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exotica-digest         Saturday, July 4 1998         Volume 02 : Number 141



In This Digest:

(exotica) Branson
(exotica) Re:  vol. 3 of "The Sound Gallery"
(exotica) soundtrack recommendations
(exotica) A&M reissues
(exotica) DJ Bongo Boy presents *Moon Base Alpha*
(exotica) Bruce -Little Dragon- Lee
Re: (exotica) soundtrack recommendations
(exotica) Longet
Re: (exotica) soundtrack recommendations
Re: (exotica) Longet
(exotica) Re: A&M
Re: (exotica) Re: A&M
(exotica) Martin Denny LPs for Sale
Re: (exotica) Tomorrow's Exotica??
(exotica) beanie babies -- flush the bastards ! ! !
Re: (exotica) still more swing
(exotica) Happy Birthday to me
Re: (exotica) Happy Birthday to me
Re: (exotica) Re: Us vs. Them -- Setzer and sick punk rockers....
(exotica) The intellectual fashion zombies
(exotica) Andy and Claudine
(exotica) Tiki Lites at the Vine Party Store
(exotica) Hawaiian fashions for the masses
Re: (exotica) A&M needs to get with it
Re: (exotica) Re: Us vs. Them -- Setzer and sick punk rockers....
Re: (exotica) Andy and Claudine
(exotica) Rolf Harris
Re: (exotica) Re: Us vs. Them -- Setzer and sick punk rockers....
(exotica) Re: "Enter the Dragon" grunting
(exotica) Re: Highly Strung/JB
(exotica) Todays scores
(exotica) Todays scores

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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:07:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: (exotica) Branson

Paul:
># maan, one of my life's goals to to get to Branson and see Andy
>perform. have one of those laserlight recent live cd's of him, and his
>voice is still  95% intact.   great song selection too, for what
>essentially has to be family fare entertainment.

When I think of Branson, I think of the Homer Simpson quote, "It's like
Vegas, if it were run by Flanders."  I live about 4 hrs from Branson,
never been there.  Maybe a trip to see Andy Williams would be worth it.

Jeff


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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:17:45 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  vol. 3 of "The Sound Gallery"

At 14:45 -0400 98/07/01, [e-mail] wrote:
>I would love to see Volume 3 of the Sound Gallery arrive

    according to the british "record collector" magazine, there won't
    ever come a third volume, at least not compiled by the guys who
    did vols 1 & 2.

        Johan


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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 09:54:07 PDT
From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) soundtrack recommendations

Can anyone describe/recommend these three soundtracks?  They're in that
price level where I can't afford to just buy them and find out that
they're horrible.

*Emmanuelle (yes, the porn flick.)
*Satans Sadists (some exploitationy-sounding thing)
*Casino Royale (I'm pretty sure I should get this one)
*Amore in 3 Dimensioni/Love in 4 Dimensions(composer Franco Mannino)
*Lord Love a Duck (??? composer Neal Hefti)
*Au Nom de Tous Les Miens (composer Maurice Jarre)

Alternately, if there are cover scans of these on anyone's sites, I'd
like to know.

Thanks a lot,

Jordana

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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 14:50:05 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A&M reissues

<With all of the recent [great] reissues coming out on labels like Verve,
Capital, Polygram, Blue Note, BMG and others, doesn't it seem like A&M are
slacking a bit? I would love to see some of Sergio Mendes, Claudine, Herb>

Hello Mark, Mom'n dem-
There's a CD re-ish called A&M 25th Anniversary Classics Volume 18/Sergio
Mendes & Brasil '66-''86 that is mixed so badly you will yearn for the old
vinyl copies and curse the whole concept CDs!!!
Still in control of my indignance,
Yours truly,
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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 20:07:59 +0000
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) DJ Bongo Boy presents *Moon Base Alpha*

This might be a bit late for those of you on the digest but...

Former Space Safari co-pilot DJ Bongo Boy ("Hi!") makes a return to
the decks tomorrow (Saturday 4th July!) night at the opening night of
a new club "Radio Babylon" here in Edinburgh (UK).

