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exotica-digest        Tuesday, December 1 1998        Volume 02 : Number 255



In This Digest:

(exotica) PC vs CD recorder Media
RE: (exotica) Making records into CDs
(exotica) Recording CD's
Re: (exotica) Free Design
(exotica) John Keating
(exotica) another technology note
Re:  (exotica) Sitar Funk CD
(exotica) Celeste Mendoza, Rosa Turich, Flip Wilson obits
(exotica) Making CDs into Records
RE: (exotica) Cocktail-o-matic
Re: (exotica) Making records into CDs
Re: (exotica) Making records into CDs
(exotica) Sick of cassettes
Re: (exotica) NASTY review on ComEd
(exotica) Album to CD....
(exotica) Re: Burning CD's
Re: (exotica) burning CD's (without a fiddly PC)
(exotica) And yet more on recordable CD's
(exotica) D.H. McDade, B.A. Morris obits
(exotica) HAPPY HOUR FOR A PACK OF SCREAMING MONKEYS
(exotica) extra Lps
(exotica) More signs of end times
(exotica) LP distortion
Re: (exotica) Sick of cassettes
RE: (exotica) And yet more on recordable CD's

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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 09:42:28 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) PC vs CD recorder Media

Just to set the record straight: Threre are several CD recorders on the
market that take the PC type disks
and do not limit the copy of copies. The Marantz CDR 650 is one of them.
(around $600 US)

There is no difference between the disks besides an embedded code in the
more expensive ones that tells the CDR that this is a "Kosher" disk. This is
why you can switch the disk out of the tray as long as you don't use the
eject button (you have to get your fingernail behind the disk tray and
pull... I have heard of people attaching tape to make a pull-tab) Once the
recorder sees the code, It
does not check again untill the tray is ejected.




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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 09:46:58 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Making records into CDs

About swapping media in the CD recorders:

This works. I got it from a former Voice of America engineer.  Also, the new
Marantz system uses the PC disks without all the funny business.

About recording CD's:

So far, the easiest way I have found to to put vinyl onto CD is this: Record
vinyl onto Minidisk, where I can perform editing functions like dividing
tracks, etc. Then do  a direct digital transfer to the Marantz recorder. I
make copies with the PC, since it's faster. Minidisk uses digital
compression, but I can't hear it. If the record is not-so-great, I use the
PC to clean up pops AFTER I made the first CD and transferred it to the Hard
drive and then burn a new CD. Seems wasteful, but there is no way to
transfer to the PC in the digital domain - Manufacturers need to realize the
need for digital audio I/O between PC's and audio components.

I realize not everybody is going to have all this stuff just laying around
the house - So I would recommend the PC-type  to anyone with
a Pentium PC (or powermac) and sufficient drive space ( a spare 100 megs
minimum) This allows one to edit and perform some basic noise reduction.If
the system is running right it's great, but if there is a glitch... you are
in for some hair-pulling.  The CD rrecorder is nice, but does not provide
any way to edit tracks, so you have to get everything just right in the
first pass, or you trash the disk and start over.





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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 14:09:46 -0600
From: "Mark D. Head" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Recording CD's

I won't quote others' comments; the original question concerned how to
do this.
First, to my knowledge, you must record the source music onto computer
and
then use a software program to instruct the computer what and how to
record
onto a recordable CD.

I bought a Phillips Omniwriter (external parallel port connection) for
about $500
about a year ago.  Recordable CD's I've seen and bought for $1 - $3
apiece
(usually in quantity).  The Phillips unit is rated to read at 6x speed
and write at
2x speed.  In my experience, neither worked.  You have to make a .wav
file
on the computer for burning to CD.  When reading a source CD, trying to
do
so at 6x speed resulted in multiple skips in the .wav file  so that it
was unusable
for recording.  The best I ever got was 2x speed.

I use Adaptec's Easy CD Creator software, and in particular the CD Spin
Doctor
portion of that software.  I just don't believe you can get a reliable,
consistent
throughput through a parallel port connection - and while the Phillips
worked,
it did not work at the rated speeds. And writing at 2x speed didn't
happen until
I finally got Phillips tech support and they told me I needed to change
a bios
setting for parallel ports to "EPP" mode, which of course is not listed
anywhere
in the documentation.

