
single-with-vocals thrown in, in hopes of a hit single, like BJ Thomas in
Butch Cassidy, The Hollies in After the Fox).   So, while not his best
work, soundtrack or otherwise, I would advise Bacharach fans to pick it up!

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
Date: 13 May 1998 13:08:26 PDT


Accidentally, I swear, I happened to flip past the terrible Joe Pesci
film _Jimmy Hollywood_ the other night, and what was hanging on his
apartment wall...? Yup, the one from the first Sound Gallery CD, I
think.  I guess at least the set designer had taste....

From BossaNovaVille,
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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 21:25:41 +0100



I've only ever seen double 12" albums - did they
ever issue double 10" albums in the 50's?

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 22:39:07 +0100


So the Exotic Moods cover everything up to 1960 - are there any Baxter
compilations which continue with what he did in the sixties?

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ayi-yi-yi
Date: 13 May 1998 17:19:12 -0500


     LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Riding the wave of a new millennium,
Southern California's signature rock group, the Beach Boys, are
angling for crossover gold with mariachi versions of their top
hits.
     This is music to the ears of Jose Hernandez, leader of the
15-member Mariachi Sol de Mexico. He has few doubts the
distinctly Mexican style of music will deliver for the band that
defined the California ``surfin' sound,'' with new renditions of
old classics.
     His Los Angeles mariachi group collaborated with the Beach
Boys on the new Spanish-language album, ``Acapulco Girls,'' due
for release in May from the EMI Latin label. Songs like the
Beach Boys' ``Fun, Fun, Fun'' and ``California Girls'' evoke
images the world over of the early 1960s and freewheeling beach
life.
     But Southern California, and Los Angeles in particular, are
no longer synonymous with blonde teen-agers and surfboards.
     The fast-growing Hispanic community now accounts for about
30 percent of the total population and Latin music is booming.
By 2040, Californians of Hispanic heritage could account for
two-thirds of the population, according to some estimates.
     But legends die hard so Hernandez, dressed in a traditional
tight ``charro'' outfit, will hold a surfboard and be surrounded
by girls in bikinis on the new cover of the joint CD album.

     CROSSOVER DREAMS
     When Beach Boy Mike Love suggested the collaboration,
Hernandez jumped at the chance. ``It made the album all that
much better for us. It was the first time a group like that
asked us to record with them,'' he said.
     Mariachi, a distinctive blend of strings and horns meant to
tug heartstrings with romantic ballads or summon couples to the
dance floor with irresistible rhythms, was well-suited to the
Beach Boys' ``Kokomo,'' Hernandez said.
     ``This was the first time I recorded adding drums, organ and
guitar, but we had to respect their style of music,'' he said.
     But ``California Girls,'' the second Beach Boys track, could
not be directly translated. ``I went through the lyrics but
decided it can't be a translation, it would have to be something
they would be proud of in Mexico -- so we changed it to
''Acapulco Girls,'' Hernandez said. ``It's the same concept.''
     Also, the rhythm had to be adjusted on ``Girls,'' he said.
''But the harmonies -- the oohs and aahs -- they are the same.''
     He said it was tough at times getting the right
pronunciation from the Beach Boys' phonetic rendering of the
Spanish vocals, but they managed.
     Mariachi Sol de Mexico attracts huge crowds all over the
United States, as well as in Mexico and throughout Latin
America. In the United States, audiences are primarily Mexican
American and Spanish-speaking Latins, but the Anglo contingent
is growing. ``We are going to play Boise, Idaho, on the next
tour,'' Hernandez noted matter-of-factly.
     But Mariachi Sol de Mexico does not limit itself to
traditional cantina songs typically associated with four
panzones (fat guys) wearing sombreros.

    EVERYBODY LOVES MARIACHI
    ``Everybody in Latin America serenades their girlfriend or
their wife with mariachi -- because they see it in the movies.
But it has evolved so much over the last 20 years it's almost
like a classical art form,'' Hernandez explained.
     He has already made a name for himself with innovative
mariachi versions of Glenn Miller swing era classics like
''Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy'' and unique arrangements for
standards like ``New York, New York.''
     Sol de Mexico goes even further in appearances around the
world with symphonic orchestras, putting a mariachi spin on work
by classical composers. ``We are debuting a concerto at Lincoln
Center in New York and at the same time we are releasing an
album with the Beach Boys,'' Hernandez noted.
     All of this is a big change from mariachi music's birth over
150 years ago in the western Mexico state of Jalisco.
     ``I am a fifth generation mariachi musician,'' Hernandez
said. ``My dad came here in the 1940s when there was one place
in Los Angeles that had mariachi music.''
     Back then, the band had to pay the restaurant owner 25 cents
a song to make up for the lost jukebox quarter. But his father,
who maintained ``the day you see mariachi music as work is the
day you die,'' kept on, helping to lay the foundation for
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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Domestic Issue "Man in Space With Sounds"
Date: 13 May 1998 14:46:15 -0700


Hello all,

Well, I have FINALLY received my Domestic (USA) Issue of the
"Attilio Mineo Conducts Man in Space With Sounds" CD

MUCH Better back cover art work with the ENTIRE 1962 Seattle State Space
Needle

Over 63 Minutes of Electronic Outer Space Brilliance like you never EVER heard

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All the many different types of music people who are buying AND have bought
it;

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guys have been sampling the many different Electronics, Soundtrack-as the
music was stolen and used in a number of B Movie Horror/Monster
Soundtracks, Exotica
and people who just love great unique sounds in general.

The Reviews are starting to pour in and include;

EYE Magazine, The Wire, Wired, San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, Raygun,
Mod Magazine, Ink Magazine, Seattle Post, Backwash, Launch, The Stranger
Magazine, IE Online, SMUG, Tacoma City Paper, LA Weekly, Alternative Press,
San Francisco Bay Gaurdian, Billboard, CMJ/Flashback, Los Angeles Times,
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Subject: (exotica) Clara Rockmore - NYTimes Obit
Date: 13 May 1998 18:17:35 -0500


Clara Rockmore, 88, Virtuosa Of an Unusual Instrument
                    By Allan Kozinn
   Clara Rockmore, a musician who was trained as a violinist but became
famous principally as a soloist on the theremin, an early electronic
instrument, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan. She was 88.
   The theremin, invented in 1920 by Leon Theremin, produces a pure, eerie,
sliding tone that has been compared to a disembodied, wordless soprano voice
or an enchanted cello. In recent years, thanks in part to a 1994 film
"Theremin: An Electronic Odyssed," the instrument has developed a cult
following, as has Ms. Rockmore, who appeared in the movie. She was also the
focus of a video documentary, "Clara Rockmore, the Greatest Theremin
Virtusoa," released last month.
   Describing Ms. Rockmore's performances, Steve Martin, the director of the
theremin film, said, "Clara is to the theremin what Andr=E9s Segovia and=
 Jimi
Hendrix combined are to the guitar."
   Ms. Rockmore was born Clara Reisenberg in Vilna (now Vilnius) in
Lithuania. She showed considerable talent as a violinist before she was 4,
and in 1915 she became the youngest musician ever admitted to the St.
Petersburg Conservatory. Her principal teacher there was Leopold Auer, whose
other students had included Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz.
   In the mid-1920's, Ms. Rockmore moved to New York, where she resumed her
studies with Auer, who had also immigrated. After a few years, however, she
began to have muscular and joint problems that curtailed her career as a
violinist. At around that time, she met Theremin and decided to study his
electronic instrument. She became his student and close friend; for her 18th
birthday, he made her a cake that lit up and revolved
whenever anyone approached. Ms. Rockmore's influence on the instrument
itself included suggesting structural changes to improve its articulation.
    Ms. Rockmore gave one of the first theremin concerts in the United
States, in 1934. The composer Anis Fuleihan wrote a concerto for her, and
she preformed as a soloist with several orchestras, including the New York
Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony.
    Ms. Rockmore is survived by a sister, Anna Sherman of Manhattan.




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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 19:28:58 -0400


At 06:57 PM 13/05/98 +0100, Kenny Brockelstein wrote:

>I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>is! :Didthis album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach
fanatics on>this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and
maybe you
>all think it's a masterpiece...

With all due respect to those whose taste is different - and I'd say more
"forgiving" - than mine, some people like EVERYTHING as long as it's made
by a musician they generally enjoy.
There was already one response to this post which essentially said "yeah
it's not great but if you love Bacharach you should get it anyway".
This is a common occurrence here on the exotica list.
And in the world for that matter.
I've bought records by Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Neil Young, Lou Reed,
Howlin Wolf... even Coltrane, that I didn't like that much.  Either they
really weren't up to standard or they just weren't the kind of Curtis that
I like.
And I think the same principle applies even MORE to the music discussed
here where the musicians and arrangers made dozens - even hundreds - of
records for various reasons under various circumstances.
I can't really understand how a genius like Curtis Mayfield could lose his
ability to make brilliant music.  But I accept it.
A lot of great music was an accident.  A lot of great art, period.
Sometimes you get lucky.  Most of the time, you don't.
Somebody here posts "Should I buy this?"
Somebody else replies with an enthusiastic "YES!".  But the recommend-er
fails to mention that they would buy ANYTHING with that musician's name on it.
I'm not suggesting a new exotica list RULE.
I'm just noticing how often this occurs here, someone who thinks they're
crazy because they don't like something everyone else seems to like.
To those people who think they're crazy, I just want to say "you're not".
(Maybe you ARE but this is not a manifestation of it.)
I haven't even heard the Bacharach soundtrack in question here but if
someone says it's pedestrian, I believe them.
The guy had to have a few losers.
Sometimes I think that one of the communication barriers here on the list
in not just between those who like everything and those who don't but it's
between those who buy this stuff on LP and those who buy the CD reissues
and compilations.
I have some Arthur Lyman LP's that I don't really like that much but they
were $5 and I just like them as objects.  And maybe there's one cool cut
for a tape.
But if someone asked "should I buy this on CD?", I'd scream "don't bother!"
I have different standards for LP's and CD's.  I don't think I'm the only one.
There are thousands of records that if someone asked "should I pick that up
if I see it in a pile of records somewhere",  I'd say sure go ahead.
There's something cool about it.
But if they asked "should I buy the CD?", that's a whole different question.
Anyway, gotta get back to this Mancini tape I'm making myself.  I think I
can get  all the good cuts from 20+ records onto two tapes...

Nat



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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Date: 13 May 1998 19:28:56 -0400


At 01:16 PM 13/05/98 EDT, Pearmania wrote:
>
>I am a fan of Les Baxter's exotic albums.  I noticed that the Citadel label
>has released two Baxter soundtracks on CD:   Can anyone on the list offer
recommendations to buy these?

I can't comment on these particular soundtracks.  I can tell you though
that liking Baxter's exotica albums does not in any way guarantee liking
his soundtracks or for that matter, any number of records he made.
I have his soundtrack LP of "Goliath and the Barbarians" and while I love
the picture on the cover, the record is just more fake classical soundtrack
stuff.
And he's got big band records and even some of his exotica records are only
really "exotica LIGHT".
On the other hand, if like some here, you want anything with his name on
it, then none of these considerations really matter.

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From: buMp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 20:04:02 -0500


>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

auto record changers...and i just found a very cool Technics SL-B5
turntable , made in the 70's , that has a removable spindle so i can either
just play one record or put the tall stackable spindle on and play 6 LP's
and it also came with a spindle for big holed 7"'s to stack 45's  as
well...i am digging listening to vinyl for 2 hours straight. life is good...

the only damage seems to be surface scratches if the records are slightly
warped
i can live with that...


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Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 17:36:35 -0700


At 07:28 PM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>At 06:57 PM 13/05/98 +0100, Kenny Brockelstein wrote:
>
>>I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>>is! :Didthis album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach
>fanatics on>this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and
>maybe you
>>all think it's a masterpiece...
>
>With all due respect to those whose taste is different - and I'd say more
>"forgiving" - than mine, some people like EVERYTHING as long as it's made
>by a musician they generally enjoy.

This is not what I meant to say at all.  By enjoying an artist, but noting
it's not his or her best work, does not imply a "blanket approval" of all
the artist's work.

>There was already one response to this post which essentially said "yeah
>it's not great but if you love Bacharach you should get it anyway".

Again, by noting that this is not the artist's best work does not imply
that the work in question is not "great", but simply not the greatest
accomplishment by the artist.  For those keeping track, what I actually
said was: "I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but I certainly enjoyed
it".... " So, while not his best work, soundtrack or otherwise, I would
advise Bacharach fans to pick it up!"

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Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 20:59:06 EDT


In a message dated 5/13/98 1:08:12 PM you wrote:

> I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>  is! :( :( :( Burt Bacharach is my all time favourite songwriter but this
>  really must be his worst recording ever....It was an awful surprise to
>  hear...avoid it like the plague, if you ask me

The movie is also incredibly bad.  I too love Bacharach's music (Casino Royale
is a must have) and I enjoy Peter Sellers as well but this movie and it's
soundtrack both stink!


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Date: 13 May 1998 21:08:58 EDT


In a message dated 5/13/98 2:03 you wrote:

> If Black Sunday is really Black Sabbath, the 60's horror flick - I seem
>  to recall that one having a fairly enjoyable score.

The soundtrack in question is the Italian horror movie starring Barbara
Steele, which has a large cult following.  The original score was written by
an Italian and recorded in Italy.  When Roger Corman's AIP company imported
the film they hired Baxter to wrote a new score.  (Some have said they prefer
the original score.)  Most videos of this film feature the non-Baxter score.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 13 May 1998 21:48:50 EDT


I'm not a Bacharach fanatic at all, but I do enjoy mid sixties MOVIE
SOUNDTRACKS of this type in a big, big way and this score gives me everything
I want and more.

Interesting this came up as i just mailed a sealed original across the country
to a guy that was looking all over for it and the new CD just would not do.

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Date: 13 May 1998 18:08:14 +0000


At 09:25 PM 5/13/98 +0100, Hugh wrote:
>I've only ever seen double 12" albums - did they
>ever issue double 10" albums in the 50's?

Curious.  Never seen them.  Now, 45's were often issued that way, but
don't recall seeing the 10 inchers in that format.

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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 13 May 1998 18:11:21 -1000


>At 09:25 PM 5/13/98 +0100, Hugh wrote:
>>I've only ever seen double 12" albums - did they
>>ever issue double 10" albums in the 50's?

I'll have to double check, or maybe someone knows for sure...

I thought I may have read that Frank Sinatra's "Songs for Young Lovers" and
"Swing Easy" was issued as a double 10" in the early 50s on Capitol
Records...

Unsure,
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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Early Esquivel movie
Date: 14 May 1998 00:59:57 PDT


Vic Rugh on the list found another page on the early Esquivel movie

http://azteca-films.com/pelicula/LaLoll_A.htm
It's the same only different, this one's got a jpeg with Juan and a
girl.

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Formats & Doubles
Date: 14 May 1998 11:19:50 +0000


The reason, why there might not be any Double 10" is possibly because it
doesn't make so much sense. You go on a 10" if you want to publish
something that has less music than a regular LP. If you want to release
more than a 10" you'd probably go on 12" and not on Double 10". Of
course that doesn't mean that there couldn't be any artist who did it as
a concept gag, so the double 10", if one day somebody will find it, will
most likely be a record from the 80s. But speaking of formats:

I own 5 different sizes of Vinyl and I'm not talking of "shape"-records.
In addition to the usual 7", 10" and 12" I have a tiny little single
slightly bigger than a CD by a British punk group called "Squeeze". And
then there is a record from Japan  that is about 8 & a half inch. I
don't know whose music is on it, though, because the only Latin letters
on it say "Kurichan Records" and that's probably the label.

But these two are the only different sized records I've ever seen. I
heard there are records bigger than 12". Can anybody confirm that?

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
Date: 14 May 1998 03:42:43 -0600


At 13:08 13/05/98 PDT, you wrote:
>
>Accidentally, I swear, I happened to flip past the terrible Joe Pesci
>film _Jimmy Hollywood_ the other night, and what was hanging on his
>apartment wall...? Yup, the one from the first Sound Gallery CD, I
>think.  I guess at least the set designer had taste....

Actually, that picture turns up in many a British 60s flick. I have seen it
so many times now, I've lost count. And yes, it still turns up in flicks
today. Weird or what?

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Ayi-yi-yi
Date: 14 May 1998 03:44:41 -0600



>     When Beach Boy Mike Love suggested the collaboration,
>Hernandez jumped at the chance. ``It made the album all that
>much better for us. It was the first time a group like that
>asked us to record with them,'' he said.

Figures it would be Mike Love's idea. And apparently it was him that refused
to work with Sean O'Hagen of the High Llamas as producer of the next Beach
Boys LP. You've gotta "love" this guy. NOT.

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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 03:04:56 PDT



What is the format most common for classical works on 78 rpm? 14"?

I have a swedish 78 that is maybe 8". It contains orient-influenced
dance music from the 30s. I like that format. Doesnt see it that often.

Does anybody ever see LPs in 16 rpm? my father has a nice one from, i
believe, the early 60s called Three Tenors with a cover by Andy Warhol,
and I think its the only one I've seen, which is strange because several
of my vintage recordplayers can take that speed. So it had to be a
format that lasted a while..

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats and Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 03:51:37 PDT


called Three Tenors with a cover by Andy Warhol

Ha ha ha! A mistake. "trombones by three" is the correct name.

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Subject: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
Date: 14 May 1998 13:12:14 +0100



> Accidentally, I swear, I happened to flip past the terrible Joe Pesci
> film _Jimmy Hollywood_ the other night, and what was hanging on his
> apartment wall...? Yup, the one from the first Sound Gallery CD, I
> think.  I guess at least the set designer had taste....
>

Dozens of people will be thrilled to know that you can also see it in
the background in the models' flat in "Carry On Loving", in its native
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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 08:56:25 -0500


I have a couple 5"s, but there is no way you play them w/out rejecting. I
also have one of those gigantic records they used to use for radio
programs.  I think those gigantic records play from the inner groove
outwards, I could be wrong.


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Date: 14 May 1998 06:16:05 +0000


At 11:19 AM 5/14/98 +0000, Moritz wrote:
>I heard there are records bigger than 12". Can anybody confirm that?

Yes. 16".  These are transcription discs, generally used for broadcast
stations.  They either feature programs or music libraries with "locked"
cuts (the grooves would self-intersect at the end of each cut).  Speed
was 33 1/3, but microgrooves were not used, so time per side was usually
15 minutes.  You need a turntable with the arm spaced appropriately to play
them. Judging from the discs I have seen, I would say they were produced
from the late 20s to the early 60s when reel to reel tape and higher
quality microgroove Lps replaced them for broadcast utility.  I have one
radio series from the 50s (The Tennessee Ernie Show), a shoe company
commercial on an
early blue Columbia one-sided disc and a music library disc:  I am always
looking for more.  Much of the music recorded for broadcast were not
available commercially, although some of it has seen the light of day
(Kenton, Nat King Cole). They are tough to find because they were exclusive to
radio stations and most abandoned them years ago to be recycled or worse (the
dump).
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Date: 14 May 1998 06:30:14 +0000


At 03:04 AM 5/14/98 PDT, Magnus wrote:
>Does anybody ever see LPs in 16 rpm?

I found one that proclaimed "More than hour of music."  Of course,
music at 16rpm is pretty low-fidelity.

I decided to get rid of that record because I don't have a 16 rpm
turntable anymore!  Drats.

>So it had to be a
>format that lasted a while..

Music at 16rpm is unusual.  Generally it was used for talking records because
the low frequency response was acceptable for the small bandwidth of human
speech.

When I was a kid I got a 7 inch of Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Children's
Garden of Verse."  When I put it on our Grundig, it just played forever!

Byron

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) format-speed 16 RPM
Date: 14 May 1998 07:52:34 PDT


I have a great 16 RPM 12" from Vox, _'Round the World, 'Round the Clock_
(1957)...well, the cover and liner notes are great, 'cause I've never
actually heard it properly ... The concept of the cross-promo with Pan
American is that just as jet flight will shorten the trip around the
world, so too will the rise of 16 RPM as the new speed standard allow
hours of music from around the world to be contained on a single LP...
you get the picture - and the cover illustration is a kind of Dali meets
Magritte, with the the world and a clock connected by a twisted
parabola, with clouds floating against a black outer space...

From BossaNovaVille,
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs: sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 14 May 1998 09:39:32 +0100



I had a friend who, when he got hold of his parents 1969 Grundig turntable
(which had a stacking autochanger), went out and bought a roll of felt. He
cut out 7" circles of felt and glued these to the b-sides of all his 7"
singles using mastick (very powerful glue) so as to protect them as they
fell on each other. Clearly this was a perfect solution because none of his
records were ever damaged.

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Subject: (exotica) Galt McDermot
Date: 14 May 1998 10:48:26 +0100



Does anybody know which Galt McDermot soundtrack featured the track 'Ripped
Open by Metal Explosions'? And can anyone recommend other McDermot
soundtracks? (Other than Hair). I recently found 'Martines Movie - Woman is
Sweeter' by Galt - it is a superb soundtrack (1972 ish) and features
'space' sampled by Bustah Rhymes for WooHah.

Thanks



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Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 11:37:51 +0100



What about records that play from the inside out, i.e., the groove is cut
from the middle and the needle will eventually fall off the edge of the
record?

Or double grooved records (I only have one - Pop Musik by M) - Two grooves
lie directly next to each other and cover one side. If you pick up the
needle and put it down again it may fall into either groove and play either
track.

I heard of a horse-racing record with 6 grooves lying alongside each other.
Each groove contains commentary for a horse race but each race ends with a
different winner. Punters each bet on a horse 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 and then put
the needle down to listen to the race - Each horse has a 1in6 chance of
winning (unless, like my records, there are bits of crap stuck in the
grooves which would heavily favour certain outcomes).

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Subject: RE: (exotica) Formats & Doubles
Date: 14 May 1998 07:58:07 -0400


There were V-discs I have seen that were too big to fit on any turntable I
have ever owned.  I am guessing that they were 14".

> But these two are the only different sized records I've ever seen. I
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 15:42:11 +0100



What about records that play from the inside out, i.e., the groove is cut
from the middle and the needle will eventually fall off the edge of the
record?

Or double grooved records (I only have one - Pop Musik by M) - Two grooves
lie directly next to each other and cover one side. If you pick up the
needle and put it down again it may fall into either groove and play either
track.

I heard of a horse-racing record with 6 grooves lying alongside each other.
Each groove contains commentary for a horse race but each race ends with a
different winner. Punters each bet on a horse 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 and then put
the needle down to listen to the race - Each horse has a 1in6 chance of
winning (unless, like my records, there are bits of crap stuck in the
grooves which would heavily favour certain outcomes).

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs: sides 1/4 &2/3
Date: 14 May 1998 15:41:51 +0100



I had a friend who, when he got hold of his parents 1969 Grundig turntable
(which had a stacking autochanger), went out and bought a roll of felt. He
cut out 7" circles of felt and glued these to the b-sides of all his 7"
singles using mastick (very powerful glue) so as to protect them as they
fell on each other. Clearly this was a perfect solution because none of his
records were ever damaged.

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Subject: RE: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 11:17:31 -0400


> I also have a 41/2" Flinstones 78rpm record somewhere.

There is a record like this I have on my site:
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 07:38:46 +0000



> I heard of a horse-racing record with 6 grooves lying alongside each
> other. Each groove contains commentary for a horse race but each
> race ends with a different winner. Punters each bet on a horse
> 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 and then put the needle down to listen to the race -
> Each horse has a 1in6 chance of winning (unless, like my records,
> there are bits of crap stuck in the grooves which would heavily
> favour certain outcomes).

I have a Roulette LP that was produced by various casinos in Vegas in
1974.  One side has instructions and a history of roulette, the other
has 38 (!) tracks (00, 0, and 1 to 36).  With so many tracks, the
needle crosses the record in about 10 seconds.  Fun to play with!  It
is in my current exotica auction:

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 17:47:38 +0000


The grandpa of a former girlfriend had a unique cassette system, I think
it was by Telefunken (Germany): It was cassettes the size of two
ordinary 8-track-cassettes and had red plastic tape, but not a magnetic
tape: The tape had grooves and was played with a needle. On the tape
were, I think, 8 parallel tracks, that you could switch, just like the
8-track cassettes. I thinkm they were also endless tapes.
Neither ever seen another one nor one of these tapes. I wish I knew at
least how the system was called.

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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Cat fights on record
Date: 14 May 1998 11:14:25 -0500 (CDT)


No, this is not about dueling divas.

During a recent roadtrip, picked up "Cook's Tour of Stereo, Around the
World in Authentic 3-Dimensional Sound," (Cook Laboratories, 2004sd, no
date). I'd guess this 12-inch was recorded in the 50s, and liner notes
indicate it's one of three Cook's Labs hi-fi/stereo test records. Another
is "Cook's Tour of Hi Fidelity," blurbed as a "triple threat entertainment
treat" incorporating an "unabashed expose of the folklore of hi-fi." That
description flattens me with record lust!

"Cook's Tour" mixes music with gimmicky voiceovers and travel-oriented
sound effects: Ocean liner horns blast as "We head to Trinidad..." to hear
the Mighty Sparrow sing a calypso recorded live. Other ports of call: Spain
to hearCarlos Montoya and friends doing flamenco; Martinique biguine "Ce-on
meme" by Francisco et son groupe Mi-yo; Big Latin Band, "Frenesi" by Willie
Rodriguez; Giant Mexican Marimba by an unnamed group doing a sprightly
"Cielito Lindo"; Theater organ from Detroit; Dixieland Jazz from New
Orleans, etc., etc.

But the record's final band gets bizarre, BIZARRE, when the tour wraps up
with a visit to Salem, Mass., associated with witches and black cats. The
producer Emory Cook gives us three unendurable minutes of cats fighting,
credited to The South Salem Prowlers: howls, yowls, caterwauling, spitting,
screams, moans, grrs, hisses, yelps, and cries, recorded with such realism
that my normally comatose cats immediately hunkered down in battle stance.
I suppose this, um, happy interlude is intended to push your stereo's
treble/bass limits, and it does.

So what was the deal with Emory Cook/Cook Labs of 101 Second Street,
Stamford, Conn.? Did not find a reference on the Space Age Pop Standards
website (http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/index.htm)--but then,
"Cook's Tour" just ain't yer standard stereo test record.

Can any of you Exoticats enlighten me? Thanks in advance for any info.

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From: [e-mail] (Jonathan M Perl)
Subject: re: (exotica) Les Baxter
Date: 14 May 1998 09:43:43 -0400


>
>So the Exotic Moods cover everything up to 1960 - are there any Baxter
>compilations which continue with what he did in the sixties?
>
>Kenny Brockelstein

The only other Les Baxter on CD which I consider essential is 'Que Mango'
on Scamp.  It is a fantastic e/l -rock hybrid masterpiece from 1970 which
knocks me out every time.

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From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ayi-yi-yi
Date: 14 May 1998 09:14:45 -0700



>Figures it would be Mike Love's idea. And apparently it was him that refused
>to work with Sean O'Hagen of the High Llamas as producer of the next Beach
>Boys LP. You've gotta "love" this guy. NOT.

As someone who's more familiar with Mariachi music rather than Beach Boys
music, I can add Mariachi del Sol is extremely enthusiastic and medicore.
They generally play a very boring EZ ranchera sound but on their LP they
have an extended quasi-arty mariachi suite that must have appealed to the
Beach Boys.

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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Early Esquivel movie
Date: 14 May 1998 12:55:05 -0400


At 12:59 AM -0700 5/14/98, Magnus Sandberg wrote:
>Vic Rugh on the list found another page on the early Esquivel movie
>
>http://azteca-films.com/pelicula/LaLoll_A.htm
>It's the same only different, this one's got a jpeg with Juan and a
>girl.

That shot is from one of the lobby cards for the film. There's another one
that shows Esquivel conducting the band. He played a dual role in the film
: band leader for each of the rival university ensembles! A track from the
film is on the Mexican LP "Las Tandas de Garcia Esquivel"

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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Edmundo Ros
Date: 14 May 1998 18:16:05 +0100


Hi Folks,

I just discovered an Edmundo Ros site, with partial discography, at:

http://users.skynet.be/sky70040/eroshp.htm

Perhaps this has been noted on the list before;  I don't remember if
it was, though. However, I simply had to post the following from the
site...

The Edmundo Ros Club

In 1951 Edmundo Ros bought a club in Regent Street, the Coconut Grove,
which was very popular during the war. The address, 100 Regent Street
was not quite right because the in-clubs at that time were in
Mayfair. Ros changed names, and when it was finally Edmundo Ros'
Dinner and Supper Club, the stream of the right people and the
Rolls-Royces turned there. Along came the BBC and the club became
world famous. Standards at the club were kept extremely
high. Edmundo's notebook included all the names of the British Royal
Family, the nobility, the counts, the pears and dukes. These people
and those mentioned in "Who's Who" could get membership in to the
club. The guests had also to be properly dressed. The Ladies coming
from the tea party in Buckingham Palace were not allowed to wear their
broad hats. When women began to wear trousers like men, Ros decided
not to accept them.

"Once a very well-known madame, the wife of Sir Cecil Hardwick,
tried to enter the club dressed in pants. My reception had their
orders, and she went to another night club very cross and hurt. She
told everybody what an idiot Edmundo Ros was! There was a newspaper
reporter listening and I got the biggest publicity you can think of::
a photo of her and the words: "Edmundo did not allow
in.....marvellous! " King Hussein of Jordan, a Latin music aficionado,
with his party was denied entrance because one of his party, film star
Peter O'Toole, was not properly dressed and did not accept the tie
offered to him."

Regular royal guests during the Club Era were Princess Margaret,
Monaco's Prince Rainier and Prince Bertil of Sweden.

The club had 24 musicians and 53 employees, one of which had polishing
the silver as his sole job. Ros says that all those details--you could
not smoke the pipe before twelve o'clock--made the difference, and it
was terribly important in England. The business was excellent until
1965 when gambling became legal in England. Ros noticed the difference
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From: [e-mail] (Rod)
Subject: (exotica) Re: Wtd: BILLY MURE Supersonic 1&2
Date: 14 May 1998 12:59:10 -0500


Paul,

I received the two Billy Mure LP's today.  It's really disappointing to get
great LP's in the mail that you know left the seller in great shape, but
arrive damage due to the seller's packaging.  Both albums are bent on one
corner from the thin cardboard package.  Also, the "Supersonic II" lp came
out of the top of the cover so now it's split.  These lp's were probably
mint when they left you, but now they're not.  I'm still keeping them
'cause it took so long to find them.

I think you should probably ship all your lp's with the vinyl outside the
cover so the covers like most people do that I've bought from so they don't
split.  And I've learned my lesson to ask people to double their boxes
because the cardboard is just too thin to take the abuse of shipping.

What a drag.....

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From: [e-mail] (Rod)
Subject: (exotica) Shipping damage and packaging
Date: 14 May 1998 12:58:57 -0500


Surely, I can't be the only collector whose had problems this year with
damage to lp covers due to bad packaging.  I've had three packages in the
past month arrive with a dented in corners which always makes it's way to
the cover inside and guess what?  Mint goes downs to VG or less.  Has
anyone found a solution for the thin cardboard standard single package?
What's the best way of packaging and shipping?

Also, everyone please remember to ship lp's outside the covers.  I got one today
that wasn't and sure enough, it split the cover big time.

Thanks,

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Subject: Re[2]: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 18:37:51 UT


The only goofy record layout I have is the 100th release from ReR records. It's
a 7" with 50 locked tracks on each side.  Most are stupid noise, but some are
very funny and of course, conceptually it's incredible.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Shipping damage and packaging
Date: 14 May 1998 12:45:10 -0600


On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 12:58:57PM -0500, Rod wrote:

> Surely, I can't be the only collector whose had problems this year with
> damage to lp covers due to bad packaging.  I've had three packages in the
> past month arrive with a dented in corners which always makes it's way to
> the cover inside and guess what?  Mint goes downs to VG or less.  Has
> anyone found a solution for the thin cardboard standard single package?
> What's the best way of packaging and shipping?

I like the big cardboard boxes that my laserdiscs from Sight & Sound (used to)
come in.  They were pretty standard LP-sized boxes except that the part that
folded around the outside had about 1.5" of extra cardboard on each side,
which would absorb any corner damage in shipping.

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ayi-yi-yi
Date: 14 May 1998 22:17:07 +0100


>Figures it would be Mike Love's idea. And apparently it was him that refused
>to work with Sean O'Hagen of the High Llamas as producer of the next Beach
>Boys LP. You've gotta "love" this guy. NOT.

Yes, it's more than likely Mike. From what I've heard from Sean O'Hagan,
Mike Love didn't so much openly refuse as just being terribly hostile
towards him, basically meaning "Get the fuck out of here, I won't be able
to control the group otherwise". Sean said something about how he wouldn't
like to be the one famous for killing the Beach Boys for good, so he chose
(or was rather forced) to abandon the project directly. Besides, he met
Brian Wilson, and Brian - apparently still part-time goofball - actually
didn't know who Sean was, despite the fact they had been introduced to
eachother earlier the same day!

Some Mike Love facts: He blocked the release of Smile, he blocked the
releases of Brian's 70's stuff (they are actually much better than the
officially released records!), he was behind blocking the 1988 re-release
of Pet Sounds and the Smile Sessions album (fearing that Brian would get
too much attention along with the release of his amazing soloalbum that
year), he was solely responsible for the three-year delay of the release of
the Pet Sounds Box Set - which is why it's so hypocritical of him to praise
the very same album in the promo film for the Box Set. Come on, admit
publicly you hate it, don't be such a chicken and backstab Brian privately
where noone can hear you!

I wonder, in the world of true Exotica, are there any examples of Mike
Love-ish controlfreaks who've tried to sabotage the works of more talented
musicians and artists?? Any Mephistofeles characters who have messed up the
works of Baxter, Denny, et al??


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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Date: 14 May 1998 22:17:15 +0100


What made me so disappointed with ATF was that it sounds so...it's like,
with Bacharach's best stuff, soundtrack or not, you can literally hear he's
spent an extraordinary amount of time on the compositions, the arrangements
and the productions. With ATF, though, it all sounds like he wrote,
arranged and produced everything in one week or something. I think 'sloppy'
is the word.

I think Bacharach can make great soundtracks when he gets everything right
- Lost Horizon in particular which is my favourite Bacharach record - he's
fantastic, but listening to ATF just sounded as throwaway as the word can
mean.

>in not just between those who like everything and those who don't but it's
>between those who buy this stuff on LP and those who buy the CD reissues
>and compilations.

I'm a CD-man myself. It's not really choice, rather it's the result of
having basically no thrift/2nd hand stores where I live so I'm kinda forced
to buy the  CD-reissues whether I like it or not...which is why I usually
need to read 100000+ recommendations on this list to be totally sure it's
something I really should spend the little money I have on.


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From: Larry House <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) LPs, 1/4 & 2/3
Date: 14 May 1998 18:11:23 -0400


Ah, memories...As a youngster, I remember my mother putting a BIG stack
of records, I mean 3" worth, on the automatic spindle all at once.  As
they finished playing and successive records dropped down on the
turntable, eventually the accumulated weight would result in the topmost
records not gripping the ones below and actually SLIDING, slowing down,
not spinning at 33 & 1/3 and generating weird variable slow motion sound
effects.  I don't know if that's exotic but it's certainly unusual -
maybe similar experiences inspired future dj's to develop their
"scratching" techniques.

Also, I believe that albums of 78's were issued in this alternating
format (1/6, 2/5, 3/4 for a three record set) as well as successively
sequenced (1/2, 3/4, 5/6) to accomodate differing 78 players that either
required one to stack and then flip, or came equipped with an automatic
jukebox-like feeder that flipped each record over in succession.  So
record labels had to issue these album sets in both formats.

I also once purchased a sealed copy of the Allman Brothers "At Fillmore
East"  that contained two copies of sides 1 and 4.  Does anyone out
there have one with two copies of sides 2 and 3?

Larry House.

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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Formats & Doubles
Date: 14 May 1998 18:22:21 -0400



Moritz typed:

> Of course that doesn't mean that there couldn't be any artist who did it
as
> a concept gag, so the double 10", if one day somebody will find it, will
> most likely be a record from the 80s.

In 1979 there was a double 10" American release of Joe Jackson's "Look
Sharp" (A & M Records SP-3666).

Other 10" doubles include a box set by the Virgin Prunes ("Heresie" INV.
0500 ) & a compilation of M-Squared label acts called "Entrave et
Etouffement - from Australia" (INV 0400). Both sets were released on
L'Invitation au Suicide label in France.

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Subject: Re: Re[2]: (exotica) Formats & Speed
Date: 14 May 1998 18:06:57 -0400




Peter wrote:

> The only goofy record layout I have is the 100th release from ReR
records. It's
> a 7" with 50 locked tracks on each side.  Most are stupid noise, but some
are
> very funny and of course, conceptually it's incredible.

Actually, the release ("RRR-100") is on the American noise label RRRecords
(ReR is the British label run by former Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler).

Another lock-groove disc is Non's "Pagan Muzak" which consists on a 7" disc
in a lp sleeve, with the added bonus of an extra spindle hole so the record
can be played off-centre!

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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Galt McDermot
Date: 14 May 1998 15:38:24 -0700



From Charles:

>Does anybody know which Galt McDermot soundtrack featured the track 'Ripped
>Open by Metal Explosions'? And can anyone recommend other McDermot
>soundtracks? (Other than Hair)

Don't know about that track title, but MacDermot also did the score for
COTTON COMES TO HARLEM.  Pretty hokey funky stuff.  Not worth dropping a
bundle to own.

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From: Mark Renwick <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cook Laboratories
Date: 14 May 1998 19:27:24 -0400


Mimi asked about Cook Laboratories of Stamford, Connecticut.  Emory Cook
produced some of the first LPs with very wide frequency response in the
early fifties.  Most of his catalog was classical music.  Hence, his labe=
l
doesn't show up on the Spaceage Pop Standards Page.  There were a few
theatre organ recordings of Reginald Foorte at the Detroit Fox theatre an=
d
the Richmond Mosque.

He also developed a system for recording stereo on vinyl, whereby there
were two separate grooves, about 2 inches apart:  one for each channel. =

You had to have a special tone arm with 2 phono cartridges in order to pl=
ay
these records.  If you run across a Cook Labs catalog of this early perio=
d,
you'll notice that the play list for a given release is different for the=

stereo and mono versions, because the stereo version played half as long =
as
the mono.

I recently picked up "Cooks Tour Of High Fidelity," and it definitely is =
a
hoot!

--Mark
  Jacksonville, Florida
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From: Mark Benton Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Date: 14 May 1998 22:45:15 -0400




SLarry3595 wrote:

> In a message dated 5/13/98 2:03 you wrote:
>
> ....  When Roger Corman's AIP company imported

A minor correction--Corman worked for AIP, he didn't own or run the place.  That
honor went to Samuel Z. Arkoff.   BTW, does anyone know of a website devoted to
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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A very sad message
Date: 15 May 1998 02:59:19 PDT



Frank Sinatra is dead

LOS ANGELES (CNN) --
Frank Sinatra, the dashing teen
idol who matured into the
premier romantic balladeer of
American popular music and
the "Chairman of the Board" to
his millions of fans, died
Thursday night of a heart
attack. He was 82.

Sinatra was pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m. in the
emergency room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said
his publicist, Susan Reynolds. Sinatra's family, including
his wife, was with him when he died.

Sinatra was a master craftsman and ranked as one of the
most influential singers in this country's history. In more
than 200 albums, his music led the evolution of Big Band
to vocal American music.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Shipping damage and packaging
Date: 15 May 1998 03:30:16 PDT



>> Surely, I can't be the only collector whose had problems this year
with
>> damage to lp covers due to bad packaging.

No, you are not... 1 time out of 3 the records arrive to me in the same
condition as they was sent. Usually it is one or two corners that is a
little disfigured, not that bad, but unnecessary.

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frankie Flies - Millenium Comes Early
Date: 15 May 1998 05:02:48 PDT


David Hadju, I think, wrote "Forget the calendar.  The day Frank Sinatra
dies, the 20th century is over".  In any case, may I suggest Frank's
1958 recording of Matt Dennis's "Angel Eyes" as an appropriate coda,
since it mentions the devil (someone Frank is probably getting to know
even better at this very moment), contains the line "burning unbearably
bright" (that describes Sinatra's talent, I'd say), and it ends with
"'scuse me while I...disappear".  Goodbye baby and Amen.

From Swingin'LoversLand,
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) This American Life: Sinatra
Date: 15 May 1998 10:09:57 -0500


If you've got RealAudio, head over to this URL and listen to one fine tribute:
<http://www.kcrw.org/c/tamlife/tamlisten.html>


"Sinatra"
A rebroadcast of one of our most popular shows. Stories about Frank Sinatra,
his greatness, his awfulness, and why is it that he may turn out to be the
most important singer of the 20th century. Writer Gay Talese reads his 1966
classic piece of reporting "Frank Sinatra has a cold." Sarah Vowell begs
American TV producers NOT to play "My Way" as the background to Frank's
obit. Novelist Michael Ventura reads from his novel "The Death of Frank
Sinatra." Camden Joy describes a greasy spoon full of Pakistani cabdrivers
nearly choking to death while watching Frank acting in "The Manchurean
Candidate." Musicologist Will Friedwald explains what makes Sinatra so
different and special. Disturbing recordings of Frank in 1962, and more.
First broadcast 2/21/97. April 18, 1998.




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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) Exotica-l archive suggestion
Date: 15 May 1998 18:00:46 +0100


I have a suggestion to make to whoever is responsible for the website with
all the archived messages from Exotica - is it possible to add a search
engine to the site?? I've seen that on other archived lists' webpages
atleast. It'd really make things more easy and accessible and instead of
having to go through *every* message (which is the current situation) if I
want to find some discussions about, say, Ennio Morricone or P5, a quick
search using one of those engines would give me exactly what I'm looking
for.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) cleaning CDs (FWD)
Date: 15 May 1998 11:56:40 -0400


sent by a correspondent:

* * * *


I am not kidding about this. Clean your CD's with cheap vodka and an old
cotton T-shirt.

