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exotica-digest         Thursday, July 2 1998         Volume 02 : Number 139



In This Digest:

Re:  Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues
Re: (exotica) Tiki Lites / swing / etc
Re: (exotica) Italian Job soundtrack
Re: (exotica) Mr. Smooth Top 69--1998
(exotica) Claudine Longet
Re: (exotica) Mr. Smooth Top 69--1998
Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet
(exotica) Swing Purchases
(exotica) chris montez
Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet
(exotica) Klaus Schulze soundtrack
Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet
(exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
Re: (exotica) Italian Job soundtrack
Re: (exotica) Tiki Lites / swing / etc
Re: (exotica) chris montez
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
[[e-mail]: (exotica) Re:  This is how vol. 3 of "The Sound Gallery" might have sounded like]
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
(exotica) Swing Swan Song (Yawn)...
(exotica) A Good Beat and You Can Dance to It
Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues
Re: (exotica) A Good Beat and You Can Dance to It
(exotica) Schifrin in my seat.
(exotica) montez
RE: (exotica) Swing Swan Song (Yawn)...
Re: (exotica) Swing to the right...
(exotica) Tomorrow's Exotica??
Re: (exotica) Can't find Tiki Lites (MORE!)
RE: (exotica) Tomorrow's Exotica??

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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:52:34 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues

[e-mail] wrote:
>>>In light of these problems I had the oppertunity to release "Astro Sounds"
and I'm glad I did...<<<

Me too! True, there may be many more albums people would rather have, but for
those of us who are always on the lookout for something a little bizarre, a
bit off the beaten path, it was quite a find.

>>>(Just listen to the Drum Island album and you will hear almost a complete
lift fof "Astro Sopunds" first track).<<<

So what's the "Drum Island" album all about?



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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 16:44:36 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Lites / swing / etc

> As I see all of the above mentioned things get more and more popular with a
> more, erm, mainstream  crowd, I'm left trying to find something that I can
> love that won't be the object of the latest MTV special.

A couple of months ago I posted some screed about "the unwashed masses"
(my words) I think it was in response to a report about the upturn in
sales
of hawaiian shirts in anticipation of the trend that would likely be set
by Johnny Depp's
attire in "Fear and Loathing."

I got personal reply reminding me that "exotica" was a phenomenon
that occurred within popular culture. It was a "trend" that occurred
among
the unwashed masses in suburbia in the 50s. After that, I got to
thinking and concluded that I was being a bit of a snob, but I still
hate to see the trend develop.

It's kind of bittersweet, insn't it?  On the one hand, it's vindicating
to find that lots of other people think the stuff you love is cool. On
the other
hand, it's hard to fight the feeling that something very personal is
being stolen and diluted. Those involved in the pursuit of the "exotica"
are generally folks steeped in irony who willfully avoid popular culture
(of the present). So when we find that popular culture crashes the
party, it's no longer the intimate gathering we once prized.


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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:09:39 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Italian Job soundtrack

>For some reason it never occurred to me that The Italian Job's
>soundtrack would exist in the first place - I mean on the original
>vinyl.  Has anyone ever seen it?

It was released by Paramount.  Quincy Jones composed a lot of it.  One of
the tracks goes totally crazy with soccer crowd efx!  Good luck wrangling
one!

(Any flick that stars Michael Caine, Noel Coward and Benny Hill has gotta be
a classic!)

C. "Ratso" Russo





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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 98 20:58:56 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mr. Smooth Top 69--1998

 I agree with Nat on the exclusion of ole Horst Jankowski. I would also
exclude J & D Edwards(way too self-conscious) and perhaps, on a bad day,
David Rose.

Absent from your list are:
Chet Atkins
Vincent Bell
John Buzon Trio
Brazil 66
Ferrante & Teicher (the pre-UA years)
Kenyon Hopkins
Lester Lanin
Claudine Longet
Gary McFarland
The Mexicali Brass
Korla Pandit
Gabor Szabo
Ruth Welcome

Souds like a fun-o project!
Maybe you neet to pick your top 100.

