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exotica-digest         Wednesday, June 9 1999         Volume 02 : Number 411



In This Digest:

(exotica) Ernie Wilkins
(exotica) For sale: Larry Page CD
Re: (exotica) Jane, tell us somptin we don't know!!!
(exotica) addiction to lps
SV: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
SV: (exotica) addiction to lps
(exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" June 9, 1999
Re: (exotica) addiction to lps
Re:  (exotica) Gabor Szabo
(exotica) arthur murray
Re:  (exotica) addiction to lps
Re: (exotica) addiction to lps
(exotica) Signor Rossi Cartoon Music
(exotica) Soft Pop Foundations
Re: (exotica) New Directions in Exotica
Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds
Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds
(exotica) A house I wish I lived in...
Re: (exotica) Swinger's Holiday
Re:  (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations
Re: (exotica) Swinger's Holiday
Re: (exotica) arthur murray
(exotica) Mel Torme' Picture
Re: (exotica) arthur murray
Re: (exotica) arthur murray
(exotica) Chico & Repulsion etc
Re: (exotica) addiction to lps
Re: (exotica) arthur murray
Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds
Re: (exotica) addiction to lps
Re: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations
Re: (exotica) arthur murray
(exotica) Mexicali Brass Guitar

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:09:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David J. Strauss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ernie Wilkins

Not only did Ernie Wilkins contribute to Lounge history on those Neil
Hefti/Basie LPs, he was the A+R guy for Mainstream records in the early
70s, making him partially responsible for some of the finest porn-y
jazz-funk ever recorded. Such as on the LP I'm listening to now: Jay
Berliner's BANANA'S ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL (Ray Barretto!).

DS
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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 11:30:08 -0700
From: Scott Swanson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) For sale: Larry Page CD

I have a Larry Page CD titled "Music For Night People" which I would like
to sell.  It features several lounge-y instrumentals from the '60s and
early '70s.  The price is $5.  If you're interested, please drop me a line
at: [e-mail].

Regards,

Scott
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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 14:24:58 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jane, tell us somptin we don't know!!!

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

Well, g, DJ, if how can I pass up such a segue!?  AstroSlut is in FACT
playing in Cambridge this Friday night, June 11th, at the too swank and
sleazy Lizard Lounge!  Locals Jumprope, who happen to cover the Free
Design's "Kites are Fun" pretty dang well, are our openers!  If you've been
meaning to drag yer ass out to see us, then free yer mind, and yer ass will
follow you...to
the Lizard!
Seize ya,
Jane Fondle



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:42:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Mr.Drakes)
Subject: (exotica) addiction to lps

If i dont shop for records daily,
i'll be feeling like,somthings missing.
i just cant ever get enough of hunting.
i dont shop everyday,as id like to because
well,theres only so much you can find in one town. and i feel like the
store workers hate me,because im in there so much id like to know
the habits of my fellow exotica/swing/pop/easy
pals...
 am i the only one who has a record problem?
mr.drakes  aka daniel



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:41:33 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

>OK, folks, please stop reading my mind


        sorry! didnt mean to!
                  |

            - - - - - -
             o  : o
                 :
                 :
             ;.......;

                o
               =20
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Magnus



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:44:52 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) addiction to lps

am i the only one who has a record problem?
mr.drakes  aka daniel

Name someone on this list that hasnt!

