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exotica-digest        Monday, February 14 2000        Volume 02 : Number 625



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Completist collecting/Steroe Action
(exotica) Re: Charles Blackwell
(exotica) Re: Speaking of Summer Samba...
(exotica) Re: Kosinus Label Sale
Re: (exotica) Re: Speaking of Summer Samba...
Re: (exotica) Jazz in the 3rd Reich
(exotica) Re: Stereo 45's
(exotica) Free CDs from mp3.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: (exotica) Good-Lookin' Food That Stanks
(exotica) New Releases (Hazlewood)
Re: (exotica) Good-Lookin' Food That Stanks
(exotica) Rota tear
O/T Re: (exotica) Good-Lookin' Food That Stanks
(exotica) For fans of Anandar Shankar and the like...
Re: (exotica) For fans of Anandar Shankar and the like...
(exotica) waste time with tv
(exotica) Completist Manifesto
(exotica) Collectivism and the Moog Monkey
(exotica) Grandmaster Flash
(exotica) Re: Collectors and accummulators
Re: (exotica) Grandmaster Flash
(exotica) Friendly Persuasion - Week of 02/14/00
(exotica) Collecting
Re: (exotica) Collecting
Re: (exotica) Re: Collectors and accummulators
(exotica) FLY ME TO THE MOON
Re: (exotica) waste time with tv
Re: Re: (exotica) waste time with tv
Re: (exotica) Completist Manifesto
(exotica) Kahunas!

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:10:38 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting/Steroe Action

At 7:38 PM 2/12/0, Br. Cleve wrote:

>Stereos, like color TV's, were an expensive luxury item in the 50's/60's,
>and a great many people only had monophonic players (to go with their b&w
>TV's); I know my family did. The mono versions (yes, they do exist on all
>those titles) were sold for a dollar less....

Yes, I recall the joyous day when our family's old hifi radio/turntable
console was replaced by a spiffy new stereo set. My little bro still plays
the stereo console and, you know what? It still sounds good. And my big bro
started buying stereo albums, grumbling about higher prices and the mono
play on 45s.

Which brings up another question: 45 collectors/accumulators, when did
labels start producing 45s in stereo? Was it around the time that FM band
stereo began to replace AM broadcasts as the sound of choice for car audio?


Thanks for the info about RCA's Stereo Action series, Br. Cleve. Do you or
does anyone else know if the hifi versions of Stereo Action disks
considered as collectible or even, weirdly, more desirable, than the stereo
ones?

Thanks again,
Mimi






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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:14:52 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Charles Blackwell

Peter Hipwell wrote:

>IIRC, there were
>only ever a couple of singles; an album, set to be called "Those
>Plucking Strings" was shamefully cancelled.


    i have a tape copy of an album by Charles Blackwell (not "orchestra"):
    Classics with a beat
    LP, Electrola, , SHZE 171 (Germany)

    with ez instro pop versions of classical pieces

        Johan

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:35:00 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Speaking of Summer Samba...

Jack from Cincinnati wrote:

>I have recently purchased the 1999 CD reissue of
>a long time favorite thrift L.P. discovery :
>
>Marcos Valle  "Samba '68 "  Verve 559-516


    that's the one that contains "ckrickets sing for Anamaria",
    my all-time fave bossa song! i think i need that CD re- too.

        Johan

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:40:36 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Kosinus Label Sale

hi-iiiiiiiiiiiiii-ghly recommended, folks, "Good Moog" is unbelievably good
Moog!

        Johan

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 00 10:09:46 -0800
From: "B.J. Major" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Speaking of Summer Samba...

>>I have recently purchased the 1999 CD reissue of
>>a long time favorite thrift L.P. discovery :
>>
>>Marcos Valle  "Samba '68 "  Verve 559-516
>
>
>    that's the one that contains "ckrickets sing for Anamaria",
>    my all-time fave bossa song! i think i need that CD re- too.
>
>        Johan
>

To Johan and the others looking for this on CD:  go to Dusty Groove.
They have the CD of Valle's "Samba 68" in stock.  I just ordered my
copy....

