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exotica-digest        Sunday, January 24 1999        Volume 02 : Number 300



In This Digest:

(exotica) Command List
Re:  (exotica) Re: EBAY
Re: (exotica) GOOD MOOG
Re: (exotica) so long & thanks for everything
(exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Jan 27, 1999
(exotica) RCA re-issue wants
(exotica) Re: Would A Martini By Any Other Name . . .
Re: (exotica) Tequilla drinks?
Re: (exotica) RCA re-issue want
Re: (exotica) That's What Happiness Is . . . .
Re: (exotica) Commercial music (was dimitri of lexus)
Re: (exotica) Hiow did you get into Exotica?
(exotica) Philosophy of the World (RCA Victor)
Re: (exotica) Preservation to a new level
(exotica) Switched On in LA
(exotica) anything happening here??
(exotica) Moog Power - Hugo Montenegro
Re: (exotica) Ray Conniff question?????
(exotica) Castle of Bava tv
(exotica) Sequel Records Questions
(exotica) Les Vice Barons
(exotica) Forever Lounge
(exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 1.22.99
(exotica) Alice B Toklas, Where are You ???:-(
(exotica) Fix My CD!!!
(exotica) Re: In Defense(?) of E-Bay
Re: (exotica) Re: In Defense(?) of E-Bay
Re: (exotica) Ray Conniff question?????
(exotica) Real Audio Steel Guitar Jazz
Re: (exotica) RCA re-issue want
Re: (exotica) EBAY (esp. tiki mugs)

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:16:13 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Command List

List members might like to know that a mailing list has just been
set up purely for reviews and discussion of Command LPs!  No, it's
not my idea but if anyone wants to join, the web address is:

http://www.onelist.com/viewarchive.cgi?listname=Command_list


Robbie


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:26:45 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Craig Carlson)
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Re: EBAY

At 01:55 AM 1/23/99 EST, you wrote:
>>I've gotten a few items from Ebay (not records, though). The reason you can
>trust the dealer and/or seller is because of the Feedback. If you've got
>negative feedback, you're Ebay career is pretty much iced, at least for a
>while. I always fill out the feedback form after a deal
>
>this is pretty much ballyhoo for two reasons
>
>I have first hand eveidence that SELLERS solicit those feedback replys
because
>as a buyer if you see a high number that means that the seller has a lot of
>response (ie is a good guy) which is not so if the responses were solicited
>rather than volunteered - ie if a seller says to you that he'd like you to
>write a good review for him BEFORE you get the item then it benfits you to do
>it in order to ensure that you get said item in a timely fashion

I have never had an Ebay dealer solicit me for feedback before a deal was
done. If one did, I would probably respond with negative feedback. All of
my Ebay transactions (as I said earlier, I have only had a few successful
bids) have been comlpeted within 5 business days, all items were exactly as
described (sometimes better) and very well packaged.

>since I also have firsthand evidence that dealers log on under different
names
>it is not too much of a stretch to imagine that they could send good reviews
>to themselves

This may be true; I have not seen it myself.

>
>it is a popularity contest of which the contestants have a hand in
>
>for ex. do you think that your high school prom king and queen are the
coolest
>people and you'd like to hang out with them or at least do business with them
>(ie give them your money)

I don't understand this analogy.

As for the argument about driving prices up and dealers buying items and
re-selling them two weeks later, have you never been to a collectibles
show? I used to do tables every now and then and the buying frenzy among
dealers (and some tricky gate-crashers) before the doors opened was truly
scary. Other dealers would *literally* take items from my hands as I was
trying to set up. You better believe I gave them some "negative feedback".
Unfortunately, I couldn't share it with the other show atendees.

The most frustrating thing about Ebay to me is, as Otto notes, the flurry
of activity in the closing seconds of an auction. The ebay server is
notriously unstable, and I have missed on some sales because my bid, while
submitted in what seemed like plenty of time (2 or 3 minutes before the
close) just didn't make it to the server. To say this is not "collecting",
though is not true. Collectors are well-known for odd compulsive behavior
just like this. I do agree it's not "finding"; IMHO, that only happens in
thrift stores, junk shops and the town dump.

