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exotica-digest         Friday, January 7 2000         Volume 02 : Number 583



In This Digest:

(exotica) inevitable or end-times?
(exotica) test - please ignore
Re: (exotica) Fela
Re: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl
Re: (exotica) Bring back...
(exotica) Comment Compilation
(exotica) burning idea
(exotica) Re:  Bring Jack Back
(exotica) First finds of 2000
Re: (exotica) Fela
Re: (exotica) Comment Compilation
Re:  (exotica) Bring back...
(exotica) Brass Ring
Re: (exotica) SITKOZ
Re: (exotica) First finds of 2000
(exotica) Will Basic Hip burn in hell for ever?
(exotica) Esquivel First
(exotica) The Dennies!
Re: (exotica) Goodbye
(exotica) Rod McKuen - Oliver Twist
Re: (exotica) Esquivel First
Re: (exotica) burning idea
Re:  (exotica) The Ledgendary Stardust Cowboy
(exotica) Astro Sounds
FW: Re: (exotica) Fela
(exotica) Today on Salon: the soul father

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:47:35 -0500
From: "Lou Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) inevitable or end-times?

I've stumbled across some pages devoted to, I guess, the first example
of the overdue swing-hop hybrid.
It's a CD called "Jimmy Luxury and the Tommy Rome Orchestra: A Night In
The Arms Of".

Is anyone familiar with JL or his CD? Any comments?
Far as I can tell the guy does real Original Gangsta (as in, the Las
Vegas kind) raps over samples of Lena Horne, Dean Martin, Blossom Dearie
and the like.

Joke or hoot -- you tell *me*!

- -Lou


http://www.citypaper.net/articles/102199/mus.dq3.shtml
http://www.jimmyluxury.com/
http://www.usmusicvault.com/jimmyluxury.html
http://www.sfweekly.com/1999/050599/music2.html




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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:32:14 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) test - please ignore

You should have ignored this.

Now don't you feel silly?




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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:57:02 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

Nat Kone wrote:
>
> 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.

Hahahaha!  But ESG is available on CD now.

- --

Kerry


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:04:37 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) You Go-Go Girl

Nat Kone wrote:
>
> 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 like Nancy's voice.  No, I don't think she's a technically
great singer, but to me, she has several different voices.
I like her more vulnerable, airy side, actually.  I *like* the
"flatness" of her voice, too.

As far as solo LP's, I'm really fond of "Boots", even
the cover (non-Hazlewood) songs.  I have a weakness, though, for
any female singers from the sixties, so perhaps I'm
far too biased to provide a fair assessment of her oeuvre.
A lot of sixties "girl group"-type singers sounded
really "natural" and conversational, as if they'd
just walked in off the street.  You don't hear that
very often today -- instead, you get this highly
mannered singing, like all of those "spiritual"
Lilith Fair chicks. FWIW, I also dig Dino, Desi
and Billy -- I *love* their wimpy interpretation
of "Satisfaction", I think it's quite unintentionally
subversive.


- --

Kerry


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:20:40 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bring back...

Ross 'Mambo Frenzy' Orr wrote:
>

> 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.

I think, for me at least, it's that it is getting
harder to make those great LP "scores".  I started
buying exotica in the late 80s when no one else
was buying, and then after college, I moved to
Nebraska, where there were shitloads of exotica /
lounge / moog / weird LPs just waiting for me.
Now I'm back in the big city, where they charge
$2 for an 8-track tape.  But I'll always love the
music -- it's not a "fad" or a "craze" for me,
no more than any other music I love, and I hate
that people are treating it like that.  So no,
my interest hasn't waned at all -- in fact, I
am now reading David Toop's _Exotica_.  It's more
that most of what I buy these days is on CD --
I'm getting tired of trying to track down those LPs.

- --

Kerry


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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 16:02:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Comment Compilation

I for one have been dreaming about doing this for a
LONG time now.  Unfortunately, it's about fourth on a
stack of projects I'd really like to undertake, all of
which sits under the heavy weight of real-life, kids
and so on.

I would say, however, that if someone rigged a way to
add albums and comments, I would be one of the first
to hit the stacks and start copying comments from old
digests into a database.

Make that sucker searchable, by say, album, artist or
commenter (it'd be nice to list all the things that a
particular person had a comment on) and that'd be an
unbelievably handy piece of net information.

