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exotica-digest         Tuesday, June 29 1999         Volume 02 : Number 432



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) forever lounge
(exotica) 7N?
Re: (exotica) "disco-antistat" cleaning device: URL
(exotica) buy it or not? Les Baxter lp
Re: (exotica) It ain't new, but it's new to me: HiFi Daze
Re: (exotica) buy it or not? Les Baxter lp
(exotica) BB/bad and the bizarre pt.1
(exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2
(exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" June 30, 1999
Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2
Re: (exotica) It ain't new, but it's new to me: HiFi Daze
Re: (exotica) forever lounge
(exotica) Album cover camera
(exotica) Rhino Suggestion Box
(exotica) Lee Hazlewood
(exotica) re: Rhino suggestion box
Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2
Re: (exotica) Four Piece Suit Web Page
Re: (exotica) It ain't new, but it's new to me: HiFi Daze
Re: (exotica) buy it or not? Les Baxter lp
(exotica) Lee Hazlewood - Live
(exotica) Rhino's Cocktail Mixes
Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2
(exotica) [obits] John T. Mullin,Frank Tarloff,Bobs Watson
(exotica) The electric lucifer by Bruce Haack
(exotica) The electric lucifer by Bruce Haack
Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:00:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) forever lounge

- --- Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:

> including I believe "Movin n Groovin" - were three
> to five except "Fever n
> Smoke" which was twentyish.

Yes. This was mysterious. I have and enjoy each lp,
but if I had to do it over again and pay $20 for one,
I'd go for M&G.

It looks like if they didn't know
> about it, they'd just
> say "5 - 3 " as if most lounge records were
> basically worth the same amount.

The cynic in me began to suspect a hidden motive:
perhaps the authors or their pricing guru hope, as
though by magick spell, to either make dealers lower
their prices, or buyers to refuse to pay more than 3-5
(which, I guess, amounts to the same thing. I enjoyed
the introductory lesson on pricing etiquette - that
high-end 5 is for Mint&Near Mint only. And they
suggest pricing even these under the high-end). Good
examples would be Baxter's theremin recordings,
Passions & jungle Jazz. From what I've observed in
squandering frenzies such as E-Bay, etc., people
generally pay alot more. Still a good resource.

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:00:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David J. Strauss" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 7N?

What's the deal with 7N records? Why did Paul Williams leave BMG?

7N is supposed to finally issue Esquivel's SEE IT IN SOUND.

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:44:10 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "disco-antistat" cleaning device: URL

this is the web site of PROTECTED, although the last time i visited, there
was nothing there: http://www.protected.de/

        Johan


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:55:04 PDT
From: Albert Fish <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) buy it or not? Les Baxter lp

Hello,
  Any opinions on an lp called
"acadamy award winners"
Days of wine and roses
(Lawrence of Arabia?)

  It's all movie themes, $7.00. Any recommendations???

Thanks heaps

Heavy Kevy


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:06:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) It ain't new, but it's new to me: HiFi Daze

In a message dated 6/26/99 8:15:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Rcbrooksod=20
writes:

> Wellllllllllll, Give us a review!
> =20
>  Tiki Bob

Wellllllllllllll, OK.

Hifi Daze/ Cocktail Nights is a great little 3 CD Rykodisc/Hifi/Traditions=20
compilation and priced around $16.99 to $17.99 USD, it=92s that much greater=
. =20

The first disc is =93In A Cocktail Mood=94 with a song line up as follows(th=
ank=20
CDNow for the song list)

01.  Jordu - Jack 'Bongo' Burger=20
02.  Good Morning Starshine - ArthurLyman=20
03.  Claire De Lune - Bob Florence Big Band=20
04.  The Girl That I Marry - Harry Zimmerman=20
05.  Finaglin' - Jerry Wiggins=20
06.  Arrive Derce Roma - Arthur Lyman=20
07.  Cherry Beat - The In Group=20
08.  Green Eyes - Bob Florence Big Band=20
09.  Negre Setin - Jack 'Bongo' Burger=20
10.  Concerto For Love - Jerry Wiggins=20
11.  Come In Out Of The Rain   Oscar Moore Trio=20
12.  You Only Live Twice - James Bond And His Sextet=20

