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exotica-digest         Friday, October 9 1998         Volume 02 : Number 224



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Re: (exotica) Bongos, please
Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply
Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply
(exotica) Bongos
(exotica) keep watching the canadian jews
(exotica) Through the past, darkly...
(exotica) New To The List... Here's Some Recomendations
(exotica) 3 obits
(exotica) Cool RealAudio
(exotica) SCOTS -Reply
Re: (exotica) keep watching the curbs -Reply
(exotica) keep watching the canadian jews
(exotica) Now that is EXOTIC ! ! ! !
Re: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews
RE: (exotica) SCOTS - Point/Counterpoint
Re: (exotica) Re: keep watching the curbs
(exotica) Air, again
Re: (exotica) SCOTS
Re: (exotica) Bongos, please
(exotica) Bongos, please
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny's Paradise Moods
(exotica) CD Recommendations
Re: (exotica) More Mod !
(exotica) More Denny Oddities
Re: (exotica) More Mod !
Re: (exotica) More Denny Oddities
Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply
Re: (exotica) Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale - "Batman & Robin"

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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:49:15 +0100
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please

I got the Italian Job OST re-release by Quincy Jones recently and the first
track on side 2 has some fantastic Bongos on it.  Its called The Job, I
think,  but its really an instrumental version of The Self Preservation
Society.  It has a long section near the beginning with just bongos and hi
hats which I would have put straight into my sampler if I'd still been
making music,  it just builds getting more frantic as it goes,  and the goes
back into the main harmonica part.

I have to agree with the recent posting about this looking like a bootleg
though,  no film stills,  totally unconnected cover and a badly drawn
picture of Michael Caine on the label.  Still I didn't think the pressing
was so bad,  its pretty loud,  not distorted and not crackly,  so thats
better quality than nearly everything else I've got already.  I loved it.

El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 08:41:54 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply

Hey everybody.  Here's the deal.  Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I =
off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny.

As her below message to me suggests - it might be fun for everyone who =
doesn't have anything better to do........to make a list of the songs both =
exoticats have covered and vote for either Denny or Lyman.  Send me your =
results, I'll tally 'em up, and we'll see who we crown king.

Not that it'll change anybody's opinion, but it'll keep all you guys off =
the streets as you studiously compare arrangements!

And I'll make it fair, and NOT do my own comparisons.....

<< Hey, compare the two's "March of the Siamese Children" - Lyman pulls
ahead!!
=20
 - Nate >>

I'll have to check this out, butone version of "March Of The Siamese =
Children"
a better group doesn't make.

A side by side comparison of nearly every version that both artists did =
will
quite clearly show Denny's band on top. Denny's true genius is shown in =
his
arrangments which almost single-handedly created "exotica." Sure you had =
an
exotic sound prior to him with Baxter's compositions but the idea of
recreating that sound with a small combo and throwing in ethnic
instrumentation and jungle effects raise Denny as the originator of the
"exotica" sound surely set Denny as Lyman among the very best of the =
several
followers of Denny's exotica style.


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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 08:42:36 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply

Hey everybody.  Here's the deal.  Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I =
off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny.

As her below message to me suggests - it might be fun for everyone who =
doesn't have anything better to do........to make a list of the songs both =
exoticats have covered and vote for either Denny or Lyman.  Send me your =
results, I'll tally 'em up, and we'll see who we crown king.

Not that it'll change anybody's opinion, but it'll keep all you guys off =
the streets as you studiously compare arrangements!

And I'll make it fair, and NOT do my own comparisons.....

<< Hey, compare the two's "March of the Siamese Children" - Lyman pulls
ahead!!
=20
 - Nate >>

I'll have to check this out, butone version of "March Of The Siamese =
Children"
a better group doesn't make.

A side by side comparison of nearly every version that both artists did =
will
quite clearly show Denny's band on top. Denny's true genius is shown in =
his
arrangments which almost single-handedly created "exotica." Sure you had =
an
exotic sound prior to him with Baxter's compositions but the idea of
recreating that sound with a small combo and throwing in ethnic
instrumentation and jungle effects raise Denny as the originator of the
"exotica" sound surely set Denny as Lyman among the very best of the =
several
followers of Denny's exotica style.


