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exotica-digest          Monday, June 29 1998          Volume 02 : Number 136



In This Digest:

(exotica) Records and no records
Re: (exotica) Swingtime
Re: (exotica) Esquivel two-fers
Re: (exotica) Records and no records
(exotica) What's the difference?
Re: (exotica) What does new wave have to do with it?
(exotica) Re: radio showbiz
(exotica) Overflowing reissues
(exotica) Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Re: (exotica) Swingtime
RE: (exotica) Cheganca/Elaine May
Re: (exotica) Swingtime
(exotica) Swing to the right...
Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues
(exotica) Re: Mike Nicols and Elaine May
(exotica) FWD> Re: Yma Rocks!
(exotica) Annotated, extended Playlist Fantastica # 56
(exotica) Soundtracks?
Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues
(exotica) April March
Re: (exotica) Swingtime
(exotica) marcarena, trends, etc
(exotica) Peggy Lee
Re: (exotica) marcarena, trends, etc
Re: (exotica) marcarena, trends, etc
(exotica) This weeks LP finds

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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:19:27 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Records and no records

My weekly trip to the Goodwill as-is store today netted a large
Platter-Pak...for storing and filing 75 45 records.  I found a number of
mostly non-exotica singles but among them was an Edmundo Ros, Bobby Darin's
Mack the Knife and several cha cha records.

I started at the wrong bins, though.  This guy who started on the other
side found a nice looking copy of Afrodesia and bunch of others  *I* would
have liked to snag first.  Oh well.

I did find a radio compilation LP from Warner Brothers (july 1959, #111:
Dancer's Choice) with selections from Stereo Goes Latin by the Bobby Havana
Boys. Actually, the polka selections and those from the Don Ralke Band were
also fun.

The Latin World of Tito Puente  Tico LP 1109 is great! This is my second LP
on the Tico label, but the first with an intact cover.  Well-recorded. Did
you know Tito has two identical brothers?  All three are on the
cover...each doing the exact same gesture!  Believe it or don't!

Exactly Timed Shortakes Buddy Cole  Warner Brother PRO 109-110.  This did
not come with cardboard cover.  Maybe it didn't come with one?  Anyway this
was WB's attempt to give radio stations some free fill music and, of
course, get free promotion in return.  All of the tantalizing morsels are
about one minute each and are merely fade-ins from the full length versions
on these albums (which would appear to be all worth getting): Have Organ,
Will Swing (W 1211); Hot and Cole (W 1252); Powerhouse! (W 1310) and Swing
Fever (W 1373).

Let's Dance the Bossa Nova  Enoch Light Command RS 851 SD.  Obviously, a
fun record...even more so with the "special instruction sheet
enclosed...showing how to dance the bossa nova."  Now, all I need is a
partner.

International Percussion  Berlingeri and His Percussive Harpsichord with
His Orchestra  Grand Prix K-170.  I was prepared for terrible stuff.
Imagine my surprise when I heard wonderful arrangements for EVERY cut.  Who
is this Berlingeri?  Anyone run into this record or others by this creative
man?  No Esquivel, but definitely headed in the same direction.
Unfortunately, no cardboard cover.

I also found two empty covers which I want to find the records for:

Spectacular Percussion Goes Latin  Roger King Mozian  MGM  E 3921. I have
another Mozian LP which was less than stellar, yet gave me the impression
that Mozian had a fun streak in him.  Maybe it's revealed in this LP...but
I don't know now.  Among the cuts on the missing record: Mambo Percusso,
Changa Hop, Oriental Cha Cha and Cumana.  A colorful cover with the
obligatory colored circles (ala the Percussion series on Command) and a
large black ink drawing of a set of drums.

