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exotica-digest          Monday, May 24 1999          Volume 02 : Number 398



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Don Fagen
(exotica) My Kingdom for a Ring
(exotica) Teddy Bears vs. Ritchie Valens
Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)
(exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo
(exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)
Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)
(exotica) Teddy Bears vs. Ritchie Valens
Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy
Re: (exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo
(exotica) Italian Lounge Festival
(exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 5/21/99
Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy
(exotica) Combustable Edison
(exotica) Les & Tony
Re: (exotica) Les & Tony
(exotica) Soft Pop
(exotica) Phil and Sheila
(exotica) The Golden Strawberry
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 23
Re: (exotica) Soft Pop
(exotica) Playlist for Moon Base Alpha 23/5/99
Re: (exotica)
Re:  Re: (exotica) Soft Pop
SV: (exotica)
Re:  Re: (exotica) Soft Pop

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Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:03:31 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Don Fagen

In a message dated 5/20/99 8:51:18 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Yes, it was the video that made me get the disc in the first place.  What I
 am particularly interested in discussing is the musical elements of the
 songs and their similarities to original lounge/exotica songs/performers
 from the time.  Any thoughts? >>


What makes this album an artistic success is that Fagen is not trying to
recreate or  ape the styole of music form this era. He is mostly drawing on
memories of this time and putting them in a contemporary musical context
while lightly sprinkling  musical tid bits form that period, enough for you
to get a feeling for the mood.

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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:28:02 -0400
From: Keith Lo Bue <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) My Kingdom for a Ring

So there I am spinning my new acquisition, a fantastic ur-psychedelic one-off by T.SWIFT
AND THE ELECTRIC BAG.  And in the middle of an echoey space jam, it hits me.

Hard.

The major RING WEAR on the sleeve...looks...friggin' brilliant.  No drugs here, kids, it
just occured to me that if a designer today were to create that ghost-like image of outer
ring of record, inner ring, and yes, even faint sign of hole (all can be seen on this
baby), I would fall to my knee pads screaming GENIUS.

How funny that all these years, I've treated that wear as a screen through which I tried
to view the image better, never once incorporating the graphic reality of the rings into
the total look of the artwork.

Time to thumb thru every record I own and see if my flimsy epiphany really holds water.

Ciao!

Keith




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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:45:29 +0900
From: Jamie LePage <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Teddy Bears vs. Ritchie Valens

chuck <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Just wanted to add that the sound of the Fleetwoods is
> very much in touch with the modern soft pop underproduce
> music coming out today on Siesta/Elephant indie type
> labels.  The gentle harmonies of these indie bands
> remind me so much of the Teddy Bears or the Fleetwoods.

The Siesta/Elephant releases sound interesting. Can
anyone point me to a website with more info?

> Even though Richie Vallens was singing by himself, his
> Donna (which was the bigger hit over La Bamba, the flip
> side, where he also pioneered "Latin Rock')  also
> predates the Teddy Bears and I believe the Fleetwoods
> and is in the same vain.  =20

Teddy Bears - To Know Him is to Love Him (Dore 583)
Released September 22, 1958
Peaked at #1 on December 1, 1958

Ritchie Valens - Donna (Del-Fi 4110)
Released November 24, 1958
Peaked at #2 on February 23, 1959

Although Teddy Bears debut indeed predates the Valens
record, chances are Valens had the song in his head
before he ever heard To Know Him... Still, there's a good
chance that Bob Keane went for this as a single based on
the growing success of the Teddy Bears record. In any
event, Valens' style was varied, while the Teddy Bears
(and Fleetwoods) stayed in the soft harmony vein. And
although I previously wrote that the Teddy Bears, if
anyone, should be given credit for being the pioneers of
this style, in all fairness it should be pointed out that
some critics suspect Spector borrowed the style of this
song from The Aquatones=1B$B=92=1B(B Top 25 hit "You", released 8
months earlier.=20

The Fleetwoods debut record "Come Softly" (Dolphin 1)
wasn't issued until March 9, 1959.

> And don't forgert Ricky Nelson whose producer was very
> fond of turning up the echo and letting Ricky harmonize
> with himsef.=20

That producer, btw, was named Ozzie!

