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exotica-digest        Thursday, August 13 1998        Volume 02 : Number 189



In This Digest:

(exotica) Ukulele "hits"...
Re: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!
(exotica) New Schifrin disc
(exotica) Boulevard of Broken dreams
(exotica) Boulevard of Broken Dreams
(exotica) Re: Fay and Deke
RE: (exotica) Easy Project
Re: (exotica) Weekend scores
Re: (exotica) Weekend scores
(exotica) Easy Project
RE: (exotica) Weekend scores
(exotica) Re : Boulevard of Broken Dreams
RE: (exotica) Flashbacks
(exotica) Benny Waters obit
Re: (exotica) Secret life of Plants (was Fay McKay)
(exotica) Lucia Pamela CD
(exotica) Lucia Pamela CD
(exotica) Do it again (this time, slower)
(exotica) Mortician Lou????
Re: (exotica) Lucia Pamela CD
(exotica) I know this one!
(exotica) Re: Secret life of Plants (and FAQ suggestion)
Re: (exotica) Flashbacks
RE: (exotica) Flashbacks
(exotica) Zou Zou
Re: (exotica) I know this one! was Do It again
(exotica) Hawaiian birthday boy
(exotica) Robert C. Brooks, OD ibid.
Re: (exotica) Lucia Pamela CD out of print??
(exotica) Re: Puente, Cugat, Abbe Lane
(exotica) Astor Piazzolla
(exotica) Re: Puente, Cugat, Abbe Lane
(exotica) scanning an album cover
Re: (exotica) scanning an album cover
Re: (exotica) scanning an album cover

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:54:21 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Jim Dunfrund)
Subject: (exotica) Ukulele "hits"...

Those into a summertime "tropical mood" would be well advised to check
out the just released, "Legends of Ukulele", on Rhino Records.  It's got
a wide variety of tunes guaranteed to liven up your "little grass shack"!


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 98 00:01:35 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) It's DOCTOR Buzzard to you!

>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
An underrated disco classic! If you're not a vinyl purist, it's on =
the _Kiss Me Guido_ (one of the worst movies I've ever seen) =
soundtrack. It should be easily available in your nearest bargain =
bin.

>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
Ze was fab and way ahead of its time, co-founded by Frenchman Michael =
Zilka I believe. A good introduction is _Zetrospective_ (Ze/Island, =
1989,) a collection on 2 CDs: "Hope Springs Eternal" and "Dancing in =
the Face of Adversity", the latter of which features Coati Mundi's =
"Me No Pop I" and Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band's "Deputy =
of Love". Coati Mundi actually performs semi-regularly at Tramps in =
New York, but I've never seen him.

I used to be so obsessed by August Darnell's various projects=8Band =
he was involved in many=8Bthat I even bought the Coconuts' "solo" =
album! I only have Cristina's stuff on tape (her version of "Drive My =
Car" is fab) and would love to get it on vinyl or CD. Yes, that's a =
hint.

Dr. Buzzard's 3 LPs were their self-titled debut (1976), _Dr. =
Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Pennet_ (1978) and _James =
Monroe H.S. Presents Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes to =
Washington_ (1979). The SPIN guide also mentions _Calling All =
Beatniks_ (1986) which smells like a compilation.

Elisabeth


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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:33:52 +0000
From: the curator <[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."

Are these original recordings? What do *you* think of the disc? Many of us
would like to know.

friendly

Sem Sinatra




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:45:34 +0200
From: Marco 'Kallie' Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Boulevard of Broken dreams

Br. Cleve wrote:

> Gert-Jan Blom
> continued on with The Beau Hunks and assorted tributes to Raymond Scott=
,
> Dennis Farnon, and Andre Popp. He's currently readying the Harry Revel
> theremin records and Raymond Scott's electronic music for imminent rele=
ase.

Don't forget the great tribute to the music of French composer/arranger
Roger Roger (also available on Basta). A must for anyone who likes the
music of Andr=E9 Popp.

Marco K.


