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exotica-digest         Saturday, March 6 1999         Volume 02 : Number 340



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) drip drip drip
Re: (exotica) drip drip drip
(exotica) more exotica not less
(exotica) Instrument/questions
Re:  Re: (exotica) drip drip drip
(exotica) Record Scores
Re: (exotica) drip drip drip
Re: (exotica) Assignment to Kill
Re:  (exotica) drip drip drip
SV: (exotica) Record Scores
SV: (exotica) Instrument/questions
Re: (exotica) Assignment to Kill
Re: (exotica) Carl Stalling
(exotica) CD Recommendations
Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations
(exotica) Basic Hip - WHISTLING FOR YOU
Re: (exotica) ELP? 'Elp!
(exotica) Spaced Out Website redesign
(exotica) Yin/Yang Award
Re: (exotica) drip drip drip, instro r&r
Re: (exotica) Instrument/questions
(exotica) Mp3spy/Shoutcast
Re: (exotica) Instrument/questions
SV: (exotica) ELP? 'Elp!
Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations
Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations
(exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) Jungle Jive (Go Exotic)
Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations
SV: (exotica) Jungle Jive (Go Exotic)

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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 10:16:01 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) drip drip drip

At 06:51 AM 3/6/99 +0000, Hugh Petfield wrote:
>
>Nat wrote (with simmering angst, one detected....)
>>
>>I need a fix.
>>
>>If I don't get one soon, I'm going to have to talk about this Cozy Cole
>>record I have
>
>Please do!  I've often wondered if it was Cozy himself who sort of moaned
>quietly in odd places on his records.

Well okay, but I don't think this is going to solve the problem.

(Maybe it's just the low end in the cycle and it'll pick up again soon.)

I know Cozy Cole as basically a jazz drummer and I have one pretty good
straight ahead bebop record where he's the leader.
But then I have this record on "King" called "The drummer man with the big
beat" and the music there is a little harder to classify.  It's definitely
not bebop or even jazz at all.  I guess it's basically rock n roll in the
spirit of Bill Doggett or Sam the Man Taylor or the Bill Black Combo.  Or
Earl Bostic, whose records are pictured all over the back of the record.

(But even having said that, I have these two Sam the Man records - "Blue
Mist" and "More Blue Mist" - which kind of roll over into lounge/exotica...)

There's something about this Cozy Cole record though.  It's like one of
those happy accidents.  They went in to make another generic dance record
but something happened.
Not on all the tunes mind you.  But some of them.  There's this one cut
"Dmitri" which I've thrown onto a number of tapes of all kinds because it
has this sort of crime jazz/reggae feel to it.  Then there are just the
names of some of the tunes.
"Teen age ideal".  "Blop Up".  "Blop Down".
"Marimba Rhythm" also has a bit of that crime jazz feel.  The tunes are
mostly written by "Cole-Catalan-Kelly".  There's also this slow dance tune
called "Strange" that sounds like it could have been a hit.

Is this a relatively unexplored part of the lounge/exotica sound?
Instrumental rock n roll dance records from the late fifties?  Even on this
record, a lot of it is pretty generic with wailing sax and a driving beat.
But I bet there are more gems out there like Dmitri and this other tune
"International Cha Cha".
Is there perhaps a CD compilation of this stuff?
And what about Earl Bostic?  I have a couple of his 78's but they did
nothing for me.  I know that Coltrane played with him for a while but I'm
not sure I've heard those records or that if I did, I would recognize
Coltrane in the mix.

I'm just trying to see if there are other roads we can go down so that I
won't get that disappointing "you have no new mail" announcement.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 15:53:19 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) drip drip drip

While we're on the subject of Cozy Cole, I have a 1952 Johnny
Guarnieri LP (which feels like a slab of slate!) with Tony Mottola on
guitar, Bob Haggart on bass and Cozy Cole on "traps".  It's quite
bland though...


