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exotica-digest        Thursday, April 27 2000        Volume 02 : Number 701



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Lulu
(exotica) All this talk of Montenegro - Lady In Cement
Re: (exotica) All this talk of Montenegro - Lady In Cement
(exotica) Keith Lo Bue
(exotica) Digital Mutilation
(exotica) 24 Bit Remastering
RE: (exotica) Hugo Montenegro
(exotica) Zion Train UK Dates
Re: (exotica) More on audio components
(exotica) Cheapo Record Cleaner
(exotica) Polka De Mayo in San Francisco
Re: (exotica) Yanni, meet Kenny
Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation
Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation
Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation
(exotica) The Woman Chaser
Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation 101( Read The Warning )
Re: (exotica) The Woman Chaser
(exotica) Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay"
Re: (exotica) The Woman Chaser
Re: (exotica) recordings wanted
(exotica) recent additions annotated
(exotica) Re: Page Cavanaugh and the woes of "digital remastering"
(exotica) Re: Mike (Discussion in Percussion) Simpson's JUNGLE ODYSSEY
(exotica) new mix
Re:  (exotica) More on audio components
Re: (exotica) More on audio components
Re: (exotica) new mix/ Pagan Festival?

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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:53:17 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lulu

In a message dated 4/26/00 9:53:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Anyone ever heard of a slinky blonde girlie from the
 60's called "Lulu"? >>

i might be late on this but she recorded the Man With The Golden Gun for the
movie of the same title.

tb on jb


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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:00:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) All this talk of Montenegro - Lady In Cement

All this talk of Montenegro made me go and digitize, "Lady In Cement"  I put
it on a CD with "Seven Golden Men".  They're from beautiful mint vinyl and
they sound sweet.  If you want to listen to it you can come over to my house.
 Bring cookies, I'll make the coffee, Jamaican Blue Mountain.  If you can't
come over drop me a line.

- -Roy



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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:15:00 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) All this talk of Montenegro - Lady In Cement

I've got MP3's of it on my site, you don't
have to bring cookies;
http://www.jackdiamond.com/newarrive.html

'Bout a quarter of the page down
JD

At 10:00 PM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote:

>All this talk of Montenegro made me go and digitize, "Lady In Cement"  I put
>it on a CD with "Seven Golden Men".  They're from beautiful mint vinyl and
>they sound sweet.  If you want to listen to it you can come over to my house.
>  Bring cookies, I'll make the coffee, Jamaican Blue Mountain.  If you can't
>come over drop me a line.
>
>-Roy



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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 20:09:16 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Keith Lo Bue

Keith,

Got that 2nd Moon CD for ya
e-mail me

JD



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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:20:27 -0700
From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Digital Mutilation

This is one of my pet peeves.

>Funny thing is, the disc is supposedly 'digitally remastered'. However, I'm
>starting to realize that seeing 'Digitally Remastered' on a CD reissue means
>about as much as the 'All Natural' label on food products.
>Anybody else have similar stories? - Jeph

I look at the words "Digitally Remastered" on analogue recordings
with a great deal of skepticism. I was collecting Sinatra CDs at
one point, and before I got all the ones I wanted they pulled the
old ones and released "Digitally Remastered" versions. They were
the most artificial sounding CDs I ever heard. I found a couple
of vinyl copies of the same albums and compared them to the
remastered CDs and it was like night and day. The CDs sounded
like whole ranges of frequencies were chopped out of the spectrum.
The bass no longer sounded like a plucked instrument. It sounded
like a synthesizer. There was an added echo and the whole band
sounded like it was further away. Sinatra's voice was almost the
same, but the backing orchestra was a mess.

Back in the analogue days, the limitations made engineers aware
that they had to be careful and do a good job to get good sound.
Today, it seems that they assume that the machine does all of
that for them. No one listens with their ears. They listen with
vu meters and waveforms.

