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exotica-digest         Tuesday, July 17 2001         Volume 02 : Number 1015



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) "bachelor pad" vs "dads in rec rooms"
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, July 15
(exotica) Early Bird Gets The Rekkids
Re: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl (game playing)
(exotica) weekend thrift scores
(exotica) Thrift stores going downhill
Re: (exotica) Home record storage
Re: (exotica) [obit] Herman Brood
(exotica) Please help me find a gameboy!
(exotica) New Finds
Re: (exotica) Home record storage (yet again)
Re: (exotica) Thrift stores going downhill
(exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
(exotica) Jack Davis Article (not too exotic...)
(exotica) La Mariana
Re: (exotica) For Boston types
(exotica) Back from the Netherlands
Re: (exotica) Empty hall?
Re: (exotica) by the numbers...?
Fw: (exotica) eXotica Releases Overview Updates
Re: (exotica) by the numbers...?
(exotica) Sebastien Tellier
Re: (exotica) Sebastien Tellier
Re: Fw: (exotica) eXotica Releases Overview Updates
Lyman (was Re: (exotica) A new fan.......)
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny "Quiet Village"
(exotica) UK soundtracks MOVEMENTS

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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 17:05:10 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "bachelor pad" vs "dads in rec rooms"

Radio Khartoum schrieb:

> >1) Combustible Edison, the first modern group to play this style of music,
>
> What about Marden Hill circa 1986 to '88?

and: The Fibonaccis in 1982!

Mo
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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:10:38 -0400
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, July 15

Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #151    The Big Hurt


This week, a compilation of mostly 50s and 60s music, put together by Jerry
Larson.  A little slow and dreamy - just the sort of thing to listen to on a
quiet warm Sunday afternoon.  Thanks, Jerry!

Miss Toni Fisher:  The Big Hurt
Les Compagnons De La Chanson:  Venus
David Carroll & His Orchestra:  Dizzy Fingers
(from ost. Bedknobs & Broomsticks):  Portobello Road
Peter Appleyard:  There Will Never Be Another You
Charlie Rich:  River, Stay Away From My Door

The Talbot Brothers:  See What You Do
Creed Taylor Orchestra:  The Nervous Beat
Milton Delugg And His Orchestra:  Creature From Under The Sea
Hugo Montenegro:  The Vice Of Killing
Dave Pell Singers:  Thank God The War Is Over
The Mindexpanders:  Cul De Sac

Moondog & The Apollo Saxophone Quartet:  Paris
Casimir:  Das Madchen Lolita
Les Compagnons De La Chanson:  Carioca, Mon Ami
The Impressions:  Moon River

John Lurie:  Tuesday Night In Memphis
Gabor Szabo:  Walking On Nails
Marty Wilson & His Orchestra:  Yumba Marumba
(from The Enchanted Tiki Room):  Hawaiian War Chant


Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening

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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:03:40 -0400
From: "Domenic Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Early Bird Gets The Rekkids

So driving around town this morning I see a few big cardboard signs..
"Massive Yard Sale". Turns up the place is a whole floor of an old factory.
All the stuff is from abandoned storage or cleaned out apartments from
evictions.

I find only about 30 records in the whole place.  So I ask the guy in the
place where that are. And he boxes and boxes of them all gone by 12:30 in
the afternoon.

He was nice enough to give me the 2 I felt worthy to even pick up "Good
Morning Starshine" by Oliver. (Produced by Bob Crewe, Does not look
promising) and "Pramlatta's Hips" by the Herb Pomeroy Orchestra. Local
Trumpet player from Worcester.

At least found out a few others at my local used place:
"Herb Albert Presents Pete Jolly" I've been borrowing a copy from a friend.
This is a very pleasant mellow LP I like to play in the background on my
radio show when talking.

Also found:
Mancinis' Blues and the Beat. Just to have it on LP...hey 50 cents
Ray Anthony "Anthony Italiano" (is there anything this guy *didn't* do?)
Latin based Italian songs. Right up my alley.