Regards,
- --bj
The Walter Wanderley Pictorial Discography
http://bjbear3.freeservers.com/Wanderley/main.html


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:59:04 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jazz in the 3rd Reich

Mike Horne wrote:

> Howdy,
>     Have these ever come out yet?
>     Mike
> >Universal Music is planning a huge compilation on Jazz in the 3rd Reic=
h,
> >called "Swinging Ballroom Berlin". I propose we adjourn the discussion
> >about this subject until the CDs are out.
> >
> >Mo

Oh... yeah, good you remind me!
What came out so far is a CD called "Swing, Jazz & Sweet From Berlin" -
original historic recordings 1928-1943. Produced by Christian Kellersmann=
,
Cover art: Stefan Kassel.
The liner-notes are very interesting telling the entire story of the musi=
c
culture and Americanism in Germany of that age and setting straight some
misunderstandings as imposed by the recent Hollywood production "Swing Ki=
ds".
And they are in English!
However, if you expect musical surprises and sensations, then you might b=
e
disappointed; it's a documentary that can help the interested musical
archeologist complete his view of the music of the 20th century with a fo=
cus on
a very special age, i.e. Germany before and during the 3rd Reich. Still -=
 some
nice tracks can be heard on this comp. "Wo ist der Mann?" by Marlene Diet=
rich
f.i., and I'm glad the publishers of the CD didn't succumb to the temptat=
ion to
choose all-too-well-known material, but took this rather unknown jewel in=
stead.
Then there's "Geisterspuk" (Ghost spook) by Robert Garden mit seinem Orch=
ester,
which I personally find quite interesting, as it has picturesque elements=
 like
the ones Disney later used in the rides of his theme parks.There are also
exotic pieces: "Corcovado" as performed by Bernard Ett=E9 mit seinem
Tanzorchester and "Tabu" by a Billy Bartolomew mit seinem Tanzorchester, =
which
is not the "Taboo" we all know. James Kok Jazzvirtuosen is the orchestra =
that
sounds the most interesting to me, whereas Teddy Staufer und seine Origin=
al
Teddies is the most famous.
All in all, if you are into early swing at all you will enjoy this CD. I'=
m not
such an expert myself, so I can hardly compare this music to the stuff th=
at was
played in America at the same time. I expect it to be a bit wilder though.

Mo



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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:41:53 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Stereo 45's

In a message dated 2/13/0 12:57:22 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Which brings up another question: 45 collectors/accumulators, when did
>labels start producing 45s in stereo? Was it around the time that FM band
>stereo began to replace AM broadcasts as the sound of choice for car audio?

Just about the same time--I believe the first stereo 45's arrived about '67
or '68


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:30:02 +0100
From: Dj Batman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Free CDs from mp3.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for those lucky folks who are in the US and can sign for talk.com services,
you can get a FREE CD of your choice from mp3.com!!!
how does it work?
they are getting sponsors to pay for a cd (you can get a free cd from each
sponsor... right now they only have one sponsor, i.e. talk.com's long
distance service).
you got on an artist's page (say, like www.mp3.com/alessandroni or
www.mp3.com/patrizioihle ;)))) and then you click on "get it free"... and
if you qualify and subscribe to talk.com they will pay for the dam cd you
have just chosen!
:)
(ahem sorry for the shameless plug!! btw this works -I think- with every
DAM CD and for all US residents... so take a look!)

bye,
Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista

"Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief"
(Bono)



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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:11:33 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Good-Lookin' Food That Stanks

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/10/0 9:58:13 AM, you wrote:
>
> >If "Rapper's Delight" is a "cobbled together" hit, so be it

> it always gets people on the floor enjoying it. Just for good measure I mix
> it right out of Chic's "Good Times." You'd be surprised at how many people
> learn then and there that they are the same song!

Surely not! but then I am always amazed at how little the general public
knows about sampling...
Of course Indeep 'Last Night a Deejay saved my life' fits in rather well
too on the turntables, alongside Rappers' Delight and double copies of
Chic...



