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exotica-digest         Sunday, April 26 1998         Volume 02 : Number 098



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) help me please!
Re: (exotica) The  ULTIMATE ORGAN LIST/Jackie Mittoo
Re: (exotica) help me please!
(exotica) New Electronica Documentary!
(exotica) Multiplication Rock
Re: (exotica) New Electronica Documentary!
(exotica) Peter Thomas "FutureMuzik" duplicates
(exotica) Annotated Playlist Fantastica # 53
(exotica) Lounge/Exotica LPs For Sale
(exotica) fwd: epulse 4.16 [needle]
Re: (exotica) The  ULTIMATE ORGAN LIST/Jackie Mittoo
Re: (exotica) The  ULTIMATE ORGAN LIST/Jackie Mittoo
(exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #96
Re: (exotica) Peter Thomas "FutureMuzik" duplicates
Re: (exotica) fwd: The Secrets Of Easter Island
Re: (exotica) Moog
(exotica) Playlist for The Single Eye, April 26
(exotica) modern exotic influences?
(exotica) F & T  update
Re: (exotica) modern exotic influences?
(exotica) lothar and the hand people
(exotica) Peter Thomas FutureMuzik duplicates: no criticism!
(exotica) Re: Advice on soundtrack reissues: Planet of the apes
Re: (exotica) Moog
Re: (exotica) modern exotic influences?

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 98 23:51:39 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) help me please!

Gay Fantasy Express' "Beach Boy" ("featuring Slick Dik"!) can be found on
a compilation titled _The Best of Easy Tune_ out on the Drive In label.
It's a Dutch import and I found it at Other Music in New York. I've been
listening to this CD constantly ever since I got it last week.

Elisabeth


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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 10:29:39 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The  ULTIMATE ORGAN LIST/Jackie Mittoo

Nat:

>Jackie Mittoo might have to go on the list.

This reminded me of the excellent reggae version of "A House Is Not A Home"
by the Soul Vendors on "RIde Me Donkey",  a Studio One compilation. This
also boasts a reworked Jim Reeves in "She'll Have to Go" !
But the importance of Mittoo as arranger and keyboard virtuoso of the
classic Studio One sound and Jamaican music can't be overstated. A good
introduction might be (although I don't have it alas) "Tribute to Jackie
Mittoo", a CD on Hearbeat.

Arjan



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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:16:00 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) help me please!

At 23:45 18/07/98 +0800, you wrote:
>
>Nice And Easy Experience : "Spaceman"
>Multiplication Rock : "Ready Or Not, Here I Come"
>Gay Fantasy Express : "Beach Boy"
>
>I need more info about the above titles.....which compilation or Lp is it
>on?...where can I get them?.......anyone on this planet...please reply!!!!

This is particularly odd as I have done a radio show that played all three
of these songs, probably even in that order. Someone out there must have
exceedingly similar taste to me.  May I ask why you are asking about these
three songs and where you have heard them and were they in that order?

The info you have been given is correct. Nice & Easy Experience came out in
the UK on a CD single and I think they also have an LP. It came out on
Eternal Records through Warner Bros. Cat No; WEA 045 CD.

Thanks....

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 06:45:49 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Electronica Documentary!

A new documentary about electronic music is premiering at the San Francisco
International Film Festival and opening in theaters in a few months.
Haven't seen mention of it on the list yet.

MODULATIONS (CINEMA FOR THE EAR), directed by Iara Lee, is a wild,
mile-a-minute study of electronic music that traces the chronology from the
earliest electronic instruments (theremin) through Cage, Henry and
Schaeffer, Stockhausen, disco, Kraftwerk, ambient, industrial, hip hop,
sampling, techno, house, jungle 'n' drums 'n' bass and on.