Music of Desire  The Exotic Rhythms of Warren Barker and his orchestra  WB
1364 (released in 1960).  Looks interesting!  Warren Barker did a lot of
the soundtrack work for WB TV productions (I believe 77 Sunset Strip and
Hawaiian Eye at the least) and perhaps movies as well.  Neat cover (well,
to me, anyway).  It features a very close-up view of part of a woman's
face, but limited to only a pair of very red lips, a black mole, a
perfectly shaped eyebrow and a very made up eye... framed by some brown
hair , the bottom tip of her ear and a large gold earring.  Either she has
very white skin or the photo editor did something to make it white.  Tommy
Mitchell (the photographer) also removed the nose, providing a very surreal
approach to a woman's close-up.  But, is the MUSIC any good?

I bought a whole bunch of other records, but they probably won't be worth
commenting on.

Byron


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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:52:14 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swingtime

>>>>What I don't quite understand in the current swing movement is the
inclusion
of rockabilly. Rockabilly was firmly against the "parents" music of swing.
And, please correct me if I'm wrong, swing music did not include the "race"
music or early r&b which was thought of as too wild.

Ashley>>>

Think back to any visual you have of Bill Haley and his Comets.  Does that
instrumentation look like the Stray Cats?  Nope, there's a steel guitar and an
accordion in that group.  Why?  Because Bill's boys were really a small-combo
Western Swing group.  And they pulled just as hard off the Jump Blues teat as
they did off of honky tonk (lots of Louis Jordan and Count Basie riffs and
covers).  As the rockabilly scene has evolved to include more pre-rockabilly
sounds (notably Big Sandy & the Fly Rite Boys, which aim for the pyrotechnic
interplay of guitar and steel associated with Jimmy Bryant and Speed West),
they've come to include the sounds of all post-war dance musics:early R&B,
jump blues, western swing, swinging lounge novelties etc.  Also, there's a
natural cultural crossover between the rockabilly enthusiasts snapping up
vintage wear (including house furnishings) and the swing scene's dedication to
old duds (on Haight St. alone, I've watched all of the staff at the used
clothings stores convert from art students to swing kids in the last two
years).  Throw in the commonality of swing dancing in both musics and you've
got fertile crossover.

- --David


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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:32:40 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel two-fers

In a message dated 6/28/98 10:19:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

> I like my CDs "full platter"

I totally agree on this point. Enough of all these endless *lounge* comps ---
give me the full catalogs of these great artists like Esquivel.

That's what we should be rallying to have released !!!

Larry


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 01:38:59 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Records and no records

At 06:19 PM 28/06/98 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
>Music of Desire  The Exotic Rhythms of Warren Barker and his orchestra  WB
>1364 (released in 1960).  Looks interesting!   Neat cover (well,
>to me, anyway). But, is the MUSIC any good?

You found one with just a cover.  I found one with a really beat up cover
and a pretty beat record inside... but playable.
It's definitely what it says it is.  It's got that unmistakeable exotic
beat and I'd say it sounds a lot like a Les Baxter record.. though not one
of his better ones.
It reminds me a lot of this Michel Legrand record called "Strings on Fire".
Very heavy ringing string flourishes and I like that.
It's pretty good.  No bird calls or really heavy percussion but a nice,
steady bongo beat and a defnite exotic feel.

But I think that it's not a coincidence when it seems that a particular
record is often - like here, meaning twice - found beat up or missing a
piece.  There's something about the record and the people who bought it.
Just like all the Mancini records I've found that are almost unplayable.
And the very few that I've found in great shape.

Nat




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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 02:24:33 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) What's the difference?

In a message dated 98-06-28 11:53:12 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< What I don't quite understand in the current swing movement is the
inclusion
 of rockabilly. Rockabilly was firmly against the "parents" music of swing.
 And, please correct me if I'm wrong, swing music did not include the "race"
 music or early r&b which was thought of as too wild.  >>

Okay, I know I'm going to look like a total idiot for asking this, (and I know
Ashley and I have talked about about this earlier off-list) but what IS the
diff. between rockabilly and swing?  I mean when I think of swing I would
think of Glen Miller, but here in L.A. in the present tense it seems to me
that rockabilly and swing are one and the same just about since it is these
rockabilly bands that play at the clubs and then people (50s scenesters
rockabilly fans) get up and swing dance to it.  I'm just totally lost....

- - Michele


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 02:24:30 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) What does new wave have to do with it?

