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exotica-digest         Sunday, August 1 1999         Volume 02 : Number 467



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
Re: (exotica) Holy Cow!
(exotica) what is cheese, again
(exotica) The Three Suns Sound
(exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Re: (exotica) The Three Suns Sound
Re: (exotica) what is cheese, again
(exotica) SIDESHOW A GO-GO
(exotica) LP turntable in recent ad
Re: (exotica) The Three Suns Sound
(exotica) For trade: Lydia Kavina: Music From The Ether
(exotica) confusing twofers
Re: (exotica) confusing twofers
(exotica) Macamp/spongebob
(exotica) Raymond Scott NEWS 8/99
(exotica) A Rhino Hand Job
(exotica) voodoo funk
(exotica) soft hippie rock / hard rock

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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 15:56:29 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

thanx, folks, for the replies on my latest list. i've added all useful
info, and also deleted a couple of items. more often than not, i just add
things that look interesting by their title, without knowing anything about
them!

        Johan


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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:26:24 PDT
From: "Amanda Cavataio" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Holy Cow!

I'll take 'em both, unless I'm too late! I'll email you to get the info.
Thanks!

You can pass that pipe on this way . . .

Amanda

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:24:45 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:

> << You know, I think I may just buy the cd, but I'll bargain shop.  >>
>
> Want mine?  I've had it at least a couple of years now, if that is a clue
as
> to which release it is. Disc and insert like new, six bucks includes
postage
> (unless shipped internationally).
>
> Also have another Yellow release I'm cuttin' loose, "La Yellow 357", which

> also features Dimitri along with The Mighty Bop, Fresh Lab, DJ Cam.
>
> Same condition and price.
>
> if Amanda passes, whoever wants it / them lemme know.
>
> Hey!  gimme a hit off that peace pipe, would ya, Jill ?
>
>
>







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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 14:52:14 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) what is cheese, again

At 12:13 PM 7/31/99 +0200, Moritz R wrote:

>Perhaps I misunderstand "cheesy". I can't find it in my dictionary. I
think it
>means something like cheap, fake or so, no? Kitsch....

To be honest, I have no idea what "cheesy" really means or at least what
the original meaning was.  It's used in many different ways and one man's
cheese is another man's cake.
I'm pretty sure that I use the term in a variety of seemingly unrelated
ways.  We already had a "what is cheesy" debate on this list in my time
here but maybe it's time for another installment.
I don't think I mean "kitsch" when I say "cheesey" but I sometimes mean
fake or cheap.  And sometimes I mean "over the top".  And sometimes I think
I mean "insincere".
I think I even use the word when I mean "too sugarey".
But sometimes it's so cheesy I love it.
And sometimes I love it in spite of how cheesy it is.
Jim Nabors records are cheesy but I'm starting to like them.
I find a lot of Barry White and even Isaac Hayes cheesy - in the
"over-the-top" sense - but I've always loved them.
A LOT of psychedelia is cheesy - insincere, sugary, over-the-top - but the
cheesier the better for me.  Like exotica, they were trying to assign a
sound to a feeling.  They were trying to make music that sounded like an
acid trip and so they came up with a few contrived sounds and beat the hell
out of them until you had no choice but to accept those sounds as
inherently psychedelic.
That's a lot like exotica, I think.
Those fake hippy rebellion tunes on biker film soundtracks are cheesy but I
can't get enough of them.
A lot of those big choir records are cheesy.  Have you ever heard the Ray
Conniff Singers version of Deodato's version of the theme to 2001?  That's
cheese you can wrap around yourself like a blanket and I wanted the record
as soon as I heard it.
All "art" is a contrivance of some kind but some is produced more clumsily
and with more stuff hanging out.
When you use the term "jazz" with Martin Denny, you're using the term a lot
more loosely than I do.  I'd say he had "pretensions" to jazz as well as
pretensions to a number of other things, including some concept of what was
"exotic".
It was a supreme contrivance.
Those terms are inherently perjorative.
But in this case and many others, this is contrived, pretentious, cheesy
music that I love.

Nat, must be the gathering storm outside



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Date: 31 Jul 1999 15:27:22 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) The Three Suns Sound

Would you say that The Three Suns sound originated with that group or were
there others who did the same sort of organ, guitar, accordian trio music?
My thought is that The Three Suns did, indeed, originate this for popular
consumption.

