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exotica-digest          Thursday, May 7 1998          Volume 02 : Number 105



In This Digest:

(exotica) Re:Parents record collection
Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica)
Re: (exotica) James Bond cars
(exotica) Teletubbies
Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
RE: (exotica) smylonylon
Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection
(exotica) Zorn
Re: (exotica) Zorn
(exotica) Columbo theme
(exotica) Re: Bond books
Re: (exotica) Zorn
Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Re: (exotica) Zorn
RE: (exotica) Parents record collection
Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
Re: (exotica) Teletubbies
(exotica) greetings
RE: (exotica) Parents record collection
Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection
Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner
RE: (exotica) Parents record collection
Re: (exotica) Parents record collection
(exotica) fwd: Industrial designer Joshua Lippincott dies
Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's
(exotica) the most exotic record found in my parents' collection:
(exotica) Re: Siesta Records
Re: (exotica) James Bond cars
Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)
(exotica) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:29:43 -0500
(exotica) Baxter's "Tiki" on CD
Re: (exotica) Parents record collection
(exotica) Your record collection
(exotica) Record Collection Software
(exotica) Zorn

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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 07:37:03 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection

>For all y'all:
>
>What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
>exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
a 10"
>LP.

Not much but
"Great Mambos" by Perez Prado maybe. Hot mambos, cute covergirl.

But the most important LP I found back home is a blues LP called "Angola
prisoners Blues" recorded at Angola State prison where the bluesmen
Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey and Guitar Welch were inmates at the
time (1960?). That LP hooked me onto Country blues in the 80s, and
Robert Pete Williams still remains (after 5-6 more LPs) my favorite
bluessinger. He made Grown So Ugly btw, later covered excellently by
Captain Beefheart.

- --
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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:41:29 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)

Jill Mingo wrote:

>  And I am going to PopKomm again.
> It's a business thang, of course.
>

U2? I will also be there . Business thAng, shure! Me and my publisher will
introduce my book called "Popkatalog Vol.1 / Postpsychedelische Malerei", 128
pages full color hard cover, if you know what I mean... Also featuring: 10
pages of Tiki-Art plus other exotic goodies. Be prepared! Make shure we meet!

Kekipi MO tiki



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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:42:11 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica)

DJJimmyBee wrote:

> please consider writing your stuff in one e-mail as opposed to a separate e-
> mail for every topic--the temptation at this address is to simply delete

Why? A list member interested in James Bond might not wanna read everything
about Zager & Evans at the same time. My remarks are always subject-related. I
don't understand your point.

MO



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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:42:39 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond cars

 >>This BMW slant is interesting.  In the books, Ian Fleming still had a
"post
war' dislike of things German.  The villians often drove German cars
(Draco in
Moonraker and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service,
et.
al.).  Actually many of the villians had "German blood".

Fleming would relate Bond's appreciation for the German cars but Bond
"would
never consider owning one".

Keep this mind these are Fleming's observations not mine.  For one, I
live in
South Carolina -- the only place where the Z3 is made and the most
favorite
car I ever owned was a 1976 BMW 2002 (which had an excellent Blaupundt
radio
that I use to listen to a "Walk in the Black Forrest" on -- there -- I
tied in
a music thread).

Robert<<

I had a 1802 which is basically the same model, only a different engine.
What color was yours? Orange? Mine was black...

THE James Bond Car is of course the Aston Martin. But these days: You
never know who buys whom, like BMW bought Rolls Royce, so even driving a
good old "Strolls Nice" wouldn't help 007 to be "English" in his car
preferences. Like Daimler Benz and Chrysler now want to fusion...

MO



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:55:08 EDT
From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Teletubbies

I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one-
year olds.

A very unusual (odd), highly creative program from Britian with music, song
and stories to match.  Andrew McCrorie-Shand wrote and performs the quirky
music.  The Teletubbies (little alien-like creatures with TV's in their
stomachs) strange giggles and whispers are all over the place and Tim Whitnall
narrates.

Check it out if you are into this kind of thing.

For some reason, Johan came to mind.





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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 08:57:46 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner

>Yes, Sy Zentner! I just finished making a compilation tape last evening
>and capped it with a couple of Zentner tunes: Dragons and Demons and his
>version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD
>comps. it may have been included on? Great song). Although I can't
>recall the name of the lp, it is really quite good. Zentner, I believe,
>started out in Billy May's band.

