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exotica-digest        Wednesday, April 7 1999        Volume 02 : Number 364



In This Digest:

(exotica) Frances Faye/Jimmy Vargas
Re: (exotica) Demographics
(exotica) Re: Hell's Belles
Re: (exotica) Frances Faye/Jimmy Vargas
Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)
(exotica) Sheet Music books
(exotica) Martian Benny ? ? ? ?
(exotica) Should be a National Holiday!
Re: (exotica) Martian Benny ? ? ? ?
(exotica) Answer this pt.3
(exotica) Casino Royale
Re: (exotica) UL Deletions?
(exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for April 7, 1999
(exotica) new Tiki siting
(exotica) Big Jim Sullivan
(exotica) Re:answer this!
(exotica) obit: Red Norvo
Re: (exotica) obit: Red Norvo
(exotica) Fez
(exotica) are you a musician, etc.
Re: (exotica) obit: Red Norvo
(exotica) Exotikitsch Tattoos
(exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
(exotica) Free Association-The Yellow Balloon
(exotica) [news] music giants make their move to the net
Re: (exotica) Fez
Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)
(exotica) Ortolani/Legrand
(exotica) Summertime and the listening is e-z
Re: (exotica) Re:answer this!
Re: (exotica) Sheet Music books
Re: (exotica) Summertime and the listening is e-z

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:38:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Frances Faye/Jimmy Vargas

Thought I'd mention these as I don't recall having
seen either referenced here:

Picked up a copy of Frances Faye, Caught In The Act
(live at the Crescendo, 1963). Fantabulous! Sultry,
boozy vocals, saucy/indelicate banter in between sets.
Great version of Fever that morphs into Barney Google.
Wow. And, though I don't really appreciate his various
cha-cha efforts, Jack Costanzo hits the bongos here
like a force of nature.

More: http://www.jtsears.com/fayepage.htm

Jimmy Vargas and the Black Dahlias CD: El Torchura.
Has anyone heard (of) this? They are Australian, with
the Black Dahlia murder as the context of their 40's
torch/noir styled material (wonder if they may not be
a bit like Dutch Boulevard of Broken Dreams?).

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~macpet1/vargas/vargas.html

Thanks,

BW
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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 11:37:55 -0400
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Demographics

My goodness, I bet a Jack Kirby list would have a more balanced
gender ratio.

Will

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 13:47:53 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Hell's Belles

At 08:06 -0600 99/04/05, DJJimmyBee wrote:

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

    yes, i think so. Soulful "now" sound biker flick score.
    Lots of fuzzy guitar.

        Johan


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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 13:23:57 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Frances Faye/Jimmy Vargas

Picked up a copy of Frances Faye, Caught In The Act
(live at the Crescendo, 1963). Fantabulous! Sultry,
boozy vocals, saucy/indelicate banter in between sets.
Great version of Fever that morphs into Barney Google.
Wow. And, though I don't really appreciate his various
cha-cha efforts, Jack Costanzo hits the bongos here
like a force of nature.



>>>Ben, and *I* don't think I've ever seen the Frances Faye/Russ Garcia
collaboration FRENZY on here, either!  That's a cool record as well, lots
of wild Garcia arrangements, she's a riot, and there's the coolsville songs
like "Miserlu" on there!  She looks crazed on the cover, truly in a
FRENZY...Sorta like a drag queen, but she's a gal!
Also, whilst we are on Garcia...SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT is a very cool thing
too, lots of wordless vocals and a spacey, avant-feel...
Jane Fondle, in and on space!








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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:01:03 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)

My first post, forgive me if it goes astray.......!

I'm Zach, an Exotica fan for 3 or 4 years now since I bought a turntable at
a garage sale
and went completely berserk for Vinyl.

I just wanted to enter in on the Sergi/Brasil 66 discussion.  I have to
agree.. '66 is one of my
favorite albums in all of my 'exotic' collection.. it's really unlike any
other albums I have.  Some
of Walt Wonderly's are _kinda_ similar but not really.  No one has that
_clean_ pop sound like on the '66 album.
And as someone mentioned, almost all of the stuff that is >66 isn't very
good and doesn't come close to the
'66 sound.  If anyone knows of other Sergio albums that do have 'that sound'
let me know!