So anyway, I just got an internal Smart & Friendly Rocket which reads
reliably at 10x
speed and records reliably at 8x speed.  This means a 60 minute CD can
be recorded
in about 8-10 minutes (counting "closing" the disk, which has to be done
after the raw
music is recorded in order to hear it on regular CD players).  This is a
great unit, but
it's also very expensive $1,095 (less a $300 mail-in rebate) = $795
net.  But for me,
getting the speed is worth the extra cost.

You can also get CD-RW (read/write) which means the CD is re-recordable
instead
of recordable once.  However, no conventional CD player will read a
CD-RW disk.
So this technology is better suited to computer backups than to audio
recording.

As for tapes, the sound quality is noticably worse, and Dolby just cuts
out the high
end treble along with some of the hiss, so it's not a solution.  I'll
take CD's over tapes
any day, and over vinyl for that matter, except when what I want isn't
available on CD.
Then I record the record and burn it onto CD so I can take it with me in
the car.
Tapes may not be obsolete, but I haven't used them in over a year and
would not do
so again since I can do CD's now.



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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:32:11 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Free Design

Nat Kone wrote:

> A friend of mine has some Free Design 45's that he'd be willing
> to sell.  I don't know what he means by "some" but I don't think
> he'd want much for them.  If anyone is interested in this, let me
> know and I'll have him root through his stuff and pick them out.

I'm definitely interested!  Though I suspect I may end up in a fight
with "Free Design completist" DJ Mingo-go for 'em ;-)

> By the way I wonder if any of the Free Design fans here have
> read the review of that "Kites are Fun" CD in the latest Cool and
> Strange Magazine, written by one of our fellow list-ers I believe.
> Don't want to stir up controversy but it did make me smile to
> finally read a dissenting opinion.

I'd be very interested in this too - any chance of a precis or
photocopy?


Robbie


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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:42:23 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) John Keating

Some very nice person in a most excellent Boston band X Ray Tango(who will
be releasing a CD which will likely be highly recommended by Ms. Fondle)
bought me a copy of John Keating's SPACE EXPERIENCE.  I'm wondering what's
this like, as I am not likely to see this person in the next two weeks?
I've loved the Keating I've heard.
Back from Philadelphia, btw, where 30 new records have now entered my
sprawling collection...I'll have to check out the titles at home, but my
holy grail find was BASIE MEETS BOND, and about dang time!
Also saw Combustible Edison,who, in stark contrast to that piece of drivel
article, did not suck!  They were in fact, marvelous as usual...no
surprises, except for the fact that they are always so amazingly gifted.

loungelalalalala-land--Jane Fondle
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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:12:27 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) another technology note

As long as we're on a technology binge...

This is only of interest to those of us working with RealAudio, but I
thought this would be an opportune moment to get the word out. Apologies to
everyone else -- delete now.

Over the weekend I discovered something about RealNetworks' new version of
their encoder software: RealProducer G2. Files encoded with it work fine
with RealPlayer G2, but do NOT play back with RealPlayer 5.0. Guess they
don't care much about backwards compatibility.

Actually there *may* be backwards compatibility with 5.0, but only in
conjunction with the "SureStream" feature in the new version of their own
(expensive) server software. But the options menu states right out that
"single rate" streams are not backwards compatible.

Me, I'm going to stick with the 5.0 encoder. If you do install the G2
version, be careful it doesn't overwrite your old version.

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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:00:47 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Sitar Funk CD

>>>ANANDJI  KALYANJI:
"Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars"
CD comes in a multi-panel digipak with booklet and lots of full color photos!
Really a beautiful package
5 Stars   (Motel, German Import)
CD: $17.50 + Shipping ($2 in US, $4 Overseas)<<<

Or, order it directly from Motel Records for a mere $13, which includes
shipping in the U.S.