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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:50:11 +0100
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Releases (Hazlewood)

From Forced Exposure,  http://www.forcedexposure.com. New Releases list

- ----------------------------------------

SMELLS LIKE RECORDS:

HAZLEWOOD, LEE: 13 CD (SLR 040 CD). "Newly minted from
a wave of success with Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood began
traveling abroad, landing in Sweden in 1970, where he met director
Tobj=F6rn Axelman. The two embarked upon a Cowboy In Sweden,
and continuing through Smoke and A House Safe For Tigers. The
Swedish Viking label also issued two very rare but strong Hazlewood
solo albums. Whereas Requiem For An Almost Lady, released in
1971, is an aching meditation on love lost (with some harrowing
narration), 13, from the following year, is a horn-laden R'n'B-tinged
departure from the Hazlewood formula that succeeds on the strength
of its exuberantly dazed mania. Of all the Hazlewood albums coveted
by collectors who seem to own every object ever made by anyone, this
one really fills their drool buckets. During this period, Hazlewood
emerged as a singer and performer inseparable from his writing and
production. After hearing these albums, but especially 13, one gets the
feeling that Lee is perhaps the best interpreter of his own ideas, and
without a doubt the albums benefit from everything he had developed
up to that point: a singular signature sound synthesizing swinging
cowboy shanties, the rhythmic heat of rockabilly, and soaring symphonic
pop, punctuated by dark, poetic lyrics at once esoteric, witty and
honest."  $15.00





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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:53:47 -0800
From: Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Good-Lookin' Food That Stanks

> Of course Indeep 'Last Night a Deejay saved my life' fits in rather well...

given that i've long ago completed my Indeep collection, i feel safe in
volunteering that 'their' records were genius

the 12" of Deejay Saved My Life with the 'Toilet Flushing' breakdown
continues to amuse and entertain friends and foes alike, of mine !

their first album too is rock solid sporting hella amusing lyrics and
guilty post deesco deesco fun.

that album probably cost the licorice pizza records store i worked at
then, thousands of dollars given the profuse in-store play i accored it !!

paul m.



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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:58:49 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Rota tear

Oh, DJbatman, you are a tease...
>ever heard of a cd called "Felliniana" released here in Italy in early 90's
>consisting of techno/dance arrangments, with a latin feel, of soundtracks
>from Fellini movies (mostly by Rota)?
>Some bits are really crappy but I still believe it's fun. ;)

Gratzi, gratzi...No, I've not heard it, but I must have it. And yes, Rota
scored most of Fellini's films. From the IMDb:
>He wrote all of the movie scores for Fellini's films from Lo Sceicco
>bianco,[The White Sheik]  (1951) in 1952 to Prova d'orchestra (1979) in
>1979. Other directors include Renato Castellani, Luchino Visconti, Franco
>Zeffirelli, Mario Monicelli, Francis Coppola (Oscar for best original
>score for Godfather: Part II, The (1974) ), King Vidor, Ren=E9 Cl=E9ment,
>Edward Dmytryk and Eduardo de Filippo,  He also composed the music for
>many theatre productions by Visconti, Zefirelli and de Filippo.

Can you or any of the other Italian exoticats supply some tips on how I
could track "Felliniana" down?

And while I'm on a Rota tear, does anyone know if these is/was an OST for
Nights of Cabiria/Le Notti di Cabiria, (1957)? I get the impression the
title track was a hit in Europe. The OST is not available on CAM, which
seems to have cornered the Rota-for-Fellini-OST market. I suspect a Cabiria
record WAS cut by a label other than CAM. Yup, I've asked before, but since
we have several new members here, maybe they'll know something. Thanks,
Mimi




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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:47:09 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: O/T Re: (exotica) Good-Lookin' Food That Stanks

Paul wrote:
>
> given that i've long ago completed my Indeep collection, i feel safe in
> volunteering that 'their' records were genius

I always presumed they were just a one hit wonder...

> their first album too is rock solid sporting hella amusing lyrics and
> guilty post deesco deesco fun.

Another amusing track from the same vintage is The Evasions (?) Wikka
Rap, which has someone intoning instructions to the crowd (a la James
Brown) in a stuck up English accent.


