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exotica-digest        Thursday, January 6 2000        Volume 02 : Number 582



In This Digest:

RE: (exotica) Johnny Gregory - Avengers
Re: (exotica) DC+101 strings
(exotica) First song of the millenium
(exotica) You Go-Go Girl
Re: (exotica) Fela
Re: (exotica) Fela
(exotica) Fela
(exotica) You Go-Go Girl
(exotica) Newbie here...
(exotica) FELA
(exotica) FELA
(exotica) Fela
(exotica) Esquivel First
(exotica) SITKOZ
(exotica) DC+101 strings
Re: (exotica) Esquivel First
Re: (exotica) Needles, Cartridges & Nitty Gritty
Re: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl
Re: (exotica) Fela
(exotica) Wu Name
RE: (exotica) Esquivel First
(exotica) Re: you mad impetuous fool ;-)
(exotica) Re: Legendary Stardust Cowboy
RE: (exotica) Esquivel First
Re: (exotica) FELA
Re: (exotica) FELA
Re:  (exotica) Bring back...
(exotica) Les Maledictus Sound
Re: (exotica) Newbie here...
(exotica) Re: Fela
Re: (exotica) FELA
Re: (exotica) Fela
Re: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl
Re: (exotica) Fela

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:45:28 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Johnny Gregory - Avengers

Thanks for that response Peter,  an excellent source of information as
usual.  The LP is indeed the one with the great green skull cover,  i didn't
mention it,  as I wasn't sure I was making it up.  That its the pre-Laurie
Johnson version of the Avengers theme explains the familiar/not familiar
feel of it.  I'd assumed it was a re-arrangement.

I'll keep my eyes open for the Chaquito stuff,  I'd assumed it was standard
ballroom fare so not investigated it although you see quite a bit about.
One of those lines drawn for no real reason apart from keeping you sane I
suppose.

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:15:51 +0000
From: <Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) DC+101 strings

Isn't Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000 a famous Psyche band in the
studio for an exploitation LP? In fact, aren't a lot of records that we
like on this list brought into being in the same way? Once a 'sound'
becomes popular and a market is established, a load of studio musicians or
a generic band is/are brought together to knock up a quick LP to cash in on
the latest fad. Sometimes it works - Astro Sounds and sometimes it doesn't
- - Paddy Kingsland's Supercharged LP.
There is a De Wolfe library LP called 'Electric Banana' or something (My
memory is getting worse. Its either the CJD, the ME or the smoking catching
up with me) and I think its by the Pretty Things, or some pop/psyche
crossover band. Anyway, same story - a library music company wants a
generic psyche pop LP so they hire a generic band that fits the bill and
then the band becomes famous, the band's output becomes sought after and
the record sours in value when people find out who it's by.
Now who can fill in the name of the band that recorded Astro Sounds?
I often wonder if any two 101 strings LPs were recorded by the same band?
Didn't Les Baxter do a couple?

And did someone mention Chaquito? Their Spies and Dolls soundtrack LP
features that better than the original They Call me Mr Tibbs - its great!

Charlie

PS. Don't get started on old hardcore/rave records.......

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 03:12:57 PST
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) First song of the millenium

Was Benny Golson Music to watch girls by from the Tune in Turn On Cd reissue

latest score: music for moderns -Phil Moore, entire side A is an interesting
cross between classical music and jazz, an emotional rollercoaster of a
track, just like me :) Sounds like a soundtrack to a fifties B experimental
movie, like say, Daughter of horror.

Happy 00 everyone

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:01:06 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl

...Sinatra's hard feline hauteur was engineered by a male
svengali, Lee Hazelwood. Before she teamed up with him in the
mid-'60s, her output was largely confined to the pining saccharine
masochism of songs such as "Like I Do" and "Not Just Your
Friend." It was Hazelwood who reinvented the Chairman's
daughter as a contemptuous go-go ice queen stomping on the
hearts of her chump lovers. Their most famous collaboration, of
course, was "These Boots Are Made For Walking." But there
was also Sinatra's first chart-cracking track, "So Long Babe" and
the kiss-off song, "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?," each
included on the superb new compilation from Var=E9se Sarabande,
"You Go-Go Girl!"=20

http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/06/sinatra/index.html



First song in 2000: Debra from Beck's Midnite Vultures.

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 21:00:39 +0900
From: Jan Fornell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

Nat Kone wrote:
> I've got an idea.  Let's talk about Fela.