See ya
Steve


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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:26:08 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 24 Bit Remastering

My experience with the digital remastering thing, is that 24 Bit
Remastering makes
it sound like a darn record, it really does.
It's amazing.
I love 24 Bit Remastering!

Warm, full fat and rich sounding, I swear to god
See if you can find some 24 bit remastered CD's and see, er,
I mean HEAR the difference.

You will be blown away
Jack



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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:21:27 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Hugo Montenegro

From: Bruce Lenkei
Subject: (exotica) c
>Anyone have an opinion about Hugo Montenegro's
>Great Songs from Motion Pictures on the Time label?
Is this in multiple volumes? I saw a volume 2 and 4 of something like this
yesterday in a used store.

I've also seen TIME movie theme comps with multiple arrangers. One with a
title similar to "New Movie Themes" the movies are not that new anymore,
West Side Story is on there. At least one really good spy cut that was
worth it.

So far my favorite on this label is Hugo Montenegro's "Cha-Cha for
Dancing".


Domenic




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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:34:42 +0100
From: "Zion Train" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zion Train UK Dates

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Zion Train UK Dates

June
Fri  2/6/2000   Princess Charlotte, Leicester, UK
Sat  3/6/2000   The Zodiac, Oxford, UK

Thurs 8/6/2000 The Sanctuary, Birmingham, UK
Fri    9/6/2000 Camden Underworld, London, UK
Sat   10/6/2000 Trinity Hall, Bristol, UK

Glastonbury TBC


one love
[e-mail]
http://wobblyweb.com


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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:27:23 +0100
From: "ark edgar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More on audio components

Dear Listees


Apparently the optimum shape of a room for listening in should apparently=
 be
around the golden ratio,

that is 1  :   1.6  :  2.5 or sub multiples therein, i.e     2   :    3.2
:  2.5

or a room 10 feet by 16 feet by 25 feet etc

the reason for this is apparently some completely mad physics stuff
regarding standing waves, resonant frequencies, nodes, and
antinodes????!!!!!????.
The key  apprently  is that no two dimensions should be exactly the same =
or
it fucks up your sound, and the closer you get them to this ratio the bet=
ter
your stuff will sound.

It is maybe worth measuring your speakers I bet many of you will find tha=
t
your speakers come close to matching this ratio.

Most of this info was gleaned from a book I have called Loudspeaker and
Enclosure Design.



Kind Regards


Ronnie

PS
I have some quite high end Hi-Fi although not =A37000 and it really does
matter what cables you use I use cabletalk, and they are superb

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>
>
> Am I right (correct me if I'm not, audiophiles) that the acoustics of a
> room have a great influence on the sound. Because of the shape and
> structure of my music room, my home studio set up has a very bassy soun=
d
> and too much natural reverb which I should try to correct with more
hanging
> rugs.
>




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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:53:10 +1000
From: Philip Jackson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cheapo Record Cleaner

Following up on my home made record cleaning machine.

I've had a few queries so I've put a quick web page at

http://www.mpx.com.au/~pdj/cleaner.html

Philip
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:55:53 -0700
From: "Otto" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Polka De Mayo in San Francisco

LiftOff! SpaceCapades--fine purveyors of Ethnic Entertainment and
celebrated San Franciscan supporters of cultural diversity--are
proud to present, for your personal edification, the 145th
anniversary of the Polish Annexation of Mexico!  It's...

               Polka De Mayo!

Friday, May 5th, at San Francisco's Bottom Of The Hill Club and
Polish-Mexican Appreciation Society Center it's a sauerkraut-burrito
and kielbasi-with-salsa celebration of the proud history of
America's Mexican-Poles!  Starring the only Polka Band in the world
with Bratwurst in their Lederhosen--POLKACIDE!  And the World's only
drunken Herb Alpert cover band--HERB and his Tequila Brass!  Plus:
The infamous Pinata of Porn! And: Weird Sergio Leone Polka videos known only

to the mad archivists at LiftOff! Entertainment!  Viva La Polkalution
Amigos!

