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exotica-digest       Monday, September 14 1998       Volume 02 : Number 209



In This Digest:

(exotica) Pocket Theremin
Re: (exotica) Bacharach/Costello at Radio City
(exotica) Christmas in September
Re: (exotica) Touch of Evil (Retouched)
Re: (exotica) Christmas in September
(exotica) Playlist 8-23-98
(exotica) Hi-Fis and Hi-Balls book
(exotica) Victrola
Re: (exotica) Pocket Theremin
(exotica) Celeste
(exotica) The Italian Job
Re:  (exotica) Celeste
(exotica) Buzzimba pics
Re:  (exotica) question
(exotica) Jack Hylton and His Ros is my gain!
(exotica) FEMINIST THEORY AND MUSIC 4
(exotica) Rebecca Leydon
Re: (exotica) Jack Hylton etc.
Re: (exotica) Celeste
(exotica) Rebecca Leydon Pt.2
Re: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #207
RE: (exotica) Victrola
Re: (exotica) Pocket Theremin
Re: (exotica) Jack Hylton etc.
(exotica) Re: new release dates
(exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) Exotica Auction
(exotica) Raymond Scott/R&R Symphony
(exotica) Lorraine Bowen?
(exotica) "Mondo Bongos" Playlist for 16 Sep 98

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:40:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David J. Strauss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Pocket Theremin

The current issue of The Face has a short piece on a new pocket Theremin
for 99 pounds. anyone know anything about this?

DS
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 98 20:53:39 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bacharach/Costello at Radio City

I heard the Costello/Bacharach album, and I have to say that I was very
disappointed. I love Bacharach, and this felt more like a Costello
side-project (he sings) than anything else. It's very dirgey, ponderous.
Everything is similar to their first collaboration ("God Give Me
Strength," on the Grace of my Heart soundtrack) except not as good. I'll
give it another spin, but the first impression was far from positive.

Elisabeth


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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:19:03 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Christmas in September

Found a pretty good Christmas album today...not as good as the Three Suns'
"Ding Dong Daddy Christmas" LP, but way better than most holiday offerings.

Winter Wonderland  The Mexicali Brass Crown CST 545
This is more an album celebrating the fun part of winter weather and really
has nothing to do with Christmas (maybe this is why I like it) other than
this music often gets played around the same time: Sleigh Ride, Singing
Sleigh Bells, Winter Carnival, etc.  There is a little bit of Tijuana Brass
sound here, but it is not complete knock off: the music stands on its own.
I can't help think there is some signifigance to the cover photograph of an
attractive woman with blond hair behind a pair of Head skies.

Oh, did I mention The Three Suns?  I found yet another of their albums I had
not seen yet (which is unusual because I have *a lot* of their LPs...just
how many did they do?).

Having A Ball With The Three Suns  The Three Suns  RCA LPM 1734
Six of the 10 cuts are the kind of medleys that The Three Suns are known
for: They weave the brightest parts of each of four songs together for
about three minutes of fun.  Also four singletons including the Walter
Winchell Rumba.

Nancy Walker  I Hate Men  RCA Camden CAS 561
This is great fun!  If you like the Katie Lee Lps, you'll like this.  Also,
if you like Sid Bass, this is also for you because he does the music...and
not just your standard backing but with percussive and other effects which
add to the humor of the tunes.  Great cover shot of Nancy Walker with three
male dolls...one decapitated, another with a noose around its neck and the
third being stuck with pins.  All the tunes are Broadway gems where *MEN*
are ridiculed (and rightly so).

Two Sides of Winterhalter  Hugo Winterhalter  RCA LSP 1905
I didn't even bother listening to the serious side (the one associated with
the picture of Hugo on the left side of the cover where he is holding a
conductors baton and wearing a black suit, white shirt and bow tie).
However, the side two is much better than the standard Winterhalter.
Pretty jazzy and full of swing, even a little percussive stuff going on
(especially for All of You and
I Still Get A Thrill). 1959.

By the way, have you noticed 1959 was a particularly good year for alot of
things, including music? :)

This following album, then, must *NOT* have been recorded in 1959.

Organ Favorites  The Dream Dusters featuring "Kenny" at the Hammond
Valiant V 4909
Any album by a "Kenny" sounds suspicious to me (exceptions: "Kenny" Ball
and "Kenny" Burrell).  I really got it for versions of El Choclo and Song
of India which are usually good no matter who does it.  This album was the
not the norm.

