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exotica-digest          Friday, April 2 1999          Volume 02 : Number 361



In This Digest:

RE: (exotica) Asking that musical question...
Re: (exotica) Re: hacking at Haack/Sid & Marty
Re: (exotica) Asking that musical question...
RE: (exotica) Asking that musical question...
(exotica) Groovy Soundtracks
Re: (exotica) Re: hacking at Haack/Sid & Marty
(exotica) obits: Angelo LaPietra,    Gary Morton, Gil Perkins
(exotica) Beck's not all dreck
Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck
Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck
Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck
Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck
Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck
(exotica) Bruce Haack tapes (was beck/dreck)
(exotica) Beck's not all dreck
(exotica) =?iso-8859-1?B?RWzka2Vs5GlzZXQgIA==?=
(exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)
(exotica) Bas Sheva?
(exotica) "The Box of Mystery" with Brian Phillips (Long, Shelley!)
(exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 3.30.99
(exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)
Re: (exotica) Beck's/Peter

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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 16:11:10 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Asking that musical question...

OK, so if Music for Bachelors is not the one, how is 'Romesville"?



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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 16:51:13 -0500
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: hacking at Haack/Sid & Marty

Hi, exots,

I have what i believe is accurate information about the beck/haack
thing,
can someone say where the info that beck is 'remixing' haack came from??

i don't think this is true, and i will check further...

citizen kafka


...I'm also compelled to spew onto just a bit of bandwidth on the
> forthcoming Beck remix of Haack-

> -Angela


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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 19:38:57 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Asking that musical question...

At 02:50 PM 4/1/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>I always see these Jayne Mansfield graced record covers...unlike the Bettie
>Page though, I have suspicions they might be schlock inside...Anybody have
>any good, or bad ones, to tell me/us about, before I ever shell out money
>for one?  What about the MUSIC FOR BACHELORS by Henri Rene(whom I like very
>much)?

Are you implying that records with Bettie on the cover do NOT contain
schlock?
I could quickly disavow you of that notion if I played you that "Best
Musical Comedy Songs" record which for some reason has Bettie and her
"cats" on the cover.  Speaking of famous cover-babes, I have a lovely photo
of a very young Carole Lynley on the cover of a record called "Indian Love
Call" by Rudolf Friml.  Looking at the picture of Mr.Friml on the back, I
hope he never got near his cover model.  Finally, until someone tells me
I'm crazy, I've convinced myself that it's Bridgitte Bardot who's pouting
on the cover of this Fred Hartley record I have.
But all these records that I'm mentioning with the hot babes on the outside
have lukewarm porridge on the inside and I'd hasten a guess that the same
would go for "Music for Bachelors".  Especially if it's anything like
Mr.Rene's "Music for the Weaker Sex".  (And I usually like Henri too.)

Nat





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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:29:59 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Asking that musical question...

While we are on the subject of cheesey-cake album covers, Ya GOTTA love =
the extra heapin' helpin' of FIRMented curves in the most recent Exotica =
Etcetera from our good friend Preston at http://vinyllives.com.  =
plug,plug,plug...  LOVE that zine!  Dig the regular contributions from =
our own King Kini and Br. Cleve.

Ron

Listen to FeelthyMonkeyRadio=20
http:www.xtabay.com/feelthyradio.htm=20
Exotica, Moog, IncrediblyStrange
Whacked-Out, Space-Age Weirdness



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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 19:53:27 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Groovy Soundtracks

Found today at Mars Records, Cambridge: "Groovy Soundtracks" LP
    Its all good and appears all booted from BeatHead Records (BeatHead
#101)

- -Dave Grusin-Gasoline Alley-from "Winning"
- -Tedd Smith-Time To Run-from "Time To Run"
- -Artie Butler-A Bird In The Hand-from "Harrad Experiment"
- -Emil Stern-Bein' The Jerk-from "Marry Me, Marry Me"
- -Gianni Machetti-Un' Ultra Benna-from "Disposta A Tutte"
- -Franco Micalizzi-Vodka Per Due-from "L'Ultima Neve Di Primavera"
- -Michel LeGrand-Un Homme De Mort-from "The Outside Man"
- -Kenyon Hopkins-Westside Radio-from "Mr. Buddwing"
- -Galapagos Duck-The Removalists Theme-from "The Removalists" (shudder)
- -House Of Representatives-Caged-from "Brewster McCloud"
- -Bruce Smeaton-Bad Lunch-from "Bad Macarthy (sic)"


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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 04:10:31 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: hacking at Haack/Sid & Marty

At 4:51 PM -0500 4/1/99, Citizen Kafka wrote:

>I have what i believe is accurate information about the beck/haack
>thing,
>can someone say where the info that beck is 'remixing' haack came from??
>
>i don't think this is true, and i will check further...