What:  Polka De Mayo!
When:  Friday, MAy 5th
Who:  Polkacide!  Herb! Los Acres!
Where:  Bottom Of The Hill, 1233 17th St.  Ph: 621-4455
Why:  Drinking.  Pinatas.  Polka.  'Nuff said....


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:28:30 +0200
From: Ton =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCckert?= <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yanni, meet Kenny

>Its the ecstatic look he wears on his puss that nauseates me. Similar to=
 our=20
>pal Kenny G. Gee, wouldn't that make a good duo. Yanni and Kenny welcome in=
=20
>the year 2001 in space. Its a whole new world of sound. Its called=20
>Ecstatica....JB

Kenny G. is the current hot topic on the Wind list (about wind=20
midi controllers), few dare to speak out in his favour, opinions=20
varie between 'he is just a fraud' and 'occasionally he can get=20
off on live shows but his recordings make me want to puke'.=20

One example of the brouhaha from Anders Wass <[e-mail]>:

Let me share this Kenny memory with you.

First let me just say that I don't for a moment think=20
Kenny is a fraud. I just get this uncontrollable,=20
allergic reaction when I hear him...

Anyway, 'twas the time before christmas and I was
on holiday in South Africa. The G man had just
released his first let-me-cash-in-on-xmas album.
The first thing that met my ears when I arrived
in Cape Town was Kenny silent nighting away.
So much for exotic african sounds... Turns out
the man with the curly hair was anywhere and
after a week of trauma my girlfriend began
fearing for my mental health. Luckily, we
pushed on into the bushweld to meet the lions
in the great Kruger natinal park. Finally some
sonic relief! I thought...just when we were seated
at the colonial style dinner in a big wooden hut,
Greensleves vibratoed its way down my ear canals.
The natives were touched by the sight of a grown
man bursting into tears when he heard the joyful
messages of christmas. Well, I'm not broken that
easily. We escaped further into South Africa and
found a small B&B in the middle of nowhere. Free,
free, free at last! We were the only guests and
the couple running the place was the nicest people
you can imagine. They served a brilliant dinner
and afterwards invited us to their living room.
He was delighted when he heard I was a
saxophonist and showed his collection of
Miles, Dexter and the boys. I relaxed.
"Oh, I simply must play you this new record.
You'll love this". When he pressed play,
you all know what came streaming out...

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!

=20

Cheers, Ton


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:39:54 -0400
From: Mark Renwick <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation

I've read similar complaints about digital mutilation from
collectors and audio engineers on 78-L, and I agree that
lots of the remastered reissues sound bad.  But I think this
is due to choices made by the producers and engineers,
nothing inherently wrong with digital processing.

I have done quite a bit of computer-based restoration for my
own use (using Sound Forge Noise Reduction).  You can make a
simple 16-bit transfer to CD-R or DAT tape that sounds
identical to any analog source (to my ears, at least).  The
trouble starts with equalization, declicking, and noise
reduction.  People go overboard with these tools.  Some of
the sound engineers on 78-L complain that their clients want
NO NOISE, instead of reduced noise, which inevitably means
they take out some of the musical content.  The most common
complaint I have is too much higher frequency reduction to
get rid of surface noise and tape hiss.  I'd rather put up
with some background noise if the instruments are more
true-to-life.

