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exotica-digest       Thursday, January 22 1998       Volume 02 : Number 038




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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:14:02 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Eden Ahbez: "Echoes From Nature Boy"

the curator wrote:
>As a big fan of "Eden's Island" I'm very curious about this. Can anyone
>tell us what it's like:
>* Eden Ahbez: "Echoes From Nature Boy"
>      CD, Accent, USA, 1997

Odds and ends from the Natur Boy. The recordings that were in the Accent
vaults. Most have synths etc...not so good but you can still hear his
wonderful melodies. Most are instrumentals but Eden sings on a couple of
tracks but not on Nature Boy. It was put togeteher and released by a
catholic priest who sort of cared for Eden's soul. That's what he told me
over the phone. The CD was done mainly to be sent out to Eden's friends over
the world after he had passed away. Accent was going to distribute it but
they never did. Now the most interesting things is that there will soon be a
book out by Eden!!!! The publisher will be this same guy who released the
CD: Golden World. If you really still want the CD I have it available in my
mail-order list.

Stefan/Subliminal Sounds



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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 17:13:23 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jimmie Haskel's COUNTDOWN!

Just scored a 45 RPM that comes from Jimmie Haskel's COUNTDOWN lp and
though it doesn't say this on the 12" I have, either the Stereo or Mono
copy, mind you
On the 45 it says as the credit's for Rockin' In The Orbit-Sub Titled as
Space Satellite Written by "Big Jay Sputnik"

The flip is Astrosonic-Sub Tilted as "Jet Rocket"(No Writer Credit)

Oh yeeeeeeees, always learnin' new stuff about rekkids I have had for sooooooo
long:) I LOVE IT!!!

Jack


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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 20:30:33 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: James Taylor Quartet

JTQ's "Mission Impossible" CD (Acid Jazz label) track list:

blow up; one mint julep; be my girl; Mission Impossible;  untitled no. 1;
goldfinger; the cat; Mrs Robinson; alfie; the stooge; untitled no. 2.

        Johan

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:21:55 -0500
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Caravan and Beyond

I have to second the nomination of the Three Suns'  "Caravan" as the most
wigged version out there.  But I want to mention one other dark-horse
candidate: the version from _Electronic Organ_  by "Jack Anderson at
the Baldwin Organ" (Audio Fidelity, 1958).

This has an odd grunting bass line, cheesy nasal organ (plus chimes SFX),
and a delightfully uncertain sense of timing.

Irv Cottler's version from _Around the World in Percussion_(Somerset) is
pretty rockin' too.



But to bend the rules a bit, what I REALLY want to post about is another
record I just brought home, which has the oddest version of "Quiet Village"
I have ever heard. . .

It's from _Lonely Harpisichord: Rainy Night in Shangri-La_  by Jonathan
Knight (Viva Records).

This record just has it all!  Bird calls, pop dual harpischord
instrumentals, even "Mystic Moods"-style thunderstorm sounds throughout!
(Better make a stop in the restroom before putting this one on.)

Dear friends, it's been too long since I've had one of Those Moments. . .
you know, when you put on a new vinyl find. . . play a few bars. . . and
just throw up your hands to the heavens and say, "Yessss!!! YESSS!!! Lord,
smote me down right here, because it's all downhill after this!"  But this was
one of those moments.

I also have Geroge Wright doing "Quiet Village" on the pipe organ. . .

Any other memorable "QV" versions out there?

Yours in Shangri-La,

 --Ross

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 12:49:00 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Oddest versions of anything!

>But to bend the rules a bit, what I REALLY want to post about is another
>record I just brought home, which has the oddest version of "Quiet Village"
>I have ever heard. . .
>
>It's from _Lonely Harpisichord: Rainy Night in Shangri-La_  by Jonathan
>Knight (Viva Records).

For me:) Hands down the oddest version of Quiet Village is on Lalo Schifrin's
"Black Widow" LP/CD
Totally un-iden-ti-fi-able...totally unidentifiable
Totally

Another totally unidentifiable version of a tune is "White Christmas" from
the Three Suns and can be found on their "Have A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas" LP
RCA
I have listened to it IN DEPTH and it is not there!
No melody for it at all...AT ALL!