An incomplete list of interviewees and/or featured performances:  Alec
Empire, Alvin Toffler, Bill Laswell, Carl Cox, Coldcut, DJ Spooky, Future
Sound of London, Genesis P. Orridge (who opens the film discussing the
importance of Burrough's "cut-ups"), Giorgio Moroder, Holger Czukay (Can),
Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Meat Beat Manifesto, Moby, O
Yuki Conjugate, Orbital, Pierre Henry, Prodigy, Prototype 909, Robert Moog
(who plays a snatch of "Amazing Grace"), Teo Macero (who produced many Miles
Davis electronic albums), Tetsu Inoue, and many other DJs, producers,
turntablists, journalists, etc.

While I generally say "heck no" to techno, it's fascinating to see how the
many strains of club music evolved.

According to a publicist, a soundtrack release is on the way.

C. "Ratso" Russo





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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 18:32:04 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Multiplication Rock

I have that album. What was the question?

Mo Tiki Kekipi



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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 18:32:29 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Electronica Documentary!

There is also a brandnew documentary about the second classic
synthesizer in history, the KORG MS 20. It's by artist Fareed Armaly:
[e-mail]

MO TIKI



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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 13:40:41 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas "FutureMuzik" duplicates

Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "FutureMusik" (CD, Scamp 9724, USA, 1998)

Duplicates with other, previously released CDs:

* "Raumpatrouille":
"Space Patrol",  "Bolero On The Moon Rocks", "Lancet Bossa Nova".

* "Film Musik":
"Der Hexer"; "The Sinister Monk" (Der unheimliche M=F6nch"); "The Hunchback
Of Soho" ("Der Bucklige von Soho"); "The Hound Of Blackwood Castle" ("Der
Hund von Blackwood Castle"); "Caught At Midnight"; "The Spell Of The
Sinister One" ("Im banne des Unheimlichen" but 1:45 shorter than the "Film
Musik" version).

* "Easy Loungin'": "Monster", "Pardon Me, Ms. Carmen", "Der Hexer".

* "100% Cotton": "Caught At Midnight".

That leaves 5 others: "Curse Of The Hidden Vault", "Happening In White",
"Theme For Airport", "Gods From Strange Planets", "Traitors". I've listened
to these at Scamps website, and didn't find them good enough to justify
buying this CD, just for these 5.




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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 13:43:20 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Annotated Playlist Fantastica # 53

Fantastica runs on:
* Radio Scorpio, FM 106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday 15-16 h.
* Radio Centraal, FM 103.9, Antwerpen, Belgium,
  at irregular times in their "Night Machine".
* KKUD "bootleg radio", San Jose, CA, USA, I think on Sundays


