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exotica-digest         Friday, March 12 1999         Volume 02 : Number 346



In This Digest:

SV: (exotica) Re:  Zound! What Sounds!! theft of the title
SV: (exotica) Caravan
Re: (exotica) Now! versus Swingin' Scene
Re: (exotica) Now! versus Swingin' Scene
(exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 3/11/99
(exotica) Caravan
(exotica) 'nother test. (so sorry)
Re:  Re: (exotica) 101 Strings
(exotica) More Vinyl Finds, Baxter etc.
(exotica) My Vinyl Recliner
(exotica) 101 Strings
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, March 14
(exotica) Indian Vibes Vol.2: Ashwin Batish
(exotica) A few things I had to comment on...
(exotica) Caravan
(exotica) Retro Future - What Y2K looked like in the 50's
Re: Re: (exotica) 101 Strings
(exotica) Mike Anthony, Lowell Fulson, Lee Phillips,Yehudi Menuhin obits
Re: (exotica) A few things I had to comment on...
(exotica) Fwd:  Sunday Night Luau
(exotica) 101 Strings
Re: (exotica) Retro Future - What Y2K looked like in the 50's
(exotica) Speak French to me!
Re: (exotica) Speak French to me ('Tish)!
(exotica) That foxy Pam Grier
(exotica) 101 Strings
(exotica) Indian Vibes Vol.2: Ashwin Batish
Re:  (exotica) 101 Strings
(exotica) Shibuya-kei Is Alive

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:45:04 +0100
From: "SANDBERG MAGNUS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Re:  Zound! What Sounds!! theft of the title

>
>* Stanley Black Orchestra:  "Exotic Percussion"
>
>* Martin Denny:  "Exotic percussion"



And Milt Raskin -"Exotic percussion"


>
>* Ted Auletta Orchestra:  "Exotica"
>
>* Manuel and the Music of the Mountains:  "Exotica"

>
>* Jos=E9 Feliciano:  "Fireworks"
>
>* Ferrante & Teicher:  "Fireworks"

And Billy Mure -"Fireworks"


>
>* Jim Fassett:  "Symphony of the birds"
>
>* Johan Dalgas Frisch:  "Symphony of The Birds"
>

> Johan DadaBase ;-)

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:49:30 +0100
From: "SANDBERG MAGNUS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Caravan

>Oh and just for the hell of it i thought i'd mention this too: awhile
>back there was a thread about the "best renditions of Caravan" or
>something like that........... at the time I voted for Lenny Dee.......
>while i still rate his version very high, it's just been surpassed by
>the version that Les Paul does on "Les Paul Now!" Simply amazing!!!!!!
>Another record you should be ASHAMED to pass up!!


>
Ah Caravan....
Maybe not the best, but the fastest Caravan I have heard is on a Preston =
Epps album, is it Bongola? I cant remember and i am to lazy to go and =
check. But its essential listening.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 10:55:28 PST
From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now! versus Swingin' Scene

>Oh and just for the hell of it i thought i'd mention this too: awhile
>back there was a thread about the "best renditions of Caravan" or
>something like that........... at the time I voted for Lenny Dee.......
>while i still rate his version very high, it's just been surpassed by
>the version that Les Paul does on "Les Paul Now!" Simply amazing!!!!!!
>Another record you should be ASHAMED to pass up!!
>
>cheers!
>pea
oh yes, what a version! the album i have this on also has an absolutely
bonkers 'tiger rag' (familiar to my generation as 'catch the pigeon')
lots of sped up guitar, multitracking, mad harmonies and killer rythm.
also, on Barbarella, (i wish), my copy is very asymetrically cut. it
doesn't look particularly like a bootleg, and it's sadly not on red
vinyl, but is that the reason the quality is iffy.
enjoy
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:33:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now! versus Swingin' Scene

Les Paul did at least 3 different versions of Caravan (including the one
with Chet Atkins). The version from "LP Now!" (re-issued in the US as
"Multi-Trackin'")is fuzzed-out, rockish. If
I am correct (and I may not be), I have the lp you are talking about,
it's not same as the Now! version: multi-tracked, not fuzzed....




