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exotica-digest       Wednesday, August 12 1998       Volume 02 : Number 187



In This Digest:

Re:(exotica) Serge Gainsbourg - Casino de Paris]
(exotica) Question List
Re:  (exotica) Weekend scores
Re: (exotica) Free Design
Re: (exotica) Re: Serge Gainsbourg
Re: (exotica) Weekend scores
(exotica) Hawaiian Latin
(exotica) Les Baxter insight sought
Re: (exotica) Les Baxter insight sought
Re: (exotica) Les Baxter insight sought
(exotica) Space Age Garage sale!!
(exotica) Tito Puente
(exotica) Re: Les Baxter insight sought
(exotica) New Schifrin disc
Re: (exotica) Space Age Garage sale!!
(exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!
Re: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!
Re: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!
Re: (exotica) Tito Puente
(exotica) Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Re: (exotica) New Schifrin disc
RE: (exotica) New Schifrin disc
RE: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!
Re: (exotica) Tito Puente
(exotica) Boulevard of Broken Dreams
(exotica) Louie Prima (SP?)
(exotica) Angelo Zuccotti obit
Re: (exotica) Louie Prima (SP?)

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:04:01 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:(exotica) Serge Gainsbourg - Casino de Paris]

Now I know that Jacques is roughly James, and isn't "Zizi" the frenched
John-Thomas? Nifty title in any event:

Petit ZIZI JE T'AIME


 - Zizi
>> Jeanmaire (chansons de Serge Gainsbourg).
>>
>> With 10 Gainsbourg tracks - all written (except one) and sung by him.


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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:21:02 +0200
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Question List

Hello Exoticats,

since I assume that almost none of you understood my introduction
in Dutch a while ago (if you still have it, I recommend running it
through a German-English translation machine, that's pretty close,
and it gets much wittier than I can ever be), I too feel obliged
to submit to the procedure and get on the couch to do a little
selfexamination: Eine Kleine Kackeguckerei.

1. Are you a musician? Explain...

No, but that doesn't keep me from banging the bongo's,
occasionally, and as long as people keep a proper distance
nobody gets hurt. Also, just bought an electric horn.
Will frighten the neighbours, I hope.

2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?

I was a great fan of Schriebl & Hupperts, a Dutch accordeon
duo that used to play in my grandmothers cafe during the
annual fair. Sat on the stage most of the time humming along
with the Schneewalzer, the Cuckoo Waltz, and marches like
Alte Kameraden and Tiroler Holzacker Buab'n.

There was a jukebox with favourites like Conny Froboess
(Zwei kleine Italiener) and Freddy Quinn (La paloma),
Leni und Ludwig (Schoen ist die Jugend) and Gerhard
Wendland (Tanze mit mir in den Morgen), Chris Barber
(Ice cream) and Louis Prima (Buena Sera), many Dutch
artists like Anneke Groenloh (Soerabaja) and Ria Valk
(Rocking Billy), De Spelbrekers (Katinka) en Het Cocktail
Trio, no kidding (Batje Vier), Johnny Hoes (Och was ik
maar - O, I wish I had stayed home with mom) and Dorus,
the tramp (Twee motten-There were two mots in my old coat),
Malando's tango orchestra (Ole Guapa) and The 3 Jacksons
(accordeon trio) with rhythmic accompaniment (Auf Cuba
sind die Maedchen braun), and, of course, the queen of the
Smartlap, Liedje uit het hart gegrepen (Tear jerker, Song
from the heart), de Zangeres Zonder Naam, the Songstress
Without a Name (De bleke harmonikaman-The pale accordeonist),
the Dutch Yma Sumac ("Mexico! Meh-heh-xi-cooooohooooOOOOOOO!").
I vaguely remember The Spotnicks, and The Shadows too.

Around 1960 TV was still pretty rare in The Netherlands,
my grandmother had one prominently placed in the center,
which attracted quite a lot of folk.
It's there that I watched many an episode of Raumschiff Orion...

Anybody ever seen Coco & De Vliegende Knorrepot (The Flying
Crackpot, something between a coffee grinder and a boar, my first
flying pig, way before the days of Miss Piggy's transgressions
into space. BTW Kermit was my first flying frog)?

3. This list could help you more by...

More?
By including everything that doesn't strictly fall under the
UN Prevention of Terror Charter. I wonder whether this applies
to the latest Ringo Starr album.
Anyone?


