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exotica-digest Sunday, August 30 1998 Volume 02 : Number 199
In This Digest:
Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!)
Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!)
(exotica) Hal/Art Mooney
(exotica) Claudine Longet
(exotica) Re: Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers!
(exotica) Bio Ritmo
Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet
RE: (exotica) Claudine Longet
(exotica) This Week on The Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
(exotica) auctions
Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
Re: (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney
(exotica) George Cates and Art/Hal Mooney
(exotica) Roots Reminder
(exotica) Hotel "Difficult-to-find" Easy compilations
(exotica) Avengers movie
Re: (exotica) Avengers movie
(exotica) Roots Reminder
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 30
Re: (exotica) Roots Reminder
(exotica) The Big Lebowski
Re: (exotica) Avengers movie
Re: (exotica) FM Weirdness
Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski
(exotica) Swap List
Re: (exotica) The Moon of Manakoora
Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski
(exotica) Rapa Nui (the movie)
(exotica) Annotated, extended Playlist Fantastica # 59
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:16:18 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!)
In a message dated 98-08-28 09:45:49 EDT, you write:
<< From my e-mail? Cut and paste them. >>
i don't think it works this way. if you go to "cd player" if find and open
the one that says configuration settings you will see that here are special
numbers and codes that link the titles with the cd (this assumes you have
entered a cd and it's titles into CD Player.
note that track one actually equals "0", and track 2 equals "1". does this
help.
robert
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:40:21 -0400
From: jmperl@juno.com (Jonathan M Perl)
Subject: Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!)
Great site advice, Brian.
I am a regular visitor to all the sites you mention, with the exception
of cddb, which I will have to check out.
I would add the following. Not all are brilliant now, but they are
improving all the time:
http://us.imdb.com/Search/soundtracks
I have a bookmark right into the soundtrack search section of the
internet movie database.
http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category306/index.html
Yes, it's the records section of ebay, the auction site which now has
enough traffic for there to be some really interesting stuff there.
Discovering this ruined my life! Also handy for finding actual snapshots
of market value for things, as you can search completed auctions.
http://www.lyrics.ch/
Reasonable selection of lyrics. Good for finding the lyrics of old
standards, since a lot of Frank Sinatra compilations have been entered.
http://www.dejanews.com/
The newsgroup archive. Handy for finding stuff for sale (a search for
'FS' AND what you are looking for will generally bring it up if it is
there). rec.music.marketplace.vinyl is the key group.
regards
Jonny
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:40:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: d th <dth98@yahoo.com>
Subject: (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney
Some stuff:
Having seen pics of Hal and Art Mooney on record sleeves and covers, I
can assure you that they are two diferent people.
Art Mooney, bandleader, had a huge, huge hit in the 40's with "I'm
Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover."
Hal Mooney, arranger and producer, did extensive work at Rca and
Mercury from the 40's-60's, and was married to Kay Starr, among others.
Darren!
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:40:44 -0700
From: Eb <gondola@deltanet.com>
Subject: (exotica) Claudine Longet
Someone emailed me this query, and I don't know the answer. Help?
- ---
I've been going crazy trying to find out which male artist did a duet
with Claudine around 1972-73. I don't know the title, but the chorus is
something like this:
"How you make me quiver,
How you make me smile,
??????????????????????
Guess I'm gonna stay here for awhile."
That's all I know! As far as I know, this song isn't on any of her
albums, rather it appears on the album done by the male artist she sang
with.
Any idea? (I'd be eternally grateful!)
- ---
Help?
Eb
Cuddle Up With Claudine: http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/longet/
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:11:50 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <Quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers!
>From: Lang Thompson <wlt4@mindspring.com>
>I saw this title listed in a mail-order catalog with no other info except
>that it was in the soundtracks section. Does anybody know what it is?
_someone_ (forgot to include the writer's name) on this list wrote:
Sort of an Ennio Morricone tribute flavored with sinister
spaghetti western instrumentals...
it is NOT the soundtrack to "Duck You Sucker".
Johan
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:30:12 -0500
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) Bio Ritmo
Noticed the following in the racks today. Thumbs up/down anyone?
Dig the Percussive Poolside Persuasion of ... Bio Ritmo: Rumba baby Rumba!
(1998;Triloka)
- -Lou
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:35:22 -0400
From: cheryl <cheryls@dsuper.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet
Eb wrote:
>
> Someone emailed me this query, and I don't know the answer. Help?
> ---
> I've been going crazy trying to find out which male artist did a duet
> with Claudine around 1972-73. I don't know the title, but the chorus is
> something like this:
>
> "How you make me quiver,
> How you make me smile,
> ??????????????????????