- ---Robert McKenna <[e-mail]> wrote:

> oh yes, what a version! the album i have this on also has an
absolutely
bonkers 'tiger rag' (familiar to my generation as 'catch the pigeon')
lots of sped up guitar, multitracking, mad harmonies and killer rythm.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:17:40 -0500
From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 3/11/99

"Martinis With Mancini" broadcasting Thursday's at 6-9 AM from WJUL 91.5 =
in
Lowell Massachusetts.

Thank=92s Lou Smith and everyone else who contributes to the mailing list=
. A
lot of my material and programming ideas come from the list and the obits=
=2E

I read the AP article describing the =93atrocities=94 being perpetuated i=
n Fort
Lupton, Colorado and then played Wayne Newton and Dean Martin. Also read
=93meaty chunks=94 of the Ann Corio obit with stripper music in the backg=
round.

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/

The playlist:

Like Someone In Love, Bjork
Dream the Impossible Dream, Richard Kiley OBR Man Of La Mancha
Blues and the Abstract Truth, Jimmy Smith
For Strippers Only, =93Sonny Lester=94/Ann Corio Presents: How To Strip F=
or Your
Husband.
Anything Goes, Ella Fitzegerald
I Get A Kick Out Of You, Dave Brubeck
Look A Here, The Ramsey Lewis Trio
My Bucket got A Hole in It, The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Hello, Cello, The Ramsey Lewis Trio
The Peanut Vendor, Xavier Cugat
Soul Sauce, Cal Tjader
Mambo #8, Perez Prado
Body and Soul, The Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Shake, The Laurie Johnson Orchestra (The Easy Project)
Mama Elephant, E.Cap, (The Sound Gallery Vol.2)
Girl In A Sports Car, Alan Hawshaw, (The Sound Gallery Vol.1)
Spartacus-Love Theme, Bill Evans
I Wanna Be Loved By You, Marilyn Monroe, OST Some Like It Hot
The Continental, Billy May
This Girls In Love With You, Dusty Springfield
Prologue, Stan Kenton
Prince Ali, OST Aladdin
23N-82W, Stan Kenton
Taboo, Stan Kenton
My One And Only Love, Dean Martin
Danke Schoen, Wayne Newton
Cast Your Fate To The Wind, George Winston
Teach Me Tonight, Laurindo Armeida,
My Baby Just Cares For Me, Nina Simone
Charade, Nelson Riddle
Fallout!, OST Peter Gunn
I Can See Clearly Now, Holly Cole Trio
Selfish Love, Gus Bivona Plays The Music Of Steve Allen
Fever, The Three Suns
Instanbul (Not Constantinople) Joe =93Fingers=94 Carr/80 Drums Around The=
 World
Poinciana, Esquivel!
The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Jack (Bongo) Burger
Dreamsville, Br. Cleve and His Lush Orchestra
Waltz For Debby, Tony Bennet/Bill Evans
Is You Is Or Is You Not My Baby, Joe Jackson
Life Is So Peculiar, Louis Jordan/Louis Armstrong
The Best Is Yet To Come, Nancy Wilson
Why Don=92t You Do Right, Atomic Cocktail
Make Love To Me, Louis Prima/Keely Smith
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:17:18 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Caravan

When I was a really young guy the first major concert I saw was Frank
Zappa.  He asked the audience "What would you rather hear, Caravan
with a drum solo or Louie Louie?"

After a few yells from the crowd he broke into a great rendition of
Caravan.  I'm sure its somewhere available by him but this has always
been my favorite version.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

> >Oh and just for the hell of it i thought i'd mention this too: awhile
> >back there was a thread about the "best renditions of Caravan" or
> >something like that........... at the time I voted for Lenny
Dee.......
> >while i still rate his version very high, it's just been surpassed by
> >the version that Les Paul does on "Les Paul Now!" Simply
amazing!!!!!!
> >Another record you should be ASHAMED to pass up!!

