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exotica-digest         Friday, March 27 1998         Volume 02 : Number 077



In This Digest:

(exotica) Harp AND Accordion
Re: (exotica) OK, I'm on to harp...
Re:  (exotica) Mood Mosaic....
Re: (exotica) Hip Accordions
(exotica) Dorothy Ashby
Re: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey inside info
(exotica) Re: go ask Alice
(exotica) Exotica-Esque Guitar Instro Comp LP
(exotica) Killer Harp
(exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey inside info
(exotica) Accordion, harp...what next, bagpipes?
Re: (exotica) Killer Harp
Re: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next, bagpipes?
Re: (exotica) OK, I'm on to harp...
Re: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next, bagpipes?
Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge and other compilations -Reply
(exotica) More killer harps
Re: (exotica) regionalism
(exotica) Accordiona!
(exotica) KFJC-FM ON-LINE FOR REAL!
Re: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next?
Re: (exotica) regionalism
Re: (exotica) OK, I'm on to harp...
(exotica) Re: Bar Guide 800# (Grog Log)
(exotica) UK regular finds
(exotica) Akkordeon
Re: (exotica) Dorothy Ashby
Re: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey inside info
Re: (exotica) regionalism
Re: (exotica) regionalism -Reply
(exotica) Soulful Grooves
Re: (exotica) Exotica-Esque Guitar Instro Comp LP
(exotica) Dorothy Ashby
(exotica) World's least favorite instruments
(exotica) Accordions, harps, bagpipes....what's next?
(exotica) Further films...
Re: (exotica) World's least favorite instruments
[Wayne & Tony: Re: (exotica) Accordion to Hoyle..]
(exotica) Killer Harp
(exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #76

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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 17:59:46 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Harp AND Accordion

Zeena Parkins, another musician from the downtown NY scene, plays harp AND
accordion. She's played on various John Zorn projects, as well as other stuff
(Skeleton Crew), most of which I'm probably not aware of.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 17:35:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Kerry Keane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) OK, I'm on to harp...

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Clark Scheffy wrote:

>
> Hip harp hooray for Dorothy Ashby! All her records are great.
>
> Also cool: Alice Coltrane


I have the Dorothy Ashby Omar Khayyam l.p. - it's
great.  What other ones are out there?


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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 18:37:12 EST
From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Mood Mosaic....

I like all the Mood Mosaic comps--particularly good are #4 and #1--but I'd
just get 'em all. Jazz a-go-go is pretty straight ahead and the Vixen one is
pretty disco, but they all hold goodies for my ears..Jimmy


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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 23:44:23 +0000
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hip Accordions

Eb wrote:

>David Thomas, of Pere Ubu. It's not really an accordian (I forget
>the exact term), but it's close....

Oh, that reminds me, David Thomas is bringing 'Disastodrome!' to
London's Royal Festival Hall next month (saw the ad in last week's
NME):-

2 April    Daved Hild, Jackie Leven, Peter Blegvad
3 April    D Thomas, Linda Thompson, Peter Hammill - 'Mirror Man'
4 April    David Thomas - Performance Lecture (?!)
5 April    Pere Ubu gig (!!)


Robbie

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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:14:37 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dorothy Ashby

Dot has a number of LP's on various labels.
Cadet and Atlantic are 2

Jack



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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:13:07 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey inside info

>>SO!  Chazam tells me that on Kai Windings LP Mondo Cane # 2 on Verve
>>that SCREAMS with Ondioline released in the late 60's is Jean Jacques
>>on that screamin' Ondioline.I imagine that Kai Windings "Soul Surfin" LP

Maybe you have to read between the
>lines on the Mondo Cane #2 liner notes but it says "Kai plays the Ondioline
>on all the other numbers".  I don't know what they mean by "other".  On
>"Soul Surfing" they refer to "Kai's Ondoliner" .  (They spell it
>differently, not me)
>(And on "Dirty Dog",there is no Ondioline but there is Herbie Hancock.)
>I'm not saying it isn't true but why wouldn't they make a big deal of it if
>Jean Jacques were on the records?

Can you say STUDIO MUSICIAN ?  CAN YOU SAY KAI WINDING IS THE STAR OF THIS
RECORD ?  THAT THIS IS KAI WINDING'S RECORD ?

Why should they mention "Jean Jacques Perrey on the Ondioline" when it's
Kai Windings record ??????????????? AND HE IS THE FREAKIN' STAR OF IT ?

