ftp.xmission.com/2014.06.ftp.xmission.com.tar/ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/exotica/archive/v02.n257

Internet Message Format | 1998-12-03 | 42KB

From: [e-mail] (exotica-digest)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: exotica-digest V2 #257
Reply-To: exotica-digest
Sender: [e-mail]
Errors-To: [e-mail]
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes


exotica-digest       Thursday, December 3 1998       Volume 02 : Number 257



In This Digest:

Re:  (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit
Re:  Re: (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit
(exotica) Vinyl URLs
Re:  Re: (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit
[Robin D. Laws: Re:  Re: (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit]
(exotica) Replacing collection
(exotica) Bollywood
(exotica) The first Lounge Ring
(exotica) Restoration Hardware v. Real Hardware
(exotica) Cats
(exotica) Van Eps, Benjamin, Young obits
(exotica) Thrift Report
Re: (exotica) The first Lounge Ring
(exotica) Re: Replacing collections with CDs
(exotica) Re: make new recordings sound old
(exotica) A Bad Feeling
Re: (exotica) Re: make new recordings sound old
(exotica) my weirdest records
RE: (exotica) my weirdest records
Re: (exotica) my weirdest records
Re: (exotica) my weirdest records
(exotica) Re: The first Lounge Ring

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 20:43:07 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit

[e-mail] wrote:
>>>A quick reaction to the Indian Crime CD:  Somebody quickly made up the
titles to these songs very recently. "Fear of A Brown Planet"? Please!  The
music is excellent by and large, but the marketing is
transparent.................anyone?<<<

The titles are obviously made up for the sake of a bad pun; witness further
"Fists of Curry" and "Pimps, Players and Punjabis." The music is great indeed,
but I'd agree the package leaves a little to be desired. Specifically, what's
with the shoddy, lo-res vidcaps on the cover?

>>>Also, thanks to the lister who offered it at 17.99 plus shipping, but I got
it for 12.99 plus tax at my local....<<<

As I posted earlier, Motel Records is selling this directly for only $13 flat,
which includes shipping. You can call them toll-free, 1-888-755-6347.

- --Rod


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:34:43 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit

My personal instinct tells me that this stuff (from Bollywood) may be real, at
least the movie dialogue seems real!   But the music, due to its titling, is
automatically suspect. It sounds vintage and much of it is in mono, but after
the Desco Fiasco, who know?? And yet, it may seriously be older Indian Crime
Movie Music. Did it actually happen? And is there a Bollywood? I await more
definitive info, and maybe I am just a cynical reactor to the forces of
marketing


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:46:27 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Vinyl URLs

Peter,

Here are some of my favorite stores for finding exotica vinyl on the net:

Saturn Records at http://www.saturnrecords.com/catalog.cgi
Tony Wilds at http://www.wildsscene.com/
Dustygroove America at http://www.dustygroove.com/
Memory Lane Records at http://www.memorylanerecords.com/
Vinyl Lives (Preston Peek) at http://www.vinyllives.com/
World Wide Wax at http://www.worldwidewax.com/

Sean


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:53:23 -0500
From: "Robin D. Laws" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit

At 10:34 PM 12/2/98 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

>And is there a Bollywood?

There sure is.  Bombay's film industry is perhaps the biggest
indigenous movie production nexus outside of Hollywood.  You
haven't lived until you've seen a three-hour long musical
remake of _The Godfather_, or a searing three-hour musical
look at terrorism in the Kashmir region, or a three-hour
musical romp about chasing thieves across India using
every form of transportation known on the sub-continent.
(Yes, they're almost all musicals & they're very long
- -- at least in the versions released in India -- Indian
moviegoers like to get their money's worth from the price
of admission.

Take care >>> Robin


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:44:57 GMT
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Robin D. Laws: Re:  Re: (exotica) Bollywood Bullshit]

> To: [e-mail]
>
> At 10:34 PM 12/2/98 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >And is there a Bollywood?
>
> There sure is.  Bombay's film industry is perhaps the biggest
> indigenous movie production nexus outside of Hollywood.  You

Bollywood apparently produces more films than Hollywood. The Indian
film industry is the biggest in the world. Or so I am told.