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:52:32 +0000
From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) For fans of Anandar Shankar and the like...

I picked up The Joe Harriott and John Mayer Double Quintet - Indo Jazz
Fusions 1 and 2 (on one CD) (Polygram/Redial), and am enjoying it,
although the first minute or two was a little shaky it develops very
nicely. Shake Keane (a Phase 4 regular IIRC) is part of the group.

Anyone got any recommendations for more East/West crossover albums?


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:06:55 -0000
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) For fans of Anandar Shankar and the like...

M H Jemmeson wrote:

> Anyone got any recommendations for more East/West crossover albums?

Any of the albums featured on the "California Dreamin - Jazz
Exotica" CD (on Impulse) would fit the bill (Tom Scott, Bill
Plummer, Emil Richards et al).


Robbie


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 18:56:29 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) waste time with tv

Numerous list-esque items on US TV this week (eastern times)...

Well, not very relevant, but for starters, Gamera movies on AMC, every
morning at 6:00am. Saturday morning, same time, a 90s Godzilla movie.

Biography: Ella Fitzgerald
A&E - Monday night, 8:00pm, Midnight

A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese
Scorsese on movie history.
3 parts, 8:00pm & Midnight, Monday through Wednesday nights, TCM.

Rapa Nui (1994)
One more airing.
TNT - Late Monday, 2:00am

Bravo's Blue Note Records documentary, this time in separate parts, airing
at 11:00am, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Biography: Nat King Cole
A&E - Tuesday night, 8:00pm, Midnight

She (1935)
30s movie exotica.
AMC - Wednesday morning, 9:00am

How To Commit Marriage (1969)
Hope vs. Gleason comedy.
Movie equivalent of Now Sound records.
AMC - Wednesday morning, 10:35am

Biography: Sidney Poitier
A&E - Wednesday night, 8:00pm, Midnight

Yellow Submarine (1968)
Fire away, Blue Meanies.
VH1 - Wednesday night, 8:00pm
Thursday morning, 11:00am

Scared Stiff (1953)
Carmen Miranda. Well mostly Martin & Lewis, to be honest.
AMC - Thursday night, 6:00pm

Biography: Dorothy Dandridge
A&E - Thursday night, 8:00pm, Midnight

The Great Train Robbery (1903)
It's very old. Sorry, that's my only justification.
TCM - Thursday night, 8:00pm

Profiles: Petula Clarke
Bravo - Thursday night, 10:30pm, 3:00am

Black Sunday (1961)
Directed by Mario Bava. Should be the AIP cut, with (I believe) score by
Les B.
AMC - Friday morning, 7:35am

Biography: Quincy Jones
A&E - Friday night, 8:00pm, Midnight

Mad Monster Party (1967)
Stop-motion animation 60s monster mania.
AMC - Friday night, 10:30pm, 2:00am

I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
Zombies, voodoo, calypso, atmosphere galore.
TCM - Late Friday, 3:30am

Profiles: William Shatner
All about his recording career? Probably not, unfortunately.
Bravo - Saturday afternoon, 4:00pm

The Swinger (1966)
Ann-Margret. More cinematic Now Sound.
AMC - Saturday night, 10:00pm, 4:00am

Cat Ballou (1965)
Not sure why I'm throwing this in. Write your own reason.
TCM - Saturday night, 10:30pm

The Italian Job (1969)
A rare airing.
Speedvision - Saturday night, 11:00pm, 3:00am
Sunday afternoon, Noon



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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:50:34 -0800
From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Completist Manifesto

I have a theory on music (which probably applies to most creative
works)... 90% of everything is crap. But there are certain artists
whose work stands out from the pack. Even their bad stuff is better
than other artists' good stuff.

The only artist in the "exotica" realm that I would put in that
category would be Prez Prado. Others I feel that way about are Fats
Waller, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Bob Wills &
His Texas Playboys, Tchaikovsky, Louis Jordan, Hank Thompson and
his Brazos Valley Boys, Nat King Cole, The Beatles, Richard Wagner,
Django Reinhardt, Shorty Rogers, Bobby Darin, Frank Zappa, Charles
Ives, Hank Williams, The Residents and Maurice Ravel. Other artists
that are very important to me, but only in certain parts of their
career... Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley.

