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exotica-digest          Friday, June 5 1998          Volume 02 : Number 124



In This Digest:

(exotica) Best Martini Shaker
Re: (exotica) Music to Watch Girls By
Re: (exotica) Richard Cameron
(exotica) Stereo Geek Dad replies....
(exotica) Re: Paul Phillips/Joe Harnell
Re: (exotica) Stereo Geek Dad replies....
Re: (exotica) Re: Lee Hazlewood
(exotica) Lee Hazelwood
Re: (exotica) geeks/pop culture
Re: (exotica) Re: Lee Hazlewood
(exotica) Lee Hazlewood
Re: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood
(exotica) seen any good linernotes
(exotica) Terry Snyder/Joe Harnell
(exotica) Good liner notes
(exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned...(somewhat long.  Consider the source)
Re: (exotica) exotica standards
Re: (exotica) seen any good linernotes
Re: (exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned...(somewhat  long. Consider the source)
(exotica) Jack "Bongo" Burger
Re: (exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned.
(exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned.
(exotica) Re: cd snapped in half
(exotica) exotica art
(exotica) Stan Cornyn
(exotica) Re: Fantastic Plastic Machine
(exotica) Whistling in Vegas
Re: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood
(exotica) Mr. Lucky in Stereo
(exotica) Friday's Child
(exotica) The Lennon Sisters!
(exotica) What a lunch!
(exotica) "The Horse" and "Cast your Fate"
(exotica) Cast your fate to the horse
Re:  (exotica) Re: Paul Phillips/Joe Harnell
Re: (exotica) Cast your fate to the horse
Re:  (exotica) "The Horse" and "Cast your Fate"

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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 22:36:39 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Best Martini Shaker

Another interesting find, in downtown Milwaukee, is a bar called
the Safehouse. The whole theme is secret agent-James Bondish and though
the place is somewhat touristy, they do have the greatest martini shaker
I've ever seen.

The bartender mixes the ingredients and places it in a seal-tight
container which is then placed in a clear plastic tube.  This tube is
one of those pneumatic pressure devices that work on the same principle
as the drive-through banks where you place your money/paperwork in a
container and air-pressure delivers it between the teller and you (in
the car)

Anyway, the martini ends up being routed through a clear tubing that
goes around the entire ceiling of the multi-roomed bar.  As it whips
along the ceiling various sensors detect its passage and lights flash
noises go off and a doll at the bar flashes itself. It ends up back at
the bar where it completes its "shaken not stirred" trip.

My only complaint? when I ordered it (in the afternoon)the bartender
didn't know how to either operate it or mix the ingredients so I never
did get to see the drink in action.

Vern


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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 98 22:47:30 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Music to Watch Girls By

I just got Walter Wanderley's _Talkin' Verve_ (on Verve, duh) and it
features a version of "Music to Watch Girls By".

Elisabeth


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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:47:26 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Richard Cameron

At 2:27 PM -0400 6/4/98, Jonathan M Perl wrote:
>Elisabeth wrote:
>>Also of interest, Richard Cameron, of Dutch easy aces Arling & Cameron,
>>will DJ in New York next week. I believe it'll be at the bar on the
>107th
>>floor of the World Trade Center, meaning it'll be free.
>
>Yes, he is spinning on Wednesday at the WTC, and on Thursday at Bar d'O,

Richard & Karin, plus Gerry Arling and Maxwell Implosion will be in Boston
on this trip as well. They'll be at my "Swank" party (Wednesday's @ Bill's
Bar & Lounge, 5 1/2 Landsdowne St, in the shadow of Fenway Park, 9PM-2AM)
on June 17th. They are also appearing in Los Angeles over the weekend of
the 12th-14th, but I can't tell you where.

br cleve




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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 01:46:46 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Stereo Geek Dad replies....