An excellent idea!
I've known about him for many years, but only recently bought my first
Fela CD ("The Best Best of Fela Kuti, The Black President", playing in
the background right now), which definetely knocks the socks of most
everything else I've heard recently.
Are there any Fela experts on the list? What would you recommend?

By the way, in Japanese, "fela" is the standard abbreviation of
"fellatio". I don't know if he knew, but he probably would have been
pleased.

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 09:06:15 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

>Are there any Fela experts on the list? What would you recommend?

I am no expert, but I do rather enjoy the album that he cut with Ginger
Baker, Fela & Ginger Baker -- Live!, which has been
re-issued.  www.dustygroove.com has it.  I have the video for Army
Arrangement, but I haven't heard the rest of the album.


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 06:59:22 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fela

Hi Brian

I have lots of Fela.  I really enjoyed all of his 70's early 80s work.  Fela
69 always stood out.   The cover is beautiful!

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 07:07:13 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl

 On Go-Go Girl there appears to be one new song, never before released,
Zodiac Blues.  Is this song great and up to the wonderful high standards of
Lee Hazelwood's writing style?    Any thing else new or hard to find on this
collection?

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


> --- Ton Rueckert  wrote:
> > ...Sinatra's hard feline hauteur was engineered by a male
> > svengali, Lee Hazelwood. Before she teamed up with him in the
> > mid-'60s, her output was largely confined to the pining saccharine
> > masochism of songs such as "Like I Do" and "Not Just Your
> > Friend." It was Hazelwood who reinvented the Chairman's
> > daughter as a contemptuous go-go ice queen stomping on the


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:06:49 -0500
From: "Josh Renaud" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Newbie here...

Hey everybody,
    I really dig this list, but its pretty obvious to me that I'm new to
most of the artists you guys talk about. Could you recommend a few albums
(CD format would be nice, I dont have a record player) that would expand my
Exotica horizons? I have a few Ultra-Lounge discs and I grew an intense
interest in lounge and exotica culture. I know that must sound pretty lame
to you veterans, but ya gotta start somewhere! Anyway, thanks in advance for
any help...

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 07:20:34 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FELA

From what I gathered, Fela was partially  inspired by James Brown's African
tour.   His music generally tended to long funky guitar horns wailing groove
jams.  His albums usually had one or 2 songs per side.   Theres a reall funk
groove throuhout and the music is hottest right at the moment the band comes
back to the melody after the long jam.  Fela was often in jail.   This is
about all I can remember right now about Fela.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 10:34:04 -0500
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Subject: (exotica) FELA

These 2 sites provide tons of info (and more links) about Fela:
http://elvispelvis.com/fela.htm
http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/EAFela.html

Also, there are 2 swell live videos available:
Fela in Concert (1981) [Paris 1981]
Fela Live - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & the Egypt 80 Band (1991) [England 1984]
I'd think amazon.com or the like would still carry them.

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 10:50:38 EST
From: "William Walton" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fela

DustyGroove is currently selling the Fela box sets (6 LPS each) for $39.99.
They are in limited pressings. An absolute bargain. (no I'm not affiliated
with them).

Coffin For Head Of State is a classic, not available with the box sets, but
has been reissued. Tony Allen's (Fela's drummer) albums have been reissued
lately as well.

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:56:51 -0500
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel First

I am about to (finally) buy my first Esquivel Cd rerelease, but with =
all the
conversation, can't decide which one to get.  I like his =
stereo-experimental
stuff, the more rambunktious percussive instrumentals.  Any words would =
be
helpful, I want to do this today....

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=B8=B8,=F8=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=BA=B0`=B0=BA=A4=F8,=B8=B8,=F8=A4
surfing the chaos,
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 11:15:27 -0500
From: "Lou Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) SITKOZ

Our Old Pal Irwin Chusid's first book, Songs in the Key of Z : The
Curious Universe of Outsider Music, will be published in May.

Amazon.com already has it listed, at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556523726/o/qid=947173960/sr=8-1/102-3440202-1912034

You can see the book's cover art at:
http://incorrectmusic.com/about/images/irwin-book.jpg

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 09:18:34 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) DC+101 strings

Charles,

Hello stranger.  No arguments on DC there,  I still insist on buying 'em,
but I think you're right on the decline.
Also Intoxica is the same shop,  but I don't think JSK had anything to do
with it.  I remember he was the house remixer for a while.