They=92re all good, but the highlights for me were the 2 Jack =93Bacon N=92=20
Cheese=94=94Bongo=94 Burger songs, Bob Florence=92s slightly mad, uptempo =
=93Claire De=20
Lune=94, Lyman=92s =93Good Morning Sunshine=94, and the super groovy =93Cher=
ry Beat=94,=20
by The In Group.  The rest of the disc is great, but generally straighter=20
lounge jazz, less on the exotica side of things.  I was disappointed that=20
there were no liner notes, just a bunch of cocktail recipes. =20

The second disc is =93Music For The Jet Set=94
01.  April In Paris - Gloria Lynne=20
02.  On A Little Street In Singapore -Harry Zimmerman=20
03.  Maori Flea - Arthur Lyman=20
04.  Catriburium Na Batacuda -Carnival In Rio=20
05.  It Happened In Monterrey - BobFlorence=20
06.  Bermuda - Troy Walker=20
07.  Prelude A La Cha Cha Cha -Woody Herman With Charlie Byrd=20
08.  The Third Man Theme - Anton Karas & His Two Rudis=20
09.  Vaya Con Dios - Harry Zimmerman=20
10.  Mosaico Andaluz - Bernabe De Moron=20
11.  Bali Ha'i - Gloria Lynne=20
12.  Aiylong - Soubri Moulin & His African Beats=20
13.  China Nights Mambo - Jack'Bongo' Burger=20
14.  C'est Si Bon - Ray Ventura Singers=20

This disc takes on the international exotica very nicely.  Personal favorite=
s=20
are: live version of Troy Walker singing Bermuda, the original sound quality=20
wasn=92t that great on this recording and it adds a wonderful bootleg-ish=20
quality to his high powered song.  Bob Florence=92s It Happened In Monterrey =
is=20
hopping and the Anton Karas stripped down zither & accordions version of The=20
Third Man Theme is very nice, but I=92m of the =93I=92ve never met a Third M=
an=20
(theme) I didn't like=94 school of thought, anyway.  Aiylong is amazing, and =
as=20
usual you can't go wrong with a big juicy Bongo Burger.  It's all rounded ou=
t=20
nicely with a fairly classy Ray Ventura Singers number.  The liner notes are=20
by Br. Cleve and as usual the prose are exquisite, the historical references=20
are totally engaging, my only complaint would be the skimpiness of reference=
s=20
to the original albums that this material was plucked from. =20

The third and final disc is titled =93Sonic Sixties=94 and it's all Arthur L=
yman,=20
all the time. =20

Songs are:
01.  With A Little Help From My Friends=20
02.  Love Is Blue=20
03.  Watermelon Man=20
04.  Born Free=20
05.  The Work Song=20
06.  Sunny=20
07.  The Girl From Ipanema=20
08.  Lemon Tree=20
09.  Hawaii Five-O=20
10.  Hey Jude=20
11.  The Shadow Of Your Smile=20
12.  Hang On Sloopy=20

As you can see this disc is just pop cover tune, and they were all pulled=20
from different Lyman albums.  Mr. Lyman=92s music has always been somewhat h=
it=20
or miss with me.  But I love just about every song on this CD.  =93Love Is=20
Blue=94 would have to be my favorite in the bunch, with a bossa beat and gre=
at=20
piano by Clem Low.  The mellow version of =93Hawaii Five-O=94 is also very c=
ool.

As I said in my previous post, for $16.99 new, I felt like a damn, wild,=20
shopliftin=92, criminal, YeeeeHaaaa!!! Toss me in jail and throw away the ke=
y. =20
Seriously, just say no to crime, but these 3 discs are well worth the money.

- -Roy


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:00:16 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) buy it or not? Les Baxter lp

Hello,
  Any opinions on an lp called
"acadamy award winners"
Days of wine and roses
(Lawrence of Arabia?)

  It's all movie themes, $7.00. Any recommendations???

Thanks heaps

Heavy Kevy

>>>Yeah, for $7, save yer money!  This one's best found in a .50 pile at a
thrift store, and resold for the name value alone...I don't have it, but it
sounds like schmaltz from the description....Good luck!
Jane Fondle

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:34:23 -0400
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) BB/bad and the bizarre pt.1

i tried posting this yesterday but it may have gotten zapped by the overlord.
it is rather long. i was asked by a local baltimore paper about vinyl and
one question was What is the Weirdest most Bizarre records you own?
in the sweltering Baltimore heat i came up with my top 10+...some i have
already discussed on the list so bear with me.
since this was a thread a few months ago i thought i would post it here as well
to fellow record freaks.