This is from that "Exotica Suite" LP which is a Si Zentner/Martin Denny
collaboration, composed by Les Baxter. Or so the cover says. It is a great
track, me thinks.

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:59:09 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) smylonylon

>  As for directions, it's in
> the opposite direction from Other Music, Prince Street, Screaming Mimi's
> etc., and if you're walking towards it it's on the right side of the
> street.
>
Jordana,

Could you rephrase this?  Walking towards it from what direction, north or
south?  Whether it is on my left or right is relative to the way I am
walking.  What is the cross street?  Is it closer to Astor or Houston?





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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 08:00:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mark Turner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection

>
> But the most important LP I found back home is a blues LP called "Angola
> prisoners Blues" recorded at Angola State prison where the bluesmen
> Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey and Guitar Welch were inmates at the
> time (1960?). That LP hooked me onto Country blues in the 80s, and
> Robert Pete Williams still remains (after 5-6 more LPs) my favorite
> bluessinger. He made Grown So Ugly btw, later covered excellently by
> Captain Beefheart.

FYI, "Angola Prisoner's Blues" was reissued (last year, I think)
on CD by Arhoolie, with previously-unreleased tracks.

- --
Mark Turner         | "Slow Train to Dawn" with Rocky Rococo
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:53:25 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zorn

Pardon me, but who is John Zorn?  I think I know a guy by that name, but is
that him?

Charlieman

> At 01:30 PM 06/05/98 UT, [e-mail] wrote:
> >
> >There's been some debate over on the Zorn list
>


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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:07:43 EDT
From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn

<< Pardon me, but who is John Zorn? >>

Per the All-Music Guide:

It is possible to call John Zorn a "jazz" musician, but that would be much too
limiting a description. While jazz feeling is present in a good deal of his
work, and the idea of improvisation is vitally important to him, Zorn doesn't
operate within any idiom's framework, drawing from just about any musical,
cultural or noise source that a fellow who grew up in the TV and LP eras could
experience. This eclecticism gone haywire can result in such wildly jump-
cutting works as Spillane, whose plethora of diverse and incompatible styles
makes for a listening experience akin to constantly punching the station
buttons on a car radio. Zorn believes that the age of the composer as an
"autonomous musical mind" had come to an end in the late 20th century; hence
the collaborative nature of much of his work, both with active musicians and
music and styles of the past. Like Mel Brooks, the zany film director, many of
Zorn's works are tributes to certain musical touchstones of his -- such as
Ennio Morricone, Sonny Clark and Ornette Coleman -- all filtered through his
unpredictable hall of mirrors. While it would be foolhardy to single out a
handful of dominant influences, Zorn's music seems very close in spirit to
that of Warner Bros. cartoon composer Carl Stalling, both in its
transformation of found material and manic, antic moods.

This calculating wild man started playing the piano as a child before taking
up the guitar and flute at age ten. By the time he was 14, Zorn had discovered
contemporary classical music and began composing; his college years in St.
Louis brought about his introduction to avant-garde jazz, particularly that of
Anthony Braxton. He dropped out of college, settled in lower Manhattan, and
began working with free improvisers, rock bands, and tape, sometimes working
duck and bird calls into his arsenal. After putting out releases on tiny
domestic and poorly distributed import labels, Zorn signed with Elektra-
Nonesuch in the mid-1980s, which increased his visibility considerably. Along
the way, he has formed tribute bands to play the music of Coleman, Hank
Mobley, Lee Morgan and others; featured musicians as diverse as Big John
Patton, Tim Berne, Bill Frisell and the Kronos Quartet; and assembled a group
called Masada that merges Coleman with Yiddish music. Jazz buffs should be
directed to his Coleman tribute album Spy Vs. Spy (Nonesuch), which makes
exciting, thrashing yet concise hashes of 17 Ornette tunes with a quintet. --
Richard S. Ginell,

back to me...

The only thing I have from him is his very short, very INTENSE, "Cynical
Hysterie Hour", which is the score to a Japanese animated film.

Although it took awhile to "get it", I've grown too like it quite a bit.


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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:25:03 -0400
From: Larry House <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Columbo theme

I'm sure I remember a news or entertainment feature from the 70's that
showed an electric violin being used for the TV theme for the "Columbo"
show.