                             Fantastica # 53


 1. Riz Ortolani: "Beat fuga shake"
       o compil.: "Beat At Cinecitta Volume 1"
       o CD/LP, Crippled Dick Hot Wax 04382, Germany, 1997 | +++++
       o info: "A sensual homage to the most raunchy, erotic filmmusic from
         the vaults of Italian 60s & 70s cinema". One of the best, if not
         THE best, Italian loungecore soundtrack compilation around.
 2. Air: "Le voyage de Penelope"
       o album: "Moon Safari"
       o CD/LP, Source (Caroline) 6644, USA, 1998
         CD, Source (Virgin) 724384497828 (CDV 2848), France, 1998 | +++
 3. Rolf Harris: "Sun arise"
       o album: "Rolf Harris"
       o CD, EMI CDP 7 95371 2, UK, 1991 | +++
       o info: Uneven compilation, most of it is Harris the comedy
         songwriter. "Sun arise" is a classic; very hypnotic with primitive
         percussion, repetitive theme, and a vocal imitation of the
         didgeridoo sound.
 4. Tony Hatch: "Maori"
       o album: "The best of Tony Hatch & his orchestra" The Easy Project 3
       o CD, Sequel NEM CD 920, UK, 1996 | +++
       o info: "Maori" is by far the best and most interesting track on
         this CD: combining traditional Maori male voice chorus singing
         with a rock rhythm section and 40 piece orchestra backing: very
         impressive! The rest of this CD is rather EZ lounge, mostly
         instrumental.
 5. The Band of The Life Guards: "Money money money"
       o album: "On parade with the music of Abba"
       o LP, Sunset, UK | +++
       o info: Just what it says: Military band covers of Abba!
 6. Inia Te Wiata & the Maori Chorus: "E noho e koroki-Toia mai te waka-Uia
    mai koia-Hoea ra te waka nei-Kamate! Kamate!"
       o album: "Waiata Maori. Festival of Maori songs"
       o LP, KIWI, Australia | +++
       o info: The original Maori chorus sound
 7. Thread: Tuvans: "Steppe Kargiraa/Imitation of deer/Domestication of
    goat to kid/Sigit with khomuz"
       o compil.: "Tuva: Voices from the center of Asia"
       o CD, Smithsonian/Folkways SF CD 40017, USA, 1990 | ++++
       o info: Diverse styles of traditional Tuvan throat and other singing
         and sound making
 8. Mary Schneider: "William Tell Overture/Carmen Overture"
       o album: "Yodeling the Classics"
       o CD, Innerworks/Ichiban D2-24935, USA, 1997 | ++++
       o info: Australia's Queen of Yodeling takes on the popular classical
         works. If only she would stick to yodelling! Unfortunately, she
         spoils many tracks by plain singing...
 9. Mado Robin: "Le carnaval de Venise: Melodie"
       o album: "La Voix Unique De Mado Robin: Delibes, Strauss, ..."
       o CD, MM94503, France, 199? | ++
       o info: The French woman with the highest soprano voice ever.
         Unfortunately, she's not singing songs that were written
         especially for her, just opera pieces. Typically, she ends each
         fragment with a burst-out of the highest notes she can reach, and
         then her voice doesn't sound human anymore, it's more like an
         electronic sound, really spooky and weird.
10. Lenny Dee with Latin American Rhythm: "Te quiero dijiste"
       o album: "Dee-latin Hi-Fi organ"
       o LP, Decca 8718, mono | ++++
       o info: Every US album by Lenny Dee I've found is great, with that
         "happy" organ sound of his, but this is something extra special,
         with the Latin rhythms.
11. Barbara: "L'aigle noir"
       o album: "Mes plus belles histoires d'amour"
       o CD, Polygram, France, 19?? | ++
       o info: Barbara belongs to that French school of classic, "serious"
         chanson, like Moustaki and Brassens, but "L'aigle noir" is really
         something different, in a typical 70's way, featuring bombastic
         chorus and phase shifting drums.
12. Valjean: "Mashmellow pudding (Turkish march, Mozart)"
       o album: "Mashin the Classicks"
       o LP, Carlton 146 | ++++
       o info: "Mash dance" versions of classical classics
13. Red Ingle: "Moe Zart turkey trot"
       o album: "Tim-Tayshun" (Temptation)
       o CD, Bear Family BCD 16115, Germany, 1997 | +++
       o info: Red Ingle was one of Spike Jones' band members. Every
         novelty nut needs this one! Most of the 28 tracks appear for the
         first time on CD here.
14. Eartha Kitt: "Mountain high, valley low"
       o album: "That bad Eartha"
       o LP, | +++++
15. Cal Tjader: "Hot sake"
       o album: "Several Shades of Jade / Breeze from The East"
       o CD, Verve, USA, 1997 | +++++
       o info: Two LPs on 1 CD, both combining jazz with oriental
         instruments and influences from the Far East. It's faux-Orient,
         but not of the novelty kind! This is beautiful, exotic "pop" jazz.
         "Several Shades" is arranged by Lalo Schifrin, and played by his
         orchestra. "Breeze" is arranged by Stan Applebaum, as a follow-up
         to the success of "Several Shades", and the liner notes allege
         that it is much less respectable, which says more about the writer
         of those notes, than about the music itself! It's maybe a bit
         lighter, more jazzy "pop" than popular jazz, but as beautiful
         IMHO!
16. Ennio Morricone: "Come Maddalena"
       o album: "More Mondo Morricone"
       o CD, Colosseum CST 34.80580, Germany, 1996 | +++++
       o info: Beautiful compilation, as highly recommended as the first
         volume "Mondo Morricone". This is sort of a "best of" from obscure
         soundtracks. Lots of Hammond, electric guitar; wordless vocals by
         Ella Dell'Orso on 3 tracks. Different atmospheres: soft and lush,
         action, erotic, mystery.
17. Deodato: "Carly & Carole"
       o album: "Also sprach Zarathustra" (compil.)
       o LP, Proto | +++
       o info: Ambitious Fusion of jazz and funk
18. Jimmy Smith: "Basin Street blues"
       o album: "The Cat"
       o CD, Verve 831 374, USA, 199? | +++++
       o info: One of my favorite Jimmy Smith albums, with that BIG big
         band sound. Arranged & conducted by Lalo Schifrin, produced by
         Creed Taylor, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, and released on
         Verve... you can't go wrong on these!

