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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:16:41 +0100
From: dan hill <dan@state51.co.uk>
Subject: (exotica) new motion reviews ---+ date: 20.sep.99
- ---+ new reviews ---+ http://motion.state51.co.uk/reviews/
Homelife - Fairweather Friend EP (Master Detective)
[ exotica / downtempo ]
thanks, and apologies for cross-postings
the motion team
- ---+ motion
http://motion.state51.co.uk/
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 10:07:49 +0100
From: the_curator@eat78rpm.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: (exotica) Le Depart Soundtrack - Krzysztof Komeda Japanese Reissue
=46olks
=46orgot that the list is intolerant of English ascii ... here it is again,
in hopefully a more readable form ...
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I came back from a recent trip to Japan with an extra copy of this on
vinyl. Basically I stumbled across it in a record shop in Osaka, was under
the impression from the owners that it only existed on vinyl, but later
found it on CD so bought that too. I'm selling the vinyl although it looks
much nicer because the CD will be easier to copy for friends.
I didn't know about this film at all. It's a 1966 film by a Polish director
called Jerzy Skolimowski. It's very very good, some hotter jazz, some
cooler with one track sung by a certain Christiane Legrand (any relation?).
The packaging is also very nice. It has a liner notes insert with all the
text in Japanese and stills from the film. I haven't seen it over here yet.
It was released in Japan in July this year, I think.
And ... it's unplayed.
I'm offering it to you guys first. The deal is that you pay 16.00 UK Pounds
which is what I paid for it plus postage and recorded delivery. I think in
the UK that will be about 20.00 UK Pounds altogether. Obviously it'll make
most sense economically for someone over here in the UK.
Anything else you want to know - ask.
friendly
Sem
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 07:03:49
From: Brad Bigelow <spaceagepop@earthlink.net>
Subject: (exotica) Modern/Kent/Crown Records
Thanks for the detailed run-down on budget labels, Ross! As for Crown, it
was the main LP label for Modern Records, run by Joe and Jules Bihari, who
were L.A.'s answer to the Chess brothers. The Biharis specialized in R&B,
releasing such greats as John Lee Hooker, Pee Wee Crayton, Elmore James,
and B.B. King. Like Chess, Modern stayed in business long after most other
small labels croaked. You could still buy new Kent pressings of B.B.
King's albums in the early 1980s.
Among Modern's other labels were RPM, Kent, Crown, and Flair. Arnold Shaw
devotes a chapter to the Biharis in his excellent book of reminiscences by
R&B artists and business people, "Honkers and Shouter."
Brad
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:30:18 -0400
From: <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Henri Storck, Frankie Vaughan,Willi Millowitsch ,Taheya Carioca
Henri Storck
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) û Henri Storck, a Belgian film pioneer who broke new ground in documentary movie making with a 1933 account of a coal miners' strike, died Thursday. He was 92.
Storck, regarded as one of Belgium's greatest filmmakers, achieved international acclaim with "Misery in the Borinage" which he co-wrote and directed with Dutchman Joris Ivens. Their short, stark account focused on the grim conditions of mine workers in the Borinage region around the southern Belgian city of Mons during a strike to protest pay cuts.
Storck worked as an actor, cinematographer, art director producer and director in a career that spanned 70 movies. He was best known for his documentaries, which also included "The Unknown Soldier," "Rubens" and "The Peasant's Symphony."
Frankie Vaughan
LONDON (AP) û Frankie Vaughan, a crooner who appealed to audiences in Las Vegas and New York as well as his native England, died Friday. He was 71.
Vaughan, who made hits of "Green Door" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," had undergone surgery for a heart problem earlier this year.
He also had a moderately successful movie career, appearing in 1960's "Let's Make Love" and performing a musical number with Marilyn Monroe.
Vaughan, born Frank Abelson in his Russian grandmother's house in Liverpool, turned to show business after studying at Leeds College of Art.
He auditioned as a singer, landed a week's work at a music hall, and then started his career on the British variety circuit. He starred at all the major British theaters and had hit cabaret shows in Las Vegas and at New York's Copacabana.
In later years, he continued to perform on the theatrical circuit and made frequent appearances on TV specials.
Willi Millowitsch
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) û Willi Millowitsch, one of Germany's best-known comic actors and a fixture at the famed Cologne carnival, died Monday. He was 90.
Born into a Cologne family of actors, Millowitsch made his first stage appearance at age five. During World War II, he toured Nazi-occupied France with a theater group that entertained German soldiers.
His career took off in the 1950s, leading to numerous stage, film and TV roles. He also had pop music hits. Millowitsch's own theater in Cologne, which he directed until 1996, became one of Germany's most popular comedy stages.
CAIRO, Sept 20 (AFP) - Taheya Carioca, the Egyptian beauty who
became the Arab world's most famous belly dancer, died Monday in a
Cairo hospital at the age of 79, hospital officials said.
Carioca, whose stardom lasted decades after her debut in the
1930s, was born Abla Mohammed Karim but took her stage name from the Brazilian sambas she went on to perform.
The cause of death was listed as a heart attack.
Carioca danced in most Arab countries and starred in several
Egyptian films with some of the Arab world's top actors.
She had refused to play down her colourful past, as many other
performers did, during the rise of Islamic extremism in the 1980s
although she took to wearing the Islamic silk scarf before retiring
completely from public life 13 years ago.
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 10:13:45 -0400
From: dciccone@inspex.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yma and Disney ? ? ?
Stay Awake is a fun album with a lot of diverse artists. Every time I pull
out the CD I realize that I've "discovered" a particular artist that is
already on their like Tom Waits, Yma Sumac or Betty Carter.
The only thing I don't like is most of the songs are tracked into medleys.
The producer of this album specializes in compilation albums around a theme
or artist. Have the Thelonious Monk compilation.
Domenic
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