I buy records for the music though. Even if I am a completist on
a particular artist, I don't care for alternate covers of the
same record, a gazillion virtually identical alternate takes, or
unfinished or muffed takes. Some of the box sets irritate me by
mechanically presenting the music chronologically, instead of
programming it into listenable chunks.

That's my theory and I'm stickin' with it!

See ya
Steve



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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:18:37 +1100
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Collectivism and the Moog Monkey

Funny that the whole collecting/accumulating debate should be raging whilst
I'm laboring over putting my precious moog comps up on the website!  Really
makes me think over what got me into it in the first place...

In 1984 I was looking thru an old record store (CD's had just come out 2
years earlier, and the vinyl cast-off's were starting to appear), and I
casually picked up a record called "The In Sound from Way Out."  The killer
name was enough to plunk my 50 cents(!) down and take it home, along with
other various nondescript lp's.  My surprise in hearing how funny and how
inventive this stuff was is still a vivid memory.  I remember telling my
buddy ,"we'll KNOW CD's are finally here to stay when this record makes it
out on CD!!" and we laughed and laughed.  A year later I happened across it
on CD, my eyes a-poppin'!   But for some reason I never sought anything else
in this genre out until over ten years later.

My interests and habits really glump the virtues/vices of collecting AND
accumulation.  I do 'carry a list' of moog lp's, like Nat mentioned a
collector would.  I do buy the Electric Moog Orchestra's 'Star Wars
soundtrack, not because I think it would be a good listen, but to add it to
the collection...

HOWEVER, I do things that a collector would banish me for:  I pass on some
moog items if they don't have something that makes me 'want' them; I thin
the collection often and get rid of ones I don't particularly enjoy (even
rare ones, thereby dashing my 'world's largest moog collection'
aspirations).

But I have never / will never walk into a record store and buy a huge stack
of records just to have 'em.  I've got to see something in them that truly
moves me to grab it, then interesting enough to make it to the check-out.
Accumulators, I would think, come home often with 10+ records every day or
week.  That would drive me nuts.

And all this is just under my habits for one interest...add twenty others to
the hobby pile, and I find I've GOT to be discerning, if for no other reason
than storage!  My wife is a minimalist, and would prefer to live in Zen
purity, nothing on the walls, nothing on the stereo, nothing in the head.
We balance each other beautifully!  I've learned the value of having less,
and that smaller amount be of high priority rather than volume=better.

But I'm still a junk-accumulator (any of you who haven't seen my website,
now might be the appropriate time!).  We all got our cross to bear!

Seeya friends,

Keith

PS: Talking about great cheap vinyl stores, everyone on this list needs to
road-trip out Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh: 2 MILLION lp's, almost every
one at $3. each!  45's are $1 to $2, 78's $1.  Beat that with a stick, I
dare ya!  Tell him Keith sentya.

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A virtual gallery and info
site for the artwork and
workshops of KEITH E. LO BUE
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:18:37 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Grandmaster Flash

I realize this isn't completely related but with all this talk of
Grandmaster Flash on the list lately, I've been sitting on a
particular piece of music for almost 20 years and never figured out
what it was, except that it is (or at least the lyrics within say it is)
made by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. There were so
many iterations of this group and I rememeber much of this music
coming out in generic 12" Sugarhill sleeves that I was never able to
identify the song or find the original disc.

My recording is not all that great and is a third generation from the
radio, circa 1979.  I'm hoping one of you experts on him can help. I
noticed a few CD reissues lately so I would consider picking up a
proper recording if I could figure out its identity.

The first 3 lines go sonmething like this:

It's a ?moving and grooving? crew
You gotta see to believe
We're 1 2 3 4 5 MC!

It goes on to later mention riding in a Mercedes and a Cadillac and
then "take the Train".  I can always send a tape along. If you can
solve this one I have whole tapes of mystery music of the new wave
era I could never identify! And this is one era I know very well...