In a message dated 98-06-27 15:54:37 EDT, DJJimmyBee writes:

<< The writers apparently believe that those of us who like lounge music come
from another level of appreciation to this level called lounge...Since it is
largely a white or faux ethnic sound to which we listen, they perhaps assume
that we "came" from punk and its mutant offspring---"new wave". >>

That may be true, but those new wave bands have nothing to do with lounge, I
mean they might as well have put gangsta rap in the book too.

- - Michele


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 03:01:05
From: Jay Schwartz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: radio showbiz

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 17:51:58 -0400 (EDT), buMp
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>hello everybody,
>this is a posting to all the folks out there in exotica who are doing
radio shows.  i have been approached by an AM station here in Baltimore
to pitch them a show of ADULT MUSIC!

That sounds great! I suggest you put together a pilot tape featuring songs
by Blowfly, Doug Clark, and other fine artists of the "adult music" genre.
I think the station manager would be impressed!

Wish someone would start a show like that here!



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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:59:12 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Overflowing reissues

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
06/29/98 05:59 AM


To:   [e-mail]@internet
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Subject:  Overflowing reissues


Every week that goes by, my wants list gets longer and longer. But there is
no need for me to get upset by this because I have learned to be patient
and just relax - soon everything I ever want will eventually be reissued.
Even the most unlikely records will be regurgitated by the Postmodern
Culture Reinventing Device.

This weekend I've seen and purchased (all LPs):

101 Strings - Astro sounds from the year 2000 (Why the hell has this been
rereleased?)
James Brown - Black Ceasar (Superb and expensive Blaxploitation soundtrack)
Art Mineo - Man in space with sounds (Obsure or what?)
Barbarella OST (Reissue or bootleg, take your pick)

I'm now off to William Hill (Bookmakers) to place my bets on the following
coming out on LP by the end of '98:

The Hanged Man
Italian Job
Get Carter
Bedazzled
Bill Plummer's Journey to the East
Hugo Montenegro's Moog Power
Some Les Baxter gems (including his soundtracks)
Anandar Shankar
Age of Electronicus
The Trip

lets wait and see.





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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:08:00 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Mike Nichols and Elaine May's most recent collaboration was "Primary
Colors"; he directed, she adapted.  This was the same combination used for
"The Birdcage".  I believe they started collaborating during their days at
the Compass Players/Second City in Chicago.  PBS showed a great documentary,
with vintage footage of them a few months back.  They showed a wonderful
sketch they did at the Emmys, in which May was the presenter and Nichols was
a sycophant of a producer.   He "wins", gives May a lustful kiss and tells
how he won for best mediocrity.  Among the reasons, there was, "Any
suggestions from the sponsors, I took!"  They were not allowed to perform at
next year's ceremony, I believe.   While it seems tame to-day, that was
rather close to the bone then.  Let's not forget, many TV stations were so
fidgety about criticism to their medium around this time, many stations
censored a diatribe against radio and TV in "A Letter To Three Wives" (Kirk
Douglas made the speech) when it was shown on TV.

Any of their material is worth owning and I suppose of particular interest
is their album "Improvisations to Music" in which they do just that; they
improvise dialogue over various music playing in the background.  Absolutely
among the top rank in comedy in the 60's and still pretty funny now.  If you
would like to read a great book about improvisation, read "Something
Wonderful Right Away", which I think has a chapter or two about them.

Gossip section:  Mike Nichols is married to journalist Diane Sawyer.

Brian "Making it up as I go...umm...Oh..." Phillips





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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:09:36 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swingtime

In a message dated 98-06-28 20:42:37 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< >Let's face it folks this movement is primarily about dancing and dressing
up,
 >It is not innovative but merely reactive and imitaive of far better music
that
 >has gone before it, hence it will be very short-lived.  Bets anyone?

 short lived?  i doubt it.  from a more pyscho-social view point, young
 women enjoy dancing generally.  wherever young women are guys are
 sure to follow.  sexist, maybe.  reality, most likely. >>

Hey Paul how many women do you know still doing the lambada, macarena or
hustle? Probably the same ammount who will be doing the lindy in a year or so.