         album ratings:
         +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk

        the radio pages on my web site:
        <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>

        Johan Dada Vis

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 12:50:39 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lounge/Exotica LPs For Sale

I have a Very Large List of Lounge/Exotica Records for sale, mainly
duplicates from my personal collection.  There are some real gems here
(Baxter's "The Primitive and the Passionate", "Jewels of the Sea",
"Wild Guitars" and "Skins", Kenyon Hopkins' "Lonelyville", Stereo
Action, Bob Thompson, Mel Henke, wacky percussion and a lot more).
If you'd like to check out my VLLL/ER before I post it to the vinyl
newsgroups, please e-mail me for the list. And thanks for the space.

Darrell Brogdon
Program Director
KANU
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
[e-mail]
http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm


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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 14:57:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) fwd: epulse 4.16 [needle]

Here's an excerpt from the latest Tower e-Pulse ezine, of interest to fans
of Lucas & Friends (hey, Pea!).

pulse 4.16 [needle]
>---  CONTENTS / April 24, 1998
  Welcome back to epulse, the musically omnivorous
weekly ezine of Pulse! magazine
7. old folks at home, dept.:
     Before the advent of personal cassette recorders, back when vinyl was
the only sonic option, people were fairly limited with their home recording
options. Luckily, the '40s saw the dawning of the short-lived, but
interesting Wilcox-Gay acetate recorder -- suitcase-sized lathes with
microphones that could lay a lo-fi platter of sound reproduction that you
could send to friends, impress neighbors with or just fool around on. This
phenomenon has finally been archived, thanks to 'ONE OF ONE: SNAPSHOTS OF
SOUND' (Dish, P.O. Box 107, St. Helena, CA 94574-0107, out now). It's a
surreal trip -- the 23 tracks allow you to eavesdrop on people whistling,
playing blues guitar, telling stories that don't make sense and, best of
all, merely conversing. And everyone, it seems, is in awe of the (now
forgotten about) technology at hand. "Dear friends," the man's voice on
track 10 begins, "We must eat to live. We may be able to live without
friends, but we cannot live without food ... " Eventually, the voice starts
to talk about food packaging, only to be cut off by the end of the
platter's side. Other tracks are sing-alongs, bad jokes and odes to far
away lovers; each is heartfelt and touching. Dish Recordings, you may
remember, is the label that brought to the public 'Sounds for Little Ones'
- -- the aural document of ice cream truck sounds, kiddie rides and
all-around children's strangeness that we can't stop listening to around
here. The epulse staff feels the same pangs of nostalgia with 'One of One.'
The liner notes say it all: "You don't have to be much of a romantic to
feel there is something more than sound inscribed on these records." If
you've ever felt the temptation to buy that box of home-labeled cassettes
or super-8 films at a thrift store (or, perhaps, just hate that
high-production of 'Beat of the Traps'), this disc is for you.

This week's epulse8 contributors: Jed Distler, Jackson Griffith, Bill
Forman, Rochelle O'Gorman Flynn, Peter Melton, Ned Hammad, Jason Verlinde
and David Greenberger. [!]
^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^




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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 16:35:33 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The  ULTIMATE ORGAN LIST/Jackie Mittoo

At 10:29 AM +0200 4/25/98, Arjan Plug wrote:

>This reminded me of the excellent reggae version of "A House Is Not A Home"
>by the Soul Vendors on "RIde Me Donkey",  a Studio One compilation. This
>also boasts a reworked Jim Reeves in "She'll Have to Go" !