1. Peter Nero - Tender is the Night LP  1967
"Prepared expressly for Abbott Laboratories by RCA Victor"
The back liner notes start out RELAX! There is more to life than just
hustle and bustle!
Open the gatefold and the whole spread and the first words are
"Here's how 112 physicians ranked the importance of key advantages for
non-barbituarate nighttime sedatives...and here's how Placidyl
(ethchlorvynol)
measures up to each point."
They proceed to list 10 points and include the PDR info for the drug.
Tunes on the LP ironically include...
Hello dolly(!)
Never on Sunday
More
Call me Irresponsible

2. Dialect of the Black American
Put out by Ma Bell in 1970 it tells the story of a Black man who left his
old town in the south to get a college education in the big city where he
learned to speak "proper English".
He comes back home to "get his groove back" and realizes that the people
from his roots are speaking a language he has not used in awhile and has to
explain to the listener what the various characters are "really" saying
since they are speaking "street or jive" talk...he acts as a sort of
ebonics translator.
I suppose this album was created to help folks at the phone company not
familiar with this type of speech. Having grown up in public schools in
Baltimore city in the 60's and 70's where the student black to white ratio
was around 6:1 and making friends with people speaking in that dialect, I
had no problem understanding this "other" language. So I find it "funny"
that they try to lay it all out for you as a matter of factly.

3. Charles Manson - Son of Man 1979
On this limited (mine is 143 of 1000) release on an unknown label (I
believe it was put out by "Red and Blue" for those of you know)
It is a cheesy recording of Charlie in his cell in Vacaville strumming and
singing for about 20 minutes (before the MAN took his guitar away
forever)...the songs are pretty good and flow together in his infamous
stream of consciousness style. He is a true beatnik and I dig him for that.
(I love the fact that the All-American Apple Pie eyed
Beach Boys recorded one of his songs. Cheap irony makes giggle.)
Sounds of people yelling and prison doors slamming makes for great ambience.
One side of record is the music and on the other is an etching based on one
of his drawings.

4. Crispin Hellion Glover - The Big Problem? 1989 Restless
  if its Crispin, its got to be Weird!
selected readings for his books Rat Catching and Oak Mot.
and a few "great" tunes like The New Clean Song, Auto-Manipulator the
incredible cover of Nancy Sinatra's These Boots are made for Walking and my
favorite piece of freakage, Clowny Clown Clown.

5. Barnes and Barnes  Fish Heads Picture Disk  1982 Rhino
 Well I would have listed all of my Barnes and Barnes records but this one
was my first and weirdest...nothing like a fish head spinning around on your
turntable!
plus songs flying from the speakers aside from the title track include
Party in my Pants, I Had Sex on TV, Swallow my Love and Work the
Meat...surely a crowd pleaser.

6. Joe Coleman - Infernal Machine  1990 Blast First
those of you not familiar with the painter, performance artist, and self
proclaimed "geek" (in the real meaning of the word) Joe Coleman, you need
to go to Atomic Books and find out. An incredible "in your face" artist.
the LP includes a 12 page full color booklet of his artwork, his bio and a
scrap book of his solo performances and with the band Steel Tips.
his is notorious for blowing himself up on  stage and biting the heads off
mice and throwing them at the audience.
this LP collects his favorite tunes and movie clips as well as recordings
of his band Steel Tips live.
I had mine signed by him at Atomic Books and he even did a quick portrait
of me on it as well...what a guy.

7.  Brion Gysin - Orgy Boys  1982  Hat Hut Records Ltd.
  here in the mad collection of poems, songs dedicated to William
Burroughs, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Fafa de
Palaminy, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg and John Giorno.
there are songs written for Naked Lunch in 1972 by Gysin.
the record has 11 songs and plays at 45RPM for a magikal 23 minutes.
the record was previously owned by Baltimore's strangest bird...Tentatively
A Convenience.  Very hard to listen to. Probably my most unplayed record.