Frank

Next time please alphabetize!
>Juan Esquivel, Enoch Light, Terry Snyder, Ferrante & Teicher, Dick Schory,
>Bob Thompson, Perez Prado, Dick Hyman, Henry Mancini, Martin Denny, Bob
>Rosengarden/Phil Kraus, Arthur Lyman, Lenny Dee, Dean Elliot, Eartha Kitt,
>Edmundo Ros, Hal Mooney, Mike Simpson, Don Catelli, Bobby Darin, Henri
>Rene, Billy Mure, Peggy Lee, Ross Bagdasarian, Charles Magnante, Xavier
>Cugat, Julie London, Belmonte, The Three Suns, Si Zentner, Al Caiola, Ethel
>Smith, Les Baxter, Skip Martin, Leo Diamond, Buddy Merrill, Sir Julian
>Gould, Sid Bass, Leo Arnaud, Jack Marshall, Tito Puente, Joe Loco, Billy
>May, Walter Kime, Don Costa, The Frankie Capp Percussion Group, Berlingeri
>and his Percussive Harpsichord, The Bobby Havana Boys, Irving Joseph, Buddy
>Cole, Roger Ericson, Walter Wanderly, The Baha Marimba Band, Leo Addeo,
>David Carroll, Werner Muller, Mariano Merceron, Katie Lee, Manny Albam,
>Earl Grant, Hugo Montenegro, Artie Kane, Danny Guglielmi, Horst Jankowski,
>Buddy Morrow, Chuck Sagle, Eddy Manson, Maxwell Davis, Art Van Damme,
>Ronnie Aldrich, Merlin, Stanley Black, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards (Paul
>Weston and Jo Stafford!), Ray Martin, Larry Elgart, The Velvet Sounds,
>Andre Popp, Vic Schoen, Marjorie Meinert, Dick Kesner, Ted Heath, The
>Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Marty Gold, Johnny Keating's Kombo, Eddie Cano,
>Eddie Osborn, The Percussion All Stars, The Percussion Pop All Stars, Sid
>Ramin, Russ Case, David Rose, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, Roger King Mozian.


My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's
Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine!



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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:07:19 -1000
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: (exotica) Claudine Longet

>Claudine Longet

Could someone tell me a little about this person?

There's a bootleg Sinatra concert where he refers to her as "one of the
finest marksmen of all times" which gets huge laughs from the audience.

I, of course, don't have any idea why this is supposed to be so funny.

Anyone?

***     ***     ***
Steve Funk
([e-mail])
Anchorage, AK
USA




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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:53:45 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mr. Smooth Top 69--1998

In a message dated 98-07-01 20:58:28 EDT, you write:

<< Absent from your list are:
 Chet Atkins
 Vincent Bell
 John Buzon Trio >>

Is there any of the John Buzon Trio out on CD other that the UL series?

Robert


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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 19:25:31 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet

At 05:07 PM 7/1/98 -1000, you wrote:
>
>
>>Claudine Longet
>
>Could someone tell me a little about this person?

Others will know more, I'm sure.  She put out several albums in the late
sixties (and early seventies??), mostly light French/English pop.  Three of
her albums made the US Top Forty, although no singles did.  She was married
in the later sixties to the under-appreciated crooner Andy Williams.

In the seventies (?) she was tried and convicted for fatally shooting skier
Spider Sabich, and spent an unknown time in the hokey.

So, speaking of Claudine: On the album "Claudine" (A&M SP 4121), she sings
a duet with an uncredited male singer on "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme Et
Une Femme)."  Does anyone know the identity of the man singing with her on
that track?

Dave


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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 22:28:59 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Swing Purchases

I was at a junk store today and I bought four volumes of "The Swing Era". Each
volume has a wonderful book in it. I also bought a Benny Goodman volume, a
mint copy of Rolf Harris' "Sun Arise" album and several 45s. All for a cool
$10.
Gloria


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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:08:45 -0800
From: "paul m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) chris montez

what is this guy about musically?   somehow i cant score (well ...)
his lp's in the bargin bins.

paul moshay/mighty recording corp.
p.o. bx. 1833, los angeles, calif. 90078
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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:18:55 -0800
From: "paul m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet

>I, of course, don't have any idea why this is supposed to be so funny.

while she was married andy williams she shot a ski instructor guy she
was having an affair with...   hazy on it beyond that..