Robbie


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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 10:01:09 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Paul Mazzucca)
Subject: (exotica) more exotica not less

i was suprised to read that some people are tiring of this site orthe
music in general. more for us, less for them.

but i thought i would add some tidbit.

last summer at a great old junk shop, full of moldy oldies, (not for the
light of heart) i bought for a buck, a nice big band blues album, called
" al nevins and his orchestra, dancing with the blues" and although it
is somewhat big bandy the arranging is superb, for some reason my brain
works slowly, and it took me til last night to put 2 x 2 togoether and
remember, al nevins is the brain behind the 3 suns. not only that but
the arranger on this is the same, charles albertine, that did their
movin' n' groovin', fever, and smoke, etc. good stuff.

so take that extra minute and listen to what moved them and where else
it went.


on another note, my husband swears that emerson, lake, and palmer stole
their ideas on moog directly from dick hyman, electric eclectic moog.
any comments?

carrie


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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:05:30 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Instrument/questions

What is a Vibra-slap? and where can I hear one?

And do you know Eris Soya's 17 soundtrack?

Recommendations? criticisms?

And who wants to trade MDs?

And who found what records recently?

And where is everybody?





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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:03:06 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) drip drip drip

In a message dated 3/6/99 2:55:55 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Cozy Cole

Is he the guy that did "Topsy Part 2"? (which begs the question, was there a
part one?)


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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 08:05:49 -0800
From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Record Scores

Hello all,


I get so many killer records all the time and since MOST of them are for
sale, I just forget about them.


Though every great once in awhile I do score.


I just traded with a major player on EBay and scored a Classical
Martenot

record, accompanied by Harp.

I'm REALLY looking forward to playing that on my show

Even though I've had it for a few days, I haven't listened to it yet:)


I also just got the original ORIGINAL 10" release of Spellbound on ARA,

which I only had on 78's for quite a few years and that's VERY
exciting.

Very clean too.  Haven't scanned it yet and though it came in 2 different
covers, this is the more plain cover BUT THE BACK COVER has 6 or 7 black
and white photos from the film that are waaaaaaaaaay cooooooool.


Though it's going up on EBay, a VG++/Mint Dean Elliot Orchestra-"Zounds !
What Sounds!! in Stereo.

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/Zounds_whatsounds.JPG


The scan could be better, but this will have to do until now


OH FUCK!  I got this record from a guy who is "usually" really expensive
and who hadn't listened to it, thank god, because by looking at the
cover" you'd think it was just music and Music for Schlitz Beer
Commercials but in reality it is 30 Schlitz Beer Radio Commercials all
intact with different music. FUCKIN AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!  10 BUCKS, MINT!


Then, awhile back you were al talking about this 1;

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/toklas.jpg


Another AMAZING record score from the WORD label is "The Game of Life"

Check this 1 out.  I just played a few minutes of it on my show last week
and it is the most amazing record there is!

Definitely top 5!  If there even is a top 5;)

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/Game_of_life.JPG


Then, of course also on the WORD label;

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/addicts.jpg


I've had this a few times and was in a scannin' state of mind,
soooooooo

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/Revel_outofspace.JPG


Same with this 1;

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/Dissvelt_fantasyorbit.JPG


Just sold this on EBay;

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/lsd2.JPG


Just bought this on EBay

http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/life_is_a_lousy_drag.jpg


http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=[e-mail]


Until another time;


<paraindent><param>out,out,out</param>Jack

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Jack Diamond Music

Http://www.jackdiamond.com


1960's German & Italian Import CD/LP Reissue Soundtracks, US Reissue
CD/LP Soundtracks, Moog & Electronic CD's, Psychedelic CD's/LP's AND
Instrumental Guitars of all Kinds, Rockabilly, Outer Space Electronique
CD's/LP's, Crime Jazz, Bossa Nova, Science Fiction Soundtrack CD's/LP's,
Western Swing, Exotica CD's, Country Jazz, Steel Guitars, Musique
Concrete, Easy Listening, Male/Female Lounge Vocals and Lounge in
General, Latin/Afro Cuban, Bongos/Percussion For Days, Sitar Rock,
Theremin, Whistling, 1950's West Coast Jazz CD's and LP's, Exotica
CD's/LP's, Spoken Word CD's, Ken Nordine, Beatnik Poetry CD's  et al...,

Cheesecake and Outre Album Covers.


Also of great note is that I have THOUSANDS OF LP'S NOT YET ON MY SITE as
well as MANY MANY CD's not yet POSTED, so if you have any particular
wants or needs, I just may have it.


One of a Kind CD/LP 1950's-70's Re-Issues and Original Out of Print LP's
for sale and trade.