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:48:31 -0800
From: Ron Grandia <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 'nother test. (so sorry)

Concentric.net can't find their ass with both hands when it comes to
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 16:55:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) 101 Strings

In a message dated 3/11/99 11:19:15 AM, Charles_Moseley%MCKINSEY-
[e-mail] wrote:

>Generally, 101 strings, with or without Les Baxter should be left to rest
>in peace in charity shops where they belong. Don't try to move them.

Jonathan Richman has a line about this in a song on his new album, in which he
says something about being in a "thrift shop with all the discarded things,
like bibles and toasters and Music from 101 Strings"


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:35:26 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Vinyl Finds, Baxter etc.

Went back to the store and the owner took me to the back to show me
some more records.

Topping the list
Les Baxters 10 inch "Le Sacre du Sauvage"
Arthur Lyman "Love For Sale"
T-Bones "No Matter What Shape"
Biily Vaughn "As Requested"
Edmundo Ros "Rythms of the South"
Brass Ring "Sunday Night At The Movies"
Brass Ring Feat Phil Bodner (4 Channel Stereo on Project 3)  This
brings me back to the days of quad cartridge?
Ray Charles Singers "Young Lovers"
Ray Charles Singers "Macartha Park"
Matt Monro "This Is The Life"
Howard Roberts Quartet ":All-Time Great Instrumental"  ??  What's this
like?

A coupel of Conifsf & a Norman Luboffs

All for the same low price!

I picked up another large batch yesterday afternoon, but they are at
home waitng to be played and posted about later.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:52:11 -0800
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) My Vinyl Recliner

Hey,

My pal from this list, Frank (aka "Recliner"), got some press about his
radio program, "My Vinyl Recliner", heard in Maine.  Check out 'da link:

http://www.cascobayweekly.com/colum/cong_st_min3_11_99.html

He's not been heard from on this list lately because of a change in
ISPs, but he's trying to get subbed again.

Over & Out,
Brad


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:56:19 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) 101 Strings

>Astro Sounds is the only 101
>strings record I have ever heard that comes close to being good
>101 strings, with or without Les Baxter should be left to rest
>in peace in charity shops where they belong.

I don't claim to have heard every 101 Strings album (is it even possible?)
But, these were worth every bit of small change to me:

Songs of the Seasons in Japan
East of Suez
African Safari
The Romance of Magic Island
Fire and Romance of South America
Jet Set
The Sounds of Love (with Bebe Bardon)
101 Strings Plus Dynamic Percussion
The Sounds of Today

Astro Sounds is definitely the magnum opus, though.

The string sound isn't for everyone, but it always sounds best between
midnight and 3 a.m.

Sean


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:51:08 -0500
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, March 14

Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and (FINALLY!)on RealAudio (www.ckut.ca) All comments,
questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #39  Loungin' Ladies

CKUT is presenting a week of programming, called RadioActive Estrogen,
to celebrate International Women's Day.  Hence, our selection of music
this week - loungin' ladies!

Rosemary Clooney:  Come On-A My House  "Cocktail Mix 3: Swingin'
Singles"
Caterina Valente:  Quando, Quando, Quando  "Die Grossen Hits"
Lilian Atterer & das Orchester Maurice Pop:  Weil ich so sexy bin  "Get
Easy 4 - Germany"
Sarah Vaughan:  One Mint Julep  "Cocktail Mix 3: Swingin' Singles"
Doris Day:  Whatever Will Be, Will Be  "Greatest Hits"
France Gall:  Avant la bagarre  "Get Easy 3 - France"