With that in mind, it seems, most of this kind of trio music is indebted
to the Three Suns.  In fact, I have noticed the same repertoire is duplicated
from what the Three Suns did.  So if you said these other groups were clones
of the Three Suns (or, to be less kind, ripped off the Three Suns) you might
not be too far off.

Just who would you classify as part of The Three Suns sound?

Here are some I have found:

Living Trio. (thanks Brad!) Don't know how many RCA Camden albums there are
with this moniker.  Wish I knew who the performers are.  I think I heard
the organist was Dick Hyman.  Maybe RCA doesn't list the performers because
it was
a pick-up group from whomever was available.  Still, I WANT TO KNOW!
RCA Camden  CAS 2124  Heart of My Heart   Living Trio  1967

The Velvet Sounds.  I have two albums by this anonymous group.
International Award Series  AK-181  Twilight Dance Time  The Velvet Sounds
International Award Series  AK-189  Moonlight Dance Time  The Velvet Sounds

The Organ Happenings.  Power Records did a bunch of albums with different
group names.  This one was closest to the Three Suns Sound and it may be
the only one.
Power  DS 413 (Apple Honey Series)  Organ Serenade  The Organ Happenings


I also recall someone on ebay trying to get people interested in The Three
Suns
interested in a record by a group with the same sound.

Any other records by any of these groups?  Any other groups with The Three
Suns sound?

Byron



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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:52:59 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour

We went a little mambo happy on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour
webcast.  You'll hear mambos by Yma Sumac, Pete Rugolo and
Tito Puente.

Also on the menu, "Blues for Brando" from the original motorcycle
movie - "The Wild One" and cool crime jazz from "Burke's Law"
and "Peter Gunn" (we'll contrast Mancini's "Session at Pete's Pad"
with the VOCAL version sung by Lola Albright, entitled "Straight to
Baby").

You'll find swinging Hawaiiana from Martin Denny and Don Ho (ever
heard his medley of "Hawaii Five-O" and "Quiet Village"?);  Shorty
Rogers meets Tarzan; passionate percussion by Skip Martin and
Dick Schory; plus the 13 Fingers of Sir Julian!

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

Requires a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer.
Available in both RealAudio 5.0 and G2 flavors.  If you tune us in,
we'd love to hear from you.

Next week - BONGO FEVER!

Thanks for the space.


Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 20:18:16 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Three Suns Sound

[e-mail] wrote:

> Would you say that The Three Suns sound originated with that group or were
> there others who did the same sort of organ, guitar, accordian trio music?
> My thought is that The Three Suns did, indeed, originate this for popular
> consumption.

It would seem that the Three Suns were the first to record in this combo. I
would conjecture that , with these three instruments being incredibly popular
ones for folks to play at home, that there may have been similar trios as part
of church groups, etc.

>
> Any other records by any of these groups?  Any other groups with The Three
> Suns sound?
>

The Triads, are an exemplary 3S styled group.

Frank



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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 21:08:58 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) what is cheese, again

Nat Kone wrote:

> At 12:13 PM 7/31/99 +0200, Moritz R wrote:
>
> >Perhaps I misunderstand "cheesy". I can't find it in my dictionary. I
> think it
> >means something like cheap, fake or so, no? Kitsch....
>
> To be honest, I have no idea what "cheesy" really means or at least what
> the original meaning was.  It's used in many different ways and one man's
> cheese is another man's cake.
> I'm pretty sure that I use the term in a variety of seemingly unrelated
> ways.  We already had a "what is cheesy" debate on this list in my time
> here but maybe it's time for another installment.
> I don't think I mean "kitsch" when I say "cheesey" but I sometimes mean
> fake or cheap.  And sometimes I mean "over the top".  And sometimes I think
> I mean "insincere".
> I think I even use the word when I mean "too sugarey".
> But sometimes it's so cheesy I love it.
> And sometimes I love it in spite of how cheesy it is.
> Jim Nabors records are cheesy but I'm starting to like them.
> I find a lot of Barry White and even Isaac Hayes cheesy - in the
> "over-the-top" sense - but I've always loved them.
> A LOT of psychedelia is cheesy - insincere, sugary, over-the-top - but the
> cheesier the better for me.  Like exotica, they were trying to assign a
> sound to a feeling.  They were trying to make music that sounded like an
> acid trip and so they came up with a few contrived sounds and beat the hell
> out of them until you had no choice but to accept those sounds as
> inherently psychedelic.
> That's a lot like exotica, I think.
> Those fake hippy rebellion tunes on biker film soundtracks are cheesy but I
> can't get enough of them.
> A lot of those big choir records are cheesy.  Have you ever heard the Ray
> Conniff Singers version of Deodato's version of the theme to 2001?  That's
> cheese you can wrap around yourself like a blanket and I wanted the record
> as soon as I heard it.
> All "art" is a contrivance of some kind but some is produced more clumsily
> and with more stuff hanging out.
> When you use the term "jazz" with Martin Denny, you're using the term a lot
> more loosely than I do.  I'd say he had "pretensions" to jazz as well as
> pretensions to a number of other things, including some concept of what was
> "exotic".
> It was a supreme contrivance.
> Those terms are inherently perjorative.
> But in this case and many others, this is contrived, pretentious, cheesy
> music that I love.