Jamie LePage
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 06:12:02 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)

In a message dated 5/20/99 7:28:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< [e-mail] wrote:
 >
 > I know we got an update from a list member that this was being released.
 > Does anyone have a review?  Is this as good as the Exotic Triolgy CD's?
 > Finally, what is on the front of Trilogy Vol. 2 (is it different from Vol.
1)?

 I'm new to the group and have heard only passing references to the Exotic
 Triology. What is this?? Can you provide more background?

 Is this stuff actually available somewhere (my impression it is a
bootleg...)?
 On CD perhaps?

 Kevin Crossman >>

There is a group of DJ's (out of Germany I believe) that have collected
countless versions of 3 songs (The Trilogy):  Quiet Village, Taboo and
Caravan.  The feel that these three songs make up the only important music
there is.

They put out a CD with 21 tracks about 3 years ago that has 7 versions of
each of the songs.  The strive to make 5 or 6 volumes of the Trilogy.  Vol. 2
came out about 6 months or a year ago.

I guess it may be called a boot because they probably have not gotten
permission to re-release the songs but it is not your typical boot that is a
direct copy of an LP.

Can anyone else add to this.  Please correct my observations if they are
wrong.

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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:24:17 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo

                          *Augustos Pablo
    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaican musician Augustos Pablo,
popular in Europe and known for his plastic melodica, died
Wednesday after being in a coma for several days. He was 46.
    He was suffering from a muscle disease.
    His most popular works include ``East of the River Nile,''
``Java,'' and ``Baby, I Love You.''
    Pablo, whose real name was Horace Swaby, recently released his
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 08:00:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)

For pictures and further information on the Exotic Triogy Vol 1 &2  go to Vic's Lounge
at
http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/news/exotictrilogy.html

A nice description of the albums by Vic,  including track listing and artists is
included at the site, plus pictures of the covers (in color)

I picked up my copies from Soleilmoon Recordings, tele [phone]
http://www.soleilmoon.com/

Solielmoon appears to be a gothic music record store, specializing in the band the
Legendary Pink Dots,  a pink floidish goth rock band.  I purchased my copy over a year
ago.  I searched the site and the exotic trilogy is not listed.  Maybe they no
longercarry this record.  You could email them or call to make sure.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


> [e-mail]  writes:
>
>  I'm new to the group and have heard only passing references to the Exotic  Triology.
What is this?? Can you provide more background?
 >  Kevin Crossman >>
> >
> And the tiki worshipping Tiki Bob wrote:
>
>  There is a group of DJ's (out of Germany I believe) that have collected  countless
versions of 3 songs (The Trilogy):  Quiet Village, Taboo and > Caravan.  The feel that
these three songs make up the only important music  there is.
> >
> > They put out a CD with 21 tracks about 3 years ago that has 7 versions of  each of
the songs.  The strive to make 5 or 6 volumes of the Trilogy.  Vol. 2  came out about 6
months or a year ago.
> >
> I guess it may be called a boot because they probably have not gotten  permission to
re-release the songs but it is not your typical boot that is a  direct copy of an LP.
> >
> Can anyone else add to this.  Please correct my observations if they are  wrong.
> > Tiki Bob
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:17:21 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy (was Electro Lounge)

"Solielmoon appears to be a gothic music record store"

Not true Chuck.....Solielmoon carries a wide variety of stuff.=20

Lots of great "Ambient" music from the likes of the great Muslim Gauze.  =
Most of their product are bands who mix tribal/techno/trance stuff in =
"inequal" doses depending on the particular band.

- - Nate




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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Teddy Bears vs. Ritchie Valens

Thanks Jamie for the post.  I went home and checked the charts last night.
The Siesta site is at

http://www.siesta.es

My favorite place to buy soft indie pop music on Siesta like labels  is at Roundabout
Records at

http://www.wmuc.umd.edu/roundaboutpop/

There are brief descriptions of the music and very low prices.   I really like the Red
Sleeping Beauty cd or Louis Phillipes "Jackie Girl"

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


- --- Jamie LePage  wrote:

> The Siesta/Elephant releases sound interesting. Can
> anyone point me to a website with more info?

> Teddy Bears - To Know Him is to Love Him (Dore 583)
> Released September 22, 1958
> Peaked at #1 on December 1, 1958
>
> Ritchie Valens - Donna (Del-Fi 4110)
> Released November 24, 1958
> Peaked at #2 on February 23, 1959

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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:18:05 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy

> There is a group of DJ's (out of Germany I believe) that have collected
> countless versions of 3 songs (The Trilogy):  Quiet Village, Taboo and
> Caravan.  The feel that these three songs make up the only important music
> there is.