M



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:47:04 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" June 9, 1999

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

C.A. Quintet - Blow to My Soul "Endless Journey"
Traffic Sound - I'm So Glad "A Bailar GoGo"

Sadistic Mika Band - Silverchild "Beyond the Valley of the Ultrabeats"
[unknown] - [unknown] "Cambodian Rocks"
Achim Reichel - Eisenpferde "Autovision"

Jerry Van Rooyen - The Great Bank Robbery "At 250 Miles Per Hour"
Duke of Burlington - Jungle Duke "Beyond the Valley of the Ultrabeats"
Luis Bacalov - Summertime Killer "Beretta 70"
Fear Machine - Strings of Fear "Beyond the Valley of the Superbeats"

Frumpy - Morning "All Will Be Changed"
African Voodoo - African Pop Session "Beyond the Valley of the Superbeats"
Bill 'Ravi' Harris & the Prophets - Funky Sitar Man "Funky Sitar Man"

Guerilla Welfare - I Was Born "Guerilla Welfare"
Ananda Shankar - Dance Indra "Ananda Shankar"

Thanks for reading...
Allan



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:17:38 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) addiction to lps

In a message dated 6/8/99 12:43:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< store workers hate me,because im in there so much id like to know
 the habits of my fellow exotica/swing/pop/easy
 pals...
  am i the only one who has a record problem? >>



No, I sorta did at one time but I was thankfully (or unthankfully) able to
get it undercontrol. I sorta frequent a few LP stores in my area now and then
to kill time and sometimes I go into thrift stores also, but none of the
workers remember who I am or anything like that. Speaking of swing, I picked
up a Count Basie album BASIE'S BEATLE BAG from 1966 today on CD. I am
listening to it right now. It's not a bad album. Anyone else have this??


Jason


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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:49:52 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Gabor Szabo

In a message dated 6/7/99 11:54:18 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?

I actually know very little about the guy, but I do have "Jazz Raga" (i think
is the title) on Impulse and aside from some nice trax with sitar, it has a
nifty pic of a very stylish 6T's jet set kinda gal sitting on a vespa
scooter. He sounds like he kinda bridges the gap between 1966 period
psychedelic rock and jazz.


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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:04:05 -0300
From: "christian courtis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) arthur murray

i picked an lp put out by capitol which seems to be part of a dance teach=
ing
series.
the "choreographer" is called arthur murray, and this is a record by the
billy may
orchestra playing mambo and cha cha cha. seems there=B4s a les baxter rec=
ord
playing waltzes. anyone knows about other issues of this series?

i also saw something by edmund ros playing mambo, but i was not so sure.
any suggestions about the guy?





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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 17:11:53 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) addiction to lps

In a message dated 6/8/99 3:43:09 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>am i the only one who has a record problem?

Hello?


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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 17:03:44 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) addiction to lps

To:   [e-mail]
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Subject:  Re: (exotica) addiction to lps





In a message dated 6/8/99 12:43:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< store workers hate me,because im in there so much id like to know
 the habits of my fellow exotica/swing/pop/easy
 pals...
  am i the only one who has a record problem? >>

Well, store workers likely *love* me, because I am always buying records,
therefore keeping them in their piddly lil jobs.  I just plain buy LPs and
CDs like mad, because Boston has the best record stores.  I was just in NY,
and while places like OtherMusic are just uber-keen, Boston has the
competitive edge on CHEAP vinyl and reasonably priced used and new CDs in
abundance.  Then, I have family in Fl. and each trip their yields about 50
rekkids from thrifts and fleas.  I got kind of a sick feeling on Sat. when
at a Philly flea buying records, and realizing I haven't even listened to
everything I've bought recently, or that I'm getting records by artists
whose other records I rarely listen to...but that still didn't stop me.
THEN I realize that my habit is forcing me to have a big place or get an
even BIGGER one someday.  I think the only help for me is poverty...but I
don't want to go back there...
The Confessions of Jane Fondle



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:09:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Signor Rossi Cartoon Music

Marco queried:

<Any comments on this one?>

Yes, I just picked this up today and give it an enthusiastic thumbs up.  35
tracks, some very short - it's a real audio adventure, you never know what is
coming up on the next track.  Very cartoony, twisted, looney, wacky, madcap,
incredibly strange and FUN to listen to!  Sure to please lovers of weirdo
music.

<< CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX (GERMANY):

 O.S.T.: Signor Rossi CD (CDHW 054 CD). "Signore Rossi -- original music
 from the classic animation series - music composed, arranged and performed
 by Franco Godi. Original Soundtrack and Dialogues from the well-known
 TV-cartoon-series & CD-debut for Signor Rossi! For the first time since the
 seventies the soundtrack to the cartoon-classic by Bruno Bozzetto (Allegro
 Non Troppo)  with its intelligent and full-of-fantasies musical ideas by
 Franco Godi and his Ensemble is available. With the help of carefully
 re-created German and Italian original-tapes that had been lost for so
 long, this unique collection of musical highlights mixed with some high
 dialogues was put together. We join Signor Rossi and his friend Gastone on
 their 'looks for happiness' through the stoneage, the antique and from the
 middle-ages into the future, travel with them through the Orient, Wild
 West, (Town-) Jungle and even on their holidays. Beneath the German,
 English and Italian version of the famous titel-track"Viva la Felicita" ,
 many more unreleased tracks are the special attraction on this unique
 record for fans and young-at-hearts."  [vinyl version forthcoming] $15.00
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:22:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations

I really enjoy the Left Banke's cd.  All I had before were their two 45's: Walk Away
Rene and Pretty Ballerina.   There is something that seems almost like Baroque pop for
me about them.  Or  maybe its the depressing attitutde of the music I pick up, though
not all their songs are this way.

That brings up the Zombies later albums and especially Colin Blunstone's solo work.
His cds are available cheap for cds and they really are excellent soft pop ballads,
love songs
with that voice of his.

I was listening to Nuggets the other night and it came to a screeching halt in style
when the Mojo Men sang "Sit Down I Think I Love You"  and the next couple of songs.  I
have been looking at the Billboard charts 1965-1968 and have been amazed at the number
of soft pop songs on the charts.  It was almost like a war between the style of music
back then. Garage music doing well, rock by bands like the Stones and straight ahead
pop songs or pop ballads hitting the charts.  But always, especially in 67 and 68 there
were these soft sunshiny pop songs ready to invade the pop charts.   Anyway it seems
that soft pop ought to get its do from Rhino or or whoever.   Any cdr or minidisc is a
welcome first step.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck



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> > 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 from
> > Japan....doubled with the Innocence that I just bought, but oh well....
> >

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 18:37:37 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Directions in Exotica

Ross Orr wrote:

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

I have found a few Command titles on 8-track but what's more exciting to me is
the fact that I have my 8-track tape RECORDER. I find cheap 8-tracks and tape
over  them  with some of my favorite exotica artists!

Frank





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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 19:26:53 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo

Mimi Mayer wrote:

> Anyone care to talk about Gabor Szabo?
>

I've been long time fans of Gabor . Some have already mentioned a few of my
favorite albums, namely "Wind Sky and Diamonds" (the one with the California
Dreamers)"Jazz Raga" which has the song Walking on Nails, and one of the
creepiest versions of Caravan. I'd also recommend the Impulse album
Spellbinder which has a great rendition of "It was a very Good Year" and Gabor
shows off his vocal prowess in a righteous way by attempting "Bang Bang (my
baby shot me down)"
Here's an absolutely true Szabo story:
Years ago, on my radio show I played "Walking on Nails" and shortly thereafter
a listener called me up on his car phone telling me that he nearly drove off
the road because he was experiencing conflicting emotions (laughing - crying)
triggered by this song.

Frank



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 20:34:16 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

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

I don't know the answer to that question, but a friend of mine wanted to=
 borrow some records from me and one of them is "The Sissy[that's a dance -=
 Ed.]"/'Baby I'm Satisfied" on Chene Records of San Francisco (520 Parker=
 St, Suite 101) (!) and both sides were arranged by Gene Page.

Brian Phillips



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 20:42:10 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

>listen to it much.  why is love so boring on these types of albums?