Thanks,


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:19:06 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Collectors and accummulators

Nat wrote:

> Accumulators and collectors look for records differently. Collectors, in
> general, don't go to thrift stores.  They already have the basic stuff you
> can get there and even though it may be true that you never know what
> you'll find there, they're sure enough they won't find anything that it's
> deemed not worth their time.
Now you have me confused.  I don't go to thrift stores partly
because I find them depressing places and partly as you say, I
don't expect to find much, given the limited time I have to spend
looking. But then I'm in no way a completist either so I'm not sure I
fit into your generic collector standard.

> I like finding stuff I didn't know existed, taking it home and discovering
> what it is.
> Collectors generally know what's out there before they leave their house.
> They're not driven by surprise and discovery like we are.
If this holds I definitely have two personalities and in some ways
this may be the case.  The old experimental/wave records I want
are documented, few new things added, and I scan specific
sources for what I want with less and less finds each year. These
tend to be label or artist specific. On the other hand, we keep a
one page list of new things, not necessarily a want list, but only as
a reminder so we won't forget completely something we heard. But
then I always enjoy exploring and when I walk into most stores, I
go straight for the bizarro/exotica section with no pre-conceptions.
Of course I consider it a privilege having stores where the owners
have an amazing knack for buying just the right things. I know I
won't find these things in the thrift stores because if they were
there, these guys will have got to them first!

I will say that having the radio show has had a huge impact on how
and what we acquire. What is most enjoyable to us about hosting
the show is being able to play new things, and most important,
things that don't otherwise get exposure. Interestingly enough, we
had a record number of inquiries today about the breakbeat show!

> At this very moment, I'd like to go to a thrift store.  Not because I hope
> I'll find that elusive Enoch Light record I need to help complete my set
> but because the process of fingering my way through endless bins of crap is
> the drug that I need.
I must admit I often have the exact urge to visit a record store and worse yet,
it isn't the same if I don't come back with something, so in many ways we're
not all that far apart!


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:56:34 -0800
From: Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Grandmaster Flash

> It's a ?moving and grooving? crew
> You gotta see to believe
> We're 1 2 3 4 5 MC!
>
> It goes on to later mention riding in a Mercedes and a Cadillac and
> then "take the Train".  I can always send a tape along. If you can

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that is "Super Rapping Theme" on ENJOY Records

don't know if they had more than one 12" on that label
or who was behind it - it was kind of a pre-cusor to
Rappers' Delight     some of the verse are the same but
its a lot rawer overall

 the full version must run close to 10 mins  and there
is an instrumental on the back of same

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:10:52 -0800
From: "mofo2148" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion - Week of 02/14/00

Week of 02/14/00

The Friendly Persuasion Show

Cool and Strange Music Magazine's weekly radio show on Antenna
Internet Radio.
http://www.antennaradio.com/punk/friendlypersuasion/index.htm

Get your RealAudio player ready and tune in anytime during this week
to hear:

Art Linkletter - We Love You, Call Collect
William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
Mel Henke - The Twisters
Jean-Jacques Perrey - Crazy Crow and Daffyduck
Dean Elliott & His Big Band - Lonesome Road
Pat Reader - Cha-Cha On The Moon
Yma Sumac - Taki Rari
George Liberace Orchestra - George Liberace Mambo
National Lampoon - My Bod Is For God
Apollo 100 - Popcorn
The Kids of Widney High - Stand Up and Dance
Raymond & Scum - (Nobody Loves The) Comedy Band
Ed "Moose" Savage and his Litany of Complaints - Iceburg Lettuce
Wooshie Spakamoto - Lady
The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
Lord Sitar - I Can See For Miles
Jean-Jacques Perrey - Indicatif Spatial
Les Baxter - Ruby
Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical
Frank Pourcel - Casino Royale
Lord Sitar - Black is Black
Art Linkletter - We Love You, Call Collect



Thanks for listening,

Otis

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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 00:43:40 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Collecting

One of my favorite quotes:

"A Collector must be mad, because a collection is something no one needs."