Jack



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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:15:32 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A-Z of Easy Listening

George Martin's 13 week musical trip along the A-Z of Easy Listening,
after a very forgettable second part, reached some class acts this
week.  Included were 'Clair de Lune' by Martin Denny, which Martin
played but didn't seem to like.  His comment was:

"I don't think that arrangement really does the original justice.
 for one thing I think the harmonies are a bit too distorted
 but Martin Denny, who's a pianist and nightclub attraction in Hawaii -
 I suppose he can put a smile on your face with that jazzy take of what's
 always been a lovely piece of music.  Debussy's been better served,
 I think in the hands of people like Liberace and Richard Clayderman,
 what we might call candlelight pianists."

However, the program ended with Denny's "Swamp Fire" and next week's
part promises to include "E for Exotica: the work of Les Baxter".

One useful piece in this week's show was a bit on the clarinet.  I hadn't
appreciated how differently this instrument could be played/made to sound.
The Carpenters were also covered this week, and while Richard C's
contribution was interesting, it didn't reveal anything new.

Hugh.

PS: I realled liked Martin Denny's "Clair de Lune" - is it available on CD?



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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:08:17 -0800
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Feb. on GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

Hey y'all!

Still digging out those forgotten tunes from Hollywood's big butt!

===================================================
February Highlights from
GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

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

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

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SHOW 31:  February 1
Missing from  the screen these days are mean-spirited satires like "LORD
LOVE A DUCK" (66), whose theme by THE WILD ONES flips the bird at everything
in sight.  GALT Mc DERMOTÆs old-school gangsta grooves move uptown when
"COTTON COMES TO HARLEM" (70).  Harlem comes to Hong Kong for a bloody
culture clash in "THE REVENGE OF MISTER MOPOJI" (74), with a soul soundtrack
by MIKE JACKSON.  Also THE SANDALSÆ tubular tunes from "THE LAST OF THE SKI
BUMS" (69).

SHOW 32:  February 8
Composer JIM HELMS kicks up the dust for the giant desert biker brawl that
is "ANGEL UNCHAINED" (70).  ROD STEIGERÆs lesson on Jewishness masks a
torrent of self-hate in "THE PAWNBROKER" (65); QUINCY JONESÆ music picks up
the slack when the going gets rough.  EnglandÆs crown prince of TV themes,
RON GRAINER, packs a wallop with his opener from the long-forgotten BBC
actioner "MAN IN THE NEWS" (c. 66).  Plus game show god CHUCK BARRIS:
talented tunesmith, too?

SHOW 33:  February 15
Love gone rancid is the theme of our half-assed stab at a ValentineÆs Day
special.  WOODY is no BOGIE but he's funnier in the soundtrack from "PLAY IT
AGAIN, SAM" (72), complete with an added laugh track that mustÆve ruffled
his red feathers.  KENYON HOPKINSÆ swampy, southern gothic funk adds to the
agony of KARL MALDEN in his pathetic lust for teen bride "BABY DOLL" (56).
But rare DAVIE ALLAN AND THE ARROWS surf tracks liven up the white trash
comedy "WIFE CHILD" (68).

SHOW 34:  February 22
Pre-schmaltz JOHN(NY) WILLIAMS puts a wiggle in the walk of bikini-clad bank
robber NATALIE WOOD in "PENELOPE" (66).  "WILLIE DYNAMITE" (74) launches an
all-out mack attack with a pimp-slappinÆ score by J. J. JOHNSON.  Aging
mobster GEORGE C. SCOTT gets it up one more time with the help of soundtrack
godfather JERRY GOLDSMITH in "THE LAST RUN" (71).  And CORY McABEEÆs
psycho-lounge act known as "THE BILLY NAYER SHOW" celebrates the video
release of its films.

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

Outside the Bay Area?  Listen on the Internet!  www.kusf.org

C. "Ratso" Russo
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:28:42 +0200
From: "Waldo Muller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Quiet Village

> I also have Geroge Wright doing "Quiet Village" on the pipe organ. . .
>
> Any other memorable "QV" versions out there?
>

Lalo Schifrin does a enjoyable, smooth 70's funky version on his "Black
Widow" LP.

