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exotica-digest         Monday, March 20 2000         Volume 02 : Number 656



In This Digest:

(exotica) Basic Black
(exotica) Basic Black
Re: (exotica) Oh Yeah
Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, March 19
Re: (exotica) Baxter
Re: (exotica) Diana Dors
RE: (exotica) Cribbed Record Covers
Re: (exotica) Diana Dors
(exotica) Re: Skiffle is...
Re: (exotica) Diana Dors
(exotica) OT - Digital Millenium Copyright Act public comment phase
(exotica) E-Bay summary
(exotica) new secret museum clips and site
(exotica) Dada's Exotiquarium: eXotica Releases Overview: 1999 favorites: addition
(exotica) looking for cover scans: Countdown + Barbarella
(exotica) Julia Lee boxed set
Re: (exotica) Julia Lee boxed set
Re: (exotica) Re: Skiffle is...
Re: (exotica) OT - Digital Millenium Copyright Act public comment phase
(exotica) Les Humphries Singers
(exotica) Hip 9-year olds
(exotica) FW: Moon Gas
Re: (exotica) Les Humphries Singers
Re: (exotica) Les Humphries Singers

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:35:58 -0800
From: "Brian Linds" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Basic Black

It=92s Beauty on Basic Black
SATURDAY MARCH 4, 2000

Tune in to Basic Black sometime between 10:30 A.M and 11:00A.M on CBC Rad=
io
1 (PST on Real Audio  http://www.basicblack.com/) .
We=92ll here star of stage and screen and even a marijiuana bust Robert
Mitchum singing Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, 1967=92s Miss America Beauty Pa=
gent
winner Marilyn Van Derbur instructs us that Beauty Is a Duty. Just listen=
 to
Miss Derbur tell us that the way to please you husband is to get dressed
first thing every morning and put on a face because  "even a barn looks
better painted".
Sound good? You betcha! But that=92s not all folks! From the American Sta=
ndard
musical The Bathrooms Are Coming we=92ll hear My Bathroom Is A Private Ki=
nd Of
Place. What an embarresment when a gentleman dancing with his wife discov=
ers
that she is Boppin In Flip Flops from the American Song Poem archives.  A=
nd
there=92s a lot more!
Have fun=85!
Brian Linds




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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:43:12 -0800
From: "Brian Linds" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Basic Black

Sorry. For all you listeners on real audio, it's between 10:30A.M -
11:00A.M. Eastern Standard Time. http://www.basicblack.com/
Brian



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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 10:10:33 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Oh Yeah

>I also picked up a mint condition record by Luke
>Leilani and His Royal Hawaiians, Hawaiian Paradise.
>It's all no-name Hawaiian songs on the COronet label.
>Is this one of those re-issues that pumps the same
>surf-based tunes into different packages?

It is. Mimi




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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:53:47 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, March 19

At 11:05 PM 3/17/00 -0500, cheryl wrote:
>
>Space Bop #87   "FSUK"
>
>Sounds like something obscene, but it really stands for "The Future
>Sound of the United Kindgom" - a label with 4 - 2CD compilations to its
>credit, each mixed by a different person (or group), juxtaposing new
>breakbeats with old sounds - everything from Jefferson Airplane to
>Fatboy Slim.  Here's a sample of what to expect...
>
>Moog:    Mastermind  "FSUK 3"
>Primordial Soup:  Light 'Em Up Scratch 'Em Up  "FSUK 3"
>Sons Of Silence:  Bobby Dazzler  "FSUK 3"

You guys have started burning CD's, haven't you?
I know you're in the exoticaring and of course you have a radio show too.
But have you ever thought of burning CD's on a regular basis for poor souls
like me who read about all this stuff you find and with very few
exceptions, never even see any of it.  ( I did see a copy of Ursula1000 but
didn't buy it yet).
I know it would be a lot of work and maybe some days it would come down to
a choice between your son and your sad-sack subscribers but I'm sure you'd
find a way to do the right thing by all of us.
I read about all kinds of records that I'll never hear and in most cases,
I've made my peace with it but when it comes to the stuff you guys find,
it's still frustrating.
I'd do the same for you. You know I would.  Unfortunately I'm suddenly too
busy constantly cleaning my apartment.