- --Mark Renwick
  Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:47:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation

In a message dated 4/27/00 7:40:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< I have done quite a bit of computer-based restoration for my
 own use (using Sound Forge Noise Reduction).  You can make a
 simple 16-bit transfer to CD-R or DAT tape that sounds
 identical to any analog source (to my ears, at least).  The
 trouble starts with equalization, declicking, and noise
 reduction.  People go overboard with these tools.   >>

i have to chime in here.  the declicking and noise reduction tools on sound
forge make all my LP transfers sound like Dolby time 10.  way to muted for my
taste.

the problem comes if you run the whole declicking or what ever programs for
the whole cut.  on the other hand, it is too lengthy to go back and run the
program on each click individually.

i have abandoned the vinyl to LP transfer at this time, except on REALLY
EXCELLENT condition LP (few in my stacks!)

and some won't like this, but i like the expanded sound provided by the
truely digitally remastered CD.  especially when they have additional tracks
they can add in.

the CD format can hold sooooooo much more information per unit time than a LP.

now don't beat me but because of the above statement.  i still listen to the
majority of my records on old magnavoxes as opposed to the CD transfered
media.

click, spin, drop, clunk, let the music begin,

tb


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:01:15 -0400
From: Mark Renwick <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation

> i have to chime in here.  the declicking and noise reduction tools on sound
> forge make all my LP transfers sound like Dolby time 10.  way to muted for my
> taste.
>
I agree with you, completely!  The noise reduction program
"right out of the box" muffles the highs.  I usually just
use the declick/decrackle module and manual editing of the
really big clicks.  Declick/decrackle doesn't seem to reduce
the high frequency response.  (I NEVER use the "vinyl
restoration" module.  In Noise Reduction 2.0, the separate
"declick/decrackle" module is far superior to "vinyl
restoration."  And Version 2.0 is much better than 1.0)

> and some won't like this, but i like the expanded sound provided by the
> truely digitally remastered CD.
>
Don't you find that quality varies from CD to CD?  Don't
some sound great, while others sound worse than the
original, depending on who does the audio work?

- --Mark Renwick
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:56:10 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Woman Chaser

I can't remember if this has come up on the list before, but what
about this movie "The Woman Chaser"?  Apparently it's been
making the rounds of the festivals, most recently at the SXSW
Festival in Austin.  According to the film's unofficial site:

"The film is based on a classic piece 1960 hard-boiled noir by a
master of the genre, Charles Willeford. It tells a story of an used
car salesman and his would-be career as a movie director, that,
like women, he chases with passion and sociopathic tendencies."

The star is Patrick Warburton (Puddy on "Seinfeld").  But what
caught my attention is the soundtrack CD.  Dig this, from the film's
"official" site:

:"The Woman Chaser's groovelicious sountrack was compiled
under the supervision of Se=F1or Amor it includes the following tracks:

Bacao - Les Baxter
Car Dealer - Daniele Luppi
Ritual Drum Dance - Tito Puente
Lotus Land - Martin Denny
Taboo - Chico O'Farrill
Montage -  Daniele Luppi
Voodoo Dreams - Les Baxter
Ataypura - Yma Sumac
Black Orchid - Cal Tjader
Dance Of The Headhunters - Tito Puente
Autumn In Washington Square - Dave Brubeck
Fiesta Time - Chico O'Farrill
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Jimmy Smith"

Anybody had a chance to see this film yet?  I gather it's still in
festival mode and not yet in general relese(?).  If this has been
mentioned before, I missed it and sorry for the repetition.

The official site is:

http://www.womanchaser.com/

Thanks for da space.

Darrell Brogdon
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KANU FM 91.5
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:48:04 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation 101( Read The Warning )

Warning, Warning, Warning:
If you don't give a fat rat's ass about digitally restoring old records, read
no further.


In a message dated 04/27/2000 8:01:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< I agree with you, completely!  The noise reduction program
 "right out of the box" muffles the highs.  I usually just
 use the declick/decrackle module and manual editing of the
 really big clicks.  Declick/decrackle doesn't seem to reduce
 the high frequency response.  (I NEVER use the "vinyl
 restoration" module.  In Noise Reduction 2.0, the separate
 "declick/decrackle" module is far superior to "vinyl
 restoration."  And Version 2.0 is much better than 1.0) >>

I'm down with Mark on this.  I have tested just about every noise reduction
software on the market and I've found that there's nothing they can do that
you can't generally do more precisely with some judicious use of a
paragraphic equalizer and a click remover.