4. Other exotica/things you collect


None, actually. I still have a few things from the cafe,
all stuff from the 50's and the early 60's, things like
ashtrays, drinking boots, cocktail glasses, coasters,
but it's getting less, the two most impressive ashtrays
have gone to pieces already (happened before I quit smoking).


5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like


Phew...., let me pick out a couple names at random and in no
particular order apart from gender: Joni Mitchell, Chaka Kahn,
Bonny Raitt, Patty Smith, Anne Clark, Heather Small, Fay Lovsky,
Marianne Faithful, Laurie Anderson, PJ Harvey, Asha Bosle,
Oum Kalsoum, Marie Keyrouz (yes, I'm very fond of the female
voice, and not only the voice, I hastily admit), Miles Davis,
Chet Baker, Courtney Pine, Olivier Messiaen, Steve Reich, Louis
Andriessen, Conlon Nancarrow, Captain Beefheart, Joe Meek, Randy
Newman, Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Frank Zappa.....

6. What are you just dying to tell us?

The Viagra Boys finally made it to Moscow and are doing their
Babylon gig tonight, what a pity Brezhnev's already passed away.
They could rush in Lenin's tomb any time, I suppose.

7. Initials you prefer, CD or LP?  And why do you?  Is it a sound quality
consideration?  The aesthetics of LP art?  The supposed clarity of CDs?
Tell us more!

Depends, I have a slight preference for the LP, the CD outweighs
the LP in practicality but soundwise and aesthetically I prefer
the LP. However, I listened to Zappa's "We're only in it for the
money" on CD recently, and it completely blew me away. I played
the LP a lot (and I guarantee, a lot means a lot) and I thought
I knew the album inside out, but this CD opened up a totally new
world for me. There must have been some tinkering done, I guess.

8. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe it or
other lounge-wear of which you are proud?

The only thing remotely loungy I can think of is a deeply marine
blue silk shirt, no fezzes around here whatsoever. I wear a black
pointed cap, though, whenever I go skating, I mean real skating,
on ice, in midwinter, with the temperatures way below freezing point,
what a delight...

9. Shaken or stirred?

No Martini, I remember my early vomiting days (my mother thought
she had it safely locked way in the bedroom cupboard behind her
shoe collection), Calvados, please, Grappa or Malt Whiskey, pure,
not a lot of shaking or stirring going on, rocks, yes.

10. I clean my LPs with ...

Clean?

In theory I'll go for the distilled water & baby soap option.

11. My home page URL is:
12. I have a Licence To ...

... call myself a Virgo, although I'm technically a Lobster.

See Licence at http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto/signchange.htm


13. The first record I ever bought was...

You should have known better - The Beatles

That was after the first record I got as a present:

Okeefenokee/Tellahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon

(both singles, my first album, a few years later,
was a Kinks compilation, Well Respected Kinks)

Had to bother friends and family greatly,
since I didn't have a record player yet.
The worst 18 months of my life.

Cheers, Ton


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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:22:51 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Weekend scores

If you like Carl Carlton's "Everlasting Love" try the original from 1967 by
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:40:58 +0100
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Free Design

Further to Mingo-go's post...

Jon wrote:

>My room-mate just recently lent me a CD of an early 70's group
>(I believe they're Scandinavian)

The members of the Free Design were all brothers and sisters and
were brought up in Delavan NY.  The band started when they later
shared an appartment in NYC while at music college.

>who have that Carpenters/Cowsills sound mixed with offbeat
>elements such as a song about a friend's Ouija board.

People forget that the Free Design had released most of their
albums before the Carpenters had their first hit.  They are
reckoned to be a major influence on the Carpenters.

>The artwork on the CD is rather confusing

As Jill pointed out, this is a recent compilation from Spanish label
Siesta (http://www.get.es/siesta/).  There are in fact two more
compilations due out on the same label in the next 6 months and
Varese Vintage have just issued a compilation in the US.

I've set up a special area within the Spaced Out website for the
Free Design, address below.

I'm going to be speaking to chief song-writer and co-founder Chris
Dedrick this very evening to tie up an interview we started a couple
of weeks back which will appear on the website shortly thereafter.


Robbie


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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:57:21 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Serge Gainsbourg

> I recently bought "1968" by France Gall. Very hip indeed!

>Does it have any Gainsbourg songs on it?