Nat




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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 13:26:12 -0500
From: Ross 'Mambo Frenzy' Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Baxter

Peter Risser wrote:
>I just picked up an album entitled Les Baxter's
>Original Quiet Village, Capitol ST 1846.  It says Les
>Baxter as the artist on the spine.  Can anyone tell me
>where this falls in the Les-xicon?

Buried in the fine print at the bottom of the liner notes is the
explanation--It's a "greatest hits" reissue, of material from his
five exotica-flavored releases on Capitol:

Ritual of the Savage
Tamboo!
Caribbean Moonlight
Ports of Pleasure
Jewels of the Sea

I presume the occasion for putting this together was when Denny's
cover of "Quiet Village" became such a big hit. It's a pretty nice
selection, as I recall.


JB Le Noir wrote:
>Yvette Mimieux
>reading Beaudelaire(or was it Rimbaud?) backed by Ali Akbar Khan is atop
>my want list.

Just saw Khan live in Ann Arbor last night! That guy is one f*ing
amazing 77-year old. Zakir Hussain on tabla. Quite a show.

cheers,


  --Ross

|| Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr  <[e-mail]>
|| Ann Arbor, Michigan USA


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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 15:06:02 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Diana Dors

>
>"Swingin Dors" was a holy grail of mine after i heard "Rollercoaster
>Blues" on the blonde sex kitten comp.
>Oh well, eBay
>giveth and eBay taketh away, won Kenyon Hopkins' "The Strange One" for a
>sawbuck this past week....

Does ebay change your relationship with your holy grails?  (And shouldn't
you only have one holy grail at a time?)  Is the Kenyon thing one of his
"crime jazz" things?  How do you find your holy grails on ebay?  Do you
just type them into a search engine or do you have to look through every
vinyl auction?
I've resisted it so far.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 12:37:25 -0800
From: "Benito Vergara" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Cribbed Record Covers

Some off the top of my head:

There's a White Zombie CD (called "Supersexy Sounds" or something like that)
whose cover (a woman in a hammock, I think) could only have come from some
exotica album.

Sleater Kinney's "Dig Me Out" album is taken from one by the Kinks.

And does the Clash's "London Calling" count? I know the title font and
design is taken from an Elvis LP...

Later,
Ben

np: derek bailey and susie ibarra, "daedal"

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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:03:03 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Diana Dors

>Oh well, eBay
>giveth and eBay taketh away, won Kenyon Hopkins' "The Strange One" for a
>sawbuck this past week...

<< How do you find your holy grails on ebay?  Do you
 just type them into a search engine or do you have to look through every
 vinyl auction? >>

In this case, you would type "Kenyon Hopkins" into the search box.  Simple as
that.  :)  Any hits will come up.

<<Is the Kenyon thing one of his
"crime jazz" things? >>

Yes, Nat, you'd dig it.  I think a couple of easier titles are up right now.
Mister Budwing and Yellow Canary.  Eleven Against The Ice is in there too.  I
picked up The Fugitive Kind there not long ago.  The Hustler is the ONE!!

<<I've resisted it so far.>>

You really shouldn't.  Then again, The less competition, the better.  :)
Seriously, this is a powerful resource for finding stuff, selling too.  Check
it out.








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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:51:24 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Skiffle is...

Moritz wrote:
> In my guess, Skiffle is the European equivalent of
> Dixieland Jazz. To my father's generation, when they were young, it was a
very
> popular and successful music style to do yourself.
Much as I've gotten over my interest in Dixieland Jazz, I'd hate to pass it
off or compare it to any do-it-yourself costume party affair.  I think many
people do attach this image to it, probably after seeing one too many Dukes
of Dixieland records, but New Orleans Jazz is one of the most important and
original musical styles of the last century and an important part of
American culture.  Skiffle sounds to me like a kind of cleaned up
middle-class imitation , likely done by white people, but imitating a
musical styles that was created and exemplified by blacks.  The Bonzo Doo
Dah Dog Band  may not be the best example as they made fun of the
establishment through their music.  Still I think I understand much better
from Moritz's description what Skiffle was.





