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exotica-digest         Friday, July 13 2001         Volume 02 : Number 1013



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl
(exotica) SCHWA   /   David Candy
Re: (exotica) David Candy
Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl (game playing)
Re: (exotica) [obit] Herman Brood
Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl - the mimi variations
Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl - the mimi variations
(exotica) Home record storage
(exotica) Persistent Vinyl and question
(exotica) portables
Re: (exotica) portables
re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
RE: (exotica) Home record storage
(exotica) re: Home Record Storage.
Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl (game playing)
(exotica) A favor?
(exotica) Paging Kevin Crossman.......
RE: (exotica) A favor?
RE: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
(exotica) [obit] Marco Zanuso
(exotica) the blue ones...
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: Re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
(exotica) nice 'bad taste' site
(exotica) persistence of vinyl

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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:44:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl

Missed out on this part. Don't know about life
altering - helped fine-skew my world outlook:


> Lifechangers:
Mid teens:

Jimi Hendrix; Doors; The Seeds; VU

late teens-twenties
The Stooges: Funhouse, Open Up and Bleed, Raw Power
The Gun Club: Miami
The Real Kids; Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers;
Mission of Burma; Bunny Drums; Link Wray (pre-hippie);
Flamin' Groovies (with Roy Loney); Forgotten Rebels:
Surfin' On Heroin; The Balenescu Quartet (& M. Nyman);
DI: Johnny's Got a Problem; Agent Orange: Bloodstains;
Bad Manners: Inner London Violence; Radio Birdman;
Johnny Burnette and The Rock 'N' Roll Trio, yawn. So on.

=====
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:53:53 -0700
From: "Mr Fodder" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) SCHWA   /   David Candy

> I bought a "Schwa" (with a Grey Alien logo) record tote bag from the pages
> of Fortean Times. I've had it several years and it has held up
> beautifully.

I still have one also from years ago.  Very sturdy, but discontinued as far
as I know.  SCHWA is now SCANWAVE, http://www.scanwave.com



> It's David Candy "Play Power".

If anyone wants to hear a cut, It's the first track on the Friendly
Persuasion show this week.  I dig the David Candy CD.  It's a lot like
"Death By Chocolate" but instead of Angie Tillett it's David Candy.  :-)

Radio show here,
http://www.antennaradio.com/punk/friendlypersuasion/index.htm

David Candy's label, Jetset Records here,
http://jetset.sinner.com/


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Otis








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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:56:21 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) David Candy

In a message dated 7/12/01 4:52:27 PM, [e-mail] writes:

<< If anyone wants to hear a cut, It's the first track on the Friendly

Persuasion show this week.  I dig the David Candy CD.  It's a lot like

"Death By Chocolate" but instead of Angie Tillett it's David Candy.  :-) >>

My personal favortie track off this is at the end -- the cover of the theme
from "Rosemary's Baby." Never has spooky sounded so suave.

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:12:01 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl (game playing)

Nathan Miner schrieb:

> * First 45 I bought: "Freak Out" by someone who I can't recall.......a hit disco tune.  I think it was a guy and two girls - Le Sheik or something like that?

I suppose you mean "Le Freak" by Chic. Incredible tune, love it!!!

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:17:47 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Herman Brood

[e-mail] schrieb:

> July 12, 2001
> AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Herman Brood, an artist and musician in the Dutch rock scene for 30 years, died Wednesday after jumping to his death from the roof of an Amsterdam hotel, police said. He was 55.

oops. although i wasn't precisely a fan of his music it's always sad when someone goes before his time. wrong drugs I guess... will Nina Hagen be at his funeral?

Mo



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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:35:11 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl - the mimi variations

This is way, way too long. I'm sorry. It's all Mimi's fault.

First, a point Ed made:
 >Aaah yes, you see? Probably all of us enjoyed music in
 >such a way that we played those 3 scratchy EP's over
 >and over again on the lousiest mono record player you
 >could ever imagine. And remember how happy we were?

Yes. This is exactly why I still want one of those Califone portables.
Trying to return to that early bliss.

Now, Mimi's variations. Unfortunately, I think I have to place them in context.