Cheap vodka is ethel alcohol and distilled water. It cleans CDs
wonderfully.

Wipe radially (like LPs)

Then suck the shirt.

[e-mail]
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From: "VIC RUGH" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sizes and speeds
Date: 15 May 1998 9:06:58 CDT





     The topic has been pretty well covered now, I guess.  (Kinda
interesting the guesses on the reasoning for some of the sizes/speeds.  We
are like archeologists, interpreting the use and importance of tools of
which we find little pieces.)  Anyway, here's another two cents worth.
This is the way I've experienced it, from largest to smallest:

16 inch.  Broadcast transcriptions.  "ET's" for electric transcriptions.
Some DID spiral out from center; some did not.  Some did use "locked groove,
" where there was no tracking from cut to cut.  Many were 33 1/3 rpm, but
78 was also widely used.  Groove width was "standard" as in the old 78's
(which also varied alot) until around late 40's when microgroove at 33 1/3
started to sneak in.  Many "syndicated" (unsponsored) or "public service"
radio programs came that way.

(Don't have any experience with anything between 16 and 12 inch)

12 inch.  The labels in the 20's and 30's used this size for classical, I
know.  And late 30's thru the 40's many albums (four to eight sides) were
set on 12 inch.  Especially classical and spoken word artists.  These were
all 78 rpm, of course.  The 12-inch microgroove 33-1/3 was 50's thru
present day.

10 inch.  This size is about where the flat disk recording started, when
Thomas Alva's cylinder was abandoned.  (Most of those early thick,
single-sided recordings measured something a little greater than 12
inches.)  Many/most popular singles in the 78 world were this size.  These
stayed the norm until somewhere in the first half of the 50's the industry
(mostly RCA Victor) pushed the microgroove 7-inch 45 rpm on the market.  It
is interesting that the "LP" --(is that still copyright Columbia
records/Sony?) was initially most popularly accepted as a 10-inch item.
Don't know when the 10-inch faded.  (No, I do not recall ever seeing a
double-disk 10-inch issue.)

(I have only seen disks between 7 and 10 inches as special product, nothing
commercial, so I have no knowledge of how they were used in the public
market.)

7 inch.  There was a 7-inch 78 used for children's recordings.  Otherwise,
as noted above, that dimension introed in the 50's.  Microgroove 45 rpm.
Could easily hold seven or eight minutes a side.  The "EP" or Extended Play
was an "album" which is to say, more than two cuts on a disk.  (Or, as in
some jazz or classical releases, two cuts, but really LONG cuts!)  An EP
was not necessarily more than one disk, of course, but I have seen some
that had THREE disks, with the three sleeves constructed as three pages of
a book (versus three-way gate).    There is another 7-inch format:  the
33-1/3, which was introduced in the early 60's.  While the 45 rpm had a
large center hole the 33-1/3 reverted to the small hole of the LP and 78.
Commercially it never quite caught.  It had the advantage of being able to
carry just that much more time per side-- easily three or four cuts per
side.  I recall hearing that record producers expected people to like the
fact that, on SOME SELECT RECORD CHANGERS (the old
stack-em-on-a-spindle-and-let'em-go-things)  you could mix these little
7-inchers with your 10- and 12-inchers!  Yes, there were machines that
allowed folks to mix 10- and 12-inch disks.  Most 7-inch 33-1/3 I've seen
were Capitol label.  There were others, weren't there?

Except for kids' records (78-rpm on any color plastic) anything smaller
than 7-inch were, in my experience, "toys."  They were limited-distribution
prizes or hand-outs in cereal boxes and fast-food restaurants, for example.

A word about the 16 RPMs... I don't recall any size but 12-inch disks at
this speed.  I don't think I ever saw an attempt to push commercial
("popular") music in this format.  Through the 60's and 70's there were a
lot of "books on disk" and other educational materials available this way.
Most "household" variety machines had this selection (as well and 33-1/3,
45, and 78).

Some thots about record changers:  In the 60's(?) most record companies
started producing their LPs with the rim raised, or thicker than the rest
of the disk.  The idea was that, on a changer, the disk would drop onto
another disk and make contact only at the out (raised) rim and at the label,
 sparing the grooves of any contact, especially while the dropping disk was
NOT rotating and the one on the turntable was.  I think there was a name
given to that feature, as a selling tool (such as "Now with protecto-rim"
or something).  And one post mentioned the top disks beginning to slip and
slow down.  In many PROMO or DEEJAY versions, the weight of the disk was
thinner and it could be the second of the stack and start slipping.  It
made you program your stack based on the material content of the disk(!)
not the sounds!



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From: mike clifford <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Love-In - NOT!
Date: 15 May 1998 10:12:05 -0600



The brother of an old roommate of mine once sent him a "Smile" cassette boot
 that had a great song by Ben Vaughn rounding out the second side called
"Kill Mike Love."  I forget the lyrics, but I think it perfectly
encapsulated many of our feelings about the Beach Boys.  I don't know if the
worthiness of the Beach Boys for this list has been discussed before, but I
just want to ask how many of us fans have had to fight Mike Love-induced
images of the Beach Boys while trying to explain our feelings to civilians?
I think he was happier to collaborate with that guy from "Full House" than
anybody decent.
Mike

>> >
>> >Some Mike Love facts: He blocked the release of Smile, he blocked the
>> >releases of Brian's 70's stuff (they are actually much better than the
>> >officially released records!), he was behind blocking the 1988 re-release
>> >of Pet Sounds and the Smile Sessions album (fearing that Brian would get
>> >too much attention along with the release of his amazing soloalbum that
>> >year), he was solely responsible for the three-year delay of the release of
>> >the Pet Sounds Box Set - which is why it's so hypocritical of him to praise
>> >the very same album in the promo film for the Box Set. Come on, admit
>> >publicly you hate it, don't be such a chicken and backstab Brian privately
>> >where noone can hear you!
>> >
>>
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Baxter soundtracks :Cry of the Banshee/Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 15 May 1998 19:06:08 +0200


>From: Pearmania <[e-mail]>

>Can anyone on the list offer recommendations to buy these?

    it's not like his "exotica" work at all, this is orchestral horror
    music, dark, spooky, very effective to increase the horror effect of
    the images of the movie, no doubt, but as stand-alone rather boring
    IMO.

    i preferred John Cavacas' score to "horror express", which is also on
    the same cd. not only orchestral, but also with cymbalon, brass and
    electric guitar; easier to digest, not as dark. the 2 title theme
    versions are beautiful, with whistling, and a haunting melody a la
    Morricone.

    all in all not really recommended.

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
Date: 15 May 1998 19:05:53 +0200


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




              - new (1998) releases & announcements -


* Alberto Baldan Bembo: "Io E Mara"
      CD/LP, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 910, Italy, 1998

* Martin Bottcher: "Kriminalfilm-Musik
  (Originaufnahmen Aus Pater-Brown, Edgar-Wallace- Und Anderen Krimis"
      CD, BSC 6518, Germany, 1998

* Attileo Mineo: "Man In Space With Sounds!"
      LP, Wah-Wah, Spain, 1998  --------->  [e-mail]
      (also on CD, Subliminal Sounds SUBXMCD-604, Sweden, 1997)

* Soundtrack: "Chariots Of The Gods" [by Peter Thomas]
      CD, Polydor, Germany, 1998

* Peter Wyngarde: "When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head"
      CD, RPM 187, UK, 1998




              - old but interesting finds I stumbled on -


* Jack Costanzo And Gerry Woo: "Latin Percussion With Soul"
      CD, Tico, USA?, 199?

* Mongo Santamaria: "Afro Blue"
      CD, Concord 4781, USA, 199?

* Jimmy Smith: "Bashin'"  (The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith)
      CD, Polygram 539061, USA?, 199?

* Sound Effects: "Lifesong. Amazing Sounds Of Threatened Birds"
      CD, Manklnd Music MANCD2, UK, 1992?
        NOTE: CONTAINS A "BIRD SONG SYMPHONY" of recordings of
birds




        The eXotica Releases Overview is part of
        "Dada'quariums Exotica":
        <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>

        Johan Dada Vis

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Subject: (exotica) Danke Schoen
Date: 15 May 1998 19:48:56 UT


King Kini has a version of this by... nuts, Lenny Dee, I think.  Anyway, some
organ impresario.  And it rocks my world.  I was wondering what album is this
on, and is it on any CD collection I might be able to get?  I'd sure love to
listen to it over and over again.


Thanks,
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re[2]:(exotica) cleaning CDs (FWD)
Date: 15 May 1998 19:54:56 UT


<<
I am not kidding about this. Clean your CD's with cheap vodka and an old
cotton T-shirt.
>>


T-Shirts do work great, but I don't know what 'wipe radially' means.
You should wipe them from inside out, not around in circles.

PeteR


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From: "Charles Moseley"<[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Galt McDermot (more research)
Date: 15 May 1998 17:18:02 +0100



Since asking about the Galt MacDermot track 'Ripped Open by Metal
Explosions', I have discovered that it is from Galt MacDermot's First
Natural Hair Band LP. This is not a soundtrack but I know that this track
is cool - laid back minimal jazz with bass, drums, Fender Rhodes and not a
lot else.
I have also seen Galt MacDermot's 'The Nucleus' soundtrack. Does anyone
know this? It has very sharp cover art and looks interesting.



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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 10" rims...
Date: 15 May 1998 12:25:44 PDT


The 10" 33 1/3 LP begins to fall out of favour by 1954-55, as 12"
becomes the standard for pop (When Columbia introduced the LP in 1948,
the classical LPs tended to be 12", pop 10").  Sinatra's first two
Capitols, both 1954, are 10";  _In the Wee Small Hours_, 1955, is 12").
Although, of course, 10" LPs lived on with budget labels and for
one-offs like Rickie Lee Jones's _Girl At Her Volcano_ (ironically, only
the cassette issue of that album has her great version of June Christy's
"Something Cool", from the same-titled greatest 10" LP of ALL TIME!).

One of the trademarks for the "raised rim" to protect LPs was called
"gruve-gard".

From VinylVille,
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From: Thom Heileson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frankie
Date: 15 May 1998 12:35:26 -0700


(www.sinatracenter.com)

May 14, 1998


Frank Sinatra passed away at 10:50pm, Thursday, May 14 from an acute
heart attack in the emergency room
of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Mr. Sinatra is survived by his wife
Barbara; children Frank, Jr., Tina, Robert, and Nancy; and two
granddaughters.   Frank Sinatra was the most influential vocalist of the
20th century. He was also a respected and award-winning actor, producer,
orchestra conductor, cabaret and concert performer, civil rights
activist, and esteemed philanthropist.  Frank Sinatra was an
incomparable personality whose impact will be felt for generations to
come.   Throughout his career he was quick to express sincere
appreciation for the support his music received around the world. =20

Through his music, Frank Sinatra was a friend to millions.   He is a
comfort during sad times, and a
co-celebrant at happy occasions.  Frank Sinatra is a stranger to no
one. =20

Frank Sinatra=92s personal request was that donations be made to the
Barbara Sinatra Children=92s Center at
Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA and Catholic Charities in
lieu of flowers.  Frank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915. =20

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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie
Date: 15 May 1998 12:55:49 PDT


Frank, dead? Forget about it.


>
>May 14, 1998
>
>From:  Susan Reynolds
>
>Frank Sinatra passed away at 10:50pm, Thursday, May 14 from an acute
>heart attack in the emergency room
>of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Mr. Sinatra is survived by his wife
>Barbara; children Frank, Jr., Tina, Robert, and Nancy; and two
>granddaughters.   Frank Sinatra was the most
influential......................

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Moody Plays Mancini
Date: 15 May 1998 16:12:58 -0500


Has anyone heard James Moody's 10-cut 1997 Warner Bros. CD?

Worth picking up?

--Lou




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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mike Love Not War
Date: 15 May 1998 13:17:30 -0700 (PDT)



Greetings Exotic Ones:

The Beach Boys have certainly done their share of exotica,  a great
example is Diamond Head on the Friends album.  Mr. Lanza himself chose
an instrumental off of Pet Sounds for his Exotica compilation on Time
Life Records (a recommended cd on the Vic's Lounge website).

The best example of Mike Love's personality came out of a Goldmine
Magazine interview with him 3 years ago.  Mike Love pointed out to the
magazine his good taste by telling the story of Paul McCarthy
approaching him him years ago.  Paul mentioned to Mike that the Beach
Boys ought to pay more attention to their album covers.   Mike proudly
told Paul that the Beach Boys pay more attention to what goes on the
records then on the record covers.   He was so proud that he told Paul
this.

My favorite title to a Beach Boy Bootleg is "Mike Love Not War"


Is any one here on the Beach Boy mailing list.  If so what is it like?

Chuck

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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) Japan's karaoke industry mourns Sinatra
Date: 15 May 1998 21:33:32 GMT



   TOKYO, May 15 (AFP) - Japan's karaoke crooners Friday mourned
the death of Frank Sinatra, the singer whom so many have failed to
impersonate with painful renditions of the classic "My Way."
   Japan's lack of English-language skills has not spared it the
out-of-tune, drunken night-time attempts to sing "My Way,"
"Strangers in the Night" and "New York, New York" that so many
around the world have had to live through.
   And the death of Ol' Blue Eyes hit some people hard in the
country that has the dubious distinction of inventing karaoke.
Japanese businessmen stretch their vocal chords in karaoke clubs
around the country.
   "It's so sad to hear of his death," said one karaoke bar owner
in central Tokyo. "People in their 50s and 60s often sing his songs,
especially 'My Way,' at my bar."
   Decades after the Chairman of the Board's classics left female
fans swooning in the United States, he is still one of the
favourites for karaoke devotees in Japan.
   "His songs are popular with everybody. Not only older men but
young people sing his songs. He is aleady a legend even in Japan,"
said Hideyuki Saito, owner of the Smash Hits karaoke bar in Hiroo,
central Tokyo.
   "His 'My Way' is one of the best three songs. The song is sung
by not only Japanese but foreigners here. Almost every day my
customers sing the song," said the 50-year-old Saito.
   A spokesman for Toei Video Co. Ltd., which sells songs to 5,000
karaoke clubs around Japan by transmitting them along the telephone
lines, said 'My Way' was still a hit with clients.
   The company received about 1,000 requests a month for "My Way,"
a respectable showing against the top Japanese pop song which can
receive 10,000 requests monthly, he said.
   But the Toei Video Co. official was not a fan.
   "I personally as well as those in my generation do not have
special feeling about Sinatra since I only know him from 'New York,
New York'," he said, adding that he does not expect any surge in
requests after Sinatra's death.
   Japanese jazz singer Peggy Hayama, however, said: "We will never
have a singer like him again."



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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Internet Update Special - Frank Sinatra 05/15/98
Date: 15 May 1998 21:45:48 GMT



HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1998 MAY 15 (NB) -- By Bob Woods,
Nwsbytes. Frank Sinatra, who died of a heart attack overnight, touched
mny fans throughout much of his 82-year life. He reached the younger
crowd with his "Duets," and older folks through his earlier movie and
music career. A family spokesperson is quoted as saying, "Frank
Sinatra was an incomparable personality whose impact will be felt for
generations to come."

Much of the "Chairman of the Board's" life, and now details of his
death, are captured and chronicled in cyberspace for both current
and future generations.

>Celeb News

>The publications and television offerings that make it their business
>to cover celebrities are devoting a lot of cyberspace to bring
>interested Web surfers the latest on Sinatra's death. Some are even
>providing retrospectives on his life and chat rooms for people
>to remember Ol' Blue Eyes' movie and singing careers.

>E! Online: http://www.eonline.com
>Mr. Showbiz: http://www.mrshowbiz.com
>Entertainment Weekly: http://www.pathfinder.com/ew
>People Online: http://www.people.com (also coverage from other
>Time Warner publication can be reached via http://www.pathfinder.com )

>NOTE: Some of the sites you'd expect to be all over the story, like
>Entertainment Tonight Online (http://www.etonline.com ) and Extra
>(http://www.extratv.com ) did not even have a mention of Sinatra's death
>as of 10:30 AM EDT.

>The Latest

>Most of the major news sites on the Web are blanketing cyberspace
>with coverage of Ol' Blue Eyes' death. Some even have special
>sections devoted to the man who captured the hearts of several
>generations. Many print editions of newspapers around the US could not
>cover Sinatra's death due to late deadlines, so many people are turning
>to broadcast sources or the Internet for the latest.

>New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com
>Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com
>Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicago.tribune.com
>NBC News: http://www.msnbc.com
>ABC News: http://www.abcnews.com
>CNN: http://www.cnn.com
>USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com

>Of course, many other news sites are covering Sinatra's death.

>Sinatra Family

>The Sinatra family, which has kept an eye on how Frank was depicted in
>traditional and new media, has its own site on the singing and acting
>legend. A guestbook is available for Web surfers to "sign." A listing
>of recent signatures shows that many, many people are already aware
>of Sinatra's death. In addition, a user's Web browser automatically
>downloads Sinatra's "Softly" at the site's index page. Watch out,
>though -- it is a 0.5-megabyte (MB) download and requires an appropriate
>plug-in to hear.

>Sinatra Family Web Site: http://www.sinatrafamily.com

>Fan Sites

>Despite the family's efforts to control Sinatra's image, many of his
>fans have operated Web sites dedicated to the crooner. Some of these
>sites have updated information on Sinatra's life -- and death.

>Blue-Eyes.com: http://www.blue-eyes.com
>The Frank Sinatra Mailing List: http://www.sinatralist.com
>Sinatra Center: http://www.sinatracenter.com
>The Frank Sinatra WWW Page: http://www.vex.net/~buff/sinatra
>Frank Sinatra Picture Archive: http://www.cc.edu/~jpatti/fspics.html

>New Jersey Online

>One notable Web site, New Jersey Online, has built the "Frank Sinatra
>Celebrity Shrine." This site includes a forum where fans of the
>Chairman are gathering and posting comments, a set of electronic
>condolence cards that can be sent to the family, and multimedia
>elements on Sinatra's music and life. RealAudio and RealVideo are
>extensively used.

>New Jersey Online's Sinatra Shrine: http://www.nj.com/sinatra
>New Jersey Online: http://www.nj.com

>NOTE: New Jersey Online was jammed with Web surfers trying to access
>the site Friday morning.



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Danke Schoen
Date: 15 May 1998 17:27:52 -0500 (CDT)


the version of Danke Schoen of which Peter speaks is by Dick Hyman and it
IS brilliant!   from his Command LP "Fabulous" (RS33-862)...  i don't think
it's on any CD comps, but i could be wrong.   you can hear it in RealAudio
here: http://www.tamboo.com/CVsounds.html amongst other good things.   new
shows coming soon!

 - H.R.H. Kini


>King Kini has a version of this by... nuts, Lenny Dee, I think.  Anyway, some
>organ impresario.  And it rocks my world.  I was wondering what album is this
>on, and is it on any CD collection I might be able to get?  I'd sure love to
>listen to it over and over again.




visit...

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Big and not so big ten inch...records
Date: 15 May 1998 16:22:44 -0400


I find this thread a bunch o'fun, so please do not think I am flaming
anyone, however, I grew up listening to a Bach record on Columbia (Ormandy
conducting) that was a 10 inch.  Perhaps we just lived in a bad part of
town.

Does anyone remember the sort of re-introduction of the EP in the eighties?
These were all issued as 10 inch records.

Titles I remember:
Cheap Trick - Found All the Parts
Nu Musik - Nu Musik
The Clash - Black Market Clash

Also, I have a copy of Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns' Bueno/Tuff Enuff
on Stiff.  It was and is the only stereo 78 I have.  This also brings to
mind the fact that Everybody's records found a stereo record of Duke
Ellington from 1932, which was recorded on two disc machines.  Both
selection last about six minutes!

Hey there Phillips, this isn't exotica, talk about exotica!

Well, OK, although it doesn't QUITE fit time-wise, it most certainly fits
musically.  Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) was a man.  A big, big man!  I
was going home two days ago and I heard the last movement of his piece
"Night of the Mayas".  This is a mind-blowing piece for folks like myself
who like the large orchestral Baxter-esque exotica.   Revueltas pulled NO
punches.  I think that http://www.gemm.com has a CD of his and I may be
a-buying it soon.  Carlos Chavez was and is better known (and also worth
seeking out).  I know we don't normally speak about what is deemed
"classical" (let's not get into a semantics battle over it, either!) but as
soon as I heard it I said, when I have a moment, I'm telling the list about
thist!




> The 10" 33 1/3 LP begins to fall out of favour by 1954-55, as 12"
> becomes the standard for pop (When Columbia introduced the LP in 1948,
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From: Lazlo Nibble <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra and Vegas
Date: 15 May 1998 17:42:32 -0600


Has anyone heard if/when they'll be dimming the lights on the strip?

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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sinatra and Vegas
Date: 15 May 1998 15:50:05 -1000


>Has anyone heard if/when they'll be dimming the lights on the strip?

Friday May 15 6:04 PM EDT

Vegas to go dark for Sinatra

LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 15 (UPI) - Most Las Vegas casinos are expected to turn
off their famed neon signs for one minute (Friday night) in honor of
legendary singer Frank Sinatra, who died in Los Angeles of a heart attack.
Officials at the Riviera Hotel says most of the Las Vegas Strip casinos are
likely to participate in the 8:30 p.m. PDT tribute, with many downtown
casinos also
expected to take part.

(From Yahoo! News)

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From: "Tim @ World Wide Wax" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sizes and speeds
Date: 15 May 1998 16:19:55 +0000



> A word about the 16 RPMs... I don't recall any size but 12-inch
> disks at this speed.  I don't think I ever saw an attempt to push
> commercial ("popular") music in this format.  Through the 60's and
> 70's there were a lot of "books on disk" and other educational
> materials available this way.  Most "household" variety machines had
> this selection (as well and 33-1/3, 45, and 78).
>

I have a boxed set of 6 7" 16 2/3 RPMs.  It was manufactured by a
company called Highway Hi-Fi expressly for the Chrysler Corporation.
Presumably, the under-dash 45 players Chrysler had in some cars could
play at 16 RPM as well.  It includes the entire Original Cast
recording of "Pajama Game", a recording of George Bernard Shaw's "Don
Juan In Hell" featuring Charles Laughton, various classical and EZ
listening selections (Kostelanetz, Percy Faith), and a Disney record
with 3 Davy Crockett stories & Gene Autry's "Champion"!

Tim Barron
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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frank Sinatra
Date: 15 May 1998 19:59:30 EDT


Last year I read in a real black 'zine that Frank Sinatra used to walk from
gigs that made his black players and roadies enter clubs from the rear..The
brothers quoted said Frank was The Man when it came to racial fairness....they
said he took NO shit from NO body on NO level. I only wish I could remember
the (glossy) 'zine from which it came...It made me think of him on a new plane
and I only hope that when I play his songs from his 50's and early-mid 6T's
LPs tomorrow on the radio that it does him justice.....Jimmy/live from Bill
Marlowe's Sinatra Site


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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: (exotica) FWD: <<some whimsy on a troubled day>>
Date: 15 May 1998 16:19:25 -1000



>Here's a mild flirtation with whimsy, if it might be allowed on a
>sorrowful day.
>
>******
>
>Frank: How did all these people get into my room?
>
>Dino: This ain't yer room, pallie, this is the afterlife...heaven...the whole
>pearly-gates thing...you know, "The Apple."
>
>Frank: "...and all that mother jazz!"
>
>Dino: Hey, you ain't lost your step, daddy.
>
>Frank: Where the hell is Sam?
>
>Dino: You got that right.
>
>Sammy: Hey! Hey! Talking about me as if I was sent to that "devil"
>hangout. That
>ain't right.
>
>Frank: (goosing Sammy) Sure, it ain't right, booby, but what can a person do
>around these parts to raise fun?  You remember _fun_, right, Sam?  Hell, you
>done wrote the book....
>
>Sammy: By the way, Frank, forget about that "devil worship" thing...
>
>Dino: "Devil worship?" Youse means dat dose dere fingernails ain't real? I
>suppose you wears "Nair" hosery, too (and, I thought it was leotards). Hey,
>Frank-baby, check this-here guy's papers...
>
>Frank: "Frank-baby?"
>
>Sammy: Now, stop that!
>
>Frank: Boy. I sure have missed you guys.
>
>-------------------------
>Jay Hopkins

***     ***     ***
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From: Eb <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: big 10-inch
Date: 15 May 1998 17:47:06 -0700


I own two 10-inches released in recent times: a feces-brown promotional
Butthole Surfers 10-inch (released in 1993) and Beck's oh-so-collectable "A
Western Harvest Field by Moonlight" 10-inch (released in 1994).

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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Frank Sinatra
Date: 15 May 1998 20:28:44 -0500


I always sing along with Frank in my car to warm up my voice before every
gig in my non-exotica band.  His range is "somewhat" close to mine and
his songs are always easy to remember.  "Old Devil Moon" is by far my
ultimate-most high-fave Frank song ever!!!!


Seeya Blue Eyes,
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sizes and speeds
Date: 15 May 1998 23:22:18 -0400


> I have a boxed set of 6 7" 16 2/3 RPMs.  It was manufactured by a
> company called Highway Hi-Fi expressly for the Chrysler Corporation.

Okay, I guess I'll descend into plug-ola after all. The "Highway Hi-Fi" article
at my site (URL below) covers Chrysler's whole experiment with in-car
turntables in detail, both the turntables (there were two generations -- one by
CBS (16 2/3 rpm), one by RCA (45 rpm)) and a listing of the "Highway Hi-Fi"
label records (manufactured by Columbia). Plenty of period illustrations also.

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From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) If I knew Nat was coming, I'd have baked a
Date: 15 May 1998 19:27:40 PDT



>What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
>exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
a 10"
>LP.


I wanted to reply to this before, but forgot.

My mom loved to play Yma Sumac's "Voice of the Xtabay" when I was
little, and seeing that in Incredibly Strange Music was what got me
actively looking for exotica records.  I didn't find anything too crazy
in my parents' records (did find Gabor Szabo's "Jazz Raga" in my
grandmother's records, later) but they do have a _lot_ of Sergio Mendes
(which I love) and Herb Alpert (which I'm indifferent about) which is
probably why I lean towards the ez stuff.

Wait, I did find an Arthur Lyman "Taboo" and Martin Denny "Quiet
Village," which I don't listen to very often, but it's nice to have them
in almost mint condition (my parents are very good about that sort of
thing).



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Subject: (exotica) Re: big 10-inch
Date: 15 May 1998 19:35:54 PDT



I took a triple 10-inch from the radio station while I worked there.  It
was by someone called Triplefastaction, I think.  Boring
alternative-type stuff, and not exotic at all, but someone asked about
"clever" 10-inch sets...

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From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mike Love Not War
Date: 16 May 1998 12:13:51 +0100


>The Beach Boys have certainly done their share of exotica,  a great
>example is Diamond Head on the Friends album.

They have some *very* weiiiird Hawaiian stuff on Smiley Smile as well - a
lot of the marimba stuff from Smile sounds suspiciously inspired by Martin
Denny and Les Baxter, and the "doing doing doing" vocals on Cabin Essence
must be a tribute to Esquivel! A lot of the percussion tracks are
remarkably Quiet Village-ish too. I think what people consider to be BB's
best music *is* very very exotica-ish. Sure, they didn't go with the
exotica 'image' but the actual music is true exotica IMO.

>Is any one here on the Beach Boy mailing list.  If so what is it like?

As if by some bizarre cosmical coincidence, I signed on to the Pet Sounds
mailinglist yesterday! Actually, there's two lists, one 'closed' and one
'open' and I joined the latter one. For every BB-fan, the list is a must
although there's some (it's inevitable I suppose) messages along the lines
of "Mike is and stupid egominded idiot" which frankly can be quite tireing
to read after a while. Those posts are thankfully in a minority, though.
It's a pretty serious list. There's A LOT of messages/day (a lot more than
on this list) so I recommend people to subscribe to the digest as opposed
to getting the messages one by one. Fellow exotica-listee Gloria has signed
on now too I believe, haven't heard from her yet but I gave her the
sub-info atleast which is:

A message to: [e-mail]

Write in the body: subscribe petsounds-digest

Alright, I'll see atleast you there, Chuck!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frank Sinatra
Date: 16 May 1998 09:50:58 -0400


>=20
> Last year I read in a real black 'zine that Frank Sinatra used to walk =
from
> gigs that made his black players and roadies enter clubs from the rear.=
.The
> brothers quoted said Frank was The Man when it came to racial fairness.=
...they
> said he took NO shit from NO body on NO level.=20

Here are two excerpts from various Washington Post articles

"There were more serious controversies. In 1981 and 1983, in defiance
of               a United Nations cultural boycott protesting South
Africa's apartheid                  policies, Sinatra gave several
concerts in Sun City in the black homeland
of Bophuthatswana. He was criticized for insensitivity to the
aspirations of           oppressed blacks, a curious turnabout for
someone who had championed Nat King=20
Cole's and Sammy Davis's right to have homes in white Hollywood
neighborhoods =96=20
and who once slugged a Southerner for refusing to serve a black
musician."

and fnally this one

"Sinatra believed in God. But death, which he called the Big Casino,
left
him speechless. For days, Sinatra couldn't talk after the death of his
mother, killed when the plane he hired for her crashed into a mountain.
On
the phone with a dying Sammy Davis Jr., the two old friends simply held
onto their receivers, grieving beyond words.=20

He thought you should live every moment as it if were your last, that
too
much thinking wasn't good for a man. He fought, really fought, for his
privacy, but he hated being alone. Anything but boredom, especially
after
hours.=20

``You only live once,'' he liked to say, ``and the way I live once is
enough.''


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From: LTepedino <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond Theme
Date: 16 May 1998 11:32:04 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-06 09:24:48 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< There's been some debate over on the Zorn list about who wrote the James
Bond
 theme.  Barry claims it's his, but it seems it was credited to some other guy
(I
 forget the name).  Does anyone here know the real deal?
  >>
Sorry for the delayed response I haven't been checking my e mail over thelast
couple of weeks!

The "James Bond Theme" was actually written by John Barry. The story goes that
Monty Norman was hired to do the soundtrack to "Dr. No" and the producers
asked him to write a secret agent theme for the opening credits. Norman
basically expanded upon his already written "Underneath The Mango Tree" which
the producers found supremely underwhelming.

The producers had taken quick a liking to records by the John Barry Seven and
they enlisted Barry to come up with the theme (the track that drew their
attention was "Bees Knees" which appears on the CD John Barry The EMI Years
Vol 1 - and they asked Barry to write something similar to that composition).

As Monty Norman was contractually the composer for the film Barry was hired
under a "work for hire arrangement" (i.e. a flat fee) and was told he would
not be credited as per the producers contract with Monty Norman.

What was Barry paid? Approximately $300!!!!

That song has earned millions in royalties for Monty Norman throughout the
years. It is more out of stubborn embarrassment that Norman insists that he
wrote it. Barry naturally regards this as perhaps the best abnd the worst
business decision of his career - the worst for the payment arrangement, the
best - because of the career in film music that it lead to, which he always
wanted.

Perhaps the best answer to the argument comes form Barry who said that if
Monty Norman did write the theme as he said he did why didn't the producers
ask Norman to compose the subsaquent James Bond films!!

By the way you can hear the original (in stereo) John Barry Seven's pre-Dr, No
soundtrack version of "The James Bond Theme" on the CD John Barry The EMI
Years Vol 3 - which many consider to be the best version of the composition
ever recorded.

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From: the_curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FRANK SINATRA - RIP
Date: 16 May 1998 10:39:39 +0000


=46olks

some of you will be interested in this, i imagine

>X-Sender: [e-mail]
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 20:52:01 +0100
>To: [e-mail]
>From: Tony Morley <[e-mail]>
>Subject: FRANK SINATRA - RIP
>
>                 You are invited to join us at:
>
>
>                         DONE SWINGIN'
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>        A wake for the 20th Century's greatest vocalist and
>       legendary rabble rouser. How He would have wanted it.
>
>             An appreciation of the life and work of:
>
>
>                    FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA
>                          1916 - 1998
>
>
>                      music  film  liquor
>
>
>        your hosts:     Tony Morley, Simon Hopkins, Niall McGinley
>
>        date:           FRIDAY MAY 22nd
>        venue:          ICA Bar, The Mall, London, SW1
>        doors:          9pm - 1am
>        entry:          =A34/=A33 concs.
>        dress code:     rat pack/black tie
>        drink code:     scotch straight up/vodka martini
>        more info:      0171 228 6616
>
>
>        PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS E-MAIL TO ANYONE THAT CARES...
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From: Stilgloria <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mike Love Not War
Date: 16 May 1998 10:39:27 EDT



In a message dated 5/16/98 2:15:02 AM, [e-mail] writes:

<<Fellow exotica-listee Gloria has signed
on now too I believe, haven't heard from her yet but I gave her the
sub-info atleast which is>>

Yes, I signed on and you hear instantly if you succeeded. I have gotten three
digests already. I've been a Beach Boy fan since 1962.
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) All things to all people
Date: 16 May 1998 15:57:30 -0400


So let me get this straight.
He WAS music.
He embodied ALL music.
People could never say NO to him.  Especially the little people.  If he
said "dance", you'd dance.  Four hours later, you'd still be dancing, too
afraid to stop.
He was the MOST important, the GREATEST.
He was EVERYTHING.  He was the 20th Century.
"Duets" beat out Pearl Jam on the charts.  He still had it, baby.
He never recorded "Something Stupid".  He never recorded anything stupid.
Okay, just checking.
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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for The Single Eye, May 17
Date: 18 May 1998 02:10:48 -0400


"The Single Eye" can be heard every Sunday at 4pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and is hosted by Brian and Cheryl. Comments &
questions welcome.

May 17 - Part 2 of our feature on the 15th International Festival
Musique Actuelle at Victoriaville (FIMAV) - acts we'd like to see at the
Festival - some will be appearing, some have appeared, and some...?

Sukia:  Dream Machine  "Contacto Espacial con el Tercer Sexo"

Holger Hiller:  Abacus; Koniginnen  "As Is"

The Ex and Tom Cora:  Hidegen Fujnak A Szelek  "Scrabbling At The Lock"

Lounge Lizards:  No Pain For Cakes  "Live In Berlin 1991 Volume 1"

The Bad Examples:  Krimi  "The River The Night The Moon Temptation And
You"

Stock, Hausen and Walkman:  Soil; Birthday Suit  "Dummy Run"

Solid Eye:  Flu Season Waltz  "Electromagnetic Field And Stream Of
Consciousness"

Laurent Pernice:  Le Cheval De Mer  "Sept Autres Creatures"

Negativland:  Pip Digs Pep  "Free"

Durutti Column:  Sketch for Dawn  "Domo Arigato"


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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) and those drinks are nice too!
Date: 18 May 1998 03:20:40 PDT


I have Robert Drasnins "Voodoo!" at work and listen to it often, without
getting tired of it. Lovely exotica.. Today I found an interview with
Drasnin at the Dionysus homepage. It may have been up a long time, and
maybe you all know about it... I dont know... but here is the URL:
http://www.indieweb.com/dionysus/bacchus/drasnin.html

--
Drasnin on the current exotica revival:
 "I have nothing against it. I guess it's just a natural response to
these hectic times. You know, just kick-back, relax, and put on a
Hawaiian shirt." Drasnin is also quick to add "and those drinks are nice
too!"
---


And you must all buy Dionysios Chaino CD. (Even if your fortunate to
have the original LPs.) The tracks from Africana is amazing!
Ama-a-a-a-z-z-z-ing!

--
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Cook Laboratories
Date: 18 May 1998 06:49:27 -0500 (CDT)


Mark Renwick wrote:

>Emory Cook produced some of the first LPs with very wide frequency
>response in the early fifties.  Most of his catalog was classical music.
>

So were the cat fights he captured on "Cook's Tour of Stereo" Cook's salute
to Stockhausen and the 12-tone boys?

Thanks for the info, Mark. Love the idea of Emory Cook as mad scientist of
stereo.

Mimi




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From: Kerry Byrnes <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Test Exotica-mail
Date: 17 May 1998 09:38:09 -0400


Test to see if messages to Exotica discussion group going through.
Thankss, Kerry


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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
Date: 18 May 1998 08:20:53 -0700



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


Re that ubiquitous painting:

>> I happened to flip past the terrible Joe Pesci
>> film "Jimmy Hollywood" the other night, and what was hanging on his
>> apartment wall...? Yup, the one from the first Sound Gallery CD, I
>> think.

>Dozens of people will be thrilled to know that you can also see it in
>the background in the models' flat in "Carry On Loving", in its native
>context and era.

It also pops up in the Peter Cooke/Dudley Moore comedy BEDAZZLED and an
episode of MONTY PYTHON.

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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki
Date: 18 May 1998 14:09:01 -0400


in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas....

Another tasty LA location was the evocative Bahooka Ribs &
        Grog in the San Gabriel Valley town of Rosemead, featuring
        classic, extraordinary "tiki bar" decor that was little altered
        for the film.

surfing the chaos,
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) track list for John Zacherle: "Dinner With Drac" (bootleg CD)
Date: 18 May 1998 16:19:38 +0200


John Zacherle: "Dinner With Drac"
CD, Transylvania 6-5000 (bootleg), USA, 1997,
available from Norton: "http://members.aol.com/nortonrec/norton.html"

Dinner with Drac
Come with me to Transylvania
Pistol Stomp
Ghoul view commercial
Dummy Doll
Happy Halloween
Let's twist again
I was a teenage Caveman
Hello Dolly
A tisket, a casket
Surfboard 109
Coolest little monster
Clementine
Hurry, Bury Baby
Zacherie for president
Little red Riding Hood
Limb from Limbo Rock
The spider and the fly
A wicked thought
Igor
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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New to Exotica mailing list: My Vinyl Recliner
Date: 18 May 1998 15:39:54 -0500


Hello there,

I've just recently signed up to this mailing list and I'd like to take
this opportunity to introduce myself.

Although I'm a newbie to the Internet I am just the opposite in the
Exotica/Lounge/Easy Listening world.
I've been a 50's and 60's easy listening LP collector for about ten years
now and for about eight of those years I've had the pleasure of doing a
weekly radio program centered around this music. My program is called My
Vinyl Recliner.

If you ever find yourself in the greater Portland, Maine area on a
Tuesday night be sure to tune into WMPG 90.9fm

Most weeks I'll feature some special topic, for instance last week I did
a Burt Bacharach Birthday tribute (featuring 10 versions of the Look of
Love). and tomorrow night, 5/19, I'll be doing a show called My Vinyl
T-Bone featuring  Buddy Morrow, Si Zentner, Kai Winding and other
trombonists from the Vinyl Recliner library of almost 2,000 lps. Also,I
usually prepare my schedule months in advance so, if there is any
interest in this shedule let me know and I will post it.

I pride myself on coining the term Vinyl Recliner Music (or just recliner
music for short) to describe this kind of music and I encourage others to
use it to as well as another term of mine "in-seam" music, which I will
describe in detail in a future posting.

If any one would like to read a history of My Vinyl Recliner and its
origins from a booklet I published last fall please e-mail and I'll send
an e-mail version of it to you.

Any questions?

Finally let me say that I look forward to all of your enthusiastic
postings and letters.


Frank

MY VINYL RECLINER---MUSIC FROM THE IN-SEAM OF THE 50'S AND 60'S


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 16:13:08 -0400


I don't quite how to ask this but I've been thinking about something ever
since the tributes starting pouring in for the Chairman of the Board.
When I was younger, I could never associate "the blues" - as I was
introduced to it - with a lot of other music that people called blues.  I
couldn't make a connection between the Chicago blues, delta blues, country
blues that seemed to influence the Stones, Yardbirds, Mayall, Canned Heat
etc with this more sophisticated thing that people also called blues.  I'm
sure somebody this past weekend must have reiterated this idea that Sinatra
was also a "blues singer".  After all, if he embodied all American music,
he must have been a blues singer.  And I guess I can sort of see a
connection between him and Billie Holiday.  And maybe she was a JAZZ singer
but wouldn't somebody call her a blues singer too?
On the other hand, there's the Sinatra that I grew up with, the one who
railed against rock music, and who when he did start to "cover" rock songs,
chose the LEAST bluesy material.
Then there's the idea that rock music was an extension of the blues.
And I don't think anyone ever called Frank a "RHYTHM and blues" singer.
Then also somewhere there in my thought process are those stories about
Frank, the anti-racist, the friend to the black man, who broke the color
barrier here and there, most notably in Las Vegas.
On the other hand, if you were going to see a black singer in Vegas, it
wasn't going to be Muddy Waters or Lonnie Johnson.
I can't quite connect these thoughts but I think there is a connection.
When I was a teenager in the sixties, I remember one friend who hated rock
music and loved Sinatra.  I just thought he was hopeless.
Fairly recently I started hearing Frank's 50's material and I was surprised
that there was ANYTHING there to love.  I even started to like it and to
let some of that deep anti-Frank prejudice to slip.
Now I give him his due or what I think is due him but I still have this
nagging "rock is blues and he hated rock" thing to contend with.  Anyone?

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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 12:43:38 -1000


>I don't quite how to ask this but I've been thinking about something ever
>since the tributes starting pouring in for the Chairman of the Board.

>I can't quite connect these thoughts but I think there is a connection.
>When I was a teenager in the sixties, I remember one friend who hated rock
>music and loved Sinatra.  I just thought he was hopeless.
>Fairly recently I started hearing Frank's 50's material and I was surprised
>that there was ANYTHING there to love.  I even started to like it and to
>let some of that deep anti-Frank prejudice to slip.
>Now I give him his due or what I think is due him but I still have this
>nagging "rock is blues and he hated rock" thing to contend with.  Anyone?
>
>Nat

The Frank Sinatra vs. Rock Music question is a tricky one, there don't seem
to be any clear-cut answers.

Sinatra hated rock music? He made some statements to this effect, like
"Whatever it is I hope they find a cure for it", and so forth.