That's what I LIKE!
>Fuckin' Jews.
I am a fuckin' new york jew sonuvabitch AND PROUD OF IT

>Jack, we expect you to talk in such a manner as not to embarrass other
>members of your tribe and so that we shouldn't fear that THEY start
>thinking we ALL talk like fuckin Jews.




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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:49:26 -0700
From: Eb <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: go ask Alice

>From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
>
>Clark Scheffy wrote:
>>Hip harp hooray for Dorothy Ashby! All her records are great.
>>Also cool: Alice Coltrane
>>
>Yeah, Alice gets thumbs up! Way misunderstood and overlooked.

Does anyone else remember when Alice Coltrane had a *television show*? I
remember I used to catch it in late hours on weird UHF channels...it was
more about meditation and spirituality than music, really. Really dreamy
and BIZARRE. Exotic, even? At the time, I don't think I even knew who John
Coltrane was.

Anyone know more about that program?

Eb




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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:45:13 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotica-Esque Guitar Instro Comp LP

Here's a killer comp, LP only, that I reviewed for KFJC-FM and just so
happen to have copies of for sale;  E-Mial me if you're interested

It's called Guitar Mood:

Simply put, these are Guitar Rock Instrumentals from Around The=20
Woooooorrrrld circa the early 60=92s.  NOT SURF, but "surf-esque" in that=
=20
much of the guitar picking is very "surf like" in that it is very pizzica=
to.=20
BUT, there is no reverb!!!
Takeshi Terauchi with 4 titles with his band "Bunnies" as opposed to=20
"The Bunnies"
god I love how those Japanese talk, was known as Mr. Electric Guitar,=20
dig it.  He does instrumentals that are Japanese Folk based and re-does t=
hem
Killer Instro Guitar style, it is the shit AND that wacky organ!  Also, i=
n=20
the 60=92s, the Electric Guitar was banned in Japan which makes this guy =
stand=20
alone at a much higher level and he=92s still around playing to High Scho=
ols,=20
teaching kids how to play.
Original Takeshi Terauchi records from this early period go for close to=20
300 bucks!
Los Relampagnos hail from Spain, The Jokers from France, Les Frangins=20
from  Belgium as well as The Jokers. The Tronics from the US and the=20
"Mystery Band"  is also from the US, A.K.A. The Ventures with a=20
RARE RARE SINGLE not on ANY of their "hundreds" of LP=92s, not on any=20
of them.
Nary a SAXOPHONE in the bunch, I think I heard 1 Sax!  Yeeeeeeee Haaaaaa!
AND I LOVE SAXOPHONES
Electric Johnny are from Holland. ALL OF THIS RIP KILLS, not 1 dud,=20
NOT ONE!!!  Play the shit outta it!  This rules!!!
16 TRACKS





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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:53:59 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Killer Harp

A lady by the name of Daphne Hellman has a great jazz harp LP on Harmony
and though Harmony was primarily a reissue label for Columbia, this was not
a reissue
and did originally come from Harmony.

Lost yet ?  Features Mundell Lowe on Guitar also.

I *think* it's called Holiday for Harp and it is the shit

All of Harpo Marx's LP's are excellent, all 2 of them:)

Betty Glaaman also is a great jazz, jazz pop, pop harpist and has a number
of great LP's on Bethlehem and Emarcy.
The 1 on Bethlehem has 2 different titles and features a septet, 7 piece
outfit for those of you who can't figure out what a septet is w/ Barry
Galbraith-Guitar and killer accordion by a name that escapes me at this
moment, Bongos too.

1 title of that LP is POINCIANA and the other is.....?
Same cover, same label, different title

Jack



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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:36:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey inside info

At 04:13 PM 3/26/98 -0800, Jack Diamond wrote:

>I am a fuckin' new york jew sonuvabitch AND PROUD OF IT

Oh yeah? Then why'd ya move to the Left Coast?!?

- --Lou
(Brooklyn Jew)




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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:44:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next, bagpipes?

I've always wondered what a band comprised of all the world's least favorite
instruments would sound like.

I dunno, something like accordion, banjo, bagpipes, tuba, nose flute, jaw
harp, like that.

Anyone know if this has been attempted anywhere in the novelty or avant
garde worlds?

