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exotica-digest         Friday, April 28 2000         Volume 02 : Number 702



In This Digest:

(exotica) Kahiki Update!
Re: (exotica) new mix/ Pagan Festival?
(exotica) Nina Simone Concerts
Re:  (exotica) Nina Simone Concerts
Re: (exotica) Kahiki Update!
Re: (exotica) new mix/ Pagan Festival?
(exotica) Favorite LPs an Such  for April / May 2000
RE: (exotica) Hugo Montenegro
(exotica) "Vinyl" and those High Fidelity comparisons
(exotica) [obit] George Paoa,Arthur Morton
Re: (exotica) "Vinyl" and those High Fidelity comparisons
Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation
Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings
Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation 101( Read The Warning )
Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 30
Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings
Re: (exotica) [obit] George Paoa,Arthur Morton
(exotica) Aku Aku Boston
(exotica) Kahiki vs. Walgreens. HELP!
(exotica) Does anybody remember......
(exotica) Mondo LP / KPM gig
Re: (exotica) Does anybody remember......
Re: (exotica) Does anybody remember......
Re: (exotica) Lulu
Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:02:05 -0400
From: "Jeff Chenault" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kahiki Update!

Hello Everyone,

This information was gathered from an article in the latest issue of
"Columbus Alive" a local paper here in Columbus.

>Last Week, stories surfaced that the Kahiki might close its doors, the rows
of bamboo tables to be replaced by the sterile aisles of a Walgreens
pharmacy.  The announcement upset historical preservationists and
retro-hepcats, who are clutching onto one of the few remaining monuments of
East Broad Street's heyday.

>But after some initial investigating, "Columbus Alive" stumbled onto a
pleasant discovery -- there's still hope for the Polynesian palace.  It
seems last week's media attention is giving the drug store giant second
thoughts.
"We're reassessing what our plans are for the site,"  Michael Polzin,
spokesperson for Walgreens, told "Alive" on Friday.  "The situation has
changed a little bit."

>The reason for the change of heart?  Polzin said Walgreens management was
unaware of Kahiki's designation on the National Register of Historic Places.
The restaurant earned that distinction in 1997 at the request of Nathalie
Wright, national register coordinator for the Ohio Historic Preservation
Office.  Though Polzin said Walgreens' corporate policy forbids the company
from tearing down buildings on the national registry, he said there has been
no final decision on whether to redevelop the site.  "We're trying to get in
touch with all the parties involved," he said.

>If the Kahiki can be saved from the clutches of the drug store, there is a
way to preserve the landmark for generations to come.  Simply being on the
national register doesn't preclude a building's demolition, but being on the
Columbus Register of Historic Properties does.  All the owner has to do is
request a nomination, which Columbus City Council would have to approve.
While the city typically requires a building to be 40 years old for
eligibility, as the Kahiki will be next year, exceptions are made for those
already on the national register.

>So, if the Kahiki could find an owner willing to nominate it for the city's
register, it would be legally impossible for anyone to destroy the fabled
building.  Owners would have to get permission from the historic
preservation office before they could change a thing.  Kahiki owner Michael
Tsao would still lay claim to all the funky Polynesian artifacts inside the
restaurant.  Last week, Tsao was unavailable for comment; Kahiki employees
said he was out of town.

>Media reports have speculated that the restaurant may relocate somewhere
along the Scioto riverfront.  Young hipsters--the cool cats who have revived
cocktail culture, swing dancing and Sinatra--have also reveled in the
Kahiki's authentic kitschiness in the last few years.  But would a
transplanted Kahiki be able to carry on its campy legacy?  "They could move
a lot of the gaudy memorabilia inside but so much of that place is the
building"

That was most of the story.  To me it seems we need to get the owner to
preserve this place on the Columbus Register.  This is the Number One
priority.  I have emailed the Kahiki and tried to contact Michael Tsao but
still have heard nothing back.  We must all stand together and make sure
that the Kahiki does not fall fate to this incomprehensible disaster.