- -- Pete H.







# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:59:23 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Replacing collection

When my CD collection was STOLEN BY SCUMBAG BURGLERS about 3 years ago I
tried to replace it with Vinyl (its got to be harder to steal the whole
lot in one go,  right?).  Much more difficult than you would think,
considering the number of re-issues that had happened,  Scott Walkers
Scott 1-4,  not as expensive as it used to be but I still haven't got
hold of 1 and 2,  and all for much more than the ten pounds each I spent
on the CD's.  And so much modern stuff just isn't released on vinyl I
finally had to relent.

I thought the Mr Mophiji was fairly lame funk apart from the animal
noises on side 2.


El Maestro Con Queso

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
http://www.sgillitt.dircon.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 08:16:54 -0500
From: "Bryan J. Cuevas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bollywood

I haven't heard the Bombay CD yet, but it sounds to me like Motel Records
thought the original Hindi titles would "too much" for the average
non-Indian audience and opted for the tongue-in-cheek approach. I would
hope that they at least indicate the Hindi titles somewhere in the liner
notes. Do they?

For what's it worth, Kalyanji-Anandji is actually a duo songwriting team,
probably most famous for their 1970 score to the film Johny Mera Naam. In
addition to this one, I also have their soundtracks to the films Black Mail
(c.1970s), Purab Aur Pachhim, Qurbani (c.1980s), Uljhan (1975), and
Vidhaata. Personally, I prefer the music of Rahul Dev Burman for the really
groovy 70's stuff, and the team of Laxmikant-Pyarelal for the cool moody
stuff.

bryan c.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Bryan J. Cuevas
Department of Religious Studies
University of Virginia
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=




# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 14:53:25 +0100
From: Elisabetta <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The first Lounge Ring

This messagge is to inform you that a the first official "Lounge" Webring
has been created!

- ---What is a the Lounge Ring?---

This ring is comprised of LOUNGE, COCKTAIL, EASY LISTENING, EXOTICA, COOL
and STRANGE MUSIC oriented web sites, all linked together by hypertext
coding, that forms a circle. It could be likened to a "Lounge Music
Neighborhood on the Web".

- ---Why the Lounge Ring?---

Surfing through web sites dedicated or related to LOUNGE, COCKTAIL, EASY
LISTENING, SPACE AGE POP, BACHELOR PAD or any COOL and STRANGE MUSIC, I
realized that all of them had a page of links, which linked to the same
sites. So why not create a Ring that could connect people and sites that
share the same interests?

- ---How does the Lounge Ring work?---

By placing your site in this ring, and adding the coding that will be
mailed to you, will enable a surfer to click on a link at your site to move
on to the next related site in the ring. And the same thing happens when a
surfer clicks on a link of a Lounge related web site and ends up on your
site. This sistem can also generate major exposure to your web site!

The Lounge Ring system is absolutely free. You can decide whether to join
or leave the Ring whenever you want.

You can find more information and examples regarding The Lounge Ring at its
homepage:
http://members.tripod.com/~evemusic/ring/loungering.html

E-mail me if you have any questions.
Thanks

The Lounge Ring's Ringmistress:
[e-mail]



# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 09:33:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Restoration Hardware v. Real Hardware

Displaying beloved LP covers

If you are a recent Powerball winner, I suppose you could kick up the $13
a frame (as per restoration Hardware) to display your LP covers. Far cheaper
is to visit a real hardware store and purchase a length of picture or dish
rail. This is a decorative strip of wood with a handy groove cut right in.
Have two pals hold it straight, nail to wall. As much or as little as you like.
Relatively easy to remove if you rent or redecorate a lot.

The plus - you can display many LPS -- and as another said, re-arrange/update
frequently and easily. Put up your favorite Xmas LP now, switch later to New
Years party scenes etc.

Al

p.s. you cna also play them easily. The odd - and creepy fetish thing about the
RH frames is they gloat about sticking the whole works in there, vinyl and all.
Like, wouldn't you want to PLAY your favorite records too? Maybe.