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Date: 18 Mar 2000 17:54:28 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Diana Dors

At 06:03 PM 18-03-00 EST, BasicHip wrote:
>In this case, you would type "Kenyon Hopkins" into the search box.  Simple
as
>that.  :)  Any hits will come up.

And, even if none come up, just save it as a bookmark.  Then, anytime you
use that bookmark again you can do a one button search.  I have bookmarks
set up to search for titles, general categories or musicians.  I file them
in various folders under ebay so that I don't have to go through a large
list (hierarchy is easier to sift through).  Thus:
ebay>records>musicians>"Kenyon Hopkins"  *Once in a while* the ebay search
engine goes down, but most of the time it is quite functional and pulls up
a good list.  As long as the seller properly names the auction item or
gives a good description, you should find everything available.  Do put
quotes around the name, otherwise you will pull up stuff with separate
words Kenyon and Hopkins in them.  Not sure what non-"Kenyon Hopkins"
entries would come up with.  I do know my Sid Bass entry came up with all
sorts of non-"Sid Bass" type things.  People often put their items in the
wrong ebay categories, so this is a good way to make sure you look at
everything.  Of course, you could search a single category if you want by
first getting the category listing up and clicking the "search only in
the...category" button.  The search will be only on titles, but if you want
to, say, find a record with Kenyon Hopkins involvement, his name may appear
only (if at all) in the description, so you would also want to "search in
title and title" (another button).

Good luck!

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
http://www.hubris.net/zolac
The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth


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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:05:29 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) OT - Digital Millenium Copyright Act public comment phase

If you have concerns about the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and its
lock-em-up implications (no more fair use), the US Copyright office is
taking public comments (deadline of March 31, 2000). Information here:

http://www.eff.org/ip/DMCA/20000316_eff_dmca_alert.html

And if you don't know what the heck this is about, here's the first
paragraph of the linked page:

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) is a so-called "update"
to the US copyright laws, that strongly favors the rights of copyright
holders over all others, and may interfere strongly with fair use rights,
the right to reverse engineer, the right to conduct cryptographic analyses,
and many other rights held by individuals and by companies in other
industries than information and entertainment content. The law could even
thwart libraries' and museums' ability to archive information, and
interfere with education and research in our schools and universities.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 03:09:21 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) E-Bay summary

I just want to say that Bag's summary below met my needs to a T..Thanks B

In a message dated 3/18/0 8:54:48 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>And, even if none come up, just save it as a bookmark.  Then, anytime you
>use that bookmark again you can do a one button search.  I have bookmarks
>set up to search for titles, general categories or musicians.  I file them
>in various folders under ebay so that I don't have to go through a large
>list (hierarchy is easier to sift through).  Thus:
>ebay>records>musicians>"Kenyon Hopkins"  *Once in a while* the ebay search
>engine goes down, but most of the time it is quite functional and pulls up
>a good list.  As long as the seller properly names the auction item or
>gives a good description, you should find everything available.  Do put
>quotes around the name, otherwise you will pull up stuff with separate
>words Kenyon and Hopkins in them.  Not sure what non-"Kenyon Hopkins"
>entries would come up with.  I do know my Sid Bass entry came up with all
>sorts of non-"Sid Bass" type things.  People often put their items in the
>wrong ebay categories, so this is a good way to make sure you look at
>everything.  Of course, you could search a single category if you want by
>first getting the category listing up and clicking the "search only in
>the...category" button.  The search will be only on titles, but if you want
>to, say, find a record with Kenyon Hopkins involvement, his name may appear
>only (if at all) in the description, so you would also want to "search in
>title and title" (another button).


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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:00:44 -0500
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) new secret museum clips and site

Hi, exotica list,

I'm in the beta stage (still designing, a long way to go) of the new
secret museum site, but there some audio clips and labels you might
like...

http://www.megasaver.com/audio/textlinks/prem2000a.ram
http://www.megasaver.com/audio/textlinks/dreamharvest25mono.ram
http://www.megasaver.com/sma/sma2.html
http://www.megasaver.com/sma/sma1.html
http://www.megasaver.com/sma/smaradio.html

Please note that there will be an entire show on the roots of exotica,
going back at least 80 years~!

take care, all... all comments welcome. The final pages will probably be
completely different! I write all HTML manually and i'm still 2 years
behind in code. Any suggestions, sites i should look at, etc. is more
than welcome!

there will be about 100 cool labels and many times that many audio
clips.