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:46:05 +0200
From: Marco 'Kallie' Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Ben Waugh wrote:
> =

> The package is designed as a cheap pulp novel of the pre-war era

This great design was made by Piet Schreuders, a "connaiseur" of pulp
novels. He wrote a great book about the subject: "Paperbacks USA". =

Piet also has his own 15 minute (!) radio-show on Dutch VPRO-radio. He
plays lots of great music that anyone on this list would like to hear:
Raymond Scott, Leroy Shield, Andr=E9 Popp, lots of cartoon-soundtracks an=
d
music from 'production music libraries', etc. =

A must for all Dutch/Belgian/German people on this list. (The radio-show
will start again in September, but maybe it wil move from
tuesday-afternoon to the evening hours)

Marco K.


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:19:03 +0200
From: "Andrea Rota" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Fay and Deke

> * Deke Dickerson:
> I heard a cool tune on the radio the other day called "Swingin'
> Sounds in Outer Space"; it sounded surfy with spacey noises.
> The DJ said that it is on something like the Echophonics label (?).
> Who is this dude? My preliminary research shows that a Deke
> Dickerson is listed in the All Music Guide, but without any
> biolgraphical info. It looks like he's an older man, but I
> think that the "Swingin'..." tune is new.... Again, does anyone
> know what I am talking about?
>
> - --Kirsten
> [e-mail]

Hi Kirsten, Deke Dickerson is a former member of the Untamed Youth (great
surf r'n'r band). At this moment he started his new band Deke Dickerson &
the Ecco-Fonics. He's only 30 maybe 29.
I never listen to his new band but the record is for sure on his label:
Ecco-Fonics Records. I recommend everyone, who like surfy tunes, every
recordings from The Untamed Youth.

If you need more info check out those sites:
The Untamed Youth:
Http://www.juvalamu.com/youth/
Deke Dickerson & his Ecco-Fonics:
Http://sleepy.loomisgroup.com/ecco-fonic/ecco-fonic.html

Andrea.
Hey Gionni, I'm not lurkin' anymore.


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:13:45 -0600
From: "Mark B. Conklin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Easy Project

>Are the Easy Project and Easy Project II out of print?

According to the all music guide (http://www.allmusic.com), yes they are.
But, I haven't seen them around in awhile.

>What label where they on?

Sequel, CAS or Sere depending on where you find them.

>I've really started to enjoy the Sound Gallery's and
>Music for TV Dinners: 60s and was thinking these might
>be along the same lines.

IMO, neither volume is as good as the Sound Gallery's, Sound Spectrum or
the Music for TV Dinners compilations (although the MFTVD 50s one reminds
me of 20 renditions of the Leave It To Beaver theme sometimes), but both
have their moments. They work better for me in a five CD changer, set to
all discs random, with some other CDs in the mix.

>Anyone know where I could pick some up over the web?

I think Music Blvd. and CD Now have the German imports (which wouldn't be
too bad if you can find one of the $10 off coupons that both companies
advertise here and there).

MC

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:13:51 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend scores

In a message dated 98-08-11 11:32:36 EDT, you write:

<< Living Strings play Henry Mancini
     Only marginally entertaining string based arrangements that lack the
 "schmaltz" Mancini deserves....>

Keep an eye peeled for the LIVING BRASS PLAYS A HENRY MANCINI TRIBUTE, which
will is quite good.  Includes a vocal of Peter Gunn, arranged and conducted by
Ray Martin.

<<The Lonely Bull -- Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
     I don't care what you say, this is a classic... >>

You bet it is!  When I was 12 back in 1968, I would play this record over 'n
over again on my German stereo console that was covered with peace symbols,
flowers and my collection of other (bubble gum?) stickers that spoofed popular
products such as Crust instead of Crest.

Also receiving ALOT of play on that old turntable:

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly OST
The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers (Stella's Got A Brand New Dress)
Roger Miller's Greatest Hits (You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd)
a Sammy Davis Jr. 45 of "Hey There"
45 of The Animals' "Sky Pilot"








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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:29:41 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend scores

 collection of other (bubble gum?) stickers that spoofed popular
>products such as Crust instead of Crest.