Connie Francis:  Bossa Nova Hand Dance  "Cocktail Mix 2: Martini
Madness"
Brigitte Bardot:  Tu veux ou tu veux pas  "Best of BB"
Petula Clark:  Boum  "Hello Paris - Anthologie Vol. 2"
Julie London:  Go Slow  "UltraLounge Leopard Skin Sampler"
Francoise Hardy:  Tous les garcons et les filles  "Francoise Hardy: La
Collection"

Miss Ann-Margret:  Thirteen Men  "Cocktail Mix 2: Martini Madness"
April Stevens:  Teach Me Tiger  "UltraLounge Leopard Skin Sampler"
Flabby featuring Carla Boni:  Mambo Italiano  "Ultradolce"
Blossom Dearie:  I Like London In The Rain  "Inflight Entertainment"

Walter Wanderley, featuring Astrud Gilberto:  Call Me  "Samba Swing!"
The Gimmicks:  Roda  "Espresso, Espresso"
Sophia Loren:  De jour en jour  "Get Easy 3 - France"
France Gall:  Hippie Hippie  "Das beste in deutsch"



Thanks for reading.

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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 02:55:26 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Indian Vibes Vol.2: Ashwin Batish

Another burner out of the Indian Pop file, this time from the 80s:
(...and another one with a relative related to the Beatles)

Ashwin Batish, "SITAR POWER"    (LP 12" Vinyl)

                  (1986 Batish Records, Shanachie 64004)


Groooovy Stuff!  And fast. Side B, Track 1, "Bombay Boogie"(9:11) is a
killer.

On the back of the cover it says:
His father, S.D.Batish, (...) taught George Harrison the traditional
Indian instrument dilrubba and later performed on the Beatles soundtrack
"Help!"

This one's for dancing and driving. Anything with sitar sounds
psychedelic in a way.


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:22:17 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A few things I had to comment on...

Nat writes:
> All in all a pretty great score.  Never thought of New Orleans as a good
> record shopping spot but when I go visit my buddy in Mobile, we'll have to
> set aside a little extra time in New Orleans.
My last visit to New Orleans was a good 10 years ago and it was an
intersting record hunting experience. While I found an awseome
selection of Dixieland Jazz & R&B cutouts really cheap, the used
store prices were astronomic.  I mean we're talking about $40 price
tags for Klaus Schulze records! Sounds like it's changed a bit but
the good thing about this City is that there's a lot of real live
music happening both in the clubs in in the streets too.  A treat to
visit for anyone interested in music (and food!) No, I don't work for
the New Orleans tourist bureau...

Nat also writes:
> ...let me tell you that you didn't miss anything if you missed the
> pilot episode of the new Canadian melodrama "The City".
> There actually was a snippet or two of frothy pop songs somewhere in the
> mix.  For no discernible reason.  But most of it was that tired late 80's
> "fake urban" sound with wailing sax and screaming guitars that I heard more
> than enough of in another late unlamented Canadian TV series "Night Heat".
The fake urban sound works well with the profiled wanna be New York
urban setting that is Toronto! If only we produced more in this
country that tried less to mimmick what we're already fed from our
neighbour to the south,  I'd be a lot less embarrased about being
Canadian. Sometimes I'm really glad Quebec considers itself a
"distinct society", although the creator of this show, none other
than actor Michael Sarrazin's brother, bodes from Montreal. sigh...

Re 101 Strings:
While I do agree the only good one musically is "Astro Sounds", a
few of them do have great covers. Does it make up for what is
(or is not) inside, you have to ask that one of yourselves.

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:25:23 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Caravan

I don't know if it's one of the versions that's been mentioned, but the Les
Paul "Legend and The Legacy" cd set includes a late 40s version of
"Caravan" recorded in his disc cutter to disc cutter overdub days. Wild
stuff. According to the notes, he cut the lead line while still in a body
cast from his big car crash. When he had the doctors set his virtually
destroyed right arm in permanent playing position.

The set also includes a version of "Tiger Rag" from the early 50s, recorded
in Oakland, New Jersey. Sez the neighbors called the cops to complain about
the noise.

If anyone knows where or if Zappa's version of "Caravan" is, please give a
yell. That should be interesting.

