The Third Man (1949) - Tuesday night, 11:00pm - AMC
The Evil Mind (1934) - Tuesday night / Wednesday morning, 4:00am - A&E
Pajama Party (1964) - Thursday morning, 9:00am - AMC
Profiles: The Art Of David Lynch - Thursday night, Midnight; Friday night,
8:00pm - Bravo
The Killers (1946) - Thursday night / Friday morning, 12:15am - AMC
Kiss Of Death (1947) - Thursday night / Friday morning, 2:00am - AMC
A Face In The Crowd (1957) - Thursday night / Friday morning, 3:45am - AMC
The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (1966) - Saturday night, 10:00pm - AMC
Murder, Inc. (1960) - Saturday night / Sunday morning, 4:00am - AMC - Tough
true-crime story. See "Columbo" stab "Buddy"! (well, I had to get ONE in)
m.ace ecam@voicenet.com
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:05:56 +0000
From: bag@hubris.net
Subject: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION!
The semi-annual Music Expo hit Portland this weekend and, as usual, I found
records there...some experiments, others long searched for LPs. I agree
with Joe Venuto though...I look for and want more swingcussion!
Adventure In Time Sauter-Finegan Orchestra RCA LPM 1240
Ever since I got the RCA Space Age Pop CD series and a cover for this
album, I wanted to get the entire thing. I had to open up my wallet a bit,
but I was determined. While I do no regret buying it, I can imagine how
some might feel that way. Judging by the one cut from this album that made
it to the CD, you'd think the entire LP had cool swingcussion numbers
(swing music featuring primarilly marimbas, vibes, bongos and the like).
As it turns out, Joe Venuto's Swingcussion is about the only cut I
completely enjoy (the penultimate selection). The first one has merit, but
it has a bit of experimentation with tunefulness that makes me hesitant
("The Jukes Family Takes a Holiday"). The rest of them are interesting,
but not enjoyable for the easily disturbed. By the way, a great cover!
Line Renaud's Paris Capitol T1005
Thanks to the Ultra Lounge Series, I recognized the name while I was going
through a buck bin. This is the woman whose voice precedes many of the
Bachelor in Paris selections on the UL CD. Those intros come from THIS
album. Unfortunately, "Sexe" (my first introduction to Line Renaud on the
UL series) is not on this album, but there are a couple of very percussive
tunes here. Besides, there may be one intro here that is NOT on the CD.
The problem with this LP is that, as a concept album, it is meant to be
played as a whole... therefore: no "bands" between cuts. It is nice to get
the context that Ms. Renaud's intros were originally part of.
Percy Faith Adventures in the Sun Columbia CL 1010
I already have one PF album that seems pretty exotic without being overly
lush. Maybe this one is as well? With titles like Tropic Holiday,
Tropical Merengue and Hey Jose! I thought this might be similarly
interesting. It is! Just like Delicado (CL 681) it has a nice colorful
cover with a head and hands shot of a woman. Whaddya know! I believe
Joseph Lanza (in Elevator Music)has something to say about Percy Faith's
move away from exoticism in later recordings.
Martin Denny (?) Another Taste of Honey Liberty LRP 3277
This was one of the few Martin Denny (?) albums at the Expo which wasn't
priced $8 or higher. For the first time since I first attended the Expo
(March 1997), everyone selling records had an exotica section featuring
almost all Denny records ranging from $8 to $20. I used to get his albums
for up to $8. Anyway, this album: It is very good jazz. I'm glad I got
it. Now the question...is this one of those non-Denny Martin Denny albums?
If so, just who forms the quintet (piano, vibes, drums, other percussion,
acoustic bass).
Favorite cut: "Harlem Nocturne". However, the "Theme from Manchurian
Candidate" was also quite enjoyable.
