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exotica-digest         Thursday, July 8 1999         Volume 02 : Number 442



In This Digest:

(exotica) Help me, Information...
(exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
(exotica) Pleasant Suprise
Re: (exotica) Help me, Information...
Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
(exotica) Re: Organs
Re:  (exotica) Phase 4-- are they worth it??
Re: (exotica) weekend in cleveland epilog
(exotica) Frankie Stein and the Ghouls
(exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz
RE: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
(exotica) An unexpected chuckle while watching WKRP in Cincinatti
(exotica) Thank you all for your
(exotica) [obit] Roberta Sherwood,Ronnie Graham
Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
RE: (exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz
(exotica) Organs - Thanks
(exotica) Dahil Sa Iyo
RE: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross
RE: (exotica) Organs - Thanks
RE: (exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz
(exotica) Re: Turntable needles.....
(exotica) in the news: loitering teenagers scared of Crosby
(exotica) Sonic Youth gear stolen

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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 17:32:58 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Help me, Information...

...I'm going to Memphis.  Does anyone know of any now-au-go-go record
stores that I should go to?


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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:41:07 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

Sorry! I promise I will say something interesting about an actual record
album again, someday. . .

But the topic of "how long does a stylus last, anyway?" had come up
before on the list--so I wanted to tell the story of something pretty
amazing that I found out today.

I have a Shure cartridge that I know for a fact got its last replacement
stylus 13 years ago. Since about 1993 I've been feeding it a steady diet of
thrift-store records, whose condition has been all over the map--a lot of
them have been wrecked and filthy.

Soundwise, I find that certain records seem a little fuzzy to me--others are
fine--and I've been a little confused about how much was just the condition
of the vinyl, or whether the stylus might be starting to be a problem.

So I went over to the local tweako hifi place (the last place in town that
is still into turntables), and asked them to take a look at it. I expected
them to tell me it was totally shot, and that I'd be walking out of there
with a new cartridge. (You can't get replacement stylii for this model any
more, the folks at http://www.needledoctor.com claim.)  But I was curious
if mine was so worn that I was actually damaging records. Maybe I could
still use it as a "beater" cartridge to screen incoming LPs?

Well, they stuck it under the stereo microscope--and damned if that stylus
wasn't still OK! The guy said, "this has about 25% of its wear left." If it
was a tire, I could still drive to California and back on it. Frankly, when
I looked through the scope I could barely see the wear he was talking
about.

Thirteen years! Playing the very records that Moritz was so horrified to
learn were covered in crunchy mineral residues from our tap water. I guess
diamond really is hard stuff. . .

Now this is not to say that you should all go out and play your LPs with
destroyed needles. . . after all this is a good cartridge that only tracks
at about 1.3 grams--so the stylus/groove wear is at the low end of the
spectrum. But this seems WAAAAY beyond the 600 hours or whatever is
sometimes quoted as the lifetime of a stylus. . .

vibrationally,


 --Ross

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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:42:01 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Pleasant Suprise

Wait!  I remembered one! _Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica Rascals_
(King Records).

All I knew about Borrah was that his band was the training ground for
Richard Hayman, all three Harmonicats, Leo Diamond and probably some other
guys too. But the name "Harmonica Rascals" just gave me this idea it was
probably some dopey novelty act.

So I only picked up this record out of a sense of historical completeness.
Actually it turns out they are a lot better than I expected (at least in
this incarnation--they go back in one form or another to 1926).

Some of the songs are at the sappier end of things, but there are at least
4 tracks that get the thumbs-up from me. That's more than I can say for the
typical Harmonicats album. They do an ominous cover of "What Is This Thing
Called Love," and a great, jumped-up version of Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in
C Sharp Minor."

Mambo Frenzy says, check it out.

 --Ross

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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:03:30 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Help me, Information...

At 05:32 PM 7/7/99 -0400, Brian Phillips wrote:
>
>...I'm going to Memphis.  Does anyone know of any now-au-go-go record
>stores that I should go to?