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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:45:09 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Celeste Mendoza, Rosa Turich, Flip Wilson obits

                          *Celeste Mendoza
    HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban singer Celeste Mendoza, one of Cuba's most popular
singers, died Sunday 11/22 at age 68. The cause of death was not known.
    Mendoza began singing on the radio at age 13 and at 21 was appearing at the
famed Tropicana nightclub. She toured Europe in 1997 and this year her
recording with the group Los Papines, ``The King of Rumba,'' won an award at
Cuba's version of the Grammy Awards, Cubadisco.
    Among her most popular recordings were ``Soy Tan Feliz'' (``I Am So
Happy''), ``Echame a mi la culpa'' (``Put the Blame on Me'') and ``Que Me
Castigue Dios'' (``Let God Punish Me'').

                            *Rosa Turich
    SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Actress Rosa Turich, who appeared with John
Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Lucille Ball, and in a comedy team with her late
husband, died Nov. 20 after suffering two small strokes. She was 95.
    Turich appeared with John Wayne in ``Hondo,'' and in ``The Dancing
Pirate,'' and an episode of ``I Love Lucy.'' She also appeared in ``Lonely
are the Brave,'' with Kirk Douglas.
    The husband-and-wife comedy team of Felipin y Rosita played to
Spanish-language audiences in downtown Los Angeles.

                            *Flip Wilson
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Flip Wilson, who spiced up 1970s television as the
first successful black host of a prime-time variety show, died of liver
cancer Wednesday. He was 64.
    ``The Flip Wilson Show,'' a hit for NBC, showcased the comedian's talents
during its 1970-74 run. He dressed in drag to play the wisecracking
Geraldine, whose ``The devil made me do it'' and ``What you see is what you
get!'' became catch phrases across
the country.
    Clerow Wilson was born into poverty on Dec. 8, 1933, in Jersey City, N.J.,
and raised in foster homes, quitting school at 16. He served four years in
the Air Force, and earned the nickname ``Flip'' for his irreverent humor
when he began entertaining the
troops.
    Wilson made his TV debut on ``The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in
1965, which led to frequent appearances on ``The Ed Sullivan Show'' and
``Laugh-In'' and on comedy series including ``Love, American Style.''
    A variety special in which Wilson starred in September 1968 led to his own
series, which earned him an Emmy for performing and one for writing in 1971.




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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 98 19:04:18 -0400
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Making CDs into Records

OK, so I'm playing with the subject heading of the latest thread but bear
with me, you'll see what I'm gettin at.

I was listening to the new Don Tiki album and was very impressed with the
musicianship and the arangements and the fact that Martin Denny plays
some incredible exotica piano. But why didn't I enjoy this CD overall?

The Sound !

One of my greatest attractions to fifties and sixties lounge, etc.is the
*sound* of those recordings. Presently, we would proclaim the older sound
"limited" because of all the technological "advances" that have been made
in the recording industry since then, with the  goal of sound
*clarity*.But, it is the limited sound spectrum in the older recordings
that I find most aesthetically pleasing. I'm also skeptical about this so
called clarity, (who's clarity?) and why is that so damned important. You
would think that if you were creating a recording as you would an art
work that you would make some aesthetic choices in the overall sound. To
carry this  analogy out further, new recordings seem to have the
painterly palette of Leroy Nieman.
 I don't want to get into that irritatingly numb argument about the
difference between CDs and Records since the sound difference is probably
more of a result of differences in microphone technology, mastering
techniques and other related studio practices.

I'm sure my tastes are somewhat contrary the the recording artists
themselves who sought for the most current advanced sound reproduction.
Just mention Enoch Light and you know what I mean. (I think if Enoch made
a record today I wouldn't like it).

So my question, related to the record-to-CD posts, is: Is there a way to
make new recordings sound old? It would be an excellent use of computer
technology if there was a way to configure the sound spectrum  that
predominated in the early sixties and be able to channel new recording
through this process to make it sound *better* (to my ears.)
I could then add the missing element to the Don TIki and the Combustible
Edison albums.

I've tried simple EQ settings and can sometimes limit the sound this way
but in the end the sound that does pass through still sounds "new". So,
far my best success has been to record CDs onto 8-track tape (I'm lucky
enough to own an 8-track recorder) but this limits my play back
possibilities.