I've been having this debate off and on since the early days of the "so bad
it's good" mentality.
Try to see the logic of these next two sentences:
I enjoy many many "exotica" and "lounge" recordings.
I don't like anything that I consider cheesy.

The key is that things I like I don't consider as cheesy, kitsch, camp, etc. .
If I like it it's damned good and it would hardly matter if the consensus
opinion told me otherwise. I would challenge others to take this point of
view. Do you enjoy something *because* it is cheesy? Or do you enjoy a
generally considered cheesy recording  for some very special reason that has
nothing to do with its "cheese factor"?
Ok, for the sake of argument I'll grant that either reason might apply in
individual cases.
What I'm trying to get at is the image you convey to others when you call your
like "cheesy" or "bad".
Being a public spokesperson for this sort of music (via my  radio program) I
try to convey a positive image of this music that I love. Just a few weeks ago
I announced " You are listening to My Vinyl Recliner, where you won't hear
anything cheesy or kitsch. Here the music is just good clean fun." I think of
many of the recording artist that we revere as artists who are misunderstood
or under appreciated by the general public and it doesn't help when we use the
same derogatory terms they use to dismiss this stuff.
Nat's comments are helpful in that "cheesy" as a very useful descriptive. It
is a convenient to use "cheesy" in certain situations that would otherwise
cause more confusion than its worth.

I could, at this point., dig my hole deeper but I think I'll just throw this
out there to the recent "feeding frenzy" abounding on this list.

Frank



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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 22:17:14 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) SIDESHOW A GO-GO

Each & EVERY Friday night at the famous CW Saloon
is presented a sight denied past generations
Sideshow & circus freaks abound:

Freaks no longer abound as the regular Friday night show has been cancelled
due to lack of financial support from the management

Otto can still be found DJing the first Thursday of each month at the Li Lo
Tiki bar at Connecticut & 18th on Potrero Hill
That's this Thursday!

and the last Tuesday of the month at The Beauty Bar
Mission & 19th
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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:11:32 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) LP turntable in recent ad

For some reason, I purchased the August 1999 issue of 'Atlantic Monthly'
(cover article: A Politics for Generation X), and was surprised by the
advertising on the inside back cover.  The fact that it was a cigarette
ad (for Carlton cigarettes) wasn't the surprising part.  What was
unusual in this CD age was the ad featured a woman holding a 12 inch LP
in her hand, sitting in front of an old 70's style phonograph turntable
that had one LP playing and two more stacked up to be dropped later.

The ad wasn't trying to be cute or funny or kitschy...it was just a
straightforward ad that I might normally have easily skipped without
paying much thought to it.  It makes me wonder if the big companies will
start using more LP themed ads to reach an older demographic.

By the way, the surgeon warning says that "Smoking causes Lung Cancer,
Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnacy"   Fortunately
there are no warnings concerning the ill effects of listening to or
collecting LPs.

Vern



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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 01:10:07 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Three Suns Sound

At 03:27 PM 7/31/99 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:

>Just who would you classify as part of The Three Suns sound?
>
>Here are some I have found:
>
>Living Trio. (thanks Brad!) Don't know how many RCA Camden albums there are
>with this moniker.  Wish I knew who the performers are.  I think I heard
>the organist was Dick Hyman.  Maybe RCA doesn't list the performers because
>it was
>a pick-up group from whomever was available.  Still, I WANT TO KNOW!
>RCA Camden  CAS 2124  Heart of My Heart   Living Trio  1967

Yeah I heard Dick Hyman too.  On this list.  There's no doubt they were
trying to mimic the Three Suns here.  First of all, they call them a trio,
which they're not.  It could only be their way to allude to the idea of
"three".
Second of all, the organ/accordion combination is pretty rare in my
experience and whenever I hear it, I assume it's a Three Suns rip/tribute.
I have a different record.  "The Ballad of Easy Rider and other hits" in
which they also cover "Turn Turn Turn" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane".  So
there's at least two of them.
I can't think of another band with that sound unless you count every polka
band.