Craig

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:39:49 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) GOOD MOOG

d e s wrote:

> Vintage electronica from the mirthful moog pioneer Jean
> Jacques Perrey, has now arrived in the anthology of 'Good
> Moog' (Kosinus/EMI CD, France 1999).

That's fantastic news - is it going to be easily available in the
UK?


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:39:49 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) so long & thanks for everything

d e s wrote:

> after 5 years online, i'm closing my 'net account tomorrow.

Why des, why?


Robbie


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:45:36 -0500
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Jan 27, 1999

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

Giovanni Lamberti Orchestra - Moquette "Mo'Plen 3000"
Roses Roses - Rumbanita "Betty Page: Jungle Girl"
Paraffin Jack Flash Ltd - Blue 'n' Groovy "The Easy Project"
Mirageman - Hypnosis "Thrilling"
I Gres - Tropical "Mo'Plen 3000"
Marc 4 - Hyde Park "Stroboscopica"
Part 2 - Phenomenal 61 "Organised Sound"
J. Swinscoe - Goatee Part1 "Funkungfusion"
Oranj Symphonette - Arabesque "The Oranj Album"
Franco De Gemini - I Want It All "Beat at Cinecitta"
Neotropic - Vacetious Blooms "Mr Brubackers Strawberry Alarm Clock"
Michael Bundt - The Brain of Oskar Panizza "Nitrogen - trip hop sources
from the past"

Thanks for reading,

Allan


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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:45:42 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RCA re-issue wants

Jonathan & Darlene Edwards: Sing along with Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
Group One: Sings Mancini
Billy Mure: Fireworks
Dick Schory's Percussion Pops Orchestra: Supercussion
Hugo Montenegro: Good vibrations




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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:50:30 -0800
From: "Steve Sando" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Would A Martini By Any Other Name . . .

>I certainly get the message you are conveying.  I guess that I have gotten
>more relaxed as to what makes a particular drink good to the imbiber.  Keep
in
>mind that this does, in no way condone sloppy bartending.  Personal choice
and
>likes just vary.

You're right! I'm being a bit facist about the whole thing. As an Angry
Young Man, I remember being horrified and angry when unique stores in SF
would convert to chains and so much great neon and architecture was being
thrown away. Downtown San Francisco used to be great. It's now a big mall. I
suppose this is happening everywhere but we were a bit slower in the
conversion. There's nothing I can do so at some point I just retreated into
my own world. Its worked out OK.

Re: the sloppy bartending, I just think the shaker bit encourages it rather
than the more tradtional method. It's just a bit of a nusaince now to have
to say "stirred, not shaken" in addition to "gin" and "up", when at one
point you just used to say "martini". It's not that horrible.


>Do not confuse my "relaxed" definition of a martini with a novice status.
I
>have a collection of close to 50 vintage cocktail shakers, hundreds of
>glasses, chrome cups/goblets, scads of bartending guides and books and
>numerous vintage barwear items.  I am passionate about it.

>It just always gets me when one person tends to explain that their way of
>making a martini (or what ever) is the only way.  Of course they do this by
>explaining that it is the correct way.  And of course anyone who does it
>differently?  Well, you get the point.

Yes. You're right. I'd just ask novices to try the "other" way once instead
of accepting what is now the norm. I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt
your martinis are as watery as the ones we've been talking about in bars
these days. A lot of people don't have the advantage of having us old-timers
nearby.

>I do not go for the flavored martinis that are out there but if people like
>them that way -- it's their nickel -- now when they criticize me because I
>don't like the chocolate martini -- that's a different story.

I hate to ask, but what is a chocolate martini?

>I guess I have mellowed a little as time has gone by.  More tolerant?  You
>bet.  Oh, and by the way,  I would never "respectfully suggest that the
>martini is not your drink" because you have a different opinion on how you
>like your made.


Noted!



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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:54:04 -0800
From: "Steve Sando" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tequilla drinks?

>>        So, who out there knows of good tequilla drinks besides
margaritas?
>I am going out for Mex food and drinks...And I can no longer stand
>margaritas, due to an *episode* with margaritas long ago.
>        Cocktail snobs, show yourselves now!
>         -Natalie B.


It's not very fancy, but there's little better than a healthy shot with a
Corona chaser. The salt and lime thing can be civilized by pouring the salt
right on the lime slice, sucking, then swigging rather than messing up that
flap of skin between the thumb and index finger with salt and spittle.



