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exotica-digest         Wednesday, May 13 1998         Volume 02 : Number 108



In This Digest:

Re:  (exotica) Comp tapes.....
Re: (exotica) Les Baxter album, " Space Escapades " is available
(exotica) Kelsey Grammer from Cheers likes the Siesta label!
Re: (exotica) Kelsey Grammer from Cheers likes the Siesta label!
(exotica) fwd: The Sync Adds More Movies
Re: (exotica) Techno Ken
(exotica) The 101% styling list
Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list
(exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list
Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list
Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
(exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
(exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks -Reply
Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks -Reply
Re:RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
(exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...
RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
(exotica) Les Baxter
(exotica) Ayi-yi-yi
(exotica) Domestic Issue "Man in Space With Sounds"
(exotica) Clara Rockmore - NYTimes Obit
Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks
Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3
Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter
Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks

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Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 16:19:48 EDT
From: DJJimmyBee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Comp tapes.....

If your BasicHip tapes are as good as mine, you'll surely exit with a smirk
;-) (they're great)


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Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 22:32:11 +0000
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter album, " Space Escapades " is available

No, but one track ("Saturday Night on Saturn") appears on volume 3 of
Ultra Lounge.


Robbie

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Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 23:44:52 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) Kelsey Grammer from Cheers likes the Siesta label!

I got this from a friend, and he got it in turn from someone else:

>Newsflash: Sideshow Bob likes the Free Design!
>
>>Kelsey Grammer (TV's Frasier) came into my work today!!!
>>well, i work at a retail store and among my menial duties i just happened to
>>be the so-called "muzak director." i had Free Design along with They Go
>>Boom!!, Acid House Kings, La Buena Vida, and Otis Redding in the background.
>>and guess what? he loved Free Design and asked where he could get a hold of
>>it. so i gave him a little bio on them and told him that he can get it through
>>Siesta label!  thanks Siesta for making my "celebrity encounter" a  delightful
>>experience...    he'll be getting in touch with you real soon!

Pretty cool, eh? Anyone know any other celebrities being into Exotica?

Kenny Brockelstein




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Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 15:49:34 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Kelsey Grammer from Cheers likes the Siesta label!

Kenny Brockelstein wrote:
>

>
> Pretty cool, eh? Anyone know any other celebrities being into Exotica?

Mamie and Ike dug Danny Guglielmi, and reportedly were into the 3 Suns.


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:28:29 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Lou Smith)
Subject: (exotica) fwd: The Sync Adds More Movies

The Sync Adds More Movies

If you're searching for some fun online, check out The Sync's newly
added cult movies, available on demand in Real Video format. You can
now watch Richard Blackburn's controversial 1972 vampire thriller
"Lemora, Lady Dracula," which was declared "banned" by the Catholic
FilmBoard at its premiere; Jason Paul Collum's "5 Dark Souls" (1997),
an eerie mystery of students involved in a snuff film production;
and the documentary of the septugenarian punk rock star and
apocalyptic poet Dika Newlin, "Dika: Murder City" (1995).
World Wide Web: http://thesync.com/ondemand



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Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:47:56 -0400
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Techno Ken

"Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]> writes:

>Some kind of lounge techno version of Ken Nordine's "Flibberty
>Jib" can be found on the album For the Whole Family by Lord
>Runningclam. Makes me wonder why he isn't sampled more
>often in modern day dance music.

For more recent Nordine sampling, check the title track from Towa
Tei's "Sound Museum" album.


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:04:10 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The 101% styling list

When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:

50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
black velvet painting by Leeteg,
60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
Bamboo bar,
50s TV set,
Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
Old editions of National geographic casually lying around
Exotica record collection

Any additions?

MO



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 03:20:48 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list

At 11:04 13/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
>to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:
>
>50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
>large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
>Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
>black velvet painting by Leeteg,
>60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
>Bamboo bar,
>50s TV set,
>Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
>Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
>Old editions of National geographic casually lying around

Forget these. You need 1960s copies of Playboy.

>Exotica record collection
>
>Any additions?