Domenic Ciccone
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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:37:22 -0500
From: "Colleen Pyles" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) persistence of vinyl (game playing)

Ahhhh, record memories.  As one of the "older" members on the list,
my memories go way back:

Earliest record/radio memories are:
1954
Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee,  LaVern Baker.  As a little kid, this
appealed to me.  Mr. Sandman, The Chordettes.  Oh Mein Papa, Eddie
Calvert.
In 1956-57 we got a record player!!! Those little boxy kinds,
mentioned by others.  We had tons of kiddie records, mostly by Disney.
Annette Funicello, etc.  You know, wholesome stuff.  But we usually
dipped into my parents records, which was a lot of Fats Domino,
Blueberry Hill, Walkin' to New Orleans, Ain't that a Shame. Bill
Doggett's Honkey Tonk, Stardust Memories, Nat King Cole, So Rare,
Tommy Dorsey(?), Sophisticated Swing...I can still see the song
titles on the records, in my mind. I loved Tequila by the Champs, but
my folks wouldn't buy the record. (On a budget, you know) Then came
Elvis...my earlist memory of rock n roll.  Hound Dog and Jailhouse
Rock.  My mom used to watch American Bandstand every day which bugged
me cuz I wanted to watch cartoons or Howdy Doody.
I remember hearing Swingin' Shepherd Blues on the radio and thinking
I wanted to be a beatnik.  After that, my folks stopped buying recods
for a while...they had more kids instead.
I bought my first record album in 1960 or so, a compilation of
Broadway tunes, including songs from West Side Story.  Then I didn't
buy for a while...didn't know what I liked, folks got divorced and
remarried and puberty came along.  I remember buying a Connie Francis
album and some 45's.  Sam Cooke comes to mind.
Then... the sixties.  I remember the summer of 64-65, I combed out my
boufant hairdo, parted my hair down the middle and ironed it. I also
dyed it blond...suddenly I had dates and to my parents distress, I
prefered musicians!  Groovy.  I loved the Beach Boys and watched
Shindig and Hullaballoo on TV.
Then I bought BOB Dylan, Jimmie Reed and the Beatles, Rolling Stones,
Hermans Hermits.   But, I also loved Frank Sinatra's It Was A Very
Good Year. Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Mas Que Nada, but I didn't buy
their records then, because my peers didn't.  I loved, and still love
Simon and Garfunkel...they moved me.
I could go on and on, but I'll stop. lets just say I bought the
obligitory Janis Joplin, Cream, Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Diamond
up until I had kids and then it was Sesame Street, The Electric
Company etc.  But as I got older, I started seeking out the exotica,
the ones I missed from my childhood...still seeking.



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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 01:16:26 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) weekend thrift scores

I generally don't go to thrift stores anymore but my friend wanted me to
show him my favorite thrift store, the one in Hamilton that Will told me
about and which I took Moritz to.
Unfortunately it was a shadow of its former self.  There were still a lot
of records but they weren't taken care of anymore and the quality was way
down.
Still, this is what I got:

Two Sides of Fred Waring with the Pennsylvanians
 - one side is Fred, the other side is Fred Jr..  Fred Jr. isn't as hip as
his Dad thought he was.  But Fred and his choir do "Kites are Fun" and
other hits.  And they make the Living Voices seem like the Staple Singers.

Al Hirt - Trumpet with Strings (arranged by Marty Paich)
 - what a nice record.  The strings are beautiful and Al sits far enough
back in the mix so as not to ruin it.

Bobby Darin - Inside out
 - always wanted this, Bobby's hippie record.

Don Ellis - Connection

Si Zentner - The Big Mod Sound of...
 - this was already one of my favorite records but I never had a copy in
good shape. Now I do.

Manuel and the Music of the Mountains - Carnival  and Shangria
- - they're on Studio 2 and in great shape but they're both a tad tame.
Someday a couple of cuts will go on CDR and go back where they came from

Morty Craft and the Singing Strings - The World of Percussion
- - this is on "Sight and Sound" and I've had these before but I don't think
I've ever had this one.  It has great sound and in parts sounds like a good
Dick Schory record.

