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exotica-digest        Sunday, December 13 1998        Volume 02 : Number 264



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) ._moroder's__..moog_.
Re: (exotica) Gainsbourg films
(exotica) Trip to Bangkok
(exotica) What is this????
Re: (exotica) The Surfmen
(exotica) Re: Heino sites
(exotica) SAX and true confessions
(exotica) Replacing vinyl - its no myth
(exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour
Re:  (exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 13
(exotica) Ukelele Orchestra in London
(exotica) Trip to Bangkok
Re: (exotica) Re: Heino sites
Re: (exotica) The Surfmen
(exotica) Re: cassettes quality
Re: (exotica) Re: Heino sites
(exotica) Keith Mansfield's Carnaby Street
(exotica) Free Design Competition: winner
(exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
(exotica) Karamba, Karacho, ein Whisky
(exotica) us tee vee selections
(exotica) Holiday CD -redundancy?
Re: (exotica) The Surfmen
(exotica) Phil Moore exotica!!
(exotica) Goldmine's Standard Catalogue of American Records
Re: (exotica) The Surfmen
(exotica) Lickerish Quartet

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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:21:36 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ._moroder's__..moog_.

At 12:45 PM 12/11/98 +0000, Desmond K. Hill wrote:
>
>could any of the 'younger' members of the list offer commendations on the
>work of giorgio moroder,

Well maybe if I were younger I would recommend something better but my
favourite Moroder thing - at least as a guilty pleasure - is the song
"Together in Electric Dreams" from the Electric Dreams soundtrack.  Sung by
Human League vocalist Phil Oakey.  There are other Moroder cuts on the
soundtrack - along with a bit too much Culture Club for my taste - and
vinyl copies are all over the place here.

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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:21:34 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gainsbourg films

At 10:45 PM 12/10/98 -0400, Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote:

>"Je t'aime moi non plus" is pretty delirious: it's set in a truckstop and
>features Joe Dallesandro (of Warhol/Morrissey fame) as a gay truck driver
>and Jane Birkin as an androgynous waitress (I think, it's been a while
>since I've seen the movie) who falls in love with him.

Scratch another scenario from the list of films I was going to make
someday.  Even if that's not the plot, I love the idea of it.  It's so...
something.  Is there any "truck stop country music" in the soundtrack or
maybe Gainsbourg's own take on the Willis Brothers and other truckstop heroes?
(Do truckstop and trucking songs rate as "exotica" or would I have to join
a country music list to talk about it?)
It's trite to say it but I love truck stops.  They're the first thing I
start thinking about whenever I do an American road trip.  In my experience
there aren't many classic truckstops in Canada though maybe out west.
I saw a short documentary on Vic Chesnutt and he talked about getting
married in a truckstop in Texas.  I've been to a few of those mall-style
truckstops which offer a lot more than a coffee and a toasted Western
sandwich but I've yet to see one with a marriage chapel.
Ever since I saw the documentary I've been thinking about how much I'd like
to get married in a truckstop.  At this point I think my mother would just
concentrate on the fact that I got married finally and ignore the location.
(No she wouldn't.  I'd never hear the end of it.  "Who gets married in a
truckstop?")

Anyway, thanks for planting that scenario in my consciousness.  Next time
I'm in a truckstop I'll definitely be looking for the trucker that most
resembles Joe Dallesandro.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:52:48 +0000
From: the curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Trip to Bangkok

Friends

I'm going to Bangkok in about a week's time to do some research ... would
anyone like to recommend:

1. Records / Music to buy
2. Musical instruments to buy
3. Anything else to see, do or buy.

All suggestions appreciated.

friendly

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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:40:55 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) What is this????

Did this happen to any of you before? Since I replied to this posting
with the purple header I get these warning mails for each and every mail
I send to the Exotica list! What is this?


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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:04:07 -0500
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen

>I bought it from Brad: "The sounds of Exotic Island" by the Surfmen. Now
>this is an exotic record in the true and original sense of this list's
>programmatic basics. Bird calls and all. And what kind of bird calls!
>These obviously man-made hoarse croaking crow voices are amusing on the
>edge of funny.

>Basic Exotica classics in rather calm versions have gathered, such as
>Quiet Village, Bali Hai and Taboo.

Wait a minute. . . I know this. . . flutes? Weird female vocals? Duck
calls, etc., sounding like they're played from records? Track list as
follows?

