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exotica-digest       Thursday, January 14 1999       Volume 02 : Number 290



In This Digest:

Re:  Re: (exotica) ! & Kowloon
(exotica) Preston Epps live
(exotica) Re: The Moog and Me
(exotica) Rocky Rococo Fill-In KFJC play list 12/20/98
Re: (exotica) Too Much of a Good Thing
Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way
Re:  Re: (exotica) ! & Kowloon
Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way
Re: (exotica) Re: The Moog and Me
(exotica) Re: reading Jack's screen
(exotica) Shave his head and look for three 6's!
(exotica) Tee Vee Questions
(exotica) Tee Vee Questions
(exotica) Tee Vee Questions: Addendum!
(exotica) Julie London - RAMPART!!!! SQUAD 51!!!!!
Re: (exotica) Julie London - RAMPART!!!! SQUAD 51!!!!!
Re: (exotica) Preston Epps live
Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way
Re: (exotica) Julie London - RAMPART!!!! SQUAD 51!!!!!
Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way
(exotica) Martin Denny
Re: (exotica) Voodoo live/Robert Drasnin
(exotica) "Ritual of the Savage" on CD?
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re:  Re: (exotica) Ernie TV and more - correction
(exotica) Blade Runner Soundtrack -- Off World Music #9301
(exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Jan 13, 1999
(exotica) Never enough for me!
Re: (exotica) Nat Kone, Superstar (was "Bullets" over bra-way)
Re: (exotica) trainspotterly webb trivia
(exotica) Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums
(exotica) RE: Exoticanewbie thanks!
Re: (exotica) Nat Kone, Superstar
Re: (exotica) Re: The Moog and Me

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:01:50 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) ! & Kowloon

>any knowledge of whether Tiki Bars used to pump in appropriate music back in
the day, or was it "Quiet Village" followed by "Love Letters in the Sand" or
something?

that's a good question and one I cannot answer.
All I can vouch for is the Trader Vic's which always had Hawaiian music from
what I gather from talking to a few people who have worked there for the past
ten years

Most of the larger bars
Bali Hai, San Diego
Polynesian, Torrance, CA
Latitude 20, Torrance, CA
Kona Kai, etc etc
had live bands that played Hawaiian/Polynesian music

>last time I tried to buy mugs at Kowloon and Aku-Aku, the "Chinese Mafia"
gave us a hard time...We were successful, I am glad to report!

yes, I think they have just realized that they can no longer get the mugs so
while they used to sell them and just order a bunch more they have to worry
about selling out now.


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00:56 EST
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Subject: (exotica) Preston Epps live

Preston Epps and his band to play live on Surfwave
KXLU fm 88.9
Los Angeles
January 21st
10 pm - 12 midnight


He's got some cool new material and it should be a blast
to have "Mr. Bongo" beatin' the skins on Surfwave!


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 99 00:35:49 -0000
From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The Moog and Me

>Brian Phillips <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>Just got Hyman's Electric Eclectics on Varese Sarabande, and I must say,
>>I'm not particularly impressed.
>
>Sorry you feel that way.  I rather like the album,

It's more psychedelic and avant garde compared to the pop
switched-on-hits records, but when evaluated on its own terms I think it
holds up rather well. And, historically, it's pretty significant. The
musicianship and arrangements on that thing actually ARE very complex and
composed specifically for the nuances of the instrument. It was *1969*
and it was an early application of a then-very awkward instrument. Also
bear in mind that was ALL Moog -- most of the other Moog albums, from
Perrey & Kingsley to the Moog Machine were supplemented with Ondioline,
electric organ, drums, guitars, etc. so of course this LP will sound
"thinner."
...
>It sold fairly well and there was a follow-up (it had an
>orange cover), so that may be where the extra tracks come from.

Yeah, the bonus tracks came from the AGE OF ELECTRONICUS album.
Admittedly I didn't know about it until after the CD's release either,
but there is an insanely rare killer Hyman Moog 7" (Command 45-4136)
which apparently was released only as a white label DJ copy, flopped, and
never made it to retail -- if anyone's seen a stock copy, do tell. It's
got a rockin' A-side, a Hyman original (similar in tone to Kingsley's
"Hey Hey") called "Strobo" b/w a nifty "Lay Lady Lay." It's unfortunate
Varese didn't use these barely heard wonders as bonus tracks, as it was
probably the only chance for the masses to have access to these songs.
People who already owned both LPs on vinyl probably would have splurged
for the CD too if they'd otherwise passed...