Hey everybody:

All these messages about the old stereo equipment - I've been forwarding them
to my dad and he has finally repsonded.  Now hope know one is going to fly off
the handle and write my dad a nasty note, but I thought I'd let you all read
what he has to say thus far:

<<Subj:     Re: (exotica) My dad was a stereo geek
Date:    98-06-04 03:06:02 EDT
From:    [e-mail] (Instsci)
To:    [e-mail]

listen the word is audiophile not geek. so far I think this crowd needs
education. for example the person who bought a used telephonkin This is
junk. Isn't this Mike's old field? There still are quality stores out there
that sell quality equipment you have to be willing to shell out the bucks.
The British make some wounderful equipment but an amp runs around $3000.00.
Also, Natural  sound comes from large cones and big boxes. They don't fit
apartments. and so there is no market. By the way, my speakers were
ElectroVoice not Altec Lansing. Gordon had the Altec Lansing voice of the
theater.>>

Well, that's the word from the geek - oops! I mean audiophile himself.

- - Michele


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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 00:44:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Paul Phillips/Joe Harnell

i will also add, that "Naked City" features probably my personal all-time
favorite version of "Harlem Nocturne."  Dark and different.  It's on one of
my recent radio shows which will hopefully soon be up on my site in
RealAudio for all to enjoy.

Joe Harnell also released some generic bossa nova LPs on which there are a
few gems; in particular, a really nice version of "My One and Only Love"
and what i think was a fairly popular version of "Fly Me to the Moon."

 - king kini


>>Naked City: The Sound of Midnight by Paul Phillips & his Orch, arranged
>>and conducted by Joe Harnell on Kapp. This music is ingenously arranged,
>>with a darkness where you'd least expect it. Anyone know anything about
>>these guys?
>
>
>there is a 'sequal' to that LP called "The Sound of The Asphalt Jungle" by
>Joe Harnell (Kapp/Medallion 7518) which is also very good.  watch for
>either...  gotta have both!




visit...

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          King Kini's  C L U B  V E L V E T
             http://www.tamboo.com
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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 98 02:02:05 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Stereo Geek Dad replies....

I guess our venture into *geek* terminology was all for not. It's obvious
that Michele's dad is a stereo SNOB.

Frank ( the piece of junk Telefunken owner)





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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 02:15:10 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Lee Hazlewood

In a message dated 6/4/98 6:37:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

> Ann Margaret and Lee record

Hold on a second. I love the Nancy and Lee record. What's this about an Ann
Margaret and Lee record??? My God I've never even heard of that, but I've
gotta hear it. Please fill us in on the details!

Larry


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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 09:28:05 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lee Hazelwood

For Nat:

I know that quality alone doesn't mean you're gonna be successful. But
as for the songs that Lee wrote, they're really made for big success and
some are evergreens still today. And he was part of a scene that was
opinion leader in it's own field. Still, contrary to Frank Sinatra, Lee
Hazelwood always seemed to remain in the obscure for the masses and I
guess it has something to do with the way he presented ( or not
presented) himself to the public. Which I couldn't tell, because I
didn't grow up in America. It may be a case like Dieter Bohlen, a German
Disco/Pop Writer of the 80s, who was incredibly successful with his
songs, and the songs were really good, but nobody liked him. Because he
was such an asshole in interviews. So! That was what my question was
about. I think Lee himself thaught he was underrated and "nobody
understood his songs", as was stated in one Nancy and Lee song on the
"Nancy and Lee Again"-album.

For SLarry:

The Lee Hazelwood AnnMargret record has a really nice cover, on the
inside you see them naked, Lee carries a huge gun to cover his dingdong,
but the music is soso... still a collector's item to possess...

MO



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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 00:50:18 -0400
From: "Dick Diablo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) geeks/pop culture

For those who are interested, I just read an interesting essay on geekness
and pop culture at http://www.wired.com/news/news/wiredview/story/12686.html
. Here's an excerpt:
"...the term geek has come to mean something ... assertive, and increasingly
positive. To me, it captures one of the lodestone spirits visible on many
parts of the Web: The experience of the brainy, idiosyncratic, out-of-sync
outsider who suddenly finds himself or herself on the inside, communicating
and messaging..."

Sound familiar?

Dick Diablo




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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 05:03:12 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Lee Hazlewood

At 02:15 AM 05/06/98 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>In a message dated 6/4/98 6:37:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
>writes:
>
>> Ann Margaret and Lee record
>
>Hold on a second. I love the Nancy and Lee record. What's this about an Ann
>Margaret and Lee record??? My God I've never even heard of that, but I've
>gotta hear it. Please fill us in on the details!