Larry House.



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:33:20 -0600
From: mike clifford <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Bond books

I want to echo the used book store suggestion, and maybe add thrift shops
abnd garage sales.  It's been my experience that, like Herb Alpert lps, bond
paperbacks seem to turn up pretty often in the used bins.  I don't think
I've ever spent more than $1 on an old Bond paperback, usually less.  In a
related note - anyone else have the "Music to Read James Bond by" album?
don't have it with me here, but some fun stuff, if memory serves, and a
great cover w/ the gold-leafed girl, what else, reading Fleming books.  I
also really reccomend reading the books to get a better perspective on the
"real" Bond, especially if you've been poisoned by the last few years of
movies.  And I've got to say, as bad as the Dalton and Brosnan flix may be,
are they worse than "A View to a Kill?"  Sorry about the digression...at
least I mentioned the album.
mike
>
><< How are the Bonds books?  Which are the best ones?  Suggestions please!
> Plus exotica goes beyond just music. >>
>
>These are some of my opinions of good Bond books:
>
>Casino Royale (the first)
>Moonraker
>Diamonds are Forever
>Live and Let Die
>Thunderball
>Goldfinger
>On Her Majesty's Secret Service
>
>
>These are the early one's -- the later ones were softened along with Flemings
>post war cynicism.  The post Fleming Books written by Gardner as epilogues at
>the best.  Run through the classics first.
>
>These make for great summer reading -- easy to pick up and put down.  I would
>suggests the used paperback book stores.
>
>Hope this thread is ok people.
>
>Robert
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:45:19 -0700
From: "Christopher Elkins" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn

<..snip..>
>>many of Zorn's works are tributes to certain musical
>>touchstones of his -- such as Ennio Morricone
<..snip..>

IMHO, Zorn's most accessible album (and my own personal favorite) is
"Big Gundown: Music of Ennio Morricone" (Nonesuch, 75597 79139 2).  It
comprises various interpretations of Morricone tunes as orchestrated
by Zorn.  Some are true to the original, while most are, shall we say,
uniquely rendered.  I don't think he actually plays on any of the
tracks, but a lot of his New York art scene friends do -- Fred Frith,
Arto Lindsay, Anton Fier, Bill Frizzell, etc.  If for nothing else,
this album is worth getting just for the theme from "Battle of
Algiers", complete with turntable scratching.

...
christopher elkins
...



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:15:11 -1000
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner

>... and his
>version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD
>comps. it may have been included on? Great song).

CD-wise: I'm pretty sure it's on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" double CD
on Captiol.

- - Steve

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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:42:45 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner

At 08:57 AM 07/05/98 -0600, Jill Mingo wrote:

>This is from that "Exotica Suite" LP which is a Si Zentner/Martin Denny
>collaboration, composed by Les Baxter.

That's the one with the piece of burlap on the cover, right?  I passed it
up at the beginning of this journey because it was $15 and I thought the
price laughable.  Later a collector of this stuff said I should have
grabbed it.  I don't know but I haven't seen it since.  The burlap was a
nice touch, have to admit.

Nat



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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:42:48 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn

At 10:53 AM 07/05/98 -0400, Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD wrote:
>
>Pardon me, but who is John Zorn?  I think I know a guy by that name, but is
>that him?

This should probably be answered by someone who IS on the Zorn list but
certainly there's a connection between music discussed here and some of
Zorn's output.  In fact, I think that Zorn is one of the forces that led me
"back" to the music discussed here.  For one, there's his Naked City band
and records with all their "crime music" references. (One of the best
concerts I've ever seen.)  And there's a cut on his Morricone tribute album
("The Big Gundown") called "Erotico (The Burglars)" which is one of the
coolest exotica-sounding cuts I've ever heard.
I think I've seen it here on someone's playlist.
And someone could make the argument that Zorn's klezmer-influenced records
are exotica but I'm not going to be the one to suggest that klezmer IS
exotica.
I'm considering that Zorn list.  We actually have a mutual friend. (Me and
Zorn that is, not me and the list.)  I just don't know if I want to impose
my opinions on a whole new group of folks.

Nat



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:43:36 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection

It's a toss up between Arthur Lyman "Taboo Vol. II" or The Ventures
"A-Go-Go".

They both rule in their own special way.