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:52:13 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

MO



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 05:16:11 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

At 11:52 13/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

Sure. In the 60s and 70s they had those stereos with automatic record
changers.You would stack your records and they would drop down one by one.
So if you wanted to hear your double LP, you would stack Side 1 and Side 2,
then flip them both to hear 3 and 4. Does that make sense?

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 07:55:10 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list

Moritz wrote:

> When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
> to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:
>
> 50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
> large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
> Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
> black velvet painting by Leeteg,
> 60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
> Bamboo bar,
> 50s TV set,
> Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
> Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
> Old editions of National geographic casually lying around
> Exotica record collection
>
> Any additions?

I would add paintings by Tretchikoff...you know, those paintings of
blue or green exotic looking women. I think these prints were everywhere in
the late 50's/early 60's.


Allan


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:38:28 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4

>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

>Sure. In the 60s and 70s they had those stereos with automatic record
>changers.You would stack your records and they would drop down one by
one.
>So if you wanted to hear your double LP, you would stack Side 1 and
Side 2,
>then flip them both to hear 3 and 4. Does that make sense?

It does. Thank you!

MO



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:44:24 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The 101% styling list

telstar wrote:

> Moritz wrote:
>
> > When I came back from LA two years ago I made this list of what it takes
> > to have a 101% tikial correct cocktailist appartment:
> >
> > 50 better 100 Tiki Mugs,
> > large wooden and/or plastic Tiki,
> > Lava lamp, glassball fishernet lamps,
> > black velvet painting by Leeteg,
> > 60s thriftshop painting (abstract),
> > Bamboo bar,
> > 50s TV set,
> > Disneyland poster (Tiki room/Jungle cruise/Adventureland),
> > Lava Hawaiian ashtrays,
> > Old editions of National geographic casually lying around
> > Exotica record collection
> >
> > Any additions?
>
> I would add paintings by Tretchikoff...you know, those paintings of
> blue or green exotic looking women. I think these prints were everywhere in
> the late 50's/early 60's.
>
> Allan

Well, yeah... paintings. Of course you'd need a painting by Moritz R !
I know that many like Tretchikoff. I myself am not such a big fan of him. But
I can't really explain why.
MO



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 06:00:14 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

At 11:52 AM 5/13/98 +0000, Moritz wrote:
>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

Automatic record changers.  Stack them...play sides 1 and 2, then pull
off the stack, flip and play 3 and 4.

Byron

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:47:02 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

> Automatic record changers.  Stack them...play sides 1 and 2, then pull
> off the stack, flip and play 3 and 4.

...repeat until record is ruined, which is why this practice was stopped.
Semi-funny idea: release an album with no gatefold sleeve, say it is a
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:46:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3


>> Automatic record changers.  Stack them...play sides 1 and 2, then
>pull
>> off the stack, flip and play 3 and 4.
>
>...repeat until record is ruined, which is why this practice was
>stopped.


The very thought of a record dropping and sliding on to another record
while it's spinning makes me cringe.

Jeff Hess

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:57:28 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter

Hey all,

I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
is! :( :( :( Burt Bacharach is my all time favourite songwriter but this
really must be his worst recording ever....It was an awful surprise to
hear...avoid it like the plague, if you ask me. Maybe it was supposed to be
in the same 'cheery' mood as the movie (it's a comedy).....I dunno, but I
do know I'll cancel my order from a company on the Net straight away. Did
this album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach fanatics on
this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and maybe you
all think it's a masterpiece...

On a more positive note, I bought The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter and this
is fantastic, really amazing, as most of you already know. 40 songs too!!

Kenny Brockelstein




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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:16:17 EDT
From: Pearmania <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks

I am a fan of Les Baxter's exotic albums.  I noticed that the Citadel label
has released two Baxter soundtracks on CD: Cry of the Banshee/Edgar Allan Poe
Suite
and Black Sunday/Baron Blood.  Can anyone on the list offer recommendations to
buy these?