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 15:59:32 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cats

Investigator Bev Hogue has conducted an interesting experiment
with a cat:

"Perhaps your readers (Annals of Improbable Research - T.) would
be interested in a recent observation concerning cat hysteria
brought on by the theme music from the original Star Trek series.
The music propelled the cat from catnapping to full hysteria in
under 10 seconds. It should be noted that the Star Trek theme music
was being produced (loudly, with a lot of emphasis on the high
notes) by four human beings not noted for their abilities to sing
on key; exposure to the theme music of the actual show had no
measurable affect on the same cat. The hysteria manifested itself
in the typical cat behavior of galloping around as if being chased
by George Scherr, and the behavior ceased when the music (such as
it was) stopped, though the cat showed signs of apparent paranoia
for at least an hour afterward."


1998-11-08    Cat Song Survey

Inspired by investigator Hogue, we invite you to take part in our
survey entitled "Feline Reactions to Theme Songs." Choose a theme
song, sing or play it to a cat, and record the following data:

1. Name of theme song:____________________
2. Reaction of cat:
    ___indifference or sleep
    ___production of noise (please specify)
    ___production of substances (do not specify)
    ___flight
    ___other (please specify in 25 words max)

Send your report to <[e-mail]>.
If you have pertinent photographs, audio, and/or video recordings
of the event, please mail them to:
    Feline Reactions to Songs
    c/o Annals of Improbable Research
    PO Box 380853, Cambridge MA 02238 USA







 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
 *** Ton Rueckert   Mozartstraat 12  5914 RB Venlo   The Netherlands ***
 *** [e-mail]   http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto   Ph 31/0 773545386 ***
 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~      Members of our Staff May be Available      ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
 ~~~ ~~~        for Private Parties after the Egg Dishes.        ~~~ ~~~
 ~~~   http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4264/music/w34779.ram  ~~~
 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~




# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 10:28:19 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Van Eps, Benjamin, Young obits

Yesterday I posted George Van Eps obituary, but that message never made it
to the list.
You can read a GVE obit at http://elvispelvis.com/georgevaneps.htm
Go to http://elvispelvis.com/grimreaper.htm for the Dead Musicians Page.
- -L


 *Mary A. Benjamin    =09
    HUNTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Mary A. Benjamin, one of the country's foremost
collectors and dealers of autographs, died Monday. She was 93.=20
    Nicknamed ``The Autograph Lady-USA,'' Benjamin was owner of the country's
oldest autograph and manuscript dealership, Walter R. Benjamin Autographs.=
=20
    Her father started the business in 1887 when he paid $1 a wagon-load for
several wagons full of papers signed by George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
and Edgar Allen Poe and others, just before they were to be dumped in the
Hudson River.=20
    Mary Benjamin wrote the 1946 book ``Autographs: A Key to Collecting,''
still considered the standard guide in determining handwriting sources and
the authenticity of autographs.=20
See also:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-benjamin.html


 *Freddie Young    =09
    LONDON (AP) -- Freddie Young, a triple Oscar winner for his cinematography
on the legendary films ``Lawrence of Arabia,'' ``Doctor Zhivago'' and
``Ryan's Daughter,'' died Tuesday. He was 96.=20
    He received his first Oscar nomination for work on ``Ivanhoe'' in 1950,
directed by Richard Thorpe, then worked on John Ford's ``Mogambo'' (1953)
and Gene Kelly's ``Invitation to the Dance'' (1956).=20
    In 1962, he filmed David Lean's ``Lawrence of Arabia,'' winning his first
Oscar at age 60. That was followed with another Oscar for Lean's ``Doctor
Zhivago'' in 1965.=20
    His later films included Oscar-winning work on Lean's ``Ryan's Daughter''
(1970). He won an Emmy for a television version of ``Macbeth.''=20
    In 1972, he was named a Fellow of the British Association for Film and
Television Arts -- the second person to receive that honor after Alfred
Hitchcock. In his 80s, Young directed a film about an elderly man's devotion
to his cricket field.=20