I think that there's a certian delicacy in the older recordings that has
been lost and forgotten. The newer recordings in comparison sound like
loud bullies.

Frank




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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:41:24 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Cocktail-o-matic

>
> In a message dated 11/28/98 9:25:36 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

 If you indeed want an expert book the >making and the
 origins of cocktails the recently published "Cocktail" by Paul
Harrington and Laura Moorhead (Viking Publishers) is highly recomended.
There
 are 275 claasic drink recipies as well in-depth discussions on the origins
and making of
> drinks.

I dig this to be true. Even if you care not about the subject, the deft and
clever writing will make this tome a real page-turner. I have been
sharpening my cocktail skills at Paul's hotwired website for about a year,
and only recently found the book. The book looks like the website. Real sexy
graphics and lots of interesting info.

What a lot of folks don't realize is the distinction between the "Classic"
Cocktail and the bastardized slushee drinks served at even the "finest"
establishments. Since the advent of sweet-and-sour-mixes and the dawning of
the era of the "girl-drink," Cocktails and all the beautiful ritual that
surrounds them have all but disappeared. The book and the Web-site are a
great re-introduction to the dying art of Cocktail.  I would recommend
taking a look.

This week's featured cocktail is the Old-Fashioned - A PERFECT introductory
cocktail for the beginner! A bit
heavy on the specialty ingredients, but no shaker required.

http://www.hotwired.com/cocktail/

Be sure to snoop around a bit. Try the "virtual blender" too!


Cheers!

Ron



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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:52:05 -0500
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Making records into CDs

>does anyone on the list know about recording
>albums onto CDs?

I just got a nice external 2x6 burner from http://www.apstech.com/ for the
pretty decent price of $250, exactly for this purpose. . .

I've only made one CD-to-CDR complilation so far--but I agree with the
comment that it's going to be a pretty time-consuming process. Basically
you need to record each track separately to your hard disk (you'll need as
much as 700 MB free), then burn the CD. That takes another half an hour.

As I posted last year, I *still* think that transfering vinyl to good old
TDK-D cassettes can be a fine thing when your sources are crackly albums.
It takes some of the edge off, and using tape saturation as "the poor man's
compressor" is a good way to control some of those giant POPs.

Trying to do the equivalent thing in the digital realm gets you into buying
some exotic software goodies--it's doable, but it's more money and more
things to fiddle with.

(But. . . any mac users out there have the perfect system figured out?)

analogly,

 --Ross

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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:38:07 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Making records into CDs

At 10:37 AM 30-11-98 EST, Michele wrote:
> Is there a CD taping machine that can be
> hooked up to the stereo for such purposes?  Has anyone on this list ever
done
> this and what is the final sound quality?  Is it as good as CD quality?

Robert said:
>The CD's for the CD Stereo burners are more expensive than the ones for the
>CD-ROM burners that go with your computer.  And I mean a lot more expensive
>and the CD  stereo ones will not let you make copies of a "copy".

The replies so far echo what I already typed...but I thought I might as
well send this anyway.

Money magazine has a nice sum-up article in today's issue (year end 1998).
Robert is right: CD-R's meant for CD recorders have built-in "serial
management
systems" as required by law which basically corrupt the data enough to not
allow copying copies.  Philips has a double deck for $650.  Single decks cost
$500 and up.  Blank CD-R's for these machines cost around $5.

The computer drives are $200 or more, usually with software (Money likes
the Sony the best for PCs), blank disks can often be obtained for $1 in
quantity or around $2 each in small numbers.  Unfortunately, Writable
CD-Rom drives can be a real pain to install and learn to use.  Also,
dubbing can be time consuming and hard drive hungry if you decide to do
anything creative with the copying
(re-arranging tracks, sound processing).

I am definitely thinking of the computer drive...you can also store data as
in a CD-ROM...and the $15 or so CD-RW disks can be used over and over again
for
the drives that handle the CD-RWs...if re-recording is your pleasure.
Since I enjoy battling technologies (attaching the drive properly, changing
the bios settings or even downloading a new bios), I may give it a try with
my present computer...that is AFTER I backup my harddrive!