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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 00:27:23 EST
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Klaus Schulze soundtrack

Robert McKenna writes:

> Does anyone know 'Moogtique' by Klaus Schulze. It claims to be part of a
> soundtrack to what sounds like a 7Ts porn film. Basically, is it any
> good?
What you're describing, "Moogetique" is the second volume ie.
additions to the original soundtrack of the film "Body Love", by Lasse
Braun with music by Klaus Schulze. I believe it was a porno film and
I remember some problems with the cover art having to be replaced in
some editions outside Germany.

As to whether its good, I'd say if you're a KS fan, it's OK but not
among his best.  However if you're trying to compare it to say
Perrey & Kingsley's moog sound, I think you'd be disappointed.  It's
still very much space music and not at all "Incredibly Strange".

One soundtrack that to me seems closer to I.S. is one I originally
mistook for a porno film called "Quartett im Bett" but turns out was
an avant garde German film starring four sisters who appear on the
cover dressed up like identical little bo-peeps (I think you can see
how I made the original deduction).  Someone more familiar with
German films may know more about them. If you like campy German
soundtracks and/or German vocal "Schlager" , this one may be
for you. No moogs though...

BTW, I seem to be the one that always ends up answering the KS
questions on this list.  Hmmm...


BrianBrian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 00:58:21 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet

Go here,
 <A HREF="http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/longet/longet.html">Cuddle Up
With Claudine Longet!</A>

I mentioned the Stone's song "Claudine" here a while back, and the lyrics and
tons of Claudine info are now posted on this site. Have a look, I think her
gravity-defying-towel photo may still be there there too.

The link is available from Vik's Lounge Valet. BTW a reminder that all recent
(and long-time) subscribers should go and spend some time at Vik Trola's
Lounge of Self Indulgence and explore the links. Vik's has been the exotica
list's Oracle of Delphi for years, providing us with the links that provide
answers.

JB


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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 01:26:44 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

While lunch hour browsing in SF's Virgin Megastore this week, I noticed a
Bruce Lee movie playing on the monitors. The DJ stopped playing the latest big
label new release, and i could hear the music from what i now recognized as
'Enter the Dragon".  My exotica-attuned ears recognized some goooood stuff, so
i high-tailed it up to the 3rd floor video section to see who did the music.

I'll be damned, there was a promotion for the DVD release of Enter The Dragon,
and the clerk said it was Bruce Lee's widow and John Saxon (and 2 other people
i didnt recognize) sitting there signing posters or frisbees or something. I
assumed the widow was the bosom-augmented blonde in the tiger skin leotard.

Anyway, the music was by LALO SCHIFRIN, the snippets i heard were great, and
hopefully the whole thing is as good. Time to rent the video, listen to the
movie, and look for a domestic release of the OST, which of course I've only
seen available as an expensive Japanese import.

(Anybody else get flushed with anticipation during an old movie's opening
credits waiting to see who did the music ?)

JBTwist


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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:47:18 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
07/02/98 04:47 AM


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Yes Yes. Enter the Dragon is Top. Especially the moody 'Human Fly' - hip
hop sample alert.

Other Lalo lookouts:

Gone with the Wave
Bullitt
Dirty Harry I II III (incredible, amazing, superb)
Once a Thief (and other themes)
Mannix
Insansetez
Theres a Whole Lalo Schifrin Going On
Mission Impossible
More Mission Impossible (Portishead sample alert)
Rollercoaster


Lalo is (or at least was) the boss man.



Charlie





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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:24:48 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Italian Job soundtrack

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
07/02/98 04:24 AM


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The Italian Job soundtrack sells for around =A360-=A3100 here in London=
 (but it
is hard to find).  It must be due a rerelease later this year.

Barbarella has been rereleased (probably promted into a speedy reissue =
by
the arrival of those dodgy bootlegs)

I have heard that the Get Carter soundtrack is nigh on impossible to fi=
nd
and has been known to sell for =A31,500 (Good luck with this one). But =
I have
heard an unconfirmed rumour from a reliable record dealer that I am
familiar with, that Get Carter will be reissued too. (Lets hope it look=
s
original as possible). Isn't it the worst when an old record comes out =
with
extra tracks, new artwork and a shit pressing with too many tracks jamm=
ed
onto 1 slab of vinyl?