Caterina Valente Golden Favorites Decca DL 74504
It is not easy to find Caterina Valente records. She was (and probably
still is) popular in Europe where she is based, but in the USA has not
achieved the almost cult status of singers like Eartha Kitt and Julie
London. Thus, people here don't seem to buy, sell, display or feature her
albums very much...and those that like her tend to keep to themselves. I
believe she does quite well with exotica, as this record can attest to with
tunes like Temptation, Malaguena and C'est Si Bon. Werner Muller was her
most frequent orchestral partner, followed by Kurt Edelhagen. I very much
like this album, my second Valente LP (at this rate, I'll find a different
Valente LP once a year). By the way, Valente was born in France of Spanish
and Italian parents and married a German. She was more a "continental"
than "The Continental."
Preston Epps Bongo Bongo Bongo Original Sound Record Company OSR LPM 5002
Based on a recommendation (thanks, Gloria!), I stretched my budget yet
again to accomodate the purchase of this album. I wholeheartedly endorse
this record. I was reluctant to buy it when I saw this terrible scratch
through an entire side of the disc. The album said "as is." Oh, oh!
However, the owner said it plays just fine...only superficial. I have
found that most of the folks at the Expo are very honest...so I accepted
the album. Glad I did...don't know when I will run into this album in such
playable condition again for the price ($10). There is bound to be at
least one cut that would please any listener...whether you like rock,
percussion, big band or easy... including a 13 minute selection called
"Call of the Jungle." Other cuts include "Bongo in the Congo," "Bongo
Rock," and "Bongo Bongo Bongo." Did I mention that Mr. Epps plays The
Bongos? Anyone know: was this album released in stereo?
Johnny Gregory TV Thriller Themes Philips PHS 600-127
Just like someone else on this list, I am a sucker for TV theme albums,
especially when they promise thrillers series to do the covers for. I
can't say I like all of the cuts ("The Roaring Twenties" comes to mind),
but most of the standards seem to fall well in place for acceptable crime
jazz. Not the best treatment, but nothing to sneeze at.
George Jenkins and his All Stars Drum Magic Tampa Records TP-29
This is small group jazz, 1956. Nice, but noisy. Despite the luscious
cover photo (see Mr. Smooth playlist 101 on the Mr. Smooth website by the
end of this week: October 17), there are no bongos or scantilly clad women
in the audio.
Harry Breuer and his Quintet Mallet Magic Audio Fidelity Stereodisc AFSD
5825
What can I say about his essential classic album? This was staged for
stereo... none of this artificial panning stuff. It has wonderful
separation and the performances are quite interesting. A colorful cover,
although not as interesting to moi as volume 2 (which I have yet to find).
I passed up a mono version of this a year ago. It was worth the wait...the
stereo is awesome. I can't imagine the album would sound as good without
two channels. The cover is a gatefold but with the AF twist: the record
must be pulled out from the left wing on the INSIDE, forcing you to lay
open the album flat before fetching the record. They charged me $5. After
hearing it, I would be willing to pay much more! By the way, this album
was originally sold by Djangos in its 20 cent bin, can you believe? I can
tell because there is a telltale remnant of a felt-tip marked "3" on the
cover.
Records I purchased but don't like:
Listen to Henri Rene RCA LPM 3076 (too lush)
Sweet & Tuff Ace Cannon Hi SHL 32030 (okay mod sound, but mine skips!!!)
Waltz with Me Ethel Smith Decca DL 8735 (no tico tico, no like-oh like-oh)
Others I got that I haven't had to time to listen to (but have some reason
for wanting them even if they don't absolutely thrill me):
Francis Bai Latin Heat Cha Cha Cha Omega OSL 44 (never turn down cha cha)
Les Baxter Love is Blue GNP 2042 (Les Baxter completist)
Harry Zimmerman Band With a Beat Hi-Fi R 602 (I like big bands)
The Three Suns A Swingin' Thing RCA LPM 2963 (yet another 3s LP unowned)
Connie Francis More Italian Favorites MGM # 3871 (read those lips!)
Neal Hefti Singing Instrumentals Epic LN 3440 (ISO the killer Hefti LP)
Al Hirt Al (He's The King) Hirt and his Band RCA LSP 2354 (NM cond.)