It's called "The Cowboy and the Lady"
And as reported, it's gatefold and the inside picture has them "naked" but
not showing anything.
They do some country "classics" like "Break my mind" and "Only mama that'll
walk the line" and "Dark End of the Street".  They also do a Tom Rush song
"No regrets".
It's very similar to the Nancy and Lee record I have but for some
mysterious reason, it's not nearly as good.  Maybe I should put the word
"good" in quotation marks.
It lacks the "magic" of Nancy and Lee and it's not because Ann can't sing
as well as Nancy because well... the mind boggles at the very idea.
Lee produced it of course.
I occasionally put a song on a tape.
The last few lines of the liner notes seem unusually honest.
"Here lie the results.  Some good, some bad and some more".
Interesting to hear it's a collector's item.  I hope that doesn't make me a
collector.

Nat

Well it's a similar sounding record except it's gatefold and inside there's
the same picture of them as on the outside except... better sit down,
they're naked.



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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 11:37:14 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood

> The last few lines of the liner notes seem unusually honest.
> "Here lie the results.  Some good, some bad and some more".
>
Speaking of linernotes. Everything I read by Hazelwood is simply the
best of linernotes ever. Like on the Nancy&Lee album. That's what I'd
define as "cool".

Anybody seen any good linernotes anywhere?

MO



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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 03:59:15 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood

At 11:37 05/06/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> The last few lines of the liner notes seem unusually honest.
>> "Here lie the results.  Some good, some bad and some more".
>>
>Speaking of linernotes. Everything I read by Hazelwood is simply the
>best of linernotes ever. Like on the Nancy&Lee album. That's what I'd
>define as "cool".


I've got to agree with this one. There are so many reasons why Lee is class.
His lyrics are incredibly twisted. "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'"
definitely sounds like Nancy & Lee are on quaaludes. As well as on "Got It
Together Again" on "Did You Ever?" Lee's solo stuff has many moments of
brilliance and strangeness. I've heard a lot of positive things about the
groups he has produced, but apparently these records are fairly impossible
to find. As for the Lee and Ann Margaret LP, honestly, it is really for the
hardcore fan. Lee has a fair few unshining moments and I would say this is
one of them. So if you are a Lee novice, be careful on what you pick up. If
you EVER see any of his LPs cheap, fair chance you should buy 'em as all are
pretty darn hard to find (mind you, the LEe and Ann LP is probably the one
I've seen the most after his stuff with Nancy!)and even if you hated them,
they would probably fetch a good price. But he has done a lot of pretty
lousy things since he's moved to Sweden, and the guy has a ton of LPs out so
buyer beware.

AND if anyone knows where I can find a copy of "Trouble is a Lonesome Town"
or "Friday's Child" by Lee, please let me know as they are the two I'm still
trying to find!

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 03:04:46 -0800
From: "mighty recording corp." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) seen any good linernotes

>Anybody seen any good linernotes anywhere?


Sinatra.

By Stan Cornyn, The Reprise albums' liners.

The topper; his liners for 'Softly, As I Leave You'.

Worth the price of admission alone.


Paul Moshay



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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 04:43:07
From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Terry Snyder/Joe Harnell

Just a correction to Robbie Baldock's post--the Terry Snyder bio is
available at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/snyder.htm

I moved the Exotica Standards site from Netrail to Earthlink and renamed it
to the Space Age Pop Standards site about a year ago.  After which some big
ISP bought Netrail--coincidence or conspiracy??

Also in reply to the earlier question, Joe Harnell is still around and
playing and working in television.  He had a huge hit in the early 1960s
with a bossa nova-flavored cover of "Fly Me to the Moon," which was put out
on a Kapp album of the same name that shows up fairly often on the thrift
store circuit.  He bounced around labels, including Colubmia and Motown, as
a pop pianist, usually backed with his own lush orchestral arrangements.
His "Bossa Now!" album on Columbia is worth looking for for Vinnie Bell's
work on a variety of electric string instruments, including his own
invention, the "bellzukie."  Joe worked steadily in TV through the 70s and
80s, penning such noteworthy items as the theme to "The Hulk."