Michael David Toth
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:23:39 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rocky Rococo Fill-In KFJC play list 12/20/98

This is better.  Rocky Rococo fill in
http://www.spies.com/misc/kfjc/md/pl/1998-12-23/rococo.Dec.20.13.html


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 02:32:58 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Too Much of a Good Thing

At 02:59 PM 1/13/99 -0400, recliner wrote:

>I guess when consistent turns into persistent it crosses over that fine
>line of listenability. This is one reason why comp tapes and CDs (and
>radio programs) can be so thoroughly entertaining.

Rumours of my tiring of exotica have been slightly exaggerated.

In fact, it's not "exotica" exactly that I'm tiring of.  It's more that
bright, bouncy, brassy, percussive stuff.
And those vaguely Italian-sounding tunes you might find on a record called
"Carnival" or "... Around the World".
"April in Portugal", "Poinciana" etc etc.
And don't bother pointing out great versions of those tunes.  I'm sick of
"I love Paris" but I still like the Alvino Rey version I have.

I guess I've come to the conclusion that these things weren't really made
for "collecting".
It's like those CD compilations of blues artists.  Those records just
weren't made to be listened to like that.  You'd buy a 78 and play the
grooves off, it would break and maybe a year later you'd replace it with
another one.
You weren't "supposed" to have all the guy's records, let alone play them
back to back like on the CD.

Or maybe that's a bad analogy.

Would if have killed these lounge musicians to WRITE a few tunes?  The
sorriest excuse for an original tune would be sweet relief from the
umpteenth version of "Cheek to Cheek".

I used to hate this stuff.  Then I got interested in it.  Then I found
myself liking it.  I'm not sure I ever progressed to loving it but I
certainly am obsessed with it and it does bring me pleasure.

But I guess I still have that thing in me that hated it all those years.

And lately I've been contacting that part of me more and more.

I know it's kind of stupid to be telling you all this.  As if there's
something I can do about it.

All I can do is take a rest.  Trade in more records.  Don't buy records
like Jo Basil's "Rome with Love" even if they do have a cool cover.

And get out more.

Nat





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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 02:33:01 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way

At 05:18 PM 1/13/99 -0600, byost wrote:

> How about putting together a little combo (organ/drums/bass a la Earl
> Grant) and performing loungy covers of Morrissey songs in the better
> Toronto hotels?  Then you'd have a Swingin' New Lifestyle(TM) and the
> world would be improved.  I'd definitely buy that.   :)

A friend of mine who owns a used record store bought an oldish electric
organ and one of the guys who works for him is thinking of learning to play
vibes. Then they're going to put together a group called "The Flesh
Mallets" and play lounge tunes around town.
Actually it would have been perfect if they could have played at this
legendary watering hole which is called "The Morrissey" but it recently
went out of business.
I've never had any luck learning a musical instrument but if they put
together that group, I'm thinking I should try the melodica.
Like Steve Allen... whose lost a bit of credibility lately with his Bill
Bennett/Dan Quayle style lectures on "morality and the media".
If I do join the group, I'll insist we learn "I found that essence rare" by
the Gang of Four.  And maybe a Gun Club tune also.  "She's like heroin to
me" maybe.
Actually the instrumentation would probably lend itself to Beefheart too.

Hey, I could have a life, couldn't I?  If I only learned a musical instrument.

Weird...  I just had a deja vu.

Nat






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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:59:46 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) ! & Kowloon

Bali Hai, San Diego

This one has sort of gone to seed, but is still intact.  My Uncle's
retirement party was there.



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:05:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way

One of the best live acts I had the pleasure to catch (the unfindable
Miami is a classic, great steel guitar swamp punk, evil version of Run
Through the Jungle...). Glad to hear them mentioned from time to time.




- ---Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:
  And maybe a Gun Club tune also.  "She's like heroin to
> me" maybe.