It's true..........Combustible Edison is involved in this project as well.

br cleve


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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 10:26:23 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) obits: Angelo LaPietra,    Gary Morton, Gil Perkins

                          *Angelo LaPietra
    CHICAGO (AP) -- Angelo LaPietra, a former high-ranking Chicago mobster who
ran the so-called ``26th Street Crew,'' died Sunday. He was 80.
    He was one of five mob leaders convicted in 1986 of skimming $2 million in
unreported gambling profits from Las Vegas casinos and was sentenced to 16
years in Leavenworth federal penitentiary for the crime. At the time,
organized crime experts called the conviction the biggest blow to the
Chicago mob since the 1940s.
    After his release from prison, LaPietra returned to Chicago and founded the
Old Neighborhood Italian-American Club. The club grew to more than 800
members and later also included members of Irish, Chinese, Mexican and
Croatian ancestry.

    RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Gary Morton, the Borscht Belt comic who
married Lucille Ball and became her executive producer, has died. He was 74.
    Morton died Tuesday at Eisenhower Memorial Hospital, said John Caranci of
Wiefels & Son Funeral Directors in Palm Springs. The cause of death wasn't
disclosed, but Daily Variety reported he died of lung cancer.
    Morton, a stand-up comic, married Miss Ball after she divorced Desi Arnaz,
her ``I Love Lucy'' sidekick. Morton and the actress were married for 29
years; Miss Ball died in 1989.
    He was executive producer of Miss Ball's ``The Lucy Show,'' which aired
1962-68, ``Here's Lucy'' from 1968-74 and ``Life With Lucy,'' which was
canceled after two months in 1986.
    Morton also had supporting roles in films, including ``Lenny'' in 1974 and
``Postcards From the Edge'' in 1990.
    Born Morton Goldaper in New York City, Morton became a popular nightclub
comedian in New York, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas and the Borscht Belt before
Miss Ball brought him to Hollywood and television.
    After their marriage, Morton became involved with Miss Ball's TV career as
warmup comedian for her second CBS sitcom, ``The Lucy Show,'' for which
ex-husband Arnaz was executive producer for a time.
    Upon Miss Ball's sale of Desilu to Paramount in 1967, she formed a new
company, Lucille Ball Productions, naming Morton vice president. That
company produced ``Here's Lucy.''
    Over the years, Morton continued to do the warmups for the series. Morton
also produced several Lucille Ball television specials through the 1970s,
and other specials and films for television, including ``Bungle Abbey'' in
1981 and ``Sentimental Journey'' in 1984.
    In motion pictures, he was executive producer of the 1983 ``All the Right
Moves,'' which starred Tom Cruise as a high school football star.
    He is survived by his wife of three years, Susie McAllister.

                            *Gil Perkins
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actor-stuntman Gil Perkins, a familiar face on such TV
shows as ``Perry Mason,'' ``Here's Lucy'' and ``Wagon Train'' and co-founder
of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, died Sunday. He was 91.
    Perkins was a stunt double for Spencer Tracy, Yul Brenner and Gene Hackman.
    Perkins arrived in Hollywood in 1928 and got parts in movies like ``King
Kong,'' ``Moby Dick,'' ``Robin Hood'' and ``Mutiny on the Bounty.''
    In the 1950s and 1960s, Perkins was a familiar TV face with appearances
ranging from ``Batman'' to ``The Virginian.''
    In 1960, he co-founded the Stuntmen's Association, which got stunt workers
recognized as entertainers deserving the title of industry professionals.