Venue:    the Shooting Gallery, 32a Broughton Street
Time:    10:30pm - 3am.

Downstairs will see clubby, dancy goings-on but upstairs will see an
ongoing radio-show format with a selection of DJs doing 30-minute
sets throughout the night.  DJ Bongo Boy will be on around 1am
presenting MOON BASE ALPHA: a thirty minute hi-fi-esta into the
far reaches of outer stereo...

See you all there!


DJ Bongo Boy

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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 15:46:27 -0400
From: "Ray Coffey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bruce -Little Dragon- Lee

 Exotica in the flesh?  You bet!

 > Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco Nov. 27, 1940.
 He was "manufactured" in the U.S., and unavoidably
 heavily influenced by his "exotic" parents Grace and Lee Hoi Chuen.

Lee Hoi was apparently a famous Chinese actor on tour with a Chinese Opera
troupe.

 > 1958 marked the year that Bruce became the cha cha champion of Hong
Kong.

 Wow.  Is this really true?  I got it 2nd hand...
 but that source has already culled the knockoff and low-quality
biographies.

 _Enter the Dragon_ is playing in Brookline, MA (Coolidge Corner) through
Tuesday 7/7.
 DJJimmyB?  You saw it last week at midnight, dincha?
 I think it's on the BIG screen now.  I hope they turn up the volume.

 Ray




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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 17:33:34 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) soundtrack recommendations

In a message dated 7/3/98 2:10:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

> *Casino Royale (I'm pretty sure I should get this one)

Get this one! It is my all time favorite comedy film soundtrack recording! You
can't go wrong.

Sorry, but I can't help with the others.

Larry


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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 15:32:02 -0700
From: Eb <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Longet

>From: <[e-mail]>
>
>?????  I just checked Footlight's site and came up with all of these for you.
>Yes, I know the Longet's are pricey, but you should be able to get started
>with Alpert and Mendes basics.  Tower records has these too, except for the
>Longet's, I suppose.
>
>LONGET, CLAUDINE BEST (A&M DIGITALLY REMASTERED) A&M 30.95
>LONGET, CLAUDINE CLAUDINE A&M 30.95
>LONGET, CLAUDINE COLOURS A&M 31.95
>LONGET, CLAUDINE LOOK OF LOVE A&M 32.95
>LONGET, CLAUDINE LOVE IS BLUE A&M 30.95

Currently, the best prices on Claudine CDs are at amazon.com, where the
above five discs run between $17.99 and $20.99. This may be a short-lived
sale, however, because I believe that Amazon's CD division is still pretty
new and looking to win over new customers.

Overall, I'd say don't pay over $25 for these discs, or you're spending
more than necessary. And the later Longet albums (originally on Barnaby)
are reissued on the Japanese Century label, but these are much harder to
find.

To see Amazon's Longet stock, try
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/artist%2Dglance/156830/m/002-6773184-225745
2

Eb

All things Claudine: http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/longet/longet.html




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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 15:40:48 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) soundtrack recommendations

>Can anyone describe/recommend these three soundtracks?  They're in that
>price level where I can't afford to just buy them and find out that
>they're horrible.

>*Emmanuelle (yes, the porn flick.)

Schmaltzy as hell.  Don't buy it!

>*Satans Sadists (some exploitationy-sounding thing)

Pretty lame 60s rock ST but great, cheesy low-budge biker flick!

>*Lord Love a Duck (??? composer Neal Hefti)

Cool pop title track by the Wild Ones.  The rest is good vintage BATMAN-/ODD
COUPLE-era Hefti rock.

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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 18:41:57 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Longet

In a message dated 7/3/98 6:32:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> LONGET, CLAUDINE CLAUDINE A&M 30.95
>  >LONGET, CLAUDINE COLOURS A&M 31.95
>  >LONGET, CLAUDINE LOOK OF LOVE A&M 32.95
>  >LONGET, CLAUDINE LOVE IS BLUE A&M 30.95

Before spending so much for these CD's you might want to try finding these on
vinyl. I have all of these on vinyl in multiple copies. I see them all the
time in the thrift stores anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar. Ofcourse, I've
had to pass several trashed copies before I found some in good condition, but
I did find them in good condition and it really didn't take very long. I've
found several of her 45's in thrift shops also.