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:51:30 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: The Moog and Me

"Just got Hyman's Electric Eclectics on Varese Sarabande".

There is NO WAY that that release is on Varese Sarabande. That is a
bootleg, with terrible artwork, 2 tracks from Age of Electronicus tacked
on, shoddy back cover and no press. Bootleg bootleg bootleg. Somebody call
up Varese's press office and ask around.


And today, I finally got a copy of Alexander Robotnik's Ce n'est q'un debut
LP. Very electronic, very 80s and very odd but cool too.


Charlie




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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:48:08 +0000
From: m h jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: reading Jack's screen

> >I apologize in advance, if it doesn't come out OK on your screen:)
>
>         does he really mean that some screens are able to
>         turn his puzzles into something READABLE? woow, i want
>         such a magic screen!
>
>         Johan
>
>         [e-mail]
>
>         | )    / \    | )    / \    | )    / \    | )    / \

...ain't no big thing - just set your screen font to Courier or another
fixed-width font (everyone should be using this anyway for all email)
and enlarge your window width if necessary...

...and you too can read Jack's playlists (and Byron's sig.)


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:16:16 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Shave his head and look for three 6's!

Jo Basile.  The scourge.  The blackguard.  My brother and I knew of one of
his records, "My World".  I don't know whether Mom or Dad bought it, but we
had stumbled across it and tried to play it (it was in mint condition,
which should have been fair warning.  Ah, youth!).  We couldn't make it
past the first track.  We tried several times over the years and COULD NOT
BEAR that music.

Fast forward to the nineties.  My brother and I are at our stepmother's.
What do we see in a stack of record's?  JB, the unhip gouge of the record
industry.  So, for old time's sake, we put it on again.

Couldn't make it past the first track!

In short, Nat Kone is quite right.  Turn the icons to the wall, sprinkle
goober dust, play counter rhythms to try to break the spell, but do NOT buy
Jo Basile.

The post is ended.  Go in peace.

Brian Phillips



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:47:38 -0500
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tee Vee Questions

A few questions that come to mind while reviewing my TVTunes discs:

1) Was *the* Julie London really a nurse on "Emergency!"?

2) Who does the Batman theme on the first disc.  It doesn't sound like the
original, I don't think.  Anyone know?

Peter


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:42:41 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tee Vee Questions

1) Was *the* Julie London really a nurse on "Emergency!"?

Yes!  Used to cause a lot of accelerated hearts, so it fits, no?

2) Who does the Batman theme on the first disc.  It doesn't sound like the
original, I don't think.  Anyone know?


The first "Television's Greatest Hits" disc?  I don't know but it isn't a
"Hefti" bag, is it?



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:09:14 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tee Vee Questions: Addendum!

1) Was *the* Julie London really a nurse on "Emergency!"?

Yes!  Used to cause a lot of accelerated hearts, so it fits, no?  Also, her
husband, Bobby Troup was on it as Dr. Joe Early.  London was previously
married to Jack Webb, who was in Pete Kelly's Blues, which is coming on AMC...



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:03:39 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Julie London - RAMPART!!!! SQUAD 51!!!!!

In a message dated 99-01-14 11:55:43 EST, you write:

<< 1) Was *the* Julie London really a nurse on "Emergency!"?

 Yes!  Used to cause a lot of accelerated hearts, so it fits, no?
  >>

I remember this now.  What was her name on the show?  Was it Julie?

Robert


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:20:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Indulis R Rutks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Julie London - RAMPART!!!! SQUAD 51!!!!!

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 [e-mail] wrote:

>
> In a message dated 99-01-14 11:55:43 EST, you write:
>
> << 1) Was *the* Julie London really a nurse on "Emergency!"?
>
>  Yes!  Used to cause a lot of accelerated hearts, so it fits, no?
>   >>
>
> I remember this now.  What was her name on the show?  Was it Julie?

Wasn't it Dixie?

- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail])




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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:43:32 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Preston Epps live

Otto wrote:
>Preston Epps and his band to play live on Surfwave
>KXLU fm 88.9 Los Angeles  January 21st
>10 pm - 12 midnight

Can someone listen and post a review, please?
According to Norm N. Nite's "Rock On", Preston
Epps learned to play the bongos in Okinawa during
the Korean war.  Hard to believe 'Bongo Rock' hit
the charts 40 years ago!