Again, Bedazzled must be due a reissue soon. Just be patient. It will c=
ome
along.

Now, where can I find a copy of Gordons War and You Only Live Once?

Anybody?

Please?

Help?



Charlie
=





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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 03:02:59 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Lites / swing / etc

At 16:44 01/07/98 +0000, you wrote:

>I got personal reply reminding me that "exotica" was a phenomenon
>that occurred within popular culture. It was a "trend" that occurred
>among
>the unwashed masses in suburbia in the 50s. After that, I got to
>thinking and concluded that I was being a bit of a snob, but I still
>hate to see the trend develop.
>
>It's kind of bittersweet, insn't it?  On the one hand, it's vindicating
>to find that lots of other people think the stuff you love is cool. On
>the other
>hand, it's hard to fight the feeling that something very personal is
>being stolen and diluted.

Yes, this is always a problem. I'd always like to see good things become
successful. I think most of the music I like SHOULD have mass appeal.
However, what I don't like about "trends" is that this is often based on a
core group pursuing something because they really like it,and the rest
pursuing it because they think they should. It is "in", and they don't want
to be left out. These people annoy me. Mind you, some very good artists
become successful and earn a living due to these mindless followers so
something good CAN come out of it. But on the whole, I'd say that "diluted"
feeling comes from the fact that many people who have little interest beyond
appearing to be cool start putting on the exotica coat, so to speak.
However, a few good folk find out about something they maybe never had any
exposure to. And that is a good thing, in my opinion. Fresh blood is what
keep things LIVING!

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 03:16:17 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) chris montez

>what is this guy about musically?   somehow i cant score (well ...)
>his lp's in the bargin bins.

Undoubtedly, someone else will have dates, times, places and catalogue
numbers, but Chris started out as a teen idol top rock and roll singer in
the early 60s. Had a huge hit with "Let's Dance", which if you don't know,
believe me...you do. Very rock and roll, beachy sort of sound. He was
dressed in suits. Had big chipmunk cheeks. A real cutie.

Then he sort of faded away until Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss dusted him off
and reinvented him as a bossa-lounge singer. These LPs are, IMHO, gold. "The
More I See You" and "Call Me" turned out to be hits, if I'm not mistaken.
Both are currently being used on British TV commercials (Tennents Lager/BT,
respectively). As far as I know, he has 4 LPs on A&M - all mid-late 60s.
"The More I see You/Call Me", "Time After Time", "Foolin' Around", and
"Watch What Happens".

He is the man that sounds like a woman. I know SO many people who swear that
must be a woman, but he is very much a man. I think his voice has an eerie
quality, that when mixed with that sweet A&M production is like some alien
pop. Some people might just see him as sickly pop.

He does seem to be not that easy to find in bargain bins - although I would
have thought he was. "The More I see You" and "Time After Time" I see a lot
more routinely than the other two. I had a nightmare time finding "Foolin",
but after I found it (looked for it for 2 years), I saw another copy a week
later. "Watch" I've only seen once, and I bought it. I also think it might
be his best - one of those live audience type thangs with no "recorded at.."
sort of credit, but the crowd claps after each song, giving it a warm feel.

Mind you, I live in the UK, so I should think if you live Stateside and
routinely thrift, you'd find most of these before long. I've seen "The More
I See You" a few times even in the UK...

Happy hunting!

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 03:25:59 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

>Anyway, the music was by LALO SCHIFRIN, the snippets i heard were great,=
 and
>hopefully the whole thing is as good. Time to rent the video, listen to the
>movie, and look for a domestic release of the OST, which of course I've=
 only
>seen available as an expensive Japanese import.=20
>
>(Anybody else get flushed with anticipation during an old movie's opening
>credits waiting to see who did the music ?)=20

3 years ago, I rented this video as a friend of mine was over, and it was
just about the only Kung Fu flick he'd never seen. Weird, I thought, as even
though I was not a fan of this genre, I knew it was the grandaddy of Kung Fu
flicks. We were just blown away from the first minute. Excellent flick.
Excellent soundtrack. Should have known it was Lalo...this was actually the
flick that made me start pursuing Schifrin.=20

The vinyl is golddust. I see it occasionally,but never very cheap. The
import CD surfaced here about a year ago, but it was relatively cheap - like
=A314 or something when normally Japanese CDs are about =A320. =A314 is a=
 normal
price. I think there are actually two soundtracks - one with the grunting
noises OR the vinyl OST has the grunt tracks but not the CD. I'm not sure
which. Maybe someone can clarify?