Nat





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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:33:59 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) For trade: Lydia Kavina: Music From The Ether

if anyone wants to trade something for this CD, send an offer to
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:33:23 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) confusing twofers

the titles of the 2 Mandingo twofers Jill mentioned confuse me:

Mandingo/ Sacrifice - EMI 5209652
Story of Survival/ Savage Rite - 5209662

(i copied these from German Music Express and Cheap Or What.)

i have - and enjoy tremendously - these LP albums:

The Primeval Rhythm Of Life
Sacrifice
Savage Rite

and I know that at least a fourth exists, called I think "Mandingo III"

i hadn't heard of an LP called "Story of Survival" yet, and what is that LP
called "Mandingo" on the first twofer? is it "Mandingo III"?

Jill?

anyhow, i can recommend these very hard! they're all killers. Fake
Africana-like stuff, created by studio musicians, mixing African rhythms
and percussion, 70's funk-rock with screamin' electric guitars, and cool
electronics. Wild! a recent Groove Attack update called it very aptly:
"voodoo funk"!


        Johan


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Date: Sun,  1 Aug 1999 18:49:16 +0100 (BST)
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) confusing twofers

>Mandingo/ Sacrifice - EMI 5209652
>Story of Survival/ Savage Rite - 5209662

>i have - and enjoy tremendously - these LP albums:
>
>The Primeval Rhythm Of Life
>Sacrifice
>Savage Rite

The Primeval Rhythm of Life IS MANDINGO - that is the subtitle of the LP
apparently.
>
>and I know that at least a fourth exists, called I think "Mandingo III"

This one I don't know about. I only know about the reissued LPs.

>anyhow, i can recommend these very hard! they're all killers. Fake
>Africana-like stuff, created by studio musicians, mixing African rhythms
>and percussion, 70's funk-rock with screamin' electric guitars, and cool
>electronics. Wild! a recent Groove Attack update called it very aptly:
>"voodoo funk"!

Exactly. These LPs are simply wonderful. I can't get enough of them. I know
they've been in the collector market for a while,but these cheap twofers
really make them super essential buying. Especially for people on this list!

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:06:40 -0700
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Macamp/spongebob

Funs stuff for exoticats!

First off, Mac owners rejoice! Macamp, the shareware MP3 player now receives
live streams. I get a lot of questions from mac owners about MP3 players and
streaming... looks as if our prayers have finally been answered. Word of
caution though: This is an ALPHA release, and probably buggy - if it has
problems, it should not screw-up the rest of your system, since it does not
install any extensions. Please let me know if it works as I have not had
time to check it out.

Also, those of you emailing about the current Feelthymonkey program, It's
back up after sever hours of go-round with my ISP. Aaaargh!

Lastly, "Sponge Bob Square Pants," The newest Nicktoon is worth a peek.
Aside from being quite clever and funny, it's full of tiki imagery, babmboo
furniture and Hawaiian uke n' steel guitar.  Wooohooo!

Ron



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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 17:00:26 -0400
From: "Irwin Chusid/Raymond Scott Archives" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Raymond Scott NEWS 8/99

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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RAYMOND SCOTT  NEWS UPDATE
              -- 1999 AUGUST --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CARTOON MEDLEY CD

This new release from Rhino features 38 instantly recognizable themes
from the Cartoon Network. The album opens with a newly recorded "short
version" of Raymond Scott's "POWERHOUSE," and closes with a new "long
version" of the same tune.

Hear a clip via RealAudio on the Raymond Scott NEWS page:
      http://RaymondScott.com

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RECKLESS NIGHTS AND TURKISH TWILIGHTS
- -- remastered edition set for US release September 99 --

Sony Legacy is set to release the remastered edition of the landmark
1992 Raymond Scott CD, RECKLESS NIGHTS AND TURKISH TWILIGHTS. The US
version has a street date of September 21.