Yippee!

ck
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Listen ANY TIME at http://www.megasaver.com/sma/sma1.html
Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air"
every Tuesday 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM
& WXHD (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM
http://wfmu.org/ then go to 'listen to wfmu'


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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 19:44:12 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dada's Exotiquarium: eXotica Releases Overview: 1999 favorites: addition

i'm gonna add this cd to my fave's of 1999 overview:

Les Double Six: "Les Double Six"
CD, BMG RCA Victor 74321 65659, USA, 1999

French vocalese sextet Inspired by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, that brings
swinging vocal loungy jazz. This 20-track collection spans the years
1959-'62, with  acrobatic vocal jazz arrangements of music that was
originally performed by the bands of Count Basie, Woody Herman, Shelly
Manne, John Coltrane, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan
Kenton, and Quincy Jones. Double Six member Mimi Perrin listened to the
trumpet and other solo's played by the original bands, and brilliantly
transformed them into words! Veteran of the group Ward Swingle later
started the Swingle Singers. As featured on the "Twist again au cine" comp
CD.

The "eXotica Releases Overview":
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/disq.htm

Dada's Exotiquarium:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/

        Johan

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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 16:43:18 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) looking for cover scans: Countdown + Barbarella

I'm looking for good quality cover scans of Jimmie Haskell's "Countdown" +
"Barbarella" soundtrack. i've searched on the web, but only found Jack
Diamond's poor quality scans. by good quality, i mean:
full LP size 72 dpi (or CD size 150 dpi),
full color = 32 bit,
jpeg compressed "normal" quality, which is half-way the scale.

anyone who can help me? if you want something from me, we could do some
sort of trade. i don't have a scanner myself, so don't ask for a cover scan
;-)

speaking of cover scans on the web: Joe Holmes' "Gallery of Exotic Album
Covers" is gone!?

        Johan

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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:07:43 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Julia Lee boxed set

> Date: 14 Aug 1999 22:33:20 +0000
> From: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: (exotica) rendezvous with an occasional man
>
> At 10:56 PM 14-08-99 -0500, Elisabeth wrote:
> And speaking of Mosaic, does anybody know of other small,
> web-order only labels doing this kind of quality reissues?
> Bear Family. They have their own website out of Germany, but it
> is often easier to order through ccmusic.com (Collector's Choice Music).
> Great reissues. I have Eartha Kitt and the Prima/Butera/Keely sets.
> Wonderful documentation and very complete. They have lots of other great
> boxed sets, though.
> Byron

Call me a latecomer, but lemme tell that these Bear Family boxed sets
are the best-ever examples of packaged music. It is just impossible
to make things better: complete recordings plus unissued tracks,
deluxe package, lavishly illustrated full-colour booklets with essays
that litterally tell everything there's to know, discographies, etc.
I have several of them (the Prima+Smith+Butera+Witnesses, the first 2
issues of the Complete Sun Singles, the L. Jordan). And the Julia Lee
one. I was so after her that I accidentally bought 2 of this. To
those of don't who, she was an overweight good time early 50's Kansas
City jump blues piano player black shouter; her rhythm was stomping
and her lyrics are real fun. Sort of a female side of Louis Jordan.
So I have this sealed box (5 cd's, it's called "Kansas City Star") to
offer for trade or sale. If someone is interested, please write me
off list and we'll arrange it somehow.
Let's jump for joy.
Ciao
Gionni


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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 16:43:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Julia Lee boxed set

Hey, do y'all who are gone on Julia Lee also dig Big Joe Turner, another
Kansas City Star? Can anyone recommend a great boxed set of his stuff? Lots
of jumpin' for joy if Bear Family would release a Turner boxed set. Will
have to check out Miss Lee. Thanks for the tipoff. Mimi




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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:20:27 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Skiffle is...

Brian Karasick wrote:

> Moritz wrote:
> > In my guess, Skiffle is the European equivalent of
> > Dixieland Jazz. To my father's generation, when they were young, it was a
> >very popular and successful music style to do yourself.