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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:51:03 -0600 (CST)
From: Indulis R Rutks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RCA re-issue want

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Johan Dada Vis wrote:

>
> Jonathan & Darlene Edwards: Sing along with Jonathan & Darlene Edwards

Have *any* of the Jonathan & Darlene Edwards albums been re-issued?

- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail])




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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:58:47 -0600 (CST)
From: Indulis R Rutks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) That's What Happiness Is . . . .

On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 [e-mail] wrote:

> It has this real folksy tune where the singer sing what happiness is for
> different people.
>
> A little snip:
>
> To a preacher, it's a prayer, prayer, prayer.
> To the Beatles, is's a yeah, yeah, yeah.
>
> To a beatnick it's his beard, beard, beard.
> To a monster, something weird, weird, weird.
>
> In the desert, it's a drink, drink, drink.
> To a showgirl, it a mink, mink, mink.
>
> To a banker, it's lots and lots of dough.
> To a racer, it's a GTO.
>
> Happiness is, (happiness is), Happiness is, (happiness is), Happiness is,
> (happiness is) . . . different things to different people  . . . .That's what
> happiness is.

Kent Cigarettes used the song in their ads (in the 60's?). The chorus was:

Happiness is (the taste of Kent), Happiness is (the taste of Kent)...
smooth (?) taste and fine tobacco. That's what happiness is.

It's a very catchy tune to begin with, but making it into a commercial
makes me realize what truly evil geniuses work in the ad biz. (I still
love the song, though).


- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail])



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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 03:36:37 -0600
From: Robert Sloane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Commercial music (was dimitri of lexus)

I, too, recently heard one of my favorite exotica tunes backing a
commercial here in the U.S. (for Sprite, maybe?). It was Alan Hawkshaw's
"Girl in a Sportscar," which I know from the first Sound Gallery
compilation. I wondered, though, if the person responsible for putting that
music there heard it on the CD, or found it in some sort of TV music archive.

Rob


At 02:03 AM 1/23/99 -0800, kevin leeeeee wrote:
>
>well maybe not lexus, but i heard a modified version of dimitri from paris'
>"stylish girl" tune on a car commercial.  i think it said "i'm a very
>stylish car"...?
>
>few months ago i saw a soda commercial using tipsy.



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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:31:37 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hiow did you get into Exotica?

Saw the review of Drasnin in Wired magazine... got the CD and loved it (the
percussion reminded me of some of the percussion on the Oingo Boingo albums).

Then got into some stuff from UltraLounge (Crime Scene and Mondo Exotica)

Then was liking it just as I started to read the Tiki News (incl. back issues).
Saw that a lot of this stuff was available.

Then...
Denny Exotica/ExoticaII
Don Tiki (this is really cool)
Denny Hypnotique/ExoticaIII
Lyman Taboo
Denny Quiet Village/Enchanted Isle
Lyman Taboo 2
Denny Exotic sounds boxed set
Denny Afro-Desia

Got to get some Les Baxter soon...
- -Kevin


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:15:35 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Philosophy of the World (RCA Victor)

for immediate release

THE SHAGGS
PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD
legendary album slated for re-release on RCA Victor

Reissue produced by Irwin Chusid and Terry Adams
February 23, 1999 scheduled release


PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD was one of Frank Zappa's favorite albums.
Rolling Stone's 1996 'Alt-Rock-A-Rama' book ranked it among "The 100
Most Influential Alternative Releases of All Time," "The Greatest Garage
Recordings of the 20th Century," and "The 50 Most Significant Indie
Records."

The Shaggs -- sisters Dorothy, Helen, and Betty Wiggin -- hailed from
the culturally disconnected backwater of Fremont, NH. Having never seen
a live rock band, but having heard their favorite songs on the radio,
these hothouse siblings formed a trio playing two guitars and drums. In
1969 they recorded PHILOSOPHY..., now recognized as a monument of
"aboriginal rock."

The Shaggs are a touchstone of unpretentiousness. Their music is
earnest, authentic, and refreshingly guileless. Hacked-at chords, missed
downbeats, out-of-socket transitions, blown accents, and accidental
convergences abound. And yet -- it all works! The Shaggs' lost-chord
wonderland has an internal logic that transcends the conventional
relationship between ability, technique, and originality. PHILOSOPHY...
crowns the Wiggin sisters as the legendary, if unwitting, Queens of
Outsider Music.