 >* First 45 I bought:

I really got away from records in my later single-digit years, so I didn't
follow through the usual progress of 45s as 'starter buys' or moving
smoothly from kiddie records to pop records. Not that I didn't hear the pop
of the time. There was the radio, and there were Saturday afternoon TV
shows like American Bandstand or The Steel Pier Show (a regional variant
that originated from Atlantic City). But I didn't pursue the music -- it
was just there in the air. I was more interested in stuff like comics or
model cars or etc. Also, somewhere along there, I inherited an old,
portable Concord reel-to-reel recorder (single-track, 7-inch reels) and got
more kicks from recording funny noises than I would from playing records.

But as I approached my teens, that teenage music thing began to kick in.
One Christmas I got a portable cassette deck (mono, built-in speaker, can't
recall the brand (it eventually became the world's greatest fuzzbox)).
Cassettes seemed really modern and cutting edge at the time ('71 or so?)
and my cutting edge choices included The Carpenters "brown album" (the hits
collection), "The Sounds Of Baja" (or something like that -- it was a
generic TJB-style band intercut with the sounds of Baja 1000 off-road
racers) and one of those "Cruisin'" oldies comps (the one with "Beep Beep"
(by I forget who) and Del Shannon's "Runaway" -- "Runaway" lodged so deeply
into my head that I lost a night or two of sleep over it).

A couple of years later, cheap department store stereo systems got to be a
big thing among my relatives, and I wound up with an Electrophonic rig,
complete with record player and an 8-track slot in the receiver. And when
you say 8-track, you know you're talking tapes like: Deep Purple - "Machine
Head", Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon" and Neil Diamond's "Jonathan
Livingston Seagull" (huh?!?).

Though with a record player there, I started getting back to vinyl,
especially as I didn't like the weird way albums got chopped up to fit into
8-track programming.

And so I finally bought some 45s, but I can't really remember which were first.
Wings - "Live & Let Die" and Alice Cooper - "School's Out" were pretty
early ones.

 >* First LP I bought:

Is another tough call and would come from that same 8-track/vinyl/cassette
melange era. It might have been "Dick Clark: 20 Years Of Rock N' Roll" -- a
two record set on Buddah. "Contains 30 Original Hits ... Includes Original
24 Page Souvenir Yearbook With Photos ... Plus Bonus Record: Inside Stories
With Dick Clark" which is a cardboard laminate deal with Dick telling
low-content anecdotes about Bandstand. Really, though, it was a pretty
solid oldies comp for a little sprout to take in. Everything from the
expected standards ("Rock Around The Clock") to some tougher stuff like
"Louie Louie". And even new tracks like "Superfly"! These were by the
original artists, yes.

Or maybe it was Brownsville Station - "Yeah!" And I have nothing to say
about that.

 >* Life-changing records:

I'd rather think of them as *key* records. Records that really influenced
me, or got deep into my head, or led to a lot of other records. And I'd
like to add that a lot of my big revelations came through the radio rather
than records, once I discovered WXPN, a then-excellent freeform station out
of Philadelphia.

T.Rex - "Electric Warrior"
Mott The Hoople - "Mott"
Roxy Music "Roxy Music"
I'm not sure of the chronology (probably not linear at all), but these all
helped to tilt me away from the metal / prog rock axis (which exercises
such gravity on the adolescent male).

Deep Purple - "Machine Head"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
Though to give the devils their due, heavy riff music does have a certain
elegance. At least when it was a relatively new idea.

King Crimson - "Larks Tongues In Aspic"
Yes - "Close To The Edge"
And if you can manage some sort of, uhm, objective distance, prog rock can
at least achieve some original oddness. Side 1 of "Close To The Edge"
remains an shockingly unique piece of work (really, check it out, it's so
alien). "Larks Tongues" has an emphasis on atmosphere that's almost
parallel to exotica or soundtrack music. On the instrumental tunes, anyway.

Pink Floyd - "Masters Of Rock"
This was a Dutch compilation of Syd Barrett era material. I played it much
more than "Dark Side". And if you play it while watching "Detour",
everything syncs together.

Eno - "Here Come The Warm Jets"
John Cale - "Fear"
Nico - "The End"
But I did break away from the metal/prog stuff, and these people probably
put the stake in the heart. I started off with Eno albums, which led me to
his Island labelmates of the time: ex-VU's John Cale and Nico. And that led
to maybe the biggest key record of all:

"The Velvet Underground & Nico"
'Nuff said on that one.