Combine that with a place to archive tracks, liner
notes, players, image scans and what not and suddenly
you see why I haven't started yet.  :)


Peter

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 19:12:12 -0500
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) burning idea

"hipsters, flipsters and finger poppin daddies, knock me your lobes"
i wonder if i can pull anyone away from the turn of the century missing you
blues for a minute and propose a new use for snail mail?

since lots of people on this list burn there own cds...(now me!)
i was thinking a groovy thing to do would be to circulate a personal fave
collection of tunes...it would be a great learning tool and a way of
getting more cool tunes for your collection. (especially for you newbians!)
not to mention, feeling a closer kinship to your fellow exoticats and kitties.

i have not thought about the organization of such a thing(in fact it just
popped into my head) but i could think about a bit deeper if anyone is
interested.

just a 21st century thought.
you can hate it if you want...
i just love the idea of great music constantly flowing in my life.

bump




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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 19:21:42 -0800
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Bring Jack Back

I have to say, I thought the bro' was far too abrasive.

I miss the posts from Jessica in PA much more.

Let get psychic in 2000 and have various list members 'channel' his
spirit
instead of having Jack actually come back.  This seems much more fun:

> 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
>
> El Maestro Con Queso

- -- Brad
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...The Sixth Sense is killing the record industry...




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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 19:40:37 -0800
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) First finds of 2000

To address Nat's point about why people don't post so much about their
"finds," in my case, it's usually because my finds seem relatively
unremarkable compared to the super-rare, super-cool, or hard to find
stuff that often gets discussed on the lists.  Nevertheless, I've got
some spare time so will mention a few things found at the flea market
last weekend:

1.  Lenny Dee - Down South.  So *many* Lenny Dee LPs out there, and I
didn't think I really needed another one, but this is the one with that
perplexing cover shot of him on a motorboat with a little dog perched on
the organ, while a blond woman water skis on one ski wearing a tutu or
something.  Solid but not stellar.  All songs about the South make this
a must have for people like Tiki Bob, Chuck from the Big Easy, Mimi, and
even folks from Luhavulle like me.

2.  Nancy Walker - I Hate Men (w/ Sid Bass & His orchestra).  Living
Stereo outing by a singer I'm not familiar with, bought for the
cover/concept and Sid Bass connection.  She supposedly was an actress
who played a maid or secretary to Rock Hudson on whatever TV detective
show he had (Rockford files?).  The cover shows her torturing a male
doll voodoo style with some very long pins piercing his torso.  Also on
the table top are other torture instruments such as a wine corkscrew
(ouch), a vice, and one doll in a mini-noose.  This is the yang to the
yin of Peggy Lee's "I Like Men."  Her singing is pretty off-key, BTW.

3.  Steve & Eydie - We Got Us.  Does anyone else have a certain weakness
for these goody-twoshoes?  There's something about them that I find
appealing, at the same time as I'm gagging on the sugary sentiments.  I
had to toss one of their albums that was part of the Wall to Wall Stereo
Series, but this one is perkier (arranged & produced by Don Costa, which
helps).  If there was some nasty real-life scandal involving these two,
someone please tell me!  This one is for certain moods only.  Is there a
modern day equivalent to this relentlessly upbeat, drenched-in-love
music?

- -- Brad



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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:26:57 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela

>I am no expert, but I do rather enjoy the album that he cut with Ginger
>Baker, Fela & Ginger Baker -- Live!

Oo yeah! I have that. Back in the late 70s, I read a little piece about
Fela in Downbeat, and soon afterwards stumbled on it in a cutout bin. It
was the funkiest slab of vinyl I'd heard up to that point in my life. Still
ranks mighty high.

Fela also made a cameo appearance in a National Geographic story on Nigeria
somewhere around the late 70s or early 80s. Now that's an item for the
serious collectors to ferret out.

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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:51:40 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Comment Compilation

>I would say, however, that if someone rigged a way to
>add albums and comments, I would be one of the first
>to hit the stacks and start copying comments from old
>digests into a database.
>
>Make that sucker searchable, by say, album, artist or
>commenter (it'd be nice to list all the things that a
>particular person had a comment on) and that'd be an
>unbelievably handy piece of net information.

Here's a site that's sort of like that:
http://www.everything2.com/

Maybe we could just move in there. Think they'd mind?