I believe the store I got the most at was called "River Records".  Just
make sure you don't ask the guy about Sun 78's.  Unless you have all day
and you like looking at photographs of record labels.
The place sort of reminded me of "Records" in Cleveland except that the guy
looks in the damn book everytime you bring up a record that hasn't been
priced yet.  But there was A LOT of good stuff there.
Another good place was called, I think, "Shangri-La".  That's the name of a
cool "alternative rock" label down there.  But they also have this new/used
record store with a fair bit of exotica vinyl, at least when I was there.
I can't remember if the store has the same name as the label but if you
can't find the store, phone the label.

While you're there, I highly recommend visiting Furry Lewis's grave.  You
can find out about a lot of this stuff if you pick up this alternative
guide to Memphis, which I think was called something like "the White Trash
Guide to Memphis"  You can get it at this store on Beale Street.

Nat



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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 20:39:01 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

Ross Orr wrote:

> But the topic of "how long does a stylus last, anyway?" had come up
> before on the list--so I wanted to tell the story of something pretty
> amazing that I found out today.

Sometimes you don't know what you're missing until you hear it. Here's how I
solve the when to change your needle question.

I already have a bunch of spare stylus that fit my cartridge, which I bought
about 6 years ago,  convinced that I'd never be able to buy these again.  So,
first of all I'd recommend getting the extra needle now, just to have it.
Occasionally  I'll be listening to a record and think, "man, this record sounds
like crap" , this being a comment on the surface noise, though I've been known
to say this about content perhaps more frequently. In any event, if it's really
bugging me I'll take the 30 seconds it takes to replace the needle. If I don't
notice any difference, which is usually the case, I'll put the old needle back
on. If the sound is appreciably better I'll know that it was then time to
change the needle.
 Every one has their own standard of listening to or through surface noise.
This being the case it only make sense that folks will have varying ideas on
"when to change".  Who needs a microscope when you've got ears!
I assume most of us vinyl bargain hunters have a higher tolerance and hence
should not have to change needles often if ever.

For what it's worth ....
I worked in a record store back when we actually sold new vinyl as the primary
medium and aside from the occasional obvious defect that caused people to
return their records there was still a handful of neurotic record geeks that
regularly returned records with the most imperceptible tick or blemish. For the
most part we simply took the record back rather that cause a stir. One time,
however, this one particular customer came in with a record which we put on the
store system to listen to the tick that was the cause of the customers return.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the record. "Wait, right there, did you
hear that?" the customer spoke up. I backed up and played that section again.
There was a faint tick, once, buried in the mix the music.  Incredulous and in
a bad mood to begin with, I told the customer quite bluntly. "You're not even
listening to the music, your playing this waiting to see if you'll be able to
hear if there is any thing wrong. If you were listening to the actual music you
would never have noticed this."  I'll spare you (and myself) an explanation of
the consequences of this interchange. Suffice to say that since then this has
become my credo in listening to records.

Frank



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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 22:56:46 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Organs

>For the benefit of us novices, can someone please post a short
>note describing the differences between
>
>a) Hammond organs
>b) Lowery organs
>c) Wurlitzer organs
>d) any other notable organs

Whenever I see the name "Wurlitzer" on an LP, particularly "Mighty
Wurlitzer," I usually expect it to be full-blown theater pipe organ.
(Though as was pointed out, the company did also branch out into home
organs, electric pianos, etc.)

I have to confess that one of my earliest "Incredibly Strange" records was
a totally funereal Jesse Crawford pipe organ LP--but in later years I've
tended to avoid any pipe organ LPs except for George Wright's. (As someone
on the list once wisely pointed out, you *really* want to avoid the ones
with the word "reverie" in the title.)

Hammond was the company that created a particularly rich and warm electric
organ sound through the use of the "tone wheel." There is a long
motor-driven shaft with many faceted disks on it, which spin very close to
pickup coils. The number of nubs which go past the pickup per revolution
determines the pitch. Also there are several wheels per note, representing
different overtones; drawbars above the keyboard mix in different
proportions of these overtones for different timbres.

