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exotica-digest        Saturday, April 15 2000        Volume 02 : Number 688



In This Digest:

(exotica) Il Giaguaro
Re: (exotica) Denny
RE: (exotica) Denny
Re:  (exotica) cardboard 7 sleeves
Re: (exotica) Denny Price
Re: (exotica) Ernie K-Doe
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re: (exotica) Ernie K-Doe
Re: (exotica) Denny
Re: (exotica) Trying to Catch Up
(exotica) Jazz Heat Bongo Beat Reissued
Re:  Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re: (exotica) Denny vs Baxter
Re: (exotica) Denny
Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny
Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny
(exotica) Denny vs Baxter
Re: (exotica) Denny vs Lyman
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re:  Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny
Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny
(exotica) Denny's BDay
(exotica) [obits] Ken Peterson,Arnold H. Johnson,James Charles ``Bud'' Wingard
(exotica) Re: Bedazzled / "song"
(exotica) Re:  FAQ... links please!
Re: (exotica) Irma la Douce (was good night tokyo)
(exotica) "The Later Lounge: Vol. 1"
(exotica) Re: chevy to the levy
(exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Re: (exotica) Got it forra buck!!!!!!!
(exotica) Re: question about cds in Italy
(exotica) Lord Sitar on comp
Re: (exotica) Lord Sitar on comp
(exotica) [obit] Alan Betrock

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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:28:31 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Il Giaguaro

Issue n. 1, following a previous n. 0, of the "Il Giaguaro" magazine
is out. It is published both in italian and english, and features
articles such as:
- - Mondo Esotico: a journey through made-in-italy
  exoticism;
- - Michel Pergolani interviews Francis Bacon (for Playmen,
  october   1970);
- - Italian Fashion: the birth;
- - Barrier Of Flesh: the eroticism of bodies as meat for slaughter (an
  essay on japanese filmaker Suzuki Seijun);
- - an interview with Dario Argento (for Horror, september 1970);
- - Evergreen: an essay on Porsche cars;
- - an interview with Amedeo Tommasi, prime mover of the Italian jazz
  scene;
- - an essay on The Avengers: two very special agents;
- - an essay on Concrete Music: the art of fixed sounds;
- - Smart Corner: 10 songs to make love by (by Scanna Mo'Plen);
- - reviews and a FREE 7" vinyl with 4 Piero Piccioni tracks.

Contact the man from Giaguaro at:
[e-mail]

Ciao
gionni paludi


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:39:42 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny

In a message dated 4/14/0 3:31:02 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Yeah, well I am looking at a framed Primitiva album

Which I still need to get. I got spoiled early on by the Rhino Denny CD (I
think my first Exotica recording before I knew it REALLY existed) I made a
decision when I got into it through Br Cleve's 1997 night at Lizard Lounge
that I had "enough" denny and would pursue other things. Then I grabbed a
Scamp Denny or two--on CD. But one day I found "Forbidden Island" at a yard
sale for 25 cents. I snatched it up. Then I decided I wanted all the Denny
LP's up to the unofficial cutoff point. Then last month I found ANOTHER
"Forbidden Island", this one with a different cover including a shiny gold
tiki.
The question (Ashley, Cleve, Bob, Jack?) are the Denny LP's released in
multiple covers? If so which ones?...Jimmy Botticelli/Dennynouveau compleatist


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:53:47 -0400
From: "Batsford, Don" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Denny

How much does a Primitiva album go for these days?


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:10:39 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) cardboard 7 sleeves

In a message dated 4/14/0 8:59:01 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Do any UK  (or nearby europe) listers know where I can get hold of cardboard
>7" record sleeves.  The sort of thing Northern Soul DJ's used to use.

Try "Bags Unlimited" All things for holding vinyl. Advertised in "Goldmine"
and "Discoveries". If it isn't found in there it isn't found anywhere...JB


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:17:17 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny Price

In a message dated 4/14/0 1:49:36 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>How much does a Primitiva album go for these days?
>

I usually see it priced in used LP stores for between 10 and 15


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:52:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ernie K-Doe

In a message dated 4/14/00 11:29:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< K-Doe has recorded such hits as "A Certain Girl", "T'ain't It the Truth",
"Come On Home", "Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta", "Later for Tomorrow", just to name a few.
His biggest recording was "Mother-in-Law", which sold millions.  >>

The te ta te ta ta and mother in law are beach music staples here in the
Shagging Lowcountry of South Carolina.