Ah yes! "Wacky Packages." My favorites included Commie Cleanser, Hipton
Tea Bags and Cap'n Crud Cereal. There were also those nifty Hot-rod
driving Ratfink stickers.

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:04:31 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Easy Project

At 08:13 AM 8/13/98 -0600, Mark B. wrote:
>
>>Are the Easy Project and Easy Project II out of print?

Here are three sites that help organize an on-line music purchase search:

Best Big On-Line
<http://home1.gte.net/mcorphan/musicstore.html>

Bottom Dollar
<http://www.bottomdollar.com/music.html>

Bargain Finder
<http://bf.cstar.ac.com/bf/>

These sites shouold help you search many on-line stores for availability and
let you comparison shop for best prices.

- -Lou




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:52:25 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Weekend scores

>  stickers that spoofed popular
> products such as Crust instead of Crest.
>
>
Holy flashback, they were called Wacky Packages!

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 01:06:54 +0200
From: "Basta Audio Visuals" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re : Boulevard of Broken Dreams

The complete Boulevard of Broken Dreams is available from www.basta.nl . Two
other titles are

- - Dancin` with tears in my eyes
- - Lonely Avenue

Gert Jan Blom is also working at Basta as A&R and producer. He is currently
working on:

- - Manhattan Research ( a new Raymond Scott double cd )
- - Perfume set to Music
- - Music out of the Moon
- - Piece of Mind
- - The Unexpected by the Secret Seven ( Raymond Scott, Toots Tielemans )
- - Scott Big Band Project by The Beau Hunks

Gert Jan was also responsible for the re-issue of Soothing Sounds for Baby
Vol. 1,2 & 3 and Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights, both by Raymond Scott.
He also brought up Andre Popps Delirium in Hifi, two Raymond Scott tributes
by The Beau Hunks.

The Beau Hunks is a documentary orchestra, which recently released an album
called * The Modern American Music of Ferde Grofe*.

The Beau Hunks, founded by Gert Jan Blom, also restored the original Laurel
& Hardy tunes ( Shield, Hatley) what brought them a little fame in the US.

Gert Jan Blom also initiated a project called *Miss Bee Spoiled*. Together
with some of the Beau Hunks and one of the best female-singers from Holland,
Beatrice van der Poel, they recorded *Lotus Blossom*. This album, released
in April, got very good critics. The album contains all 30s songs about sex
& drugs. Very jazzy, excellent musical performance & a truly great voice of
Miss Bee.
The Miss Bee act can be seen live on the 13th and 14th August 1998 on The
Parade. The Parade is in the Martin Luther Kingpark in Amsterdam

Gert Jan also played in the band of Fay Lovsky (La Bande Dessinee) for a few
years.

Hope this update informed you enough,

Kindest regards,

Jeroen van der Schaaf
Basta Audio Visuals
www.basta.nl



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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:45:42 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Flashbacks

>>  stickers that spoofed popular
>> products such as Crust instead of Crest.
>>
>>
>Holy flashback, they were called Wacky Packages!

Remember the foodstuff whips that came out right after the moon landing?
They had the consistency of fig and soy product, and I think they were
advertised as being the snack of the astronauts.  We were trying to
remember their name the other day - "Space Sticks"?

