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exotica-digest         Monday, August 17 1998         Volume 02 : Number 191



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Recent Stuff
Re: (exotica) Recent Stuff
Re: (exotica)turntable advice and  Recent Stuff
Re: (exotica) post replies / The Bat
Re: (exotica) Recent Stuff
(exotica) Saturday=thrifting day
(exotica) High Llamas etc @ broadcast.com
(exotica) Speaking Of Turntables
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 16
Re: (exotica) Question List
(exotica) Re: France Gall
(exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
RE: (exotica) Flashbacks
(exotica) Coral It's A Decca Thing -aka- Cantabrian Tikis
(exotica) new old records
Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
(exotica) A Bunch of Threads
Re: (exotica)Hi There/ Mingo 2000
Re: (exotica) Saturday=thrifting day
(exotica) 2 questions
Re: (exotica) High Llamas etc @ broadcast.com
(exotica) Princeton Record Exchange
(exotica) Barbarella on TV
Re: (exotica) Princeton Record Exchange and other exchanges

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:20:27 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent Stuff

In a message dated 8/15/98 11:16:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

> _Ferrante and Teicher With Percussion_ (ABC-Paramount). With both prepared
>  piano AND percussion, I expected I'd be in heaven with this one--but it's
>  really more musical and less experimental than the awesome _Dynamic Twin
>  Pianos_. Still there are 3 or 4 entertaining tunes on this one, like
>  "Beyond the Blue Horizon."

I love this album, but I do agree with you that Blue Horizon is the best song
on the album.

Larry


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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:34:50 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent Stuff

<<
 _Fred Lowery Whistles Your Gospel Favorites_ (Word). Oh mercy. Here we have
 this guy twittering his brains out like a nightingale--and on some tracks
 they mix in even *more* real bird songs--over top of murky, funereal organ
 playing. I think this one goes in the category of "music to clear people
 out at the end of the party". . . >>

Ross -

I would be happy to purchase this record from you if you would be interested
in selling.

If so, please give me a cover / vinyl grade and asking price.

thanks,

ford



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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:23:17 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica)turntable advice and  Recent Stuff

At 11:15 AM 15/08/98 -0400, Ross Orr wrote:
>
>_White Heat_, Henri Rene (Imperial). Grabbed this because there's a decent
>Henri Rene cut on Rhino's Cocktail Mix vol. 1--but it turns out this one is
>fairly normal big-band swing. I mean, it's pretty energetic if you like
>that kind of thing, but the only exotica content is that there are some
>eccentric percussion flourishes here and there.

Well I know for myself that I could never pass up any record called "White
Heat" but yeah Henri is hit-and-miss.

Of all the Henri records I've found, I kept "Riot in Rhythm" and
"Compulsion to Swing", both on RCA.  My turntable just broke so I can't go
and remind myself why I kept them.  I'm pretty sure that the Henri cuts on
one of the earlyish lounge compilations - can't remember which one - comes
from the Compulsion record.

And what record accumulator can pass up a record with the word "Compulsion"
in the title?

I kept Henri's record "Music for the Weaker Sex" but it's in my section
with cool covers and the like.  The music is tepid... just like the weaker
sex apparently wanted it.. or according to Henri anyway.

I think Henri is another guy like Marty Gold or Henry Jerome or even Pete
Rugolo or Nelson Riddle, a professional arranger who was all over the map
and so almost by default ended up making a few records that I could like.

But speaking of my turntable that just died... I have a question on belt
drive versus direct drive.  My turntable is a belt drive Technics, the only
piece of my original 1975 FIRST STEREO system that still survives.  The
idea of getting it fixed appeals to me on that basis alone.

On the other hand, I have a feeling I broke the belt because of my practice
of spinning the turntable backwards when I make a tape.  I've been told
that belt drive turntables are just not made for backspin.

If I decide to replace it, I won't be spending much outside the $150 range
but can anyone suggest whether maybe a guy who makes tapes almost as often
as he just sits down and listens to a record, should maybe switch to a
direct drive?