>



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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:06:15 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Bongos

Brad Bigelow did a good job highlighting some bongo records on his bongo page:

http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/lpbongos.htm

Some of my favorite bongo indulgence records are:

Ray Martin's Dynamica (check out "Flight of the Bumble Bee")
Irving Fields' More Bagels and Bongos
Jack Costanzo's Naked City (check out his "Untouchables" Theme)
Pete Rugolo's Thriller
Soundtrack to "I Want to Live" by Johnny Mandel (I'm not positive but I
believe that's Jack Costanzo playing bongos in the movie)
Lew Davies' Strange Interlude
Chaino -- Africana and Beyond

The bongoists I see most often on early stereo albums are Willie Rodriguez,
Jack Costanzo, Bob Rosengarden and Phil Kraus.  I've found that these names
are a good sign on records by Enoch Light and family, Al Caiola, and others.

Sean
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 09:42:01 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews

At 01:11 AM 10/9/98 -0700, Nat wrote:
>(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian,
>he would have been a God to me.  I'm trying to think if there was one.
>Uh..  cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one??  )

Lorne Green
Paul Shaffer
Moe Kauffman
Leonard Cohen

- -Lou




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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 09:56:30 -0400
From: Michael Hibarger <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Through the past, darkly...

The new Combustible Edison is finally available and they're playing
in Boston next Friday, Oct 16th at Chau Chau City in Chinatown.
It's an event that all Boston area - Exoticats won't want to miss!!!

They're new album, _The Impossible World_ is an extension of where
they've been heading with the added step function of being a little bit
more forward looking in that it has elements of 1995 Japanese club
pop (see Sushi 3003, Sushi 4004, Pizzicato 5) and/or Portishead-style
trip/hop.  Of course, these elements only serve to augment the exotic
landscapes of the Impossible World...succinctly they still sound like
Combustible Edison, which in my book, is a good thing.  It's nice to
see them merging the old with the new to come up with something new...
and I think they're approach is significantly different than say Tipsy,
Orange Symphonette or Stock, Hausen, and Walkmen (the last one
being pretty much sample driven).

If you liked their other records, you won't be disappointed...go get it!!
Mike.



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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:53:39 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) New To The List... Here's Some Recomendations

He'ro---
New to the list and just wanted to add my 2cents about bongos and such.
I really enjoy and can heartily recommend:
Les Baxter - "Skins... A Bongo Party With Les Baxter"
Los Muchacho's Locos - "Bongos"  1960 Grand Award Record Co.
Edmundo Ros - "Bongos From The South"  London Phase 4
Los Admiradores - "Bongos Bongos Bongos"  Command 1959

RECENT VINYL FINDS OF MERIT:
Norman Luboff - "New and NOW" - 60's hipster, dufus provides choral
arrangements
to 60's "Churning subculture pastiches" like: Carousel, Windmills Of Your
Mind, and the must have, Love Me.  I give it 3 out of 5 goatee strokes

Peppino Di Capri - "Pops By Peppino" - "American and Italian hits by Italy's
no. 1 vocalist."  Well, yeah, right... not exactly... This kid looks like a
young Peter Sellers with Esquivel horn rims and warbels his way through Quando
and many more Italian-American favorites in a style all his own.  BTW, it says
in the notes that he "...owns a luxurious American car, receives 300 letters a
day, and is constructing a new villa for his holidays."  Gods speed lil'
Peppino...

Henry Mancini - "Uniquely Mancini - the BIG BAND sound of Henry Mancini"
My favorite composer.  I'd never seen this record before and scored a nice
copy.  What a waste not have ever experienced Mancini.  1963.  Cool,
elegant... all that and a bag of crisps.  Just go get it, alright?

Dan & Dale - "Goldfinger & Zorba The Greek" - That's right, the "sleepwalk"
guitars of Dan & Dale return as they play hits such as, well, Goldfinger and
Zorba the Greek.  Says "because of the strong initial reaction to their first
album,
"Dear Heart," Diplomat Records rushed this record."  No sh*t.  Can't go wrong
with these Santo & Johnny knock- offs.

Hugo Montenegro - "People... One To One" - Forget The Good, The Bad and the
Ugly... Hugo's moog period was infinitely more interesting.  The trilogy, Moog
Power, People... One to One, and Hugo Montenegro Plays Stevie Wonder are three
classics not to be missed.  This gem finds Hugo on the cover enjoying a cup of
joe in what appears to be a "grock-N-grub" type restaurant.  His take on El
Condor Pasa, Hazy Shade of Winter, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Joy To The
World and many more are pure Sanka to my ears.  Also features the "bouzouki"
instrument.
4 out of 5 goatee strokes...