Brad Bigelow
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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:43:59 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Good liner notes

John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is as good as John Coltrane and Johnny
Hartman is silly.

There is an album of Miles Davis's that goes on for a long while and the
last sentence is
"That's right",  says Miles Davis.







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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:10:20 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned...(somewhat long.  Consider the source)

Regarding "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin", I went back to the book sale and the LP
was still there, so I picked it up and am now enjoying it.  Thanks to all
for the recommendations, although I must include a note of sadness, for King
Kini recommended it highly.  This is sad because he has a picture of it on
his site and:

1. His is a Living Stereo copy; mine is mono, which I don't mind so much
as...
2. The fact his is in better condition; mine is rather faded.

Not a loud complaint, for the record is in fine condition.  I just hate to
see good deeds go unrecognized, so to all of you who said (to a person!) go
and get it,  Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you!

I just got back from Maui.  I did not mention it to all of you, for I KNEW I
wasn't going to see Arthur Lyman, however two things happened while I was
there:

1.  Asking about Lyman's records registered a surprising amount of blank
stares there, save a few people, including the fellow at the thrift store
who asked, "Lyman?  Wow, are you from Hawaii?  Yes, I have a record of his
for ten bucks behind the counter...hmmm...let's see, oh, must've sold it."
So no Taboo for me!  As a matter of fact I STILL own no Lyman, dagnabbit.
If I go there again, I will see Lyman.

So I had to comfort myself with a very good condition copy of Fireworks by
Billy Mure, which I paid the princely sum of 52 cents.

I remember a recent discussion of Mure on the list, however, I do not recall
the specifics.  I must confess (donning my flame-proof grass skirt), I was
not bowled over by this record.  There are two great cuts, Firecrackers is
my favorite (Shockwave people can hear this at
http://www.junkradio.com/junkradio/october/index.html however, the rest of
the album is less lively than the cover implies.  Perhaps a second listening
will help.

2.  Yes, I got a tiki.  At the Old Lahaina Luau.  The four piece band, Bass,
Steel Guitar, Guitar, Ukelele, was fantastic!

What do others think of "Fireworks"? is the preceding album of his bettter?

Brian "Haole Wolf" Phillips




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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:07:15 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan M Perl)
Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica standards

>> If Celine Dion put an album out with 'Caravan', 'Frenesi' etc on it, I
>> would definitely buy it.  I love inappropriate seeming cover versions,
>
>I am with you!

>>I'm not sure what the question is at this point but hell, let's add
>>Killdozer's version of "I am I said".
>>
>>Nat

Yes, honestly.

I'm up for it.  Hope they do 'sweet caroline' as well...

Jonny

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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:53:12 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) seen any good linernotes

The coolest liner notes ever, regardless of whether you love or loathe the
album or performer, are the liner notes on the album "Happiness is Dean
Martin".

I don't have the record here with me but will transcribe them if there is any
interest on the list. They are titled Dean Martin:L'Objet de Pop Art. and
discuss such topics as EPIC SLOTH.

Later,
Larry


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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 08:51:25 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned...(somewhat  long. Consider the source)

I have 3 of Mure's lps: Fireworks, Hawaiian Percussion and A split that
he is on with another more tradtional sounding Hawaiian band whose name
escapes me. I really have favorite tracks, rather than a favorite lp.
What I like about Mure is the curious sort of "lounge-a-billy" sound of
his livelier tunes (although I like the less r&r flavored tracks as
well). If you're after blistering guitar work, shun Mure, Caiola,
Strange, Mottola's Guitar Underground, ... and seek out Joe Maphis,
early Roy Clark, other non "exotic" types.

I too would like to know how other Mure titles compare to or excel those
I have mentioned.

bw
- -------------------------------------------------------------
I remember a recent discussion of Mure on the list, however, I do not
recall
the specifics.  I must confess (donning my flame-proof grass skirt), I
was
not bowled over by this record.  There are two great cuts, Firecrackers
is
my favorite however, the rest of
the album is less lively than the cover implies.  Perhaps a second
listening
will help.
>What do others think of "Fireworks"? is the preceding album of his
bettter?