Also any other artists that approach that sound would be welcome (other than
old Herb himself, got all those of course!)

Is anyone else postering their walls with Whip Cream and other Delights? My
friend in Deleware is.. he has about 35 on
his wall right now and brings in 2 or 3 each week usually.

p.s. If this post doesn't turn up in the right place, forgive me. I'm
subscribing to the digest to I'm just going
to enter the original subject line and hope everyone gets it and it fits in
with the thread.

Later
Zach D.


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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 19:28:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Sheet Music books

Speaking of sheet music books, I found this folio called Xavier Cugat's
Tangos and Rhumbas.  Between songs are some of Cugat's original drawings and
they are quite good.  They all depict scenes of Havana circa 1930-1950.

Sean


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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 15:01:14 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Martian Benny ? ? ? ?

From an ebay auction:

"There's also a great parody of Martin Denny ("Martian Benny") called "Noisy
Village!"

Anybody heard this?????

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=87522387

robert


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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 14:09:59 -1000
From: Lloyd Kandell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Should be a National Holiday!

My fellow exoticans-

It's that time of year again... on April 10, the kahuna of the 88s,
Martin Denny turns 88! So send your Birthday wishes to the list and I'll
print 'em out and deliver them to him this weekend. He recently played a
concert at 1 Kalakaua Center, a senior living center. Just him and a
baby grand... very strong, energetic romp through his hits with great
raconteuring between the tunes. A highlight was his interpretation of
"Tiny Bubbles" as done in the style of Bach, Chopin, Rochmaninoff...
Denny! Quite humorous, standing ovation at the end of his 1 hour
concert. I'm pitching Bravo channel on a Denny Profile ala Booker T and
Little Jimmy Scott, so stay tuned and get those cybercards in.

alohaderci,
Fluid Floyd
Don Tiki/Taboo Records


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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 17:11:35 -0700
From: Pea Hicks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martian Benny ? ? ? ?

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> >From an ebay auction:
>
> "There's also a great parody of Martin Denny ("Martian Benny") called "Noisy
> Village!"
>
> Anybody heard this?????

um, why, yes!!

:)

that's my auction...

"Noisy Village" was written by Rod McKuen (?!) and is basically a
predictable Denny spoof. The music is denny sound-alike stuff which
starts with bird calls and progresses to a noisy classroom atmosphere,
etc... it's not *mindblowing* but it's funny nonetheless!

lots of other weird stuff on that album...

cheers!
pea


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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:31:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Answer this pt.3

I've noticed a bunch of new sub-scribers and x-lurkers posting in the past
few weeks. I'd just like to say "Howdy" and invite y'all to play a game
called "answer this!" that some of us played back in '96 and again in July
'98. This questionnaire was originally submitted by Jane Fondle (back when
she was known as Lounge Laura). You can check the archives for the responses
submitted by list-members back then. If you play the game this time, feel
free to add/subtract or modify the questions to taste.
 -Lou

 From: "Laura Taylor"
 Subject: (exotica) answer this!
 Date: 10 Oct 1996 19:52:53 -0400

 1. Are you a musician? Explain...
 2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?
 3. This list could help you more by...
 4. Other exotica/things you collect
 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like
 6. What are you just dying to tell us?
 7. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe it or
other lounge-wear of which you are proud?

 I think we added this last time around:
 8. Shaken/stirred?




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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:09:56 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Casino Royale

Attention spies, swingers and Bacharach fans... "Casino Royale" (1967) airs
on Bravo - Sunday night, 9:30pm & 3:30am. Why, oh why couldn't they have
shown this *before* their new commercial interruptions policy?

Just a reminder -- I have many more TV picks on my "TV Scavenger" page.
Including picks from TCM, which as JB so correctly pointed out, has quite a
library on hand (not that I get to see it).

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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 16:43:58 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) UL Deletions?

>>>Newcomers to this music might want to get their hands on these
(especially
the RCA comps) before they disappear, if that's indeed what's happening.