Zappa/Mothers - "Uncle Meat"
Then again, around the same time, I sort of majored in Zappa (sung: "when I
was seventeen, it was a very Bizarre Records year"). But this was the album
I really lived in (it was a double set -- lots of room). Such a variety of
styles, from abstract instrumentals to goofy novelty rock. I still think it
contains some of his most beautiful melodies. "Lumpy Gravy" runs a close
second in the 'conk Mike on the head' competition.

Captain Beefheart - "Trout Mask Replica"
And if you're going to dig into Zappa, you're going to wind up here.
Another record that opens your mind to the unexpected things that can be
done with music.

"The Varese Record"
The legendary Edgard Varese album released by EMS Records. My copy was a
reissue on Finnadar. It was good enough for little Francis Vincent Zappa,
and it was good enough for me.

Sun Ra - "Nothing Is"
Ornette Coleman - "Of Human Feelings"
Carla Bley - "Escalator Over The Hill"
Henry Cow - "In Praise Of Learning"
Harry Partch - "Bewitched"
The Residents - "Duck Stab"
More artists of little similarity, who all showed me what wide fields were
out there beyond the norm. These are all records which led to more records
via artist or label associations. A lot of this came to me through the
radio first; also a lot of Kraut Rock, free jazz and so on. I've never had
a Faust or Can record, but I've heard a lot of Faust and Can.

Funkadelic - "One Nation Under A Groove"
Grace Jones - "Nightclubbing"
"Seize The Beat (Dance ZE Dance)"
Material - "Memory Serves"
PiL - "Second Edition"
Education into the possibilities of BASS and BEAT in various ways. "Seize
The Beat" was a ZE Records compilation with early tracks by folks like
Coati Mundi, Was (Not Was), Christina, Material.

The Sex Pistols - "Anarchy In The UK"
Punk time. Now here's another point to note the radio factor. I first heard
"Anarchy In The UK" in early '77 on WXPN -- and what an impact (for me, it
was like the power of rock combined with the intensity of free jazz and the
attitude of dada (which I had been reading much about at the time)). But I
didn't find the single (a wonderfully loud 12" French import) until late
summer. And although I played the whee out of it, it was still somewhat
scooped by:

The Damned - "Damned Damned Damned"
The Saints - "I'm Stranded"
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - "Blank Generation"
Funny thing though... what can you do when you're listening to The Damned
album -- brand-new punk rock, when punk rock was new and dangerous -- and
your mom pops her head in and says (I quote exactly): "I LIKE that. It has
PEP!" Well, actually, I thought that was pretty cool after the shock
passed. Well said, mum.

Narrowing that era down to a few records seems a little hopeless. It was so
much about singles, and listening to college radio stations for the latest
releases. And you have weird exceptions like The Ramones, who were like
cool cousins that you're really proud of, but whose records never really
had a big impact on me. But a few that were very big for me...

"The B-52's"
Mysteriously twangy transmissions from Planet Thrift. Definitely a setup
for the exotica thing.

The Cramps - "Songs The Lord Taught Us"
This record just flattened me. Big. Big! And again, more setup for exotica.
The Lux & Ivy interview in "ISM, Vol. 1" was a big draw.

Gang Of Four - "Entertainment"
I know this one was a biggie at the time, but now its importance seems to
have been temporary. Like it was just hard rock with political correctness
tacked on. Ouch. I can't believe I said that. And I *like* this record!

The Stickmen - "This Is The Master Brew"
Probably just as much for the live shows I saw long before they did the
record. Sorry, New Yorkers, but these guys smoked the Contortions.

Flipper - their early singles
"Ha Ha Ha Ha", "Sex Bomb", who can forget "Brainwash"? The closest anyone
in later years ever got to the elemental primacy of "Surfin' Bird".

Key records seem to drop off in the 80s and 90s. Not that there wasn't good
work being done, not that I didn't have favorites. But it got a whole lot
harder for something to really surprise me and put a ding in my skull.

James Brown - "The CD Of JB"
Okay, I was way behind the eightball here, no possible excuses, but at
least I made JB's scene eventually. A 1985 cd comp covering his career from
the 50s to the mid-70s. One of my first CDs. Re-issues became so much
better (and plentiful) in the CD era.

De La Soul - "3 Feet High And Rising"
When I listen to breakbeat tracks, I always think of this brilliant album.
Rap had such potential... long, long ago. With some of its thriftstore
grooves, another pointer to exotica.

