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exotica-digest       Saturday, February 7 1998       Volume 02 : Number 045




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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:02:02 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Dags

Dag is also a black expression--i often interpret as a blend of "Damn" and
"Drag"--but that's just...


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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 14:53:58 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) fred lowery questions

>Artist              Fred Lowery
>Album Title         Whistle a Happy Tune!
>AMG Rating          (Good)
>Genre               Easy

Fred Lowery's BEST REKKID is his "Walkin' Along Kickin' The Leaves"
also on Decca

Neither of them have been reissued on CD though, as far as I know

AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CD'S:))

Jaaaaaaaaaack



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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:25:31 -0500
From: "Michael Bennet" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) JTQ/Prisoners

While probably not a real relevant subject to this list, I echo Phil's
recommendation of the Prisoners.  Back in the early 80's they put on some
of the best live performances I've ever seen.  If you dig the JTQ and early
Small Faces, you should definitely keep an eye out for their Taste of Pink
LP (if you can find it).

Michael


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 00:27:19 +0000
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Free Design REISSUE coming soon!

OK exoticats, steady yourselves, I can exclusively(?) reveal that
this summer will see the release of a Free Design compilation CD!

Here are the details:
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Varese Sarabande plans to release Kites Are Fun - The Best of The
Free Design on July 28, 1998.  This collection will feature 15
selections by the group from their Project 3 sessions that were
produced by Enoch Light, in addition to a bonus track of unreleased
material.  Liner notes by Elliot Kendall will feature interviews with
Free Design leader Chris Dedrick and original sessions engineer Phil
Ramone.  This mid-line priced release will spearhead the Soft Pop
Classics series for Varese that will be continued with Sunshine Days
Vols. 4 & 5 this summer.  Check out the Varese website at
www.varesesarabande.com for more details.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Sadly, I cannot claim any credit for this but, boy, am I pleased
to see some of this material finally making it out onto CD (though of
course the Japanese have had the joy of four whole Design LPs being
issued on CD in recent years)!

And what a *perfect* summer CD that's going to be!

More news when I have it...


Robbie

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** ** ** * Spaced Out - the Enoch Light Website * ** ** **
** ** ** http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~rcb/light/ ** ** **
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 22:35:09 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) fred lowery questions

<< does anyone have a list of re-issues of blind whistler fred lowery  >>

there are no re-issues.  "Whistles A Happy Tune" and "Walking Along Kicking
The Leaves" have already been mentioned.  There is also "Whistles Gospel
Favorites" - a ten incher with a cartoon drawing of Fred on the cover.

that's all i know of...


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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 23:20:27 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) korla pandit

ken writes:

<< .anyways that is my korla pandit story. he was pretty amazing.
 and on to my next rambling: does anyone have any korla pandit on vinyl
 or cd that they want to get rid of? would anyone be willing to dub their
 record for me? i haven;t heard any of his stuff since. i will pay for
 the tape, record, whatever. thanks in advance.
 ken

 p.s. is he still playing, is he still alive? >>

there are one or two Korla Pandit CD's out, but if you are the fan you
describe yourself as, get the vinyl.  Why?

1)  released on Fantasy, they come in heavy red or blue colored vinyl.
2)  Korla loved to pose for the camera - most of the thick, high quality
covers have beautiful, close-up photographs of him staring back at you with
those hypnotic eyes and shy smile.
3)  Korla autographed many, many LP's.  chances are very good you'll run
across one.
4)  the vinyl is pretty easy to come by.  not something you'll find in a
thrift store bin, but a good used record store or collector / dealer has 'em.

a couple of years ago, i picked up a VIDEO of his television program in the
50's.  i don't know if the place is still in bizness - i think it was Cult
Movies in LA.  Maybe someone here knows.  If you can locate this, by all means
do!!!!!  It will blow you away.  You'll be amazed.  Korla Pandit NEEDS to be
seen in his original TV show to get the full effect - talk about "exotic"!!!!
Seek it out.

still alive?  he was a couple of years ago - i saw him perform at Bimbos.  It
was a largely a "lounge" crowd who seemed bored with him.  they probably just
showed up to play dress up and drink hi-balls.  it was disappointing.