> I'd hate to pass it
> off or compare it to any do-it-yourself costume party affair.

> New Orleans Jazz is one of the most important and
> original musical styles of the last century and an important part of
> American culture.  Skiffle sounds to me like a kind of cleaned up
> middle-class imitation , likely done by white people, but imitating a
> musical styles that was created and exemplified by blacks.

Absolutely. But have mercy with those German "Swing Kids", who had little
chance to stay up-to-date with what was going on in the "real" Jazz world
during the Nazi years, started their own combos when those times were over at
last. In fact they started from point Zero and picked a style as their
favorite which was the maximal difference to the ridiciolously ambitious and
sublime Nazi culture they always had hated. The skiffle groups never developed
any other ambitions than playing at parties and increasing fun. They helped to
reestablish a cosmopolitan side that Germany was about to loose and in  the
way they did it even became kind of unique, as surprising as this might be. I
don't say that I ever liked it, but for the generation of my parents it was
definitely a progress. You could say for them it was Punk.

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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:20:44 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) OT - Digital Millenium Copyright Act public comment phase

m.ace wrote:

>
> The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) is a so-called "update"
> to the US copyright laws, that strongly favors the rights of copyright
> holders over all others, and may interfere strongly with fair use rights,
> the right to reverse engineer, the right to conduct cryptographic analyses,
> and many other rights held by individuals and by companies in other
> industries than information and entertainment content. The law could even
> thwart libraries' and museums' ability to archive information, and
> interfere with education and research in our schools and universities.

"They" have to keep the creative intelligenzia on "their" side... join or
rebel!

Mo



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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 17:33:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les Humphries Singers

Does anyone know who these people are??

I have these mp3s that I downloaded that are totally
over the top Montenegro-style now-sound choral pieces.
 All Christmas tunes.  Totally enthusiastic.
Also, a bizarre quasi-hispanic take on First Noel.

Who are these people?

Peter

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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:42:45 -0500
From: Craig Carlson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hip 9-year olds

Brian Phillips wrote:

>Yeah, like you all were hip at nine years old.

Of course we were! Hipper than we are now... Courtesy of my siblings I played:

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis
Dontcha Just Know It by Huey Smith and the Clowns
Come Softly by the Fleetwoods
Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin
Bongos, Flutes, and Guitars by Enoch Light et al
Witch Doctor by David Seville

and more...

Courtesy of Mom and Dad ("The Pares"):

West Side Story (Broadway cast)
The Pajama Game (Broadway cast)
Bye Bye Birdie (Broadway cast)

and on and on...

The funny thing is that I didn't really differentiate between that music
and the top 40 that I was also a slave to, other than to wonder why the AM
DJ's didn't play "Steam Heat" and "The Jet Song" along with The Orlons and
Roy Orbison.

Was I hip? The first record(s) I ever bought with my own money: "Louie
Louie" by The Kingsmen and "Hot Pastrami" by the Dartells (two for $1.29).

Probably not!

Craig

PS: About 15 years after my folks sold our house, there was an ad in the
local paper for a tag sale at our old address. I didn't see the ad, but an
old high school classmate called me up and alerted me. I went and bought
back almost all of our old records, along with the portable record player I
used to have in my bedroom.



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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:46:15 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FW: Moon Gas

I was sent this over the weekend,  can anybody help the guy?  The boots that
were about seem to have dried up over here,  but I suppose he'd be after the
original thing.

cheers
El Maestro Con Queso

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> From:     Bert Loan[SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Sent:     18 March 2000 01:34
> To:     [e-mail]
> Subject:     Moon Gas
>
> Hi there,  I just ran across your site searching for "Moon Gas". I am
> trying to track down a copy
> of "Moon Gas" as Mary Mayo was my Aunt and unfortunately no one in our
> family has a copy.  Any clues on where to find a copy?
>
> Regards,
> Bert Loan
> [e-mail]
>
>


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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:46:50 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Humphries Singers

Peter Risser wrote:

> Does anyone know who these people are??
>
> I have these mp3s that I downloaded that are totally
> over the top Montenegro-style now-sound choral pieces.
>  All Christmas tunes.  Totally enthusiastic.
> Also, a bizarre quasi-hispanic take on First Noel.
>
> Who are these people?