Another part of the "classic" Hammond sound isn't actually the organ
itself, but the Leslie cabinet which was often used with it--a rotating
speaker that gives a particularly nice vibrato effect.

As far as I know, Lenny Dee used a Hammond for all his earlier
recordings--though his was apparently hot-rodded with some extra effects, I
don't know what all, but he got some pretty freaky sounds out of his.

I believe the Lowrey organ used oscillator circuits to generate its sounds
(any keyboardists know for sure?) rather than tone wheels, because it was
known for the "note bending" sounds which Dick Hyman got so much mileage out
of. In fact, I can hardly do better than to quote from the Dick Hyman
interview in _Grand Royal_ mag #3:


>Q: [discussing _Moon Gas_]Was there some kind of bendable effect on the
>organ too?
>
>DH: Oh yeah. Well in those days I used a Lowrey organ which had--I used
>this on all of Enoch Light's records too, and on everybody else's as I got
>called, but in particular on this album--it had what they called a
>"Hawaiian Guitar" effect.  That is, you could bend a note. Of course I
>didn't use it often for actual Hawaiian guitar effects, but it was a
>satisfactory kind of note bending you could do if you pressed the foot
>pedal in a certain way. You could get into a note from about half a tone
>below, so that's there quite a bit. I used that on a lot of my organ albums
>of that time which were all on Lowrey organ in those days.
>
>Q: Why did you use Lowrey organ, as opposed to Hammond?
>
>DH: Because it had those effects on it. Also because it was stereophonic.
>It came with two speakers and I generally connected the registration [?]
>for one one keyboard to a Leslie speaker and the other one to a straight
>speaker, and was able to get a lot of antiphonal, back and forth effects
>that way. It had a lot of things that the Hammond organ at that time did
>not. In addition to the Hawaiian Guitar effect, it had chimes, various
>kinds of bells, xylophone, things that are standard now, but they were not
>on the [Hammond] B3. So I became a Lowrey organ artist for some time until
>years later when I moved on to Baldwin for both piano and organ. By that
>time most of the organs had the same kinds of things on them.
>
>Q: I agree that the Lowrey, when you used it, had so many great sounds. . .
>
>DH: It really was very useful, and I would get hired to play on dates just
>because people expected me to come up with some interesting sounds that
>they couldn't quite think of when they were arranging. I usually came
>through for them, in the same way that Vinnie Bell would be called to do
>much the same kind of thing. Of course I used all of these things on my own
>recordings . . . .
>

Now speaking of "other notable keyboards" I have to mention the Novachord
again. This was Hammond's 1939 attempt to make an all tube oscillator
organ. The whole thing was a commecial failure, because the 100+ tubes were
constantly burning out or going off pitch. Nonetheless it produced some
really indescribable, juicy sounds, especially in the bass. I know of at
least three album sets on 78s which featured the Novachord, but only once
did I find the jacket to one, filled with the wrong records!! Grrr. . . .


Yours organically,

 --Ross

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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 00:20:50 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Phase 4-- are they worth it??

In a message dated 7/7/99 4:20:10 AM, you wrote:

<<Chacksfield playing the Beatles.>>

I wouldn't bother - I've got the LP and I think it's boring.    Bob


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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 02:01:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) weekend in cleveland epilog

Shit, Nat for the price of that epic you can have my copy of Rugolo's Music
from Out of Space.  E-mail me, I'll send it.

- --David


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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 08:19:35 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Frankie Stein and the Ghouls

Anyone ever heard anything by Frankie Stein and the Ghouls?  What do they
sound like? I'm curious.

Sean


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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 08:52:31 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz

OK, so maybe not much is going on right now, so this is how my idle mind
works.  I've come up with a really pathetic quiz/joke thing.  Here goes,
cue "Jeopary" theme music please:

What do you get when you cross an Esquivel-penned television show theme
with one of the several Swedes on this list?