I don't know (lot of this going around these days) but what concerns me far=
 more is the outbreak of mental ill health among Honky Tonk pianists.  On a=
 recent record run, I noticed that to a person, all the men on the LPs had=
 a compulsion to put on the same derby hats, with striped shirts and=
 armbands and vests, with nicknames like Crazy Bob and Wild Bill.

Please give generously to your local Honky Tonk Piano Benevolent chapter.

Brian Phillips



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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 20:55:36 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A house I wish I lived in...

While on a neighborhood search (I and Madame are contemplating moving) in=
 Stone Mountain, Georgia, we drove down a street we had not been on before.=
 A white house with a sizable picture window had a nice lawn and...

A six-foot white Tiki!  I immediately thought of all of you.  If I can get=
 a picture of it, I will put it on my page.

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 21:05:01 -0400
From: "Brian Phillips" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swinger's Holiday

>Anyone have any info/ opinions on Vic Schoen?

My favorite Andrews Sisters song, "Rum and Coca-Cola" (featured in the film=
 "Raggedy Man" with Sissy Spacek), based on the song "Yankee Dollar" by the=
 wonderfully named Wilmoth Houdini, features backing by the Vic Schoen=
 Orchestra.

Bei Mir Vic du Schoen,
Brian Phillips



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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:26:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations

In a message dated 6/8/99 6:22:56 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

> Anyway it seems
>that soft pop ought to get its do from Rhino or or whoever.

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Varese Sarbande has a 5-CD series out
called "Sunshine Pop" which includes a lot of stuff everyone knows and some
stuff few know and an occasional track NO ONE knows, I sprung for all 5 due
to my current fervor and found enough rewarding songs to make it worthwhile
(My theory is that a great tune is worth $5.00). Several tunes from this
series were culled from the ORIGINAL Rhino series of Nuggets back when Rhino
was doing LP's and dis nearly 20 volumes of soft, hard and garage. They
eliminated a lottttt when they culled it all down for the 4 CD Box....Jimmy
Botticelli/"Used to watch re-runs"


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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:43:08 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swinger's Holiday

In a message dated 6/8/99 6:05:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< "Rum and Coca-Cola" >>

the inflections in there voices are fantastic!  i love the way they say
manana!

espanol tiki bob

working for the yankee dolloooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 21:53:03 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) arthur murray

christian courtis wrote:
>=20
> i picked an lp put out by capitol which seems to be part of a dance tea=
ching
> series.
> the "choreographer" is called arthur murray, and this is a record by th=
e
> billy may
> orchestra playing mambo and cha cha cha. seems there=B4s a les baxter r=
ecord
> playing waltzes. anyone knows about other issues of this series?

We have the Les Baxter - nothing to get excited about.

> i also saw something by edmund ros playing mambo, but i was not so sure.
> any suggestions about the guy?
Edmundo Ros and mambo - not sure about it?  I love everything I've got
by him.  I would recommend picking up at least one of his LPs, to see if
you like his stuff - there's a lot of things by him in the Phase 4
series.

cheryl


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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 23:00:20
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Mel Torme' Picture

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:59:55 EDT, [e-mail]

>One of the pictures is of me at my computer and you can see the picture of
Martin in the background.  A fellow optometrist friend of mine saw the
article and the picture and emailed me asking why I had a picture of W. C.
Fields in the background.  You bet I set him straight!

Why would having an autographed picture of W.C. Fields proudly displayed in
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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 21:11:26 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) arthur murray

At 06:04 PM 08-06-99 -0300, christian wrote:
>i picked an lp put out by capitol which seems to be part of a dance=
 teaching
>series.
>the "choreographer" is called arthur murray, and this is a record by the
>billy may
>orchestra playing mambo and cha cha cha. seems there=B4s a les baxter=
 record
>playing waltzes. anyone knows about other issues of this series?

I don't think Edmundo Ros participated in the Arthur Murray Series on=
 Capitol.
There were nine records in the series including the "sampler" called
"Dance Set" T281.  All featured a colorful cover with dancers doing a
characteristic step from the featured dance.