Hope this helps out guys,
See Ya,
Jeff





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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:54:32 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) new mix/ Pagan Festival?

From James:
>Pagan Festival, Dominic Frontiere
>I've seen this mentioned elsewhere. anyone have an opinion on this disc?

I've listened to it a couple of times and like it. Busy Exotica in the
Baxter vein. Jane Fondle (who we haven't heard from for a while) raved
about this LP last summer.

Domenic




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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:11:29 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Nina Simone Concerts

I know we got Nina Simone fans on the list. She's swinging thru the USA,
Brazil and Montreal this summer....


(From the N.S mailing list)

You'll find a list of next Nina Simone Concerts at
   http://www.ninasimone.com/concerts.html

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:32:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Nina Simone Concerts

In a message dated 4/27/0 5:23:31 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I know we got Nina Simone fans on the list. She's swinging thru the USA,
>Brazil and Montreal this summer....

I saw her in late June of '92 here in Boston at Symphony Hall. I thought I
had at last gotten a chance to see a living legend. Alas the show weak and
slow. She spent far too much time in those kind of tiresome ballads she
sometimes leans toward. No "Sugar In My Bowl". No "I Wish I Knew How It Would
Feel To Be Free". None of the grabbers that had made me a fan in the first
place. I almost fell asleep......JB


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:27:34 -0400
From: "Peter Risser" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Kahiki Update!

> That was most of the story.  To me it seems we need to get the owner to
> preserve this place on the Columbus Register.  This is the Number One
> priority.  I have emailed the Kahiki and tried to contact Michael Tsao but
> still have heard nothing back.  We must all stand together and make sure
> that the Kahiki does not fall fate to this incomprehensible disaster.
>
> Hope this helps out guys,
> See Ya,
> Jeff


See, I think it should be saved, etc.etc., but what many people seem to
overlook is that Walgreens can't just TAKE a building.  Mike Tsao has to
want to sell it, and, from what I overheard at the restaurant, it sounds
like he does.  Maybe Walgreens made him an offer he can't refuse...

Peter



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:28:27 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) new mix/ Pagan Festival?

In a message dated 04/27/2000 3:38:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I've seen this mentioned elsewhere. anyone have an opinion on this disc? >>

I love it.  It's an Inca version similar to the full orchestra Baxter
material with chanting vocals.  It's great, I think it's comparable to some
of Baxter's best work.

I have it on CD so if anyone wants to stop over and listen to it, bring some
cookies.  Today's coffee is Kona from the South face of the mountain.  I
think a lizard died in the bag I have, although that adds something magical
to the taste.  If you can't make it by the house and you want to listen, drop
me a line.

- -Roy G. Biv


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:51:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Favorite LPs an Such  for April / May 2000

Hello,
Just a small list of what's rocking my world in the "Exotica" vein which is
pertinent:

LARRY YOUNG'S FUEL "Spaceball"
Awesome funky, rare groove type madness. O.K. use of moog, but very funk,
especially on the track "spaceball" which starts out with Larry make the beat"
Wow-wuh--bbbb--Wow-wUH -- bbbbbb-Baow-wuh... repeat. I just transferred it to
CD along with Ebony Godfather's "Moog Fluting" LP.

AQUAVIVA - 12 Who Sing Of Revolutione
First track is called Robot.  It's just about the neatest thing I've found on
LP this year.
A mimiced robot talking about a psychedelic experience. 1min 42 sec.. These
are why we all feverishly collect. ~sigh~

OFFBEAT - A Red Hot Sound Trip
From1996, the Red-Hot-Aids people put this one together. Features Skylab,
Barry Adamson, EBN, DJ Spooky and My Bloody Valentine + more. Very strange,
mellow trippy tunes.

TRANS-AM - Self titled
From 1999. This is a cross betwen Devo / Kraftwerk / and Primus. All vocals
are on vocoder. 10 tracks. Excellent cross section of drums, guitar and a
secret collection of synths. It appears the cover was made on an Atari 2600
graphics program.

