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exotica-digest         Wednesday, May 26 1999         Volume 02 : Number 400



In This Digest:

(exotica) Re:  Re:  More Soft Pop
(exotica) Lee live in London - and on screen
(exotica) Weekend finds
(exotica) Laurie Johnson
Re: (exotica) Laurie Johnson
(exotica) Flash!
(exotica) Is it just me....
(exotica) [obits] Kenneth Glancy, Guru Hanuman
Re: (exotica) Calling All DJ's
Re: (exotica) Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Myers
(exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" May 26, 1999
re:(exotica) Calling All DJ's
(exotica) Re: Burman
(exotica) More Soft Pop
(exotica) Exotic Sheetmusic Alert
(exotica) Re: Calling All DJ's
(exotica) Stefan Kerry's e-mail address
(exotica) Soft Pop Finds
(exotica) Re: Soft Pop
(exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)
Re: (exotica) Weekend finds
(exotica) they pull me back...
Re:  (exotica) Calling All DJ's
(exotica) My Soft Pop (long)
Re: (exotica) Weekend finds
(exotica) Weekend finds
(exotica) [obit] John Burton Tigrett
(exotica) Is it just me....
(exotica) Re: FWD: VIRUS WARNING

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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 01:30:44 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Re:  More Soft Pop

At 08:36 PM 5/24/99, JimmyBee wrote:

> Soft Rock is to me
>really a 6T's thing where these groups were working adjacent to rockers on
>the charts and may have spent as much time listening to Folk music and the
>Bacharach/Bossa stuff as the Beatles Stones Garage/Rocking stuff. And while
>the guitar was their primary instrument usually, they did not feel it
>necessary to project like rockers, forcing the listener to engage more with
>the content of the song less for its beat and bombast than for its sensitive
>sentiment and hippie-inspired ethos.

The hallmarks of soft rock or pop for me are the quality of the voices and
to a lesser degree the "suckiness" of the messages.
"Hippie-inspired" is part of it.  References to trees, sunshine, flowers
and the innocence of children.
"Innocence" is a good word too.
Of course I don't really believe that all these bands were actually
innocent.  In some cases I think they were as cynical as those heavy metal
bands who put on flannel and called themselves "grunge".
But to some degree that's what I'm looking for.  Just as I like the way the
"NOW sound" mimics rock but gets it wrong, same goes for a lot of this soft
rock.

To be soft, it has to have soft voices.  Sweet, soft harmony.  You can't
sing soft rock or pop if you growl or whine.

Or try it this way.  Soft rock is rock with no blues, no soul, no black
music component whatsoever.  It's rock on the poppy side.  But it doesn't
include the Poppy Family who really rocked, screamed and hollered.

I hope someone's compiling all this.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 10:12:36 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lee live in London - and on screen

RARE LEE HAZLEWOOD FILMS JOIN THE BILL FOR NICK CAVE=92S MELTDOWN

Nick Cave=92s MELTDOWN  FESTIVAL will present an evening of LEE HAZLEWOOD
associated films on Saturday June 26 at the Purcell Rooms, South Bank
Centre, London, starting at 7.30pm. The presentation will be in addition
to
LEE HAZLEWOOD=92s first solo performance for 25 years, which takes place
on
June 28 at the Royal Festival Hall. Tickets for the film night are =A35,
and,
like tickets for the performance, are available from the Royal festival
Hall
Box Office on 0171 960 442.

The evening will feature two unique films featuring the talents of the
endearingly iconoclastic singer/songwriter/producer LEE HAZLEWOOD,
produced
in collaboration with the Swedish director Torbj=F6rn Axelman. Known
primarily
for his work as a songwriter and producer for Duane Eddy and Nancy
Sinatra,
HAZLEWOOD was also a performing and recording artist in his own right,
releasing a string of sterling solo albums throughout the 60s and 70s.

COWBOY IN SWEDEN, released in 1970, sets a suite of HAZLEWOOD
compositions
to Axelman=92s footage of various Swedish landscapes; a long-form music
video
made well before the advent of MTV. A critical and commercial success in

Sweden, the soundtrack, performed by LEE with the help of singers Nina
Lizell and Suzie Jane Hokom, went gold in that country.