Of course, *any* version of "Caravan" is interesting.

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:43:55 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Bonnett)
Subject: (exotica) Retro Future - What Y2K looked like in the 50's

Hiya gang  : )

    I just found a keen new area on AOL (apologies to the AOL-impaired).  Go
to Keyword: Retro Future.

Ciao 4 now!
Kevin  : )



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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:04:58 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) 101 Strings

The SOund of Music

 I'm in a thrift shop with discarded things, like bibles and toasters and
101 Strings - These are a few of my favourite things.

Good old Julie Andrews





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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:08:59 -0600
From: "Lou's Myth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mike Anthony, Lowell Fulson, Lee Phillips,Yehudi Menuhin obits

                           *Mike Anthony
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Songwriter Mike Anthony, who co-wrote the Johnny
Tillotson hit ``Poetry in Motion,'' died Tuesday from complications related
to a heart attack and stroke suffered Feb. 6. He was 68.
    Anthony co-wrote ``Poetry in Motion'' with Paul Kaufman in 1960. He wrote
the 1997 country hit ``I Miss You a Little'' with Richard Fagan and John
Michael Montgomery. He also wrote ``Grass Is Greener,'' a Brenda Lee hit in
1963.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.exe?p=amg&sql=B279283

                           *Lowell Fulson
    LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Blues singer Lowell Fulson, instrumental in the
early careers of Ray Charles and B.B. King and whose 1954 hit ``Reconsider
Baby'' was recorded by Elvis Presley, died Sunday of kidney disease,
diabetes and congestive heart failure. He was 77.
    Fulson was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1993, and his ``Them
Update Blues'' was nominated for a 1995 Grammy. Among his other hits were
``Tramp,'' ``Blues Shadows Falling'' and ``Lonesome Christmas'' in the 1960s.
    His first success, ``Reconsider Baby,'' came immediately after he signed
his first record contract. He helped then-newcomers Charles and King in the
1950s.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.exe?p=amg&sql=B344

                            *Lee Philips
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lee Philips, a movie actor and television director,
died March 3 from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 72.
    Philips had roles in ``Marty,'' the 1957 version of ``12 Angry Men,'' ``The
Hunters'' and ``Middle of the Night,'' among other films.
    He directed the 1971 television series ``The Man and the City,'' starring
Anthony Quinn and Mike Farrell.
    A year later, Philips joined the durable ``MASH.'' He remained for several
years, again directing Farrell, who played one of the series' irreverent
Army surgeons in the Korean War.
    Philips also directed episodes of ``The Waltons,'' ``The Practice,'' ``The
American Girls,'' ``Salvage 1,'' ``Lottery!'' and most recently ``Diagnosis
Murder,'' starring Dick Van Dyke.
    His credits also include dozens of television movies and miniseries,
including Sidney Sheldon's ``Windmills of the Gods'' in 1988 and James A.
Michener's ``Space'' in 1985.
    Among his made-for-TV movies were ``Silent Movie,'' ``Barnum,'' ``American
Geisha,'' ``Samson and Delilah,'' ``Mae West,'' ``Wanted: The Sundance
Woman'' and ``Louis Armstrong -- Chicago Style.''
http://allmovie.com/cg/x.exe?USR=10:00:51|AM&p=avg&sql=B106360

    BERLIN, March 12 (UPI) -- Yehudi Menuhin, an accomplished violinist by the
age of 7 who played Beethoven's violin concerto with the New York
Philharmonic at the age of 11, died today in Berlin of heart failure. He was
82.
    Menuhin was born in New York City April 22, 1916, the son of Russian
immigrants, Moshe and Marutha Menuhin. Moshe was a teacher of Hebrew.
Looking for an apartment when Marutha was pregnant, they were told by a
potential landlady, ``You will be glad to know I don't take Jews.'' As they
resumed their search Marutha vowed her unborn child would bear a label
proclaiming his race. So (Menuhin wrote in his autobiography) he was named
Yehudi, ``the Jew.''
    He was closely committed to Amnesty International's work for prisoners of
conscience. He was a vegetarian and advocate of ``whole food,'' a
practitioner of yoga who spent several minutes a day standing on his head.


