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exotica-digest          Tuesday, June 8 1999          Volume 02 : Number 410



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Re: (exotica) [obits] Peter Brough,Ernie Wilkins,Bruno  Caravaggi,RandolphBullock,Paul S. Newman
Re: (exotica) havaiian shites
Re: (exotica) [obit] Mel Torme'
Re: (exotica) RE: fwd: Music Focused Search Engine
(exotica) New Directions in Exotica
(exotica) san diego finds, recent finds
(exotica) request for reviews
Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds
Re:  (exotica) Jane, tell us somptin we don't know!!!
(exotica) Soft Pop Foundations
(exotica) The Duke Of Burlington
Re: (exotica) RE: fwd: Music Focused Search Engine
(exotica) Gabor Szabo
Re: (exotica) Swinger's Holiday
Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds
Re: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations
Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
(exotica) The Hip Trip
Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Re: (exotica) The Duke Of Burlington
Fw: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations
(exotica) FW: Blimey
(exotica) Vic Schoen
[none]
(exotica) "Good Vibrations"
Re: (exotica) "Good Vibrations"
Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
(exotica) funky mancini
(exotica) Richard Hayes
(exotica) Clegg
SV: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Re: (exotica) Clegg
(exotica) [obit] Ernie Wilkins
SV: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:13:04 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Peter Brough,Ernie Wilkins,Bruno  Caravaggi,RandolphBullock,Paul S. Newman

Lou Smith wrote:

>                            *Peter Brough
>         LONDON (AP) -- Peter Brough, a radio star who attracted a British audience
> of millions in the 1950s as the ventriloquist who brought puppet Archie
> Andrews to life, died Thursday. He was 83.

Correct me if I'm wrong but is this the third ventriloquist death in as many months??

Frank



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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 99 19:17:29 -0000
From: Michael D. Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) havaiian shites

 Ben Waugh <[e-mail]> wrote:

>oooh. i did not see the easter island head shirt.
>damn. the shirt i popped off about had tiki mugs and
>all sorts of goofy "cheers!" slogans on in. I thought
>it looked kinda halloweenish.

I should note the Tiki mug shirt I saw had no such "goofy slogans" on it.
Sounds like a totally different shirt.

Michael David Toth
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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:24:23 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Mel Torme'

Nat Kone wrote:

> I wish the world would mourn Mel half as much as it did Frank.  In my
> record collection world, he's a hell of a lot more important.

Way to go Nat, to say that took guts. I agree.

Frank



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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 99 20:30:18 -0500
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: fwd: Music Focused Search Engine

>These folks have got a LOT to learn! "ZERO RESULTS" when I searched
>"Patience and Prudence"!!!!!!!!!! PARDON MY CAPS!!!
There's a Patience and Prudence song on the Election soundtrack that came
out recently. (There's also an April March song that's a total rip off of
Brigitte Bardot's "La Madrague", and I say that with utmost affection.)

Elisabeth


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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:14:37 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Directions in Exotica

I still say Vinyl is King--for the cover art if nothing else. But this week
I've had a couple of entertaining glimpses of new horizions. . .

Guided by the excellent 8-Track FAQ at:
http://www.8trackheaven.com/faq.html , I finally picked up a good Panasonic
8-track player. . . it's actually Quadraphonic-ready!  (It is. . . but I'm
not, being short two amplifier channels. But I suppose I could improvise
something.)

Anyway, pretty much my sole reason for getting this deck was to play the
Mystic Moods Orchestra's _Love The One You're With_  tape that I've had
sitting on the shelf for a couple years now--just taunting me and making
me crazy with curiosity.

Well. . . it turns out that that one wasn't particularly worth the wait:
Just your basic string-led soft rock, although there was a discreet bit of
harpsichord and sitar noodling in a few tracks. The main point of interest
is all the watery sound effects in the background--which made Margaret come
into the room and ask, are these guys playing in a storm sewer?

I think this may have come up before, but has anyone else out there
found exotica-relevant stuff on 8-Track tape?


The other eye-opener was when I happened to be doing some web research and
stumbled onto one of those annoying web sites which automatically launches
MIDI files for each page. Then I got to this one:

http://www.michigan-online.com/Intl_09.mid , and I just started giggling. . .

