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exotica-digest          Monday, April 5 1999          Volume 02 : Number 362



In This Digest:

(exotica) tiki sightings
Re: (exotica) "The Box of Mystery" with Brian Phillips (Long, Shelley!)
Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)
(exotica) Brief intro and tiki offering
Re: (exotica) Bas Sheva?
Re: (exotica) Futurama
(exotica) Three Suns sampled on Ben Lee CD
Re: (exotica) Bas Sheva?
Re: (exotica) tiki sightings
(exotica) Fantastic Planet
Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)
(exotica) Re: Sid & Marty Krofft
(exotica) Re: bruce haack on CD??
(exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) Solid State Discog.
(exotica) Hell's Belles
Re: (exotica) Solid State Discog.
(exotica) Next Stop wrong album cover
(exotica) Movie Titled "The Beat Generation"
(exotica) Citizen Kafka live in NYC
Re:  (exotica) Movie Titled "The Beat Generation"
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 4
Re: (exotica) Solid State Discog.
Re: (exotica) Movie Titled "The Beat Generation"
Re: (exotica) Movie "The Beat Generation"
(exotica) Hugo Montenegro "Best Of" CD-R
(exotica) KUSF Record Swap
RE: (exotica) Sandy Warner
(exotica) obits: Jesse Stone,Joseph ``Mighty Joe'' Young,Lionel Bart,David Brooks

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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 20:35:06 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) tiki sightings

For you tiki boys...
As some of you may know, there's a new talk show after Letterman, replacing
Tom Snyder.  The host is some slicko named (Craig??) Kilborn.
The other night Jeff Goldblum was a guest and he played a song for Kilborn
which he and a friend had written especially for the occasion.
The lyrics basically consisted of words that rhymed with "freaky".
And at one point he sang (something like):

"He's carrying a torch
not a tiki"

I think that was it.  Maybe it was "BUT not a tiki".  I took it to mean
that he's carrying a torch but it's not a tiki torch as opposed to he's
carrying a torch but he isn't carrying a tiki.  But that could only be true
if there's such thing as a tiki torch and I don't have the tiki expertise
to figure that out.

Anyway, thought you might like to know, whoever you are, that tikis are
still running through the "culture".

Nat



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 21:03:14 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "The Box of Mystery" with Brian Phillips (Long, Shelley!)

At 04:53 PM 4/2/99 -0500, Brian Phillips wrote:

>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.

I have to admit that one of the reasons I'm responding to this megapost is
because from painful personal experience I know that often these megaposts
go by without list reaction and I don't want any other listmembers to
experience the empty "Is that all there is?" feeling that I have suffered
through - in silence - on so many occasions.
I know you need closure Brian and I'm doing my best.

I'm also responding because I love the Kokee band.

And because I love the Solid State label - and Sonny Lester too - even
though it put out some dreck.

But I do wish that their liner notes would occasionally mention the
musicians in the band or something about the tunes.  The Kokee band is one
of my favourite quasi-modern exotica bands but for all I know they were as
faceless an aggregation as this record suggest.

If you like this record, look for their other one.  (Or maybe there's more
than one). It's called "Hawaii and other exotic movie themes" and has a
very cool version of Bacharach's "After the Fox".

>
>Manny Albam - Brass on Fire (Solid State 18000) (1966)
>
>I guess this is the first album on this label (any discographies about?).

>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.

I agree that it's unspectacular but I don't think it's the first record on
the label.  I have another FAR superior Manny Albam record, also on the
label.  I posted about it not that long ago.  It's called "Soul of the
City" and I don't think it's much of a stretch to call it a pretty cool
"quasi-crime jazz" record.  I'm not sure what the number means but the
number on "Soul" is lower than the number on "Brass on Fire".

Anyway, thank you for that not-really-too-long post.

Happy Easter to my Christian friends.   And in case you were wondering, my
family were all at home the day that thing happened to your Lord.  We had
nothing to do with it.

Nat



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 21:11:59 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)

At 03:33 PM 4/2/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
 I found these
>on their web page, and
>the following are albums I know nothing about, and hope you, dear read=
er,
>can educate me!