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- -Lou




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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:34:28 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) A few things I had to comment on...

In a message dated 03/11/99 11:23:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Re 101 Strings:
 While I do agree the only good one musically is "Astro Sounds", a
 few of them do have great covers. Does it make up for what is
 (or is not) inside, you have to ask that one of yourselves. >>

If spread the opening of the cover real wide and put it up to your ear you can
hear the ocean.  I think I will pass.

Of course you can put the album cover on your head.  That is always fun.
Still not as fun as putting the 45's on your ears tho (and on that thread --
are there any NEW list members that remember doing this?  The old farts on the
list said they never heard of this the last time I mentioned it.)

With two pencils stuck under my upper lip and making walrus noises,

Robert


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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:02:38 EST
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Subject: (exotica) Fwd:  Sunday Night Luau

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Aloha from the Pinapple Ranch Hands (Boston's traditional Hawaiian band
and cheapest trip to the islands!)

Come see us this Sunday, March 14, at the Kendall Cafe, 233 Cardinal
Medeiros Avenue, Cambridge, a block from the Kendall Movie theater.
We'll be Swingin' the HulaWestern style at this week's HellCountry
from about 8:45 PM to 10:45 PM.  Admission's free and the food's
great, so come on down to HellCountry (where the beer flows like
fizzy brown Hawaiian stream) and hula your blues away with the
Pineapple Ranch Hands.

For more info about HellCounty go to http://www.hellcountry.com.

For more info about the Ranch Hands, read on, friend, read on.


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The Pineapple Ranch Hands is a six-piece outfit playing
steel-guitar-based Hawaiian style favorites from the 20=92s through the
50=92s and on. Mixing hulas, island chants and marches, with jazz, swing
and western tunes, their repertoire follows the stream of steel guitar
and pumping rhythm that flows through all these styles.

The band features John "Keoni" Johnson on the big guitar, Steve "Kiwi"
Bird on bass, Scott "Koka" Rogers on drums, Phil "Pilippo" Mahoney on
the not-so-big guitar, Pacey "Palani" Foster on the uke, and leading the
whole group gently down the stream is Tim "Kimo" Obetz on various and
sundry steel guitars.  Close harmony vocals and the occasional peanut
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:53:48 +0000
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 101 Strings

     >Astro Sounds is the only 101 strings record I have ever heard that
     >comes close to being good (and even that one doesn't come very
     >high on the scale of most desirable records).

     I never found a good 101 strings record in England either.  All I
     ever found there was 'the soul of Spain', 'Gypsy Dances' etc, which
     weren't enjoyable.  But the stuff which ends up in thrift stores in
     the states is often very different.

     Amongst great 101 strings finds in the states was '101 strings
     salute the trendsetters of the 60s', which contains, amongst
     others, fantastic versions of 'desafinado' and 'hard day's night'.
     I'm sure there's much more I never found too...  'Backbeat
     Symphony' is supposed to be great...

     >Generally, 101 strings, with or without Les Baxter should be left
     >to rest in peace in charity shops where they belong. Don't try to
     >move them.

     I strongly disagree here, since Les with 101 strings's 'que mango',
     also released as 'latin holiday' is one of my favourite records of
     all time.  Great rock-orchestral instrumentation, latin rhythms,
     mysterious feel, original compositions - fantastic record!


     regards,
     Jonny



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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:42:45 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Retro Future - What Y2K looked like in the 50's

I tried to figure out how to give the URL to non-AOL'ers (you lucky dogs)

this is all I could get:

aol://4344:2300.retrofut.24055222.602526587

any ideas how to make this work???

robert
In a message dated 03/11/99 11:45:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Hiya gang  : )

     I just found a keen new area on AOL (apologies to the AOL-impaired).  Go
 to Keyword: Retro Future.