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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 11:03:47 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) drip drip drip

There is also this record of Cole's

http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar/swing.html
Brian Phillips
http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar


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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 11:07:21 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Assignment to Kill

Didn't Bill Lava replace Carl Stalling as the Warner Bros. cartoon composer in
the sixties?

As I understand the succession, Carl Stalling (although someone preceded
him), Milt Franklyn (who was Stalling's assistant), John Seely (who seems
to have used stock music) and then William Lava, who was hampered by a
shrinking Warner Brothers budget and orchestra in the 1960's.

Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:17:55 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) drip drip drip

In a message dated 3/5/99 11:38:12 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I need a fix.
>
>If I don't get one soon, I'm going to have to talk about this Cozy Cole
>record I have or these two Sam the Man Taylor records which kind of sound
>like exotica.

I sympathize with this. If I may make a suggestion, this is what I try to do
when I feel I have run into a wall. I return to the source (vinyl supply
outlets) and look for something new that augments what I have already found
and researched ad nauseum. For example, there exists a whole world of early
7T's jazz funk (pre "fusion") LP's by the likes of Charles Earland, Ramsey
Lewis, Soul Searchers, Bohannon, Nite-Liters, El Chicano, Billy Preston,
Johnny Griffith, Phil Upchurch, Hugh Masekela, Ripple, The Meters, Lou
Donaldson, etc. that do not necessarily meet the guidelines of exotica/now
sound, but are great, hook-laden, often wordless vocally-arranged instrumental
pop with strong compelling playing that can be quite satisfying. And it often
mixes well with already discussed stuff from this list. It also gives you a
new way to look at the stuff discussed here.     When in doubt, branch out, but
stay here too, its good for you... Jimmy Botticelli/My .02 for you


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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:20:51 +0100
From: "SANDBERG MAGNUS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Record Scores

   =20
    Another AMAZING record score from the WORD label is "The Game of =
Life"
    Check this 1 out. I just played a few minutes of it on my show last =
week and it is the most amazing record there is!
    Definitely top 5! If there even is a top 5;)
    http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames/Game_of_life.JPG
   =20
   =20
    It's awesome Jack!  What a record!=20
    Magnus




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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:52:44 +0100
From: "SANDBERG MAGNUS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Instrument/questions

>
>What is a Vibra-slap? and where can I hear one?

On the "HI FI In a porn shop" LP :)


>And who found what records recently?

From the US:
Bruce Haack -Electronic record for children -Dimension 5
Frankie Stein -Introducing Frankie Stein and his ghouls -Power records
Frankie Stein -Ghoul music -this one has the ghouliest (is that a =
correct word?) cover of them all! -Power records


Three rare ones that i found together on a LP mailing list under =
"Goofball" Paid $35 for all together.
I dont know much about Frankie Stein, I bought them because I remembered =
his name from a cd-collection of rare Horror tracks from the 50s and =
60s. Both records have great dance music (A la Swim, Watusi, Monkey etc) =
in a surf/las vegas grind kind of way. And the eerie astonishing monster =
sounds fits in perfectly. On the back sleeve three more Frankie Stein =
LPs is listed. I want them all!

And yes, the Haack LP is amazing. More on that later.

Today at the flea
a swedish childrens record "Alice in wonderland" 78 rpm set of two =
records from 1951.=20
Moving with Nancy -N Sinatra. I see this all the time but the condition =
is always too poor. Finally a good copy.
A swedish moog record with Bo Hansson interpreting the Tokien saga =
"Lords of the rings" (or what it is called?) In swedish its "Sagan om =
ringen". A nice one! Beautiful painting on the cover. I am not sure =
about this but I think Bo Hansson was the first part of the swedish band =
"Hansson and Karlsson" who actually inspired Jimi Hendrix a bit.

And just now i got hold of a copy of Miriam Burtons masterpiece "African =
Lament". Thanks Jack!

So i have scored some big ones lately. Yes, I am happy!

Magnus




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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 09:18:14 -0800
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Assignment to Kill

[e-mail] wrote:

> Didn't Bill Lava replace Carl Stalling as the Warner Bros. cartoon composer in
> the sixties?
>

Indeed he did.... I have always wondered if I really hated his music, or am just
reacting to the strangeness of a WB cartoon without Stallings music. (Also, these
later cartoons are pretty weak with or without music.)

Ron





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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:14:10 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Carl Stalling

Can anybody make recommendations as to which Carl Stalling LPs are worth
tracking down?