> Guess I'm gonna stay here for awhile."
If I'm not mistaken, the third and fourth lines were:
"with all this love I have to give you
I guess I'm going to stay with you a while"
I remember this song, but I seem to believe it was done by a group
called the Bells. It may have been called "Stay A While" - I 'm not
100% sure on that. I don't recall any Claudine Longet connection,
unless she was in the group. It was a really breathy song, that stuck
in the top-40 for a while. Now I'm really showing my age....
cheryl
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:11:28 -0500
From: "Indy Rutks" <rutks002@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Claudine Longet
cheryl wrote:
>
> Eb wrote:
> >
> > Someone emailed me this query, and I don't know the answer. Help?
> > ---
> > I've been going crazy trying to find out which male artist did a duet
> > with Claudine around 1972-73. I don't know the title, but the chorus is
> > something like this:
> >
> > "How you make me quiver,
> > How you make me smile,
> > ??????????????????????
> > Guess I'm gonna stay here for awhile."
>
> If I'm not mistaken, the third and fourth lines were:
> "with all this love I have to give you
> I guess I'm going to stay with you a while"
>
> I remember this song, but I seem to believe it was done by a group
> called the Bells. It may have been called "Stay A While" - I 'm not
> 100% sure on that. I don't recall any Claudine Longet connection,
> unless she was in the group. It was a really breathy song, that stuck
> in the top-40 for a while. Now I'm really showing my age....
Cheryl is correct! The song is "Stay Awhile" by The Bells.
You can find it on the Rhino compilation "Have A Nice Day - Vol. 4".
- -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu)
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:27:53 +0000
From: Darrell Brogdon <dbrogdon@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: (exotica) This Week on The Retro Cocktail Hour
New show available in RealAudio at The Retro Cocktail Hour website,
this week featuring jungle jazz by Les Baxter, Martin Denny and Ted
Auletta, tunes by Mancini, Light and Esquivel, plus Mr. Bongo, crime
jazz by Kenyon Hopkins and the Jankowski Singers' very Teutonic
rendering of "Light My Fire". It's two hours of space age pop, with
a new show added to the site every week.
Requires RealPlayer 5.0 or G2 and at least a 28.8 Internet
connection. Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html
Enjoy!
Darrell Brogdon
Program Director
KANU
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
dbrogdon@ukans.edu
http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm.html
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:19:42 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
Anybody care to give their pro's and con's of the CD Players listed at:
http://www.cddb.com/downloads/index.html
I am still on the quest to get a new program that can automatically load the
tracks for me.
Thanks,
Robert
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:44:05 -0400
From: Mark Benton Reed <mbr@phenixcable.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote:
> Anybody care to give their pro's and con's of the CD Players listed at:
>
> http://www.cddb.com/downloads/index.html
I downloaded a shareware version of CATraxx. It works great as an inventory
tool. The full version is $39, I think.
I purchased book inventory software (CATbooks) from the same author. It is
nothing short of fantastic. For $29 I have what I believe to be an almost
perfect book inventory system (and I have a few thousand books).
On the demo of CATraxx I tried the feature which imports data from cddb. In a
matter of seconds the full track data on a cd is loaded. I do have some obscure
cds it couldn't identify, though. This is a problem with cddb, not CATraxx.
As soon as I get most of my books catalogued, I plan to buy the full version of
CATraxx and start on my cds, lps, 45s, and 8-tracks.
Mark Reed
Phenix City, AL
mbr@phenixcable.net
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:37:01 +0000
From: bag@hubris.net
Subject: (exotica) auctions
Auctions sort of give people an idea what the marketplace for used records
is like. Of course, one of the problems is that in sealed bid auctions,
you often aren't informed of what the winning bid was.
However, you will know what the records won't cost: your losing bids.
Jack Costanzo records seem to run at least $10 in auctions now. Julie
London: $5 to $7.50 each (although Calendar Girl will set you back at least
$15). You can't get Irving Fields Bagels and Bongos for less than $3.50.
Sauter-Finnegan also seems popular...at least $7.50 an album.
I was surprised. The only Esquivel record in the auction I got...$10. I
would have expected to have a losing bid...but maybe with the CD out now,
the demand for used LPs of his is less.
Mancini records are quite plentiful, so $3.50 to $5.00 should get you
a nice stereo version of most of his albums. The exception is the
More Music from Peter Gunn album, which must be priced $7.50 for the
stereo version (or higher). I haven't yet seen his rarer soundtrack
albums at auction but wouldn't doubt that $10 would only be for starters.
