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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:55:17 +0200
From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R)
Subject: (exotica) radio?
Does anyone know any interesting internet radio stations that broadcast 24 hour live streams, or any intelligent link list to such radio stations? With my new DSL connection and flat rate this is the cool new thing for me...
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:35:53 -0600
From: kendoll <kendoll@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Subject: (exotica) recent finds
I wish I could say that I found all these records in the last week, but
this list represents the cream of the crop from the last 2 months or so:
Werner Muller and His Orchestra: Hawaiian Swing
London Phase 4 Stereo. Fun, Esquivel-ish arrangements (but no zu-zu's).
The Invitations: Hawaii Calls
Nice. Very tight five man vocal group, incredible falsetto singing, very
swingin' Vegas-style arrangements. Side 1 is with Russ Garcia and his
orchestra, side 2 has Billy May and his orchestra.
Francoise Hardy: Loving
Her first LP in English. She covers Elvis (Loving You) , Carole King
(Will You Love Me Tomorrow), The Kinks (Who'll Be The Next In Line),
Phil Ochs (There But For Fortune) and Buddy Holly (That'll Be The Day)
among others. Outstanding.
The Johnny Mann Singers: This Guy's In Love With You - The Look Of Love
The Johnny Mann Singers: We Can Fly! Up-Up and Away
Arthur Lyman: Isle of Enchantment
The first cut on both sides is unplayably warped, but what the hey, this
record cost 25=A2 at a garage sale. Nice version of Moe Koffman's Swingin=
'
Shepherd Blues.
Sandler & Young: Honey Come Back
"Swingin' and easy, that's their style. Easy they sing and easy they
swing. . . through songs that are glamorous, songs that are outtasight,
that started out as Rock, as Country, as Movie Themes and hits from
Broadway Shows. But with a simple twist of tempo, Sandler & Young turn
these songs into Specials. Very, very easy swinger Specials. Jim Webb's
Honey Come Back takes on an ultra-sophisticated European sheen as Tony
recites the opening spoken lines in French. In English, the words are
lovely, but in French, they are absolutely stunning." He's right, I was
stunned. My own favorite is Lennon/McCartney's Blackbird -- it seems so
obvious now that that tune was meant to have a horn section. I also like
their version of the theme from Midnight Cowboy -- it sound like they
made up the lyrics as they sang them: "Midnight cowboy / Midnight cowboy
/ See the lonely / Midnight cowboy."
Those Fantabulous Strings Play The Sonny & Cher Hits
A so-so record, but the word "Fantabulous" in the name makes it... well,
fantabulous.
Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick: A Man and a Woman
Double live LP. Dionne sings I Say A Little Prayer, Isaac sings By The
Time I Get To Phoenix. At the same time. And it works. Fantabulous!
Robert Goulet: Woman, Woman
Goulet is a guilty pleasure of mine. Odd & amusing to hear him doing
these 60's hits: Woman, Woman; This Guy's In Love With You; Sunny; Love
Is Blue; The Unicorn; By The Time I Get To Phoenix; Do You Know The Way
To San Jose; Honey (I Miss You); etc.
Perez Prado: Big Hits By Prado
Hurrah! Finally a copy in good condition and in Living Stereo. Now I can
trash my scratched-to-hell, held-together-with-masking-tape copy.
Pete Rugolo: The Music From Richard Diamond
The New Classic Singers: self titled
"We think that a truly great melody can stand alone, and so the New
Classic Singers do not sing the words. They sing, instead, easy-flowing
one syllable sounds that emphasize and enhance the melody's appeal. In
print, some of these sounds might resemble the following:
Ba-ba-ba-duh-ba. Da-dl-up. Bahh-dum. But no cold print can convey the
warmth and subtleties the New Classic Singers bring to these sounds.
There are a thousand ways each syllable combination can be interpreted
- -- from the hard crispness of the Bup by-yup by-yup-by-yup of "Sukiyaki"
to the soft Bahhhhhhh of "Bye Bye Blues." A great record.