>A&M SP4315 Pa=B0s Tropical (1971) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77

I have yet to find a Sergio record post-66 that compares with their bes=
t
stuff so now I just ignore anything where the number is in the seventie=
s.
But maybe there's a good one in there somewhere.  It was post Lani-Hall=
,
wasn't it? So that could be part of the explanation for the quality dro=
p.
Also I seem to remember that one of the Brasil 77 records had Fender Rh=
odes
or something and as much as I have come to tolerate that keyboard sound=
,
the thing I love most about Brasil 66 is the sound of the piano.


>Also, two "will they ever be re-released in my lifetime" questions:  T=
HE
>GIRL FROM UNCLE, and
> SPACE 1999?

I'm not the reissue guy on this list but I just saw an ad for Girl from
Uncle so that is apparently reissued, in some form.
As far as Space 1999 goes, you just reminded me how sexy Barbara Bain w=
as
but I don't know about the music.

Nat



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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 18:41:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Fish Wich <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Brief intro and tiki offering

Hello, I'm Mark and I've been following the discussions on the list for
about 8 months.  Rather than go on about my musical tastes or records, I
thought I would make a small offering to the high priests and
priestesses of the list.

I recently received the EMI Music Distribution May 4, 1999 release
catalogue and was pleasantly surprised to see three full pages dedicated
to the Ultra Lounge Tiki Sampler.  At the risk of starting another
thread about the new disc, I have scanned the pages and placed them on
the web at:

http://www.angelfire.com/me2/fishwich/

While the track listing and cover art may or may not be news to you, I
found Capitol's marketing plans intriguing.  The martini glass dump bins
kind of pretty cool, though the name "dump bin" sort of ruins the magic.
 Wouldn't it be nice if we could all buy the disc at dealer price
($12.75)?

Although a few scanned pictures can't compare to an online radio show or
tiki shaped dildo, I hope they are acceptable...

"A knife of obsidian flashes in the sun, and the victim's heart is held
high before the prostrated multitude.  Their god appeased, they slowly
disperse."
(Les Baxter - Sacred Idol)


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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 00:24:07 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bas Sheva?

<< 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? >>

the woman on the Lost Epsiode is Beverly Ford.  Listen for her on LA DOLCE
HENKE, too.  She demonstrates her four octave range on "Woman In Space".  I
have a video of that Baxter "Music Of The Sixties" TV show and she does a
couple of fantastic solos and her bird calls.  No wonder they use those
luscious models for LP covers, poor Bev is pretty homely.

I have no idea who "Tiki" is on THE PRIMITIVE AND THE PASSIONATE, either.  I
just hold on to my fantasy that whenever I hear these voices, the babes
singing them look just like the model on the cover of THE PASSIONS.



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 21:53:32 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Futurama

I agree with what has been said so far.  The curse of an opening program
for what is going to be a continuing story line is that most of its work
is establishing the premise, which is often not very hilarious.

Fox basically promoed all the good stuff and the rest was set-up.

The voices are little blase for me.  As new characters emerge, this may
change.  The Nixon voice was awful.

I am very bothered by the prospect of a continuing story line.  I think
this will make it difficult to really exploit the possibilities.

I am going to give it a chance and see what happens.

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
http://www.hubris.net/zolac
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 22:49:03 -0700
From: Matt Hinrichs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Three Suns sampled on Ben Lee CD

Hi!

Not totally exotica-related, but the new disc by Ben Lee, "Breathing
Tornados", contains samples of not one but two 3 Suns songs - cool!!

Anyway, I was just wondering what Three Suns albums these tracks came
from:
C'est Si Bon
There Goes My Heart

Mucho thanks in advance!
- - Matt


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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 11:19:10 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bas Sheva?

[e-mail] wrote:

>
>
> I have no idea who "Tiki" is on THE PRIMITIVE AND THE PASSIONATE, either.  I
> just hold on to my fantasy that whenever I hear these voices, the babes
> singing them look just like the model on the cover of THE PASSIONS.
>

Are you saying this woman is NOT Bas Sheva? How disappointing!

- -Mo

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 11:20:29 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) tiki sightings

Nat Kone wrote:

> For you tiki boys...

...and girls

>   But that could only be true
> if there's such thing as a tiki torch and I don't have the tiki expertise
> to figure that out.