Quiet Village/Tahiti Sunrise/Bali Hai/Bamboo/Jungle Romance/Forbidden Island
Taboo/Moonlight in Paradise/Luau/Orchid Lagoon/Fire Goddess/Moon of Manakoora

I have that--and I love it! Especially the Morricone-meets-Exotica-flavored
"Orchid Lagoon." I think I may have posted about it once, maybe a year and
a half ago. . .

>Well, what can you say... With the
>same right as Rains, the Surfmen belong into the FAQ of the Exotica
>mailing list , once designed by Ross Orr, remember?

The only problem is that MY copy is credited to "The South Sea Serenaders,"
with the album called _Tradewinds Romance from Hawaii to Tahiti_! Now Mo,
was your copy on one of the Alshire/Somerset/Budget Sound/Miller empire of
labels? Those guys were *notorious* for recycling tracks on a million
different records, under different names. . . So how can we ever learn who
these alleged Surfmen really are?

The FAQ (which has gone dormant lately) only singled out Rains because, like
Lyman, he seemed to have some actual artistic intentions--although he never
caught on commercially. While "the Surfmen" seem to have been a quickie
cash-in effort. . . although a delightful one I certainly admit.

soothingly,

 --Ross

|| Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr  <[e-mail]>
|| Ann Arbor, Michigan USA




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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:35:26 PST
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Heino sites

The best thing about the page is the links to much better Heino sites -
eg: the Temple of Heino Worship - which has photos of this curious alien
throughout his exciting career and even an hommage of sorts from Ralf
Hutter and Florian Schneider, an analysis of Die Schwarze Barbara, etc.
If you can get it to download (I, sadly, could not), there is even a
singing Heino screen saver. Just imagine how charmed your workmates
would be when you stepped out for a two hour lunch....
>

>Great page!  AND:
>
>On sunday we expect the Heino 60th birthday and christmas show in
German tele!


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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:30:28 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) SAX and true confessions

In a message dated 98-12-01 14:44:06 EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< SA's right now and if they sound horrible, I must like
 horrible.

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

Well, I will give a horrible confession to prove my point.  I recorded my Iron
Maiden albums on the SA's and man, did it sound bad - it was like listening to
the AM radio.  Gotta use SAX for vinyl.  Give it a try and see if you don't
hear the difference.

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:42:29 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Replacing vinyl - its no myth

In a message dated 98-12-01 15:06:04 EST, you write:

<< 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?>>

Actually, I do personally know of a person who did this and this person did
this way back when CD was still a new medium.  He sold off all his punk vinyl
and bought CDs.  It was well more than 30 records - it was like a huge
collection, but he had the money to do it.  I dont know if he regrets it or
not because I'm not in touch with the guy anymore.

<< 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.>>

He was replacing stuff like Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Damned etc.  I
didn't get into it with him, about if he was able to find all of it on CDs,
but since that time, I believe almost all punk except the most obsure has been
put on CD, so it is quite possible to do this.   On a related subject,
personally, I think it is people like him and the hords of other old punks who
sold their vinyl (with no intention of replacing it with CDs), that drove the
price of old punk vinyl down.

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:12:36 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour

On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, we're joined in the first
hour by Steve Knopper, editor of "MusicHound Lounge: The Essential
Album Guide to Martini Music and Easy Listening".  We'll hear Steve's
picks for some essential Christmas lounge records, including tunes by
Sinatra, Esquivel, Ferrante and Teicher, Louis Prima, the Hollyridge
Strings and others.

In the second hour, more of our usual fare, with bossa nova by Lalo
Schifrin and Gary McFarland;  bongo fever from Les Baxter's "Skins",
the Eddie Cano Sextet (featuring Jack Costanzo!) and Living
Percussion;  Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra serve up the "Quiet
Village Cha-Cha";  plus exotica by Chaino, Yma Sumac, Marty Wilson
and Cal Tjader!

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just surf on over to:

http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html

Requires at least a 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer 5.0 or
G2.  As always, if you enjoy the tunes, please let us hear from you!

Thanks, and happy holidays to all from your Retro Cocktail Hour crew!