And by the way, I was halfway through making a tape for some people on this
list when the turntable broke.  Does that mean anything?

Nat



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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 14:53:16 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) post replies / The Bat

> Do any of the rest of you ever accidentally respond directly to someone when
> intending to post to the list?  All of the other lists I have ever been on
> automatically send replies to the list, whereas this one automatically sends
> them to the address of the person who posted the message one replies to.

I like the setup just the way it is, because this way, if I make a mistake, it
will most likely be a public message going to one party -- rather than the much
more embarrassing situation of a private message going to the whole group. I
receive "doubles" now and then, but it's no big deal in my book.

Just now, I caught the opening titles of the 1959 version of "The Bat"
(starring Vincent Price & Agnes Moorehead). Cool opening theme -- a swinging
crime jazz piece, featuring steel guitar by Alvino Rey. He was even credited
right there in the opening titles! Did the soundtrack ever make it into
release? Thanks.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 11:45:41 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent Stuff

At 11:15 AM 8/15/98 -0400, Ross wrote:Doo-ba doo-ba doo-ba

Which reminds me of a series of three quotes.  The only problem is, I
am not sure of the exact quotes for the first two or who they were
attributed to.  Anyone know?


It goes something like this:


"To do is to be."  --Socrates

"To be is to do."  --John Locke

"Do be do be do."  --Frank Sinatra



Ross, thanks for the informative list of finds.

Byron


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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:58:34 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Saturday=thrifting day

Three finds today in the Marie Curie Cancer Research Shop.
For a pound ($1.59) I got:

Tijuana Christmas
by The Torero Band
UK Music for pleasure 1968
"The holly & the ivy" etc. done a la Alpert.
Best enjoyed at Yuletide, I guess, when feeling no pain....

Latin Lace
by The George Shearing Quintet.
UK Capitol 1958
Luscious cheesecake sleeve, but music elevatory...
I really wanted to like this, but failed.

Opera without words
by 101 Strings
UK Golden Guinea issued 10/14/59
Catalog number GGL 0001
First issue on this UK budget label. Record sold for
21 shillings (one guinea) which was about $2.45 in
1959.  Normal price records were then =$3.89.
The sleeve for this album, all but 40 years old, had
a postpaid reply card inside, which you could send
off and they'd send you a catalogue of issues.   I so
wanted to send this off, but refrained as I know that
the address was rebuilt into an apartment block
development years ago.
Sigh.

Hugh.


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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:40:16 -0700
From: James G <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) High Llamas etc @ broadcast.com

Recent Wall St. IPO darling www.broadcast.com is featuring the nice new
High Llamas CD in RealAudio for your on-line listening pleasure.
Broadcast.com has many other CD's of possible interest to the 329, such
as Hefti's Batman, The Saint OST, Ventures' Christmas and some Razor &
Tie reissues. You get to hear the full CD's although you'll have to scan
past a Microsoft commercial, but the changing stuff on this site is
worth a listen while waiting for your favorite webcam to reload
(www.davia.com).

JBG


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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:54:52 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Speaking Of Turntables

Speaking of buying new turntables, I'm in the market for one also. I checked
out Good Guys at Stonestown (San Francisco) on the 13th, turns out they just
reopened after redoing the whole darn store. They had only 4 turntables. Two
of them were Technics. I've heard that Technics is a good brand. The lowest
priced one was around $149.00 or something like that. I don't want to spend a
ton of money, but I don't want a piece of garbage either. Can someone help
suggest a good one that's not over $200.? Thanks.
Gloria


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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 22:15:15 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 16

"Space Bop" can be heard every Sunday at 4pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and is hosted by Brian and Cheryl.  Space Bop features
music ranging from Space-Age Bachelor Pad to Space The Final Frontier!
Comments & questions welcome.