Many thanks, Hugh


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:25:55 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way

Ben wrote about the Gun Club:
>One of the best live acts I had the pleasure to catch (the unfindable
>Miami is a classic,

No kidding.

Saw the Gun Club twice and loved the band so much, I mentioned "Sex Beat"
in a poem. Too bad _Miami_ has achieved lost classic status. Is that also
true of _Fire of Love_?

Whatever happened to Jeffrey Lee Pierce?  Seeing him party after a show, I
thought he was a meteor hurtling toward earth. Too brilliant to last.

As for Nat and his band, the Recliners of Austin have beaten ya to it. Yer
basic guitar/keyboard-trumpet/drum outfit with a singer who croons a la
Dino, baby. Their lounge arrangements of "Rockin' the Casbah" and "I Wanna
Be Sedated" are pretty damn funny after some beer. Melodica solos could
improve them though.

Mimi




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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:47:32 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Julie London - RAMPART!!!! SQUAD 51!!!!!

Wasn't it Dixie?

Dixie McCall (Thank you Internet Movie Database!)



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:00:22 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:  "Bullets" over bra-way

Whatever happened to Jeffrey Lee Pierce?  Seeing him party after a show, I
thought he was a meteor hurtling toward earth. Too brilliant to last.

Passed away of a brain hemorrhage.  Read about it here.
http://www.kulturedeluxe.com/humans.html



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:21:14 -0500
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martin Denny

If I buy the Scamp re-issues and have the UL comps,
is there any reason to by the 2 disc retrospective from Capitol?

Just wondering.
Peter


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:37:02 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Voodoo live/Robert Drasnin

[e-mail] wrote:
> Robert Drasnin (now 70 years old) will be performing along with Skip Heller
> and the Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble
>
> at the Fineline Cafe in Minneapolis
>
> Friday, April 23, 1999
>
> the evenings music will consist of "Robert Drasnin's "Voodoo" lp in its
> entirity plus two new compositions along with other Exotica both old and new"
> - Skip Heller

You know, sometimes the Internet and the knowledge it brings is NOT a good
thing.

Any chance this will be recorded and made available???
- -Kevin


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:43:19 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Ritual of the Savage" on CD?

Is there any reason this seminal work by Les Baxter hasn't been rereleased.
Seems like there'd be more interest in this than some of the Lost Episode stuff
Dionysus reissued.

Anyone know more about this?
Thanks,
Kevin


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:42:01 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

Peter Risser wrote:
>
> If I buy the Scamp re-issues and have the UL comps,
> is there any reason to by the 2 disc retrospective from Capitol?
>
> Just wondering.

There's a lot of unreleased material on the Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny (on
Capitol). most of the unreleased stuff is excellent; in additin there are a
bunch of tracks which aren't available on CD any other way (to my knowledge).

Also, most of the stuff on it from the Exotica LP is from the Stereo version;
the Scamp reissue is the (IMHO) superior version. But, it is kind of nice that
the stereo version is included here since you can listen to both and see what
your preference is.

I was disappointed with the liner notes, however. Not as detailed as any one of
the Scamp reissues, but at least there are writing credits for every song.

If you're geeking out into Denny like I am these days, it is well worth the
investment.
- -Kevin


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:58:51 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

In a message dated 99-01-14 15:02:42 EST, Peter writes:

<< If I buy the Scamp re-issues and have the UL comps,
 is there any reason to by the 2 disc retrospective from Capitol?
  >>

This is a tough call.  I have all of them and each fills a different "spot" in
my collection.  Admittedly, I am an absolute Denny fan and appreciate that
there are those that are not as excited by his music as I.

A few of the things l like about the UL Comp:

1.  The art work by Ryden is spectacular.

2.  The sound quality is excellent and stereo.  Is it enhanced?  Maybe.  Does
it make a difference to me?  No.

3.  There is a version of Black Orchid on disc 2 that is nothing short of
spectacular.  The keyboards by Mr. Denny are excellent on this cut and second
only to Quiet Village, this is my favorite cut.  I have only found Black
Orchid one other place on CD and that was on a cheaper CD (Pair Records - I
think) and the quality was not as good.