Larry


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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 20:22:50 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: A&M

In a message dated 98-07-03 19:39:03 EDT, you write:

> I agree, I have that disc, and it actually makes the LP's sound better.
> Curse A&M!

Curse 'em all!!
I believe that the reason many CD reissues are so bad is that they're done by
some post-teenage rock engineer (the type that takes 2 hours to get the mikes
on the drums just right) whose hearing is shot, or somebody's brother-in-law.
(Interesting letter-to-editor in recentGM or Discoveries from Al Kooper
bemoaning this specific issue)
Regards
Chuck


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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 17:49:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: "paul m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: A&M

>I believe that the reason many CD reissues are so bad is that they're done by
>some post-teenage rock engineer (the type that takes 2 hours to get the mikes

whilst browing in my local cd chain store i found and bought a new factory
cassette of 'whipped cream & other delights'  (alpert/tjb)  ...

was shocked to find it in print, but was more shocked at the insanely
high level of 'hiss' off of this cassette.   it was like they duped it off a
poorly stored 20 year old 'safety' cassette master or something.


paul moshay/mighty recording corp.
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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 21:17:33 -0400
From: Kerry Byrnes <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martin Denny LPs for Sale

The following Martin Denny LPs are available at the noted condition and
price:

Forbidden Island (Liberty LST 7001 - stereo) - excellent - $15

Romantica (Liberty LRP 3207 - mono) - good - $10

A Taste of Honey (Liberty LST-7237) - good - $10

Another Taste of Honey! (Liberty LST-7277) - good - $10

Golden Greats (Liberty LST-7467) - good - $10

A Taste of India (Liberty LST-7550) - good - $10

Sayonara (Sunset SUM-1169) - excellent - $10

The Very Best of Martin Denny (United Artists UA-LA383-E) - good but
lower right corner clipped / green cover with white flower - $10

From Maui with Love QV Q/V MD-408 - excellent - $20

Also:

Percy Faith - Great Folk Themes (Columbia CS 8908 - stereo) - good to
excellent - $10

Please send inquiries by private e-mail:  [e-mail]

Payment by money order or cash, postage extra.

Thanks, Kerry


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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 22:23:15 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomorrow's Exotica??

In a message dated 98-07-02 11:27:19 EDT:

<< 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...   >>

Not to sound crast, but tell us something we don't know ! ! !


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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 23:25:36 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) beanie babies -- flush the bastards ! ! !

<< Beanie Babies are cute but unremarkable in every respect. My 3 year old son
 likes them, but I'll never pay $25.00 or more for a freaking stuffed animal
 the size of a Happy-Meal toy. >>

Shouldn't this sentence read "I'll neve pay more the $ 2.50 for a freaking
stuffed animal."

God, I hope someone else caught this.

robert


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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 98 23:34:51 -0000
From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) still more swing

 "m.ace" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Anyway, I do have the feeling that swing may be rapidly displacing
>"lounge" as
>the new non-rock trend that the media writes about and the industry pushes.
....
>So, these wishes for lounge to be "over" so we can get back to obscurity may
>have come to pass, whether we like it or not. The media might even portray
>swing as something that evolved out of lounge.

At least around here, it seems to be a direct evolution from Space Age
Bachelor Pad to Swing. The subject has been beaten to death on here that
"lounge" didn't accurately describe for the uninitated just WHAT it was
we were pillaging thrift store bins for. Most people's associations with
the term "lounge" ARE Rat Pack crooners and "hotel orchestras" -- i.e.
people seem more drawn to Rhino's COCKTAIL MIX Volume *3* than *1*.