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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:57:29 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jack "Bongo" Burger

I've bought several of the HiFi/Rykodisc compilations which feature
outstanding tracks by Jack "Bongo" Burger. Does anyone have info as to
whether or not a full-length cd of Mr Burger's music is available (or
forthcoming)?

Allan


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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 12:26:54 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned.

At 08:51 AM 05/06/98 PDT, Ben Waugh wrote:
>
>
>I have 3 of Mure's lps: Fireworks, Hawaiian Percussion and A split that
>he is on with another more tradtional sounding Hawaiian band whose name
>escapes me.

Could it be Hawaaian Moods with Luke Leilani on the other side?

. If you're after blistering guitar work, shun Mure, Caiola,
>Strange, Mottola's Guitar Underground, ... and seek out Joe Maphis,
>early Roy Clark, other non "exotic" types.

This kind of stuns me.  I have a double album of non-blistering Joe Maphis
too.  And plenty blistering from all the non-blisterers mentioned, with the
possible exception of Strange.  Nobody's looking for Mr.Mure to do a 15
minute solo on "I'm Coming Home" are they?
(Which in turn reminds me of Love Sculpture's "Sabre Dance".  Was that Rory
Gallagher?)
I don't think blistering is the point.  It's good vs.boring.  Alive vs.asleep.

>>I too would like to know how other Mure titles compare to or excel those
>I have mentioned.

There's a blistering cut on "Around the world in Percussion".
Well not blistering exactly.

Nat





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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 12:49:49 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) I forgot to say to all concerned.

At 12:26 PM 6/5/98 -0400, Nat Kone wrote:
>(Which in turn reminds me of Love Sculpture's "Sabre Dance".  Was that Rory
>Gallagher?)

Dave Edmunds

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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 17:49:36 +0000
From: the_curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: cd snapped in half

Folks

thanks for all the suggestions ... tried everything, unfortunately it was
too far gone, so i put it on a little boat doused it in lighter fuel and
sent it on a long journey to the bargain bin in the sky

=sniff=

Sem Sinatra

p.s. It was Early Minimalism by Tony Conrad, which alas I'm still yet to hear




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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:23:36 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) exotica art

I just picked up a painting by Xavier Cugat at a Flea Market about a month
ago. It is such a cool piece. It can add a whole new dimension when
submerging yourself into the world of "exotica". Sitting down on the couch,
listening to Tico Tico with a cocktail in hand while glancing up at the
painting. Ahhh..that's clean living.

Anyway, Cugie took up painting as a full-time hobby in the early 70's and
came out with a large assortment of "comedy" paintings using themes as
religion, medicine and politics. My painting is of a monk carrying a
Playboy magazine. For an example of what his paintings look like, check out
one at the following URL (http://www.taiga.com/~paul/TSA1.HTM)  I highly
recommend picking up his work now as the prices are still reasonable.

Does anyone know of other exoticats that took up painting as a hobby? I
heard rumor that Les Baxter did, but others would know better than I..   It
would be great to see just how talented some of these musicians were in
fields other than music.

Doug

P.S. What ever happened to those Esquivel reissues that were coming out in
January?





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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 13:35:49 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Stan Cornyn

Hello All.

I've been a new member for just a short time, but this group has been really great. Most everybody seems to
know what they are talking about.

My two cents: I'm a collector, not a geek/freak/nerd or whatever. My girlfriend is a collectrix. Not bad, eh?

Lee Hazelwood was/is a great songwriter, but I will say that a few of his songs and recordings are terrible
mistakes, but then again I could say that for almost every other singer/songwriter. There is a Lee Hazelwood
sight with a lot of big fans, for anyone who is interested. My favorite Hazelwood song is "Sam Hall", and it
goes, "My name is Sam Hall, and I hates you, one and all"......Ann-Margret in her autobiography wrote that
she thought the Cowboy And The Lady Lp worked out very well. "Did You Ever", the Nancy/Lee hit was a
#2 song in the U.K. in 1971 or 1972. The Album, when released there, was called "Did You Ever"...