You can get some Xavier Cugat albums at $3.50. Enoch Light, Perez Prado,
Kenyon Hopkins, Dick Schory...(you know the list) tends to be more like
$5 each album according to my experience.
Thought you'd be interested.
Do you have any contrary information from your auction experiences? This
is for auctions with reasonable minimum bids, not where the prices start at
$15!
Byron
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:06:42 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
Thanks Mark,
I have been working with Notify CD which is a free program this evening. I
finally got it up and going. I will report to the list in a few days and let
you know if it is a keeper.
Robert
In a message dated 98-08-28 22:48:44 EDT, you write:
<< Subj: Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like?
Date: 98-08-28 22:48:44 EDT
From: mbr@phenixcable.net (Mark Benton Reed)
To: Rcbrooksod@aol.com, exotica@xmission.com
Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote:
> Anybody care to give their pro's and con's of the CD Players listed at:
>
> http://www.cddb.com/downloads/index.html
I downloaded a shareware version of CATraxx. It works great as an inventory
tool. The full version is $39, I think.
I purchased book inventory software (CATbooks) from the same author. It is
nothing short of fantastic. For $29 I have what I believe to be an almost
perfect book inventory system (and I have a few thousand books).
On the demo of CATraxx I tried the feature which imports data from cddb. In
a
matter of seconds the full track data on a cd is loaded. I do have some
obscure
cds it couldn't identify, though. This is a problem with cddb, not CATraxx.
As soon as I get most of my books catalogued, I plan to buy the full version
of
CATraxx and start on my cds, lps, 45s, and 8-tracks.
Mark Reed
Phenix City, AL
mbr@phenixcable.net
>>
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:05:18 +0200
From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" <weirdomusic@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney
d th wrote:
>
> Having seen pics of Hal and Art Mooney on record sleeves and covers, I
> can assure you that they are two diferent people.
>
> Art Mooney, bandleader, had a huge, huge hit in the 40's with "I'm
> Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover."
>
> Hal Mooney, arranger and producer, did extensive work at Rca and
> Mercury from the 40's-60's, and was married to Kay Starr, among others.
>
> Darren!
Thanks for the info. One other interesting fact about Hal Mooney (full
name: Harold Mooney) is that he is the composer of the song "Swamp
fire", which was recorded by Martin Denny, Enoch Light and Morton Gould.
Marco
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 09:17:12
From: Brad Bigelow <spaceagepop@earthlink.net>
Subject: (exotica) George Cates and Art/Hal Mooney
For more info on George Cates (of "Polynesian Percussion" fame), you can
find his biography and discography at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/cates.htm
To answer another question, Art and Hal Mooney are not the same person or
even related. Hal was mainly a producer, arranger, and A&R man, working
for Mercury in the 1950s and then for Time Records in the early 1960s. Hal
produced some excellent space age pop records, particularly his "Ballet
with a Beat," a collection of jazzed-up arrangements of classical ballet
numbers on Mercury.
Art was a small-time dance band leader who recorded a few albums for
marginal labels--worth listening to for 50 cents, but not worth going out
of your way to search for.
Brad
spaceagepop@earthlink.net
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:15:13 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) Roots Reminder
I sometimes like revisit sites to refresh my memory on all the things I
forgot. Thought these items might be of interest.
"Quiet Village," 1951
Music by Les Baxter Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica. Written by Les Baxter
for his 1951 concept album, "The Ritual of the Savage," it became a Top 40 hit
in 1959 when Martin Denny played it on his breakthrough album, "Exotica." From
that point on, no self-respecting exotica artist could pass up the chance to
record his interpretation of "Quiet Village." Denny's hit also benefited from
the popularity of all things Hawaiian which surrounded Hawaii's becoming the
50th state in 1959. Which is a little odd, in my opinion, since it's not
really the catchiest melody. I suspect it has as much to do with the aura of
the exotica suggested by the name and theme of the song as any inherent
musical quality. Recording "Quiet Village" is almost a rite of passage,
something a musician had to do to qualify as a bona fide exotica artiste.
Contrary to popular belief, there IS at least one vocal version of the song,
by Don Ho, in an unforgettable medley with "Hawaii Five-O."