NANCY & LEE IN LAS VEGAS, from 1975, intertwines a vintage performance
by
this incomparable duo at Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin=92s Riviera with
backstage/behind the scenes shenanigans as seen through the eyes of
co-director Axelman. HAZLEWOOD=92s verit=E9-style editing manages to capt=
ure

both the surreal glitz and the lighter side of the Vegas experience. The

screenings follow the re-release of two HAZLEWOOD albums on CD: the
album
Cowboy In Sweden, and Farmisht, Flatulence, Origami, ARF!!! And Me (the
first new LEE HAZLEWOOD album in two decades). These are the first in a
series of HAZLEWOOD re-issues by Hoboken based Smells Like Records, an
independent label run by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley.

LEE HAZLEWOOD - FIRST AND ONLY SOLO  PERFORMANCE IN 25 YEARS


LEE HAZLEWOOD, the trailblazing songwriter, producer and singer, has
announced that he will be performing at the Meltdown Festival, directed
by
Nick Cave. The show takes place at the Royal Festival Hall, LONDON on
Monday
June 28, and is the first time that he has performed solo anywhere in
the
world for 25 years. Lee=92s last solo show took place in Sweden in 1974.
This
will be his only scheduled live appearance anywhere in the world.
Tickets
cost =A327.50 / =A325 / =A322.50 / =A320 from the Royal Festival Hall box=
 office

(0171 960 4242). A support act will be announced shortly.

For the Meltdown show Lee will be joined by long-time cohort and
guitarist
Al Casey, who has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as
Duane
Eddy, Dean Martin and the Beach Boys (including work on =93Pet Sounds=94)=
,
alongside Brad Bauder. They will be accompanied by The Lars Samuelsson
Group. (Lars was one of the arrangers on the =93Cowboy in Sweden=94 album=
.)

The show will cover material from Lee=92s entire career. Songs from his
new
album, as well as lost classics and some of the hits, have been
promised.
Lee may be most famous for his work with Nancy Sinatra - he wrote =93Thes=
e

Boots Were Made For Walking=94 and =93Some Velvet Morning=94 - but his so=
lo
albums
have been the stuff of legend for many years, despite being expensive
collector=92s items. His gravelly voice, dark lyrical insight and melodic
skills recall Johnny Cash, but Lee=92s playful corruption of genres sets
him
apart from any of his contemporaries as his music has always stood
outside
of fashion. Lee was also responsible for giving Duane Eddy and Gram
Parsons
their first breaks, and has worked with Dean Martin, Waylon Jennings and

countless other greats. His songs have been covered by a whole range of
artists, from Jesus & Mary Chain to Billy Ray Cyrus, Dusty Springfield
to
Einsturzande Neubauten, and have influenced many more. They have also
appeared in numerous films, most recently Fargo, Forrest Gump and Austin

Powers.


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Bon Marche Centre
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:29:11 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Weekend finds

I went to a crappy old Car Boot Sale this weekend and scored Ray Martin's
Dynamica, Dick Shory's Holiday for Percussion and another Schory Percussion
record - Purcussion Pops? something like that anyway. All RCA, Stereo
Action, all 50p, all mint and I've fallen in love with the bird on the
cover of the Holiday Percussion LP (UK copy) - Goddess!
I still cant see the attraction of these records though.



Charlie





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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:48:32 +0100
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Subject: (exotica) Laurie Johnson

Did anyone go to see Laurie Johnson at the Albert Hall recently?
Someone I know has just sent me a (rave) review from one of the daily
papers?  Jack Parnell (described as the 'ever stylish') leading
apparently.

counting down to Lee


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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:58:23 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Laurie Johnson

I read a review in the Guardian (I think) saying that he played one or two
funky tunes amongst a heavily orchestral set. I would have loved to have
been there for a full funk workout!
Still sounds cool though.

Charlie





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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:01:38 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Flash!

Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. World and all the ships at sea, let's go to
press.  FLASH!  A young chanteuse has taken the Big Apple by storm. One
Katie Curic, as first reported by the Today Show has taken to the cabaret
stage and wowed the crowd!  In a black sequined dress and red boa, Ms.
Kouric showed the entertainment world that "lounge" need not mean "relax",
as Couric's renditions stunned a jaded New York and this reporter.  Further
evidence of a boffo arrival was given when she was joined onstage her
rendition of "The Last Laugh" by Tony Bennett, always a gentleman.

Upon interviewing Ms. Courick backstage, she said that if the footlights
refuse to shine on her any longer, that she wishes to take up journalism.
This reporter says that the cabarets throughout the world are more than
roomy enough for a talent as bright as this young songbird.

A merry http://www.msnbc.com/news/TODAY_front.asp to all of my listerners
and take it away, Sy Berspace!

This is Walter Winchell, signing off.
Brian Phillips
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 06:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Laura Taylor <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Is it just me....

...or...has anybody else ever noticed the STRIKING similarity between
the choruses of Tom Jones' "Daughter of Darkness" and XTC's "Towers of
London"?
Or...is it just me...
Jane Fondle

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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 10:01:53 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Kenneth Glancy, Guru Hanuman

                       *Kenneth Donald Glancy
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Kenneth Donald Glancy, a former RCA Records president who
helped the careers of David Bowie and Cleo Laine, among others, died Sunday.
He was 74.
    Glancy was in charge of the artists and repertory of Columbia Records,
Columbia's European operations and, in the 1970s, all of RCA's labels
worldwide.
    In 1980, he formed his own Finesse label and issued albums by Mel Torme,
the Modern Jazz Quartet and Paul Desmond. He retired in the early 1990s.
    Glancy began working for Columbia as a salesman and then Midwestern sales
manager. He traveled to London in the 1960s and helped revive the flagging
British division by promoting a series of hit records.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-k-glancy.html

                           *Guru Hanuman
    NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Guru Hanuman, a pudgy wrestler who transformed
thousands of men into top wrestlers, died Monday in a car crash in northern
India, domestic news agencies reported. He was 99.
    Guru Hanuman spent his life on the banks of Yamuna River in New Delhi,
operating an Indian-style wrestling camp, or akhada, where he offered free
training to anyone interested in the sport.
    Over the years, Guru Hanuman, as he was called -- his real name was not
known -- established 1,200 wrestling centers in India. He reportedly
borrowed the name of the Hindu monkey-god known for his physical strength.
    A tire of the car in which he was traveling burst and the vehicle crashed
into a tree in the village of Rithani, 35 miles north of New Delhi, Indian
news agencies reported.
    Even in his 90s, Guru Hanuman trained for four hours every day, later
enjoying a huge meal of bread, vegetables and milk.

NYTimes James Blades obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-blades.html

NYTimes Norman Rossington obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-n-rossington.html

NYTimes Vanessa Brown obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-v-brown.html




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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:39:34 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Calling All DJ's

Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin' it.
Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the style of a
6T's spy-thriller movie.   THIS IS AN EXCELLENT RECORD


>>>"Operation B.O.M.B.A was the Number One record...in my house this
weekend!"-Jane Fondle, AstroSlut



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:38:00 -0400
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Myers

Brian added:
I have had the vinyl version of this for about 15 years; it's a great one.
Also, if you like DJ's (Charles is referring to Dave Diamond as he descends
into "The Diamond Mine") that go on great flights of fancy, I recommend
Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers, whose ravings can be found at
http://www.earthstation1.com/Mad_Daddy_Meyers.html and also he recorded
What is a Fisterris? as the Joker.  I would love to know if there are
anymore sound clips of this fellow!Is Horror Asparagus Stories by the
Driving Stupid on the CD?  It is listed
on the LP but not on the record.  Also, there was a bonus cut, uncredited,
which I think is Timothy Leary.