Among the participating artists: Chuy Reyes(Rhumba), Billy May(Mambo and
Foxtrots), Francis Scott(Waltzes), Enric Madriguera (Samba)(all on the
Dance Set album), Les Baxter (the Modern Waltzes album), Ray Anthony (The
Swing Fox Trots).  I am not sure who does the Tangos album.

T 259 Rhumbas
T 548 Modern Waltzes
T 261 Mambos

Collect all 9! (I have only four...but one of them came with the FREE
Arthur Murray Dance Lessons Certificate, redeemable at any Arthur Murray
Dance Studio around the country!)

Of course, this wasn't the only such series around, although it seems like
the first.

Not to be out done, Mr. Murray's leading competitor in the dog eat dog
world of dance studios, Fred Astaire, hooked arms with RCA for a series
called Perfect for Dancing.  All I have is the Mambos album, LPM 1067.
This one features Tito Rodriguez, Tito Puente, Aldemaro Romero, Noro
Morales, Toney Martinez and Perez Prado.

And, just to prove he wasn't up for the fight, Arthur Murray showed up a
few years later for the Living Stereo series on RCA with his "Music for
Dancing" series done by "The Arthur Murray TV Dance Orchestra."  LSP-1909
(presumably the first of the series from August 1958) is conducted by Bill
Stegmeyer and has everything from Fox Trots to Rock 'n' Roll, accompanied
by those ever cryptic foot imprints (one-two-three!).  Just to show you how
long Arthur Murray has been in the game, those illustrations were
copyrighted 1938 and 1959!

Also there was the Waltz album LSP 2153, Fox Trot 2154, Cha Cha 2155 and
a Latin album  from 1959 with Mambo, Rumba, Samba, Tango and
Merengue...this time the Orchestra directed by Ray Carter.

Anyone else care to dance this number?

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 22:00:48 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) arthur murray

At 09:11 PM 08-06-99 +0000, I wrote:
>And, just to prove he wasn't up for the fight, Arthur Murray showed up a
>few years later for the Living Stereo series on RCA with his "Music for
>Dancing" series done by "The Arthur Murray TV Dance Orchestra."

Darn those complex sentence structures!  I meant to say something like
"And, just to prove he was up for the fight..."

or, maybe better:

"And, just to prove he wasn't down for the count..."


Oh, well, you probably got the idea anyway.

Too fast on the send button, I am:


Byron Caloz
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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 22:21:12 -0700
From: James G <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Chico & Repulsion etc

I've pretty much given up hope of ever finding Chico Hamilton's score to
Polanski's "Repulsion,"  with the orchestrations and supposedly guitar
by Gabor Szabo. Guess i'll just have to watch the movie over and over
(no problem) or cross my fingers that they put the music as a feature on
a DVD release someday. Vampyros Lesbos is due on DVD in the near future,
so someone sees a growing market out there for incredibly strange films
and music....maybe if Deneuve had done some swing dancing instead of
moping around her apartment so much there'd be a re-release.....

Jaded Jim (has very little patience and even less prudence)


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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 02:29:13 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) addiction to lps

At 02:42 PM 6/8/99 -0500, Mr.Drakes wrote:

> am i the only one who has a record problem?

Stand by.  I hate talking about anything before it's absolutely finished
and sold and distributed etc and I won't be there for a few months anyway...

But...

I just made a film about that question.

Nat



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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 02:29:08 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) arthur murray

At 06:04 PM 6/8/99 -0300, christian courtis wrote:
>
>i picked an lp put out by capitol which seems to be part of a dance te=
aching
>series.
>the "choreographer" is called arthur murray, and this is a record by t=
he
>billy may
>orchestra playing mambo and cha cha cha. seems there=B4s a les baxter =
record
>playing waltzes. anyone knows about other issues of this series?