"Moon of Manakoora," 1937
Words Frank Loesser
Music Alfred Newman Having written the melody as part of the incidental music
for Douglas Fairbanks Senior's early sound version of "Robinson Crusoe,"
Alfred Newman reused it as the theme for the film, "The Hurricane." Manakoora
was tropical island on which the film took place. Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour
played native lovers; Raymond Massey was the colonial governor who upset the
natural balance of society--the climactic hurricane, one assumes, is the
penalty for messing with nature, making this the first ecological adventure. A
perfect melody for a romantic scene on the beach, with palm trees swaying in
the background and the moon reflecting off the serene ocean. Not surprisingly,
though--that was what Newman was writing for.
(from: The Space Age Pop Standards Page -
http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/index.htm)
On a related note: I continue to be impressed with the Cate's album
"Polynesian Percussion". The best cut in my humble opinion is Moon of
Manakoora, which started me going thru my records and CD's to listen to the
various other versions. The Baxter version is quite spectacular also and
(true to my Denny-esque nature) Martin Denny's version is excellent to.
I always find it interesting how in those days a dozen people would record the
same tune and the public did not view it as "copy-cat". That is quite unlike
today.
Hope everybody is having a fun weekend. I got the tiki torches gassed up and
am planning a "little luau" this evening. Any need to ask what kinda music I
got planned? i didn't think so.
Robert
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:37:23 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <Quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) Hotel "Difficult-to-find" Easy compilations
Chuckwrote: "There are four Hotel Easy compilations, St Tropez, London,
Rome & Paris. All are excellent examples of true easy listening and the
cuts are well chosen obscure instrumental gems. I really recommend Hotel
Easy."
i have tried everywhere, but can't locate these,
not even with UK mailorder companies (Esprit, Pastel...)
anyone knows a (European) source?
thanx!
Johan
quiet@village.uunet.be
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:32:40 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <tribute@dircon.co.uk>
Subject: (exotica) Avengers movie
Any readers seen this film yet? If so,
is it as bad as the reviews say?
HP
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:20:52 -0400
From: "m.ace" <ecam@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Avengers movie
> Subject: (exotica) Avengers movie
>
> Any readers seen this film yet? If so,
> is it as bad as the reviews say?
A friend reports that while it wasn't great, it was not nearly as bad as the
reviews claimed.
But of course, it's all subjective.
m.ace ecam@voicenet.com
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) Roots Reminder
At 01:15 PM 8/29/98 EDT, Robert wrote:
>I sometimes like revisit sites to refresh my memory on all the things I
>forgot. Thought these items might be of interest.
>"Quiet Village," 1951
>Music by Les Baxter Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica.
>Contrary to popular belief, there IS at least one vocal version of the song,
>by Don Ho, in an unforgettable medley with "Hawaii Five-O."
And there's another vocal version by Darla Hood (x-Little Rascals).
- -Lou
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:40:13 -0400
From: cheryl <cheryls@dsuper.net>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 30
Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is 1 hour of full galactical wonder, and can be
heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada.
Comments and questions welcome.
Space Bop #13 - Loungin' Around
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra: Bubbles In The Wine "TV Town(Ultra
Lounge #13)"
Cocktails, anyone?
Dimitri From Paris: Une Very Stylish Fille "Sacre Bleu"
Esquivel: Sentimental Journey "Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music"
The CD that started this whole exotica obsession with us!
Marty Gold: Caravan "Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 2"
Because you can never have too many versions of this song!
Billy Strange: Casino Royale "Secret Agent File"
A little less spy and crime-jazz-like than the rest of the CD, but good
nonetheless!
Pascal Comelade: Le Grand Pianonaniste "L'Argot du Bruit"
Pascal Comelade: Domisiladore "L'Argot du Bruit"
Two fun tracks from the new Comelade CD - be warned, however, that while
it is good, it is slightly more mainstream than his others, especially
the two songs featuring PJ Harvey.
The Ventures: Theme From "A Summer Place" "Hawaii Five-0"
The Ventures at their mellowest.
Arthur Lyman: Love Is Blue "Sonic Sixties"
Lyman doing his version of this standard.
Horst Wende: Sugarbush "Stop Look And Listen! Vol. 3"
Not as overly accordion-like as some of his other stuff, this one's
quite good (as is the whole album, which is a Polydor Germany
compilation from the 60s)
Si Zentner: Mr. Lucky "TV Town (Ultra Lounge #13)"
The Clebanoff Strings: Quiet Village "Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 1"
Another song that you just can't have too many versions of! The two CDs
in this trilogy are a welcome addition to any exotica collection.
The Three Suns: Jungle Drums "Movin' 'n' Groovin'"
A Stereo Action album that makes full use of the technology - includes a
great version of Caravan, which is also on the Exotic Trilogy.
