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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:57:27 +0100
From: Michael Jemmeson <michael@jemmeson.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (exotica) harry Stoneham (et al) LPs
Can I recommend, in a similar vein, 'Howard Beaumont plays the Hammond
M100' which has one of the best versions of 'Ain't No Sunshine' I've
heard. But still, anything above a pound is a bit excessive for most of
this sort of hammond stuff. I notice Intoxica still had Big Jim H's
Hammond party at 10 quid. Am i missing something? This appears to just
yer bog-standard 'hits' hammond (i.e. Tie a Yellow ribbon etc). Now Duke
Grant's Hammond Disco (in the same series) was well worth the 10p i
paid... fantastic stuff, and that's only the liner notes and cover...
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:28:06 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <petehip@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: (exotica) harry Stoneham (et al) LPs
> From: Michael Jemmeson <michael@jemmeson.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> Can I recommend, in a similar vein, 'Howard Beaumont plays the Hammond
> M100' which has one of the best versions of 'Ain't No Sunshine' I've
> heard. But still, anything above a pound is a bit excessive for most of
> this sort of hammond stuff. I notice Intoxica still had Big Jim H's
> Hammond party at 10 quid. Am i missing something? This appears to just
> yer bog-standard 'hits' hammond (i.e. Tie a Yellow ribbon etc). Now Duke
> Grant's Hammond Disco (in the same series) was well worth the 10p i
> paid... fantastic stuff, and that's only the liner notes and cover...
>
One of those Big Jim H. albums has "Jungle Fever" on it, a torrid
Hammond exploration accompanied by female moans (caused, of course, by
the oppressive heat of the jungle). That's the one worth getting. In
fact, it's so good I would recommend you stretch all the way to 50p
for it.
I'd recommend T.W. Ardy's "Hammond In Gold" if you ever run across a
copy (side-spitting swinging cheese). And Howard Blake's "Hammond In
Percussion" (Studio Two), simply for the staggeringly brilliant
super-heavy version of the James Bond theme. And there's a Richard
"Groove" Holmes album in which he covers "American Pie" uptempo... I
think it's time to dig back down into that pile again.
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:38:16 -0400
From: <nytab@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] David A. Huffman,J. Franklin Hyde,Jules Glazer
The Associated Press
Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999; 12:14 a.m. EDT
David A. Huffman
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) û David A. Huffman, who turned his college term paper into a computer coding procedure still in use four decades later, died of cancer Thursday. He was 74.
Huffman developed the Huffman Coding Procedure, a mathematical technique still vital to data storage and transmission. The procedure assigns strings of 0's and 1's to each character in a file.
The codes are used to manage files in large computer systems; compress text, image and audio files; and compress data for transmission by fax machines, modems and high-definition television broadcast.
Huffman created the system while a graduate student in the 1950s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
J. Franklin Hyde
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) û J. Franklin Hyde, an organic chemist whose glass-making method made the fiber-optics revolution possible, died Monday. He was 96.
Hyde's pioneering work with ultra-pure glass at Corning Glass Works in 1934 was used in radar during World War II. It didn't gain wide use until the 1960s when it led to durable spaceship windows, galaxy-gazing telescopes, precision lenses to build computer chips and signal-carrying optical fibers.
Optical fiber is now Corning Inc.'s biggest business.
"I'm surprised at some of the things it has gone into, but I'm not surprised at the versatility of such a beautiful and useful material," Hyde said in an interview with The Associated Press last November.
Jules Glazer
LOS ANGELES (AP) û Jules Glazer, an accountant who handled finances for entertainers such as Abbott and Costello and for leading Democratic political candidates over a 40-year career, died of cancer Oct. 7 in Palm Desert. He was 77.
Glazer handled tax returns and other finances in Hollywood for motion picture personalities, including comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
Glazer quickly segued to political accounting and developed a reputation for integrity.
A staunch Democrat, he eventually served as national treasurer for the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. He also handled regional finances for John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy during their presidential campaigns.
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 07:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <chuckmk@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baroque-pop (was Classics)
- --- Peter Hipwell <petehip@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> "The Baroque Beatles Book" on Nonesuch. I can't remember the artists