> Yeah, it has a couple. This and "Baby Pop" have been re-released.

For those interested, "Baby Pop" has three Gainsbourg songs on it -
"Baby Bop", "Attends ou va-t'en", and "Nous ne sommes pas des anges".
Like "1968", highly recommended if you like France Gall.

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:05:27 -0700
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend scores

Total cost for the above 16 LPs:  $9.00 and a 2 hour shopping experience.
Say what you want, I had fun.

Now THAT'S what thrifting is all about!  It's too bad folks get discouraged
if they don't score like you did the go-round.

Congratulations on a great shopping day, and by the way...
THIS is what all thrift-score list should look like! The details
given should interest even those who don't care for thrifting
lists.

Ron



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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:39:31 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hawaiian Latin

Speaking of how people organize their collections, I recently got one
LP which wreaked havoc with *my* filing system:

_A Latin from Manhattan in Hawaii_, Ernie Warren and his Orchestra (Fiesta).

Yes, this is a more-or-less Cuban rhythm/piano/flute--overlaid with
Hawaiian vocalists and a bit of steel guitar. And what does the "Little
Brown Gal" Merengue, or the "Aloha Oe" Rhumba sound like, you ask?
Well-- interesting. But maybe not quite as wild as I might have wanted.
(Also the female vocal tracks get a little too deep into Andrews sisters
territory for me. . . )

However they DO have a wonderful "Hula Cha"--which is none other than
everybody's favorite, "Hawaiian War Chant," done as a cha cha. The boys
sing the Hawiian lyrics, but somehow manage to work in "Cha Cha Cha" and
"HEE!!!" a lot.

Hey since you all probably own 37 versions of Hawaiian War Chant. . .  you
might be interested to know that it was composed by in 1936 the King of the
Hapa Haole songwriters, Johnny Noble. But he was ripping off the melody
from an earlier, slow-tempo love song called "We Two in the Spray."

Now the intersting part is that even though Noble published it with some
English lyrics, everybody kept using the old Hawaiian lyrics! I guess that
made it more "exotic" for the white audience. However these are not
at all warlike! Being in part:

  We two in the spray,
  Oh joy two together
  Embracing tightly in the coolness
  Breathing deep of _palai_ fern.

Now I don't have to draw a diagram for you here, do I? (To Hawaiians, who
live in a warm climate, coolness is considered rather erotic.)

Just another nifty factoid from that Kanahele book. . .


 --Ross

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:55:34 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les Baxter insight sought

Hi,
I just dug out the Ultralounge Leopardskin
sampler CD, and was wowed all over again
by Les Baxter's "Voodoo dreams".  It's just
so good I am contemplating buying more
of his work, and so I wonder if someone
(HRH King Kini perhaps?) could recommend
a suitable CD with more of the same sort
of material please?

I'm a little cautious, having bought some
Martin Denny CD's and while they're good,
they were not at all like "Swamp Fire", which
I rate as brilliant.  I also like the bossa nova
versions of Quiet Village a bit better than
the originals.

Hope all you folks are keeping c o o l in this
hot summer, and thanks for your help.

Hugh.



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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 11:10:19 -1000
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Funk)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter insight sought

>Hi,
>I just dug out the Ultralounge Leopardskin
>sampler CD, and was wowed all over again
>by Les Baxter's "Voodoo dreams".  It's just
>so good I am contemplating buying more
>of his work, and so I wonder if someone
>(HRH King Kini perhaps?) could recommend
>a suitable CD with more of the same sort
>of material please?


I would definitely run out and get the 2 disc "Exotic Moods of Les Baxter"
from Capitol. All great instrumental, orchestral, exotic journeys in the
same spirit as "Voodoo Dreams".  In fact, that song appears on this
collection also, I believe.  Sound quality is fantastic.

I love this set, and listen to it constantly.  I only wish they would
reissue MORE Les Baxter, rather than just this compilation. But seeing as
that may never happen, this set is the next best thing.

Funk's Score: 10/10

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:13:57 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter insight sought

In a message dated 98-08-11 15:02:17 EDT, Hugh Wrote:

<< Hi,
 I just dug out the Ultralounge Leopardskin
 sampler CD, and was wowed all over again
 by Les Baxter's "Voodoo dreams".  It's just
 so good I am contemplating buying more
 of his work, and so I wonder if someone
 (HRH King Kini perhaps?) could recommend
 a suitable CD with more of the same sort
 of material please?