- --Lou




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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 21:57:42 -0500
From: Jessica Cameron <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Killer Harp

>A lady by the name of Daphne Hellman has a great jazz harp LP on Harmony
>and though Harmony was primarily a reissue label for Columbia, this was not
>a reissue and did originally come from Harmony.

Ohhhhh. :( I was gonna mention this and Jack beat me to it!

Here's another good harp album: Just A Minute: Harp Moods and Interludes
(it's one of those radio station records with short cuts to play inbetween
shows, etc.) Check out these titles: Danger, Mystery, Outer Space, Swirls,
Sophistication in E Flat. I also have a promo for all those reverb sound
effects that were so big in the 70s that has a weird echoey harp solo. Spooky!

One more for the accordion files: "I Love Accordians" on Golden Crest, by
the Bell Accordion Symphony--they're a bunch of goofy kids in prom dresses
and suits! O_o God love 'em....at least they have the good taste to do a
cover of  "Laura."

BTW, the orchestra on Contino's "Squeeze Me" is conducted by Pete Rugolo, so
you know it's cool. ^_-

Then there's the cordovox sounds of  "Just Plain" Pat Montaine or Larry
LaSagna.

Thanks for the space, Jessica ^_^



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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:53:15 EST
From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next, bagpipes?

<< I dunno, something like accordion, banjo, bagpipes, tuba, nose flute, jaw
 harp, like that. >>

speakin' of bagpipes - there's this jazz bagpipe specialist on the Atlantic
label I'm curious about, Rufus Harley.  Did a couple of LP's, "Bagpipe Blues"
and "Scotch And Soul" around 1966.

jaw harp - a buddy gave me one.  how the hell do you play it?


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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 21:03:22 EST
From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) OK, I'm on to harp...

<< I have the Dorothy Ashby Omar Khayyam l.p. - it's
 great.  What other ones are out there? >>

there are two CD's that i know of.  "The Jazz Harpist" and "In A Minor Groove"

here are a couple of Alice Coltrane CD's:  "Journey In Satchidananda" and
"Ptah The El Daoud"

i give you CD's because who knows how hard the original LP's are to find.




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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 18:18:28 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next, bagpipes?

>jaw harp - a buddy gave me one.  how the hell do you play it?

Watch your teeth buddy boy @:-#
J



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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:59:35 -0500
From: "allanc" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge and other compilations -Reply

Nathan wrote:

> Allan recommended Chester get "Jungle Exotica" - I wouldn't
> recommend this to anyone unless you really know that they'd
> like that very primitive RAW sound.  I'm not sure you'd want
> to start of a "beginner" with this stuff - his mind needs a while
> to be s-lo-w-l-y twisted......

Nah, the best way to learn to swim is to be tossed in the deep end!

> While this stuff on the Strip label is fun, you're not going be
> giving these discs heavy rotation once the novelty of the
> tunes wears off.  For the most part these are very boring
> arrangements, a lot of them bordering on tedious (esp. the
> "Jungle" stuff).

I just can't agree, as the Strip Records discs have not left my cd player
since I bought them. Yes, the tunes are raw, but also lively &
immediate...it is not polite music! The tracks on Las Vegas Grind & Jungle
Exotica sound like they were recorded in one take with no time for that
fancy studio/audio trickery that seems to wow so many.
Allan.




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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:39:51 -0800
From: Darrell Brogdon <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More killer harps

Other cool harp rekkids include--

"Have Harp, Can't Travel" (Liberty LST-3118), a classic by the Stanley-Johnson Orchestra
featuring not one, but two harps - one played by Dorothy Remsen, who also appears on
Drasnin's "Voodoo".  Great cover has Billy Barty in top hat and tails trying to wrestle
a harp onto an L.A. city bus!

"Harp, Skip and Jump" (RCA Camden CAS 452) by Gene Bianco with Mundell Lowe, guitar; Joe
Venuto, percussion; Don Lamond, drums; Wendell Marshall, bass.  Other Bianco albums are
pretty syrupy, but this one kicks.  Love the title track!

"There Goes My Harp" (Decca DL 8825), ethereal harp by Mimi Allen.  Pop songs done in
"the Mimi manner".

"Harp with a Beat" (HiFi R606), Verlye Mills with the Billy May Orchestra.  Swingin'
stuff, especially "Latin Lady" and "Carlsbad Caper".  She did at least a couple of other
rekkids, too.

Love that harp!