Lester Lanin and his orchestra play the Madison Avenue Beat
- - I had one of these before.  He plays all your favorite old commercials.
It's not as good as you'd hope but I'll probably keep it

These last three were the ones that made it worth the trip

Dr. Murray Banks tells Jewish stories mit psychology
- - I love that they say "mit" instead of "with".  We've all seen the Murray
Banks record but this one surprised me.  The pychiatric patient pictured on
the couch is a stereotypic Jew.  I guess I knew Dr. Murray was Jewish but I
had no idea he speaks such good Yiddish.

Bob Keeshan and the Honeydreamers - A child's introduction to jazz
 - I wish everyone on the list could hear this.  The benign way they talk
about the African slaves bringing the sound of the drum to America.  And
the way they keep repeating "America is a melting pot" like they're trying
to brainwash the kiddies.
The story here is basically the same as Ken Burns' except that there's that
the Honeydreamers sound like the Ray Conniff singers, not Wynton Marsalis.
(Isn't Bob Keeshan the original Captain Kangaroo?)

And this last one was so out of place, it seemed like a plant:

Moe Koffman goes electric
- - right on the cover it says "electric flute, sitar, tamboura".  Apparently
as part of Canada's Centennial celebration, Moe performed in India.  There
he sought out the guy who made sitars for George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
(Just like my dad, he wanted to make sure he got the best!) and brought it
back to Canada even though he couldn't play it.  The bass player plays the
sitar and Moe plays the tamboura.
This is almost as good as you might imagine in your wildest fantasies.  Not
quite.  But still pretty damn groovy.

So yeah I made out okay but still it was disappointing to see how much had
changed.  All the stores in Toronto have also gone downhill.  I may have to
go to Ohio next time.

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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:01:30 -0700
From: "Dowco" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thrift stores going downhill

I did the rounds yesterday... when the lady from the Salvation Army said
that they were putting their records online, I almost cried... and then the
Value Village had a worn out, scratchy copy of some Todd Rundgren album on
the shelf for 10.00 and I knew another thrift store employee was running
around armed and dangerous with a price guide...


Jim



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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:37:25 +0100
From: Michael Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage

Moritz R wrote:
>
> Mimi Mayer schrieb:
>
> > 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?
>
> Again it's http://protected.de
> they have everything

I believe Covers33 (http://www.covers33.co.uk/ ) stock them in the UK.


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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:40:20 +0200
From: Ton =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCckert?= <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Herman Brood

=20
=20
>> 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...=20


The problem wasn't so much wrong drugs as no drugs. Booze was on the menu=20
till the very last, though ("One beef soup with Grand Marnier, please!")


>will Nina Hagen be at his funeral?
=20

Look for yourself, it's live on the internet this afternoon (the service=20
in Paradiso, not sure about the cremation) http://www.hermanbrood.nl/


Cheers, Ton



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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:42:15 -0400
From: "Brian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Please help me find a gameboy!

On a related note,  I am looking for an original grey gameboy classic player
which for some reason seems elusive here. Its so old that no second hand
store wants to stock it, yet it seems they aren't yet commonly thrown out so
as to be found at the Salvation Army.  If anyone out there with kids has one
they want to get rid of (good working condition though) I'd be happy to buy
it from you or send something in return.

The reason I want it is that I have this programmed gameboy cartridge that
is in fact a musical instrument.  Though it works in any gameboy model, the
sound quality was supposedly better in the old model as it was larger. If
you can help, please contact me off-list.

If the instrument intrigues you, there is a website, but beware... the
cartridge costs as much as a new GB unit!  Its at:

Http://www.nanoloop.com


Brian





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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:40:44 -0400
From: "Brian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Finds

One benefit of living in a predominantly French speaking place is that my
new finds tend to be quite a bit different from those of many others on the
list. Yesterday's were no exception:

Roger Simard et son orchestre  - "Drum a go-go - Disco Swing":  You see lots
of similarly titled records here, usually from Germany, with some form of "a
go-go" title, but this one is Canadian. Its full of covers of well known
beat hits but they don't sound at all like the originals.  However, they do
have all the right sounds and instrumentation to grab my interest in the
"now" sound.