Al Caiola Greasy Kid Stuff United Artists UAL 3287 (THIS Al is the king)
Al Caoila Solid Gold Guitar UA UAL 3180 (still the king)
Al Caiola His Golden Guitar and the Manhattan Strings UA UAL 3240
(completist)
Al Caiola Great Pickin' Chancellor CHL 5008 (Caravan leads off)
Pat Suzuki The Many Sides of... Vik LX 1127 (I like her sides)
Xavier Cugat Conga With Cugat Columbia CL 6036 (have 78, now I can play 33)
Carol Burnett Let Me Entertain You Decca DL 74437 (CB fan...never heard this)
Steve Allen SA's Funny Fone-Calls Dot DLP 3472 (top humorman, bad speller)
Fred Sateriale B'Way Cha Chas Diplomat DS 2209 (bway AND cha chas, you bet)
Happy hunting,
Byron
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:59:52 EDT
From: SLarry3595@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION!
In a message dated 10/18/98 7:57:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bag@hubris.net
writes:
> Adventure In Time Sauter-Finegan Orchestra RCA LPM 1240
>snip
> The first one has merit, but
> it has a bit of experimentation with tunefulness that makes me hesitant
> ("The Jukes Family Takes a Holiday"). The rest of them are interesting,
> but not enjoyable for the easily disturbed. By the way, a great cover!
Thanks for this post, and congrats on finding this LP. Question; what exactly
do you mean not enjoyable for the easily disturbed? And experimentation with
tunefulness. Are you implying that this is some sort of 12 tone, or otherwise
dissonant music that some would find troubling?
Any further description would be much enjoyed!
Thanks,
Larry
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:58:21 -0700
From: "Ron Grandia" <rgrandia@earthlink.net>
Subject: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell
The Legendayr Criswell Predicts Your Amazing Future - MDWCGCG Records
Anybody heard of this? Is this actually a spoken-word record from Criswell
or some band being cut?
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 23:59:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Keith Louis Larsen <klarsen@indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Ron Grandia wrote:
> The Legendayr Criswell Predicts Your Amazing Future - MDWCGCG Records
>
> Anybody heard of this? Is this actually a spoken-word record from Criswell
> or some band being cut?
you will be amazed.
42 minutes of criswell prophesy deemed too bold for the johnny carson
show.
"i predict that it will be entirely legal for a woman to raffle off her
husband when she tires of him in the future!"
"i predict that a dream cabinet with lunar magnetic force will be in every
bedroom in the land!"
"i predict that embalming will be done through radar!"
these and other future events await you in your incredible future.
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 00:35:20 +0000
From: bag@hubris.net
Subject: Re: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION!
At 08:59 PM 18-10-98 EDT, Larry wrote:
Question; what exactly
>do you mean not enjoyable for the easily disturbed? And experimentation with
>tunefulness. Are you implying that this is some sort of 12 tone, or
otherwise
>dissonant music that some would find troubling?
First of all, I am not a trained musician, so I may have some of my wires
crossed here. However, my general thought is that dissonance implies some
sort of melody or harmony. The album's general exploration is that of rhythm.
It is interesting I should find this album the day after hearing a concert
conducted by John Adams, well-known American composer. In his introduction
to his Violin Concerto, he noted that he is "a percussion man" and that
many of his works up until the concerto highlighted mostly rhythm rather
than harmony or melody...a general trend for the 20th century. He further
explained that he thinks its time for classical music to start including
melody and harmony which are primarilly the focus of popular music.
In this respect, what Sauter-Finegan was doing was taking a popular medium
(jazz, dance band) into the realm of more classical music, which had more
of a focus on rhythm (Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, for one example).
Each cut features a different "experiment" using different instruments or
approaches.
2
E=MC is the second cut on the first side it is "a piece for percussion
alone that demonstrates the relativity of time, space, pitch and volume..."
Cut five features a poem read over "rhythmic intensity."
....and so on.
Sauter-Finegan was doing the same sort of thing as Kenton and Rugolo were
doing...bringing jazz into "serious" music and vice versa: the so-called
"progressive" jazz.
Unfortunately, for some people's ears, this was unexpected, even annoying.