- - Gerard Levy

A sentiment that sometimes comes to mind when I am on my knees in a thrift
store, rummaging through the bins.

Bob


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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:51:06 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Collecting

[e-mail] wrote:

> One of my favorite quotes:
>
> "A Collector must be mad, because a collection is something no one needs."

Sounds chique, but of course it's not true. I see collections as archives. The
better sorted they are, the more value they have. A good archive can be a
source of incredible cashflow, and I would call the owner smart, not mad.

Mo



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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 07:04:34 -0500
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Collectors and accummulators

Will someone on the list remind me if i've told the R. Crumb story about
accumulators on this list yet (don'/t want to repeat myself)...

ck

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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:27:51 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FLY ME TO THE MOON

"I would like to get into the Guinness Book as the first Latin
American artist to play on the moon. It's easy to get a rocket
now."

- -- Latin jazzman Tito Puente, sharing his lunar ambitions in the
Toronto Sun.



Is he going to fight this out with Lucia Pamela? Anyway, anyone
acquainted enough with Moon-physics to understand what Tito would
sound like? Not very up tempo, this Moon salsa, I would guess.

Ton


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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:32:29 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) waste time with tv

m.ace posteth:
>A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese
>Scorsese on movie history.
>3 parts, 8:00pm & Midnight, Monday through Wednesday nights, TCM.

Superior film clips. Will keep you going to the video shop for months. Mimi




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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:34:17 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) waste time with tv

>A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese
>Scorsese on movie history.
>3 parts, 8:00pm & Midnight, Monday through Wednesday nights, TCM.

>Superior film clips. Will keep you going to the video shop for >months. Mimi


But TCM is showing related movies after the Scorsese doc so you won't need as many trips.  (Caveat:  I'm a TCM freelancer.)  & the Scorsese doc on Italian cinema is due later this year.

LT

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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 06:37:53 PST
From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist Manifesto

>
>I have a theory on music (which probably applies to most creative
>works)... 90% of everything is crap. But there are certain artists
>whose work stands out from the pack. Even their bad stuff is better
>than other artists' good stuff.

the f.r. leavis of the exotica list...

all the best
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 06:41:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kahunas!

Well, folks, the big day is finally here as we
announce the winners of the First Annual Kahuna
Awards!

First, let me say that Kevin C has done a fantastic
job at putting together a nifty website with all the
Kahuna Data, including a list of nominees and winners
for each category, a complete listing of original
nominees, category descriptions and cute little tiki
award pictures for nominees or winners to stick on
their own pages.

The site for the 2000 Kahuna Awards is here:
http://www.kevdo.com/exotica/kahuna/

Now, the list:
Drum roll please......

Best act (artist or group):
The Metropole Orchestra, featuring the Beau Hunks
Saxtette

Best new album:
Esquivel - See It In Sound

Best re-release (legitimate or bootleg):
Shaggs - Philosophy of the World

Best retrospective - single artist/act:
Esther Nelson, Bruce Haack & Dimension 5 - Listen
Compute Rock Home

Best compilation - various artists:
Best of Moog: Electronic Pop Hits from the 60's & 70's


Best box set - single or multiple artists:
Dr. Samuel J Hoffman and Harry Revel - Basta Theremin
Box

Best soundtrack (new or re-release):
Bob Crewe - Barbarella

Best new act (artist or group):
Astroslut

Big Kahuna Achievement Award:
Martin Denny

Golden Bamboo Platter:
Martin Denny - Exotica

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A few notes:
I think it's nice that Basta's fine work was
recognized, so Kudos to them.

Congrats to our own Astroslut for taking the New Act
category.

Martin and Les slugged it out for a while in the Big
Kahuna and Bamboo Platter awards, going neck and neck
until the final six or seven ballots when suddenly
Denny jumped ahead.

Similarly Hell's Belles was getting ready to take the
soundtrack reissue when suddenly Barbarella ran him
over and took the lead.

I also find it a bizarre thing, possibly due to the
nature of nominations and voting, that the Shaggs of
all groups took the reissue category.

Anyway, thanks all for playing, and we'll see how the
Kahunas play out next year!


Peter
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