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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 10:20:51 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

Is it just me, or am I the only person on this list NOT incensed that Beck
would have anything to do with Bruce Haack?  This is coming from somebody
who buys very little new music, but I think Beck is at least one of the
better sounding and more interesting artistes out there (I admit I only
have one of his albums, but I like all I've heard by him.) I am far-less
offended by Beck having something to do with this than I am, say, the Spice
Girls or somebody.  Does anybody know, btw, which Beck single uses the
unholy image of Heino on its cover?
Jane Fondle, who thinks Beck is also, "Cute."




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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 18:08:29 +0200
From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

[e-mail] wrote:

> Is it just me, or am I the only person on this list NOT incensed that Beck
> would have anything to do with Bruce Haack?  This is coming from somebody
> who buys very little new music, but I think Beck is at least one of the
> better sounding and more interesting artistes out there

I can only agree: to me Beck is the only interesting 'new' artist of the 90s.
The idea that he is going to do something with the music of Bruce Haack sounds
very interesting to me.

> Does anybody know, btw, which Beck single uses the
> unholy image of Heino on its cover?

It's called 'Steve threw up' and I'm still looking for a copy...

Marco




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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 08:46:49 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

Let's not get started on the Spice Girls (or better yet, let's do!). The=
 Spice
Girls are the best thing to happen to popular music since I don't know when.
I'm serious here - in pop music with all the Marylin Hansons, Madonnahues,=
 and
Beastie Street Boys taking themselves so seriously and trying to establish
"cred" or "honesty" or "serious" lyrics about depression and heartfelt crap,
doing drugs, being poor, being "spiritual,"  being "in love" (gack!) as a
commercial selling point while the dollars roll in, isn't it refreshing to=
 see
a group being unabashed about having one hell of a time and being just as
commercially crass as possible? Isn't it refreshing to see a group with=
 songs
about having fun? Isn't it refreshing to see sex(uality) and kitsch as an=
 open
and primary selling point? The many millions of girls age 6 to 12 worldwide
can't be wrong.

David Beckham can't be wrong either.

The Spice Girls, ironically, are the most honest and straightforward=
 pop/rock
outfit I can think of.

I'd personally love to hear them remix Bruce Haack - talk about hybrid
music!!!
Talk about Exotic! What could be more outre than Sporty, Scary, Baby and=
 Posh
gettin' all spicy with Bruce Haack posthumously backing? Hello!

Girl Powah!

Y'all better watch out or Sporty's gonna march right over there and get ya
in a
scrum.

Oh yeah - and I think Beck'll do nicely. I'm 100 percent in agreement with
Laura on that one...

Clark

At 10:20 AM 4/2/1999 -0500, Jane Fondle wrote:
>
I am far-less
>offended by Beck having something to do with this than I am, say, the Spice
>Girls or somebody.=A0 Does anybody know, btw, which Beck single uses the
>unholy image of Heino on its cover?
>Jane Fondle, who thinks Beck is also, "Cute."



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:52:12 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

To:   Laura Taylor/ADM/Boston MA/C&L/US@C&L US, [e-mail]
cc:
Subject:  Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck





>>>Let's not get started on the Spice Girls (or better yet, let's do!). The
Spice
Girls are the best thing to happen to popular music since I don't know
when.
... isn't it refreshing to see
a group being unabashed about having one hell of a time and being just as
commercially crass as possible? Isn't it refreshing to see a group with
songs
about having fun? I

Hmmph!  You are missing one very essential point here.  Musically, they are
100%, absolutely useless and dreadful, and are about as hip as Celine Dion
or Mariah Carey.  So, no, there is never anything refreshing to me about
people putting out lame music, especially under this false marketing guise
of "girl power."

Jane Fondle, who could single-handedly take on all those Spice Twits with
both hands tied behind her back...jealous?  only of the money!










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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:21:13 +0000
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

Beck isn't Beck without the Dust Brothers and Beck shouldn't be allowed to
remix Bruce Haack without the Dust Brothers. And talking of the Spice
Girls, after my evening of musical torture* last night, they're superb!