Anyway, the next week I went out and signed up for TaeKwon Do, and
ironically, the next summer I had to miss the gig of the person I rented the
video with due to a TaeKwon Do grading! But I am that board-breakin' babe!

Hi-YAAA!

Jill "Mingo-go"
5th Kup, Green Belt/Blue Tag



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 03:27:22 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

>Other Lalo lookouts:
>
>Gone with the Wave
>Bullitt
>Dirty Harry I II III (incredible, amazing, superb)

YES, but you can't buy these soundtracks...

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:38:29 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
07/02/98 05:38 AM


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>Other Lalo lookouts:
>
>Gone with the Wave
>Bullitt
>Dirty Harry I II III (incredible, amazing, superb)

YES, but you can't buy these soundtracks...




Why not? I managed OK





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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:49:59 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
07/02/98 05:49 AM


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Subject:  Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon


Yo Yo Jill,

Dirty Harry 45,

Sudden Impact and the Best of Dirty Harry LP.

Both incredible. Both rock, both display Lalo's incredible arranging
skills. Both are mine.



Charlie





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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:59:32 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [[e-mail]: (exotica) Re:  This is how vol. 3 of "The Sound Gallery" might have sounded like]

> From: <[e-mail]>
>
> I would love to see Volume 3 of the Sound Gallery arrive---How did #'s 1 & 2
> sell? Ashley? A friend described them (Sound Gallery comps) as the missing
> link between exotica and disco recently after I offered my opinion that disco
> was the (busy) easy listening of the mid to late 7T's
>

I think I read the figure of 65,000 sold in a Record Collector
interview (I don't know whether that was just Vol. 1, or both
together, just in the UK or not). I don't know why the series hasn't
been continued -- there's plenty of unreleased Studio 2/KPM/MFP/Sounds
Superb yet to be re-excavated, especially the earlier ones. There are
several library music releases, however, including a couple of KPM
ones (although I've not heard those).

I like "The Sound Spectrum" as well, but it doesn't have as many
standout tracks as the Gallery; "Erotica Italia" is also good, but
perhaps suffers in comparison to the glut of truly magnificent
Italiana on the market -- I'd take "Beat at Cinecitta" or "Sweden:
Heaven and Hell" in preference.

What I'd really like to see is a release of "exotic-funky lounge"
music from BBC Records (all those Radio 2 albums, broadcast archives,
TV themes only available on hard-to-find vinyl, etc. etc.!).



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:59:54 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

At 10:49 02/07/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>Charles Moseley@MCKINSEY-EXTERNAL
>07/02/98 05:49 AM
>
>
>To:   Jill Mingo <[e-mail]> @ MCKINSEY
>cc:   [e-mail]@internet
>Subject:  Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
>
>
>Yo Yo Jill,
>
>Dirty Harry 45,
>
>Sudden Impact and the Best of Dirty Harry LP.
>
>Both incredible. Both rock, both display Lalo's incredible arranging
>skills. Both are mine.

yes, and you wrote Dirty Harry I, II, and III.

None of which exist as a released OST. As for the other two, I have them
also, that's how I know that you can't buy those three soundtracks as a
released OST. People keep giving out misleading info on these films'
soundtracks which cause unknowing punters great confusion as them aimlessly
try to hunt down soundtracks which do not exist. So...as I think most of the
people on this list know, "Sudden Impact and the Best of Dirty Harry" and a
7" of "Dirty Harry" are the only official releases of this music bar a few
compilations that have tracks from both of these...

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 04:45:32 PDT
From: "keir keightley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Swing Swan Song (Yawn)...