Martin Denny: Congo Train "Exotica 3"
Because you can't really call it lounging around without including
Martin Denny!
Pyrolator: Die Hangebruckenbauer "Wunderland"
Definite Denny influences here, interpreted by Pyrolator!
Henry Mancini: Susan "Cocktail Mix: Soundtracks With A Twist"
Perez Prado: My Roberta "Big Hits By Prado"
The more I listen to this album, the more I prefer Prado's versions of
the songs to others - especially his version of Patricia!
Burt Bacharach: Stripping Really Isn't Sexy Is It? "Cocktail Mix:
Soundtracks With A Twist"
Al Hirt: Tabu "Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 2"
cheryls@dsuper.net
brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:16:52 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Roots Reminder
<< In a message dated 98-08-29 14:37:52 EDT, Lou wrote:
<< At 01:15 PM 8/29/98 EDT, Robert wrote:
>I sometimes like revisit sites to refresh my memory on all the things I
>forgot. Thought these items might be of interest.
>"Quiet Village," 1951
>Music by Les Baxter Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica.
>Contrary to popular belief, there IS at least one vocal version of the
song,
>by Don Ho, in an unforgettable medley with "Hawaii Five-O."
And there's another vocal version by Darla Hood (x-Little Rascals).
and there is some loungy Spanish (or mabye Italian) guy who sings the intro in
his native tongue then sings Quiet Village in english.
this can be found on the Exotic Trilogy Vol. 1. and by the by, has anyone
reviewed Vol 2? where can it be had???
robert
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:27:36 -0400
From: Nat Kone <bruno@yhammer.com>
Subject: (exotica) The Big Lebowski
I rented "The Big Lebowski" the other night and I loved it.
It also had a great soundtrack. I wouldn't buy the record but the music
really worked in the film.
In any case, there's a scene where Jeff Bridges' character visits this porn
producer played by Ben Gazzara and there's definite "exotica" playing in
the background. In fact it was a record I own but I couldn't remember what
it was.
It was really hard to read the music credits at the end but there was a
Henry Mancini cut listed. That might have been it. It sounded like it
could have been a cut from his exotica/Hawaiian record "The Versatile Henry
Mancini", one of my faves but I don't know.
Anyone help? Maybe someone who rented the film and has better eyes than me.
Nat
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:36:36 +0000
From: bag@hubris.net
Subject: Re: (exotica) Avengers movie
At 06:32 PM 8/29/98 +0100, Hugh wrote:
>Any readers seen this film [The Avengers] yet? If so,
>is it as bad as the reviews say?
A friend of mine put out a "bad movie alert" to me, but it was too late.
She suggested watching episodes from the colour Diana Rigg episodes instead.
If you expect the movie to ever exceed the original Steed and Mrs. Peel,
then don't go. While Uma Thurman is sexy in some ways, she is not the
kind of sexy that Diana Rigg played Mrs. Peel as. I think, in general,
the movie was just a bit too cold. I never felt the original TV series
was cold, even when cold war was a common topic!
There are many things in the movie to be thankful for: the continuance of
certain traditions (dress, music, strange villains, melding of science and
villainy, the characters, the wackiness and yet simultaneous danger of the
situations). The movie could have been far worse. However, it could have
been better. If Ralph Fiennes had been a tad more humorous and easy going,
if Mother had been a bit more active and engaging, and if certain
gratuitous special effects were not added (the blowing up of certain
landmarks for no apparent reason), it would have been much more appreciated.
I don't think Sean Connery could be faulted. In fact, if they had focused
more on his ideosyncracies, it might have been a better movie...although it
would have also been less "The Avengers."
If you can see it without thinking about the original TV series too much, it
should be a decent picture.
I'd go back to see it just for Uma's outfits. That does not make it a good
movie, but it makes it more than the utter trash some critics make it out
to be.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
Byron
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 03:50:49 EDT
From: Tipsydave@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) FM Weirdness
In a message dated 8/24/98 3:53:37 PM, you wrote:
<<Any listers out there with fond memories of KPFA, Berkeley, during the years
that (sound/text composer) Charles Amirkhanian was MD?
YES! after i got through my mercifully brief album-rock phase, this station
(along with KFJC) completely warped my musical tastes and made me what i am
today.
Ray Farrell's experimental/post-punk rockers on "Assassinatin' Rhythm;" home-
tapers on "No Other Radio;" phone-in jams with Negativland and friends on
"Over the Edge"
i was a guest a couple times on no other radio show in the mid '80s; a lotta
fun. i was one of those "home-tapers" (most of whom were heavily into
exotica)
ahhh, the good old days....
dave g
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:23:16 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <tribute@dircon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski
Nat wrote:
>I rented "The Big Lebowski" the other night and I loved it.