OK, guess!
Jane Fondle, in the devil's workshop
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 09:54:17 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

 this seems WAAAAY beyond the 600 hours or whatever is
sometimes quoted as the lifetime of a stylus. . .

Holy Smokes!  I wonder how much of the 600 hours recomendation has figured
into it things like how many times you drop the needle onto the record over
a given period of time, and the bending of the fine tubular stem that the
diamond is affixed to and the fact that the left channel is always "leaned
on" more then the right as the tonearm is dragged across the platter.

Now I'm thinking I should re-mount the way hi-fi 1987 vintage Audio Technica
cartridge I have.

Maybe I should get a new stylus first, though.....

"Just because a record has a groove don't make it in the groove"

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 10:09:18 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) An unexpected chuckle while watching WKRP in Cincinatti

On a Christmas episode (the plot is the concern that Jennifer may be
spending the holidays alone), Johnny Fever is carrying a record and it is
none other than the Ethel Merman Disco Record!

I don't wish to know that,
Brian Phillips



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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 10:10:04 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thank you all for your

Thanks to everyone for your marvelous suggestions!



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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 10:15:55 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Roberta Sherwood,Ronnie Graham

Thursday July 8 12:38 AM ET

Torch Singer Roberta Sherwood Dead At 86
By Sarah Tippit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roberta Sherwood, a bespectacled suburban housewife
who in 1956 rose from obscurity to become a headlining torch singer and
entertainer, performing with the likes of Mickey Rooney, Don Rickles, Joey
Bishop and Milton Berle, has died.

Sherwood died Monday at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks,
California, of complications of Alzheimer's disease, family members said.
She was 86.

Born in 1913 into a carnival family, Sherwood began her 50-year-career at
age 11 in vaudeville. Although audiences always responded to her visceral
singing style, she chose to stop touring and marry Broadway showman Don
Lanning in 1938.

They settled in Miami, Florida, began a family, and went into the local
nightclub business where Sherwood sang her way through the 1940s and '50s,
pausing between acts to breastfeed her three sons.

It was not until 1956, with her husband dying of lung cancer and a family to
feed, that Sherwood's career took off. Initially passed over as too old to
perform, she sang only at local events until she was hired by a Miami Beach
club owner.

Soon, people packed the bar to hear the woman with the glasses who banged on
a battered cymbal while she sang. Television comic Red Buttons brought in
Walter Winchell, who raved about her in his column and on radio broadcasts.

Not long after Sherwood was earning up to $5,000 a week at the nation's top
nightclubs and was signed to record an album for Decca Records. She played
New York's famed Copa Cabana, made the rounds at the major clubs in Las
Vegas and opened in Hollywood to an enthusiastic reception.

Her style was described by Time magazine as ``flashy, richly sentimental, as
unsubtle as her crashing cymbal and as unpretentious as her $49.50 dress.''

``I dug up the cymbal because Murray Franklin didn't have a drummer,'' she
once said. ``I started wearing a sweater because of the air-conditioning ...
I wear the glasses when I'm walking through the audience because I can't see
without them, and I don't want to walk into somebody's shrimp cocktail.''

She also was known for helping young, struggling performers, including
Rickles, who said he was saddened by her death.

``I had the honor of sharing the stage with Roberta in Miami Beach ... when
she was a star and I was struggling,'' Rickles said. ``With her help and
Walter Winchell's, I started to gain recognition. She was one of a kind. Her
style and personality will be missed.''

Over the years Sherwood's dozens of hit recordings included ''You're Nobody
'Til Somebody Loves You,'' and ``Up A Lazy River.'' She became a favorite in
the early days of television, appearing on ``The Ed Sullivan Show, ``The
Steve Allen Show, ''The Jackie Gleason Show,'' ``The Garry Moore Show'' and
''Person To Person'' with Edward R. Murrow.