 I'm a little cautious, having bought some
 Martin Denny CD's and while they're good,
 they were not at all like "Swamp Fire", which
 I rate as brilliant.  I also like the bossa nova
 versions of Quiet Village a bit better than
 the originals.

 Hope all you folks are keeping c o o l in this
 hot summer, and thanks for your help.

 Hugh.
  >>

The Exotic Sounds of Les Baxter, a 2 CD set by Ultralounge is good, but the
Voodoo Dreams is such a good tune you may still be disappointed.

On the other hand the UltraLounge 2 CD set The Exotic Moods of Martin Denny is
excellent.  A rare version of Black Orchid on that set is spectacular.  If you
are more of a purist, the Scamp re-releases of the early Denny albums are
excellent but many not give the begineer the "sampling" they desire.  I
equally enjoy both the 2 CD UL set and the Scamp re-issues, but bought the UL
first (I hate to admit it but the graphics and packaging wowed me -- sorry
Ashley).  After that I did add most of the Scamp re-issures.

I found a Denny CD on the "Pair" label called "A Bachelor in Paridise" that
has some good "samples" of the various Denny offerings that was cheap and good
at the same time.  I would recommend this to those out there who want to take
a CD along in the car, to the beach, etc, but don't want to ruin one of their
"good" CD's (now don't get into a debate on what is a good CD!!!)

As most of the list members know, Denny used the bird calls, animal noises,
etc., to a much fuller extent that Baxter.  This is why I prefer Denny more
(of course the converse can be said for Baxter so you Baxter fans keep your
flames to yourselves).

Good luck Hugh and what ever you do let the list know your opinions.

Robert


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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:49:17 -0400
From: "Jeff Chenault" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Space Age Garage sale!!

Hello fellow collector's of cool vinyl.  It's that time again.  Time for me
to unload a bunch of records.  E-mail me for this incredible list of the
Good Stuff all priced to sell............ CHEAP!!  Most of the records are
priced between $3-$5 with rarer key issues going for a little more.
Be quick these will not last long.

Jeff Chenault





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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:08:29 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Tito Puente

What's the story on Tito?

I'd always kinda overlooked him because I'd assumed him to be a bit too
legit for my tastes, as I like my mambo with a pretty big slice of cheese.
(I bought this really excellent Afro-Cuban jazz 2-disc set awhile back -- I
think it's terrrriff, but I never really *want* to listen to it.)

But, I've been listening recently to an (astoundingly) excellent vinyl
compilation of Cugat and Abbe Lane.  On Ms. Lane's tracks, the backup is
Tito Puente e la sua Orchestra, from the late 50s, I'd guess.  The tunes
are hot, and Puente's band sounds ... well .... really exotic.  Heavy
tremelo vibraharp & lotsa cool atmospherics.

I don't really recall seeing much of him on old vinyl; is he worth checking
out further & are there any particular CDs I should look for?

BTW:  His Simpsons stint already wins him bonus points in my book!






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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:23:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Les Baxter insight sought

i agree with the others Hugh,

go buy Capitol's "Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" 2CD set.  it is a wonderful
primer to les' exotic stuff.  also has some previously unreleased tracks,
so when that day arrives when you own all of Les' vinyl, these CDs will
still be a valuable part of your collection.  right?

JUST GO BUY IT, OR WE WILL BOIL YOU ALIVE IN A CAULDRON WHILE DANCING ABOUT
TO "KINKAJOU"!

 - kini j. kingles





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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:40:48 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Schifrin disc

With all the recent talk of Lalo Schifrin (and in particular, his work on the
"Dirty Harry" series), I thought it would be of interest to many here that
Hip-O Records released today a budget-priced comp called "Reel Lalo Schifrin."

Track listing is as follows:
 01. Coney Island (from "The Sting II")
 02. Main Title From Cool Hand Luke
 03. Apple Turnover (from "Rollercoaster")
 04. Mannix (from "Mannix")
 05. Nunzio In Love (from "Nunzio")
 06. Mission: Impossible
 07. Melba (from "The Cincinnati Kid")
 08. Roulette Rhumba (from "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.")
 09. All For The Love Of Sunshine (from "Kelly's Heroes")
10. Joint, The (from "Once A Thief")
11. Chase To The Convent (from "The Four Musketeers")
12. Ellen's Image (from "The Fox")
13. Dirty Harry's Creed
14. End Credits (March) (from "The Eagle Has Landed")
15. Hotel Nacionale (from "Voyage Of The Damned")



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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:11:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: BROGDON <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Space Age Garage sale!!