The mambo guy who shows up most on my four Arthur Murray records is Nor=
o
Morales.  The other three who make appearances are Chuy Reyes and Johnn=
y
Conquet who I think I've heard of somewhere else and Emil Coleman who I
haven't.

>
>i also saw something by edmund ros playing mambo, but i was not so sur=
e.
>any suggestions about the guy?

Shortly after I joined this list, I forged a very nice friendship with =
a
fellow list-er who agreed with my opinion that Edmondo was basically a =
joke.
But in the intervening months, I have changed my mind about Edmondo.  I
still don't think he's exactly the "king of the cha cha" but I do think=
 he
made some pretty cool records.
Everyone mentions his "Hair" record.  I agree that's a good one.  Also
"Heading South of the Border".
I still don't think he can hold a candle to Perez Prado or Cugat or Pue=
nte
but there's room for him, for sure.

By the way, did anyone read that Mojo article about the history of Cuba=
n
music?  There was a really sad, strange story about Perez Prado which I=
 can
hardly believe.  Don't want to go into it now but it involved his broth=
er.
Has anyone who read the article, ever heard that story anywhere else?

Nat



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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 04:47:57 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) san diego finds, recent finds

At 01:41 PM 6/8/99 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>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!

If you read my post, I didn't say that those artists on the compilation
were frogs.  He was asking if there was MORE of this stuff.  And I was just
warning him that if you start pursuing "jazz-funk", you will be kissing a
lot of frogs.  For instance, there are "good" Stanley Turrentine jazz-funk
records in this genre but there's lots of real "CTI" dreck.
And even those artists mentioned, who I like too, did lots of stuff that
was hardly jazz-funk.  Like Roy Ayers for instance.
And so what, right?  We all kiss a lot of frogs.  That's what record
collecting is.
And that's true, except that in many record stores, ANYTHING that can be
associated with this genre, is highly overpriced.  Donald Byrd's boring
records or his records which aren't jazz-funk can be as expensive as his
great Blackbyrds record.
That was the point of my post.  You owe me a pass on your next "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!

Well I was the cat that gave the opinion, not the one who called it
courageous.  And I agree that it wasn't.
But what's wrong with comparing artists?  I do it everyday.  You don't?

Nat




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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:00:01 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) addiction to lps

Its true, I have a problem, at first I though I could handle it. I thou=
ght,
'records could never rule my life, I'll buy the odd one here or there..=
., I
mean, additction was the last thing on my mind'. You know, I'd heard th=
e
stories, how some kids got hooked in next to no time. 'I'm smart', I
thought, 'I can handle it'. I mean, that was before. Things were differ=
ent
then.
Now, its like a fever, burning in my soul. Calling to me all the time -=

some inner voice that just gets louder and louder, saying 'buy buy BUY =
BUY
BBBBUUUUUUYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!'. Some days its real bad, it tries to taks ov=
er
my whole psyche. I wish I'd never bought that copy of Electronic Hair
Pieces (VG++, WOL, slight ring wear, =A38.75 from Honest Jons on the
Portobello Road). I mean, I heard the warnings, should've seen the sign=
s in
others. Now I'm the one with the vacant looks. I'm the one that everybo=
dy
points at hanging around outside the shops, the fairs, the market stall=
s.
I'm the accumulator now. Its my habit.
Please, if you can, take this warning to heart and don't let yourself
become like me.

X
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 11:09:21 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soft Pop Foundations

The Carpenters, Harper's Bizarre, Claudine Longet come to my mind....

A 60s vocal quintet from Germany on MPS was "The Rosy Singers"; two of
their pieces appear on the ultra-soft, mega-easy double compilation-CD
"Snowflakes" on Motor.

The German Marina-label ( http://www.marina.com ) has put out quite some
new CDs that could be filed under "soft pop", the latest being "The
Young Picnickers" by "The Pearlfishers". You could say Marina is leading
in the contemporary field of this genre. Other names they feature are
"The Pale Fountains", "Wallpaper", "Tomorrow's World", "Adventures in
Stereo", and of course "Love Letter", the new group-ID of none less than
Simon Fisher-Turner, aka "The King of Luxembourg", who not only recorded
an amazing version of "Barbarella", but much much more.