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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:22:10 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) regionalism

At 04:29 PM 3/26/98 -0500, Nat Kone wrote:
>Don't tell me. There's actually some consensus here that something is "bad"??
>No Mantovani "jungle beat" record?  No Mantovani moog record?:  No real
>early record when he was closer to his jazz roots?  Does this mean I can
>slag Hagood Hardy and Frank Mills without fear of an avalanche of exceptions?

Well, I do look for Mantovani hoping to find something that would make me
want to buy one of his records.  However, by the overwhelming evidence in
the used bins, I can tell you that few people are into Mantovani.  The
stacks are just full of them!  Someone must have liked the records once,
but I doubt my mother even would listen today. She used to own a Mantovani
record, but when she started downsizing her collection it was the first one
to go.  At one thrift store, a woman did tell me she was looking for a
Mantovani record, but only for its camp value.  She said no one was better
at that cheesy swelling strings sound than Mantovani.

If someone really gets into that sound, more power to them.

I think Mitch Miller is equally despised, from the comments I've heard by
people standing near the "Sing along..." albums.  However, Mr. Miller
didn't make quite as many records as Mr. Mantovani.  I have a feeling Mr.
Mantovani must have lived in the recording studio.

You know, if he had recorded an album with an exotica "standard", I would
buy it...but I have yet to see a "Third Man Theme" or "Caravan" on any of
his records.

Hey, if you know of a *GOOD* Mantovani record or even a mediocre record
with *ONE* good cut, let me know.  There would be nothing more interesting
than to have Mr. Smooth back announce Mr. M!  There has to be one: I just
found a Percy Faith Album which may make it onto the show.

Perhaps there's an album called "Mantovani Punk?"

Byron





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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 00:37:52 EST
From: DaveHiFi <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Accordiona!

   I have several responses to the recent thread on accordion music.

   First, I would like to heartily recommend Those Darn Accordions to anyone.
I saw them last year at the Cotati Acordion Festival and I must say that they
rocked in a major way.  They play a mix of polka, rock and you-name-it
material.  They're all very talented and play with unbridled enthusiasm.  See
'em live if you can, or pick up one of their cds.  Squeeze This! is a personal
favorite.  I was personally blown away by their amazing version of Jimi
Hendrix' "Fire" sung by eighty-two year old Clyde.
   The headliner at that show was, by the way, Dick Contino.  We didn't stay
to see him, but I did stop by the booth where he was shilling his wares to say
hello.  He's a very serious fella.
   I'd also like to recommend a listen to any of the great Brazillian
accordionists, but most importantly Luis Gonzaga.  He virtually invented the
whole Forro style of music single-handedly, and his recorded work is infused
with a remarkable spirit and irresistable style.  Just try to listen to his
stuff and not have a good time, go ahead!
   Another good choice is the Conjunto! series on Rounder.  This great series
of Texas-Mexican border music accordion combos was put together by Carl Finch
of Brave Combo, no stranger to exotica himself.
   I would also like to take exception to the mauling of Myron Floren.  I
first bought one of his records a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised.
I liked the choice of material (Dizzy Fingers, Sabre Dance, April in Portugal,
The Breeze and I) and his arrangemments and playing were great.  Try his
version of Anna on for size - it's a swinging fit.  I have a pile of his
records now, and none are without some merit.
   One last recommendation is Charles Magnante.  His Moods for Moderns lp
often stays on the turntable here for repeated playings.  Great Moritat!


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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:05:37 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) KFJC-FM ON-LINE FOR REAL!

Well kids,  the day has finally come that everyone, yes even you MACS, that
have at least a 28.8 modem
on their pewter and a set of speakers are able to actually hear THE BEST
damn radio station in the world, I shit you not.

That's right, better than W blah blah blah or whomever.
No BS or nothin', all killer that will kill you more dead than the new Jean
Jacques Perrey LP, more dead than that and that will kill you dead fer shure.

Direct your sexiest web browser, preferably Netscape(IMHO)to dis here url;

http://home.earthlink.net/~kfjc/audiofeed.html and wait for the magic to
begin.

Follow the instructions and you are there to truly 1 of a kind radio
available in only 1 location but ONLY if you are an adventurous listener,
KFJC-FM http://www.KFJC.org

Are you an adventurous listener or do you only listen to that exotica crap;-)

Prepare to die a happy death

Yours truly,
Jack



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 07:23:07 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Accordion, harp...what next?

Lou wrote:

>I've always wondered what a band comprised of all the world's least favorite
>instruments would sound like.
>
>Anyone know if this has been attempted?