Charlie


* I spent last night with a friend listening to club compilations on CD
from around the world. Highlights (or were they low lights) included a
Russian club CD of house and techno (!), another equally shocking CD from
Belgrade, a few from Italy (one with a banging Spice Girls cover version of
2 become 1, with all the lyrics wrong) and one from Tokyo (which was truly
bizarre)





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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 12:22:30 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

At 10:20 AM 4/2/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Is it just me, or am I the only person on this list NOT incensed that Beck
>would have anything to do with Bruce Haack?  This is coming from somebody
>who buys very little new music, but I think Beck is at least one of the
>better sounding and more interesting artistes out there

I'm sure you're not the only one.  I'm especially NOT incensed because I
don't  know who Bruce Haack is, except that he gets mentioned here all the
time and he has something to do with moog....???.  In fact I've been
meaning to ask someone to make me a tape or tell me how to get some of his
stuff.
But no matter who he is, I don't understand why anyone would be incensed
unless for some reason they believe that artists of the past are inherently
superior to artists of the present.
Whether you like Beck's output or not, it's clear that he has a deep
knowledge and love for all kinds of "music of the past" and does a much
better than average job of demonstrating and incorporating those influences
in his music.  I don't have any of his records but I always like hearing them
There's so much questionable dredging up of the past, sampling, slavish
copying and missing the whole point going on in contemporary music right
now, I'd think that anything Beck might do would be a breath of fresh air.
And he seems like a respectful young man to boot.

Nat



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 13:20:57 -0500
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bruce Haack tapes (was beck/dreck)

Here is Miss Nelsons site address, where several of their collaborations
are available on cassette:

http://www.kidscornucopialtd.com/Dimension5.htm

it's a brand new site and not listed in the search engines yet...

Also, my information was incomplete. Yes, the tribute project is
a remix project by various artists (should i say 'artists?').

- - citizen kafka

- ------------------------------

Nat Kone wrote:

> ...In fact I've been meaning to ask someone to make me a tape or tell me
> how to get some of his stuff.

- -------------------------------

Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air"
every Wednesday 7-8 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM & WXHD (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM
http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html
http://wfmu.org/ then go to 'listen to wfmu'


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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 14:25:46 -0600
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Beck's not all dreck

At 08:46 AM 4/2/99 -0800, Clark wrote:
>
>Oh yeah - and I think Beck'll do nicely. I'm 100 percent in agreement with
>Laura on that one...

Speaking of Beck and re-mixing, here's a Press Release from those guys who
did that plunderphonic Deconstructing Beck CD:

ILLEGAL ART PROPAGANDA
March 30, 1999
NEW RELEASE

Extracted Celluloid
Illegal Art 002/Seeland 509

official release date - April 9, 1999, but available now via mailorder!!

19 artists, 20 tracks.  A sequel, of sorts, to Deconstructing Beck, this
compilation is another co-release between Illegal Art and Seeland and is
the second in a planned series of releases.  This time every track is
constructed entirely of music and sounds from the big screen.  Among the
victims are Titanic, Dr. Strangelove, Saturday Night Fever, Wizard Of Oz,
Ennio Morricone, Cheech and Chong, and many more.  A brief preview of the
release is available at www.detritus.net/illegalart/preview.html

sponsored by RTMARK - www.rtmark.com
__________________________________________________
STILL AVAILABLE

Deconstructing Beck
Illegal Art 001/Seeland 507

After threatening letters from BMG, Geffen, and Beck's own lawyer, this
RTMARK-sponsored disc escaped untouched from any real legal action.  It has
since sold thousands of copies and received substantial media attention.
Tracklisting and audio clips may be found at
www.detritus.net/illegalart/beck/
__________________________________________________
TO ORDER
prices per disc for Extracted Celluloid and Deconstructing Beck are as follows:
US $6, Canada or Mexico $7, rest of the world $8
all orders must be in US dollars.  there are no additional charges for
postage or handling and you may order as many copies as you like.  well
hidden cash is encouraged and checks or money orders may be made out to
"Rayback." send orders to:

illegal art
P.O. Box 103
Hanover, NH 03755-0103
USA




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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 22:08:41 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) =?iso-8859-1?B?RWzka2Vs5GlzZXQgIA==?=

Not for the faint of heart but you can download a couple of MP3's from th=
e
brand new CD of Finnish humppastars El=E4kel=E4iset's at
http://www.lpg.fi/kela/. Listen to their version of Hotel California!
The Humppa karaoke section is quite fun too...