Brian Phillips



>>>Brian, I, too, have had that for about 15 years(!)(Feelin' old!) and
talk about SOFT POP, whaddabout thee Jefferson Handkerchief(sp?) and I'M
ALLERGIC TO FLOWERS!?  Also, per the Bomp! list, it's thee Third Bardot
that's reuniting,yes?
Jane"Five Years Ahead of my Tyme" Fondle



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:36:10 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" May 26, 1999

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

Xavier Cugat - Miami Beach Rhumba "Cugat Cavalcade"
Chuck Sagle - The Sheik of Araby "Ping Pong Percussion"
Enoch Light - Pussyfoot "Patterns in Sound"

Esquivel - Take the "A" Train "Infinity in Sound"
Ken Nordine - Green "Incredibly Strange Music Vol 2"
Peter Thomas - Orion 2000 "Raumpatrouille"
Pierre Henri - Machine Danse "Dimensions in Sound Vol 2"

Mohamed Rafi - Jan Pahechan Ho "Doob Doob O'Rama"
[unknown group] - "Cambodian Rocks"
Jade Warrior - Groover "Waves"
Moebius & Plank - Rastakraut Pasta "Rastakraut Pasta"

Asha Bhosle - Karle Pyar Karle "Doob Doob O'Rama"
Ken Nordine - Yellow "Incredibly Strange Music Vol 2"
Nino Nardini - Tropicola "Dimensions in Sound Vol 2"
Claude Denjean - Baia "Moods"

Thanks for reading!
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 10:54:45 -0400
From: "the Neustadts" <[e-mail]>
Subject: re:(exotica) Calling All DJ's

Hello everyone. I'm Michael Neustadt, co-owner of YaYa Records, home of the
aforementioned Seks Bomba cd. You can visit us at http://www.yayarecords.com
or visit the Bombas directly at http://www.bomba.com. It's worth the trip.



Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:59:29 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Calling All DJ's

Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin' it.
Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the style of a
6T's spy-thriller movie. To share a couple of quoteson the contents:
"multi-layered songs that are actually arranged, with the depth and panache
of European films of the 60's", "cool, laconic, and licensed to kill." All
radio and club DJs please contact me. Be SURE to include in your
correspondence the following: Station Call Letters, Name of Program, Station
Phone Number, Your on-air name, the hours your show airs, and the
description
your station's program guide gives your show. Club jocks: please provide the
name, location, phone number, club manager's name and night(s) and hours you
work at the club.
Seks Bomba's record release Party will be held in Boston on June 18th at the
Linwood Grille. DJ Brother Cleve (who also told me about this band over two
years ago) spins between sets. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT RECORD



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:31:11 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Burman

Hi, Jane Fondle here, asking a question on behalf of a nonlist person!

"Does anyone out there have any info on the Indian film composers S.D.
Burman and R.D. Burman?  Biographical, discographical, filmographical,
anything.Are there any particular soundtracks by either of them that anyone
could
recommend?Do they mostly pop up on cassettes at Indian grocery stores, or
are there
any CDs or LPs out there?"

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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:37:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Soft Pop

DJJimmyBee wrote:
>
> > Soft Rock is to me really a 6T's thing where these groups were working adjacent to
rockers on the charts and may have spent as much time listening to Folk music and the
> >Bacharach/Bossa stuff as the Beatles Stones Garage/Rocking stuff. And while
> >the guitar was their primary instrument usually, they did not feel it necessary to
project like rockers, forcing the listener to engage more with the content of the song
less for its beat and bombast than for its sensitive sentiment and hippie-inspired
ethos.
And Nat Kone wrote
>
> The hallmarks of soft rock or pop for me are the quality of the voices and to a
lesser degree the "suckiness" of the messages. "Hippie-inspired" is part of it.
References to trees, sunshine, flowers and the innocence of children. "Innocence" is a
good word too.
> Of course I don't really believe that all these bands were actually innocent.  In
some cases I think they were as cynical as those heavy metal bands who put on flannel
and called themselves "grunge".
> But to some degree that's what I'm looking for.  Just as I like the way the
> "NOW sound" mimics rock but gets it wrong, same goes for a lot of this soft
> rock.
>
> To be soft, it has to have soft voices.  Sweet, soft harmony.  You can't
> sing soft rock or pop if you growl or whine.
>
> Or try it this way.  Soft rock is rock with no blues, no soul, no black
> music component whatsoever.  It's rock on the poppy side.  But it doesn't
> include the Poppy Family who really rocked, screamed and hollered.