DJ ME DJ YOU - Rainbows & Robots
Ex-Sukia members now make music as DJ ME DJ YOU. 14 tracks of Tipsy meets
Dimitri inspired weirdness. I love the quote "... I'll give them chickens
sumthin' to cackle about...". (Check out Sukia's debut album also.  *SPANK
ME*)

THIEVERY CORPORATION - Sounds From The Thievery hi-fi.
Purchased at Best Buy NEW for only $9.99. Well worth the price. Runs the
gamut from hip-hop inspired beats to loungecore to ambient-dub. Lounge lovers
looking for somthing sounding "current" but with a safe-retro feel, find.

NINO NARDINI & POP RIVIERA GROUP - Self Titled
I listend to this about 10 times before I realized (or accepted) it was
recorded recently.
EXCELLENT Throwback Italio Soul Crime Jazz. From the liner notes: "... they
play  heavy funk in the tradition of late sixties bands like the Mohawks,
Chakachas, Kool & The Gang, etc. Here the music is 100% nasty, featuring
copious amounts of greased out Hammond and floor pounding break beats. Put
this record on and you will have any gathering transfomed into a sure-shot
soul party..." On the rotonde musique label. #7.

STARDRIVE - Intergalactic Trot w/ Robert Mason 1973
"Using a few pre-constructed parts plus a lot of custom-designed electronic
gear and great engenuity, Robert Mason has built the worlds first
multi-voiced synthesizer which can be played like a real keyboard instrument
with full chords and tonal clusters. All the music on this album was
performed live on the Stardrive synthesizer..." Features wild versions of
Strawberry Fields & Want To Take You Higher. Hell... there's even a picture
of Mason on the back with an open can of pull-tab brew in his hand.  "Whata
guy!"

DANNY GUGLIELMI w/ Vocals by DENA - Adventure In Sound
What an attractive woman on the cover.  Is that Dena? Standouts to me were:
Cherokee A-E-I-O-U, Georgia On My Mind and Bullfrog... They all have this
weirdo processed echo effect with many Esquivel-like sound effects.  Nice!

THE MOOG MACHINE - Switched On Rock
Well... this LP is just dandy by my estimation. The awesome MOOG (rhymes with
"vogue") synth is featured to wicked-awesome effect on the tracks: Spinning
Wheel, Jumpin Jack Flash & Yummy Yummy Yummy to such perfect effect, my ass
just won't go to sleep. Dam you Moog Machine... DAMN YOU!

last but not least...

BATMANIA - Songs Inspired by the Batman TV Series...
This CD was a nice used find.  Not only does it contain the Neil Hefti theme
that I remember from the TV show it also features tracks like 1976's The
Story Of Batman & Batman & Robin as performed by Adam West himself... Also
features clunkers like The Capture by Burgess Meredith, Batman A Go-Go by
Combo Kings, Batman To The Rescue by LaVern Baker and MORE! "Pee-your
   GENius... old.... chum..."

By the by... I really like Sounds Galatic LP. Great memory of when, after a
particularly heavy night of psychedelics, I woke up my friend the next
morning to this version of "Good Morning Starshine". Perfect.  I just put it
on CD along with Don Sebesky's "The Distant Galaxy". More great NOW sound
covers peppered with sound interlude moog whooshes with their own titles like
"Martian Storm" and "Solar Emissions."



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:11:43 -0700
From: Paul Penna <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Hugo Montenegro

>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.

Bruce is probably referring to one of two multi-volume Montenegro sets on
Time, "Great Songs from Motion Pictures." I have just the first two volumes
(1927-1937 & 1938-1944) of that one. The other, similar series is "Overture
American Theater," also in four volumes. Each consist of medleys or
single-song arrangements. Using my own tastes as a guideline, I'd say that
rougly two-thirds of each are lush, easy-listeningish arrangements, and the
rest pretty neat swingin' big-band stuff. I have a particular fondness for
Billy May and Nelson Riddle vocal accompaniment arrangements, and I'd put
that latter 1/3 of those 2 Montenegro sets in that category.