"Songs for Marshmallow-lovers" is a good intro-compilation for the
Marina-label, the label of exquisit cover-designs. I happen to have the
last 10 copies of it.  I could send one for, say, 15$ incl.
oversea-postage, exclusively for anyone interested from the
Exotica-list. On it you also find an incredible soft-sexy song called
"I'm a Kitten" by "Fantasic Everlasting Gobstopper". And Simon Turner's
"Barbarella"...

- -Mo

http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Moritz.Reichelt
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:12:14 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) arthur murray

[e-mail] wrote:

> There were nine records in the series including the "sampler" called
> "Dance Set" T281.  All featured a colorful cover with dancers doing a
> characteristic step from the featured dance.
>
> Among the participating artists: Chuy Reyes(Rhumba), Billy May(Mambo and
> Foxtrots), Francis Scott(Waltzes), Enric Madriguera (Samba)(all on the
> Dance Set album), Les Baxter (the Modern Waltzes album), Ray Anthony (The
> Swing Fox Trots).  I am not sure who does the Tangos album.

Baxter does the Tango record. Excellent version of Jalousie the rest is more or
less for Baxter completionists (or tango completionists I guess).

> Collect all 9!

This series originally came out on 10" and then was later reissued with different
covers. The Original covers (10' & LP) had a painting of a couple dancing,
wearing the appropriate garb for whatever dance the album featured. The later
issue, which I like much better feature a photo of similarly dresses couples on a
flat color background with those "cryptic footprint" dance steps running up the
center of the album! Excellent graphic layout. So assuming that each issued
series ran all 9 there are actually 27 records to collect!

Later on RCA Arthur Murray joined in on taking advantage of the teen dance craze
issuing an Arthur Murray's Music for Dancing : Twist, featuring King Curtis
Combo. This album rocks, ( I can't believe I said that ) an excellent King Curtis
album. Murray also did a Discotheque Dance Party with songs to do the Frug,
Mashed Potato. Wobble,Ska, Hully Gully, etc. The music is by Victor Gerard and
also The Hip City Five - read studio hacks could be Caiola on guitar.

And not to be forgotten is the album where Murray gives spoken instruction while
you try to stumble along to the music.

Frank




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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:43:04 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mexicali Brass Guitar

I was listening to a taped collection of mine featuring my favorite
budget brass group The Mexicali Brass. And as I reveled in the No-Fi
splendor I wondered if by chance any on on the list has any clues to who
the guitarist for this group was.
I encourage everyone to check out the Mexicali Brass if only to listen
up for this phenomenal player. OK, I may be going out on a limb, as
usual, but I'll be damned if I've ever heard this guitar tone in anyone
else's style and having ventured pretty heavily into the whole
garage/surf genre to which this mystery guitarists style is more akin,
that says a lot.
 I've gone on in the past for my love of the Lo-Fi or No-Fi, so let me
just say that the Mexicali Brass is my measuring stick when it comes to
this particular studio sound. You gotta appreciate the flat fart-tone of
that guitar.
It's not just the sound either, this guitarist has a style that defies
description. He's (or She?) in a brass band so the guitar is either in
the background or up front during the breaks, of course the nature of
these recordings there is no "background" per se since it sounds as if
they are playing in a cardboard box and recorded with only one
microphone. In any event, the guitar has a just one or two breaks in a
song so he's gotta make the best of it and he puts sooo much emphasis
that it's almost like he's trying too hard. Ever watch an olympic ice
skater who attempts a maneuver then stumbles and recovers and you
suddenly realize that that spectacular recovery was more exciting than
the maneuver? That's the guitarist for the Mexicali Brass.

Frank



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