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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 00:32:29 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) easy tempo 4

In a message dated 98-02-04 13:18:20 EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< i didn't like vol 4 of the italian "easy tempo" series half as much as the
 previous 3 volumes! the subtitle should have been "roots of acid jazz"
 because that's exactly what it is. only side 4 (of the dble lp version)
 sounded like the other volumes. >>


I got to stand up for Volume 4. IMHO is far groovier than the previous volumes
and for consistancy of great tracks this is the real winner...the reason for
this is that it has a higher calibre of composers(Morricone, Piccioni, and
Umiliani) than the others and the tracks cokme from much stronger labels too:
CAM and EMI.. As most of the tracks do come from the mid '70s I'll grant you
that it does have a funkier feel, however there are some really beautiful
melodies too.


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Date: Thu,  5 Feb 1998 13:53:43 UT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

Can anyone recommend what the best albums are for Jimmy Smith?  Preferably on CD
reissue?  I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Peter


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 98 10:22:10 -0000
From: Q <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #44

>There has been much talk about fans of exotica who used to be punks. Is
>there anyone on the list who is a bit younger on the list?  I got into
>music through The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays and Primal Scream.
>Then at college I wanted to have the best record collection so began
>scouring charity shops in Glasgow for  old Seeds lps or a Faces single
>or  Sly and the Family Stone singles. And through this discovering other
>sounds such as Studio Two lps and Burt Bacharach lps.  And then from
>this getting into Exotica.

I was never in to punk music.  I have never liked anything mainstream:
pop/rock, country, rap, ...  Everything I've ever liked has been odd
stuff.  For all of my childhood up to maybe 5 years ago I liked only
"Weird Al" Yankovic.  Then I expanded to novelty/comedy and Frank Zappa.
I got into exotica by hearing some on the radio one day.  I wrote the
radio program and asked them how to get into it.  They recommended the
Rhino Cocktail Mix series first and foremost.  So I started out with
that, and have expanded from that.

Q

                            Quentin Matheson
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Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 21:33:40 -0500
From: david kasdorf <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) fred lowery questions

At 10:35 PM 2/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>
><< does anyone have a list of re-issues of blind whistler fred lowery  >>

"Whistles Your Gospel Favorites" is also out on 12" LP with a "church
bulletin" type cover of a bird on what looks to be forsythia blossoms.
Also "Precious Memories" and "Abide with Me," all on the "Word" label.
All beautiful, plaintive, incredibly melancholy.


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 10:12:10 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

<< Can anyone recommend what the best albums are for Jimmy Smith?  Preferably
on CD
 reissue?  I'd appreciate it. >>

thankfully, there is no shortage of the fantastic Jimmy Smith on CD - huge
selection of titles.  Personally, i prefer the earlier Blue Note period from
the late 50's.

Back At The Chicken Shack
Cool Blues
Crazy Baby
Midnight Special
The Sermon

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 14:39:23 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

The software struggle is over, and the XRO is running again:
A new update to the eXotica Releases Overview is now available.


These are the most important recent additions:




          - January 29: new (1998) releases and announcements-

* Alberto Baldan Bembo: "Io E Mara"
      CD & LP, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 910, Italy, Forthcoming, 1998
* Peggy Lee: "Extra Special/Something Groovy"
      CD, EMI, UK, 1998
* Gary Mcfarland: "Latin Lounge"
      CD, Motor, Germany, In Preparation, 1998
* Soundtrack: "Cadaveri Eccellenti" [by Piero Piccioni]
      CD & LP, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 909, Italy, Forthcoming, 1998
* Soundtrack: "L'Amica Di Mia Madre" [by Alberto Baldan Bembo]
      CD & LP, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 908, Italy, Forthcoming, 1998
* The Maurice Pop Orchestra: "Power Pop!"
      CD, Motor, Germany, In Preparation, 1998
* Dieter Reith: "Reith On!"
      CD, Motor, Germany, In Preparation, 1998
* Peter Thomas: "100% Cotton"  (The Complete Jerry Cotton Edition)
      Double CD & Double LP, Crippled Dick Hot Wax 04366, Germany, 1998
* Peter Thomas: "The Jerry Cotton Special Collector's Box"
     (Double CD, J.C Shirt, FBI-Tie, Cotton Lighter, Poster, Postcard)
      Limited Edition Deluxe Numbered Box, Crippled Dick Hot Wax 04368
* Various Artists: "Snowflakes
     (The Incredible Mood Music Of Germany's Legendary MPS Label)"
      CD, Motor, Germany, In Preparation, 1998