The personnel listed on the albums is something of a who's who of the
classical (Aaron Rosand in the violins), big band (Doc Severinsen in the
trumpets) and space-age pop (Harry Breuer in the percussion) worlds. And
that's just picking three.

Despite the quibbling over digital remastering going on elsewhere, I'd love
to hear the master tapes (if they still exist) restored and transferred to
CD, even if only 1/3 really floats my boat.




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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:08:56 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Vinyl" and those High Fidelity comparisons

They can't help comparing my film to "High Fidelity"

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/current/Ent/film.html

and:

http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_04.27.00/film/vinyl.html

Nat



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:08:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] George Paoa,Arthur Morton

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Singer and pianist George Paoa, whose smooth voice
and mellow style
introduced generations of tourists to Hawaiian music, died Monday. He was 65.

Paoa collapsed while on a vacation cruise with his wife, and several friends and
relatives, his daughter said. The ship's medical team was unable to revive him.

For more than 40 years, Paoa entertained vacationers at isle hotels with a
repertoire of
old Hawaiian standards, light jazz and hapa-haole music, a tourist favorite
with its blend
of English lyrics and Hawaiian melodies.

Although prolific in the recording studio, he remained a fixture of the
hotel music scene
on his home island of Maui and, later, Lanai.

Paoa played with the jazz recording star Martin Denny in the 1960s and two
of his children
sang on his 1994 album, ``Walking in the Sand.''
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=A113392
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From LA Times

     Arthur Morton, 91, orchestrator of music for such motion pictures as
"From Here to
Eternity" and "Chinatown" and composer for such television series as "The
Waltons."

Born in Duluth, Minn., Morton had a Hollywood career of more than six
decades. He ranged
from uncredited work on the score of the 1935 film "The Night Life of the
Gods" to
orchestration for the eighth "Star Trek" film, "Star Trek: First Contact" in
1996. In
addition to "The Waltons," Morton helped create musical backgrounds for such
other
television series as "Black Saddle," "Laramie," "Bus Stop," "My Three Sons,"
"Peyton
Place," "Medical Center" and "Daniel Boone." He earned a degree from the
University of
Minnesota and studied law and philosophy before joining the music department
of Hal Roach
Studios and later Columbia Pictures. On April 15 in Santa Monica.
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Seen on Usenet:
It was on el Periodico de Catalunya, it seems that the French composer and
singer Charles
Trenet, 86 years old is in serious condition, because of a stroke. He is the
composer of
the song "La Mer", I think it has been recorded by American singers as
"Beyond the sea"




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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:40:35 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Vinyl" and those High Fidelity comparisons

>They can't help comparing my film to "High Fidelity"
>http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/current/Ent/film.html
>and:
>http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_04.27.00/film/vinyl.html

My favorite quote:

"Cusack may have the matinee looks, but Zweig's got the true heart of a
romantic."

Get that writer's phone number, Nat!

Anyway, sounds like good press. Congrats and best luck.


m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:42:39 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation

In a message dated 4/27/00 8:01:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< 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? >>

some yes, but most, no.  there are som great vinyl boots out there.  like the
denny moog or zounds!

but i am convinced that the guys how booted this took hours (like hundreds of
hours) to carefully remaster the vinyl they booted.

and even the commercially copied LPs to CD, for the most part, sound pretty
good to me.  sure there are some bad ones but most are good.

tb


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:45:14 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings

At 12:14 PM 4/26/00 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>most of the vocal group stuff can be pretty tame, nice but tame. Like most
>of Ray Charles Singers, for instance. Although at this place there was a
>Latin record by the Ray Charles Singers. Should I get it?
>
>I also saw "Hits of ?69"  by the Ray Block Singers. Looking at the
>psychedelic lettering on the cover I was tempted to pick it up. Sure looks
>like a straight-laced group trying to go groovy. But I hesitated.