4.  The liner notes are very nice but I and others have noted a couple of
mistakes in the history of Denny.

5.  There are 40 songs total.  You can load these two CD's in your carousel
and get a varied Denny experience for close to 2.5 hours.

6.  I love the Scamp releases and have them all.  However they are exact
copies of the original records and lots of the songs are not real "hits".  DO
NOT TAKE that comment as a slam.  Scamp's releases are GREATLY appreciated and
Ashley and Mr. Denny are to be congratulated on keeping his work true to the
original release (some in mono, original liner notes, etc.)

The UL is not cheap.  I have seen it anywhere from 19.95 on sale to 24.95
which is the regular price.  I still think it is worth it.  Then again, I go
back to my original comment that I am more fanatical about Denny than most.

Good luck and let me (us) know what you do.

Robert


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:00:38 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

In a message dated 99-01-14 15:42:26 EST, kevin writes:

<< Also, most of the stuff on it from the Exotica LP is from the Stereo
version;
 the Scamp reissue is the (IMHO) superior version. But, it is kind of nice
that
 the stereo version is included here since you can listen to both and see what
 your preference is.

 I was disappointed with the liner notes, however. Not as detailed as any one
of
 the Scamp reissues, but at least there are writing credits for every song.

 If you're geeking out into Denny like I am these days, it is well worth the
 investment.
 -Kevin >>

I could not agree more.  And I like that "geeking out" phrase.

Geek-boy,

Robert


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:35:20 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Ernie TV and more - correction

A&E, AMC, all part of what Tom Wolfe calls the 90's lean mean stripped down
fightin' corporate machine in his new book "A Man In Full". Words like
BankAmerica and NationsBank which used to have names like The Bank of America
Savings and Trust, and names like that, are part of the new slimmed down
corporate culture as represented by abbreviated names, often meaningless.
Sorry to go off track, but Wolfe's book is a damned good read....Jimmy


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:44:04 -0500
From: "naile" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Blade Runner Soundtrack -- Off World Music #9301

Okay, for everyone who was wondering....

The following is the track listing for the privately released
2000 copy print run of Vangelis's Blade Runner score
on Off-World Music (catalog #9301)

- -Kev

If there's an interest, I'll try to post some excerpts from the liner notes
tomorrow.


- --------

1.  Ladd Company Logo (0:24)
2. Main Titles and Prologue (4:03)
3. Los Angeles, November, 2019 (1:46)
4. Deckard Meets Rachel (1:29)
5. Bicycle Riders (2:05)
6. Memories of Green (5:39)
7. Blade Runner Blues (10:19)
8. Deckard's Dream (1:12)
9. On the Trail of Nexus 6 (5:30)
10. If I Didn't Care (3:03)
11. Love Theme (4:57)
12. The Prodigal Son Brings Death (3:35)
13. Dangerous Days (1:02)
14. Wounded Animals (10:58)
15. Tears in Rain (2:41)
16. End Titles (7:24)
17. One More Kiss Dear (4:00)
18. Trailer and Alternate Main Titles (1:39)
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:38:05 -0500
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Jan 13, 1999

Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wed at 9 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph,
Ontario.Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

The Bonzo Dog Band: The Intro and the Outro "Gorilla"

Nancy Sinatra: Up, Up and Away "Movin' with Nancy"

The Barry Gray Orchestra: Stingray "No Strings Attached"

John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me "It's Hard to Believe It"

Combustible Edison: Laura's Aura "The Impossible World"

Dimitri from Paris: Un World Mysteriouse "Sacrebleu"

Dick Hyman: Time is Tight "Moog: the electric eclectics..."

Lord Sitar: Eleanor Rigby "A Little Bit O' Groovy"

The Bob Crewe Generation: Concrete and Clay "Music to Watch Girls By"

Henry Mancini: Peter Gunn "Gunn...Number One!"

Sounds Orchestral: Thunderball "Stereo '69"

Vivian Stanshall: Terry Keeps His Clips On {45}

Roger Ruskin Spear: All By Yourself in the Moonlight "Electric Shocks"

Dada for Now

Allan




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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:11:17 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Never enough for me!