The idea that I can make a digitally perfect copy on CD-R for less than a
quality cassette would cost...and do it in a format acceptable almost
anywhere (without the problems of noise reduction or misaligned heads to be
concerned with)... makes me shriek with joy.

Byron



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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 00:36:38 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Sick of cassettes

In a message dated 98-11-30 05:33:16 EST, [e-mail]
writes:

<< With my Onkyo R1 tape deck and Maxell XL-S tapes I can hardly
 discern the tape from the original record. I don't need more. I rather put my
 money into more records... >>

I dont know about Maxell but I am really sick of having to buy two types of
tapes - TDK SAX for records (which aren't cheap!) and TDK SA for CDs.  I
recorded the records on the cheaper SA's and it sounded horrible!  So I'd like
to ditch the whole cassette scene, not to mention my cassettes get worn out or
lost and have to be rerecorded all the time.

- - Michele


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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:15:06 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) NASTY review on ComEd

In a message dated 98-11-28 20:05:07 EST, you write:

<< The tone of the article seems strange for a publication "documenting the
 lounge revival in Los Angeles since 1986" (as it proclaims). Is it sour
 grapes? Has the West coast/East coast rivalry invaded exotica, too? There
 seems to be a sense that the whole thing started in L.A., way back in 1986,
 and that all others are poseurs and bandwagoneers. Anyone have the scoop? >>

Robert is right:  The way the difference between the 2 Lounge's was explained
to me is that Lounge L.A. was the first publication and that they basically
were into reviewing and publishing a restaurant guide (I actually own one of
these from them) about lounge type restaurants in L.A.  Then the Wick Bros.
came around and started Lounge Magazine, which documents the actual lounge
revival - a bit different from what the first Lounge was doing, but the first
Lounge felt that the Wicks stole their thunder and aren't too happy about
that.  That accounts for their "attitude" where they say they've been
documenting since such and such a date, so no, I don't think it has anything
to do with an east coast rivalry - mostly an L.A. rivalvry.  Now don't quote
me on this because this is basically hearsay (not comfirmed with either Lounge
Mag or Lounge LA), altho from a very knowledgable and trusted source....

- - Michele


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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:18:06 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Album to CD....

THANKS!!

Hey thanks to everyone on the list who responded to my query about recording
albums onto CDs - you have given me a much better idea about it, altho it is
starting to sound like it is out of my financial reach  for the time being.  I
saved your messages for future reference.  And I suppose I can count on
everyone to post if there are new breakthrus in the future (especially if
there becomes available a simple unit that hooks up to the stereo where we can
just press the record button.)

- - Michele



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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 01:37:05 EST
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Burning CD's

Quite a case for and against the CD burner.  I've replaced one too
many cd lasers in the last years to have any confidence in this
medium as a long term replacement for vinyl (or tape). But as a way
to clean up recordings, edit and just have fun with music, the
computer is nothing short of a revolution (assuming you have a large
enough hard drive amd a lot of time to go with it).  As a means to
produce and distribute an end product, I'll stick to a cassette for
all the reasons previously supported and then one: Those blue dye
recordables just don't play in my player.  It's a high end machine at
that but it's of course not new and as a result not equipped to read
the less reflective blue dye. Maybe one day if there's some standard
in CD's but I doubt that will happen before a new medium appears!
Some would argue the conspiracy theory angle that the CD is just a
plot by record companies to repackage and resell music that we already
have... I do know of many people who replaced entire record
collections with CD equivqlents although there are probably just as
many now replacing vinyl with recordable CD's (less wear - on
the recorded medium at least, but watch those lasers!). Meanwhile I'm
hoping to keep my turntable around long enough to replace the stylus,
assuming of course I can still find one!

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 10:19:36 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) burning CD's (without a fiddly PC)

The computer does not even come into the equation anymore. I've seen
Phillips recordable CD players for sale this week. New around =A3350 an=
d
second hand around =A3250 (which is the same price my tape player cost =
a few
years ago). Forget your lumbering ugly PC and do it all the way it shou=
ld
be done, straight from your vinyl (or sampler) onto your CD writer.
It's just a matter of pressing record.