Darrell Brogdon
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KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:31:50 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour

Your reporting of Christmas Lounge-type stuff is a great idea. It would be
appreciated if you can furnish titles the guy may refer to. My Christmas show
is shaping up to be pretty paltry. Ultralounge, Esquivel, and today I found
"Brass Christmas" by Monterey Brass (did you mention that one in your article
Brad?). Jimmy/"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, Cambridge on Tuesdays 6-8am


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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 00:50:52 -0500
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 13

Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada. Comments and questions welcome.


Space Bop #27        En Francais!


Marc-Antoine Charpentier:  L'Eurovision  "TV Toons Presente: Les
Meilleurs Generiques des Series TV Francaises"
Jacques Dutronc:  Les cactus  "Jacques Dutronc - La Collection"
France Gall:  Cet air l=E0  "Baby Pop"
Petula Clark:  Ya ya twist  "Rendez vous avec Petula"
Nino Ferrer:  La bande a Ferrer  "Nino Ferrer - enregistrement public"=09
    =09
Higelin:  Cayenne c'est fini  "Casino de Paris"
Nino Ferrer:  Mirza  "Nino Ferrer - enregistrement public"    =09
Fran=E7oise Hardy:  Oh oh ch=E9ri  "Fran=E7oise Hardy - La Collection"
Brigitte Bardot:  Tu veux ou tu veux pas  "Best of BB"
    =09
Gina X:  Harley Davidson  "Yinglish"
Sylvie Vartan:  Twist et chante  "La plus belle pour aller danser"
Jacques Dutronc:  Les plays boy  "Jacques Dutronc - La Collection"
Richard de Bordeaux & Daniel Beretta:  Lucien  "Get Easy - Vol. 3"=20

Francois de Roubaix:  Chapi Chapo  "TV Toons Presente: Les Meilleurs
Generiques des Series TV Francaises"
Pt=F4se:  Boule  "Ignobles Limaces"
Czerkinsky:  Czerkinsky  "Czerkinsky"
La Yellow:  Quelle Sensation Bizarre  "Cocktail Shaker"


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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 11:53:38 +0000
From: the curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ukelele Orchestra in London

Friends

Saw the Ukelele Orchestra on Friday night at Cecil Sharp House in Camden,
London, England. They were GREAT!!

Nine people, eight ukeleles and an acoustic bass guitar

They played Teenage Kicks, Satisfaction, You make me Feel like a Natural
Woman, Disco Inferno, Horny horny horny, Sex Machine, Life on Mars, Born to
be Wild and others. They also illustrated a great angle on copyright
"borrowing" by integrating Wild Thing, Summer Nights and Sweets for my
Sweet seamlessly. They also did this with Hotel Californa, Autumn Leaves
and a Paul Anka track whose name i can't remember.

It was such a great night ... go and see them if you can. They've played in
Japan a couple of times so, wherever you are, there's a chance they'll be
in your neighbourhood.

friendly

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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 11:31:42 +0000
From: the curator <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Trip to Bangkok

Friends

I'm going to Bangkok in about a week's time to do some research ... would
anyone like to recommend:

1. Records / Music to buy
2. Musical instruments to buy
3. Anything else to see, do or buy.

All suggestions appreciated.

friendly

Sem Sinatra




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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:28:21 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Heino sites

> there is even a
> singing Heino screen saver. Just imagine how charmed your workmates
> would be when you stepped out for a two hour lunch....
>
Yeah, and imagine how your computer would look like when you come
back... speaker crashed with a hammer and screen sprayed all over with
black-brown paint....

Mo



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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:29:30 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen

Ross Orr wrote:

> The only problem is that MY copy is credited to "The South Sea Serenaders,"
> with the album called _Tradewinds Romance from Hawaii to Tahiti_! Now Mo,
> was your copy on one of the Alshire/Somerset/Budget Sound/Miller empire of
> labels? Those guys were *notorious* for recycling tracks on a million
> different records, under different names. . . So how can we ever learn who
> these alleged Surfmen really are?

Exactely... Somerset...Miller Int.   On my cover they credit like this:

"The arrangements in this album were scored by two very capable musical
beachcombers - Joe Kuhn and Bob Louden. The Surfmen include such top west coast
musicians as Paul Horn, Roland Bundock, Jimmy Rowles, Al Hendrickson, Alvino
Rey, Jack Sperling, Sam Weiss, J. CAstonza, Milt Holland, Gene Estes, Ann
Stockton, Emil Richards. (...) Recorded under driection of D.L. Miller at United
Recording Studios, Hollywood"

Hmmm, sounds like a compilation album. Or music by a producer who hired
different musicians all the time.