Most sixties vocal group stuff is tame.  Mostly unison, a little harmony
but very little in the way of vocal "arrangement".  (Unlike the fifties
stuff like the Hi-Los)
That's not to say I don't like the tame stuff.  If I like the tune, I
probably like the version.  I had a Ray Bloch Singers record and it wasn't
any more "out there" than the Ray Charles Singers stuff.  Or the Enoch
Light Singers.  Or Percy Faith singers etc.
The only stuff like this I've heard which consistently stands out is Anita
Kerr's records.
(This is exactly the kind of thing I'm going to buy a CD burner for.  So I
can get rid of them afterwards.)

Nat



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:44:55 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Digital Mutilation 101( Read The Warning )

In a message dated 4/27/00 9:50:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< 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.  >>

well, i have to disagree some, at least on my limited basis.  the programs i
have used still tend to mute everything while removing the clicks and pops.

maybe i don't know what i am doing.

tb


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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:00:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings

But there are some incredible vocal groups with very modern vocal
arrangements.  If you like Lambert, Hendricks & Ross type stuff you have got
to hear The John LeSalle Quartet LP "Potpourri".  The vocal harmonies are
outstanding, and the female singer is Marlene Van Derplank, who is excellent.
 You have heard her voice because in the late 60's and through the 70's she
worked singing jingles for radio and television commercials.

The early Anita Kerr Quartet records have thier moments.

Even the Four Freshmen did an LP called Modern Voices (or something to that
effect) that actually kicks.  (Although in general I don't dig them or most
of the other white-bread vocal groups.)

Anyone else into LaSalle Quartet please chime in.  I think Marlene was later
the lead female voice for The Swingle Singers.

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:57:56 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 30

Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #92   What's New, Pussycat?

We're back, and this week we'll playing a selection of recent
acquisitions and new favourites.  Enjoy!


Ursula 1000:  Hip Length  "The Now Sound Of Ursula 1000"
Stereo de Luxe:  Riddle Me This (from promo release of tracks and
demos)(thanks, Kassi!)
Losfeld:  What's New Pussycat? (Remix)  "Escalator Records, Tokyo"

Czerkinsky:  Leicester Lewitt  "Variations Sur Natacha (Remixes)"
Etienne Charry:  Je Tue Le Temps  "36 Erreurs"
Yukari Fresh:  Yukarimpic 1/2/3  "Escalator Records, Tokyo"
Stereo Total:  Beautycase  "My Melody"

Mike Young:  Telstar  "El Gran Ritmo de Mike Young"
Captain Spec X-Ray:  Not Children Of God (Stereo de Luxe Remix)    (from
promo release of tracks and demos)
DJ Me DJ You:  Future Resident  "Rainbows And Robots"

Montefiori Cocktail:  Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)  "Ultradolce Vol.
2"
Truby Trio:  A Go Go  "A Go Go"


Thanks for reading.


[e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:21:39 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings

I've seen the LaSalle Qrt, but never heard any

The Anita Kerr Singers have 1 killer record and
I DO mean killer, with "We Dig Mancini" (RCA)
There's a reissue for ya.

I had thought for sooooooooooo many years, that other than this record,
the AKS screwed up more records with their horrible background vocals
for other artists records, until I found out that they made hundreds and in
all likelihood, thousands of jingles for commercials, right along with the
Sportsmen,
the Kirby Stone Four, the Modernaires.

Here, in these types of instances, they were being directed by someone else
who wanted to SCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHWIIIIIIIIING!
Snappy peppy, jazzy pop vocal quartets

I've got a bunch of stuff they did from the early 60's, commercial jingle wise

BUT, more about jazz(y) vocal quartets;
The Lewis Sisters-"Way Out...Far" on Liberty, is the shit
Yeah, I LOVE Lambert Hendricks and Ross
Have some early 50's of Annie, before she ever met or heard of Lambert or
Hendricks,
with Hammond organ singin'  scat bop/beatnik jazzy pop #'s like "Farmer's
Market"
and Twisted, from '53!!!