Yes there is. In my opinion it's this stick with a cone (Nat!)-formed straw
roof with a flame on top.

> Anyway, thought you might like to know, whoever you are, that tikis are
> still running through the "culture".

And it's getting bigger and bigger....

- -Mo

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 04:49:48 -0600
From: Paul Dean <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fantastic Planet

I just watched a video of the French animation Fantastic Planet, made in
1973.   A
great movie and a fantastic soundtrack.   Does anyone know any details
about the
music, like who made it and has it been reissued lately.   If not, I say
it should be!



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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 99 16:54:25 PST
From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)

>
> 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

All the Brasil 65 stuff is pretty good, but fairly straight jazzy-Brasili=
an bossa renditions. Not that fat A&M lush production. As for these Atlan=
tic relases by Sergio, such as Favorite Things, I thought these were in =
a similar vein, and that Favorite was a compilation. But maybe not, someo=
ne, help us out.

> A&M SP4284 Stillness (1970) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

After many years of searching, I finally found this LP a couple years ago=
. Now I see it fairly regularly, but not in the $1 bins as expected with =
the other Sergio stuff. Usually in collector shops for upwards of $10. =
There are a few amazing moments on it. It's maybe getting into the realm =
of less of a groovy lounge sound to more prog-sounding stuff.

> A&M AML66 Live At The Expo '70 (1970 Jpn) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

I heard a tape of 66 live once, and they sounded fairly god awful. Girls =
sounded flat and the arrangements were just not there. I was disappointed=
. The tape was probably this LP.

> A&M SP4315 Pa=B0s Tropical (1971) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77

I'm told the 77 stuff has brighter moments from time to time. I might sta=
rt picking it up when I see it cheap, but I've always been told (and from=
 what I've heard too) that is just doesn't compare with 66.

My opinion, for what it's worth.

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:55:05 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Sid & Marty Krofft

that CD is not released yet (according to EveryCD).




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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:58:07 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: bruce haack on CD??

At 13:47 -0700 99/04/01, Citizen Kafka wrote:

>If the original label Dimension 5 would re-issue any of their original
>titles, would folks be interested??

    i think so, especially if they focus on these 3 titles:

    The Way-Out Cassette For Children
    Dance to the Music
    The Electronic Cassette For Children

    especially the first one lives up to its title!

        Johan


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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:49:04 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour

There's Music To Be Murdered By on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour
webcast - introduced by the Merchant of Menace himself, Alfred
Hitchcock.  Also, bossa nova that's downright dangerous by Tony
Mottola (his famous "Danger" theme, done as a bossa);  Kenyon
Hopkins' classic "Shock"; and crime jazz by Leith Stevens.

You'll also find rare exotica by Axel Stordahl ("Jasmine and Jade"),
Ted Auletta, Tito Puente and and Warren Barker; a couple of Charles
Albertine's wonderfully witty arrangements for the Three Suns and for
the Al Nevins Orchestra (from "Dancing with the Blues");  "Blues
for the Guru" by 101 Strings and much more.

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

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

You'll need a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer, which
you can download for free at:

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

As always, if you dial up our weekly Retro Cocktail Hour webcast,
please drop us a line and let us know you're out there.

Next week, our special guest is Dana Countryman, editor of "Cool and
Strange Music Magazine"!

Thanks for the space.

Darrell Brogdon
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KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 14:30:11 -0800
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Solid State Discog.

Brian queried:

>
> 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.

I can supply a partial discography for Solid State.  Additions most
welcome!

18000 "Brass on Fire" - Manny Albam
18002 "A Bag Full of Soul" - Jimmy McGriff
18004 "Exotica 1970" - Kokee Band
18011 "Best of Broadway" - Will Bronson Singers
18013 "Music for Wives and Lovers" - Nelson Riddle

In addition, I have a label sampler record that has photos of these
records, but I can't read the catalog numbers because the print is too
small:

"Percussive Mariachi" - Ted Sommer (looks like 18002)
"Hawaii and other exotic movie themes" - Kokee Band
"The Soul of the City" - Manny Albam
"Introducing..." - The Passion Guitars (looks like 18007)
"Cherry" - Jimmy McGriff (18006?)
"Presenting Joe Williams et al and the Jazz Orchestra"
"Presenting Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra"

The label has a reasonably nice look, with gatefold LPs and consistent
cover art.  Sonny Lester and Phil Ramone seem to be the creative force
behind the label.  I pick them up when I see them because they do tend
to sound great.