I think the earlier assessment was that it's popularity was tied into the
fact that swing is easier to dance to (not to mention perform) was
correct, but also, I think the Rat Pack/swing evolution is more suited to
the record buying masses' palette. The masses seem more interested in
*nostalgia* and revisiting things they're familiar with, while the
Exotica List demographic is searching for the overlooked gem. (Just turn
on any "oldies" station -- there were ZILLIONS of (often cooler) songs by
the artists they play, but average people don't want to hear anything
beyond the pool of 500 Billboard hits; ME, I'd rather hear the obscure
B-sides and album cuts I haven't heard a billion times) For most people,
Martin Denny and Enoch Light, while they were chart-toppers in their day,
have become so totally marginalized and forgotten by the record buying
public, there is no nostalgia or familiarity with it. I sense the folks
looking for a fun night out with no serious interest in music liked the
dress-up/retro aspects of "lounge" events, but the music wasn't truly
retro if it wasn't part of any past they were familiar with. At least
around here, it looks like Combustible Edison warmed up the crowds to be
open to Royal Crown Revue.

However, Ohio is so backward, that the pre-swing "lounge" hasn't fully
run its course, and it's actually all sorta lumped together. The local
indie chain record store I frequent even tells me those Bar-None Esquivel
twofers are consistent sellers, but, as Cleve mentioned, they've been
selling way below the label's expectations overall.

>The real problem is that this might mean the end of "lounge" or exotica
>reissues. I can't really say for sure, it's just the impressions of a
>civilian
>consumer, but I have had the feeling this year that the reissue stream has
>been
>drying up (with the exception of folks like Scamp). If lounge ceases to be a
>viable "trend," the majors will likely close up the carnival and move on
>to the next town.

"Lounge" is gasping it's last breaths of life from what I can see. The
first sign of doom was when I discovered those RCA History of Space Age
Pop CDs were pulled out of print a while back. (aside from used or
unreturned-new stock in a store, you can only get them through BMG's CD
Club's leftover stock any more)

The majors (with the exception of Capitol) didn't seem to have too much
faith in its viability before, so it's REALLY grim now. It looks like
further reissues from major label vaults are already pretty much
impossibilities. The only thing I could see that could change all this is
if the buzz around Esquivel that jump-started this whole thing 4 years
ago gets reignited when that John Leguizamo Esquivel movie gets released
(whenever that is).

For the few folks on this list who don't already have a turntable: the
way things look, vintage vinyl is about to be your only source for
acquiring new music in the genre.


Michael David Toth
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Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 23:45:13 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Happy Birthday to me

Yes, it is my birthday in two weeks and today I treated myself to an LP that I
had a crack at for the first time since I began collecting music of the
"incredibly strange" variety.

In fact, i had my first exposure to it when i heard it on one of the CD's of
the same title.

Never had a chance at it until yesterday when a copy went up for sale at one
of the many web sites i regulary check for a number of titles.

Near mint cover and vinyl, absolutely beeeeee-yooooooo-teeeeeee-ful.

I had to sit down from the rush as I forked over the cash.  I paid more for it
than my sealed Bozo Under The Sea.  But I did not mind, because as a record
collector, I appreciate the fact that sometimes you just shut up and pay.

And now it is mine, all mine.  And I am happy.

Kali Bahlu takes the forest children on a journey of COSMIC REMEMBRANCE !!!!

thanks for letting me beat my chest and happy birthday to the rest of you moon
babies.




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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 20:25:13 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Happy Birthday to me

At 11:45 PM 7/3/98 EDT, it was written:
>today I treated myself to an LP...
>i had my first exposure to it when i heard it...
>Never had a chance at it...
>I paid more for it...
>And now it is mine...

Well, congratulations.  But what is IT?  Was it buried somewhere in your
message?

Signed... Not a good detective,

Byron

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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 01:20:34 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Us vs. Them -- Setzer and sick punk rockers....