Dave


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:40:40 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Benny Waters obit

    COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) -- Benny Waters, a saxophonist, clarinetist and singer
who spent 70 years touring the world, died Tuesday. He was 96.
    Waters toured clubs and festivals around the world and was performing until
this June. He was known as a spirited performer, cracking jokes in different
languages and scatting through vocal breaks.
    Born in Brighton, Md., near Baltimore, Waters played in Charlie Miller's
band as a high school student. At the Boston Conservatory of Music, he
studied theory and arranging and gave private clarinet lessons. Among his
pupils was Harry Carney, who went on to play baritone saxophone with Duke
Ellington.
    In 1926, Waters joined Charlie Johnson's Paradise Band as a soloist and
arranger. The band, counting among its membership the likes of Jabbo Smith,
Benny Carter and Sidney De Paris, performed regularly at Small's Paradise in
Harlem and recorded until the late 1920s.
    In 1952, a tour with a Dixieland band led by trombonist Jimmie Archey took
Waters to Europe, and he stayed, living and working primarily in Paris until
1991.
    Despite an unsuccessful cataracts operation, he averaged 100 dates a year.
He was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French Ministry of Culture in 1996.
    His most recent recording was ``Birdland Birthday -- Live at 95,'' recorded
on his 95th birthday at Birdland in Manhattan.




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:56:46 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Secret life of Plants (was Fay McKay)

>I have been looking for a record I had as a child. It was a 45 of a
>a christmas song sung by Santa's Reindeer.

Can't help, but this led me to remember a song from my childhood that I
couldn't remember the name or artist of.  It was a 45, and I believe it was
a Christian group, but considering the song, it wouldn't surprise me if I
was wrong.

They sounded like an upbeat, wholesome vocal group, along the lines of Up
With People.  I believe the song was called "Do it again (just a little bit
slower)", circa late sixties - early seventies.  Chorus:

"Do it again, just a little bit slower
Do it again, just a little bit slower
I just can't stand it when it's over (over)
Oh, do it again....   just a little bit slooower....."

Anyone remember this?  I'd love to keep an eye out for it, but it'd help if
I could remember who did it!

Dave


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:03:03 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lucia Pamela CD

Does anyone know if the "Lucia Pamela - Into outer space" CD from Arf! Arf!
Records is out of print?

Dave


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:59:09 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lucia Pamela CD

At 11:03 AM 8/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Does anyone know if the "Lucia Pamela - Into outer space" CD from Arf! Arf!
>Records is out of print?

Using that Bottom Dollar comparison shopper agent (mentioned a few posts
back) turns up the following:
<http://www.bottomdollar.com/music.html>

SITE      DESCRIPTION                                            PRICE
Pentagon       Lucia Pamela: Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela  $11.99

CD Universe    Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela(1969)          $10.97

CD Connection  PAMELA*LUCIA -- INTO OUTER SPACE                  $12.47

- -Lou




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:11:49 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Do it again (this time, slower)

> "Do it again, just a little bit slower
> Do it again, just a little bit slower
> I just can't stand it when it's over (over)
> Oh, do it again....   just a little bit slooower....."

Speaking of "Do it again...

I sometimes spend a lazy afternoon at a local record store.
Invariably the phone will ring at some point with someone
asking about a long-lost song.

The folks at the store seem to get perverse joy out of putting the
callers on speakerphone and making them hum/sing the retained fragments
for all to  hear. "It goes Humm hummmm hmmmmmmm huuuuuhhhhhh Looooove
to see the Hmmmmmmm hummm hummmmmmmmmmmm...." My favorite episode
is when some (very drunk) guy called about "La Bamba." They first passed
the phone around to each employee. "Hmmmm... It sounds kinda familiar.
Hang on, let me get Bob on the line..." After a while, customers were
getting in on the act.

I suggested running tape and making a compilation. It is amazing how
long people will persist.


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:19:33 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mortician Lou????

In a message dated 98-08-13 13:45:40 EDT, Lou writes:

<< Benny Waters, a saxophonist, clarinetist and singer
 who spent 70 years touring the world, died Tuesday. He was 96.  >>

Geezzzzzzzzeeee Lou ! ! ! ! !  You must be a "dead head" as well as an
exoticat.  I am really gunna get worried if I open my "New Mail" folder one
day and see my name in a subject from you!

RIP,

Robert


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:29:14 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lucia Pamela CD

This is the place to go for more Lucia Pamela info.
It is a freakin' MUST SEE!

http://www.pandemic.com/lucia/

A brief quote to whet the appetite:

> The premise: Lucia pays a visit to Moontown and reports back on
> her findings. An Indian wedding. More oriental people than she
> expected. Lots of animals. No taxes. A virtual paradise. Except of
> course for the recording facilities.