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 15:33:20 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)

Enough with this Spice Girls thing I inadvertedly began(woe to me)...I =
gots
 some other
burning questions...One is about the luxurient Brasil '66.  I found the=
se
on their web page, and
the following are albums I know nothing about, and hope you, dear reade=
r,
can educate me!

Capitol ST2294 Brasil '65 (1965) Brasil '65
Atlantic SD1434 The Swinger From Rio (1966) Sergio Mendes
Atlantic SD8112 In Person At El Matador! (1966) Sergio Mendes & Brasil =
'65
Atlantic SD1466 The Great Arrival Sergio Mendes
Atlantic SD1480 The Beat Of Brazil (1967) Sergio Mendes
Atlantic SD8177 Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1968) Sergio Mendes
A&M SP4284 Stillness (1970) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
A&M AML66 Live At The Expo '70 (1970 Jpn) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
A&M SP4315 Pa=B0s Tropical (1971) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
A&M SP4353 Primal Roots (1972) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
A&M AMLS64378 In Concert (1973 Uk) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
Bell 1119 Love Music (1973) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
SomLivre 404.7053 I Believe Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
Bell 1305 Vintage '74 (1974) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
Elektra K52014 Sergio Mendes (1975) Sergio Mendes
Elektra 7E1055 Homecooking (1976) Sergio Mendes
A&M SP8110 Night And Day (Promo) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
Elektra 7E1102 Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77 (1977) Sergio Mendes =
&
The New Brasil '77

Also, two "will they ever be re-released in my lifetime" questions:  TH=
E
GIRL FROM UNCLE, and
 SPACE 1999?
Jane Fondle...always wanting more.....records!
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 15:50:12 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bas Sheva?

I am posting chronically today, but I ain't got nothin' else to do until
5:30.  I have scoured my copy of JUNGLE JAZZ( a desert island record if
there ever was one) to see who the wailing babe is...it sounds a heck of a
lot to me like it could be Bas Sheva...If not, is it the woman on the LOST
EPISODEs...Just WHO is singing? Btw, where did they get the cover for that
record, straight out of National Geographic?
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 16:53:47 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "The Box of Mystery" with Brian Phillips (Long, Shelley!)

Hey, gang!  Did you ever do something so wild, so nutty and just plain
darned WIGGY that everyone around you said, "Will you get to the point of
this post, Phillips?"

Well I did.  As the readers of this list remember, I purchased a large
collection (his father worked in radio in the 50's and 60's) and posted
reviews of the records that were of interest to the group.  The same fellow
that I bought these from is moving and while packing discovered another box
of records.  He told me some of the artists who were in this box, but I
have essentially bought this box, sight unseen.

What I am about to do may not have been done on this list before.  I am
about to open this box of discs right now for the first time, listen to
excerpts of the ones I feel are of interest to this list and let you know
what I think.

Going into the other room...

(hold music)

Past Frampton's Camel, John Denver (Yikes!) and we stop at

Visions of Eight (soundtrack) - Henry Mancini (RCA)

This is from 1973 (the film is about the 1972 Olympics, one which I recall
for both tragic and exciting reasons) and I am currently listening to
"Ludmilla's Theme" which not only features the piano of Mancini , but it
also brings back memories of my piano teacher, Ludmilla Berkwic.  The theme
is piano and strings, mid-tempo and pleasant enough, but not enough to send
me.  Next track is called "Pretty Girls", which is, once again, pleasant
enough, with prominent horns.  None of this prepares me for..."Spaced Out",
the third song.  This is an atmospheric synthesizer and theremin number.
Most impressive, as I had never heard any switched-on Mancini.  The next
track is a winner.  "Warm Up" features organ and full orchestra .  Uptempo
and catchy.  The next track is "Soft Flight" which is properly ethereal,
with strings and harpsichord (which I like almost as much as Ms. Fondle
digs Theremin, Hello, Jane!)  The side finishes with "The Race" which is
uptempo and very enjoyable.

The record is a "dynafex", which is RCAspeak for "less vinyl than we used
to use".  I shake it a couple of times with both hands on the edges and the
couple next door break into a quick rendition of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down,
Sport".