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Jeff Chenault wrote:

>
> Hello fellow collector's of cool vinyl.  It's that time again.  Time for me
> to unload a bunch of records.  E-mail me for this incredible list of the
> Good Stuff all priced to sell............ CHEAP!!  Most of the records are
> priced between $3-$5 with rarer key issues going for a little more.
> Be quick these will not last long.
>
> Jeff Chenault


Jeff,

Okay, please send me the list!  Thanks!

Darrell





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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 98 23:09:27 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!

Just received the soundtracks (2 CDs) for the upcoming movie _54_, set
during the glory days of Studio 54. They've got the usual disco stuff,
some not-so-usual disco stuff, as well as "Cherchez la Femme" by Dr.
Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. (Mistakenly credited as Buzzard's
Original Savannah Band on the sleeve.) It's pretty famous I guess, but I
hadn't heard it in a while and I was reminded of just how great it
is--can't beat that mix of 1940s big band pastiche, rumba, and disco.

I actually have all 3 DBOSB albums on vinyl stashed somewhere and I was
wondering if they've come out on CD. Whatever happened to August Darnell
anyway? Is he still making music? (I saw Kid Creole & the Coconuts 5 or 6
times in their early 80s heydays and they put on one of the most
outrageous live shows I've ever seen. They embodied everything that's
right and beautiful about exotica to me.)

Elisabeth


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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:13:02 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!

At 11:09 PM -0400 8/11/98, Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote:

>Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band............
>how great it is--can't beat that mix of 1940s big band pastiche, rumba,
>and disco.
>.......... Whatever happened to August Darnell
>anyway? Is he still making music? (I saw Kid Creole & the Coconuts 5 or 6
>times in their early 80s heydays and they put on one of the most
>outrageous live shows I've ever seen. They embodied everything that's
>right and beautiful about exotica to me.)

I have to agree with Elisabeth about August Darnell....Dr Buzzard, Kid
Creole and the various offshoots were all amazing, and exotic. Back in the
late 70's they called that style "Nouveau Disceau" on the radio here in
Boston. The original 12" version of "There But For The Grace Of God Go I"
by Machine fetches a hefty price on the vinyl market these days, although
it's more straight disco than the Buzzard version. Darnell and company did
a lot of great things on the Ze label in the late 70's/early 80's, an
incredible label which gets little respect these days but is overdue for
rediscovery. Look for Coati Mundi's fab "Me No Popeye" 12" for an
exotic-latin-disco grooveathon, as well as Don Armando's Second Avenue
Rhumba Band, and the banned 12" of Cristina doing "Is That All There Is?",
produced by Darnell. Last time I ran across Kid Creole they were on the
club circuit in Europe a few years ago. I haven't run across any of their
stuff on CD, but then again I haven't looked since I have the vinyl.

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 04:41:29 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!

>I actually have all 3 DBOSB albums on vinyl stashed somewhere and I was
>wondering if they've come out on CD. Whatever happened to August Darnell
>anyway? Is he still making music?

I live in the UK, where I think Darnell is from - they certainly had tons of
their hits over here anyway. I haven't heard two words about him in years. I
bet he's involved in something somewhere.

I, too, love the Dr. Buzzard LPs, but which three LPs are there? I've only
ever seen two. They are really lush, and have always seemed a little
other-worldly to me. The vocals always seem a little off (not out of tune,
just "off" in their own direction). I wish I could find other music that
sounded like it...

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 04:49:15 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tito Puente

>I don't really recall seeing much of him on old vinyl; is he worth
checking
>out further


Yes. Especially if you enjoy percussion records. I do not know about
compact discs releases, but keep an eye out for "Tambo!", with its lurid
cover featuring Tito pounding away on tom-toms as a masked witchdoctor
dances in the background. The tracks are all "exotically" titled: Dance
of the Headhunters, Rite of Tambo, etc. Lots of brass, upfront
percussion, scant cheese (saving the cover, which is extra-sharp).