I love stuff like this!


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:45:20 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) I know this one!

"Do it again, just a little bit slower
Do it again, just a little bit slower
I just can't stand it when it's over (over)
Oh, do it again....   just a little bit slooower....."

I have a beat up copy of this on Abnak Records.  It is by Jon & Robin and
the In Crowd and it made the Top 40.  You are right about the title.



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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:40:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Kirsten Whitley)
Subject: (exotica) Re: Secret life of Plants (and FAQ suggestion)

> From [e-mail] Wed Aug 12 18:27:39 1998

> Since we have corresponded on this issue, I have been reflecting
> on the phenomenon that you are experiencing. I have suffered the same
> mania over things I have only heard once, or some movie that I catch the
> end of and never find again.

Ron, thanks for commiserating! I'm glad I'm not alone.

The thought occurs to me that we could put a section in
the FAQ called something like "Unsolved Mysteries".  That way,
we'd maximize our chances of tracking this stuff down.


> But back to the Secret life of plants. The most amzing thing about this
> film is the BIZARRE  and rambling Stevie Wonder soundtrack in which he
> sings ballads about the tender emotional sensitivities of plants and the
> brilliant men who pioneered this "science." I could not stop asking
> myself, "Is this some kind of joke?"

Yeah, I have a few unexplained movie memories, too. For example, in
the "Is this some kind of joke?" category: back when MTV was new and
Night Flight (am I remembering correctly?) used to play those bizarre
movies late at night, I tuned into this black-and-white short about
2 college roommates. One of whom was upstanding, did his homework,
and stayed away from booze and drugs.  The other one strayed into a
life of wickedness and loose women... and in the end is carried away
in a straight-jacket.  I remember that there was a 1950s-style narrator
talking throughout. The weird thing was that I would have sworn that
the bad roommate was played by Paul Reubens (but I didn't see any
credits and so don't know for sure). I kept thinking that it had to
be a joke, made to look like a 1950s scare-the-youth, eduational film.

Another movie mystery that was very upsetting to me as a child:
a (French?) film that ends with a guy being cruxified to the side
of a train. As it ends, his lover is trying to run along beside
him. I don't know what the hell was going on... I was only about
10 years old... but that one scene made for many a nightmare!

- --Kirsten




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:45:11 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Flashbacks

> Remember the foodstuff whips that came out right after the moon landing?
> They had the consistency of fig and soy product, and I think they were
> advertised as being the snack of the astronauts.  We were trying to
> remember their name the other day - "Space Sticks"?

Do you mean "Space-Food Sticks"? Approximately 4" long cylindrical extruded
foodstuff (an apt word). Individually wrapped and pretty bland. The peanut
butter flavor was the favorite of this little space-tyke. It would be the
perfect snack to accompany "Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000". And if you
could find an old package of them, I'll bet they would still be intact and as
edible as ever (but you go first).

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:51:43 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Flashbacks

>Remember the foodstuff whips that came out right after the moon
landing?

And what space age child can forget Tang, the breakfast of astronauts?
I seem to recall it came in both orange and purple flavors.

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:53:57 +0200
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zou Zou

Just scored my first Esquivel, hurah. However,
it's not an LP, it's the CD Cabaret Manana, $3.50...
I was shopping in the mall not far from where I live,
and passed through the music department, a place I
usually carefully avoid. I casually went through the
piles of CD's and voila, there it was. There were
stickers all over it, it must have survived at least
4 (four!) sales, I suppose that tells something about
the state of the art around here. Anyway, I'm happy.

Cheers, Ton


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:55:10 +0000
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) I know this one! was Do It again

> I have a beat up copy of this on Abnak Records.  It is by Jon & Robin and
> the In Crowd and it made the Top 40.  You are right about the title.