          - January 29: more or less recent (1997) stuff -

* Soundtrack: "Our Man Flint/In Like Flint/Von Ryan's Express"
     [by Jerry Goldsmith]
      CD, ?, Japan, 1997
* William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy: "Spaced Out: The Very Best Of"
      CD, MCA, UK, 1997?
* Various Artists: "Betty Page, Jungle Girl"
      CD, Q.D.K. Media, Distr. Normal Rec, Germany, 1997
* Various Artists: "The Latin Beat (Latin Sound For The Dancefloor
Clubbers)"
      CD & Double LP, Irma 488688, Italy, 1997




          - January 29: old finds I came across -

* Martin Bottcher: "Sound Kaleidoscope"
      CD, Motor 539 107, Germany, 199?
* Soundtrack: "Bluebeard/La Monaca De Monza" [by Ennio Morricone]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "D'Amore Si Muore/Le Due Stagioni Della Vita" [by Ennio
Morricone]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "Il Gatto A Nove Code" [by Ennio Morricone]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "Jack The Ripper/Rosemary's Baby"
     [by Pete Rugolo/Christopher Komeda]
      CD, ?, ?, 199?
* Soundtrack: "La Donna Invisible" [by Ennio Morricone]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "Lone Wolf Mcquade" [by Francesco De Masi]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "Piazza Di Spagna" [by Ennio Morricone]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "Satan In High Heels" [by Mundell Lowe]
      CD, ?, USA, 199?
* Soundtrack: "The Dirty Heroes/Corleone" [by Ennio Morricone]
      CD, ?, Italy, 199?
* Soundtrack: "The Worst"  (Ed Wood Musical) [by Josh Alan]
      CD, ?, USA, 199?
* Rhoda Scott: "Frame For The Blues"
      CD, Verve, France, 199?
* Rhoda Scott: "Live"
      CD, Verve, France, 199?
* Rhoda Scott: "Rhoda Scott & Guests"
      CD, Verve, France, 199?
* Rhoda Scott: "Stardust"
      CD, Verve, France, 199?
* Rhoda Scott: "Summertime"
      CD, Verve, France, 199?
* Rhoda Scott: "Take Five"
      CD, Verve, France, 199?
* April Stevens: "Teach Me Tiger"
      CD, ?, ?, 199?
* Various Artists: "Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story"
      CD, Rhino R2 72557, USA, 1996


    [most of these mysterious "?" items were taken from a recent
     "All Music" catalog; to learn more about them, e-mail
     <[e-mail]>... this is not a commercial plug!]



        The eXotica Releases Overview is part of

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

        Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:05:21 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Get easy 4: German Pops collection | other Motor cd's

I liked "Get easy 4: the German Pops collection" (Motor, germany) a lot
better than the "French collection" I talked about a while back. A lot
depends on geographics; if you think everything French is
cool/quirky/exotic, than you'll love the French one. If you're not sure,
then go for the German.

That one only has 2 crap tracks, by Katja Ebstein, and Lilian Atterer; both
very plain 60's popular vocals. 8 other are vocal tracks, the remaining 14
are instromentals.

all in all a very soulful and funky compilation, with plent of that
"European" big band sound.

some highlights:

* Klaus Wunderlich's version of Mancini's "Baby elephant walk", which is
  very true to the original Mancini sound and yet very different and original.
* James Last's "Aquarius" with phase shifting all over
* Hildegarde Knef with a slow funk number; if you like low, smokey, female
  vocals, then check her out.
* Orchester Horst Jankowski: "Pata pata" has both whistling (in the intro)
  and wordless scat "pabapaba" vocals from the swinging Jankowski Singers
* Die Jankowski Singers have a second track, "rocking voices", on which they
  sound very much like the Swingle Singers, but with a beat.
* also 2 Peter Thomas tracks not on any other cd.

I like these 2 Jankowski tracks VERY much, that's why I wonder if the Horst
Jankowski cd "Black forest explosion" mentioned in the booklet has that
same sound, with wordless scat vocals... anyone knows?

the included booklet mentions several other Motor cd's that might be
interesting, like:

* The Singers Unlimited: "Masterpieces"
    I've never heard anything from or about them, so any info about
    their sound is very welcome!