Sherwood is survived by three sons, two grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
(She was in the movie "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" as Mrs. Livingstone,
the role that Miyoshi Umeki had on the TV show.Her son, Jerry Lanning,
became a musical comedy performer, and was featured in (I think) the soap
opera "Texas.")
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Tuesday July 6, 5:25 pm Eastern Time
Naked corpse found on whale in Florida's SeaWorld
ORLANDO, Fla., July 6 (Reuters) - An unidentified man was found naked and
dead on the back of a killer whale in a tank at SeaWorld Orlando on Tuesday
morning, apparently after hiding in the Florida theme park after closing
time, police said.

``The man was found nude on the whale's back,'' said Jim Solomons, spokesman
for the Orange County Sheriff's office. ``There was no obvious trauma -- he
wasn't bitten or chewed up or anything.''

Investigators said an autopsy would determine the cause of death, with
drowning considered a strong possibility. The man's name was not released
but police said he was 27 years old.

Swimming trunks were found at the bottom of the pool.

Solomons said the man was not a whale trainer or other SeaWorld employee.
Park employees said he might have been someone seen at the park during the
previous few days.

``We believe this might have been a man who was seen around the park for
several days taking an interest in the whales,'' said SeaWorld general
manager Vic Abbey. ``He may have been hiding until the park closed.''

Trainers said the orca whale, a retired performer from a Canadian park, was
accustomed to working with human trainers but not with inexperienced tourists.

``We've never had any trouble with this animal,'' trainer Chuck Thompkins
said. ``I've never noticed any aggressive behavior.''

SeaWorld officials said they were not aware of any similar incidents at the
Florida park, which has been open more than 25 years. SeaWorld is owned by
Anheuser-Busch Cos .
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Unconfirmed reports on the net that Comedian-writer Ronny Graham has died.
He had been sick off and on for several years, and was quite frail.

He worked often with Mel Brooks, on- and off-screen, co-writing SPACE BALLS
and TO BE OR NOT TO BE, among others.  He appeared as Rev. Bemis on CHICO
AND THE MAN, and in a string of commercials as Mr. Dirt  for Mobil detergent
gasoline.
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World Music On Your PC

Foreign TV Radio, the radio service of the new ForeignTV.com Web site, was
officially launched on Wednesday evening. The station will focus on music
from around the world that is often unheard in the United States and many
western nations. Said the site manager, "From Les Nubians to Patricia Kaas,
Natacha Atlas to Ricardo Lemvo, foreignTVradio, will expose our audience to
the global community of artists and musicians who are redefining the
listening experience for millions of people."
World Wide Web: http://www.foreignTV.com/radio.html




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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 10:42:45 -0400
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

>Thirteen years! Playing the very records that Moritz was so horrified to
learn were covered in crunchy mineral residues from our tap water. I guess
diamond really is hard stuff. . .
Now this is not to say that you should all go out and play your LPs with
destroyed needles. . . after all this is a good cartridge that only tracks
at about 1.3 grams--so the stylus/groove wear is at the low end of the
spectrum. But this seems WAAAAY beyond the 600 hours or whatever is
sometimes quoted as the lifetime of a stylus. . .
vibrationally,

 --Ross

Well, goofy me! I have indeed wrecked needles by playing scratchy records.
And in the Fondle spaceship,  I have a two-turntable setup:  a nice, new
shiny needle for rekkids that are mint, near-mint and Vg++++++++, etc.
For the wrecked rekkids, the bottom turntable has that needle I've since
destroyed.  That's my system, and I'm sticking to it!
Jane "I've seen the needle and the damage done" Fondle


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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:11:41 -0400
From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

> Ross Orr Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 6:35 PM
>
>But the topic of "how long does a stylus last, anyway?" had come up
>before on the list--so I wanted to tell the story of something pretty
>amazing that I found out today.
>
Where can I get reliable information about Radio Shack needles?

About a year ago, I retired my B&O turntable because of the difficulty and
$$ of their  special stylus/needle and picked up a Radio Shack turntable at
a used furniture store.

Brought it over to the local rat shack and the fellow there actually knew
something about turntables. He replaced the needle (in stock and only about
$17) and balanced the arm for me.