The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - "Viva la feria": This one has a less
promising cover than a few of the other Peter Thomas records, and is a mix
of latin and pop tracks. Not the most inspired but it is Peter Thomas, and
I've never seen it before!

Various - "La super surprise-partie pingouin - Bons skieurs, bons
twisteurs":  Actually only half of this is French, the other by arrangement
with the Pye and Peacock  labels. I'm certain that Vogue is to France what
RCA is to the U.S., or Polydor is to Germany., ie. owners of huge catalogues
with a lot of great (and a lot of less great) material, which has yet to
resurface.  I'm told Vogue is (finally) making some effort to reissue old
material and a number of CD compilations are out, though I have no idea at
all where to find them. Its just too bad that there isn't wider distribution
as even here in Quebec it isn't all that readily available...

Shiny Men - Again:  This is the second release from the "Commercial:"
divsion of the famed United Dairies label from the UK, better known as the
"Nurse with Wound" label. I never see these records, and at the
relatively low cost of CDN$12 I had to pick it up. Slightly offbeat pop,
with (of course) great cover art... a UD trademark..


Brian





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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:06:59 -0400
From: "William Walton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Home record storage (yet again)

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrift stores going downhill

Yes. The Salvation Army in my area is now auctioning
off lps by the box at their HQ. They're not stocking
it anymore. Gays and vinyl apparently contrary to
their mission these days.

I did however land a copy of Don & Dewey's "Jungle
Hop" on Specialty from the grungiest junkshop on earth
("Manassas Treasures", in large cut-out plywood
letters nailed to a sagging roof. A tinker's den).

- --- Dowco <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> I did the rounds yesterday... when the lady from the
> Salvation Army said
> that they were putting their records online, I
> almost cried... and then the
> Value Village had a worn out, scratchy copy of some
> Todd Rundgren album on
> the shelf for 10.00 and I knew another thrift store
> employee was running
> around armed and dangerous with a price guide...


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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:07:45 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

A new update to the "eXotica Releases Overview" is available.
Below is a quick overview of what was added, check the web site for
more details.

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/disq.htm

If you would like to receive the updates on a regular base by e-mail,
just let me know you want to get on my " eXotica Releases Overview
updater")


* Dean Elliot: "Zounds! What Sounds"
* Jimmie Haskell: "Countdown"
* Janko Nilovic: "Chorus"
* Janko Nilovic: "Un Couple Dans La Ville"
* Janko Nilovic: "Vocal Impressions"

* SOUNDTRACK: "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" by Ennio Morricone
* SOUNDTRACK: "Cleopatra Jones" by J.J. Johnson
* SOUNDTRACK: "Dollar$"  (aka "Money", aka "The Heist") by Quincy Jones
* SOUNDTRACK: "The Exorcist 2: The Heretic" by Ennio Morricone
* SOUNDTRACK: "Bullit" by Lalo Schifrin
* SOUNDTRACK: "Dirty Harry/ Magnum Force/ Sudden Impact" by Lalo Schifrin
* SOUNDTRACK: "Enter The Dragon" by Lalo Schifrin
* SOUNDTRACK: "Mannix" by Lalo Schifrin
* SOUNDTRACK: "Rush Hour" by Lalo Schifrin

* Various Artists: "Glucklich IV"
* Joyce: "Hard Bossa"

* Bobby McFerrin, narration by Jack Nicholson: "The Elephant's Child"
* Eilert Pilarm: "Live in Stockholm "
* The Recliners: "Cosa Caliente"

* Various Artists: "Glucklich"
    (A collection of rare German fusion grooves with a Brazilian flavour)
      o CD, Compost Classics 004, Germany, 1994
      o comment:
           + Johan: My rating: Very Good! "10 blunted Brazil tracks made
             in Germany". A series of (currently) 4 CD's with Brazilian
             influenced jazzy/funky/fusion. The first 2 volumes focus
             primarely on smooth German fusion from the 1970's & 80's,
             while volumes 3 & 4 offer more recent stuff.