Space Bop #11 - Electro-pop

Der Plan:  Uin Uin Moon Kona Bub Uin  "City Space" (AtaTak)

Dimitri From Paris:  Contact (Dimitri's Old Skool Flava)  "Pizzicato 5:
Remix Album: Happy End Of You" (Matador)

Toon:  Esprit de Paris  "Electric City" (AtaTak)

Amon Tobin:  Escape  "Permutation" (Ninja Tune)

Mouse On Mars:  Bid  "Electric City" (AtaTak)

A Certain Frank:  Kismet  "No End" (AtaTak)

Muslimgauze:  Bazoft Rope  "Vote Hezbollah" (Soleilmoon)

Antonelli Electr:  Schuechtern & Yellow  "Peng Peng Baby" (Stewardess)

Andreas Dorau:  Lass uns brennen  "70 minuten musik ungeklarter
herkunft" (Motor)

Fantastic Plastic Machine:  Pura Saudade <Laxmikant>  "Fantastic Plastic
Machine" (Bungalow)

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:10:20 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Question List

This has been sitting on my computer "desktop" for reply for a while.
Finally getting a round tuit. :)

>> 1. Are you a musician? Explain...
I don't think anyone who's heard me would say so.  I can read music, play
keyboards and have sung in choirs...all for personal enjoyment and quite
novice level.  Even in that, I have been inactive for several years until I
can round up a house fit for a good piano.  Also, I have been thinking of
learning
the marimba.  I like buying little keyboards (toys and midi-compatible
stuff) with the idea that I might eventually mess around with them for some
sort of recording. None of that makes me a musician.
>
>> 2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?

Actually, it was reading about that focussed my attentions.  I have always
bought or enjoyed off the norm music, but until I read about it in some
magazines and then, especially, Incredibly Strange Music vol. 1 and 2.
Once I learned what others were into, I started scrounging my collection.
"Oh, I remember taping something from All Things Considered about Esquivel
two years ago."  "Oh, where are those Dick Hyman moog albums?"  Seems I was
into this before I knew I was.


>> 3. This list could help you more by...
continuing to give information about old and new releases that I can't find
elsewhere...generally doing what it is doing.

>
>> 4. Other exotica/things you collect
Most recently I have been finding representations of hula girls: three
plastic ones, each with a different colored grass skirt, but all the girls
were light skinned...then a more authentic hula girl with a real grass
skirt.  I also like those wooden carvings from the Philippeans (just wish I
could spell it correctly!).  I also like cheap colorful oil paintings (more
geometical than realistic), older computers, Modern Library books, laser
disks,  Atari video games, Haywood-Wakefield furniture, Ballerina (by
Universal) Harlequin (by Homer-Laughlin) and Russel Wright dishes, black
wire furniture... the list goes on.  I am partial to solid colored casual
men's long sleeved shirts, the ones with those little fabric loops meant to
go to the top button (the ones no one ever uses).  I already have a great
collection of men's ties and haven't seen the necessity to add to them
recently (at least, not at the prices you have to pay in Portland).
>
>> 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like:

Neil Diamond, Melissa Etheridge, Manhattan Transfer, Suzanne Vega, Marcia
Ball, Margie Adam, Diane Kral.
>
>> 6. What are you just dying to tell us?

Whatever that might be, I won't hold back, if you haven't noticed.

>
>> 7. Initials you prefer, CD or LP? What about 45?  78?  cassette?  8-track?
reel to reel?  It really depends.  I do enjoy the full platter nature of the
CD, the lack of noise and random tracking possibilities...but I have
encountered so many less than acceptable masterings that often LP noise can
be ignored for a more fuller sound.  Also, a mint condition LP from the
late 50's and early 60's is such a joy: thick vinyl, wonderful sound
quality and great images and liner notes.  I also enjoy the aesthetics of
keeping Lps in good condition while also playing them.  And, of course, I
can often find more of what I need for far less money by buying used Lps
than by buying just 1 CD.  Right now, I guess I could say I am pro-Lp.
>
>> 8. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe it or
>> other lounge-wear of which you are proud?
I do have a quite elaborately stitched smoking jacket.  I don't smoke
unless set on fire or solder myself accidentially.  Luckilly that hasn't
happened since I was ten years old.