Les Humphries is only interesting for musicians who are looking for samples.

The last time I heard of Les Humphries was 1998, when he called a London
Newspaper pretending he was his brother, which soon turned out does not exist,
and said he was dead.

Check this out: http://www.zenon.ru/~uheep/lawton/lhs_old.htm

Discographie:

                                                1970 Rock My Soul
                                                1970 Singing Explosion
(Medleys)
                                                1970 Singing Revolution
(Medleys)
                                                1971 We'll Fly You To The
Promised Land
                                                1971 Singing Kaleidoscope
(Medleys)
                                                1971 We Are Goin' Down Jordan
                                                1971 Singing Detonation
(Medleys)
                                                1971 Old Man Moses
                                                1971 Sing Hallelujah
                                                1971 Live In Concert (Hamburg
20.11.1971)
                                                1972 Seasons Greetings
(Christmas Carols)
                                                1972 Singing Rotations
(Medleys)
                                                1972 Mexico
                                                1973 Sound 73 (Medleys)
                                                1973 Mama Loo
                                                1973 The World Of The Les
Humphries Singers (Compilation)
                                                1973 Live In Europe
                                                1973 Carnival
                                                1973 Happy Sounds
                                                1973 Sound 73 Vol. 2 (Medleys)

                                                1974 Kansas City
                                                1974 Sound 74 (Medleys)
                                                1974 Piano Party
(Double-Album)
                                                1974 The Golden World Of The
Les Humphries Singers (Compilation)
                                                1974 One Of These Days
                                                1974 Rock & Roll Party
(Rock-Medleys)
                                                1974 Rock & Roll Party Vol. 2
(Rock-Medleys)
                                                1975 Live For Today
                                                1975 Les Humphries 75
(Medleys)
                                                1975 Amazing Grace Of The Les
Humphries Singers (Compilation)
                                                1975 Singing & Swinging -
World Hits For Dancing
                                                1975 Party on the rocks
(medleys)
                                                1975 Family Show
                                                1975 The Les Humphries Singers
Live (Double-Album)
                                                1976 Singing Sensations
(Medleys)
                                                1976 Sing Sang Song
                                                1976 Grand Galas - The Les
Humphries Singers (Compilation)
                                                1976 Disco Dancing (Medleys)
                                                1982 Portrait Of The Les
Humphries Singers (Double-Album)
                                                1996 The Best Of The Les
Humphries Singers (Compilation)

(Can you read "Babelfish"?):

As juvenile counterpart to the medium Terzett may not the Les Humphries
Singers remain unmentioned, which landed a Tophit into the 70ern after the
other one and were still display-present as the merry three from the blue
mountains, it gave no music and maintenance transmission on the German
television, in which the multicolored zusammengewuerfelte Multi Kulti troop
did not occur and provided for tendency.  The Englishman Les Humphries (58)
came end of the 60's as a career soldier of the British army to Hamburg and
created with Achim " the player " Reichel the group of Wonderland there among
other things. 1970 he brought then the Les Humphries Singers into being, a
flippige by the American flow he power movement of the late 60's inspired
group of singing of both kinds of sex and international Couleur or. Skin
colour.

 By rockig poppigem sound thereby loud neck was sung accompanied, always
eagerly by all involved ones to inclusive that spectators rhythmically into
the hands applauded and somebody always hit on a defenseless Tambourin. Since
the complete choir would have blown up the capacity of most TV studios, the
Les Humphries Singers occurred in full occupation, the individual members
alternated rarely among themselves, to Les Humphries however always
participated, was with it however basically discretely in the background.
Special attention very often earns a Asiate with Schnaeuzer, that thereby was
and its speciality it to whirl with the instrument valley phases between the
individual strophen two metal bars by air while all different wiegten in the
background back and forth and-naturally again into the hands applauded. Apart
from an appearance in the Klamauk series Klimbim did not make the Les
Humphries Singers times before the commissioner stop. In the consequence the
night, in the Bassek died (1973) had Mr. Keller and its young the murder at an
owner of night club to clear up, in its Etablissement, who Allround club
(?!!), the even Les Humphries Singers live in concert gastierten, like a
poster in the office betrayed (on that by the way only Les was shown).
Surrounded by hair, Schlapphueten, impact and pairs of overalls the
Kriminalisten solved the case, while the Humphries sound roared by the action,
whereby in the full vollplayback beside Jennifer Adam and Hooray also her
largest hits mummy Loo and Mexico to the best one were given.