Yes, it has, and the name of the group is Incantation, from South America.
They also play the world's least memorable and most repetetive music.

Hugh.



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 03:18:20 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) regionalism

At 08:22 PM 3/26/98 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
>Hey, if you know of a *GOOD* Mantovani record or even a mediocre record
>with *ONE* good cut, let me know.  There would be nothing more interesting
>than to have Mr. Smooth back announce Mr. M!  There has to be one: I just
>found a Percy Faith Album which may make it onto the show.

I have no idea what you mean by good.  I bought one called "The Mantovani
Scene" because it had a few covers with, I thought, potential.  "Delilah",
"Both sides now".. And I thought his cover of "Honey" couldn't be any worse
than the original.  All I can say is it's no better than I thought it might
be.
But Percy Faith?  Come on.  I'm sure there are people on this list who love
Percy.  But if you're more shall we say "discerning", I can recommend his
"Black Magic Woman" album.   Pretty good versions of the title cut and "Oye
como va", among others.  I can't imagine those cuts being unprogrammable.
Nat



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 03:18:18 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) OK, I'm on to harp...

At 09:03 PM 3/26/98 EST, BasicHip wrote:
>here are a couple of Alice Coltrane CD's:  "Journey In Satchidananda" and
>"Ptah The El Daoud"

I have one on LP called "Huntington Ashram Monastery".  Good title Alice.
It's quite different than the other ones I've heard.  Don't ask me how.
It's a lot less mystical and swooshy.  She picks the harp rather than
playing all those big chords.  It's more of a minimal groove thing.  Jack
help me out here.  "It's the cat's pyjamas!"
Satchidananda and a few others are reissued in that lovely cardboard
Impulse series.
I guess Alice weren't no Yoko Ono after all.
Nat



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 04:07:51 EST
From: Otto temp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Bar Guide 800# (Grog Log)

Sorry about the wrong # on the previous post.
To Pre-order the Grog Log by phone call

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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:53:52 +0000
From: michael jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) UK regular finds

>> Thank you also to those who reminded me of the other regular
>> finds here (Manuel & his music of the mountains, Geoff Love
>> (same guy, different name!)).

>I always keep an eye out for Geoff Love records, he did several TV/Movie
theme
>type albums which although musically they're hit and miss the ones I have
sport
>amazing covers.
>A good deal for practically nothing pricewise.

What are more annoying to keep finding are the Mrs Mills piano records. And
even worse the collaborations: Mrs Mills AND Geoff Love... i dread to think
what that sounds like...



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:00:33 +0000
From: "Moritz R«" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Akkordeon

So this is accordion-week in Exoticaland:

Previously mentioned in a different context:
EXTRAITS DES BANDES ORIGINALES DES FILMS DE JAQUES TATI (Phillips /
Phonogram,France )

ROME WITH LOVE, Jo Basile & orchestra, (AF, USA,1959)

and that brings me to a SONG that was a super-big hit in Europe at the
end of the 50s and was in fact my very first record ever and nobody
seems to know it in America:
MARINA, by Rocco Granata, which has an accordian-melody in the
middle-part, that nobody can forget, who ever heard it and actually made
the hit.

The music of France and Italy in the past seems to be build up on the
accordion-sound in general. Why is that? Because these countries have a
Caf=E9-Culture?

MR



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 07:38:50 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dorothy Ashby

And Prestige makes three!  I have "Best of Dorothy Ashby" on Prestige,
although Ibelieve that it was originally called "Afro-Harp".

>Dot has a number of LP's on various labels.
>Cadet and Atlantic are 2



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 07:43:43 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey inside info

>Oh yeah? Then why'd ya move to the Left Coast?!?


...and have either of you been to Pakula's in Spring Valley, the "best in
butter baking"?

Brian Phillips (who grew up in a Jewish neighborhood)


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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:08:46 +0200
From: "David Retief" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) regionalism

The bane of South African rekkid piles must be the Springbok series (I'd
venture there are about 50).  They're budget compilations of cover versions
(aaargh!) that were EXTREMELY popular in the 60-70's.  On a par is the
Stereophonic series - compilations with medleys of cover versions, always
with naked lady and hifi set with shag carpets etc that got progressively
more lurid per release.  I forget which series, but for a while it featured
naked women playing different types of sport like cricket etc with
bat/arm/ball in strategic position.
Every pile has one and often they move in large groups!