In a message dated 98-07-01 12:29:52 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I have to agree with Jay on this one.  Styles change and so do people.  The
 list needs to lighten up on this "we were here first" mentality.  In Setzer
 situation, one niche was being eliminated so he gravatated to a different
 niche.  If anything, this says more that the Punk band (or member) that was
so
 limited in his musical abilities that his career died with the Punk craze. >>

 We are assuming that he is now doing lounge music?  No one has clarified if
he is still doing swing or is now doing lounge - would someone on this list be
kind to fill us in?  My comments were based on the premise that here is this
swing band guy and why is he using tikis on his album covers?  It is like "the
Camel Page" here in L.A. that appears in the L.A. Weekly.  Camels cigarettes
has a "Camel Page" with is all tiki/lounge styled and basically give nightclub
recommendations.  What does Camel cigarettes have to do with lounge?  Nothing.
They are just using the tikis/lounge "siginfiers" to cash in on the lounge
cache.  That is basically where I was coming from.  If Setzer has undergone a
musical conversion from swing to lounge, then the tikis are appropriate.  But
to put tikis on an album cover when the music contained therein has nothing
whatsoever to do with exotica - then one must ask, "what are the meaning of
the tikis?"  Isn't he then just using it as a marketing gimmick and it is
misleading to those who may buy the album?

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 01:20:38 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The intellectual fashion zombies

In a message dated 98-07-01 19:48:51 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< 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. >>

Robert Sloane's lounge thesis touches on this idea - i.e., that lounge (like
punk) is a subculture and when it gets co-opted by the masses, yes, it is kind
of hard on those who feel it was a private party that just got crashed.  But
as someone on the list recently said, it is bound to happen sooner or later.
But even though there's all this Hawaiian style fashions in the stores - for
the most part the masses are buying this stuff without any idea that there was
a concept (i.e., that it came from the influence of exotica/lounge) behind it.
All they know is that they should be buying Hawaiian shirts this season.  So
in a way, the party is not over because these people will walk around like
intellectual fashion zombies wearing Hawaiian shirts. How can you feel
threatened by that?  Next year they will all be wearing the next latest fad.
On another note, I am always amazed just how many men, who obviously are out
of it when it comes to fashion trends, are wearing Hawaiian shirts.  It is
just amazing that there are so many men with these fashion stand-bys in their
closet.  Its like they don't know what to wear so they drag out the Hawaiian
shirt.  It just cracks me up.

Furthermore in my other post about the surf shops???  The surf
subculture/industry  is well aware of where this Hawaiian trend is coming
from.  Both surf shops I visited had exotica displays.  Huntington Surf Shop
had carved tikis, puffer fish lamp and real vintage mugs on display and Jack's
Surfboards had a tiki bar and Bali Hai tiki mug in their window.

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 01:20:41 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Andy and Claudine

In a message dated 98-07-02 22:31:10 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< You can't swing a dead cat round' here without finding that stuff.
 Everytime I see one, I pick it up.  How could a sweet, innocent, young
 maiden like Claudine ever commit such a crime.  Maybe Claudine should
 make a comback and build a theatre in Branson next to Andy
 Williams....what am I thinking!!!  I'll shut up now.
  >>

I asked some older people who were around back then about the Claudine and
Andy Williams scandal.  From what they told me Andy was totally scandalized by
Claudine's affair and crime and slipped away quietly.  So did he just
disappear?  Was he still doing his Xmas specials, minus Claudine?  What ever
happened to either of them?

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 01:20:39 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki Lites at the Vine Party Store

In a message dated 98-07-02 11:37:33 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< 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. >>

These lights are also available at Vine Party store on Melrose in Los Angeles.

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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 01:20:36 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hawaiian fashions for the masses

In a message dated 98-07-01 19:48:51 EDT, you write:

<< 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. >>

Hey, I've been happily watching this clothing trend develop over the last 2
years.  Now as any mall shopper knows, you can buy all kinds of generic
Hawaiian shirts at the big dept.stores.  But the best stuff is actually in the
surf shops.  Labels like O'Neal, Tavarua, Redsand, Quicksilver and Local
Motion are making the killer patterns - some of these (I forget which brand)
actually look like they've been washed a million times so the buyer can look
like he is wearing a vintage Hawaiian shirt that he bought in a thrift store,
when in reality it is brand new.  Most of the brands are going for that 1970s
look or what is easily described as the "Hawaiian Punch" look - those really
bright patterns where they almost don't even resemble flowers but more like
swirls.  I got a killer orange shirt by Hawaiian Island Creations that has
very cool tiki mug drinks, martinis, even coconuts with straws hanging out on
it.