[ It's 11k of infectiously dippy Casio-styled Bossa Nova.]

And it suddenly hit me: the MIDI "clip music" that people are dropping into
their web pages and multimedia projects--it's becoming the Library Music of
the 90s. And in the same way that we enjoy rediscovering some of that
"functional" music of the past, undoubtably somebody in the future will be
lovingly rediscovering and compiling these little music snippets. I may
want to do it myself. . .

Any nifty MIDI files out there you've stumbled across?

cheers,

 --Ross

|| Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr  <[e-mail]>
|| Ann Arbor, Michigan USA




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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 17:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeeee)
Subject: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

went to SD,
and thanks to some very helpful folks (thanks brian and elaine), had a huge
list of recordstores to check out.  however, time didn't permit me to shop
so much.  so i ended up just spending a few hours at Lou's Records -
supposedly "the Best" store in SD.  actually, it's in encinitas.  but close
enough.  needles to say i was impressed.  i didn't actually spend much time
looking for vynil.  most of it looked rock-oriented.  but i'll go back and
check.  their cd selection was quite nice though.  i was able to find at
least a few things i was looking for (which is a feat it seems), plus found
some nice suprises.

so here's my booty.  not much, but very satisfying:

Susumu Yokata "1999" (sublime records)
initial listening was very good.  very danceable.  retro-ish in a 70's
disco sorta way, but distinct from other stuff like that.  if you like
yoshinori sunahara, you'd dig this methinks.

Blacula soundtrack by Gene Page (razor and tie)
great blaxploitation soundtrack.  you've seen the movie.  experience the music.
good stuff.  any other gene page soundtracks i should be aware of?

Sweet Trip "halica" (darla)
i think this band is from San Fran.  very nice, smooth, trippy, mellow
electronics.  this is from 1998.  don't know what else they've released.

v/a "move to groove:  the best of 1970's jazz-funk" (verve)
very packed comp for sure.  lots of stuff that's new to me.  but i'm pretty
jazz-ignorant.  it is jazzy and it is funky.  and it is somewhat pricey.
but it's a 2 cd set.  this was a blind purchase that i think was worth it.
any other recommendations on funky early 70's fusiony sort of stuff?
artists include:  ahmad jamal, roy ayers, chico hamilton, mandril, kool and
gang, j.b.'s, hugh masekela, more...

one thing i found in burbank thrift store recently:

korla pandit "speak to me of love"
red vynil.  good condition.  great cover.  but the music... snooooooze.
i'll probably keep it just cos it's nice to have, but i don't think i'll
listen to it much.  why is love so boring on these types of albums?

ciao,
kevin





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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 17:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeeee)
Subject: (exotica) request for reviews

hi again,
i'm working on a web page devoted to new/recent stuff in the
exotica-friendly vein.  to give you an idea:  fantastic plastic machine,
pizzicatto five, dimitri from paris, april march, tipsy, etc. etc...  you
know what i mean.

and i'm looking for people who are interested in contributing little
reviews/profiles of artists and or particular albums, fitting in with this
sort of thing.

ultimately, i'd like it to be a resource for people, like me, who want to
keep up with new releases and these types of bands that are so hard to find
out about unless you just happen to "know".

i've talked with a few of you already, so if any of you are interested,
please let me know.

[e-mail]

thanks!
kevin




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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:45:18 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

Kevin leeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:

<<any other gene page soundtracks i should be aware of?>>

nothing like this one...all i could dig up were Brewster McCloud and was in
on the Silencers as conductor.

<<korla pandit "speak to me of love"
 red vynil.  good condition.  great cover.  but the music... snooooooze.
 i'll probably keep it just cos it's nice to have, but i don't think i'll
 listen to it much.  why is love so boring on these types of albums? >>

the only way to truly appreciate korla pandit is to see the actual television
program he had in the 1950's.  only then will you get the full effect.
you'll also see what a talent he is as he plays his organ and piano AT THE
SAME TIME.  As far as his albums go, I'd say "Plays Music Of The Exotic East"
is the best of the Fantasy lot.  I have a (black vinyl) stereo copy up on
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:54:19 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Jane, tell us somptin we don't know!!!