* Various Artists: "Glucklich II"
    (A collection of European fusion tunes with a Brazilian flavour)
      o CD, Compost Classics 021, Germany, 1996
      o comment:
           + Johan: My rating: Very Good! I had the feeling this one
             sounded a bit more Brazilian than volume 1...


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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:49:38 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jack Davis Article (not too exotic...)

My hometown newspaper ran this article about Mad Magazine/Album Cover
artist Jack Davis.   I thought some here would be interested.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/xsite/0715jackdavis.html






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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:07:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: tikiman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) La Mariana

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Jul/16/il/il01a.html
damn, our little secret is out! we hate that, but now
you know where to go when you visit Honolulu. we shot
our music video for "an occasional man" here...the
darling Annette is in it.

alohaderci,
fluid floyd

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Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 17:27:58 +0100
From: "ronnie edgar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) For Boston types

>
> Any comments about the Serge remix CD "I Love Serge"? Any good? Saw it
> there.
>
> Domenic

I like it very much, some really chilled out remixes, and some upbeat
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:35:01 +0100
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Back from the Netherlands

Hi all -

Just back from my Netherlands/Belgium experience and wanted to
thank those of you who made suggestions of places to check out.

I picked up quite a few CDs and LPs while out there:

CDs (from Get Records and Concerto - both Utrechtestraat,
Amsterdam)

Bertrand Burgalat - The Genius Of... (Bungalow)
Erobique - der Sound von Erobique (Deck8)
v/a - Pop Shopping (Crippled)
Nino Nardini/Roger Roger - Jungle Obsession (Pulp Flavor)
Ladytron - 604 (Invicta Hi-Fi)
v/a - Decktronics (Rock8)
Jimi Tenor - Out of Nowhere (Warp)
Andre Popp - Holiday for DJs (Basta)
Pizzicato 5 - Made in USA (Matador)
Arling & Cameron - All-In (Basta)
Tom Waits - Night on Earth OST (Island)
Stereo Total - Monokini (Bungalow)
Harry Revel/Les Baxter/Billy May/Dr Samuel Hoffman - Music Out
of the Moon / Music for Peace of Mind / Perfume (Basta)
v/a - Sushi 4004 (Bungalow)
Jean-Jacques Perrey - Moog Sensations (Pulp Flavor)

I was hoping to get the "Zounds!" CD on Basta but it hadn't been
released - I think it's released this week...

LPs (all from Record Collector, Koepoort, Antwerp)

Several France Gall LPs from 70s and 80s (I was curious to hear
what she sounded like after the 60s)

Several Astrud Gilberto LPs

3 LPs by Belgian harmonica/guitarist Toots Thielemans (all on
Command).  I guess these were always going to be the only
Command LPs I was likely to see in Belgium!  Funnily enough
Toots was playing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Brugge while I
was over but I didn't make it.

They had a few Yma Sumac LPs but I frankly didn't have time to
look through the several thousand LPs and CDs they have in this
amazing shop...

Also recommended:

Kloosterstraat in Antwerp - loads of antique/retro shops including
http://www.fiftie-fiftie.be/ which isn't actually as good as the website
but plenty of others are...

The Kulminator also in Antwerp - bar with over 600 varieties of
Belgian Beer!

DOM and Edha Interieur in Amsterdam - two great interior design
shops.

Lux (Marnixstraat, Amsterdam) - beautifully retro-designed bar with
comfortable lounging areas and DJs most nights.

In the unlikely event anyone is passing through Veldhoven I can
heartily recommend a meal at "Java Jive" an exotica restaurant I
guess which gleefully mixes cuisine from around the world in a
Javanese/Mexican setting full of kitsch wooden birds, fruit, cacti
etc with a soundtrack to match.

And now I must start saving up for my next visit...!


Robbie


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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:20:06 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Empty hall?

> Dick Schory's "Music for bang baaroom & harp" was also recorded on a
> concert stage without an audience, and has a nice, big feel to it.

Dick Schory has at least one live LP "Dick Schory on Tour" (1964) that was
recorded before a live audience at Chicago's Orchestra Hall.  I think its the
first time I've heard 'Baby Elephant Walk' performed with the audience clapping
at the end. Dick gives a brief  spoken intro before every song.