Waldo




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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:07:55 +0200
From: "Waldo Muller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) John Gregory CD compilation

Hi there

In response to the requests for info on the John Gregory CD compilation:

It is called "Mission: Impossible and other TV themes" - Mercury 532 986-2,
released in 1996.

Compiled from the LP's "Channel Thrill" (1961), "TV Thrillers" (1972) and
"The Detectives" (1976).

1. Mission Impossible
2. The Rockford Files
3. Cannon
4. Softly, Softly
5. Columbo
6. M Squad
7. A Man Called Ironside
8. Griff
9. The Untouchables
10. Mannix
11. Route 66
12. McMillan & Wife
13. Harry-O
14. Streets of San Francisco
15. The Six Million Dollar Man]
16. Hawai 5-0
17. It Takes A Thief
18. Theme From S.W.A.T.
19. I Spy
20. McCloud
21. Perry Mason
22. The Name Of The Game
23. Banacek
24. Johnny Staccato
25. Policewoman
26. The Sweeny
27. The Avengers
28. Kojak

Apart from the great, great music ... what makes this 1996 release so
special, is the marketing and sleeve notes - completely unlounge mentality.
Very untrendy presentation. The picture and font on the CD sleeve is sort
of late 80's with a photograph of a lit stick of dynamite. The sleeve notes
are written by someone who does not try to push (or is even aware of) any
hipness or hype - even though the tracks blow many of the very sauve and
designer-cool Sound Gallery and Karminsky attempts away. There is no sales
coercion along the lines of
lots-of-cool-people-are-getting-down-to-this-retro-stuff-now. Towards the
end of the notes, the author seems to forget she is writing about a CD when
she starts praising the stereo on "this record" in all seriousness: "The
entire record is a wonderful opportunity for stereo enthusiasts to
demonstrate their sound system to maximum advantage".

Waldo


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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 01:00:20 UT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Scooby

Does anyone know who does those songs that they played sometimes during the
Scooby Doo monster chase scenes and if any of them are available anywhere
besides taping them off the Cartoon Network?

I've got really crappy digitizations of them, and they are infernally catchy.  I
was wondering if anyone had any other info.

Thanks,
Peter


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 09:47:44 EST
From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Scooby

<< Does anyone know who does those songs that they played sometimes during the
 Scooby Doo monster chase scenes and if any of them are available anywhere
 besides taping them off the Cartoon Network?

Hoyt Curtain was the musical director for Hanna Barbera cartoons.  there are a
couple of HB discs out by Rhino, but i don't know if the underscores you ask
about are on them - probably just main themes.




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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 03:19:45 UT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re[2]: (exotica) Scooby

<< Does anyone know who does those songs that they played sometimes during the
 Scooby Doo monster chase scenes and if any of them are available anywhere
 besides taping them off the Cartoon Network?>>

Actually, let me be more clear.
I'm not talking instrumentals, I'm talking they had pop vocals, with some lyrics
and I think one of the choruses was just "na na na na".  So, I'm talking actual
songs that might have been recorded by an actual band...

Thanks,
Peter



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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:32:56 -0500
From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Caravan and Beyond -Reply

>>> Ross Orr <[e-mail]> 01/19/98 03:21pm >>>


<<Dear friends, it's been too long since I've had one of Those Moments. . .
you know, when you put on a new vinyl find. . . play a few bars. . . and
just throw up your hands to the heavens and say, "Yessss!!! YESSS!!!
Lord,
smote me down right here, because it's all downhill after this!"  But this
was
one of those moments.>>



Ross: I love that!!!!!

(I'll second that Irv Cotler version of "Caravan")

- - Nate


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:47:59 -0500
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Command/Project 3

Seems like a lot of Command and Project 3 stuff has been washing up here
lately. . . some of it pretty scary. . .

_Dimension 3_, Enoch Light and the Light Brigade (1964).

I've noticed there is one particular gimmick that gets beaten to death
in the later Command/Enoch stuff: It's the "stop-start" thing. They play a
little snatch of the melody, answer it with a little bongo fill or a horn
blast, then play another little bit of the melody, another answer, etc. . .
Until you want to scream, "just play the damn song, willya?" Anyway,
this one has way too much of that going on. But there's good Dick Hyman
organ, and they do cut loose on "Carribe" and "Swamp Fire."