Anybody seen the movie "Shag" with Pheobe Cates?  A different kind of Cates
for sure and one freaking good looking chick!

Wow!

(got the exclamations from Jack)

TB


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:00:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

In a message dated 4/14/00 2:00:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< It's no one else's business what is between me and someone else
 If it gets to be too too much, "the attacks", then I'm history once again
 and I truly believe that we all lose, so if you don't agree with me
 personally and you want to "share" that disagreement, then please share it
 with me.
 It really doesn't have anything to do with anyone else

 Jack >>

Jack, you are OK, I am OK and the whole fucking list is OK.  Hang around a
while and give us your wisdom and those exclamation marks ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
 (that was 10 of 'em btw)

TB


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:02:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ernie K-Doe

K-does Bar in new Orleans is a hoot.  Mr. K-Doe sings along with his songs plyed on
a juke box from his mike behind the counter for tips.

To use the bathroom in the bar you have to go through some old lady's living room
while she watches TV.

Makes it easy to see why they call it the Big Easy

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


- --- [e-mail] wrote:
>
> << K-Doe has recorded such hits as "A Certain Girl", "T'ain't It the Truth",
> "Come On Home", "Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta", "Later for Tomorrow", just to name a few.
> His biggest recording was "Mother-in-Law", which sold millions.  >>
>

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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:03:52 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny

In a message dated 4/14/00 2:49:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< How much does a Primitiva album go for these days? >>

15ish on ebay maybe???????  they vary.  it is a hell of a cover


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:06:15 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Trying to Catch Up

In a message dated 4/14/00 12:08:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I'm SOOO far behind in the digests, but here goes
 anyway.

 1)
 As far as BJ goes, she was REALLY annoying, but that's
 no reason for anyone else to behave like a jerk.  I'm
 trying to teach my nine-year-old son that right now.
  >>

Oh, it gives us something to do!



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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:26:04 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jazz Heat Bongo Beat Reissued

Top 5 best, flute, bass, drums, bongo beatin' beatnik jazz rekkids of all
time has been reissued on CD!
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

Reissued from Spain
I'll have some in a couple of weeks if anyone cares
I'll let you know when they are in

UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!

Buddy Collette's "Jazz Heat Bongo Beat", originally on Crown (of all labels!)

Look, only 4 exclamation points
JD

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Sunday morning, from 9AM-11AM (PST), 10AM-Noon (MT),
11AM-1PM (CT) and/or Noon-2PM (ET) and then a repeat of the same
shows on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, from Midnight - 2AM (PST),
1AM-3AM, (MT), 2-4AM (CT) and/or 3-5AM (ET) on Go Ga Ga Free Form
Eclectic Internet Only Radio.  I know you would dig it:)
http://www.gogaga.com/channel.php3?stationName=freeform
Since August, 1999



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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:53:07 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

In a message dated 4/14/0 5:03:03 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Jack, you are OK, I am OK and the whole f_____g list is OK.  Hang around a
>while and give us your wisdom and those exclamation marks ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
!

And Jack, I really didn't understand Mo's saying he felt "frightened" by your
postings. He has always seemed such a fearless lad.  I think he might have
overreacted..  I never knew you to carry a torch for the IRA  either.  I
suspect you don't devote a lot of time to Ireland and its problems. As I have
always said, you are a passionate devotee of this music. We need passionate
devotees here.  Stick around and Vive La Difference! Vive La Digeste
Exotique!...Jacques Botticelli


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:04:40 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny vs Baxter

In a message dated 4/14/00 9:54:28 AM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< I would recommend Denny's brand of exotica over Baxter's to anyone new to
 this music, because I think it is much more fun to listen to.   Baxters best
 exotic music is far more sophisticated and challenging.  As far as an
overall
 comparison, it's a slam dunk for Baxter.  Just look at his recordings, from
 Music From the Moon and The Passions to the Dunwich Horror and Helles
Belles. >>

But "How To Stuff A Wild Bikini" and some of his other soundtracks are pretty
poor. If you are going to compare Denny vs. Baxter you have to do so on
shared terms. Undeniably Baxter wins with respect to composing.