- -- Brad




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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 14:52:02 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Hell's Belles

I just saw a newly minted OST copy LP of "Hell's Belles", music by Les
Baxter. Is this soundtrack worth buying? Anyone? Thanks.......  Jimmy
Botticelli


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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 14:10:47 +0000
From: "Tim @ World Wide Wax" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Solid State Discog.

> I can supply a partial discography for Solid State.  Additions most
> welcome!
>
> 18000 "Brass on Fire" - Manny Albam
> 18002 "A Bag Full of Soul" - Jimmy McGriff
> 18004 "Exotica 1970" - Kokee Band
> 18011 "Best of Broadway" - Will Bronson Singers
> 18013 "Music for Wives and Lovers" - Nelson Riddle
>

List of 60 here:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=ISOLID|STATE

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 16:17:17 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Next Stop wrong album cover

Something maybe only an exoticat might notice and/or appreciate..
There's this newish movie out on tape, "Next Stop Wonderland".  It's
actually a pretty "nice" romantic film but you can judge for yourself.
The female protagonist likes Brasilian music and the music is virtually all
Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and other similar stuff.  Even a little Walter
Wanderley.  "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" and other songs are performed not
only on the soundtrack but is sung by characters in the film.
When the musical "motif" is first introduced in the film, the heroine is
seen in her apartment listening to an LP and the camera pans over to the
turntable and the record cover leaning near it.
You can't see the whole record but you can see the title.  "After Hours.
South America".
Now wait a minute.  "After Hours".  Isn't that a series of records that
Sonny Lester made?  I have "After Hours.  Middle East" and it's one of my
favourite records.  And I know there are other records in that series like
"After Hours. Italy".  So you'd think there might be a "South America" one.
But when you see that record cover, the music playing is Astrud Gilberto.
Why would they choose that record cover, assuming I'm right?
I guess they needed the words South America or Brazil and they couldn't
find that on an Astrud Gilberto or Jobim record.  I guess they figured that
the name Jobim wouldn't say "South America" to the audience or at least not
clearly enough.
It's kind of disappointing.  Then again, who else would notice something
like that?

Nat



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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 13:32:24 PST
From: "Amanda Cavataio" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Movie Titled "The Beat Generation"

First of all, I'm happy that this is my first post! I've been on the list
for a couple of weeks now and I absolutely dig it, baby!!

I saw a picture for a 1950s-60s movie called "The Beat Generation" (I'm
pretty sure that's it) and it featured Mamie Van Doren.  Does anyone here
know something about this movie, or even if I have this right?  It sounds
like something I must get my paws on.  Please advise!

Keep it swingin'
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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 17:35:42 -0500
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Citizen Kafka live in NYC

Hi, All,

The Wretched Refuse String Band (Citizen Kafka, Jon Sholle,
Bob Jones, Jeff Berman, Roger Mason) will appear THIS WEDNESDAY
at The Cooler, 416 W.14th St. (9th Ave) at 9:30 PM (1 big set).
The Dutels, Peter Stampfel and Gary Lucas, will be closing for us.
$7 admission. Original Citizen Kafka material, string band madness,
and more. See you there!

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: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:32:10 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Movie Titled "The Beat Generation"

In a message dated 4/3/99 5:33:36 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I saw a picture for a 1950s-60s movie called "The Beat Generation" (I'm
>pretty sure that's it) and it featured Mamie Van Doren.  Does anyone here
>know something about this movie, or even if I have this right?  It sounds
>like something I must get my paws on.  Please advise!

Hi. I have a copy of the poster ad for the movie, also starring Steve
Cochran, reportedly a member of the "B" movie royalty brigade and I think it
contains the song "Beat Generation" (and I can take it or leave it each time)
later made into "Blank Generation" by Richard Hell and the Voidoids. Have yet
to see the movie though


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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 23:53:08 -0500
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 4

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 #42   Cover This!!

This week, we're featuring cover versions of songs, ranging from
super-cool to super-cheesy!