In a message dated 6/7/99 6:19:08 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Jane wrote:
>
>"In other words, if
>it ain't form-flattering, Jane Fondle doesn't bother..."
>
>Like we don't already know that . . . . . .AND WHAT FORM???  MAIDENFORM??

All one can add is "Visit Boston for an AstroSlut Info-Concert" it will
explain all~!


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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:01:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations

I have been actively seeking Soft Pop/Rock rekkids for about a month now. If
ever there was a time to score the stuff it is now. Shops generally are
unaware of the fever (if it actually exists) and the prices are reflecting
it. Typically $1.99 to $5.
99 per LP from all the groups discussed here AND more. I have found some
bonus tracks on the LP's which branch into the EZ and Now sounds quite
nicely. Loving the soft stuff, Jimmy Botticelli


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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 23:04:16 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Duke Of Burlington

I found a CD reissue by The Duke of Burlington, titled "The Pressed
Piano".  It's on the Joker label, out of Italy.  It seems the original
material's from 1970, and it's a great CD - can anyone tell me anything
more about this group?

cheryl


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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 21:01:13 -0700
From: Larson/Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: fwd: Music Focused Search Engine

At 08:30 PM 6/7/99 -0500, Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote:
>
>>These folks have got a LOT to learn! "ZERO RESULTS" when I searched
>>"Patience and Prudence"!!!!!!!!!! PARDON MY CAPS!!!

There are Patience and Prudence songs on several "1950's pop" type CD comps
that I've seen (usually along with at least one Pat Boone song).  Just have
to look around.

Jerry



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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:01:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?
Discography?
His best?
Web homages to this guy?
Wish (hope hope) good shots of LP covers?
Reissues?

Spill it, pray do. Thx,
Mimi




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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 03:34:15 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swinger's Holiday

At 10:41 AM 6/7/99 PDT, Albert Fish wrote:
>
>Anyone have any info/ opinions on Vic Schoen? I bought an lp called
>"Swingers Holiday". He sounds like Liberty Records' answer to Bob Thompson.
>Is there more by Vic

One of my favourite "NOW sound" records LP's is by Vic.  "Vic Shoen and his
Corcavado Trumpets" along with "The Girls from Ipanema".  And the record is
called "Girls with Brass" (on Mainstream).  It has great quasi-TJB versions
of tunes like "Turn Turn Turn" with female choirs singing bits of chorus
and such.
It also has a few cool originals by Vic himself, my favourite being a tune
called "Yeah yeah" which would have made a great theme song for a fake
hippy movie.
It's cheesy in all the right ways.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 03:34:19 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

At 05:28 PM 6/7/99 -0700, kevin leeeeee wrote:

>v/a "move to groove:  the best of 1970's jazz-funk" (verve)
>any other recommendations on funky early 70's fusiony sort of stuff?
>artists include:  ahmad jamal, roy ayers, chico hamilton, mandril, kool and
>gang, j.b.'s, hugh masekela, more...

Stop right there.  Go no further.  Enjoy the CD and buy other things if and
when you see them.  But do NOT go out looking for this stuff.  First of
all, you'll have to kiss a lot of frogs to find the best stuff and in
general - if we're talking LP's - even the frogs will be ridiculously
expensive.

(Also, "jazz-funk" or funky jazz or whatever, is a hopelessly general term
that often includes stuff that's either not jazz or not funk or neither
jazz nor funk.  Same with "rare groove" while we're at it.)

A somewhat cheaper but similar "genre" is organ combos.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 03:34:21 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations

At 10:01 PM 6/7/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>I have been actively seeking Soft Pop/Rock rekkids for about a month now. If
>ever there was a time to score the stuff it is now. Shops generally are
>unaware of the fever (if it actually exists) and the prices are reflecting
>it. Typically $1.99 to $5.

Well that's not so true here but anyway...

Latest "soft pop" soft rock, mucho harmony and quasi-psychedelics aquisition:

THE SPLIT LEVEL "Divided we Stand" from 1968 on Dot Records.