'Lectric Woods" - I have no info. on who or what this band is.  What I do know
is that they incorpoate a sax as vocal... mod drum breaks, flutes and a lil'
Booker T feel to their unique takes on Aquarius, Time of the Season, Spinning
Wheel and Proud Mary.  These versions would make Austin Powers proud. Reminds
me of a true hotel lounge act (location: Holiday Inn circa 1967), covering
"hits of the day."

Ciao',

Chris




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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:10:48 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 3 obits

                           *Roger Vivier
    PARIS (AP) -- Roger Vivier, the shoe designer who created the stiletto heel
and clad the feet of movie stars and royalty, died Oct. 2. He was 90.
    Vivier's most-noted other designs included the ``comma'' heel, a curved
steel creation developed with aeronautical engineers, and the ``choc,'' a
high heel that curved dramatically inward toward the arch of the foot.
    His clients included Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich and Sophia Loren
and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for her 1953 coronation.
    Vivier opened his first workshop in 1937. After spending a few years in New
York, he returned to Paris to work for Christian Dior from 1953 to 1963.
During his 60-year career, he worked with Nina Ricci, Pierre Balmain, Guy
Laroche, Yves Saint-Laurent and Bally and Elsa Schiaparelli.

                             *Lon Clark
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Lon Clark, a stage actor who was the rich baritone voice
of a radio detective, died Oct. 2. He was 86.
    Clark was the star of the popular radio series ``Nick Carter, Master
Detective'' on WOR-Mutual from 1943 to 1955. He also appeared frequently on
``The Kate Smith Hour,'' ``The Thin Man'' and ``Norman Corwin Presents.''
    Clark eventually turned to the theater, at one point taking over the role
of Jamie from Jason Robards in the 1956 Broadway production of O'Neill's
``Long Day's Journey Into Night.''

                            *Tom Diskin
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tom Diskin, the modest right-hand man to Elvis
Presley's manager, died Monday from injuries suffered in a car accident. He
was 77.
    Diskin teamed up with Col. Tom Parker as co-owner of a Chicago-based
booking agency and publishing company before working with Presley. When
Diskin's share was bought out, he stayed on as Parker's assistant.
    Diskin was the middle man between Parker, who was known to be abrasive at
times, and agents hoping to book Presley. And Diskin often was responsible
for smoothing over Parker's coarse criticisms of musicians.




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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:14:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gregg Wolfe <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cool RealAudio

Hello,

Anyone who has RealAudio player can now hear the great sounds of Johan Dada Vis's
Fantastica show on the Internet!  The show will be on my web page for a couple of
weeks and you can find it at: "http://www.swanktown.com".  If you live in the
Minneapolis/St. Paul area, it will also be on Swanktown Radio on KBEM in the
future.

You will also be able to find a King Kini show on the Swanktown Radio page starting
next week.  Happy listening and thanks King Kini and Johan!

- --
Gregg Wolfe
Swanktown Radio
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:49:44 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) SCOTS -Reply

Robert:

As SCOTS continues on a major label, their output becomes more and more =
disappointing.

They CAN kick some serious ass, if you listen to some of their earliest =
work, but "Leather Seat Sweat" or whatever you call that is very disappoint=
ing in comparison to something like their early 7inchers (I'd HIGHLY =
recommend "Peckin' Party" if you can still find it).

I just picked up a used copy of "Ditch Diggin' which I think pre-dates =
"Dirt Track Date" - this was also a disappointing entry with a lot of =
tunes doing the "country sound" thingy - Bleeach!

Sadly, they sound a little "formulaic" with a very recognizable bass riff =
and beat to almost every song......

- - Nate


<<Any comments on the Southern Culture on the Skids CD?  Any comments on =
this
group in general?

Robert>>


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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 10:53:35 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the curbs -Reply

Aw, that reminds me!

Nat mentioned something about "that human jukebox schtick."

Well, here in Baltimore, we had a REAL "Human Jukebox" a ratty guy who sat =
inside of a refrigerator box onto which "Human Jukebox" was scrawled in =
magic marker.  If you tapped on the box, the upper flap would flip open to =
reveal this scary looking guy with a ratty guitar.  For a tip and and your =
request, he'd start belting out your tune!

Really weird.