 1983 Arthur's Hallowed Ground Director =A0=20
 1983 Sword of the Valiant Cinematographer =A0=20
 1983 Invitation to the Wedding Cinematographer =A0=20
 1980 Richard's Things Cinematographer =A0=20
 1980 Rough Cut
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Taglio di diamanti Cinematographer =A0=20
 1979 Bloodline
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline (U.S. title) Cinematographer =A0=
=20
 1978 Stevie Cinematographer =A0=20
 1977 The Man in the Iron Mask [TV] Cinematographer =A0=20
 1976 The Blue Bird
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Sinyaya Ptitsa Cinematographer =A0=20
 1975 Permission to Kill
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Vollmacht zum Mord [1974] (Austrian title) Cinematographer=
 =A0=20
 1974 Luther Cinematographer =A0=20
 1974 The Tamarind Seed Cinematographer =A0=20
 1974 Great Expectations [TV] Cinematographer =A0=20
 1972 The Asphyx
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Spirit of the Dead Cinematographer =A0=20
 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Cinematographer =A0=20
 1970 Ryan's Daughter Cinematographer =A0=20
 1969 Battle of Britain Cinematographer =A0=20
 1969 Sinful Davey Cinematographer =A0=20
 1967 You Only Live Twice Cinematographer =A0=20
 1967 The Deadly Affair Cinematographer =A0=20
 1965 Lord Jim Cinematographer =A0=20
 1965 Doctor Zhivago Cinematographer =A0=20
 1964 The Seventh Dawn Cinematographer =A0=20
 1962 Lawrence of Arabia Cinematographer =A0=20
 1961 Gorgo Cinematographer =A0=20
 1961 Loss of Innocence
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka The Greengage Summer Cinematographer =A0=20
 1961 Macbeth Cinematographer =A0=20
 1960 Hand in Hand Cinematographer =A0=20
 1959 Solomon and Sheba
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Solomon & Sheba (U.S. title) Cinematographer =A0=20
 1959 Gideon of Scotland Yard
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Gideon's Day [1958] Cinematographer =A0=20
 1958 Indiscreet Cinematographer =A0=20
 1958 I Accuse! Cinematographer =A0=20
 1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Cinematographer =A0=20
 1957 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Cinematographer =A0=20
 1957 Beyond Mombasa Cinematographer =A0=20
 1957 The Little Hut Cinematographer =A0=20
 1957 Island in the Sun Cinematographer =A0=20
 1956 Lust for Life Cinematographer =A0=20
 1956 Bhowani Junction Cinematographer =A0=20
 1956 Invitation to the Dance [doc] Cinematographer =A0=20
 1956 Rotten to the Core Cinematographer =A0=20
 1955 Bedevilled Cinematographer =A0=20
 1954 Betrayed
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka The True and the Brave Cinematographer =A0=20
 1953 Mogambo Cinematographer =A0=20
 1953 Terror on a Train Cinematographer =A0=20
 1953 Knights of the Round Table Cinematographer =A0=20
 1952 Ivanhoe Cinematographer =A0=20
 1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond Cinematographer =A0=20
 1950 Treasure Island Cinematographer =A0=20
 1949 The Winslow Boy Cinematographer =A0=20
 1949 Edward, My Son Cinematographer =A0=20
 1949 Conspirator Cinematographer =A0=20
 1948 Escape Cinematographer =A0=20
 1947 While I Live Cinematographer =A0=20
 1947 So Well Remembered Cinematographer =A0=20
 1946 Caesar and Cleopatra
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Caesar & Cleopatra (U.S. title) Cinematographer =A0=20
 1946 Bedelia Cinematographer =A0=20
 1942 Wings and the Woman
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka They Flew Alone [1941] Cinematographer =A0=20
 1942 The Young Mr. Pitt Cinematographer =A0=20
 1941 The 49th Parallel
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Forty-Ninth Parallel Cinematographer =A0=20
 1940 Suicide Legion
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Sunset in Vienna [1937] Cinematographer =A0=20
 1940 Haunted Honeymoon
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Busman's Honeymoon Cinematographer =A0=20
 1940 Contraband
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Blackout Cinematographer =A0=20
 1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Cinematographer =A0=20
 1939 Two's Company Cinematographer =A0=20
 1939 Nurse Edith Cavell Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 The Rat Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 A Royal Divorce Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 The Show Goes On Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 Blondes for Danger Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 Sixty Glorious Years
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Queen of Destiny Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 This'll Make You Whistle Cinematographer =A0=20
 1938 The Show Goes On Cinematographer =A0=20
 1937 Girls in the Street Cinematographer =A0=20
 1937 Victoria the Great Cinematographer =A0=20
 1937 Backstage Cinematographer =A0=20
 1937 The Frog Cinematographer =A0=20
 1936 Peg of Old Drury Cinematographer =A0=20
 1936 When Knights Were Bold Cinematographer =A0=20
 1936 Millions Cinematographer =A0=20
 1936 Fame Cinematographer =A0=20
 1935 The Runaway Queen Cinematographer =A0=20
 1935 Escape Me Never Cinematographer =A0=20
 1935 Nell Gwyn Cinematographer =A0=20
 1935 Carnival Cinematographer =A0=20
 1935 Come out of the Pantry Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 It's a King Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Night of the Garter Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Summer Lightning Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 The Little Damozel Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 That's a Good Girl Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Trouble Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Just My Luck Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Up for the Derby Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Yes, Mr. Brown Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 The King's Cup Cinematographer =A0=20
 1933 Bitter Sweet Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 The Love Contract Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 Thark Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 Magic Night
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Goodnight Vienna Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 Leap Year Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 Blue Danube Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 The Mayor's Nest Cinematographer =A0=20
 1932 A Night Like This Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 Plunder Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 Up for the Cup Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 Carnival
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Dance Pretty Lady
=A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Venetian Nights Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 The Speckled Band Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 Mischief Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 Tilly of Bloomsbury Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 Tons of Money Cinematographer =A0=20
 1931 The "W" Plan Cinematographer =A0=20
 1930 On Approval Cinematographer =A0=20
 1930 A Warm Corner Cinematographer =A0=20
 1930 White Cargo Cinematographer =A0=20
 1926 The Flag Lieutenant Cinematographer =A0=20




# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 11:20:32 -0500
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thrift Report

Well, in preparation for my new finds arriving, I'm taping for car
listening (it's the only time I get to sit and listen) a bunch of cassettes
of older thrift finds I have.  Here's some quick reviews:

Morton Gould - Jungle Drums
Morton Gould, Marty Gold, it's close right?  I got duped by the name and
the half naked chick on the cover, hiding behind a palm.  Gould is an
orchestral arranger and there's not a friggin' jungle drum anywhere to be
found.  Instead, it's very orchestral treatments of latinate exotica
standards, like Jungle Drums (hence the name), Caravan, Hawaiian War Chant,
Malaguena, and so on.  When I say orchestral, I'm not just talking strings,
I'm talking it sounds like something out of the Nutcracker Suite most of
the time.  Pretty dull, unless you like full-on orchestras.  War Chant is
interesting, except the nimbleness of the tune gets tripped up by the
weight of the orchestra.  Also, it's not particularly well balanced, so the
horns carrying the tune are overrun by the strings playing backup.  Caravan
really sounds like the Arabian Dance from Nutcracker.  Again, slightly
interesting for fifty cents, but nothing I'd search for.

Charles Magnante - Fiesta! - Command
It's fantastic.  Get this one at all costs.  The track list covers a few of
the same items as the Gould, but it's just Magnante and his accordian, plus
a few percussionists and maybe a bassist.  There might a guitar player too,
I can't remember.  In any case, it starts out with a super-latin bang and
though the second side gets a bit Spanish-y (think Mexican Hat Dance or
Cucaracha), it's still pretty good all the way through.  If I had to, I'd
pay the bucks for this one.  Though it only cost me fifty cents.

Enoch Light - Movie Hits - Project 3
A later Enoch album, and my first exposure to him, leaves me yawning.  The
track selection looks great, but it's all pretty watery.  The Godfather
Waltz is NOT the same as the Godfather Theme, alas.  There is an
interesting bit of jazz-fusion going on in the French Connection theme, and
the theme from Shaft is decent, but too close to the original to make it
worth playing this one.  The rest is slow and stringy, or even really dorky
in some cases.  No percussion or organ, really.  In any case, maybe pick it
up for a quarter.