You know, just ONE time, I'd like to be FIRST withan answer. Jeeeez!
Don't you people have JOBS? I called a pal and he knew it by the title.


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:16:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: (exotica) Hawaiian birthday boy


  I don't know If anyone has mentioned this already, but with all this
ukelele talk I hear, someone might have an interest in knowing that today
is Don Ho's 68th birthday.  I'll never forget his appearance on the Brady
Bunch.  Evil medallions and all.


Jeff

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:29:30 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Robert C. Brooks, OD ibid.

At 02:19 PM 8/13/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-08-13 13:45:40 EDT, Lou writes:
><< Benny Waters, a saxophonist, clarinetist and singer
> who spent 70 years touring the world, died Tuesday. He was 96.  >>
>
>Geezzzzzzzzeeee Lou ! ! ! ! !  You must be a "dead head" as well as an
>exoticat.  I am really gunna get worried if I open my "New Mail" folder one
>day and see my name in a subject from you!
>
>RIP,
>Robert

Anyone for a road-trip down South to a great estate sale? I hear there'll be
coffin-sized HI-FIs, convertibles, CDs, Esquivel frames, barware, etc. etc. etc.

- -Lou
(NEVER call me a dead-head! Them's fightin' wurds.)




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:53:10 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lucia Pamela CD out of print??

>SITE      DESCRIPTION                                            PRICE
>Pentagon       Lucia Pamela: Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela  $11.99
>
>CD Universe    Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela(1969)          $10.97
>
>CD Connection  PAMELA*LUCIA -- INTO OUTER SPACE                  $12.47

I tried a couple of these on-line stores, and called a couple of
distributors, and everyone I tried is back-ordered.

I tried the Arf Arf site but didn't see any info....

Dave


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:30:49 +0000
From: the curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Puente, Cugat, Abbe Lane

>>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've heard some excellent CDs by these folks on the excellent Saludos
Amigos label. In Spain these cost two quid!!! Everywhere else a little
more. Don't be put off by the covers.

'Scuse me while i dive back in my bargain bin ...

Sem Sinatra




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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:58:12 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Astor Piazzolla

Recently got a fine Astor Piazzolla cd:
"Muerte del Angel" (Milan/BMG 73138 35841-2)

A 1997 release, it's a live performance recorded in Buenos Aires, July 1973.
Sharp, hard-edged music, from a quintet line-up. Antonio Agri's violin work is
dowright demonic at times, meshing well with Piazzolla's elaborate weavings on
the bandoneon (a member of the accordion family).

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:28:52 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Puente, Cugat, Abbe Lane

** Just realized I hadn't posted this reply to the list yet.  Sorry! **

>>>But, I've been listening recently to an (astoundingly) excellent vinyl
>>>compilation of Cugat and Abbe Lane.

>Chris, could you give us the details on this one?

I'll try, but it's kind of an odd one.  The title is just "Xavier
Cugat/Abbe Lane."  Of course, I was initially disappointed when I realized
that it wasn't tracks of them together.  But, then I discovered that the
Tito Puente-backed Lane tracks were hot hot hot ...

Anyway, it's RCA NL42732, on the Lineatre label (?).  I think I bought it
in Canada (probably Montreal) for a buck, but don't remember for sure
because it took me awhile to get to it.  It doesn't look promising in the
least: cheap look cover, thin vinyl, lotsa tracks so I suspected groove
cramming.  It sez it was printed in Italy, and the price tag is for 58 Dean
Street Records in pounds (5.25), and most of the liner notes are in Italian
(though there's English translation of a long quote from Cugat).  I suspect
latish 70s from the graphic design, though if it's European my sensor may
be off kilter.  It does say it's available in "Stereo 8 e Stereocassetta,"
so I can't be too far off.  The stereo separation seems original and not
reprocessed, so I guess that tracks themselves can't be older than -- what?
- -- 1955ish (I always forget that stuff).  But they definitely sound no
newer than late 50s/very early 60s Cugat, to me.