>It also had a great soundtrack.
>It was really hard to read the music credits at the end but there was a
>Henry Mancini cut listed.
I haven't seen the film, but I was in a record store and this
wonderful track was played and I asked the assistant who it
was they were playing. It was Henry Mancini, and I believe
the title is "Lujon". I didn't hear it, but according to CD Universe's
(glowing) review of the sountdtrack album, there's an Yma
Sumac track in the film too, called "Ataypura".
Nat/anyone, if you find out what Mancini album this track is
on, please advise! Thanks.
Hugh.
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 12:07:38 +0000
From: the curator <the_curator@eat78rpm.demon.co.uk>
Subject: (exotica) Swap List
Folks
After doing a couple of successful swaps with members of the list i'm keen
to carry on ... if anyone would like to see my swaplist of no longer
neededalbums and CDs please mail me privately and we'll get the ball
rolling ...
friendly
Sem Sinatra
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:45:05 -0500
From: mimim@texas.net (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Moon of Manakoora
Robert B's posting on "The Moon of Manakoora" send me racing to my LPs,
where I discovered four versions of the song, all quite different.
Exoticats with a taste for the tiki sound might search for these records.
What other covers of "Moon" would anyone recommend? What do y'all think of
these arrangements?
Ferrante & Teicher w/ Orchestra, "Pianos in Paradise" (United Artists,
mono, 3230). A later F&T release, it's heavy on strings with bits of the
piano duo's signature flourishes and keyboard runs. Touches of steel guitar
add an exotic flavor. Undistinguished.
The Polynesians, "Beautiful Hawaii" (Crown stereo, CST 214). "Authentic"
sound with vocals for those who like Hawaiian music performed by real
Hawaiians. Mellow, slow tempoed, and lovely. Steel guitar leads with vibes
embellishments and vocals. Ross, I think I recognize Gabby Pahinui's unique
baritone here. Do you know this record? Were The Polynesians one of the
front bands of the Pahinui brothers?
Douglas Gamley and His Orchestra, from Record 3, entitled "South Sea Island
Magic", Side 6, entitled "Pacific Panorama", a '68 Readers Digest release
(stereo, RD4-67-3). Don't have the box so can't tell you the title of this
multidisk set. Instrumental with bits of Polynesian percussion and bongos.
Deeply romantic. Recommended.
50 Guitars of Tony Garrett, "50 Guitars Visit Hawaii" (Liberty/Premier
stereo, LSS 14022). The best of the foursome, exotic percussion meets Latin
tempos. Steel guitar lead shifts to the 50 Guitars sound. Slightly up tempo
and way too brief for my taste. Give me more. LP art collectors, hunt for
this record! Extravagant gatefold jacket with eyepopping hot hues on white
and a diecut (!) sunburst on the front, plus wonderful period type,
illustrations, and photos.
The Lamour film "Hurricane" also recommended as surprisingly good. Will
probably air because it's timely during North America's tropical storm
season.
Aloha,
MimiM
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 10:58:15 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski
Dear Nat,
In a message dated 98-08-29 20:29:43 EDT, you write:
<< In any case, there's a scene where Jeff Bridges' character visits this porn
producer played by Ben Gazzara and there's definite "exotica" playing in
the background. >>
and
<<It was really hard to read the music credits at the end . . . Anyone help?
Maybe someone who rented the film and has better eyes than me.>>
Well Nat, as to the former I cannot help. I usually don't rent movies that
are about the porn industry, I just go straight to the source and rent the
porn movies.
As to the latter, come to Charleston and we'll talk. My optician has a great
pair of Esquivel-esque glasses which I am sure can help.
Which is better? One or Two?
Robert
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 11:41:24 -0400
From: "m.ace" <ecam@voicenet.com>
Subject: (exotica) Rapa Nui (the movie)
"Rapa Nui" (1994) airs on TNT, Wednesday night, 11:00pm (eastern daylight
time).
Kevin Costner is a co-producer, which is a bit of a warning flag for me. Still,
I recall it being discussed on here the other year by our absent Rapa Nui /
Easter Island scholar, Tony Wilds, and I think he didn't hate it.
There's an amusing review by Roger Ebert here:
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1994/09/943200.html
Somehow, I can't imagine all of that toplessness will make it onto TNT intact.
m.ace ecam@voicenet.com
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:12:33 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <Quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) Annotated, extended Playlist Fantastica # 59
Fantastica runs on:
* Radio Scorpio, FM 106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday 15-16 h.