I read this digest from dreary office surroundings, where I work 40 hours a
week, about people being weary of hearing their records.  I do not have a
CD, tape player or turntable nearby in this fluorescent Hell.  My records,
on the other hand, are about 45 minutes from me.  I have records that I
have not yet heard from a dramatic Thanksgiving-Florida trip-Christmas
haul...and others I forget I have, or have not listened to in years.
This is why I DON'T GET ENOUGH OF A GOOD THING!  How can I get sick of
records I can't even play?!?  I get depressed, too, when I think of what I
DON'T YET HAVE!  A confession here, I don't own an Eartha Kitt record, and
she is one of a skidillion artists about which I feel inadequate.
No, not all "exotica" or whatever records are created equal, but my dear
friends, thank the (tiki) God(s) you have them!
Slumping off my soap-box,
Jane Fondle...
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:49:21 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Nat Kone, Superstar (was "Bullets" over bra-way)

>Hey, I could have a life, couldn't I?  If I only learned a musical
instrument.

Not strictly necessary. Be a frontman, Nat -- they're the babe magnets
anyway. If you can't sing, just talk your way through, like Serge G. And
maybe someday you can crudely proposition Celine Dion on live TV (ala Serge
and Whitney Houston). We would all be so proud of you.

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:49:51 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trainspotterly webb trivia

>>Friday afternoon at 1:15pm, AMC has "Pete Kelly's Blues" (1955)
>
>it also has the beginning of the Joe Friday-acting he became famous
>for. One can see over the course of the film that Pete Kelly goes and
>Friday starts to take over!

Jack Webb's "Joe Friday" doppelganger was born June 3, 1949 -- the first
Dragnet radio show broadcast. The TV show debuted December 16, 1951. They
did both versions for a while! Julie London took the kids and moved out in
August 1953, 'cause Jack was doing the workaholic thing -- always at the
studio, never home. Criminy, Jack, you've gotta keep those priorities in
order!

"Pete Kelly's Blues" was originally a Webb-developed radio show which ran
in summer of 1951. Webb played Kelly:

"My name's Pete Kelly. I play cornet. You'll find us at 417 Cherry Street,
Kansas City. It's a standard speakeasy... ...half a buck buys a pair of
socks, a spaghetti dinner or a down payment on murder."

Webb eventually brought the concept back as a TV show which ran in Spring &
Summer of 1959, with William Reynolds as Kelly.

Dick Cathcart dubbed the cornet playing in the radio, film and TV versions.

Oh, here's an obscure, but strangely familiar Webb TV series: "Noah's Ark",
September 1956 to October 1958. The day-to-day stories of two veterinarians
and their assistant. An animal health and safety Dragnet.

Brian's correct -- Webb really does slip into Friday-mode by the end of
"Pete Kelly".

Just the facts, man...

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:14:06 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Natalie Grace)
Subject: (exotica) Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums

        Attn Bay Area folks,
Is anyone familiar with their music? They just toured through here, but
unfortunately I missed them because I was out of town.
        -Natalie B.



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 20:27:38 -0500
From: "Brian Tozer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: Exoticanewbie thanks!

<italic><color><param>FF00,0000,0000</param>> It souel be interserting to hear about what you got and why. Then a bit of

> follow-up about what you like and don't.

>

> Enjoy!

>

> Ron

>

</italic>Ok, here goes...

</color>I thought that a good way to get an idea of what I like would be to
<color><param>FF00,0000,0000</param>grab some compilations...so I found a shop with quite a good
selection of exotica CD's and got:


Mondo Exotica (UL) - I really like this one.  I was really intrigued by
the Martin Denny cuts, so I ran out and bought:


Exotica: The Best of Martin Denny (Rhino) I do enjoy this one, but,
is it just me, or do the recordings seem to have a "rougher edge"
than their Capitol counterparts?  I see today everyone discussing
the Capitol Denny compilation.  How does it compare, in most
peoples opinion, to the Rhino collection?