Rating: This is at worst, average Mancini and at best, woo woo!  I give it
Eight Directors, which is what this film had.


(Hold Music)

The Wonderful World of Make Believe - Johnny Mathis (Mercury) (Year not
stated)

Liner Notes excerpt "...just pull up your dreamin' chair...and...away we go!"

Mercury!?  How did Columbia let Mathis get away?  I would love to know the
executive that made him take a break from the label.  Talking about this
record is not done with an unbiased ear, as some of you know, due to an
obscure statute of the sixties, all homes had to have a Johnny Mathis in
them.  Those that did not have him had Ray Conniff.  I grew very tired of
him because of my mother's nine albums of his from the 70's.

Since I am now older, I can say that his voice is no less than
unbelievable, but outside of his first album, I probably would not buy any
of his records in a thrift store.  I have heard him too many times.  So
given that, I will approach this record with the air ofd someone who bought
a record with a handsome fellow on the cover.

Allyn Ferguson is the arranger on this album and his arrangements are lush
and not intrusive, but not necessarily as grabbing as, say, esky's.

The songs are pleasant affairs, not "exotic", per se.  (I told you that I
was bringing these out and hearing these for the first time!).  The closest
feeling to that we get is the title track, which begins with effective
reverb on Mathis' vocals, however the song is not weird enough for the
title for me to make it a classic, although I like the song.  Shangri-La is
appropriately dramatic as it's declarations ("Everywhere you are is
Shangri-la!").

"When Wish Upon a Star".  Oh, no, not again.  Anyone that has grown up
watching TV in the 1970's has heard this song enough times to say that
there is very little to sway me to enjoy it, but there is a nice Bas
Sheva-style woman's vocal singing along with him at the end of the song.

The side closes with "Beyond the Blue Horizon", a song I have heard in
cartoons as an instrumental.  It finishes off with a wonderfully discordant
orchestral wash of strings, but once again familiarity breeds a small
nodule of contempt against the song.

Rating:  Like his voice, still not wild about the material.  My dreamin'
chair stayed fairly rooted.  Two barcaloungers.

(hold music)

Exotica 1970 - Kokee Band (Solid State 18004) (1966)

Firstly, this album clears up who was behind the Solid State moniker
(United Artists).  For those who don't know, which would include ME, Solid
State seems to have been UA's attempt to reach the audiophile audience.  It
even features a Telefunken U-47 mike, a Frank Zappa favorite.

The producer is Sonny Lester, so a good time is darn near guaranteed, if
Jack Diamond has anything to say about it (Hello, Jack!).  From the very
first crack of Latin percussion on "Love for Sale", I was a goner.  This
track alone warrants reissue.  This arrangement pulls out all of the stops
(wild percussion, tempo shifts and a sinister piano) and takes it's
rightful place alongside Stan Kenton as one of the all-time amazing
renditions of this song.

"Baia" I know from listening to harmonica player Max Geldray's version from
the Goon Show(Hello Phil Clark!), again great arrangement, with a cuica (I
am guessing) that sounds like a Bronx cheer.

"The Lady in Red" once again sets off my cultural trigger (Bugs Bunny
skipping down a road singing,, "The Rabbit in Red"!), but again, the
percussion and full orchestra are using their wiles on me.  It is useless
to resist!

What would one of my mile-long posts be without a small rumination on yet
another version of "Moon of Manakoora"?  Once again, the Kokeeheads (one of
you thought it, admit it!) come through again with another latin-tinged
arrangement (best touch a sliding horn figure near the beginning) that is
just...OK, that's IT!  Which Latino did the arrangements on this record
This guy know his stuff!

...Arthur Baum?

The liners have nothing too entertaining about them, save that the
technical data outweighs the notes about the music four-to-one!  Bonus
ponts for actually featuring a picture of Sonny Lester on the inside of the
gatefold.  Minor carp: 10 songs, all under three minutes make for a short
album.

Rating: This rekkid is the @#$!  It's gooood!  10 Jack Diamonds (Hello,
Stars!)