It must have been half a dozen of times I have posted on this. I thought we have
archives. ???  OK: They are Canadian artists, Gordon and Gordon W. ( who also
often cooks exotic) plus Laura plus some others I don't know and they live in
Berlin and they ran the Shmaltzwald and they moved and I had asked where are
they now and nobody had answered. I had posted a long review about a
mystic-surrealistic-"futuristic" performance that some of the KBZed members had
joined here in Munich that I really liked.

> They put out a CD with 21 tracks about 3 years ago that has 7 versions of
> each of the songs.  The strive to make 5 or 6 volumes of the Trilogy.  Vol. 2
> came out about 6 months or a year ago.
>
> I guess it may be called a boot because they probably have not gotten
> permission to re-release the songs but it is not your typical boot that is a
> direct copy of an LP.

- -Mo

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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:20:00 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Augustos Pablo

Lou Smith wrote:

>                           *Augustos Pablo
>         KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaican musician Augustos Pablo,
> popular in Europe and known for his plastic melodica, died
> Wednesday after being in a coma for several days. He was 46.
>         He was suffering from a muscle disease.
>

I hope it wasn't a bullet sticking in the heart muscle, as usual in Jamaica...

- -Mo

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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:00:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Italian Lounge Festival

There is going to be a Festival called the "International Lounge Festival" It will be
held in Italy,  and will probably interest somebody around there, (Giovanni?)  The
location is in a park called "Parco Enza" in a small town called "Montecchio Emilia" on
June 12th, Saturday.

The acts announced are:
 - Paolo Scotti (Ita)
 - The Karminsky Experience (UK)
 - Valvola (Ita)
 - The Fez File (Ita)
 - Sam Paglia (Ita)
 - Mina (Ger)
 - Mo'Plen (Ita)
 - Balanco (Ita)
 - Montefiori Cocktail (Ita)
 - Le Hammond Inferno (Ger)
 - Berto Pisano (Ita)
 - Piero Piccioni (Ita)
 - Pizzicato 5 (Ja)

A real live loungeapallooza !  There should be more of these, but with all the good
music coming out of Italy it makes sense its held there.    P-5  are suppose to DJ and
I'm guessing Mo'Plen is a dj act not a band.  I hope somebody on the list makes this.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:55:49 -0400
From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 5/21/99

=93Martinis With Mancini" broadcasting Friday's from 6-9 AM.
WJUL 91.5, Lowell Massachusetts.
There is talk about WJUL broadcasting live on the internet someday. When =
I
have no idea.
The show=92s rebuilt web page: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/80=
07/

Your comments, questions always welcomed.

The Playlist:

It Could Happen To You, Bjork
Star Wars Main Theme, Henry Mancini
I Get A Kick Out Of You, Dave Brubeck
Cotton Candy, Al Hurt
Night And Day, Karrin Allyson
Mood Indigo, OST Paris Blues
Fugue In E Flat Major, Swingle Singers
Moonlight In Vermont, Billie Holiday
The Folks Who Live On The Hill, George Shearing
If I Should Lose You, George Shearing
Starlight Souvenirs, George Shearing
What Is There To Say, George Shearing
The Best Man, Al Hurt And Ann Margret
Ma (He=92s Making Eyes At Me), Al Hurt And Ann Margret
Limehouse Blues, Benny Goodman
Cherry, Art Van Damm/Singers Unlimited
My Very Good Friend The Milkman, Dave Whitney
Baby But You Did, Gus Bivona, Music By Steve Allen
Tonight, Gus Bivona, Music By Steve Allen
You=92e The One, Gus Bivona, Music By Steve Allen
Laughing At Life, Etta Jones/Houston Person (32 Jazz)
Cantina Band, OST Star Wars
Work Song, OST Disney Cinderella
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend, Marilyn Monroe
Java, Al Hurt
Frankie  Machine, Elmer Bernstein, (Crime Jazz I comp)
Adios, Perez Prado/Rosemary Clooney
Central Park Blues, Nina Simone
Slow Boat To China, Holly Cole Trio
Where Or When, Errol Garner
Mack The Knife, Al Hurt
Para Jose, Two Bones And A Pick
The House Of The Blue Lights, Ella Mae Morse And Eddie Slack
Dakota Station
Poor Butterfly, The Three Suns
One Mint Julip, The New Xavier Cugat Orchestra
The Pink Panther Theme, The Anita Kerr Singers
Nature Boy, Esquivel
Out Of My Dreams, The Norman Luboff Choir
Wave, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Yellow, Ken Nordine
Carnival Of Venice, Pete Rugolo
Granada/Blue Pavillion, Four Piece Suit
The Millionaire=92s Holliday, Combustable Edison
Wonderful World, David Carroll
I Can=92t Stop Loving You, Ray Charles
Arabesque, Henry Mancini (Crime Jazz II comp)
Arabesque, Oranj Symphonette
The Imperial March/Darth Vadar Theme, Evil Empire Orchestra, Cocktails In
The Cantina
I Hear A Symphony, Pizzicato 5
Laughed At Love, Etta Jones With Oliver Nelson
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 12:31:33 -0700
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy

Moritz R wrote:
>
> It must have been half a dozen of times I have posted on this. I thought we have
> archives. ???

Well, it isn't in the FAQ you provide on your site... Maybe you should add that
to the FAQ. :-)

Kevin Crossman


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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:27:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Combustable Edison

What section would one look in a CD store is if they were trying to locate
CDs by Combustable Edison? I am curious to hear what they sound like and I
couldn't find any CDs by them in the store yesterday.


Jason


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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:55:59 -0400
From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les & Tony

I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is Lester Baxter.
If he were paged, they might say
"Paging Mister Lester Baxter."
That'd be funny.


More importantly, does anyone else notice the similarity between "Recado Bossa Nova" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"?
Every version makes me think they're doing a bossa version of the Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando classic.

Weird.

Peter


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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:53:41 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les & Tony

Risser Family wrote:

> I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is Lester Baxter.
> If he were paged, they might say
> "Paging Mister Lester Baxter."
> That'd be funny.
>

Hate to burst your bubble but, it's Leslie Baxter.

Frank



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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 21:37:09 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop

Scouring a few bins today I located the second album by Bob "Elusive
Butterfly of Love" Lind who provides great folksploitation on World Pacific.
It brought to mind the 6t's faux-angst single by Peter Sarstedt, "Where Do
You Go To My Lovely?" The second We Five  LP on A&M was kind of disappointing
with two redeeming tracks.  Anyone else following up on this soft pop
thread/sound?..Jimmy Botticelli


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Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 16:53:51 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Phil and Sheila

Rare! Hot! & Cole Porter (Phillips PHS 600-169)
Aloha, I picked up an Lp with a singer called Sheila M. Sanders. Its =
from 1966 and it is arranged and conducted by Phil Moore. 12 =
reeinditions of not so well known Cole Porter songs. The first track on =
side 1 ("Come to the Supermarket in old Peking") is really great, and =
has some exotic feeling in the Phil Moore vein. his arrangements are =
when he feels like it in a style completely his own. Sheila sounds a bit =
like Eartha Kitt, she is really good.=20

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Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 20:38:41 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Golden Strawberry

You will love the story of this Sacramento man:

http://www.cockeyed.com/plazaprank.html

C. "Ratso" Russo





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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 10:13:51 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 23

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 on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

All comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #49   Travel, Temptation & The Tropics


Fantastic Plastic Machine:  Electric Lady Land  "Luxury"
Lee Selmoco:  Chemin de Fer  "Mosaico Psichedelico"
Henry Mancini:  Latin Golightly  "Breakfast At Tiffany's"
Enoch Light:  Good Night Sweetheart Cha Cha  "Provocative Percussion"
Enoch Light:  Mambo Jambo  "Persuasive Percussion"

Mundell Lowe:  Coffee, Coffee  "Satan In High Heels"
Jerry Van Rooyen:  Paris From A Helicopter View  "At 250 Miles Per Hour"
Peter Hamilton:  Obsessivamente  "Mosaico Psichedelico"
Ronnie Aldrich:  Girl On The Via Veneto  "Here Come The Hits!"

Horst Jankowski:  The Blues, The Beat & All That  "Black Forest
Explosion!
Edmundo Ros:  Hair  "Hair Goes Latin"
Yma Sumac:  Taki Rari  "Mambo!"
Esquivel:  Moonlight Enchantment  "Exploring New Sounds In Sonorama"
Lalo Schifrin:  Jungle Fantasy  "Piano Espanol"

Fantastic Plastic Machine:  Pura Saudade  "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
Walter Wanderley:  Summer Samba  "Samba Swing!"
Quintetto X:  Esquema Da Bossa  "Novo Esquema Da Bossa"


Thanks for reading.