Bongwater - "Breaking No New Ground" and "The Power Of Pussy"
The "No New Ground" ep definitely put a ding in my skull. It seems like
Bongwater was my last "favorite rock band". And "The Power Of Pussy"
remains the last new release rock album to genuinely blow my mind.

Esquivel - "Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music"
"Cocktail Mix, Vol.1: Bachelor's Guide To The Galaxy"
"The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter"
And along with the "ISM" books, these are the CDs that pulled me into this
exotica thing. Surprise! Music could still surprise me!


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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:48:01 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl - the mimi variations

> Yes. This is exactly why I still want one of those Califone portables.
> Trying to return to that early bliss.

Oh, you should get one.  Or a Newcomb Audio or Audiotronics.  They are
great.  I had all three at one time.  My Califone is one of those "dance"
machine with detachable speakers - it's a monster.

Its a blast playing records on them and since the stylus is not so
sensitive, they sound great, the surface noise is significantly filtered
out.  Big sound.

You can play 78s too, which opens up a whole new world.

Take them out on your patio, drag it into work and impress your friends.

Califone still makes new ones, I beleive, but why bother?

All of these iron clad classroom portables can be found regularly on ebay
for less than 100 bucks - a small price to pay for a little slice of bliss.
I'll bet there is one on there with your name on it right now, Mike  :)

Yep, there sure is.  Check this little beauty out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1252355056





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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 20:14:13 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Home record storage

how do most of fellow listees with record collections shelve your albums?
I'm looking for ideas or references to online sources, please.

no plastic milk crates or cardboard boxes on the floor, this won't do
anymore.

More along the line of floor to ceiling shelving units.

 I've seen in pictures what look like custom systems just a smidge over the
size of a record and they look great.

Where do people get these or any other suggestons?

I guess I could just check Ikea's catalog...

thanks for any help





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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:31:31 -0400
From: Craig Carlson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Persistent Vinyl and question

I may have posted this before, these memories are from long ago, and
remember Time Wounds All Heels:

First record I remember playing: "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window" by
Patti Page
First record of my own: "Billy" by Cathy Linden or "Pajama Party" hosted by
Julius LaRosa
First record(s) I bought: "Hot Pastrami" by The Dartells and "Louie Louie"
by The Kingsmen (bought both at the same time)
First LP: "Beach Boys Today"

Our main record player was a huge Zenith console AM/FM/Turntable unit. It
smelled great when it warmed up.

I still listen to Hot Pastrami and Louie Louie (mp3s) on a fairly regular
basis. I still have that original Cathy Linden 45, and side two of "Beach
Boys Today" is one of pop music's finest moments.

There was a yard sale at my old home-stead about 15 years after we moved
out. I went to it and picked up a batch of our old family records (the
vinyl kind) and my sister's old portable record player. It still works 40
years later!

Lost record I'm still searching for: "Robin Hood" Capitol Record Reader on
45 rpm. I see the 78 rpm version on ebay every so often, but the 45 rarely
shows up.

What's your lost treasure?

Craig
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 20:44:12 -0700
From: "Benito Vergara" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) portables

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of basic hip
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 7:48 PM

> Its a blast playing records on them and since the stylus is not so
> sensitive, they sound great, the surface noise is significantly filtered
> out.  Big sound.

> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1252355056

Those pictures look absolutely stunning. I don't think I've ever seen
anything like it. How do they sound, really? Tinny computer speaker sound,
or James Ellroy-"bigggg" sound? (Sorry, I'm reading his latest novel right
now and his grammar and syntax is lodged completely in my head.)

Later,
Ben

np: bird, "mindtravel"

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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:30:03 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) portables

> Those pictures look absolutely stunning. I don't think I've ever seen
> anything like it. How do they sound, really? Tinny computer speaker sound,
> or James Ellroy-"bigggg" sound? go to original sender.

Sound great!  At least I think so.  These are definitely not toys!

They are industrial strength heavyweights designed to plunk down in a school
classroom and be clearly heard by all.  Some have "bi-directional" sound,
meaning sound that comes from the front and back.

They usually have one 1/4 output jack, so if you run your stereo into your
soundcard to digitize LP's for a CD-R burn, you can easily connect one of
these players.  That's how I put 78s on a CD-R.