Check it out bro,

Michele


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 02:00:19 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) A&M needs to get with it

In a message dated 98-07-02 19:18:44 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<<  wouldn't hold your breath.  with the merger of Polygram and MCA (they
 call it Universal, this week :)  ....  i doubt exhaustive exploitation of
deep
 catalog titles is on much of anyone's minds there.   fyi, A&M is part of
 Polygram ...particularly when it comes to 'catalog A&R" these days.

 mostly all these people are sitting around wondering if they will have a
 job next month. >>

Also Herb Alpert is currently in a lawsuit with Polygram over apprantly
underpaid A&M royalties (more reason not to hold your breath!)

Ashley


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 08:53:49 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Us vs. Them -- Setzer and sick punk rockers....

In a message dated 98-07-04 01:20:34 EDT, Micheleflp writes:

<< But to put tikis on an album cover when the music contained therein has
nothing whatsoever to do with exotica - then one must ask, "what are the
meaning of the tikis?"  Isn't he then just using it as a marketing gimmick and
it is misleading to those who may buy the album? >>

my comment was more along the lines that if a performer (in this case Setzer)
has real talent he can chnage with the times and adapt his musical "format"
with the (dare I say it) trends.

setzer went from rockabilly (and dare i say this -- a relatively easy format)
to more difficult composure like "bib band" or "swing" or what ever you want
to call it.  because of his "talent" and diversity of such he has moved into
other areas.

robert


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 11:19:02 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Andy and Claudine

In a message dated 98-07-04 01:22:49 EDT, you write:

<< I asked some older people who were around back then about the Claudine and
 Andy Williams scandal.  From what they told me Andy was totally scandalized
by
 Claudine's affair and crime and slipped away quietly.  So did he just
 disappear?  Was he still doing his Xmas specials, minus Claudine?  What ever
 happened to either of them?
  >>

While listening to a Claudine LP last night I was channel surfing and saw Andy
Williams being interviewed in some info-special about Branson on the Family
Channel. He talked about bringing his style of music to the country fans, and
then they showed the Moon River theater. He's putting "new" songs in his act
for the younger set, like "Desperado," and there were clips from his show with
Japanese Taiko drummers and people in Kabuki masks !!!!!!! Andy wore his
trademark sweater for the interview, canary yellow this time.

Then they dragged out Bobby Vinton, the Polish Prince, who has the Blue Velvet
theater in Branson. He lip-synced "There, I've Said It Again" and sat down for
an interview by some woman and the King of Jesus-smugness Pat Robertson
(retch). I was ready to scream when the conversation took the inevitable
direction, attributing Bobby's hits to the candles he lit for a saint in St.
Patrick's Cathedral.

Both men had excellent face-lifts, and Bobby's hair was colored with Just For
Men's Reagan-Red. I love Las Vegas but Branson looked damn spooky.
And remember, Andy gave America the Osmonds.......

JB "B is for Branson" Twist


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 12:31:54 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rolf Harris

In a message dated 7/3/98 7:33:28 PM, [e-mail] writes:

<<ME, I'd rather hear the obscure
B-sides and album cuts I haven't heard a billion times)>>

That expresses exactly what happened to me this past week. I saw an album at a
junk store "I'm talking REAL junk" by Rolf Harris. I recall his big hit, "Tie
Me Kangaroo Down, Sport". The name of the album was "Sun Arise". I had
completely forgotten that that was his attempt at a follow-up hit. I'd MUCH
rather be reminded of hits or semi-hits that I may have forgotten than the
same old same old. Um....does anyone else remember "Sun Arise"?
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Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 09:31:34 -0700
From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Us vs. Them -- Setzer and sick punk rockers....

If Setzer is so good, why has no one on this list purchased the album? No
one has answered Michele's question about the meaning of the tikis on the
album over. Is it the music inside or weird marketing?