There are 3 types of noise that you find when restoring old (or new) vinyl.
Continuous, Harmonic and impulsive.

Harmonic is usually a hum from AC power or ground loops or putting your
tongue on your audio equipment, and it can be easily removed with
equalization.

Impulsive noises are pops, crackles, scratches, cat hairs, dog vomit, stuff
on your record.  These can generally be removed easily with click removal
software. This software just looks for large spikes in the music.  When set
properly (and these programs aren't hard to set) the software can tell the
difference between record noise and music, and they should not effect much
more of the music.  The software works even better if run backwards on a
sound file and set properly it can easily be run on an entire album without
any adverse side effects.

Continuous noises are tape hiss or grinding surface noise and these are a
bitch to remove, because they usually effect a fairly wide band of audio
frequency.   Most software made to remove this noise, even when used
moderately, will eat into the music so much that they're not worth using.
They can also leave a residual sound (Jonny Yuma aptly called digital wind)
which to me is worse then the surface noise.

Equalization, pop and crackle removal and volume control (fading in and out)
are all I use on vinyl and it generally is all that's needed, no matter how
sad assed the record is.

If anyone (and you know who you are) would like to talk more about this
e-mail me directly.

- -DJ Techno Geek and the Soul Sonic Pocket Protectors



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 06:57:58 -0700
From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Woman Chaser

Darrell Brogdon wrote:
>=20
> :"The Woman Chaser's groovelicious sountrack was compiled
> under the supervision of Se=F1or Amor it includes the following tracks:
>=20
> Bacao - Les Baxter
> Car Dealer - Daniele Luppi
> Ritual Drum Dance - Tito Puente
> Lotus Land - Martin Denny
> ...

Nice, but unfortunately it doesn't look like the soundtrack is available
on CD :-(

Thanks for the note though, this movie has got to be better than
Breakfast of Champions, the last movie to use a retro-Exotica soundtrack.

- -Kevin Crossman
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 00 14:27:02 +0200
From: Bissia <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay"

see subject,
I'm just looking for a mint copy of that album,
at a honest price.
Thanks.


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:33:02 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Woman Chaser

> Nice, but unfortunately it doesn't look like the soundtrack is available
> on CD :-(

Actually, it appears there IS a soundtrack CD, though very limited
release as yet.  Don't know who released it or about plans for wider
distribution.


Darrell Brogdon
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:47:12 GMT
From: "james brouwer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) recordings wanted

I have none of those on CD (a couple on vinyl), but I found a bunch of them
on GEMM (Global Electronic Music Marketplace)

http://www.gemm.com/

good luck
JBrouwer


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:15:57 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) recent additions annotated

some more "exobitionism"

this is more of the best of the stuff i've added to my collection during
the last months:


ALBUMS

* Vinnie Bell: "Good Morning Starshine"
     o LP, Decca DL75138 stereo, 1960's
     o appreciation: 3
     o note: It starts with some cool guitar trickery on "Aquarius" (the
       only sitar track), "A sinner kissed an angle" and "Good morning
       starshine", but the rest is very poor "music for the masses" easy
       easy, with guitar effects drowned in strings.

* Big Jim "H" And His Men Of Rythm: "Big Jim "H" Plays Smash Hits Of
  Today (Hammond Organ Dance Party)"
     o LP, Stero Gold Award MER 344, UK, 1971
     o appreciation: 3
     o note: One very good track, a funky blues called "Blues for
       keyboard"; a couple of good tracks: "Power ot the people", "House
       of the rising sun", "Rose garden". The rest is not bad, but
       forgettable anyway.

* Cookie Carr: "Cookie Carr Plays Organ with a Solid Beat Vol. 2"
     o LP, Grand Award 339 stereo
     o appreciation: 3
     o note: A couple of tracks are way too cheesy for me, but most of it
       ranges from nice over cool to groovy.