I can't fuckin' believe that Buddy Collette's Latin Jazz All Stars-"Jazz
Heat Bongo Beat"
has been reissued!  This is important, dammit!

Another GREAT vocal group that I believe never made another record other
than this 1,
another RCA Spain reissue that needs to happen;

Group One: "Sings Mancini".  That's NOT the title, but I don't wanna get up
and go see.  Ford knows.
What izzit, Ford ?  Conducted/arranged by 1 George Wilkins (?)

KILLER rekkid

THE HELLERS!  Damn.  Whew!  Here's another outfit that did a lot of group
vocals
for jingles/commercials.  Also made a VERY sophisticated LP on Command.

Probably Command's MOST sophisticated record.  Shoulda been released on
Project 3,
it was/is THAT forward.  It's not a konk you over the head killer type of
record.
It takes a loooooooooooooooooooong time to get it

I wouldn't doubt the "Free Design" having made commercial group vocal jingles.
They were prime for the time and had the sound down

The Kirby Stone 4, made a bunch of records, seems like for a few different
labels.
1 of those labels was Cadence.
I scored a 45 on EBAY for a buck, I think, sight unseen
Been looking for the Cadence label record, FOREVER! and NOTHING!
See this 45 on EBAY, with "The Raven" and "S'Wonderful"

I find out the track list for the LP and the "Raven" isn't on it!
YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I love when that shit happens.  It's totally beatnik spoken word, with a
group vocal
break harmony, after each spoken word part.
Simple music line up, maybe, bass, drums, electric guitar.  In and out and
then
back to the spoken word.
And you can only get it, on this 45:-)))  YES!

Modernaires-Like Swung! (Mercury)
Great vocal group, also did commercial jingles, does a vocal version of
Pete Rugolo's original instrumental version of the theme to "Richard Diamond"
called "The Girl with the Long Black Hair", or something like that.

I LOVE vocal groups:)

Pagan Festival rules, too.  Hard to find in Stereo, but it does exist AND
mono is great too.

Leda Annest-Portrait of Leda.  Music written/arranged and composed by Phil
Moore.
Now THERE'S an amazing record

More later, I'm sure:)
Thanks!
Jack



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:49:54 -0600
From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] George Paoa,Arthur Morton

Lou Smith wrote:


> the song "La Mer", I think it has been recorded by American singers as
> "Beyond the sea"

most notably by Bobby Darin in 1960.



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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:01:04 -0700
From: "Otto" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Aku Aku Boston

Very sad news to report from here-

The Aku Aku in Cambridge MA is being dismantled this week. The 2 exterior
(fiberglass) tikis were chopped up yesterday; the photo in todays newspaper
was very sad, showing them being hauled away. We managed to get about a
dozen or so captains chairs out of the trash there last night, to be used
in our new nightclub. I heard today there are some carved tikis in the
trash behind the place - I'm going to check it out tomorrow. Between this
and the news about the Kahiki, we should be wearing black armbands. More
updates as they come.....

cleve
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:27:16 -0700
From: "Otto" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kahiki vs. Walgreens. HELP!

Alarming news has come our way
It seems the Kahiki was offered a proposition to sellout to Walgreen's for
expansion of their store nearby
Because the Kahiki has not made any official comment denying these rumors
which have appeared on local TV and in the local paper TWICE in one week
(thanks to one very
diligent reporter)

The Kahiki is arguably THE BEST Tiki establishment in America.

to see the Kahiki and to get all the info needed to take action now visit
Mark Chase's excellent Save The Kahiki website at

http://savethekahiki.bizland.com/

I also laud the efforts of Stu Koblentz of Ohio Preservation Alliance
and Natalie Wright (Ohio Historic Properties Office) who was responsible for
getting the Kahiki on the National Register of Historic Sites
www.ohiopreservation.org
and thanks to Betty Maple & Michael Toth who provided some of the contact
info below