That's enough for now.
Mike
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:34:47 +0200
From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R)
Subject: Re: (exotica) radio?
lousmith@pipeline.com schrieb:
> For a start, check out wfmu.org and wnyc.org (look for archives of New Sounds and of Spinning On Air). Also see the list at http://www.web-radio.fm/ and at
I have been checking through quite a number of such lists. 1st thing: It is difficult to find the good stations among all the others. And 2nd: very very often, like in 90% of the cases, you get negative replies, when you click somewhere.... server down, page could not be found, wrong player, no connection, or simply nothing. That's why I ask for specific info about radio stations, that are good AND can be recieved at all. That WFMU tip by HOUSEBOB was a good one, I stumbled right into the middle of the night broadcast of a Cosmic Cowboy's God's Own Little radio show spitting out Speed Metal for breakfast...
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:09:23 -0400
From: lousmith@pipeline.com
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Neil Cooper, Betty Everett
August 23, 2001
Neil Cooper, Who Founded a Rock and Reggae Record Label, Dies at 71
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Neil Cooper, the founder of the ROIR record label, which released music by underground rock and reggae bands, died on Aug. 13 at his home in Manhattan. He was 71.
The cause was cancer, said his son Lucas.
Mr. Cooper was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Columbia Business School in 1954. He had worked as an agent for MCA and Famous Artists, where he represented performers like Shirley Bassey and Charles Mingus.
After booking bands at an Upper East Side nightclub called the 80's and taping many shows, he decided to start a record label. He incorporated ROIR (an acronym for Reach Out International Records) in 1979 and put out its first release in 1981, by James Chance and the Contortions.
The album was released on cassette only, which came to be the label's hallmark. Mr. Cooper quickly produced an extensive catalog of some of the most notable artists of the era, including Glenn Branca, Television, Suicide, the New York Dolls and the Skatalites.
The label adopted the cassette format because many of its artists were already signed to exclusive contracts with other record labels; but cassettes, often of live recordings or other miscellany, did not violate their contracts, said Lucas Cooper, who has taken over the business.
One of ROIR's most popular releases was the first, untitled album by the Bad Brains, an ultrafast punk band of Rastafarians from Washington whose only previous recorded output had been a two-song single. The album was released in 1982.
The label has continued to release new material, eventually switching over to CD's and reissuing many of its classic tapes in that format.
In addition to Lucas, of New York, Mr. Cooper is survived by another son, Nicholas, of Santa Fe, N.M., and a half-brother, Jerry Cooper of Florida.
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Betty Everett, of 'The Shoop Shoop Son,' Dies at 61
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ELOIT, Wis., Aug. 22 ù Betty Everett, a singer whose recording of "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" made Billboard's Top 10 in 1964, was found dead on Sunday in her home here, family members said. She was 61.
Ms. Everett is remembered primarily for her one huge hit, but she also recorded many other songs and was recognized as one of the top soul singers of her time.
Born in Greenwood, Miss., on Nov. 23, 1939, she played the piano and sang in church beginning at age 9. She continued to sing in gospel choirs and in 1957 moved to Chicago, where she recorded songs for the C. J. Cobra and OneDerful labels.
She signed a contract with VeeJay, a record label that was issuing hits by the Beatles at around the same time. Her release of "You're No Good" just missed the Top 50 in late 1963 and would later be recorded by Linda Lewis and Linda Ronstadt to become a hit song.
Ms. Everett recorded "The Shoop Shoop Song" in the spring of 1964, and it became one of Billboard's Top 10. It was later recorded by Cher for the soundtrack of the 1990 movie "Mermaids" and more recently by Vonda Shepard for the Fox television show "Ally McBeal."
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:24:03
From: "Robert McKenna" <rmckenna@hotmail.com>
Subject: (exotica) Sound effects CD of some exotic interest
Found this on the b3ta.com website. I think they had the link to the Hello