>
>> 9. Shaken or stirred?
I also rarely drink alcohol. I have a martini glass set more for the visual
sense than anything.  I only had my first real martini (vodka, shaken) a
month or so ago.  I was very nice and there were absolutely no negative
repercussions...but I plan to limit such experiences to only special
occasions.


>
>> 10. I clean my LPs with ...
1. disc washer brush if minor dust.
2. "Joy" or similar dishwashing liquid and cold to lukewarm tap water, towel
dried.
3. Easy to remove stickers on album covers removed by fingernail, but
difficult to remove stickers and left-over adhesive removed by lighter fluid.
Markers made on slick covered LPs removed by damp cloth...otherwise I live
with the results.

>
>> 11. My home page URL is:
http://www.hubris.net/zolac

>
>> 12. I have a Licence To ...
operate an amateur radio station and
another to drive a car, but neither is being used much any more until
I get that house.

Thanks for asking!  I have enjoyed reading the responses from others.

Byron

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 12:23:19 +0200
From: Marco 'Kallie' Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: France Gall

Johan Dada Vis wrote:
>
>         i've only got 1 lp by her, "France Gall", a comp from 1989.
>         i think it's on cd as Philips 839 627, from France. the 2
>         best songs, ("jazz a gogo" and "le coeur qui jazze") are also
>         featured on some recent italian comps (probably the "Mood Mosaic")
>         the other songs on that France Gall comp are nice, but non as hip and
>         jazzzzzzzzzy as those 2 mentioned, and i wonder if the "1968" has
>         more of those.


Well, '1968' is the only France Gall album that I know, so I can't say
how it compares to other albums/songs. I like it very much though. Nice
packaging and some great songs.

Marco


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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:58:41 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

A new update to the eXotica Releases Overview is available.
These are the most important recent additions, that where not yet announced
here:




          - August 16: new (1998) releases & announcements -


* Goblin: "Original Soundtracks Volume 2"
      CD, DRG, USA/Italy?, 1998?

* Goblin: "Original Soundtracks Volume 3"
      CD, DRG, USA/Italy?, 1998?

* Jack McDuff: "Legends Of Acid Jazz"
      CD, Ace PRCD 24184, UK, 1998?

* Soundtrack: "Last Tango In Paris"  (Le Dernier Tango A Paris)
  [by Gato Barbieri]
      CD, Ryko 10724, USA, 1998?

* Soundtrack: "Superfly/Short Eyes" [by Curtis Mayfield]
      Double CD, Sequel NEM 964, UK, 1998

* Santo & Johnny: "I Grande Successi"
      CD, BMG, Europe, 1998

* Various Artists: "Arriva La Bomba"
      CD, Irma Douce 811, Italy, 1998

* Various Artists: "Best Of The West"
  (MGM Soundtracks Presents Great Western Movie Themes)
      CD, Ryko RCD 10721, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Easy Tempo Experience"
      3LP, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo MET401/403, Italy, 1998

* Various Artists: "Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Vol. 7"
      LP/CD, Motor 565195, Germany, 1998

* Various Artists: "The Avengers And Other Great Original TV Themes"
      CD, Sequel, UK, To Be Released, 1998






          - August 16: old but interesting finds I stumbled on -


* Burt Bacharach/Hal David: "The Connoisseur Songbook"
      CD, ? VSO 128, Distrib. Rough Trade, UK?, 199?

* The Champs: "Tequila"
      CD, Ace 227, UK, 199?

* Jack Costanzo: "Mr. Bongo Plays Cha Cha Cha"
      CD, Palladium, Europe Or Japan?, 199?

* Richard "Groove" Holmes: "Legends Of Acid Jazz"
      CD, Ace PRCD 24187, UK, 199?

* Antonio Carlos Jobim: "Rio Revisited."
      CD, ?, USA, 199?

* L'Amigamore: "Tanzmusik Aus Der DDR"
      CD, ? LCD 034, Rough Trade Distribution, ?, 199?

* Hector Rivera: "At The Party With Hector Rivera"
      CD, ? BGP 082, Rough Trade Distribution, ?, 199?