Dick Hyman - Man from ORGAN and Electrodynamics
Both of these cost me a pretty penny but are well worth it.  ORGAN is a
classic and covers all sorts of nifty spy-type tunes on the organ with just
enough help to really swing.  Electrodynamics is not quite as strong, but
it starts out very Moog-like, with a nifty version of Stompin' at the
Savoy.  It's a later album, '72 I think, but still pretty good all the way
through.  When are they gonna re-release this Hyman stuff??

V/A - !Wild! Stereo Drums - Capitol
I bought this when I was a neophyte.  What a cover.  And what a name!  But
man, only if you really really really like drums, because it's not much
more than eight or nine drum solos.  Yawn, mostly, though it does have the
nifty Bongo Bash by Pepe Dominguin that's on the Saxophobia UL disc.  The
two Les Baxter tunes are disappointing and so are the other Pepe ones.  The
two Dick Harrell tunes are alright.  I would include Rocket Racket on a
tape.   If you see it for cheap, pick it up maybe, especially for the
cover.  But I paid five bucks for it.  Yikes!  What did I know.

Warren Kime and Brass Impact
Oh yeah!  King Kini turned me on to this.  A real go-go swing thing with
wordless vocals and sharp brass, on Command.  They cover Mas Que Nada, Mr.
Lucky, One Note Samba, plus Elenor Rigby.  Woohoo!  In any case, this
rocks.  It cost me a few bucks, and was well worth it.

Dick Schory - Runnin' Wild - RCA
The same Stereo Impact album they took the cuts from for the Space Age Pop
series.  There are definitely others I would have picked though.  It starts
slow, but the back side is fantastic.  I got the die-cut outer sleeve, but
no inny.  (Anyone have an extra?)  Plus, I got it cheap, but I'd pay for it
for sure.  Lots of good brass, much percussion and generally well-crafted
arrangements.  Very fun.

Bert Kaempfert's GH
Not exciting, really, but a nice introduction.  There are a few
arrangements I might toss on a tape, but not stellar by any means.

Herb Alpert - Whipped Cream and Other Delights
Sure, sure, we've all got it and I've got two, but I only just recently sat
down to really listen, and except for Taste of Honey (which I was humming
incessantly all Thanksgiving.  It wouldn't go away!!) it's pretty mediocre.
 Ah well.

Francis Lai - A Man and a Woman
Really really good light bossa tunes.  If you like Gilberto, you should
samba down to your local thrift and pick it up.  It's nice and light and
airy, great for hammock summer listening.

The Folkswingers with Hariha Ross - Raga Rock
Go-go type arrangements with sitar.  Nothing that really shakes my shoes.
Very average.  Maybe if they had some horns?

Anyway, that's the report so far.
More to come as I tape and listen.

Peter



# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:16:17 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) The first Lounge Ring

<< This messagge is to inform you that a the first official "Lounge" Webring
 has been created!

 ---What is a the Lounge Ring?--- >>

Well folks, I ain't sure what a "Lounge Ring" is. but I would sure like to
know more about "Elisabetta"!  That has got to be the most exotic name on the
list I have seen in a long, long time.

Rarrrrrrrrrgh,

Robert


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:56:15 EST
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Replacing collections with CDs

Na wrote:
> But I guess I want to know, do you actually know people who replaced their
> entire collections or is this one of those urban myths where it happened to
> a friend of a friend?
The instance I know of was one of the guys who works at a local
record store who dumped everything along with his turntable and
rebought as much as he could on CD.  Convenience was the driving
force and I think we're talking of a collection in the order of 300
to 350 which I consider small.  It is feasible to do (assuming you have
the money to do so)  if your tastes in music are more mainstream but I
have to say looking at our colection, we'd be lucky to be able to replace
25%!

> First of all, when CD's came out there weren't that many records that you
> could replace.  And I still don't think you could replace your whole
> Captain Beefheart collection.
Actually he was a Penguin Cafe Orchestra fan and he was able to get
those...

> You have some old Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation record or the first record by
> "If" or Every Mother's Son or the first Association record which you got
> for your bar mitzvah and you've never been able to part with it.  You
> hardly ever play these things but you like having them... which is sort of
> what having a "collection" means
> Then CD's come out and you go out looking to replace them????
> I think not.  At least I hope not.
You're overestimating the dedication of the average person's
attachment to records as collectible objects.  You, and I would have to
include myself in this category as well, are what the average person
would call obsessive.  If you  consider the contents of the average person's
music collection, you would probably not have any problem understanding
why they woudn't hold any particular attachment to it!