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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:23:36 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Being without turntable for the last few weeks, I have been reaquainting
myself with a neglected arrangemnt of cds. Last night I rekindled my
infatuation with a disc I had picked up in in the early 90's, "It's the
Talk of the Town (and Other Sad Songs)" by Gert-Jan Blom and the Broken
Dream Orchestra(billed on the cover as)Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Idiot
Records, 1985). It a collection of noirish American songs from the 30's
and 40's, described in the liner notes as "a collection of memorable
musical poems about the black side of the human condition." A mix of
vocals and instrumentals, these arrangements do effect a sense of
brooding emptiness, dim rooms and rain-slick streets, lond dull days (a
sort of tonal Hopper canvas):

1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2. Hummin' to Myself
3. Detour Ahead
4. In Other Words We're Through
5. Clouds
6. I Cover the Waterfront
7. I Get Along without You Very Well
8. A Cottage for Sale
9. It's the Talk of the Town
10.Chloe
11.You Broke the only Heart that ever Loved You
12.Travelin' Light

The package is designed as a cheap pulp novel of the pre-war era,
drunken unemployed men loitering on street corners, a few of whom are
turned toward a manifestly buxom woman entering a shabby redbrick
dwelling with an armload of groceries who seems not only aware of, but
to invite their famished leers (in the general malaise, how does she
seem so healthy, so well fed? How did she manage to afford that bursting
bag of food? <insert Jerry Lee Lewis tomcat purr>)
Anyone in Amsterdam (or elsewhere) know if this band has any other
releases on the market or if they still perform?

- - mynheer waugh

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:27:11 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Schifrin disc

In a message dated 98-08-11 20:04:05 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< With all the recent talk of Lalo Schifrin (and in particular, his work on
the
 "Dirty Harry" series), I thought it would be of interest to many here that
 Hip-O Records released today a budget-priced comp called "Reel Lalo
Schifrin."

 Track listing is as follows:
  01. Coney Island (from "The Sting II")
  02. Main Title From Cool Hand Luke
  03. Apple Turnover (from "Rollercoaster")
  04. Mannix (from "Mannix")
  05. Nunzio In Love (from "Nunzio")
  06. Mission: Impossible
  07. Melba (from "The Cincinnati Kid")
  08. Roulette Rhumba (from "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.")
  09. All For The Love Of Sunshine (from "Kelly's Heroes")
 10. Joint, The (from "Once A Thief")
 11. Chase To The Convent (from "The Four Musketeers")
 12. Ellen's Image (from "The Fox")
 13. Dirty Harry's Creed
 14. End Credits (March) (from "The Eagle Has Landed")
 15. Hotel Nacionale (from "Voyage Of The Damned") >>


Looks like another compilation whose track, listing must havce been done in an
unlight room!


Ashley


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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:42:21 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) New Schifrin disc

What?  Nothing from Bullitt?  I'll probably buy it anyway.

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman


> With all the recent talk of Lalo Schifrin (and in particular, his work on
> the
> "Dirty Harry" series), I thought it would be of interest to many here that
> Hip-O Records released today a budget-priced comp called "Reel Lalo
> Schifrin."
>
> Track listing is as follows:
>  01. Coney Island (from "The Sting II")
>  02. Main Title From Cool Hand Luke
>  03. Apple Turnover (from "Rollercoaster")
>  04. Mannix (from "Mannix")
>  05. Nunzio In Love (from "Nunzio")
>  06. Mission: Impossible
>  07. Melba (from "The Cincinnati Kid")
>  08. Roulette Rhumba (from "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.")
>  09. All For The Love Of Sunshine (from "Kelly's Heroes")
> 10. Joint, The (from "Once A Thief")
> 11. Chase To The Convent (from "The Four Musketeers")
> 12. Ellen's Image (from "The Fox")
> 13. Dirty Harry's Creed
> 14. End Credits (March) (from "The Eagle Has Landed")
> 15. Hotel Nacionale (from "Voyage Of The Damned")
>


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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:47:35 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!