This 22-track CD features the original 78 rpm tracks by the Raymond
Scott Quintette, including the major RSQ titles (esp. those used in WB
cartoons) such as "Powerhouse," "The Toy Trumpet," "The Penguin," "In
an 18th Century Drawing Room," "Twilight in Turkey," etc. The
compilation was produced by Irwin Chusid, with Hal Willner as
Executive Producer.

On the new version, all tracks were 24-bit remastered at Sony Studios,
NYC (i.e., the latest technology was used to extract better sound from
the original 1937-40 metal master discs). Two tracks ("Oil Gusher" and
"At An Arabian House Party") have been replaced by different, newly
discovered -- and better -- performances. The liner notes have been
corrected, updated, and expanded, and the inside booklet has been
redesigned and given a new typeface for easier legibility.

This album was released outside the US on Basta in late 1998. Liner
notes for the Sony Legacy release have been further revised since the
Basta edition.

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TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS

TP & the Heartbreakers rented the only existing Raymond Scott CLAVIVOX
to use on sessions for the band's most recent album, ECHO.

The Clavivox was designed by Scott in the 1950s. Originally intended
to be a keyboard theremin, it evolved into a multi-featured electronic
sound generator -- i.e., a synthesizer. The lone surviving Clavivox
(Scott built at least three) is owned by the Audities Foundation
(http://Audities.org), of Los Angeles.

It is not known which tracks on ECHO feature the Clavivox. David Kean,
proprietor of Audities, will provide more details to us when Petty's
keyboardist returns from touring.

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RAYMOND SCOTT CHESTERFIELD ARRANGEMENTS
performed by the Metropole Orchestra
featuring the Beau Hunks Saxtette
to be released on Basta Records, October 1999

On a 1997 US research expedition, Beau Hunks leader Gert-Jan Blom
discovered a collection of large-scale orchestral arrangements for 17
Scott Quintet titles. These had been commissioned by noted bandleader
Paul Whiteman for his late 1930s Chesterfield radio program. The
catalog included two very different treatments of "Powerhouse," along
with familiar RS tunes like "War Dance for Wooden Indians" and "The
Toy Trumpet." Blom also found scores for an unknown and never-recorded
tune called "Suicide Cliff," and charts for the rarely heard "Tia
Juana" and "Mexican Jumping Bean." These works were performed on the
Chesterfield series from late 1937 to late 1938, but Whiteman recorded
just a few of them.

Blom has now recorded these works with the Metropole Orchestra, one of
the finest large jazz ensembles in Europe. (The Metropole has worked
with Brian Eno, among others). The Chesterfield arrangements called
for a virtuoso saxophone sextet, so Blom added the sax sections from
the Beau Hunks Orchestra. Unlike the Beau Hunks Sextette replications
of the original RSQ versions, the Chesterfield versions are radically
re-arranged. They are CARL STALLING-like in some ways

Will Friedwald writes in the liner notes: "Even Raymond would have had
to admit that the Whiteman Orchestra was, in some instances, better
equipped to carry out his artistic vision than his Quintette. Where
the six-piece group can simulate only a handful of "wooden Indians,"
the full band gives you the entire tribe. The Whitemanites expand
"Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals," "Twilight In Turkey,"
and "Egyptian Barn Dance" to Cecil B. DeMille-like proportions. What's
remarkable is that all this unique music was written, performed once
or twice on the air and then forgotten, all within a one-year period."

* * * * * * *

RAYMOND SCOTT ORCHESTRETTE

The seven-man RAYMOND SCOTT ORCHESTRETTE (RSO) played an acclaimed
show at Central Park SummerStage opening for They Might Be Giants in
June. The band, which performed modernistic arrangements of eight RS
tunes, made its debut at the Jewish Museum in February 1999.

The RSO consists of Wayne Barker (piano, arrangements); Brian Dewan
(electric zither, piano, accordion, electronics); Michael Hashim
(saxes); Will Holshouser (accordion, arrangements); George Rush
(bass); Rob Thomas (violin); and Clem Waldmann (drums). These
musicians (and dozens of others) first performed Raymond's music at
the Bottom Line tribute shows in 1996 and '97.

The RSO hopes to record an album demo later this summer and seek a
record deal. Performance dates in NYC and a possible tour are being
explored.

For booking info, contact Irwin Chusid <[e-mail]>

* * * * * * *

SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY

Scott's groundbreaking 1964 three-volume set of electronic lullabies
for infants (now considered a forerunner of modern electronica) is
still in stock. The price is $30 total for 3 individually packaged CDs
(plus $3.00 for US shipping). For ordering by mail (check & MO only),
contact: <[e-mail]>.