Actually, on the other hand of all this, sometimes I think that the
functional obscurity of the current archive is kind of nice. With some
slick-o setup, someone could run a query on m.ace and instantly get every
cockamamie thing I've ever posted on here. Difficulty does have its charms.

The classiest idea is still the one someone mentioned years ago... a
encyclopedia-like set of leather bound, gilt edged, coffee table volumes
for perusal on those winter nights by the fire.

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Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 21:06:32 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Bring back...

At 01:49 PM 1/6/00 -0500, Ross 'Mambo Frenzy' Orr wrote:
>
>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.

Yeah right.  You may not be dead but when you stopped gushing, you died for
me baby.

>
>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.>
>But at this point, 800 LPs later, I mostly bring home
>records that are slightly, but not thrillingly, different from things
>that I already own.

I can totally relate to all this, plus the desire to consolidate and the
idea of someday burning best-of CDR's.
I love the object and I'd have to keep some records just for being lovely
objects but if I had a reasonable amount of objects, I could be happy.
Even happier.
I wish I just wanted it all.  Then I wouldn't have to worry about splitting
hairs so much.  But I don't want it all and I don't have the space.

It's also about the fact that I enjoy looking for records and discovering
them more than I like owning them.

But I'm sure you've picked up the odd better-than-average thing.  Share.

Nat



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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:55:34 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Brass Ring

All this discussion made me dig out the 2 Brass Ring Albums that I own.

The album titled, "Laura's Theme" has 5-6 great tunes on it and "Sunday Night
At The Movies, Great Themes From Movies Currently On Television", which is an
impressive title for an album, has another 5-6 pretty slick cut's.

About 9 months ago I created a 9 minute long remixed using only samples from
"The Disadvantages of You".  I love the original it's one of my all time
favorite tunes. Hacking it up was more a crime of passion then anything else.
It was just great fun to listen to it over and over as I remixed.

Anyway, who has a full list of all Brass Ring albums?  I'd love to hear them
all.  The two I mentioned above are the only albums of their's that I've
heard.  "The Disadvantages of You" I just have the single song, not the
album.  If anyone would be into burning some Brass Ring CDs or loaning me the
vinyl for a week so I can burn CDs from it, I'd make it worth their while.

As always once I get copies, I'll be happy to share them with anyone who
gives a damn.

- -Roy



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Date: 6 Jan 2000 19:04:54 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) SITKOZ

At 11:15 AM 06-01-00 -0500, Lou wrote:
>Our Old Pal Irwin Chusid's first book, Songs in the Key of Z
>You can see the book's cover art

Cool!  The cover art almost looks like Michelle.

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
http://www.hubris.net/zolac
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Date: 6 Jan 2000 19:14:22 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) First finds of 2000

At 07:40 PM 06-01-00 -0800, Brad Yost wrote:
>2.  Nancy Walker - I Hate Men (w/ Sid Bass & His orchestra).  Living
>Stereo outing by a singer I'm not familiar with, bought for the
>cover/concept and Sid Bass connection.

Who, Rhoda Morgenstern's mother?  I also have this album.  I think it is
great.  The combination works out well.

Byron
Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
http://www.hubris.net/zolac
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:27:38 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Will Basic Hip burn in hell for ever?

Now that Christmas is over I feel like it's safe to discuss BasicHip=92s lat=
est=20
release, without getting squished like a fly by the hand of God Almighty. =20

Christianity has had it=92s share of bad press.  The Crusades were nasty and=
=20
The Spanish Inquisition was just a big mess.  Now that Basic Hip and Will at=
=20
Show And Tell Records have resurrected two albums from "The Word" record=20
label, those past events will pale by comparison. =20

The Game of Life is narrated by Jarrell McCracken the Texas sportscaster who=
=20
founded "The Word" label.  I occasionally see some of their records in bins,=
=20
but have yet to buy any, mostly because they=92re not as wild as the two on=20
this CD.  Anyway, the recording is an imaginary football game between =93The=
=20
Forces of Evil=94 and =93Christianity=94, with Jesus as the coach.  The star=
 player=20
on the Christian team is named, =93Average Christian=94, with other players=20=
on=20
his team having names like "Prayer", "Faithfulness", "Bible Study", and=20
"Church Attendance".  The =93Evil=94 team is coached by Satan, some of the=20
players are named "Indifference", "Criticism" with my favorite player being=20
named, "Slanderous Talk".=20