Charles
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 08:36:05 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) And yet more on recordable CD's

<< At 10:37 AM 30-11-98 EST, Michele wrote:
 > Is there a CD taping machine that can be
 > hooked up to the stereo for such purposes?  Has anyone on this list ever
 done
 > this and what is the final sound quality?  Is it as good as CD quality?

 Robert said:
 >The CD's for the CD Stereo burners are more expensive than the ones for the
 >CD-ROM burners that go with your computer.  And I mean a lot more expensive
 >and the CD  stereo ones will not let you make copies of a "copy".

And Byron replies:

>The computer drives are $200 or more, usually with software (Money likes
>the Sony the best for PCs), blank disks can often be obtained for $1 in
>quantity or around $2 each in small numbers.  Unfortunately, Writable
>CD-Rom drives can be a real pain to install and learn to use.  Also,
>dubbing can be time consuming and hard drive hungry if you decide to do
>anything creative with the copying
>(re-arranging tracks, sound processing).

I must be a real simpleton.  Is there no way you can just patch your regular
old CD Player into your recordable CD ROM and (even in real time speed - 1X)
just copy the CD?  I mean do you HAVE TO first make wav files on your hard
drive?  This just seems totally ridiculous.

Also, is there any knowledge of a push to impose the royalities "tax" on the
CD-R blank discs?

On a different note, boy this thread has really united a discussion.  Sorta
like the old days (Vinyl v. CD Whoa!!!)

Robert



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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 10:44:25 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) D.H. McDade, B.A. Morris obits

                      *David H. ``Butch'' McDade
    MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- David H. ``Butch'' McDade, drummer and songwriter
for the Amazing Rhythm Aces band, died Sunday of cancer. He was 52.
    McDade was a founding member of the Amazing Rhythm Aces in 1975 and played
with the band until it broke up in 1981. The group, led by singer-songwriter
Russell Smith, reunited in 1995.
    McDade wrote many songs for the band, including ``Last Letter Home,'' ``The
Beautiful Lie'' and ``Pretty Words.'' Smith wrote the band's most enduring
hit, ``Third Rate Romance.''
    McDade also played drums for Tanya Tucker, Leon Russell, Lonnie Mack and
Roy Clark.

 *Beatrice A. Morris
    REVERE, Mass. (AP) -- Beatrice A. Morris, a tap dancer who performed for 25
years as Bebe Paige, died Thursday of a heart attack. She was 83.
    She began performing in vaudeville when she 13, and became a featured
performer and danced with partners in nightclubs and on vaudeville stages.
    She formed the dance team of Paige and Parker with her future husband
Arthur F. Morris, who was known as Billy Parker.
    She retired from show business in 1953, and later became an operator for
the New England Telephone Co., retiring from that job 20 years ago.


And for those of you who can't get enough of these obits (and you know who
you are), take a look at these sites I just found:
http://www.panix.com/~scmiller/goodbye/
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~roryb/outta.html (nice Korla Pandit obit at this
site)

- -L




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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 11:21:44 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) HAPPY HOUR FOR A PACK OF SCREAMING MONKEYS

I just noticed, at RaymondScott.com, that the new tribute/cover CD has been
released. Here's the info, with standard disclaimer ("I have nothing to do
with ...,etc.,etc.")

- -Lou


Esotericty Music's NEW Raymond Scott tribute CD features ''A wide range of
musical styles,'' says producer David Bagsby, ''everything from Western
Swing to Speed Metal.'' HAPPY HOUR FOR A PACK OF SCREAMING MONKEYS contains
19 tracks, and includes performances by:
Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink)
Kevin Leonard (North Star)
Steve Bagsby (The Tractors, The Texas Playboys)
UN1SON (Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Aerosmith, etc.)
David Bagsby (Patrick Moraz)
Jim Palmer
Kurt Rongey
The Smurks
Vlad 3  XEN
Martin Halstead (NOTA)
Mad Jack McMad [w/ Bill Pohl & Dave Gryder]
Kevin Cox
The Snap-On Voles
Squid Pro Quo
The Tempo Blocks
The Wigglers

$12 (+$2 s/h for one disc/Add .50 for each additional disc)
TO ORDER: Send Money Order only (payable to Esotericity Music) to
Esotericity Music, P.O.Box 906187, Tulsa, OK 74112-1087, USA - Free catalog
available: call 1-800-865-1489





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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 08:58:42 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) extra Lps

Last weekend I brought back some LPs from my Thanksgiving holiday
travels.  Several of them were doubles of LPs I already owned and
I got them for two reasons.