Charlieman

> >For all y'all:
> >
> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
> >exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
> a 10"
> >LP.
>
>


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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:12:38 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's

Johan Dada Vis wrote:
>
>         hi Ron!
>
> I KNOW what MPEG Layer 3 is, i just didn't know the abbrev.

This occurred to me well after I sent my message. Type first,
ask questions later. That's me. I guess MP3 is a nickname
of sorts.   See, I was right! You did know.

> i think the file size of 10:1 compressed files is still too huge for
> the current bandwith of the 'net, hence the success of the rather
> lousy quality of realaudio.

Agreed But at least it facilitates the exchange of files you KNOW
you want. You just have to be committed to the lengthy load time.
I should break out the calculator and figger how long
it would take to up/download a FANTASTICA! program (probably WAY
too long, but not as long as the Postal Service, eh?)

> i'd like to find that site you mention, sounds intruiging,
> thanx for mentioning it!

http://www.nordicdms.com/CollectorsRecords/  It looks as though
they have seriously revamped the site. I'm interested in going back and
looking around, as I have not been there for a long time.


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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:17:05 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner

No, I checked this one. I'm pretty sure it wasn't on there; could be
wrong, though. The Zentner lp I was taping may be a best of - so it may
well be that the track first showed up on the Denny/Zenter
collaboration?
>CD-wise: I'm pretty sure it's on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter"
double CD
>on Captiol.
>
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 21:22:54 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Ingemar Breithel)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Teletubbies

BasicHip wrote:
>I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one-
>year olds.
>
>A very unusual (odd), highly creative program from Britian with music, song
>and stories to match.  Andrew McCrorie-Shand wrote and performs the quirky
>music.

Cheezus! Not THE Andrew McCrorie-Shand?? But it must be.... none other
than the leader of Druid, the most pompous of progressive rock groups
from the 70s! Their first album "Toward the Sun" from 1975 is one of the
more blatant Yes rip-offs in existence, down to the pilfered songtitles
and lyrics, not to mention the castrato vocalist. And Mr. McCrorie-Shand's
Rick Wakeman-like synthesizer antics are another amusing highlight. Well,
this only goes to show, as so many times before, that anything and anyone
will sooner or later turn up on the list.... "Tales from Topographic Oceans"
has been mentioned in the past, so why not Druid? What's next, Fruupp?







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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:29:11 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) greetings

Hello, I'm new on the list.  I'm Dave and I like many genres of music,
including many of the personal definitions of "exotica" I've seen described
here.  I'm a stickler for categorizing my music library (each song) in many
ways - year of release (or recording), songwriter, etc.  I try and make an
honest attempt at research, and I appreciate the reference books and
resources I've seen mentioned here.

So, I'll probably pop on once in a while with a question regarding the year
of a song or an album - I hope no one gets too annoyed.

Or I'll pop on with a comment.  Those are sure to annoy.

Thanks - Dave


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Date: Thu, 7 May 98 12:35:51 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Salter)
Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection

>> >
>> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection,
>> >exotica-wise?  For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter,
>> a 10"
>> >LP.
>>

I also found this one, along with Tamboo, in my mom's discarded LPs out
in the garage one day... but the album that takes the cake is 'Zodiac
Cosmic Sounds' by Mort Garson.  That one really made me wonder...  ;)

- -Brian



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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:52:44 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection

Magnus Sandberg wrote:
>
> >For all y'all:
> >
> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection

Hmmmm.... That would have to be Heintje, the singin'est little
Dutch cherub ya ever did see. He was Dutch, but sang in German.
It was mixed in with all those RCA red vinyl records of God-knows-what.
That's as hip as it gets.

Oooooooh! Wait! I'm having a flashback on a Nancy Sinatra Album...
Probably my first encounter with cheesecake on an album. She's reclining
in a that tight black and white striped outfit. Yeeeeessssss! How did
that get mixed in with all the Perry Como albums?

My clearest musical memories of the happy household was Sunday mornings
listening to Hugo Schneider on KBAY's European music program.
It was mostly German. My dad who lived throught the occupation of
Holland called it "Singing along wih the enemy." The only song I can
actually remember is "the Third Man Theme." Everything else is
just a blur of oompah.