* The Swingle Singers: "A Capella Amadeus"
      CD, ?, USA?, 199?

* The Swingle Singers: "Anyone For Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?"
      CD, ?, USA?, 199?

* The Swingle Singers: "Bach Hits Back"
      CD, ?, USA?, 199?

* Les Swingle Singers: "Jazz Sebastian Bach"
      CD, ?, USA?, 199?

* Cal Tjader: "Cal Tjader Plugs In"
      CD, DCC DJZ 622, USA, 199?

* Cal Tjader: "Latin+Jazz=Cal Tjader"
      CD, DCC DJZ 604, USA, 199?

* Cal Tjader: "Solar Heat"
      CD, DCC DJZ 618, USA, 199?

* Various Artists: "And Now A Word From Our Sponsors 1"
  (Radio And TV Commercials)
      CD, East Anglian Productions, UK, 1996

* Various Artists: "And Now A Word From Our Sponsors 2"
  (Radio And TV Commercials)
      CD, East Anglian Productions, UK, 1996

* Various Artists: "Caribbean Revels: Haitian Rara And Dominican Gaga"
      CD, Smithsonian Folkways SF 40402, USA, 1995?

* Various Artists: "Great Cola Commercials 1"
      CD, Probably A Bootleg, UK?, 1996

* Various Artists: "Great Cola Commercials 2"
      CD, Probably A Bootleg, UK?, 1996

* Various Artists: "Monster Rock 'N' Roll Show"
      CD, DCC DZS-050, USA, 1990

* Klaus Wunderlich: "A Tribute To John Lennon & Paul McCartney"
      CD, Pye NSP 505, UK, 199?

* Klaus Wunderlich: "Keys For Lovers"
      CD, Pye NSP 507, UK, 199?

* Klaus Wunderlich: "Klaus Wunderlich Plays Abba"
      CD, Pye NSP 506, UK, 199?

* Zacherley: "Zacherley's Dead Man's Ball"
      CD, Tristique, USA, 1995






        The eXotica Releases Overview is part of

        "Dada'quariums Exotica": http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/

        Johan Dada Vis


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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:45:04 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Flashbacks

> And what space age child can forget Tang, the breakfast of astronauts?
> I seem to recall it came in both orange and purple flavors.
>
Oh yes!  Orange and grape.  Still available...

Particularly delicious directly out of the jar, sans H2O.

crunch

surfing the chaos,
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:52:14 +0200
From: Marcus Kozica <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Coral It's A Decca Thing -aka- Cantabrian Tikis

So,

     First of all; scanning a cover to put it on the Web:

   __RESOLUTION__ is 72 dpi for an ordinary SCREEN....

            BUT!!!!

       -------> SIZE is what YOU have to choose (in pixels.)

*scan at 300 _dpi_ (or some other high resolution)
*edit whatever you wanna edit
*re-sample at _72 dpi_
*re-size to 400*400 _pixels_ (or whatever size you want)
*tag it to your page
*VOILA


I Went to Spain this summer and I just got back, it was like a big
(HUGE) California with zero cheese factor.

Enough of that -

         While walking along the empty streets of Madrid during the
all too slow Siesta (Swedes don't do Siestas we HIBERNATE!)
OF COURSE I STUMBLE ACROSS A TTIIKKII BAAAAAAR.

They call them selves "Bora-Bora POLINESIAN BAR COCTELES
TROPICALES" and they're located at calle Ventura Rodri'guez #5,
just off Plaza Madrid (within walking distance from Sol.)

'F course they're closed but I made sure I was there when they
opened! What can I say - Cool service, Cool setting from 1973
(it looked VERY 60ish) TIKI waterfalls, Cool furniture, Cool
TIKI mugs, Cool DRINKS - my first came w/ liquid nitrogen or
something like that - the whole table was covered in steam -
While This guy was drinking! Out of a 3 foot drinking straw!

   In the lobby they had a little gallery of old TIKI mugs and other
items like model ships, photos...