Yet, listen to "That's Life"... if that ain't blues, I don't know what is.
Then you have the 1968 TV special, "F.A.S. Does His Thing" where he
features and even sings along with The Fifth Dimension.

A few of his singles from the Capitol years (the more forgettable ones) are
clearly aimed at the "twisin'" pop jukebox market.

And of course, the controversial but undeniably chart-topping Duets
projects where Frank gave the go-ahead to having rockers overdub their
parts over his aging voice.

Personally, I think Sinatra was conflicted between the "Great American
Songbook" that he truly loved and could sell records with up to the 60s
(Porter, Berlin, Cahn/VanHeusen, etc.) and wanting to stay current and
popular with the young, record-buying public from the mid 60s on.

Sometimes the results could be disasterous (the "Night & Day" disco single
from 1977, for example. Or "Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown", "Mrs. Robinson", etc.)

Sometimes he'd score a cross-over hit ("Strangers In The Night", "That's
Life", "Somethin' Stupid" w/Nancy).

Some of the new stuff he truly seemed to adore... he was clearly infatuated
with the song "Goin' Out of My Head" throughout the late 60s. He was
enamored with George Harrison's "Something" to the point of recording
several different arrangements and performing it countless number of times
live from 1970 throughout the 80s, referring to it as "one of the greatest
love songs ever written" and so forth.

Like you mentioned, he also tried to find new songwriters outside the
"rock" world for new material (John Denver, Paul Anka, Joe Raposo, Michel
Legrand) that he could relate to. He didn't seem content to simply rest on
his laurels by becoming the "Grand Old Statesman of Classic American Song".

Whatever the case, at least throughout the 70s, he'd always throw in some
of those "contemporary hits" in his concerts "for the kids", as he put it.

Anyway, I sure haven't answered the question but those are some of my own
rambling thoughts on the subject.





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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 14:30:55 +0000


> >Now I give him his due or what I think is due him but I still have this
> >nagging "rock is blues and he hated rock" thing to contend with.  Anyone?
> >
No conclusions here, but I will add that the film snippet of Elvis
singing
with Frank on one of his TV specials was interesting to watch. There was
tension
AND admiration between the two behemoth egocentrists/entertainers. It
was a fascinating
interplay wherein Frank would sing a piece of one of Elvis's hits, and
Elvis would
answer back with a chunk of a Sinatra standard (I remember Presley
interpreting
"Witchcraft.") The arrangement (Billy May?) was pretty cool in itself.

They worked off of each other amazingly well and both had a sense of the
irony
of the situation and had a great time with it...It seems as both were
suprised that
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 23:36:55 +0200


Until I became rather old myself the music of Frank Sinatra and the like
always was just "old people's music" to me. And I think I shouldn't
consider him important only because he is so famous. Did he write his
own songs at all? Did he at least write the lyrics? I don't think he's
very exotic despite the fact he had some very few exotica related songs.
Actually I read a lot of ugly Mafia-stories about him, but I can't tell
wether they are true or not.
But the thing I hate the most is when somebody else sings "I did it
myself" (except of Sid Vicious). But I must say, when I heard him
playing live in Hamburg some 7 or so years ago, he had a damn good
sound. The 21 members orchestra he had was conducted by his brother and
they were really good. A woman came to the front of the stage and gave a
bouquet of flowers to Sinatra. He drew a handkerchief from his pocket
and gave it to her in return. Later another woman came with flowers and
he had another handkerchief. And so on. In the end he had given away
about 10 handkerchiefs. That was really professional.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 23:49:25 +0200


THIS IS THE RIGHT VERSION OF THIS MESSAGE. DELETE THE OTHER ONE.

Until I became rather old myself the music of Frank Sinatra and the like
always was just "old people's music" to me. And I think I shouldn't
consider him important only because he is so famous. Did he write his
own songs at all? Did he at least write the lyrics? I don't think he's
very exotic despite the fact he had some very few exotica related songs.
Actually I read a lot of ugly Mafia-stories about him, but I can't tell
wether they are true or not.
But the thing I hate the most is when somebody else sings "I did it
my way" (except of Sid Vicious). But I must say, when I heard him
playing live in Hamburg some 7 or so years ago, he had a damn good
sound. The 21 members orchestra he had was conducted by his brother and
they were really good. A woman came to the front of the stage and gave a
bouquet of flowers to Sinatra. He drew a handkerchief from his pocket
and gave it to her in return. Later another woman came with flowers and
he had another handkerchief. And so on. In the end he had given away
about 10 handkerchiefs. That was really professional.

MO


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 15:55:39 -0700 (PDT)


Sinatra was a product of his generation. Which mostly hated rock -
especially in the Sixties.  He probably felt threatened by Elvis, and
totally couldn't get into someone like Johnnie Ray - who replaced him as a
teen idol.  Sinatra was a great POP singer.  He sort of took a little bit
of the blues, a little bit of jazz, and actually his recordings (especially
his ballads) were very bluesy.  His talent was to 'characterize' the song.
He sort of filtered this great material (Porter, Berlin, etc.) and
rearranged it to suit his purpose or style.  I don't know if he was a bop
fan or not.  I think he liked Charlie Parker, but I could be wrong.

Also he may have been the first one to make an album that is a concept
record.  The Capital sides were very much 'novel' like than 'short story.'
Meaning the record was meant to be played as a whole and not just a bunch
of singles stuck together as an album.  I think he was the first great
'album' artist.

Paul Moshay (who is on the list) probably can explain the essence of
Sinatra's art.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 16:19:32 -0800



>Paul Moshay (who is on the list) probably can explain the essence of
>Sinatra's art.
===============

i believe you provided us with a fine start, tosh.  thank you for the
compliment.

as for the essence of his art, well that seems a topic larger than i can
tackle
now.  wish i were able to though.

i will share though, that i did drive over to the Sinatra residence in
beverly hills
on friday evening...  and lingered about the sidewalk with the other
mourners for
a couple hours.  i didnt feel any better about Frank's passing for it, but
i'm somehow
i'm glad i went.

this world feels much smaller now, without Frank in it.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankie's blues
Date: 18 May 1998 23:54:55 EDT


His nick says it all - "The Voice"

And till i read all the recent tributes, I'd never consciously noticed his
poifect diction, that made the words of so many the century's great
songwriters flow so seamlessly over the sounds of so many great arrangers and
musicians in the wee small hours of the morning......

So many legends are flawed: Babe Ruth, Elvis, Marilyn, Hendrix, Janis,
Jerry........aren't we all human ?  Is there anything more hauntingly,
achingly sad and beautiful than the sound of a breaking heart ?  Has anyone
ever sung this sound to more people and with more meaning than Francis Albert
?

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Subject: (exotica) Elvis Costello on FAS in the Guardian
Date: 18 May 1998 22:13:41 -0800



Under my skin
Frank Sinatra was the singers' singer. Elvis Costello explains the magic
that will never fade away

My mam tells me that one of my first words was "skin". I was not an
especially precocious child, I couldn't say whole sentences, but I knew
how to request that I've Got You Under My Skin be played on the family
record player. Then again, I might have been listening to that song
since I was born, as both my parents were (and are) great admirers of
Sinatra. When you listen to something so young, it obviously goes in
deep.

Although, as I grew up, it was natural to be caught up and distracted by
the wonderful music of the moment, Sinatra never seemed square or
old-fashioned. As it says on the lapel badge I once found in a junk
shop: 'It's Sinatra's world. We just live in it.' Granted, he wanted
little to do with beat music or rock'n'roll, but remember this: Sinatra
may have occasionally enjoyed clams but, unlike Elvis Presley, he was
never persuaded to sing their praises. When I started earning money, I
invested in some old familiar Sinatra albums and found that they spoke
very clearly about the adult things I was just beginning to understand.

In the last few days I've been thinking about those special recorded
moments, the finesse that lies beyond the popular landmarks of New York,
New York or My Way. Top of any list would have to be I've Got You Under
My Skin - that famous moment when Sinatra re-enters after the solo with
"Don't you know, little fool. . ." For me, this is the greatest single
moment in recorded music.

I think the best tribute one can pay to Sinatra is to remember some of
these special moments. Ask 10 people to pick 10 favourite songs, and
they'll probably all give you different answers. That is also part of
the genius - there was so much to choose from. Some fantastic recordings
ended up as outtakes because his standards were so high. A while ago I
was looking for a really good vocal version of My One And Only Love, and
someone told me there was a Sinatra version. It turned out to be an
absolutely brilliant reading of the song that had been added to a
compilation CD as a bonus. It had been sitting in the vaults for over 40
years because for some reason it didn't fit into the plans at the time.
This version seems to bridge the gap between the forties and the more
world-weary sound of the later years.

It is said that Sinatra went through a short period without success and
in vocal crisis in the early fifties, and recovered in the mid-fifties.
People say his voice was changed by experience, but I also wonder
whether he made a conscious decision to sing lower. The lowest part of
each melody at times almost became a spoken note. It gave him a great
sense of tragedy and intimacy - from that moment people began to feel he
was their friend, that he was singing just for them.

Yet most of this depth of feeling, this sense of tragedy, was coded,
because the lyrics speak largely in romantic conventions. Some of them
would be hackneyed if you read them aloud, but he transformed them into
poetry. The lyrics don't explain the complexity of life, as people now
attempt to: the door closes or it fades to black before things get
really sticky. In Sinatra's versions, it is the music that expresses the
unspoken details.

The best moments occur during the ballads, in the minute decisions he
made. Take the Rodgers and Hart song Dancing On The Ceiling. I imagine
it was written as a whimsical, clipped thirties dance number. He added
one crucial word to the lyric - "all" in "all through the night" - and
he drags it out to give a sense of longing. It's very subtle - one word
transforms a polite, charming song into something so descriptive and
erotic.

Only The Lonely is my favourite album. It contains a revival of an old
Bing Crosby number. Early on, Sinatra must have looked up to Crosby and,
when he developed his adult style, he went back and re-recorded songs
like What's New? He had respect for the past, but the confidence to give
the song a complete new identity.

The albums In The Wee Small Hours, Only The Lonely and No One Cares form
a mighty trilogy. Many of the songs show Sinatra's ability to build up
the drama in a restrained way and then provide a wonderful knock-out
blow in the last eight or 16 bars. A prime example is Goodbye, the
Gordon Jenkins song - it starts so melancholy and restrained, and when
he finally releases that tension it comes as a shock. But it's never
overwrought because he always has it under control.

Many fans will prefer the swinging records, the brashness of the
sixties, the prouder man singing Come Fly With Me. It's not my favourite
period, but you can't help falling for the charm and vitality, as he
throws those words around. He's chasing shadows away, chasing the bad
stuff of life away.

On the last occasion I saw him perform, at the Albert Hall in 1983, he
was being slated for the quality of his voice. But then again, you could
go back to 1957's Live In Seattle recording and hear how he learned to
turn his then rare vocal frailty into an asset in When Your Lover Has
Gone. With even less voice at the Albert Hall, he sang songs like Here's
That Rainy Day and Don't You Worry About Me back-to-back - stoic,
I'll-carry-on songs. He talked his way through three or four of them;
then, just as we were about to give up on him, he unleashed a knockout
The Lady Is A Tramp with all the energy he'd reserved. It was like a
cunning boxer's technique.

A couple of years earlier I was fortunate enough to hear Sinatra in
wonderful voice at the Festival Hall. In the middle of the concert he
typically acknowledged the composers of a song. I found myself holding
my breath as he mentioned Ira Gershwin followed by Van Duke. I then knew
he was going to make a rare performance of I Can't Get Started. You
always hope your favourite singers will sing your favourite songs, but
you resign yourself to hearing the most popular. This was unbelievable
luck.

When I bought the souvenir programme, there was a huge list of every
song he'd ever sung in England, and I found he'd never performed it in
England before. That's when you go peculiar and begin to feel a weird
sense of connection. Sinatra had that ability to make it feel as if a
song was for you, even though you knew that two-thirds of the audience
felt the same.

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http://reports.guardian.co.uk/articles/1998/5/18/1706.html
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Looking for Shatner & Nimoy videos
Date: 19 May 1998 02:31:39 -0400


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I am looking for best possible source copies of the following videos:

--William Shatner performing "Rocket Man" at 1978 Science Fiction Film
Awards; this is a legendary clip, long circulating among collectors of
weirdness. I have a copy, but it's a grainy, 4th-gen dub. Need better
quality copy.

--Leonard Nimoy performing any musical number on any TV show; in
particular, I understand he performed on the Mike Douglas show several
times.

Need ASAP. Will pay $$ for copies of above or swap CDs or exotica of
equivalent value.

Please reply directly to me - NOT TO THE LIST
Thanks!

Irwin Chusid
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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 19 May 1998 00:55:18 -0700


Bear in mind that I am quite fond of Frank Sinatra, and think he is an
immense and irreplaceable talent. (I am however getting a bit tired of
his ongoing eulogy.) I will furthermore add for the sake of clarity thatI
favor
a wide-range of topics on this list and do not wish to impose any firm
guidelines
upon it. Whatever comes up and is interesting, let's dig into it.  But I
have been
wondering.....

How "exotic" is Ol' Blue Eyes, anyway?

Is Sinatra -talk in keeping with the spirit of an exotica-flavored list?
Isn't Sinatra unexotic in the same way Janis Joplin (With all respect to her
immense talent
and influence) is unexotic. Isn't the word "Unexotic" rather unexotic? One
reflects upon the
recent semantic examination of the term "Exotica."

Not that it is really all that important either way. The death of Frank
Sinatra COULD NOT have gone unnoticed on this list. Whether we devote future
threads to Sinatra or not is of little consequence.  Related or not to the
"spirit" of the list, the discussion is interesting and should be welcome.
It is.  I'd just like to see the idea spun around a bit - just for fun.

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Subject: (exotica) SPACE ROCK KLAUS SCHULZE DIG IT
Date: 19 May 1998 01:05:05 -0700


It's German (or could you tell?) Released in 1980. Has a 23 minute track
called
Synthasy. Other songs are also brutishly long.

That's all I know about this'n. Anyone have the poop on Klaus?

Anyone? Anyone?

1980 BRAIN RECORDS GERMAN RELEASE KLAUS SCHULZE "DIG IT" THIS LP WAS
DIGITALY RECORDED. THIS DISC HAS 4 LONG SONGS INCLUDING THE 23:10 MIN.
SYNTHASY

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
Date: 19 May 1998 04:03:46 -0600 (MDT)


As I said in an earlier mailing, these paintings are EVERYWHERE. Just last
night it popped up on EastEnders, the popular British soap, in the vicar's
homeless refuge.

Jill "Mingo-go"
>
>>Dozens of people will be thrilled to know that you can also see it in
>>the background in the models' flat in "Carry On Loving", in its native
>>context and era.
>
>It also pops up in the Peter Cooke/Dudley Moore comedy BEDAZZLED and an
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki
Date: 19 May 1998 04:05:28 -0600



>in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas....
>
>Another tasty LA location was the evocative Bahooka Ribs &
>        Grog in the San Gabriel Valley town of Rosemead, featuring
>        classic, extraordinary "tiki bar" decor that was little altered
>        for the film.

Bohooka is a pretty amazing tiki joint. I've been there too. If you are
looking for tiki bars, the LA area is full of 'em. Always email Otto at Tiki
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Big and not so big ten inch...records
Date: 19 May 1998 06:11:53 PDT



My copy of "Music For Peace of Mind" (Revel w/ Hoffman)is a 10". Lacking
a cover, though. Anyone got one for sale?


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Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 19 May 1998 06:16:18 -0700 (PDT)


Is Sinatra exotic?.... in the sense of Martin Denny, Baxter, Peter Thomas,
Yma Sumac, ... no.  But in the sense of Scott Walker, Serge Gainsbourg,
Elvis, etc. yes.

Sinatra was one of those people who was on the verge of kitsch - especially
Las Vegas kitsch - but somehow turned it all around and made it into a fine
art.  I think Dino (just by his attitude) is a much more exotica
personality.  The same goes for Sammy (especially the Candy Man period).

The Sinatra image is exotica, in that he was an image before being a man.
The hard-drinking, swinging, hedonistic, devil-may-care, bar singer.  And
besides he was surrounded by Exotica during his Capital years, no?  Martin
Denny was part of the capital gang (am I correct?), Yma Sumac, etc. -

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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frankly speaking
Date: 19 May 1998 15:00:25 +0100


The Late Frank Sinatra

There's no doubt that he had talent, excellent pitch and 'poifect diction',
but I don't think he was more than occasionally Exotic.  There have been
several tribute programs on UK TV which have included segments of b/w
film of bobbysoxers waiting Osmondesquely to see him in the 40's, and
it looked like his 'poifect diction' was not their high priority :-)

Now his daughter Nancy, was very often Exotic.....  It's a shame to see
that the passing years can be unkind.

I hope that the gap left by Frank's demise is unfilled.  I shudder to think
that at this moment, Harry Connick Jr may be plotting some sort of
foray into Frank's limelight......

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frankly speaking
Date: 19 May 1998 07:42:58 -0700 (PDT)



>
>I hope that the gap left by Frank's demise is unfilled.  I shudder to think
>that at this moment, Harry Connick Jr may be plotting some sort of
>foray into Frank's limelight......

I don't think anyone can or will fill Sinatra's shoes.  It is not only
because of his talent, but that he was in the right place at the right
time.  Similar to Elvis & The Beatles. This goes beyond good art or bad
art, or is he or not worthy of his talents - he sits on a place of time
that was extremely culturally important.

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From: "David J. Strauss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Beach Boys Exotica
Date: 19 May 1998 12:13:27 -0400 (EDT)



You know, I wrote on Brian Wilson's connection to exotica a few months
back for New York Observer. If you have AOL, you can do a search for it.
It's in connection to the Pet Sounds Box Set.

As much as many hate Mike Love,you have to admit that he's a complex and
not uninteresting figure. Ever see the footage of him at the Royal Albert
Hall, deep in his Maharishi period in in robes and long flowing hair and
completely out of his mind? He and Brian were in sympathy concerning the
cultish aspects of California.

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra, Exotica, and the Other Elvis
Date: 19 May 1998 09:42:59 PDT


In the late 70s, I was a huge Elvis Costello fan, and a fan of the new
wave renaissance of pop after the onslaught of album-oriented crock that
was most of the 70s...In NME interviews, in recording "My Funny
Valentine", and especially on an early 80s episode of Late Night with
David Letterman, Elvis Costello sang the praises of Frank Sinatra (Elvis
desperately wanted Frank to record "Kid About It", although I'd say
"Motel Matches", "Riot Act", or "Almost Blue" are more perfect
candidates).  So I had to find out why, why was Elvis, and then Joe
Jackson, and Difford and Tilbrook from Squeeze, etc., why were they all
saying "listen to Frank"?  This led me to Frank, and to crappy old,
non-rock, used records that cost a quarter, and, eventually, to what we
know now to be "exotica" (that almost never costs a quarter, now).

That's one reason Frank's exotic.  I don't need to mention that, as
President of Reprise Records, he hired Les Baxter and lots of other
exotica-pantheon members (isn't _Songs of Couch and Consultation_ on
Reprise?).

If Nancy and Lee singing "Some Velvet Morning" is exotic, then so is
_Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely_.  Because Lee (never mind
Nancy) wouldn't have been so worried about getting "straight" without
"One for my Baby", and "Angel Eyes", and and and....

Finally, to get back to Nat's "blues" question:  I'm pretty damn sure
that most "real" or "serious" Jazz-with-a-capital-J jazz fans shudder
and puke when they stumble across what we take seriously, what we love,
what we worship as musical genius (I know - I've seen it happen - well,
not the puking part).  But in its time, most of what is now exotica was
part of a bigger picture known as "jazz", mutated and warped and hybrid,
sure;  but every single one of our fave arrangers came out of the big
bands and swing arranging.  Part of the "adultness" that we love about
exotica would have been seen as "jazziness" at the time.  And here's
where the "blues" question comes in:  for white "adults" in the 40s,
50s, and 60s, the "blues" was a part of jazz.  Not the country blues of
Robert Johnson, or its electrified Chicago cousins;  but the 12-bar,
riff-based conventions of swing, that Esquivel and Mancini and everyone
cut their teeth on.  THIS is the "blues" of Sinatra, or Shirley Horn
singing "The Great City", or "Radar Blues" on _Music Out of the Moon_,
or any late-period Cal Tjader vibe-fest.

"The blues", like exotica, is a complex thing...

As someone posted a long time ago, in Vegas the "lounge" was where you
played on the way up or on the way down, and by the time Las Vegas
became Las Vegas, Sinatra was strictly main-room, top of the marquee
material.  He actually owned the lounge at the Sands, but he never
played it.  But he IS lounge.  Maybe he only cut a few tracks with gongs
and boobams - but he IS exotic.

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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra's last words: ``I'm losing it''
Date: 19 May 1998 17:49:14 GMT



     LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Frank Sinatra's last words
were ``I'm losing it,'' according to Daily Variety senior
columnist Army Archerd in a piece to be published Tuesday.
     Archerd, in his daily column, said Sinatra's daughter Nancy
was told this by the nurse tending her father when he was rushed
to Cedars Sinai Medical Center last Thursday night where he died
of a heart attack at age 82.
     The columnist, who interviewed Nancy Sinatra, said she was
at her home watching the final episode of ``Seinfeld'' when she
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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dear Exotica, I didn't ever think I would write you, but...
Date: 19 May 1998 08:15:40 -0400


I did not wish to comment on this, because I don't have the same feeling
about Sinatra as many do (Talented, yes, legend yes; I just didn't much care
for much of what he sang.  I do not want a truckload of e-mail trying to
convert me on this or Elvis Presley, for that matter).  However, Ella
Fitzgerald died in '96 and I don't recall the same amount of weeping and
wailing from the country.

Sigh.

On a lighter (literally?) note there is at least one album of Sinatra's
which I found for a friend, but it took some doing.  "Great Songs From Great
Britain" (Reprise) was an album that he recorded with Robert Farnon that he
was apparently so dissatisfied with he burned the masters!  Since I am no
judge of Sinatra's material, two questions arise:

1. Can anyone flesh out this story?
2. Did he ever do that with any other albums or records of his?

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From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dear Exotica, I didn't ever think I would write
Date: 19 May 1998 10:13:08 -0700


At 08:15 AM 5/19/98 -0400, Brian Phillips wrote:
>
>I did not wish to comment on this, because I don't have the same feeling
>about Sinatra as many do
(snip)  However, Ella Fitzgerald died in '96 and I don't recall the same
amount of weeping and
>wailing from the country.

Don't agree with you on Sinatra but I've thought the same thing about Ella.
And Sarah Vaughan.
EVen lovely Alice Faye!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Dear Exotica, I didn't ever think I would write you, but...
Date: 19 May 1998 13:30:39 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-19 13:05:02 EDT, Brian Philips wrote:

<< I did not wish to comment on this, because I don't have the same feeling
 about Sinatra as many do (Talented, yes, legend yes; I just didn't much care
 for much of what he sang. >>

At the risk of adding to this (minor) flame.  I liked some of Sinatra's stuff
but most of it, at least to me, was slick packaging.  There are lots of great
singers but few that are musically AND vocally talented.  Take Harry Connick,
Jr.-- Sinatra-like but have you seen him play the piano?????  And keep in mind
I am not a tremendous fan of Connick (now my wife's -- that's another story).
I do appreciate his vast abilities tho.

Again, I don't want to flame too much because that is not my real intention.
It's just that I always saw the Frank as being typical "packaged" big
Hollywood/big Music Business and not necessarly the talent that other
performers/musicians had.

OK, do your worst.

Robert


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Sinatra's last words: ``I'm losing it''
Date: 19 May 1998 13:32:25 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-19 12:53:06 EDT, you write:

<< The columnist, who interviewed Nancy Sinatra, said she was
 at her home watching the final episode of ``Seinfeld'' when she
 received word that her father had been rushed to Cedars Sinai.
  >>

Yada, Yada  . . . . .now .  Nada, Nada.

I wonder where she was when Kennedy was shot?

Robert


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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Barbarella Reissue
Date: 19 May 1998 19:01:15 +0000


Just seen this is available:

> O.S.T - BARBARELLA
> DY31908 Dynovoice LP
> clear red vinyl and comes with a baby poster.

So is this the long awaited *legit* reissue?


Robbie

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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 10 inches of joy
Date: 19 May 1998 19:01:15 +0000


And of course the recent Free Design comp ("Bubbles") on Siesta is
also available on double 10-inch vinyl.


Robbie

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) SPACE ROCK KLAUS SCHULZE DIG IT
Date: 19 May 1998 15:36:43 -0400


> From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) SPACE ROCK KLAUS SCHULZE DIG IT
>
> It's German (or could you tell?) Released in 1980. Has a 23 minute track
> called Synthasy. Other songs are also brutishly long.
> That's all I know about this'n. Anyone have the poop on Klaus?

He was with Tangerine Dream in their early, early guitar noise/drone days. Went
on solo space missions after that.

I don't know about this album, but I do have his "Picture Music" (Brain 1067)
from 1974. It's all keyboards (Arp synths & Farfisa organ) with a little bit of
drums and pitter patter percussion. Minor key droney stuff, very ambient -- in
that 70's European mode. Each side is one long track. I have no idea what sort
of thing he might have been doing by 1980.

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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 2 New CD's you just GOTTA have!
Date: 19 May 1998 15:38:55 -0700


Hello all,

Here are 2 more new CD's that you just gotta have!

LSD, Battle For The Mind=20

CD - $15

This "internationally known speaker" tells us why LSD is a
     greater threat to America than the atomic bomb, in this
     hilarious late-'60s recording.  Also included is W. Cleon
     Skousen's "Instant Insanity Drugs," another ultra-paranoid
     rant from the same era.  Skousen is the author of such "best
     sellers" as "The Naked Communist" and "So You Want to Raise
     a Boy."
2 Insanely rare LP=92s that usually are priced WAY MORE than I care to go
into right now, on 1 CD, this CD in fact, for the un-be-lieve-a-bly LOW
PRICE of 15 measley bucks


CRISWELL "The Legendary Criswell Predicts Your Incredible Future"
    =20
CD - $15

     That spooky guy who rose out of the coffin in "Plan 9 From
     Outer Space" tells us all about the future, with 42 minutes
     of nonsequitur gems like "I predict that we will have found
     out that we are a captive planet, and have moved into the
     powerful orbit of Mars!"  Uh, yeah right pal.
Too, too funny

And the Celebrities at Their Worst Double CD is back in stock in plentifu=
l
amounts for all of you who LOVE to laugh out loud at other people's
neurotic behavior - $18, 2 CD's

Thanks!

Jack




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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 19 May 1998 21:37:47 EDT


Has anybody heard any of these Motor Music (Germany) releases?  Please
comment, if you have.  I recall an enthusiastic response on "Latin Lounge"

1) Martin Bottcher -- Sound Kaleidoscope

2) Gary McFarland -- Latin Lounge

3) Maurice Pop -- Power Pop

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
Date: 19 May 1998 22:59:26 -0400


Good idea?  Bad idea?  I saw it at a book/record sale.
Brian Phillips
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From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 23:26:55 -0500
Date: 19 May 1998 21:33:24 -0600


Has anyone ever heard Arthur Lyman's album, " Yellow Bird "?   It's
supposed to released June 8 on cd.   Any reviews welcome.

Steve
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Subject: (exotica) Re: Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
Date: 19 May 1998 22:42:28 -0500 (CDT)


>Good idea?  Bad idea?  I saw it at a book/record sale.


i absolutely LOVE this record.  kinda quirky, very mancini.  one of my
all-time favorites.

a must have, i say.

 - kini




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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 03:41:11 -0400


At 12:55 AM 19/05/98 -0700, Ron Grandia wrote:
>I have been wondering.....
>How "exotic" is Ol' Blue Eyes, anyway?
>Is Sinatra -talk in keeping with the spirit of an exotica-flavored list?

I posted about Sinatra because it was the obvious moment to do so.
But NO, I don't think Sinatra qualifies as "exotica".
IF someone thinks he does, I can see it.  I have Nelson Riddle records in
my exotica section.  There's obviously a connection. I guess I thought of
this list as more properly a LOUNGE music list and Frank is certainly a
lounge singer.
I'd rather hear about Frank here than about Mike Love... although for me
there's an interesting connection seeing as how I grew up hating both of them.
I've been on this list a few months.  A lot of the time people discuss
things that I don't consider "exotica" and it only bothers me when they try
to argue how it IS exotica.  Mike Love ain't exotica.  Mike Love ain't rock
n roll either for that matter. And as much as the Beach Boys were a surf
band and there's a connection between surf and exotica, if someone showed
me their exotica collection and it was a bunch of Beach Boys records, I'd
think they missed the point somewhere.
But then I get a little annoyed when someone shows me a Natalie Cole record
and tells me they like jazz.
All music can be connected to all music.  The basic reason I wouldn't
really want to discuss Frank as exotica is because he was a huge star, at
the centre of show biz and I'm more interested in the fringes.
Frank Sinatra JR, that's another question entirely.
I actually saw an obit where they made a point of saying how Nancy followed
in her father's footsteps but made no mention of Junior.  Poor Junior.

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dear Exotica, I didn't ever think I would write you,
Date: 20 May 1998 03:38:41 -0600


At 13:30 19/05/98 EDT, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 98-05-19 13:05:02 EDT, Brian Philips wrote:
>
><< I did not wish to comment on this, because I don't have the same feeling
> about Sinatra as many do (Talented, yes, legend yes; I just didn't much care
> for much of what he sang. >>
>
>At the risk of adding to this (minor) flame.  I liked some of Sinatra's stuff
>but most of it, at least to me, was slick packaging.  There are lots of great
>singers but few that are musically AND vocally talented.  Take Harry Connick,
>Jr.-- Sinatra-like but have you seen him play the piano?????  And keep in mind
>I am not a tremendous fan of Connick (now my wife's -- that's another story).
>I do appreciate his vast abilities tho.

Yet another exoticat in agreement with this general vibe. He is talented.
Great voice. I like the aura of Frank. The whole Vegas thang. The stories
surrounding him. But do I own his records? No. Musically, he really doesn't
interest me. I usually tell people I like "lounge" music because it is kinda
hard to describe to the average Joe what it is that I like. And Frank is
certainly one of the top lounge lizards - even though he was main circuit
material. But I would certainly not play his records in my set. Again, this
is no flame, just letting the list know that the huge onslaught of Sinatra
postings is somewhat tiresome for a few of us...

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 03:43:53 -0600



>I posted about Sinatra because it was the obvious moment to do so.
>But NO, I don't think Sinatra qualifies as "exotica".
>IF someone thinks he does, I can see it.  I have Nelson Riddle records in
>my exotica section.  There's obviously a connection. I guess I thought of
>this list as more properly a LOUNGE music list and Frank is certainly a
>lounge singer.

>I'd rather hear about Frank here than about Mike Love... although for me
>there's an interesting connection seeing as how I grew up hating both of them.
>I've been on this list a few months.  A lot of the time people discuss
>things that I don't consider "exotica" and it only bothers me when they try
>to argue how it IS exotica.  Mike Love ain't exotica.  Mike Love ain't rock
>n roll either for that matter. And as much as the Beach Boys were a surf
>band and there's a connection between surf and exotica, if someone showed
>me their exotica collection and it was a bunch of Beach Boys records, I'd
>think they missed the point somewhere.

OK. OK. A lot of stuff that is not strictly exotica is mentioned on the
list. I would certainly agree with that. And it doesn't really bother me
either. Most of the points made in this full posting I would fully agree
with BUT...

Beach Boys are certainly not a exotica band. Very true. But there are
several tracks of theirs that could be hardly considered anything BUT
exotica. "Diamond Head" could easily be considered an exotica classic. So I
think some discussion on this band, certainly the passing out of the Beach
Boys mailing list addresses, could be considered exotica topical stuff. Also
much of their stuff is kinda weird and certainly with fringe appeal, but it
is not the "surf" stuff that they are generally "known" for. I poo pooed the
Beach Boys for many years until so many bands that I admired kept saying how
brilliant they were so I dug a bit deeper - much like Keir and his Elvis
Costello/Frank story.

Frankly, if someone showed me their exotica collection and they DIDN'T have
a couple Beach Boys records in it, I might think that they had missed the
point somewhere...

It's all subjective, but I think most of the topics posted are of interest
to several people on this list. We're all just pretty passionate about
music, aren't we?

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
Date: 20 May 1998 02:59:22 PDT


And there's a green woman on the cover of a 1994 Chumbawumba album whose
title escapes me...

From BossaNovaVille,
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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Phuture Lounge playlist - 17 May
Date: 20 May 1998 06:46:52 -0600


Well, it is the last show of mine until the next time the station is on air.
Took place on SUnday, May 17, Subcity RAdio, Glasgow, 106.2. 3.30-5pm with
hostess DJ Mingo-go. If you have direct questions, please email me.

5TH DIMENSION "It's a Great Life"
THE FREE DESIGN "A Leaf Has Veins"
THE MONKEES "Love is Only Sleeping"
BEATLES "The Word"
BOB CREWE "Smoke (Viper Vapor)"
PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE "Bedazzled"
HIGH LLAMAS "Jazzed Carpenter"
A. TROVAIOLI & AF LAVAGNINO "Ku Klux Klan Sequence"
ENNIO MORRICONE "Le Foto Proibite Di Una Signora Per Bene"
PIERO PICCIONI "Mr. Dante Fontana"
ALBERTO BALDAN BEMBO "Ore 24"
JOHNNY DORELLI "Arriva La Bomba"
FRANCE GALL "Avant la Bagarre"
CURTIS MAYFIELD "Give Me Your Love"
HENRY MANCINI "Here's Looking at You, Kid"
LONNIE LISTON SMITH "Expansions"
LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA "Love's Theme"
21 TROMBONES "The Party"
I BARONETTI "Soul Finger"
FREE DESIGN "Bubbles"
NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD "Summer Wine"
BURT BACHARACH "Make It Easy on Yourself"
SOPHIA LOREN "De Jour en Jour"
ENNIO MORRICONE "La Donna Gattina"
DO-RE-ME CHILDREN CHOIR "Spooky"
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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The latest haul, but don't tell my wife!
Date: 20 May 1998 09:00:17 -0400


I had to spirit these finds into the house because, as many of you know, I
recently bought four boxes worth of records.  Here is what I came up with
(haven't heard all of it yet):

1. Korla Pandit - Music of Mystery and Romance
This is on Fantasy, on red vinyl (Mort Sahl's first was issued this way
too).  Solo organ and great stuff.

2. Apparently, all this talk of 10" records and Cook has gotten to me.  Not
only do I find a record (12 inches) supervised by Cook  (a fellow named
Foote?), I found a 10" record called "Speed the Neighbors Exit" by Jimmy
Carroll.  With a note on the back that said something about "Bull in a China
Shop Hi-Fi", this record yelled "Buy me, daddy!".  It is an assault of
bells, drums and other percussion, much like DAVID Carroll.  One of the
tracks is "Tinkle, Tinkle Little Bell" Is Jimmy a brother to David?  Has
anyone else heard this?  Do I know where the question mark key is on my
machine or what???

3. Another 10 - incher was a beat but playable "An American in Paris"
starring a fellow named Leslie Caron and a woman named Gene Kelly.  "I'll
Build a Stairway to Paradise" by Georges Guetary is too much!

US Version:
This plus a 78 by the Harmonaires and a 45 by the Gants cost me $6.96!
International:
This plus a 78 by the Harmonaires and a 45 by the Gants cost me 41 Francs!
This plus a 78 by the Harmonaires and a 45 by the Gants cost me 10 Canadian
Dollars
This plus a 78 by the Harmonaires and a 45 by the Gants cost me 4 Pounds!
This plus a 78 by the Harmonaires and a 45 by the Gants cost me 10 Swiss
Francs!
This plus a 78 by the Harmonaires and a 45 by the Gants cost me 12, 235
Lira!

Whew!

4. Can we talk more about 10 inch records and Cook?  It worked for me!
Let's also talk about Stormy Weather by the Five Sharps, how it felt when
you won the lottery, dream vacations, world peace and 0% unemployment?  Who
knows what can happen next?

Yes, I do know who Kelly and Caron are,
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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Truman Show trailer music
Date: 20 May 1998 15:35:07 GMT


FYI for ComEd fans.
-Lou

In rec.music.movies, Dan Goldwasser <[e-mail]> wrote:
>DrEldon wrote:
>> A good chunk of the music from THE TRUMAN SHOW trailer (during the sentimental
>> parts) is from Philip Glass' POWASQATSI (the same music that was used in the
>> PHILADELPHIA trailer).
>
>Although it depends on which trailer you see.
>
>The first trailer (shown initially with TITANIC) featured original
>music by Music Junkies, and ended with The Blue Danube Waltz.
>
>The new trailer starts off with FOUR ROOMS, goes into what I believe

------------------------
>is POWASQATSI, and then ends with DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY.
>Dan
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Subject: RE: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 10:48:54 -0400


> We're all just pretty passionate about
> music, aren't we?
>
> Jill "Mingo-go"
>
We are, Jill.  Indeed we certainly are.  Well said.

surfing the chaos,
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 11:07:28 -0400


At 03:43 AM 20/05/98 -0600, Jill Mingo wrote:

>Frankly, if someone showed me their exotica collection and they DIDN'T have
>a couple Beach Boys records in it, I might think that they had missed the
>point somewhere...

Really?  And how would you make that point clearer to them?  I've got the
Hollyridge Strings doing the Beach Boys songbook.  Is there still hope?
(By the way, if that was a flame that's okay because I like being flamed.
I've never quite understood how a bunch of people could discuss music
without occasionally impugning the other's taste.)
This is kind of a funny question for me because it reminds me of all the
different ways of ORGANIZING records that I've come across.  The people
like me who have their records in twenty different categories on the one
side and on the other side, the ones who have all their records in
alphabetical order with no regard for genre or category.
I don't have Beach Boy records but if I did, I'd put them near the Beatles,
except I don't have Beatles so maybe I'd put them near the Beefheart -
unless you think Beefheart's not really his last name so you should put him
under "Captain" instead.
But I wouldn't put my phantom Beach Boys records next to my Les BAXTER
records, assuming I had my exotica stuff in alphabetical order which I
don't.  And assuming I had my exotica in one section which I also don't.
I don't know.  I think of the Beach Boys as a rock n roll band.  Or as the
pathetic shadow of a once great rock n roll band.
I don't think of them as lounge or easy listening - even if a lot of their
stuff is soft and easy - or as exotica, even if their beach, island vibe
relates to exotica.
This keeps coming up.  People posting "I know this isn't quite exotica but
do you mind if I talk about this anyway??"  The permission-asking gets kind
of tiresome.  But so does the justification...
"Can I talk about this please?  It isn't exotica but on second thought IT
REALLY IS".
I'm still back on the record organizing question.  I'm ashamed to admit
that I have my Marty Robbins Hawaaian record with my Hawaaian records
rather than with my Marty Robbins records.

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From: "Charles Moseley"<[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) You only live once
Date: 20 May 1998 10:40:36 +0100



Did a bit of shopping at the weekend at two record fairs at Victoria and
Tottenham Court Road and emerged with some bizarre new gems (including Mort
Garson's Zodiac Sounds). While I was there, I spotted the 'You Only Live
Once' soundtrack - not the 1937 film but a more recent (late 60s/early 70s)
film. The LP has a blue and white cover, does anybody know more details?

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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Net radio
Date: 20 May 1998 16:40:44 +0100


Can anyone recommend a radio station with internet access that plays
records that would appeal to Exotica subscribers and plays during the
daytime (UK daytime)?

Thanks


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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) You only live once
Date: 20 May 1998 12:36:45 -0400


At 10:40 AM +0100 5/20/98, Charles Moseley wrote:

>I spotted the 'You Only Live
>Once' soundtrack - not the 1937 film but a more recent (late 60s/early 70s)
>film. The LP has a blue and white cover, does anybody know more details?

An excellent soundtrack, by the underrated Jacques Loussier. A couple of
tracks from this have shown up on some EZ and funk bootlegs - - "Clara's
Jerk" is on "Beat Actione", for example. There's some bossa nova and other
groovy sounds. Don't know anything about the film, except that it's from
around 1967.

Loussier also did the beautiful "Dark Of The Sun" track (the theme is
incredible). He's best known for a series of albums featuring his jazz
arrangements of Bach compositions (Loussier is a pianist, btw)

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 20 May 1998 12:43:44 -0400


At 9:37 PM -0400 5/19/98, BasicHip wrote:
>Has anybody heard any of these Motor Music (Germany) releases?

>1) Martin Bottcher -- Sound Kaleidoscope
>
>2) Gary McFarland -- Latin Lounge
>
>3) Maurice Pop -- Power Pop

The Maurice Pop disc is great; it's that uptempo, horn driven late 60's
'Sound Gallery' style of Discotheque a Go-Go. Highly recommended if you
like that style.

The Bottcher disc was a disappointment; I was expecting more of that Go-Go
sound, but overall it's fairly syrupy and slow. But if you like that
'elevator' sound...........

Haven't heard the McFarland, but I've got high expectations for it, based
on his "Bloop Bleep" track on 'Les Yper Sound'. Personally, I'm a big fan
of that uptempo Latin groove (made by folks of all ethnic backgrounds)

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 11:17:08 -0600


At 11:07 20/05/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:43 AM 20/05/98 -0600, Jill Mingo wrote:
>
>>Frankly, if someone showed me their exotica collection and they DIDN'T have
>>a couple Beach Boys records in it, I might think that they had missed the
>>point somewhere...
>
>Really?  And how would you make that point clearer to them?

No, this wasn't a flame. This "point" business refered to you saying someone
having Beach Boys in a collection they thought to be exotic as "missing the
point". I wrote my comment above simply to point out what I wrote in my next
statement , that music is subjective. I personally think a track like
"Diamond Head" is an exotic classic which I am quite sure was recorded in
direct reference to Hawaii-exotica culture. No, they are not an exotica
band. Yes, they have exotica tracks. I don't think there is one person on
this list that has that track who would disagree with me.