Alan Tew:  These Boots Are Made For Walking  "Dig It!"  (Thanks, Johan!)
Rene Touzel:  Baby Elephant Walk  "Cocktail Mix 2: Martini Madness"
Chris Waxman:  Mas Que Nada  "Dig It!"
Peter Thomas:  Jumping Jack Flash  "Organic"
Sounds Orchestral:  Black Is Black  "Sounds Rare"

Montefiori Cocktail:  So What's New  "Raccolta No. 1"
Lalo Schifrin:  Quiet Village  "Black Widow"
Trax 4:  Coming Home Baby  "Dig It!"
Synthesonic Sounds:  House Of The Rising Sun  "The Easy Project: 20
Loungecore Favourites"

Frank Chacksfield:  Route 66  "Dig It!"
The Bob Crewe Generation:  Music To Watch Girls By  "Music To Watch
Girls By"
Arthur Lyman:  The Shadow Of Your Smile  "Sonic Sixties"
Mrs. Miller:  Downtown  "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits"

Edmundo Ros:  This Nearly Was Mine  "Latin Love-In"
Enoch Light:  Get Back  "Spaced Out"
Johnny Keating:  Jesus Christ Superstar  "The Sound Gallery" (It is
Easter Sunday, after all!)
Gotz Alsmann:  Va Ba Ba Boom  "Gestatten"


Thanks for reading.

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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 12:25:03 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Solid State Discog.

At 02:30 PM 4/3/99 -0800, B. Yost wrote:
>
>I can supply a partial discography for Solid State.  Additions most
>welcome!

>In addition, I have a label sampler record that has photos of these
>records, but I can't read the catalog numbers because the print is too
>small:

I don't know which sampler record you have but on mine - "You've got to
hear it to believe it" - the catalog numbers are eminently legible even for
a guy fighting the fact that he needs glasses.

>"Hawaii and other exotic movie themes" - Kokee Band

I have this record so I don't have to look on the sampler.
Catalog number: 18010

>"The Soul of the City" - Manny Albam

Cat.no 18009  Or if it's mono, like my copy, it's 17009.  I just noticed
that all the mono copies have 17000 catalog numbers so I guess I was wrong
yesterday when I said that "Soul" came out before "Brass on Fire".

>"Introducing..." - The Passion Guitars (looks like 18007)

Correct!

>"Cherry" - Jimmy McGriff (18006?)

Correct again.  There's also Jimmy McGriff "I've got a new woman" catalog
number 18030 and Jimmy McGriff "The Big Band", catalog number 18001.

>Presenting Joe Williams et al

Cat no: 18008

>Presenting Thad Jones, Mel Lewis...

Cat no: 18003

There's also another Will Bronson Presents the In Crowd Singers.

I pick these up too but not all that enthusiastically.  I think it's kind
of a strange, more-bland-than-it-had-to-be label and kind of reminds me of
Bob Shad's "Mainstream" label in that way.  It seems to me that Sonny
Lester (and Bob Shad) were involved in much more interesting records when
they didn't have their own labels.  I like the Jimmy McGriff records though
they're not the best organ jazz records I have.  The only semi-unique thing
on the label is the Kokee Band.

Nat



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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 15:56:07 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Movie Titled "The Beat Generation"

>I saw a picture for a 1950s-60s movie called "The Beat Generation" (I'm
>pretty sure that's it) and it featured Mamie Van Doren.  Does anyone here
>know something about this movie, or even if I have this right?  It sounds
>like something I must get my paws on.  Please advise!

I have not seen any part of this movie for getting on 20 years, however, I
do recall that Louis Armstrong sang the main title ("You beat generation/I
think you're headed for the Blues").  Maltin disliked this move, (although
"he" gave a long post of mine five stars and thank you :^), although, in'
it's favor, Richard Matheson co-wrote the script, Vampira's in it and once
again, Louis Armstrong!

Another movie from the same year, which is on video is "A Bucket of Blood",
which takes place mostly in a coffeehouse and has quite a lot of great
beatnik atmosphere.