"Go Slanderous Talk, Siss-boom-bah!!" =20

The album plays out like a real radio sportscast.  Towards the end, the game=
=20
is close, but in the last few seconds Christianity sends in The Holy Ghost=20
who cleans up and wins it all. =20

"Holy Ghost, he=92s our Man (actually spiritual entity but it doesn't rhyme=20
with can) if he can=92t go it no one can. Rah, Rah, Rah, !!!"=20

In summation, the album is quite funny, and delivers well on a =93Slap in th=
e=20
face=94 camp level. =20

The second album on the CD, =93Flight F-I-N-A-L is another thing altogether.=
 =20
This record actually made me physically uncomfortable while listening to it.=
 =20
It=92s the audio equivalent of seeing a bit too much of an auto accident, wh=
en=20
you=92re curious to see what=92s going on, but then you realized you=92re=20
witnessing a hideous atrocity that=92s now burned into your memory forever.

Question # 52:
Is there a sect of Texas =93Born Again Christians=94 that practice ritual us=
e of=20
Peyote?  There must be, because it=92s the only logical answer as to why thi=
s=20
recording exists. =20

This record is a dramatic enactment of what it might be like if the process=20
of going to heaven were like a trip on a supersonic jet.  It starts in the=20
Terminal of Life and it=92s narrated by your typical, ultra-white sounding m=
ale=20
voice. My feeling of sickness began as the passengers board the plane and th=
e=20
narrator casually mentions that the =93ticket are stamped with the blood of=20
Christ=94.  Jesus is the plane=92s captain and even gets on the P.A. system=20=
and=20
tells the passengers what the weather is like in heaven.

I=92m not sure exactly how to say it, but the creators of these albums were=20
devoutly religious individuals, with a deep sense of spiritual connectedness=
=20
and a true loyalty to their higher power.  Their enthusiasm is so pure that=20
it can only be described from my anthropological perspective as nothing less=
=20
then.......FUCKING NUTS.  Whoever thought that these albums would be a=20
positive credit to the Christian faith should have been taken outback and=20
nailed up to something.=20

In any case, the CD should make a great baptism, Easter or first holy=20
communion present for anyone short on gift ideas.=20

Amen,=20
- -Roy G. Biv

Show and Tell Records can be reached at www.showandtellrecords.com, if you=20
dare!!!!


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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:11:41 -0500
From: "Lou Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel First

From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Esquivel First
Date: 06 Jan 2000 12:50:36 -0500

> 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
> Chuck

I'm all for rearrangement, but are the tracks wacky??  The tunes seem
like a
few standard easy ones.....
- -----------------------------------
You can listen to 30 second samples from MFASP at amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000048E7/qid=947181532/sr=1-10/102-3440202-1912034

You can also listen to samples at cdnow.com:
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=2104407817/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=ESQUIVEL/itemid=345170

- -Lou aka SMG



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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:33:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Dennies!

OK, I hope you all have been thinking about these as I
think this could be really cool.  Here are the
categories so far, and remember, these are all for
stuff that was released in 1999.  (Descriptions
follow):

Best act (artist or group)

Best new album (not re-release; not compilation; not
soundtrack)

Best re-release (legitimate or bootleg)

Best retrospective - single artist/act

Best compilation - various artists

Best box set - single or multiple artists

Best soundtrack (new or re-release)

Best new act (artist or group)


Big Kahuna Achievement Award

Golden Album Award


THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING:
You gotta include more than one nomination per
category.  I can't stress how important this is.
Otherwise, we end up with maybe twenty different
items, all with one nomination, and that's not enough
to get a decent sampling to determine the actual top
nominees.

So, please, rack your brain and mail me as many
entrees and nominations as you can.  The more we get,
the better the lists will be.

AND, if you can't remember what was released in 1999,
for heaven's sake, check out this amazing
web-resource, curated by our very own Johann, Dada's
Exotiquarium:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/

(Direct Links:
albums:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/y/99a.htm
soundtracks:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/y/99s.htm
comps:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/y/99c.htm

If you can only think of one entry, I'd still like to
hear from you, but please try and submit at least a
few per category.