Jerry


What, am I the only one posting today?  And I've actually been busy at
work! OK, also of cheap interest to
ze newcomers is a bunch-o cut outs at Newbury Comics in MA.  I've scored
for well under $5 a half dozen SEQUEL comps, everything from now-sound
stuff to British Rock Instrumentals to one put out by the curators of the
Sound Gallery.  For $7 I got a (shoot, what's that label that puts out
ELECTRONIC TOYS, the BETTIE PAGE cds, etc)...sampler of that label, MUSIC
FOR GRACIOUS LIVING...with a va-va-voom Russ Meyer star on the cover...and
cuts from the aforementioned, plus a few others from that series!  I also
got RAMPATROUILLE(sp?) for $10..Kids, these new record stores can be like
thrift shopping, and no, uh, knee-pads required!
Jane "no-need-for-knee-pads" Fondle
OK-now-ya'll post sometin'!




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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:23:31 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for April 7, 1999

Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wed at 9 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph,
Ontario.Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

Piero Umiliani - Le Ragazze Dell' Archipelago "Svezia - Inferno & Paradiso"
Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart - A Taste of Honey "The World's Greatest Jazz
Band of..."

Henry Mancini - Big Noise from Winnetka "The Blues & the Beat"
Mirageman - Raptus "Thrilling"
Billy May - Mission Impossible "The Crime Scene"

The James Taylor Quartet - In the Park "The Money Spyder"
Mike Jackson & the Soul Providers - Unstoppable Oldsmobile "The Revenge of
Mr Mopoji"
Corduroy - Lovely, Lonely & Loaded "High Havoc"
The Crown Royals - All Night Burner "Excellent 26 Estrus Sizzlers Sampler"

Jimmy Smith - 1-2-3 "Got My Mojo Workin' "
Nino Nardini & the Pop Riviera Group - Pop Riviera "Rotonde Musique"
Bill 'Ravi' Harris - Look a Py Py "Funky Sitar Man"

Mike Jackson & the Soul Providers - Disco Party "The Revenge of Mr Mopoji"
Jerry Allen & His Trio - Blue Streak "House of Loungecore"
Henry Mancini - Theme from Charlie's Angels "The Best of Henry Mancini Vol
3"

Madame X - Love for Free "Excellent 26 Estrus Sizzlers Sampler"

Thanks for reading,
Allan


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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:48:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) new Tiki siting

This just in from The Islands

(Honolulu, Hawaii, April 5, 1999)   Tikis of Hawaii is proud to announce
the opening of its new site on the web - WWW.TIKIS.NET.  Tikis of Hawaii
offers a full selction of authentic hand-carved Hawaiian Tikis and other
Polynesian wooden sculptures.  Check out all your favoites from Hawaii,
Tonga, Maori (New Zealand), Palau, Raratonga (Cook Islands), Easter Island
(Rapanui), Marquesas Islands and other exotic locale.  All Tikis of
Hawaii's offerings are certified Tiki News "Tiki Manefesto" compliant.
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:52:13 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Big Jim Sullivan

My mint and as new copy of Big Jim Sullivan's Sitar Beat LP arrived on =
my
mat this morning at last. It has a cool cover but thats all I can say a=
bout
it at the moment because I haven't played it yet. I have to say though =
that
it is the most expensive record I have bought for a long time at =A330 =
(is
that $50?). Fuck!

Charlie
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:47:36 -0400
From: "Brian Tozer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:answer this!

Ok, I'll bite.
I joined the list almost a year ago, & posted an intro, but I lurk
more than post so I thought, well here's an opportunity!
>>1. Are you a musician? Explain...
Isn't almost everyone on the list?  Yes, I toured with Canadian band
Gaslight in the 70's, got a real job in the '80's and played in the
lounges, and today I play in an (argh!) swing band.  (Hey, it's better
than endless ZZtop & Arrowsmith covers...if there are any K/W-
Cambridge Ontario musicians on the list who want to do a space-
age pop thing let me know!!)
 >>2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?
"Bang, Baaroom & Harp" by Dick Schory
>>3. This list could help you more by...
It's great the way it is...
>> 4. Other exotica/things you collect
Old radios and stereos...goes with the music!
>> 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like
Although I'm not currently listening to this stuff, I've always liked
The Tubes, Thomas Dolby, Clannad, City Boy...
>> 6. What are you just dying to tell us?
The great thing about this list is the way, on a particular day, you
can see posts about Zappa, Percy Faith, Johnny Mathis, Beck and
who knows what else?  I have always wished that my friends could
be so open-minded about music.
>> 7. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color?
Gulp, no fez.  But I have a lava lamp.
>> 8. Shaken/stirred?
Stirred...but more often brewed. (There's the Canadian in me!)