URL for Intoxica
http://www.demon.co.uk/intoxica/list.htm
I beleive intoxica  are the only people to sell Cool & Strange magazine in
the  UK.

Also while you're there.  I remember you making some sarcy comment when I
reported getting a 101 Strings LP.  Have you heard 'Astro Sounds...'  I
remember the title coming up many times on the list,  so I bought it (vinyl
boot oh yes,  that same gold coloured label) expecting an orchestral space
LP.  far from it,  Nice groovy backbeat,  organ,  full bass, organ.  It
would seem to be their equivalent of Les baxter's Hells Belles.  I think you
should check it out.

Does anyone have any background on how  Astro Sounds came to be?  I suppose
I should go to Brads site to see.......

BTW on the VS rave tip we still occasionally spin Bizarre Inc's Playing with
Knives and it TOTALLY ROCKS MY FUCKING WORLD (c) JD


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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:45:52 +0000
From: <Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail]>
Subject:

Depth Charge's crowning glory are the first 3 singles.

J Saul Kane, who is Depth Charge, I think owned Vinyl Solution which was
the label responsible for a few classic rave records and which we loved
back then. His shop was also called Vinyl Solution and was close to
Intoxica (maybe Intoxica is the same shop) but is closed now. I personally
think that JSK's Depth Charge moniker has been in steady decline for a
while now but I would like to hear a bit more of his remix work.

All this is from vague recollections so I reserve the right to be slightly
wrong.

Charlie
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:27:32 +0000
From: Robbie Baldock <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel First

"Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" wrote:

> I am about to (finally) buy my first Esquivel Cd rerelease, but with all the
> conversation, can't decide which one to get.  I like his stereo-experimental
> stuff, the more rambunktious percussive instrumentals.  Any words would be
> helpful, I want to do this today....

The best compilation I've heard is the "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" CD
on Bar None (the second one they put out "Music for a Sparkling
Planet"(?) didn't grab me as much).

As for whole album reissues, the "Infinity in Sound 1 & 2" twofer I got
last week is very good and has a lot of tracks featured on the Bar None
comps.


Robbie


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:49:22 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Needles, Cartridges & Nitty Gritty

Someone asked about a web source for styli and cartridges. Check out
www.needledoctor.com. Ordered a replacement stylus for my aged Ortofon
cartridge this summer--prompt service at standard prices and I loved how
fine my vinyl sounded again. The Needle Doctor is not a discounter; they
seem to sell at list. But you can't beat the selection of styli and
cartridges. Also your local Radio Shack has an enormous guide to styli that
might be a good place to start if you wanna know if a needle is available
for older cartridge models.

The latest Needle Doctor catalog offers Nitty Gritty record cleaning
machines at $709 for a fully automatic MiniPro with oak cabinet to $229 for
the seemingly fully manual 1.0 with black vinyl cabinet.
Three questions:
Can you Nitty Gritty users really hear the difference on records cleaned
with an NG? I know Johan would say yeah. Anyone else?
Is the fully manual NG 1.0 (manual application of fluid, manual brushing
and rotating during vacuuming, waste fluid plug on bottom) such a hassle to
use it would be worth my while to spend significantly more ($375) and go
for the NG 1.5 with automatic scrubbing and a slide-out waste fluid tray?
I'm thinking the higher quality of the auto scrub might be worth the extra
bucks.
And are these prices competitive?

TIA for input,
Mimi




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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:49:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl

Ton wrote:
>...Sinatra's hard feline hauteur was engineered by a male
>svengali, Lee Hazelwood...

You know, I just wish I could get the Nancy Sinatra mystique. The video of
Boots that's killer, no doubt about it. And she cut some great tunes with
that wiley East Texan Hazelwood: Velvet Morning and Jackson the standout.

But I can't get past the fact that she didn't inherit her daddy's pipes.
(Will fess up that Frank doesn't send me either). This fact hit me when I
picked up Nancy in London a while ago. Found this LP in a ratty Colorado
thrift during a road trip and was so excited, it was one of the first
records I played when I got home. Tell you what, Nancy in London went to
Goodwill in Austin after one play. All I really recall from the record was
how often she strained to hit the notes (and lodged lots of near misses).
And a great cover shot of her in Mary Quant kit.

=46or you eXoticats who love Nancy, do the triumphs of Boots and Velvet
Morning or Jackson or even How Does That Grab You, Darlin'? compensate for
the mediocrity of the bulk of her performances? Or is it Hazelwood's
songwriting and arrangements you dig? Or am I just not getting the X factor
that makes Nancy great?