* Martin Bottcher: "Sound Kaleidoscope"
    anyone knows if this one is recommended?
    i tried listening to some of his "Winnetou" soundtrack music,
    but couldn't stand it, so awful it was, think over-dosed sugar
    strings...

more info on <http://www.motor.de/> (I'll have to visit it myself yet)

        Johan

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 14:23:21 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith "A New Sound -- A New Star" is a recent 2 cd set of his first three
Blue Note albums (circa 1956). I actually had my mitts on it in a store back in
autumn, but didn't get it (opted for "Sound Gallery 1" & "Vampyros Lesbos"
instead, no regrets there).

Hammond related is a comp of Jimmy McGriff Blue Note material, titled simply:
Jimmy McGriff "Greatest Hits".

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 9:27:36 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith may not be very exotic, but good none the less.

I like his stuff on Blue Note when he worked in smaller groups. Try "The=20
Sermon" (interesting combos) or his recently rereleased "A New Sound ... A=20
New Star." "House Party" is also good, if and when it comes back in print.=20
Some of his work on Verve is good too, depending on who arranged the=20
orchestra. His album with Wes Montgomery is good, though maybe not as good=20
as it potentially could have been. I'm not real familiar with his new stuff=
,=20
anybody have an opinion?

As an aside, I saw JS with his quartet last week here in NYC. I was somewha=
t=20
disappointed, but he's a legend and I'm glad I got to see him. Brother Jack=
=20
McDuff was also an the bill, and his sound was phat with a real solid band.

(east coast) Clark

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From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]; Clark Draper
Subject: (exotica) Jimmy Smith
Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 9:12AM

<<File Attachment: ENVELOPE.TXT>>

Can anyone recommend what the best albums are for Jimmy Smith?  Preferably=20
on
CD
reissue?  I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Peter


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:10:22 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

I'm not sure if it is available on CD, but a late 6T's Jimmy Smith album has
a hopelessly hip version of "Mission Impossible" According to the liner
notes, composer Lalo Schifrin was at the session and purportedly exclaimed,
"I wish I'd written it that way."


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:22:11 -0500
From: Vik Trola <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) web lounges on TV

anyone new a TV set this weekend can check out a feature on lounge websites
from CNET's "The Web." An air schedule can be found at
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Airtimes/airtimes.html.

no listing as yet on the CNET TV site as to which lounge sites are to be
featured...

cheers,
Vik




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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 15:44:15 -0500
From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Drive-In Intermissions.....

Okay gang, has anybody ever located ANY of the library music used in
those great drive-in intermission advertisements for food and drink?  You
know (if you're old enough.....) those great cartoons of dancing food, etc.
shown between a double feature to try and pry a few extra bucks outta
your wallet.

I interviewed a guy for my (now defunct) Drive-in Newsletter who
worked for one of the companies that made these shorts, and he
mentioned that they had a library of stock music that they'd pull to use on
the various trailers but he didn't know where they ever came from.

A lot of it sounds like a recording of a high school band or something.
The closest I've ever come is discovering that they did use a Leroy
Anderson tune for one 'em (And I think I've even got the album - a
"Percussion" title put out on Grand Prix doing all Anderson songs - this
album's a hoot!).

Anyway, enlighten me if you can.  I did release a 60min. cassette of stuff
recorded straight from video copies of these clips.....

- - Nathan


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:58:16 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

A friend of mine told me of a Jimmy Smith album where he plays teevee show=20
themes, and she said it was pretty cool (apparently her father owned it at=20
one time). Does this sound familiar to anyone? If so, what is the name of=20
the album and was it as hip as my friend remembers?
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 17:41:42 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith

In a message dated 98-02-05 16:15:42 EST, you write:

<< A friend of mine told me of a Jimmy Smith album where he plays teevee show
 themes, and she said it was pretty cool (apparently her father owned it at
 one time). Does this sound familiar to anyone? >>

it probably is "Monster" with Bewitched, The Munsters and a two-part
Goldfinger.  It's OK - but not nearly as cool as the earlier Blue Note period.


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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 15:04:02 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) JJ Perrey's US Manager

Hello,

I'm looking for/need to speak JJ Perrey's US manager.  I forgot to save
your e-mail address and need to speak with you about JJP' new LP release;
EKLECTRONICS

Jack



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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:11:18 -1000
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: (exotica) Grettings to the exotica list

Hello, fellow music lovers.