I'm back in business, all for less than the price of 2 CD's.

The package said it was a diamond needle. Am I being sold the Brooklyn
Bridge? I figure I should replace the needle once a year "just to be safe".
Now I wonder.


Domenic



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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:04:44 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz

What do you get when you cross an Esquivel-penned television show theme
with one of the several Swedes on this list?


Abba-dabba-doo!!!

Yes??

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 16:32:16 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Organs - Thanks

My thanks to all who replied with details of the principal
features/differences
of musical organs. Most helpful!  One final query - do these instruments (like
guitars of the same period) now command high prices?

Hugh.


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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 16:32:15 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dahil Sa Iyo

Someone asked about composer credits for the song
"Dahil Sa Iyo".  The Lettermen released this song in the
Philippines in 1974, and the composers are shown as

T. Spinosa - M. Velarde Jr
Dexter Music Publishers ASCAP


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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:46:16 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

Where can I get reliable information about Radio Shack needles?

I have had good luck with them.  Lots of their turntable cartridge stuff is
made by Audio Technica and Shure anyway.  I would not use any ceramice
cartridges they have their name on, however,  Those are like dragging a
brick across your records.

They should be able to replace your B&O needle too.  They pride themselves
on their ability to "match up" anything ever made.

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:03:20 -0400
From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Another Brain-Numbingly Geeky Post from Ross

>
>Where can I get reliable information about Radio Shack needles?
>
>I have had good luck with them.  Lots of their turntable cartridge stuff is
>made by Audio Technica and Shure anyway.  I would not use any ceramice
>cartridges they have their name on, however,  Those are like dragging a
>brick across your records.
>
>They should be able to replace your B&O needle too.  They pride themselves
>on their ability to "match up" anything ever made.
>
Thank you Charlieman,

I feel better about the Radio Shack needles, you go to these hi fi boutiques
and they just turn their noses at RS even if the quality seems OK so you
don't know what to think.

BTW, RS could not replace my B&O needle....

thank again

Domenic



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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:59:51 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Organs - Thanks

 One final query - do these instruments (like
guitars of the same period) now command high prices?


Some do, most certainly.  Unlike other eloctronic instruments of the time,
many have retained their original dollar value.  Hammond B-3 organs are one
of the most sought after instruments in the trade.  It is not unusual to pay
$2000 or more for one in good shape.  My band The Brimstones play the
Farfisa Compact.  He paid around $700 for it.  A Lowrey or Wurlitzer of
concert size certainly would fetch a decent price, as will a Mellotron, Vox
Fender Rhodes or any other older professional keyboard.  The models that
were designed for home use, the less expensive Lowreys and Conns and even
Hammonds can be had quite cheaply.  I bought a cheezy Hammond a few years
ago for $10.  But the models that had decent sound quality and, as the other
post mentioned about Dick Hyman's reasons, decent useable features...these
still hold some significant value.

And we haven't even brought up synthesizers and how much they go for now....

Check out Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation at
http://www.brimstones.com

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 12:02:17 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz

To:   Laura Taylor/ADM/Boston MA/C&L/US@C&L US, 'exotica'
      <[e-mail]>
cc:
Subject:  RE: (exotica) Goofy exotica joke/quiz







>>>What do you get when you cross an Esquivel-penned television show theme
with one of the several Swedes on this list?


Abba-dabba-doo!!!

Yes??

>>>NO!  But that's dang funny!  It has to do with a Swede on this EXOTICA
list..hint..hint...
JF





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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 12:08:45 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Turntable needles.....

....I just went to one of those huge "MARS" music stores and picked up a =
new cartrige and extra needle.

I had a "Grado" cartrige that was impossible to just replace the needle =
portion.

I forget what brand I just got, but it's white, and the needle simply =
slides out of the front of the cartridge.  It was like $30 - the needle =
has a dot of flourescent orange on the tip - I guess so the DJ's can see =
it in low light???

I'd say you should replace once a year.