To purchase via credit card, we suggest CDNow.com or Amazon.com.

If you would like obtain the limited vinyl edition of SSFB, contact
Forced Exposure: http://www.ForcedExposure.com

* * * * * * *

MANHATTAN RESEARCH, INC.
2-CD set of Raymond Scott unreleased electronica

In late 1999, Basta will unveil MANHATTAN RESEARCH, INC: A DIVISION OF
RAYMOND SCOTT ENTERPRISES, a 2-CD edition of Raymond Scott's
unreleased electronic recordings. This collection, produced by Beau
Hunks leader Gert-Jan Blom, will feature first-time releases of
archival Scott recordings from the 1950s-1970s.
      These works feature such RS inventions as the Electronium,
Clavivox, Circle Machine (early sequencer), Rhythm Modulator, Bassline
Generator and more. The album will include collaborative works with
Jim Henson, and a 96-page booklet featuring interviews with people who
knew and worked with Scott (e.g., Mitzi Scott, Robert Moog, Tom Rhea,
Motown's Guy Costa), along with countless previously unseen photos,
documents, and RS scrapbook items.

* * * * * * *

This mailing list has been compiled from those who have inquired about
RAYMOND SCOTT over the past few years. Occasional news about RS will
be issued, but this list will not be given to *anyone* for *any*
reason. Let us know if you do not want to be included in our
infrequent mailings.


Best regards,
Irwin Chusid
Director, Raymond Scott Archives
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 22:25:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) A Rhino Hand Job

so what do you think about this guys???

there are an assload of tracks!!!!

tiki bob

Subj:    Rhino Handmade Early Warning
Date:   7/31/99 4:35:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From:   [e-mail]
Sender: [e-mail]
Reply-to:   [e-mail] (Rhino Handmade)
To: [e-mail] (Rhino Handmade)

Greetings Earthling!
This Monday, 2 August 1999, at 6:00PM Pacific Daylight Time [0100 UTC
3 August 1999], we will begin taking orders for Rhino Handmade's Grand
Opening release:
WILD MAN FISCHER "The Fischer King".

It is a fully-packed 2-CD set which includes a 20-Page Booklet and a
9.5 x 14.25 inch [24 x 36 cm] mini-poster.
"The Fischer King" compiles the masters from all three
long-out-of-print Rhino albums and both long-out-of-print Rhino
singles along with about 40-minutes of previously unreleased Rhino-era
material and rarities.
Three complete albums (each never before on compact disc anywhere)
plus about an album's worth of previously unissued tracks and rarities
(most never before on any CD), from Larry's first Rhino 45RPM 7-inch
single in 1975 to his final recording sessions with Barnes & Barnes in
1989, in a spiffily-packaged butterfly-cased 2-CD set.

"The Fischer King" is available  in an individually-numbered limited
edition of 1,000 (one thousand) copies.
Available only from Rhino Handmade.
Available only on The Internet at:
http://www.rhinohandmade.com

You will find the complete track listing for WILD MAN FISCHER "The
Fischer King" at the bottom of this e-mail.

Our second Rhino Handmade release, SWEETWATER "Cycles: The Reprise
Collection", a compilation of their Reprise album tracks hand-selected
by the band as well as several previously unreleased tracks will be
orderable on Monday 16 August 1999.  I'll tell you all about it in my
next e-mail.

It's One Small Step For A Compact Disc.
One Giant Leap For Collectors.

Always Digitally Yours,
R W Hand
Chief Curator
Rhino Handmade Institute Of Petromusicology

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WILD MAN FISCHER
"The Fischer King"

Catalogue Number:
RHM2 7701

ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE

DISC ONE
[Approximately 76:30 Total Time]

1. A WORD FROM LARRY :15

2. GO TO RHINO RECORDS 1:00

TRACK 2 FROM THE RHINO SINGLE RNOP-001

3. MY NAME IS LARRY 3:22

4. JIMMY DURANTE 1:11

5. I LIGHT THE PILOT :36

6. JOSEPHINE :33

7. DO THE WILDMAN (FANCY VERSION) 1:39

8. I'M A TRUCK :35

9. SIR LARRY 1:02

10. WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE SINGER? 1:24

11. GO TO RHINO RECORDS (LIVE VERSION) 1:57

12. HANDY MAN 2:51

13. DISCO IN FRISCO 2:50

14. DO THE WILDMAN (AND OTHER DANCES) 2:12

15. I'M SELLING PEANUTS FOR THE DODGERS 1:12

16. I'M THE MEANY 1:21

17. WILD MAN FISCHER IMPERSONATION CONTEST :49

18. GUITAR LICKS 1:41

19. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LARRY? :40

20. YOUNG AT HEART 1:39

21. MY NAME IS LARRY (REPRISE) 1:38

TRACKS 3 TO 21 FROM THE RHINO ALBUM RNLP001 'WILDMANIA'