However when it comes to arranging the job is a lot more difficult to
compare. Remember, not counting "Hypnotique," Denny arranged for a small 5
piece group which is quite different from Baxter's arrangements for an
orchestra. I would have to say they share equally a sense of sophistication
and challange. You surely must realize that while Baxter wrote "Quiet
Village" it is Denny's recording which is the most recogniozed version. For
this particular composition, in the arrangement department as Denny was able
to create far more atmosphere among a five man group than Baxter did with an
orchestra -- now that is something. Comparuing Baxter to Denny in this
respect is like apples and oranges....or should that be papayas and passion
fruits?

Ashley


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:08:39 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny

In a message dated 4/14/00 1:43:01 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< Which I still need to get. I got spoiled early on by the Rhino Denny CD (I
 think my first Exotica recording before I knew it REALLY existed) I made a
 decision when I got into it through Br Cleve's 1997 night at Lizard Lounge
 that I had "enough" denny and would pursue other things. Then I grabbed a
 Scamp Denny or two--on CD. But one day I found "Forbidden Island" at a yard
 sale for 25 cents. I snatched it up. Then I decided I wanted all the Denny
 LP's up to the unofficial cutoff point. Then last month I found ANOTHER
 "Forbidden Island", this one with a different cover including a shiny gold
 tiki.
 The question (Ashley, Cleve, Bob, Jack?) are the Denny LP's released in
 multiple covers? If so which ones?...Jimmy Botticelli/Dennynouveau
compleatist >>


"Forbidden Island" is the only Denny album to have a truly alternate cover.
As Denny mentioned in the liner notes to the Scamp CD some a&r or project
manager was just trying to give the orignal cover a more up-to-date look as
the original does look stylistically as one the most older looking of the lot.

Ashley


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:12:50 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny

Walter Wanderley is better than Lyman and Denny you idiots!!


Your pal
BJ













sorry I just couldn't resist an "in" joke

Ashley


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:31:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 [e-mail] wrote:

>
> Walter Wanderley is better than Lyman and Denny you idiots!!
>
>
> Your pal
> BJ

Ha ha! I'm sorry, but this just made me laugh and laugh!
Thank God someone still has a sense of humor around here. Everyone
seems so... so... tense lately!




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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:23:04 -0500
From: "Paul Wages" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Denny vs Baxter

Well, ok, I prefer Denny but don't find it so easy to dismiss Lyman.

I think I would have a harder time deciding between Les Baxter and Denny.
I know this has been probably been discussed in previous years but that was
before my days on the list.  Any takers?


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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:32:00 -0500
From: "Paul Wages" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny vs Lyman

Jack Diamond wrote:

> But, Lyman is weak and MD RULES
> Are there even bird calls on AL's LP's ?

I don't think I would consider the presence of bird calls as the benchmark
of good exotica (Baxter, Drasnin, etc.).

Wouldn't it even be too Lyman's credit that he didn't utilize Denny's
trademark bird sounds?  (Though, as Kevin points out, he often did.)

Paul Wages

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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:39:08 -0700
From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

Jack Diamond wrote:
> The only Denny albums I think of are the early early one's, up to about 1962
> After that, I really don't think of him.

You mean after many of the albums were ghosted..? Yep, that's a very
good assessment.

> If I disagree with someone and feel it enough to say something, that
> doesn't include the entire list, it only includes that person, so I will
> e-mail them off-list.

Jack, don't confuse "spirited" corrections with personal attacks. I
agree that major flames should be done offline, but (for example) when
**somebody** (e.g. you) makes LOUD PROCLOMATIONS then you've got to
expect a bit of "juice" when someone feels they must post to the list in
order to correct a false assertion. (e.g. my correction that Lyman did
indeed use birdcalls).

I should have done more winking.

;-)

Kevin Crossman

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:05:27 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny

In a message dated 4/14/0 10:33:06 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Ha ha! I'm sorry, but this just made me laugh and laugh!
>Thank God someone still has a sense of humor around here. Everyone
>seems so... so... tense lately!

