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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 07:11:45
From: Brad Bigelow <spaceagepop@earthlink.net>
Subject: (exotica) "Bahia" by Werner Muller
A fan in Germany wrote me desparately seeking a tape or MP3 of Werner
Muller doing "Bahia." I don't have it among my Werner LPs. Can anyone on
the list help this guy out. Even just the title of the LP it's on would help.
Thanks.
Brad
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:04:07 -0400
From: jane.murray@maclaren.com
Subject: (exotica) The Optic Earful
My dad used to have this record whan I was a kid called
"The Optic Earful". I think it was a promo from a design house,
but Im not sure. The first portion consisted of a bunch of characters
who introduced themselves as different typefaces, and then some music
would play that was supposed to be evocative of that typeface:
For example, a guy would come on and say "Hi, Im Bodoni" and then there'd
be this crazy baritone sax doing a little number, and then a woman would
introduce herself as Helvetica, and some Helvetiq-esque music would
play, and so on.
I doubt very much if anyone else had this record or has come across it, but what
the
hell, it's worth asking anyway!
Jane
www.tikifish.com
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:33:54 EDT
From: SLarry3595@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Optic Earful
<< For example, a guy would come on and say "Hi, Im Bodoni" and then there'd
be this crazy baritone sax doing a little number, and then a woman would
introduce herself as Helvetica, and some Helvetiq-esque music would
play, and so on. >>
THAT IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!! That has got to be one of the most bizarre
ideas for a record ever. I hope you can locate a copy.
Larre
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:06:06 -0400
From: nytab@pipeline.com
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Barbara Cartland,Edward Bernds
May 23, 2000
Cartland To Be Buried to Como Song
Filed at 8:52 a.m. EDT
By The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) -- Novelist Barbara Cartland will be buried Wednesday in a simple cardboard coffin under an oak tree planted by Queen Elizabeth I, her family said.
The only music will be Perry Como singing ``I Believe'' as the queen of romantic fiction is interred during a private ceremony on the grounds of Camfield Place, her mansion near Hatfield, north of London, a family statement said Tuesday.
'``I Believe' was her favorite anthem and reflected her strongly held belief in life after death,'' said her son, Ian McCorquodale.
Cartland, a lover of frothy pink gowns and flamboyant false eyelashes who espoused traditional notions of love and marriage, asked for a cardboard coffin because she believed it was more environmentally friendly, her family said. She died at home Sunday at age 98.
Sales of Cartland's 723 books exceeded 1 billion worldwide in 36 languages. The Guinness Book of Records lists her as the world's top-selling author.
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VAN NUYS, Calif. (AP) -- Edward Bernds, one of Hollywood's first sound engineers who went on to direct Bowery Boys and Three Stooges movies, died Saturday. He was 94.
Bernds came to Hollywood in the late 1920s during the advent of talking pictures.
He handled sound for Frank Capra's classic films of the 1930s -- including ``It Happened One Night'' and ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.''
Bernds later directed eight of the Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey Bowery Boys romps. Next came the Three Stooges -- with such films as ``The Three Stooges Meet Hercules'' and ``The Three Stooges in Orbit.''
Bernds' role as a pioneer in motion picture sound was recognized with a special award for technical achievement from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 08:50:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Risser <knucklehead000@yahoo.com>
Subject: (exotica) Big List o' Music
Recently I've been privy to a lot of new music
floating through my house and I thought I'd share my
observations with y'all.
Metropole Orch: Raymond Scott: The Chesterfield
Arrangements (Basta)
This kicks ass. Flat out, no holds barred, it's
exactly what I've been looking for: large scale big
band arrangements of Scott tunes. I love all the
Scott stuff, but I find the small combo a little
tinny. This is rich and thick, well-recorded and
well-performed examples of Scott classics. It's great
from beginning to end.
James Brown: Black Caesar (Polydor)
A classic. All the typical JB sound, but with a
smoother flavor. A great backyard party disc, though
Mama's Dead is a trifle on the overwrought side. By
the way, someone needs to buy that man's catalog and
do a decent reissue job. Polygram/Polydor just keep
churning out piecemeal comps of the same tunes over
and over. Won't someone help!?
Curtis Mayfield: Superfly (I forget)
Another classic. The only problem with this one is
that I'm so familiar with the standards (Freddie's
Dead, Pusherman and Superfly) off it, that it tends to
slide by before I notice. Still the first track is
great. I just wish Junkie Chase was longer. These
two, along with Trouble Man, may be the best
Blaxploitation soundtracks around, though I admit I
haven't heard the full Shaft.
Piero Umiliani: Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (Easy
Tempo/Right Tempo)
How good is this? I had no idea. I knew some cuts
were fantastic, plus Mah Na Mah Na, but I'd heard
other cuts (namely the first vocal) that really turned
me off. But no, this one is good all the way through.
God bless Mp3s. Someone sent me a copy of this album
and I ran out and bought it. Anyway, lots of nice
groovy psych tunes, fa fa fas and mah nas, including
the fantastic Samba Mah Na.
Acid Jazz Movie and TV Themes (Hollywood)
I didn't know what to expect from this, but it's
great. Sadly, the James Taylor Quartet tracks are
some of the weakest, with a really tepid version of
the Mission: Impossible theme. Still he does well on
Mrs. Robinson (oddly enough) and his Dirty Harry theme
is great, though I already have it on Creation. Other
standouts include a versions of the themes for
Rollerball, The Cricket, Love Boat and a version of
The Heist (by Quincy Jones) that is so close to the
original, it's not even funny.