1999 marks the 30th anniversary of the rarely-seen original release. A
1980 vinyl LP reissue on Rounder/Red Rooster is long out-of-print. In
1988, PHILOSOPHY... was issued on CD by Rounder, but the songs were
remixed, the tracks resequenced, later (and far more proficient, i.e.,
less interesting) tracks were included, and the original album cover art
was omitted.

The RCA Victor package represents the first authentic reissue of the
original PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, as conceived by the Shaggs' proud
papa, Austin Wiggin, Jr.  In addition to the original sequence, cover
art, and liner notes (and NO extra tracks), this package includes new
biographical notes by Irwin Chusid, and the first-ever publication of a
rare photo of Austin and Annie Wiggin, subjects of the Shaggs' classic
song, "Who Are Parents?"

The Shaggs
Philosophy of the World
RCA Victor 09026-63371-2

press inquiries:
IRWIN CHUSID <[e-mail]>
fax: [phone]





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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:35:15 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Preservation to a new level

[e-mail] wrote:
> Well, everytime we go out to a restaurant or bar that is not the usual Tiki
> Ti's, etc., I will order a Mai Tai or Zombie because those are about the only
> two 99% sure they probably know how to make.  And let me tell you I have drank
> the worst things passing for Mai Tai's you've ever tasted.

Yes, most Mai Tais are closer to Planter's Punches. Alot of bad ones out there.

>It really amazes
> me and it worries me.  I think these wonderful exotic drinks are going to
> become "extinct" one of these days - so even tho I know it is probably going
> to be bad, I continue to order Mai Tais out of tradition and a hope that the
> continued "demand" I am creating, no matter how small, will assure that the
> drinks will continue to be offered.  I mean there's even places where I will
> ask "Do you serve Mai Tais".

This is a little self serving, but you (and all) may want to check out...

The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai
http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/
We're looking for new reviews of cool places to have great Mai Tais!

> before you know it, in those bartending schools, Mai Tais, etc. will be
> "phased out" as obsolete drinks no one wants any more.
Say it ain't so!

- -Kevin


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Date: Sun, 06 Dec 98 00:39:46 PST
From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Switched On in LA

Howdy, list!

For LA area types....

Switched On, a happenin' sort of phuturistic lounge groove vibe-in club =
night, featuring DJs Hypnotique and Lance Rock welcome ME, DJ Mingo-go, =
direct from Glasgow, Scotland,  on Thursday, Feb. 4th at The Garage at =
4519 Santa Monica Blvd, Silverlake (near Virgil). Starts like 9pm-ish til=
l close. Say "Switched On" at the door and get in for $2!

I think that's the info. If anything is unclear, email me direct!

x Jill "Mingo-go"




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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:34:45 PST
From: "devil dolly" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) anything happening here??

I have just recently relocated and I was wondering if anyone knew if
there was anything happening in the Houston area? I not any info on
clubs etc in New Orleans would be appreciated aswell .

the devildolly

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:00:42 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Moog Power - Hugo Montenegro

Maybe I'm the last to know, but to those of you who are not already
aware...this is out now on CD.  RCA (Spain).  The Dusty Groove place lists it
as a new release.

I still can't forget my disappointment with this LP when I first listened to
it.  I had great expectations and somehow had it it my mind this was a highly
treasured moog LP.

There are indeed a couple of killer tracks, Dizzy, MacArthur Park, Moog Power
- - which alone could very well make it worth your while.  The rest of it is
lame vocals and you can barely identify the sound of a moog at all.








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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:15:06 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray Conniff question?????

At 08:22 AM 1/24/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

><< At 3:31 PM -0500 1/21/99, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >Is there one or two  Ray Conniff albums that stand out as being weirder
then
> >his others?
>  >>
>
>Not so much an album but the song,  "That's what happiness is" is both weird
>and cherished by me.

Time for someone to step in and ask what you mean by "weird".

If you mean true "irritainment", music that contacts your gag reflex but
doesn't quite induce vomiting, then certainly "Happiness Is" - the song and
the whole record - would qualify as classic weird Conniff.
In fact, it's probably true that if you're looking for weird Ray Conniff,
then you're looking for the Ray Conniff SINGERS.
And make sure it's the singers and not just the chorus because the wordless
vocal chorus actually participated in some pretty good records.  It's when
they started to sing the words that things started to get weird.