Fuck You    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny

Is this for real?

Excellent. Good, sincere screed is hard to come by.
It's been a while.



I've always thought that many of the people on this
list are
"engineers" or
" scientists" and don't or can't allow themselves to
be passionate or
excited about music in general.

I live in the heart of "silicon valley" and engineers
and scientists
are
everywhere and their robotic nature is not something I
enjoy being
around,
so when I get given a hard time for my passion, I
wanna bail, because I
get
more than enough of that in my off-line life.


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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 08:47:31 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman Vs Denny

In a message dated 4/14/00 11:15:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Walter Wanderley is better than Lyman and Denny you idiots!!


 Your pal
 BJ >>

I love this List!


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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 05:54:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Denny's BDay

<<  I hope that each of you has enjoyed this little
story as much as I
have=20
enjoyed experiencing it and telling it.
>>

Goddammit you sick bastard, you made me cry!

What a good story.
Thanks TikiBob!

Peter

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:45:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Ken Peterson,Arnold H. Johnson,James Charles ``Bud'' Wingard

Disney Animator Ken Peterson Dead at 91:

SANTA FE, N.M.  (AP) -- Ken Peterson, who worked as a artist on Walt Disney's
''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'' died March 29 of cancer. He was 91.

After a brief attempt at making his own animated motion pictures,
Peterson joined the army of young artists Disney hired in 1936 for
''Snow White,'' the first feature-length animated film.

Peterson headed the art department for many animated films, including
''Alice in Wonderland,'' ''Lady and the Tramp'' and ''Sleeping Beauty.''
- ---
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actor Arnold H. Johnson, who starred in the 1969 film
''Putney Swope'' and was a regular on the television series ''Sanford and
Son,'' died Monday. He was 78.

He also appeared in several other television shows, including ''Good Times,''
''The Jeffersons,'' ''Highway to Heaven'' and ''Matlock.''

He was cast as Swope in the Robert Downey-directed comedy ''Putney Swope,''
about blacks taking over a Madison Avenue advertising agency.

Soon after, Norman Lear brought Johnson to Los Angeles for a running role as
George Hutton in the ''Sanford and Son'' sitcom, which ran from 1972 to 1977.

He also played a patient in ''A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich,'' a bum in
''Honky Tonk Freeway,'' a tattoo artist in ''Racing With the Moon,'' an inmate
in ''Weeds,'' a butler in ''Sunset,'' a janitor in ''The Seventh Sign'' and
Grandpapa in ''Menace II Society.''
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - James Charles ``Bud'' Wingard, long-time head writer for
the television country variety show ``Hee Haw,'' died Wednesday. He was 67.

Wingard was a cosmetics executive in California in the late 1960s when he
decided to move to Nashville to be a singer. His career stalled, so he went to
Archie Campbell, who later became a ``Hee Haw'' regular, for advice. Campbell
asked Wingard if he could write jokes and Wingard fibbed and said yes.

Wingard went on to lead a team of writers who turned out 2,000 jokes a year for
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:17:04 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Bedazzled / "song"

>In any case, it turns out that Harkit Records reissued the Bedazzled
>soundtrack last year (they also reissued the Klute soundtrack).  Does
>anyone have contact information for Harkit?

    no, but i bought my copy from <[e-mail]>
this "reissue" doesn't have the original cover though! but the sound is
very good. i like it, but the title song is by far and large the greatest
track here, IMO. for me, it's not worth anything more than a reissue price
tag.

    BTW, is a "song" with spoken words a song?

        Johan

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:37:59 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  FAQ... links please!

check out the "artists" part of the "Linquarium" page of my site:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/linq/linq.htm


        Johan

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 10:09:20 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Irma la Douce (was good night tokyo)

 william in taipei wrote (Hiya!)
>ps. is the irma la douce soundtrack a must have? i'm still figuring out
>which of those soundtracks i posted  about earlier to get.

I recycled it to Goodwill fairly fast...even though I'm a Billy Wilder freak=
.

A better choice of Shirley MacLaine fare: the Sweet Charity OST/ Hey Big
Spender and a frug number, featuring Sammy Davis Jr. at his get funky now!
best. Downside: a nearly toxic march. And some boring patches.