Yesterday in the Tower Records in Glasgow, I saw what at first glance
appeared to be a portent of pure evil:  a Rhino "swing dancing" CD, with
"music" by Patti Austin, Buster Poindexter, Joe Jackson, you get the
picture...d-red-full... but why should I care, one way or the other?
What if Linda Ronstadt's _What's New?_ or Sinead O'Connor's _Am I Not
Your Girl?_ led people to Tin Pan Alley vocalists and standards and
genius arrangers like Nelson Riddle or Torrie Zito or...
Baxter/Esquivel/Mancini....?  Is that bad?

And when I espied the copyright date - 1997 (i.e. circa 1996 someone at
Rhino was working on this), I realized this has all been a tempest in a
teapot - who cares if those faux swingers get their music reissued,
their scene profiled, their style "co-opted" (just like "us")...? We
know this is all already old news, and I, for one, am getting tired of
people getting all holier-than-thou about how "naive" or "soulless" or
"not-really-into-it-for-the-music" they believe this scene or that sound
is.

Sorry, part of my interest in exotica always has and always will be tied
to my belief in musical eclecticism, not snobbism or cliquism. I love
seeing that Gap swing ad, just like I crank the volume for the Sprite
faux-SoulBossa ad...

From BossaNovaVille,
Keir

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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 04:48:49
From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Good Beat and You Can Dance to It

[The subject line is a bit of nostalgia for those who can remember the
record rating feature on "American Bandstand."  About 99% of all kids who
rated records said this line or some variant of it.]

Over the years of slipping exotica/space age/oddball pop and jazz into the
mix for parties and other social gatherings, I've noticed there are a few
tunes that invariably bring out the boogie in people.  A few recent notes
mentioned Village People, but I'm thinking of the less well known and more
truly exotica stuff.  Some of the ones I've found are guaranteed to turn
'em out on the dance floor are:

"Limbo Jazz" on "Coleman Hawkins Meets Duke Ellington"
"Putti Putti" by Jay Epae from a European comp LP, "Rock-a-Hula-Bop"
"Action Line" by Dorothy Ashby from some comp CD of Chess instrumentals
"Coming Home, Baby" by Kai Winding
"Pata Pata," by Miriam Makeba
"Girl from Ipanema" on Martin Denny, "Hawaii a Go-Go"
"The Liquidator" on Dick Hyman, "The Man from O.R.G.A.N."

I'm tempted to put together a comp of nothing but killer tunes like these
that will drive listeners into a non-stop dance frenzy leading into a
higher level of consciousness and boogiosity.

Any suggestions of other tunes from the rest of you out in exotica-land?

Brad
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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:21:05 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Overflowing reissues

In a message dated 98-07-01 18:57:46 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< So what's the "Drum Island" album all about? >>

A very strange (but interesting) sounding duo from Scandinavia who do almost
eerie sounding ambient/trip hop downtempo grooves. One of their tracks is
built upon a loop of the guitar intro of Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'" from
"Midnight Cowboy" Whil the tracks  I described earlier lifts the first track
from "Astro Sounds" loops a section and builds a cool bossa nova tune
featuring Herb Alpert-style trumpet punctuations.

Their wry sense of humor carries over into their interviews where one of the
duo hid a blood tablet in his mouth and pretended to keel over dead during an
interview with Muzik magazine!

The actually have another side to them, going under the name Those Norwegians
when the record house style tracks. Even their house tracks have a wild edge
to them!

Ashley

Ashley


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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 05:38:49 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) A Good Beat and You Can Dance to It

Henry Mancini Combo: Tequila
Dick Hyman: Washington Square
Red Norvo: Evening in Azerbaijan
Hugo Montenegro: MacArthur Park
John Barry: Twisting with James


>Any suggestions of other tunes from the rest of you out in
exotica-land?

Awfully, wonderfully yours,

BW

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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:03:42 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Schifrin in my seat.

"Enter the Dragon" was not the first Martial Arts film that I saw, however,
it was certainly popular.  When I saw it, I got a free poster and comic book
at the movie house in Pearl River, NY.

The earliest one I recall was "Five Fingers of Death", in which the actors
barely moved their lips, prompting my friend Lisa to say, "They all look
like they're cold".

The vinyl (which I borrowed from a library many moons ago) most certainly
had the grunting.  I do not know about the CD.