- --- Descriptions of the Categories ---

Best act (artist or group):
Any artist or group that released an album in 1999.
This is only for acts that released new albums in
1999, not re-releases.  For example, Esquivel and
Astroslut both released new albums in 1999 (See It in
Sound was never issued before!) and are valid, whereas
Air produced a re-release of a previous EP and are
not.

Best new album:
Any new album released in 1999.  See above for
examples of valid and invalid items.  It cannot be a
re-release, a compilation or a soundtrack, as these
have their own categories.

Best re-release (legitimate or bootleg):
Any album released prior to 1999 that was subsequently
re-released during 1999.  Air's Premier Symptomes
would be valid, as would the Shagg's Philosophy of the
World.  In addition, this category covers two-fer
re-releases, like Three Suns' "Midnight for Two/Soft
and Sweet".  Bonus tracks are okay.  If a re-release
includes them, it does not turn into a compilation or
retrospective.

Best retrospective - single artist/act
This is a retrospective of a single artist or act.
This is for single (or possibly double) discs only.
Multiple CD retrospectives belong in the Box Set
category.  Examples from 1999 would be the Preston
Epps, Mongo Santamaria and Sam Butera comps, but not
the Burt Bacharach comp as it is a box set.  This
category also do not include two-fer releases as these
are considered re-releases.

Best compilation - various artists
This is a compilation of various artists on a single
CD (or possibly a double CD).  Multiple CD
compilations are classified as box sets.  Examples
from 1999 are Stroboscopica 2, Pop Romantique and the
Tiki Sampler from Ultra Lounge.

Best box set - single or multiple artists
A multiple CD set, likely released in a box (hence the
name), with a nice book, swell packaging and the like.
 Box sets can represent sets of entire albums or a
cross-section of songs, from any period.  Examples
from 1999 would be the Burt Bacharach set, the Samuel
Hoffman set and the Wendy Carlos set.

Best soundtrack (new or re-release)
Any new soundtrack released, or old soundtrack
re-released in 1999.  Legitimate and bootleg releases
are both considered.  Examples for 1999 would be Iron
Giant, Hell's Belles, Mannix, Breakfast of Champions
and La Ragazza Dalla Pelle Di Luna.

Best new act (artist or group)
This is an act that released its first big album in
1999.  Previous singles and homemade tapes can be
overlooked.  Examples from 1999 might be Astroslut and
Seks BOMBA.


Big Kahuna Achievement Award
This is the opportunity to give an award to a major
contributor to our love of Exotica music.  This can be
anyone related to exotica, for any reason.

Golden Album Award
This is the opportunity to single out an amazing album
that helped influence our musical tastes.  This can be
any exotica-related album, for any reason.  Also, feel
free to come up with a better name for this Award.


For both of these, anecdotes or stories would be nice.

For all categories, the nominations should be exotica
related.  And send all responses to me.

That's a huge message, but I think this could really
work with y'all participation.  Here's your chance to
really sound out and let people know what you really
thought was the best stuff last year.

Let me hear from you!

Peter

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:42:32 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Goodbye

I was just noticing an up-trend in postings - interesting postings - and
have been feeling generally very postive about the list where recently I had
not.  Now this.  Come back soon, Jill.

I just hope it was not the threat of Jack Diamond's return that pushed you
over the line. (evil grin)

Ron

>Fellow list members,
>
>This is just a short note to say I am planning to unsubscribe to the list.
I
>have made MANY friends on this list over the past 4 years, and at times it
>has been a great joy to me, but I must say that over the years there have
>been fewer and fewer topics of interest to me. I hope that if there is
>anything on the list that makes any of you think of me, you might drop me a
>line or forward it on. Perhaps at some point I might resubscribe, but I
just
>find I rarely read anything anymore....
>
>So please keep in touch and keep sharing the music....
>
>Jill "Mingo-go"




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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:36:48 -0800
From: "Mark Wasiel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rod McKuen - Oliver Twist

Hi everyone,
Collectors Choice music is releasing Rod McKuen's Oliver Twist on CD Feb 8.
Has anybody heard this album?

They say this is his "rockin' side" and is all twist music (no poetry)
produced by Don Costa from the early 60s.

Just curious if it's worth it.  Some of Rod's poetry stuff with the music is
hilarious.