An even better choice would be the OST for Nights of Cabiria, on which Irma
was based.

But...Cabiria is unavailable. Even from CAM, the wellspring of Fellini/Rota
OSTs. Years of fruitless questing have turned up nothing.

I weep in despair.

Yoohoo, DJBatman, are you listening? Aiutare questo ammiratore contrastato
di Nino Rota, io li elemosinano!*

Mimi

* Babelfishese of "Help this thwarted admirer of Nino Rota, I beg you!"




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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 12:31:26 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) "The Later Lounge: Vol. 1"

At my local Borders this morning, I spotted the May 2000 issue of a British
men's magazine entitled "Later," sporting one of those free cover-mounted
CDs: "The Later Lounge: Vol 1 -- Twenty kitsch classics from the sixities and
seventies."

Of course, I snapped it up. The design of the disc is cool and it's filled
with some great stuff, including tracks from several of the Blue Note
compilations ("Blue Bacharach," "Blue Movies," "Blue Breakbeats"), Shirley
Bassey's "Light My Fire," Lord Sitar's "I Can See for Miles" and James
Clarke's "Blow Up a Go-Go" (aka "Wild Elephants," from the Gap commercial).

True, I have some of the tracks on other compilations, but it was too nifty
to pass up. A steal at $6.95

- --Rod
www.hitchmagazine.com


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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:36:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: chevy to the levy

lev╖ee1 (lv)
n.

An embankment raised to prevent a river from
overflowing.
A small ridge or raised area bordering an irrigated
field.
A landing place on a river; a pier.
v. tr. lev╖eed, lev╖ee╖ing, lev╖ees.
To provide with a levee.


I believe they are just driving to the levee to hang
out and have a good time.  I imagine that lots of
rural boys in the south drive to the levee to drink
and bullshit.

Also note the term levee in the Led Zep tune (and
hence plenty of old blues tunes), When the Levee
Breaks.

That whole thing on the American Pie site about the
black boys is probably taking it a little too far.

Oh yeah, a Chevy is a car.  :)

Peter

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 13:15:19 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour

It's a mixed bag of groovy goodies on this week's new Retro
Cocktail Hour webcast.  You'll find tunes by space age stalwarts
Jack Fascinato, The Three Suns, Dick Hyman, Henry Mancini and
Dean Elliott, among others.

Also -- Eastern-flavored exotica from Martin Denny and Abdul Alexi
Freeman and the Enquirers (Sonny Lester's nom du disque?);
bongo beats by Los Admiradores, Les Baxter and Preston Epps;
TV crime jazz from "Hawaii Five-O" and "Mannix" (Lalo Schifrin's
new Mannix CD is the giveaway this week at the Retro site!);
Italian movie tunes from Balanco, Armando Sciascia, Luis Bacalov
and Bruno Nicolai; plus, the Third Wave, Gary McFarland and more!

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the web right now, visit:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

Or listen for the live, STEREO webcast (Saturday, 7:00pm Central
time) at:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/realaudio/index.htm

Your comments, suggestions and requests always welcome.

Thanks for the space!

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html
Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:56:26 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Got it forra buck!!!!!!!

A few of my favorite 1 BUCK finds. I don't know (OR CARE!!!!!!!!!!) if they
are OFFICIAL HOT FINDS, but I LIKES 'EM just FINE, meself!!!!!!

JO ANN CASTLE - "ACCORDION IN HI-FI" - Burnin' BURNIN' BURNIN' HUNKA
BURNIN' ACCORDION LOVE!!!!!!!! The record that put the fear of GAWD!!!!!!
in Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren!!!! (and probably why she was banished to
honky tonk piano Siberia on LW's video show)

DICK CONTINO - "SQUEEZE ME!" - Accordion ACTION HERO, DC, turns it down a
notch from his usual IN-SIN-ERATE and lets PETE RUGOLO's tongue-in-cheek
(or just plain CHEEEEEKY!!!!!!) arrangements carry the set!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIVING BRASS - "THAT'S LIFE" - SPACE AGE POP meets NOW SOUND and throws a
ROCKIN' LAUGH-IN PARTY SCENE!!!!!!!!! Arranged and abetted by Ray BOOM BOOM
Martin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIE ADAMS SINGS? - "MUSIC TO LISTEN TO RECORDS BY" - LAUGH and SWOON
simultaneously as Edie puts the most subtle of spins on her vocal
nuances!!!!!!!!!!! OR SOMETIMES NOT SUBTLE AT ALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! Henry
MANcini runs the band, and hubbie, ERNIE KOKO-KOVACS makes a BOFFO
cameo!!!!!!!!!!!!! (wait, that one was 50 cents, so maybe it doesn't
count??!?!?!?!?!?)