1. Upgrade quality.  If the new one was better, I would keep it.

2. Give you the other.

There have been discussions surrounding some of these, so I thought
maybe you may not have found it yet...so I will provide it to you.

E-mail me if you'd like any of these as your first copy:

George Cates Polynesian Percussion  Dot DLP 25355
Jim Fassett Symphony of the Birds  Ficker C 1002
Chuck Sagle  Ping Pong Percussion  Epic BS 568
Billy Vaughn  Blue Hawaii  DLP 25165

This is not a commercial announcement: I will make no money on this...
only the satisfaction of helping you to get one of these albums.

Byron

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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 12:18:42 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More signs of end times

 From the Associated Press, we find this grim news, dear readers:

>(Can 8 million preteen and teen girls be wrong?) So, what are they going
to do next?
Obviously they're not going to Disneyworld, since the guys live in Orlando
(been there, done that). No, this time they're going after the adult
market.
The Backstreet Boys' single "I'll Never Break Your Heart''
has spent the past two months atop Billboard's adult-contemporary chart.
And now comes the crucial crossover to VH1 via a co-starring role on the
cable channel's
Storytellers with Tony Bennett, who has just released a kids' album, The
Playground.
''He asked us to do it with him,'' says BSB's Kevin Richardson,
who at 27 is the oldest member of the quintet.
The Boys taped three of their own songs for Storytellers, which will
premiere on Nov. 29.
Following their own session, they joined Bennett on "Swingin' on a Star."
 A dressing room rehearsal and a soundcheck were all the preparation they
were afforded.
Backed by Bennett's combo, the unlikely teaming nailed the song the first
time out.
''He only needs one take,'' Richardson says. ''It was really cool.'' <

Yeah, I'll bet, Kevin!  I bet you own *all* of Tony's records, and probably
 that Sinatra Duets record, too. Or, maybe Dusty Springfield and the Pet
Shop Boys...
I know, probably someone on this list into Hanson will probably flame me.

Well,pal, I gotta tube of Clearisil wichyer name on it!

rant, pant, Jane Fondle
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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 14:10:00 -0500
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) LP distortion

I've got a problem on some of my LPs where on the higher register sounds,
especially organ LPs with purer tones, I get a lot of distortion.  I'm
wondering what the cause might be.

COuld it be my cheapo needle or cheaper turntable?
Could it be the record is worn?

Anybody have any ideas?

Peter


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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 14:40:23 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sick of cassettes

At 12:36 AM 12/1/98 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

>I dont know about Maxell but I am really sick of having to buy two types of
>tapes - TDK SAX for records (which aren't cheap!) and TDK SA for CDs.  I
>recorded the records on the cheaper SA's and it sounded horrible!

That's really interesting. It's never occurred to me to buy different
cassettes for recording vinyl or CD.  Usually I use those Maxell XLII's but
I'm using the TDK SA's right now and if they sound horrible, I must like
horrible.

Well actually we know I like horrible, don't we?

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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:35:28 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) And yet more on recordable CD's

>
> I must be a real simpleton.  Is there no way you can just patch
> your regular
> old CD Player into your recordable CD ROM and (even in real time
> speed - 1X)
> just copy the CD?  I mean do you HAVE TO first make wav files on your hard
> drive?  This just seems totally ridiculous.


Yes! If you have a Stand-alone CDR, most have digital I/O. If your CD player
has Digital output (O) then it can be run directly to the digital input (I)
if the CDR.  You can also use the regular analog patch cords, but the tracks
might not record separately unless you sit with it and pause the recorder at
each track to mark it.



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