(hold music)

His Way! - Frank Sinatra, Jr. (Daybreak) (1972)

One cannot help feel badly for this fellow.  Look who his Daddy was.  YOU
try and have a career with that looming over your head   From the liners:
"No matter how you shaket, Sinatra might well have had an easier path to
trod as a professionl singer had his name been Frank Presley, Frank
Kristofferson or Frank Lennon."  However, it is only fair that we judge him
on what he recorded.  Besides, Frank Lennon is one goofy name.

This album (his second for this label) benefits from the talents of
arranger Nelson Riddle, who's now sound arrangements come into full
awareness on "Now Is The Time" (not the Charlie Parker standard).  This
album has one difficulty and I must confess...

...it is Frank Sinatra, Jr.  He voice does indeed sound like his father's,
but it is thinner (which is still not bad, timbre-wise) and his vibrato
sounds as if at the end of a line, producer Sonny Burke puts a block of ice
on Sinatra's back.  I might have forgiven this, save the fact that when he
left to hit that note, that note that is the high note of that particular
verse, he misses it.  He misses it admirably, but he is flat.  He fares
best on the song "Have a Nice Day", a mid-tempo song.

Rating:  One half Nelson.

(hold music)

For Animals Only - Baja Marimba Band

My first BMB record.  Arranged by the late Julius Wechter (Hello Lou Smith)
and Herb Alpert  The liner notes by broadcaster Gary Owens are postively
lousy with animal puns ("Hoggy" Carmichael...the works of Charles
Lamb...Simian Legree") and ends with the phrase, "The result is nothing
short of sycophantic." (?)

A "Tijuana Brass with Marimba" feel permeates the album, the song "Elephant
Soul" is rather enjoyable and Gnu Bossa Nova is also rather nice.  There
isn't much to inveigle to buy more BMB.

Rating: MOOt, if you are a BMB completist.  My feelings are neutral about
this record.

(hold music, a couple of hopeful clicks and back to hold music)

Manny Albam - Brass on Fire (Solid State 18000) (1966)

Liner notes: "Brass on Fire" by Manny Albam showcases naked brass."  These
notes beat the Kokee Band's as they have notes about each song and
personnel!  Favorite musician's name: "Howard Howard"(!)  This album also
has more bang for the 1966 buck, since it has 12 songs, as opposed to the
10 of Kokee's.

I guess this is the first album on this label (any discographies about?).
I suppose that UA got jealous about Enoch Light and Command, so they
decided to start this series, which is indeed quite well recorded, with the
Telefunkens and the Altec Lipsticks, etc.

Given that, this is a rather nicely arranged albeit, unspectacular record.
There is brass and lots of it and it is played well. but it is essentially
Big Band Jazz with almost no improvisation.  If you are looking for
Exotica, it would be best to look elsewhere, but that is not to say that
this is a bad album, just that it aimed for a middleground and hit it, dead
on.

Rating: Solid.

Thus endeth that fab epic of...the Mystery Box!

Starring (in alphabetical order)
Brian Phillips.....Brian Phillips

Produced by Brian Phillips in collaboration with Qualcomm Software ("If you
love our e-mail software, you'll love our stadium)

Directed by Brian Phillips

Key Grip...Brian Phillips

This soundtrack is not availble on anyone's label

MPAA Approved

Recorded in Dolby Digital

All rights reserved because my left hook is a MONSTER.
Brian Phillips
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:42:40 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 3.30.99

