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exotica-digest        Tuesday, February 9 1999        Volume 02 : Number 318



In This Digest:

(exotica) Re Hanged man
(exotica) Bobby Troup, Gwen Guthrie, Elario Questas obits
(exotica) Nymphomania
Re: (exotica) Portsmouth Sinfonia reissue!
(exotica) Re hanged man/ Alan Tew
(exotica) Portsmouth Sinfonia
(exotica) RioPort MP3 portal
Re: (exotica) Re hanged man/ Alan Tew
(exotica) Academy Award score nominations
Re: (exotica) Alan Tew
(exotica) more of those confusing "suns"
Re: (exotica) Alan Tew
(exotica) Consistency
(exotica) Strippers in High Heels
(exotica) 3 Suns
Re:  Re: (exotica) should i leap?
(exotica) Esquivel discography?
(exotica) Three Suns
(exotica) Thrifting
(exotica) Fwd: zither in movies?
(exotica) HELP!
(exotica) Fwd: [songbirds] L.A. Times on Bobby Troup
Re: (exotica) Academy Award score nominations
Re: (exotica) Radio 2
(exotica) Os Mutantes
Re: (exotica) Re hanged man/ Alan Tew
Re: (exotica) The "girls" want to know
Re: (exotica) Thrifting

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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:47:10 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re Hanged man

Johan has the CD and I suspect from previous posts that Charlie has the
vinyl release,  as I have.  The vinyl was released by Depth Charge
records,  run By J Saul Kane of 'Depth Charge' fame who also DJs Hip
Hop/Trip Hop.  I think the vinyl was cut very much with this in mind,
from the sleeve notes on the Depth Charge LP it would seem that Kane is
a lover of vinyl,  and I bet he would put a lot more effort into the
sound of the vinyl than the CD.

I love it.  Played through a club system it really comes into its own,
just love that bass,  especially 'Contract Killer'(?) and GBH on side 1.
I can imagine it fitting really well into a Hip Hop/Funk set.
Definitely not for the background.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 09:46:51 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bobby Troup, Gwen Guthrie, Elario Questas obits

                           *Gwen Guthrie
    ORANGE, N.J. (AP) -- Gwen Guthrie, a singer and songwriter who recorded
several dance and R&B hits during the 1980s, died Wednesday of uterine
cancer. She was 42.
    She got her break in the mid-1970s when she was hired as a background
vocalist for Aretha Franklin and later worked with Roberta Flack and Luther
Vandross. She became a popular recording session singer, performing on
albums by Kenny Loggins and Steely Dan, among others.
    Her biggest solo success came in 1986 with ``Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the
Rent.'' Words from that song -- ``no romance without finance'' -- became a
popular catch-phrase. She was also among the first recording artists to
raise money for the fight against AIDS.
    Guthrie's self-titled debut album was released in 1982, featuring the song
``Should Have Been You,'' which helped establish her as one of the top club
music performers of the period.
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.exe?p=amg&sql=B4417

                          *Elario Questas
    WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) -- Elario Questas, thought to be the oldest man in
Hawaii, died Friday at the age of 112.
    Questas was born Aug. 6, 1886, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
At the time, Grover Cleveland was in the White House and King David Kalakaua
ruled Hawaii from Iolani Palace.
    Questas came to Hawaii after being promised free rent, free water and $20 a
month in plantation wages. He was a veteran of both world wars who lived
alone in a plantation shack for a half century.
    In 1989, Questas moved to housing for the elderly in Lahaina, but left soon
after because the other residents were ``too old.''
    Mark Ballard, owner of Ballard Family Mortuary, said Questas was the oldest
man in Hawaii at the time of his death.