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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 10:07:09 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) obit: Red Norvo

    SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Red Norvo, who performed with such greats as
Charles Mingus and Frank Sinatra and is credited with introducing the
vibraphone to jazz, died Tuesday. He was 91.
    Norvo died at the Fireside Convalescent Home, grandson Aaron Corlin said.
    ``He was a fabulous man,'' Corlin said. ``He was always thinking about
music, it was his life. ... His position in jazz history says a lot for
itself.''
    Born Kenneth Norville in Beardstown, Ill., he taught himself how to play
piano and xylophone. By age 17, he was touring with a vaudeville show and
later joined the Paul Ash Orchestra.
    His last name changed to Norvo after Ash mispronounced it to a reporter and
Norvo's manager decided the shorter name was more fitting.
    During Norvo's tenure with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, which he joined in
1932, he met singer Mildred Bailey, whom he later married. By 1935, he
formed his own sextet that was playing at New York City's Famous Door club.
    In subsequent years, Norvo and his wife formed several groups in New York
and Chicago. Among their hits in the 1930s were ``Rockin' Chair,'' ``Please
Be Kind,'' ``Says My Heart'' and ``Have You Forgotten So Soon?''
    After World War II, Norvo joined the Benny Goodman orchestra. He played in
several bands through the early 1990s, when he suffered a stroke that ended
his public performances.
    Ms. Bailey, whose likeness was featured on a 1996 U.S. postage stamp, died
in 1951. Norvo later married Eve Rogers, who died in 1992.
    Besides his grandson, Norvo is survived by his daughter, Portia. Funeral
arrangements were pending.
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 10:11:40 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) obit: Red Norvo

     SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Red Norvo, who performed with such greats
as
Charles Mingus and Frank Sinatra and is credited with introducing the
vibraphone to jazz, died Tuesday. He was 91.


>>Yuck!  How sad!  My fave rekkid of his is Music to Listen to Red Norvo
By....
I hate to loose somebody with such good vibes...Gotta compose that Martin
Denny birthday wish, now.
The artiste formerly known as "Lounge Laura."
p-s....gotta answer that Shaken or Stirred question:  SHAKE!SHAKE!SHAKE!





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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 16:18:37 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Fez

I now have a Fez.  A gift from a friend returning from a visit to
Morocco.  It seems a little large.  How should they be worn?  Perched on
top like Ren?  Resting comfortably above the ears?

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(Best viewed in Ariel,  what a mess in courier)

All advice gratefully received.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 08:32:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: christopher marks <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) are you a musician, etc.

1. Are you a musician? Explain...
2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?
3. This list could help you more by...
4. Other exotica/things you collect
5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like
6. What are you just dying to tell us?
7. Own a fez? If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe it or other lounge-wear of which you are proud?

I think we added this last time around:
8. Shaken/stirred?

1.  No.  Although I love music, i have little talent and less patience.
2.  The Mystic Moods Orchestra
3.  People issuing a list of their favourite space age/exotic albums.
4.  Books are the only other things that i collect...i have a difficult time with having too many things as i am a bit of a minimalist.
5.  Frank Sinatra, the Velvet Underground, Miles Davis, Big Star, Grateful Dead.
6.  Be careful of what you want, you just might get it (I think that it was more elegant when Oscar Wilde said it)
7.  Only baseball caps.
8.  Shaken.

Chris
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:37:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) obit: Red Norvo

A ripe old age, if there is such a thing - but what a
loss. I have a Command Jazz Pickers lp, featuring
Norvo on the vibes (and others, but this is my fav.).
I have worn it down to a wafer and it will be doing
hard time tonight.

- --- Lou Smith <[e-mail]> wrote:

     SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Red Norvo, who
> performed with such greats as
> Charles Mingus and Frank Sinatra and is credited
> with introducing the vibraphone to jazz, died
Tuesday. He was 91.