>
>In a message dated 98-07-04 01:20:34 EDT, Micheleflp writes:
>
><< But to put tikis on an album cover when the music contained therein has
>nothing whatsoever to do with exotica - then one must ask, "what are the
>meaning of the tikis?"  Isn't he then just using it as a marketing gimmick
and
>it is misleading to those who may buy the album? >>
>
>my comment was more along the lines that if a performer (in this case Setzer)
>has real talent he can chnage with the times and adapt his musical "format"
>with the (dare I say it) trends.
>
>setzer went from rockabilly (and dare i say this -- a relatively easy format)
>to more difficult composure like "bib band" or "swing" or what ever you want
>to call it.  because of his "talent" and diversity of such he has moved into
>other areas.


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:24:59 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: "Enter the Dragon" grunting

my (Japanese) CD copy of "Enter the Dragon" doesn't have grunting, booohooo ;-(

        Johan


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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:30:53 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Highly Strung/JB

LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]> wanted the year and songwriter, of:

>A) Highly Strung (Sequel 1013-2)
>1. The Ravens - Ghoul Friend  ### 1961, turvey-payne
>2.  Ahab and the Wailers - Neb's Tune ### 1963, geller-steele
>
>B) Meet James Bond (Sounds Orchestral) (Sequel 1011-2)
>1.  Sounds Orchestral - Kissy Suzuki ### denis farnon (no rec year mentioned)
>2.  Sounds Orchestral - Moonshot ### john pearson (no rec year mentioned)

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Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 19:18:59 +0200
From: Sevo Stille <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Todays scores

Some more obscure records among todays scores:

Beat 69 by "John Deen and the Trakk", Europa E351. This one is a
discovery. Quite good psychedelic stuff - according to the liner notes,
produced in Hamburg, Germany (not that I'd trust Europa liner notes - it
may well be something licensed from elsewhere). Europa/Miller
International is better known for nearly monopolizing on German
childrens records throughout most of the 70's and releasing exotica
exploitation and sometimes incredibly strange cover version samplers
(often Damil/Alshire/Somerset stuff).

Beating the Beat by the "Pop Spots", Weltmelodie 025. Cover version
psych, but far from being up to the above. The versions of See, See
Rider and John Browns Body are among the worst I've ever heard.

Pop Corn, MFP STEREO 5660. Mid seventies moog record. Starts out with a
particularily insane version of Popcorn credited to Talmadge, Jordan,
Jerome. Other tracks: Beautiful Sunday, Coconut, Sweetly And Slowly,
Taka Takata, Cheval, Son Of My Father, Listening to Mozart, Song Sung
Blue, Chorus and What's Your Name. No artist mentioned - might be a
mixed no-original-artists sampler, but going by the credits of most
"original" compositions on the record it probably was done by Dan
Lacksmann of Flamenco Moog fame. Song Sung Blue sounds absolutely like
Sir Christopher Scott, while some other tracks are closer to
Perrey/Kingsley.

Solid Gold 20 great chart hits by Sound Sensation Vol. 3. Another one to
my ever-growing collection of cover version samplers. Not outstanding,
mainly worth mention because it contains the first Kraftwerk (the Model)
cover I've ever come across on a low-budget sampler.

Top of the pops Vol 79, by "The Top of the Poppers", Hallmark SHM3034.
Overall rather mediocre cover version sampler - by the early eighties
the Top of the Poppers appearantly had finally picked up some musical
skills (I'd give their early stuff  a very high trash ranking). The the
Jam, UB40 and Madness covers are pretty strange, however.

Sevo

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Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 11:22:05 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Todays scores

Hi all

Joe E. Ross -"Love songs from a cop" Roulette SR 25281
Joe played officer Toody in "Car 54, where are you", a tv-serie probably
not shown around here.
Recognize this record from either a website or a book. Glad to find it
in Sweden, but it was not as "bad" as i had imagined. Fun anyway. I like
the title. NM condition

Andrew Rudin -"Tragoedia" Nonesuch H-71198
A composition in four movements for electronic music synthesizer made in
67-68 on instruments designed by Bob Moog. Needs several more listenings
but seems like a nice record. NM condition

Hey, there are gems in RΣttvik, Dalarna, Sweden too!

Vinyl is sexy
Magnus



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