Also, KFOG at the time was a "Beautiful Music" station, and I believe
a lot of exotica standards were imprinted on my psyche from hours of
having it in the background. KFOG's signature was the sound of a San
Francisco fogorn, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAmmmp! with a loooong
decaying echo. I love that sound. They still use it from time to time,
but KFOG is now a pretty mediocre classic-rock station. Also, I was
aware of the fact that KFOG in particular had a fantastic sound. It had
a stereo presence that would keep me between the speakers for hours.

Another memory is my mother LUNGING for the radio to turn off Dean
Martin or Frank Sinatra. Both sent her into spastic fits of disgust.
This bothered me because I truly LOVED the song "Something Stupid"
by Frank and Nancy. At one time it was in regular rotation on either
KBAY or KFOG.

Hooboy! a flood of memories. Great thread!


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Date: Thu, 7 May 98 13:04:45 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Brian Salter)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner

>
>That's the one with the piece of burlap on the cover, right?  I passed it
>up at the beginning of this journey because it was $15 and I thought the
>price laughable.  Later a collector of this stuff said I should have
>grabbed it.  I don't know but I haven't seen it since.  The burlap was a
>nice touch, have to admit.
>

I would say that if you're used to paying $10-15 for these kind of
records,
then Exotica Suite would be worth picking up... exciting music and
a beautiful sounding recording.  It would be a great album even without
the burlap!  (but some people don't like it on account of it's not being
pure exotic Dennyism...  it has a lot of driving big band arrangements
mixed in, which I happen to like... and the arrangements and playing are
top notch, IMO)

Recently I DJ'd a wedding reception , and when I played 'Jungle Train'
from this album, the newlyweds came out and had their first dance... now
there's an endorsement for you!

- -Brian



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 13:23:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection

 >> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's
collection, exotica-wise?

For me it was definitely Quiet Villiage by Martin Denny, but the
coolest song was Blen Blen Blen with the great Miguelito Valdez on
vocals for the Xavier Cughat Orchestra on some cracked in half record
Big Band Greatest Hits, an RCA compilation. I always wondered if the
crack hurt my stylus or needle as it was sometimes called.

Special mention should go to Perez Prado- Maria Bonita!

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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 13:33:07 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Parents record collection

Chucke writes:

> Special mention should go to Perez Prado- Maria Bonita!


Aaaaaay-Yaaaaaay-Yaaaaaaay-YAIII!!!!!! (Hoooo!)

Don't get me STARTED! The beginning of that song is PRICELESS.
So's the picture of "PREZ" on the cover, with his head kinda
resting on one hand all thoughtful-like.


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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 22:12:51 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Industrial designer Joshua Lippincott dies


>   NEW YORK, May 7 (AFP) - Industrial designer Joshua Gordon
>Lippincott, known for creating the Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup
>logos, has died, the New York Times reported Thursday.
>   Lippincott's grandson Jonathan told the daily his grandfather
>died at the family's home in New Haven, Connecticut, at the age of
>89.
>   An engineer by training, Lippincott also designed the 1947
>Tucker automobile known as the "Tucker Torpedo," of which only 46
>were produced.
>   Lippincott's soup can design was the inspiration for Andy Warhol
>and the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.



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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:18:18 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's

> http://www.nordicdms.com/CollectorsRecords/  It looks as though
> they have seriously revamped the site. I'm interested in going back and
> looking around, as I have not been there for a long time.

In my haste to reply to Johan, I sent this URL without checking it out
first. It still does not have the variety necessary to be truly useful.
It had some worthwhile MP3's for download, though not anything to
excited over.

It is however an interesting concept: Buying music and receiving it
via the internet. They also offer a portable MP3 player - Like a
Walkman, but with no moving parts!

The "Collectors Vinyl" area is a joke.


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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:29:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) the most exotic record found in my parents' collection:

I once found in my parents' record collection a Moog record called "Blues
Current" that had all-Moog versions of blues standards . . . it had a giant
electrical plug on the cover.

                        Lisa
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:53:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Siesta Records

Greetings to all Exotic Listers:

Been out and worn out from the jazz fest & I finally took the time to
listen to two great cds I purchased from a small independent company
called Roundabout Records.   p o box 76302 Washington DC 20013-6302
202/543-5465

The first cd was a various artist compilation on Siesta call Expresso.
 This cd nails the suave sophisticated easy listening sound that we
seem to be drifting away from with the Now Sound .   I can't recommend
this Expresso cd enough, just about every song nails it.  Way too cool
!
   I would like to know more about the Siesta artists and plan to buy
some more.  Is anyone familiar with Siesta arists Laila Amazon, La
Buena Vida ,  Holiday, Minema, Moving Pictures,  Loius Phillipe or the
Red Sleeping Beauty Sountrack?