Don't mean to be provocative here...just really wanna know.
Mimi




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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 11:18:48 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

Hiya Jan,

>>Are there any Fela experts on the list? What would you recommend?

Not an expert. The one Fela lp I have is Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
and Look and Laugh (Mercury, 86). It's a club mix record with vocal and
instrumental versions of both cuts, and ooee, it's brilliant! Love the
tenor sax solos by Fela and Yinusa Akinibosun and the bari licks by Lekan
Animashaun and how the slow groove builds and builds on minimum 13-minute
tracks. Also Fela's voice just sends me--fab call and response stuff on the
vocal arrangements. Real clean production by Wally Badarou & Herve
Marignac. Anyone know anything about these geniuses?

Mimi




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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 12:42:01 -0500
From: "Lou Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Wu Name

Wanted a Wu-tang Clan identity.
Went to:
http://www.recordstore.com/wuname/
http://www.recordstore.com/cgi-bin/wuname/wuname.pl

Response:

Lou Smith!
your Wu-Name is:
Spunky Misunderstood Genius
Use it wisely, soldier.
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How did they know?

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:50:36 -0500
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Esquivel First

>
> If you were only going to buy one Esquivel,  which is
> impossile to think
> about for me, I would get the comp,,  "Music From A Sparkling
> Planet"  on Bar
> None
>
> This release was a lightning bolt for the exotica movement
>
> Enjoy this listen,  it will rearrange the structure of the
> atoms in your
> brain
> Chuck


I'm all for rearrangement, but are the tracks wacky??  The tunes seem like a
few standard easy ones.....


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:27:08 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: you mad impetuous fool ;-)

    i had to look up that "impetuous", didn't know what it meant...
thanx for the compliment, Geoff :-)

    no, it didn't happen like you said. over the past years that i'm on
this list, i have been saving comments for my own use, so that i knew what
to buy and what to stay away from - as my memory is horribly bad. it's not
that much work, just a matter of copy and paste after all, and with the
help of a utility that zaps all the tabs and extra spaces and quotes and
line feeds with one key stroke. the most work goes in cleaning up the
database, as i never started this mad thing with the intent to use it on my
web site. the rendering to web pages is done automatically, i only need to
tweek the programming here and there...

        Johan

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>Johan,  you mad impetuous fool!  Did you awake one day and think,  'I just
>have too much free time'?
>
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:03:48 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Legendary Stardust Cowboy

The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, real name: Norman Carl Odam. This is what i
have by this mad R&R man:

* Paralyzed!
    mini LP, bootleg, 1980's

    Contains his classic "paralyzed" song, recorded somewhere
    in the 1960's, and featured on "Born bad" and - i bet -
    plenty of other novelty comps

* Rock it to Stardom
    LP, Virgin/ Amazing Records AM-LSC999, 1984
    Recorded in 1980 & 1981 - quite good, the best of his
    "second period" recordings

* The Legendary Stardust Cowboy    Rides Again
    LP, Spider/ New Rose 184, French issue, 1989


* Retro Rocket Back To Earth
    i don't have this anymore - was a cd from the early 1990's i THINK
    and not good at all. i think it also contained the full
    "Rides Again"


        Johan

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:48:43 -0500
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Esquivel First

> The best compilation I've heard is the "Space Age Bachelor
> Pad Music" CD
> on Bar None (the second one they put out "Music for a Sparkling
> Planet"(?) didn't grab me as much).


Okay...I can dig that....I've listened to a few of them, its okay.


 > As for whole album reissues, the "Infinity in Sound 1 & 2"
> twofer I got
> last week is very good and has a lot of tracks featured on
> the Bar None
> comps.


All the tunes on this 2fer look like slow boring songs....am I wrong?  I
cannot play real audio due to a firewall, so I can't listen to these....what
about the "exploring new sounds in Stereo" comp?

Charlieman


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 19:21:13 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) FELA

>Fela Live - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & the Egypt 80 Band (1991) [England 1984]

Mixed in London, yes, but recorded live in Amsterdam, Novembre 28. 1983,
three songs on two LP's.

...anybody wey give us shit,
him go get his shit,
anybody wey give us shit,
we go give am shit
like Abiola, him go get,
him go get his shit
ten pockets full of shit.
We go give am shit,
plenty, plenty shit,
him go get his shit
in that case,
him go get.
So therefore, in that case, I'm giving you serious warning,
him go get his shit,
anybody who give us shit,
him go get his shit.