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:01:33 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks

If Black Sunday is really Black Sabbath, the 60's horror flick - I seem
to recall that one having a fairly enjoyable score. There's even a
little self-reflexive irony in it: one of the tales involves a hep young
composer who while vacationing on a tropical aisle witnesses a native
voodoo ceremony, he jots down the music and upon his return home he
transcribes it as a jazz number. Unfortunately, this invokes bad juju
and Dhambala whacks the guy. Then again, maybe this tale is from "Terror
Train" (or similar)... but one thinks of Lester. And Citadel - the
Australian label?

BW

I noticed that the Citadel label
>has released two Baxter soundtracks on CD: Cry of the Banshee/Edgar
Allan Poe
>Suite
>and Black Sunday/Baron Blood.  Can anyone on the list offer
recommendations to
>buy these?
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:13:02 -0400
From: NATHAN MINER <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks -Reply

Black Sunday and Black Sabbath are two different films -
same director I think (Mario Bava, Italy).

Black Sunday has Barbara Steele hauntin' up the joint.

Black Sabbath is an omnibus with 5(?) stories.  That's
probably the one with the jazz musician.  The first story is
with Boris Karloff.

- - Nate


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:18:09 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks -Reply

"while vacationing on a tropical aisle"

that would be opposite the frozen vegetable aisle.

Damned spirochete,

BW

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 19:31:11 UT
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Subject: Re:RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

<<
...repeat until record is ruined, which is why this practice was stopped.
Semi-funny idea: release an album with no gatefold sleeve, say it is a
double album and list the sides as Side one and Side Four.
>>

I like that!
Or, release it WITH a gatefold, and just leave the other side empty.

PeterR


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:01:30 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter

At 06:57 PM 5/13/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Hey all,
>
>I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>is! :( :( :( Burt Bacharach is my all time favourite songwriter but this
>really must be his worst recording ever....It was an awful surprise to
>hear...avoid it like the plague, if you ask me. Maybe it was supposed to be
>in the same 'cheery' mood as the movie (it's a comedy).....I dunno, but I
>do know I'll cancel my order from a company on the Net straight away. Did
>this album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach fanatics on
>this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and maybe you
>all think it's a masterpiece...

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but I certainly enjoyed it.  I found it
to be somewhat in the same vein as Butch Cassidy, mood pieces for different
scenes of the film - as as you noted, it WAS a comedy.  And of course, his
soundtrack work differs greatly from his "pop" work (aside from the
single-with-vocals thrown in, in hopes of a hit single, like BJ Thomas in
Butch Cassidy, The Hollies in After the Fox).   So, while not his best
work, soundtrack or otherwise, I would advise Bacharach fans to pick it up!

dave


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:08:26 PDT
From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tretchikoff Styling...

Accidentally, I swear, I happened to flip past the terrible Joe Pesci
film _Jimmy Hollywood_ the other night, and what was hanging on his
apartment wall...? Yup, the one from the first Sound Gallery CD, I
think.  I guess at least the set designer had taste....

From BossaNovaVille,
Keir

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:25:41 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

I've only ever seen double 12" albums - did they
ever issue double 10" albums in the 50's?

Hugh.


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:39:07 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Kenny Brockelstein)
Subject: (exotica) Les Baxter

So the Exotic Moods cover everything up to 1960 - are there any Baxter
compilations which continue with what he did in the sixties?

Kenny Brockelstein




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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 17:19:12 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ayi-yi-yi

     LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Riding the wave of a new millennium,
Southern California's signature rock group, the Beach Boys, are
angling for crossover gold with mariachi versions of their top
hits.
     This is music to the ears of Jose Hernandez, leader of the
15-member Mariachi Sol de Mexico. He has few doubts the
distinctly Mexican style of music will deliver for the band that
defined the California ``surfin' sound,'' with new renditions of
old classics.
     His Los Angeles mariachi group collaborated with the Beach
Boys on the new Spanish-language album, ``Acapulco Girls,'' due
for release in May from the EMI Latin label. Songs like the
Beach Boys' ``Fun, Fun, Fun'' and ``California Girls'' evoke
images the world over of the early 1960s and freewheeling beach
life.
     But Southern California, and Los Angeles in particular, are
no longer synonymous with blonde teen-agers and surfboards.
     The fast-growing Hispanic community now accounts for about
30 percent of the total population and Latin music is booming.
By 2040, Californians of Hispanic heritage could account for
two-thirds of the population, according to some estimates.
     But legends die hard so Hernandez, dressed in a traditional
tight ``charro'' outfit, will hold a surfboard and be surrounded
by girls in bikinis on the new cover of the joint CD album.