Stereo Dialogue For Brass  The Stereo Brass Choir (Lew Davies)  Columbia CS
8290
Not too long ago I found the mono version of this album and liked it, but I
wasn't completely into it.  It is amazing how different the stereo version
sounds!  This is definitely a fine album.  It is no wonder that Lew Davies
name was no where to be found on the mono version...he probably thought a
mono mix was as useful as those mono versions of Stereo Action LP's and
didn't want his name associated with it.  The album proudly proclaims that
it is "the most enjoyable musical event in stereo history."  Well, it is
certainly one of the most enjoyable.

Byron




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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:13:17 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Touch of Evil (Retouched)

They called it the greatest all time "B" movie......

No doubt about that, man

http://www.jackdiamond.to

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:42:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Kevin William Greenlee <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Christmas in September

Speaking of the Three Suns, at a Goodwill today I came across a two record
compilation of their work called "This is the Three Suns." It's a great
collection of music, of course, but the real treat for me were the liner
notes by Marty Gold. They're full of tidbits like "The diversion of food
was always considered necessary to relieve the tensions of a recording
session." It is also mentioned that "Artie Dunn, the organist, also sang."
Does this mean the vocalist that appears on som eof my Three Suns records
is Artie Dunn? Did everyone but me already know this?
I also found "The Three Suns:16 Greatest Hits" on the Musicor label. The
lineup of the group here is different from that on any of the other many
Suns records I have; this group is Morty Nevins, Vinnie Bell and Fred
Mendelsohn. The record is entertaining in its own right but it lacks the
charm of the work of the original Suns.
I also came across today a copy of "Rock 'n' Roll with Scatman Crothers"
but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet...

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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:58:56 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist 8-23-98

KFJC play list 8/23/98 for Jack Diamond

 ARTIST                   TRACK                 ALBUM
 The Planets              Chunky

 Gerry Mulligan and       Four and 1 Moore      1958
 The Sax Section
 W/ Al Cohn-Bari          1ST Solo
 G Mulligan-Bari          2ND Bari Solo
 Zoot Sims-Tenor          2ND Solo

 Perry & the Harmonics    James Goes to         Mercury
                          Soulsville

 Vic Mizzy                Madame Lavinia        Don't Make Waves Ost

 Tak Shindo               Summer Festival
 Ennio Morricone          Suspance and Murder   Lo Squatatore
                                                In New York, Ost

 Rod Mckuen               The Yellow Unicorn
 Phil Upchurch            Electrik Head         1969
 Wiseblood                Grease Nipples
 Bruno Nicholai           Spy Chase
 Waits, Tom               Frank's Wild Years    Swordfishtrombones

 Joe Byrd and the         You Can't Come Down   Metaphysical Circus
 Field Hippies

 Phil Moore               Night Bloomin'        N.Y. Sweet
                          Trashmen

 Acme Rocket Quartet      The National Anthem   Ultra-High-Frequency
 The Hogs                 Blues Theme

 Lesiman                  Telescrivente         Future Sound of Lesiman

 The Poor                 Skip to My Mary Jane
 Lewis, Johnny Quartet    Cissy Strut           Shuckin' N' Jivin'
 Pete Rugolo Orch         Mister Cleeeeeeean
 Les Baxter               Cult Party            Dunwich Horror
 Perrey, Jean             An Elephant on the
 Jacques/Chazam,D.        Roof                  Eklectronics, 1998 LP

 Kenneth Patchen          Glory, Glory          1959, Folkways
 Bruce Haack              Electric to Me Turn   Hush Little Robot
 Burt Bacharach           After the Fox         Instrumental

 Goldsmith, Jerry         Lost in Space         In Like Flint/Our Man
                                                Flint

 Zoot Sims Qrt            Our Pad (A.K.A.       Dawn, Mid 50'S
                          Kfjc-Fm)
 W/ Bob Brookmeyer
 Gus Johnson
 John Williams

 Dick Jacobs Orch.        This Island Earth     Coral

 Ken Nordine              Bury-It-Yourself
                          Time Capsules
                          Anytime, Anytime

 Andre' Montero W/        The Red Sands of Mars
                                            Music for
 Paul Tanner;                                   Heavenly Bodies
 Electro Theremin

Klaus Hashagen           Mobile Szenen 1        1966
                                                Percussion and
                                                Elektronik

 Cristopher Komeda        Expectancy            Rosemary's Baby
 Booker Little and        November Afternoon
 Donald Byrd-Trumpets
 W/ Addison Farmer-Bass
 Bill Evans-Piano
 Earl Zindars-Perc.