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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotikitsch Tattoos

Way back in the dream time, someone had posted to the
list an enquiry regarding exotic tattoos.

This fine Spring morning, I received the a
taunting/titilating/unsolicited amorous itinerary from
one of my remaining bachelor cronies. Thought I'd
share as far as pertinence & discretion allow (w/o
"value added" commentary):

"seeing gal tonight w/ two-foot long suburban 1950s
lawn-barbecue-scene
tattooed on her thigh. redhead.
(...)
Tattoo: It has a guy in a chef's hat flipping burgers
in an apron, some
other guy mowing a lawn."

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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 19:47:29 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

A new update to the eXotica Releases Overview is available.
These are the most important recent additions, that where not yet announced
here.

(If you would like to receive the unabridged updates by e-mail,
 just let me know)




            - April 4: new (1999) releases, announcements & corrections -


 * Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66: "Equinox"
       LP, AML 902, UK, 1999

 * Soundtrack: "Hell's Belles" [by Les Baxter]
       LP, Sidewalk ST-5919 (Bootleg), USA, 1999

 * Soundtrack: "Rosemary's Baby" [by Christopher Komeda]
       LP, ? DLP25875, UK, 1999

 * Various Artists: "2069 Spaced Oddity"
       LP, Grand Gruyere, UK, 1999




            - April 4: other interesting finds I stumbled on -


 * Wilson Das Neves E Conjunto: "Juventude 2000"
       LP, ?, Brazil, 199?

 * Walter Wanderley: "Cheganca"
       CD, Verve, Japan?, 199?

 * Walter Wanderley: "Moondreams"
       CD, Verve, Japan?, 199?

 * Walter Wanderley: "When It Was Done"
       CD, Verve, Japan?, 199?



         >>> Additions & corrections are more than welcome!
         >>> The XRO is a discography, NOT a sale catalog!

         For the online version of the eXotica Releases Overview,

         visit "Dada'quariums Exotica": http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/

         Johan Dada Vis


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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:24:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Free Association-The Yellow Balloon

Another nice '60's easy pop album, recently released on cd by Sundazed
(1998), is "The Yellow Balloon" s/t.  It is very similar to 65/66
Beach Boys and the Free Design, Harpers Bizarre. I have always enjoyed
my 45 hit single of the same name and its flip side (same song played
backwards).  The album is a pleasant surprise, nothing as wonderful as
their single but its full of bright up pre Pet Sounds beach boy pop.
Other contemporary bands such as Sagittarius explored the later '66/67
Beach Boy sound.

Great liner notes capture the connectivity of the California music
scene of that time.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck



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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:04:19 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [news] music giants make their move to the net

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1999 APR 7 (NB) -- By Martin Stone, Newsbytes.
Seagram Co. Ltd.'s [NYSE:VO] Universal Music Group and Bertelsmann AG's BMG
Entertainment joined forces today to create an Internet content and commerce
alliance aimed at cornering the lucrative online music market.

The joint venture will be known as GetMusic, and will create communities of
music fans, promote artists and sell CDs online. The offering will consist
of online music channels and an e-commerce site, http://www.getmusic.com .

The union is seen as an attempt to regain control over the digital
distribution of music on the Web. Copying and distribution of digitally
recorded music has posed a threat to recording copyrights and revenues.

The specialized channels hope to establish closer links between artists and
fans, create awareness of new music, and help to drive sales through all
channels of distribution.

Dennis Petroskey, BMG Entertainment's corporate communications spokesman,
told Newsbytes, "The strategy is to gather music fans based on genre of music."

Visitors to Universal and BMG individual artists' sites on the music
channels will have a "one-click-away" ability to purchase those artists'
recordings for mail order delivery through getmusic.com, which will also
offer titles from other music companies.

The network of genre-based music channels is seamlessly linked to
getmusic.com. For example, visitors to peeps.com who want to purchase R&B
and Hip-Hop music can click on the "buy" button go directly to the peeps.com
section of the getmusic.com online store.

Petroskey explained that each of the genre-oriented sites will stand alone,
but will be linked to getmusic.com as well. Likewise, each individual site
will be shown as hot links from the getmusic.com site.

The getmusic.com site will also offer about 250,000 albums from other
companies, both new titles and a substantial repertoire of catalog.