They have a song called "Looking at the World through Rose-Colored
Glasses".  Need I say more?

Anyone ever heard of them?

Jimmy, maybe you and me should try to do a CD compilation?  Of course,
we'll have to agree on what the genre is first.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 03:34:23 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

At 11:01 PM 6/7/99 -0500, Mimi Mayer wrote:
>
>Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?
>Discography?
>His best?

I can't say enough about Gabor but I think the only important thing to know
is that he  covered "Some Velvet Morning".

I wish I could explain why I love him.  Though I love guitar rock
instrumentals like the Ventures, I'm generally bored by "legitimate" jazz
guitarists, even when they cover pop tunes.  Somehow Gabor transcends all
that.

He also has some great sitarish moments.

He's jazzy, poppy and dare I say "modal" at the same time.

Nat



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Date: Mon, 31 May 99 08:22:41 PDT
From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Hip Trip

If you're in Glasgow on a Sunday night (yup, Scotland), you must be at =
The Hip Trip...a night of funky pop,groovy soundtracks and phuture lounge=
. Easily one of the most eclectic nights on the go. Now in its fourth mon=
th.

Every Sunday. The White Room.  Alaska. Bath Lane. 11-3am. =A33. All drink=
s =A31.50, all night!

Hosted by DJ Mingo-go and an ever-changing array of guests and co-hosts. =


Upcoming guests:
13 June: Hush Puppy (Divine Sound System)
20 June: Sean!, Mingo-go birthday extravaganza
27th June: Katrina Pastel
4 July: Andrew Divine
11 July: Chris "Beans" Geddes (Belle & Sebastian)
18 July: Duglas T. Stewart (BMX Bandits) - who has been a big influence =
on my sunshine pop collection!
26 July: The Return of Hush Puppy

and....29 August... James Karminsky (T.B.C.)



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Date: Mon, 31 May 99 08:16:43 PDT
From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

> >Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?
> >Discography?
> >His best?
>
> I can't say enough about Gabor but I think the only important thing to =
know
> is that he  covered "Some Velvet Morning".

He has moments of greatness - including that lovely cover that Nat speaks=
 of above. That is on the "Baccanal" LP on Skye. "The Sorcerer" LP has =
been reiussed on IMpulse. It's kicking around over here. It has its momen=
ts. It seems like most Szabo has its moments. My fave LP is "Wind, Sky =
and Diamonds" with the California Dreamers (aka Love Geneation) for all =
you soft pop (personally, I think soft rock is more apt considering pop =
is kinda soft by nature. Or sunshine pop. Or psychedelic pop). It's on =
ABC/Impulse.

x Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 09:47:35 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Duke Of Burlington

IMO, the two Duke Of Burlington LPs comprise some of the most consisten=
t
music in the genre. Both are 1971ish Italian LPs and both originals sel=
l
for around =A375. The Pressed Piano, A Revolution In Sound is my favour=
ite of
the two. It features the 'pressed piano' (the piano is recorded very lo=
ud
and is somewhat bell-like) over some very European now-sound arrangemen=
ts
and some very psychedelic arrangements with good breaks, flutes and str=
ange
sounds. It is a very funky LP and tracks like LSD and Soul Clap 69 dese=
rve
mention just for their titles. The other LP I think is self titled (but=

please correct me if I'm wrong) and is as good but seems deeper and les=
s
funky. If its out on CD, the ideal Duke Of Burlington package would be =
both
LPs on one CD as they're both quite short, but if its just The Pressed
Piano, go for it - it's excellent.

Charlie.

PS. If anybody would like the Duke of Burlington on minidisk, speak up =
and
reply!
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Date: Mon, 31 May 99 08:24:16 PDT
From: "Jill Mingo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fw: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations

> > Jimmy, maybe you and me should try to do a CD compilation?  Of course=
,
> > we'll have to agree on what the genre is first.
>
> I would be happy to do a mini disk for people. I scored the Innocence =
LP at
> the weekned, which I didn't think would be a hard thing to do until I =
tried to
> find it!
>
> Also, I can't recall if anyone has mentioned the Left Banke here. They =
are
> fairly amazing in the genre. An excellent CD reissue exists with a good
> overview of their sound. I'm certainly still collecting, but it is the =
genre I
> pull out all the stops for. Now to find that Trade Winds reissue CD fro=
m
> Japan....doubled with the Innocence that I just bought, but oh well....
>
> ALSO...does anyone have a CD copy of the 1992 release on Capitol Collec=
tors
> from The Honeys - this is Brian Wilson's wife's band not the crap R&B =
band
> with a "Z". I'd love to buy it.
>
> Jill "Mingo-go"




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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:35:49 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) FW: Blimey

Not strictly on the list,  but I know this type of thing appeals to
some,  including me.  but it's all so far away,  and I have no
money.....

> El Maestro Con Queso
>
> [e-mail]
> [e-mail]
> http://www.sgillitt.dircon.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm
>
>
>
> New Untouchables & Hipsters  present "66-99" Weekend!!  June 10th-13th
>
> EVENING EVENTS:
> THURSDAY 10/June
> Welcoming Party
> Live on stage:
> The Conquerors (Minneapolis, USA)
> with the New Untouchables DJ's and guests, 8.30pm-2am.$12
>
> FRIDAY 11/June:
> Live set from The Loons (San Diego, USA) +
> come and play in the garden with
> JOHN'S CHILDREN (London, UK)
> +New Untouchables DJ's and guests, 8.30pm-2am.$25
>
> SATURDAY 12/June:
> Live set from Quant (London, UK) +
> the masters of '60s Garage
> THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND (USA)
> +New Untouchables DJ's and guests, also dancing competition,
> 8.30pm-2am.$25
>
> SUNDAY 13/June:
> Live on stage, The Nick Rossi Set (San Francisco, USA)
> + New Untouchables DJ's and guests, 8.30pm-2am.$12
> All evening events to be held at the CASBAH, 2501 Kettner Blvd., San
> Diego,CA, USA. 21&up with ID.
> Daytime events include:
> Friday: Acoustic set + signing session with the Chocolate Watchband @
> TheEntertainment Exchange, 6130 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, 4pm.
>
> Saturday: Lunchtime do from 1pm-4pm at the Shakespeare Pub, 3701 India
> Street, San Diego. Scooter competition outside at 3pm, followed by a
> cruise
> to Coronado.
>
> Sunday:Quant live at the Entertainment Exchange, 1pm.
>
> All daytime events are FREE OF CHARGE and ALL AGES !!
>
>
> http://freespace.virgin.net/new.untouchables/
>
>


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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 06:43:55
From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Vic Schoen

More info on Vic Schoen, from
http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/schoen.htm:

Vic Schoen

Born 26 March 1917, Brooklyn, New York

Self-taught as an arranger, Schoen began working in the mid-1930s and had
his first hit with a song based on a German saying, "Bei Mir Bist du
Schoen", recorded with the Andrews Sisters. He worked for a number of
singers and entertainers through the 1940s and 1950s, including Dinah
Shore, Bing Crosby, and Danny Kaye. He led bands backing Crosby and the
Andrews Sisters on their hit recordings of "Pistol Packin' Mama," "Don't
Fence Me In," and "South America, Take It Away!" and wrote the title song
for Kaye's movie, "The Court Jester." Schoen married singer Marion Hutton
during this period, and the couple moved to Los Angeles, where he continued
to work for radio and recording studios.

In the 1950s, he moved into television work, providing the arrangements and
occasionally conducting the stage bands for specials starring Pat Boone,
Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, and Andy Williams. He also arranged and
conducted some prime space-age bachelor pad albums from RCA's Stereo
Action. While musical director for "The Big Record" TV series, he and
bandleader Les Brown conceived of a suite for two big bands that he and
Brown later recorded on the album Impact!

Schoen also arranged two albums for Bobby Shad's Mainstream label featuring
a bossa nova-wannabe ensemble known as the Corcovado Trumpets.  These are
fairly good, somewhat in the go-go vocals with brass vein of <Ray Martin's
mid-60s albums for RCA Camden.