- - Nate



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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 11:23:53 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews

At 09:42 AM 10/9/98 -0500, I wrote:
>
>At 01:11 AM 10/9/98 -0700, Nat wrote:
>>(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian,
>>he would have been a God to me.  I'm trying to think if there was one.
>>Uh..  cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one??  )
>
>Lorne Green
>Paul Shaffer
>Moe Kauffman
>Leonard Cohen

Geez, how'd I forget these two?:
Geddy Lee
William Shatner

So, Nat, who's yer G-D?

- -Lou





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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:22:36 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Now that is EXOTIC ! ! ! !

In a message dated 98-10-09 08:43:29 EDT, an Exoticat Wrote:

<< Hey everybody.  Here's the deal.  Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I
off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny.

 As her below message to me  >>

Has Ashley had a sex change.  I know we all try to be exotic but come on.

Robert (not Roberta)



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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:25:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews

In a message dated 98-10-09 09:46:35 EDT, you write:

<< At 01:11 AM 10/9/98 -0700, Nat wrote:
 >(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian,
 >he would have been a God to me.  I'm trying to think if there was one.
 >Uh..  cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one??  )

 Lorne Green
 Paul Shaffer
 Moe Kauffman
 Leonard Cohen

 -Lou >>

And don't forget from Quebec:   Jaques "Oy Vey Bongoman" Feinstein.


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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:39:36 -0500
From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) SCOTS - Point/Counterpoint

On Friday, October 09, 1998, Nathan Miner wrote:

> As SCOTS continues on a major label, their output becomes more
> and more disappointing.
>
> They CAN kick some serious ass, if you listen to some of their
> earliest work, but "Leather Seat Sweat" or whatever you call that
> is very disappointing in comparison to something like their early
> 7inchers (I'd HIGHLY recommend "Peckin' Party" if you can still find it).
>
> I just picked up a used copy of "Ditch Diggin' which I think
> pre-dates "Dirt Track Date" - this was also a disappointing entry
> with a lot of tunes doing the "country sound" thingy - Bleeach!
>
> Sadly, they sound a little "formulaic" with a very recognizable
> bass riff and beat to almost every song......

Regretfully, I haven't heard much (if any) of SCOTS early stuff. But I *do*
really like "Dirt Track Date" & "Plastic Seat Sweat".

I'm not very good at describing why I like them, but you can give them a
listen (via RealAudio) on their website:  http://www.scots.com

You can even listen one of their out-of-print albums ("Too Much Pork For One
Fork") in it's entirety.

- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail])



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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 13:00:46 -0700
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: keep watching the curbs

At 01:34 PM 10/8/98 -0400, Ross Orr wrote:

>The "good news" aspect to this is I now have the definitive answer to the
>question, "where can I get some of these great $1 records you people are
>always talking about?" The answer is: Toledo.

Would you be willing to privately inform me of the exact location of the
store or stores you hit.  I've been meaning to take a trip to Cleveland for
a couple of years now ever since my friend there told me that he thought no
one in Cleveland was buying this stuff.
And it's not that I really believe him.  But then again, that was where he
picked up that Broadway show tune record with BETTIE PAGE on the cover...
which he gave to me, prince of a fellow that he is.

So now you say that Toledo is the mecca of lost easy listening.

(Wouldn't you think that the members of Pere Ubu would have picked Ohio
clean by now?)

>. . I ran out of money and had to leave some Lyman, Denny,
>and Three Suns behind!

That's just cruel to tell us stuff like that.

>_"Airport" Love Theme_ Vincent Bell (Decca, 1970).  My favorite track was
the Mancini-penned "Theme from 'Sunflower' "--somehow this just screamed
"soft-core pornography" to me.

My favourite track is the Bacharach-penned "Nikki".  So there!

>Bloinkkk. . . Bloinkkk. . . Bloinkkk. . .

Bloink you.

Nat



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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:07:08 -0700
From: jasmine j jopling <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Air, again

If anyone's interested, there's a small write-up about Air (and the french
loungey-electro movement) that I did at:

http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/music/poptart

please do check it out.

thanks!

jasmine


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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 15:50:17 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) SCOTS

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Any comments on the Southern Culture on the Skids CD?  Any comments on this
> group in general?

I don't have any of their CDs, but have seen them perform twice.  They
are a very entertaining band to watch and listen to.....they sound kinda
like a southern hillbilly version of the Cramps. their version of "House
of Bamboo" is definitely the most exotica related they get.