8. Tom n' Jerry's Rockets - 1977  Tom and Jerry Records (Salsoul)
 if I had to pick the worst and weirdest record it would have to go to
these French guys.  Skin painted silver, with silver and black outfits,
some with painted Motorcycle helmets looking like Power Rangers these guys
"rock out" with songs like Sci-Fi Boogie, Cosmic Race,
Electro-Voice, Space Rock, Astrolights, and throw in a cover of Canned Heats
On the Road Again!!
Vocoder Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums and Claviers...no synths!!!
wow, looking in the record I just discovered i even have the 12" mix of the
On the Road Again and Space Rock! Lucky me.
does anyone have videos of these guys...the gatefold pix are outrageous and
look pretty cool. But the tunes, ouch!   Oh those French.

9. Evel Knievel - 1974  Amherst Records
  bet you did not know how to spell it.
even the spine of the album spells it wrong (Kneivel).
well hell Evel is a true Renaissance man.
the record includes Evel doing his songpoem "Why", (Do I do it!), a press
conference about the upcoming joke, the snake river canyon jump, talking to
kids about safety and doing the right thing,, and the forgettable Ballad of
Evel Knievel sung by some unknown bad folk singer.
well he was one of my heroes. I had to buy the album!
he is no joke but it sure sounds like one.

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:35:33 -0400
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2

10. I dedicate #10 to the albums I have by Movie/TV Stars.
truly the worst music you would ever not want to hear.

Leonard Nimoy - The Way I Feel  Dot Records circa late 60's
Spock, I mean Lenny makes no "Bones" about why he is making records...
the first cut is I'd Love Making Love to You!
do you think he had groupies?
the best part of the album is when he administers philosophy in that cold
alienlike vocal delivery like the Vulcan Deepak Chopra in tunes like, Where
It's At, (about seekers looking for where it's at, only to find out that it
is LOVE, and that you have always had it. Heavy!
(no Beck did not cover this)
and Consilium "Nothing dries faster than a tear".
I used to have the Spock Sings LP but i gave it to a chick heavy into Star
Trek.
Somtimes I am too nice, or cruel depending where your head is at.

John Travolta - 1977  Midland Records
Yikes, he put out more than one album unfortunately.
I have the one called Can't Let You Go...I wish I could let this album go.
I only have it for "What Would They Say"...the Boy in the Plastic Bubble theme.
Enough already.

Lorne Greene - Young at Heart  1963
Booming baritone voice much like Ken Nordine but cornier.
Very deadpan versions of I'm Glad I am Not Young Anymore, Young at Heart,
You Make Me Feel So Young, Hello, Young Lovers, Young and Foolish...
sounds like it should have been a Robert Young album! Sorry.

Mike Douglas - The Men in my Little Girls Life 1965 Epic Records
talk show host extraordinare Mike D. sings some ultra cheesy sappy songs on
this one,
my favorite is "A" your Adorable-(the alphabet song).
I watched him everyday after school...I had to buy it.

Garrett Morris - Saturday Nite Sweet  1980  MCA
Never played it...too scared.

the last 3 lps I call the 3 Not So Tough Guy trilogy.
I bought these cuz they were cool dudes, but the as singers they show us
the "tender side" we do not see in their acting roles...and I really do not
think I really wanted to hear it. (it must be a girl thing) The following 3
lp's have ruined my whole perspective on these men of men.

Burt Reynolds - Ask Me What I Am  1973 Mercury
  Why not...Burt could do no wrong in the 70's...How 'bout those Cannonball
Run's!!! Hear his tender side in tunes that are pretty depressing and not
fun to listen to like Childhood 1949, You Can't always Sing a Happy Song, A
Room for a Boy Never Used, I Didn't Shake the World Today, There's a
Misunderstanding Between God and Man. Very bad folky stuff. The best part
about the album is the gatefold poster of Burt in a baby blue polyester
leisure suit. It is perforated to rip off and post on your bedroom wall. I
am keeping mine intact although he would look good in my bathroom in the
company of Tom Jones, Evel Knievel, Starsky and Hutch and the many scantily
clad women.

Telly Savalas - Telly   1974 MCA
Telly states on the liner notes- "I was asked to make a record"
ok your excused...
his fake heartfelt tenderness shines though beautifully on tracks like
Rubber Bands and Bits of String, How Insensitive (very appropriate),
If, You and Me Against the World, Something, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling,
I love Telly...he smolders with perversion.

Jack Palance - Palance   1970   WB
wow I could not believe the Baddest, Meanest and most Evil Guy in the World
put out a record that destroys that persona...what an idiot.
I can't even play it...it hurts me too much...
the best thing about it is the sleeve.
like a mug shot. B+W full face shot on front, profile on back.
"Come back Jack, come back"

I only have one question...can I get these on CD?