_Spanish Guitar_, Tony Mottola (1962).

Sorry, this one was a bit too tasteful and restrained for me. I'm keeping
it mainly for "Tico Tico" (which is a hard one to wreck anyway). This
version uses the pleasantly improbable combination of recorder and
fat electric bass; frisky tambourine keeps it all moving along.


_Charge_, Enoch Light and the Light Brigade (1972 Project 3--a Quad LP!).

Imagine Enoch covering all the pop hits of Neil Diamond, James Taylor,
Elton John, and even the Bee Gees. In short, excruciating. Occasionally
some freaky Vinnie Bell guitar blip will float to the surface, but still I
don't think I'm going to keep this one.


_Enoch Light and the Brass Menagerie, Volume 2_ (1969 Project 3).

Mercy, does this have a scary cover photo. . . a perky woman wearing blue
sequins, white gloves and white go-go boots is dancing surrounded by brass
instruments. She is waving a whip around, and has such heavy mascara that
she looks like a satanic clown or something. . . Brrrrrr!

Anyway, this one is a keeper, if only for the three Tuba-enriched cover
versions of songs from "Hair." Then there's a pretty mind-bending version
of "Gentle on My Mind," plus Dick Hyman's twisted "Stars and
Stripes '69"--kind of a soft-rock/TJB remake of the Sousa march, complete
with halftime-show whistles. . . wow.


_Roman Guitar_, Tony Mottola (1960)

While this was still fairly subdued, I liked it better than _Spanish
Guitar_. There's a nice steady patter of bongos running through the whole
thing, it's really sort of crypto-Latin. With the "ping pong" song
introductions, you can feel the family relation to the original Command
_Persuasive Percussion_ et al.


_Young Lovers On-Broadway_, Ray Charles Singers (1965).

OK, keep in mind that my personal idea of Hell is having perky young voices
skipping through Broadway show tunes. . .  Even so, this was really evil.
I didn't think it could be done, but they even ruined "Mack the Knife."
I just wanted to kill them all, and maybe then you could hear a little bit
more of Dick Hyman.

The only bright point was that this album still had a Business Reply Mail
envelope inside, where you could write away to Command and get a sampler LP
for $2.98. I always fantasize about there being some kind of time wormhole
where you could actually send off a check and order products from 30 years
ago, so this pleasant fantasy helped keep my mind off the singing,
temporarily.


Yours a Go-go,

 --Ross

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:52:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Joe Batutis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Celebrities and LSD

hey there,

I just picked up a couple of CDs at a local CD store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Nick Bougas Presents Celebrities... At Their Worst  (DEC-5)
Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God
P.O. Box 420464, San Francisco, CA 94142
This is a two CD set of all the most infamous bloopers and celebrity
cussing (Orson Welles, Casey Kasem, the Troggs) plus a bunch of lesser
known magical moments. My favorite is the track that starts the collection;
a drunken John Wayne addressing an ROTC group. In his words:
"RE-GODDAMN-DICULOUS"

Willard Cantelon LSD Battle for the Mind (DEC-3)
(same as above)
An LSD LP Two-fer. Featuring "LSD-Battle for the Mind" and "Instant
Insanity Drugs" Lots of fun descriptions of people who think they can fly,
plus the usual crazy mixture of sound effects and music to simulate the
"trip".


Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God also put out a CD of
Criswell that I mentioned in a previous post. All their CDs are cheap,
filled to the brim (long) and have good sound quality. Their name comes
from some krackpot visionary.

Anyone care to comment on these releases or know of other good sources for
celebrity "curse" tapes?


- -ENOK LITE




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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:11:06 -0800
From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeee)
Subject: (exotica) Switched On (LA happening)

hey all,
i've been long gone, and i'm sure you all miss me.  anyway, i want to let
those of you in the greater los angeles area that dj's lance rock and
hypnotique will be the regular wednesday night dj's at Goldfingers (6423
Yucca St. Hollywood [phone]).  with your hostess ms. micki o. and
usually some suprises.

according to the flyer the musical modes that may constitute "Switched On"
night include:  moog grooves, bossa nova, latin jazz, spy soundtracks,
classic a&m, project 3, french bonbons, italian softcore, 60's pop
changeuses, and modern experimentalists....