      Since I don't speak Spanish I had a hard time making any
conversation w/ the staff - They only had a 80's CD with hawaiian
music so when I told them I could send them some tapes w/ you
know what... They treated me very nice and gave me some of their
own "Bora-Bora" mugs and some worn SUPER COOL Drink menus!
As souvenirs.

    As it got later I got pretty filled up... (they didn't serve watered

out drinks
I tell you)
My last drink was spiced w/ Cloves and since I didn't understand the
word in Spanish - they came out to the table with a jar of Cloves!
So they made their OWN shit - JESUS CHRIST AND HIS THREE
GOD DAMN QUARTETS!

Later than latest - as I stumbled out to the waiting cab they give me
two addresses -  and of course I was hoping I could go there the next
day but.....
Next day was my last in Madrid and I spent it in ----- BED!
No kidding - I'll never learn how to spell to hung ovre, ehh, hang
uver...

So if in Madrid craving some liquids; bring a tape, a girl and wear a
shirt a la Polinesio (NO ti dyes dudes ?TIKI DYE?) and go to Bora-Bora.

OR:

BAR WAWALAG (????)
SERRANO #85

OR to the:

BAR MAUNALOA
PLAZA SANTA ANA

One of them where, as they said, a Hawaiian Pizza Place -
that's a new thing to me - but rather that - than deep fried pickeled
anchovies or whatever the Spanish people seem to like eating. (In other
words; the food in Spain sucks big time) But as of now at least the
drinks
does not.

Marcus of Sweden.

I have forgotten:

*WHO sung the original Uie Muite song?
*Isn't Sukiyaki a dish?
*Who recorded the original Sleep Walk song?
*The Romantic Lure of... by The Surfmen
   got re-released on Alshire. (Paint your Guitar...) Did The Exotic
   Sounds of... TOO??





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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:07:42 +0000
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Subject: (exotica) new old records

Just who was behind Dialogue for Brass (Columbia CL 1499)?  This album of
12 "dialogue" songs was performed by The Brass Choir, but no individuals or
arrangers listed.  This would have been a great album in stereo (was it
released in stereo?  would have been CS #### in that case) with the
answering back and forth from one channel to the other.  While there is
brass, there is also a good variety of percussion or, as the liner notes
say, "imaginative use of percussion."

From Forum SF 9001 "Roulette Presents A Demonstration of The New
Dimensional Sound of Dynamic Stereo," the Johnny Richards Orchestra and
Chorus does an interesting tune called "Kele Kele."  Also, there is
"Frenzy" by Machito and "Piruli" by Tito Rodriguez.  Alas, in my copy the
vinyl is flawed in the middle of "Kele Kele" so, while it plays through,
the bump is audible.

Kenyon Hopkins' Orchestra is great in Susan Barrett's set of songs in
"Mixed Emotions" Capitol T 1266.  There is ample use of bongos throughout.
Susan Barrett is quite good as well...belts out the tunes pretty well.
This is apparently her debut album: Capitol chose to go directly to the
album without even issuing a 45 first!  I am not sure if she did any other
albums, though.

Guest Star Records is known for releasing albums from two different artists
and intermixing the selections.  Where they get their material is often a
mystery.  Its Julie London release was generated from some cuts she
recorded for Bethlehem.  So, where did Ferrante & Teicher's come from off
the album Twin Pianos, GS 1410?  I guess from Westminster's 1956 album
"Soundproof."  African Echoes and Mississippi Boogie are found on both
according to Irwin Chusid's notes on The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection CD
(where these are ALSO found).  F&T also do "High High High" and "Boogie
Express" on the Guest Star recording.  Are these also on "Soundproof" ?
This album is a good discovery, but I do have to find a better copy...or,
better yet, the Westminster album.  The other artists on "Twin Pianos" are
Phillips and Shaffitz With the Metropolitan Strings who weren't quite as
wild as F&T.