They fold up like a suitcase and weigh a ton.  So if you pick one up, be
prepared for a hefty shipping cost.  I suppose you can find these in thrift
stores, depending on your luck, location and how fussy you are about
condition - I've never seen one though.



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:02:07 -0600
From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: re: (exotica) Home record storage

basic hip wrote:

> I guess I could just check Ikea's catalog...

just bought $1400.00 worth of ikea bonde shelves. very record friendly,
shelves measure 13" x 13" x 15" deep, stacked 4 or 6 cubes high by 2
cubes
across. it took me about 4 days to shelve all my records -- they were in

cardboard boxes for 7 months since i moved. what a relief to be able to
find
the records i want. i figure these shelves will do me for another 2
years at
which time i'll stop collecting records (or buy more shelves, more
likely).

on another thread, i bought my califone at a thriftstore for $5. i love
the
way 78's sound on it -- very rich & warm. i've heard that you can
sometimes
find them at schoolboard surplus sales.

mike



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:03:07 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Moritz.Reichelt/ebay/recordshelve.gif

What do you think of this? Easy to build and you have the opportunity to search through your favorite records like in a record shop. You can have 2 or 3 and always add new ones, when your collection gets bigger.



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:48:39 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Home record storage

I built record shelves when I moved into the flat and as I'm moving out
soon, I'll have to build new ones in the new house.
3/4inch thick MDF shelves, 12 inches deep and five foot long sit between
chimney brace and wall butted against the back wall. Chrome tunes separate
the shelves and work as feet. The whole lot took about a week of very slow
work but look great.

Do it yourself - use solid wood and don't go near IKEA!

Charles Moseley
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 05:24:01 -0700
From: "Brian Linds" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: Home Record Storage.

Yes!!!! Check out IKEA. I just bought four shelving units at $250.00 (CDN)
Each unit can hold up to 1,800 records. They come in white and a tanned
version which is $50.00 more. It's called EXPEDIT.
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:37:54 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl (game playing)

Yes!  That's them.  It's still in the basement somewhere..........

Ah, memories............thanks Mo!

- - Nate


> * First 45 I bought: "Freak Out" by someone who I can't recall.......a =
hit disco tune.  I think it was a guy and two girls - Le Sheik or =
something like that?

I suppose you mean "Le Freak" by Chic. Incredible tune, love it!!!

Mo

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:51:43 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A favor?

Does anyone order often from altrecordings.com??

I'm paranoid about using credit card #'s over the net, and never will do =
that.

I can't find a copy of "Feelings" by Stefano Torossi any cheaper - other =
sites that take checks are *incredibly* pricey on this title.

So, if someone could order this along with their next batch o' stuff I =
would gladly send you a check  for it.

- - Nate




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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:54:41 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Paging Kevin Crossman.......

.....e-mail me, you owe me some Denny CD's.........

- - Nate




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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:15:51 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) A favor?

Oops - it's Atrecordings and here's the link:

http://www.atrecordings.com/home.asp=20

Sorry 'bout that.

- - Nate

>>> [e-mail] 07/13/01 09:14AM >>>
> Does anyone order often from altrecordings.com??

Nate, I typed in www.altrecordings.com but there was no site?!
(Had never heard of them before, so I wanted to check it out).

Marco




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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:47:21 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Home record storage

>
> Oooh!!
>
> Ich mochte der Plan!
>
> Do you have blueprints in US inches?  A materials list?
> About how many would this thing hold, do you think?  Verrrry
> kool, Mo, verrrry kool.
>
> You could even stick Coop stickers or hand carve some tikis
> into that top faceplate.
>
> $o?`?o$o,,,,o$o?`?o$o,,,,o$o?`?o$o,,,,o$
> Charlieman
> "Everything that can be invented, has been invented."
>         - Charles H. Duell, 1899
>


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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:05:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

I get my shelving the same place I get all my records: Flea markets.
I've gotten some nice, old and super strong, all wood shelf units from all
different places. The only catch is that they cost around $80-&100 bucks,
and you need a big car or a truck to get them home. I've got an entire
shrine to old cheezy culture set up on the top shelf of one.

- - bruce

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, basic hip wrote:

>
> how do most of fellow listees with record collections shelve your albums?
> I'm looking for ideas or references to online sources, please.