 Center of the 70's tried Humphries seriously, probably in an accumulation of
size size of, the King personally, Elvis Presley, to lure with a Millionengage
for a tour to Germany with which it wanted to occur with its troop in the
interlude. The fact that neither Elvis the did not react pelvis (at this time
for drugs, Cheeseburger and banana pudding was anyway only interested), still
its to manager Colonel Parker to an offer in writing at all, understands
itself actually automatically.
 Equal the first Song skirt My Soul stormed 1970 the hit parades, many further
best sellers should to center of the decade follow, apart from the z. B
already mentioned. We of AR Goin ' down Jordan , old one Moses ,Take Care OF
ME , We'll Fly You to of The Promised country , Carnival , Kansas town center
or old time religion 1976 finally sang the Les Humphries Singers, only
strengthened as Trio, but by lacquer ape Juergen " a grain in the camp bed "
Drews for Germany with the Grand Prix d'Eurovison de la chanson. Actually
would have Tony " beautiful Maid " Marshall this to do are, but the title of
the Badeners, which for almost thirty years with the same Curl lockenperuecke
runs around, is to have been allegedly a plagiarism, and like that was the way
freely for Les Humphries and its sings sang Song . To the first and only mark
one sang in German language, and the following text single dump was proof
enough, why one finally landed thereby only on rear ranks: " come ' sing '
with me, because sing frees for us all, sing ' with us, which pleases you and
for the whole world, because only the music brings all under a hat, we needs
you to sings sang to Song, etc.. "

 Afterwards air was finally raus from the Les Humphries Singers, the
individual members disappeared as inconspicuously as it had come (one of the
colored singers fled because of tax liabilities into Switzerland) and Les
lives for a long time already in Paris. The percentages of profits flow
further, however already owing to upper supervisor Stephan Derrick. As perhaps
everyone does not know, the schmissige title music Second Channel of German
Television crime film series that-of the same name originates from Humphries '
feather/spring and is as single tone carriers a genuine rare piece (is
naturally in the internal Cine4- file). Humphries was married into the 70ern a
short time with the Croatian actress Dunja Rajter (the marriage ceremony found
in the context of a pompoesen, folkloristischen gypsy wedding) and wanted to
set in motion their singing career by own success strengthened also, which did
not succeed to him however. Dunja turned dear Schlagerfuzzi Christian"Es does
not drive to to course anywhere " differently too, which should however
likewise prove as Flop for her (see: The brood of the bad one). In October
1998 the following events occurred: on one Friday afternoon, few hours before
radiant emittance of the last Derrick episode, called Les Humphries in a
Londoner newspaper editorship and stated, it was dead, whereby it output
itself as its own brother, who does not exist at all, as on the next day
should turn out. Instead it was to be experienced that Les is probably quite
frustiert and itself the time with the benefit of enormous quantities of
Chamgagners and peanuts drives out. As a once celebrated star he cannot
understand, why he has no more success. The Cineasti 4 however already. Beyond
that between 1970 and 1989 over 30 hit Singles, among them 1986 a Remix von
Mexico was published on the occasion of the football WM etc etc etc.....



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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:05:52 +0100
From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Humphries Singers


>Does anyone know who these people are??
>
>I have these mp3s that I downloaded that are totally
>over the top Montenegro-style now-sound choral pieces.
> All Christmas tunes.  Totally enthusiastic.
>Also, a bizarre quasi-hispanic take on First Noel.
>
>Who are these people?
>
>Peter


Can't tell, hated them so much at the time that I went to great
length avoiding them, cafes and discos where Les Humphries played
were definitely off limits, hence I only remember the one that
couldn't be avoided: To my father's house. They're sort of German,
right, Mo?

Cheers, Ton

PS

Didn't Les die a couple of years ago? Lou?



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