                            *Bobby Troup
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bobby Troup, a musician and actor who penned the
popular song ``Route 66'' and played a neurosurgeon on the 1970s television
drama ``Emergency,'' died Sunday. He was 80.
    Troup penned a little ditty in 1946 as he drove across the country to
California, where he had dreams of making it big in music. He chose Route
66, as his song says: ``If you ever plan to motor West: Travel my way, the
highway that's the best. Get your kicks on Route 66!''
    Besides ``Route 66,'' Troup also wrote and performed ``Daddy,'' ``The Girl
Can't Help It,'' ``Meaning of the Blues,'' ``Baby, All the Time,'' and
``Lemon Twist.'' He also wrote songs for Tommy Dorsey and played Dorsey in
the movie, ``The Gene Krupa Story.''
    He landed a role on the 1970s drama ``Emergency'' as Dr. Joe Early, a
neurosurgeon who was often left in charge of younger patients. Troup also
was host of ``Stars of Jazz'' in the late 1950s and had a minor role in the
movie ``MASH.''
    Among Troup's survivors his wife, actress and singer Julie London, who
played Nurse Dixie on ``Emergency.''
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:54:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "David J. Strauss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Nymphomania

The Nymphomania boots are put out by the VAMPIROS LESBOS crowd -- DJ
Franco, Rai Sandow and Co. Sandow ran the US office of Crippled Dick Hot
Wax until they foolishly shut it down. I would have thought that this
was common knowledge. The Exotica crowd is more dissenfrnchised than
I thought.

DS
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 09:59:52 -0500
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Portsmouth Sinfonia reissue!

Robbie Baldock wrote:
>
> List members I'm sure will *love* to know that the Portsmouth Sinfonia's
> inimitable recordings have recently been reissued on CD - in Japan,
> mind...
>
> I spotted it on sale at GEMM (http://www.gemm.com/)
>
> Not sure if this is one LP or two (I think I'm right in saying they
> recorded two?).

Actually, they recorded three LPs  - the above-mentioned (which I
believe was their first), "Hallelujah", and "20 Classic Rock Classics".
So as far as  I can tell, this reissue is only a single LP (which is
steep at that price, although it is Japanese!).

cheryl


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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:29:06 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re hanged man/ Alan Tew

While we're on this general subject are there any other Alan Tew
soundtracks or otherwise LPs around?


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:37:47 EST
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Portsmouth Sinfonia

> List members I'm sure will *love* to know that the Portsmouth
> Sinfonia's inimitable recordings have recently been reissued on CD
> - in Japan, mind...
Spotted this myself at exactly the same place just last week and it
is LONG overdue!  These records are to classical music what Mrs.
Miller is to pop vocal although in this case the off-key sound is
very intentional and the work of such musical luminaries as Gavin
Bryars & Brian Eno. Wonder if we'll ever see them available outside
Japan as finding Japanese releases can sometimes be more work
than tracking down the originals!

> Not sure if this is one LP or two (I think I'm right in saying they
> recorded two?).
Actually they recorded three I know of, as I have two and another on tape:
1. The Portsmouth Sinfonia  - Plays the Popular Classics
2. The Portsmouth Sinfonioa - Hallelujah
3. The Portsmouth Sinfonia  -Plays 20 Classic Rock Classics
.... plus I have a 7" wih a different Halleujah medley.

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 10:51:45 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RioPort MP3 portal

RioPort Expands Audio Selection

RioPort, a music and audio portal produced by Diamond Multimedia, has signed
agreements with more independent record labels, artists, and audio content
providers to offer an expanded collection of MP3 music and audio files. The
site is aimed at users of Diamond's Rio MP3 player and hopes to kick-start
the online MP3 audio business.
World Wide Web: http://www.rioport.com




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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:11:02 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re hanged man/ Alan Tew

>>While we're on this general subject are there any other Alan Tew
soundtracks or otherwise LPs around?

He helped out John Schroeder here and there with some good LPs. However,
Alan Tew generally seems to be associated with some right mushy, middle of
the road crap. Avoid TV Themes (Tew/Schroeder) and Rosie (or something to
do with Rosie - puple cover). Drivvel all the way.

What is it with these people? One day, they're all funky, moody, moogy and
cool, the next minute they're churning out Radio 2 daytime filler for old
biddies safely ensconsed in their shag pile homes. How come? In fact, are
there any consistently good British easy artists?