* El Chicles: "The Best Of"
     o LP, Selection Club (bootleg), Belgium?, 1998
     o appreciation: 3
     o note: Belgian moody EZ jazzy funk. El Chicles were the backing
       group of Nico Gomez in the 1960's.

* Bobby and Betty: "Happy Monsters (Funny songs, sounds and stories about
  a pleasant adventure into the impossible Land Of Ooog!)"
     o LP, Happy House HH502, UK issue, 1973
     o appreciation: 4
     o note: "A place where only good children can visit and talk with
       the happy monsters". The 5 music tracks on the B-side are the same
       music as on "Bobby and Betty go to the moon", but with Goofy Spike
       Jones-like rubber piggysqueeze squeeks all through.

* Hollyridge Strings: "Hit's of the 70's"
     o LP, EMI/ Capitol ST-883, USA, 1970's
     o appreciation: 3
     o note: Arranged and conducted by Stu Phillips. Contains a very good
       (IMO) version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Theme from Shaft",
       with nice wordless vocals.

* Richard Marino and His Orchestra: "The Magic Beat! (The Unique Rhythms
  of Richard Marino)"
     o LP, Liberty Premier Series LSS-14003 die-cut cover
     o appreciation: 4
     o note: Sounds to me like a mix between The ("Fever and Smoke")
       Three Suns and Dick Schory. Lots of fun mallet playing, some
       harpsichord, wacky Space Age Pop stereo arrangements.

* Don Ralke and His Orchestra: "But You've Never Heard Gershwin
            With Bongos"
     o LP, Warner Bros. 1360 mono, USA, 1960
     o appreciation: 4
     o note: Really nice Spage Age Poppy big band beatnik jazz
                 versions of Gershwin tunes.

COMPILATIONS

* Discotheque Volume One
     o LP, Sensateria Records SENSA LP 1 (bootleg), UK, 1999
     o appreciation: 4
     o note: Great stuff: 20 tracks of boogaloo, soulful "now with
            lots of hand clapping, funky or bluesy Hammond groovers, and
            also some "roots of acid jazz". Nice cover too, but the track
            listing is totally screwed up: it doesn't match with the
            contents of the disk, and 1 track from side A is duplicated
            on side B, which means that one of the listed tracks is
            missing, but which one? It's a puzzle.

* Drive Beat
     o LP, Conroy music library BMLP 095, UK, 1972
     o appreciation: 4
     o note: Another untitled Conroy LP; "Drive Beat" is just the
            sound description of the first 4 tracks. "Sound
            Gallery/Inflight Entertainment" type of swinging Euro big
            band stuff, including several really good Latin tracks.
            Composed by J. Hawksworth, R. Owen and G. Somers.

* Las Vegas Grind volume 6
     o LP/CD, Crypt/ Strip 78, Germany, 2000
     o appreciation: 5
     o note: A very strong volume! Plenty of wacky and trashy mixes
            of R&B, doo-wop, beatnik, R&R, twist and funk, with lots of
            sax and organ upfront, and of course - the trademark of this
            series: nonsens talk, scats and crazy human zounds.

* The Wild Wild World of Mondo Movies
     o LP, Big Beat/ Mondo Movies WIK 90, Germany, end 1980's?
     o appreciation: 3
     o note: Features music and dialogue fragments from, and cool
            trailers for, trashy, "bad", American movies, like "plan 9
            from outer space", and other films about madness, monsters,
            murder and other mayhem.




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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:34:19 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Page Cavanaugh and the woes of "digital remastering"

>From: "Jeph Boyd" <[e-mail]>

>Funny thing is, the disc is supposedly 'digitally remastered'. However, I'm
>starting to realize that seeing 'Digitally Remastered' on a CD reissue means
>about as much as the 'All Natural' label on food products.
>Anybody else have similar stories?


    yep, with Arthur Lyman's "With A Christmas Vibe" (Rykodisc CD). I
compared the sound of this CD with the original "Mele Kalikimaka" LP, and I
swear the LP sounds far better: most of the high frequencies were lost in
the CD remastering!