Nat



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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:18:46 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Castle of Bava tv

Tuesday afternoon at 4:30pm (eastern), AMC offers up William Castle's
amusingly twisted Psycho-ploitation piece, "Homicidal" (1961). Will *you*
retreat to Coward's Corner?

Wednesday afternoon at 12:30pm, it's Mario Bava's atmospheric
vampire/witchcraft number, "Black Sunday" (1960). Also AMC. This is the AIP
print, with score by Les Baxter.

Thursday morning at 11:30am, AMC lets "The Black Scorpion" (1957) loose.
Giant stop-motion animation scorpions with drool problems wreak havoc among
mid-century Mexican stereotypes.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:16:08 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Sequel Records Questions

Is Sequel still around and if so do they have any Internet presence?  Also how
many albums are out in the Sound Gallery, Sound Spectrum, Easy Project series?

That's about it for my inquiring mind.

- -Roy


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 99 19:50:14 -0400
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les Vice Barons

I apologize in advance if this is off topic but, has any one heard of
this band?

Les Vice Barons. album: Steel Blue Moods

From the looks of the album I'd guess it was of the surf/spy genre,
perhaps similar to the James Taylor Quartet. Are the Belgian? (Not that
that matters, the LP I saw was a Belgian import.)

curious Frank


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 99 20:43:53 -0400
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Forever Lounge

Has anyone had a chance to check this out? Do we know these guys?

>Forever Lounge: A Laid-Back Price Guide to the Languid Sounds of Lounge
>Music.
>by Mark Brown, Thomas Conner, & John Wooley.
>
>This attractive book presents an evocative collection of information and
>prices on the music from the cocktail hour. This ultimate guide includes
>liner notes, facinating sidebars, and two impressionistic visits to the
>"Land of Lounge." Along with the artist profiles, this reference covers over
>6,000 classic lounge records and their availability on CD, as well as
>listings of the coolest lounges, record stores, radio stations, web sites,
>and more. 304 pages, 150 photos. $26.95

Frank


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:11:08 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 1.22.99

"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, Cambridge at M.I.T. Tuesdays from 6-8 a.m.
- ----------Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme----------
Buddy Morrow-Men Into Space-LP Double Impact
Ferrante & Teicher-Oh! Calcutta-LP Getting Together
Brass Ring-I Live I Love I Lived-LP Now Sound Of The Brass Ring
Miragemen-American Woman-CD Thunder & Lightning
- ---------------Jane Fondle/Quinn Martian drop-in---------------
Bob Thompson-The Song Is You-LP Mmmm Nice!
Enoch Light & The Light Brigade-Swamp Fire-CD Easy Rhythms
Ingfried Hoffman-Thunderball-CD Get Easy! (Classic)
Shig & Buzz-S.P.E.C.T.R.E.-CD Secret Agent Sounds
- -Hugo Montenegro-Cracklin' Rosie-LP Neil's Diamonds (Moog)
- -Don Ellis-Theme From The French Connection-LP Connection
- -Towa Tei-Batucada-CD Future Listening
- -Barry Gray-Theme From Stingray-CD Cult Fiction Royale
- ----------------Jane Fondle/Quinn Martian drop-in--------------
- -Henry Mancini-Touch Of Evil-LP Latin Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini
- -X-Ray Tango-Chile City-CD Spy Fidelity
- -Velvett Fogg-Telstar '69-CD Out Of This World (60's Brit Instros)
- -Howard Carpendale-Du Hast Mich-CD Get Easy! (German Pops Collection)
Bob Keeshan-Intro To A Child's History Of Jazz ('58)-LP A Child History of
Jazz
Frank Barber Percussion-Theme 18-LP Deep Percussion
Lindberg Hammer Foundation-Golf-CD Music To Watch Comets By
Edwin Astley-Theme From Randall & Hopkirk Deceased-CD Cult Fiction Royale (R)
David Rose Orchestra-Blue Prelude-LP The Stripper & Other Family Favorites
- ------------------Jane Fondle/Quinn Martian drop-in------------------
Lou Busch-The Wild Ones-CD Ultra Lounge, The Crime Scene
Jerry Van Royen-Lullaby In Red-CD 250 Miles Per Hour
Young Holt Unlimited-Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy?-LP Soul Agents
- -James Taylor Quartet-Car Chase-First CD I think~
- -Four Piece Suit-Old Cape Cod-CD Matinee Idylls
- -Eagles-Theme From Exodus-CD Out Of This World
- ----------------Jane Fondle/Quinn Martian drop-in--------------
Prez Prado-Sway-LP Latin Satin
Joe Harnell-Serenata-LP Bossa Now!
Walter Wanderly-On The South Side Of Chicago-CD Batucada
El Coco-Mondo Disco-CD Best of El Coco
- -Young Americans-Time For Living-LP Its Time! For The Young Americans
- -Thomas Fritsch-Derr Dracht In Der Sonne (Witchita Lineman) CD Get Easy!
- -Martin Bottcher Und Sein Orchestra-Sonderdezernatha (sp?)
- -----------Wayne Newton-Wives & Lovers---------------