Charlie





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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 11:13:34 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Academy Award score nominations

Original Musical or Comedy Score
A BUG'S LIFE - Randy Newman
MULAN - Jerry Goldsmith
PATCH ADAMS - Marc Shaiman
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT - Hans Zimmer
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Stephen Warbeck

Original Dramatic Score
ELIZABETH - David Hirschfelder
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL - Nicola Poivani
PLEASANTVILLE - Randy Newman
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - John Williams
THE THIN RED LINE - Hans Zimmer




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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:34:10 GMT
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Alan Tew

> From: [e-mail]
>
> While we're on this general subject are there any other Alan Tew
> soundtracks or otherwise LPs around?
>

I'm not sure if there are any other current releases, but I can give
you a quick from-memory rundown on the bit of his discography I have
come into contact with: if anyone else has info on any more, it would
be appreciated. I would say none of his albums are killer all the way
through, but when one of his pieces kills, it slaughters.

"Alan Tew Plays The Music Of Tom Springfield Latin Style" (Contour)

The "concept" of the album is a trifle touched, so that's a good sign,
right? The highlight of this is the cracking version of the theme from
"The Troubleshooters", taking at an ultra-fast tempo in a fuzz-guitar
funky-cheese manner. "Georgy Girl" is also magnificent (both also to
be found on a Phillips "Non-Stop Latin Party" album), and the rest of
it ain't bad either.

"The Magnificient Westerns" (Embassy)

Western themes albums are usually pretty dreary IMHO, but this
great. Tew's insane arrangement of "The Big Country" is a classic
piece of musical perversion, weirdly shifting genres, sounds and moods
compressed into just a few minutes; "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" is
similar, matching Morricone's original for sheer coolness (you've got
to love the few seconds of Glenn Miller style in the middle of it all,
too). Lots of tracks, some not so hot, but in general a nice one.

"The Fabulous Swingers" (CBS)

I'm not sure if this is quite the right title. Anyway, this is laid
back gently-swinging cheese-jazz: all classic big band covers, but
with yer kind of 70s small orchestration. This is smoothie seduction
music for an "On The Buses" film. The version of "Wild Apple Honey" is
my favourite.

"Carnival" (Pye 4AD)

Pretty much like the Swingers album, but applied to Latin music
instead. Versions of "Patricia", "Tico Tico" and all that stuff, and
also contains his version of Zoo-Be-Zoo-Be (Sophia Loren's song on the
Peter & Sophia album), a song which he co-wrote.

"This Is My Scene" (Decca)

A swinging 60s album: Tew lays his claim to groovy-scene status with
versions of Spanish Flea, and I can't remember what else because it
wasn't too good for me. Fabulous cover, though, and liner notes with
some biographic info which I can't remember.

"Plays The Music of ABBA" (CBS)
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (CBS)
"Rosie" (CBS)

Late 70s shit sandwiches, as I remember, although I haven't spun them
for so so so long.



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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 10:50:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Paul Mazzucca)
Subject: (exotica) more of those confusing "suns"

i was out cruising for yet more lps yesterday, (i think i have the
disease), i came across the 3 suns "SHINDIG" country music, mid 60's, it
bordered on surreal, not good, just weird.

i do have another odd one from them, "top artists, 3 suns" , montgomery
wards 90th birthday celebration. half the album is corny singing, the
other half is cool. the best part is its a red plastic lp.

i would rate, Midnight for two, A-

carrie



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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:52:36 +0000
From: Robbie Baldock <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Alan Tew

Peter Hipwell wrote:

> "Alan Tew Plays The Music Of Tom Springfield Latin Style" (Contour)
>
> The "concept" of the album is a trifle touched, so that's a good sign,
> right? The highlight of this is the cracking version of the theme from
> "The Troubleshooters", taking at an ultra-fast tempo in a fuzz-guitar
> funky-cheese manner. "Georgy Girl" is also magnificent (both also to
> be found on a Phillips "Non-Stop Latin Party" album), and the rest of
> it ain't bad either.

I have a spare copy of this for sale if anyone's interested...


Robbie


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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:58:11 GMT
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Consistency

>
> What is it with these people? One day, they're all funky, moody, moogy and
> cool, the next minute they're churning out Radio 2 daytime filler for old
> biddies safely ensconsed in their shag pile homes. How come?
>

This is something to do with eating, I think.

>
> In fact, are there any consistently good British easy artists?
>

Are there any consistently good artists at all?

Apart from Chas & Dave, I mean.