I just subscribed and thought I'd briefly introduce myself.
My name is Steve Funk, I'm 27 years old, I'm from Wisconsin, I currently
live in Anchorage, Alaska, and I love all kinds of music, especially jazz
and "lounge".

My favorite music includes:
        Frank Sinatra (I'm also on the Sinatra Mailing List which I highly
recommend for other Frankenmavens out there)
        Dean Martin/Sammy Davis Jr./Nancy Sinatra
        Esquivel (Discovering him is what turned me on to "lounge" music)
        Incredibly Strange Music Vol 1 & 2 (amazing discs)
        "Space Age Bachelor Pad" music
        Les Baxter
        Jazz (from Art Tatum to Miles Davis)
        Big Bands (from Ellington to Mingus to Sun Ra)
        Modern Classical (John Cage, Stravinsky, etc)
        Obscure Epic Piano Music (Alkan, Busoni)

Anyway, 'nuff said. I look forward to hearing from all of you and hope I
can contribute something productive to the list.

Exotically,
- - Steve




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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 22:23:49 -0700 (MST)
From: "Lazlo Nibble" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Space Ghost

> Rhino has just released a Space Ghost cd on their Kid Rhino imprint.
>
> It's called "Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que". I haven't heard it myself,
> but friends say it's pretty wacky. Maybe a good new example of the
> (sadly) almost extinct novelty record genre?

It's an excellent example thereof, though not all that new really (I think it
came out last summer).  I've been playing it over and over and over again for
months.  It is *riotously* funny, especially if you've seen the show a few
times and know who all the characters are.

- --
::: Lazlo ([e-mail]; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)
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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 20:48:02 +0900
From: Jan Fornell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The punk/exotica connection

> Maybe a lot of punks wound up here because of natural
> disposition towards the different.
Indeed! For me, punk was always an attitude towards music, rather than
any particular form of music, much less a fashion. Punk was open towards
lots of kinds of music, as long as it was vaguely non-mainstream, and
seminal labels like Rough Trade put out "straight" punk rock along with
reggae and stuff like Cabaret Voltaire, without anybody finding the
combination particularly strange. I used to play in a punk band that
played electro-acoustical ballads (for want of a better description),
and wrote for a punk fanzine about groups like Red Krayola and early
Scritti Politti. Those were the days when I would write off for a mail
order-only single recorded in somebody's bedroom and pressed in 500
copies with handmade covers, just because the name of the group sounded
cool. And well, the eclectic spirit of this exotica list is not all that
different in that particular sense. But I'm sure I see the connection
between the punk ideology and the "lounge scene", whatever that is. What
is so "DIY/underground/anti-establishment" about lounge music? Much as I
like a Negroni, isn't the only anti-establishment cocktail a Molotov
cocktail?

Jan



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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:11:45 +0100 (MET)
From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: (exotica) punk

My 2 cents on Punk Rock:

Punk Rock was a musical changre coined in the USA during the mid-1960s. The
1970s-1980s UK punk rock scene was a fashion trend orginating from King's
Road.

Thank You.

Stefan/Subliminal Sound



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Date: Fri,  6 Feb 1998 17:01:40 UT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re[2]:  Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith (Mission:Impossible)

    Anyone know which album this is from?


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I'm not sure if it is available on CD, but a late 6T's Jimmy Smith album has
a hopelessly hip version of "Mission Impossible" According to the liner
notes, composer Lalo Schifrin was at the session and purportedly exclaimed,
"I wish I'd written it that way."


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 13:43:04 -0500
From: Frank Davis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lounge on CNET's "The Web"

the list of sites for this weekend's "The Web" tv show lounge feature is up
at http://www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Web/Sites/. congrats to King Kini, ComEd,
the Rat Pack site and Bud E. Luv.

cheers,
Vik

frank davis
[e-mail]


Caroline dot com
(always consult a physician before using any medication)
http://www.caroline.com





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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 14:24:16 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re[2]:  Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith (Mission:Impossible)

The album that "Mission Impossible" is on is called "Livin' It Up" on Verve.
Liners by Leonard Feather/Arr. by Oliver Nelson. Also on that LP are "Go Away
Little Girl", "Valley Of The Dolls", others.....Quoting from the liners,
"Dropping in at the studio while the Smith/Nelson version (of "Mission
Impossible") was being taped, Lalo Schifrin admired the unusual treatment of
the theme which is doubled in length from 12 to 24 measures (and is the only
known theme at the time to have been written in 5/4).He declared he preferred
the Smith/Nelson arrangement and wished he'd thought of the approach
himself!"