Much light pop music often gets categorised as "Easy listening" music - like
The Free Design, for instance. Beach Boys are light pop music quite often,
almost easy-esque.

If someone said to me, "I like exotica. I've got the Beach Boys." Well, I'd
wonder a bit. But if someone into exotica mentioned how much they liked the
Beach Boys, I'd know immediately what they were talking about. Your comments
just kinda seemed like since you don't particularly see the exotic side of
this band (am I right to assume that you probably wouldn't buy their stuff -
note: I didn't say "dislike them", I just said you wouldn't buy their
stuff..) And I think there are plenty of people out there who could
understand their relevance in briefly discussing them from time to time on
the list. Much like Sinatra. He's seen as easy or lounge, which a lot of
exotica gets classified as. I don't see him as "exotic" although he probably
has the odd track that is.

Which is why I made the comment at the end that we're all just really
passionate about music. I like the looseness of the list.


>This keeps coming up.  People posting "I know this isn't quite exotica but
>do you mind if I talk about this anyway??"  The permission-asking gets kind
>of tiresome.  But so does the justification...
>"Can I talk about this please?  It isn't exotica but on second thought IT
>REALLY IS".

I agree. People should just ask something if they want. We all have a wide
range of musical knowledge. People should just ask or write what comes up.
It just seems that you took offense when someone questioned why there was so
much Sinatra talk and to try to justify your point, you started pointing out
how un-exotic the Beach Boys were. Well, that is your opinion, but it isn't
that far-stretched to see them as having exotica-influenced tracks, in mine.
And considering the original posting that started this off was about their
work getting covered by a Mariachi band, a long time exotica/EZ practice,
the covering of pop hits, it all seemed kinda topical. And then it was
discussed about their cancellation of working with The High Llamas, a band
that is quite commonly considered as modern exotica.

So I think it is relevant to give them the odd nod. And there were only a
handful of postings about them anyway.

>I'm still back on the record organizing question.  I'm ashamed to admit
>that I have my Marty Robbins Hawaaian record with my Hawaaian records
>rather than with my Marty Robbins records.

As for categorising, another subjective thing. Can't comment on that one...I
just do what feels right so I can find stuff.

Again, no flames from me...like 'em or not.

Jill "Mingo-go"



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From: "VIC RUGH" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: Dear Ex, I didn't think...
Date: 20 May 1998 11:39:51 CDT


This is at LEAST a day late, 'cuz I go the digest route.  But I have to say,
 there is a warm, bitter-sweet feel-good as I see some of these
reactions...  Even Alice Faye.  I've watch some movie classics and
appreciated why she had her turn in the spotlight.  Ella and Sarah were
mentioned.  I also think of so many of the great authors/composers who gave
the great interpreters the material.  Start with Johnny Mercer.  Or Hoagy
Carmichael.  When you analyze the "why" of the world's reaction to
Sinatra's death, versus so many others..  one place to start is life-style.
 None of the aforementioned were regular subjects of gossip and scandal.
None had quite the pose or attitude that Sinatra had, that seemed to
fascinate so many.  I think these are legitimate factors in piecing
together an explanation.  I think they say a lot about this media-guided
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 13:36:26 -0400


Just my perception here, but lately I feel like we're doing far too much
debating over whether [fill-in-the-blank] is or isn't exotica. It's beginning
to suck all of the fun out of the room, and I can't help but wonder if it might
not have something to do with our dwindling traffic. People afraid of having
their posts "policed"? We're never going to agree on *exactly* what the term
"exotica" itself means, so why even try to administer litmus tests to artists?

I think we all have a pretty good feel for the general neighborhood of where
we're at. Why not just relax and not worry about it so much? We might go off
the path now and then, but we'll get back to it before too long. And the change
of scenery will do us good.

Regarding Sinatra, I will admit that he's never quite connected for me (yet).
But I *do* respect him. Anyway, I know from experience that when an artist
who's really been significant to you dies, the feelings can approach those felt
when you lose a relative (not immediate family). And it's helpful to talk about
them. So for the people feeling that way about Sinatra, I think it's fine for
them to remember him here.

Just my opinions. Thanks for reading.

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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) CD - Another Crazy Cocktail Party
Date: 20 May 1998 10:55:07 -0700


I have a CD called "Another Crazy Cocktail Party - Shake Your Congas", on
the BMG/RCA Victor label, apparently produced through BMG Ariola Belgium,
1996 and distributed through BMG USA.  It's claim to fame is the song
"Pancho", written by David Bowie for a 1960's European TV show (or so says
a large yellow sticker on the front).  It's kinda Latinesque/cha-cha stuff.
 I have been trying to find out about the artists on the disc
(specifically, what years the songs were released), but have come up empty
handed.  And trying to get any info out of BMG is like pulling teeth.  Does
anyone know the years these songs were released, or any info on the
artists?  Here's the songlist:

1.   Los Albinos - Bing Bang Conga
2.   Ruben Calzado & Orchestra - Chiquito
3.   The Golden Dream Orchestra - When the world was mine
4.   Jo Carlier et Son Orchestre - Aquarella
5.   Jean Claude Pelletier et Son Ochestre - Loin de mes yeux pres de mon
coeur
6.   Los Albinos - Go Go Conga
7.   Jean Evans his piano & his strings - Blue Candlelight
8.   The Boxeros - Los Patatos
9.   Reg Owen & his Orchestra - Obsession
10. DeeDee & her Panchos - Pancho
11. Los Albinos - Chinese Conga
12. The Sadi Quartet - Blue Sunrise
13. The Peter Loland Orchestra - La Cucarachacha
14. Peter Krender his piano & his orchestra - Birds of paradise
15. Stan La Banm & his orchestra - A la salud
16. Los Albinos - The swinging conga
17. The Clippers - Forever
18. Willy Albimoor & his lucky 13 - Headin' north
19. Teddy Mertens his trumpet & his orchestra - Marijuana brass
20. Los Albinos - Frere Jacques conga

Any information would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Dave


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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: g Owen
Date: 20 May 1998 14:09:59 -0400




> 9.   Reg Owen & his Orchestra - Obsession

Owen's biggest hit in the US was Manhattan Spritual, ca. 1955.  Was he big
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From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 11:34:27 +0000


> We're never going to agree on *exactly* what the term
> "exotica" itself means, so why even try to administer litmus tests to > artists?

Agreed. In the case of O'l Blue Eyes, I wanted to keep that thread going
because I thought it was an interesting example of the type of artist
that illustrates that point perfectly. (poifectly)

I tend to believe this list uses the term "exotica" in the
absence of a better expression. No single word is going to
hit the idea squarely, so exotica will have to do. That was
what I was trying to get at, and I wanted others to weigh in
and see how they would describe the same idea. This was merely an
excercise in semantics - not attempt to narrow the focus of these
discusssions. I took pretty strong measures in my original post
to try to keep that point clear.

One of the most rewarding aspects of being on the list is
watching threads about  ...oh... let's say Serge Gainsbourg
metastize into ruminations about Robert Plant and then touch
on the subject of 50's space-age furniture - all without
changing the subject line. Whether or not it's "exotica"
means little to me, and likely little to other listers. This is
an All-Star lineup of personalities on this list - just about
any topic you all want to tackle will doubtless be interesting.


So I hear ya. Enough already with my pedantics. Let's talk about
cheesecake album covers!


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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 13:34:26 -0500


I'm getting a feeling (correct me if I'm wrong) that some of the
anti-Frank sentiment on this list is coming more from politics rather
than true talent.  Both my parents and grandparents disliked Sinatra for
totally non-musical reasons (which makes me kind of a blacksheep).  My
Grandma because of his "infidelity" and my grandpa because he stayed home
while he was in Europe fighting the Jerrys.  Even I was a Frank-hater in
my punk teens.  Some people say he was too slick. He was beyond just
"slick", he was the standard everyone aspired to.  Everytime I listen to
him, all those stories I've heard about him being a jerk or whatever, go
right out the window.  I'm 28 now, and I'm so glad I had the wherewithal
to come around to such great talent.

Adding fuel,
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Subject: (exotica) CD - Another Crazy Cocktail Party
Date: 20 May 1998 12:16:06 -0700


I have a CD called "Another Crazy Cocktail Party - Shake Your Congas", on
the BMG/RCA Victor label, apparently produced through BMG Ariola Belgium,
1996 and distributed through BMG USA.  It's claim to fame is the song
"Pancho", written by David Bowie for a 1960's European TV show (or so says
a large yellow sticker on the front).  It's kinda Latinesque/cha-cha stuff.
 I have been trying to find out about the artists on the disc
(specifically, what years the songs were released), but have come up empty
handed.  And trying to get any info out of BMG is like pulling teeth.  Does
anyone know the years these songs were released, or any info on the
artists?  Here's the songlist:

1.   Los Albinos - Bing Bang Conga
2.   Ruben Calzado & Orchestra - Chiquito
3.   The Golden Dream Orchestra - When the world was mine
4.   Jo Carlier et Son Orchestre - Aquarella
5.   Jean Claude Pelletier et Son Ochestre - Loin de mes yeux pres de mon
coeur
6.   Los Albinos - Go Go Conga
7.   Jean Evans his piano & his strings - Blue Candlelight
8.   The Boxeros - Los Patatos
9.   Reg Owen & his Orchestra - Obsession
10. DeeDee & her Panchos - Pancho
11. Los Albinos - Chinese Conga
12. The Sadi Quartet - Blue Sunrise
13. The Peter Loland Orchestra - La Cucarachacha
14. Peter Krender his piano & his orchestra - Birds of paradise
15. Stan La Banm & his orchestra - A la salud
16. Los Albinos - The swinging conga
17. The Clippers - Forever
18. Willy Albimoor & his lucky 13 - Headin' north
19. Teddy Mertens his trumpet & his orchestra - Marijuana brass
20. Los Albinos - Frere Jacques conga

Any information would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Dave


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From: "VIC RUGH" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE:  Lyman, Mancin lp's
Date: 20 May 1998 14:11:37 CDT


"Yellow Bird" was Arthur Lyman's most popular single, and, I don't know,
did the album chart?  No one cut stands out in my mind, but I recall they
were of the ilk some would claim IS exotica.

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From: [e-mail] (Kirsten Whitley)
Subject: (exotica) Godzilla
Date: 20 May 1998 15:04:30 -0500



I just saw this ad in Collectors' Choice.  Can anyone comment on this
CD on or any other Gozilla music/compilations?

New Release: The Best of Godzilla 1954-1975

Forget that big-budget Godzilla flick -- here's the REAL stuff, 42 excerpts
from those fantastic scores to the even-more-fantastic Japanese Godzilla
films from the '50s througth the 70s. Which films, you ask? Godzilla,
King of the Monsters; Godzilla Raids Again; King Kong vs. Godzilla;
Mothra; Mothra vs. Godzilla; Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster;
Invasion of the Astro Monster; Son of Godzilla; Destroy All Monsters;
All Monsters Attack; Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster; Godzilla vs.
Gigan; Godzilla vs. Megalon; Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and
Terror of Mechagodzilla.

--Kirsten

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From: **CNM*** <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Do any of you know ...
Date: 21 May 1998 00:02:28 +0300 (IDT)




there is a song by the dream warriors (granted, not genre related) whose
title is, i think, 'my definition of a boombastic jazz style' (or
something along those lines) -- anyway - they sample these great loops of
swanky music and i was wondering if anyone happens to know
a. what i'm talking about
and
b. what they are sampling.

thanks
courtney


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From: Vik Trola <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Do any of you know ...
Date: 20 May 1998 17:21:40 -0500


>there is a song by the dream warriors (granted, not genre related) whose
>title is, i think, 'my definition of a boombastic jazz style' (or
>something along those lines) -- anyway - they sample these great loops of
>swanky music and i was wondering if anyone happens to know
>a. what i'm talking about
>and
>b. what they are sampling.

a. yes
b. Quincy Jones "Soul Bossa Nova" which now has the infamy of being the
opening music to the dreadfully unfunny Austin Powers...




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From: Nicolas Reichelt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 21 May 1998 00:19:46 +0200


Hess Jeffery wrote:
>
> I'm getting a feeling (correct me if I'm wrong) that some of the
> anti-Frank sentiment on this list is coming more from politics rather
> than true talent.

Yes, and why not. If part of or even most of the whole Frankieboy-appeal comes
from categories like slickness, coolness, or if he was the model that
everybody wanted to be etc. than those political questions are rather
interesting.

MO


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From: Nicolas Reichelt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 21 May 1998 00:20:10 +0200


> At 9:37 PM -0400 5/19/98, BasicHip wrote:
> >Has anybody heard any of these Motor Music (Germany) releases?
>
> >1) Martin Bottcher -- Sound Kaleidoscope
> >
> >2) Gary McFarland -- Latin Lounge
> >
> >3) Maurice Pop -- Power Pop
>
I reported about two of the 3 in an earlier mail. The Gary Mc Farland is
indeed great! I had 3 pieces of this on a tape that a friend gave me 4 years
ago and they defined among others my understanding of this new Easy Listening
Thing that was just developing. I tried to explain the impact Farland had on
me, but in vain. I think he's so strange and pleasant at the same time. A def buy!

Just very personal and opinionated as usual: MO


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From: Nicolas Reichelt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) SPACE ROCK KLAUS SCHULZE DIG IT
Date: 21 May 1998 00:20:57 +0200


Ron Grandia wrote:
>
> It's German (or could you tell?) Released in 1980. Has a 23 minute track
> called
> Synthasy. Other songs are also brutishly long.
> That's all I know about this'n. Anyone have the poop on Klaus?
> Anyone? Anyone?
> 1980 BRAIN RECORDS GERMAN RELEASE KLAUS SCHULZE "DIG IT" THIS LP WAS
> DIGITALY RECORDED. THIS DISC HAS 4 LONG SONGS INCLUDING THE 23:10 MIN.
> SYNTHASY
>

Read Julian Cope's Book about "Kraut Rock (One head's Guide to the Grosse
Kosmische Musik)". Tells all about the whole context.

MO


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From: Brett Leveridge <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 78s
Date: 20 May 1998 18:31:25 -0400 (EDT)




I just came into a slew of 78s from the 1940s and early '50s. I'm pretty
sure it's been addressed on the list before but I hope you'll indulge me
as I ask again how best to give these discs a cleaning. I know there'll be
hiss and pops no matter what but I'd like to get them as clean-sounding as
possible.

Anyone have expertise in this area?

Brett


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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 18:02:52 -0500



On Thu, 21 May 1998 00:19:46 +0200 Nicolas Reichelt <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>Hess Jeffery wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting a feeling (correct me if I'm wrong) that some of the
>> anti-Frank sentiment on this list is coming more from politics
>rather
>> than true talent.
>
>Yes, and why not. If part of or even most of the whole
>Frankieboy-appeal comes
>from categories like slickness, coolness, or if he was the model that
>everybody wanted to be etc. than those political questions are rather
>interesting.


Good points indeed. Maybe I'm a purist, but when I evaluate an artist,
the music comes first and the other stuff is merely incidental such as
image, folklore, politics and such.  I guess its easier to do that for a
yungin' like myself who wasn't there when it was happening.  I can't just
say that I don't like artist/singer/whatever because of something they've
done apart from the music.  For lack of a better cliche', the song
remains the same.  Somebody shoot me!!


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From: Robert Sloane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) fwd: Truman Show trailer music
Date: 20 May 1998 16:58:03 -0500


I've seen two different TV commercials for this film (I think it's this
one) wherein they've used "Vertigogo" by ComEd, and "Sentimental Journey"
by Esquivel (clearly not looking much farther than the _Four Rooms_
soundtrack).

Rob


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>>The new trailer starts off with FOUR ROOMS, goes into what I believe
>
>------------------------
>>is POWASQATSI, and then ends with DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY.




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From: "mighty recording corp." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) B. Wilson/Exotica
Date: 20 May 1998 18:24:11 -0800



one of the main reasons i started picking up martin denny albums (blindly)
back in 1981 from the thrift store next the to record store where tosh (from
our list here) and i worked (for years) was because brian wilson mentioned
martin denny
in some interview from then, in reference to the instrumental arrangements
on 'pet sounds'.

there is a definitive brian wilson/exotica 'crossover' dynamic out there.
its not hard to distill if one spends the time looking :)

paul moshay
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Subject: (exotica) Sinatra/Exotica/et al...
Date: 20 May 1998 18:50:06 -0800



frank is not exotica, nor is he really lounge, though some in proximity to
him were.

frank is soul, sensuality, and style... all wrapped up in the consumate pop
artist
of the century.  one would have to probably read fifty volumes of carl jung,
to
really 'get down' the essense of why frank has and will speak to the ages.
but best, skip the fifty volumes of jung, and just listen.

the two mandatory (and non obvious) sinatra albums;

uptempo swinging hard, his "never mind the bullocks" if he had one -
    "Ring A Ding Ding" ( Reprise 1961)

down tempo brutally suicidial saloon set -
    "No One Cares"  (Capitol 1958)


didactically speaking,

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 20 May 1998 22:16:45 -0400


>The Maurice Pop disc is great; it's that uptempo, horn driven late 60's
>'Sound Gallery' style of Discotheque a Go-Go. Highly recommended if you
>like that style.
Any idea where we could find this? Is this the same Motor that Andreas
Dorau is on?

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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Klaus Schulze
Date: 20 May 1998 22:31:05 EST



> Subject: (exotica) SPACE ROCK KLAUS SCHULZE DIG IT
> It's German (or could you tell?) Released in 1980. Has a 23 minute track
> called> Synthasy. Other songs are also brutishly long.
It was his first digital recording.  If you're a fan it's quite good.
If you really want it I did notice the CD reissue listed for only
US$8.00 through Wayside Music, a US mail order outfit of high repute.

> That's all I know about this'n. Anyone have the poop on Klaus?
KS is one of the pivotal points of discussion within the "Space Music"
list (along with Steve Roach & Robert Rich). Anything you ever want
to know about him (including some really classic verbal brawls
between self proclaimed KS image styler Klaus D. Mueller and a few
less than enthusiastc fans) has likely been discussed there. I
wounder if there's an archive? Having some 30 KS records myself I have
to say I burned out on them (along with the list!) after many years
but he's truly a legend in the space music field and is still going
strong and touring.

Brian


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Subject: (exotica) Sinatra/Exotica/Et Al
Date: 20 May 1998 23:14:30 -0800



frank is not exotica, nor is he really lounge, though some in proximity to
him were.

frank is soul, sensuality, and style... all wrapped up in the consumate pop
artist
of the century.  one would have to probably read fifty volumes of carl jung,
to
really 'get down' the essense of why frank has and will speak to the ages.
but best, skip the fifty volumes of jung, and just listen.

the two mandatory (and non obvious) sinatra albums;

uptempo swinging hard, his "never mind the bullocks" if he had one -
    "Ring A Ding Ding" ( Reprise 1961)

down tempo brutally suicidial saloon set -
    "No One Cares"  (Capitol 1958)


didactically speaking,

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 20 May 1998 23:21:08 -0800



>Is Sinatra exotic?.... in the sense of Martin Denny, Baxter, Peter Thomas,
>Yma Sumac, ... no.  But in the sense of Scott Walker, Serge Gainsbourg,
>Elvis, etc. yes.

solid distinction/analogy for my money there.

>The Sinatra image is exotica, in that he was an image before being a man.
>The hard-drinking, swinging, hedonistic, devil-may-care, bar singer.  And
>besides he was surrounded by Exotica during his Capital years, no?  Martin
>Denny was part of the capital gang (am I correct?), Yma Sumac, etc.

denny was on liberty for the most part, which became part of capitol much
later.  but sinatra did have les baxter record (non exclusively) for reprise
from the start.  so there were connections of some degree.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 21 May 1998 03:40:34 -0400


At 06:02 PM 20/05/98 -0500, Hess Jeffery wrote:
>
>Good points indeed. Maybe I'm a purist, but when I evaluate an artist,
>the music comes first and the other stuff is merely incidental such as
>image, folklore, politics and such.

Yes I'm sure it is easier to ignore all the other stuff if you weren't
around when it came out but in general, I don't believe there is such a
thing JUST the music.  I don't think the music is separable from the image.
 Especially with Frank.  You bought the record, you bought the image, the
attitude, the fantasy etc etc.
I think that the only music that might possibly be pure and unencumbered
with image or attitude is the sound of the wind rustling through the trees
and even that is tied up with all kinds of imagery for me.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?
Date: 21 May 1998 03:40:36 -0400


At 11:17 AM 20/05/98 -0600, Jill Mingo wrote:
>
>>If someone said to me, "I like exotica. I've got the Beach Boys." Well, I'd
>wonder a bit. But if someone into exotica mentioned how much they liked the
>Beach Boys, I'd know immediately what they were talking about. Your
comments just kinda seemed like since you don't particularly see the exotic
side of this band

Okay, this is the last response, even if I do get flamed.  I know this is
getting tired.  Already has for most, I'm sure.
BUT what you said there about "I like exotica, I've got the Beach Boys",
that was all I was saying.  I didn't say that if someone included Beach
Boys in exotica, I would think they missed the point.  I said that if their
exotica collection consisted of mostly or only Beach Boys records, I would
think that
I would also think something if their exotica collection consisted of ONLY
Martin Denny records but I wouldn't say to them "Uh sorry but I don't think
that's really exotica".  Which I WOULD say about the Beach Boys, no matter
how many tracks of theirs might qualify.
If someone wants to say that there are elements of progressive jazz or
classical music in Zappa, I wouldn't argue but I still wouldn't expect them
to put the Mothers albums in with the progressive jazz.  And if they did
and especially if they had nothing that I called progressive jazz, I'd say
yeah they missed the point.
If someone here wants to discuss the Beach Boys or Bread or Uriah Heep, go
right ahead.  I'd rather talk about Curtis Mayfield than a whole lot of
stuff that gets discussed here. I just react when someone seems to protest
a little too much trying to justify that whatever they're talking about
qualifies as "exotica".
I'm no purist and I know that exotica is a very elastic and wide term,
especially as used on this list, including as it does "lounge" and "easy
listening" etc but I do think that you could stretch the elastic to the
point that it would have no meaning at all.
Like the word "alternative".  Or "jazz" or "rock n roll".  Look at some of
the stuff the Columbia record club calls "alternative".

.am I right to assume that you probably wouldn't buy their stuff -
>note: I didn't say "dislike them", I just said you wouldn't buy their
>stuff..)

Yes.  Although I did love Surf's Up at the time and I have picked up a
couple of old collections at the Goodwill.  (So I guess I lied.)  But no, I
wouldn't pay real money for them.

> And I think there are plenty of people out there who could
>understand their relevance in briefly discussing them from time to time on
>the list.

What I find interesting about a lot of the people here on the list is how
wide their taste is.  I would find it interesting to hear their stories of
how they made the journey towards exotica, lounge etc.  What was the music
that led them "here".
I could see someone saying that in retrospect, they realize that the Beach
Boys were one of the influences that led them here. This track or that
track especially.  But that doesn't mean that I think that the music that
led them here is, in itself, exotica.

 Much like Sinatra. He's seen as easy or lounge, which a lot of
>exotica gets classified as. I don't see him as "exotic" although he probably
>has the odd track that is.

We agree.

>It just seems that you took offense when someone questioned why there was so
>much Sinatra talk and to try to justify your point, you started pointing out
>how un-exotic the Beach Boys were.

No.  I posted about Sinatra only because I needed to let off some steam
over the tributes that were pouring in.  I now realize how immature that
was.  Let people say goodbye to their heroes.   Wait till he's at least
buried before you start slagging him... as you've been doing your whole
life.  As I've been doing...
But I can see how you were confused in all that pro and anti-Frank flurry.
I'm sure I was justifying some point or other when I brought up the Beach
Boys but it wasn't to defend Frank, that's for sure.  Or justify him as
exotica.
I think I just threw in the Beach Boys because I hadn't had an opportunity
to whine in previous posts.

> And then it was
>discussed about their cancellation of working with The High Llamas, a band
>that is quite commonly considered as modern exotica.

Yeah, you see.  There you go again.  "Modern exotica"?  Can't you just say
that the people in the band are probably influenced by exotica?  That
people who like exotica may find something to like in this band?
Does everything have to be cross-categorized?
I love the High Llamas and I'm not surprised that some people here also do
and there's no doubt a connection to exotica but... I don't know.
This is a pretty small point I admit but I guess I'm passionate about those
small points.
I love the Tindersticks and I think they might be influenced by Serge
Gainsbourg and I might even bring them up here some time but I just don't
see the point of saying "Yeah and they really are an exotica band".

>So I think it is relevant to give them the odd nod. And there were only a
>handful of postings about them anyway.

Like I said, I don't mind the odd or the even postings.  I just react to
the justifications.

Maybe this won't be the last posting on this subject but I'm going to try
and be finished with it myself.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 21 May 1998 03:39:44 -0600


At 22:16 20/05/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>The Maurice Pop disc is great; it's that uptempo, horn driven late 60's
>>'Sound Gallery' style of Discotheque a Go-Go. Highly recommended if you
>>like that style.
>Any idea where we could find this? Is this the same Motor that Andreas
>Dorau is on?

Yes, it is.

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From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Soul Bossa/Sprite Ad
Date: 21 May 1998 03:32:18 PDT


Q's version of "Soul Bossa Nova" was for many years (1970s) the theme to
a popular Canadian daytime quiz show called _Definition_.  Dream
Warriors, being from Toronto, no doubt picked up on the Q vibe from
watching TV as kids - the tip off is in the repeated phrase "my
definition" in "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style".

On a related note:  has anyone seen this amazing Sprite commercial with
sort of "Soul Bossa Nova"-y music?  It has a woman who looks like George
Costanza's mother washing clothes in a bowl of Sprite and a bowl of some
other uncola;  at the end, she drinks the Sprite bowl.  The music is
fabulous mid-60s easy - anyone recognize it? (I've seen it both on UK
and on Canadian TV).

     From BossaNovaVille,
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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Net radio
Date: 21 May 1998 13:35:47 +0000


Charles Moseley wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a radio station with internet access that plays
>records that would appeal to Exotica subscribers and plays during
>the daytime (UK daytime)?

Well, there's a nice set from DJ Vishnu playing around the clock on:

http://www.netradio.com/

Go to "Cafe Jazz" and select "Lounge" from the drop down menu.
You'll need Real Player to hear it.


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Subject: (exotica) raga-pop record
Date: 21 May 1998 08:41:34 -0400


About a year ago, I found a record in my college radio station's vinyl
library. It was a late '60s recording of raga versions of "pop" songs of
the time (sorta like "The Plastic Cow Goes Moog", only more, uh, sacred),
and it featured a sitar n' tabla (etc.) arrangement of "Norwegian Wood".

Can anybody tell me the title and artist of this LP? I'd like to use it to
thumb my nose at all those folks who think Cornershop are so clever...

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Subject: (exotica) AFRO-COOL
Date: 21 May 1998 08:03:31 PDT




Has anyone heard of this lp on GNP records? Musicians include Conte
Candoli and Machito's Rhythm Section (Don't have the cover in front of
me, so excuse omissions/mutilations). The cover is classic Exotica - a
not overly-clad nymph inside a flaming ice cube. I ask because I bought
the thing and, trusting natural that I am, neglected to inspect the
interior. I was very bummed. Not a big loss costwise, but what about
those sounds I may never hear?

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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) 78s
Date: 21 May 1998 11:00:13 -0400


> again how best to give these discs a cleaning.
>
>
>
What I usually do with all records, regardless of age or RPM:

If they need it, mix 1 part alcohol (grain, rubbing, cheap vodka) with 2
parts distilled or filtered water.  Pour it over the vinyl and wipe
circularly with a VERY soft non-paper cloth with no chemicals on it.  (the
towel that has been washed with fabric softener is no good, use a new one or
one washed in just soap and water).

Let this dry, then drag a good old discwasher with some D4 across it for 3-5
revolutions and you are set. The discwasher is still the best "finishing"
record cleaner known to mankind, since it is the only thing that gets INTO
the grooves without damaging them severely.

Would the other DJs on the list agree?

surfing the chaos,
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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: (exotica) Images, fantasies, and music
Date: 21 May 1998 10:51:41 -0500


Nat writes:
>Yes I'm sure it is easier to ignore all the other stuff if you weren't
>around when it came out but in general, I don't believe there is such
>a thing JUST the music.  I don't think the music is separable from the
>image. Especially with Frank.  You bought the record, you bought the
>image, the attitude, the fantasy etc etc.  I think that the only music
that >might possibly be pure and unencumbered with image or attitude is
>the sound of the wind rustling through the trees and even that is tied
>up with all kinds of imagery for me.


Don't get me wrong, I pick up on all the imagery and fantasy.  My point
is that some people will dismiss something solely on image w/out picking
up on the art/music first.  It's the art/music that conjures up all the
images in the first place.  Some people get it backwards that's all.

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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD: RE: (exotica) 78s]
Date: 21 May 1998 16:58:43 +0100



>
> > again how best to give these discs a cleaning.
> >
> >
> >
> What I usually do with all records, regardless of age or RPM:
>
> If they need it, mix 1 part alcohol (grain, rubbing, cheap vodka) with 2
> parts distilled or filtered water.  Pour it over the vinyl and wipe
> circularly with a VERY soft non-paper cloth with no chemicals on it.  (the
> towel that has been washed with fabric softener is no good, use a new one or
> one washed in just soap and water).
>

I believe this is very, VERY bad advice as concerns SHELLAC
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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) raga-pop record
Date: 21 May 1998 11:45:11 -0400


At 8:41 AM -0400 5/21/98, Jody, Ruth and Michael Rosen wrote:

>About a year ago, I found a record in my college radio station's vinyl
>library. It was a late '60s recording of raga versions of "pop" songs of
>the time (sorta like "The Plastic Cow Goes Moog", only more, uh, sacred),
>and it featured a sitar n' tabla (etc.) arrangement of "Norwegian Wood".
>
>Can anybody tell me the title and artist of this LP? I'd like to use it to
>thumb my nose at all those folks who think Cornershop are so clever...

It's "Raga Rock" by The Folkswingers, World Pacific Records, 1967

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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) 78s
Date: 21 May 1998 11:59:29 -0400


At 11:00 AM -0400 5/21/98, Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD wrote:

>What I usually do with all records, regardless of age or RPM:
>
>If they need it, mix 1 part alcohol........

Don't use alcohol on shellac 78's!!

The best bet is Ivory Soap or another mild dishwashing soap. Special 78
brushes are available from sources like "78 Quarterly" magazine; they're
designed to get into the deeper grooves. If you don't have a brush, just
let them soak a bit and use a sponge. Put them in the dish rack to dry.

The alcohol/water mix described is perfect for vinyl records.

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From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Do any of you know ...
Date: 21 May 1998 04:09:07 -0400


>Vik Trola <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>>there is a song by the dream warriors
                   >snip<
>>and i was wondering if anyone happens to know
>>a. what i'm talking about
>>and
>>b. what they are sampling.
>
>a. yes
>b. Quincy Jones "Soul Bossa Nova" which now has the
>infamy of being the opening music to the dreadfully unfunny
>Austin Powers...

And ever since that movie came out, I've had people tell me "Hey,
they used your theme song in Austin Powers!" Oh well, at least
that proves that people *do* listen to my radio show. "Soul Bossa
Nova" can be easily obtained on either the Austin Powers sound-
track or the Cocktail Mix Vol.2 compilation, both currently in print
on CD.

Incidentally, the Dream Warriors song is how I heard "Soul Bossa
Nova" originally, too.


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) cleaning 78s (long)
Date: 21 May 1998 12:23:28 -0500


At 06:31 PM 5/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I just came into a slew of 78s from the 1940s and early '50s. I'm pretty
>sure it's been addressed on the list before but I hope you'll indulge me
>as I ask again how best to give these discs a cleaning.
>Anyone have expertise in this area?
>Brett

The important thing to determine is whether your 78s are shellac or vinyl.
Under *no* circumstance should you use alcohol on shellac. There is a
current school of thought that also advises against alcohol for vinyl
cleaning, as it is thought that alcohol will leech out the stabilizers.

I recommend you visit the following site:

The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials
By Gilles St-Laurent
Music Division
National Library Of Canada January 1996
<http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/care.html>

Here's an excerpt of the Cleaning section from the above page:

Since dust is usually held in place by electrostatic attraction, dry wiping
on its own does not work effectively. The added friction created by the
duster will cause the dust to jump back to the charged surface.=20

Distilled water is used for cleaning records and CDs for many reasons. Its
precise chemical makeup is known, it will not leave any residue behind, is
safe to use, and is inexpensive. Water disperses static charges and
counteracts the increase in conductivity from the pick-up of salt deposits
from finger prints. However, water alone cannot dissolve grease, thus
surfactants are used as additives to enable water to be a grease solvent.
Surfactants break grease surface bonds and allow water to penetrate grease
solids, causing swelling and then random dispersion.=20

General

=95The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) recommends the use of nonionic,
ethelyne oxide condensates surfactants to clean sound recordings. The CCI
does not foresee long-term problems associated with the use of nonionic
surfactants such as Tergitol. Tergitol 15-S-3 is an oil soluble surfactant
and 15-S-9 is a water soluble surfactant. Combined they remove a wide range
of dirt and greases and can safely be used on sound recordings. Use 0.25
part of Tergitol 15-S-3 and 0.25 parts of Tergitol 15-S-9 per 100 parts of
distilled water. (These products are available in small quantities from
TALAS (Division of Technical Library Service Inc) 213 West 35th Street, New
York, N.Y. [phone].) The recording must then be rinsed thoroughly
with distilled water to eliminate any trace of detergent residue. =95Keep an
airgun handy to blow off light surface dust.=20

Grooved discs
=95Grooved discs are best cleaned using a record cleaning machine such as=
 the
Keith Monks, VPI, Nitty Gritty using 0.25 part of Tergitol 15-S-3 and 0.25
parts of Tergitol 15-S-9 per 100 parts of distilled water. These machines
allow for an even dispersion of fluid and can then vacuum the liquid leaving
a clean, dry surface. The discs must then be rinsed thoroughly with
distilled water and vacuumed dry to eliminate any trace of detergent
residue. Records should be cleaned before each playback. =95Clean Vulcanite
discs showing signs of acid build up using 0.25 part of Tergitol 15-S-3 and
0.25 parts of Tergitol 15-S-9 per 100 parts of distilled water and rinse
thoroughly. =95Clean acetate discs showing signs of palmitic acid deposits
(white greasy substance on acetate disc surface) as if cleaning LPs, except
add 1 part ammonia per 100 to the Tergitol cleaning solution. Do not use
ammonia on shellac based discs.=20

You may also want to visit these pages:

Disk Doctor  <http://discdoc.com>
78 Quarterly <http://www.bluesworld.com/78Q>
Wolverine Antique Music Society <http://www.teleport.com/~rfrederi>
 (be sure to go to the Links page, and look at the Collectables links)

Hope this helps.

-Lou
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Subject: (exotica) Another Crazy Cocktail Party CD
Date: 21 May 1998 09:42:09 -0700


Could I have possibly stumped the panel?  Surely some of you fine folks out
there can shed some light on my previous posting.  Here it is again:

I have a CD called "Another Crazy Cocktail Party - Shake Your Congas", on
the BMG/RCA Victor label, apparently produced through BMG Ariola Belgium,
1996 and distributed through BMG USA.  It's claim to fame is the song
"Pancho", written by David Bowie for a 1960's European TV show (or so says
a large yellow sticker on the front).  It's kinda Latinesque/cha-cha stuff.
 I have been trying to find out about the artists on the disc
(specifically, what years the songs were released), but have come up empty
handed.  And trying to get any info out of BMG is like pulling teeth.  Does
anyone know the years these songs were released, or any info on the
artists?  Here's the songlist:

1.   Los Albinos - Bing Bang Conga
2.   Ruben Calzado & Orchestra - Chiquito
3.   The Golden Dream Orchestra - When the world was mine
4.   Jo Carlier et Son Orchestre - Aquarella
5.   Jean Claude Pelletier et Son Ochestre - Loin de mes yeux pres de mon
coeur
6.   Los Albinos - Go Go Conga
7.   Jean Evans his piano & his strings - Blue Candlelight
8.   The Boxeros - Los Patatos
9.   Reg Owen & his Orchestra - Obsession
10. DeeDee & her Panchos - Pancho
11. Los Albinos - Chinese Conga
12. The Sadi Quartet - Blue Sunrise
13. The Peter Loland Orchestra - La Cucarachacha
14. Peter Krender his piano & his orchestra - Birds of paradise
15. Stan La Banm & his orchestra - A la salud
16. Los Albinos - The swinging conga
17. The Clippers - Forever
18. Willy Albimoor & his lucky 13 - Headin' north
19. Teddy Mertens his trumpet & his orchestra - Marijuana brass
20. Los Albinos - Frere Jacques conga

Any information would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Dave


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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD: RE: (exotica) 78s]
Date: 21 May 1998 12:36:19 -0400


Woah!  Thanx Peter.  I didn't think of that.  Ouch.  I stand corrected.  It
works well for vinyl, though.  Including that funky "dynaflex" stuff from
RCA in the early 70s.

Charlieman
> > What I usually do with all records, regardless of age or RPM:
> >
> > If they need it, mix 1 part alcohol (grain, rubbing, cheap vodka) with 2
> > parts distilled or filtered water.  Pour it over the vinyl and wipe
> > circularly with a VERY soft non-paper cloth with no chemicals on it.
> (the
> > towel that has been washed with fabric softener is no good, use a new
> one or
> > one washed in just soap and water).
> >
>
> I believe this is very, VERY bad advice as concerns SHELLAC
> 78s. Because shellac supposedly dissolves in alcohol.
>
>


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 21 May 1998 16:17:51 +0200


>From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
>
>Has anybody heard any of these Motor Music (Germany) releases?
>1) Martin Bottcher -- Sound Kaleidoscope
>2) Gary McFarland -- Latin Lounge

    haven't heard the "pop" thing, but liked these 2 very much:

    1) rated ++++ Sophisticated, tasteful, charming, graceful,
pleasing, careful, clever EZ pop, never falling into clich=E9s or the
obvious, with a bit of bossa nova, lots of wordless vocal chorus, strings,
and even a light touch of jazz in 1 track. Reference artists: Burt
Bacharach, Francis Lai , Johnny Mandel (all 3 honoured here with cover),
Bert Kaepfert, Henry Mancini, Jobim, Stan Getz. 25 tracks in all, mostly
from film and TV soundtracks. Relevant quote from the interview text in the
booklet: "=8Ayou have to add something to a picture that is not existent yet=
,
otherwise your music is redundant")

    2) rated ++++ Excellent lounge jazz, beautigful melodies (mostly
his own compositions, wordless vocal covers of "Hard day's night",
"Satisfaction", "More", and a  Bacharach song). From the booket: "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".

        Johan

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Arthur Lyman's "Yellow Bird"
Date: 21 May 1998 16:10:32 +0200


>From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
>
>Has anyone ever heard Arthur Lyman's album, " Yellow Bird "?   It's
>supposed to released June 8 on cd.

    i liked it as much as his "taboo" and "taboo 2" albums, if that is
    any reference for you; have to add that i'm a huge fan of lyman!

        Johan

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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki beach ??
Date: 21 May 1998 15:26:33 -0400


Does anyone know of ANY tiki type bars/lounges/clubs in

Wildwood, NJ?

Please somebody tell me there is....

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman



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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Is Sinatra exotic?  A definitive answer
Date: 22 May 1998 00:08:38 +0000


Ron Grandia wrote:

>I tend to believe this list uses the term "exotica" in the
>absence of a better expression. No single word is going to
>hit the idea squarely, so exotica will have to do.

I agree whole-heartedly with this.  I've always seen this list as a
place where innumerable genres all intersect and join up with music
which doesn't really have an obvious "genre".

Any debate about whether so and so is or isn't "Exotica" is a waste
of time as far as I can see it because the name of this list is
basically an accident of birth.  It just happens to be the case
that is the only list of its kind and it happens to be called the
"Exotica" list.  I personally think that this name has long since
ceased to be a particularly relevant description of the contents
(just how much is there to say about Arthur Lyman anyway?!) as the
genres covered by it have become more and more numerous.

There is, nevertheless, a fuzzy sort of boundary to the kind of music
I would expect to read about on this list and I would start to get a
little restless if too much time were spent discussing the merits or
otherwise of, say, the latest Celine Dion album...

But so long as the topics range freely from the easiest of easy
listening to the spaced out extremities of some new piece
of electronica I'll continue to be a happy subscriber.

So the definitive answer is: quit bickering!


Robbie

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) mildews and don'ts
Date: 21 May 1998 19:44:38 -0400


Regarding my search for a fix for mildew (mold) on record covers, I got some
advice from someone who works in art restoration. Quote:

"Anyway, here's what I suggest: Lightly and carefully wipe off all of the
visible mold spores with a damp rag or paper towel. Then, what we use at work
to kill mold is something called Thymol. I don't know where you would be able
to get that, but believe it or not Thymol is the main ingredient in Listerine.
You could try wetting a rag with a little bit of Listerine and then wipe a
SMALL section of a cover and record to make sure no damage is inflicted by any
of the other ingredients. It should dry fairly quickly. Then I would suggest
leaving the covers (not the vinyl for obvious reasons) in the sun for a bit
'cause that will also kill the mold spores. Not for too long though, keep an
eye on them, because the sun could fade the colors on the covers. If you're not
into experimenting with the Listerine then I would just try the sun."

I've gotten to experiment with this a bit, and it is helpful. I used plain,
unflavored Listerine (avoiding any flavoring that might lead to stickiness). I
basically followed the outlined procedure. The initial cleanup with a towel
dampened with water is very key -- it got a lot of slime and grime off. I'm not
sure how much more the Listerine accomplishes, but I imagine it should kill
anything that's left. And I didn't notice any problems with coloration or
ink-bleeding. With the water OR the Listerine, it is a bit tricky (for me at
least) to hit the right balance of 'wet enough' / 'too wet'. Be careful there.
It would be a good idea to practice on reject covers first, until you get a
feel for it. You don't want the cover to get too damp, or it'll curl or ripple.
I put them in the sun between stages, actually, as well as the finishing step.

