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Subject: exotica Digest V2 #16
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Precedence:
exotica Digest Monday, 15 July 1996 Volume 02 : Number 016
In this issue:
happy birthday to me
Re: 78S?
Re: Flight FINAL
78's
Re: It's my birthday !
Re: 78's
Re: The Crime Scene - Hidden Track
Re: It's my birthday !
sergio mendes - brasil '65
Re: BAXTER'S "LOST EPISODE"
101 Strings - Astro Sounds
Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
Wild Eye
Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
exotica Digest V2 #10
Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
dmitri, schuldmachen, etc.
Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc.
Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc.
Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday !
Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday !
rykodisc
Re: rykodisc
rykodisc
Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday !
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From: "Laura Taylor" <laura@wusf.usf.edu>
Date: 12 Jul 1996 14:04:55 -0400
Subject: happy birthday to me
NAME: Laura Taylor-aka"Lounge Laura"
D-O-B: 5-5-67
SIGN: Taurus
LIKES: Old records, some new records, old furniture,no new furniture, new
vinyl clothes and old, dead rock stars, The Space Age, analog
DISLIKES: Most of the modern world, except for new vinyl clothes
OCCUPATION: Public Radio News Director
AVOCATION: Chanteuse for punk-rock band and Thereminist-not-extraordinaire
now you know the truth about this exoti-kit
Happy Birthday, Jack...wish I could hear your show.
------------------------------
From: sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille)
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 21:02:28 -0500
Subject: Re: 78S?
On Jul 12, 8:50am, Laurie Chase wrote:
> Those old 78 players are just about everywhere. It really depends on
> what kind you want and in what condition. You can find them in antique
> stores, thrift stores, and at places that specialize in old radios,
If you want a high-quality deck, you might try radio stations. At least in
Germany, the predominant brands of broadcast turntables (Siemens, Telefunken)
had a 78 selector at least up into the late seventies, and stations are turning
out most of their old equipment to go digital right now.
> etc. There are many kinds:
>
> There are the handcrank kind that you don't have to plug in
> (and the speaker is on the arm), there are the kind that are furniture
> (cool if you have the room), and there are the kind you find in thrift
> stores, portable or otherwise. Some will only play the real old ones,
> some will play them all. It is a big variety that you just have to
> experiment with. But it is a cheap and fun hobbie.
Well, records were intended for an extremely short lifetime on these beasts,
which makes them a unlikely choice to play back a music collectors records.
What is worse, some late 78s are vinyl, and they are not supposed to be played
back with a steel stylus at all - vinyl being far too soft and elastic for a
>25g pickup.
>
> As for the stylis, the big, thick 78 ones aren't really that important.
> It just depends on what your player NEEDS. If you have a player that uses
> one, just check with your local old radio fix-it guy. I am sure that
> he'd like to get rid of the ones he has had for 60 years. No matter
> what somebody says, the needle isn't too important. These are OLD
> RECORDS that have been through hell, and no prissy modern needle can
> kill them. Trust me on this.
Nope. 78s have a wide groove - microgroove needles tend to pick up more dirt
and scratches than signal from them. And 78s are usually made from shellac with
pretty abrasive mineral fillers which may grind the tip off your microgroove
needle within a few sessions - this probably won't hurt the 78, but it could
cause severe damage to every microgroove record played back later on.
I'd neither recommend mechanical steel-stylus players nor an up-to-date
microgroove needle. However, most old stereo players available from thrift
shops have pickups with flip-over wide/microgroove needles, for which
replacements are still available. There are even some professional 78 pickups
still listed in catalogues.
> To clean 78's, I have heard it all. But honestly, the best way is with
> Windex and towels. IT WILL NOT DAMAGE THEM. They are not flimsy vinyl
> that will warp and crack. They can take everything imaginable, but
> they ARE breakable, no matter what the old labels say.
Alcohol and ammonia are common shellac solvents. Whatever cleaner you use, make
sure it contains neither - Windex sounds rather questionable in that respect.
Shellac is a natural and pretty impure substance. In my experience shellac
records may even be fatally damaged by long exposure to water, and soap and
detergents tend to make matters worse. I'd suggest nothing but a brief
treatment with distilled water.