Thanks,
Mark

For this and other newmusic release info...go to...
http://www.newmusicmachine.com
home of the newmusic calendar & the pizzicato five discography



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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:50:21 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel First

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

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY can beat the pants off of a "Standard Easy One"
like Juan Garcia. (whoops, I'm channeling)

If you want wacky, Space Age Bachelor is a fine choice - DAMNED FINE choice.
A quote from SABPM: "WoooWEE, BayBEE - You REALLY bLoW MY MiNd!!!!..."

One day, you'll understand... (chanelling again)


Ron





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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:28:18 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) burning idea

Think onit!!!!  P'raps a compilation disk could be made that is sent to
another lister with the promise that the receiving lister forward it on to
another lister within (arbitrary number goes here) days of having received
it. A gift that keeps on giving.

And as an aside, Lord Buckley has been rattlin' through my brain for the
past few days, so your opening quote got my attention.

At the stangest times, I hear him bellow "DIIIIGGGG
IIINNNFINIIIIITYYYYY!!!!!.... And they DUG IT!!!!!!"

Ron


>"hipsters, flipsters and finger poppin daddies, knock me your lobes"
>
>since lots of people on this list burn there own cds...(now me!)
>i was thinking a groovy thing to do would be to circulate a personal fave
>collection of tuneskitties.
>
>i have not thought about the organization of such a thing(in fact it just
>popped into my head) but i could think about a bit deeper if anyone is
>interested.




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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 04:12:13 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) The Ledgendary Stardust Cowboy

The Lege has a long and varied history of doing wild and wacky live shows

One of which was televised in the UK and seen by David Bowie who adopted the
Stardust moniker for his next incarnation

The Lege still plays shows occasionally and may appear at the next Las Vegas
Grind in June but don't quote me on that

His last shows were in Cleveland and San Francisco backed by locals Frank
Novicki and Klaus Flouride


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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 09:17:39 -0000
From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Astro Sounds

Charlie said:

"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."

Astro Sounds is AFAIK just session musos rather than anyone famous, but it
is certainly a classic "psychplotiation" album (a favorite genre of mine).
It contains some tracks which were also released as "The Animated Egg",
among other titles, but without the string overdubs and the grooooovy
phasing. This was standard practice with many "cash-in" releases, especially
on the Alshire label. There was a thread about this on exotica about four
years ago which detailed the exact crossovers.

Charlie then said:

"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"

This is the Pretty Things in 68 or 69. There are three volumes.

Hope this helps.

groovily
phil dilemma




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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:13:30 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: Re: (exotica) Fela

> Nat,
>
> The easy way to do it,  I have Sorrow tears and blood on 7".  Its great,
> its knackered,  it does the whole business in about 5 minutes and it
> doesn't take much space,  and it has the 'yeah,  I got it new but wore it
> out playing it at parties' cachet.  I got to agree on the one groove
> thing.
>
> Cynically
> El Maestro Con Queso
>
> [e-mail]
> [e-mail]
> http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/
>
>
> From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: (exotica) Fela
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>


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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 11:45:06 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Today on Salon: the soul father

The obituaries called Curtis Mayfield a major influence on
hip-hop. Too bad his followers didn't learn a thing.


Mayfield, who infused his music with calls for community,
respect, self-determination and hope, no doubt would have been
heartbroken to think he had a hand in inspiring a generation of
young stars who broadcast to America a picture of black culture
focused on guns, drugs and whores.

http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/01/07/mayfield/index.html





A brilliant songwriter, vocalist, instrumentalist, producer and
arranger, he had the aphoristic grace of a natural poet who was
steeped in the rhetoric of the black church.


Those records (early-and mid-'70s solo albums) were trailblazers of
what might be called black psychedelia. Take a listen, for instance,
to "Superfly": The lyrical string and horn arrangements that made the
Impressions records such sweet listening are gloriously, woozily
bloated into shapes amorphous and trippy; the bass is dark and wet,
and Mayfield piles on layers of Latin percussion, boosted in the mix
and swirling atop his multi-tracked rhythm guitar. Together it sounds
unmistakably like the prototype for the funk and disco that would rule
the airwaves later that decade, and which, through the alchemy of
sampling, haunt the hip-hop and techno tracks of contemporary clubland.

http://www.salon.com/people/obit/2000/01/07/aprcurtis/index.html








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