As far as the results, they look a lot better. They still smell a bit, but at
least they've gone from "fetid tomb breath" to "cabin in the woods." You can
also try this on the inner sleeves, but being thinner paper, the moisture is a
LOT more risky. And I can't see a very safe way of getting at the interior of
the covers (or inner sleeves). It would be pretty easy to bust the seams poking
around in there. Maybe just sit and hold them open to the sun? (just imagine
what the neighbors will mutter about you)

For the records themselves, I used the time honored 2 parts distilled water / 1
part denatured alcohol recipe, applied with a t-shirt. It pretty effectively
removed the brown mold patches, and I would imagine the alcohol would also kill
it. It may have left a bit of residue, but that might have been my own
ineptitude.

So, I hope this is helpful to anyone out there with some really stinky covers.
Just take your time and do your experimenting on non-crucial pieces.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: Clark Scheffy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) cover cleaning
Date: 21 May 1998 17:11:40 -0700


Another cover cleaning-related tip:

Use Naptha (like Zippo lighter fluid) to remove all kinds of things... the
gummy crap from price stickers, and on glossy or semi-glossy covers, it'll
even remove permanent and ballpoint pen!

Naptha is (was?) used as a drycleaning solution, and though it appears to
discolor the cover when you  use it, it dries up nice and clear and clean.
I suggest being careful with rubbing too much when the cover is wet with
Naptha, so you don't start to remove the cover graphic (especially on matte
covers), but otherwise, you can pretty well douse a spot on a cover with
naptha and have no problems. As far as I can tell, naptha isn't fatal to
vinyl, but removing the LP before cleaning the cover is well-advised anyway.

To remove sticker gum, I pour a small puddle around the sticker to soak it
a bit -- you can tell when it's ready because the sticker will become
translucent -- then peel up the corner of the sticker. I then take a
naptha-soaked swab (e.g., a q-tip) and wipe along the underside of the
sticker as I peel it away. This pulls the sticker off cleanly without
removing cover art. You can then take a rag damp with more naptha and wipe
the remaining residue.

I've had great success with restoring written-on glossy covers to the point
where you can't see any remnant of the writing. I've also nicely removed
price stickers from many a record cover this way.

Then, throw all your naptha-soaked rags in a tin pail and toss your
cigarette butt in there. Cool!

I credit Saturn Records for this tip.

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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  RE: (exotica) 78s
Date: 21 May 1998 20:44:38 EDT


I still believe strongly in dish detergent,  the soft side of a scrunge,
PLENTY of detergent in the mix----and a thorough rinsing of course...A clean
slice of vinyl requires over a gallon of warm water to rinse properly in my
experience and I've washed over 5000 45's....Jimmy Botticelli


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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a coupla tings
Date: 21 May 1998 20:54:48 EDT


Those who are fans of "Stroboscopia" will be happy to hear that "I Gres" is
out on both vinyl and CD. It is largely a breakdown of Stroboscopia types into
finer delineations (sp?)...I dotted 8 songs as excellent on the CD, all in the
E-Z funk/bossa/ and ballad realms........Congratulations to "Lounge" Laura and
her band "Astroslut who have just released a 5-song CD sample of their
work.........."Jimmy's Easy" has moved from Saturdays at 6am to Tuesdays at
6am on 88.1 FM, WMBR, Cambridge, MA at MIT (the "punks" still get prime
time)...Spanks for the space, Jimmy


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From: "Larson/Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Godzilla
Date: 21 May 1998 18:10:30 -0700



The Best of Godzilla 1954-1975, it's a nice collection of mostly serious
sounding, orchestral soundtrack music with a few sound effects (e.g.,
ponderous footsteps) and Japanese-language vocals thrown in.  "Mothra" song
is absolutely great.  Not campy like you might expect given the title.
It's not a really a disk I listen to start-to-finish, but it's in my
CD-Jukebox for shuffle-play.  (Anyone else have a Jukebox?  They're great
and not that expensive.)

----------
> From: Kirsten Whitley <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: (exotica) Godzilla

> I just saw this ad in Collectors' Choice.  Can anyone comment on
 The Best of Godzilla 1954-1975


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From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) You're soaking in it (was)78s
Date: 21 May 1998 20:16:52 -0500


Jimmy:
>I still believe strongly in dish detergent,

Do you have a favorite brand or does it matter?  I usually use Dawn for
every record format and it seems to work for me.

Jeff


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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Another Crazy Cocktail Party CD
Date: 21 May 1998 22:27:06 -0500


>I have a CD called "Another Crazy Cocktail Party - Shake Your Congas", on
>the BMG/RCA Victor label, apparently produced through BMG Ariola Belgium,
>1996 and distributed through BMG USA.

I have this colection and I'm guessing that all or most of the stuff is
by European artists. I'm going on the relatively obscure performers.
Also, the sound of the production and arrangements sound very late 60's
Euro. Maybe it is a bunch of Belgians trying their hand at some latin
schmaltz.

I thank you for having me listen to this a second time, I kind of wrote
it off the first time I listened to it, it's not essential stuff but
there are some subtle and intriguing tunes.

>2.   Ruben Calzado & Orchestra - Chiquito
This was written by my main man Ray Martin, even though a Martin
arrangement would have blown this version out of the water.

>3.   The Golden Dream Orchestra - When the world was mine
This is a truely gorgeous tune.

Anyhow just thought I'd give some response your request for info even
though I could only take a wild stab in the dark.

Frank

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From: Jbtwist <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Its Gettin Too Weird - Como, Cleo, Mick & Claudine
Date: 22 May 1998 00:13:57 EDT


Stuff I stumbled over in the last few days:

1. In the booklet to to the superb Volume 2 of his Duke recordings, Bobby
"Blue" Bland cites Tony Bennett and Perry Como as influences.  Can you hear
Mr. C doing a medley of "Blind Man/Turn On Your Lovelight?"  Maybe Bobby was
thinking of Perry's very deep-voiced TV announcer Frank Gallup (showing my age
here.)

2. This weeks Cher tribute to Sonny was entertaining, tho Cher's facial
surgery makes her look like she's in costume for "Planet of the Anorexic
Apes."   Nevertheless, during the program they flashed a closeup of a 45 RPM
single of "Love is Strange" the first record made when S & C were known as
Ceasar and Cleo. Listed as writer of the song on the label was ETHEL SMITH !!!
A web search produced no results, but an Everly Brothers CD with this song
list the writers as E. Smith/M. Baker/Robinson. Mickey Baker of course. Go
Ethel!!!!

3. A song by the Rolling Stones called "Claudine" showed up in the mp3
newsgroup over the weekend. I'd never heard of this rarity, but it's about
Claudine Longet.  The chorus is mainly "Claudine's back in jail again" with
lyrics like "now only Spider knows for sure, but he aint talkin bout it
anymore," and "don't get trigger happy with me Claudine."  I did a web search
and found this song mentioned some place that sells live Stones boot tapes.
Last verse:
"I've threatened my wife now with a gun, but always left the safety on,
I recommend it, Claudine...
She's pistol-whipped me once or twice, but never tried to take my life,
Whattaya think of that, Claudine ?"

Wonder if this tune is on any jukeboxes in Branson?

JB


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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Looking for Jimmy B
Date: 21 May 1998 21:24:46 -0700


Jim,

Get ahold of me, will ya ?

Thanks and sorry to everyone else

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaack



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From: Thom Heileson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) That's Life
Date: 21 May 1998 22:20:58 -0800


>From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
>
>I'm getting a feeling (correct me if I'm wrong) that some of the
>anti-Frank sentiment on this list is coming more from politics rather
>than true talent.  Both my parents and grandparents disliked Sinatra
for
>totally non-musical reasons (which makes me kind of a blacksheep).  My
>Grandma because of his "infidelity" and my grandpa because he stayed
home
>while he was in Europe fighting the Jerrys.  Even I was a Frank-hater
in
>my punk teens.  Some people say he was too slick. He was beyond just
>"slick", he was the standard everyone aspired to.  Everytime I listen
to
>him, all those stories I've heard about him being a jerk or whatever,
go
>right out the window.  I'm 28 now, and I'm so glad I had the
wherewithal
>to come around to such great talent.

I have gone through a somewhat similar experience with Blue Eyes... when
I was younger I used to dis him cos of the mob-ties, whiteness
culture-wise, mainstream qualitites I perceived (it should be noted that
I was in a post-punk teen phase around this time)... and over the years
I've come to realize that Siniatra is such a huge icon, so perfect at
what he does/did, that he is, in a sense, beyond good or bad (Thus
Crooned Zarathustra), but simply great, a living phenomenon. His
perfectness - at certain things - really hit home with me when, a couple
weeks ago, I happened upon a late 60s Sinatra TV program on PBS; when I
found this, Frankie was sitting nonchalently across from Tom Jobim (a
big music hero o mine), singing to Jobim's strumming/backup with just
the ideal balance between casualness and gusto. Maybe ya had to 'be
there'... he rounded out the show with That's Life, and a week or so
later exited stage right.

Hope this doesn't sound too sentimental... I think I may have left my
point behind, which is simply that musical genius can often have little
to do with specifics of a person, and more to do with how the phenomenon
as a whole shapes up. As illustrated in Deconstructing Harry, a great
artist does not a great person necessarily make.

I saw another old FS TV show the other night, and betweeen songs Frank
had a short comedic monologue: "You know, music isn't my only
interest... I'm also passionately interested in culture, the arts,
philosophy... (then, in a Rochester voice) Well noaw that don' sound
like me at awll!" Which I though was kinda an odd thing to boast about -
but at least he was honest!

Thom

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From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) High Llamas/Beach Boys [was Re: The distant and mysterious....Sinatra?]
Date: 22 May 1998 02:24:03 -0400


Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote, "I wouldn't pay
real money for them," regarding Beach Boys albums, but
then in the same message he proclaims, "I love the High
Llamas." This strikes me as a bit incongruous since the
High Llamas records that I've heard positively *scream*
Beach Boys (circa Pet Sounds). You didn't say, Nat, but
I wonder if you're familiar with any of their later records, or
just the hits?

Different strokes for different folks, I suppose; I absolutely
love the Beach Boys (from their early records on) yet the
High Llamas don't really do anything for me. Like Dad
used to say: "That's what makes horse races."


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From: "mighty recording corp." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra piece by Sidney Zion
Date: 21 May 1998 23:39:14 -0800


monday's piece by Sidney Zion.....

                               Frank Sinatra,
                               Great Raconteur
                               And a Great Friend

                               One long night ago night in the backroom of
P.J.
                               Clarke's, I asked Sinatra what he missed
most
                               by being Frank Sinatra. He dragged a
                               Camel, sipped the Jack Daniel's and
                               said: "The bars."

                               They wouldn't let him hang the bars;
                               the bores and the boors and the
                               broads would be on him. No way to stand up
and
                               do what he loved to do most -- drink and tal=
k
to
                               pals and carry on till the sun came up.

                               "It's a big price to pay," I said.

                               Sinatra turned the blue rays on me, the eyes
saying if
                               you think I'm kidding, you're gone,
buddy.
When he
                               knew I was serious, it was the beginning of
a great
                               friendship.

                               "You're the first Jew since Toots Shor to
understand
                               this," he said. "Anytime you want somebody's
legs
                               broken, call me."

                               Woulda coulda shoulda -- there were plenty o=
f
legs
                               I wanted broken in the years I hung out with
Frank
                               Sinatra. But I guess I was too Jewish to
call the
                               marker. Instead, I enjoyed him. Others may
talk
                               about his voice and his place in the
pantheon of
                               entertainers. I remember Frank as the best
raconteur
                               I ever knew.

                               After a pizza dinner at Rocky Lee's, he
asked me
                               where we should have nightcaps. I said the
Players
                               Club. Frank was a Player. He said, "Great."

                               It was a Thursday night, when usually the
Players
                               was crowded. But this night nobody was
there. We
                               hung the bar. I was embarrassed that we were
alone.
                               Eventually, a few poker players dropped down
from
                               upstairs, the word had gotten out that
Sinatra was on
                               the premises.

                               Ken Roberts, the father of Tony, walked up
behind
                               Sinatra and intoned: "From Frank Dailey's
                               Meadowbrook on the Pompton Turnpike, ladies
and
                               gentlemen . . . Frank Sinatra!"

                               Without looking back, Sinatra said: "Kenny,
you old
                               sonofabitch." They embraced, these two guys
who
                               hadn't seen each other in 40 years -- not
since
                               Roberts announced Sinatra at the Jersey
nightclub.

                               There followed two hours of Sinatra
soliloquy,
                               complete with a history of his big-band
days, from
                               Harry James to Tommy Dorsey.

                               An Insomniac Reader

                               He lived spectacularly in the worlds of
politics,
                               movies and money moguls. His formal
education
                               died before high school, but he read
voraciously.

                               "I can't sleep more than two hours at a
time," he told
                               me, "So I pick up books in between." The
insomnia
                               helped him overcome an inferiority complex
on
                               schooling. And turned him into a virtual
encyclopedia
                               on our times.

                               When my daughter Libby died at the hands of
                               doctors in New York Hospital in 1984, Frank
                               invited my wife and me to '21.' When Elsa
went to
                               the ladies' room, he said: "You're coming to
Palm
                               Springs with me." I told him, "No chance."

                               He said, "You need this, and I don't want
you to say
                               a word to Elsa until you're home. If she
refuses, tell
                               her that I'll be at your apartment tomorrow,
and I will
                               lay all my blue-eye charm on her."

                               We went, and it helped to save us. A year
later, I
                               asked Sinatra to appear at Yale to do a
lecture in
                               Libby's memory.

                               "Book it!" he said. The result was a deep
interview
                               between Sinatra and me covering his career,
                               including all the Mafia allegations against
him.

                               This interview, on tape, proves what I said
before:
                               Frank Sinatra is a great raconteur. It's as
if you could
                               be with him and me at Jilly's.

                               The last time I was with him alone for hours
was in
                               Athens a few years ago. The promoters booked
him
                               into a coliseum the size of Rome. He drew
30,000
                               people and sang his heart out for 100
minutes.

                               After the show, we hung out. Near dawn, one
of his
                               people tried to get him to sleep.

                               "What?" he said. "It's the shank of the
night! Bring
                               more bottles."

                               If there's a heaven, the drinks are on Frank
Sinatra.


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From: LTepedino <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Barbarella Reissue
Date: 22 May 1998 08:22:15 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-19 14:04:04 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Just seen this is available:

 > O.S.T - BARBARELLA
 > DY31908 Dynovoice LP
 > clear red vinyl and comes with a baby poster.

 So is this the long awaited *legit* reissue?
  >>
BOOTLEG,,,Dynavoice went out of business in the late '60s/early '70s and the
rights to this release are in limbo.

Ashley


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From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ethel Smith.  That was no lady...
Date: 22 May 1998 08:44:01 -0400


...at least not in this case.  As Nellie Lutcher benefited from Louis Jordan
crediting his wife (then ex-wife) for his composition of "Caldonia", Ethel
Smith benefited from her then-husband doing the same thing, I believe due to
the fact that he recorded for a label not affiliated with RCA, which Groove
was.

Therefore, this Ethel Smith is, in fact...

Bo Diddley!!

> single of "Love is Strange" the first record made when S & C were known as
> Ceasar and Cleo. Listed as writer of the song on the label was
> ETHEL SMITH !!!





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From: Q <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Soul Bossa/Sprite Ad
Date: 22 May 1998 09:43:47 -0000


>Q's version of "Soul Bossa Nova" was for many years (1970s) the theme to
>a popular Canadian daytime quiz show called _Definition_.  Dream
>Warriors, being from Toronto, no doubt picked up on the Q vibe from
>watching TV as kids - the tip off is in the repeated phrase "my
>definition" in "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style".
I'm curious, does anyone have the original Quincy Jones album with Soul
Bossa Nova (I suddenly forget the name of it).  Is the rest of it as good
as this song?  And how easy is it to find?  I absolutely love Soul Bossa
Nova - one of my all time favorites.
>
>On a related note:  has anyone seen this amazing Sprite commercial with
>sort of "Soul Bossa Nova"-y music?  It has a woman who looks like George
>Costanza's mother washing clothes in a bowl of Sprite and a bowl of some
>other uncola;  at the end, she drinks the Sprite bowl.  The music is
>fabulous mid-60s easy - anyone recognize it? (I've seen it both on UK
>and on Canadian TV).
I've seen it and also really liked the music.  I don't know it though.

Message ends,
Q


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From: Bissia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Another Crazy Cocktail Party CD
Date: 22 May 1998 15:02:37 +0100


>Maybe it is a bunch of Belgians trying their hand at some latin
>schmaltz.

Maybe but then the Chacachas weren't that bad !
One of their track ( not a latin one ) is even included
in the Boogie Nights soundtrack

Bissia at Eye Cont@ct
The artist, like the God of the creation,
remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork,
invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent,
paring his fingernails.

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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) another theremin invasion
Date: 22 May 1998 07:12:03 -0700


>Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:51:04 -0700
>From: Charlie Lester <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>Organization: 137 Technologies
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: another theremin invasion
>
>For those in the L.A. area with nothing to do Saturday night, 5/23, I'll
>be playing at Moguls in Hollywood, some time around 11 p.m. (These things
>tend to be kinda loosely timetabled.)
>
>(Ross Marshall will also be playing some time that evening but I don't
>know when. You'll have to ask him.)
>
>Here's how the producer, "Rev. Al" of the Cacophony Society describes the
>gig:
>
>"It's a "Space-Age" show ... the theme made apparent with decor, props,
>screenings, costumed people mingling, a couple choreographed go-go
>numbers and THEREMIN. It's a long show beginning late afternoon, and
>there are three nights to it.  It showcases garage, rockabilly, lounge,
>and exotica musicians, some local, some local some from elsewhere on the
>west coast.  It's called "Demolition Derby."
>
>For more info you can call the Moguls or send email to "Rev. Al"
><[e-mail]>.
>
>Sorry for the short notice --- but hope some of you can make it. I'm
>gonna depart from my usual stuffed-shirt parlor-thereminist routine and
>do some really wild stuff.
>
>
>~
>~~~
>~~~~~~~
>Charlie Lester
>
>
>p.s. "wired.com" cyber mag has a nice article on the theremin, featuring
>interviews with me and a few of my thereministic cronies. See:
>
>http://www.wired.com/news/news/wiredview/story/12328.html
>
>



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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 22 May 1998 10:10:45 -0500 (CDT)


Can anyone recommend any exotica-flavored fiction besides "The Mambo Kings
Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos?

What have you read that stirred you?

Thanks, Mimi




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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Music fiction/Lewis Shiner
Date: 22 May 1998 10:11:11 -0500 (CDT)


All this talk about the Beach Boys brought to mind a good book by Lewis
Shiner called "Glimpses" (Wm. Morrow, 1993/95). Its protagonist Ray is
surviving a personal crisis and barely making a living repairing stereos
when he starts to hear bits of rock music sessions that never happened--the
Doors' "Celebration of the Lizard," lost Hendrix stuff, and the Beach Boys'
"Smile" lp. Then he begins to record the music.

I recall the book as patchy but offering some real delights in its strange
story and descriptions of pop music. Beach Boys fans will probably enjoy
the portrayal of damaged sweetie pie Brian Wilson; plus, Mike Love comes
off as a vainglorious bully, for you who love to hate him. The book came
with endorsements from Paul Williams, William Gibson, and Timothy Leary,
among others.

"Glimpses" is out of print, but Amazon.com promises to search its used
bookstore network to track it down. Nor was it in stock at Powell's Books
(http://www.powells.com/), for my money the net's best source of used books.

Thought this might interest you. Jill, sorry to carry on this Beach Boys
thing. At least I'm not yammering about Frank.

Mimi





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From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 22 May 1998 09:06:51 -0700 (PDT)


>Can anyone recommend any exotica-flavored fiction besides "The Mambo Kings
>Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos?
>
>What have you read that stirred you?
>

Oh my god, if people on this list think that the Sinatra posings are
controversal..! I think "exotica" is gonna be much bigger.  Actually since
I am big reader I would love to hear about this also.

=46or those who are interested I am publishing a novel "Evgu=E9nie Sokolov" =
by
Serge Gainsbourg.  Hopefully the book will be finished and in my hands by
next month.

-----------------
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TamTam Books
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) fwd: RIAA vs. MPEG-3
Date: 22 May 1998 12:17:49 -0500


Techweb: David and the Musical Goliath

May 12 1998: A twenty year old student is being sued to the tune of USD5
million dollars by the Recording Industry Association of America for
offering his 'song of the day' preferencs on his website.

The site offered a list of tracks in MPEG-3 format which could be freely
downloaded and this alone, according to the RIAA, infringed on the rights
of the artist.

Already this year, the RIAA has won three similar cases and threatened to
impose fines of USD1 million in damages after shutting down the sites.
Copyright law allows the RIAA to seek up to USD100,000 in damages per
violation.

Quoting from a recent Press Release: "Our message is simple: No one is off
the RIAA's radar screen. Regardless of how large or small your site,
whether it is 50 recordings or 1000, where you try to protect yourself with
a disclaimer, if you are distributing music without the permission of the
copyright holder, you're breaking the law".

The Association said it was no longer satisfied with merely shutting down
the offending sites but that it would also be seeking financial compensation.

<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980511S0020>




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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a coupla tings
Date: 22 May 1998 12:33:33 -0500


At 08:54 PM 5/21/98 EDT, DJJimmyBee wrote:
>
>Congratulations to "Lounge" Laura and her band "Astroslut" who have just
released a 5-song CD sample of their work..........

You don't get off this easy - we demand further info, including how to order
copies.

-Lou




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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  a coupla tings
Date: 22 May 1998 12:52:45 EDT


Lounge Laura's band "Astroslut" can be contacted for more information at
617-524-6747 regarding the CD called "Love at Zero G" It features five tracks:
"Love Theme from Astroslut", "Fresca '99", "Love at Zero G",
"Robot/Threshold", amd "The Quinn Martian Memorandum"......  Astroslut  c/0
Farmer/Taylor 148 Williams St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130


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From: "deluxe" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Paradise Moods
Date: 21 May 1998 13:13:13 -0400


Hi

I've been a big fan of Martin Denny for about 15 years now -have almost
everything on vinyl. I was wondering if you knew of a release of "Paradise
Moods" on CD. I am very interested in getting two copies if it exists.

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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 22 May 1998 10:26:10 PDT


Los Pasos Perdidos (The Lost Steps)by karked Cuban author Alejo
Carpentier. The story moves from the surrealist salons of Paris to the
jungles of Venezuela. Don't recall if there is much in the way of music
involved, but exotica nonetheless. Also of interest: Kenneth Patchen's
novels (the poems tend to resemble one another after several volumes),
particularly The Journal of Albion Moonlight.

>Can anyone recommend any exotica-flavored fiction besides "The Mambo
Kings
>Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos?
>
>What have you read that stirred you?
>
>Thanks, Mimi


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  CD - Another Crazy Cocktail Party
Date: 22 May 1998 15:29:08 +0200


>From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>

>I have a CD called "Another Crazy Cocktail Party - Shake Your Congas", on
>the BMG/RCA Victor label, apparently produced through BMG Ariola Belgium,
>1996
> I have been trying to find out about the artists on the disc
>(specifically, what years the songs were released), but have come up empty
>handed.     <--cut-->  Does
>anyone know the years these songs were released, or any info on the
>artists?

    this track list and the one for volume 1 of this series is also
    included in a little review i once wrote, on my web site; i don't
    know the recording years either, but it sounds like 60's material to
    me. the label "ariola" is specialised in cheapo releases, hence the
    lack of details (no liner notes, and quick-made sleeve too).
    i have some of these artists on other albums and comps, but without
    further details, so i can't really help you...
    1 more thing: if you want this cd, you'd better grab it while it is
    still around, as ariola releases are always rather small pressings,
    and almost never get a second run.

        Johan

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Subject: (exotica) Re: cleaning 78s
Date: 22 May 1998 15:29:04 +0200


>From: Brett Leveridge <[e-mail]>
> how best to give these discs a cleaning

    don't use LP cleaning fluid! it will distroy your 78's. there's a
    special fluid for it, but you can also use distilled water with a bit
    of a mild dish washer fluid.

        Johan

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From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
Date: 22 May 1998 17:36:11 -0500


In  reference to Martin Denny album," Paradise Moods ",  that album isn't
on cd according to my sources.  If there is a copy of it, it would have to
be a bootleg copy.
The album it's self was released under the Liberty/Sunset label - catalog #
SUS-5102


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) High Llamas/Beach Boys [was Re: The distant and
Date: 22 May 1998 18:19:54 -0400


At 02:24 AM 22/05/98 -0400, Peter Ledebur wrote:
>
>Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote, "I wouldn't pay
>real money for them," regarding Beach Boys albums, but
>then in the same message he proclaims, "I love the High
>Llamas." This strikes me as a bit incongruous since the
>High Llamas records that I've heard positively *scream*
>Beach Boys (circa Pet Sounds). You didn't say, Nat, but
>I wonder if you're familiar with any of their later records, or
>just the hits?
>
>Different strokes for different folks, I suppose;

What I'd pay real money for has nothing to do with how "good" it is but how
much I want it... which isn't the same thing.
That's my version of congruity.
I have virtually no interest in the records I grew up with or once loved.
They just hold no "ummph".  I've been there.  I only want to hear things
I've never heard or things that evoke very vague memories.
Or things I grew up with done in ways I would have shunned at the time.
I'd pay more for the Hollyridge Strings doing the Doors - which I assume is
only a fantasy record - than for any Doors record but that doesn't mean I
think it would be a better record.
The High Llamas were undoubtedly influenced by the Beach Boys but that
doesn't make them the Beach Boys.  I buy CD's now by bands who were
influenced by the Beatles but I could die happy if I never heard another
Beatles song by the Beatles.  Beatle songs by the Hollyridge Strings, now
that's another matter.  And anyway I don't really like those later Beach
Boy records as much as I sort of "respect" them.

Yours stroking himself differently,
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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 22 May 1998 18:36:34 -0400


At 10:10 AM 22/05/98 -0500, Mimi Mayer wrote:
>
>Can anyone recommend any exotica-flavored fiction besides "The Mambo Kings
>Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos?

I think I'm going to need some kind of parameters or definition of how one
would apply the idea of "exotica" to books before trying to answer that
question.
There's certainly tons of novels set in the period in which characters
would have been listening to this kind of music.  Does the book actually
have to refer to the music in order to be make it onto this list?
Would "Dick Contino's Blues" by James Ellroy count?
I bet that the nightclubs frequented by Dix Steele in Dorothy Hughes' book
"In a lonely place" would have had some pretty cool lounge music.
Same with the bars in "Lost Weekend".
Or by exotica fiction, do you mean books that evoke bird calls and siren
choirs? Books that sound like a theremin?
How about "Under the Volcano"?  A book that sounds like a drunken Mariachi
band.
How about "The Sheltering Sky"?
Am I missing the point?  Clue me in if you can.

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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 22 May 1998 22:58:41 -0500


>Can anyone recommend any exotica-flavored fiction


A friend of mine mentioned an autobiography by Dick Contino that he read
a while back.
It had some great descriptions of playing accordion in the lounge
circuit, along with anecdotes from Contino's amazingly colorful life.

I've only heard about this through my friend so I have no idea of its
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From: Dlsmay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 22 May 1998 23:25:54 EDT


Well I've got a regular column in _Tiki News_ called "Tiki Noir."  In it I
find excerpts from hard boiled fiction that have tiki related scenes.  My
personal favorites are Charles Willeford's description of a fictitious San
Francisco tiki bar, The Dolphin, in his classic novel of hard-boiled
existentialism, _Pick Up_ (where a theremin is even mentioned), _The Wayward
Wahine_, and a great murder mystery short story in the collection _Seven
Deadly Slaughters_ by Richard Prather.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Dear Exotica, I didn't ever think I would write you, but...
Date: 23 May 1998 10:12:38 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-19 13:05:02 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< On a lighter (literally?) note there is at least one album of Sinatra's
 which I found for a friend, but it took some doing.  "Great Songs From Great
 Britain" (Reprise) was an album that he recorded with Robert Farnon that he
 was apparently so dissatisfied with he burned the masters!  Since I am no
 judge of Sinatra's material, two questions arise:

 1. Can anyone flesh out this story?
Incorrect story. The album was recorded in 1962 and released in the UK only
(no other territory until 1993 when it was rleleased on Cd as part of the
Reprise masters reissue program. It is the only Sinatra album of material that
was not recorded in the U.S. The story why this was never released, as noted
in the liner notes was 1.) that Sinatra didn't feel that he was in tip top
vocal shape after a strenous 7 week, 30 city tour, that the more "pastoral"
arrangements of these more UK oriented songs would not fit in with the at the
time, swining ring-a-ding-dinging image that he and his albums were creating
stateside. It is a fine album, not great, but still very enjoyable and
Sinatara is actually in better voice than he gave himself credit for.

 2. Did he ever do that with any other albums or records of his? >>
This was th only UK arranger he ever worked with, all the rest were from the
U.S>

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) brian and cheryl
Date: 23 May 1998 10:38:51 -0400


Message to ALLAN formerly of Montreal, now of Guelph.
If Brian and cheryl visit you as they told me they were going to this
weekend, could you please ask them whether they're going to come pick up
their records?
Sorry everyone but today I only need the list as a people finding service.
You can understand.  I have these records to give them.  I'm sure you know
what it's like to have a couple of records sitting on a table waiting to
reach their ultimate destination.

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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) WARNING: BLUE MATERIAL
Date: 23 May 1998 14:37:27 -0400


If I can't recount this here, where can I?
It sounds like the kind of joke Rusty Warren would have told. Or maybe
Saucy Sylvia Stoun, Agent 0069, Northern Ontario's answer to Rusty Warren.
But I heard it from an oldtimer today at a garage sale.

A woman walks into a record store and asks the proprietor, "Have you got
'Two hot lips and seven kisses'?"
"No", the record store owner answers.  "But I have two hot balls and seven
inches".
"Is that a record?" the woman enquires.
"No", the owner answers, "but it's better than average".

Sorry but I don't think I've ever heard a joke - blue or not - that started
with "A woman walks into a record store" and I figured someone here might
be collecting jokes like that.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Sinatra non-US
Date: 23 May 1998 11:22:21 +0000


At 10:12 AM 5/23/98 EDT, Ashley wrote:
>It is the only Sinatra album ["Great Songs From Great Britain" Reprise]of
material that was not recorded in the U.S.

That is, until 1997 when Capitol released for the first time (on CD): Frank
Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet Live in Australia, 1959. Of course, it
was Live and it was never released as an LP album, but I thought it was
interesting to point this out anyway.

Byron

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 23 May 1998 17:27:59 -0400


If you're looking for something with the music woven deeply throughout the
fabric of the book, uh, I draw a blank.

More tangentially, Thomas Pynchon often works some interesting music into his
books.
"The Crying Of Lot 49" (1966) includes (along with other assorted musical
moments) a scene set in a bar called The Scope -- dedicated to avant garde
electronic music. "The early crowd tends to dig your Radio Cologne sound."
"V." (1963) includes the character, Roony Winsome, an executive for Outlandish
Records, with such releases as "Volkswagens In Hi-Fi" and "The Leavenworth Glee
Club Sings Old Favorites". His dream project is a version of the "1812
Overture" which uses real H-Bomb explosions for the cannon shots.

More for atmosphere than music, Michael Moorcock's "Jerry Cornelius" novels
usually have a dose of swingin' 60's/70's space-age future ambience (the early
ones more so). I noticed that the Sound Gallery crew referenced Jerry in the
liner notes of volume 1. And some of Philip K.Dick's novels are set in swank
future worlds -- "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" (1974) and "The Zap Gun"
(1965) for example (some have settings very opposite to that however).
Generally dark and paranoid, but maybe a good match for reading while listening
to Moog/electronic records?

But to be honest, I don't really know what's up with fiction. I've been more
interested in non-fiction for quite a while. "Space Is The Place", the recent
Sun Ra bio by John F. Szwed (recommended on this very list!) is waiting on my
shelf, if I ever get around to it.

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From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Sinatra non-US
Date: 23 May 1998 20:42:10 -0700


At 11:22 AM 5/23/98 +0000, Byron wrote:
>
>At 10:12 AM 5/23/98 EDT, Ashley wrote:
>>It is the only Sinatra album ["Great Songs From Great Britain" Reprise]of
>material that was not recorded in the U.S.
>
>That is, until 1997 when Capitol released for the first time (on CD): Frank
>Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet Live in Australia, 1959.

Just thought I'd throw my two cents in, on how disappointed I was with the
sound quality of this CD.  The music is great, and full of Frank-ism's
inbetween the songs ("get your hands off that broad", etc.), but the sound
drops out reguarly, and the source tape's hiss throughout was unbearable -
for me, anyway.  Too bad, because like I said, the music and
between-song-banter was excellent.  And there was nothing in the liner
notes to warn the consumer that the source tapes had been damaged or
anything.

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Subject: (exotica) Sinatra/Dino/Sammy Rarities :)
Date: 23 May 1998 21:48:27 -0800



it is a marginal quality recording (the Sinatra/Red Norvo Live).  i'm not
even too crazy about the small combo arrangements on that one either.

the one *everyone* here ought to hear is the Sinatra "Live In Seattle 1957".
this boot cd, is stunning the quality is as if it were recorded deliberately
*today* not '57.  frank is at his peak of peaks in sheer vocal power and the
material is of course stellar.  it was just about time his groundbreaking
"songs for swinging lovers" Lp came out.

believe it or not, there are many many frank boot cds and audio tapes
circulating amongst collectors.  this one, is one of the big standouts of
hundreds out there.  there is a world of frank collectors out there trading
rare videos and audio not unlike grateful dead fans.  i thought this was
particularly cool when i first really got into this FAS thing deeply.

the place you want to start, is getting in touch with rick apt and
requesting
his catalog.  bear in mind also, that it includes many other comparable
items
from dino and sammy too.

rick apt sinatra collectables
p.o. bx. 620
pomona, nj 08240
(fax) 609-804-9174
[e-mail]
http://www.blue-eyes.com

i would strongly suggest writing *via post* to request a catalog rather than
emailing, particularly now.  rick's site is cool and has many of the sinatra
items you would find in stores, but the printed catalog is the one with the
mega choice items i speak of  :))    his prices are really reasonable too.

knock yerselves out !

paul moshay
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Subject: (exotica) A new Thread?
Date: 24 May 1998 13:10:56 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-20 05:44:40 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Frankly, if someone showed me their exotica collection and they DIDN'T have
 a couple Beach Boys records in it, I might think that they had missed the
 point somewhere...

 It's all subjective, but I think most of the topics posted are of interest
 to several people on this list. We're all just pretty passionate about
 music, aren't we? >>

Hey, here I am - a person with NO Beach Boys in my collection (what little
vinyl I have) - who needed to buy a Beach Boys record when I was a kid? The
radio was fully saturated with their music, not to mention (since Jill brought
this up earlier) the 2 fine exotica hang-outs in L.A., Bahookas and Tiki Ti's,
play the Beach Boys til you can't stand it anymore - at least that was our
experience a year or so ago when Janet and I hosted a dinner at Bahookas (so
we were there for a good 3 hours) and they continued to play the Beach Boys
like it was on an endless tape loop or something.  I am totally SICK of them
(I hope I don't offend anybody).

And not to loose this off-hand point, don't you just wish when you go to these
classic exotica places like Trader Vics, Tiki Ti's, Bahooka's, that they'd
have enough class to play the appropriate music (Martin Denny, Lex Baxter,
etc.) instead of lstuff like the Beach Boys or a television ball game?  This
is one point that really irks me. If I want ambience Like that, well, I have
to resort to make a drink and drinking it alone at my OWN tiki bar in my
living room.

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Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
Date: 23 May 1998 19:37:30 +0200


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




          - new (1998) releases & announcements -


* Bert Kaempfert: "That Latin Feeling"
      CD, Good Life Music? 537 468, ?, 1998

* Lesiman: "The Future Sound Of Lesiman"
      Double LP/CD, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 920, 1998

* Attileo Mineo: "Man In Space With Sounds!"
      LP, Wah-Wah, Spain, 1998

* Hugo Montenegro & Ennio Morricone: "Western Spaghetti"
      CD, BMG 4321339432, Germany?, 1998

* Santo & Johnny: "I Successi"
      CD, Ricor LOCD 300392, ?, 1998

* Yma Sumac: "Shou Condor"
      CD, ? E 367, ?, 1998

* Various Artists: "Gregorian And Religious Beat And Psych"  (65-69)
      CD, Distortions-Waterpipe, Netherlands, To Be Released

* Various Artists: "The Fatastic World Of Spaghetti Western"
      CD, Vivi Musica 7016, Italy, 1998

* Chico Buarque: "Chico Total"
      CD, Motor 536 364, Germany, 1998

* Blossom Dearie: "Give Him The Ooh-La-La"
      CD, Verve, USA, 1998

* Stan Getz: "Jazz 'Round Midnight"
      CD, Verve, USA, 1998

* Mike Nichols & Elaine May: "Improvisations To Music"
      CD, Mercury, USA, 1998

* Soundtrack: "Taxi Driver" [by Bernard Herrmann]
      CD, Arista, USA?, 1998

* Soundtrack: "The Chase" [by John Barry]
      CD, Pendulum, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Sex-O-Rama Volume 2"
      CD, Oglio, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Stereo-Ultra"
      CD, Big Cheese, USA, 1998

* Walter Wanderley: "Rain Forest"
      CD, Verve 825-533-2, USA, 1998

* Walter Wanderley: "Talkin' Verve"
      CD, Verve, USA, 1998





          - old but interesting finds I stumbled on -


* Stan Getz: "Big Band Bossa Nova"
      CD, Verve 825 771, USA, 199?

* Soundtrack: "Destination Moon" [by Leith Stevens]
      CD, Citadel STC 77101, USA, 199?

* Eilert Pilarm: "Greatest Hits"
      CD, Green Pig Production GPPCD 01, Sweden, 1995

* The Tornados: "The EP Collection"
      CD, See For Miles 445, UK, 199?





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

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Subject: (exotica) Annotated Playlist Fantastica # 54
Date: 24 May 1998 16:30:06 +0200


Fantastica runs on:
* Radio Scorpio, FM 106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday 15-16 h.
* Radio Centraal, FM 103.9, Antwerpen, Belgium,
  at irregular times in their "Night Machine".


                             Fantastica # 54


 1. Stanley Black: "Berimbau"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
 2. Ed Linclon: "Cochise"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
 3. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "The spell of the sinister one (Im Banne
    des Unheimlichen) part 6: The space of today"
       o album "FutureMuzik"
       o CD, Scamp 9724, USA, 1998 | +++++
       o Review:
         "http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/A/PeterThomasFuturemuzik.htm"
 4. THREAD/RODE DRAAD: Sound Effects: "Heartbeat"
       o album "The Essential Death & Horror Sound Effects Vol. 2"
       o CD, BBC | +++
 5. Emil Richards: "Blues for Hari"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
 6. Frankie Stein: "Lullaby of ghost land"
       o compil. "Monster's sounds and 'boppin' tracks Volume 1"
       o CD, Marginal MAR 003, Belgium, 1995 | +++++
       o Review: "http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/T/Mnstrbop.htm"
 7. Frank Dingenen: "Kazoo reklame"
       o "Meester hij begint weer?"
       o recorded from TV | not rated
 8. Mort Garson: "Pisces"
       o album "The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds" (Celestial counterpoint with
         words and music)
       o LP, elektra EKL-4009 mono | ++++
       o info: Excellent mix of spoken word (dramatic, under-cooled
         readings about the 12 signs of the zodiac), spacey rock music,
         some exotic percussion and electronics.
 9. Vincent Price (Background music by Ennio Morricone): "Epilogue 1: is
    this the dawning of the age of Aquarius?"
       o album "Witchcraft & Magic; An Adventure In Demonology"
       o Double LP, Capitol SWBB-342 | +++
       o info: Four sides of mysterious blabla about witches and their
         magic powers. About 5 interventions by hilarious cliche witches
         casting their spells while bent over their boiling "soup". A bit
         of electronics thrown in here and there for the spooky effect.
10. The Moog Machine: "Aquarius/Let the sunshine in"
       o album "Switched On Rock"
       o LP, Columbia | ++++
       o info: Moog rock covers of pop hits
11. Astrud Gilberto: "Beginnings"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
12. The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra: "The sex machine"
       o Soundtrack "Barbarella"
       o CDR, bootleg | +++++
       o info: Classic and highly collectable outer space "now" sounds.
13. jingles: "And the beat goes on"
       o album "100 Discotheek jingles"
       o LP | +++
14. The Free Pop Electronic Experiment: "Chewing gum delirium"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
15. Franco Micalizzi: "Crescendo / Emmelle"
       o compil. "Erotica Italia"
       o CD, BMG/Arista 74321541932/Bistro LC 3484, UK, 1998 | ++++
       o info: PROS: varied, 20 good to excellent tracks, lots of wordless
         vocals, 2 sitar tracks. CONS: no liner notes, no mentioning of the
         featured original soundtrack titles... boo!
16. Ennio Morricone: "L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo"
       o Soundtrack "An Ennio Morricone-Dario Argento trilogy" (Bird with
         crystal plumage/Cat o' 9 tails/4 flies on grey velvet)
       o CD, DRG 32911, USA, 1996 | +++
       o info: "The bird with the crystal plumage" is by far the most
         interesting and pleasant of the 3, with nice melodies that are in
         strong contrast with the horror nature of the film. "L'uccello
         dalle piume di cristallo" consists of nothing more than the
         heartbeat and moaning of a woman. It's a shame that DRG decided to
         drop 3 tracks from the original "The bird..." LP release in favor
         for... an interview with Dario Argento.
17. Nelson Riddle: "Dialogue (yayayayaya)/Charlotte is dead"
       o Soundtrack "Lolita"
       o CD, Rhino R2 72841, USA, 1997 | ++
       o info: If you think you'll be treated to more of those charming
         "Lolita Ya Ya" songs, you're in for a big disappointement! Most of
         this soundtrack is so incredibly dull, mediocre hard-core easy,
         that only fans of the Melachrino Strings or Liberace might like
         it. My advice: listen to the CD before you buy!
18. Marilyn Monroe: "My heartbeat belongs to daddy (subliminal MIX)"
       o album "Marilyn Monroe"
       o CD, The Entertainers | ++++
       o info: Good compilation of 25 of her best known tracks. Some of
         these arrangements, like in "My heart belongs to daddy" (from the
         movie "Let's make love") are really great swingin' big band jazz!

    album ratings:

         +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk

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        <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>


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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Beach Boys
Date: 24 May 1998 22:42:11 +0100



In moderate quantities, the Beach Boys music is great.
BUT, do watch out for some budget albums which contain
some hits rerecorded for stereo.  Their arrangements are
different and substandard.  A good CD compilation called
"Summer Dreams" has the mono originals and is all the
better for it.