Sevo
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From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth)
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:00:19 -0500
Subject: Re: Flight FINAL
Ok , does any one know the God Bullies record that has samples from this, I
think it is their first one?
Chris
END OF TRANSMISSION...
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From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay)
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 17:06:21 -0500
Subject: 78's
This is kind of a bit of a tangent but for those of you who are fans of
North Carolina's own Squirrel Nut-Zippers I was told recently by the band
that if all goes well they are going to try to get Mammoth to release their
next album on 78's as well as CDs, LPs and cassettes. I don't know if it
will actually happen but we can hope.
Ciao,
Paul
jpmckay@cyborganic.net
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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From: huge@sirius.com (David Bailey)
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 14:50:06 -0700
Subject: Re: It's my birthday !
>But do Leo's count?
>
>
>Mine is July 28 (same as Marcel Du Champ, and I think Madonna)
>
>Chris
>
My Birthday is 6/6/06...(I'm 90!)
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From: erik@top.monad.net
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 22:38:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: 78's
Paul McKay writes:
>This is kind of a bit of a tangent but for those of you who are fans of
>North Carolina's own Squirrel Nut-Zippers I was told recently by the band
>that if all goes well they are going to try to get Mammoth to release their
>next album on 78's as well as CDs, LPs and cassettes. I don't know if it
>will actually happen but we can hope.
Boy, I love 78's as much as anyone, but isn't that a little like asking
their record company to pour a big bag of money out of the open window of a
moving car? The most recent 78 release I know of was about four or five years
ago when Rhino released a big box of 78's of '60's pop classics (stuff like
Frankie Valli and the like) for owners of 78 jukeboxes so they could play
something that came out after 1959 on their jukes. I saw one of the boxes at
Tower once and picking it up was like picking up three cinderblocks.
--Jon Johnson
erik@top.monad.net
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From: viktrola@usa.nai.net
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:22:16 -0500
Subject: Re: The Crime Scene - Hidden Track
>Just picked up Ultra-lounge vol. 7 - "The Crime Scene". The CD
>lists 18 songs, but there are actually 19. Can anyone identify
>the song title and artist of this 19th track?
>
all three of the latest have bonus tracks. according to a piece of paper
found under a table at Vik's and signed only "B.B.", the tracks are called:
Crime Scene: Track 19 - Walk The Lonesome
Cha-Cha de Amor: Track 19 - My Heart Sings
Track 20 - Tag
Cocktail Capers: Track 19 - Champagne and You Go
the 19th tracks appear to be some sort of story relating to the subject of
the disc...Crime, Latin Love, Cocktails. same sort of organ sound and
narration leads Gilbert (Vik's janitor) to believe Capitol created these
for the collection. Track 20 on Cha-Cha is a bit of a lesson on playing the
bongos with "Mr. Bongos"...
in swank,
Vik Trola
http;//www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html
------------------------------
From: Watterworth Jay <watterwo@osiris.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 21:52:57 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: It's my birthday !
OK, this lurker was born July 16th. Now, when do I get my presents?
Jay Watterworth
CU Boulder
On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Jack Diamond wrote:
> Hello !
>
> July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other
> cancer exoticons out there ??
>
> Jack
>
>
>
------------------------------
From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:42:16 -0400
Subject: sergio mendes - brasil '65
I have an album by Brasil '65 which claims to have the debut of the song "So
Nice" . Is this the same as the album "In The Brazilian Bag" ? It also has
one note samba, berimbau, favela and she's a carioca and others. The cover
states: Recorded in Hollywood...The greatest new south american arrival since
coffee! it's on capitol.
------------------------------
From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 15:31:11 -0400
Subject: Re: BAXTER'S "LOST EPISODE"
At 11:49 PM 7/12/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey Bryan
>- glad yoyu got the CD!
>- the baxter is real legit, it is basically the soundtrack to an old TV
>special devoted to Les Baxter conduting his hits to a studio orchestra...Lee
>from Dionysus (who you may have noticed is a regular contributor to this
>list) explained to me that the source was from a video dub which Lex baxter
>had around the house, apparently Les had the original somewhere in his house
>but was having trouble finding it. Lee and Skip Heller (who wrote the liner
>notes) knew that les was not long for this world so instead of searching for
>the possible original source they wanted to get the CD out while Les was
>still alive. Apparently the original tape a few months ago so it was
>re-issued...what is very interesting about it is the version of "Quiet
>Village". As you know Baxter's version is orchestral while Denny's is small
>group with bird calls. On "Lost Episode" Les acknowledges Denny's hit
>version by using a combination of Denny-style bird calls with Baxter's
>original orchestral arrangement.
