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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 09:26:08 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <nminer@jhmi.edu>
Subject: (exotica) Comments?
Okay, these may have absolutely NOTHING to do with the music on this list, =
but I saw these listed for sale and have no idea other than the titles =
sounded interesting:
Dave "Baby" Cortez "Happy Organ"
Michele Lee "A Taste of the Fantastic - L. David Sloane and Other Hits of =
Today."
- - Nate
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 09:34:15 -0500
From: Nat Kone <bruno@yhammer.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
At 12:14 PM 12/1/99 -0000, G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk wrote:
>
>Leo Addeo, Orchestra and Chorus - Hawaiian Hits. Funny old LP this a good
>half of it is extremely cheesey, uptempo almost country pop, with a
>cheerful chorus bop-bopping away. The kind of thing that gave Ray Conniff a
>bad reputation.
>
>So whats the score with Leo? Obviously there must be some good stuff, is
>there a must have LP? or is it all like this, pearls in the mire?
I think they're probably all like that, some with nary a pearl even. I've
had a couple of snooze-o's. And I don't know the name of the must-have LP
if it exists... but it might. I have "More Hawaiian Hits in Hi Fi" and it
has survived many a record purge but I wouldn't call it must-have from
beginning to end. And his Stereo Action record is okay but not much more.
He CAN be a great over-the-top hyper arranger. I had one record with a
couple of cuts that reminded me more of Esquivel than anyone else ever has
(but I think I sent that record to Texas...?) When I see his records, I
usually take them. I don't usually hold out much hope for them but I think
a compilation of his best cuts would probably be great.
But while I'm here, let me say something about bop-bopping choruses. Maybe
it's the soft-pop influence but more than anything else these days, the
records I love have crazy, cool, slightly extreme vocal choir arrangements.
I love most Anita Kerr stuff but her "All you need is love" record is one
of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Real harmonies, lovely
arrangements.
If you like Sergio Mendes, maybe you'll like "Aldemaro Romero and his Onda
Nueva" as much as I do. It's like Sergio but with way over-the-top
arrangements, very reminiscent of the ba-ba-ba vocal arrangements which
totally make that Snuff Garrett "Bacharach Baroque" record (as opposed to
the German one I have.)
(Anyone know if Aldemaro made a bunch of records?)
And in the soft-pop field, THE MATCH are the best vocal arrangers and
singers I've heard in a long time. They have this half acapella version of
Alfie which I don't think the Association, Cowsills or even the Fifth
Dimension could have pulled off.
And just to get back to Mr.Addeo, doesn't some of the choir stuff remind
you a bit of Esquivel's zu-zu-zu thing?
Nat
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:01:12 -0500
From: nytab@pipeline.com
Subject: (exotica) [obits] John Berry,Hazel Frederick
The Associated Press
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999; 6:35 a.m. EST
John Berry
PARIS (AP) û John Berry, the American filmmaker who was blacklisted in the 1950s after making a documentary in support of the Hollywood 10, died Monday. He was 82.
Berry left the United States for France after making "The Hollywood Ten," a documentary supporting American directors accused of being members of the Communist Party.
Embraced by the French film establishment, Berry made several commercial successes, including "Ca Va Barder" (Things are Going to Get Tough) starring Eddie Constantine. He also worked in London as a theater director.
He returned to the United States in 1974 to make the movie "Claudine." His other films included "Oh Que Mambo", "Maya", "Thieves" and "The Bad News Bears Go To Japan" in 1978.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-j-berry.html
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) û Hazel Frederick, the woman whose quizzical look was accidentally preserved for TV audiences as Mary Tyler Moore tossed her beret into the air, died Sunday. She was 91.
Frederick had been shopping in downtown Minneapolis one day in 1969 when a camera crew filmed Moore for the opening of the old "Mary Tyler Moore Show."
Frederick's puzzled reaction was caught on film as she stood in the background, noticeable in a green coat with fur collar and matching scarf.
``That show was broadcast to every state in America and around the world. Everybody wondered: Who was that lady in the background? And, of course, we all knew,'' said Frederick's daughter, Vivian Oliver.
A neighbor spotted Frederick's brief appearance on the show's first episode and phoned Oliver, who waited a week to see the second episode. Sure enough, there was her mother.
``So I called her. `Mom! You're on Mary Tyler Moore. Watch it next week,''' Oliver said. ``Then we had to call the rest of the kids.''
But Frederick's identity remained a mystery to nearly everyone else until 1996, when Moore was in the area for a book signing.
Moore invited Frederick to join her on stage and introduced her to 5,000 people as ``my co-star.''
Then they both signed autographs.
``She never got a big head about it,'' Oliver said.
The 12/1/99 Variety obits are at: http://www.variety.com/article.asp?articleID=1117758463
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:48:52 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <Quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Funky Films
Groove Attack Records in germany "http://www.move.de/gap/"
listed this one as "Fly Films & Groovy Movies" some moths ago...
Peter Risser wrote:
>I have a tape that I got from someone that contains
>tracks from a Project 3 comp called "Funky Films and
>Groovy Movies."
>
>They rule.
>
>Does anyone know how this is available?
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:20:12 EST
From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Comments?
In a message dated 12/1/99 1:17:52 PM, nminer@jhmi.edu wrote:
>Dave "Baby" Cortez "Happy Organ"
This is a great RCA "Living Stereo" LP and contains the best version of
"Summertime" I have ever heard...I'd grab it. Hope that helps, JB
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 12:56:12 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <hagar@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Perry Como
>A great find.
I am not surprised. I just finished a 4 CD set of my Aunt's 78's and one
of the big surprises (outside of Patti Page's hip "Boogie Woogie Santa
Claus") was Como's "Papa Loves Mambo". The other side stinks, so my
universe is back in order.
Brian Phillips
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:04:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <knucklehead000@yahoo.com>
Subject: (exotica) Three Things
Thing One:
Was there ever a published soundtrack for the movie
Parents? Angelo Badalamenti did it, but I can't track
down if a recording was ever made. Anyone know?
Thing Two:
Has anyone heard Mirageman? Is he really a 1970s
figure or is he more modern? What does his stuff
sound like?
Thing Three:
I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
depressed. Not what I had hoped given the quality of
Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
is pretty good. I found it generally pretty gooshy
and stringy, and not in the way that I like. Anyone