And Chuck replied
Theses descriptions work just fine for me.  Jimmy's description of soft rock works well
for describing the late 60s bands like Orpheus, Association or Harpers Bizzarre type of
bands.  And Nat's dscription of soft voices, sweet soft harmony and no blues, soul or
black music component works well for describing late fifties early 60's groups like the
Crewcuts, Teddy Bears and the Fleetwoods all of which proceded the hippy/folk
influences. Taken together they provide better parameters then I expected.

Thanks Jimmmy and Nat & Jamie for all the comments on & off list.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:51:41 -0700
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Sheetmusic Alert

There are at least two Les Baxter Sheet Music books on ebay right now  - =
Just keyword-search Les Baxter. Neat cover art, too.

Ron



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 18:12:14 -0400
From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Calling All DJ's

> Boston's Seks Bomba's new CD is finally out. And they want DJ's playin'
> it.  Its called "Operation B.O.M.B.A." and the cover is done in the
> style of a  6T's spy-thriller movie.

How about telling us where us non-Bostoners can get it?
Peter


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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 19:20:51 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Stefan Kerry's e-mail address

Does anyone have this?  I am asking for a friend of mine.
Brian Phillips
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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 19:50:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop Finds

Today's finds:     The New Colony Six   "Attacking A Straw Man"
                The Peppermint Rainbow   "Will You Be Staying
After Sunday?"

BTW, does anyone have Skip Heller's e-mail address? His new CD called "Couch,
Los Angeles" isn't bad and I'm playing it on the radio


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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:02:34 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Craig Carlson)
Subject: (exotica) Re: Soft Pop

There is a fellow who calls himself "collector" who has been posting about
soft-pop and pop-psych on the various nooz groops for years. He has a very
spiffy web page at:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/7500/

Well worth a look for the database alone.

Craig

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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 18:48:52 -0700
From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ethnic recommendations (was Ethio Jazz)

At 12:21 PM 5/24/99 +0200, Arjan Plug wrote:

>I don't think this series has been mentioned on the list before but they are
>definitely recommended for exotica-fans.VARIOUS Ethiopiques, Vol. 1

I for one am extremely happy to get an occasional tip on ethnic/world
music.  Anybody else out there have strong recommendations?

I have come across a lot of "world music" releases that blend in very well
with exotica or lounge mixes, partly because they are so enjoyably
"musical" and yet at the same time somehow odd.  Most people on the list
know about Os Mutantes, for example, but there's also some really great
material from these other Latin groups (among many others):

1. Karnak, a hip high-energy Brazillian group that at times sounds
operatic, borrows a little from Arab music, and even quotes
Chattenooga-Choo-Choo in one song.

2. Uakti, a melodic Brazillian group that specializes in odd percussion
instruments, often mixed with flute.

3. Inti Illimani, a Peruvian group with an Andean sound that often sounds
European.

Fans of belly dance music will probably enjoy a CD by Salamat called "Mambo
El Soundani."  And fans of Fellini might enjoy an Alpine brass band CD by
Die Knodel called "Overcooked Tyroleans."

Anyone else have recommendations, or care to violently disagree with mine?

Jerry




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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 19:27:30 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend finds

At 11:29 AM 5/25/99 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
>
>I went to a crappy old Car Boot Sale this weekend and scored Ray Martin's
>Dynamica, Dick Shory's Holiday for Percussion and another Schory Percussion
>record - Purcussion Pops? something like that anyway. All RCA, Stereo
>Action,
>I still cant see the attraction of these records though.

Do you mean the attraction of Stereo Action in general or these records in
particular?  This is a bit silly of course because if you don't see it, why
would anyone want to make you see it.
I love that packaging and the whole idea of stereo you can see.
It's kind of hard to separate that from the "music" and if I started doing
that, I'd have to get rid of lots of records.
But there are some great "musical" moments scattered throughout those
records and between Stereo Action and a number of other records I own that
Ray Martin either produced or arranged or put out under his name, I've come
to the conclusion that he definitely belongs in the lounge/bachelor pad
pantheon.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 19:27:33 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) they pull me back...