     CROSSOVER DREAMS
     When Beach Boy Mike Love suggested the collaboration,
Hernandez jumped at the chance. ``It made the album all that
much better for us. It was the first time a group like that
asked us to record with them,'' he said.
     Mariachi, a distinctive blend of strings and horns meant to
tug heartstrings with romantic ballads or summon couples to the
dance floor with irresistible rhythms, was well-suited to the
Beach Boys' ``Kokomo,'' Hernandez said.
     ``This was the first time I recorded adding drums, organ and
guitar, but we had to respect their style of music,'' he said.
     But ``California Girls,'' the second Beach Boys track, could
not be directly translated. ``I went through the lyrics but
decided it can't be a translation, it would have to be something
they would be proud of in Mexico -- so we changed it to
''Acapulco Girls,'' Hernandez said. ``It's the same concept.''
     Also, the rhythm had to be adjusted on ``Girls,'' he said.
''But the harmonies -- the oohs and aahs -- they are the same.''
     He said it was tough at times getting the right
pronunciation from the Beach Boys' phonetic rendering of the
Spanish vocals, but they managed.
     Mariachi Sol de Mexico attracts huge crowds all over the
United States, as well as in Mexico and throughout Latin
America. In the United States, audiences are primarily Mexican
American and Spanish-speaking Latins, but the Anglo contingent
is growing. ``We are going to play Boise, Idaho, on the next
tour,'' Hernandez noted matter-of-factly.
     But Mariachi Sol de Mexico does not limit itself to
traditional cantina songs typically associated with four
panzones (fat guys) wearing sombreros.

    EVERYBODY LOVES MARIACHI
    ``Everybody in Latin America serenades their girlfriend or
their wife with mariachi -- because they see it in the movies.
But it has evolved so much over the last 20 years it's almost
like a classical art form,'' Hernandez explained.
     He has already made a name for himself with innovative
mariachi versions of Glenn Miller swing era classics like
''Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy'' and unique arrangements for
standards like ``New York, New York.''
     Sol de Mexico goes even further in appearances around the
world with symphonic orchestras, putting a mariachi spin on work
by classical composers. ``We are debuting a concerto at Lincoln
Center in New York and at the same time we are releasing an
album with the Beach Boys,'' Hernandez noted.
     All of this is a big change from mariachi music's birth over
150 years ago in the western Mexico state of Jalisco.
     ``I am a fifth generation mariachi musician,'' Hernandez
said. ``My dad came here in the 1940s when there was one place
in Los Angeles that had mariachi music.''
     Back then, the band had to pay the restaurant owner 25 cents
a song to make up for the lost jukebox quarter. But his father,
who maintained ``the day you see mariachi music as work is the
day you die,'' kept on, helping to lay the foundation for
Hernandez and other mariachi musicians.





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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:46:15 -0700
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Domestic Issue "Man in Space With Sounds"

Hello all,

Well, I have FINALLY received my Domestic (USA) Issue of the
"Attilio Mineo Conducts Man in Space With Sounds" CD

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music was stolen and used in a number of B Movie Horror/Monster
Soundtracks, Exotica
and people who just love great unique sounds in general.