22. A FEW MINUTES WITH LARRY AT DODGER STADIUM [INCLUDES PERFORMANCES
OF "MERRY GO ROUND"/"I'M SELLING PEANUTS FOR THE DODGERS" AND "MONKEYS
VERSUS DONKEYS"] 9:20
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

23. PRONOUNCED NORMAL 2:59

24. DON'T BE A SINGER 1:53

25. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THINGS 2:25

26. I SWEAR TO GOD MY LOVE WAS TRUE :36

27. TALKING 3:05

28. WATCH OUT FOR THE SHARKS :48

29. WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER :47

30. YESTERDAY 1:54

31. FISH HEADS :35

32. MISTAKES :31

33. FRANK 2:38

34. IT'S A MONEY WORLD 2:38

35. THE MOPE (PART 2) 1:01

36. THE RIGHTEOUS :47

37. OH LINDA, NO LAURIE 2:17

38. THE BOUILLABAISSE 2:19

39. ONE MINUTE :12

40. IN MY ROOM 2:20

41. I'M A CHRISTMAS TREE :24

42. LET US LIVE AS ONE 1:12

43. PRONOUNCED NORMAL (REPRISE) 1:07

44. MY SWEET LITTLE CATHY 3:21

TRACKS 23 TO 44 FROM THE RHINO ALBUM RNLP021 'PRONOUNCED NORMAL'

45. I GOT A CAMERA (SINGLE VERSION) 1:06

46. DO THE SALVO 0:28

TRACKS 45 AND 46 FROM THE RHINO SINGLE RNOR-009

47. ANOTHER WORD FROM LARRY :07


DISC TWO
[APPROXIMATELY 76:30 TOTAL TIME]

1. YET ANOTHER WORD FROM LARRY :07

2. I'M A CHRISTMAS TREE 1:08 DUET WITH DR DEMENTO
FROM RHINO ALBUM RNLP825 'DR DEMENTO PRESENTS THE GREATEST NOVELTY
RECORDS OF ALL TIME VOLUME VI: CHRISTMAS'

3. A FEW MORE MINUTES WITH LARRY AT DODGER STADIUM [INCLUDES
PERFORMANCES OF "JIMMY DURANTE"/"MERRY GO ROUND"/"MY NAME IS
LARRY"/"OH TINA TINA MY LITTLE SCHLEMINA"/"ANSWER ME LORD ABOVE"/"LOVE
ME TENDER"/"THE ROCKET ROCK"/"I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER"/"GO
TO RHINO RECORDS" AND "I'M A TRUCK"] 10:16
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

4. GOD, SEND ME LEONARD AND SANDRA :27
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

5. HELLO EILEEN, IT'S LARRY 1:12
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

6. TEEN AGE IDOL 2:30
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

7. PEOPLE 2:18
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

8. INTRO :34

9. DERAILROADED 1:03

10. LARRY AND THE NEW WAVE 1:53

11. SPARKLING DIAMONDS 1:00

12. MUSIC BUSINESS SHARK 1:15

13. DON'T EVER GET MAD AT ME 1:17

14. MY FRIEND ROBERT 1:03

15. THE OMAR WALK :48

16. I LOOKED AROUND YOU 1:22

17. OH GOD, PLEASE SEND ME A KID 1:15

18. BACK IN TIME 2:24

19. TRACK STAR :45

20. I GOT A CAMERA :36

21. SCOTTY'S GOT A CAKE 1:12

22. WALKING THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND 1:21

23. MERRY GO ROUND 1:35

24. YOU'RE A LIAR AND A THIEF :43

25. ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU 1:57

26. OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL 3:34

27. BIG BOOTS :54

28. PING PONG BALL HEAD 1:30

29. REAL COOL COWBOY 1:45

30. ONE OF A KIND MIND :46

31. THE RECORD PLAYER SONG :36

32. WHEN YOU RECORD SINGERS :54

33. WILD MAN FISCHER RECORDS 1:39

34. GIMME A RIDE DOWN THE HILL 1:45

35. BAD LEG 1:17

36. I WORRY ABOUT MY FRIENDS :34

37. THE RAIN SONG 1:40

38. THE PEP :34

39. LOVE LOVE LOVE IN EVERYTHING YOU DO :58

40. LARRY IN LAS VEGAS 4:20

41. OUTRO

TRACKS 8 TO 41 FROM THE RHINO ALBUM RNLP022 'NOTHING SCARY'