Last time I saw them (maybe 2 years ago) they had a Santos impersonation
contest (Santos being the famous Mexican masked wrestler)  One Santos
contestant would come in and do his "Viva Los Santos" impersonation
(drawing the whole thing out for 20-30 seconds) followed by the other
impersonater.  Gotta love those bands that know their proper Pop culture
figures.  Also, they're known for throwing southern fried chicken into
the audience at every show.

Vern


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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 16:12:11 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please

>
> I wish I had a pair of bongos but I don't. If I had a pair, I could play
> the drum solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida.

The 1996 "Frenzy" release by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper features a 2
minute or so acoustic version of Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida which features a
short bongo drum solo.....well I remember it as being a bongo drum at
least.

I have fond memories of Mojo Nixon being the opening act (with the
Pogues and the Violent Femmes) about 10 years ago at D.C.'s Wolftrap
Center (site of the PBS series Live at Wolftrap)

He came out on stage and the first words he yelled out were:
    "IT'S HOTTER THAN TWO FOXES FUCKING IN A FOREST FIRE!!"

I don't beleive that any of Wolftrap's National Symphony concerts have
ever started in the same fashion.

There is actually quite a bit of similarity between Mojo Nixon and
Southern Culture on the Skids.  They're both from the rural southeast
(Virginia + North Carolina) and both lay on heavy doses of humor,
southern redneck stereotypes, and a loose 'anything can happen' spirit.

Vern


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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 16:24:41 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bongos, please

At 04:12 PM 10/9/98 -0400, Vern wrote:
>The 1996 "Frenzy" release by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper features a 2
>minute or so acoustic version of Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida which features a
>short bongo drum solo.....well I remember it as being a bongo drum at
>least.
>
>I have fond memories of Mojo Nixon being the opening act (with the
>Pogues and the Violent Femmes) about 10 years ago at D.C.'s Wolftrap
>Center (site of the PBS series Live at Wolftrap)

I saw that same bill when it came to NYC. MN&SR did I-G-D-V live using an
empty plastic multi-gallon water jug (as used in office watercoolers) as the
drums. It had a particularly nice resonance when bounced off a forehead!

- -Lou




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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 23:27:07 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny's Paradise Moods

Robert enquired:

>I just got a copy of Denny's "Paradise Moods" LP.  It is on the Sunset Label
>(A Product of Liberty Records).  Does anybody know what year this came out?
>Any interesting comments?  Picture of girl on the cover is not Sandy, but a
>younger girl in a bikini.  Looks late 1960's (or even early 1970's) to me.

According to Schwann,  the following Sunset records were all released
in June, 1966 (when the label started?)
5101 ? (Probably a sampler)
5102 Martin Denny - Paradise Moods
5103 Fats Domino
5104 Julie London
5105 Henry Mancini - Sounds & voices
5106 Felix Slatkin - Love strings
5107 Timi Yuro
5108 Bob Willis & Tommy Duncan
5109 Nancy Ames - versatile
5110 Si Zentner - Big band brilliance
5111 Bobby Vee
5112 Slim Whitman - Unchain your heart
5113 Georgia Gibbs - Her nibs
5114 Sandy Nelson - Walkin' beat
5115 Johnny Mann - Flowing voices
5116 Ventures - Runnin' strong
5117 ?
5118 Ricky Nelson
5119 T-bones - Shapin' things up

The next batch of issues were in 11/66.

While researching this I came across a Liberty records act from
the mid 60's with the intriguing name "Pair Extraordinaire".
Anything known?

Thanks, Hugh.



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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:30:40 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) CD Recommendations

He'ro again,

In lieu of my morning post, here are some New acquisition CD's you should all
be aware of:

Ennio Morricone - Svegliati E Uccidi b/w Citta Violenta" - I caught the late,
late show one evening and they were showing a Charles Bronson Italian flick
from circa 1971.  The first 10 minutes or so is nothing but cool music,
bitchen opening credits and Charles Bronson being chased in some vintage
Italian automobile-- no dialogue. "What is this?" I thought.  I fell asleep
and only remembered the title of the film,  "The Family."  I vowed to search
for the soundtrack in all my haunts.  Jump to my vacation where I'd just come
from Chicago record hopping, up to gallows of Sheboygan Wisconsin to see
Grandma... I'm at the mall so she can buy a pillow and what do I find for
$3.99 on CD in the discount bin at Sam Goody in the only record store in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin?  This awesome Ennio Morricone disc featuring the
soundtrack to The Family.  I crapped cheese curds.  Find it if you savour late
1960's Italio-crime music.  RCA 74321-26477-2