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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:39:09 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Alice B Toklas, Where are You ???:-(

Basic Hip Wrote:

My guide (Jerry Osborne's Movie / TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Albums)
shows a listing for this.  It lists the movie as 1967, but the album issue
date as 1975.  So i'm not sure what the deal is.  The label is Cinema (M)
LP-8010 and Bernstein is indeed the credited composer.  Near mint value is
25-35.

I just played it on my show this morning, hope you all tuned in EVEN THOUGH
the software crashed at 11:15 AM PST
Not my fault or maybe 'cause I was playing THE KILLIN' S*** it knocked it
out o' whack, just kiddin':)

Ford is correct!  It was only released in this way on that label.
It's basically the entire score all running into each other but there are
parts that can be "cued" up for separate tracks

IT IS THE GROOOOOOO-VY-EST THING THERE EVER WUZ!!!!!!!!!!

Sitar, wordless pa pa pa pa vocals, electric guitar, Peter Sellers singing
It's the stuff that dreams are made of.

I remember reading over the air the back cover which says something to the
effect of that it was only released to some special rekkid club and never
for a commercial release

FIND IT NOW!!!  It's my 1st copy

JD


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:41:29 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fix My CD!!!

Anyone know how to fix a CD?
There's a place here in town that charges four bucks to fix 'em, and they
say they can fix most of 'em.
Anyone know how this is done, because they sure wouldn't TELL me.  I can
see why, and four bucks is better than buying a new one used at 8 bucks,
but still...
It can't be that difficult if they are doing it... Right?

Somebody here must know.
Anyone?

Peter

Peter and all,

I have been told that on the rec.music.marketplace.cd newsgroup, a few
different people sell this stuff that completely removes all scratches and
whatever from (now) unplayable CD's and makes them like new.
Someone I know also told me the same thing and he has used it and it does
indeed work just like I just wrote:)

Good luck!  I need some of that stuff, too

Jack


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:56:34 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: In Defense(?) of E-Bay

Peter Risser <[e-mail]> Wrote:
Subject: (exotica) In defense (?) of Ebay

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but it sounds like a lot of sour grapes.
Oh, people are charging way too much for these
mugs/records/beanies/hats/muppets/coins/whatever on Ebay.  Well, no.
That's the nature of it.  If you think the mug is only worth ten bucks, and
that's what you are willing to pay, and if you are top dollar, and the guy
has his reserve set super high, well, sounds like he's fooling hisself.
You're not out any money, he bungled a sale, and still had to pay to list it.
So, he's a dolt.
That's the way it works with capitalism.

You don't sound like a jerk to me though you may to some people that want
to get all the killer stuff in the world for a steal and everyone has those
stories.  So what.  "Sometime" 1 has to pay more than a couple of bucks to
get what they really want unless they are poor, which I have no probelem
with what so ever or cheap, which I have a major ass problem with.


Yeah, I totally agree, but here's the deal with the sour grapes type of
mentality and people that refuse to live in the real world of paying more
than a quarter or 10 bucks for something they've been looking for, for 12
years.
They don't want to pay whatever and therefore, the person that is charging
X is a "fill in the blank."