Jimmy's Easy" airs on 88.1 WMBR-FM, Cambridge on Tuesdays from 6-8 a.m.
- ----------Billy Taylor Orchestra-David Frost Theme----------
Ted Auletta Orchestra-Makaha-LP Exotica (Cameo label)
Warren Barker-Flute Route-LP Warren Barker Is (jazzy/moody/Shearing like)
Arthur Lyman-Ring Oi Wake-CD Taboo (Ryko)
Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds-Across 110th St-CH Plays The Movies
Billy Mure-What Is This Thing Called Love-LP Supersonics (Living Stereo, '58)
Creed Taylor Orchestra-It's A Lonesome Old Town-LP Lonelyville (crime rock)
Jane Morgan-Good Lovin'-LP Sounds Of Silence (was she a cross dresser?)
- -Full Moon-Malibu-LP Full Moon (Nice e-z jazz from Buzzy Feiten/Neil Larsen)
- -Chim Kothari-Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love-LP Sound Of Sitar (Pitney classic)
- -Dick Hyman-Aquarius-LP Age Of Electronicus (Adjunct to Electric Eclectics?)
- -Ferrante & Teicher-Va Va Voom!-CD Blast Off
- -Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra-Landing On The Moon-CD Rampartouille
- -Tom Jones-Things Go Better With Coke-CD Coke Commercials 1965-69
- -Mandingo-Black Rite-CD Sound Gallery (orange one from Scamp)
- -David Shire-Manhattan Skyline-LP OST Saturday Night Fever (forgotten goodie)
- -Burt Bacharach-Promise Her Anything (Reprise)-LP OST Promise Her Anything
- -Henry Mancini-It Had Better Be Tonight (vocal)-LP OST Pink Panther
Bernie Green Orchestra-I Love Paris-LP Futura (RCA Stereo AaCcTtIiOoNn)
Mongo Santamaria-Workin' On A Groovy Thing-LP Workin' On A Groovy Thing ('68)
Ulf Sandberg Trio-Watch What Happens-CD Scored! (James Taylor produced)
Chittra Neogy-Woman Is Like A Fruit-CD Basic Hip Unswitched! (Thanks Basic)
El Coco-Got That Feelin'-LP Cocomotion (ooooh, aaaah, got that feelin')
MFSB-Human Machine-LP Universal Love (second LP from Philly's finest playaz)
- -Katha Ebstein-Ein Haus Suf Einer Insel-CD Get Easy-German Pops Collection
- -Sammy Davis Jr.-Ballad Of Johnny Cool-LP OST Johnny Cool
- -Dick Hyman-The Cat-LP Man From O.R.G.A.N. (Lalo's tune from "Joy House")
- -Ventures-Moon Journey-LP Runnin' Strong (Venturaholism developing here)
- -Davie Allan &The Arrows-Experiment In Terror-CD Shots In The Dark (grinder)
- -Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble-Caravan-LP Percussion (Living Stereo)
- -Unidentified Orchestra-Perdido-LP Perspectives In Percussion (Hollywood
stuff)
- -Eydie Gorme-The Gift-LP Blame It On The Bossa Nova (excellent LP throughout)
- ----------Wayne Newton-Wives & Lovers----------


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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:52:30 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)

>Atlantic SD8177 Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (1968) Sergio Mendes
I like this one quite a lot!  It was part of my big score of a year ago and
despite the fact that Dave Grusin's name is on it (Not that he isn't
talented, but during the seventies, almost every other danged soundtrack
seemed to be Tom Scott or Dave Grusin).  If you see it, buy it!
Brian Phillips
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 19:43:42 -0500
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Beck's/Peter

>Is it just me, or am I the only person on this list NOT incensed that Beck
>would have anything to do with Bruce Haack?

i am not incensed. although i have to agree with Charlie on 1/2 of this one...
>Beck isn't Beck without the Dust Brothers and Beck shouldn't be allowed to
>remix Bruce Haack without the Dust Brothers.

i like beck both with and without the dust bros. but it seems to me he is
pretty much a avant folk singer with a guitar without a production crew.
but it will be interesting to see what happens, so i do believe he is "allowed"
to try it.

 Does anybody know, btw, which Beck single uses the
>unholy image of Heino on its cover?
>Jane Fondle, who thinks Beck is also, "Cute."

yeah, i got that one even before i knew who that weirdo with the hair and
glasses was!
it is Steve threw up bw/ mutherfucker
it is on Bongload Records BL 11
might try them direct like...
(nope, just looked over their website. no go. but vinyl available of his lp's)

plus, this will give Bruce Haack some 90's, next millenium exposure to
those like me who really have not heard much or none at all.

lets hear it for the boy.

AND
as far as not being allowed to remix.
that should have been the case with the new Peter Thomas remixes.
what a bunch of boring stuff.
Disc 2 of the original unreleased stuff is wonderful
Bungalow also offers (in very small print) everyone to try their own remix
of the unreleased tracks and send them to the label for a chance to win a
free trip to Germany to hang with Mr. Thomas!!!

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Defective Records
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