Brian Phillips

P.S. Thanks for the replies to my loooong post and thanks to the All Music
pointer.
Brian Phillips
http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar


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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 16:05:06 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Movie "The Beat Generation"

>I saw a picture for a 1950s-60s movie called "The Beat Generation"

I haven't seen it... woe-is-uh-me-bop, it never turns up on TV. But
referring to the trusty "Psychotronic Encyclopedia" we learn (in our own
words, as the teacher used to specify):

"Beat Generation" (1959, MGM)

Produced by Albert Zugsmith, which is pretty much a seal of approval,
depending on your tastes. Buddy cops (Steve Cochran and Jackie Coogan (yes
- -- Uncle Fester -- he gets a drag decoy scene too!)) track a serial rapist
known as The Aspirin Kid (Ray Danton), who frequents the beatnik coffehouse
scene. Probably less along the lines of glorifying the beat scene and more
along the lines of the cops saying, "whatta bunch of freaks."

Such a cast: Mamie Van Doren, Irish McCalla, Maila "Vampira" Nurmi as a
poet with a mouse on her shoulder, Fay Spain, Jim Mitchum, Maxie
Rosenbloom, Grabowski the Beat Beatnik, Charles Chaplin, Jr., Guy
Stockwell, Regina Carrol, William Schallert (Patty Duke's dad) and Louis
Armstrong & his band!

The title song is indeed "The Beat Generation" by Bob McFadden & Dor (or as
he's more commonly known, Rod McKuen). Later converted into "Blank
Generation" by Richard Hell (or as he's less commonly known, Richard Meyers).

Surely a cool movie. Must see it someday. That and the uncut version of
"Sex Kittens Go To College" (another Zugsmith classic).

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:22:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Hugo Montenegro "Best Of" CD-R

Hello all...

In keeping with the only coherent New Years Eve Resoution I can remember, I
have finally gotten around to summoning the God OF HELLFIRE and forged a
mucho deluxo, el Grandioso 2 Disc collection of the music of the great Hugo
Montenegro.

Entitled, "this is HUGO MONTENENGRO", this is volume one of what will
inevitably become a series much like Verve's "Jazz Masters" series... titled
instead "Space-Age Pop Composers."    For the uninitiated, Hugo was a
cornucopial "jack-of-all-trades" when it came to music.  Composer, arranger,
player... and what a weirdo to boot! (Weirdo meaning "taste" to those in the
know).  He did standard orchestration pieces, boring covers, took Spaghetti
Western themes and made them even MORE strange, worked in the new realm of
"Quadrophonics,"  and develloped a serious
hard-on for the moog somewhere after "tuning in, turning on, and dropping
out" around 1968.  Trust me, you'll hear the difference a good trip of some
narcotic sort may have done for him as he went from Our Fair Lady covers to
Aquarius / Hair and Quadrophonia on the moog!  He even had another of the
Montenegro clan (his son?) get involved with the Arp Synthesizer on his
kick-ass long-players,
Hugo In Wonderland:  Hugo Montenegro Interprits The Genius Of Stevie Wonder
(1973) and Hugo's Diamonds:  Hugo Montenegro Plays Hits Made Famous By Neil
Diamond. (1973-4).  And who can forget Hugo's classic "Moog Power" and "Dawn
Of Dylan" albums?  Trust me... it's ALL good.

The track listing is as follows:
Good The Bad and The Ugly, Tico Tico, Jalousie, La Panse, Secret Agent Man,
Them to "I Spy", Thunderball, Theme to "Get Smart!", Come Spy With Me, Spy
Who Came In From The Cold, Our Man Flint, 007 Theme, Hang Em' High, A Fistful
Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, Theme for "The Valley Of The Dolls",
Theme For Three, In The Heat Of The Night, Tony's Theme, Lady In Cement,
Happy Together, Good Morning Starshine, Hair-Aquarius Medley, Touch Me,
Traces, Moog Power, Dizzy, MacArthur Park, You Showed Me, My Way, Undun, Lay
Lady Lay, Joy To The World, El Condor Pasa, The Godfather Love Theme, Baby
Lephant Walk / Moon River Medley, Quadimodo, I Feel The Earth Move, The
Godfather Waltz, Stutterology, The Look Of Love, Living In The City, Too
High, Shoo-Bee Do-Be-D Da-Day, porcupine Pine, Cracklin' Rose, Higher Ground

Interested parties, gimme' a holla'.