Ever wanted to know what GNP stands for (as in GNP/Crescendo)?  Gene Norman
Presents.  That's one thing I got out of the album by Rene Touzet called
"From Broadway to Havana"  GNP 22.  This is my second GNP album featuring
this Cuban band leader but the first with a cover.  These are basically all
cha cha's with strong reliance on a small male chorus and piano...and of
course the usual Latin percussion. El Loco Cha Cha starts out sounding like
"Louie Louie."  Rene wrote three of the tunes.  The album was released
sometime after 1953.  There are at least four other Touzet albums on GNP:
"Cha Cha Cha,"  "Mr. Cha Cha," "Bossa Nova--Brazil to Hollywood" GNP 87,
and  (in stereo) "Gene Norman Presents Mr. Cha Cha Cha."

Henry Mancini's "Dream of You"  RCA Camden CAS 2510 is a re-release of some
material recorded earlier for RCA.  I like it!  Mancini plays swinging
harpsichord.  My favorites are all Mancini originals: Swing Lightly,
Everybody Blow!, Far East Blues and "A Powdered Wig."  On the sessions with
Mancini are Pete Candoli, Art Pepper and Shelly Manne, among others.  Was
all of this material from one original RCA release?  This remastered album
came out in 1971.

"Enoch Light and his Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Play Irving Berlin"
Command RS 840 SD features Lew Davies arrangements.  With his arrangements
and classic tunes, you can't go wrong.  The liner notes are jam packed with
words but not all that much information.  The orchestra has 60 persons, but
the notes say nothing more about who performs.  This is not a ping-pong
percussion album, but percussion is used well.

"International Mood's [sic] Vol. II" Marvela MVLP 64.  This is typical
cocktail piano, played by Richard Moser  "with Rythm" [sic].  There is
nothing particularly wrong, the music is nice, however the recording is
muddy.  I got it mainly for a medley which features Mack the Knife and a
performance of The Third Man Theme. It is sort of fun to read the liner
notes.  They look like they are put together from newspaper clippings
without the accompanying photos.  The album was produced in Puerto Rico by
Puerto Rico Record Manufacturing Company.


I think I am staying away from the stores for a while...I have loads of
recent purchases I haven't had time to listen to, let alone clean up and file!





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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 19:27:33 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

<< * Various Artists: "And Now A Word From Our Sponsors 1"
   (Radio And TV Commercials)
       CD, East Anglian Productions, UK, 1996

 * Various Artists: "And Now A Word From Our Sponsors 2"
   (Radio And TV Commercials)
       CD, East Anglian Productions, UK, 1996 >>

Johan, can you give me a source for locating these please?

Everyone,

I always felt that the one Tee Vee toons commercial release was just not
enough.

So the first project I started working on with my new set up to create CD's of
my own was to gather up (rent) as many VIDEOS of vintage television
commercials and PSA's (public service announcements) I could find and transfer
the audio portion onto my hard drive.  Later, you can go in and snip off any
rough parts with pinpoint precison.

My first volume highlights include Don Drysdale for Vitalis and Hai Karate.  I
also clipped and pasted 38 Pams jingles, many from KYA 1260, the "Golden Gate
Great".

The results were quite good, if I do say so myself!

In Volume 2, I look foward to adding Drive-In Movie snack bar spots (nat
miner?).

Fun with a capital F.






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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 01:40:38 -0400
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Bunch of Threads

On August Darnell, etc.:  Simon Frith, the Brit rock critic,
once said he filed his records mostly according to genre,
but that he had a special section for records-that-have-something-
to-do-with-Kid-Creole-and-the-Coconuts.  I think the Ze
label is one of the (alas, mostly forgotten) great record companies.
I love the Christina album, and have devotedly collected Ze 12-inchers
since the early 1980s.  "Drive My Car" used to be one of the easiest
twelve-inchers to find in Montreal second-hand record stores.
And that first James White and the Blacks album,
from before it all went terribly wrong, is a masterpiece.

I just got back from New York, and a severely budget-reduced trip on
which I bought and heard very little.  But the Tower Sales Annex on
4th was selling off a few dozen Italian film soundtrack CDs for $2.99,
so I bought a dozen or so, many of them duplicates of things
I have on vinyl.  And while I'm the only one I know who seems to think so,
the Spa City Diner, in Saratoga Springs (where the bus from Montreal
to New York stops for coffee) is the purest 40s vintage eatery I've
ever seen.