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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:37:30 -0500
From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) regionalism -Reply

Byron:

Percy Faith's "Adventures in the Sun" has a couple of good
tracks on it.......

- - Nate


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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:38:09 UT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soulful Grooves

Anyone heard these comps?
They seem real interesting, lots of seventies instro funk type stuff that
sometimes gets discussed here.  How are they?

Peter


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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 06:09:03 PST
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica-Esque Guitar Instro Comp LP

>Takeshi Terauchi

Indeed, the man is awesome & very fast: TT's "Test Driver" has recently
been recorded by another surf-esque group, Man Or Astroman.


>in the 60s, the Electric Guitar was banned in Japan which makes this
guy
>stand alone

??? There was a fair number "Eleki" or Ventures/Astronauts inspired
instro bands in Japan in the 60's, not to mention those fuzzed-out
"Group Sounds" bands such as The Golden Cups, Carnabeats... If the
guitar was banned, there were rebels a-plenty.

BW

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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 98 06:13:53 PST
From: [e-mail] (Clark Scheffy)
Subject: (exotica) Dorothy Ashby

Kerry Keane <[e-mail]> wrote:

I have the Dorothy Ashby Omar Khayyam l.p. - it's
great.  What other ones are out there?

- ---------

Well, fellow list members created a nice discography for Dorothy Ashby at
http://www.chaoskitty.com/b_kitty/html/instrum.html

Of the albums listed there, I have most of them, and *none* are duds. The
bop jazz albums are fresh, with flute by famed jazz flutist Frank Wess, and
an easy understated tone. Her album on Atlantic "The Fantastic Jazz Harp of
Dorothy Ashby" is probably my favorite of her jazz albums. Her Argo and
Cadet releases get progressively funkier, with "Afro Harping" being for
most, the holy grail.

The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (the album you mention) is one of the few I don't
have.

Also important to note: "The Best of Dorothy Ashby" is a reissue of "Hip Harp,"
and "Dorothy Ashby Plays For Beautiful People" is a reissue of "In a Minor
Groove." You can find both of those albums on one CD titled "In a Minor
Groove" on Prestige.

Clark


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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 98 06:22:24 PST
From: [e-mail] (Clark Scheffy)
Subject: (exotica) World's least favorite instruments

The Jazz band:
Rufus Harley: Bagpipes
Dorothy Ashby/Alice Coltrane: dueling harps
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Nose flute, stritch, and saxophone (all at once)
Astor Piazzola: Bandoleon

I need a drummer...

Clark


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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:32:56 -0500
From: Jessica Cameron <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Accordions, harps, bagpipes....what's next?

Pleaaaase let it be a thread about xylophones and marimbas! ^_^ I _love_
xylophone records!

Thanks for the space, Jessica ^_^



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 06:35:09 PST
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Further films...

Kerry Byrnes wrote this to me (THANKS Kerry!), but I believe its of
public interest:

A few issues back, Film Score Monthly (Vol. 2, No. 4 - June 1997) ran an
article: "Martin Denny and the Sound of Exotica...The mysterious
circumstances of 'Forbidden Island'".  The article contained "A Road Map
to Soundtrack Exotica" as follows:

   *    John Barry's The Dove and King Kong
   *    Les Baxter's The Sacred Idol and Bora Bora
   *    Elmer Bernstein's Hawaii
   *    Frank DeVol's Krakatoa, East of Java
   *    Georges Delerue's Day of the Dolphin
   *    Jerry Goldsmith's Islands in the Stream, Medicine Man, and
Papillon
   *    Maurice Jarre's Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday
   *    Bonislau Kaper's Mutiny on the Bounty and Lord Jim
   *    Angelo Francesco Lavagnino's The Lost Continent
   *    Alexander Laszlo's Forbidden Island (Atlantis in Hi-Fi)
   *    David Livingston's Hawaiian Eye
   *    Henry Manicini's The Hawaiians
   *    Ennio Morricone's Oceano and Dedicato al Mare Egeo
   *    Alex North's South Seas Adventure
   *    Piero Piccioni's Bora Bora
   *    Basil Poledouris's The Blue Lagoon
   *    Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's South Pacific
   *    Laurence Rosenthal's The Island of Dr. Moreau
   *    Nino Rota's Hurricane
   *    Max Steiner's Bird of Paradise and King Kong
   *    Morton Stevens' Hawaii Five-O
   *    Herbert Stothart's Mutiny on the Bounty
   *    Dimitri Tiomkin's Search for Paradise
   *    John Williams' Diamond Head
   *    Victor Young's Around the World in 80 Days