On the day I decide that I have enough of "this stuff" and I should try and
strip back the hunger, I walk into my friend's used record store to discuss
some non-record-related business and he has:
Lalo Schifrin's "Mission Impossible"
Buddy Morrow's "Double Impact"
and a non phase four version of Werner Muller's "Hawaiian Swing".
That's two records with versions of "Hawaiian Eye" in case you didn't make
the connection.
As it turns out, he's looking for quad records so I pick these up on a
trade (for a Montenegro quad and a Louis Bellson Project 3 quad record
among others.)
No money changes hands on this particular day but if I don't get control of
this, I'm going to have the best vinyl lounge collection of anyone living
in a box.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:36:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Calling All DJ's

already spun it last Thursday

cheers
Otto


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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:13:54 +0000
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) My Soft Pop (long)

     So we all have a different notion of 'Soft Pop'.

     I suspect mine is more mainstream than some others, although this is
     probably due to scarcity of records rather than taste...

     Important ingredients for me are
     a) lots of nice vocal harmonies

     b) that the songs have a slightly hip beat, rather than being slow
     and ballad-y (this would exclude some late 50s things like 'earth
     angel' and 'sh-boom' (which incidentally I love, but would rather
     have the penguins and the chords singing than the crew-cuts...))

     c) a major key and nice warm string sound also helps


     I'm constantly finding new things I like, so this list isn't remotely
     exhaustive, but my 'soft pop' tapes generally cover the following:

      - Free design (songs like 'bubbles', 'I found love', '2006 hit
     song', 'you could be born again')
      - early 70s (A&M period?) Burt Bacharach (eg South American Getaway,
     Pacific Coast Highway)
      - Spanky and our Gang
      - late 60s and early 70s A&M stuff like Claudine Longet, Chris
     Montez and less shmaltzy Carpenters tracks ('we've only just begun',
     'I won't last a day without you', 'yesterday once more')
      - late 60s and early 70s Beach Boys (Pet Sounds, Friends, 20/20)
      - less rocky Mamas and Papas and Cass Elliott tracks ('Disney
     Girls', 'Dedicated to the one I love', 'Dream a little dream' rather
     than 'Creeque alley' or 'California Dreaming')
      - American/Brazilian recordings from the late 60s (eg. by Marcos
     Valle, Astrud Gilberto, Tamba Trio, but recorded in the US with a
     deliberately more accessible style)
      - some 60s orchestra plus vocal group stuff (eg Jankowski singers,
     hipper Ray Charles and Enoch Light singers stuff, those great Bob
     Crewe LPs from the late 60s)

     In response to Chuck's mail, yes, I guess the vocals on Patience &
     Prudence make this soft pop, but what is missing for me is the attempt
     at 'hipness' in rhythm.  I guess this only came from the 'swinging
     london' thing, and from late 60s west coast pop and the things
     influenced by it.  I love the Girl Group scene, but don't think it
     often with my vision soft pop, since the instrumentation is generally
     more primitive.

     Sorry to have gone on; this is a very interesting topic for me.

     regards, Jonny



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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:37:39 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend finds

> From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
> At 11:29 AM 5/25/99 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:

> >
> >I went to a crappy old Car Boot Sale this weekend and scored Ray Martin's
> >Dynamica, Dick Shory's Holiday for Percussion and another Schory Percussion
> >record - Purcussion Pops? something like that anyway. All RCA, Stereo
> >Action, I still cant see the attraction of these records though.
>
> Do you mean the attraction of Stereo Action in general or these records in
> particular?  This is a bit silly of course because if you don't see it, why
> would anyone want to make you see it.
>
> I love that packaging and the whole idea of stereo you can see.
> It's kind of hard to separate that from the "music" and if I started doing
> that, I'd have to get rid of lots of records.
>

A couple of salient points here:

1. Hardly any of the American "Stereo Action" records were released
   over here. "Latinesque" and the the ones Charles mention are the
   only ones I know of for sure.

2. They don't have that nice packaging.

3. But there are a lot of totally crap RCA records by "Cyril Orandel and
   the Stereo Action Orchestra" which are outstandingly naff, duff,
   and shoddy, with complete ping-pong hocketing arrangements. Some of
   these are funny because they're so bad, but that's about it.