</color> Now, after noticing that Les Baxter wrote a lot of Denny's great
<color><param>FF00,0000,0000</param>stuff I went back out and bought:


The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter-I LOVE this one.  It truly grows on
you...I'm more impressed by Baxter's arranging & songwriting each
time I listen to it.  I keep hearing things I missed the time before.

I figured it was time to explore some other areas so I bought:


</color>Mambo Mania (UL) and Exploring New Sounds in Stereo (Esquivel)

The Mambo album is fun, just great fun!  I only wish Perez Prado
had recorded for Capitol.  And I enjoy the irreverent way Esquivel
leads his band through his wild arrangements.  This one is also
gaining more depth as I listen each time.


So that's what I got.  I'm going to try to find the money to grab
"Havana 3am" and "Bachelor Pad Royale"  this weekend. (And
they have a copy of "Blast Off with Ferrante & Teicher", too...and
all 3 Combustible Edison CD's....and I haven't even explored their
vinyl, yet........oh, no what's happening to me!)


Brian



(Hope theseThese comments don't seem too naive to most group
members...I feel like some newcomer discussing Sgt Pepper and
Led Zep IV in front of a group of jaded classic rock fans!!)


<nofill>


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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:57:23 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Nat Kone, Superstar

At 06:49 PM 1/14/99 -0500, m.ace wrote:
>
>>Hey, I could have a life, couldn't I?  If I only learned a musical
>instrument.
>
>Not strictly necessary. Be a frontman, Nat -- they're the babe magnets
>anyway. If you can't sing, just talk your way through, like Serge G.

Okay, I admit I did this once already.  About 20 years ago, I formed a
postpunk band because I thought standards had dipped low enough for my
vocal stylings.

At first we were called "The Kuckers" which was my name and I thought it
was perfect but eventually I got voted down and we changed our name to
"Double Lunch".
We mostly covered sixties tunes... but in our defense, I'd say that I
didn't know of any other bands that were doing that at the time.  Not with
a Farfisa organ anyway.
The highlight of the show was when I stripped down to my bathing suit in
the middle of "California Sun"
We played a couple of parties and then graduated to the bar scene.  I
stayed for the first few weeks of bar gigs but then I got a grant to make a
film and the band, figuring my film career was about to take off, asked me
to leave so that the drummer could become the lead singer.
For you Canadians, that drummer turned lead singer was my old pal Ralph
Benmergui.
So I was forced out, Ralph moved out front, they got a real drummer and
changed their name to The Stingers.

As the frontman, Ralph certainly had his female admirers.

I don't remember ever getting laid as a direct result of being the lead
singer of that band.  And not only did my film career never take off - not
that it's over yet - but I don't think being a director has ever gotten me
laid either.
Not directly anyway.  In 1989 it did lead to a very very attractive
proposition by this beautiful German woman but "unfortunately" at the time
I was living with a woman.

But all that is about to change I think.  If I ever finish the film I'm
working on now, it will get me laid.  It already got me kissed and it's not
even finished.

Does any of this fall into the category of "more than you needed to know"????

> And
>maybe someday you can crudely proposition Celine Dion on live TV (ala Serge
>and Whitney Houston). We would all be so proud of you.

Well if I'm only allowed to crudely proposition Canadian pop divas, can we
switch it to Shania Twain at least?  Or Alanis Morissette?  I met her once
at a party when she was still just Alanis, disco queen.  She was sweet.

In fact, I'd even prefer to proposition Anne Murray.  Clearly I prefer
ambiguous sexuality to whatever it is we would call Celine.

If I'm going to enter Serge territory I better start losing weight.  I have
the nicotine stained fingers so at least I'm partway there.

Nat



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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:35:45 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: The Moog and Me

Apologies. Please reapply my statement to the vinly release only.

>There is NO WAY that that release is on Varese Sarabande. That is a
>bootleg, with terrible artwork, 2 tracks from Age of Electronicus tacked
>on, shoddy back cover and no press. Bootleg bootleg bootleg. Somebody call
>up Varese's press office and ask around.

Not fussing, just talking, but...

It is listed on their website.  Are you saying that they did such a poor
job that it is not up to their usual standard or are you saying that there
is a bootlegger that is pirating off of the VS name?

The URL is http://www.varesesarabande.com/catalog/ and select "Lounge"

Brian Phillips




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