Ashley


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:50:41 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Cheganca/Elaine May

> Also Elaine May has appeared in front of and behind the lens--most notably


And you can SKIP "California Suite", in which she is completely wasted.  And
that goes for Bill Cosby's and Richard Pryor's roles, too!  Simon (who has
written things I enjoy) reduced them to slapstick buffoonery.  They are both
suited to handle that kind of comedy, but this movie was full of many missed
opportunities like this.

Brian "Picky about comedy to-day" Phillips




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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 05:56:26 -0800
From: "paul m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swingtime

>Hey Paul how many women do you know still doing the lambada, macarena or
>hustle? Probably the same ammount who will be doing the lindy in a year or so.

quite different phenomenon.  first two you mentioned were instantly industry
created gimmicks...while the swing thing has been gaining steam 'organically'
and incrementally for years to be accurate.

as tosh once informed me, in the late 6T' Sears & Roebuck for one season had
a slogan to the effect of "...there's a revolution going on at Sears".   point?
underground trends which develop of there own accord eventually are co-opted
by the mainstream.   swing is barely near that point yet.  much more left
in it.
also one must remember that there were swing clubs for the WWII generation
that had been going quietly, almost since the swing generation 'started'.

on the sinatra list, which is mainly populated by 35-60 yr old males there was
significant out pouring of interest in BBVD recently.  dont get me wrong,
personally
i'm hardly ga-ga over swing, but it has *alot* going for it in term of popular
appeal...and alot more 'upward' life in it as a trend before it levels off
or gets
co-opted in a way that will turn off the underground.


paul moshay/mighty recording corp.
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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:43:28 -0400
From: Michael Hibarger <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Swing to the right...

The reactionary thing to react to swing is to think of it as a trendy
thing.  But as one who has learned some East Coast Swing and is
now learning the Lindy...it is not something you can easily learn
in one 45 minute lesson.  Especially Lindy...therefore it should not
be lumped in with dances like the Macarena or simple line dancing
or whatever...  Folks that are into swing dancing have to make a
considerable investment in time learning how to do it and therefore
will be less likely to spend the months learning how to swing dance
to only end up dancing for a couple of months.

It is trendy in the sense of the media, the Gap ad has been a big
curse...its brought a lot of fly-by-night individuals who think that
they want to dance like that after a couple of lessons...after they
realize that it is more difficult they give up.

As for the music, the music is classic and the fact that there are some
good bands performing old standards live is helping to fuel the scene.
And they're bringing elements from rock and rock-a-billy into the
swing...bands like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Brian Setzer Orchestra
are the flagships for helping to build the scene...in a similar way that

Combustible Edison and Friends of Dean Martinez have helped build
up interest in exotica.  If there were some more bands doing exotica
it would help further it even more.

Unfortunately, the dancing and the fashion does attract some of
phoneys, but that's the same with every scene.  Early punk rock
attracted
many phoneys who were just there for the attitude...maybe later they
finally got the music.

I think the interesting thing about swing right now is that it is still
underground...there are a lot of swing events where only a 100 people
show up to a small church ballroom and there's a full 15 piece band.
There's a small network of people who are keeping it alive.

I think the appeal of swing is also in accordance with the same appeal
of exotica and even electronica.  After, "real" punk rock and "real"
grunge
rock, we (the listening audience) is sick of venting venom, anger,
nihilism...we're turning away from emotional music and we're looking
for good-times music...and we're a little sick of rock too.  So we don't

want our good times music in the form of AC/DC, or Guns and Roses,
we're looking back to Sinatra and ahead to Oval, DJ Shadow, etc.

My two and half cents...
Mike.



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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:00:21 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues

At 10:59 AM 29/06/98 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
> soon everything I ever want will eventually be reissued.
>Even the most unlikely records will be regurgitated by the Postmodern
>Culture Reinventing Device.