[e-mail]
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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 16:56:14 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soft Pop

At 09:37 PM 5/21/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Peter Sarstedt, "Where Do
>You Go To My Lovely?"

  Anyone else following up on this soft pop
>thread/sound?..Jimmy Botticelli

As you know, I'm following this soft pop thread but if that Peter Sarstedt
tune fits, then I think the "genre" is a bit too inspecific.
Next thing you know, you'll be putting Al Stewart in the category too.

Picked up another one the other day but the jury's still out until the
thing gets a thorough cleaning
Good name though.
THE DEEP SIX.  On Liberty.
It sounds right so far.  1966 I think.  It says they had a hit with a song
called "Rising Sun" which I've never heard of.

OH and by the way, I was a bit hasty in my dismissal of Chris Dedrick's
soundtrack music for the Canadian prime time soap opera "The City".  He
actually does some really interesting things with wordless vocal choirs.

OH and one more group, not a new acquisition but definitely fit, I think.

EVERY MOTHER'S SON.  I always loved the hit "Come on down to my boat" but
the rest of the LP is pretty good too.

Okay that's all for today.

Nat



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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:33:03 +0100
From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Moon Base Alpha 23/5/99

Moon Base Alpha left the airwaves this morning after another rip-
roaring success of a broadcast on local radio station Fresh Air FM.
We'll hopefully be back on again in October...

Moon Base Alpha 23/5/99 Playlist

INTRO: Dick Hyman - Moon Gas (Moon Gas)
Enoch Light - Marrakesh Express (Permissive Polyphonics)
Joe Harriott / John Mayer Double Quintet - Acka Raga (Indo-Jazz
Fusions)
Brigitte Bardot - Ne Me Laisse Pas L'aimer (Best of BB)
Irvin's 89 Key Marenghi Organ - She Loves You (Exotic Beatles III)
Dick Hyman - Michelle (Happening!)
Lounge Brigade - Heart-Shaped Box (Put Some Style In It)
East African Airways - Safari Souvenir / Les Baxter - Tropicando
(Que Mango)
Don Swan - Hooray for Hollywood (Cha Cha) (Ultra Lounge: Mambo
Fever)
Wanda de Sah/Sergio Mendes - So Nice (Ultra Lounge: Bossa
Novaville)
Chad Weisenberger - Uranium is the Future
Julie London - Fly Me to the Moon (an unintended extra track from
Bossa Novaville - oops!)
France Gall - Pense a Moi (Poupee de Son)
Left-Right Channel Identification (How to Give Yourself a Stereo
Checkout)
Doc Severinsen - Summertime (Live!)
Esquivel - Amor (Exploring New Sounds in Sonorama)
Prez Prado - Beautiful Margaret (bonus track on "Prez" CD)
Jess Conrad - This Pullover (The World's Worst Record Show)
Doris Day - Do Do Do
Dick Hyman - The Liquidator (The Man from O.R.G.A.N.)
Enoch Light - Downtown (Discotheque 2)
Sergio Mendes - Wave (The Essential Sergio Mendes)
Yma Sumac - Goomba Goomba (Voice of the Xtabay)
G.P. & G.F. Reverberi - Sequence Six (Erotica Italia)
Control Voice Introduction (The Outer Limits)
Perrey & Kingsley - Spooks in Space (The In Sound from Way Out)
Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical (Spaced Out)
Joe Meek - Orbit Round the Moon (I Hear a New World) / Apollo 11
Landing (First Man on the Moon)
Pete Moore - Catwalk (In Flight Entertainment) / A Lady's Coat
Edmundo Ros - Vaba-Ba-Boom (Vaba-Ba-Boom)
Leo Addeo - Hawaiian War Chant (Songs of Hawaii)
Combustible Edison - Intermission (I, Swinger) / The Poetry of
Leonard Nimoy
Bad Examples - Song Electrique (the river the night the moon
temptation and you) / More Poetry by Leonard Nimoy
Dick Hyman/Mary Mayo - Desafinado (Moon Gas)
Stock, Hausen & Walkman - Lipgloss (Organ Transplants Vol 1) /
Le Cocktail (Starting French)
Mel Henke - Farmer John (La Dolce Henke)
Chaquito - Caravan (Spotlight on Chaquito)
Alan Moorhouse - Tea for Two (Alan Moorhouse and his Bond
Street Brigade)
The Alan Tew Sound - The Troubleshooters (Latin Style - The
Music of Tom Springfield)
Laika & the Cosmonauts - Tantrum (Amazing Colossal Band)
Henry Mancini - Experiment in Terror (The Ultimate Collection)
The Shaggs - Yesterday Once More (s/t)
Free Design - I Found Love (Bubbles)
Doris Day - Steppin Out (Cuttin' Capers)
OUTRO: Hugo Montenegro - My Way (Moog Power)