One of the most bizarre things I used to encounter in my days of working in
used record stores was the many, many Jamaicans who would come in looking
for records by Jim Reeves, as well as other early 60's countrypolitan stars
(and white country gospel, too). Granted I was having a stereotypical
outlook here, but I just didn't expect folks who grew up with ska, mento,
rock steady and reggae to be so fanatical over such syrupy sounds. I've
heard stories of dumbfounded, stoned Americans at reggae festivals in
Jamaica wondering and confused at why all the Rastas were rushing the stage
when Skeeter Davis would come on singing "It's The End Of The World".
I finally got the answer : American Armed Forces Radio could be picked up
strongly in Jamaica in the early 60's, and the countrypolitan sound was
very popular on it at the time. So for Jamaicans who were listening to the
radio in the late 50's through late 60's, this was a major sonic influence.
Same goes for the Dionne Warwick records (there's probably enough material
out there for a reggae Bacharach compilation.) And some claim that ska is
what came about when Jamaicans were trying to emulate New Orleans R&B
records that they heard faintly from Southern U.S. radio stations.

br cleve





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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 18:16:15 -0400
From: Mark Benton Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The  ULTIMATE ORGAN LIST/Jackie Mittoo

In the mid-1980's, I had to buy a copy of The Best of Skeeter Davis on RCA in
Montego Bay, Jamaica, because it was out-of-print in the US!

Br. Cleve wrote:

> One of the most bizarre things I used to encounter in my days of working in
> used record stores was the many, many Jamaicans who would come in looking
> for records by Jim Reeves, as well as other early 60's countrypolitan stars
> (and white country gospel, too). Granted I was having a stereotypical
> outlook here, but I just didn't expect folks who grew up with ska, mento,
> rock steady and reggae to be so fanatical over such syrupy sounds. I've
> heard stories of dumbfounded, stoned Americans at reggae festivals in
> Jamaica wondering and confused at why all the Rastas were rushing the stage
> when Skeeter Davis would come on singing "It's The End Of The World".





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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 01:00:54
From: Jay Schwartz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #96

>Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:12:24 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Al Casey, Surfin' Hootenanny, etc

>The "Surfin' Hootenanny" LP (1963, produced by Hazlewood, along with
plenty of
composer credits) actually only has two vocal tracks -- the rest are
instrumentals. The female vocals are credited to The K-C-Ettes, who were
actually The Blossoms. It's a good example of crank-it-out surf-ploitation
studio work. Some of the Wrecking Crew (Hal Blaine, Leon Russell) were on the
job. Also Casey's wife, Corky, on bass & guitar. The title track has an
amusing
bit where the singers "name-check" some instro guitarists and Casey does
imitations. Heavy, heavy reverb. A somewhat under-rehearsed take on "Caravan"
(just to note one more version) also appears. I have it on CD, so I'm actually
curious what the LP is like -- on CD, this is one of the most fearsomely
treble-crazed recordings I've ever heard. Real shear-your-head-off sound!


Many years later, Chris Spedding did a similar guitarists tribute song
called "Guitar Jamboree." I wonder if he had heard "Surfin' Hootnanny"?

I have a scratchy 45 of "Surfin' Hootnanny" and think it's boss.

- - Jay Schwartz



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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 20:29:11 EDT
From: LTepedino <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Peter Thomas "FutureMuzik" duplicates

In a message dated 98-04-25 13:22:33 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Duplicates with other, previously released CDs:

 * "Raumpatrouille":
 "Space Patrol",  "Bolero On The Moon Rocks", "Lancet Bossa Nova".

 * "Film Musik":
 "Der Hexer"; "The Sinister Monk" (Der unheimliche M÷nch"); "The Hunchback
 Of Soho" ("Der Bucklige von Soho"); "The Hound Of Blackwood Castle" ("Der
 Hund von Blackwood Castle"); "Caught At Midnight"; "The Spell Of The
 Sinister One" ("Im banne des Unheimlichen" but 1:45 shorter than the "Film
 Musik" version).