>I'm now off to William Hill (Bookmakers) to place my bets on the following
>coming out on LP by the end of '98:

>Bill Plummer's Journey to the East
>Hugo Montenegro's Moog Power
>The Trip

I know it's both selfish and illogical of me but I'm hoping those three, at
least, DON'T get reissued because that would totally ruin my dreams and
anticipation of someday finding the original LP's.
Especially the Bill Plummer.
And "The Party" soundtrack, while we're on the subject of Bill Plummer.
And don't you think the moment to rerelease any Moog album is sort of over?

Nat



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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:45:49 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Mike Nicols and Elaine May

>From: <[e-mail]>

"Improvisations to music" (cd, Mercury, USA, 1998) is the one to get...
well... that's the only one i have on lp ;-) it's incredible that these
sketches are improvised! the piano sets a background mood, and then these 2
start; my favorite track is a spy meeting; there's also a cocktail lounge
track where a boss tries to seduce one of the office girls by asking if she
wants to go home with him to listen to his new hi-fi set :)

        Johan


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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:48:48 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FWD> Re: Yma Rocks!

>From: Don Pierson

>... "Yma Rocks!" ... is a ShamLys
>Production, done by two of the original producers, not the Yma Sumac
>Homepage. I am just selling it. Also, it is not equal to the other album
>that your listing indicates ["Miracles" - JDV] since it is a slightly
>>different mix, uses
>different cover art, has different liner notes and has additional
>tracks. It is necessary to be clear on that because of the fiasco when
>the other LP was issued.
>
>Don
>
>--
>Contact and Webpages:
>
>Don Pierson
>e-mail: [e-mail]
>
>Official Authorized Yma Sumac Homepage
>ALL NEW!
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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:57:49 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Annotated, extended Playlist Fantastica # 56

Fantastica runs on:
* Radio Scorpio, FM 106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday 15-16 h.
* Radio Centraal, FM 103.9, Antwerpen, Belgium,
  at irregular times in their "Night Machine".


              Fantastica # 56: "Alice in wondEroticland"