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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:04:48 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Strippers in High Heels

Now that I've got your attention...heh, heh...
What is the EXACT difference between Mundell Lowe's SATAN IN HIGH HEELS and
BLUES FOR A STRIPPER?  Same music, different cover?  Same songs, different
versions...wwhhhaaat???
Jane"go-go-Lowe" Fondle
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:26:09 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) 3 Suns

Most of the 3 Suns LPs are good.  I don't recall hearing any that I couldn't
tolerate listening to.  My personal favorites are:

Movin' 'n' Groovin'
Swingin' On a Star
The Things I Love in Hi-Fi
Twilight Memories
On a Magic Carpet
Fever and Smoke
Ding Dong Dandy Christmas

Sean


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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:09:28 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) should i leap?

In a message dated 2/9/99 12:58:50 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I can vouch for:
>
>Fever and Smoke (way up there)

DITTO


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:44:58 +0000
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel discography?

Can anyone here kindly point me to a site where I may find an Esquivel
discography?  I want to know his earliest US releases.....thanks!

Keith

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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:34:58 -0500
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Three Suns

Warm and Tender: I remember this being a real stinker, but my tastes have,
um... matured since then, so I can't say for sure.

A Swingin' Thing: It's alright.  Not a track on there as good as some of
the Movin' and Groovin'/Fever and Smoke ones.

Blues After Midnight: I can't remember exactly what this was called, but
it's the one with Pipe Organ.  Nothing that really stands out, trackwise,
but it's worth a couple of bucks on the intrigue or truly strange music
level.  Imagine a chorus of spritely midgets and one big humongous giant.
That's about what the record sounds like, with the super plink plank plonk
and call and response of the typical Suns arrangements, when all the sudden
this huge booming sound joins in, as if nothing is different or wrong, and
yet... it just doesn't fit, like the 70 lb retriever that still thinks it's
the a dog, or the grown-up retarded kid playing on the playground.

twang twang twang plink plink plink zoop zoop zoop BWAHHHHHHHHHMM
BWAHHHHHHHHHM BWAHHHHHHM

It's funny.
And definitely worth a few bucks.


Plus, natch, Movin' and Groovin' and Fever and Smoke which are the holy
diumverate (is that a word?) or at the very least, the Stereo-Dynamic Duo
of Suns albums.

Also, Ding Dong Dandy Christmas is excellent.  Very Sunsy arrangements of
Christmas carols, with tuba.

(I got one for nineteen dollars and one for thirty three cents, just
showing that you CAN find these things in good condition for little or no
money!)


I also have the "Greatest Hits" of the Three SUns, but haven't gotten a
chance to hear it yet.  I haven't even studied to see what's on it.

I'm lame.

Peter


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:36:31 -0500
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thrifting

A little coda on our thrifting discussion before.
I am not a big thrifter and do not spend gobs of time in thrift stores
looking for rekkids.
However, I still have made my share of minor scores (Ding Dong Dandy
Christmas, Leo Addeo, Dick Schory).  So I just want to say, if you put some
time aside to occasionally visit a thrift, it pays off.  Not as richly as
those who make it a pasttime, and you can't guarantee what you get, but
still...

Two Cents,
Peter


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:12:07 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: zither in movies?

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Can anybody tell me which movies had a zither-heavy soundtrack?  I keep
thinking that "The Third Man" had one, but I'm not really sure...  It also
seems like there were some other film-noir movies featuring the zither
prominently.  Also, anybody know of good web sites on the zither?

Thanks!

                StratoCossack





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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:21:08 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) HELP!

I'm having withdraw symptoms.....it looks like I've been unsubscribed??

Or is it just DEAD today??

Help MajorDomo.....!

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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:41:31 EST
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Subject: (exotica) Fwd: [songbirds] L.A. Times on Bobby Troup

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interested in knowing this. I might send my condolances to Julie.....

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"Bobby Troup, Writer of Classic Song 'Route 66,' Dies
by Don Heckman
Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1999


Songwriter-pianist Bobby Troup, whose career moved from hit songwriting an=
d
jazz piano playing to acting roles in the television series "Emergency!"
and the film "M*A*S*H," died Sunday in Sherman Oaks of a heart attack. He
was 80.

Troup will forever be known as the writer of one of the classic American
road songs, "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66." The blues-based number was
composed in 1946 while he was heading west on that venerable roadway.
Little did he realize at the time that it would become a signature song,
the one number that -- despite his numerous other accomplishments -- would
forever come to mind when his name is mentioned.