The Reviews are starting to pour in and include;

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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:17:35 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Clara Rockmore - NYTimes Obit

Clara Rockmore, 88, Virtuosa Of an Unusual Instrument
                    By Allan Kozinn
   Clara Rockmore, a musician who was trained as a violinist but became
famous principally as a soloist on the theremin, an early electronic
instrument, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan. She was 88.
   The theremin, invented in 1920 by Leon Theremin, produces a pure, eerie,
sliding tone that has been compared to a disembodied, wordless soprano voice
or an enchanted cello. In recent years, thanks in part to a 1994 film
"Theremin: An Electronic Odyssed," the instrument has developed a cult
following, as has Ms. Rockmore, who appeared in the movie. She was also the
focus of a video documentary, "Clara Rockmore, the Greatest Theremin
Virtusoa," released last month.
   Describing Ms. Rockmore's performances, Steve Martin, the director of the
theremin film, said, "Clara is to the theremin what Andr=E9s Segovia and=
 Jimi
Hendrix combined are to the guitar."
   Ms. Rockmore was born Clara Reisenberg in Vilna (now Vilnius) in
Lithuania. She showed considerable talent as a violinist before she was 4,
and in 1915 she became the youngest musician ever admitted to the St.
Petersburg Conservatory. Her principal teacher there was Leopold Auer, whose
other students had included Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz.
   In the mid-1920's, Ms. Rockmore moved to New York, where she resumed her
studies with Auer, who had also immigrated. After a few years, however, she
began to have muscular and joint problems that curtailed her career as a
violinist. At around that time, she met Theremin and decided to study his
electronic instrument. She became his student and close friend; for her 18th
birthday, he made her a cake that lit up and revolved
whenever anyone approached. Ms. Rockmore's influence on the instrument
itself included suggesting structural changes to improve its articulation.
    Ms. Rockmore gave one of the first theremin concerts in the United
States, in 1934. The composer Anis Fuleihan wrote a concerto for her, and
she preformed as a soloist with several orchestras, including the New York
Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony.
    Ms. Rockmore is survived by a sister, Anna Sherman of Manhattan.




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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 19:28:56 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks

At 01:16 PM 13/05/98 EDT, Pearmania wrote:
>
>I am a fan of Les Baxter's exotic albums.  I noticed that the Citadel label
>has released two Baxter soundtracks on CD:   Can anyone on the list offer
recommendations to buy these?

I can't comment on these particular soundtracks.  I can tell you though
that liking Baxter's exotica albums does not in any way guarantee liking
his soundtracks or for that matter, any number of records he made.
I have his soundtrack LP of "Goliath and the Barbarians" and while I love
the picture on the cover, the record is just more fake classical soundtrack
stuff.
And he's got big band records and even some of his exotica records are only
really "exotica LIGHT".
On the other hand, if like some here, you want anything with his name on
it, then none of these considerations really matter.

Nat



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 19:28:58 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter

At 06:57 PM 13/05/98 +0100, Kenny Brockelstein wrote:

>I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>is! :Didthis album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach
fanatics on>this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and
maybe you
>all think it's a masterpiece...

With all due respect to those whose taste is different - and I'd say more
"forgiving" - than mine, some people like EVERYTHING as long as it's made
by a musician they generally enjoy.
There was already one response to this post which essentially said "yeah
it's not great but if you love Bacharach you should get it anyway".
This is a common occurrence here on the exotica list.
And in the world for that matter.
I've bought records by Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Neil Young, Lou Reed,
Howlin Wolf... even Coltrane, that I didn't like that much.  Either they
really weren't up to standard or they just weren't the kind of Curtis that
I like.
And I think the same principle applies even MORE to the music discussed
here where the musicians and arrangers made dozens - even hundreds - of
records for various reasons under various circumstances.
I can't really understand how a genius like Curtis Mayfield could lose his
ability to make brilliant music.  But I accept it.
A lot of great music was an accident.  A lot of great art, period.
Sometimes you get lucky.  Most of the time, you don't.
Somebody here posts "Should I buy this?"
Somebody else replies with an enthusiastic "YES!".  But the recommend-er
fails to mention that they would buy ANYTHING with that musician's name on it.
I'm not suggesting a new exotica list RULE.
I'm just noticing how often this occurs here, someone who thinks they're
crazy because they don't like something everyone else seems to like.
To those people who think they're crazy, I just want to say "you're not".
(Maybe you ARE but this is not a manifestation of it.)
I haven't even heard the Bacharach soundtrack in question here but if
someone says it's pedestrian, I believe them.
The guy had to have a few losers.
Sometimes I think that one of the communication barriers here on the list
in not just between those who like everything and those who don't but it's
between those who buy this stuff on LP and those who buy the CD reissues
and compilations.
I have some Arthur Lyman LP's that I don't really like that much but they
were $5 and I just like them as objects.  And maybe there's one cool cut
for a tape.
But if someone asked "should I buy this on CD?", I'd scream "don't bother!"
I have different standards for LP's and CD's.  I don't think I'm the only one.
There are thousands of records that if someone asked "should I pick that up
if I see it in a pile of records somewhere",  I'd say sure go ahead.
There's something cool about it.
But if they asked "should I buy the CD?", that's a whole different question.
Anyway, gotta get back to this Mancini tape I'm making myself.  I think I
can get  all the good cuts from 20+ records onto two tapes...