And other jewels.


Saw Fela's son Femi and his band during the local Summer Festival
last year, steaming tropical heat on a soaking wet cold night.
He sure is a worthy follower to the throne, go and see him when
he's in your neighbourhood!

Cheers, Ton

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:51:59 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) FELA

Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>Fela Live - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & the Egypt 80 Band (1991) [England 1984]

>Mixed in London, yes, but recorded live in Amsterdam, Novembre 28. 1983,
three songs on two LP's.

I think the Fela Live video and LP are from 2 different shows.
IIRC, the Fela Live video, released in 1991, is from Glastonberry '84.

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 13:49:23 -0500
From: Ross 'Mambo Frenzy' Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Bring back...

Nat wrote:
>I miss Ross.

Hey--I didn't die or anything!


But while I've been reading this thread, I have been thinking a
little about why it is I don't write the kind of breathless, gushing
posts about new finds that I did a couple years ago.

At a point where you only have, like, a hundred exotica LPs, you are
constantly coming across *whole new genres* you never even dreamed
existed. So it's all very fresh and exciting, and all that excitement
comes through when you write about it.

But at this point, 800 LPs later, it's becoming more infrequent to
find those mind-blowing, eye-opening new finds. I mostly bring home
records that are slightly, but not thrillingly, different from things
that I already own.

So I feel like I'm in more of a "consolidation" phase now. I feel
like I need to spend some serious time making hard choices about what
to keep, reminding myself what I have, making notes to myself about
what LPs I need to get cleaner copies of. . . then at some point I
plan to burn some "Best Of" CD-Rs for myself.

But this phase is sort of bureaucratic, and let's face it, not as
much fun, as that first hurtling rush of early infatuation . . . So
who wants to hear about that?


So I wonder. . .  maybe it's not a Jack Diamond we want to bring back
the passion. . . maybe it's the NEXT demographic wave--people born
around 1979--who are just discovering warped Disco, etc. for the
first time. Or are we ready for that?


Yours philosophically,

  --Ross

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|| Ann Arbor, Michigan USA


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:06:37 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les Maledictus Sound

Chuck wrote:

> Les Maledictus Sound    1968 rerelesed in 1999 on Tir Groupe Disques
> I find it quite difficult to describe the music on this album, from a 1968
> Canadian Band that was in the "Incredibly Strange Music Vol 2"
I've solved the mystery on this particular item.  The reissue is legitimate
and indeed Canadian, however the band itself is from France.  There is some
connection to Canada through its original promotor.  What you see in the
package is the original cover art of the various releases as they originally
appeared, all provided by a guy in Montreal who has them all.  The comment
I heard was that Jello Biafra probably bought his copy of the record originally
from this guy! It's definitely out there and as unique as say Bruce Haack. It's
readily available here in Montreal for about CDN$19.00.  Got my copy today
at Disquivel.


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 11:14:38 -0800
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Newbie here...

Why don't you start by naming some of the artists (or specific UL
albums, cause they vary in style) you really dig. That'll help.

- -Kevin Crossman

Josh Renaud wrote:
> Could you recommend a few albums
> (CD format would be nice, I dont have a record player) that would expand my
> Exotica horizons? I have a few Ultra-Lounge discs and I grew an intense
> interest in lounge and exotica culture.


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:25:42 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Fela

In a message dated 1/6/0 3:52:35 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I've got an idea.  Let's talk about Fela.

I was thinking of asking about him. Dustygroove has a lot of LP's by him in
several formats (Fela '70, Fela, etc.). I know next to nothing about him,
make that NOTHING at all. Can anyone fill in the information gap?? Thanks,
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 21:34:01 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) FELA


>>>Fela Live - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & the Egypt 80 Band (1991) [England 1984]
>
>>Mixed in London, yes, but recorded live in Amsterdam, Novembre 28. 1983,
>three songs on two LP's.
>
>I think the Fela Live video and LP are from 2 different shows.
>IIRC, the Fela Live video, released in 1991, is from Glastonberry '84.



Indeed:

1991
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and The Egypt 80
Fela Live (Video USA, Shanachie 101)
Confusion Break Bones / Techer Don't Teach Me Nonsense
- --Recorded live at Glastonbury, England.



>I was thinking of asking about him. Dustygroove has a lot of LP's by him in
>several formats (Fela '70, Fela, etc.). I know next to nothing about him,
>make that NOTHING at all. Can anyone fill in the information gap??