* Radio Centraal, FM 103.9, Antwerpen, Belgium,
at irregular times in their "Night Machine".
* at even more irregular times, on KKUD "bootleg radio", San Jose, CA, USA.
Fantastica # 59
title: Countdown - identification: countdown
1. Velvet Fogg: "Telstar '69"
o compil. "Instrumental Diamonds 3: Out Of This World"
o CD, Sequel NEX CD 244, UK, 1992 | +++++
o info: The best one in this series of 3! "Telstar '69" is psych
drenched in fuzz and flanging.
2. Jack Arel: "Strange galaxy"
o album "Dance & Mood music de Jack Arel" (avec Jean Claude Petit &
Pierre Dutour, compiled by the House Of Bamboo)
o Double LP, Virgin 8 44025, UK, 1997 | ++++
o info: Late 60's early 70's production music from Chappell. Funky
swinging EZ. One track ("Soft winds") sounds very close to Steely
Dan going instro! The fourth side contains his ambitious "Four
seasons" suite, which is prog EZ at its best, very symphonic, with
elaborate arrangements, tempo and instrumentation changes galore,
really impressing!
3. The Muppets: "Pigs in Space, the next generation"
o home-recording "Muppets Tonight"
o recorded from TV | not rated
4. Kamagurka, Eddy Wally, Herr Seele: "In het heelal (Wally in space) -
edit"
o album "When giants meet!"
o LP, Telstar, Belgium, 1990 | +++
o info: Eddy Wally is Flanders King of the schlager, performing even
in China! Kamagurka is one of the most cynic cartoonists of
Belgium. They combined forces in a Star Trek spoof series on TV.
The forthcoming LP was issued by Telstar, which is a Dutch label
devoted to the high art of schlager music. It was also deleted
very quickly, once Mister Wally realised what a fool he made out
of himself.
5. Attileo Mineo: "Welcome to tomorrow"
o album "Man In Space With Sounds!"
o CD, Subliminal Sounds SUBXMCD-604, Sweden, 1997 + USA, 1998 |
+++++
o info: Plenty of futuristic music has been recorded over the past
decades - especially on the dawning of the space age - but how
much of it is STILL futuristic? This concept album is, and think
of it: it was recorded way back in the early 1950's, that's more
than 40 years ago! This is the music that was used at the Seattle
World's Fair of 1962. Its combination of moody string
orchestrations, theatre organ (?) and weird out-of-this-world
electronics is strikingly dark, spooky, mysterious and industrial,
not exactly the kind of stuff you'd expect to hear at a popular
fair... some people at that time might have thought of it as avant
gardistic noise - or at least noisy - music ... It's also slightly
in contrast with the bright future that was portrayed by the
fair's attractions and described by the narrator (the CD contains
the 2 complete different LP versions that were issued in 1962: one
with, and another without the spoken comments; there's also a
limited issue LP reissue on the Spannish Wah-Wah label, with
better graphics and more informative liner notes - contact:
wah-wah@mx3.redestb.es). Mastered from an original more or less
mint LP copy, which is still far better than nothing, since this
is an extremely rare LP! If you liked Russ Garcia's "Fantastica"
album, then you defenitely should buy this CD!
6. Russ Garcia: "Monsters of Jupiter"
o album "Fantastica - Music From Outer Space"
o CD, Toshiba-EMI TOCP-8325, Japan, 1994 or 1996 | +++++
o info: Classic outer space electronics exotica reissued on CD.
7. Ken Nordine: "Outer space"
o album "Son of Word Jazz"
o LP, Mono Dot DLP3096, USA | +++++
o info: "Outer space" combines the genius of Nordine's Words with
cool electronic noises in a conversation between a man and a
Martian.
8. Leonard Nimoy: "Twinkle twinkle little earth"
o album "Mr Spock presents music from outer space"
o LP, Rediffusion stereo ZS 156, UK issue, 1973 | +++++
o info: Combination of groovy (instromental) versions of the "Star
Trek" theme, "Music to watch SPACE girls by", and "Mission
impossible"... with more embarrassing narrative material, like
"Twinkle twinkle little earth". Exists on CD, see details in my
"eXotica Releases Overview".
9. Spike Jones, featuring George Rock: "Captain of the spaceship"
o single "Captain of the spaceship"
o cassette copy of 7", RCA Little Nipper Series WY-472, USA, 1953 |
++++
o info: Georgie Rock flies around in his spaceship, and blasts space
pirates out of this universe with his atomic guns. Very rare
single, glad to have a cassette copy!