I've only listened to a few songs so far, but I like what I've heard.  It has a
good clean sound with typical Schory arrangements ..... The William Tell
Overture with over 55 percussion instruments, 'Sing, Sing, Sing' with a big
drum solo, and a cool exotica track, 'Orinoco'

The cover is rather interesting.  It shows Disck Schory looking into the
camera, with a road atlas in his hands.  In the background is a moving truck
with a whole slew of percussion instruments (bass drum, marimba, tympanis,
glockespiel, xylophone, gong, cahcar horn, etc) waiting to be loaded inside

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:51:13 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) by the numbers...?

> in another paragraph, he talks about doctors using x-ray screens to make
> bootleg copies of his music, taken off the VOA radio programs.

> comments? additions?  anyone..?

The following is excerpted from Timothy Ryback's excellent 1990 book "Rock
Around the Bloc"
- ---------
"The emulsion on the surface of X-ray plates provided an adequate surface for
sound reproduction.  In underground studios, enterprising Soviets and East
Europeans recorded Western hits into the emulsion of the discarded X-ray
plates.  The records produced by this process, known as 'Roentgenizdat',
circulated on seven-inch discs recorded at 78 rpm.  Produced by the millions
and facetiously refered to as "recordings on bones," these records became the
common currency of the Soviet-bloc rock scene in the late 1950s.

The ebullient rhythms of Bill haley originally pressed into the vinyl of Decca
records, eventually turned up on a X-ray of a fractured skull in Moscow; the
immortal voice of Elvis Presley lived for a few months atop a broken ankle or
elbow in Yerevan; the rollicking rhythms of Little Richard were captured on a
shattered rib cage in Riga or Tallinn.

By the 1950s, Roentgenizdat was so pervasive that Soviet officials felt
compelled to take action.  This underground industry and the music it
disseminated were blamed for a rising number of assaults, robberies, and even
murders.  In 1958, in a move to curtail Roentgenizdat, it was declared illegal
"to produce home-made records of a criminally hooligan trend."

In September 1958, the Soviet legal journal Sovetskaia yustitia justified the
banning of underground record production by linking viloent criminal acts with
underground recordings of Western rock and roll.  Sovestskaia yustitia cited
one case in which a man allegedly resorted to murder in order to obtain
illegally produced X-ray recordings of "the latest rock and roll, gypsy songs,
scurrilous ditties from the criminal world and drums solos by American jazz
kings."
- ------------------------

I found one website that also describes the practice of Roentgenizdat, located
at
http://www.powerhat.com/tusovka/tus.ch1.html

A one line excerpt .... "According to rock historian Troitsky, the one-sided
x-ray disks costed about one to one and a half rubles each on the black market,
and lasted only a few months, as opposed to around five rubles for a two-sided
vinyl disk."

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:11:31 -0400
From: "Domenic Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fw: (exotica) eXotica Releases Overview Updates

 Noticed these were on your list.
 * Quincy Jones: "Talkin' Verve"
 * Shirley Scott: "Talkin' Verve"

 Always been satisfied with the Talkin' Verve series.

 They keep on trying to add to this series.  Just got these and a Talkin
 Verve disk on Buddy Greco. I thought that was a little unusual considering
 he's not funky and they selected late 50's material. About 10 years earlier
 than material the series usually features. he seems to be a cross between
 Mel Torme and Mark Murphy. The linear notes always mentions the early Nat
 King Cole as a influence. Maybe an influence but don't see the connection.
 Except that Greco sings and plays the piano like Cole did.

 "Talking Verve with a Twist"is the best comp in the series Notice they have
 a MamboMania disk so that would get me going.

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:11:13 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) by the numbers...?

At 04:51 PM 7/16/01, Vern wrote:
>The following is excerpted from Timothy Ryback's excellent 1990 book "Rock
>Around the Bloc"
>---------
>"The emulsion on the surface of X-ray plates provided an adequate surface for
>sound reproduction.
>I found one website that also describes the practice of Roentgenizdat...