"SENSATIONAL GUITARS OF DAN & DALE - BATMAN & ROBIN" - The Batman cash-in
ghosted by SUN RAAAAAAA, some of his guys and some members of THE BLOOOOZE
PROJECT!!!!!!!!! As a whole, the album doesn't really knock me out, but
SUNNY SLAMMIN' OUT the FRIGGIN' BATMAN THEME is too COOOOOL to not
mention!!!!! (a ZERO cent trash find, so it DEFinitely don't count!!!!!)

passionately,

m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/


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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:43:55 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: question about cds in Italy

Domenic wrote:

> Mio Padre is going to Abruzzo Italy to recover from doing his
> taxes. I was thinking of asking him to buy me stuff if it's cheaper in Italy. Is
> it?
>
> Thinking of the Easy tempo series and some soundtrack comps. Any
> ideas on what I should ask him to get? I have to be very specific. Or it
> won't work. Looking for new stuff to play on my radio show that people here
> the states will love.

and Cheryl replied:

> I don't know what prices in Italy are like, but I do know there are two
> very good compilations that Gionni sent me a while back, which are
> probably not readily available outside of Italy.  If you can get them
> there, I would highly recommend "Beat Psichedelico Alla Celluloide" and
> "Moisaico Psichedelico Alla Celluloide" - both great 60s instrumental
> stuff.  Johan reviewed these a while back - check his site for more
> in-depth reviews.  Very cool stuff...

And, directly from the boot, I would say that - unfortunately - discs
here aren't cheaper than in the States. I've even found out that it's
cheaper for me to buy them Italian movie music comps at
www.dustygroove.com, rather than getting them in the shops round the
block, which makes it quite unrealistic when you think that, say,
Irma has their headquarters just a fifteen minute walk from my home.

So it's not a matter of finding something cheaper, only to get
something you won't get in the States. Having said that, there's not
much to get here that you won't be able to get yourself in USA: all
Italian "lounge" (or call it whatever) labels are well distributed
abroad, and I would say that they even are better distributed abroad
than in the inside market. "Lounge" is not that big in Italy, and
those Italian products surely sell far better abroad than on the
domestic market. The fact that there are always been very few Italian
listmembers just prove that.

So, what could Domenico ask his papa' (Giovanni, isn't he?) to bring
him home? Nothing he couldn't find cheaper and more steadily at
Dusty Groove, I'd say. And I would be surprised if he'd even find the
most popular issues, like Easy Tempos, in an average record shop,
because these items are only stocked by "rock" oriented shops, which
are a minority. That's for the cd reissues. As far as original vinyl
is concerned, there just no hope to find it, at least you'd want to
spend big bucks at a record fair (a place where your pa is not
planning to go, I guess...). Thrift stores and garage sales still
have to be invented around here, and it takes a heavy dose of luck to
find some interesting items in a little village saturday morning flea
market.

The 2 records Cheryl mentioned were issued by a very little
indie label called "Giallo Records", which isn't distributed outside
Italy and has very scarce distribution even in Italy. I posted about
these when they came out, just as I do every time that gets released
an Italian disc that I think would not be easy to find abroad. These
two are actually the only Italian releases that didn't make it on the
dustygroove catalogue. Everything else that came out on Right Tempo,
Irma, Plastic, Aperitivo, Studio Uno, Dagored, Cinevox, Schema, etc.,
I see it's easily available in the States.

Trying to help, I "introduced" (no hand-shakin', just e-mail
crossin') Jack Diamond to Giallo Records, in order to find those
discs distribution in the USA; the man from Giallo did send, but I
think Giacomo Diamante (glad to read you back, btw) let them down.
If you'd want them, you better directly check Giallo Records at:
[e-mail]
(hope it's still there; if it's not, drop me a line, and I'll
enquire).