10. The Twisters: "Count down intro"
o compil. "The Madness Invasion Volume 3"
o LP, GMG Venus in Furs, France, 1988 | +++
o info: Wild and primitive 50's and 60's rock 'n roll.
11. Enoch Light: "Fly me to the moon"
o album "Let's dance the bossa nova"
o CDR copy of LP, Command RS 851-SD, USA | +++
o info: Not as good as "Big Band Bossa Nova", but it still has its
nice moments.
12. The Jay-Hawks: "The creature (from outer space)"
o compil. "The Madness Invasion Volume 3"
o see above mention of this record for more details
13. Don Miller: "Missile monkey"
o compil. "Bent, batty and 'bnoxious!"
o LP, Torture 000-NO! (bootleg), USA, 198? | +++++
o info: Highly recommended, if you like stupid "Wavy Gravy" stuff. I
actually think this is far better than "Wavy Gravy", much more
"demented".
14. Radio theme: "X minus one"
o compil. "Themes like old times" (90 genuine original program
openings from the most famous radio shows...)
o CD, Radio Yesteryear, USA, 1990 | +++++
o info: highly recommended! There's a lot of use of a Theatre organ
on these themes compilation, many themes from mystery and
adventure series. Contact: <video@yesteryear.com>
15. Radio play: "Lost in time - montage"
o home-recording "The Underground Culture Vulture"
o cassette | not rated
16. Vincent Price + Bob Crewe: "Witchcraft, Magic & Barbarella MIX"
o album "Witchcraft & Magic; An Adventure In Demonology" +
"Barbarella"
o Double LP, Capitol SWBB-342, USA + CDR, home recorded bootleg,
USA, 1998
o info: "Witchcraft & Magic" is four sides of mysterious blabla
about witches and their magic powers. About 5 interventions by
hilarious cliche witches casting their spells while bent over
their boiling "soup". A bit of electronics thrown in here and
there for the spooky effect.
17. Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo: "Stella by starlight"
o album "Moon gas"
o CDR copy of LP, MGM E/SE 4110, USA, 196? | +++++
o info: Sampled by Tipsy. There are some truely strange and outer
space organ sounds happening here!
18. Uri Geller + Sound Effects: "Velvet galaxy vibrations MIX"
o album "Uri Geller"
o LP, Polydor 2371 510 | ++++
o info: Just like Nimoy's "Mr Spock" LP, this one combines camp and
cool.
19. The Tornados: "Earthy"
o album "The EP collection"
o CD, See For Miles 445, UK, 1996 + USA, 1997 | ++++
o Review:
"http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/A/Tornadosepcollection.htm"
o info: Corrected track list included in the review!
20. L. Ron Hubbard: "The Drone"
o album "Space jazz" (the soundtrack of the book "Battlefield
Earth")
o LP, Applause 9000, USA, 1982 | +++
o info: Pompous, ridiculous, so-called futuristic music, all
performed on the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument. Only 1
track is jazzy, by the way.
21. Jim Samuels: "Star Trek theme"
o compil. "Star Trek comedy"
o LP, Vince Emery Productions, USA, 198? | +
22. Jimmy Haskel: "Starlight"
o album "Countdown"
o CDR copy of LP, Imperial, USA | +++++
o info: Electronic space rock 'n roll, quite rare, and
beautiful/funny/way out there! . This same CDr
(sold by Jack D.) also contains "Barbarella"...
23. Buddy Morrow, featuring President Kennedy and astro-talk: "Men into
space MIX"
o album "Double Impact"
o LP, RCA Victor LSP-2180stereo, USA, 1960 | ++++
o info: Excellent and big arrangements of 1959 and 1960 detective,
SF, western, and adventure TV themes. With: Men into space;
Hawaiian eye; Staccato's theme; The Deputy; Riverboat theme;
Bourbon Street Beat; Bonanza; Twilight zone; San Francisco Blues;
The untouchables; Markham Theme; International detective.
24. Angelo F. Lavagnino: "Space devils"
o compil. "Erotica Italia"
o CD, BMG/Arista 74321541932/Bistro LC 3484, UK, 1998 | ++++
o info: PROS: varied, 20 good to excellent tracks, lots of wordless
vocals, 2 sitar tracks. CONS: no liner notes, no mentioning of the
featured original soundtrack titles... boo!
album ratings:
+++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk
the radio pages + "eXotica Releases Overview" on my web site:
<http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>
Johan Dada Vis
quiet@village.uunet.be
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