 Jean Jacques Perrey      Saturn Ski Jump

 Machito Afro-Cubans      Cancion Antigua       Clef Records
 W/ Flip Phillips-Tnr                           Early 50'S
 Charlie Parker-Alto
 Buddy Rich-Drums

 Alberto Baldan Bembo     Ore 4, Ore 6, Ore     Easy Tempo
                          10...
 Johnny Spots!            Johnny Spots!!        Johnny Spots!!!

 Giorgio Moroder           Pop Corn              Contour Label, U.K.

 Electronics Only         No Music, Just
                          Electronics
 From Attilio Mineo
 Conducts Man in
 Space with Sounds!

 Ennio Morricone          La Lucertola
 Pete Rugolo              Diamond on the Move


KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

Tune in The House of Games with Jack Diamond
Sundays 10AM-1PM, Since Jan. 1993
Http://www.KFJC.org (Internet Broadcast)
KFJC-FM, 89.7
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 01:34:55 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Hi-Fis and Hi-Balls book

sorry if this has been discussed and if it's slightly off-topic, BUT- has
anyone bought or looked over this book (Hi-Fi's and Hi-Balls)? I saw it being
offered on the Rhino website and was curious. It purports to be a guide to the
Space Age Bachelor lifestyle. Thanks

Jon


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:56:33 +0100
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Victrola

On the 11th September Robert wrote

'P.S  I was listening to this CD tonight in my workshop while refinishing a
newly acquired Victrola.  And yes, my wife is a little pissed.  Like I need
another one.  But this one . . . .  oh, well -- more later.'

So what the hell is a Victrola anyway?  This isn't the first time someone
has referred to these.



Il Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:43:20 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Pocket Theremin

I saw Add N to X on stage recently using a handheld Theremin. Its about the
size of a CB-style walkie talkie. The sound is not pleasant - instead of a
warm, thick, vocal sound, it produces a thin squeal - It definately
responds to hand movements but the effect is like turning a pitch control
up and down on a smoke alarm - nasty.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Aaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

If you need a Theremin, join the Theremin mailing list, buy a kit and build
it yourself. I don't think they're expensive and I know that they sound
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:45:52 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Celeste

Somebody on this list, and my mother and a friend of mine have all
mentioned an old, smaller than usual piano called a Celeste. Does anybody
know more details? Is this a Fender Rhodes Celeste? or is it something
else?

Thanks all


Charlie





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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:36:00 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Italian Job

I just picked up the reissue of The Italian Job this weekend - It must =
be a
bootleg because the cover art is woeful and the pressing is bad and the=

label looks like shit and there's no record label information. Need I g=
o
on? Whoever is responsible for this should have done a better job, but =
I'm
still happy with it. Excellent football inspired nationalist lad-song w=
hich
seems to dis those hilariously crap Europeans and their amusing antics =
as
they try to keep up with us Brits. La la la la la la. This is the self
preservation society, etc. etc. Get your skates on mate!, etc etc.

Please god let Get Carter be a proper reissue when it arrives on the 21=
st
September.

Also I just got 'I got the feeling' by Dave Pike - a European jazz clas=
sic
reissued on the original label. Not really my cup of tea, but good funk=
y,
xylophone and vibes jazz. I seem to remember a record dealer offering =A3=
150
for this so its nice to see it out for more of us to enjoy.

Charlie
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 06:20:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Celeste

a celeste is a set of chimes with a keyboard attached.
as i recall(i haven't played one in 15 years),
it looks much like an upright piano,
and works more or less like an electric piano, but it sounds very different.
(for one thing, it's acoustic)
fender/rhodes might have made one, i wouldn't be surprised
you can hear it in a lot of christmas music and '70s soul ballads.
it sounds gorgeous.
dave g


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 03:33:57 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Buzzimba pics

I need pictures of a Buzzimba, if someone have any, or know where to
find some, please e-mail me.