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:27:01 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" June 30, 1999

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

Ashwin Batish - New Delhi Vice "Sitar Power"
Amon Tobin - Hot Pursuit "Pirhana Breaks ep"

Percy Faith - First Light "Beyond the Valley of the Ultrabeats"
Gabor Szabo - Summer Breeze "Mizrab"
Riccardo & His Group - Last Tango in Paris "Dimensions in Sound Vol 2"

Alan Lorber Orchestra - Up, Up & Away "The Lotus Palace"
101 Strings - Karma Sitar "Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000"
Werner Muller - Ritual Dance "East of India"

The Flying Lizards - Her Story "The Flying Lizards"
General Strike - (Parts of) My Body "7" single"
Eric Random & the Bedlamites - Nile Song "Ismael"

Electroid 2000 - Moogsters Revenge "Beyond the Valley of the Superbeats"
John Keating - Star Trek "Space Experience"

I was asked to fill-in for a half hour before I usually start my show, so I
decided to dig through my collection of 45s and play some old favourites.
So if anyone is in the area & would like to hear some vintage "difficult
music", tune in for Clock DVA (4 Hours), Throbbing Gristle (United), The
Normal (T.V.O.D.), Thomas Leer (Private Plane), Cabaret Voltaire (Nag Nag
Nag), Eric Random (23 Skidoo), Robert Rental (A.C.C.) and The Young Marble
Giants (Clicktalk) among others. Just the stuff to listen to at 8.30 in the
morning.

Thanks for reading,

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:53:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2

Magnificent. Anyone whoever watched Kojak (etc.) knows
that even when Telly was honking on a lollipop and
consoling orphans, his eyes always said Crime, Magick,
Greasy Proclivities.

> I love Telly...he smolders with perversion.

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:00:37 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) It ain't new, but it's new to me: HiFi Daze

Welllllllllllllllll, welllllllllllllllllllll

these are the reviews we need to see more of.

tiki bob

In a message dated 06/28/99 3:14:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< In a message dated 6/26/99 8:15:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Rcbrooksod
 writes:

 > Wellllllllllll, Give us a review!
 >
 >  Tiki Bob

 Wellllllllllllll, OK.

 Hifi Daze/ Cocktail Nights is a great little 3 CD  >>


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:11:24 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) forever lounge

Ben Waugh wrote:

> Has someone mentioned this before while i was in my
> coma?

About two months ago someone wrote a cryptic note about this ( something about
the e-mail format they sent made it indecipherable). Their major critique,
which seems to be everyone's fault found with this book, is it's use as a
price guide. I should say uselessness. I attribute it to the fact that the
authors conceded the pricing to a record dealer. That is one and only one
record DEALER decided how to price these records. Most good price guides rely
on consensus of a variety of dealers, relying on one person to figure it out
is an oversight of the authors. It's unfortunate that the did this since the
dealer's absurd pricing will reflect on them.
Even better than a consensus could have been an ENTHUSIASTS price guide. Folks
such as the authors of Forever Lounge could just figure prices based on how
they feel the album is worth as it pertains to or ranks in importance in the
genre. Sure there will be exceptions because of the albums of artists that are
hot ticket items at the time of the writing. I use this method to price
records I sell at record sales and it never fails to create a buzz. I've
noticed that people will regard an album with respect if its priced like a
desired collectable, and lord help 'em if they ask me about the record -
they'll get the enthusiast's sales pitch!

This has been  a hint to the authors who will hopefully at some point  come
out with a second edition.

When I first got this book I had started to write a review of it but in the
end I found too many faults, and keeping by the phrase "If you can't say
anything good don't say anything" I stood mute.
So, for now, since you got me started, I'll reiterate a positive that some one
else already brought up. It's good for discography purposes.

It's hard for me to knock a book that mentions my radio show. So don't ask me
about the quality of the album cover reproductions.

Frank



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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:27:01 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Album cover camera

Please excuse this off topic question. It's related to the list only in
the repercussions when I'm able to start listing my exotica album on
e-bay.

I need a digital camera to take shots of my album covers. Looking for
something under $400  and Mac compatible. Thanks.
Digital photo aficionados please e-mail me off list, natch.

Thanks,
Frank



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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:01:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rhino Suggestion Box

Someone want to post the link to this?
I couldn't find it.