> I replaced three records which I sold during my "vinyl purge" period and
> I've gotten two of them back on vinyl and would still love to find the
> third one... which was by Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons, in case you're
> interested.
I replaced one Klaus Schulze LP early on which I had hoped would be an
improvement, only to find the CD to be of inferior quality.  I consequently
dumped it and rebought a newer vinyl copy which someone else had
obviously dumped (there's of course since been a 20 bit remastered version...)
and at that point I stopped.  In fact I reverted to a last ditch vinyl splurge, figuring I may
never get a second chance.  This multi-edition reissue game is highly
annoying and the Residents are one group I waould have to sigle out a
a prime offender in this respect.

> And by the way, I think you'll always be able to replace your cartridge.
Yes, but a lot of the manufacturers are disappearing.  I'm totally sold on
moving coil and the choices here are limited. I'm currently using a
Signet (Audio Technica) OC-9 which I think  (hope) is still in
production.

Cheryl wrote:
> Then again, I did trade away my Partridge Family record many,
> many years ago - it was one of those things that was way too
> embarrassing to keep in a collection once I reached the ripe old age of
> 14 or so!
See the things you find out about those you think you really know...

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 15:15:33 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: make new recordings sound old

At 12:44 -0700 98/12/01, recliner <[e-mail]> wrote:

>So my question, related to the record-to-CD posts, is: Is there a way to
>make new recordings sound old?

    yes, there's software to do this, and harware too. others might
    know more details...




# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:23:10 -0500
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Bad Feeling

We interrupt our regular discussion of music piracy for this bulletin:

I just trudged around to all the music stores in downtown Ann Arbor, and
what I found chilled me to the bone . . . the music industry seems to be
abandoning "Lounge" in a big way.

Maybe you all knew this, but I hadn't shopped for CDs in a while, and I
sort of panicked--buying up about $100 worth of reissues that I figured
would simply be unavailable next year. . .

Everywhere I went, the "Lounge" bins had been moved to back corners, shrunk
in size, and left picked over without restocking.

One store owner bluntly told me that the Bar None _Infinity In Sound_ I
pulled out of the bin was the last one he would be ordering. "They just
haven't moved like the earlier Esquivel releases." (By the way, did the
_Latine-esque_ reissue ever make it out the door before the axe fell?)

Even the once-ubiquitous UltraLounge series seemed to be less visible, with
only about 9 of the volumes still on the shelves.

The final insult was having to rescue Martin Denny's _Hypnotique/Exotica
vol. III_ from the "Swing" bin at a Wherehouse Records. They just changed
the name on the sign, still leaving behind the cutesy little Martini
drawings, the swine. I had previously wondered why Ashley sounded
so aggrieved about the whole Swing scene--but no more.

So friends, if there was anything on CD you had been meaning to buy, but
hadn't gotten around to yet. . . You may not have much more time. . .

wistfully,

 --Ross

||   The Macintosh Witch Doctor:   Ross Orr <[e-mail]>  [phone]
||
||   " . . . it has been said that the Macintosh is the worst possible kind of
||   computer, except for all those other kinds that have been tried from
||   time to time. . . . "             [with apologies to Winston Churchill]




# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 22:15:32 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: make new recordings sound old

>>So my question, related to the record-to-CD posts, is: Is there a way to
>>make new recordings sound old?
>
>    yes, there's software to do this, and harware too. others might
>    know more details...



I know a direct-x plugin, Magneto, here's some info from the manufactor,
Spectral Design:

If you're one of those people that thinks digital audio sounds 'cold'
then you'll love this plugin! Magneto is the perfect tool for Mastering
purists who want to achieve analogue warmth without adding any unwanted
noise. It simulates a classic Lyrec 24 track tape machine for true tape
saturation effects ranging from a wild, overdriven compressed signal to
subtle warmth.