Vern, thanks so much for such excellent sharing...a reason I so much enjoy
this list!

Byron



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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:14:07 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sebastien Tellier

If you go to the usenet newsgroup alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.bootlegs you can
find a 7 song set recorded at the Mayan Theatre on 7/12/01.
Sebastien is accompanied by Pamelia Kurstin on Theremin. They were opening
for Air at the time.

So, who is Sebastien Tellier anyway? I don't recall his name coming up in
conversation, ever.

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:27:34 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sebastien Tellier

In a message dated 7/16/01 9:16:31 PM, [e-mail] writes:

<< So, who is Sebastien Tellier anyway? I don't recall his name coming up in
conversation, ever. >>

He's on the French Source label (home also to Air). Some copies of Air's new
album come with a Source 2001 sampler on which Teller appears, in prep for
the forthcoming full-length. There's a Teller track on Astralwerks' excellent
"Source Material" compilation from a couple years ago.

Other than that, I don't know who he is/they are.

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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:44:15 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Fw: (exotica) eXotica Releases Overview Updates

At 09:11 PM 7/16/01 -0400, Domenic Ciccone wrote:
>
> Always been satisfied with the Talkin' Verve series.
>
> They keep on trying to add to this series.  Just got these and a Talkin
> Verve disk on Buddy Greco. I thought that was a little unusual considering
> he's not funky and they selected late 50's material.

Say what? Buddy not funky?  Have you ever heard his Hank Williams record?
Have you ever heard him play the organ?  Buddy was funky.

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:44:40 -0700
From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Lyman (was Re: (exotica) A new fan.......)

Nathan Miner wrote:
> Lyman had a weird habit of placing a horrible track on the very end (at least we can be glad for that) of his albums.  Mostly stuff like marches with trombones or something equally hard on the ears.  Mom said, "I have to jump up and take the needle off when those come on!!"

Yeah, this happened on a bunch of his albums... sad really the way these
tracks ruin an otherwise fabulous vibe...

Kevin
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:57:58 -0700
From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny "Quiet Village"

Was on vacation in frigid Alaska but didn't see any response to this one...

"m.ace" wrote:
>
> The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny
> "Quiet Village"
> (Liberty Records/Stereo)
>
> Well, it's a real nice set. Still a small, tight combo, but they seem
> settled into a very relaxed (but not lazy!) and confident groove by this
> point. I think personally, I prefer these albums with Julius Wechter. For
> whatever reasons, I just prefer his work to Lyman's, he seems a little more
> colorful to me. When did Wechter take over, anyway? I know Lyman is on the
> first two.

Lyman was on Exotica and Exotica II.

> A nice balance between easy tunes and busy tunes, and even the slow ones
> are inventive enough to maintain interest. Strangely, a few of the fast
> tunes strike me as having a sort of prog rock knottiness to the lines
> (sorry, I'm sure that comparison is distasteful to some).

Yes, a mix of "rock" and oriental music..

> I have to compare the version of "Quiet Village" to the version on
> "Exotica" sometime, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. It doesn't sound
> like it matches the rest of this album, but I seem to recall the earlier
> version sounding different as well. What's the official word on that?

This is an edited version of the stereo version of the song (2:58 vs
3:41).  There is a pretty perceptible difference between Denny's stereo
version and the mono version -- the stereo version is faster.

It's kind of funny how Denny always claimed that the stereo version of
the Exotica album was "recreated note for note, bird call for bird call"
- - but it is really easy to pick out some of the tracks based on the
music or calls instantly.  Not that the stereo version is bad mind you,
just different.

- -Kevin

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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:09:56 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) UK soundtracks MOVEMENTS

Thanks to all that came up with all those record storage suggestions!  I
really liked those BOLTZ steel ones, but they are a little too $$$.

I also stumbled upon RACKIT (http://www.rackittm.com/ ) also expensive and,
according to my wife, "very seventies" with that heavy grained light oak
look.

Anybody heard either of these UK soundtracks:

Johnny Harris - Movements (fragments of fear / stepping stones)
Keith Mansfield - Loot (rare)

Worth the time and money to pursue?

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