(project 3 -? i don't know what that is.... i think i know what french
bonbons are... and modern experimentalists i think includes the likes of
pizzicatto 5, dimitri from paris, gentle people, etc...)

there's free parking and a smoking patio too.

please make a note of it.

thanks and hope to see you there,
kevin leeeeeeee


ps  jill mingo go fans note that she will be dj'ing the last wednesday of
january at switched on.  woo hoo!


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:02:23 -0500
From: Mark Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Impact! & Impact II

m.ace wrote:

> Which reminds me of this 1964 vintage comp I've previously mentioned: "Oldies
> By Various Artists" (Wyncote/Cameo-Parkway). Does anyone know when the term
> "oldies" came into vogue?

As I recall a song called "Those Oldies but Goodies Remind Me of You" by
Little Caesar and the <I'm not for sure but maybe Romans> was one of the
earliest mention of oldies.  Urban format stations now sometimes refer
to them as "dusties".


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 19:07:52 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Rolf Harris has a new record out right now...

At 5 Jan 1998 15:26:52 GMT, Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Rolf has a new record out right now...

    and it sucks! i was expecting (hoping?) it would be as silly as
    his "rolf rules ok" covers cd, but it is an attempt to making
    "serious" covers, and it is o so boooooooooooring!

        Johan

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:42:31 +0000 (HELP)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Ferrante and Teicher review, 1963

Just came across this _Billboard_ review of F&T's _THe Keys to
Her Apartment_ (United Artists 6247), from Feb. 23rd, 1963:
"Dealer's can't go wrong with this album;  it's bound to become
a favorite with the "Playboy" set, as well as F&T fans, for it
contains a smoothly arranged dozen "mood" standards such as "Love
Walked In" and "Embraceable You."  The tune title, incidentally,
suggests the storyline of a romantic evening, concluding with "Goodnight
Sweetheart."  Sound is lush and dreamy . . . and successful."

Can anyone confirm this...?

From BossaNovaVille,
Keir


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:18:43 -0800
From: Darrell Brogdon <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jungle Girl

Anybody see this latest Betty Page release from QDK Media, the follow-up to their
earlier "Danger Girl"?  This one's sub-titled "exotique music", though it's not
particularly exotic--more of a mixed bag of big band exotica, mambos, crime jazz,
beatnik bongos, etc. plus another booklet of Betty Page cheesecake, albeit jungle
cheesecake.  First-rate stuff!  Got mine at Footlight Records.

"Betty Page: Jungle Girl" (QDK Media CD 17)

1  Rumbanita        Roger Roger
2  Fly By Night        Roger Webb
3  Jungle Jazz        Nino Nardini
4  Visit to Florida    Jack Arel/Jean Claude Petit
5  X Cert        Johnny Hawksworth
6  Let's Go        ???
7  Bianca Blanca    Roger Roger
8  Bongos, Bass'N'Beat    ???
9  Industrial Samba    Robert Farnon
10 Lucky Mambo        Eric Delaney
11 Mambonanza        Howard Shaw
12 Man from Malibu-Latin ???
13 Man from Malibu-Ending ???
14 Moon Over Rio    Robert Farnon
15 Roger Mambo        Roger Roger
16 Breaking Point    Malcolm Lockyer
17 Crimes        Haralt Winkler
18 Detective Theme    Frank Cordell
19 Jane Bond Theme    Johnny Hawksworth
20 Softly Sally        Roger Webb
21 Swinging City    John Barry (same as Beat for Beatniks on Barry Yrs Vol. 1)
22 Attente        Camille Salvage
23 Sweet Danser        John Cacavas
24 Sun Girl        ???


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 19:49:32 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Dusties

Oldies these days are frequently referred to as dusties especially on black
stations where a "dusty" show is part of their weekly programming
line-up....I have a radio drop-in I  use a lot where a Black DJ buddy 'o'
mine  with a reeel deep soul bro' type voice says "Straight from the
vault....A Musty Dusty"....Jimmy/programmed Ultra-Musty Dusty Soul for a
while


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 19:57:00 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Pizzicato 5

Not to beat a dead horse, but the relatively new P-5 LP is the joint.......