OTHER TITLES IN THE WORKS:
"Something For Cats" - The Coolest Work Of Henry Mancini (3 Discs)
"Robo-Electric Cheese" - Stomping disco electronics from the 1970's...
featuring Giorgio Moroder, Tangerine Dream, Space, YMO, Kraftwerk, Donna
Summer, Hot Butter and more!


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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 19:07:52 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) KUSF Record Swap

Anyone know when the next swap is? Thanks.
Gloria


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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:44:42 -0500
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Sandy Warner

> I got an update for Netscape at the work cell, and now I can't get that
> fancy Sandy Warner pic to work ........
>
I dont know what that thing Jane Fondle sent was supposed to look like, but
I'm the guy that made those Sandy Warner throbbers.  I regret to say that I
haven't had Sandy wink at me in a while either.  When I upgraded to
NYETscape 4 I kinda gave up.    And I think I blasted those original files
anyways.

So if you got them, hang on to them, Nate.  Maybe somebody more learned,
like the guys at http://www.throbbers.com can help you.  They are the ones
that gave me the idea in the first place, and thay even said that they would
use mine on their web page.  Athough I never checked...

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman


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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 10:04:51 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) obits: Jesse Stone,Joseph ``Mighty Joe'' Young,Lionel Bart,David Brooks

    ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) -- Jesse Stone, a major influence on 20th
century music who wrote ``Shake, Rattle and Roll'' and helped develop many
of Atlantic Records' biggest hits, has died. He was 97.
    Stone died Thursday after a long illness.
    As a writer, producer and arranger at Atlantic, Stone worked with artists
such as Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, the Drifters and the Clovers. Among his
other famous songs were ``Idaho'' and ``Money Honey.''
    In 1974, Atlantic Records President Ahmet Ertegun said: ``Jesse Stone did
more to develop the basic rock 'n roll sound than anybody else.''
    Stone's widow, singer Evelyn McGee Stone, said that on April 25, the day
her husband went into the hospital for the last time, he began writing a new
song while she was playing with their dog.
    ``I had been saying to the dog, `That's it, that's it,' and he wrote a song
and that's the title,'' she said.
    The grandson of Tennessee slaves, Stone had a career that spanned the
spectrum: minstrels, folk songs, dance orchestras, rhythm and blues, rock
'n' roll and jazz.
    Stone always was on the cutting edge, never quite achieving fame but highly
respected within the core of the profession.
    He helped build Atlantic Records into a top rhythm-and-blues label in the
late '40s and early '50s, signing such stars as Ruth Brown.
    ``Her first record came out. Bang! It was a hit. We got a group called the
Clovers. Their record came out. Bang! It was a hit,'' Stone said in a 1991
Associated Press interview. ``Everything we touched after that went over
big. Sometimes we had four or five records on the chart at the same time.''
    It was Stone and Bill Haley, who had a Top 10 hit in 1954 with Stone's
``Shake, Rattle and Roll,'' that paved the way for the acceptance among
whites of what had been considered ``Negro music.''
    ``A white man recording black music. That's when white people began to buy
this stuff -- they could hear it on the air,'' Stone said.
    Elvis Presley's nationwide success the following year cemented the R&B-rock
foundation laid by black singers and Haley -- many with Stone's tunes and
arrangements.
    Earlier, Stone's jazz tune ``Idaho'' helped make Guy Lombardo rich and
famous, selling 3 million copies in the mid-1940s. Benny Goodman and Jimmy
Dorsey also had a hit with it.
    Born in Atchison, Kan. on Nov. 16, 1901, Stone -- who also wrote under the
name Charles Calhoun -- started performing at age 5, touring with his
family's minstrel show. In the 1920s, he led a jazz group that included
future saxophone legend Coleman Hawkins.
    In 1936, Duke Ellington helped him get a booking at the Cotton Club in New
York. He also worked at the Apollo Theater, composing and arranging songs as
well as writing jokes and sketches.
    He was inducted into the Rhythm 'n' Blues Hall of Fame in 1992.
    At Stone's 95th birthday party, Ertegun read a letter from famed producer
Jerry Wexler, noted: ``From your vast experience with jazz, blues, country
- -- in fact, every facet of American root music, you became one of the
architects of the new urban music of black folk, the music that came to be
known as rhythm and blues. You wrote the tunes and the arrangements; you
assembled the players; you ran the rehearsals; you conducted in the studio.
And it was your own continuing evolution that helped pave the way for the
next great cultural tidal wave -- rock 'n' roll.''