I agree. Some of the very best liner notes were by Stan Cornyn, who wrote for the Warner/Reprise artists.
My all-time favorite notes are for Nancy Sinatra's "Boots" album. But, the liner notes from Johnny Cash's
Folsom Prison LP are great too. He won a grammy for them.

Darren!


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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 18:47:46 +0100
From: dan hill <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Fantastic Plastic Machine

>I'd like to warmly recommend the new album by Fantastic Plastic Machine,
>_The Fantastic Plastic Machine_. Highlights include a bossa cover of Joe
>Jackson's "Steppin' Out," guest vocals by P5's Maki Nomiya, a song in
>French, mixes by Le Hammond Inferno and Maxwell Implosion, and a Piero
>Piccioni cover. As you can see, it's got pretty much everything a fan of
>modern easy listening would want, and of course it's from Japan.

hi ... scuse the blatent plug, but we've got a review of Fantastic Plastic
Machine, and a Bungalow records compilation "Suite 98" which is equally
fantastic (plastic) at the motion reviews page:

http://www.state51.co.uk/motion/

other reviews of possible interest to 'exoticas' include the Leaf Label
compilation "Classic Plant" (CD/vinyl features the Sons of Silence classic
"A Grain Of Sand"), Komeda, and Jimmy Smith/Lalo Schifrin's "The Cat" CD
reissue ... as well as the Arto Lindsay profile, and oh, well, lots of
other stuff....

as i say, please 'scuse the shameless self-promotion - thought you might be
interested ...

ciao,
dan.

- ---+ dan hill [state51]
- ---+ motion:
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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:51:59 -0700
From: "Larson/Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Whistling in Vegas

Just got back from several days in Las Vegas and what a drag it was to hear
Phil Collins/Mariah Carey type music blaring in all the casinos.  A
completely oppressive experience.

BUT, the MGM Grand was piping a series of whistling tunes out to the
sidewalk.  Really nice stuff, but I didn't have time to ask what it was.
Anybody know what they're playing?

Thanks,

Jerry Larson


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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:51:42 -1000
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood

>AND if anyone knows where I can find a copy of "Trouble is a Lonesome Town"
>or "Friday's Child" by Lee, please let me know as they are the two I'm still
>trying to find!
>
>Jill "Mingo-go"

I'm thinking a performance of "Friday's Child" is on the recently reissued
"Movin' With Nancy" CD on the SunDazed label. I have it at home. It's the
soundtrack to the Nancy Sinatra TV Special (1967?) of the same name. I
found it at Border's for about $11. Also has "Some Velvet...<mind blank>"
and "Jackson" as duets with Nancy and Lee, as well as Lee's tune "This
Town".  Very peppy rendition of "Up, Up and Away", and dad Frank doin' a
nice "Younger Than Springtime" solo.

And speaking of "This Town", I believe this is the only Lee Hazlewood song
her daddy Frank ever sang, and it's surprisingly very cool. I think it can
be found on "The World We Knew" album (the one with the liner notes on the
cover, speaking of liner notes.)


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Steve Funk
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Anchorage, AK
USA




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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 14:05:51 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mr. Lucky in Stereo

Brian!

Oh no, no fight at all, I love the discussion. It's just that, to me, the stereo copy of "Goes Latin...." has so much
more depth and spaciousness than the mono. On the stereo, you really feel like you've gone along with Mr.
Lucky to some swanky spot. Those old RCA living stereo LP"s just can't be beat.

Are you a "Mono" fan? Nothing wrong with that at all.

Darren!


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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 14:15:05 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Friday's Child

Hello Again!

Boy, it's been a great day so far for discussion, what fun!

Nancy Sinatra did two versions of Friday's Child. The "single" version can be found on "Movin' With
Nancy", and "Nancy's All-Time Hits" on Rhino. There is a different version on the "Nancy On London" LP,
and it has been issued on disc by Sundazed.

As for Lee Hazelwood himself, there is a re-issued "Live" disc that has it. Darn, I can't remember the name
of the disc or the label.

Lee Hazelwood also wrote "Houston" for Dean Martin, a fairly big hit in 65, and a country hit for Jimmy
Dean.

Frank's "This Town" can also be found on his Greatest Hits LP on Reprise from 68. It is a great song, and a
classic performance.