I think i have a half Buzzimba on a picture, but thats not enough, i
need to see it in its full beauty.

- --
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 06:34:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) question

In a message dated 9/9/98 8:16:43 PM, Jeff wrote:

<<  Does anyone know who played the eastern background
music to the Butthole Surfers "Kuntz"?  A very twisted exotic
tune.  Did the Surfers lift it?, or did Gibby somehow learn
eastern scales for the song?>>

They lifted it. it sounds Vietnamese or Thai to me.
- -Dave G


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:02:43 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jack Hylton and His Ros is my gain!

>I'm wondering if anybody else appreciate and listens to Rudy Vallee,
>jack Hylton, Carroll Gibbons and similar 30s and 40s dance/entertainment
>music.

Can't EXACTLY say that I am, although being a Goon Show fan, I can say that
they used Hylton's "Just Like a Thief" on numerous occasions.   I also am a
fan of "Butterflies in the Rain" by ? (Ian Whitcomb used this as one of his
Desert Island Discs) and from a "My Music" show, I have a snippet of what I
am told is a rare thing; Henry Hall, a well-known compere', singing.

Brian Phillips

P.S. Someone uploaded an Edmundo Ros show on the oldtime radio newsgroup!



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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:49:40 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FEMINIST THEORY AND MUSIC 4

Web searches are goofy things.
There I am searching mamma.com for "buzzimba" and this URL pops towards the top.
- -Lou


<http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~smp8a/Abstracts/sess13.html>

FEMINIST THEORY AND MUSIC 4
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Session 13 Depictions of Gender 2: the 50s and 60s
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Ces nymphes, je les veux perpetuer:" Pastoral Predicaments in Space-Age
Bachelor Pad Music
Rebecca Leydon, SUNY Stony Brook
The music of Juan Garcia Esquivel has become emblematic of a genre recently
identified as "space-age bachelor pad music," the "instrumental pop" of the
late 1950s and early 1960s. Exotic and futuristic instruments, dazzling
stereo effects, textless vocalise, Klangfarbenmelodie, and an array of
colorful timbral resources are all prominent characteristics of Esquivel's
arrangements.

This paper situates Esquivel's music within the venerable tradition of the
Pastoral mode, a specialized narrative mode met in certain literary and
musical works. After a brief account of the role of this Pastoral mode in
instrumental music, I focus on what is perhaps the most famous of Pastoral
orchestral works, Debussy's Pre'lude `a l'apres-midi d'un faune. Apart from
its association with Mallarme''s explicitly Pastoral poem--one which
features the classic Pastoral personae of Faune and Nymphs, there are
numerous musical features that identify this work as Pastoral: aspects of
timbre and melodic contour, a preponderance of "slithery" sounds such as
tremolo, trills, glissandi, chromatic melodies, and, especially, an
over-abundance of motivic material. The steady parade of new themes, with
little repetition, and the rapidly-changing orchestral colors impart a
hedonistic atmosphere, consistent with the "fantasy of plenitude" associated
with the literary Pastoral.

Esquivel's music, I claim, represents a transposition of this bucolic style,
in which Debussy's ephemeral sounds of the flute and harp are transformed
into their space-age counterparts: theremin, vibraphone, buzzimba, and the
"zu-zu-zu" of the Randy Van Horne Singers. In place of Faune and Nymphs are
suave bachelors and their dates. Esquivel's music thus reconstitutes the
particular erotic configurations of classic Pastoral. Along with selected
musical examples, my presentation includes advertisements and cartoons from
the early-1960s issues of Playboy magazine which illustrate contemporary
representations of the "leisurely bachelor."



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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:04:20 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rebecca Leydon

Further searches on Rebecca Leydon and her SABP address turned up the
following. Is there anyone at McGill or SUNY Stony Brook who can track her
down and have her post her address here? Or put it up on the web so we can
all read it that way?
- -Lou


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>FEMINIST THEORY AND MUSIC 4=20
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>Session 13 Depictions of Gender 2: the 50s and 60s=20
>Rebecca Leydon, SUNY Stony Brook=20

McGill Symposium
The 1997 symposium took place in Montr=E9al February 15-16 with participants
from seven universities across North America presenting papers. Topics
ranged from theoretical concerns in the music of Morton Feldman and Claude
Vivier to Stravinsky and French Copyright Laws and the negotiation of power
in Canadian music competitions. The keynote address, "Pastoral Predicaments
in Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music," was delivered by McGill alumnus Rebecca
Leydon, who is presently teaching at SUNY Stony Brook. A great time was had
by all at the ritual potluck soir=E9e which took place on the Saturday=
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:30:29 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jack Hylton etc.