> Whatever happened to August Darnell
> anyway? Is he still making music? (I saw Kid Creole & the Coconuts 5 or 6
> times in their early 80s heydays and they put on one of the most
> outrageous live shows I've ever seen. They embodied everything that's
> right and beautiful about exotica to me.)
>
I think Kid C. is still happening.  I recall hearing about a show of theirs
*quite* recently, I think.  I saw them open for the B-52's in 1981.  WOAH!
To start the show, the backup women singers did a Egyptian
saunter/strut/dance/walk onto the stage, all three of them in leopard skin
bikinis. Followed by the Kid in full zoot suit regalia, including big hat
and spinning his chain.  That's exotica-tainmnet!

surfing the chaos,
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:18:11 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tito Puente

Well, I am certainly going to look for "Tambo!", although I would also
recommend "Dance Mania", every track a winner and it's in Living Stereo.

Is Orthophonic sound good for the feet,
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:39:14 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Boulevard of Broken Dreams

At 05:23 AM 8/12/98 PDT, you wrote:
>
>
>Being without turntable for the last few weeks, I have been reaquainting
>myself with a neglected arrangemnt of cds. Last night I rekindled my
>infatuation with a disc I had picked up in in the early 90's, "It's the
>Talk of the Town (and Other Sad Songs)" by Gert-Jan Blom and the Broken
>Dream Orchestra(billed on the cover as)Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Idiot
>Records, 1985).
>Anyone in Amsterdam (or elsewhere) know if this band has any other
>releases on the market or if they still perform?

You can get all your G-J Blom et. al. news at the Basta record site:
<http://max.eastsite.nl/BASTA?>

- -Lou
(Thumbs up from me as well for Talk Of The Town. You need this and all other
Basta releases -- you do.)




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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:52:03 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Louie Prima (SP?)

Excuse the mis-spelling....anyway....

Saw one of his LP's at the Salvation Army Saturday (of course, it was =
scratched to hell....) but was just wondering if it was any good or not.

The cover was a great "right outta the 50's, studio mock-up" color =
photograph featuring a wooded area, a moose, and Louie is a hunting =
outfit.

Been seeing the soundtrack to "A Man and A Woman" a lot recently - this =
any good?

- - Nate



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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:48:04 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Angelo Zuccotti obit

    COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Angelo Zuccotti, a maitre d'hotel who perfected
the art of seating New York society at one of the city's most prestigious
supper clubs, died Sunday. He was 89.
    Zuccotti, who operated a bed and breakfast in upstate New York for the last
eight years, began working at El Morocco in the 1930s when it was opened as
a speakeasy and continued working there until 1969, returning briefly a few
years ago when the restaurant reopened.
    Through the years, he escorted Hollywood stars, European royalty and
Manhattan socialites to their tables, including Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Bing
Crosby, Cary Grant and Maurice Chevalier.
    He told New York magazine in a 1969 article that he regarded the room as an
empty canvas. ``I am the artist and the people are my oils,'' he said.




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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:36:32 -0400
From: Chris Cook <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Louie Prima (SP?)

>Saw one of his LP's at the Salvation Army Saturday (of course, it was
>scratched >to hell....) but was just wondering if it was any good or not.
>The cover was a great "right outta the 50's, studio mock-up" color
>photograph >featuring a wooded area, a moose, and Louie is a hunting
>outfit.

Wow, whatta coincidence!  I just picked this up on Friday for a buck
myself.  The only Prima vinyl I've ever seen, curiously enuf, 'cept for
compilations.

I gave it a quick sampling listen when I got it home and think it's really
hot, especially if you're into him & Sam Butera & friends.  I really dig
listening to Prima, though I find, like eating eating a Cinnabon, you can
do it once every six months and feel like that's plenty enough.  (Also been
listening this morning to Keely Smith sings the Lennon & McCartney Songbook
... more on that later, if you're good ...)

>Been seeing the soundtrack to "A Man and A Woman" a lot recently - this
>any >good?

Wow, whatta nutter coincidence!  I would consider this soundtrack to be
pretty damn essential (imho), even though a lot of it is fairly tepid.  The
only thing is, I really have never found a copy of this on vinyl that's not
beat to hell.  And I've tried.  I found a pretty clean LP of "Live for
Live," another Lai soundtrack, and wanted to make a tape with "A Man and a
Woman" on the other side.  So, I must have about 8 copies of this record,
all crap.  (I've sorta memorized the distinctive color of the cover & jump
right to it in thrift stores!)

Anyway, the bottom line is, as I learned from the archives here, it's out
on CD *with* the very cool "Live for Life," and it sounds pretty damn
great.  I just got it Saturday (at an HMV, so it shouldn't be too tough to
find).  If digital is cool for you, then I'd say go for that.

- --chris cook




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