I find the bandname quite confusing; when I ordered this record I had expected
to get surf-sound, but it was birdcall-exotica, a not unpleasant but still
surprise.

> The FAQ (which has gone dormant lately) only singled out Rains because, like
> Lyman, he seemed to have some actual artistic intentions--although he never
> caught on commercially. While "the Surfmen" seem to have been a quickie
> cash-in effort. . . although a delightful one I certainly admit.

Well, pretty problematic to speculate about motives for making music or records.
On the quality-side I prefer the Surfmen slightly to Gene Rains.

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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:30:53 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: cassettes quality

> Anyway, there IS a difference in the cassettes sold here in the
> USA for recording.  You need to use one type for CDs and the more expensive
> ones for records.  SAX costs about $2.50 a tape, so if you want to record say
> 2 tapes, well, that's $5.00.
>
 Hmmm, what you write about different cassette types sounds like either
a new marketing strategy or in fact a new development of
"worse-improving" technical standards. I still use the same cassettes
for both, the Maxell XL-II, did it for 2 decades and have never had any
problems with them. And as the signals coming from both the turntabel
and the CD-player are analog anyway, it is literally and practically
impossible that there should be any difference. Plus I made the
experience that even cassettes that are 20 years old still have a fairly
good sound. I mean I wouldn't use it as a documentary saving-medium, but
for my personal entertainment it's more than OK.

What I did discover recentely is that the top-quality Maxell XL-II-S
tapes have a strange volume- characteristic; the input is "louder" than
what is recorded on the tape. But this happens only on one of my
cassette recorders and has nothing whatsoever to do with the origin of
the recorded signal, wether it comes from the CD-Player or the
record-player. So in order to get a level of 0 dB on the tape I have to
record something like +3 dB up to +5 dB input, but as a result I get a
clearer sound-quality than with the normal XL-II tapes.

Does anybody possibly know what the "accubias"-modulation really does? I
never understood what it is and what it does to the sound.

Mo



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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:17:33 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Heino sites

Ben Waugh wrote:

> The best thing about the page is the links to much better Heino sites -
> eg: the Temple of Heino Worship - which has photos of this curious alien
> throughout his exciting career and even an hommage of sorts from Ralf
> Hutter and Florian Schneider

A clear fake!Mo



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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:41:32 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Keith Mansfield's Carnaby Street

Just purchased Carnaby Street by Keith Mansfield - Rare British Easy LP=

featuring The Young Scene (Sound Gallery Comp) and a history of Carnaby=

Street in the liner notes and only =A370. When I get it home and play i=
t,
I'll ponder a small review.

Charlie
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:49:07 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Free Design Competition: winner

Just to let you all know that the winner of the Varese CD "Kites Are
Fun" is...

Larry Koch


Robbie


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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 16:04:47 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

A new update to the eXotica Releases Overview is available.
These are the most important recent additions, that where not yet announced
here.

(If you would like to receive the unabridged updates by e-mail, just
subscribe to my "XRO updater" by sending a messasge to
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           - December 13: new (1998) releases, announcements & corrections -


* Davie Allan And The Arrows: "Byke-A-Delics"
      CD, Gee Dee Music, Germany, 1998

* Davie Allan And The Arrows: "Fuzz Fest"
      CD/LP, Alive/Total Energy Records, USA, 1998

* Dead Ringer: "Atomic Cocktail"
      CD, Wowsville Records DR-1001, USA, 1998

* Evo: "The Dedikation Suite"
      CD, Starmax 911, USA, 1998

* Earl Grant: "Organ Fever"
      CD, Marginal/Missing CD 004, Belgium, 1998

* Verna Lindt: "Shiver"
      CD, The Compact Organization PACT 4, UK, 1998

* Barry Manilow: "Manilow Sings Sinatra"
      CD, Arista, USA, 1998

* Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66: "Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66"
      LP, A&M SP4116 180 Gr. Audiophile Pressing, Germany?, 1998

* Soundtrack: "Mission: Impossible" [by Lalo Schifrin]
      Double LP, Simply Vinyl SVLP41, UK, 1998

* Soundtrack: "Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection"
  [by Various Artists]
      CD, Rhino R2 755505, USA, 1998