What's your take on "Baxter's Best"? I saw that at the store yesterday and
it had popular tunes like "Calcutta" on it.
>
>- Astro Sounds was delayed a little it should be in store any day now and Les
>Baxter's "Que Mango" should be out about a week after that.
>
Good! I can't wait.
Thanks,
Bryan
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From: " | dave | " <arouet@winternet.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:35:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
What's up with this release? If I'm not mistaken, it was to have come out on the
9th, but none of my usual sources seem to have it - which is odd to say the
least.
Has it been postponed?
dave
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From: LTepedino@aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 17:48:46 -0400
Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
Yep, sorry for the delay (the short July 4th week that preceeded it played
havoc with pressing and delivery) it should be reaching the hipper stores
mid-next week and the Baxter "Que Mango" a week after that.
Ashley
------------------------------
From: Will Straw <cxws@musica.mcgill.ca>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:04:07 -0400
Subject: Wild Eye
This may have come up before here, but I've been listening all week to
my favourite soundtrack acquisition of the last year --
for the 1968 Italian film The Wild Eye. The composer is Gianni Marchetti.
I like this better than Seven Golden Men
I'm slowly going through 80 records bought last month in Hamilton, Ontario.
Two of these are from the Capitol Studio 2 series:
Mood Mosaic by The Mood Mosaic featuring the Ladybirds. Devised, Arranged,
Conducted and Produced by Mark Wirtz (with Nicky Hopkins, among others, on
the session)
Strings with a Beat! by Frank Pourcel and his Orchestra -- the best of a lot of
Frank Pourcel I've picked up recently.
Any information on other good entries in this series? I'm staying away from the
brassier stuff or the jazzed-up classical entries.
Will Straw
- -------------------------------------------------
Will Straw
Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/
Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural
Industries and Institutions
McGill University
3465 rue Peel, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7
Phone: (514) 398 7667; Fax: (514) 398 4934
http://www.facl.mcgill.ca/gpc/crccii/crccii.html
------------------------------
From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 04:55:11 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
>Yep, sorry for the delay (the short July 4th week that preceeded it played
>havoc with pressing and delivery) it should be reaching the hipper stores
>mid-next week and the Baxter "Que Mango" a week after that.
>
>Ashley
>
>And, what label is this on?????Thanks.
Jill
Colloquium Internet
------------------------------
From: grrrl@clubhouse.email.net
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 09:49:20 CDT
Subject: exotica Digest V2 #10
Just out of curiosity is anyone on the list from the Boston or Cambridge area
and if so could you update me on the Exotica/Lounge/Mod scene there. I'm a
future Boss-Tone-Nite!
------------------------------
From: "kevin king" <xanadu@saltmine.radix.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 11:50:45 -0500
Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
> >And, what label is this on?????
Scamp.
What I'd like to know is, what are the bonus tracks?
kevin
------------------------------
From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 12:51:38 -0400
Subject: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc.
I really want the Dmitri from Paris thing now. Any suggestions on a mail
order source?
Speaking of imports, can anyone comment on the Shuldmachen Report album?
(I'm sure I spelled it wrong.) Vik's website has a page or two about it,
and I saw import copies at Other Music in NYC, but I'm waiting for Motel to
release it domestically (U.S.).
This is somewhat off-topic, but has anyone seen the new Diesel clothing
store in London? There's an article about it in the June issue of The Face,
and it sounds right up my alley (very Smylonylon, Arkle & Sparkle funfur and
PVC psychedelica sillyness).
_____________________
jordana robinson
jbr109@psu.edu
image & direction
www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157
_____________________
------------------------------
From: LTepedino@aol.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 19:06:33 -0400
Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds
The three bonus tracks are "Karma Sitar," "Whiplash" (featuring the moaning
sounds of Bebe Barton in response to the sounds of cracking whips, and
another great moaning female/psychelic track - "Instant Nirvana."
Ashley
------------------------------
From: LTepedino@aol.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 19:08:06 -0400
Subject: Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc.