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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:02:48 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Man in Space With Sounds

Byron,

Hi:)

So are you into that super cool cool outer space age pop electronica exotic
thing at all ?

Do you know of any super cool CD/CD Rekkid stores where you live that you
think would like to carry my and Stefan Kery's CD;
Attileo Mineo Conducts Man in Space With Sounds

Did you see that on my New Arrivals page when you went there on your brand
spankin' new Microsoft Internet Explorer.

I just downloaded 1 too as I have been with NETSCAPE forever and ever
It's fast all right, but weird as all of MS products are

I'm about to upgrade to Front Page '98 for my web site and am getting
another web site that will be only for art/rekkid covers and such,
soooooooooooooo
many more to go!

So please let me know about any stores "up there" that you think I might
want to contact that would want to carry the "Man in Space CD" and thanks!



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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:46:04 GMT
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Celebrities and LSD

> From: Joe Batutis <[e-mail]>

>
> Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God also put out a CD of
> Criswell that I mentioned in a previous post. All their CDs are cheap,
> filled to the brim (long) and have good sound quality. Their name comes
> from some krackpot visionary.
>

Francis E. Dec. See http://www.teleport.com/~dkossy/dec.html



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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:51:04 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dusty Springfield on teevee

This coming Sunday night (Jan. 25), Bravo is airing a British documentary on
Dusty Springfield at 8:00 pm and again later at 1:05 am (eastern standard
times).

I've seen it before, and it's pretty darned good with a lot of rare old footage
- -- even some of The Springfields (the pre-solo folk trio with her brother,
Tom). Of course, Mr. Burt B. appears in old and new footage. It would actually
make a good double-bill with the PBS Bacharach documentary that aired not so
long ago. Oh yeah, it also has some goofy footage of Dawn French and Jennifer
Saunders interviewing Dusty -- sort of spurious, but amusing.

Yes, this is the show that the Collectors' Choice catalog was selling as a
video a little while back.

m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/


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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:19:58 PST
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Desperate Question

Just because it may be worth a shot: would anyone have an extra jacket
for Les Baxter's Ports of Pleasure lp to sell or trade? I found a copy
of the lp in great condition. Usually it's empty jackets...

Thank you,

Waugh

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:24:11 -0500
From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Celebrities and LSD -Reply

Joe wrote:

Their name comes
> from some krackpot visionary.

That wasn't just some krackpot (that's crackpot BTW) visionary(!!) no, no.
That was the one and only Criswell, infamous for introducing what's
been called (but it's not really by far, I've seen MUCH MUCH worse!!!) "The
worst movie ever made" - yes, you guessed it all you trendy Gen-Xer's
out there: Plan 9 From Outer Space!!

Criswell had his own (radio I think-TV?......somebody clarify that?) show,
predicting who, what, when, and how would happen.  I think he also put
out a book.

He was also in Night of the Ghouls, and me thinks Orgy of the Dead - all
concocted by that maestro in Angora - Ed Wood, Jr.

- - Nate


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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:29:23 -0500
From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hugo Winterhalter (SP ??)

Okay, what's the poop on this guy?  His "South of the Border" LP kicks
ass - and the cover's a hoot as well (he obviously loves the wymmen
since he's got another ridiculous cover for "Wish You Were Here" - this
one's got a rough looking blonde on a mock island in a nightie with her
white undies tied to the coconut tree as the "SOS" flag).

"Wish You Were Here" was a big disappointment after hearing "South,"
although there are a few winners (Slow Boat to China, and a blues
number "Goodbye Blues" or something?......).

What else is out there, and do all his covers feature a fetching female??

- - Nate


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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:27:26 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Chester W. Nimitz)
Subject: (exotica) The 5th Dimension/Jimmy Webb/Van Dyke Parks

Three questions - three artists :),

I got a tape which has a song by The 5th Dimension called "Up Up And Away"
(thanks again, DanielA :)), I really like it and I wonder if their other
stuff is just as good? What records should I start out with? There's a Best
Of album which was released recently, is that a good introduction? Anykind
of info...