And are his works like his cartoons? Did he ever get serious with his
music?




Charlie





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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 09:20:20 -0800
From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) CD Recommendations

I've seen the following CD's for sale recently, and while I am somewhat
familiar with each performer I don't know enough about their individual
albums to say whether these rank among the best.

Hene Rene - "Music for bachelors"
Robert Maxwell - "Ebb Tide"

Any opinions?

Thanks,

Jerry



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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 09:53:47 -0800
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations

I guess it all depends what you are looking for. I vote no on both.

> Hene Rene - "Music for bachelors"

If it were not for Jayne Mansfield (and a barely perceptible nipple) I would
not own this record. Snooze-o-rama. The cover is a keeper.

> Robert Maxwell - "Ebb Tide"

I like Harp music, but most of it is pretty listless and drab.  You want some
harpin? Get a Dorothy Ashby record.

Ron





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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:41:05 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Basic Hip - WHISTLING FOR YOU

The 26 track list for my recently completed collection of whistling and bird
recordings.

Rather than including anything and everything that had whistling on it, I
focused only on whistling and bird albums.  Not making the final list where an
assortment of various canary training, bird song field recordings and goose
call records, which I passed up in favor of the two very rare Max Gilstrap
selections, which transferred beautifully from cassette tape, compliments of
Mickey McGowan.

Despite my frantic search, I never managed to locate that elusive copy of
Marcellino's "Birds Of A Feather".

The cover I chose to scan and edit for the jewel case is from a set of four
78's, Fred Lowery's "Whistling For You", circa 1947.

If this is of interest, let me know.

BASIC HIP INTRO
John Brent and Del Close played over Joe Puma and the Audibon All-Stars
(Flight Patterns "Like Tweet")

WALKING ALONG KICKING THE LEAVES  Fred Lowery
Walking Along Kicking The Leaves (Decca DL-8476 Mono)

THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY  Muzzy Marcellino
House Party Music Time (Capitol T-1284 Mono)

MY FAVORITE THINGS  Sister Jean, P.M.
The Fabulous Whistling Nun Presents The Sound Of Music (ACE Recording Stereo)
 - thanks to Frank for sending the tape from which this comes

Medley: JEANNIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR / GOLD AND SILVER WALTZ  The Artel
Orchestra
The Canaries (United Artists UAS-6251 Stereo)

INTRODUCTION / BUFFO  Jim Fassett
Symphony Of The Birds (Ficker CD-R Mono)

RED RIVER VALLEY  Fred Lowery
Whistle A Happy Tune! (Decca DL-8995 Mono)
 - with the Anita Kerr Singers

HILO MARCH  Muzzy Marcellino
Whistling On The Beach At Waikiki (Coral CRL-57441 Mono)

WHISTLING LESSONS / BIRD CALLS Max K. Gilstrap
Adventure In The National Parks No. 1 (Gilstrap Records Mono)

YELLOW BIRD  Art Coates
Whistling Like the Birds (Dot DLP-25781 Stereo)

WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE  Virginia Belmont
Virginia Belmont's Famous Singing And Talking Birds (Virginia Belmont
Enterprises VB-713 Stereo)

BEYOND THE SUNSET  Fred Lowery
Whistles Your Gospel Favorites (Word WST-8326-LP Stereo)

THE CONTINENTAL  Muzzy Marcellino
House Party Music Time (Capitol T-1284 Mono)

WIVES AND LOVERS  Toots Thielemans
The Whistler And His Guitar (ABC Paramount ABC-482 Mono)

THE BIRDS  Alfred Hitchcock
Movie Trailer (Video Cassette)
 - my latest thing, snatching audio from Driver's Ed scare films, drive-in
movie snack bar intermissions and personal hygeine / sex education / anti-drug
PSA's

SUKIYAKI  Johan Dalgas Frisch
Symphony Of The Birds (MGM SE-4442 Mono)

GYPSY LOVE SONG  Fred Lowery
Whistle A Happy Tune! (Decca DL-8995 Mono)

ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI  Muzzy Marcellino
Whistling On The Beach At Waikiki (Coral CRL-57441 Mono)

INDIAN LOVE CALL  Susan Zagon
Susan Zagon - Whistler (Zagon Records Stereo)