It is important to write a letter rather than an email so the company sees
tangible results

             Walgreen Company
             200 Wilmot Road
             Deerfield, IL 60015
             [phone]

If you are in Ohio please call their Manager for real estate in the Columbus
Oh area
Pat Canning  at
847-914-2698

or email him at
[e-mail]

or
to send an email to Walgreens visit their customer response area at

http://www.walgreens.com/contact.jhtml


I don't think I need to stress the importance of everyone's support in
protecting the Kahiki
I think this will be the first opportunity for Tiki fans to really make a
difference and save a historic Tiki sight. Many have fallen since the
inception of Tiki News but none so great has been in peril since our
founding. I intend to make a stand on this issue and I hope all of you will
join in.

Mahalo
Otto von Stroheim
Tiki News
www.tikinews.com





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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:27:47 +0100
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Subject: (exotica) Does anybody remember......

Does anybody remember the story about the country music fan who had
accumulated 145,000 records and rare recordings of live performances?


Can somebody re-post that link please?



Thanks

Charlie


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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:55:11 +0100
From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mondo LP / KPM gig

hey exoticats:

someone mentioned these LPs:


>* 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.

this is actually a UK release from 1990 put together by Bal and the guys at
Big Beat. it is still on catalog if anyone is after it. Bit too much Ray
Dennis Steckler stuff for my taste but some fun moments.


>* 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.

This sounds great - more info please!  Is this old stuff or new?

BTW was anyone else on the list at the KPM All Stars gig at the London Jazz
Cafe last night?  This was truly a seminal event featuring all the original
KPM composers (Keith Mansfield, Alan Hawkshaw et al) and a shit-hot session
band playing groovy film library/Studio 2/Sound Gallery type stuff from the
60s/70s (and the Mohawks).  Apparently this was the first time such a gig
was organised. All I can say is WOW.

groovily
phil










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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:43:08 +0100
From: Michael Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Does anybody remember......

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Does anybody remember the story about the country music fan who had
> accumulated 145,000 records and rare recordings of live performances?
>
> Can somebody re-post that link please?
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38192-2000Mar8.html

also, this is good
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/collect.html


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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:08:00 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Does anybody remember......

> Does anybody remember the story about the country music fan who had
> accumulated 145,000 records and rare recordings of live performances?
>
> Can somebody re-post that link please?

Try   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38192-2000Mar8.html



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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:38:12 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lulu

One-name stars that I know:

Kasandra.  He's a MAN, baby!  Had a minor hit in the early '70's with
"Don't Pat Me on the Back and Call Me Brother

Arrow  - Soca star.  "Hot, Hot, Hot" is still a good song, albeit
overplayed and overcopped.

Abdullah - Sang the song "I Coma Zimba Zio".  Well, I couldn't resist it
when I saw it in the store!

Lobo - And that's all I have to say about that.

Drafi (Deutscher) occasionally backed by the Magics, was German  and
heeeeere's Drafi!
http://online.prevezanos.com/schlager/d/drafi.shtml

Exuma - Bahamaian sort of folk singer (Pssst!  Does anyone know how I can
get in touch with Bob Wyld?)

Jochanon - the Space Age Vocalist who sang with Sun Ra.

Morrissey

There's always Chaino...

Hagar




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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:45:16 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Vocal Musings

> But there are some incredible vocal groups with very modern vocal
> arrangements.  If you like Lambert, Hendricks & Ross type stuff you have
> got to hear The John LeSalle Quartet LP "Potpourri".  The vocal harmonies
> are outstanding, and the female singer is Marlene Van Derplank, who is
> excellent. Anyone else into LaSalle Quartet please chime in.

Actually, it was "Potluck" for Capitol Records, followed by "Jumpin'
at the Left Bank" in 1959.  And, yes, Marlene Verplanck is a first-
rate jazz singer--she has (I'm pretty sure) albums available on
Varese Sarabande and DRG--and her husband Billy Verplanck has
also done a lot of arranging/ composing.


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