The other cd I got was Music for Marshmellow Lovers on the Marina
lable. This cd has remakes of Barbarella & kites by Free Design & I am
a Kitten.  The whole cd is great cutesy popsy easy lisenting Special
thanks to whoever posted the Marina web site.  The  Marshmallow Lovers
cd is just about the same songs and artists as is found on the Songs
for the Jet Set cd on Siesta , What gives?

 The Siesta web site is at http://www.get.es/Siesta/enter/enter.htm

Thanks for all the great postings that have been going on.
  Chuck
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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:06:29 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond cars

Just one hour ago I read that not BMW but VW buys Rolls Royce. To me
that sounds like McDonalds running the "Chez Bocuse" or something... But
I'm totally off exotica-road now...
One of my paintings represents a Tiki-VW, all wooden with Tikis and
Bones and carvings...I never understand why todays cars lack any sense
of imagination.

MO (in the BMW-capital Munich)



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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:06:48 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON)

>>Coolerama. Wish I was able to actually READ your book. Guess I'd
better
brush up on my German.<<

No need, it's mostly all pictures. The text, "art theory", is only in
it to cheat the conceptionalists a bit. Also we will have English
translations later.
MO



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 16:36:00 -0600
From: "Steven Peterson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:29:43 -0500

Hello to all,

       My name is Steve Peterson.  I'm new to the list.  Exotica is what
I'm into(Denny,Lyman, Baxter,ect).  I hope I can benefit and be of benefit
to the list.
Thanks!

Steve
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:53:51 -1000
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: (exotica) Baxter's "Tiki" on CD

Just went home for lunch  and double checked this, for anyone who's
interested...

I was in fact WRONG about "Tiki" being on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" CD.

The Martin Denny/Sy Zentner version of "Tiki" IS on "The Exotic Sounds of
Martin Denny" compilation.

Always get those two confused... lots of the same tunes, differnet
arrangements.

I stand corrected, and so forth.

- - Steve

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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 20:15:57 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Parents record collection

My folks didn't seem to acquire many records, so there's not a lot of
competition, leaving a winner more or less by default...

Joe Bushkin - "Nightsounds" (Capitol). With arrangments by Kenyon Hopkins. Joe
plays piano. The odd thing is that this is a promo copy, and it doesn't just
have the usual "For Promotional Use Only - Not For Sale" sticker on the cover.

The label is yellow with black print, and along with the normal info, says (in
fairly large type):

"Sample Album for Radio-TV program use"

Along with a smaller, "Not For Sale - Restricted To Promotional Use Only". Is
this unusual? Did this record ever go into public release? Why is the sky blue?

Switching channels here, no advice on mildew? Maybe you thought I was being
wimpy about a little smell? No, I don't mind a *little* smell (heck, I like the
smell of old books). But these specimens have real heavy-duty, room-filling,
"knock you off your feet & bring a tear to your eye" odor! Not to mention the
organic "texturing" on the covers. Is there a way to get it off without ruining
the art? Anyway to cut the stench? Is there a cure? Please, before it takes
over the whole building! Thanks.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 20:29:43 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Your record collection

OK then, what (exotic) music from *your* collection have you turned your
parents on to?

Zamphir's early Romanian pan-flute releases worked for my folks, and Mickey
Katz (it mystifies me how they hadn't heard him before).

I couldn't tell them anything about Light Classics or Beautiful Music (or BM
Radio, as we called it) 'cause that was what was on the radio 24/7.

- --Lou




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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 20:36:50 -0400
From: Mark Benton Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Record Collection Software

Can anyone share what kind of software they use to catalog their
cd/vinyl/8track and/or book collections?  I'm getting ready to look for
some, and I would like opinions.

Many thanks!



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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:22:15 -0700
From: "Larson/Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zorn

To me, Zorn's work has always seemed "calculated" rather than
inspired--like a dancer with years of lessons but no natural sense of
rhythm or movement.  Just my 2 cents.  Sorry if I upset anyone.

Jerry Larson


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