> From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
>
> I'm wondering if anybody else appreciate and listens to Rudy Vallee,
> jack Hylton, Carroll Gibbons and similar 30s and 40s dance/entertainment
> music. I have periods when i listen to that stuff alot on my 78 rpm
> player (I'm not interested in getting LPs or CDs with it, cheap 78s is
> perfect). Some of Jack Hyltons work would I classify as I.S.M. If you
> want to try him out here's an advice, the stranger the title the better.
> You cant go wrong with these: "When my little Pommeranian met your
> little Pekinese", "The wedding of the garden insects", "I lift up my
> finger and say tweet tweet". Silly lyrics sung in a good mood. I love
> it!

Yes, I do, and I particularly appreciate the novelty songs of the
era. For example, "My Brother Does The Noises For The Talkies" by Jack
Payne [I think], is excellent: the majority of the song is a kind of
cheesy cinema-cliche story punctuated by inappropriate sound
effects. Superb! (and totally different from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah
Band version that some people may be familiar with). I really like
tracks like "Keep Young and Beautiful" and "Everything Stops For Tea"
by Roy Fox -- I can imagine the singer polishing up his monocle,
swilling champagne, and taking a puff via a 7" cigarette holder before
firing off his toffee-edged vocals.

Mostly I have LP compliations of this kind of music, and I can't
always remember the names of the band leaders. It seems that no one
else wants it -- I picked up 30-odd albums of this type at a car boot
sale for 2 pounds! I really recommend a BBC Records comilation called
"Silly Songs" which has UK and US oddities such as "Everything Is
Fresh Today" (raspberries galore), "When It's Night Time In Italy,
It's Tuesday Over Here", "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes" and "I
Do Not Choose To Run". It was issued late 80s on vinyl and CD, I think
(and was one of a series issuing music from the era of 78s that was
digitally cleaned up to remove crackle).

> I think he was from England.

Yes, he was. I believe Hylton went on to become a big impresario in
the post-War years. Could probably dig more details up from liner
notes...

> Maybe a part of my interest in this comes from watching the TV serial
> "The singing Detective" in the 80s.

Yes! Soundtrack to that is great, as is that of "Pennies From Heaven".

- -- Pete.



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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:36:08 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Celeste

> Somebody on this list, and my mother and a friend of mine have all
> mentioned an old, smaller than usual piano called a Celeste. Does anybody
> know more details? Is this a Fender Rhodes Celeste? or is it something
> else?
>

It's an acoustic instrument, which has a keyboard. It is much smaller
than a piano, and the hammers do not hit strings, but metal bars
suspended in a frame; it produces high pitches which have a different
timbre to that of a piano.

- -- Pete.



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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:34:48 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rebecca Leydon Pt.2

At 10:04 AM 9/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Further searches on Rebecca Leydon and her SABP address turned up the
>following. Is there anyone at McGill or SUNY Stony Brook who can track her
>down and have her post her address here?
>-Lou

McGill/SUNY-SB folks can ignore the above. Further searching has turned up
the following:
Rebecca Leydon will join the Oberlin faculty beginning in the fall of 1998.
A more complete biography will be posted in the near future.

So, anyone here from Oberlin want to track her down?

- -Lou





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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:20:04 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #207

Blazerfan wrote:

> I will pay any price to anyone who can sell me or make me a copy to the (Tiki
> Room-) soundtrack...

10.000 US $ and it's yours!

No! Just kidding... your devotion to the Tiki room requires free treatment. I
will send it to you. Just give me your adress!

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:12:06 +0100
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Victrola

Hmmm,  we always called them wind-up gramaphones.  Well,  they say a shared
language can be a great divider.  I was just imagining something
more....more exotic,  I suppose.