Recordings
Music for a Rainy Night, Decca DL8081
A Letter to Laura, Decca DL8132
Great Songs from All Over the World, Kapp K-1097-S
Brass Laced with Strings, RCA Stereo Action LSA-2344
Impact! Band Meets Band, Kapp KRL-4504
A Swingers Holiday, Liberty LST-7018
Corcovado Trumpets, Mainstream 56036-S/6036
Girls with Brass, Mainstream MMS 705



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 05:35:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

what store did you see this one in? i'd love to find
it. with it against my flesch, i would be as happy as
a little girl.

> I should note the Tiki mug shirt I saw had no such
> "goofy slogans" on it.
 Sounds like a totally different shirt.

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 09:46:53 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Good Vibrations"

There's a book for anyone interested, published by Sanctuary called Good =
Vibrations - A History of Record Production "......Les Paul's multi-trackin=
g through experimentation of the 60's to today's miniaturization...."

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:05:38 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Good Vibrations"

And it is a good book, although a little laborious and technical - my
impression was that it possibly could have done with a few more anecdotes
and a little less engineers speak. It is very thorough though. It would
have been nice to see some more underground music used - funk/hip
hop/electronics/moogs/etc etc. but then we can't have it all, can we?

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:19:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

<< Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?
 Discography?>>

a good place to get some basic info is the ALL-MUSIC Guide, the makers of
those thick books.  they also have a web site.  Go here and read all about
him:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=9:56:01|AM&p=amg&sql=B7651

<<his best?>>

For my ears, all of his early records on Impulse during the 1965-1967 years
are the ones.

<<Wish (hope hope) good shots of LP covers?>>

If your search comes up dry, let me know and I'll send you some 300 dpi JPEGS.

<<Reissues? >>

not much, sorry.  The Sorcerer, I think.  Just another reason to buy a
turntable.  His records are pretty easy to come by in used record stores.
How do you people get by without these things?  :)






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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 10:33:10 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

>Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?
>Discography?
>Web homages to this guy?

http://siteworks.com/szabo/index.htm

A website by the same guy who does that excellent Lalo Schifrin site. He
also has sites on Roy Budd, Boogaloo "Joe" Jones, Gary McFarland, Oliver
Nelson, Shirley Scott and CTI Records.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:32:26 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) funky mancini

in case you did not know...

this fine Mancini LP is out from RCA (Spain)

HENRY MANCINI
Cop Show Themes   RCA 64972 (Spain)
   -Mystery Movie Theme/SWAT/Streets Of San Franciso/
    Rockford Files/Baretta's Theme/Hawaii Five-O/etc-

Highly Recommened!!!


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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Richard Hayes

Anybody ever heard of this guy? The extensive jacket
notes on the lp, Love On The Rocks (black cover has
be-tuxed RH all dejected looking sitting in a tumbler
of what appears to be scotch on the rocks), say that
he is a widely admired singer and actor (can't find a
damn thing on him on the www). His crooning sounds as
though he'd rather be in a musical than recording pop
songs. Very monologue-like. But the music combined
with his vocal stylings, makes this a strange and
enjoyable lp: brass, harpsichord, bongos (Willie
Rodriguez), vibes (Harry Breuer), guitar (Al
Cassiameti [sp?]). It's on the Mala label. I should
jot down some of the jacket notes: pretty funny stuff.
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:59:42 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Clegg

does anyone have the late 50s LP "Music for Nervous People" with John =
Clegg? I just won it on ebay for $2.99.
Is it any good? the title and cover were.

Magnus



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 17:09:42 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

><<his best?>>

he is not a wizard on the sitar but
I like jazz raga. esp the track "walking on nails" because of the =
moaning vocals.

Magnus



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 11:36:59 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Clegg

At 04:59 PM 6/8/99 +0200, Sandberg Magnus wrote:
>
>does anyone have the late 50s LP "Music for Nervous People" with John
Clegg? I just won it on ebay for $2.99.
>Is it any good? the title and cover were.

Well you're about to find out.  But I kept it in my "cover" section until I
gave it away.  I remember the music being tepid at best.  Maybe that's what
nervous people needed.  It's not music made BY nervous people, that's for
sure.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 12:41:30 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Ernie Wilkins

June 8, 1999
Ernie Wilkins, Jazz Saxophonist and Composer, Is Dead at 79
By BEN RATLIFF,NYTimes

Ernie Wilkins, a jazz saxophonist and one of the important arrangers and
composers for the Count Basie band of the 1950's, died on Saturday at a
nursing home in Copenhagan. He was 79 and lived in Copenhagen.