These films and their scores may not be to exactly what one is looking
for in "exotica" film socres but decide for yourself. Exotica list
subscribers interested in a subscription to Film Score Monthly or
obtaining a back issue of the FSM issue featuring Martin Denny may
contact the publisher Lukas Kendall at <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:49:18 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) World's least favorite instruments

>The Jazz band:
>Rufus Harley: Bagpipes
>Dorothy Ashby/Alice Coltrane: dueling harps
>Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Nose flute, stritch, and saxophone (all at once)
>Astor Piazzola: Bandoleon
How about Ronald Shannon Jackson?  He could recite verse while drumming, as
he did on the album "Pulse".


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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:04:12 GMT
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Wayne & Tony: Re: (exotica) Accordion to Hoyle..]

> From: Wayne & Tony <[e-mail]>
>
> Hugh Petfield wrote:
>
> > Thank you also to those who reminded me of the other regular
> > finds here (Manuel & his music of the mountains, Geoff Love
> > (same guy, different name!)).
>
> I always keep an eye out for Geoff Love records, he did several
> TV/Movie theme type albums which although musically they're hit and
> miss the ones I have sport  amazing covers.
>

[snipped]

> "Big Terror Movie Themes" contains the music from Earthquake,
>
> "Big Suspense Movie Themes" (Shaft, Frenzy, The French Connection...) cover
>
> "Big Western Themes" (high Noon, Fistful of Dollars, The Good The

Here's the others I've found:

Big Western Themes Vol. 2
Big War Themes
Big James Bond Themes
Favourite TV Themes
Top TV Themes
Superhero Themes
[This one is really good -- Wonderwoman, Batman and Devil's Gallop]
Science Fiction Themes
Big Disco Film Themes
Disco Galactic Themes
[w. Disco versions of Blake's 7 theme, The Omega Man, Logan's Run,
etc. (!)]

Some of them are really common -- others are hard to find (I've only
ever seen the one copy of the "Disco Galactic" one). Anyone found any
others?

> Hugh are you saying Manuel IS Geoff Love?

Yes, Manuel is Love. I believe he's also Mandingo, but I have yet to find
anyone that can confirm this.



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:10:41 GMT
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Killer Harp

> From: Jack <[e-mail]>
>
> Betty Glaaman also is a great jazz, jazz pop, pop harpist and has a number
> of great LP's on Bethlehem and Emarcy.

 And one on Capitol too, "Swinging On A Harp" if I remember right.



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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 98 10:15:04 -0000
From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #76

NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]> wrote:

>"BasicHip" mentioned the derth of material in the "walk in
>stores" and I couldn't agree more!
...
>I ALWAYS buy mailorder, and when you find me in a
>shopping mall - hell will freeze over my friend.
...
>Woe the persons on earth who depend on consumer
>shopping centers..... :-(  BLEEEECHHHH!

Okay, I'll admit trashy mall chains like Camelot, NRM, Coconuts, etc. are
essentially worthless and overpriced (although sometimes Camelot has some
cool cutouts). For some unkown reason, one day in the mall I decided to
inventory the Camelot. Not a SINGLE Esquivel CD in the whole store, and
the Ultra Lounge comps and one of the Rhino comps were filed under "L"
(for "Lounge" in the rock section. (You've heard me rant before about the
inadequacy of the Ultra Lounge CDs)

Border's (generally a stand-alone store here and not in malls), while
still overpriced, seems to be one of the best chains about keeping all
this sorta stuff in stock though. Another non-mall national chain that
has a surprising amount of cool stuff is Best Buy.

Hopefully you're not in a no-man's land where the mall store is the only
retail outlet for miles -- there's a ton of small regional chains and
one-off stores around here that have better selection and cheaper prices.
Through these stores I "special order" 75% of the retail music I buy.
It's cheaper than mail order, plus it clues them into stuff they'll want
to stock. The ONLY reason for mail order, IMO, is imports or indie stuff
like the MAN IN SPACE WITH SOUNDS, that don't have decent distribution,
making it impossible for such stores to special order them for me.

I know SOME mall chains *charge you* for special orders (not just a
deposit, an additional FEE!), reinforcing they are from the pits of hell.

Michael David Toth
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