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> Subject:     Re: (exotica) Victrola
>
> In a message dated 98-09-14 03:57:49 EDT, you write:
>
> << So what the hell is a Victrola anyway?  This isn't the first time
> someone
>  has referred to these. >>
>
> A Victrola is a wind up record player from the 19 teens to the 1930's.
> Victor
> was the company that made "Victrolas" but all wind up are called Victrola.
> Later, RCA (Radio Corporation of America) and Victor merged to form RCV-
> Victor.
>
> Surely you have seen these things in antique shops.  They play 78 records.
>
> Let me know if this sounds famaliar.
>
> Robert
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 18:42:01 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Pocket Theremin

Charles Mosley wrote:
>I saw Add N to X on stage recently using a handheld Theremin. Its about the
>size of a CB-style walkie talkie. The sound is not pleasant - instead of a
>warm, thick, vocal sound, it produces a thin squeal - It definately
>responds to hand movements but the effect is like turning a pitch control
>up and down on a smoke alarm - nasty.

I guess they couldn't handle it right. I have a Longwave Pocket Theremin
which sounds beautiful. The internal speaker is weak but if you plug it in
to a amplifier you got you get a real nice warm, thick sound. It has one
antenna for and a pitch control. If you want to adjust the volume you can
use a volume pedal. I've just this set up live several times and it works
perfect. Didn't use it when I did my Theremin concert for the King & Queen
of Sweden though. I used an Etherwave. Unfortunatly Longwave Instruments are
now out of business.

Stefan
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:43:19 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jack Hylton etc.

- --
Yes, I do, and I particularly appreciate the novelty songs of the
era. For example, "My Brother Does The Noises For The Talkies" by Jack
Payne [I think], is excellent: the majority of the song is a kind of
cheesy cinema-cliche story punctuated by inappropriate sound
effects. Superb! (and totally different from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah
Band version that some people may be familiar with). I really like
tracks like "Keep Young and Beautiful" and "Everything Stops For Tea"
by Roy Fox -- I can imagine the singer polishing up his monocle,
swilling champagne, and taking a puff via a 7" cigarette holder before
firing off his toffee-edged vocals.
- --

I will look for these. One of the good things about this interest is
that when you find something, you wont have to put up a lot of money for
it, and thats nice for a change... I have some Roy Fox, but i think
those are a little more jazzy in style.

- --
"When It's Night Time In Italy,
It's Tuesday Over Here", "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes"
- --

Thats the kind of titles i like!

Happy to hear I'm not alone :)
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:00:23 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: new release dates

At 04:56 -0600 98/09/11, Lou Smith <[e-mail]>:

>new release dates:

>Varttina: Vihma (Wicklow-BMG)
>Tom Ze: Com Defeito De Fabricacao (Fabrication Defect) (Luaka Bop)
>Wagon Christ(aka Luke Vibert): Tally Ho! (Astralwerks)

    before adding these to the "eXotica Releases Overview",
    i'd like to know a bit more about these artists, as i've never
    heard about them before. can someone - in short - describe them
    please? is this "world" music?

        Johan


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:36:10 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour

This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour - a preview of "MusicHound
Lounge: The Essential Album Guide to Martini Music and Easy
Listening".  We'll talk with "MusicHound Lounge" editor Steve Knopper
and sample tracks from the Ultra-Lounge sampler which accompanies the
book.  Also this week, Marty Manning and music from "The Twilight
Zone", Les Baxter's "Music Out of the Moon" and more.  Plus,
listeners to the webcast can enter our weeklong giveaway and win a
free copy of "MusicHound Lounge" and the Ultra-Lounge CD.  Winners to
be announced on September 21.

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the World Wide Web, just go to:

http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro.html

Requires RealPlayer 5.0 or G2 and at least a 28.8 Internet
connection.  Enjoy!

Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:13:20 +0000
From: "Tim @ World Wide Wax" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotica Auction

Tomorrow is the last day of my electronica/exotica auction.
Features moog lps by Mort Garson, Dick Hyman, Karlheinz Stockhausen,
Richard Hayman, Don Sebesky.  Also Esquivel's first US EP, space
records by Leonard Nimoy & Sid Bass (what a cover!), a Petty Girl
cover, a Raymond Scott lp, and some other treasures.