Must go, surf's up......

HP.


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein
Date: 24 May 1998 23:38:06 +0000


Wonder if anyone can help me.  Have had no luck in locating a copy of an
LP called The Wide Weird World of Shorty Pedderstein--World Pacific
Records--1959.  I wonder if anyone out there has a copy I could get a
tape of--for sale?  Trade?  Email me privately if so--thanks!

Meanwhile--since I've got your ear (eye?)....feel free to send me
your email address if you'd like to be added to my mailing list & receive the
list of new releases/arrivals (vocals, easy listening, incredibly strange music,
shows) that I put together every 3 mos. or so.  Working on the next
one right now& hope to email it out in a cuple of weeks or so....

Thanks!




Michael Mascioli
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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The latest haul, but don't tell my wife!
Date: 25 May 1998 01:20:27 PDT


Brian wrote:
>
>2. Apparently, all this talk of 10" records and Cook has gotten to me.
Not
>only do I find a record (12 inches) supervised by Cook  (a fellow named
>Foote?), I found a 10" record called "Speed the Neighbors Exit" by
Jimmy
>Carroll.  With a note on the back that said something about "Bull in a
China
>Shop Hi-Fi", this record yelled "Buy me, daddy!".  It is an assault of
>bells, drums and other percussion, much like DAVID Carroll.  One of the
>tracks is "Tinkle, Tinkle Little Bell" Is Jimmy a brother to David?
Has
>anyone else heard this?  Do I know where the question mark key is on my
>machine or what???

My only Jimmy Carrol is a Cock Laboratories 10" is called "Speed the
parting guest". and seems to contain the same tracks you've got on
yours. I bought it last year because it featured a buzzimba. Lots an
lots of percussion but although the record looks NM the fidelity is
really bad, maybe another type of needle is appropriate...

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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Date: 25 May 1998 02:18:56 PDT


For exotica fiction, try Amos tutuola!

I've read the "Palm-wine drinkard" and "My life in the bush of ghosts".
Both are totally amazing and fascinating out of this world stories.
Highly recommended!! And look at the other titles near this page
bottom... Try them out and please let me know what you thought.

Then there is my all time french favorite, Raymond Roussell! Early Sci
Fi Exotica Fantastica. He is the best, I kid you not. First try the
novel "Locus Solus"!.. if you can find it ;)

Amos Tutuola bio:
Amos Tutuola was born in 1920 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. At the age of
twelve, he first entered school in his home
village. He was the son of a farmer, whose death put an end to Tutuola's
formal education in 1939. Also during
that year, Tutuola apprenticed as a blacksmith, then served in the
R.A.F. in Lagos during World War II.

Though his native language is Yoruba, and his formal education never
extended beyond elementary school,
Tutuola has written all of his novels in English. While working as a
messenger for the Department of Labor,
Tutuola wrote the first draft of THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD, a romance built
out of elements from Yoruba
folklore. It was published by Faber and Faber in London in 1952, and is
considered the first of all Anglo-phone
African novels. Due to the critical and popular success of this novel,
Tutuola became the first Nigerian novelist to
win international acclaim. THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD was followed by MY
LIFE IN THE BUSH GHOSTS
(1954); SIMBI AND THE SATYR OF THE DARK JUNGLE (1955); THE BRAVE AFRICAN
HUNTRESS (1958);
FEATHER WOMAN OF THE JUNGLE (1962); AJAIYI AND HIS INHERITED POVERTY
(1967); THE WITCH
HERBALIST OF THE REMOTE TOWN (1981); THE WILD HUNTER IN THE BUSH OF
GHOSTS (written in the
late 1940s, but not published until 1982); PAUPER, BRAWLER, SLANDERER
(1987); and THE VILLAGE
WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER STORIES (1990).

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: A new Thread?
Date: 25 May 1998 04:09:59 -0600



>And not to loose this off-hand point, don't you just wish when you go to these
>classic exotica places like Trader Vics, Tiki Ti's, Bahooka's, that they'd
>have enough class to play the appropriate music (Martin Denny, Lex Baxter,
>etc.) instead of lstuff like the Beach Boys or a television ball game?  This
>is one point that really irks me. If I want ambience Like that, well, I have
>to resort to make a drink and drinking it alone at my OWN tiki bar in my
>living room.

I KNOW. That is always the number one killer going to tiki bars. I always
start whining, "Why can't I DJ here???!!" But the last time I was in Trader
Vics in London, the music wasn't THAT bad. It seemed fairly loungey, even
tropical at times without the usual Gypsy Kings or bad ballad nonsense.
Frankly, I wish I went to tiki bars that played Beach Boys. The music isn't
normally even that good. True fitting ambience is usually achieved in my
living room too. SIGH!

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From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ken Nordine Ikea Commercial
Date: 24 May 1998 17:25:44 +0100


hey y'all

so has anyone figured out whether it really is Ken Nordine doing the voice
over for the current UK IKEA commercials ????

or is it a soundalike?

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From: Rcbrooksod <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The East Coast "Beach Music"
Date: 25 May 1998 08:41:16 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-25 06:12:10 EDT, Mingo-go writes:

<< I wish I went to tiki bars that played Beach Boys. The music isn't
 normally even that good. True fitting ambience is usually achieved in my
 living room too. SIGH!

 Jill "Mingo-go" >>

On a slightly related thread:

Here in South Carolina we have a fondness for "Beach Music" which has nothing
to do with Beach Boys, Surf Music, etc.  This is music the came from what use
to be called "Race Music".  Basically, Black bands played for white teenage
parties in the late 40's and 50's.  These bands usually did not play for adult
white parties.  The classic song is "Sixty Minute Man" by the Dominos and was
recorded in 1951.  Later groups like the Tams, Drifters, Catalinas, etc.
became a little more mainstream and few had success on the pop charts.

The dance that went with beach music was the Shag and was brought to national
(at least somewhat) attention with the movie of the same name released about
10 years ago.  This is not obscure music to this area.  There is actually a
radio station with towers spread out to reach all the way from Wilmington NC
thru all of the South Carolina coast and to Savannah GA that plays nothing but
Beach Music.

I was curious, because I don't ever remember the list ever going on this
thread, what the comments are out there on this type of music?

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From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
Date: 25 May 1998 10:04:46 EDT


Johan writes:

<< * Eilert Pilarm: "Greatest Hits"
       CD, Green Pig Production GPPCD 01, Sweden, 1995 >>

Fellow listee Magnus included the above "artist" on the demented B side of a
tape he mailed to me.

Hilarious, horribly *good* versions of Elvis Presley classics.

I've got it on order and can't wait to torture the next (un)lucky recepient of
a tape with a track or two.


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Wildwood, NJ
Date: 25 May 1998 11:47:45 -0400


I'm a little late on this question, but yes, Wildwood on the New Jersey shore
does have a lot of cool 50's/60's architecture. Lots of fake palm trees too.
There was actually a story about it in this morning's paper. They've got some,
uh, interesting issues going on there these days. Hope it turns out alright.
Normally, I would just give you a short & snappy link to the story, but AP's
stupid site has frames and stuff that prevent me from linking you to it. So the
whole blasted story follows below. Apologies if you're not interested.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
MAY 24, 11:47 EDT

 Yesterday's Architecture Returns

 By TED ANTHONY
 AP National Writer

 WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- On warm summer nights, the edge of the land glows with
a
 neon exuberance that seems oddly out of time -- beacons of an America full of
families
 with money in their pockets, tail-fin cars in their driveways and their best
days just
 down the road.

 Each season, the moteliers of the Wildwoods switch on their iridescent
marquees, and
 the signs over 13,000 rooms come wildly alive: Caribbean and Lollipop.
Satellite and Bel
 Air and Ebb Tide. Aquarius and Ala Moana and Grecian Gardens. Then come the
 beach-goers, seeking their annual few days in an exotic place that echoes
other, even
 more exotic places.

 Today in the Wildwoods, a barrier island on the South Jersey shore, the feel
of the
 1950s endures in architecture if not in spirit. But its summer is too short a
season.

 Many of the island's bread-and-butter vacationers from Philadelphia have found
more
 upscale towns; others simply perceive Wildwood as a day's diversion rather
than a place
 to stay. Still others think it has become a bit too wild for family fun.

 So the town's entrepreneurs, with help from architecture students from three
 universities, have come up with a plan: Pump up the volume. Paint with the
palette of
 Pez. Let plastic palms proliferate. Make the 50s -- ``Doo-Wop architecture,''
they've
 dubbed it -- the official theme of the place and go with it.

 This is a tale about place and what it means. About how nostalgia for the
1950s and
 1960s is being used as an advertisement, a way to take a commercial ``feel''
that
 developed organically and augment it with the artificially conceived.

 Will the Wildwoods, as a place, become a better version of itself or yet
another theme
 park -- packaged, processed and performed like a play? Is there a difference?

 ``We're giving our towns some medicine,'' says Jack Morey, a founder of the
Doo-Wop
 Preservation League, which is leading the effort from its neon-festooned
downtown
 headquarters. ``The risk is that you gentrify something to the point where you
destroy
 its heritage. But if you don't gentrify at all, you die.''

 For years, Wildwood -- visitors' collective term for the communities of
Wildwood, North
 Wildwood and Wildwood Crest -- has been an ever-expanding world of gargantuan
 commercial messages, mom-and-pop ingenuity and shore-town aesthetics, brought
to
 life in bright oranges, sunshine yellows, eye-popping pinks and tropical
aquamarines.

 In 1900, Philadelphia's manufacturing revolution was doubling its workers'
salaries and
 giving them something new: vacation time. They streamed toward the water --
and
 Wildwood.

 ``They created a world of vacation and mass experience, the world out of which
this
 town comes,'' says George E. Thomas, a historian of the New Jersey shore.

 With the help of Morey's father Wilbert, who built Wildwood's seaside
amusement
 parks and opened motels that pushed the architecture to fantasy proportions,
the island
 became a blend of beach and gaudy boardwalk -- a penny-candy Atlantic City of
 Skeeball machines and pizza slices.

 But the baby boomers grew up and had fewer kids than their parents. The motels
and
 boardwalk aged, and communities like Stone Harbor and Avalon to the north
became
 fashionable. Though the Wildwoods still attracted legions of stalwarts, their
 entrepreneurial glee began to be a curiosity -- and a rumpus room for
graduating
 high-school seniors.

 Add some boarded-up storefronts downtown, some nagging unemployment and the
 ebbing of Philadelphia's industrial economy, and the Wildwoods were
understandably
 seeking new ways to extend the season and attract newcomers.

 ``We do need help here,'' acknowledges Maryann Hartlein of Wildwood Crest. She
and
 her husband, Bill, operate the Casa Bahama Motel, rich with dramatic A-frames
and
 plastic palms.

 Enter the doo-wop revival, which started in the 1970s with ``Happy Days'' and
 ``American Graffiti,'' gained momentum throughout the 1980s with theme
restaurants
 and oldies stations and still thrives: The movie ``Grease'' was re-released
this spring to
 wide fanfare. Virtually anything from that era sells.

 ``The motels in the Wildwoods are icons of the century. And nostalgia is good
business,''
 says Alex Shear, who runs Nostalgia Brokers in New York City.

 He spoke earlier this month at the preservation league, where architecture
students
 from Penn, Yale and Kent State presented their six-month study of how to make
 Wildwood more Wildwoodian.

 Some conclusions: Build a doo-wop-style sports center. Combine smaller motels
into
 supermotels with even brighter colors and louder architecture. Organize a
1950s film
 festival. And take those decades-old signs from boarded-up businesses to the
center of
 town for a street-corner signage museum.

 ``The message is, `Please don't make it too tasteful.' We don't want a backlit
Holiday
 Inn,'' says Steven Izenour, a Philadelphia architect who advised the students.
``The
 American commercial vernacular has produced some very beautiful items. Our
role is
 popularizers on one level -- to say, `Hey, everything you take for granted
here is great.
 But tweak this 10 percent and you've really got something.'''

 Their models are the revival of Florida's art deco South Beach, California's
Santa Monica
 and especially Cape May, another Jersey Shore town six miles south. Lined with
 Victorian houses, today it is one of its region's biggest draws and a national
architectural
 attraction.

 It wasn't always seen as tasteful, though.

 ``Victorian Cape May was kitsch 20 years ago,'' says Thomas, the historian.
``These
 towns are the places where the culture plays out, where it reveals what's
next.''

 But in today's world, where conglomerates like Disney take an empty field and
erect a
 synthesis of town, amusement park, theme hotel and entertainment center, there
is
 another issue: Will premeditated doo-woppery make the Wildwoods less real?

 Although some warn about taking on too much too soon, few show reservations.

 ``I frequently think of the Wildwoods as a giant, real-life theme park,'' says
Morey, who
 now helps run the theme parks his father built. ``But we don't want there to
be too
 much control. We want it to be edgy without being risky.''

 Adds Izenour: ``We're not denying the Disney sort of make-believe ... the
elements of
 play-acting and stage-setting. Inauthentic? Yes, you need to think about that.
The
 newest is always the most inauthentic. But let it age awhile and it becomes
authentic.
 The measure of authenticity is time.''

 Developers and motel owners are excited, too. ``We're poised for success,''
says Lester
 Katsanis of the Quebec Motel. And down at Schellenger's Restaurant, owner Tony
 Trivelis is remodeling to add bright colors, a 35-foot rooftop lighthouse, a
backlit boat
 and myriad fake fish.

 ``People are going to themes. They like to see attractions,'' he says.
``People will see
 we're successful. And they'll say, `If he can do it, why can't we?'''

 Newcomer Peter Ferriero, too, has joined the effort. He bought the old
Georgeanna
 Motel this year and has spent the past month and $125,000 changing it into the
 Memory Motel, which will feature a movie-and-music motif. Each guest room will
 feature a star, and old movies will show on a giant-screen TV in the lobby by
the pool.
 The grand opening is Saturday.

 Oh -- and the architecture will be loud, beckoning and larger than life. In
other words, a
 perfect fit for the Wildwoods' plan for its tomorrow -- built by a guy who
came here as a
 kid.

 ``I always remembered the signs -- how big they were, how they glowed,'' he
says. ``I
 said to myself, `Let me go back there and theme it.' I've always loved
Wildwood. And
 now me and my business are going to be part of its future.''


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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) June on GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS
Date: 25 May 1998 09:03:24 -0700


============== P R E S S   R E L E A S E ================

June Highlights from GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

Radio's weekly orgy of weird and wild music from the movies!

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 49,  June 7
The Sloopys warn the world about evil Vincent PriceÆs nuclear navel devices
in DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS (66).  Duck and cover to Cold War ditties
about doomsday devices in ATOMIC CAFE (82).  "Are you ready to die?" queries
acid showman Timothy Leary as he guides a fellow shrink through kosmik
rebirth in TUNE IN, TURN ON AND DROP OUT (67).  The Sidewalk Sounds tune up,
turn up and burn rubber in the Fabian stock-car race flick THUNDER ALLEY
(67).

SHOW 50, June 14
One wonders why Mikis TheodorakisÆ groovie score couldnÆt save the Greek gay
mutant hippie comedy THE DAY THE FISH CAME OUT (67).  Andy BodaleÆs
five-star blaxploitation soundtrack for GORDON'S WAR (73) rallies the filmÆs
returned vets to rid Harlem of The ManÆs Dope.  Lalo SchifrinÆs breakneck
beats in BULLITT (68) take gratuitous San Francisco chase scenes to new
heights.  Davey AllenÆs surf riffs bring HellÆs Angels p.r. to new lows in
THE WILD ANGELS (66).

SHOW 51,  June 21
The Nazis invade Broadway with a two-step goose-step in Mel BrooksÆ THE
PRODUCERS (68).  AinÆt no springtime for Hitler in Walter QuintusÆ sure-fire
flop, DER FUHRER, A ROCK OPERA (77).   Somebody inhaled when they hired Mrs.
Miller to sing the theme for the bogus pot scare-film MARYJANE (66).  Even
The Monkees turned on for HEAD (68) (includes bites from RatsoÆs 1995
interviews with Davy Jones and Peter Tork.).  Plus James BrownÆs BLACK
CAESAR (73).

SHOW 52,  June 28 (Farewell Show)
"Always leave æem wanting more!" is part of the guiding philosophy that
draws to a close this one-year series.  Tune in for an evening of favorite
and most-requested soundtracks from an era whose history is only now being
written.  Thanks to Kate, Stephen, Gary the Owl, Sean, Scott, David, Carrie,
Mandy, Marisa, Colin Sick, Chris S., Ira, Dave, J. Boog & Posse, Jason K.,
the SF CHRONICLE, the SF WEEKLY, FILM/TAPE WORLD, SCHLOCK, IndieWIRE and all
the groovie composers, sleazy producers, hack directors, twisted writers,
hungry actors, and outtasight record labels.

===================================================

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

C. "Ratso" Russo
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From: Mark Benton Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Fiction
Date: 25 May 1998 12:19:54 -0400


Three writers of what I would call exotic fiction: from several decades
back, Raymond Chandler, a real noir version of Los Angeles.

Two more recent authors whose work features the Miami area are Charles
Willeford (spelling may be wrong) and Carl Hiassen.  Having lived in the
Miami area for a dozen years, the books are funnier and more relevant to
me than they will be to most of you.  Two observations on these
writers:  Willeford created fictional Miami locations, while Hiassen's
are real for the most part.  Hiassen takes many of the incidents in his
books from real life happenings in South Florida.  Hiassen is a
columnist for the Miami Herald, while the deceased Charles Willeford
wrote for the deceased Miami News.

Miami has always been built on hype and ersatz imitations of the real
thing, like SOME exotica is. (Bet I generate lots of comments with that
one!)  These two writers capture South Florida in all of its
sub-tropical spender.



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From: "Michael Bennet" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Gregorian beat/psych
Date: 25 May 1998 13:59:09 -0400


* Various Artists: "Gregorian And Religious Beat And Psych"  (65-69)
      CD, Distortions-Waterpipe, Netherlands, To Be Released

What is this?!!!


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From: the_curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) record shops in Lisbon
Date: 25 May 1998 22:38:57 +0000


Hey folks

can anyone recommend any record shops in Lisbon as i find myself about to
sojourn in those parts

mucho appreciato

friendly

Sem Sinatra




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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) The East Coast "Beach Music"
Date: 25 May 1998 17:45:45 EDT


My experience with Beach Music began when I discovered it courtesy of my
Boston-based Record Detective Eddie "B" who introduced it to me in 1983. Beach
Music is your basic swing/soul that you tend to snap your fingers to when
hearing it...No HUGE hits are Beach Classics to my immediate knowledge, but
several minor charters have become part of the Beach Sound...The current
anthem of this genre belongs to The Embers. "I Love Beach Music" is the title
and I think it is a white group. One beach favorite that many here may know is
the Temptations "The Girl's Alright With Me"...Anyone who wants to know more,
can e-mail me privately and I may be able to find a moment or two to dig thru
the archives for some samples....Jimmy


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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Sound & Vision: Pop Stars Meet Men from Mars
Date: 26 May 1998 17:54:57 GMT


In ENS / Lorraine Ali wrote:

Alien space themes and kitschy '50s futurism dominate this Sound &
Vision, in which we rate music videos on a scale of 0 to 100.

 Why are artists and directors turning toward the UFO-dotted skies for
inspiration? Perhaps it's the success of ``Men in Black,'' the Galileo
Jupiter mission, Missy Elliott's puffy astronaut outfit or the eerie
allure of ``The X-Files'' that have spurred this meeting of pop stars
and men from Mars.

Artists such as Scott Weiland, kinetic rapper Busta Rhymes and deejay
Dimitri From Paris assume the role of aliens, battle otherworldly
forces or send animated characters to the moon in their newest videos.


Our top video, by the Propellerheads, is not in sync with the space
theme, but the group's name alone evokes images of Flash Gordon's
puttering rocket, so count it in.

Boldly going where many have gone before, these videos are the product
of a generation raised on ``Star Wars,'' Quisp cereal and Asteroids
video games. But now, like HAL, they're in control.

The Propellerheads Featuring Miss Shirley Bassey, ``History
Repeating.'' This black-and-white video, directed by Pedro Romhanyi,
is staged as a '50s talk show. A rather dry Englishman introduces the
Propellerheads.

Pop diva Bassey sings such techno-pertinent lines as, ``Some people
say they don't know who's singing/Why ask your head when it's your
hips that are swinging,'' while the Propellerheads play its smooth
blend of dance beat and jazzy swing. The contagious song causes the
very square television band and crew to tap their Red Wing shoes and
eventually break-dance. This video is cast, set and executed so well
that its seamless morphing of two pop-culture eras is not only
revealing, but also sparkles with the naive appeal of an old ``Ed
Sullivan Show'' clip.  98

Busta Rhymes, ``Turn It Up/Fire It Up.'' Director Paul Hunter mixes
gloomy, Orwellian imagery with the post-nuclear landscape of ``Mad
Max.'' The scenes shift as abruptly as the rhythms and grooves in the
song. In some spots, the rapper plays a warrior who battles legions of

space aliens. In others, he's a specimen floating in a huge beaker.
There's probably some master plan in here that's way too twisted for
the average mortal to figure out, but this stark yet intricate video
is so dynamic that it doesn't really matter. Its elaborate set,
arbitrary changes and crisp cinematography provide a place weird
enough for even George Clinton's spaceship to land. 81

Scott Weiland, ``Barbarella.'' The Stone Temple Pilots frontman has
reemerged as a solo artist with a Bowie-esque image, and his video
follows suit. Like Bowie in ``The Man Who Fell to Earth,'' he is an
alien whose spaceship crashes in the desert. He is saved by Earthlings

who eventually drop the well-dressed singer in Vegas, where he picks
up the arts of panhandling, poker and levitation. Symbolic of the ups
and downs in Weiland's real life, he ends up on the floor of an empty
hotel room surrounded by bags of money before being taken away by men
in black. Eerie, depressing and occasionally ridiculous,
``Barbarella'' is also powerfully effective. 78

Dimitri From Paris, ``Sacre Francais.'' This French deejay and
producer's first American single is animated in a kitschy '50s style.
It features a stereotypical Frenchman, complete with beret and striped

shirt, tailing a leggy woman through Paris. Abstract images and
brightly colored monuments reel through the background as Dimitri's
Electronic Age Muzak adds zesty zip to the scene. He chases her across

France and around the world until she escapes into space. A good idea
-- unless she finds herself pursued by Weiland. 75

Daft Punk, ``Revolution 909.'' This video documents the fascinating
journey of tomatoes from the farm to the supermarket and into a
simmering pot of spaghetti sauce. Daft Punk's linear electronic song
fits tightly with the instructional-film feel of the video. The
humorously dry premise works until the video's concluding chase scene.

The tomatoes themselves are far more scintillating.  62

Sneaker Pimps, ``Post Modern Sleaze.'' Chrome trailers, dry
prairie, fat sheriffs, sweaty rednecks and vintage convertibles are a
few of the elements that make up this cliched assortment of all things

trashy Americana. This video is one big been-there-done-that
experience that lacks only a UFO landing in a cornfield.  45




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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mig Mag Moog
Date: 26 May 1998 09:46:12 +0100






Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
05/26/98 04:46 AM


cc:


This weekend I was offered some very obscure records, including 3 Frenc=
h
Montparnasse library LPs from the late 60s. One of them was Mig Mag Moo=
g by
Jen Jacques Perrey. Problem is, I will have to pay =A340 for it. Does a=
nybody
know it? and who thinks I should buy it?



Charlie
=




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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Buddy Rich, Sony & Cher and The All Seeing Eye
Date: 26 May 1998 10:30:09 +0100






Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
05/26/98 05:30 AM


cc:


I heard Buddy Rich's version of Sonny & Cher's 'The Beat Goes On' this
weekend. The All Seeing Eye have sampled Buddy Rich's bass and drumming and
Sonny & Cher's vocal from the original track - sneaky.

Anybody know which LP Buddy Rich's 'The Beat Goes On' is from?





Thanks





Charlie




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From: [e-mail] (Apu Nahasapeemapetalan)
Subject: (exotica) Jobim's "Surfboard"/Raymond Scott Quintet and Leroy Shield and his Orchestra
Date: 26 May 1998 21:52:10 +0100


Hey all,

A friend of mine who's not on Exotica wonders if you guys could answer
these two questions of his:

1. Firstly, he wants to know how many cover versions have been recorded of
Jobim's "Surfboard" - I suppose he wants the names and (if possible) the
catalognumbers.

2. He also wanted to know about two orchestras called Raymond Scott Quintet
and Leroy Shield and his Orchestra - I know nothing about them and I got
the impression he didn't know much either (which is why he asked me!). Any
kind of info, what kind of music they play, websites, anything...

Thanks in advance.

Apu Nahasapeemapetalan





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From: [e-mail] (Desmond K. Hill)
Subject: (exotica) p e r r e y  +  c h a z a m  =  e c l e k t ro n i c s
Date: 26 May 1998 22:42:40 +0000


p e r r e y  +  c h a z a m  =3D  e c l e k t ro n i c s

Released in June 1998, 'e c l e k t r o n i c s' (Basenotic LP, France
1998) is the first album from the seminal French electronic composer, Jean
Jacques Perrey in almost two decades.  A collaboration with award-winning
radiophonic producer David Chazam, the album has been invariably described
as:


*   "sparky, clever but passionate modern (one would insist post-modern)
pop" (Tony Marcus, Mixmag),

*   "as contemporary as anything else on the scene today, as mandatory as a
stereo test record" (Pete Lawrence, Top) &

*   "not quite what I was expecting" (Thomas Robbins, Magic Feet).


'e c l e k t r o ni c s' has already received wide radio rotation in recent
months: in America (and via the Internet) by Jack Diamond & the good folks
at KFJC-FM; in Europe by Gilles Peterson; in France by DJ Cam, Loik, Ariel
Wizman et Jean Croc of Radio NOVA; & in the U.K. by John Peel of Radio 1,
Ross Allen of GLR, Jeff Cooper of Hallam FM, Matt Thompson of Galaxy 102,
Paul Thomas of Kiss 100, & a multitude of adventurous & innovative DJs
throughout this country.


It has been playlisted by Coldcut, the Karminsky Experience, Mixmaster
Morris, Mark Rae, Mr. Scruff, Pete Lawrence & Alan James, & many others.
Le Hammond Inferno & Matthias K=FCnnecke are playing it in Germany.  Paolo
Scotti & Rocco Pandiani are playing it in Italy.


Distributed in France by Discograph, go pester your local record retailer
to stock it.




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From: [e-mail] (Desmond K. Hill)
Subject: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey - Exclusive U.K. appearance
Date: 26 May 1998 22:49:23 +0000


*   Today in his native France Jean Jacques Perrey is recognised as an
icon.  T.V. station Canal+ have described this seminal electronic composer
as a "phenomena of modern society."  Digital radio station 'Le Mouv'
recently broadcast a 3 hour special programme on him, via the Internet.
The banking system Credit Foncier have adopted his 1970's sounds for their
1990's advertising campaigns.


*   As a musical scientist, Perrey has spent a lifetime researching the
therapeutic effects of sound.  As a scientist musician he arranged musique
concr=E8te into rhythmic loops in the 1960s, discovering sampling techniques
before the invention of sampling technology.


*   A pioneer of the Moog synthesiser, his 1970 classic 'E.V.A.' was
adopted in the U.K. by Lucozade as the soundtrack to their T.V. ad
campaigns, & remixed by Fatboy Slim.


*   In the last 3 years, performance directors Vibration Obscure have mined
the rich veins of cross-collaborative art forms to generate future
environments of movement, sound & vision.  They are honoured to present an
exclusive U.K. appearance from Jean Jacques Perrey on Saturday 30 May 1998
in Durham City.




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From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) My Vinyl Recliner June Schedule
Date: 26 May 1998 10:08:25 -0500


Just in case any of you will be visiting Maine in June and would be =
in the greater Portland area on a Tuesday night, I thought I'd post =
my schedule of shows.

June 2   Crazy About the Organ, part 17
    Perhaps the last of a long line of all organ specials. Every first =
Tuesday of the month I've been featuring an all organ show featuring: =
Lenny Dee, Ethel Smith, Earl Grant, Walter Wanderly, Eddie Layton, =
Dick Hyman and the countless others in the MVR library.
I'm getting a little tapped out though, not wanting too many repeats.
This show will be an assortment of some of my favorites.

June 9  Music your eyes can follow - the RCA  Stereo Action series
    Those beautifully packaged hi-fi LPs with the die-cut slipcases. =
Featuring some Zany stereo arrangements from some of RCA's star =
arrangers; Keith Textor, Marty Gold, Manny Albam, Dick Shorey.... And =
especially that top ten Recliner tune, Ray Martin's Shadrack(!) and =
on of the most essential album in anyone=B9s library, The Three Sun's =
Movin' 'n' Groovin'.

June 16  The Reclining Sound of Chet Atkins
    The king of the laid-back guitar sound. I'll try to avoid the more =
country flavored tunes and put together a whole show of Atkins Lounge.

June 23  The  Hits of My Vinyl Recliner -  charted tunes from the MVR =
library
    After weeks of research I've compiled the greatest hits LPs from the =
MVR library.
Although this show will be a stray from the usual fare of quirky =
arrangements, it will give proper acknowledgment to those stars of =
the sixties to whom just about every other Recliner artist tried to =
cash in on. The top twenty in a countdown type of show featuring the =
highest chart hit song from each of these top LPs. As we get close to =
this show I'll post the top 50 and how it was put together.

June 30   New Acquisitions to the MVR  Library
    Once every two months I've been feeding in LPs that I've picked up. =
Right now there is an incredible back log of albums waiting to get =
aired. This show will be picks of some of the new found favorites.

There are so many new albums that July will be all New Acquisition =
shows that I'll group into different special topics i.e.  =
Soundtracks, Command label, Brass, etc.
Toward the end of June I'll post this July schedule.

I hope some of you will get a chance to listen in!

Frank


My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's
Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine!



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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Raymond Scott Quintet and Leroy Shield and his Orchestra
Date: 26 May 1998 17:25:30 -0500


At 09:52 PM 5/26/98 +0100, Apu Nahasapeemapetalan wrote:
>Hey all,

>A friend of mine who's not on Exotica wonders if you guys could answer
>these two questions of his:

<snip #1 - I suggest finding a PhonoLog for this one>

>2. He also wanted to know about two orchestras called Raymond Scott Quintet
>and Leroy Shield and his Orchestra - I know nothing about them and I got
>the impression he didn't know much either (which is why he asked me!). Any
>kind of info, what kind of music they play, websites, anything...

>Thanks in advance.
>Apu Nahasapeemapetalan

Well, Apu (if that *is* your real name), it sounds as though your friend is
really asking about the Beau Hunks Orchestra, who have released 4 CDs worth
of Shield and Scott covers. You can find out more about them at:
<http://max.eastsite.nl/BASTA/>

More about Scott is available at the official site:
<http://users.aol.com/DevilDrums/RS.html>

Suffice it to say the music of both Shield and Scott are now part of your
DNA whether you realize it or not. If you've ever seen a Warner Bros.
cartoon, or a Little Rascals or Laurel and Hardy short, you know their music.

-Lou




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Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Jimmy's Easy 5/26/98
Date: 26 May 1998 20:56:40 EDT


--"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, 88.1 Tuesdays 6 - 8 a.m.--
-----Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme-----
Michael Magne-Grand Theme Malko-StereoUltra CD Big Cheese
Ray Martin Orchestra-Shadrack-RCA LP Dynamica
Percy Faith-Jungle Fantasy- CD Exotica compilation
Mundell Lowe & All Stars-Fallout!-LP TV Action Jazz
Ventures-Theme From Police Story-CD Tele Ventures
Ferrante & Teicher-Firebird-LP You Asked For It
Esquivel-Blue Danube- CD Four Corners of the World
Don Costa-On the South Side of Chicago-LP The inexplicable DC
Curtis Mayfield-No Thing On Me-CD Superfly  Rhino
Bionic Boogie-Hot Butterfly-LP Urban Classics (UK)
-Astroslut-Fresca '99-Astroslut 5-song CD (Lounge Laura)
-Les Elgart Orchestra-The Swingin' Genie-LP ?
-Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra-Pardon Me Ms Carmen-Scamp
-Xavier Cugat-Judith-LP Cugie A-Go-Go
-Miragemen-Intermission-CD Easy Tempo
-Bob Keesham/HoneyDreamers-LP Child's Intro to Jazz,1958!
-Peter Thomas-Hunchback of SoHo (all segments)-CD Scamp
Nelson Riddle-Theme from Sam Benedict-LP Rte 66 & TV Thms
Simon Park Orchestra-Up to Date-CD Scamp Sound Gallery
Phoenix Authority-Jrney to Ctr of Mind-LP Blood, Sweat,Brass
Pop Riviera Group-Passport International-CD Desco "Rotonde"
3 Sounds-It Was A Very Good Year-LP "Vibrations" on Blue Note
Moon People feat. Dave Cortez-Happy Soul-CD Goldmine Comp
Ike Turner-Thinking Black-LP Black Man's Soul (all instro LP)
Perez Prado-Mambo #5-CD Latin stuff
Dramatics-1000 Shades of Blue-LP Dramatics 1974
-Resonance-OK Chicago-CD StereoUltra (French Soundtracks)
-101 Strings-Astral Freakout-CD Scamp Beyond the Year....
-Easy Alohas-Aloha-Easy Tune, Holland CD Single
-Walter Wanderly-It's A Lovely Day Today-CD Scamp
-I Gres-To Wes-CD "I Gres" Exotic TV, Film, and Commercial
-Martin Denny-Call Me-LP Denny A-Go-Go
-Lalo Schifrin-Wave-CD Mission Impossible and More
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From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Jimmy's Easy 5/26/98
Date: 26 May 1998 20:56:40 EDT


--"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, 88.1 Tuesdays 6 - 8 a.m.--
-----Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme-----
Michael Magne-Grand Theme Malko-StereoUltra CD Big Cheese
Ray Martin Orchestra-Shadrack-RCA LP Dynamica
Percy Faith-Jungle Fantasy- CD Exotica compilation
Mundell Lowe & All Stars-Fallout!-LP TV Action Jazz
Ventures-Theme From Police Story-CD Tele Ventures
Ferrante & Teicher-Firebird-LP You Asked For It
Esquivel-Blue Danube- CD Four Corners of the World
Don Costa-On the South Side of Chicago-LP The inexplicable DC
Curtis Mayfield-No Thing On Me-CD Superfly  Rhino
Bionic Boogie-Hot Butterfly-LP Urban Classics (UK)
-Astroslut-Fresca '99-Astroslut 5-song CD (Lounge Laura)
-Les Elgart Orchestra-The Swingin' Genie-LP ?
-Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra-Pardon Me Ms Carmen-Scamp
-Xavier Cugat-Judith-LP Cugie A-Go-Go
-Miragemen-Intermission-CD Easy Tempo
-Bob Keesham/HoneyDreamers-LP Child's Intro to Jazz,1958!
-Peter Thomas-Hunchback of SoHo (all segments)-CD Scamp
Nelson Riddle-Theme from Sam Benedict-LP Rte 66 & TV Thms
Simon Park Orchestra-Up to Date-CD Scamp Sound Gallery
Phoenix Authority-Jrney to Ctr of Mind-LP Blood, Sweat,Brass
Pop Riviera Group-Passport International-CD Desco "Rotonde"
3 Sounds-It Was A Very Good Year-LP "Vibrations" on Blue Note
Moon People feat. Dave Cortez-Happy Soul-CD Goldmine Comp
Ike Turner-Thinking Black-LP Black Man's Soul (all instro LP)
Perez Prado-Mambo #5-CD Latin stuff
Dramatics-1000 Shades of Blue-LP Dramatics 1974
-Resonance-OK Chicago-CD StereoUltra (French Soundtracks)
-101 Strings-Astral Freakout-CD Scamp Beyond the Year....
-Easy Alohas-Aloha-Easy Tune, Holland CD Single
-Walter Wanderly-It's A Lovely Day Today-CD Scamp
-I Gres-To Wes-CD "I Gres" Exotic TV, Film, and Commercial
-Martin Denny-Call Me-LP Denny A-Go-Go
-Lalo Schifrin-Wave-CD Mission Impossible and More
-----Lalo Schifrin-Jim On The Move-----
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Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Jimmy's Easy 5/26/98
Date: 26 May 1998 20:56:40 EDT


--"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, 88.1 Tuesdays 6 - 8 a.m.--
-----Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme-----
Michael Magne-Grand Theme Malko-StereoUltra CD Big Cheese
Ray Martin Orchestra-Shadrack-RCA LP Dynamica
Percy Faith-Jungle Fantasy- CD Exotica compilation
Mundell Lowe & All Stars-Fallout!-LP TV Action Jazz
Ventures-Theme From Police Story-CD Tele Ventures
Ferrante & Teicher-Firebird-LP You Asked For It
Esquivel-Blue Danube- CD Four Corners of the World
Don Costa-On the South Side of Chicago-LP The inexplicable DC
Curtis Mayfield-No Thing On Me-CD Superfly  Rhino
Bionic Boogie-Hot Butterfly-LP Urban Classics (UK)
-Astroslut-Fresca '99-Astroslut 5-song CD (Lounge Laura)
-Les Elgart Orchestra-The Swingin' Genie-LP ?
-Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra-Pardon Me Ms Carmen-Scamp
-Xavier Cugat-Judith-LP Cugie A-Go-Go
-Miragemen-Intermission-CD Easy Tempo
-Bob Keesham/HoneyDreamers-LP Child's Intro to Jazz,1958!
-Peter Thomas-Hunchback of SoHo (all segments)-CD Scamp
Nelson Riddle-Theme from Sam Benedict-LP Rte 66 & TV Thms
Simon Park Orchestra-Up to Date-CD Scamp Sound Gallery
Phoenix Authority-Jrney to Ctr of Mind-LP Blood, Sweat,Brass
Pop Riviera Group-Passport International-CD Desco "Rotonde"
3 Sounds-It Was A Very Good Year-LP "Vibrations" on Blue Note
Moon People feat. Dave Cortez-Happy Soul-CD Goldmine Comp
Ike Turner-Thinking Black-LP Black Man's Soul (all instro LP)
Perez Prado-Mambo #5-CD Latin stuff
Dramatics-1000 Shades of Blue-LP Dramatics 1974
-Resonance-OK Chicago-CD StereoUltra (French Soundtracks)
-101 Strings-Astral Freakout-CD Scamp Beyond the Year....
-Easy Alohas-Aloha-Easy Tune, Holland CD Single
-Walter Wanderly-It's A Lovely Day Today-CD Scamp
-I Gres-To Wes-CD "I Gres" Exotic TV, Film, and Commercial
-Martin Denny-Call Me-LP Denny A-Go-Go
-Lalo Schifrin-Wave-CD Mission Impossible and More
-----Lalo Schifrin-Jim On The Move-----
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Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Jimmy's Easy 5/26/98
Date: 26 May 1998 20:56:40 EDT


--"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, 88.1 Tuesdays 6 - 8 a.m.--
-----Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme-----
Michael Magne-Grand Theme Malko-StereoUltra CD Big Cheese
Ray Martin Orchestra-Shadrack-RCA LP Dynamica
Percy Faith-Jungle Fantasy- CD Exotica compilation
Mundell Lowe & All Stars-Fallout!-LP TV Action Jazz
Ventures-Theme From Police Story-CD Tele Ventures
Ferrante & Teicher-Firebird-LP You Asked For It
Esquivel-Blue Danube- CD Four Corners of the World
Don Costa-On the South Side of Chicago-LP The inexplicable DC
Curtis Mayfield-No Thing On Me-CD Superfly  Rhino
Bionic Boogie-Hot Butterfly-LP Urban Classics (UK)
-Astroslut-Fresca '99-Astroslut 5-song CD (Lounge Laura)
-Les Elgart Orchestra-The Swingin' Genie-LP ?
-Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra-Pardon Me Ms Carmen-Scamp
-Xavier Cugat-Judith-LP Cugie A-Go-Go
-Miragemen-Intermission-CD Easy Tempo
-Bob Keesham/HoneyDreamers-LP Child's Intro to Jazz,1958!
-Peter Thomas-Hunchback of SoHo (all segments)-CD Scamp
Nelson Riddle-Theme from Sam Benedict-LP Rte 66 & TV Thms
Simon Park Orchestra-Up to Date-CD Scamp Sound Gallery
Phoenix Authority-Jrney to Ctr of Mind-LP Blood, Sweat,Brass
Pop Riviera Group-Passport International-CD Desco "Rotonde"
3 Sounds-It Was A Very Good Year-LP "Vibrations" on Blue Note
Moon People feat. Dave Cortez-Happy Soul-CD Goldmine Comp
Ike Turner-Thinking Black-LP Black Man's Soul (all instro LP)
Perez Prado-Mambo #5-CD Latin stuff
Dramatics-1000 Shades of Blue-LP Dramatics 1974
-Resonance-OK Chicago-CD StereoUltra (French Soundtracks)
-101 Strings-Astral Freakout-CD Scamp Beyond the Year....
-Easy Alohas-Aloha-Easy Tune, Holland CD Single
-Walter Wanderly-It's A Lovely Day Today-CD Scamp
-I Gres-To Wes-CD "I Gres" Exotic TV, Film, and Commercial
-Martin Denny-Call Me-LP Denny A-Go-Go
-Lalo Schifrin-Wave-CD Mission Impossible and More
-----Lalo Schifrin-Jim On The Move-----
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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tropicalia
Date: 26 May 1998 23:31:37 EDT



Scored the CD reissue of _Tropicalia_ this weekend and thought I'd note that
it was available and desirable.  It's the legendary 1968 Brazilian album by a
batch of musicians associated with the short-lived Tropicalismo movement:
Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes.  Think of it as a
Brazilian response to _Sgt. Pepper_.  If that doesn't sound at least
intriguing to you, then I'm not sure why you're on this list....