 * "Easy Loungin'": "Monster", "Pardon Me, Ms. Carmen", "Der Hexer".

 * "100% Cotton": "Caught At Midnight".

 That leaves 5 others: "Curse Of The Hidden Vault", "Happening In White",
 "Theme For Airport", "Gods From Strange Planets", "Traitors". I've listened
 to these at Scamps website, and didn't find them good enough to justify
 buying this CD, just for these 5. >>


Not to worry I checked some reviews of other extoica releases on other
peoples' sites so I didn't feel it worthwhile to visit your site for reviews
of the same titles!! Oh I guess I shouldn't listen to Radio Fantastica because
I have several of the selections you play too!!

...tsk tsk aren't we getting a little prissy here!

I mean we are dealing with a best of/greatest hits collection here so of
course there will be tracks available elswhere.

I feel like having to publicly apolgize for having decided to keep the
versions of "Quiet Village" on the Martin Denny CD reissues of "Exotica" and
"Quiet Village" albums becuase they were previously avaialble on the Rhino
best of.

Was the first Bar None Esquivel release or for that matter the Martin Denny or
any of the other reissues passed off by you because these tracks were already
available on vinyl???? Are we now not supposed to buy the recent Esquivel Two-
Fers because they have tracks duplicated on the previous Bar None
collections???

Give me a freakin' break here!!!

It is especially shameful that you are subtextually recommending the very
expensive double CD Jerry Cotton collection over Futurmuzik when it is
regarded by Peter Thomas himself, not to mention several Peter Thomas experts
as not amonst his best work (a prime reason why evene Peter Thomas feels that
the previously unreleased material was never released in the first place).
Furthermore, the Film Musik CD you refer to is long out of print -- it also
has several tracks from "Raumpatrouille" and "Jerry Cotton" yet it didn't seem
to stop you from buying those two releases when they came out.


Of all the Peter Thomas CD's out there Peter Thomas is the most pleased with
Futuremuzik as a representation of his work and it is regarded by him as a
definitive best of.  That's a testament to the research The Millionaire has
done putting it together and the great amount of research done in the
extensive liner notes.

Sorry for ranting here but there have been a lot of people involved over
several years putting out what is an exceptional collection and for it to be
so jadedly and thoughtlessly passed off by you is of great disservice to
everyone on the list. Especially in light of what I believe has been (up until
now) very enlightening comments from you.

In some cases putting together a best of/greatest hits collection like this is
easy as one is dealing with proven crowd pleasers to choose from. The hard
part comes in making the right choices, providing a balanced overview of the
artists' output, good sequencing, packaging, liner notes etc. and that's what
a good reviewer should write about and be critical of if the job is not done
well. And compared to other Peter Thomas CDs in the market place even Matthais
Kunnecke who put together "Film Musik" "Easy Loungin'" and was instrumental in
digging up the unreleased tracks for "Jerry Cotton" thinks that "Futuremuzik"
is the best collection of Peter Thomas' work now available.


It's e mails like yours that makes me wonder if I should even bother
continuing fighting to put out reissues if at the end of the day other people
are turned off buying because of of the "high horse - I've got some of this
stuff already" comments. If this or any other reissue/collection is not put
together well, then let the truth ring out for all to hear. But to get
comments that lie more in the realm of personal taste and budgetary
considerations rather than being critically backed-up is a true disservice to
all members of the list.

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 17:02:58 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) fwd: The Secrets Of Easter Island

We've now come full circle!

(From Kenny Brockelstein:)
>Another theory - and oh how exotic it is! - forwarded by the Swiss author
>Erich Von Daniken is that several thousands of years ago, aliens from outer
>space (oh yes!) tought the natives of Easter Island how to make and erect
>the statues....it'd be really nice if it's true, talk about an exotic
>theory!!! He's written several books where he actually questions the
>accuracy of Heyerdahl' theories

Who did the soundtrack for the pseudo-documentary CHARIOTS OF THE GODS based
on Von Daniken's best-seller?

The Peter Thomas Sound, of course!  His grooviest work to date!