Hard-to-find recordings will be accessed through the store's search function
that classifies titles by genre, artist, and album.

Those who prefer to buy through traditional retail outlets can use a search
function of their nearest retail outlets.

A number of initiatives to drive traffic to the sites are planned and
include both online and traditional marketing such as print and broadcast
advertising; printing URLs for the appropriate sites on CDs, and "connected
CDs" that, once loaded into computers, will launch users directly to the
artist's site.

BMG, Universal, and their record labels collectively represent nearly 200
artists whose latest album releases have each sold more than 1 million
copies worldwide.

The channels will build on the foundation of BMG's existing genre-based
music Web sites. Each of the sites has built significant traffic, recording
as much as 60 percent monthly audience growth.

Universal and BMG hope to capitalize on the momentum by adding access to a
deep roster of Universal artists, developing new channels, and equipping the
sites with a range of community-building tools including chat, interactive
Webcasting, and message boards.

Petroskey said new channels will be added as demand and interest commands.

Strauss Zelnick, President and CEO of BMG Entertainment, says the timing is
right for BMG and Universal to unite to build bridges between artists and
music lovers and generate record sales with the click of a mouse.

Edgar Bronfman, Jr., who heads up Seagram Company Ltd., Universal's parent,
calls the venture a major step in building the interactive music channels of
the future. The Internet, he says, offers tremendous opportunities to build
the entire market for music by reaching new consumers and by offering deeper
catalog that is hard to find in traditional outlets. "The Internet's
interactivity and immediacy will change the way fans find, share and relate
to music and artists."

Music sales on the Internet will grow to $3.93 billion by 2005 from $28.7
million in 1997, according to London-based researchers Market Tracking
International. The industry enjoys annual total sales of about $38 billion,
according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

BMG Entertainment grossed $4.1 billion worldwide, and owns more than 200
record labels in 53 countries, including Arista Records, RCA Records and
Ariola Music. BMG also owns a music club, one of the world's largest music
publishing companies, and has interests in home video, television, and
compact disc and cassette manufacturing.

Universal Music Group has wholly-owned record operations or licensees in 59
countries around the world. Its businesses also include Universal Music
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:06:42 -0700
From: Jeff Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fez

El Maestro Con Queso wrote:

> I now have a Fez.  A gift from a friend returning from a visit to
> Morocco.  It seems a little large.  How should they be worn?  Perched o=
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> top like Ren?  Resting comfortably above the ears?

Your fez should be worn early and often.  By all means, perch it proudly
atop your pate, definitely above the ears but not so high as it gets
mistaken for a yarmulke.  It should fit snugly enough to withstand
several martinis.

EZ does it,

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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:32:25 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now, on to music I __dig__(longish)

>>> No one has that
_clean_ pop sound like on the '66 album.
And as someone mentioned, almost all of the stuff that is >66 isn't very
good and doesn't come close to the
'66 sound.  If anyone knows of other Sergio albums that do have 'that
sound'
let me know!Also any other artists that approach that sound would be
welcome (other than
old Herb himself, got all those of course!)


Welcome to the list, Zach!  IM-never-really-H-O, I'd say you could start
with a cat I just brought up, Chris Montez, also on A&M.  It's what you
seek, pal.  Also, just about any Astrud Gilberto work from that time
period, and zillions of Brasilian and bossa records!  They're easy to find
and in-print many of them!  Speaking of which, the astounding album by
Frank Sinatra and Tom Jobim rarely gets enough props, so it gets a biggun
from me, ol' Jane Fondle....








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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:56:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ortolani/Legrand

I picked up a copy of his Ortolani's score to a film I
had never heard of, but will now seek out: Ecco ("An
Incredible Orgy of Sights and Sounds. Side 1 is drippy
waltzes, but 2, for the most part is bluesy, swinging
stuff (some of which reminds me of Rugolo's Richard
Diamond ST): memorable tracks include Twist 84, The
Hungry Beat, The Steam Bath, He Or She (?), The Rites
Of Sex.