Medley: LA CINQUANTAINE / WINE, WOMEN AND SONG  The Artel Orchestra
The Canaries (United Artists UAS-6251 Stereo)

GETTING IN TUNE WITH NATURE  Max K. Gilstrap
Adventure In The National Parks No.1 (Gilstrap Records Mono)

PAGAN LOVE SONG  Fred Lowery
Walking Along Kicking The Leaves (Decca DL-8476 Mono)

MY JESUS I LOVE THEE  Ralph Platt
The Birds Sing His Praise Volume 2 (Sacred LPS-4041 Stereo)

WHISTLING YODELING POLKA  Unknown Artist
45 RPM (Simon Says Mono)

THE ENTERTAINER  Ron McCroby
Breezin' The Classics (Pro Arte Digital PAD-258 Stereo)

AVE MARIA  Virginia Belmont
Virginia Belmont's Famous Singing And Talking Birds (Virginia Belmont
Enterprises VB-713 Stereo)




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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 13:57:28 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ELP? 'Elp!

>on another note, my husband swears that emerson, lake, and palmer stole
>their ideas on moog directly from dick hyman, electric eclectic moog.
>any comments?

I don't know the exact chronology of who did what when, but when you hear
Hyman's "Minotaur" it sure seems that way.

My basic instinct is to leave my childhood prog rock years deeply buried
(sort of like the Wonder Years, but with overlong solos), but with two
mentions of ELP in one morning -- not to mention Bo Hansson --
synchronicity seems to be at work.

Has anyone else seen the documentary film of the Isle Of Wight rock
festival? (happened in 1970, I think) I saw it a few weeks ago, and
unexpectedly and unbelieveably, ELP appear in it with the impact of punk
rockers from outer space! Demonstrating that context is everything, I suppose.

The Isle Of Wight Festival was intended as Europe's Woodstock, but was a
bit of a disaster. Finances in a shambles, "free festival" protesters
battering the concentration-camp-like walls, a fire in the stage roof, and
lots more more fun. The lineup was mostly sensitive hippy staples, getting
all weepy over the political battles going on behind the scenes. And in the
midst of all this, suddenly here's Emerson, Lake & Palmer firing *cannons*
from the corners of the stage and blasting huge quantities of aggressive
notes at the crowd. It was like a reality fracture -- there was no
connection to anything else that was going on. And then there's Keith
Emerson, dressed like a bondage-VegasElvis-pimp, literally hurling his
Hammond around the stage, doing show-off tricks like playing from behind
the organ (upside-down and backwards) with only his pinkies and index
fingers (Satan!). Insane! I can't imagine what the crowd made of it.

But not many years later, ELP played the boring old fart role. Context.

Magnus -- your Bo Hansson record -- is that on "The Famous Charisma Label"?
That's the case with my copy. Yes, he worked with Janne Karlsson. Quoting
the back cover notes (by Grammy winner, Stratton Smith (only kidding)):

"A few years ago one began to hear from Scandinavia of a brilliant
organist, BO HANSSON. He formed that rarity, a rock duo, with a fellow
Swede, Janne Karlsson. The two toured regularly from '67 through '69, and
released three albums, now something of collectors' pieces. Few British
musicians of the time were unaware of them; Jimi Hendrix not only jammed
regularly with them, but invited them to tour with his Experience.

"Bo split to concentrate on his writing. Professor Tolkien's trilogy
fascinated him, reached deep into his remote and rather other-worldly
nature. The music thus inspired was recorded on a portable eight-track, in
a rented house on an island off Stockholm. It is very much Hansson's album:
Apart from the writing, he plays organ, guitar, Moog Synthesiser, and bass.
Helping him are RUNE CARLSSON (drums), GUNNAR BERGSTEN (saxophone), STEN
BERGMAN (flute), and a few anonymous 'friends'."

And now I think I need to listen to some Boredoms to balance back out...

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:11:39 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Spaced Out Website redesign

Just to let you all know that I've redesigned the Spaced Out site to
make it much more reader-friendly.  So, rather than dark red text
on a starry black background(!) it's now a clean and simple black
on white.  This has been applied throughout the whole site, though
echoes of the previous design can still be seen, particularly in the
interviews section.

There has been another major improvement to the site, namely the
addition of four Shockwave Flash animations which bring four of
Enoch Light's LP covers to life.