 1. LEITMOTIV 1: Alice: "dialogue from: Alice in Wonderland"
       o album "Alice in Wonderland/Peter Pan"
       o LP, Disneyland WD-103, USA, 1959 | not rated
       o info: It says "Music from the original motion picture score" and
         "songs from original sound track", but uncle Walt didn't mind
         fooling the little kids, did he? This is a story album, with NONE
         of the original dialogue, voices or songs.
 2. Racquel Welch: "I'm ready to groove"
       o compil. "Hollywood Hi-Fi" (18 of the most outrageous celebrity
         recordings ever!)
       o CD, Brunswick 38170 81013 2, USA, 1996 | +++++
       o info: the sub-title is true!
 3. LEITMOTIV 2: sound effects: "Erotic Sound Effects"
       o album "Erotic Sound Effects"
       o CD, Time/Eclipse 64651, USA, 1997 | +++
       o info: 90 selections, ranging from silly answering machine messages
         and Mae West imitations to multiple orgasms. Looks like the
         perfect item for multi-disc players with random shuffle, or to
         drop into homemade tape compilations
 4. Ray Brown: "Coming and going"
       o compil. "The Mood Mosaic 3: The Sexploitation"
       o CD & Double LP, YellowStone 9561, Italy, 1997 | ++++
       o info: Mostly funk, or funky heavy big band jazz. 5 funk tracks
         have a moaning woman all over, like in the well-known "Amame"
         (love me) by Claudia Vita, here in an Italian version, but the
         very same track also exists in English by (French combo) Super
         Erotica. Also featuring Ray Brown, Roland Vincent, Ingo Kantor, De
         Giaferri, Clay Pitts. The second best volume in this series I have
         heard!
 5. Peggy Lee: "I enjoy being a girl"
       o album "Latin ala Lee!/Ole ala Lee!"
       o CD, EMI 8 56056, UK, 1997 | +++
       o info: If you like Peggy, and you like vocal Latin music, then this
         is something for you.
 6. Spike Jones And The Band That Plays For Fun: "The late late movies-
    part 1 (edit)"
       o album "Omnibust"
       o LP, Liberty LRP 3370 | ++++
       o info: This LP is especially interesting for its crime jazz/beatnik
         parody ("Ah-1, ah-2, ah-Sunset Strip") and a "Quiet Village"
         parody ("I search for golden adventure in my seven leaky boots").
         Completely different from his previous LP's with the City
         Slickers, as it's not just music, it's more like a musical comedy
         album, funny stories with lots of background music and zounds.
 7. Xaviera Hollander: "Phone call"
       o album "Happily Hooked"
       o LP, Turning Point 30009 | ++
       o info: Sex stories with musical background
 8. April Stevens: "That's my name"
       o album "Teach me tiger" (+ 18 Nino Tempo tracks)
       o CD, Marginal MAR 086, Belgium, 1996 | ++
       o info: Classic sultry babe album, featuring "Teach me tiger"; none
         of the other tracks are as good, several of them are rather
         mediocre, and the 18 additional tracks from/with her brother
         saxophonist/singer Nino Tempo are completely forgettable. With:
         "Do It Again", "Get Ideas", "That's my name"...
 9. V/a - Disney soundtracks: "I'm late/How d'ye do and shake hands (from
    "Alice in Wonderland")"
       o compil. "Walt Disney's original soundtrack parade"
       o LP, Disneyland/Pickwick PDA 030, UK | ++++
       o info: At least, these ARE songs from the original film soundtrack.
10. Brigitte Bardot: "Harley Davidson"
       o album "Le disque d'or"
       o LP, Disc'AZ 2 356, France, 1981 | ++++
       o info: All '67 and '68 songs, 8 written by Gainsbourg.
11. Yma Sumac: "Xtabay (lure of the unknown love)"
       o album "Voice of the Xtabay"
       o LP, Regal/EMI, UK, 1956 | ++++
12. Barbara Streisand: "I got rhythm/One note samba"
       o album "Barbra Steisand ...and other musical instruments"
       o LP, CBS stereo 69 52, UK/USA, 1973 | +++
       o info: After reading the long list of exotic, strange and
         electronic instruments and kitchen appliances (!) on the back
         cover, one can only conclude that the result is rather
         conservative... well, I guess we shouldn't expect too much from
         Barbra, and be happy that this odd LP happened, but it could have
         been a LOT weirder! "I got rhythm" and "One note samba" combine
         Turkish, American Indian, African, East Indian (sitar!), Spanish,
         Irish (bagpipes!) and Japanese instruments and harmonics.
13. Synaulia: "Ludi inter Pana atque nymphas"
       o album "Music from ancient Rome - volume 1: Wind instruments"
       o CD, Amiata ARNR 1396, Italy, 1996 | +++++
       o info: musical archeology like Elizabeth Waldo, exotic, primitive,
         enchanting, percussion, wind instruments, women screaming in
         extacy, wordless vocals... wooow, those Romans were cool!
14. Elisabeth Waldo: "The serpent"
       o album "Rites of the pagan"
       o LP, GNP/Crescendo GNPS 601, USA 198? | ++++
       o Review: "http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/A/Waldo.htm"
15. Italian session feat. Edda Dell'Orso: "Confine d'amore (Bossa nova)"
       o Soundtrack "Not Found" (Cityboys Original soundtrack)
       o CD, Polystar/Trattoria menu. 137 PSCR-5624, Japan, 1997 | ++++
       o info: Contains 6 newly recorded "Italian session" tracks, in the
         line of the beloved 70's Italian cinematographic style, with Edda
         Dell'Orso's wordless vocals on 3 of them (one of which is written
         by Piero Piccioni), andAlessandro Alessandroni whistling and doing
         a "mah-na, mah-na" variation on a song written by Piero Umiliani.
         Other tracks are more contemporary, with Towa Tei using samples of
         Sylvia Kristel saying "bonjour baby", Fantastic Plastic Machine,
         Gentle People and others, ranging from new bossa to drum 'n bass
16. The Ultra Man: "Roses and champagne"
       o compil. "Ultra-Lounge Volume 10: Bachelor In Paris"
       o CD, Capitol CDP 36130, USA, 1996 | ++++
       o info: Did you notice that a lot of the "Ultra-Lounge" volumes have
         a mystery track at the end by a cool smooching French guy? I call
         him The Ultra Man
17. Carol Channing: "I'll die happy"
       o album "Carol Channing entertains"
       o lp, Command RS 880 SD, USA, 1965 | ++++
       o info: A novelty album on Command! I have no idea if she really CAN
         sing, but here she sounds as if she can't. For Mrs. Miller fans
         only.
18. Eartha Kitt: "I had a hard day last night"
       o album "Live At Tivoli"
       o LP, Contour 2870 148, UK, 1968 | ++++
       o info: She sounds very very drunk at times...
19. Julie London: "Daddy"
       o album "In person. at the Americana"
       o LP, Liberty, stereo | +++
       o info: Julie parodies her self on "Daddy"!
20. Buddy Cole + Environments + Sound effects: "Cry me a river MIX"
       o album "Modern Pipe Organ" + "A country stream"
       o LP, Warner Bros. W 1533 + LP, Syntonic Research | not rated
21. Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo: "Desafinado"
       o album "Moon gas"
       o CDR copy of LP, MGM E/SE 4110, 196? | +++++
       o info: Sampled by Tipsy. Not all the tracks are as brilliant,
         especially the vocals ones, but there are some truely strange and
         outer space organ sounds happening!
22. Wanda De Sah & Sergio mendes: "So nice (Samba de verao)"
       o compil. "Ultra-Lounge Volume 14: Bossa Novaville"
       o CD, Capitol CDP 53410, USA, 1997 | ++++
       o info: Various Capitol artists pour a tasty bossa nova souce over
         their music, a sauce prepared by composer Jobim in about half of
         the tracks. These are a few of my favorite tracks: "Misirlou",
         "Quiet village", and "The look of love" in a bossa version, and a
         whistled "Girl from Ipanema".
23. Rhoda Scott: "Moanin'"
       o album "Take Five"
       o CD, Polygram/Verve 511 479, France, 1991 | ++++
       o info: Excellent Hammond jazz