The tunes are (* = Abbe Lane con Tito Puente e la sua Orchestra, otherwise
Cugat)

Lato 1
Mambo No. 5
Nightengale*
Carioca
Green Eyes*
La Violetera
Noche De Ronda*
Oye Negra
Granada

Lato 2
Cuban Mamba
Whatever Lola Wants*
Lamaguena
Anna*
Linda Mujer
Babalu*
Bahia
El Relicario

Someone here can fill in some details relating to specific tracks.  Anyway,
the bottom line is that this LP really caught me by surpruse because it
sounds awesome, and there's not a dull track on the whole thing.  Abbe Lane
tunes either really rock, or are really exotic & sultry.  Cool stuff.
Almost passed this one up; glad I didn't!!





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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:54:17 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) scanning an album cover

I'm not sure how to do this - can anyone help?

On my first try, I think I used TOO many (millions) colors or had the dpi
(300) or "bit" set to high (24).  As a result, the BMP files were HUGE!!!  I
could not fit 4 images on one ZIP drive!

"Stitching" the top and bottom halves of the cover together seems to be the
only way to produce a complete image.  I found this procedure difficult
because one of the images would rotate itself slightly.

Any tips that any of you that have done this would be most welcome and thank
you.


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:45:52 +0000
From: "Tim @ World Wide Wax" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) scanning an album cover

I've scanned almost 1000 covers for my website on my cheapo
bottom-of-the line Nikon flatbed.  I have found it easier to patch up
two halves side-by-side instead of top-bottom.  With my scanner, I
get the full width of the cover with two scans, but I'm still missing
about 1/2" top and bottom.  I'd usually rather lose top & bottom
edges than the left & right edges, and I'm sure not willing to try to
patch 4 scans together.

The trick to getting them to line up nicely is just being very
precise in placing the cover on the bed, making sure it is perfectly
lined up.

If you're scanning the pictures just for viewing, you don't need that
kind of resolution.  Above 100 dpi is only necessary if you'll be
printing the images.  If you patch 2 scans at 100 dpi and scale them
down to 40%, they'll be approximately 450x450 pixels--save them in
JPG at 15% compression (in Paint Shop Pro--I think I use "excellent"
in Photoshop), you'll just have a (basically web-friendly) 50-100K
file, depending on the complexity of the image.

Tim

> I'm not sure how to do this - can anyone help?
>
> On my first try, I think I used TOO many (millions) colors or had the dpi
> (300) or "bit" set to high (24).  As a result, the BMP files were HUGE!!!  I
> could not fit 4 images on one ZIP drive!
>
> "Stitching" the top and bottom halves of the cover together seems to be the
> only way to produce a complete image.  I found this procedure difficult
> because one of the images would rotate itself slightly.
>
Tim Barron
World Wide Wax - Your source for classic vinyl
Over 5,000 lps for sale & 600 scanned covers at:
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 00:10:18 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) scanning an album cover

> Any tips that any of you that have done this would be most welcome and thank you.

Here is my method...

the command names may differ depending on the software you are using...I
use Photostyler, a dumbed down version of Photoshop.

I make two scans, one of the left and then the right, then merge them
together into one image. At this point the image is huge, approx 1200 x
1200 pixel resolution.

The next step is to use the 'blur' command to make the image a little
fuzzier.  After this you resample a little bit....I'll go from 1200x1200
to 900x900 resolution, for example, then maybe resample once again to
700x700, maybe 'blur' once more, then resample to 500x500 and then one
last time to 400x400 resolution. I tend to do it a little different each
time, but the above procedure is somewhat typical.

The key last step is to use the 'sharpen' command as many times as you
need to get the best image.  I've been real pleased with my results.

I'm doing this for my zine in grayscale (can't afford color printing),
so I'll end up with a typical image of 400x400 pixel 8-bit gray-scale at
about 100 d.p.i.  The total image size will be about 150k, much better
than the 1.5mb that exists before resampling.

Hope this helps;

Vern Stoltz
Cannot Become Obsolete


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