As many, if not all, of the covers on later Grand Award, Command
and Project 3 labels are highly suggestive of movement, it struck
me that they would make great animations - and I wanted an
excuse to learn Flash anyway!

I hope to gradually build up a huge library of singing, dancing cover
art for the site.  But for the time being you can feast your eyes on
animated versions of Persuasive Percussion, Vibrations,
Permissive Polyphonics and Discotheque.

Shockwave Flash requires a plug-in to your browser but I believe
recent browsers come with this plug-in pre-installed.  If you don't
have it you can get it from http://www.macromedia.com/

Hope you like the new look.


Robbie


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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 11:13:50 -0800
From: James G <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Yin/Yang Award

Brian wrote re liner notes and album covers:
<There are also the touching ones, such as John Coltrane's notes to "A
Love
Supreme".>
<Blow Fly's album covers are aesthetic nightmares >

I hereby present Brian with the Yin/Yang Award for mentioning 'Trane and
Blowfly in the same post. Think I'll dig out some Blowfly today, maybe
exercise to his aerobics tune "F*** the Fat Off," while I contemplate
aesthetic nightmares.

And on a more personal note, I actually showed my parents the liner
notes from "A Love Supreme" during the "discussion" we had in 1969 after
they learned I was "on" LSD. Well, it made sense to ME at the time.....

JB


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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:16:47 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) drip drip drip, instro r&r

>Is this a relatively unexplored part of the lounge/exotica sound?
>Instrumental rock n roll dance records from the late fifties?  Even on this
>record, a lot of it is pretty generic with wailing sax and a driving beat.
>But I bet there are more gems out there like Dmitri and this other tune
>"International Cha Cha".
>Is there perhaps a CD compilation of this stuff?

Ace Records (British label) has an excellent series called "Teen Beat",
which is up to four volumes. Every disc is packed with 30 tracks. They
compile R&R, R&B and genre-vague instrumentals from the 50s into the mid
60s. Some surf, but fortunately not much (that stuff is so easily available
elsewhere). Some primitive, many smooth -- not necessarily fitting into
"official" list genres, but much would probably be enjoyable. The booklets
are illustrated with 45 labels and promo ads from old trade magazines.

And no, no relation at all. I wish.

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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:21:15 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Instrument/questions

>What is a Vibra-slap? and where can I hear one?

You can *see* it here:
http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Sound_Effects/lp_vibraslaps_II.html

They say: "It has appeared in more recordings, soundtracks and
advertisements than any sound effect ever made."

Stout words.

You hold the wire frame with one hand, strike the knob against your other
hand, and it goes, "KKKKKKKkkkkkkkk..."

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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 11:28:24 -0800
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mp3spy/Shoutcast

I have been parked at my front window all mornign waiting for the Covad
truck to come and bring me 768kbps of symmetric connectivity.  When he
leaves, the first thing I am gonna do is put up an audio stream onto the
Shoutcast server.  I will post the details,
but if anyone wants to "Tune in" you can download the latest version
(necessary to work with shoutcast) version of Winamp at
http://www.winamp.com.

I've been goofing around with shoutcast for a few weeks, and it's neat
stuff.. the most interesting aspect is the fact that anyone with a
dial-up account can stream audio. It's also possible for that sam
edial-up stream to be "mirrored" by other servers, thus expanding the
number of potential listeners.  To hear scores of home-based netcasts,
go to http://www.shoutcast.com.

I'll post more info when I have my server up and running. I intend to
stream some recorded programs, and hope to have a live signal running by
9pm or so Pacific time.

Woohooo!



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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:25:50 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Instrument/questions

>>What is a Vibra-slap? and where can I hear one?
>
>You can *see* it here:
>http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Sound_Effects/lp_vibraslaps_II.html

D'oh... I forgot to add...

The Flex-A-Tone:
http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Sound_Effects/lp_flex_a_tone.html
is a lot more fun.

Boi-oi-oi-oing...


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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 20:38:29 +0100
From: "SANDBERG MAGNUS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) ELP? 'Elp!

M Ace wrote:
>Magnus -- your Bo Hansson record -- is that on "The Famous Charisma =
Label"?

No its on Silence. A swedish only release i guess.=20
Bo Hansson -"Sagan om ringen" SRS 4600=20

I just listened to it and it is really great. Do you know when it was =
released?