--David


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From: Dlsmay <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Baxter/Riddle/Esquivel/B.Wilson
Date: 26 May 1998 23:31:36 EDT



Don't worry, I've not come to praise the last thread, but to bury it.  While
it's clear that Sinatra and the Beach Boys are not exotica, there is a very
large, clear area of common interest to exotic fans (the not so secret theme
of this list): arrangement. All of the above mentioned artists in the subject
line (Baxter/Riddle/Esquivel/B.Wilson) were geni of arrangement.  In short:
Sinatra and Beach Boys not Exotic, but probably of interest of many
exoticians.

That's all.  Just thought the thread needed a precis...

--David


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From: Dlsmay <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Ineluctable Grooviness of Tomorrow
Date: 26 May 1998 23:31:37 EDT


Instead of listing my scores or comp tapes, I thought I'd invite the list to
make suggestions for a proposed tape, titled _The Ineluctable Grooviness of
Tomorrow_.  I'm thinking of a tape that mixes mid-60s to mid-70s sci-fi
sexiness with some newer (though similarly Moog-farty) grooves.

Early tone setters would include: Galaxy A-Go Go by Jerry Goldsmith, Executive
Party by Andre Previn, some decadent bits from _Barbarella_ by Bob Crewe, a
dash of Mondo Morricone and Peter Thomas.

What conjures for you....The Ineluctable Grooviness of Tomorrow?

--David


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From: Micheleflp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More on Frank: Just Suppose......
Date: 27 May 1998 00:08:45 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-21 03:42:01 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I don't believe there is such a
 thing JUST the music.  I don't think the music is separable from the image.
  Especially with Frank.  You bought the record, you bought the image, the
 attitude, the fantasy etc etc.
 I think that the only music that might possibly be pure and unencumbered
 with image or attitude is the sound of the wind rustling through the trees
 and even that is tied up with all kinds of imagery for me. >>


Wait a minute Nat.  There's some dump bunnies out there (like me for instance,
altho I don't qualify in this example) who may have heard of Frank Sinatra,
are not aware of all his lounge/rat pack/private life baggage and may buy one
of his records to check him out.  So I think there are instances out there
where people can buy music because they've heard it supposed to be cool,
listen to it, and decide to like it or don't like it without knowing whether
or not the guy was an asshole in his private life.

- Michele


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Raymond Scott Quintet and Leroy Shield and his Orchestra
Date: 26 May 1998 17:25:30 -0500


At 09:52 PM 5/26/98 +0100, Apu Nahasapeemapetalan wrote:
>Hey all,

>A friend of mine who's not on Exotica wonders if you guys could answer
>these two questions of his:

<snip #1 - I suggest finding a PhonoLog for this one>

>2. He also wanted to know about two orchestras called Raymond Scott Quintet
>and Leroy Shield and his Orchestra - I know nothing about them and I got
>the impression he didn't know much either (which is why he asked me!). Any
>kind of info, what kind of music they play, websites, anything...

>Thanks in advance.
>Apu Nahasapeemapetalan

Well, Apu (if that *is* your real name), it sounds as though your friend is
really asking about the Beau Hunks Orchestra, who have released 4 CDs worth
of Shield and Scott covers. You can find out more about them at:
<http://max.eastsite.nl/BASTA/>

More about Scott is available at the official site:
<http://users.aol.com/DevilDrums/RS.html>

Suffice it to say the music of both Shield and Scott are now part of your
DNA whether you realize it or not. If you've ever seen a Warner Bros.
cartoon, or a Little Rascals or Laurel and Hardy short, you know their music.

-Lou




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From: "Clark W. Draper III" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Buddy Rich, Sony & Cher and The All Seeing Eye
Date: 26 May 1998 15:18:18 -0400


"big swing face" - late '60's

At 05:30 AM 5/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>Anybody know which LP Buddy Rich's 'The Beat Goes On' is from?
>
>



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From: Micheleflp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More on Frank: Just Suppose......
Date: 27 May 1998 00:08:45 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-21 03:42:01 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I don't believe there is such a
 thing JUST the music.  I don't think the music is separable from the image.
  Especially with Frank.  You bought the record, you bought the image, the
 attitude, the fantasy etc etc.
 I think that the only music that might possibly be pure and unencumbered
 with image or attitude is the sound of the wind rustling through the trees
 and even that is tied up with all kinds of imagery for me. >>


Wait a minute Nat.  There's some dump bunnies out there (like me for instance,
altho I don't qualify in this example) who may have heard of Frank Sinatra,
are not aware of all his lounge/rat pack/private life baggage and may buy one
of his records to check him out.  So I think there are instances out there
where people can buy music because they've heard it supposed to be cool,
listen to it, and decide to like it or don't like it without knowing whether
or not the guy was an asshole in his private life.

- Michele


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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 3 Motor Music releases
Date: 27 May 1998 12:49:18 +0000




Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote:

> >The Maurice Pop disc is great; it's that uptempo, horn driven late 60's
> >'Sound Gallery' style of Discotheque a Go-Go. Highly recommended if you
> >like that style.
> Any idea where we could find this? Is this the same Motor that Andreas
> Dorau is on?
>

http://www.motor.de



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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) furniture
Date: 27 May 1998 12:49:31 +0000


Jordana Robinson wrote:

> Sorry I didn't get back to you yet.  I've been in the middle of finals
> week, and packing and moving.  I'll actually be in Philadelphia in a few
> days, but that doesn't make postage from Europe any cheaper.
>
> >Btw: I saw an exhibition recentely in Dusseldorf that had all the bubbly
>
> >60s furniture that you seem to be interested in. Together with some
> >fashion. They had a whole bar interior from Bolzano, Italy, everything
> >entirely plastic and plexiglass... plus the UFO-sized house of Charles
> >Wilp designed by Luigi Colani. Nice to look at but I wouldn't wanna live
>
> >in it.
>
> That sounds really cool... do you have any pictures or brochures from
> that exhibition by chance?
>
>

In fact yes. A 1-page article in a german magazine with 3 color pics. Want
it? Could scan it and send it via e-mail, if you can view JPEGs.The museum
offers a catalogue: Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Fax ..[phone]

MO



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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 27 May 1998 08:56:42 -0400


Okay, okay.  I finally got around to listening to Basic Hip's
moog compilation........

Ummmmmm.......I can say without a doubt that I AM NOT a
moog fan.  I can clearly see where the moog thing just didn't
become "the next big thing."

What struck me was that all of these moog tracks are covers
of songs, and that the moog "sound" isn't very "listener
friendly" (at least to these ears anyway).  That's to say,
there's no way around the fact that this sounds like a
computer-gadget posing as an instrument.

Blech.

I think the moog would best be utilized for the unique
sound/tone that it does generate, used in brand-new
compositions as part of a larger piece of music where the
moog isn't necessarily the "standout" instrument.  I'm
guessing here, but Esquivel probably integrated the moog
quite successfully into his wacky arrangements, and if he
never did, I can easily imagine he'd do this with pleasing
results.  (If he did, what were some of the songs??)

Haven't listened to that other "Music You'll Hate" comp., but
will post ramblings when I do.

- Nate

P.S. - I noticed the "Leatome" CD is sold right here in
Baltimore a few miles away from my house!  Is this worth
$17???  (I like what few tracks I've heard)


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From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: (exotica) Rare exotica etc LPs/CDs for sale
Date: 27 May 1998 15:49:50 +0200 (MET DST)


Aloha!=20
For all of you who can't make it to our Subliminal Sounds & Stuff store in=
=20
Stockholm, Sweden. We just finished our new mail-order list filled to the=20
brim with swingin' records etc. and will begin to e-mail out the list file=
=20
tomorrow. We=B4ve been supplying customers from all over the world since=
 1989.=20
If you arn't on our subscription list yet. Now's your chance. Please e-mail=
=20
me privatly and request the mail-order list. 20% off all prices for=20
customers living outside of Europe.

Stefan =20
Stefan/Subliminal Sounds

web-site: http://home6.swipnet.se/~w-64169/
e-mail: [e-mail]

Subliminal Sounds
S:t Paulsgatan 16
SE-118 46  STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN

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From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: (exotica) Rare exotica etc LPs/CDs for sale
Date: 27 May 1998 15:49:50 +0200 (MET DST)


Aloha!=20
For all of you who can't make it to our Subliminal Sounds & Stuff store in=
=20
Stockholm, Sweden. We just finished our new mail-order list filled to the=20
brim with swingin' records etc. and will begin to e-mail out the list file=
=20
tomorrow. We=B4ve been supplying customers from all over the world since=
 1989.=20
If you arn't on our subscription list yet. Now's your chance. Please e-mail=
=20
me privatly and request the mail-order list. 20% off all prices for=20
customers living outside of Europe.

Stefan =20
Stefan/Subliminal Sounds

web-site: http://home6.swipnet.se/~w-64169/
e-mail: [e-mail]

Subliminal Sounds
S:t Paulsgatan 16
SE-118 46  STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Rare exotica etc LPs/CDs for sale
Date: 27 May 1998 17:22:28 +0000


>For all of you who can't make it to our Subliminal Sounds & Stuff store
in
>Stockholm, Sweden...
>20% off all prices for customers living outside of Europe.

You don't like Europeans, do you?

How about customers that DO visit your shop? 50% off? Say yes and I
visit you within 3 weeks!

All the best! MO



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From: Chazbam <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) more infos about Eclektronics...
Date: 27 May 1998 08:28:59 EDT


It might be very easy to get the new JJ Perrey album :

"Distributed in France by Discograph, go pester your local record retailer
to stock it."

Discograph phone # is   33 (0)1 40 21 30 84
                  Fax # is  33 (0)1 40 21 60 84

Amicalmant

Chazam


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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 27 May 1998 14:28:03 +0100






Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
05/27/98 09:28 AM


cc:


Moog records can be absolute dross/inventive/comedic/up their own
self-indulgent arses. Anyone who collects moog records has got to be
seriously deranged (like me) and prepared to own a number of LPs that are
basically unlistenable. Who in their right mind plays a moog record from
start to finish and enjoys the listening experience?
A moog tape is not something that I would like to listen to from start to
finish and I would be surprised if anyone could. However, it is still
important to own these records although I'm not completely sure why. My
worst LP is 'Ye Olde Moog' (Medieval music done with a shocking degree of
blandness) and 'The Magic of The Arp Synthesiser' (not strictly a moog
record because its made with an Arp but along the same lines) which
features no magic at all. The best is Mort Garson's Electric Hair Pieces or
The Moog Machine's Switched on Rock.

Charlie




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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Rare exotica etc LPs/CDs for sale
Date: 27 May 1998 16:30:31 +0100






Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
05/27/98 11:30 AM


cc:


Actually, I've got some LPs for sale as well - couple of soundtracks, bit
of John Keating, some Keith Mansfield and even some Enoch Light (and some
Jazz as well). I'll prepare a list at home tonight and they'll be available
from tomorrow onwards.
Please email me privately for the list tomorrow. No Swedish prices and no
anti-European pricing structures.

Charlie




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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kirsten, lost your e-mail address
Date: 27 May 1998 10:29:33 PDT



Got your tape, but lost your address.

Ben

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Mighty Dub Kats
Date: 28 May 1998 01:45:11 +0800


Does anyone know where Norman Cook sample the latin horns bit in Magic Dub
Katz's "Magic Carpet Ride"?....i am sure I heard it soemwhere before.

Bobby


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Big Mess Orchestra
Date: 27 May 1998 14:11:55 -0400


The Big Mess Orchestra's website...

http://www.bigmessorch.eo.net/

now has a page of RealPlayer audio feeds on tap. Actually, they've had them on
there for months, but I keep forgetting to post about it here. There are two
short songs that are complete, but the rest are unfortunately abridged. Enough
to give you a solid hearing, though, net traffic willing.

Genuinely new is a separate page with RealPlayer video clips from a live show.
The video is a bit too much for my old '486 machine to handle, but you power
users out there should be fine.

A week or so ago, they played a live radio show in Philly, a bit under an hour,
complete with burlesque skits. Very entertaining. It went pretty well,
especially considering that the percussion section and the rest of the band
were located in different rooms and could barely hear each other!

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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra by Gore Vidal (German)
Date: 27 May 1998 21:59:27 +0000


SZ vom 23.05.1998
Mit blauen Augen davongekommen? Aufstieg und Fall eines politischen
Helden: der andereFrank Sinatra / Von Gore Vidal Mindestens zwei
Generationen Amerikaner sind beim Klang vonSinatras Stimme ? auf
Schallplatte oder im Radio ? gezeugtworden. Empf=E4ngnis im Kino war wohl
nichts Unerh=F6rtes, hatteaber einen Hauch von Protzerei. Es hat
verschiedene Sinatras gegeben in den sechs oder siebenJahrzehnten seiner
Karriere. Da war zum einen das Jugendidol ausKriegszeiten. Der war d=FCrr
und mit einem hageren gesicht, hatteeine schlottrige Fliege und von
links ein Profil wie von einerBronzeb=FCste von Donatello. Im New Yorker
Paramount-Theaterheulten pubertierende M=E4dchen wie Bakchen bei seinem
Anblickund Singen, und fielen in Ohnmacht wie Matronen in zu
engenKorsetts. Das erste Mal traf ich ihn, als ich in der Armee war,
kurz bevor=92snach =DCbersee ging. Wir waren auf einer Hollywood-Party,
wojeder ein Star war und ich ein einfacher Soldat, mit dem keinersprach
au=DFer Sinatra, der mich rauspickte und f=FCr den Rest meinesLebens
verzauberte, als Person und als K=FCnstler. Das war Sinatrader Held,
dessen Populismus ihn bald ins Verderben f=FChren sollte. Die Geschichte =
?
zumindest ein Teil davon ? ist wohlbekannt. InNew Jersey geboren, hatte
Francis Sinatra eine bemerkenswerteMutter, die aktiv war in der
Stadtbezirkspolitik der Demokraten.Aus erster Hand kannte er die Politik
italienischer Immigranten, derst=E4dtischen Arbeiterklasse. Er war einer
von ihnen. Seine Karriere begann er, indem er sang, wo immer er
konnte;ber=FChmt wurde er, indem er mit den Big Bands jener Tage
sang.=84Seine Nebennoten sind wie von Bach=93, sagte Virgil Thomson,unser
f=FChrender Musikkritiker. Alle dachten, Virgil mache Spa=DF.Tat er aber
nicht. Sinatras Stimme war wie keine andere. Doch das=FCberlasse ich den
Musikkritikern. Was mich interessiert, ist derAufstieg und Fall eines
politischen Helden, dessen Apotheose oder,um genau zu sein, dessen
H=F6llenfahrt darauf hinauslief, alskastriertes Gesch=F6pf der
amerikanischen Rechten im Wei=DFen Hausin Nancy Reagans Ohr zu schmachten.
Ein italo-amerikanischerFaust. Auf dem H=F6hepunkt seiner Karriere als
S=E4nger drehte Sinatra einenkurzen Dokumentarfilm mit dem Titel =84The
House I Live in=93. Daswar 1947. Damals gewann er den Oscar f=FCr einen
Song, dessen Zeilen ? =84DieLeute, mit denen ich arbeite / Die Arbeiter,
die ich treffe . . . / DasRecht, meine Meinung zu sagen / Das ist f=FCr
mich Amerika=93 ? eindirekter Aufruf zur Toleranz waren, ohne
dabeianbiedernd-schmalzig oder langweilig zu werden. Sinatra fiel
daraufhin beim FBI, bei den Berufspatrioten und derdamals m=E4chtigen
Hearst-Presse in Ungnade. Im Verlauf dern=E4chsten acht Jahre tauchte =84=
The
House I Live in=93 zw=F6lfmal imKommunisten-Index des Kongre=DFausschusse=
s
f=FCrUnamerikanische Umtriebe auf, w=E4hrend die New York Times, diewie
immer nichts Gutes im Schilde f=FChrte, in ihrem Index f=FCr 1949den
Querverweis =84Sinatra, Frank: siehe US-Spionage=93 brachte.Mehr war es
nicht, das =FCber den gr=F6=DFten Entertainer unseres Volkesf=FCr =84fit =
to print=93
erachtet wurde. Um die D=E4monisierung noch weiter zu treiben, versuchten
eingewisser Harry Anslinger, Chef der Bundesdrogenbeh=F6rde, undder
uns=E4gliche J. Edgar Hoover vom FBI (der lange genug lebte,um eine Akte
=FCber die Subversionen und Perversionen JohnLennons anzulegen) alles, um
Sinatra nicht nur alsKrypto-Kommunisten, sondern auch als Mafioso
dranzukriegen.Da jeder amerikanische Nachtclub-S=E4nger aber in einem



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Subject: (exotica) Sinatra by Gore Vidal (German)
Date: 27 May 1998 22:08:48 +0000


30-Tage-Archiv             SZ vom 23.05.1998
Mit blauen Augen davongekommen?Aufstieg und Fall eines politischen
Helden: der andereFrank Sinatra / Von Gore VidalMindestens zwei
Generationen Amerikaner sind beim Klang vonSinatras Stimme ? auf
Schallplatte oder im Radio ? gezeugtworden. Empf=E4ngnis im Kino war wohl
nichts Unerh=F6rtes, hatteaber einen Hauch von Protzerei.Es hat
verschiedene Sinatras gegeben in den sechs oder siebenJahrzehnten seiner
Karriere. Da war zum einen das Jugendidol ausKriegszeiten. Der war d=FCrr
und mit einem hageren gesicht, hatteeine schlottrige Fliege und von
links ein Profil wie von einerBronzeb=FCste von Donatello. Im New Yorker
Paramount-Theaterheulten pubertierende M=E4dchen wie Bakchen bei seinem
Anblickund Singen, und fielen in Ohnmacht wie Matronen in zu
engenKorsetts.Das erste Mal traf ich ihn, als ich in der Armee war, kurz
bevor=92snach =DCbersee ging. Wir waren auf einer Hollywood-Party, wojede=
r
ein Star war und ich ein einfacher Soldat, mit dem keinersprach au=DFer
Sinatra, der mich rauspickte und f=FCr den Rest meinesLebens verzauberte,
als Person und als K=FCnstler. Das war Sinatrader Held, dessen Populismus
ihn bald ins Verderben f=FChren sollte.Die Geschichte ? zumindest ein Tei=
l
davon ? ist wohlbekannt. InNew Jersey geboren, hatte Francis Sinatra
eine bemerkenswerteMutter, die aktiv war in der Stadtbezirkspolitik der
Demokraten.Aus erster Hand kannte er die Politik italienischer
Immigranten, derst=E4dtischen Arbeiterklasse. Er war einer von ihnen.Sein=
e
Karriere begann er, indem er sang, wo immer er konnte;ber=FChmt wurde er,
indem er mit den Big Bands jener Tage sang.=84Seine Nebennoten sind wie
von Bach=93, sagte Virgil Thomson,unser f=FChrender Musikkritiker. Alle
dachten, Virgil mache Spa=DF.Tat er aber nicht. Sinatras Stimme war wie
keine andere. Doch das=FCberlasse ich den Musikkritikern. Was mich
interessiert, ist derAufstieg und Fall eines politischen Helden, dessen
Apotheose oder,um genau zu sein, dessen H=F6llenfahrt darauf hinauslief,
alskastriertes Gesch=F6pf der amerikanischen Rechten im Wei=DFen Hausin
Nancy Reagans Ohr zu schmachten. Ein italo-amerikanischerFaust.Auf dem
H=F6hepunkt seiner Karriere als S=E4nger drehte Sinatra einenkurzen
Dokumentarfilm mit dem Titel =84The House I Live in=93. Daswar 1947.Damal=
s
gewann er den Oscar f=FCr einen Song, dessen Zeilen ? =84DieLeute, mit de=
nen
ich arbeite / Die Arbeiter, die ich treffe . . . / DasRecht, meine
Meinung zu sagen / Das ist f=FCr mich Amerika=93 ? eindirekter Aufruf zur
Toleranz waren, ohne dabeianbiedernd-schmalzig oder langweilig zu
werden.Sinatra fiel daraufhin beim FBI, bei den Berufspatrioten und
derdamals m=E4chtigen Hearst-Presse in Ungnade. Im Verlauf dern=E4chsten
acht Jahre tauchte =84The House I Live in=93 zw=F6lfmal imKommunisten-Ind=
ex
des Kongre=DFausschusses f=FCrUnamerikanische Umtriebe auf, w=E4hrend die=
 New
York Times, diewie immer nichts Gutes im Schilde f=FChrte, in ihrem Index
f=FCr 1949den Querverweis =84Sinatra, Frank: siehe US-Spionage=93 brachte=
.Mehr
war es nicht, das =FCber den gr=F6=DFten Entertainer unseres Volkesf=FCr =
=84fit to
print=93 erachtet wurde.Um die D=E4monisierung noch weiter zu treiben,
versuchten eingewisser Harry Anslinger, Chef der Bundesdrogenbeh=F6rde,
undder uns=E4gliche J. Edgar Hoover vom FBI (der lange genug lebte,um ein=
e
Akte =FCber die Subversionen und Perversionen JohnLennons anzulegen)
alles, um Sinatra nicht nur alsKrypto-Kommunisten, sondern auch als
Mafioso dranzukriegen.Da jeder amerikanische Nachtclub-S=E4nger aber in
einem Nachtcluboder Casino arbeiten mu=DF und der Mob diese
Glitzerortekontrollierte, war jeder Entertainer gezwungen, mit der Mafia
zuverkehren.Ein Bauer im Schachspiel1947 wurde Sinatra von einem rechten
Hearst-Kolumnisten, LeeMortimer, als Mafioso angeschw=E4rzt. Sinatra,
notorischaufbrausend und feurigen Getr=E4nken nicht abgeneigt,
schlugMortimer in einem Nachtclub nieder. Nun gab es einen Schwallvon
Druckerschw=E4rze wie der Niagarafall. =84=DCber Nacht=93, schreibtJon Wi=
ener in
seinem Buch =84Professors, Politics and Pop=93, machtedie rechte Presse a=
us
dem =84Schnulzenidol f=FCr Backfische einengewaltt=E4tigen, linken
Mafioso=93.Katholische Organe versuchten aus Respekt vor dem Ruhm
ihresKonfessionsbruders die Angriffe herunterzuspielen, indem
siebehaupteten, er sei blo=DF ein =84Bauer=93 im Schachspiel. Doch das wa=
rer
nicht. In Wahrheit war Sinatra im (nach amerikanischenMa=DFst=E4ben) link=
en
Bereich aktiv gewesen. So nahm er 1946 Francounter Beschu=DF, einen
Liebling der Oberen von Amerika. Imgleichen Jahr wurde er Vizepr=E4sident
von HollywoodsUnabh=E4ngigem B=FCrgerkomitee f=FCr die K=FCnste, Wissensc=
haften
undfreien Berufe, neben vielen anderen Stars wie auch Thomas Mann.1948
unterst=FCtzte er Henry Wallace als Pr=E4sidentschaftskandidatengegen Har=
ry
S. Truman, den Proto-McCarthyisten. Ungeachtet desSchadens f=FCr seine
Karriere schrieb Sinatra einen offenen Brief andie damals liberale
Zeitschrift New Republic, in dem er HenryWallace beschwor, als Erbe
Roosevelts =84jenen Kampfaufzunehmen, den wir gern als den unseren ansehe=
n
? den Kampfum Toleranz, der die Grundlage jeglichen Kampfes f=FCr
Friedenist=93. Wiener berichtet, da=DF er drei Monate sp=E4ter =F6ffentli=
ch
alsKommunist gebrandmarkt und ihm seine Radioshow gek=FCndigtwurde; 1949
brach dann Columbia Records mit ihm, ein Jahrdarauf entlie=DF ihn MGM aus
seinem Filmvertrag. Sinatra warausrangiert mit 34.Nach einer Zeit voller
=C4rger durch seine Ehefrau Ava Gardner undden Verlust seiner Stimme ?
durch Alkohol und Stre=DF ? gelang ihmein erstaunliches Comeback in dem
Film =84Verdammt in alleEwigkeit=93 ? den er f=FCr eine winzige Gage dreh=
en
mu=DFte. Er bekamauch eine brandneue Stimme, die sa=DF, mit Nebennoten
zweifelloswie von Satie.1960 war Sinatra wieder politisch aktiv. Er war
ein Spielgef=E4hrtevon Jack Kennedy w=E4hrend dessen Senatorenzeit gewese=
n ?
und erbrannte er darauf, seinem konservativen, aber
attraktivenkatholischen Freund behilflich zu sein. Einige
Kennedy-Berateraber meinten, da=DF man den Roten Mafioso um jeden Preis
meidensollte; andere wollten ihn f=FCr den W=E4hlerfang in Harlem
benutzen,=84wo man ihn als Held f=FCr die Sache der Neger respektiert=93,
wasKennedy, gelinde gesagt, nicht war.Obwohl Sinatra zuweilen zwischen
Gr=F6=DFenwahn und richtig hartemSaufen abwechselte, war er noch immer ei=
n
gro=DFer S=E4nger und einFilmstar, der ber=FChmt daf=FCr war, da=DF er Sz=
enen in
nur einerAufnahme hinkriegte ? in der Zunft als =84Durchmarsch=93
bekannt.Kennedys Pr=E4sidentschaftskandidatur brachte ihn wieder
aufTouren.Aber denen, die sich gefragt haben, wie wohl das Festmahl
f=FCrFalstaff aussah, als Prinz Hal ? jetzt K=F6nig ? ihn br=FCskierte,
kannich folgendes berichten: Nachdem man Kennedy in Los Angeles beieinem
Parteitag, an dem ich als Delegierter teilnahm, nominierthatte, gaben
Tony Curtis und Janet Leigh f=FCr den Kandidaten eineFilmstar-Party. Ich
wurde, gemeinsam mit Sinatra, an den Tischplaziert, wo Kennedy sitzen
sollte. Wir warteten. Und warteten.Sinatra schaut nerv=F6s aus; er fing
an, heftig zu trinken. Das Dinnerbegann. Dann sagte eine der mit einem
Pferdegebi=DF ausgestattetenSchwestern des Kandidaten beil=E4ufig: =84Ach=
,
Jack l=E4=DFt sichentschuldigen. Er kann nicht kommen. Er ist ins Kino
gegangen.=93Mir gegen=FCber sackte Falstaff in sich zusammen, und er spra=
ch
denganzen Abend nicht mehr.Nachdem Kennedy gew=E4hlt worden war,
organisierte Sinatra denInaugurationsball. Doch der Vater des
Pr=E4sidenten und sein BruderRobert sagten =84Kein Sinatra mehr=93, und a=
lso
gab es keinen Sinatramehr. Als Pr=E4sident Kennedy nach Palm Springs kam,
nahm ernicht, wie angek=FCndigt, bei Sinatra Quartier, sondern bei
dessenRivalen Bing Crosby. Wer den Schaden hat . . . Von da an betruger
sich, =F6ffentlich wie privat, oft r=FCpelhaft (um in Untertreibungenzu
schwelgen).Zu gegebener Zeit wurde er von einem Kongre=DFkomitee zumThema
Mafia vorgeladen. Nichts kam dabei heraus. Rein garnichts. Auch f=FCr ihn
nicht. Er wurde ein =84Reagan-Republikaner=93.Aber schlie=DFlich hatte ih=
n
kein Pr=E4sident der Demokraten jegebeten, im Wei=DFen Haus aufzutreten. =
Es
war der gerissene alteNixon, dessen Untersuchungsausschu=DF ihn
angeschw=E4rzt hatte, derSinatra bat, =84The House I Live in=93 zu singen=
. =84Am
Ende desProgramms=93, schreibt Wiener, =84war Sinatra in Tr=E4nen aufgel=F6=
st
?zum ersten Mal in seiner Karriere.=93 Es ist nicht leicht, ein
guterMensch zu sein ? geschweige denn ein Volkstribun ? in dem Land,wo
Milch und Moneten flie=DFen, wenn einmal das H=E4uschen futsch ist.

=DCbersetzung: Stefan Dornuf Copyright =A9 1997 - S=FCddeutsche Zeitung.



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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra by Gore Vidal (German-->English)
Date: 27 May 1998 16:54:35 -0500


At 09:59 PM 5/27/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>SZ vom 23.05.1998
>Mit blauen Augen davongekommen? Aufstieg und Fall eines politischen

A quick spin through the bablefish blender produces:

In English: <Picture>SZ of 23.05.1998 gotten off blue eyes? Ascent and case
of a political hero: the other franc one Sinatra / of Gore Vidal at least
two generations Americans are with the sound vonSinatras voice? on record or
in the radio? Empfaengnis in the cinema was probably nothing outrageous,
have however a breath of Protzerei. It has different Sinatras given in the
six or seven-decades of its career. There the Jugendidol was out times of
war on the one hand. That was dry and with a hageren face, have-having one
schlottrige fly and from on the left of a profile as of einerBronzebueste
from Donatello. In the New Yorker Paramount Theaterheulten pubertierende
girls such as Bakchen with its Anblickund singing, and fell in faint such as
Matronen in too engenKorsetts. The first time met I it, when I was in the
army, briefly bevor'snach overseas went. We were on a Hollywood party, a
star were more wojeder and I a simple soldier, with no-spoke except Sinatra,
which rauspickte me and verzauberte for the remainder of my life, as a
person and as an artist. That was Sinatrader hero, whose Populismus should
lead it soon into spoiling. History? at least some of it? is well-known.
InNew jersey born, had Francis Sinatra a remarkable nut/mother, those was
active in the urban district policy democrat From first hand it knew the
policy of Italian immigrants, that-urban working class. It was one of them.
It began its career, by singing, where he was always konnte;beruehmt he, by
with the Big of tape of those days sang."Seine Nebennoten being as from
brook ", said Virgil Thomson, our prominent music critic. All thought, make
fun act it for Virgil however not. Sinatras voice was like no different one.
But I that-leave to the music critics. Which interests me, is that-ascended
and case of a political hero, its Apotheose or, in order to be exact, whose
hell travel ran out on it, alskastriertes creature American rights in the
white Hausin of the Nancy Reagans ear to schmachten. Italo
amerikanischerFaust. On the high point of its career as singers Sinatra
turned one-short documentary film with the title " The House I Live in ".
Were 1947. At that time did it win the OSCAR for a Song, its lines? " the
people, with which I operate / the workers, whom I meet.


This must be the *last* word on the subject, eh? What more is there to say?

-Lou




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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey-Eklectronics
Date: 27 May 1998 17:43:08 -0700


New Add, Limited Quantities

Jean Jacques Perrey - Eklectronics LP Only (Basetronic, France)

$18.00

Here's my review from when I reviewed it for KFJC-FM

Jean Jacques Perrey & David Chazam
E-K-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-C-S

Titles; What's Up Duck ?, Analog Dialog, Doc Tequil and Mister H, Clone's
War, An Elephant On The Roof, Cyberbugs Time Machine, Neutronia

Welcome in the NEW ElectroPop Sound!

This is the 1st record by French Artist Jean Jacques Perrey in over 2
decades and what brilliance of electronic Musique Concrete Pop it is!  AN
AB-SO-LUTE MAS-TER-PIECE!!!  I shit you not.

Jean Jacques Perrey was the TRUE GENIUS behind the duo of Perrey and
Kingsley, (In Sound From Way Out, Kaleidoscope Vibrations circa '65, '66)
the composer and performer of E.V.A. from Moog Indigo (1970) whose work was
primarily in the early 60's  to approx. 1970. It is POP and it is
SUPA-FUNK-KAY brothuhs and sistuhs!!!

It is melodic and just grooooooooves along like you CAN NOT even imagine
with all of this fucked up shit going on every which way!

Fucked Up Shit = Great Great GREATNESS!

Jean Jacques was heavily/primarily influenced by Tom Dissvelt after hearing
Dissvelt and Kid Baltan's masterpiece  recording of "Song of The Second
Moon"(Limelight, circa 1961).  David Chazam and his band TSCHACK! provide
the Bass, (KILLER)Guitar, Piano, Harpsichord, Trombone, Drums and
Synthesizer as they are NOT SAMPLES!  Jean Jacques plays his original 60's
keyboards like the ONDIOLINE, MOOG and whatever!  He along with David
Chazam did the composing and arranging.

It's funk, it's got beat beat beats, mmmm pop mmmm pop mmmm pop music.
Kraftwerk and everyone else got ALL of their ideas from this guy. HIS ART
IS THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF. Produced by David Chazam, a young
French man (early 30's) is the HUGE FORCE that got Jean Jacques creative
again, got him back into the studios of France where this was created and
recorded and got him to create yet another masterpiece of pop musique
concrete brilliance of which this story (or record) is just the beginning
of.......10 FUCKIN' STARS!

By the way, KFJC is the only station in the US to have this rekkid, maybe
even the WORLD and will be the only 1 to have it for at least a couple of
months.
Jack Diamond

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$18.00 + Shipping

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Jack
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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 27 May 1998 22:03:53 EDT


 Nate:
"Ummmmmm.......I can say without a doubt that I AM NOT a
moog fan.  I can clearly see where the moog thing just didn't
become "the next big thing."

 Charles:
 "Moog records can be absolute dross/inventive/comedic/up their own
 self-indulgent arses. Anyone who collects moog records has got to be
 seriously deranged (like me) and prepared to own a number of LPs that are
 basically unlistenable. Who in their right mind plays a moog record from
 start to finish and enjoys the listening experience?
 A moog tape is not something that I would like to listen to from start to
 finish and I would be surprised if anyone could. However, it is still
 important to own these records although I'm not completely sure why."

As a moog fanatic as some of you probably know, i like this kind of feedback.
You mean not EVERYONE is as nuts for these as I am?  I scoop up every moog LP
i can get my hands on and never let a collector's price tag stand in my way.

Maybe my first clue that not everyone shares my taste was the way my wife
insists i listen to them alone or with headphones.  I can't really describe
what it is about them that gets me so arped, er amped.  Maybe the strong
influence of "The In Sound From Way Out", or the fact that all of these covers
are top 40 hits I grew up with on KFRC during my sentimental wonder years in
the 1966-1970 period.  Or maybe because I think they sound funny and weird.

I have close to 40 now and my search continues.  I do happen to listen to them
from start to finish, but i also listen to field recordings of birds and Cook
Laboratories LP's. I do get a surprising number of requests for moog tapes, so
I'm not the only one who gets a kick out of them.  I guess it's one of those
things that you either like or you don't.






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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Playlist for Jimmy's Easy 5/26/98
Date: 27 May 1998 22:10:20 EDT


sorry about the multiple postings on such a mundane topic--but it wasn't MY
fault!..It just happened


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Subject: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 27 May 1998 22:24:55 EDT


I was playing Dick Hyman's moog version of a Booker T tune one day on the
airwaves...The guy who comes on after me says to me, "That version took all
the soul out of a great song." My knee-jerk reply was, "That's the whole
point!" Is he an insufferable purist? Am I a rebel reaching around a new
corner? I don't know...But for some reason, moog stuff is a lot of fun and
sort of subversive. You go Basic Hip....Jimmy


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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) High-end audio.....
Date: 28 May 1998 08:55:17 -0400


Okay, are there any audiophiles on exotica?

I'm soliciting recommendations for high-end audio
equipment......(turntable, speakers, amp, tape deck) I'd like to
stay around $500 for each if that's at all possible......

- Nate


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Subject: (exotica) record hiss
Date: 28 May 1998 14:56:01 UT


I've got a record that hisses like it was pressed on a Brillo pad.  What causes
record hiss?  Is that wear or dirt, or both?  I can fix dirt, but is there any
way to fix wear, or is the record just plain shot?

Thanks,
PeterR


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Subject: (exotica) High-end audio.....
Date: 28 May 1998 10:26:22 -0500


At 08:55 AM 5/28/98 -0400, Nate wrote:
>
>Okay, are there any audiophiles on exotica?
>
>I'm soliciting recommendations for high-end audio
>equipment......(turntable, speakers, amp, tape deck) I'd like to
>stay around $500 for each if that's at all possible......

Try this site:
<http://www.goodsound.com>

This is a good site for info and recommendations on buying systems priced
from US$600+.

You can go directly to <http://www.goodsound.com/systems.html> or
<http://www.goodsound.com/1800.html> for the specific recommendations.

Good luck,
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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) searching for the Single Eye
Date: 28 May 1998 10:44:30 EDT


Hi

I d'like to get again in touch with the single eye Allan from Montreal

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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) About Daniel Der Sahakian
Date: 28 May 1998 10:43:57 EDT


Hello to you all

has anyone of you heard about the producer Daniel Der Sahakian ?
He used to record armenian artists for the lebanon label Voice of Stars.
This guy was soooooo stylee !
Especially the way he was playing the organ, and his sound was very
interesting, as a reflect of the geographical position of Armenia - european
sound and effiscience, with asian and middle east influences - a sort of
"world music" before it became an insult...
I do have only two records produced by the guy :
VOS 10013   Ara Guiragossian   "April 24, 1915"  1971
with the fabulous and dramatic "Mer Ayrenik" and 8 other titles
VOS 10032  Adiss Harmadyan sings with Reddy Bobbio & his orchestra   1982
recorded in Baalbeck Studio,  Beirut

If anyone knows about him - please give me infos

bye
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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) Placenta-eating cookery show condemned
Date: 28 May 1998 16:58:50 GMT


Hey, this post has both "TV Dinners" and "Taboo" in it -- does that
qualify it as Exotica?
-Lou

   LONDON, May 28 (AFP) - A television cookery show which featured
human placenta being cooked and eaten by the new mother and a chef
was condemned by the British broadcasting watchdog Thursday.
   The presenter of Channel 4's "TV Dinners," Hugh Fearnley
Whittingstall, devised the recipe with mother Rosie Clear for the
party for the birth of her daughter Indi-Mo Krebbs.
   The afterbirth was fried with shallots and garlic, flambeed and
pureed and served to 20 family and friends as a pate on focaccia
bread. The father Lee had 17 helpings but other guests were less
enthusiastic.
   Nine viewers criticised the show on the grounds of taste and on
Thursday their complaints were upheld by the Broadcasting Standards
Commission because it said the programme had breached a taboo "which
would have been disagreeable to many."
   The practice is not illegal and the commission noted that the
programme makers sought to treat the subject sensitively and
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From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Swing Site
Date: 28 May 1998 17:02:52 GMT



Any Swing Goes

With more than 125 swing band links, the people behind this site are
serious about swing music. You can find current news, show reviews,
interviews with revival artists and genre coverage includes swing,
big band, jump blues and rockabilly. In addition to the music, you
can also find information on swing dancing and culture. You can also
find out about a companion San Diego area radio show.
World Wide Web: http://www.anyswinggoes.com



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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 28 May 1998 14:20:22 -0400


At 02:28 PM 27/05/98 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
 >The best is The Moog Machine's Switched on Rock.

I won't say I know a better one, though I might suggest Perry and
Kingsley's "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations" or the Zeet Band's "Moogie Woogie" or
if you like something a little subtler, either of the "Switched on
BACHARACH" records.  But I have that Moog Machine and if that's the best,
then this is a seriously seriously questionable genre.  I was hoping I'd
only scratched the surface but if it's never going to get better than that,
then I better start deprogramming myself.

Nat



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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) REVIEW> Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "FutureMuzik"
Date: 24 May 1998 20:37:22 +0200


This review has been added to my web site...........

Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "FutureMuzik"




REVIEW

Excellent introduction to the wild musical mastermind of Peter Thomas, with
lots of exemples of his powerfull big band spy music (From "Peter Cotton"
and "Edgar Wallace") that is sometimes a bit like John Barry, but wilder,
more eclectic, more fun too, with wordless vocals, electric organ, electric
guitar and bass, drums, and brass of course; 3 tracks from his futuristic
organs-in-orbit soundtrack for "Raumpatrouille" (also available on CD, read
my
review of it, URL below).

Furthermore, a perfect exemple of his sence of humor in "Pardon me, Ms.
Carmen"; 1 track from his "Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (Chariots of the
Gods)" soundtrack, with lush strings, and more. All in all 16 tracks and 57
minutes of brilliant music really unlike anything else, that might blow
your mind, amongst the UN-easiest easy listening around I think. This is
also the first and only Peter Thomas release with excellent, informative
liner notes in English (by The Millionaire) and source details of each and
every track!


RealAudio fragments of several tracks of this CD can be heard in
"Zounds in Cyber Space":
<http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/index.html>




DETAILS:

Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "FutureMuzik"

CD, Scamp 9724, USA, 1998, 57:11 minutes.

For the track list and more audio fragments, go to
Scamp's web site: <http://www.scamp-records.com>

And don't forget to check out my eXotica Releases Overview for more new
Peter Thomas rereleases! (URL below)




C Johan Dada Vis 1996 - 1998 All Rights Reserved



        "Dada'quariums Exotica": Reviews, XRO and more:
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Placenta-eating cookery show condemned
Date: 28 May 1998 14:49:30 EDT


About one year ago my wife and I had our first child and were apt to read all
we could on childbirth etc.  We ran across scads of info on placenta reciepes
(the practice seems more common in California - surprise, surprise).  Also
articles that said to "plant" the placenta with a tree sapling so you could
show it to your child when he grew up.