The cause was complications from a stroke, said his wife, Jenny.

Born in St. Louis, Wilkins studied music at Wilberforce University in Ohio.
During a stint in the military, he played in a band led by Willie Smith and
was soon playing in Earl Hines' last big band, for which he was also writing.

Wilkins composed a great deal of music, but he could also tailor the pieces
of others to the talents of whatever band he was working with. This was
especially obvious in the New Testament Basie band (representing the second
great stretch of its leader's creativity), which Wilkins was invited to join
in 1951, on the recommendation of the trumpeter Clark Terry.

As a member of the band until the late 50s, Wilkins reworked versions of
"One O'Clock Jump," "Every Day I Have the Blues" and "Corner Pocket," making
them some of the most famous tunes in the group's repertory. His
arrangements were precise and exuberant, made of interlocking riffs and
strong ensemble passages. Wilkins "had a lot to do with how the band began
to sound," Basie wrote in his memoir, "Good Morning Blues."

In 1956 Wilkins performed in and wrote arrangements for a Dizzy Gillespie
band that toured the Middle East and South America. In the 1960s he wrote
for bands led by Harry James, Terry and his brother, the trombonist Jimmy
Wilkins. In the early 1970s he entered the record business, heading the
artists and repertory division of the Mainstream label. He also wrote a
choral suite in 1975 called "Four Black Immortals," which was performed at
Town Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York.

He moved to Cophenhagen in 1980 and promptly started the 13-piece Almost Big
Band, which drew on the talent of other American expatriates in Denmark,
including the pianist Kenny Drew, the saxophonist Sahib Shihab and the
drummer Ed Thigpen. Wilkins conducted and played saxophone for the Almost
Big Band and wrote entirely new music for it. The band recorded four albums
on the Steeplechase label, and stayed together until Wilkins suffered a
stroke in 1991 that forced him to retire. His last record, with the Danish
Radio Big Band, was "Suite for Jazz Band," on the Hep label.

Besides his wife and his brother, of Las Vegas, Nev., Wilkins is survived by
his stepchildren, Charlotte and Thomas, both of Copenhagen.

See also: http://elvispelvis.com/erniewilkins.htm

For Mel Torme', see: http://elvispelvis.com/meltorme.htm








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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 13:08:07 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

he is not a wizard on the sitar but
I like jazz raga. esp the track "walking on nails" because of the moaning
vocals.

OK, folks, please stop reading my mind.  I just won a copy of "Jazz Raga"
on Ebay.  By the way, you can hear (via Shockwave) "Walking on Nails" at
http://www.raremusic.com in the "weird archive" section.

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 13:41:08 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

>v/a "move to groove:  the best of 1970's jazz-funk" (verve)
>any other recommendations on funky early 70's fusiony sort of stuff?
>artists include:  ahmad jamal, roy ayers, chico hamilton, mandril, kool
and
>gang, j.b.'s, hugh masekela, more...

>>Stop right there.  Go no further.  Enjoy the CD and buy other things if
and
when you see them.  But do NOT go out looking for this stuff.  First of
all, you'll have to kiss a lot of frogs to find the best stuff and in
general - if we're talking LP's - even the frogs will be ridiculously
expensive.

What?!?!??  I don't see how Chico Hamilton, Hugh Masekela, and Roy Ayers,
all who have done great crime jazz, exotica/afro-jazz, and blacksploitation
scores and soundtracks respectively can be considered "frogs"!  To each
one's own,but theirs is SERIOUSLY groovy music!  Next yer gonna call Jimmy
Smith a toad or somephin!  FEH!

And to the cat who said it was "courageous" to mourn Mel Torme over Frank
Sinatra, I hardly see the courage in giving an opinion, especially over a
popular artist such as Torme!  And comparing the two is just silly, they
are both artists, just of different brush strokes!
Jane Fondle, Ms. Soapbox :^P



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