Various Artists - "Cinematique - Scenes From A Movie" - The lable adorning the
CD says "the greatest beat, noir soundtrack ever (if only the movie had been
made.)
It's not the best ever, but it's pretty damn good, "new" crime-noir music.
Featuring Shadow Records staples Cujo, Up Bustle & Out, Hedfunk, Omicron and
more, this should whet those appetites looking for new noir sounds.  3 1/2 of
5 goatee strokes. Shadow Records

Various Artists - "Easy Tempo - A Slammin Cinematic Experience Volume 5"
The Right Tempo label out of Italy has got tobe one of the coolest labels
around... i have juts discovered this new fangled genre of Italian crime jazz
and lounge and just love it!  This CD features August Martelli, Piero
Umiliani, Dick Oliver, Ennio Morricoen and many, many more.  This gets 5
strokes of the goatee and a twist.
Words are pointless once the rhythm hits you. Word on the street is that the
first 4 Easy Tempo compilations are just as good... find, find, find.

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - "The Fluid Soundtrack" - I previewed this
out of the blue at a Borders bookstore and fell in love with it.  Think Laika
and the Cosmonauts and Dick Dale with a healthy dose of tempered orchestra
lounge thrown in. Surf guitars and synphonic sassafrass!   4 of 5 goatee
strokes.  Mai Tai Records 44688-0133-2

MY FIND OF THE WEEK:
Verrill Keene - "An Afternoon Affair"  Self-described ladies man Verrill Keene
apparently gave Hugh Hefner a run for his money in the late sixties with his
promiscuous ways and adoration for buxom broads in loose fitting clothes... oh
yeah, and he made an album -- then promptly disappeared one day never to be
seen or heard of again until the masters for the album showed up at Del-Fi
Records swathed in red silk pajamas.  He plays clarinet over some seriously
whack easy listening music... kind of like 1920's Muzak at times, then all of
a suden groovy.

There's some banjos, distorted guitar, harpsichord... lush disco strings...
break out the nudie liquor glasses and turn that rotating bed on... this music
is good for one thing only -- SCRUMPIN' wif your old lady.  4 out of 5 goatee
strokes... Del-Fi Records


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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 98 20:51:39 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod !

Thanks to Charlie for a concice overview to British Mod (see =
below),however,this is not to be confused with the musical trend that =
I=B9m in search of.
 To clarify, what I=B9m after is the American adults response to this =
young hip trend.Late sixties adult wanted desperately to be hip and =
dig the younger generation. By this time many boomers were young =
adults too. So this American mod thing came about from an attempt to =
bridge the generation gap. The television show Laugh-In would be a =
prime example of this.
 I picked up the term =B3mod=B2 because of the common usage of this =
term in the liner notes to many of the albums and related print that =
I alluded to in my previous mod post. I=B9ve also heard the term =
=B3The Now Sound=B2  or =B3the In sound=B2 used to describe similar =
stuff but =B3mod=B3 is a much more fluid handle.
Hope this clears things up.
Just think of this: The =B3Mod Squad=B2 never rode moter scooters!

Frank

>Mod refers to a mid to late 1960s 'scene' which primarily focused on sharp
>dressing, listening to soul records and taking speed. The film =
Quadrophenia
>(meaning a condition in which one's personality is split four ways)
>generated a revival of the mod scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s
>which updated the mod scene with scooters (Vespas and Lambrettas) and =
green
>Parka coats.
>There is still a vibrant mod scene in London in a number of clubs (The =
best
>being the Mousetrap in Finsbury Park). DJs play obscure 60s Nothern Soul
>and Detroit records to smartly dressed and very period crowds.
>Its interesting to see that peoples' ideas on what the mod scene was, are
>generally centred around elements that came out of the scene itself. For
>instance The Who, Small Faces, Kinks etc are seen as mod groups (which =
they
>are) but those groups are all emulating and updating the soul music that
>was originally played in mod clubs. When I was at school, plenty of us =
were
>mods (having recently seen Quadrophenia) but we all listened to The Jam, 9
>Below Zero, Secret Affair etc. because they were mod groups (we never knew
>any different then). We all wanted scooters and parkers as well but we
>never knew anything about Nothern Soul or any type of soul in fact. I =
don't
>think we took speed either.
>I think Dick Hedige's book on subcultures says a lot about the mod scene.
>The sharp dressing, drug taking and interest in American soul music was an
>attempt to carve out an individual identity in a British working class
>environment. It seems that the mod scene is primarily a London thing and
>certainly a British thing.