Before that, I was in Melbourne, Australia, surely the thrift store
capital of the world.  I've never seen so many op-shops in my life,
though they seemed pretty picked over and offered up very little in
the way of vinyl treasures.

Will
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:39:45 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica)Hi There/ Mingo 2000

In a message dated 8/11/98 2:49:58 PM, you wrote:

<<> Mingo 2000 is my very favorite current"exotica" group

Would this in any way be connected to Mingo-go?  Please tell us more!  >>

I don't think there's any connection. Mingo 2000 is a local (SF) quartet
(trumpet/bass/guitar/drums/occasional organ) that plays a lot of movie
themes (Beat Girl, the Day the Fish Came Out), indian pop covers, fake
asian restaurant music...they have at least one 10" out, but I can't remember
the name....I saw them opening for Doo Rag at the Purple Onion a few years
back
and they ROCKED MY WORLD!
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:49:31 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Saturday=thrifting day

Not much in the way of finds this weekend, but a fun adventure,
nevertheless. I went into an antique dealers mall mainly intending to
browse. One of the dealers was vending records. The only lp I picked up
was something called The New Music (Stockhausen and others of that
species), which I have not given a thorough listen yet. Rummaging
through the 45s I found several rockabilly records on the Sun and Coral
labels. I figured they would be unattainable but decided to ask: they
were .25 a piece. As the dealer was keying in my purchase, I noticed a
stack of 45s, untouchable, behind the counter. Noticing my curiosity,
the fellow asked if I would like to have a look adding "they are all
Beatle records, so they are going to cost you more than a quarter."
Smirking inwardly, I politely demured, thanked him and hit thee road.
Thank God for the damned Beatles.

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:52:48 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 2 questions

1.Does anyone know of a potentially safe way to unwarp a record?

2. Jayne Mansfield records: Is there anything to recommend these beyond
the novelty attraction (and the cover photos...)?

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:34:05 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) High Llamas etc @ broadcast.com

> Recent Wall St. IPO darling www.broadcast.com is featuring the nice new
> High Llamas CD in RealAudio for your on-line listening pleasure.
> Broadcast.com has many other CD's of possible interest to the 329, such

Yes, this is just the sort of site that the record companies are targetting
(well, they're after anyone putting recordings on the net, actually, but you
know what I mean). As if RealAudio is any sort of threat to CDs (then again, I
suppose they want to get everything under their thumb before the technology
improves enough to be a real threat).

Here's the latest story I've seen on the subject:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980815S0001

The RIAA is seeking as much as 41.5% of such sites' gross revenues!

(a website with revenues? what a weird concept! ;o)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:51:45 -0400
From: Chris Cook <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Princeton Record Exchange

Hi all,

Just became aware of Princeton (NJ) Record Exchange and am considering
making a trip.

It'll be a small hassle to get there, so I'm wondering if anyone here knows
if it'd be worth it for "our kind" of stuff & if prices are decent. (I'm a
pretty strict $1-2 dollar man but for the once-in-awhile must-have).

Thanks!

Oh, BTW, you can check it out on http://www.prex.com.




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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:59:21 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Barbarella on TV

"Barbarella" (1967) is scheduled on TNT, Wednesday at High Noon (eastern
daylight time).

Of course by the time they finish cutting things out and slapping commercials
in, it may not be very pleasant -- but it's another chance to listen to the
soundtrack at least.

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:03:19 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Princeton Record Exchange and other exchanges

I notice that Princeton RE has 100,000 records. I went to Record Man in CA
where the window displayed 'We have more than 1,000,000 records' but I have
since found an internet record shop in Philadelphia (I think) that has more
than 2,000,000. Whenever I email them with a request for an obscure LP, I
always get a reply saying we have x copies, VG, VG+, M, US pressing/UK
pressing, gatefold or standard etc. I would love to go there but its a good
few thousand miles away. I had a dream the other night that I was trapped
in their basement with a turntable, 2 million records and a supply of food.





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