In fact, Troup wrote many well-known songs, some well before his road song
classic. Among the more familiar items are "Daddy" (his first hit, a No. 1
song for seven weeks for Sammy Kaye), "Baby, Baby All The Time" (a hit,
along with "Route 66," for Nat King Cole), "The Meaning of the Blues" and
the lyrics for "Girl Talk."

Born Robert W. Troup Jr. on Oct. 18, 1918, he was immediately drawn to
music through his piano playing father. And despite earning a business
degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he soon turned to songwriting
as a career. After serving in the Marine Corps as a captain during World
War II, he headed to California, giving himself two years to make it in th=
e
music business -- helping his ambitions enormously by writing "Route 66"
along the way.

In a review of a television special dedicated to Troup's works, the late,
influential jazz critic Leonard Feather wrote that his tunes "were
variously sophisticated, witty, ingenious, trivial or just funny."

They also were particularly well-favored by jazz artists and were recorded
by, among others, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Peggy Lee and the Manhattan
Transfer. Which was not surprising, given Troup's solid skills as a pianis=
t
and accompanist. Much of his time in the 1950s and '60s, was spent as an
active participant in Los Angeles' then-burgeoning West Coast jazz scene
("I think I worked every club in Los Angeles," he once said).

But his closest connection to jazz came in 1957, when Troup began a 2
1/2-year run hosting a KABC television series titled "Stars of Jazz," whic=
h
went national for a few months in 1958. One of the earliest and most
successful airings of jazz on television, the show featured an
extraordinary lineup of artists, including Stan Getz, Carmen McRae and
Erroll Garner, as well as West Coast stars June Christy, Julie London
(Troup's wife), Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank and Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse
All-Stars.

"It was an exciting time," Troup told writer Stephen Stone. "We got starte=
d
in spite of a reluctant producer. . . . I made an appeal on the air for
listeners to write in if they liked the program. Within three days we
received 7,000 letters."

Television and film fans of the 1970s, however, knew Troup from a
completely different context. His film career included parts in "M*A*S*H,"
"The High Cost of Loving," "Number One" and "First to Fight." He also was
cast in musical roles in "The Five Pennies," "The Gene Krupa Story" and
"The Duchess of Idaho," and wrote scores for "The Girl Can't Help It" and
"Man of the West."

Troup appeared in the television shows "Dragnet," "Fantasy Island,"
"Acapulco" (for which he also wrote the music) and "Musical Chairs." From
1972 to 1977 he played the role of Dr. Early in the medical series
"Emergency!" His wife, singer Julie London, also appeared in the
show--which was produced by her first husband, actor Jack Webb--in the rol=
e
of Dixie.

"I loved doing the show," Troup told Feather, "because I enjoy being
active, and because of the camaraderie--we were known as the happiest crew
at Universal."

Despite the success of "Emergency!," the show largely marked the end of
Troup's visibility as a songwriter and musician. In the intervening
decades, he and London lived quietly in Encino, raising what they describe=
d
as a "his, mine and ours family" that included two children from Troup's
first marriage (Cynnie and Ronne), two children from London's marriage to
Webb (Stacy and Lisa) and three children from the Troup-London marriage
(Kelly and the twins Reese and Jody), all of whom -- with the exception of
Stacy, who died in an automobile accident -- survive him. Funeral services
are pending.


David Torresen
SONGBIRDS manager

Loving-Lee =B7 The Peggy Lee Page
http://www.peggylee.com


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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:19:40 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Academy Award score nominations

Lou Smith wrote:

> MULAN - Jerry Goldsmith

Which reminds me that Jerry Goldsmith is playing 4 concerts here
in Scotland later this month ("Jerry Goldsmith at 70").

I'm hoping to catch him in Edinburgh...


Robbie


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 20:39:14 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Radio 2

Charles wrote:

>What is it with these people? One day, they're all funky, moody, moogy and
>cool, the next minute they're churning out Radio 2 daytime filler for old
>biddies safely ensconsed in their shag pile homes. How come? In fact, are
>there any consistently good British easy artists?

If there are any, they won't be on Radio 2 any more.  That has undergone a
most unwelcome transformation over the last 6-8 months, and now rarely
plays anything pre-1980.  They are reported to be trying to lose their
cardigan image.  Those non-music segments that remain have been
dumbed down too.