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:14:05 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

<<The only catch is that they cost around $80-&100 bucks,>>

DAMN, where are the flea markets - Beverly Hills?!?!?!

- - Nate




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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:15:34 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Marco Zanuso

Marco Zanuso
http://www.io.tudelft.nl/public/vdm/fda/zanuso/index.htm
ROME (AP) -- Marco Zanuso, one of Italy's foremost postwar designers and an accomplished architect, died Wednesday. He was 85.

Zanuso was known for the sleek, understated style he brought to everyday objects like bathroom scales and televisions. A radio he designed for the Brionvega company in 1964, was typical: plastic, in simple colors and with a clamshell cover.

Zanuso was born in Milan in 1916. After the destruction caused by World War II, he said he felt ``called to restructure a disoriented and dissolved society, a space still available for planning.''

In 1954, he was asked to design a factory for the Olivetti company in Argentina that was noteworthy for its lighting and attention to working conditions. Another factory in Brazil soon followed. Other major commissions included IBM office buildings in Milan and Rome and a theater in Milan.

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:47:50 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) the blue ones...

I know Ross doesn't like to hear this, but since I burn CDs myself, the only two I've had playing problems with so far, are the only two in blue.

Mo

.........................................................................
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http://dismaster.de






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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:57:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

Heh. No! The suburbs of NYC. But also, they are BIG!
About 7 feet high and 4 feet wide. It's still way cheaper than even IKEA,
plus these things are made of actual wood as opposed whtever it is they
use to make wood-like shelving these days.

- - bruce

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Nathan Miner wrote:

> <<The only catch is that they cost around $80-&100 bucks,>>
>
> DAMN, where are the flea markets - Beverly Hills?!?!?!
>
> - Nate



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:04:33 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

This is what I want:
http://newdeal.feri.org/images/o56.gif

but here are some alternatives:
http://store.yahoo.com/media-cd-dvd-shelves-racks/vinyl-r-2-24.html

or
http://www.superiorshelving.com/Jaken/JakenPages/RecordArchive.html
(hey, records are records - and utility shelving is ugly yet functional)

http://www.silverflight.com/sc/vinylstorage/
http://www.morrisoncabinetry.com/gallery/bookcases/windowseat.htm

And for a similar question thread in the Acid Jazz Archive, see:
http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz/Backup/1999-Aug/thread.html#29

Lou
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:10:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

Shelving albums..I think I found the solution..A portion of my basement had this room half walled off, with a big opening looking out onto the floor. Thinks I: "Great DJ booth, but this ain't no disco." So I took the bull by the horns, called a carpenter in from my Favor Bank and we build a counter that runs around the perimeter of the room with enough room for me to stand in the middle. On that counter I have my two turntables, mixer, CD burner, cassette deck, amp and cabling for speakers which are hooked up outside. My LPs are stored in LP-sized pseudo milk crates two deep around the remainder of the perimeter so I can access by category...They are lined up like a used record shop with the white-tabbed things denoting genre, and all my soul LP's are filed by letter of group/artist's last name. That way I can just flip through and my poly protectors can be kept on sideways for quick and easy access to each rekkid. Next year's project: finish my plans to build a Tiki Room in t!
he basement...JB/hope that helps



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:20:41 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

At 11:10 AM 7/13/01 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
 Next year's project: finish my plans to build a Tiki Room in!
> t!
>he basement...

Well I'm not the big tiki guy but if you build it, I will cum.  And I'll
also visit Boston and take advantage of your hospitality.

AZ



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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:54:19 -0500
From: Mimi Mayer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

At 11:03 AM +0200 7/13/01, Moritz R wrote:
>http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Moritz.Reichelt/ebay/recordshelve.gif
>
>What do you think of this? Easy to build and you have the opportunity to
>search through your favorite records like in a record shop. You can have 2
>or 3 and always add new ones, when your collection gets bigger.

Smart design, Mo (pub intentional). Do you know the dimensions? Or has
anyone who's built (or had built) custom record shelves serve up some
measurements (i.e., width of top bin for flip-through storage, height of
lower or encased shelves for vertical, spine out storage)?

Charles added,
I built record shelves when I moved into the flat and as I'm moving out
soon, I'll have to build new ones in the new house.
3/4inch thick MDF shelves, 12 inches deep and five foot long sit between
chimney brace and wall butted against the back wall. Chrome tunes separate
the shelves and work as feet. The whole lot took about a week of very slow
work but look great.