 Ciao 4 now!
 Kevin  : )
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:44:20 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Speak French to me!

I am absolutely infatuated with the MICHEL LEGRAND SINGS album.  It just
couldn't do more for me!  It swings,
 it ye-yes(if that's a verb!) the man is just too-much!  It was recorded, I
 do believe, in the 1060s. Dusty Groove is also selling:
Michel Legrand -- Michel Legrand Chante L'Ete 42
which was done in 1970.  Is anyone familiar with this, and is it nearly as
good as SINGS?
Oui, oui!  Jane Fondle
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:58:16 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Speak French to me ('Tish)!

>I am absolutely infatuated with the MICHEL LEGRAND SINGS album.  It just
>couldn't do more for me!  It swings,
> it ye-yes(if that's a verb!) the man is just too-much!  It was recorded, I
> do believe, in the 1060s.

Wow, now that's a long-lived career!


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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:00:29 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) That foxy Pam Grier

OK, I have a copy of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS!  I don't even know how
many times I have seen it, but I just found out Pam Grier is in it!?!  What
the heck part is she in that classique film?
Jane Fondle - loining something new every day
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 17:34:36 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 101 Strings

Brian wrote:

>Re 101 Strings:
>While I do agree the only good one musically is "Astro Sounds", a
>few of them do have great covers. Does it make up for what is
>(or is not) inside, you have to ask that one of yourselves.
I must be the only person on this list who has never encountered
Astro Sounds!  Is it available on CD too?

Agreed, some of their titles are near muzak, but the 101 Strings with
Nelson Riddle album is well above average, and I second the thoughts
of someone here who mentioned it fondly last year.

Little Anthony & the Imperials had a few records in the mid-60's on the
DCP label which were billed as ...with 101 Strings".  Anyone here know
of other acts which used them as backup?

Hugh.


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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:25:45 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Indian Vibes Vol.2: Ashwin Batish

At 02:55 AM 3/12/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Another burner out of the Indian Pop file, this time from the 80s:
>(...and another one with a relative related to the Beatles)
>
>Ashwin Batish, "SITAR POWER"    (LP 12" Vinyl)

Batish runs a fine web site. Check out: http://www.raganet.com/RagaNet/

I like his "Cowboys and Indians" track myself.

- -Lou




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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:47:23 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) 101 Strings

In a message dated 3/12/99 1:48:10 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Little Anthony & the Imperials had a few records in the mid-60's on the
>DCP label

The DCP label was owned by Don Costa who employed Teddy Randazzo as his staff
arranger. Teddy was responsible for the lush exotic arrangements of such
Little Anthony hits as "I'm On The Outside (Looking In)" and "Hurt So Bad".
For exotic swirling arrangements on the soulful Mid-6T's tip, it don't get no
betta than this........Jimmy Botticelli


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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:17:29 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Shibuya-kei Is Alive

Of course, Momus titled his article in the Glasgow Herald just the
opposite, but as he so well pointed out,  the '90s Japanese pop
movement known as Shibuya-kei is alive and thriving.

Some recent purchases over the last couple of months have confirmed
this.   An ep "Yukari's Perfect" Escalator (Japan 1997) and full
length album "New Years Fresh" (Escalator 1999)  both by Yukari Fresh
lead the way in keeping the Shibuya- kei sound fresh and full of
surprises.   Yukari Fresh sings in a Kahimi Karie style but the
comparrison stops there.  This is wild zany music akin to Cornelius or
Fantastic Plastic Machine at their outer limits.  This is as good as
it gets in the Japanese club pop world.  If you liked Sushi 3003 &
4004 or Luxury by FPM  run out and get both of these.   Available at
http://www.othermusic.com

"One Too Many Chocolat" by Chocolat (Sony Japan 1998)  A perfect album
all over the place in style from wild Japanese club pop to indie twee
pop sensibilities and soft dreamy ballads to modern grunge pop themes
all done with a very artful style of haunting melodies.  This is one
of most played cds I've purchased.   The songs melodies are so
wonderful that you want to hum along with each song.