    album ratings:

         +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk

        the radio pages + "eXotica Releases Overview" on my web site:
        <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:12:10 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Soundtracks?

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
06/29/98 11:12 AM


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Subject:  Soundtracks?


This weekend I saw The Getaway. Top film but was there a soundtrack? Is it
Quincy or someone of that ilk?

Also, was The Driver soundtrack ever available? Any details?

And finally, what about Gatur? Any details on that one?


LPs of course.



Thanks



Charlie





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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:19:27 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
06/29/98 12:19 PM


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Subject:  Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues




>>And don't you think the moment to rerelease any Moog album is sort of
over?

Exactly.

So why is 101 Strings Astro Sounds out? and how many people will be queing
up to get it?

In fact, why, of all the LPs that people really want, do we get 101 strings
and Art Mineo? Where are the real LPs?






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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:38:22 UT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) April March

Anyone know if the Kooky EP is still available and how one might obtain it?

Thanks,
Peter


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:34:39 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swingtime

At 08:09 AM 6/29/98 EDT, you wrote:

>Hey Paul how many women do you know still doing the lambada, macarena or
>hustle? Probably the same ammount who will be doing the lindy in a year or
so.
>
>Ashley

My six year old daughter still does the macarena.  Sometimes to the tune of
"Spice up your life" by the Spice Girls.  Truly frightening.

Dave



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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:48:17 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) marcarena, trends, etc

Actually Ashley some trends never say die. As a mobile DJ I can attest to the
fact that if I DON'T play the marcarena, my clients' guests often treat me
like I'm a hopeless simpleton because I haven't played it ...The Marcarena is
alive and well, just as is the YMCA, The Hustle, The Twist, The Alley-Cat
(Hully  Gully), the Conga line, Hot-Hot Hot, The Party Train, even the Chicken
Dance....The worst part is, I gotta smile while I play them as if I'm having a
good time hearing each for the 500 drillionth time...But this is why you hear
mobile DJ's all play the same things; dance-floor rituals like the YMCA are
part of the culture. But there really is nothing quite like watching 3
generations of family dance to a song sung by gay stereotypes about a place
they can go for anonymous sex!