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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 21:28:04 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) More Denny Oddities

I recently found a copy of A Taste Of Honey (Liberty LRP-3237)

The front of the album cover lists 12 songs, one of them "Never On A Sunday".
The back of the album list 12 songs but no "Never On A Sunday" -- instead
there is "Clair De Lune".  The album itself has Clair and not Never.  What
kinda mess up is this?  Can anybody else verify this on their "A Taste Of
Honey"??   More importantly, can anyone offer an explaination???

Robert


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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:20:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod !

<< Hope this clears things up. >>

no need to clear things up, frank.  i know exactly what *mod* you are
referring to because I was there, experiencing it in San Francisco circa 1967
as I strived to become a groovy 5th grader.

<<And Frank, I wouldn't bother with that tape if I were you, especially if
you're going to put Batman, the Sandpipers and Brasil 66 on it.>>

Is this really necessary?  This kind of crap really pisses me off.


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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 23:08:26 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Denny Oddities

In a message dated 10/9/98 6:30:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<<
 I recently found a copy of A Taste Of Honey (Liberty LRP-3237)

 The front of the album cover lists 12 songs, one of them "Never On A Sunday".
 The back of the album list 12 songs but no "Never On A Sunday" -- instead
 there is "Clair De Lune".  The album itself has Clair and not Never.  What
 kinda mess up is this?  Can anybody else verify this on their "A Taste Of
 Honey"??   More importantly, can anyone offer an explaination???
  >>



Neither of the songs you mentioned are on my copy of this album, here is the
song listing on my album (I am not listing them in order):

A TASTE OF HONEY
I'M IN A DANCING MOOD
TAKE FIVE
A-ME-RI-CA
BLACK ORCHID
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
VIOLETTA
ROUTE 66
STRANGER ON THE SHORE
THE WILD ONE
EXODUS
CLAIR DE LUNE

I wish I could explain it, but my guess as just as good as yours.
NOW, allow me to introduce myself since this is my first post. My name is
Jason Spadaro. I am from Southern California and attend Cal State Northridge.
I will be 21 in December. I am a fan of the great singers from the 40s, 50s,
60s. Frank Sinatra is my all time favorite singer. I also like Keely Smith,
Peggy Lee, Vic Damone and many others.I also like Big Band music, the new
swing and in the last several months have gotton into the whole lounge/exotica
genre. I pretty much like that whole lounge culture that has revived in the
last year or so. My first purchase of music in the genre was a Martin Denny LP
entitled ANOTHER TASTE OF HONEY. I also have gotten into Les Baxter and have
liked Mancini ( if he would even be included in that style) for several years.
I am not a big expert in exotica/lounge and look forward to learning a lot. I
also think I might recognize a few people on here from the Sinatra list and a
few other lists that I am on. If this is true whether you know me or not, I
just want to say HELLO.


Jason



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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:44:36 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply

In a message dated 10/9/98 7:44:25 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Hey everybody.  Here's the deal.  Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I
off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny.


 First point: Nate, I'm a he.
Second point: No feathers ruffled at all.

 As her below message to me suggests - it might be fun for everyone who
doesn't have anything better to do........ >>


Third Point: I've got something better to do.

Ashley


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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 23:17:52 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale - "Batman & Robin"

> HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION.  Does it say on this record that Sun Ra and Danny
> Kalb are on it or is this the kind of thing you guys just know.

It doesn't have any of that sort of information on the label, cover or liner.
Not even composer credits or a producer listed. Just the song titles (and
they're in the wrong order on the cover).

I first heard about the record on the list here. Then learned a little more in
the Sun Ra biography, "Space Is The Place" by John F. Szwed. According to that,
the producer of the "Batman" sessions was actually Tom Wilson (Mothers, VU,
Soft Machine)! It also says that Wilson used Sun Ra and/or members of the
Arkestra along with Walt Dickerson for the film-related "Impressions of A Patch
Of Blue" (MGM) and an unreleased recording with African drummer, Chief Bey,
James Moody and Tommy Flanagan.

I've noticed on here (over time, and just today) that there are other Dan &
Dale guitar records. Was there ever a "real" Dan & Dale, or was it always just
a name slapped on anonymous recording sessions -- as with this Batman album?

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