>That's the case with my copy.=20

Is your copy an international release? Please tell me about "The Famous =
Charisma Label"
From now on I will buy every Bo Hansson LP I see, because I see them =
allatime. I have neglected music by swedish guys I think...


>Yes, he worked with Janne Karlsson.

Yeah here we know him as "Loffe". He is known here as one of swedens =
most tiresome comedians, but he is a fantastic drummer. In the late 90s =
Hansson och Karlsson performs again. Reports says they sound swell.

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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:53:59 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations

At 09:20 AM 3/6/99 -0800, Larson/Thomas wrote:
>
>I've seen the following CD's for sale recently, and while I am somewhat
>familiar with each performer I don't know enough about their individual
>albums to say whether these rank among the best.
>
>Hene Rene - "Music for bachelors"

If this is the original LP, it's not among his best, I don't think.  Unless
you like things more subdued.

>Robert Maxwell - "Ebb Tide"

I don't have this one but I like all his records.

Nat, proud of everyone for turning on the faucets today



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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 15:01:03 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations

At 09:53 AM 3/6/99 -0800, Ron Grandia wrote:
>
>> Robert Maxwell - "Ebb Tide"
>
>I like Harp music, but most of it is pretty listless and drab.  You want some
>harpin? Get a Dorothy Ashby record.

I can't agree. Of course I've never heard a Dorothy Ashby record so I can't
disagree either.  But I have records by a number of other harpists and
overall I'd put the Robert Maxwell records at the head of the class.
Of course I can't comment on the quality of the actual harp-playing but
it's not the harp playing that makes Robert Maxwell records cool.  It's the
energy, the arrangements and the often exotic ambience.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 14:42:44 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour

You'll find some Jurassic Percussion on this week's Retro Cocktail
Hour webcast!  We'll hear what may be the earliest of the "percussion
show-off" records - Jimmy Carroll's famous "Speed the Parting Guest".
Also, playful and pretty percussion by Candido, Mr. Bongo, Bobby
Rosengarden and Phil Kraus (with a track from Phil's rare LP on
Golden Crest, "The Percussive Phil Kraus").

There's music for teenage rebellion from "Hot Rod Rumble";  seduction
bachelor-style with Bryce Bond and Bernadette;  Vic Damone's exotica
LP "Strange Enchantment";  rock and roll meets the mambo;  plus the
Markko Polo Adventurers, Lenny Dee, Lalo Schifrin, Esquivel and...
Ginger sings!

We now offer The Retro Cocktail Hour in streaming format for BOTH
RealPlayer G2 and 5.0.  Just use the format that best suits your
particular player.  Requires a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and
RealPlayer.  Download RealPlayer for free at:

http://www.real.com/products/player/50player/index.html?src=download

Then, to hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

And while you're there, tour the album cover gallery (this month's
theme is Exotica), scan playlists of past shows and enter our CD
giveaway.

Thanks for the space!

Darrell Brogdon
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KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 13:31:05 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jungle Jive (Go Exotic)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000I081/qid=920755565/sr=1-3/002-8104371-1054018

anyone familiar with this CD, Jungle Jive, go exotic with Kari Wuher!

- -kevin


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Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 11:59:30 -1000
From: Lloyd Kandell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) CD Recommendations

Nat Kone wrote:

> Of course I've never heard a Dorothy Ashby record...

me neither. i've seen a couple of titles recently in catalogs and at
dustygroove. anybody know her stuff, any recommendations? impulse! has
released 3 alice coltrane titles on cd... buy them all! alice rules my
house. deep, moving, spiritual, otherworldly and exotic in an
egyptian/indian jazzy sort of way. titles are ptah the el daoud, journey
to satchidinanda, and a monastic trio. hope it sounds like this in
heaven...

fluid floyd
don tiki/taboo records


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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:22:14 +0100
From: "SANDBERG MAGNUS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Jungle Jive (Go Exotic)

>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000I081/qid=3D920755565/sr=3D1=
- -3/002-8104371-1054018
>
>anyone familiar with this CD, Jungle Jive, go exotic with Kari Wuher!
>
>-kevin


I listened to parts of the first track that was available as a real =
audio file. Voices Of Africa -Seduction. Sounded like Yma Sumac. This is =
interesting, lots of (for me) new names on this cd. But the other tiny =
soundfiles were not as thrilling as the first.=20

Anyone heard of "Voices of Africa"?

Magnus





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