4. More generally, the "Stereo Action" titles are released as part of
   the RCA International series, which prominently features artists
   such as Jim Reeves.


> But there are some great "musical" moments scattered throughout those
> records and between Stereo Action and a number of other records I own that
> Ray Martin either produced or arranged or put out under his name, I've come
> to the conclusion that he definitely belongs in the lounge/bachelor pad
> pantheon.

Oh, Ray Martin does have some amazing moments. Personally, I think
"Dynamica" is one of the best. I think appreciation of it might depend
where you lie on the "Spike Jones vs. James Brown" scale. I'm also
very fond of his baroque album ("Michelle") which has a rocking
harpsichord version of The Stones' "As Tears Go By"... mmm, nice!



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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:23:20 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Weekend finds

'where you lie on the "Spike Jones vs. James Brown" scale' - The mind
boggles!





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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 10:25:45 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] John Burton Tigrett

                        *John Burton Tigrett
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Entrepreneur John Burton Tigrett, who amassed a
fortune as a toy maker and bus company executive and was an adviser to
politicians, businessmen and musicians, died May 18. He was 85.
    Vice President Al Gore, a family friend, recalled his excitement as a child
when his mother took him to Tigrett's toy factory. It was ``the closest
thing you could get to Willie Wonka.'' Tigrett later became an adviser to him.
    Tigrett amassed a fortune through an array of ventures -- as a book
salesman, an executive with American Burlington Bus Lines and an investor in
patents.
    His most famous patent was probably for the ``drinking duck'' novelty toy
known as the Glub-Glub, a whimsical bird that appears to drink water from a
glass as it bobs back and forth. He paid $800 for the patent in the 1950s
and sold 22 million.
    He also invented children's mesh playpens after his baby son  John cut
himself on a wooden one.


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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 08:49:24 -0400
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Subject: (exotica) Is it just me....

Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 06:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Laura Taylor <[e-mail]>Subject:
...or...has anybody else ever noticed the STRIKING similarity between
the choruses of Tom Jones' "Daughter of Darkness" and XTC's
 "Towers ofLondon"?
Or...is it just me...Jane Fondle===
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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:31:26 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: FWD: VIRUS WARNING

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Shirley George +ADw-grannie6+AEA-hotmail.com+AD4-
>-Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 3:27 PM
>
>-f you receive an email titled +ACI-It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'+ACI-
>+- DO NOT OPEN
>  It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information
> was
>- announced yesterday morning from IBM.

Here's what IBM says about it:
http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/Guts/

Another VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!! hoax message has found its way into the
netstream, this one containing quite a few of the common hoax
characteristics. Using hoax heuristics (rules to help determine if a message
has characteristics making it likely to be a hoax), you can learn to
recognize Virus Hoaxes.

The characteristics which appear in this message are many. One of them, the
request to forward the message to everyone you can, even appears four times.

First, there is the almost obligatory warning to not open mail with a
specific Subject: line. In this case, the Subject line is;

"It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'"
The warning continues, claming that if you do open a message with that
Subject: line, it will erase everything on your hard drive. Recipients of
the hoax are urged to 'Forward this letter out to as many people as you
can'. The virus is referred to as "new and very malicious." So far, you can
see several common hoax heuristics:

All capital letters with copious explanation marks in the announcement

Claims of damage, in this case, erasing your entire hard disk

Description of the virus as 'new and very malicious'

Request for you to send the message along to as many people as you can. In
fact, this request is made at the beginning of the hoax and again near
middle and again shortly thereafter and again near the end of the message.
There is one additional twist to this hoax. Appended in what appears to be
almost an afterthought, the "RETURNED MAIL" hoax message is part of the "It
Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" Hoax. You can read more about the RETURNED MAIL
hoax warning.

Finally, the "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" hoax message claims the
information about the 'new virus' originated at IBM. As always, if you have
questions or concerns about Computer Virus Hoaxes, please check our hype
alerts section. You can read more about hoaxes and how to recognize them in
the paper "How to Spot a Virus Hoax".




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