        Johan

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:39:39 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Mike (Discussion in Percussion) Simpson's JUNGLE ODYSSEY

i only have it on tape, and it's incredible imo. those real hyena sound are
crazy, and the total musical picture is a rare combination of wacky and cool

        Johan

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:22:56 -0700
From: "Erik Hoel" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) new mix

Here's the new vinyl rotation:

Accent!, Jan August
Potent Percussion, Don Cantelli and The All Stars
Primitiva, Martin Denny
Pagan Festival, Dominic Frontiere
Music and Memories, Georgia Gibbs
Brazen Brass, Henry Jerome
Be Mine Tonight, Abbe Lane
Big Band Bossa Nova, Enoch Light
Provocative Percussion Vol. III, Enoch Light
The Legend Of Pele, Arthur Lyman
Mambo With Morales, Morales
Sizzling Strings: Castanets & Percussion, Don Luis Quintero

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:30:00 -0400
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) More on audio components

Chuck wrote:
>  just purchased a new Grado cartridge and found it sounded much nicer than
> my old Audio Technicas (which were not the same brand Brian was using)
> One thing to consider is how the cartridge is mounted on the tone arm.  Pull it
> forward on the head shell or back changes the bass/treble.   Its possible the
> cartridges are mounted differently and the Grado being mounted correctly is
> producing and mellower bassier sound than the Audio Technicas.
AT has a huge range and everything from a $20 moving magnet to
the higher end Signet moving coil series.  I think there are two or
three at this higher end of which the OC-9 is the best value. It was
recommended to me by the guys at Wilson Audio in New Orleans
where I bought my first moving coil. I actually called them at
replacement time and asked for a recommendation since the one I
got from them was no longer made and this was the only one they
said was going to make me happy. If you've ever listened to a
moving coil you would instantly recognize the difference in detail
and sound quality. However, for heavy use, rough use or playing old
and scratched records it's hard to justify the cost. In an ideal world
I'd have had the model of SME arm on our turntable with
detachable head shell so I could swap cartridges as needed.
However many say the detachable head shell makes for worse
sound as the alignment isn't as precise.  Who knows!


Brian Karasick
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McGill University
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:14:16 -0400
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More on audio components

Charlie wrote:
> Am I right (correct me if I'm not, audiophiles) that the acoustics of a
> room have a great influence on the sound. Because of the shape and
> structure of my music room, my home studio set up has a very bassy sound
> and too much natural reverb which I should try to correct with more hanging
> rugs.
Yes but we can't al have th eluxury of custom proportioned rooms!
However, the placement and height of the speakers makes a huge
difference. I had a hi-fi fanatic come to see me after we moved and
while I really coudn't deal with leaving the main living room empty
for best sound, I at least listened to his advice on speaker
placement. Distance from the wall and corners is importanat and
depending on the speaker design will make a huge difference.
Never put them too close to the wall, I leave mine a good 6"-8"
away from the wall behind. Avoid close proximity to corners. If you
have bass reflex design speakers (they typically have a round
opening "port" usually in the back) the bassiness is
understandable.  This type of speaker is more "efficient" in that it
needs less power to drive it but the sound is always too bassy.
Japanese and many lower end speakers typically use this design
but most British ones I've seen typically do not. If you want more
specific details let me know offlist.


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:31:28 GMT
From: "james brouwer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) new mix/ Pagan Festival?

Erik mentioned:

>Pagan Festival, Dominic Frontiere

I've seen this mentioned elsewhere. anyone have an opinion on this disc? I
know Frontiere from the "Hammersmith is Out" OST but I take it this is some
early exotica thing? any good?

thanks
JB
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