Raging against the change.
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:20:07 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Os Mutantes

Just found out that the Os Mutantes have been released  in the US.
Saw em at othermusic for $11.99.

I really think their early stuff is the best and reccomend highly
their first 2 releases.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:08:58 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re hanged man/ Alan Tew

At 04:11 PM 2/9/99 +0000, Charles Moseley wrote:

>What is it with these people? One day, they're all funky, moody, moogy and
>cool, the next minute they're churning out Radio 2 daytime filler for old
>biddies safely ensconsed in their shag pile homes. How come? In fact, are
>there any consistently good British easy artists?

I hope not.  I had that "Rosie" Alan Tew record by the way and while I
wouldn't use the word "drivel", I'd agree with the sentiment.
I've made similar rants for everyone from Dick Hyman to Mark Mothersbaugh.
But they're all WORKING musicians and working musicians go where the work is.
In some cases, I think you could make a better case for the idea that the
funky moogy stuff was the anomaly and the "filler" was where they actually
spent most of their time.
Then again, the funky moogy stuff was also filler in most cases.  We like
this stuff; we're desperate for more of this stuff.  We're elevating the
funky moogy filler to somewhat greater status than perhaps it deserves.

The line between (real) groovy rock music and what I used to see as
fake/phoney rock when I was a kid is getting fuzzier and fuzzier, the more
I get into this stuff.  But I think it's still there.
And something tells me that if these guys hadn't spent most of their time
making the kind of muzak I don't like, I wouldn't enjoy it so much when
they made the kind of muzak I do.

Nat





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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:09:04 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The "girls" want to know

At 07:51 AM 2/9/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

>There is one thinbg that the A&E bio did make clear, and it is that if
Sinatra
>had not become chums with Joey Bishop he would have not gotten to where he
>has today. As for Dino, the Nick Tosches bio makes quite clear than Dino
was >less philandering than the other Rat Packers and he just didn't need
to put up >with Sinatra's "leadership" stuff

Well I'm no Rat Pack historian but I must say that's a strange implication
there. Joey Bishop has been MIA for a long time so it's not a matter of
where he has gotten "today" but I'm not sure why anyone would assume that
Sinatra's friendship  was such a career-making /make-or-break kind of thing.
I thought the total exclusion of Bishop from the A&E piece was kind of
suspicious but I assumed it was because he didn't do all that much compared
to the others.
When I was a kid, he was a star to me.  He had that Joey Bishop talk show -
with Regis Philbin as his sidekick - and all the talk show hosts were "big"
as far as I was concerned, especially the ones on at night.
Maybe Bishop owed his "stardom" - such as it was - to Frank but the same
thing certainly can't be said for Dino.  In the end, I think they all
benefitted from each other.  The Rat Pack made all of them appear cooler,
including Frank.

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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:09:02 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrifting

At 02:36 PM 2/9/99 -0500, Peter Risser wrote:
>
>A little coda on our thrifting discussion before.
>However, I still have made my share of minor scores (Ding Dong Dandy
>Christmas, Leo Addeo, Dick Schory).  So I just want to say, if you put some
>time aside to occasionally visit a thrift, it pays off.  Not as richly as
>those who make it a pasttime, and you can't guarantee what you get, but
>still...

These days there are more and more "official" used record stores that carry
easy listening type records - and some at a reasonable price - so you can
pursue this habit without going to thrift stores.
But even a few years ago when I began this pursuit, that was much less
true.  You went to thrift stores because they were the only place you could
find the stuff.

And for some records, I think it's still true.  Just as there's a kind of
record that you're surprised to find at a thrift store - even if it's
happened dozens of times before - there's a kind of record that I'm
surprised to find at a record store.
It's hard to describe the difference and I know it's partly regional too.
When I was in Memphis a couple of years ago, I found Three Suns records in
the coolest used record stores but no matter what they were, they were in
the ten buck range.
In Toronto I don't think I've ever seen a Three Suns record in a record
store.  The ones I find are all at the Goodwill.
I've made so-called "scores" at the Goodwill but I go there for the records
I won't find anywhere else and for the opportunity to check out things I
probably would pass up if they were more than fifty cents.

Nat



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