Anybody ever heard Nancy Sinatra's version of Cher's "Bang-Bang"?  It's a great song, and it has just
Nancy singing with a Duane Eddy styled reverb guitar. Everybody I play it for really flips for it. It's on the
"How Does That Grab You" LP from '66, and it too is on disc.

Take care,

Darren!


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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 14:24:17 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Lennon Sisters!

Hello Yet Again!

I also belong to the Lawrence Welk mail-list group, and the big topic right now is a possible collaboration
between Micheal Jackson and the Lennon Sisters! So someone sent in the original article from the "Branson
Gazette".....Maybe some of you will find it some interest.


>THE LENNON SISTERS AND ----MICHAEL JACKSON?????
>
> That's right. John Bahler, husband of Janet Lennon, was a vocal arranger
>for the Jackson Five
> for many years. Through the years Janet and John have stayed in touch with
>Michael, last
> working together when Janet sang on his "Heal The World" recording in 1992.
>This February the
> Bahler's visited Jackson's ranch to visit his 9 month old son. Michael
>asked John to arrange
> vocals for a new song he had written and then John gathered family members
>at Caravell Studios
> in Branson for a recording to send Jackson of the arrangements. Jackson
>responded with a call
> to tell John he loved the demo and asked the Lennon Sisters to record the
>lead to which he has
> added a music track. Hey, what other explanation than all the world loves
>the Lennons!
> by Rene Ray




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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:21:27 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) What a lunch!

I had a taco, a fajita...

Oh, skip that.

I found a copy of the marvelously unpronounceable Bert Kaempfert's "The
Happy Wonderland of Bert Kaempfert" in perfect condition and "Persuasive
Percussion", which must have been owned by the notorious Ellenback, because
that is what it looks like it was beat to.

All for a dollar at a yard sale.

Brian Phillips




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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:56:17 -0400
From: Michael Hibarger <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "The Horse" and "Cast your Fate"

Anyone know of an all instrumental track called "The Horse"
vintage late 60's...or how about other versions of "Cast your
Fate to the Wind" (other than the Vince Guaraldi version).
I know there was another version that was a top 40 hit later
on in the 60's and I'm trying to locate that version...

I'm also trying to get a copy of "The Horse" but I don't know
who did it...

Mike.



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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:43:19 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cast your fate to the horse

The Horse I know of as an R&B instrumental (the vocal version is "Love is
All Right".  Some title, eh?)  It was released on Phil-L.A. of Soul but I
don't know the artist.

Just kidding!  The artist was "Cliff Nobles & Co."


The Top 40 version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" was by Sounds Orchestral.




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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:37:41 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Re: Paul Phillips/Joe Harnell

As the king mentioned Joe Harnell's Bossa Nova LP (s?), I remembered that Joe
Harnell did an excellent bossa-syncopated version of "Music To Watch Girls By"


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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 13:58:09 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cast your fate to the horse

At 04:43 PM 6/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>The Horse I know of as an R&B instrumental (the vocal version is "Love is
>All Right".  Some title, eh?)  It was released on Phil-L.A. of Soul but I
>don't know the artist.
>
>Just kidding!  The artist was "Cliff Nobles & Co."

Released 5/68 - Reached #2 on pop charts, #2 also on R&B charts (USA).
Most of the band went on to form "MFSB", which hit it big with "TSOP (The
Sounds of Philadelphia)", also the theme for the show Soul Train, in 1974.

>The Top 40 version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" was by Sounds Orchestral.

From the album of the same name, Parkway SP-7046, featuring Johnny Pearson
on piano and harpsichord, produced and directed by John Schroeder.

Dave


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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:49:43 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) "The Horse" and "Cast your Fate"

"The Horse" was done by Cliff Nobles on the Phil L.A. of Soul Label in
1968....Released as a 45, the flip side, called "Love Is All Right", was a
vocal version of "The Horse". One night a Miami DJ put on the instrumental
side (experimentally--they could do that back then...), let it spin, and the
world subsequently loved it. Its not hard to find, I know its on the Rhino
Rock Instrumental 5-CD set which you can buy individually as well and its
often in 45 bins in used record shops.......Jimmy


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