We opted to let the hospital keep it because we figured they knew better what
to do with it.  Uck.

Robert

In a message dated 98-05-28 12:02:57 EDT, Lou writes:

<< Hey, this post has both "TV Dinners" and "Taboo" in it -- does that
 qualify it as Exotica?
 -Lou

    LONDON, May 28 (AFP) - A television cookery show which featured
 human placenta being cooked and eaten by the new mother and a chef
 was condemned by the British broadcasting watchdog Thursday.  >>


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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Placenta??
Date: 28 May 1998 15:11:00 -0400


Wow,

I've witnessed a birth from pregnancy to labor to placenta to first nursing,
it is a beautiful thing indeed and certainly the most wonderful of human
events.

Now I am as open minded as the next guy, but anything having to do with
afterbirth kinda skeeves me.  Then again, if it was MY child, I don't
know....

Does placenta-noshing qualify as exotica???  Well, I do remember a title or
two on some old records saying something about cannibals.....

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra obit headline
Date: 28 May 1998 15:16:15 -0400


from Mimiko Goldstein (via Will Friedwald):

* * * * *

We could've predicted the Post headline (HIS WAY) a year ago.

This would've been better:

THAT'S DEATH
Frank Sinatra, 82, shot down in May
Rolls up in big ball and dies



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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Placenta-eating cookery show condemned
Date: 28 May 1998 22:44:41 +0100


Robert wrote:
>
>About one year ago my wife and I had our first child and were apt to read all
>we could on childbirth etc.  We ran across scads of info on placenta recipes
>(the practice seems more common in California - surprise, surprise).
Can any Californian reader answer the important question: if you're serving
placenta, does one have red or white wine to accompany it?

Yrs, Hugh.


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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Placenta-eating cookery show condemned
Date: 28 May 1998 22:50:26 +0100


If you think this subject's a wind-up,
See Midwife Archives pages at

http://www.fensende.com/users/swnymph/Midwife/etplcnt2.html

One recipe seems to me to be a potential health hazard, in that it
does not involve cooking.

Advisory!


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From: Jay Schwartz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) High-end audio.....
Date: 28 May 1998 17:50:58


At Thu, 28 May 1998 10:26:22 -0500, Lou Smith wrote:
>>I'm soliciting recommendations for high-end audio
>equipment......(turntable, speakers, amp, tape deck) I'd like to
>stay around $500 for each if that's at all possible......

>Try this site:
<http://www.goodsound.com>

>This is a good site for info and recommendations on buying systems priced
from US$600+.


I checked out this site -- and there wasn't a word mentioned about
turntables. I guess they don't produce "goodsound."

Phooey!

- Jay Schwartz



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From: [e-mail] (Jonathan M Perl)
Subject: Re: (exotica) High-end audio.....
Date: 28 May 1998 17:06:49 -0400


>I'm soliciting recommendations for high-end audio
>equipment......(turntable, speakers, amp, tape deck)

No 8-track tape player?

Jonny

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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) High-end audio.....
Date: 28 May 1998 17:59:42 -0500


At 05:50 PM 5/28/98, Jay Schwartz wrote:

>At Thu, 28 May 1998 10:26:22 -0500, Lou Smith wrote:
>>Try this site:
><http://www.goodsound.com>
>>This is a good site for info and recommendations on buying systems priced
>from US$600+.

>I checked out this site -- and there wasn't a word mentioned about
>turntables. I guess they don't produce "goodsound."

>Phooey!

I guess you didn't drill down to <http://www.goodsound.com/advice.html> .
Here's what they say about turntables:
Further Purchases
You will find links from the names of equipment manufacturers in the
following section. These links lead to the pages created by those
manufacturers on their own products. If you are interested in products
described here, you can use these links to learn more about them.

Products linked this way are of course recommended by us, but not any more
than unlinked products. The manufacturer linked to pays a fee. One or more
products of a manufacturers must be recommended in GoodSound for at least
four months for the manufacturer's products to be eligible for linking.

1.A turntable.
Despite the advent of the CD, the vinyl record has not entirely fallen by
the wayside. In fact, many audiophiles prefer records to CD's for the
former's rich, warm sound. Good turntables are available from Sota,
Pro-Ject, Rega, and (for a little more money) VPI. Plan on spending $400 or
more. The tonearms and cartridges that come with these turntables can be
upgraded later.

Note: If you buy a turntable, be sure that your receiver, integrated amp, or
preamp has a phono stage. The phono stage must match the type of cartridge
("MM", moving magnet, or "MC", moving coil) in your turntable. If you lack
the phono stage you need, you can buy it separately from Creek (cost, about
$200).


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From: [e-mail] (Jack Racine)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Switched on Bacharach (was: Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 29 May 1998 00:29:08 +0100


>u like something a little subtler, either of the "Switched on
>BACHARACH" records.  But I have that Moog Machine and if that's the best,

Basic Hip was nice enough to tape those two volumes for me, and they're
both great! I think I like the first one the best, and particulary What's
New Pussycat which is almost weirder than Perrey&Kingsley's most
experimental stuff!!

I seriously enjoy listening to moog music, I don't see why this kind of
music should be of less good quality then other genres...I have a
Perrey&Kingsley compilation with 26 songs and I definitely can listen to
that from start to end. Dick Hyman is pretty cool too. And yeah, I
definitely think his versions of both that James Brown song (Give It Up Or
TUrn It Loose) and the Booker T & The MG's track are much better than the
originals!

On another note, can you listees recommend the book "Easy! The Lexicon of
Lounge" by Dylan Jones?? I don't know anything about it apart from it has
some articles about Werner Muller, Francis Lai, The Sandpipers, Les Baxter
and many others.

Jack Racine

"On the first day God created man and woman; on the second, the vodka
martini, and on the third, the music of Burt Bacharach. And on the fourth,
man created rock and roll and ruined everything."
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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Pop Katalog Vol.1 / Postpsychedelic Paintings
Date: 29 May 1998 01:06:02 +0000


Subliminal Sounds wrote:

> Aloha Moritz!
> Hows the book coming? Can't wait to see it.

It's finished! Can't wait to get it!


> 20% is the Euro tax that's why non Euros doesn't have to pay it.
>
Euro tax?????

See you Mid June!

MO






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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Barcelona ???
Date: 29 May 1998 01:21:36 +0000


Almost forgot to ask:

Does anybody have any quick recommendations for BARCELONA, as I'll be
there for the coming weekend?

MO



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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Barcelona ???
Date: 28 May 1998 23:29:49 -0400


At 1:21 AM +0000 5/29/98, Moritz R wrote:

>Does anybody have any quick recommendations for BARCELONA, as I'll be
>there for the coming weekend?

Don't miss the great Bar Marsella, one of the world's only surviving
absinthe bars. Corner of San Jeronimo by the hospital in the old city.

We went to an EZ club as well, but after 3 glasses of absinthe [absenta en
Espagnol, and perfectly legal as well]..........I couldn't tell you where
it is!

Salud!

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From: Gary Mattingly <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) High-end audio.....
Date: 28 May 1998 21:12:03 -0700


Hello,

Stereophile - Recommended Components - April 1998 - p.105

D Category (um, A-C category have prices of $1850 to $29,000, noticed
    a price of $1200 but that was just a turntable power supply)
    Rega Planar 3 - $695 -  This is supposed to be a good buy
    Rega Planar 2 - $495 - review says to check the speed accuracy before
purchase

Also noted in C Category is VPI HW-19 IV for $1850 and it says there are still
some VPI MK III still available for $1250 that are very good).

Other possibilities:  Rockport Technologies Sirius II, SME Model 20,
Wilson Benesch, Simon York turntable/arm combo, Sumiko Pro-Ject 6.9,
VPI TNT MK1V, Well Tempered Record Player.

--   Gary S. Mattingly
--   [e-mail]
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Subject: (exotica) Re:  Barcelona
Date: 29 May 1998 05:22:07 EDT


Isn't there a Tiki bar in Barcelona that has live birds flying about?


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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Otto Empire Strikes Back
Date: 29 May 1998 05:23:11 EDT


Latest gigs
(please email me directly if you wish not to know this)

Friday, June 5
10 pm
$5.00

Jumbo Shrimp and the Aquamen
play the first of Tiki News' Summer Surf partys at
Hotel Utah
Bryant and Third Street, San Francisco

The partys continue the first Friday of the month as long as summer lasts

Next dj gig is at Cafe DuNord
Wednesday, June 17
10 pm
between sets by SF's two best surf bands
(not counting Jumbo Shrimp and Aquamen of course!)
Pollo del Mar & the Aqua Velvets
Cafe DuNord is on Market near Sanchez near the Castro District of SF

and
Saturday, July 4
7:30 - 11:30
Free
Radio Valencia


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From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 29 May 1998 12:09:02 +0100






Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
05/29/98 07:09 AM


cc:


Hang on a minute. What am I saying? Of course Switched on Rock is not the
best moog record. Perhaps I've gone mad. Jean Jacques' Moog Inidigo, Happy
Moog, In Sound from Way Out, Best of the Moog, Mig Mag Moog and Gershon,
Hyman, Hayman etc. are all excellent. And there's plenty more.

And what about Chatta Mooga Choo Choo (honestly)



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From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  Barcelona
Date: 29 May 1998 13:46:57 +0000


[e-mail] wrote:

> Isn't there a Tiki bar in Barcelona that has live birds flying about?

I wish there would! Can anybody confirm it? Do we have people from Spain in
the list at all?

MO




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From: **CNM*** <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Barcelona
Date: 29 May 1998 14:59:57 +0300 (IDT)




i'm traveling to barcelona in the next week and
if anyone knows the name of this supposed tiki bar (if it actually does
exist), i'd love to have it before i go ... and if not, i'll do a little
investigating while i'm there.
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Thrift Scores
Date: 29 May 1998 13:11:36 UT



Hooray, my first thrift list!
Unfortunately, it's not that hot, but still interesting.  I went south to St.
Petersburg to visit my 'rents and stopped by a thrift store on the way.  Someone
had just dumped a fabulously maintained collection of interesting looking stuff,
so I dropped a couple bucks and ended up with mostly a good deal of crap.  But
there were some good finds.

Ray Charles Singers: Very Best Of  (MGM-E/SE 4257)
and
Spring, Spring, Spring (Metro-MS 507)

Um, no thanks.  This sort of choral palp is not for me.  Fairly dull
orchestrations and choral parts, pretty much straight out of the Lawrence Welk
era.  Actually, a lot of this was.

The Sandpipers: Guantanamara (A&M 117)
Good Lord, who's demented idea was this?  These cats were on some severe
barbituates.  Plus they sing all in Spanish.  Pretty lame, except for the
unbelievable cover of Louie Louie, with all Spanish lyrics and this bizarre
Quaalude-induced slo-mo style.  Excellent, but repeatedly listenable?  We'll
see...


The John Keating Orchestra and Singers (okay, look, I'm new at this, all right?
It LOOKED good...): Temptation (LondonSP 44019)
Oh boy, the cover screams "Phase 4 Stereo + i.m.20c.r.!" Whatever that means.
Plus the gatefold has a little piece of tissue that covers part of it to
demonstrate where the tracks are located in stereo or some bizarre thing.  How
could this be bad?  Well, the orchestrations are decent enough, though not
particularly excellent.  The problem is that the singers do the standard choral
schmaltz thing in the Lawrence Welk style. (it's a trend in the stuff I got...)
One track sticks out, "Blues in the Night" but just because there's a weird bass
part for one of the singers at the beginning and end, although the rest isn't
BAD, really.  I'd consider hearing it again.

Norman Luboff Choir: Apasionada  (RCA LSP-2341)
See, I got spoiled by Bob Thompson, who rules.  How could all these cool Spanish
titles be bad?  And such a bright orange and red cool cover.  But alas, Welkitis
strikes again and it SUCKS.  Not a good tune to be had.  So sad.  What a waste
of a nice cover.

King Richard's Flugel Knights: Cabaret (MTA 5003)
Sigh, it looked so promising, but again, slow and low, that is the tempo.  Yawn
city, fellas.  Well, at least it wasn't bad.  It just wasn't good.  Another
disappointment.

12 TOP HITS (Modern Sound 1057)
Some generic thing, but it segued from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly to Yummy
Yummy Yummy and included Blue Velvet and Mony Mony.  But it's just a budget
piece of garbage.  Again, so much potential.

Walter Wanderly: Rain Forest (Verve 6-8658)
Very nice record.  Bu that's about it.  No snazz, like Dee or Hyman.  Just nice
on this, very quiet, very laid back.  It reminded me of shopping with my
grandmother at the Maas Brothers department store.  Is all his stuff so quiet?
Or is there any really bouncy Wanderly?  I'm keeping it, and do listen to it,
but it's not what I had expected.


Charles Magnante, His Accordion and Orchestra (Command RS 869 SD)
Oh yeah, produced by Enoch Light, I knew I couldn't go wrong.  This was what I
had hoped for from Apasionada and Wanderly.  High tempo, swinging latin beats,
with great accordion playing which always fits right in with that latin sound.
MMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.


Anyway, I got more to add later, plus I spent some real cash at a great store
called Bananas, which has tons of pretty records, all mint or near mint
condition.  Malhereusment, the minimum price is six bucks.  But I got Walter
Kime/Brass Choir and Dick Hyman's Electrodynamics, which is great.  I also
shelled 19 bucks for Fever and Smoke by the Three Suns.  Well, where else is a
non-thrifting Joe like me gonna get a copy?  They had a 10" by the Suns too,
that had the Doll Dance on it that I almost bought (plus Movin' and Shakin or
Groovin' or whatever else that album is), but I figured my wife would only let
me buy one 19 dollar album at a time.  Ah well.

Anyone know if that 10" is any good?  It had a bunch of other nice tunes on it
as well.

Hasta accordionada,
PeterR


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Subject: Re: (exotica) fwd: Swing Site
Date: 29 May 1998 08:21:45 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-28 12:06:55 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Any Swing Goes

 With more than 125 swing band links, the people behind this site are
 serious about swing music. You can find current news, show reviews,
 interviews with revival artists and genre coverage includes swing,
 big band, jump blues and rockabilly. In addition to the music, you
 can also find information on swing dancing and culture. You can also
 find out about a companion San Diego area radio show.
 World Wide Web: http://www.anyswinggoes.com  >>

SWING CULTURE??????!!!!
Catch this one quick folks, before this goes the way of my favorite Lambada
site.

For all of you on the East Coast I'm collecting funds to raise a Swing
firewall at the Mississippi before anymore swing culture reaches the eastern
seaboard.

Any movement that heralds Joe Jackson's "Jumpin' Jive" album as a
quintessential classic and features 6 or more musicans fronting zoot suit
dressing bad singers deserves all our efforts of containment. Please help.

Ashley (come and get me swing boys)


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From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 29 May 1998 06:00:57 PDT



Having spent my teen years in the 1970s, I never thought I would ever
want to hear sysnthesized sounds again (Kraftwerk excepted): of course I
was oblivious then of Perrey & Kingsley, Mort Garson, Chris Stone, etc.

And, speaking of Stone, though his lp, The Music of Gatsby: Turned On
Joplin is not an early Moog record (1974), it is truly strange, fun -
and quite upbeat.

Er, my wife also recommends headphones.

waugh


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From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape -Reply
Date: 29 May 1998 09:51:59 -0400


The wives out there know what they're talking about!!!!


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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  Barcelona
Date: 29 May 1998 11:32:01 -0400


At 5:22 AM -0400 5/29/98, <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Isn't there a Tiki bar in Barcelona that has live birds flying about?

you're about 300 miles off, Otto.........that's the Bar Hawaiiano (at Plaza
Santa Ana) in Madrid.

Wonder if they make a Dr.Funk with Absinthe instead of Pernod?

br cleve




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Proof that Bill Gates is Satan
Date: 29 May 1998 22:27:12 -0400


from the Orchestra List
* * * * * * * * * * * * *

Microsoft Mozart

The classically-minded may have noted a new TV ad for Microsoft's
Internet Explorer e-mail program, which uses the musical theme of the
"Confutatis Maledictis" from Mozart's Requiem.

"Where do you want to go today?" is the cheery line on the screen.

Meanwhile, the chorus sings "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus
addictis," which means "The damned and accursed are convicted to flames
of hell."



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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Proof that Bill Gates is Satan
Date: 30 May 1998 01:06:48 -0400


Like we needed proof?


cheryl


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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Oh my Jack Lord, June 6
Date: 30 May 1998 01:51:54 EDT



> TIKI NEWS & SPACELAND PRESENT

> A TRIBUTE TO

> JACK LORD (JOHN JOSEPH PATRICK RYAN)

> 1920-1998

> Featuring American Made music by

> the Roulettes

> King Kukulele

> Poetry By

>  DAVID L. CORRICK

> Saturday, June 6 @ Sundown

> 1722 Silverlake Blvd 213-665-0800

>

> JACK LORD ISLANDS

> Dublin and Honolulu

> Metropolitan Areas

>

> > King Kukulele AKA Denny Moynihan plays Hawaiian Swing Hits on a uke.  He

> > is a surpher from Orange County (so I've heard), now living in

> > Silverlake.

> >

Corrick, the West Coast's leading expert on Jack Lord will play his

Irish penny flute with conga accompaniment between pomes.


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From: Matt Hinrichs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: REVIEW> Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "FutureMuzik"
Date: 29 May 1998 23:09:14 -0700


I have a review of this, too! It was just posted on THE ARIZONA
REPUBLIC's Arizona Central's website:

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/cdreviews/0528thomas.shtml

Warning: I'm one of the few here who was kinda disappointed by it.

- Matt


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Subject: (exotica) Exclusive for the Eclectropoppers !
Date: 30 May 1998 03:32:32 EDT


H o l a   A m i g o s

I hope that there is a few european people reading this list :

(I should write european-happy-people)

I'm proud to announce that on july the first in Brussel, Belgium
there will be an exclusive concert of JEAN JACQUES PERREY himself, playing
with Thee Eclektricks, the band recently founded by his accomplice CHAZAM
(votre serviteur) and it's going to be very eclektronic and excentric !
So many analog synths on stage ! (Jean-the-poor-guy-Jarre is gonna cry !!!!!!)

Monsieur GADOU will play the funky-wah-fuzz-whammy-doddy-stony guitar
ROLF will play the brand exotic EXAGONE electronic accordion
HARVEY will rumble the fat sub basses
JEAN JACQUES will show and play the mighty ONDIOLINE
And I'm gonna beat the heads of the flabby sorcerer....

COME !

It's going to be during the
"Klinken de Munt" festival,
at the BEURSSCHOWBURG,
in the right center of the center of Brussel
July the first, 23H

Ask me if you want to know more

chazbam

I will certainly send this again...


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrift Scores
Date: 30 May 1998 06:54:01 -0400


At 01:11 PM 29/05/98 UT, [e-mail] wrote:

>The John Keating Orchestra and Singers (okay, look, I'm new at this, all
right?
>It LOOKED good...): Temptation (LondonSP 44019)
>Oh boy, the cover screams "Phase 4 Stereo + i.m.20c.r.!" Whatever that means.

Whatever that means???!! Well everyone knows what that means.  It means...
it means it's like the other Phase 4 records.

>Plus the gatefold has a little piece of tissue that covers part of it to
>demonstrate where the tracks are located in stereo or some bizarre thing.

Bizarre???!! What's bizarre about wanting to know exactly how a record was
recorded?  I don't buy a record unless there's a diagram showing microphone
placement.

 > The problem is that the singers do the standard choral
>schmaltz thing in the Lawrence Welk style. (it's a trend in the stuff I
got...)
>One track sticks out, "Blues in the Night" but just because there's a
weird bass
>part for one of the singers at the beginning and end, although the rest isn't
>BAD, really.  I'd consider hearing it again.

I suggest you give another listen to the title cut.  I think the horn
arrangements are really cool.  And the singers are remarkably restrained.
And "Whatever Lola wants" Lola gets in my household.



>Walter Wanderly: Rain Forest (Verve 6-8658)
>Very nice record.  Bu that's about it.  No snazz, Is all his stuff so quiet?
>Or is there any really bouncy Wanderly?

I don't know what you mean by bouncy exactly but yeah there is snazzier
Walter.  But of course, some people prefer the non-snazzy.






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From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Barcelona ???
Date: 30 May 1998 05:26:57 PDT




You must see the stuffed african warrior! I dont know in what museum he
stands, but when the olympic games were held in Barcelona the African
countrys refused to come if the warrior wasnt buried.

He is still there...


Have fun, see you in June!

Me ka pumehana,
Magnus

>Does anybody have any quick recommendations for BARCELONA, as I'll be
>there for the coming weekend?

>MO

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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Wine
Date: 30 May 1998 05:46:15 PDT



I bought four bottles of white wine yesterday, because the picture on
the front featured three easter island tikis :)

Santa Digna is the name of the wine, I dunno if its bottled here in
Sweden, but the grapes is from Chile.

All swedish exoticats must have at least two bottles in there pad.

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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Wine
Date: 30 May 1998 05:46:30 PDT



I bought four bottles of white wine yesterday, because the picture on
the front featured three easter island tikis :)

Santa Digna is the name of the wine, I dunno if its bottled here in
Sweden, but the grapes is from Chile.

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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Wine
Date: 30 May 1998 05:46:40 PDT



I bought four bottles of white wine yesterday, because the picture on
the front featured three easter island tikis :)

Santa Digna is the name of the wine, I dunno if its bottled here in
Sweden, but the grapes is from Chile.

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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Wine
Date: 30 May 1998 05:46:49 PDT



I bought four bottles of white wine yesterday, because the picture on
the front featured three easter island tikis :)

Santa Digna is the name of the wine, I dunno if its bottled here in
Sweden, but the grapes is from Chile.

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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Wine
Date: 30 May 1998 05:47:00 PDT



I bought four bottles of white wine yesterday, because the picture on
the front featured three easter island tikis :)

Santa Digna is the name of the wine, I dunno if its bottled here in
Sweden, but the grapes is from Chile.

All swedish exoticats must have at least two bottles in there pad.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrift Scores
Date: 30 May 1998 08:51:06 -0500


>The Sandpipers: Guantanamara (A&M 117)
>... except for the unbelievable cover of Louie Louie, with all Spanish
lyrics...Excellent,  > but repeatedly listenable?  We'll see...

Yes, this is the stand out track on this album and yes, the whole album
may not be a record that spends a lot of time on your turntable. I
suggest putting Louie,Louie on a comp tape  and then saver the rest of
the album on special occasions.


>Norman Luboff Choir: Apasionada  (RCA LSP-2341)
>See, I got spoiled by Bob Thompson, who rules.  How could all these cool
>Spanish
>titles be bad?  And such a bright orange and red cool cover.  But alas,
>Welkitis
>strikes again and it SUCKS.  Not a good tune to be had.  So sad.  What a
>waste
>of a nice cover.

Whoa there! My suggestion to you is to start a section in your collection
of stuff you don't like at present and then in a year from now you can
dip back into it and re-discover these forgotten treasures. You might be
surprised that you'll come around to Mr. Luboff and his choir, althouh I
must admit that it's a tough step and took me nearly five years.If you
ever see a copy of Luboff's Songs of the Carribean or Calypso Holidy
don't pass it up, for although most of the album is comprised of silly
calypso tunes (which I still CAN'T get into) these albums do contain the
incredible song BAMBOO TAMBOO. A most essential song in any exotica
collection.

Having just done a show titled "The Haunted Voices of the Norman Luboff
Choir" I can attest to some of the strengths of the album Apassionada.
Although the version of Jungle Drums pales in comparison to some more
overtly exotica version, it does have some merits as a nice choral
arrangement. The tune Nightingale is superb and is a perfect example of
my notion of the "haunted" sound in Luboff's choir.

Also, In conjuring up the name of Mr. Welk as a blanket term for stuff
you don't like will keep you from hearing the subtlties of the artists in
question.

Not to defend the MOR crap of Welk.

Which reminds me, never pass up on George Cates' Polynesian album just
because it says "Lawrence Welk Presents" on the cover.



>King Richard's Flugel Knights: Cabaret (MTA 5003)
Not to negate all the open minded thoughts I've been trying to convey
but, I absolutely Hated this album when I first listened to it.
Maybe I should heed my own advice and give it another spin.


Well back to the records...
Frank

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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ray Charles Singers
Date: 30 May 1998 10:47:13 EDT


I accidentally deleted the original message, but one of you cats recently
wrote about a thrift shop purchase and mentioned not liking a Ray Charles
Singers LP (I've forgotten which one.)

Just wanted to mention there is one Ray Charles Singers LP to pick up if you
see it.  It may have been issued under more than one title, but the one I have
is called Command Performance in 35mm (the gimmick -- the album was recorded
on 35mm film for "high quality" sound.) Anyway, most of this album is boring,
but there is a very cool "Hawaiian War Chant" on it. I used to always play
this song whenever I would have  a party.  I've had this record over 10 years
and this version still cracks me up everytime I hear it.

The record to not pass up (at thrift shop prices anyway) is Dick Van Dyke with
the Ray Charles Singers "Songs I Like". Not a good singer, but the
arrangements are imaginative and interesting (ridiculous and fun may be
another way to put it.)

Final note: For any not in the know, the Ray Charles Singers have nothing to
do with the famous songwriter/performer Ray Charles.  The Ray Charles in
question here is kind of a second rate Ray Conniff wannabe. I think the
Singers used to do backup for Perry Como on tv in the 60's.

Remember, when in a thrift shop, why pass up any good condition LP for $1.00
or less. You may rrun across someone who is dying to get it later. (Ofcourse,
ALWAYS avoid all mainstream 70's rock)

Larry


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Exclusive for the Eclectropoppers !
Date: 30 May 1998 11:57:26 EDT


Since we are on the moog topic, I just picked up the Jean Jacques Perrey and
David Chazam ECLEKTRONICS LP.

One of my top scores of the year!!!!

Titles:

what's up duck?
analog dialog
doc tequil and mister h
clones war
an elephant on the roof
cyberbugs time machine
neutronia

No review - i'll let someone else put into words it's magical qualities.

AND my wife likes it - so there!





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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray Charles Singers
Date: 30 May 1998 12:53:35 -0400


At 10:47 AM 30/05/98 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Just wanted to mention there is one Ray Charles Singers LP to pick up if you
>see it.

Once upon a time, I thrilled to every time I saw the word Command or Enoch
on a record.  I had a dozen Ray Charles singers just for that reason.  Now
I only own "McArthur Park" and the psychedelic-covered "Slices of Life"
which boasts "the new contemporary sound of the R.C.S".
And the only remaining "Enoch Light Singers" record is "Whoever you are I
love you" mostly for "Born to be wild" and "hello I love you".. which
generated my most successful outgoing message of all time.
Also the latter has this cool picture of Enoch smoking a pipe.  Or I assume
it's him.
Yeah selling all those lovely-looking Command records at the record store
that day, including a bunch of Tony Mottola's, was a bit like penance but I
managed it.  Still I can't help reacting everytime I see one of those
Commands.  My hand still darts out for them.

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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frank Gorshin enquiry
Date: 30 May 1998 22:46:37 +0100


Frank Gorshin

Not sure if he's an actor/singer or singer/actor.  Did a great
job as the Riddler in the TV Batman series, but I once saw him
do vocal impersonations.  His Andy Williams was the best.

Did he ever sing in his own right?  Is he still about?

Thanks, Hugh.

PS   Not seen a posting from Jessica for a while.
Everything ok, FVJ-wise?


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From: Eb <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Dmitri from Paris
Date: 30 May 1998 15:32:30 -0700


Hi,

I'm assuming that several of you have the Dmitri From Paris album, now
available on Atlantic in the States after being an import-only release for
quite some time.

Anyway, my question: The CD's hidden bonus track is based around a repeated
sample of someone saying, "I like lots of things, but there are three
things I like most: love, love and love." Does anyone know the source of
this line? I'm guessing that it's either a Claudine Longet line from "The
Party," or a Audrey Hepburn line from "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Help?

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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Frank Gorshin enquiry
Date: 30 May 1998 21:31:00 -0400


Hugh Petfield wrote:
>
> Frank Gorshin - Did he ever sing in his own right?  Is he still about?

I don't know if he's still singing, but he was just in a movie.
(Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs, by Guy Maddin, 1997 - and this is a very
exotic movie in its own special way!)  So he's still around...

cheryl


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From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For The Single Eye, May 31
Date: 30 May 1998 21:54:08 -0400


"The Single Eye" can be heard every Sunday at 4pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and is hosted by Brian and Cheryl. Comments &
questions welcome.

May 31 - Tnis week's show is a Psychedelic Dance Party...


Gert Wilden:  Hong Kong Twist  "I Told You Not To Cry"

Vampires Sound Incorporation:  Droge CX-9  "Vampyros Lesbos:Psychedelic
Dance Party"

Bernard Gerard:  Le Crocodile Porte-Cle  "Stereo-Ultra"

The Golden Pot:  Take One  "Stereo-Ultra"

Francis Lai:  Le Theme d'Olivier  "Stereo-Ultra"

Max Greger & Sein Orchester:  Soul House  "Get Easy Vol. 4"

Howard Carpendale:  Du Hast Mich  "Get Easy Vol. 4"

James Last:  Aquarius  "Get Easy Vol. 4"

Lilian Atterer & Das Orchester Maurice Pop:  Weil Ich So Sexy Bin  "Get
Easy Vol. 4"

Brigitte Bardot:  Contact  "Best of BB"

101 Strings:  Orbit Fantasy  "Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000"

Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra:  Traitors  "Futuremuzik"

France Gall:  Jazz A Go-Go  "Greatest Hits"

101 Strings:  Where Were You In 1982  "Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year
2000"

Peter Covent Band:  Spinning Wheel  "Get Easy Vol. 4"

Pierro Piccioni:  Per le Strade di Roma  "Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 2"

Armando Trovaioli:  Bada Caterina  "Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 2"

Nico Fidenco:  London Streets  "Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 2"

Vampires Sound Incorporation:  Dedicated to Love  "Vampyros
Lesbos:Psychedelic Dance Party"


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From: Mark Turner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Dmitri from Paris
Date: 30 May 1998 21:32:23 -0700 (PDT)


> Anyway, my question: The CD's hidden bonus track is based around a repeated
> sample of someone saying, "I like lots of things, but there are three
> things I like most: love, love and love." Does anyone know the source of
> this line? I'm guessing that it's either a Claudine Longet line from "The
> Party," or a Audrey Hepburn line from "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Help?

Unfortunately I can't answer your question, but I *can* tell you
that the title of the hidden track is "Toujours L'Amore."  It
originally appeared on the "Shibuya Connection" EP by Dimitri
"of Tokyo" (Disorient Recordings).

--
Mark Turner         | "Slow Train to Dawn" with Rocky Rococo
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From: Sophisticated Savage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 31 May 1998 05:34:16 -0700 (PDT)


On the topic moog, I have to mention
Pierre Henry "Mass for Today" LP on Limelight label.
Not really a moog record, but you get demented
electronic/electroacustic sounds over cool psychdelic rockmusic .
Way-out and a must have to all into moog/electronica.
First track "Psyche Rock" will blow your mind!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Frank Gorshin enquiry
Date: 31 May 1998 09:50:30 -0500



>Frank Gorshin
>
>Not sure if he's an actor/singer or singer/actor.  Did a great
>job as the Riddler in the TV Batman series, but I once saw him
>do vocal impersonations.  His Andy Williams was the best.
>
>Did he ever sing in his own right?

Gorshin cut a single called "The Riddler" which shows up on the
incredible Psycho Seranade album. He doesn't really "sing" but it's a
great song with the riddle-then-answer dialogue between Gorshin (the
Riddler) and the background vocalists. Norton mailorder carries this LP.



>Is he still about?

I seem to remember hearing that he died a couple of years ago.

Frank

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Basic Hip Moog Tape
Date: 31 May 1998 11:51:39 EDT


<< On the topic moog, I have to mention
 Pierre Henry "Mass for Today" LP on Limelight label. >>

i've never seen the original LP, but parts of the above title, Le Voyage and
the "creaking door" variations can all be found on the MESSE POUR TEMPS
PRESENT CD.

Also, I'm still waiting for my first crack at Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan's
SONG OF THE SECOND MOON, which is on the same label.

Spinning Wheel (Pop Boutique's Marcus Hacker and Reinhard Wimmer)
has released a new collection of early synthesizer recordings with a funky,
groovy feel called POP ELECTRONIQUE.


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The Gentle People
Date: 31 May 1998 19:34:02 +0200


>Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 09:31:37 -0800
>From: Jack <[e-mail]>

>THE GENTLE PEOPLE
>Soundtracks For Living
>Anyone have any comments on this release ?

    i think you'll fall asleep listening to that one, Jack ;-)
    it's nice, smooth, soothing, relaxed, spacey, but after awhile
    also a bit boring IMO.
    outer space new age, space muzak, Kraftwerk on a valium overdose,
    cyberspace age Klaus Schulze... get the idea?

        Johan


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From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mandingo
Date: 31 May 1998 21:22:58 +0100


hi all

Just scored Mandingo's eponymous album from 1973 (for three quid, yet!) and
and kinda intrigued by it ... for the uninitiated, it's a strange mixture of
70s rock-ish studio sounds, exotic percussion, strings and brass - there are
some Mandingo cuts on the first "Sound Gallery" LP.

What I was wondering was, who were "Mandingo" (apart from EMI session muso
Mike Vickers) and what was the story behind the records? There's also a
connection with someone/something called "Tantra", does anyone have any
info?

also, was there a quad mix !?!?!

groovily

Phil




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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Black Orpheus, Blue Note
Date: 31 May 1998 17:01:27 -0400


Bravo (USA) has a couple of notable items airing on tv this week (eastern
daylight times).

"Black Orpheus" (1958) The classic and dream-like French/Brazilian
co-production. With classic and dream-like soundtrack by Jobim/Bonfa. Wednesday
at 5:15pm and Thursday at 11:00am.

Part 1 of a documentary on the Blue Note label. Thursday night/Friday morning
at 10:00pm and 1:00am.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) We've had Blues Brothers 2000, what about Bedazzled 1999?!
Date: 01 Jun 1998 00:29:43 +0000


Did we know about this (culled from www.imdb.com)?!

Bedazzled (1999)
USA 1999
Produced by:     20th Century Fox [us]
Language:           English
Genre/keyword:    _Comedy_

Production Notes/Status
 Status:                 Pre-production
 Last Updated:     2 February 1998

Directed by     Harold Ramis

Written by     Larry Gelbart

Original music by George Fenton

Links with other titles
remake of  Bedazzled (1967)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry...


Robbie

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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Space Safari?
Date: 01 Jun 1998 00:29:43 +0000


My jaw dropped significantly last week when I came across this title
at www.recordfinders.com:

> MONTENEGRO, HUGO  SPACE SAFARI  B/W THEME:BUNNY LAKE IS MIS.
> RCA 8707

As some of you may know, I ran a club here in Edinburgh last year
called Space Safari but I *swear* I didn't know old Hugo had bagged
the name before me!  Has anyone heard this?  What is it like and
what LP (if any) did it appear on?

Intrigued of Edinburgh,


Robbie

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From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) We've had Blues Brothers 2000, what about Bedazzled 1999?!
Date: 31 May 1998 20:24:04 EDT


Bedazzled was such a great movie, but now with Peter Cook being gone,,,,
Why all these remakes - I'm sure a lot of people like me would rather see a
theatrical re-release and get to see a great movie like Bedazzled on the "big"
screen.

Thanks for the post on this one,

Larry


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Buddy Merrill
Date: 31 May 1998 16:35:02 +0000


I have recently been exploring the music of guitarist Buddy Merrill and
finding it more fascinating.  There's not too much information about him,
until now.  His daughter, Cheryl, is trying to build up more interest in
his music.  I found I already owned a couple of his albums (he has a
version of Caravan I like).  If you don't know him already, or if you do,
you might want to check out a new website:

http://buddymerrill.com

(I hope I got the slashes correctly.  It's tough going from DOS to Unix and
back again. If it doesn't work, use the backslash instead!)

Do give her feedback on the site! I have been told it works differently for
different browsers.  My Netscape 3.0, for instance, doesn't play the music
automatically and none of the audio/video links work for me.

Byron

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Jantzen, Manson, Schmanzen
Date: 31 May 1998 16:35:15 +0000


The Goodwill As-Is store has been pretty poor pickings lately, but today I
found
a very small number of interesting items.

One I got purely on local interest.  Apparently, back in the 1960's,
Jantzen was a Portland, Oregon based company which specialized in women's
clothing.  I am not sure if the company is around anymore, but people still
go to Jantzen Beach in Portland for shopping, so the name survives.  I
think the company started by making swimwear and then expanded.

Anyway, just as I was about to scoop up my few records, I found this 5 inch
record.  I would have missed it.  Anyway, the paper cover says "Richard
Hayes sings just wear a smile and a jantzen (r) Music and lyrics by Michael
Brown" with a picture of a woman dancing.  The reverse features a boyish
picture of Mr. Hayes.  The record inside had the small center hole, so it
was a 33 1/3.  One side had the featured song, the other was Eddy Manson's
Nightbeat.  I figured this was worth it...I already knew and liked the Eddy
Manson cut.

The music on both sides was neat. Brown did a good job getting Jantzen
mentioned frequently in the song and it was fun.  The copy on the cover was
also amusing:

"Everywhere the Jantzen girl of '60 goes love is sure to find her.  Fly it
from the campus flagpole--the news is Jantzen every time a fraternity pin
lands on a fluffly sweater, or a roaring lacrosse player curls up like a
kitten and purrs.  It's more than her smile of fond largesse that makes
boys so digress--it's the great look of her hobnail sweather.  The flip of
a deeply pleated skirt.  The swagger of long lean pants.  And they're all
Jantzen's, pure destiny-kissed.  This warm heady feeling evoked the Jantzen
Smile Song.  It was written with a girl in mind, one you'll immediately
take to heart.  So, spin our platter through your hi-fi a few times.  Then,
when the mood strikes, start dancin' for Jantzen, it's the key to sweet
romancin'. "

Yeah, right.

So, what's Richard Hayes to anyone out there?

Also got Switched on Bacharach by Christopher Scott, Decca 75141.  I liked
some of the renditions better than the more popular versions!  Too bad the
vinyl was flawed on both sides  (the vinyl blurbs out a little in the
middle of a cut).

Marcy Sings, Word Records K-704.  I'm not into God records, but the cover
was worth it.  Besides, Marcy Tigner is a local and her records have
interesting associations.

Baja Marimba Band Rides Again  A&M SP 4109.  There is no use in denying it:
I used to avoid buying Herb Alpert or Baja Marimba Band records because
they I thought them TOO popular.  I had obviously heard Herb Alpert, but
surprisingly I had never listened to any BMB. Because BMB was publicized so
much alongside the more popular Herb Alpert, I assumed I had already heard
too much of BMB when in fact I had not heard any!  Today I hear older
Alpert records with new appreciative ears and am discovering BMB for the
first time.  I like it and can definitely hear the simularities of some of
BMB's music with Arthur Lyman's (BMB's Julius Wechter used to be in Lyman's
group).  I like best the Woody Woodpecker Song on  this album.

Byron


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From:    Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Buddy Merrill
Date: 31 May 1998 21:14:43 -0400


At 04:35 PM 31/05/98 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>I have recently been exploring the music of guitarist Buddy Merrill and
>finding it more fascinating.  If you don't know him already, or if you do,
>you might want to check out a new website:

I have one album of his and I pilfer it for tapes constantly. And the
record, "Land of a thousand guitars", doesn't seem to be mentioned on the
website.  I'd say it's one of my most reliable records but I've never seen
another one.

Nat



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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exclusive for the Eclectropoppers !
Date: 31 May 1998 18:33:26 -0700


>From: [e-mail]
>Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 03:32:32 EDT

>H o l a   A m i g o s
>
>I hope that there is a few european people reading this list :
>
>(I should write european-happy-people)
>
>I'm proud to announce that on july the first in Brussel, Belgium
>there will be an exclusive concert of JEAN JACQUES PERREY himself, playing
>with Thee Eclektricks, the band recently founded by his accomplice CHAZAM
>(votre serviteur) and it's going to be very eclektronic and excentric !
>So many analog synths on stage ! (Jean-the-poor-guy-Jarre is gonna cry
!!!!!!)
>
>Monsieur GADOU will play the funky-wah-fuzz-whammy-doddy-stony guitar
>ROLF will play the brand exotic EXAGONE electronic accordion
>HARVEY will rumble the fat sub basses
>JEAN JACQUES will show and play the mighty ONDIOLINE
>And I'm gonna beat the heads of the flabby sorcerer....
>
>COME !
>
>It's going to be during the
>"Klinken de Munt" festival,
>at the BEURSSCHOWBURG,
>in the right center of the center of Brussel
>July the first, 23H
>
>Ask me if you want to know more
>
>chazbam
>
>I will certainly send this again...
>
>



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From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Typo on JJ Perry LP Price
Date: 31 May 1998 18:38:04 -0700


Hello all,

I had a wrong price on the new Jean Jacques Perry-ECLEKTRONICS LP

It's $16, not $18

It freakin' rules BIG TIME and I have just been informed that the 1st 1,000
LP pressing has sold out in 10 Days, so get 'em from WHOMEVER while you can!

Later,
Jack

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Magnus is correct!
Date: 01 Jun 1998 01:16:00 -0400


>My only Jimmy Carrol is a Cock Laboratories 10" is called "Speed the
>parting guest". and seems to contain the same tracks you've got on
>yours.

That's it.  I wrote this from work, away from the album.
Brian Phillips
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Black Orpheus
Date: 01 Jun 1998 01:31:40 -0400


>"Black Orpheus" (1958) The classic and dream-like French/Brazilian
>co-production. With classic and dream-like soundtrack by Jobim/Bonfa.
Wednesday
>at 5:15pm and Thursday at 11:00am.

Outside of having one of the greatest intros of any movie, the female lead,
Marpessa Dawn, was in a dance class taught by my mother!

Cool by association,
Brian Phillips
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