My introduction to Schifrin was both "Mission: Impossible" (my brother's
would probably be T.H.E. Cat), however, I would also recommend, if it
exists, "The Brotherhood", one of my mother's faves.

Brian "Too busy looking good" Phillips




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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 98 09:39:03 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) montez

- --------
>From: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: montez
>Date: July 02, 1998
>
>Chris Montez, is to my opinion, Trini Lopez a few years later. Sorry if I offended anyone.
>
>Darren
>




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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:46:02 -0500
From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Swing Swan Song (Yawn)...

keir keightley wrote:

> Sorry, part of my interest in exotica always has and always will be tied
> to my belief in musical eclecticism, not snobbism or cliquism. I love
> seeing that Gap swing ad, just like I crank the volume for the Sprite
> faux-SoulBossa ad...

I just love the Sprite commercials featuring "Yablo, Master of the Ocarina"!
Honestly, I would buy that CD if it existed...

- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail])



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:18:53 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swing to the right...

In a message dated 98-06-30 08:36:00 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I doubt it...the problem with the "exotica" music is that it requires both
far
 more disciplined musicianship  >>

One of my main beefs!  We need massive numbers of todays supposed "musicians"
to actually go to school and learn how to play REAL instruments (i.e.,
something other than the guitar, bass or drums) before there can actually be
an legitimate exotica revival.  The only bands getting passed off as nuveau
exoitca are nothing more than surf bands, unfortunately.

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:20:53 -0400
From: Michael Hibarger <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tomorrow's Exotica??

Anyone care to postulate what tomorrow's exotica will be?

My guess is that Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer, Combustible
Edison and Mike Flowers will age better in a retro way than say
Boys to Men, Spice Girls or Whitney Houston...   However, if you
take that argument back in time, to the 60's...where would that
leave Dusty Springfield, Brasil '66, Pet Clark as opposed to Gene
Pitney, Dean Martin, etc.

It might be very interesting in 20 years if people are listening to
cheesey 80's production and somehow loving it...drum sounds that
we consider awful, synthesized string sections, etc.  Or worse yet,
80's metal production values...cheese metal anyone?  White Lion,
Poison?  Don't go there please...  I only mention this for the fact,
that there is some perspective after time...  Personally, and I know
there are some Mantovani and 101 Strings fans on this list...but
that stuff borders more on Muzak for me...I think its more akin
to what Whitney Houston does...at least for me...  Now Bob Crewe
Generation or Mark Wirtz Orchestra...that's stuff is groovy!

Mike.



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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:29:16 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Can't find Tiki Lites (MORE!)

>there were two
>manufacturers: One made the tiki-mug type, the other made the Easter
>island type. Both are out of business.

While you are waiting for Moai party lights to go back into production, may
I recommend a couple of strings of split-bamboo patio lights? They're
imported from the Phillipines by Lidco and are sort of trumpet-shaped.
With suitable colored bulbs I guarantee you will achieve that "Bamboo
Tamboo" feeling.

About eleven bucks as I recall. . . they are pretty crudely made, and I
ended up having to go at the bamboo with a file to get the sockets to
fit right.  But so stylish. . .

The box says:

Lidco Company
Division of SDL Seasonal Products
Bohemia NY 11716

Aloha,

 --Ross

|| Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr  <[e-mail]>
|| Ann Arbor, Michigan USA




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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 12:13:50 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Tomorrow's Exotica??

> Anyone care to postulate what tomorrow's exotica will be?
>
<snip>
> I only mention this for the fact,
> that there is some perspective after time...
Somebody said someplace I saw that everything has to go through about 10-20
years of being totally square before it can be cool again.  The list of
these things is long: Mini-Skirts, bell bottoms, tie dies, platform shoes,
disco in general, brylcreem, big hair.  Then it is back and kinda stays
there off and on, like swing has since the 70s.

Right now, 80s "poser metal" is really bogus and considered very high
cheese, give it like 5-10 years and it will be huge, guaranteed.

BTW.  I saw a red leather jacket for sale this weekend.  I am preparing for
the early 80s revival to start soon.  Anyone still have their razor blade
necklaces?  Maybe I can stick a safety pin in a 90s lip piercing...

surfing the chaos, looking for tiki stuff
Charlieman




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