Peter

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:26:50 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood

Well ...

he was great ... and his voice was super gravelly

but ... he only did a couple of bars of a lot of some of his most well
known songs including "Some Velvet Morning" and "Sugar Town" ....
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

All thru the gig, there was a seat empty next to him ... but no-one joined him

it all came and went too quick

=sob=

Sem Sinatra

p.s. he did an almost Ken Nordine-like version of "Whole Lotta Shakin'" ...
p.p.s. Harry Dean Stanton & band was not great (in case you were wondering)




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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:47:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) re: Rhino suggestion box

http://www.rhinohandmade.com/

the above is the address for the new Rhino Handmade website.  A new limited
edition colletor's type CD every two weeks!!!!

On the list we had discussed all of us asking for Beneath The Planet of The
Apes to be released.  Any other suggestions?

Scroll to the bottom of the page at this link for the suggestion box.

And remeber, vote early and often.

Best wishes,
Larry


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:06:05 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2

n a message dated 6/28/99 4:56:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> Magnificent. Anyone whoever watched Kojak (etc.) knows
>  that even when Telly was honking on a lollipop and
>  consoling orphans, his eyes always said Crime, Magick,
>  Greasy Proclivities.
>
>  > I love Telly...he smolders with perversion.

I've got a couple of packs of Kojak trading cards lying around here
somewhere, gum intact. They're yours for the asking.

- -Roy


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:16:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Four Piece Suit Web Page

Dom wrote: >We get talking and he's a poet!
>He's going to contact me and wants to come on my show. He will recite poetry
>live on the air a al beatnik/Ken Nordine...  all I have to do lay down some
>music tracks and enjoy.
>
>Ahhhhh! but what music to pick!?!? I want it to be perfect.

Did you ask him? He probably has some ideas of the feel of the music that
would suit his poems. Follow both your instincts and enjoy the
collaboration. Good luck, too.

Mimi




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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:03:40 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) It ain't new, but it's new to me: HiFi Daze

At 3:06 PM -0400 6/28/99, [e-mail] wrote:

>The second disc is =93Music For The Jet Set=94

>The liner notes are by Br. Cleve and as usual the prose are exquisite, the
>historical references
>are totally engaging, my only complaint would be the skimpiness of referenc=
es
>to the original albums that this material was plucked from.

I wish I could have heard 'em! The folks at Ryko didn't provide info (or
tapes) of the complete albums, and I couldn't track them all down (or any
of them, if I remember) before the deadline. I kept thinking, "I wonder
what the rest of this album is like", but........oh well. They never said
it'd be easy; that's reserved for the adjective to ".........Listening"
Thanks for the compliments!

br cleve


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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:28:13 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) buy it or not? Les Baxter lp

At 11:55 AM -0700 6/28/99, Albert Fish wrote:
>Hello,
>  Any opinions on an lp called
>"acadamy award winners"
>Days of wine and roses
>(Lawrence of Arabia?)
>
>  It's all movie themes, $7.00. Any recommendations???

it's not Baxters best, but it's not his worst. A couple of good tracks as I
recall. $7.00? For a clean stereo copy, sure. You'll see $7 again. Bad
shape and/or mono. Nah.....

br cleve


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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:01:09 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood - Live

Just got back from Lee Live in London.  Bit mixed I thought.  The stuff
off the new LP I didn't really rate,  the rest was brilliant.  Including
finishing off with a brief medley of hits and encoring with a funny,
dirty, slow version of Whole Lotta Shaking Going On.  The point is,
judging by the ticket it looks like the gig should have been/ will be
broadcast on GLR in London.  Any locals on the list know anything about
this? (Charlie?)  If it was on last night,  did anyone tape it?  Please
contact me off list.

I missed the opportunity to meet up with other listees,  which was a
shame,  thats what comes of leaving things until the last Friday and
believing that the e-mail will work.  Hope the rest of you enjoyed it.
I'm sure someone will post a fuller review.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 07:56:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Rhino's Cocktail Mixes

There are 4 Rhino Cocktail Mix CD's.

Someone on the list about 2 months ago said there was a comp CD that was the
only one he had come across in which he liked every song on the CD.  Is it
one of the Rhino Cocktail Mix CD's???  Or, does anybody remember which CD
comp he mentioned???