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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 12:59:15 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) in the news: loitering teenagers scared of Crosby

   SYDNEY, July 8 (AFP) - An Australian mall has turned to Bing Crosby to
scare away loitering teenagers from its entrances, according to a report
Thursday.
   The Warrawong Westfield mall in Wollongong, south of Sydney, has begun
playing Crosby's hit "My Heart is Taking Lessons" repeatedly to keep its
entrances teenager-free, The Daily Telegraph said.
   And the tactic appears to be working with teenagers telling the newspaper
the "old fogey" music had driven them from their favorite spot outside the
complex.
   "All the people from Warrawong High used to hang here after school - now
you don't see them," 14-year-old Matthew Wilson told the daily.
   The technique could also be used by other communities with the southern
Sydney suburb of Kogarah considering blaring Bing to clear loitering
teen-agers from public areas.
   The community is also considering installing pink lighting which clearly
shows pimples on teenagers' faces to discourage loitering.





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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 02:56:31 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Sonic Youth gear stolen

From: bofus? <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward!
Date: Sun, Jul 4, 1999, 10:05 PM


[e-mail] wrote:
>
>
>  URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN!
>
>  july 4 1999 LA/Orange County
>
>
>  Hello all, this is Lee from Sonic Youth
>  here, we have had a fucked up situation
>  come down on us over this last night--a
>  brand new Ryder truck parked at a Ramada
>  Inn in Orange County with ALL OF OUR GEAR
>  IN IT was STOLEN! All of our guitars,
>  tools, amplifiers, drums, synth --
>  EVERYTHING. We are fucked, both for the
>  show tonight at the "This Ain't No Picnic"
>  here in Orange Co., and for shows upcoming
>  this week in Austin and Santa Fe. Our
>  guitars are all mostly older and either
>  very modified and/or fucked up/beat up.
>  They are unmistakably ours, as are some of
>  the amps, including my own 60s Fender
>  Concert with the red/blue/yellow "Jasper
>  Johns-style" target on it.
>
>  We are asking ANYONE with ANY INFORMATION
>  about this to get in touch with us as soon
>  as possible by calling our man Aaron
>  Blitzstein in New York City at
>  212.343.2314, or via email to
>  "[e-mail]". Call collect if you
>  want to. Please no pranks, all, this is
>  really serious--all the gear we've used to
>  write our last few LPs worth of stuff,
>  instruments used for songs old and new
>  which if truly lost will mean those songs
>  will be lost forever.
>
>  Help us out if you can, there will be a
>  reward for any info, I'm sure. All our road
>  cases, etc, are fully marked up with our
>  name on them, the gtrs are so unusual that
>  they won't really be too hard to mistake.
>  ANY info at all will be appreciated.
>
>  If the thieves themselves read this, I'm
>  sure we'd rather buy the stuff back from
>  you than lose it forever (you fukkerz).
>
>  here are some descriptions of gear:
>
>  drums: green satin flame 60s Gretch kit (w
>  "paisley" glow in dark kik head
>
>  Fender ToneMaster head and 4x12 cabinet
>
>  Fender blackface Concert (4x10) w "Target
>  design" spraypainted on front
>
>  PeeVey RoadMaster Head
>
>  Marshal 4x12 cab
>
>  Mesa Boogie 400+ bass head/4x10 cab/18" cab
>
>  Fender Bassman head (two!)/ 2x12 fender cab
>
>  Fender presicion Bass
>
>  Gibson Les Paul Jr w snoopy sticker
>
>  Fender Jazzmasters and Jaguars--lots of
>  'em, mostly modified to hell (orig
>  electronix pulled, diff p/u's etc) and
>  usually way beat up.
>
>  Travis Beans--1 koa wood, one red beat to
>  shit
>
>  White roadcase/briefcase full of gtr tools
>
>  we will post more equip info later...
>  thanks in advance for any help...
>
>  PLEASE PASS THIS LIST ON TO ANYONE WHO
>  MIGHT BE OF HELP!
>
>  ---Lee/Sonic Youth


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