At the moment there's another new Italian label that specializes in
"Lounge", and that has yet to appear on Dusty Groove: it's Black Cat
Records, run by the guy who edits "Il Giaguaro" magazine. By now, it
has put out:
1. "Italian Lounge Beat Party" (BCR 0100) - unreleased
    tracks from the italian film music party, featuring Armando
    Trovajoli, Alessandro Alessandroni, Piero Piccioni, Nico Fidenco,
    Stefano Torossi, Luis Bacalov, and an interactive rom-track
    with an interview (in english) with A. Alessandroni;
2. The Psych-Jazzy-Beat of i Marc 4 (BCR 1001) - plus an
    interactive rom-track with an interview (in english) with
    Maurizio Majorana of Marc 4;
- -- coming soon on cd/dlp:
- -   "Fumo di Londra", OST by Piero Piccioni;
- -   "Italian Library Music Party, vol. 1";
- -   "Italian Lounge Beat Party, vol. 2".
You may want to directly check the ed at:
[e-mail]

Ciao everybody
Gionni Paludi

P.S.: Domenic, I must tape you and your dad "Cha Cha Cha Abruzzese",
with storming dialect lyrics.


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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:46:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Lord Sitar on comp

I saw a Lord Sitar cut on a Capitol Disk Jockey compilation (1968).  I think
it was "If I Were a Rich Man" (from Fiddler on the Roof).  Worth getting?

- --David


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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:00:55 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lord Sitar on comp

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> I saw a Lord Sitar cut on a Capitol Disk Jockey compilation (1968).  I think
> it was "If I Were a Rich Man" (from Fiddler on the Roof).  Worth getting?

That cut is also on Lord Sitar's self-titled album (originally released
in 1968, and reissued on CD last year) which can be found very
reasonably (try Dusty Groove or CDNow) It's one of the weaker tracks on
the CD, imho - so I wouldn't buy the compilation just for that piece.
But that's me...  But I would recommend the CD for his versions of
"Black Is Black" and "I Can See For Miles".

cheryl


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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Alan Betrock

April 15, 2000
Alan Betrock, 49, Pop Critic and Record
Producer
By ANN POWERS,NYTimes

Alan Betrock, whose love of rock 'n' roll propelled a pioneering
career as a critic, editor, publisher, archivist and record producer,
died on Sunday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He was 49 and lived in
Brooklyn.

The cause was cancer, said Marilyn Laverty, his former wife.

Mr. Betrock's interest in the outer limits of popular culture began when
he was a child in Queens. "I'd hear a record on radio and try to seek it
out, but it was very hard to find if it wasn't in the top 30," he said in a
1972 interview in The New York Times. By that time, he was a Queens
College graduate publishing JAMZ, an early fanzine.

JAMZ led to Rock Marketplace, which united collectors nationwide in
the search for obscure recordings. Mr. Betrock broadened his editorial
vision in 1976, when he founded New York Rocker, one of the primary
organs of the burgeoning American punk scene.

Mr. Betrock understood the connections between this new movement
and the sounds he loved from the 1960's. He championed artists who
were refreshing rock's traditions, including Blondie, Richard Hell and the
Voidoids and Television. He produced Blondie's first recordings,
including a crystalline version of the Ellie Greenwich girl-group classic
"Out in the Street."

His 1982 book, "Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound," was lauded by the
critic Robert Palmer in The Times as "everything a rock 'n' roll genre
study should be." By the time he published it, Mr. Betrock had sold New
York Rocker and was pursuing a dual career as a journalist and an
independent record mogul. Releases on his label, Shake Records,
introduced artists like the dB's, the Smithereens and Marshall Crenshaw.
In his writing he ardently defended American punk, exposing its roots in
garage rock and vintage teenage pop.

In later years Mr. Betrock expanded his explorations by founding Shake
Books, which published more than a dozen works on subjects spiritually
tied to rock, like teenage exploitation films and the history of the pinup.

He is survived by a brother, Wayne, of Manhattan, and his mother,
Gertrude Betrock of Tamarac, Fla.




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