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:00:25 -0400
From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Moog

Regarding Lothar and the Hand People, it's not one of my favourites, but
I'm not big on psych/prog stuff.  However, I believe it's been reissued
on CD, if anyone really wants to hear it.  For those who like 60's
psych/prog, it's probably worth getting.

cheryl (give me cheesy 60's b-movie soundtracks instead, anytime!)


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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 02:16:18 -0400
From: cheryls <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for The Single Eye, April 26

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

April 26 - Cheesy 60's Soundtracks, B Movies and More...

Pascal Comelade:  Betty Page A-Go-Go  "Musique Pour Films Vol. 2"

Gert Wilden:  I Told You Not To Cry,  and  Oriental Twist
"I Told You Not To Cry"

The Phantom Surfers:  Pursuit Of The Leather Girls
"Music From The Big Screen Spectaculars"

Peer Raben:  I Kill Them  "The Music From Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Films"

Piero Piccioni:  Mr. Dante Fontana, and  Babylon I'm Coming
"Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 2"

Hugo Montenegro:  For A Few Dollars More  "For A Few Dollars More"

Evan Lurie:  Layin' Low  "How I Spent My Vacation"

Combustible Edison:  A Shot In The Dark  "Secret Agent Sounds"

Man Or Astro-Man?:  Goldfinger  "Secret Agent Sounds"

Insect Surfers:  Mr. Yunioshi  "Shots In The Dark"

Huntington Cads:  Arabesque  "Shots In The Dark"

Orchester Erwin Halletz:  Schwere Jungs, leichte Madchen
"Kriminal Magazin"

Henry Mancini:  The Village Inn  "The Pink Panther"

Esquivel:  Third Man Theme  "Music From A Sparkling Planet"

Orchester Erwin Halletz:  John-Kling-Twist  "Kriminal Magazin"

Bruno Nicolai:   I Want It All  "Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 1"

Riz Ortolani:  Tiffany Sequence  "Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 1"

Nan Vernon:  Moon River  "Shots In The Dark"


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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 04:20:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) modern exotic influences?

        I am new to the list and i was wondering what bands today have
exotic influences..  I am rather out of my league here, but it interests me
none the less..
So far from what i have seen exotic has been defined as WEIRD music..  I
haven't noticed as much a distinction of GOOD or BAD, just weird..  Anyway
some suggestions on some really good Exotica would be great, that is if
there is something that sorta stands for what exotica is about and has a
little more content than something simply trying as hard as possible just to
be strange..


Would something like Van Dyke Parks be considered Exotica.?   sorry for my
ignorance just trying to understand what it is all about..





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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 03:05:25 -0800
From: "mighty recording corp." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) F & T  update

13, count 'em 13 new ferrante and teicher albums scored this saturday...
bringing my total now to 50 total.  yikes, i'm *sick*  !

paul moshay
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:22:04 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: Re: (exotica) modern exotic influences?

>        I am new to the list and i was wondering what bands today have
>exotic influences..  I am rather out of my league here, but it interests me
>none the less..

Well, there's a lot of 'new' bands who are influenced by exotica and its
offshoot genres; the most obvious names I suppose would be Pizzicato 5,
Stereolab, Combustible Edison, High Llamas....who else? Well, there's the
stuff on the Siesta label, with (I think) mostly Spanish neo-exotic bands
such as Everlasting Gobstopper....not on Siesta (actually on Warp), but
Broadcast should be mentioned too.....Anyone heard a Japanese guy called
Cornelius? He is truly exotic! Ummm...can't think of anyone else right now
- - but there's tons of new Exotica-bands out there! The ones I've mentioned
above are just the tip of the iceberg.

>some suggestions on some really good Exotica would be great, that is if
>there is something that sorta stands for what exotica is about and has a
>little more content than something simply trying as hard as possible just to
>be strange..

Umm, being a newbie myself and hardly an expert, I think it's safe to say
that the three most important exotica names are Juan Garcia Esquivel,
Martin Denny and Les Baxter. Some people would perhaps mention Arthur Lyman
too but I have yet to hear him. I don't think there's one definition of
Exotica actually, and I bet that you'd get hundred of individual
definitions from each and every person on this list....