42. SCOTTY'S GOT A CAKE [ALTERNATE VERSION] 1:08
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

43. I'M SORRY, FRANK ZAPPA :42
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

44. MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT :08
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

45. DON'T EVER GET MAD AT ME [ORIGINAL DRUM VERSION] 1:08
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

46. LAST MAN IN THE CITY 1:22
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

47. I WISH I WAS A COMIC BOOK :31

48. NORMAN 2:39

TRACKS 47 AND 48 ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON BEAT BROTHERS RECORDINGS ALBUM
BBRLP5002 'WORSE THAN SLIME NUMBER ONE'

49. I GOTTA QUIT THE MUSIC BUSINESS, BYE ART, BYE HAROLD :29
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

50. IT'S A HARD BUSINESS 2:42 DUET WITH ROSEMARY CLOONEY
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

51. FLAMING CARROT THEME SONG 1:18
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

52. GREAT BIG MAN :59
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

53. A FINAL WORD FROM LARRY :10

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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 02:36:38 +0000
From: Michael Zadoorian <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) voodoo funk

Jill-
>     These sound incredible.  Any suggestions on the best way to
possibly acquire them?  You say they're re-issued.  Do you mean in some
other format beside LP?
> Michael Z
>
> Jill Mingo wrote:
>
> > >Mandingo/ Sacrifice - EMI 5209652
> > >Story of Survival/ Savage Rite - 5209662
> >
> > >i have - and enjoy tremendously - these LP albums:
> > >
> > >The Primeval Rhythm Of Life
> > >Sacrifice
> > >Savage Rite
> >
> > The Primeval Rhythm of Life IS MANDINGO - that is the subtitle of
the LP
> > apparently.
> > >
> > >and I know that at least a fourth exists, called I think "Mandingo
III"
> >
> > This one I don't know about. I only know about the reissued LPs.



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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 11:59:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeeee)
Subject: (exotica) soft hippie rock / hard rock

so we seem to have a good handle on the soft pop sound,
but what about that upbeat happy hippie sound?  the stuff that's got lyrics
about tripping out on sunshine or whatever, but features lots of peppy
vocal harmonies and pleasing arrangements which get "weird" or "rocking"
only in a very safe groovy manner.

recently came across some of this type of thing with bands like the
sunshine company, the three ring circus, sweetwater.

btw, i think stephen worth's comments most neglected by you all were those
about rock dying around the time the beatles invaded the US.  in some ways
i agree that something "went wrong" when everything all of a sudden had to
appeal to screaming teens.  but think of all the amazing, and i mean
mindblowing rock that came out of the 60's and 70's... this is sort of off
topic, but some of my favorite music is rock or rock-influenced stuff from
this period.  here's just a random listing of a few "mind-blowing"
rocksters for you to consider before throwing out the trash:

hendrix, pink floyd, the ramones, rolling stones, mc5, the stooges,
funkadelic, black sabbath, can, chrome, zepplin, motorhead...

laugh if you want, but this stuff is pretty darn cool in my book.  i think
it's easy to get caught up in all this trendy/anti-trendy
hip/hip-to-be-unhip self-awareness.  i'm guilty of it.  but try to see the
big picture.  fashion, shoes, hair, whatever floats your boat, in the end
good music is gonna stand the test of time and dedicated audiences, like
those on exotica, will keep it alive.

that said,i agree with stephen that rock really hasn't gone anywhere for
the most part since the 70's, however lest us not forget punk, post-punk,
hardcore, sonic youth, butthole surfers, pussy galore, birthday party...

i'd say rock actually started to get really good in the late 60's was
killed by disco and then got all fucked up (in a good way) in the
underground 80's. and now we're in limbo.

keep i mind that i'm really not into rock these days.  just felt compelled
to defend it (it's an old friend of mine).

hope this wasn't too off topic.

kevin leeeeee






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