Takako Minekawa  "Roomic Cube" (March Records 1997)  & "Cloudy Cloud
Calculator"
(Emperor Norton1998)   Buffalo Daughter produced the first and what an
offbeat shbuya-kei adventure it is.  Casios, moog, synths, fuzz guitar
and a soft young voice with off the wall beats and melodies.  If
you've heard Fantasy Cat on the Sushi comp or college radio you have
an idea of what she's like.   The music and melodies are not as well
crafted as Yukari Fresh, Chocolat, FPM or P5 but both records are a
fun ride through another dimension of shibuya-kei. Cloudy Cloud
Calculator is the better of the 2.

Buffalo Daughter's "New Rock" Grand Royal 1998)  takes japanese club
pop to another place with a more off the wall sensibilities mixing
'60s '70s with shibuya-kei  "Socks, Drugs and Rock'n'roll" is one of
the best lines in the last few years.  The way Buffalo Daughter say
those words its sooo.......
Buffalo Daughter reminds me a little like the underproduced Flying
Lizards doing "Money"
from the late '70s early '80s

Spring  does  "Tokyo Drifter" (Elefant Records, Spain 199?)  Soft
indie pop with Kahimi Karie whispered vocals and style.  Perfect soft
melodies, soft guitars  make this one amazing 8 song ep   Available at
a great low price from [e-mail]
[e-mail] also carries the Siesta & Marina record
labels very cheaply. Spring also does "Matinees"  Elefant Records
Spain 1995) More soft soft melodies, guitars and whispering ala
Marilyn Monroe on a 5 song ep.  If any lister know more about this
band please email me. This a great soft melodic music.

The best of the soft indie pop shibuya-kei influenced artists is April
March.  Her newest album"chrominance decoder" is a classic, her best
effort yet!  (1999 Ideal Records)  Produced and arranged by Bertrand
Burgalt (who is he?)  The first song evokes both Momus and Cornelius,
worldless bouncing vocals over exotic sounding instruments, its worth
the album price along!  Sung in French and English her voice is
remarkably young at heart and juxtaposed against soft mysterious
melodies with a romantic feel, the sound is quite thrilling.  As
another list member once said and I have to agree, I like her voice
best when she sings in French.    I liked her first bouncing album and
her last soft indie pop album "April March & Los Cincos" alot,  but
this has the sophisticated feel of the great Louis Phillipe's "Jackie
Girl"

If you enjoy the above I also recomend  "Astrud" by Astrud on (Sealed
Fate Records199?) Most of the songs are sung in spanish.  More great
melodies and sounds comparable to Chocolat.

Just got "S/T" by Qypthone (Happi Japan released 03/07/99)   This is
tremendous on just one listen at work.  Full blown shibuya-kei indie
pop melodies with another great japanese female vocalist.

In a Brazilian vain I am surprised how great "a divina comedia ou" by
Mutantes is.  I didn't expect to like it as much as their first 2
albums but its just as wild and great.   Sometimes its so wild its
sick, stupid and poorly played.    After liking this stuff I know the
Shaggs are right up my alley.

Finally if you like Bossa Nova get the soundtrack to "Next Stop
Wonderland" mixing standards with new songs and new versions, its
solid all the way through.   (1998 Polygram)

Don't get 40 Anos De Bossa Nova (Gold 1998)  Its available at dusty
and its 80's feeling bossa and its terrible,  boring etc.

Also a big thanks to whoever posted over a year ago about the "Cafe"
series of cds (1997 Time Records)  They are so cheap, less then $5 and
the help with those $10 off coupons at cdnow. Got to love the real
coffee beans that come in the jewel cases spine!
With the number of cds availbale and the different genres reprisented
they may pass Capital records up yet.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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