* Soundtrack: "The Ipcress File" [by John Barry]
      LP, Bootleg, ?, 1998

* The Phantom Surfers And Davie Allan: "Skaterhater"
      CD, Lookout! Records LK204, USA, 1998

* George Shearing: "Black Satin/White Satin"
      CD, Razor & Tie, USA, 1998

* The Singers Unlimited: "Acapella Ii"
      CD, MVP POCJ-2514, Japan, 1998

* The Singers Unlimited: "Magic Voices"
      7 CD Box, Motor MPS 539 130, Germany, 1998

* Various Artists: "And This Is Acid Jazz"
      CD, Debutante, UK?, 1998

* Various Artists: "Angels In The Mirror: Vodou Music Of Haiti"
      CD + Book, Ellipsis Arts 4120, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Barjazz 3"
      CD, Motor 555 747, Germany, 1998

* Various Artists: "Beach Party"
      CD, Del-Fi DFCD 71263, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Blue Big Bands"  (A Swingin' Affair)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 1998?

* Various Artists: "Generation TV Soundtracks"
   (From UK & USA & French TV)
      Double CD, ?, ?, 1998

* Various Artists: "Happy Hour For A Pack Of Screaming Monkeys"
      CD, Esotericty Music, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Mellow Acid Vibes"  (15 Laid-Back Acid Jazz Grooves)
      CD, MCI, UK?, 1998

* Various Artists: "More Phials Of Acid Jazz"
   (15 Further Experiments In Acid Jazz)
      CD, MCI, UK?, 1998

* Various Artists: "Pool Party"
      CD, Del-Fi DFCD 71264, USA, 1998



           - December 13: more or less recent (1997) stuff -


* Soundtrack: "Dolemite"
  [by Rudy Ray Moore Conducts Soul Rebellion Orchestra]
      LP, Generation International LP-2501 (Bootleg?), USA, 1997

* Soundtrack: "Petey Wheatstraw"
  [by Rudy Ray Moore Conducts Soul Rebellion Orchestra]
      LP, Generation International 112 (Bootleg?), USA, 1997?

* Various Artists: "The Blue Series Sampler I"
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 1997

* Various Artists: "The Mood Mosaic 7: The New Shape Of Sound"
      CD & Double LP, Future Record FR003, Italy, 1997



           - December 13: other interesting finds I stumbled on -


* Goblin: "Roller"
      CD, Cinevox, Italy, 199?

* Bruce Haack And Esther Nelson:
  "Dance To The Music: A Participation Album For All Children"
      Cassette, Dimension 5 Records For Children, USA, 198?

* Tito Puente: "Cuban Carnival"
      CD, BMG Tropical Series 2349, USA, 1991

* The Singers Unlimited: "Christmas"
      CD, PGD/Verve 21859, USA, 1996

* Various Artists: "Afro Blue 1"  (Explore The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Afro Blue 2"  (Explore The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Blue 45s"  (The Ultimate Jukebox)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Blue Bacharach"  (A Cooler Shaker)
      CD, Blue Note 955902, UK, 1996

* Various Artists: "Blue Brazil 1"  (Blue Note In A Latin Groove)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Blue Brazil 2"  (Blue Note In A Latin Groove)
      CD/Double LP, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Blue 'N' Groovy"
   (Blue Note Connects With The Good Vibes)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Blue 'N' Groovy Volume 2"  (<Mostly Modal)
      CD/Double LP, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Electric Blue"  (Plug In And Turn On)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists:
  "Les Plus Belles Musiques Des Films De Jean Gabin Volume 2"
   (Collection Play Time - Les Acteurs)
      CD, FGL Play Time, France, 1993?

* Various Artists: "Love Me Blue"  (The Music Of Lennon And McCartney)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "Midnight Blue"  (The Bewitching Hour)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "So Blue So Funky 1"  (Heroes Of The Hammond)
      CD, Blue Note, UK, 199?

* Various Artists: "So Blue So Funky 2"  (Heroes Of The Hammond)
      CD/Double LP, Blue Note, UK, 199?



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        >>> The XRO is a discography, NOT a sale catalog!

        The eXotica Releases Overview is part of

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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:18:26 -0600
From: King Kini <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Karamba, Karacho, ein Whisky

Happy 60th Heino!





visit...