They are (in Rhino's words):  Rhino's acclaimed Cocktail Mix series is a
fiesta of fabulousity. Volumes 1-4 are evocatively subtitled Bachelor's Guide
To The Galaxy, Martini Madness, Swingin' Singles, and Soundtracks With A
Twist, respectively.

Sorry to revisit this issue.

Tiki Bob


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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:08:49 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2

In a message dated 6/29/99 12:19:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> I am asking! I am asking!
>  i just looooove  20 year old bubblegum!

I'll send it along ASAP.  The trading cards are little playing cards with
pictures from the show on them.

I believe, the object of buying them was so kids could collect an entire deck
and then play strip poker at the local whore house, while chewing the
enclosed bubble gum and drinking High Balls.  It was a corner store novelty
that promised to nurture children's interest in Crime, Magick, Greasy
Proclivities and smoldering perversions.

- -Roy



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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:43:34 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] John T. Mullin,Frank Tarloff,Bobs Watson

                           *John T. Mullin
    CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) -- John T. ``Jack'' Mullin, an electrical engineer
who introduced audio magnetic tape recording to Hollywood and was
responsible for the first regular use of radio laugh tracks, died Thursday.
He was 85.
    It was Mullin who galvanized Hollywood, first with Bing Crosby, into
adopting magnetic tape recording and who deserves credit for the post-World
War II start of commercial audio, data and videotape in America.
    Once he got Crosby to use magnetic tape in the late 1940s, other
entertainers adopted the technology.
    Through the use of scissors and tape, Mullen was able to splice in laugh
and applause tracks.

                           *Frank Tarloff
    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Frank Tarloff, a blacklisted screenwriter
whose brief membership in the Communist Party in the 1940s haunted him
during the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings, died Friday.
He was 83.
    Tarloff joined the Communist Party in the mid-1940s. A number of American
intellectuals signed up with the Communist Party to show their opposition to
fascism.
    He hadn't attended a Communist Party meeting in years by the time he was
subpoenaed by the committee at the height of the Red Scare in the early
1950s, his family said.
    After moving to England, a producer commissioned Tarloff to co-write the
1964 Cary Grant film ``Father Goose.'' The screenplay, co-written with S.H.
Barnett and Peter Stone, won an Oscar in 1965 and the Tarloffs returned to
Hollywood the following year.

                            *Bobs Watson
    LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Bobs Watson, the youngest of nine acting
siblings during Hollywood's golden age who played Peewee in ``Boys' Town,''
died Saturday of cancer. He was 68.
    He was best known for his role of Peewee in the 1938 movie ``Boys' Town,''
starring Spencer Tracy.
    Watson appeared in more than 200 movies and TV shows and 500 stage
productions since he was 6 months old. But the entire Watson clan of nine
appeared in more than 1,000 movies starting in 1912, including credits such
as Jimmy Stewart's children in ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.''
    Hollywood honored the family with a star on the Walk of Fame in April, but
Bobs Watson could not attend because of his illness.
    His last movie, ``Deadly Delusions,'' was made in 1998 and has not yet been
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:04:47 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The electric lucifer by Bruce Haack

Is this a good buy or a good-bye for eight dollars?



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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:20:32 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The electric lucifer by Bruce Haack

If that is the original, I cannot stress how important it is to have it in
your collection for $8. Actually, even if it the reissue, I cannot stress
how important it is to have it in your collection. The ultimate stupid Moog
record that you will never be able to listen to, end to end. More stupid
than Hayman, Garson, and Sear thrown in a swimming pool full of jelly
(jello to you guys) together.
Sequenced basslines, vocoder hymn-like chanting and singing, crap folk
music and general wierdness. Would you believe I actually heard one of the
tracks played out at a London club last week?

BUY IT NOW!

Charlie





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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:10:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) BB/ The Bad and the Bizarre  Pt.2

This was not the stated purpose, of course. It was all
subliminal. Like the fornicating bats on the Bacardi
label. These cards may well have served as a sort
tarot toward absolute dissolution in alien pleasures.
After all, what do you suppose is the answer to the
question "Who loves you, baby?" ?

Frater B



> I believe, the object of buying them was so kids
> could collect an entire deck
 and then play strip poker at the local whore house,
while chewing the
> enclosed bubble gum and drinking High Balls.  It was
> a corner store novelty
> that promised to nurture children's interest in
> Crime, Magick, Greasy  Proclivities and smoldering
perversions.

> -Roy

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