                     *Joseph ``Mighty Joe'' Young
    CHICAGO (AP) -- Blues guitarist Joseph ``Mighty Joe'' Young, who brought a
special passion to the blues and helped introduce the musical form to
mainstream America, died March 24 of complications following spinal surgery.
He was 71.
    He began playing in the early 1950s, working clubs in Milwaukee and then
back in his native Louisiana before moving to Chicago.
    In Chicago, he learned from such artists as Jimmy Rogers and Otis Rush, and
appeared on records with Albert King and Koko Taylor.
    Young was one of the first artists to bring blues to young, primarily white
audiences on Chicago's North Side. He was also a popular draw on the
festival and university circuits.
    He released his final album in 1997, ``Mighty Man.''

   LONDON, April 3 (AFP) - British musical composer Lionel Bart, best known
for writing "Oliver!" based on the Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist",
died Saturday from cancer aged 68, his family said.
   The composer, who had been suffering from the disease for six months,
died at the Hammersmith Hospital in west London.
   His most famous legacy is the 1960's hit "Oliver!", which combined simple
melodies and catchy lyrics to produce one of the most popular musicals ever.
   But in his heyday he was also among the most successful pop songwriters,
writing hits for the likes of Cliff Richard ("Living Doll"), and Shirley
Bassey ("As Long As He Needs Me").
   He also wrote the James Bond theme "From Russia With Love", a  hit for
singer Matt Monro in 1963.
   Born Lionel Begleiter to a family of Jewish refugees in 1930, Bart grew
up in London's East End and started his musical career in the 1950s Soho
rock'n'roll and skiffle scene.
   His knack for producing sharp music-hall lyrics soon led him into
composing more ambitious pieces.
   But it was "Oliver!" which cemented his reputation, including songs such
as "Food Glorious Food" and "As Long As He Needs Me".
   Bart became a pivotal figure in the 1960s London scene and befriended the
likes of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
   After the film adaptation of Oliver! won six Oscars, he became
romantically linked with the likes of Judy Garland and Alma Cogan.
   But after lesser successes of follow-up musicals -- and the total failure
of 1965's "Twang!!" -- Bart began a long-decline into drink and drugs, which
lasted for much of the 1970s and 80s.
   Bart signed away his rights to "Oliver!" and other properties, in part to
finance "Twang!!". He later admitted his mistake and estimated that the move
cost him as much as 160 million dollars.
   "If I hadn't pretended to be such a genius child, King Baby, I would have
paid more attention," he said in interview in 1986.
   In 1972 he filed a petition for bankruptcy with estimated debts of
158,000 pounds (256,000 dollars).
   In 1975 and 1983 he was banned for drink-driving. The drinking also saw
him develop diabetes.
   He began composing again about a decade ago, and saw his profile rise
again through revivals of his work. A family member said Bart had been
working up until his death on a revival of his 1969 musical "La Strada".
   One of the first to pay tribute was fellow British musical composer
Andrew Lloyd-Webber.
   He said: "Lionel was the father of the modern British musical. He was
responsible for one of the greatest musicals of all time and if this wasn't
enough, he wrote arguably the all-time perfect pop song, Living Doll."
See also:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-lionel-bart.html

                           *David Brooks
    NEW YORK (AP) -- David Brooks, an actor, director and producer who starred
in the leading role of Tommy Albright in the Broadway musical ``Brigadoon,''
died Wednesday. He was 83.
    Brooks debuted on Broadway in 1945 in the musical comedy ``Bloomer Girl.''
In 1947, Brooks landed the role in Brigadoon, a musical by Alan Jay Lerner
and Frederick Loewe that went on to play 581 performances.
    He directed and produced in Italy in the 1950s, and in the U.S. helped set
up Rooftop Productions, which was behind the American premieres of James
Joyce's ``Ulysses in Nighttown'' and Samuel Beckett's ``Endgame.''
    Brooks was born in Portland, Ore., and graduated from the University of
Washington. He studied opera at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.




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