I think Jimmy Webb wrote Up Up And Away. Now, I've heard some of his songs
which were good but they were basically recorded with only a single piano
and vocals; has Webb or any related artist (Glen Campbell?) released any
records with really orchestrated songs, y'know with lots of strings or
brass or whatever, bigger productions, simply??

Finally, to my surprise I found out yesterday that Van Dyke Parks starred
in Twin Peaks as a character called Jack Racine!! I'm a really big TP-fan
but I can't for the world remember this character...anyone know who he was,
if he was a, erm, hero or villain?? He supposedly entered the plot in
episode #10...but I can't remember Van Dyke's face at all from Twin Peaks!
Anyone??

Chester W. Nimitz

"Up up and away in my beautiful,
 My beautiful balloon"




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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:24:26 -0600 (CST)
From: Kerry Keane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 5th Dimension/Jimmy Webb/Van Dyke Parks

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Chester W. Nimitz wrote:

> I got a tape which has a song by The 5th Dimension called "Up Up And Away"
> (thanks again, DanielA :)), I really like it and I wonder if their other
> stuff is just as good? What records should I start out with? There's a Best
> Of album which was released recently, is that a good introduction? Anykind
> of info...

I think the Best Of looks pretty good to me, but try and
track down the l.p.'s if you can, especially _The Magic Garden_,
which is a Jimmy Webb-composed concept album about a hippy guy
who falls in love with some society woman with whom he plays
telephone tag, so he assumes she dumped him and winds up living
inside a "Paper Cup".  Melodrama at its finest!  The "Up, Up
and Away" album also has a number of Webb compositions on it,
and that, too is a really fine album, if you like the 5D.


>
> I think Jimmy Webb wrote Up Up And Away. Now, I've heard some of his songs
> which were good but they were basically recorded with only a single piano
> and vocals; has Webb or any related artist (Glen Campbell?) released any
> records with really orchestrated songs, y'know with lots of strings or
> brass or whatever, bigger productions, simply??
>

Oh, my god, the two worst records I've ever heard in my
life are also by Webb (whom I adore, otherwise).  They're
the two Richard Harris solo albums, which are reeeaaally
pretentious and drenched with strings and such.  But
by god, stay away.  Now someone is going to post that they
actually like those things, but they are beyond the pale
in my revisionist world.  And they're not even good for
a laugh, like that bad Sonny Bono solo record.



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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:56:28 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 5th Dimension/Jimmy Webb/Van Dyke Parks

I rather like "Carpet Man" and "The Magic Garden" also by Webb.  I suppose
the best of is a good place to start as any.  "Carpet Man" has the most
wonderful sitar at the end.

Webb also wrote "Macarthur Park".  The Richard Harris version is very well
orchestrated, all seven minutes of it!  He may have also written "The Yard
Went on Forever", which is also lushly orchestrated.


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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:28:40 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 5th Dimension/Jimmy Webb

Chester W Nimitz asked

>Three questions - three artists :),

>5th Dimension
Few of their records come close to "Carpet Man".  Such a good record.

>has Webb or any related artist (Glen Campbell?) released any
>records with really orchestrated songs, y'know with lots of strings or
>brass or whatever, bigger productions, simply??
How about "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris (and numerous others)?
Productions (and songs) don't come much bigger than that!!!

Hugh


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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 11:38:01 +0200
From: "Waldo Muller" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Up Up And A 101 Strings

> I think Jimmy Webb wrote Up Up And Away. Now, I've heard some of his
songs
> which were good but they were basically recorded with only a single piano
> and vocals; has Webb or any related artist (Glen Campbell?) released any
> records with really orchestrated songs, y'know with lots of strings or
> brass or whatever, bigger productions, simply??

My memory might be failing me and I can't check because my record
collection is not here at work, but - I think there is quite a rocking, big
production "Up, Up and Away" on 101 Strings' sitar-tinted "Sounds of Today"
... which is a great, slightly flipped out LP from roughly the same time as
"Astro Sounds". Both LP's are from the period after their once very
straight-laced producer (Monty something?) seemed to have had a LSD-spiked
cup of tea.

Waldo


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