DJ Bongo Boy


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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 15:43:29 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica)

At 06:55 PM 21-05-99 -0400, Peter wrote:

>I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is Lester
Baxter.

Are you sure?  I thought Les was short for Leslie.  At least the composing
credits I have occasionally seen said "Leslie Baxter."


Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
http://www.hubris.net/zolac
The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth


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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:59:19 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Soft Pop

In a message dated 5/23/99 4:55:07 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>As you know, I'm following this soft pop thread but if that Peter Sarstedt
>tune fits, then I think the "genre" is a bit too inspecific.
>Next thing you know, you'll be putting Al Stewart in the category too.

I know what you mean, even if I don't quite get the analogy. I suppose if Al
Stewart gets the Soft Pop label,  the next one in is Al (Franken) as Stewart
(Smalley), but that's not really my point. Let's build some parameters around
soft pop's definition. To me it has to reflect a certain well-meaning
earnestness slightly corrupted by commerciality. It can be slightly
pretentious, but not dogmatic. It is influenced by the 6T's Folk Music period
but not "pure" in an acoustic folkie sense. It might be called E-Z Folk. And
it seems to be an exclusively 6T's category. The Soft Rockers of the 7T's
don't fit.....Help elaborate


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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 03:06:48 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica)

Hey! I thought you knew? Les is More!

Magnus



>At 06:55 PM 21-05-99 -0400, Peter wrote:
>
>>I was just thinking the other day that Les Baxter's real name is =
Lester
>Baxter.



>Are you sure?  I thought Les was short for Leslie.  At least the =
composing
>credits I have occasionally seen said "Leslie Baxter."
>Byron Caloz



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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 02:25:59 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Soft Pop

At 08:59 PM 5/23/99 EDT JimmyBee wrote:
> Let's build some parameters around
>soft pop's definition.

Sounds like fun.  But is it soft "pop" or soft "rock"?
I ask this because for instance, Claudine Longet would probably qualify as
soft pop but not as soft rock, I hope.
Or maybe Claudine is uncategorizable.

> To me it has to reflect a certain well-meaning
>earnestness slightly corrupted by commerciality. It can be slightly
>pretentious, but not dogmatic.

Woo, heavy terms man.
I think that most soft rock - dunno about the pop - is very heavily
influenced by commercial concerns.
We probably should have two categories.
Those who softened their sound for what they saw as commercial reasons.
And those who hardened their sound for the same reason.
On one hand, you have a hard rock band who hear that the soft sound is
selling and on the other hand you have a wispy folky band who add a bit of
a rock edge in order to capitalize on the "rock craze".
They may arrive at a similar place though...

>It is influenced by the 6T's Folk Music period
>but not "pure" in an acoustic folkie sense. It might be called E-Z Folk. And
>it seems to be an exclusively 6T's category. The Soft Rockers of the 7T's
>don't fit.....Help elaborate

Well given that this discussion began with The Free Design I think you'd
have to include some of the early seventies.
I sort of agree with the folk routes.  In some ways you could call The
Byrds the original soft-rock band.  Or the Lovin Spoonful.  Both have
acoustic hootenanny folk routes.  I think the same thing is true for the
Association.
But maybe the Byrds and Spoonful have a bit too much of an "edge" to be
called soft.

I think we're talking about a hard-to-pin-down genre. On the one hand you
have the Free Design who are virtually all vocal arrangements and the
instruments are just sort of there.  Then for instance you have Orpheus or
the Cowsills who kind of rock out compared to Free Design.
Orpheus sometimes remind me of the Buckinghams.

I think we're in trouble here but I'll still participate.

Nat



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