Schuldmadchen is good, but I think Vampire Lesbos is better.
Ashley
------------------------------
From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 20:53:59 -0400
Subject: Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc.
I heard that Motel passed on schulmadchen and is working on additional
vampyros stuff instead.
------------------------------
From: Susanne Stratford <susanne@fit.qut.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:06:26 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday !
On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Marie Guinto wrote:
> Please do not take offense, but I don't think that finding out how old
> everyone is on the list is relevant. I sugest that if you want to reply to
> Susanne reply to her directly. I just don't want an abundance of e-mail on
> everyone's age.
I don't wish to start an abundance of unrelated email either....but I
have always been wondering how most of the people on this list have
become caught up in the 'exotic way of life'. Was it because they
remebered listening to the original music the first time it came around,
or remembered the music from their parents swinging parties. Or perhaps
they are complete groovers, ahead of their time, and caught onto the
genre before any revival opened it up to the mainstream.
So you see, I thought if I knew peoples age groups it might help.
I am a relatively young (26 tomorrow) new-comer to the scene.
> P.S. But happy B-day to the July-ers
>
> Marie
Thanks Marie.
Suze,
Lizard Lodge.
------------------------------
From: Will Straw <cxws@musica.mcgill.ca>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 01:25:04 -0400
Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday !
I'm interested in people's ages, too, but when you get to be my
age you're always interested in how old people are (and you read
obituaries to find how out long they last.)
I'm 41. The first record I ever bought was London A Go-Go, a
British Invasion soundalike album which I still have. My father, a trumpet
player, fell for the tijuana brass sound, but prided himself on paying less for
knock-off imitation Herb Alpert albums rather than the real thing. I had
horrible
musical tastes all through the early and mid 1970s, then got hip again with
punk, and was scouring thrift stores for crime jazz and torch song singers by
1980. After a big house/dance phase in the late 1980s, I've settled back into
exotica and its offshoots almost exclusively, though I'm partial to trip-hop as
well.
I was interviewed last night by a Toronto filmmaker making a film called
'Vinyl,'
about record collectors. He will have interviewed about 100 people by the time
the thing wraps, and while it sounds as if most of those were jazz bores with
index cards and expensive sound systems, his own tastes run to Enoch Light
and Dick Schory. The film should be hitting festivals in about a year.
WS
- -------------------------------------------------
Will Straw
Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/
Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural
Industries and Institutions
McGill University
3465 rue Peel, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7
Phone: (514) 398 7667; Fax: (514) 398 4934
http://www.facl.mcgill.ca/gpc/crccii/crccii.html
------------------------------
From: mlove@olywa.net (Matt Love)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:35:16 -0800
Subject: rykodisc
Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page,
netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks
up, and I have to restart.
This happens when I try to access it from home, and from work...
Also, does anybody have their e-mail address?
Thanks,
Matt Love
------------------------------
From: Bruce Rhodewalt <kahuna@tikipub.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 06:37:10 -0700
Subject: Re: rykodisc
Matt Love wrote:
>
> Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page,
> netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks
> up, and I have to restart.
>
> This happens when I try to access it from home, and from work...
>
> Also, does anybody have their e-mail address?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Love
Well, their page is just too dang huge. At 177K I stopped counting.
This happens on the very first page? On http://www.rykodisc.com/?
Do you have limited memory, say 4-8M on a Windows system? Try
adding virtual memory or even some real memory while it's so
unbelievably cheap.
And try info@rykodisc.com.
Bruce
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Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253
solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418
------------------------------
From: "Lazlo Nibble" <lazlo@swcp.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:42:46 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: rykodisc
> Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page,
> netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks
> up, and I have to restart.
If you're running anything older than 2.02, I suggest you upgrade -- Ryko's
page uses lots of stupid web tricks that might be freaking out your browser
(including a neverending server push -- grrr). I use 2.02 and it runs fine.
- --
::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)
------------------------------
From: Martin Schildkret <mkret@cnct.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:18:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday !
On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Will Straw wrote:
> I'm interested in people's ages, too, but when you get to be my
> age you're always interested in how old people are (and you read
> obituaries to find how out long they last.)
>
> I'm 41.
They last pretty long these days. I'm 53. :)
------------------------------
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