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:03:22 -0700
From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peggy Lee

I was just curious- why hasn't Peggy Lee been made an icon in the Cocktail
Nation?
What voice sounds more like a dry martini? Who was hipper in a bland 1950s
America?

Some of her stuff was a bit corny but she should be dipped in gold if only
for Fever and Is That All There Is?.

Just a thought.

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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:51:26 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) marcarena, trends, etc

In a message dated 98-06-29 16:52:17 EDT:

<< The Marcarena is
 alive and well, just as is the YMCA, The Hustle, The Twist, The Alley-Cat
 (Hully  Gully), the Conga line, Hot-Hot Hot, The Party Train, even the
Chicken
 Dance... >>

Now that (those) are really scary!!!!!!




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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:52:37 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) marcarena, trends, etc

In a message dated 98-06-29 16:52:17 EDT, :

<< But there really is nothing quite like watching 3
 generations of family dance to a song sung by gay stereotypes about a place
 they can go for anonymous sex! >>

Please see comment on my previous post.


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:59:11 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) This weeks LP finds

Hmmmm, my checking account is a lot lighter now. Oh, that's right, it was the
weekend.....and the weekend means LP shoping!

Not too bad of a score this weekend out here in the LA area....I've had Better
weekends, but still not bad. This is what I found:

IN COLD BLOOD-soundtrack. What a great Q score....stereo and in  vg+...all for
$4 ( what a deal!!!)

Jack Lemmon-Irma La Douce. if you like the original Andre Previn score to the
film, you'll love Jacks piano.....stereo. Near Mint!  Can't beat it for five
bucks!

Sinatra - Look to your Heart. Alright, not the best Sintra LP, but it's nice
to add to the collection....original pressing, mono, Near Mint cover and LP,
for $2

Sinatra - At The Sands....What can I say; Basie, Q, and frank all on one LP!
Original Reprise pressing, stereo, near mint cover and LP. $7

Ella- Ella in Hollywood. Stereo. VG/VG. $8

Rosemary Clooney - Thanks for Nothing. One of the better RC LP's from the
reprise era. Great cover too! Good+....$3

Judy Garland- At the Grove. Ok, I'm not a big JG fan at all, but I bought this
LP just for it's value (books in stereo for $65 in NM shape !!!). Yet after I
played it, I enjoyed it more than I should I say...lol.....nice stereo copy in
vg- shape...$5

Tito Rodriguez - Motion Picture Cha Cha Cha. Just can't get enough of Tito!
Wall to Wall stereo, near mint cover and LP...all for $4

Buddy Morrow - Impact. Stereo, original pressing....it's one of these LP's
that the vinyl looks mint, but sounds good +. I over paid for this one...$14

Les Baxter - Kaleidoscope. one of those "OK" baxter LP's, but I couldn't turn
this one down. In near Mint shape LP, and a Good cover.....original green
capitol, in mono......for $12

Robert Mitchum - Calypso-is like so.... Um, it's so bad it's so good! I love
it! And what a find of LP too...in VG- shape, capitol original....the cover is
a tad damaged, all for $15.... At the Pasadena swap meat, I've seen this LP
listed at $70-$90 range, and it's not as NICE as the one I found!

Anyhow, all of these were found in the LA area on Sunday. I hit five
stores.....Record Surplus, Rhino, Aarons, Record recycle, and Rockaway
Records....must say that Rhino is becoming THE store to find some great
deals!....Record Surplus is on an up-swing right now. After almost 4 months of
find nothing at RS, stuff is coming out of the woodworks!....at for Rockaway,
OVERPRICED. Um, I just don't get paying $24.95 for a mono copy of Hank
Mancini's COMBO re-issue!

UGH! a three day weekend this coming weekend! MORE LP SHOPPING DAYS!!! My
girlfriend is goingg to kill me!  ;-)


Jayson


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