BUT!!!  When it comes to their OWN work, OR what they want to sell, like if
they are "self employed" or an artist of whatever ilk or whatever job they
do free lance, they want what they want to charge even if it may be deemed
by someone else to be over what that someone else wants to pay, yet they
REFUSE to hear their own hypocrisy!!!

It's incredible:-)

What goes around come around, yet they refuse to acknowledge that on *any
level*, 'cause they are different:-) which we all know is a crock of s***

This isn't about E-Bay.  This is about something else much bigger.
Jack


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:15:30 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: In Defense(?) of E-Bay

In a message dated 1/24/99 9:55:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> This isn't about E-Bay.  This is about something else much bigger.

Amen!


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:39:43 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray Conniff question?????

In a message dated 1/24/99 6:15:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

> Time for someone to step in and ask what you mean by "weird".
>
>  If you mean true "irritainment", music that contacts your gag reflex but
>  doesn't quite induce vomiting, then certainly "Happiness Is" - the song and
>  the whole record - would qualify as classic weird Conniff.
>  In fact, it's probably true that if you're looking for weird Ray Conniff,
>  then you're looking for the Ray Conniff SINGERS.


I intentionally used the somewhat ambiguous word "weird" with the hopes of
eliciting a self revealing answer from any respondents to my post.  I believed
that this would give me deeper insights into the mind of the Conniff fan and
help me to distinguish the "fan" from the mere Conniff observer.  In fact it
took weeks doing research on which ambiguous word I should use to get the most
colorful response from the group.  Finally all my trials lead me to the word
"weird", and I must say that your response does say quite a bit about you.  In
fact, by using a rather complex algorithm that I devised to analyze each
response to my Conniff question I can figure out all of your bank account
numbers, your date of birth and certain intimate personal details about you.
Isn't science amazing.

Anyway,  thanks for the information.  I appreciate it and now you've gotten me
interested in finding out if your theory about the Conniff singers vs. the
chorus holds  true with me.

Thanks,
Roy G. Biv and Roy Tillotson


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:05:37 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Real Audio Steel Guitar Jazz

Hello everyone

I think this can be put into the incredibly wide category we have all here
created called "exotica"; steel guitar jazz

I found a KILLER, Real Audio Sample of some unbelievable
steel guitar jazz from an insanely rare rekkid by 2 guys called the
"Hot Club of America".  Johnny Cucci and Jody Carver

Came out in the early to mid 50's, Mono *Only*, obviously:)
I think you'll dig it, the most

It's "Brazil" in its entirety

Here;  http://wanda.phl.pond.com/~vanallen/lounge2.html

Jack


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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:32:21 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) RCA re-issue want

At 01:51 PM 24-01-99 -0600, Indy wrote:
>Have *any* of the Jonathan & Darlene Edwards albums been re-issued?
Jo Stafford and Paul Weston formed a record company called Corinthian where
most of the material they were involved with was re-released.  I have seen
the new cover art for some of them and I didn't like that aspect as
compared to the originals.  Who knows, maybe they have gotten into CDs now.

Byron

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 01:48:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) EBAY (esp. tiki mugs)

In a message dated 99-01-23 03:15:21 EST, you write:

<< in my mind, that time-saving efficient benefit is a value worth (on
occassion)
 an additional premimum beyond an items "nominal" value where you
 to scrounge all over the suburb garage sales to find it (maybe, eventually)
 or troop around to second hand shops.

 the message is here;  if some shop keeper cites the EBAY winning bid for
 an item as its value.... tell 'em "bean dip" !

 paul moshay


  >>

Yes, but Otto made some pretty good points about sellers falsely bidding on
their own items and getting people to write nice reviews of them.... its a
good thing to be aware of if one is going to be bidding.  Basically I look at
it this way:  Would I pay that much for the item if I was at the local
swapmeet?  If I wouldn't pay that much, then I don't let the bidding
competition psych me into a bidding war and eventually the poor house.  I
think alot of people bidding on those mugs either have an awful lots of extra
pocket money to blow or are getting sucked into bidding wars.  But then again,
it is their money.... and maybe they don't have any other way to buy those
tiki mugs/stuff - maybe they live in some faraway state with no access to a
swap meet.  And then again, you make the point I have made repeatedly about
why I pay more to buy my "lounge" records at the swapmeet - because time is
money.

- - Michele


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