Have a look at http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B52057

There's more than you want to know...

Cheers, Ton


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 15:36:35 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

>vocal arrangements. Real clean production by Wally Badarou & Herve
>Marignac. Anyone know anything about these geniuses?


No expert, but Badarou is a producer/musician that had a hit with "Chief
Inspector".  Musician Magazine reported that due to a fit of pique or ego
on the Brown's part, Badarou didn't get a chance to release a James Brown
album, which featured a song called "(I'm a) Rhythm Machine".

If you ever see the video for "High Life" by Badarou, you're in for a
treat; great song and great animation.

Brian Phillips



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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:45:54 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl

At 10:49 AM 1/6/00 -0500, Mimi Mayer wrote:
.
>
>You know, I just wish I could get the Nancy Sinatra mystique..
>
>But I can't get past the fact that she didn't inherit her daddy's pipes.

>For you eXoticats who love Nancy, do the triumphs of Boots and Velvet
>Morning or Jackson or even How Does That Grab You, Darlin'? compensate for
>the mediocrity of the bulk of her performances? Or is it Hazelwood's
>songwriting and arrangements you dig? Or am I just not getting the X factor
>that makes Nancy great?

I don't LOVE Nancy so maybe I can't answer this.  But clearly you have to
get past the issue of her "pipes".
I mean, I do LOVE Claudine Longet but she's no (fill in your own legitimate
singer).

And obviously Lee Hazelwood's tunes and production are a huge factor.  (And
by the way, I don't love his pipes either but I love his records.)

And I like the Nancy and Lee records more than I like the Nancy records,
even if Lee probably produced most of them.

With Nancy, it's the Nancy thing.  You ever heard "Last of the Secret
Agents"?  I have that on this Rhino "Best of" LP.  It's just a great tune.
I don't know if a great singer singer could have done it better.  It's a
great flat tune for a great flat singer.

I guess I can't explain it.  I think there's some "camp" involved but I
have to watch it when I say that in case Moritz is lurking.  (Or was that
Magnus?)

But you know, if you kind of like that Nancy kind of song but you need a
better singer, I really like all the Bobbie Gentry LP's I've bought.

Nat



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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:45:51 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

At 09:00 PM 1/6/00 +0900, Jan Fornell wrote:
>
>Nat Kone wrote:
>> I've got an idea.  Let's talk about Fela.
>
>An excellent idea!
>Are there any Fela experts on the list? What would you recommend?
>

Okay, now I'll fess up.
For years, all I did was buy Fela records and then trade them in after a
while.

I've found that among record collectors and just plain cutting edge, hip
music afficianados and DJ's, Fela has been the most consistently, longlived
"mark of cool" that I've ever come across.
Knowing about Fela, having even one Fela LP... has marked a person for
"cool credibility" more than any artist I can think of, longer than any
artist I can think of.
Especially given that he's not all that obscure.  Compared to that band
"ESG", I think they're called, possession of whose records also makes you
the hippest cat on the block.  But I've only seen their records once.

Knowing that, it always made it hard for me to get rid of Fela LP's.  But I
kept doing it in order to prove to myself that I wouldn't keep an LP just
because it was cool.
But then the next week, someone who I probably wanted to impress, would ask
me if I had any Fela and all I could say was "I used to".

So I gave in to my own shallowness and now keep two Fela albums around.
Not so much to impress my hip friends as to avoid the feeling I get when I
remember the ultra-cool records I sold.
The problem is that the records I have now are way more common and
therefore way less cool than the ones I used to have.
I used to have this one on an African label called "Expensive Shit" which
had more naked women on the cover than three copies of that Hendrix record.
Now all I have is the Ginger Baker LP and "Original Sufferhead" on (ugh)
Arista.

To me, every Fela tune is exactly the same.  If you've heard one, you've
heard them all.  Instruments come in one at a time, slow buildup, he starts
talking, maybe he shouts a bit and then it comes to a crashing crescendo.
It sort of reminds me of this Barry White take-off I once saw where "Barry"
keeps saying "It makes me so happy I almost feel like singing" but then he
finds a reason to keep talking.
I'm always glad to hear Fela in a bar or at a party.  I do love that one
song he keeps playing.  Great rhythms and horn parts.
And I'm sure he'd have been good live but the one time I had tickets to see
him, he just didn't show.

Anyway, that's my Fela story.

Nat



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