Cheers, Ton


 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
 *** Ton Rueckert   Mozartstraat 12  5914 RB Venlo   The Netherlands ***
 *** [e-mail]   http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto   Ph 31/0 773545386 ***
 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
 ~~~    "Taste Preference for Brussels Sprouts: An Informal Look"    ~~~
 ~~~  J. Trinkaus & K. Dennis    "Psychological Reports"   Dec 1991  ~~~
 ~~~  http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4264/music/Xbe3975.ram  ~~~
 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 17:08:55 -0500
From: "Kovin, Chris" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) my weirdest records

I'll just start off listing them:

The Captains in Pensacola
The Erotic Guitar (Performed by Dr. "O")
Flight F-I-N-A-L...a dramatic comparison to death
    written and produced by Forrest McCullough, Evangelist
Leadership That Leads by Dr. Kenneth McFarland "America's
    Foremost Public Speaker"
Sepulveda Elementary Schoool, Torrance, California presents
    The Sepulveda Singers - 1973
Socrates' Trial and Death
A Lot of People Would Like to See Armand Schaubroeck...DEAD.
Home Safety Tips from the Stars
The 20 Day Wendy Way to Charm
New Therapeutic Concepts in Epilepsy

That's it for now.  I will review each one later.

Chris - back on after a long absence (and mostly a lurker
before that)  -  Hi Arjan!


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:30:24 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) my weirdest records

> Flight F-I-N-A-L...a dramatic comparison to death
>     written and produced by Forrest McCullough, Evangelist

Now THIS is a thread I am going to enjoy!  I will also gladly particitpate.
Can't wait to get home and root through the stax.

Flight F-I-N-A-L is soo strange... I love this record.


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 17:32:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jeffery Hess)
Subject: Re: (exotica) my weirdest records


Oh yeah?  Here's a few of mine.

My Pussy Belongs To Daddy
Sex And Your Daughter-A 60's sex intruction record for parents
Glenn W. Turner-You Can Better Your Best, a motivational speaker
 who overcame his hairlip to become a milltionaire.  He was later
 indicted along with F. Lee Bailey for fraud.
Ed McMahon-What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up
Spiro T. Agnew Speaks Out
Dr. Jack Van Impe-From Night Club To Christ
and a bunch of Jim and Tammy Faye

Jeff
********************************************************************
Psych-Out!
3 hours of mind-melting psychedelic groovetones
Starting Sunday, Jan. 3, 3-6AM (CST)
KDHX FM 88.1 Immediately following the Wayback Machine
Live netcast:  http//www.kdhxfm88.org/live.asp

___________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html
or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 16:54:40 -0800
From: Pea Hicks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) my weirdest records

Jeffery Hess wrote:
>
>
> Oh yeah?  Here's a few of mine.
>

> Glenn W. Turner-You Can Better Your Best, a motivational speaker
>  who overcame his hairlip to become a milltionaire.  He was later
>  indicted along with F. Lee Bailey for fraud.


I LOVE Glenn W. Turner!!!

in fact, he has a website!!!

off the top of my head, one of the weirder records I own is by Rosemary
Brown: "A Musical Seance." She was an English woman in the early 70's
who channeled new music from dead composers and played it on the
piano!!!!

:)pea


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:13:01 -0600
From: King Kini <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The first Lounge Ring

this "lounge ring" seems to me to be nothing more than an attempt to create
traffic for an "EVE Music" record store site.  i have no problem with that
in itself, except for the fact that they've blatently lifted graphics right
off of my site (and others) for their own use.

not very nice (and illegal) i say.


skip it and visit Vik's Valet or my COCKTAIL NATION links page for enough
lounge sites to kill a goat.


http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/viklink.html

http://www.tamboo.com/clubvelvet/loungelinks.html


 - kini


> This ring is comprised of LOUNGE, COCKTAIL, EASY LISTENING, EXOTICA, COOL
> and STRANGE MUSIC oriented web sites, all linked together by hypertext
> coding, that forms a circle. It could be likened to a "Lounge Music
> Neighborhood on the Web".




visit...

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
          King Kini's  C L U B  V E L V E T
             http://www.tamboo.com
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


# Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list?
# Send the command "info exotica" to [e-mail].
# To post, email [e-mail]; replies go to original sender.

------------------------------

End of exotica-digest V2 #257
*****************************