I bet. Am trying to imagine how you used that chrome tubing, Charles. Did
you need to bend or manipulate the tubing in any way? How did you brace it?
Is there a weight you'd recommend? I still can't picture the chrome feet.
Any photos of your creation available?

Sorry to pepper you two with questions. Your description/diagram inspire
me. I imagine the shelves with a matte black painted finish. And I have two
perfect wall spaces where each version of the shelves could live.

Finally, Jimmy B brought up those white tabbed thingies used to separate
artists by name in record stores. Anyone know where to order these on the
Net? Or even, what the hell they're called? Am currently using cardboard,
which frankly, is too tasty to gigantic Texas roaches to be a permanent
solution.

Thanks for info y'all,
Mimi







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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:48:22 +0200
From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) nice 'bad taste' site

Just came across this nice site:

http://www.badtaste.nl/

Includes a 'music room' with some of Holland's finest...

Marco


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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:00:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) persistence of vinyl

The Walt Disney Movie Song of the South with its wonderful sound
track wowed me to tears at the ripe age of 4.

Tammy by Debbie Renolds was too beautiful for my young ears.
How Much is that Doggie in the Window I felt was written for me.

Hound Dog and the Everly's Bird Dog turned me on to tougher sounds.

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Poka Dot Bikini stirred my
imagination as did Telestar and the Night Has a 1000 Eyes.

I got my first record player in 1962.  With it was my first record,
He's a Rebel by the Crystals (Phil Spector)  It was a grey General
Electric suitcase stereo player that actually folded up into a
suitcase.  Donna the Prima Donna by Dion was the first record I
purchased with my own money.  Shut Down was purchased not long
after.

Shut Down by the Beach Boys had me calling the radio station to
vote it as number one.
I can still remember the first time I heard Surfer Girl and I was
doubly pleased when the announcer said it was the flip of Little
Duece Coup.

Then came the Beatles, I changed my hair style.  And the Beatles
changed my record buying habits, now lps seemed desirable, though
45s were still my main purchases.

But some how the garage music of 1965 & 1966 captured my soul as no
other music ever did.  Gloria by the Shadows of Night and Pushin
Too Hard the Seeds,  I Had Too Much to Dream and the 1000s of other
garage hits nailed me. The Yardbirds seemed like gods.

65/66 saw the release of my 3 favorite albums Pet Sounds, Rubber
Soul, Revolver were released.  Spent the summer with all my friends
swimming and listening to Pet Sounds over and over at Laura's
house.

Went to my first concert outside of my High School and saw Frank
Zappa who asked the audience if they wanted to hear "Louie Louie or
Caravan with a drum solo"
Cream's 1st lp, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix but especially the
Velvet Underground caught my attention next.  By 1968 the Velvet
Underground, Bonzo Dog Band and the Beach Boys were my 3 favorite
bands.  I still enjoyed pop music in 67 68 and 69 though each year
it seemed to ger worse.

Enjoyed funk and disco and especially the band Weather Report in
the 70s.  Held Iggy Pop up on my shoulders at a concert with the
Stooges (all in sun glasses) MC5 and Alice Cooper.

Bob Marley seemed like paradise in Concert in the 1970s

My friends and I didn't go see the Sex Pistols up the road in Baton
Rouge because the drive seemed too far and Baton Rouge seemed too
boring.  Got into New Wave and Punk.

Followed Euro Disco, especially Italy's Hi Energy music in the
1980s plus a little goth and 80s pop 12 inch versions.  Bought my
last 12 inch (for a few years) Pump Up the Volume and got bored
with Techno and Rave.  Went searching for music with my new cd
player. Tried New Age and Classical and jazz.

Finally came home again to when I heard about Combustible Edison.
It was like a band that understood what I thought cool was!

I had Quiet Village since 1972 or so.  Loved it and saw Denny's
Exotic for sale (re-release) new in a record store around 1983 and
bought it.  It was still for sale in 1983!  Quiet Villiage was
played by my friends and I in 1976, we put the speakers on top of
the car playing it full blast as we drove through the Jungle of
Tikal, Guatemala.

When I bought the first Velvet Underground album I remember how
small the rock section was and how large the easy listening section
was.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck




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