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          King Kini's  C L U B  V E L V E T
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:25:58 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) us tee vee selections

(eastern standard times)

The Stranger (1946) A&E - Very early Wednesday morning, 4:00am

The Blue Angel (1930) AMC - Wednesday morning, 6:00am

Murder, Inc. (1960) AMC - Wednesday afternoon, 12:30pm

Strangers On A Train (1951) AMC - Wednesday afternoon, 2:30pm

X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963) AMC - Wednesday afternoon, 4:30pm

Stax Records documentary - BRAVO - Wednesday night, midnight; Thursday
night, 8:00pm; Friday afternoon, 3:00pm

This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) AMC - Thursday evening, 6:00pm, midnight

Biography: William Shatner - A&E - Thursday night, 8:00pm, midnight

Murder, My Sweet (1944) AMC - Friday morning, 7:45am

I Wake Up Screaming (1941) AMC - Friday morning, 9:30am

Blue In The Face (1995) BRAVO - Friday afternoon, late-night, 4:00pm, 4:00am

Also note that TBS is running James Bond/007 movies all week long.

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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:42:51 -0500
From: "Ray Coffey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Holiday CD -redundancy?

Hmmm... I saw the Starbucks Holiday CD with tracks by the Blue Hawaiians
and Combustible Edison among others.
Esquivel and Dean Martin as well.

It was on EMI special products.  Has this ALREADY been mentioned?
Is it last year's?  A repackaging of some other Christmas release?

Ray
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:38:09 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen

At 04:04 PM 12/12/98 -0500, Ross Orr wrote:
 Those guys were *notorious* for recycling tracks on a million
>different records, under different names. . . So how can we ever learn who
>these alleged Surfmen really are?
>
>The FAQ (which has gone dormant lately) only singled out Rains because, like
>Lyman, he seemed to have some actual artistic intentions--although he never
>caught on commercially. While "the Surfmen" seem to have been a quickie
>cash-in effort. . . although a delightful one I certainly admit.

Well I have two Surfmen records, both on Somerset, one the notorious "the
romantic lure of Exotic Island" - with the great cover of the half-naked
top half of a woman emerging from an orchid - and the other one "the
romantic lure or Hawaii" and I think they're pretty consistent and similar.
 So while the musicians listed on the back of "Exotic Island" may be a
changing group from cut to cut, the arrangements are pretty consistent.
Both records, though appearing generic, are in the top ten exotica LP's in
my collection.

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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 98 18:52:06 -0400
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Phil Moore exotica!!

Just picked up taday a copy of _Polynesian Paradise_ by Phil Moore and
his orch. (Strand SLS 1004).
My first attraction was the great cover. Full figure nude, back to,
walking on beach with a sunset atmosphere.
I knew I had to have it and didn't even bother to read the song titles of
the liner notes. Then when I got it home and started listening to it,
YOW, this is primo exotica. Bird calls, ethnic percussion instruments,
and excellent choice of exotica standards...I'm in fear of wearing out
this one!
Ther liner notes are choice, I'll quote just a brief pharagraph:
"_Polynesian Percussion_ is more than music for escape. It is music for
love. And underneath it all is the rhythm, the beat, the excitement of
open arms, warm welcome and the pleasure of romance."

The "birdcall" sounds, which actually only appear on a few tracks are the
silliest yet. To say that you can tell that a human being is making this
particular sound on "Return to Paradise" is an understatement. Although
at the begining of Flamingo is a realistic call of a flamingo and then
the sound it's wings as it takes off from the ground. A first for exotica
recordings, wing flapping ?! On a closer listening it does seem that
actual field recordings were used.
Very nice use of voices, quite unobtrusive and adding a nice element that
you don't get on Denny or Lyman's arrangements. It's similar in ways to
Stanley Black's _Exotic Percussion_ (without the bombast) or to Warren
Barker's _A Musical Touch of Far Away Places_ (without the orienal
emphasis).

Track list: Return to Paradise/ The Far Mountain/ Maiden Island/ Blue
Hawaii/ Pearls of Paradise/ Moon Over Manakoora/ Bali Hai/ Fiji Farewell/
Flamingo/ The Turtle and the Rickshaw/ Pagan Lovesong/ Tradewinds.


There is mention that Phil Moore wrote some production scores to Kismet
and Panama Hattie... but not really any indication if he's done anything
else. Any one have any info on this guy? If his other albums are as good
as this one we've got a contender.