Nat



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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 20:04:02 -0500
From: buMp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Double LPs:  sides 1/4 &2/3

>On some older Double-LPs you find on the first record the sides 1 and 4
>and on the second 2 and 3. Does anyone know why?

auto record changers...and i just found a very cool Technics SL-B5
turntable , made in the 70's , that has a removable spindle so i can either
just play one record or put the tall stackable spindle on and play 6 LP's
and it also came with a spindle for big holed 7"'s to stack 45's  as
well...i am digging listening to vinyl for 2 hours straight. life is good...

the only damage seems to be surface scratches if the records are slightly
warped
i can live with that...


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Defective Records
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 17:36:35 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter

At 07:28 PM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>At 06:57 PM 13/05/98 +0100, Kenny Brockelstein wrote:
>
>>I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>>is! :Didthis album really meet the high expectations of other Bacharach
>fanatics on>this list? Cos I wonder if I'm the only who doesn't like it and
>maybe you
>>all think it's a masterpiece...
>
>With all due respect to those whose taste is different - and I'd say more
>"forgiving" - than mine, some people like EVERYTHING as long as it's made
>by a musician they generally enjoy.

This is not what I meant to say at all.  By enjoying an artist, but noting
it's not his or her best work, does not imply a "blanket approval" of all
the artist's work.

>There was already one response to this post which essentially said "yeah
>it's not great but if you love Bacharach you should get it anyway".

Again, by noting that this is not the artist's best work does not imply
that the work in question is not "great", but simply not the greatest
accomplishment by the artist.  For those keeping track, what I actually
said was: "I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but I certainly enjoyed
it".... " So, while not his best work, soundtrack or otherwise, I would
advise Bacharach fans to pick it up!"

dave


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 20:59:06 EDT
From: SLarry3595 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) After The Fox/The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter

In a message dated 5/13/98 1:08:12 PM you wrote:

> I finally got to hear the After The Fox OST today and...what a letdown it
>  is! :( :( :( Burt Bacharach is my all time favourite songwriter but this
>  really must be his worst recording ever....It was an awful surprise to
>  hear...avoid it like the plague, if you ask me

The movie is also incredibly bad.  I too love Bacharach's music (Casino Royale
is a must have) and I enjoy Peter Sellers as well but this movie and it's
soundtrack both stink!


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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:08:58 EDT
From: SLarry3595 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter soundtracks

In a message dated 5/13/98 2:03 you wrote:

> If Black Sunday is really Black Sabbath, the 60's horror flick - I seem
>  to recall that one having a fairly enjoyable score.

The soundtrack in question is the Italian horror movie starring Barbara
Steele, which has a large cult following.  The original score was written by
an Italian and recorded in Italy.  When Roger Corman's AIP company imported
the film they hired Baxter to wrote a new score.  (Some have said they prefer
the original score.)  Most videos of this film feature the non-Baxter score.

Larry


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