SOME critics gave Kenton some flack for turning mostly pleasant dance jazz
into something of an abstraction.
The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra apparently didn't have the history on the
dance floor as Kenton, so it actually enjoyed a reputation of this kind of
experimentation.
I find it quite fascinating listening myself but would enjoy it even more
watching it in performance.
As pure popular music, though, it probably doesn't work...except for the
two cuts I mentioned.
If what I say doesn't ring true for you, feel free to cut me to pieces.
However, it makes sense to me. I read a lot of album notes, but that's the
extent of my education (and, of course, listening to the music).
Byron
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:16:25 +0200
From: Yves Dewulf <yves@inwpent1.rug.ac.be>
Subject: Re: (exotica) moog continued
> HENRY, PIERRE-Messe Pour Le Temps Present
As far as I know, there's no Moog on this one,
only Musique Concrete tape splicing and a
EMS-synth bubbling (EMS synthi A or VCS3, I'm not sure)
(as well as some conventional instruments of course)
Parts of this album were "sampled" by JJ Perrey on
a track of his Moog Indigo album.
YVes
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:41:20 +0000
From: Moritz R <Moritz.Reichelt@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting
cheryl wrote:
> I remember hearing (in the '80s) a version of "Fred >Vom Jupiter" sung in English by a woman. Do you know who it was?
>
>
> Oh, Moritz - for shame! It's on the Cabaret Obskur compilation, in English, by The Marinas (AtaTak WR 55) Although Andreas' original German version is still my favourite!!!
>
Oh boy, yes! On my own record. Forgot completely about it!Brain!
Mo
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:40:58 +0000
From: Moritz R <Moritz.Reichelt@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... (Hazy Osterwald)
Marco "Kallie" Kalnenek wrote:
> Well, I dug up the only album by Hazy Osterwald that I have in my
> collection ('Die Hazy Osterwald Show" on Polydor) and the info on the
> cover answers the question: Osterwald was born in 1922 in Bern,
> Switzerland. Actually, only one member of his sextet is German. The rest
> are Swiss, Belgian and even British.
>
> (Wow, I never thought I would want to know more about Hazy Osterwald. By
> the way, I remember my father telling me he saw Hazy perform in the late
> 50's or early 60's. Their show was pretty wild - the bassplayer wore a
> helmet....)
>
They appeared in many german films, most of the times as these english
gentlemen with black suits and bowler hats. somehow funny, somehow cool. but
to me dixieland was always one of the few musical styles I would never listen
to, not to speak of trying to inform me in detail. Are we growing too old?
Mo
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:35:53 +0000
From: Moritz R <Moritz.Reichelt@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: (exotica) Center of the dull
"Center of the Dull" by Family of God seems to develop to the new
everybody's favorite song, at least in the small world that I can
overview personally...
Mo
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:39:20 +0000
From: Moritz R <Moritz.Reichelt@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: (exotica) Bruce Haack
Last week I got my copy of "Hush Little Robot" and I'm so excited about
it. Does anybody know more about him? I know his records were discussed
in this list a little earlier, but I can't remember infos about Haack
personally.
Mo
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:25:59 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG" <crajnai@att.com>
Subject: (exotica) light and specter
Does anyone have/know where to get some photos of Enoch Light (and Phil
Specter) I want to use them for desktops for these two computers of mine.
surfing the chaos,
Charlieman
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 08:54:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Kevin William Greenlee <kgreenle@indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell
>
> > The Legendayr Criswell Predicts Your Amazing Future - MDWCGCG Records
> >
How can I get my hands on this gem?
Kevin Greenlee
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:04:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <chuckmk@yahoo.com>
Subject: (exotica) the elusive Lorraine Bowen
Brad
Your exotica angels must have been watching over you.
I have yet to hear back but its too soon to expect a reply since its
been less then two weeks.
Easy Listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
- ---"B. Yost" wrote:
>
>
> I went on a weekend excursion to Nashville, and on the way I stopped
in at a used record store in the tiny town of Bowling Green. Lo and
behold, they had a used (actually, promo) copy of the Lorraine Bowen