Frank "...full of Enchantment"


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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 98 18:52:03 -0400
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Goldmine's Standard Catalogue of American Records

Goldmine's Standard Catalogue of American Record 1950-1975 ( Tim Neely,
Krause Publications,1998 - $29.95)

It's the size of a big city phone book and it has the widest selection of
exotica/lounge/easylistening artists of any publication to date!!!

In my mind this book is essential for any exotica collector who wishes to
have a handy reference discography. It catalogues 45's, 10", LPs, gives
the date of issue and prices for VG, VG+ and NM.

Folks that you've never seen in catalogues such as Robert Maxwell, Hugo
Montenegro, Tony Motolla, Earl Grant, Al Caiola, The Mystic Moods
Orchestra, Arthur Lyman, 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett, Lenny Dee....

This is Goldmine's response to a call for an all-in-one catalogue so it
has jazz, rock, country and pop. One thing I especially like is the
inclusive dates (1950 - 1975) so I don't have to burn my eyeball out on
seeing page after page of 80's bands.

The major downside is the omissions. The following artists DO NOT appear
in this catalogue: Ethel Smith, Ray Martin, Billy May, Dick Contino,
Xavier Cugat, The Harmonicats(J. Murad), David Carroll, Billy Mure...and
most likely a few others that I haven't found out about yet.
There are also a few woefully incomplete discographies of artists that
they do list, Leo Diamond and Marty Gold are blatant examples of this.
However, the compilers of this catalogue are fully aware that there would
be shortcomings and have included a section in the introduction titled "
How you can Help" which opens up the research to anyone with something to
contribute.

Of course another potential downside is that now many of our favorite
thrift store finds will now have recommended prices to which dealers can
get unreasonably insane about. But, for the most part the pricing seems
quite fair, for instance Earl Grant's albums seem to average about $3.50
for VG. Not that I'd pay that much for an Earl Grant album but I have
seen some dealers with even higher prices on such items and the price
guide could give them a better sense of reality.

Perhaps friends and spouses need a hint for a holiday present?

Frank


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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:12:46 -0800
From: The Davidsons <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen

>>I bought it from Brad: "The sounds of Exotic Island" by the Surfmen.
>Track list as follows?
>Quiet Village/Tahiti Sunrise/Bali Hai/Bamboo/Jungle Romance/Forbidden Island
>Taboo/Moonlight in Paradise/Luau/Orchid Lagoon/Fire Goddess/Moon of Manakoora

>The only problem is that MY copy is credited to "The South Sea Serenaders,"
>with the album called _Tradewinds Romance from Hawaii to Tahiti_!

Two of these cuts, Tahiti Sunrise and Taboo, can be found on the cd Music
for a Bachelors Den Vol. 2: Exotica, on DCC, credited to the South Sea
Serenaders and stating it was originally released on the Somerset album
Tradewinds Romance.  I guess you shouldn't believe something just because
you read it in a cd booklet.

What label is the Surfmen album on?  Does it have a release date on it
anywhere?

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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:08:02 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lickerish Quartet

It's not a bad name for a band but "Lickerish Quartet" is the name of a
movie that was on TV last weekend.  I don't know enough about it because I
accidentally taped over half of it but what I saw of it made it one of the
most joyously horrible campy film I've ever seen.
It looked Italian but if it was, the English dubbing was superb.  It looked
like it was from the mid-seventies even though the TV book said it was from
1995.  I don't think I believe that.  The director's name was Radley
Metzger and apparently at some point before he made this film, one of his
jobs was cutting out the "naughty bits" from films like Antonioni's
"L'Aventura" before they were released in North America.
And that's interesting because the "plot" of the film concerns an Italian
family who invites this female porn star to their castle to watch
pornographic home movies with them.
There was this one scene in particular where the father and the porn star
roll around naked on the floor of the library -  a floor which is covered
with dictionary definitions of words like "fornicate", "penis",
"masturbate" etc - that made me think "Oh I have to ask about this film on
the list".
I know this isn't a film-related list but there was something about the
film AND the music that made me think that someone here can tell me more
about the film and whether in fact the soundtrack is available.  I can't
really describe the music but it was some cross between Tubular Bells and
Vampiros L's.  Or maybe I'm just saying this because I have vague memories
of a film that did use Tubular Bells
Anyway, any Radley Metzger experts out there?

Nat



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