>Would something like Van Dyke Parks be considered Exotica.?   sorry for my
>ignorance just trying to understand what it is all about..

Oh, you've heard of VDP!!! He's really one of my favourite artists with
Song Cycle being maybe one of the three best albums ever made IMO! I dunno
about exotic......He's primarly influences have always been stuff like
Charles Ives and Aaron Copland, modern American classical music and
American folkmusic in general....but yeah, I think his music is definitely
exotic but I'm not sure if it should be considered Exotica based on the
definitions of the genre I've seen on this list. Have you heard VDP's new
live album? It's on import over here and I haven't heard it yet - can you
recommend it?

Kenny Brockelstein

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:40:01 PDT
From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) lothar and the hand people

Nat wrote:
>Lothar was the name of the theremin.  Or there was no one named
>Lothar.  That's what they called the theremin.

Yes, there's a silly story on the back about it.  You see, the hand
people have hands, being human, and Lothar does not, being a theremin.

I was also disappointed when I heard the record, except that I really
liked the cover of "Machines" (Manfred Mann did the original, I think).

It was a while ago, so I hope I'm not confusing it with something
else...

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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:23:06 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas FutureMuzik duplicates: no criticism!

my posting listing the duplicates was NO criticism, just an answer to a
question i asked my self: "having all the other available Peter Thomas
cd's, should i buy the Scamp cd?" and since this list is about sharing
info, i thought that maybe some others wandered too...

if you don't have anything yet by Peter Thomas, then GO! and buy the scamp cd!

        Johan

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 20:44:57 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Advice on soundtrack reissues: Planet of the apes

"Larson/Thomas" <[e-mail]>  wrote:

>2. Planet of the apes - Jerry Goldsmith
>
>Yes I agree that the composers are great, etc. etc., but are these among
>their better works?

    I looooooved the "planet of the apes"!! Think of carl stalling
writing music for some serious thriller "cartoon", based upon scores
written for him by bartok & stravinsky, instead of raymond scotts. Lots of
drum accents and other outbursts of solo & group instruments. A little bit
of special effects, lots and lots of   ((((( echo )))))   (the credits of
this "smiley" go to jack diamond), tempo changes. Moody, but not dark and
certainly not harsh or atonal! Very entertaining, dramatic, depicts
adventure, danger, mystery... This CD also contains a 16 minute suite
(previously unreleased, it says?) of music from "Escape from the planet of
the apes".

my rate: +++++ excellent

        Johan

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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 13:39:29 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Moog

Cheryl wrote:

> Regarding Lothar and the Hand People, it's not one of my favourites, but
> I'm not big on psych/prog stuff.  However, I believe it's been reissued
> on CD, if anyone really wants to hear it.  For those who like 60's
> psych/prog, it's probably worth getting.

The group's first record "Presenting...Lothar & the Hand People" was
reissued in 1994 by One Way Records/Cema Special Markets. The band's
singles were included as bonus tracks.

Lothar's music would most likely appeal to fans of "Fifty Foot Hose" or
"United States of America".

By the way, does anyone know if "Space Hymn" has been reissued? I have a
destroyed vinyl copy of Lothar's second & last lp & I am looking to
upgrade.

Cheers,
Allan



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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:08:05 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) modern exotic influences?

> Re: Van Dyke Parks be considered Exotica.?
Kenny wrote:

> Oh, you've heard of VDP!!! He's really one of my favourite artists with
> Song Cycle being maybe one of the three best albums ever made IMO! I
dunno
> about exotic......He's primarly influences have always been stuff like
> Charles Ives and Aaron Copland, modern American classical music and
> American folkmusic in general....but yeah, I think his music is
definitely
> exotic but I'm not sure if it should be considered Exotica based on the
> definitions of the genre I've seen on this list.

The Van Dyke Parks lp "Discover America" would qualify...what with all the
steel drums & Calypso influences.
At any rate, it is certainly quality music!

Allan.





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