All covers have been scanned for your viewing pleasure!

http://www.worldwidewax.com/ex/

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: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:31:14 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Raymond Scott/R&R Symphony

In reference to recent comments about RS's RnRS, here's Jeff Winner's
comments (JW is webmaster of the RS Archives website):


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   I hope IC sends the official RSA opinion on this LP to the list, but for
now just lemme say this:  The RS LP issued under 3 titles: 'Amore,' 'Rock And
Roll Symphony,' & 'Warn Rain,' basically sucks.  It is the only RS LP that is
this boring.  It's very, very easy listening.

   No, Basta is not going to release it.  No one is.  Basta is only releasing
the good stuff.

- -Jeff



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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 98 18:58:13 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lorraine Bowen?

Does anybody know anything about Lorraine Bowen and/or the Lorraine Bowen
Experience? A friend taped me a song by them called, I think, "I'm in
Love with Julie Christie". Ms. Bowen is also a guest on the new Fantastic
Plastic Machine album I believe. Any leads would be appreciated.

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 18:59:27 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" Playlist for 16 Sep 98

Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wednesday at 9 to 11 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Arthur Lyman: Watermelon Man "Sonic Sixties"
- - this cd, along with the compilations "Music for the Jet Set" & "In a
Cocktail Mood" have been repackaged as a budget box set called Hifi
Daze/Cocktail Nights".

Martin Denny: Stranger in Paradise "Quiet Village"

Robert Drasnin: Chant of the Moon "Voodoo!"
- - the exotica classic

The Surfmen: Orchid Lagoon "Hawaii"
- - from the lp released by Somerset Records. "The Surfmen play a program of
favorites from our fiftieth and most beautiful State...".

The Ensemble of Seven: Taboo "Exotic Fantasies"
- - from the 10" ep which also features two version of "Quiet Village" & one
of "Caravan". Does anyone know if creator Larry Seven ever released
anything else?

The Gentle People: Tiki Mix "Soundtracks for Living"

Neotropic: Vacetious Blooms "Ninja Cuts: Funkungfusion"
- - another question from me: does anyone know the easy listening source
samples for this track?

Burt Bacharach: Reach Out for Me "Reach Out"

Mono: Disney Town "Formica Blues"
- - a modern version of sixties girlie-pop...or at least it seems to my ears.
Especially after listening to their song "High Life" which reminds of
Petula Clark's
"Downtown".

Dimitri from Paris: Nothing to Lose "Sacrebleu"
Bob Crewe: Pygar's Persecution/The Black Queen's Beads "The Hascisch
Party!"
The Vampires Sound Incorporation: The Lions & the Cucumber "Vampyros Lesbos
Sexadelic Dance Party"

Black Mighty Wax: Blue Mambo "The Sound of Infinity - trip hop from outer
space"
- - a new comp on Irma America Records. Nice smooth tracks, not particularly
out of this world tho'.

Massive Attack: Blue Lines "Blue Lines"
Soundscape UK: Beatbox "Trip Hop & Jazz 4"
Hooverphonic: Cinderella " A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular"
Kvantett O Jonson & Grjoni: Howlin'wolfguitargrowl "Karnival i Texas"

John Keating: The Unknown Planet "Space Experience"
- - the best cuts are the Keating originals such as this tune. This "now
sound" lp also includes cringe-inducing versions of "Jesus Christ
Superstar" & "Rocket Man".

Coldcut: Space Journey "Let Us Play"
- - this release is packaged with a bonus cd-rom which is a real hoot
(videos, games, etc). Released by Ninja Tune.

Dick Hyman: The Moog & Me "Moog - the electric eclectics of..."

Stock, Hausen & Walkman: Gravy "Empty Box"
- - 10" lp. masters of the cut 'n' paste method of music making.

Add N to X: King Wasp "On the Wires of our Nerves"

101 Strings: Trippin' on Lunar 07 "Astro Sounds from beyond the Year 2000"
- - the record of choice for the new millenium.

[uncredited]: Pot Party "Only in America"
- - contains the classic line "Will drugs pave the road of destruction for
the Now Generation?"

Xhol: Love Potion 25 "Motherfuckers GMBH & Co Kg"
- - apparently the singer hasn't tripped for days & is in the need of some
Purple Haze. A Krautrock classic.

The Herbaliser: Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks "Wall Crawling Giant
Insect Breaks ep"
- - Isn't that Martin Denny making an unscheduled appearence towards the end
of this song?

Martin Denny: Bangkok Cockfight "Primitiva"

Comments & Questions welcome

Cheers
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