Quincy Jones: The Reel Quincy Jones (UNI/Hip-O)
What a GREAT disc this is. It's too bad they had to
go for the retrospective angle and include junk from
Roots and the Color Purple, because everything else
kicks some serious fanny. With cuts from Mr. Tibbs,
$, the full Sanford and Son theme and tons others,
this is a funky bag of ... well, funk. I love it. My
mom got it for me for Christmas. Thanks, Mom!
Gentle People: Soundtrack for Living (Replex)
This one is a little different. The tunes I like, I
really like, but they float from ultra-soft pop, which
I like, to a trance/ambient dance mode, which is just
okay for me. Others on the list have really liked
this, but I have to say I'm glad I found it used for
ten bucks instead of shelling out the full 20. But
that's just me.
Roland Kirk: Slightly Latin (Vintage)
Once again, I fell victim to DustyGroove's hyperactive
marketing department. This is certainly not a Now
Sound OR latin album. Not even really slightly latin.
It's got a good cover of Walk on By and the rest is
full-on jazz, somewhere between his early stuff, like
Introducing... (which is GREAT), and his free stuff.
I mean, it's certainly not free jazz, but you can see
him heading there. In any case, I'm getting ready to
throw this one back in the pond.
Air: Virgin Suicides (Astralwerks)
I'm still disappointed with this one. Sure, sure,
it's a soundtrack, but I was hoping for a soundtrack
in the Mancini, Legrand, Barry vein, not a typical
ambient, float behind the scenes and not say anything
standing on its own legs vein. There's enough good
songs for me to keep it, but they could have really
done something super. Although, it doesn't seem like
a film that lends itself to a lot of groovy
soundbites. Why couldn't they have been asked to
score the next Austin Powers movie?
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross: The Hottest New Group in
Jazz (Columbia Legends)
MMMm. I love these guys and this three LP-on-2 CD set
satisfies like my wife's chocolate chip cookies. I
have a bunch of the best tunes on a set called
Everybody's Boppin', but this fills it out nicely.
Nice packaging too.
Pop Romantique (Emperor Norton)
French tunes done by non-French people. Since I don't
speak french, I'm happy with it. From originals in
French to covers of Hardy and Gainsbourg tunes (and 1
Bob Dylan tune, though I can't figure out which one),
itÆs a nice pleasant stroll of a disc for me. Quite
enjoyable.
Medeski Martin and Wood: Combustication (BlueNote)
Funky, acid jazz-y, trip-hip-y, whatever the buzzword
of the day is, this organ, bass, drums trio is great.
They throw a couple of turntables into the mix here to
liven things up and do a bang up job. I'd also
recommend their best of, which is a good solid
retrospective. Very chunky.
Stereo Ultra Vol 1 (Big Cheese)
Stereo Ultra Vol 2 (Sirocco)
Though they bear the same title, they are on different
labels and have two different approaches to the tunes
within. Still, they share the same font, so maybe
they are related. The first is a nice cross section
of your typical funky library music. Primarily
psychsploitation groove jams, it's got a nice couple
of cop-rock flavored tunes to keep your ears open.
And the first song rocks. The second volume is more a
straight-ahead comp of backyard BBQ soul tunes,
somewhere along the lines of that Nino Nardini Pop
Riviera thing. Very nice for entertaining, but only
one or two real stand outs.
Bennie Golson: Tune In, Turn On to the Hippest
Commercials (Verve)
Sweet, light, fluffy, wordless vocal treatments of now
sound classics (Music to Watch Girls By, Happiness Is,
The Disadvantages of You and The Magnificent Seven
(?)) that also happened to be used in commercials.
Very nicely done.
Blossom Dearie: May I Come In (Capitol)
Sigh. I love Blossom dearly, I do. But this one just
didn't connect on any level. I've got Sings the
Rootin' Songs on DIW which is GREAT and another which
has tunes like If I Were a Bell, that really swing,
but this one was just really flat. Not even the
promised cover of Charade was worthwhile. Too bad so
sad.
Say, does anyone know where the Blossom cut on the
Inflight CD comes from? Just wondering.
Hugo Montenegro: Good Vibrations (RCA Spain)
I'm sick, really, I am. But this sort of vocal
treatment is just SOOO good to me. And I can't even
explain why, as there's no real reason it should be.
I mean, I can argue Umiliani or Barry or Morricone or
even Stereo Ultra to my wife and say, look at what
they are doing. But this, this, there is no excuse
for. It's like... well, at work every Wednesday they
bring donuts and there's this one type of donut that
is very heavy and thick, with a super sweet glazing on
it. I think I heard someone call them a "sourdough"
donut, but that doesn't quite make sense. Still,
biting into it gives this delirious near-orgasmic
sugar rush. These Hugo albums (this one, along with
Moog Power) are like that for me; like biting into the
sonic equivalent of sugar-coated fried lard. Sooooo
delicious, but so bad for you! Anyway, Good
Vibrations falls a little short (how couldn't it, the
original is great), though the last thirty seconds are
cooool. The cover of Classical Gas and the two Lady
in Cement tunes are great, as is the Love Is Blue. A
couple wild effects, processed vocals, whistling, male
chorus harmonies and, I think, an ocarina splash
across the face of the album. A few of the tunes are
way-to-slow, so it's not wall-to-wall like Moog Power,
but still great. How is it this spanish reissue was
12.99 at DustyGroove? Odd.
Raymond Scott: Manhattan Research, Inc. (Basta)
What a beautiful package. Once again, Basta has done
a wonderful job with this. This hasn't ever really
come out here, but the tunes are, for the most part,
not standard tunes. I was expecting a selection of
electronic pieces, and there are a few of these. But
aside from a nice Nordine-ish turn with Scott and Jim
Henson, it's primarily a cross-section of various
advertising pieces that Scott had put together for his
"jingle" writing agency, almost like a little
mini-museum. That being said, I'm delighted to have
it because it's such a beautiful artifact, but I'm not