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 19:50:42 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley"<[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith (Mission:Impossible)

This track is available on the recent German compilation (Motor Music
GMBH); Greatest Hits of Lalo Schifrin (along with his own version from the
MI soundtrack). Cool as.


Charlie


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 13:53:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Kerry Keane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jimmy Smith (Mission:Impossible)

On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Charles Moseley wrote:

>
>
> This track is available on the recent German compilation (Motor Music
> GMBH); Greatest Hits of Lalo Schifrin (along with his own version from the
> MI soundtrack). Cool as.
>

This is available from Dustygroove if you're looking for it.
It's a pretty excellent overview, but I was disappointed that
it wasn't a double album.


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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:47:21 -0500
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) new Jimmy Webb compilation CD

I saw this a couple of days ago, and in light of the recent JW thread, thought I'd pass the info along:

And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain
The Classic Songs of Jimmy Webb
(1998 Debutante/PolyGram-UK) (sorry, I didn't get the catalog #)

The cover is a Lichtenstein-styled cartoon of a woman crying the title into a telephone.

Track listing:
Up, Up and Away -- The Johnny Mann Singers
Wichita Lineman -- Glen Campbell
Do What You Gotta Do -- Four Tops
Still within the Sound of My Voice -- Linda Ronstadt
By the Time I Get to Phoenix -- Glen Campbell
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress -- Judy Collins
It's a Sin (When You Love Somebody) -- Joe Cocker
MacArthur Park -- Donna Summer
Someone Is Standin' Outside -- Thelma Houston
Magic Garden -- Dusty Springfield
All I Know -- Art Garfunkel
Galveston -- Glen Campbell
The Highwayman -- The Highwaymen
Didn't We -- Jimmy Webb
Where's the Playground Susie? -- Glen Campbell
If Ships Were Meant to Sail -- Scott Walker
If This Were the Last Song -- Bill Medley
MacArthur Park -- Richard Harris

Total playing time: 62:43


Peter
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 10:39:39 -0800
From: Action Plus <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) web lounges on TV

Oh, so *that* explains it....I work at CNET (for a site, not the TV shows)
and sit directly above the TV studio--they had one of San Francisco's more
obnoxious lounge impersonators (Bud E. Luv) & band playing the "Love Boat
Theme" really loud all one afternoon. Was really glad my office has a door.

Not what you'd call exotica--just cheeseball kitsch. I don't know if they
understand the difference. It'll be interesting to see their take on this.

cheers, Ursula "get off my lawn you kids" Blind


>anyone new a TV set this weekend can check out a feature on lounge websites
>from CNET's "The Web." An air schedule can be found at
>http://www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Airtimes/airtimes.html.
>
>cheers,
>Vik




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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 19:05:31 -0500
From: Jessica Cameron <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Queen of the Tom Toms"

Check out this copy from a profile of a pin-up girl with excellent taste in
music (from _Picture Scope_, a digest mag from the 50s):

QUEEN OF THE TOM TOMS

*caption: Yma Sumac's her favorite entertainer, Kay hopes someday to be as
popular.

Tarzan may be king of the jungle, but it's a cinch he's never heard jungle
drums like those played by lovely Kay Marston, who's known in show biz
circles as Queen of the Tom Toms.

(she's posing with a conga drum)

Kay Marston's a gal who's loaded with talent. Not only does she beat out a
mean rhythm on the tom-toms (they're not tom toms! >:[] ), but she sings to
her accompaniment. Kay doesn't sing words, she sings "sounds" a la Yma
Sumac. It's a gimmick whereby she duplicates tonal qualities of instruments
like flutes and clarinets with just her voice.

*caption: Her record collection contains many Capitol discs because, as she
says, they always feature a lot of bongo drum music.

What a cool gal! Wonder if she ever recorded anything?

Thanks for the space, Jessica ^_^ (who wants to be Queen of something. Maybe
I'll be a Xylophone Queen ^_-)



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