I saw a J-L Goddard film a few weeks back. I stuck
around to catch the composer and was surprised to see
Michel Le grand's name. The music to this film was
wild menacing beat jazz: I had never heard anything by
Legrand that went at this pace and was free of sugary
strings. I have forgotten the name of the film and the
rental shop swears they not only do not stock it now,
but have never had a Goddard film in stock. The basic
story involved two youngish petty thug types who meet
a girl in an English clash and lure/strongarm her into
a shabby scheme to burglarize the rooms of her
guardian (who is accidentally killed in the botched
job). I go into all this in hopes someone out there
knows this film and can help me land the ST.

Thanks

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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:09:26 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Summertime and the listening is e-z

With apologies to several folks fo my subject line, I pose the probing
question of you...
Does anybody else like to sorta reserve their exotica music records for the
warmer months(this would apply to areas where there are indeed
_seasons__...when I lived in Tampa, Fl, it was hot all year_)?  In the
AstroSlut pad, we like to wait until it gets warmer here in Boston to pull
out the Baxters(exotica ones) Dennys, Surfmen, Chaino, etc(we positvely
have enough to last all Summer)...and just sorta soak in the jungle primal
aspect of it all.  That doesn't mean I wouldn't WANT to hear this stuff all
year 'round, nor does it mean these records don't see the light of day in
Winter, but I think of it as a tropical treat, at a time of year when
mangoes are in season and begging to be mixed with rum in tiki mugs.  And
hey, when you like on the third floor with NO a/c...you gotta do SOMETHING
to delude yourself!
Hotly(well, not yet, it's still 40s in Boston)- Jane Fondle




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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 18:07:45 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:answer this!

At 08:47 AM 4/7/99 -0400, Brian Tozer wrote:
>
>>>1. Are you a musician? Explain...
>Isn't almost everyone on the list?  Yes, I toured with Canadian band
>Gaslight in the 70's,

I have to ask.  Gaslight.  Was that an Ugly Ducklings tribute band?

If so, are you going to the see the Ugly Ducklings reunion concert?  I
wouldn't mind seeing Luke and the Apostles again but I'm not sure I want to
see Lighthouse again, if they're playing too.

(I'm trying to come up with some kind of "exotica content" vis a vis
legendary Ontario rock bands of the sixties.  Well, there was the Laurie
Bower Singers.)

And by the way, I'm not a musician.

But I'm sure that you can find someone in one of the thousand polka bands
in  Kitchener to moonlight in a space-age pop band.

(Sorry, had to say that.  It's a responsibility that goes with living in
Toronto.)

Nat



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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 20:16:05 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sheet Music books

>I don't assume it's still in print!??!?!

No, this was a used thrift store item

Sean


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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:58:03 -0700
From: Jeff Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Summertime and the listening is e-z

Jane Fondle wrote:

> Does anybody else like to sorta reserve their exotica music records for=
 the
> warmer months(this would apply to areas where there are indeed
> _seasons__...when I lived in Tampa, Fl, it was hot all year_)?  In the
> AstroSlut pad, we like to wait until it gets warmer here in Boston to p=
ull
> out the Baxters(exotica ones) Dennys, Surfmen, Chaino, etc(we positvely
> have enough to last all Summer)...and just sorta soak in the jungle pri=
mal
> aspect of it all.  That doesn't mean I wouldn't WANT to hear this stuff=
 all
> year 'round, nor does it mean these records don't see the light of day =
in
> Winter, but I think of it as a tropical treat, at a time of year when
> mangoes are in season and begging to be mixed with rum in tiki mugs.  A=
nd
> hey, when you like on the third floor with NO a/c...you gotta do SOMETH=
ING
> to delude yourself!

Yes indeedy, Jane...I used to live very close (on Verona between
Carolina and Child in JP) to where I believe your current pad is, and I
can attest that even the second floor was Aitsh Oh Tee HOT!  On
Wednesday evenings we'd fire up the balcony grill and attempt to chill
to the suave sounds of Peter Lebedur's Music For Better Living, and
reserve the Polynesians for the weekend.  Remember, the best deals in
Boston to be had on limes and mangos for your rum cocktails are at Hi-Lo
Foods on nearby Centre Street!  It's fun to try to block out the noise
of the T (or simply pretend it's Hawaiian Airlines overhead) and make
believe you're on the veranda in Kahului.

EZ does it,

Jeff Phillips
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