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exotica-digest       Tuesday, February 13 2001       Volume 02 : Number 890



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Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68
Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68
(exotica) Some Top Exotica/Lounge comps/why i got into exotica...
R Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68
Re: (exotica) When I First Joined This List
Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68
Re: (exotica) When I First Joined This List
Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68
(exotica) Answer to alan
Re: (exotica) top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records...
Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68
(exotica) A Big Easy  Response to Alan's Question
Re: (exotica) Ali'i
(exotica) Re: Hatten =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E4r?= din
Re: (exotica) Ali'i Boy
(exotica) Nature boy
Re: (exotica) Nature boy
(exotica) =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=28exotica=29_Re:_Hatten_=E4r_din?=
(exotica) exotica) A Big Easy  Response to Alan's Question
(exotica) The April Fools soundtrack
Re: (exotica) The April Fools soundtrack
Re: (exotica) Answer to alan
Subject: Re: (exotica) The things you find on DVD!
Re: (exotica) The April Fools soundtrack
(exotica) please allow me to introduce mice elf

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:21:26 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68

At 11:40 AM 2/12/01 -0800, F. Cobalt wrote:
>
>Once again I agree with Alan.  the one I really love, is The Three Suns
"Movin' 'n' Groovin'". That album is like no other.

One good agreement deserves another.  I agree.  This is a truly great
record.  Unlike many of the records we discuss here, this is good from
start to finish.  It's so good that I think you could play it for someone
who didn't like this kind of music and they would still get it. I've often
tried to explain what's great about the Three Suns but if you play them
"Danny's Inferno" from this record, you don't have to 'splain nothing more.
BTW I know we're all slightly jaded and also overwhelmed by the number of
amazing records in the world but it would be really nice if people here
talked about records they love... which hardly happens anymore.  You don't
have to make lists of your top anything.  Just go to your shelf, rifle
through a few and pull out one
exotica/NowSound/lounge/easylistening/spaceagebachelorpad LP (or CD) you
love and tell us about it.  Do that review you've always wanted to do.

OR tell us what you're looking for in general.

 For instance, Johan it seems that you have a very complete collection of a
couple of genres.  What genres are they and why are you obsessed with them?

Or Brian and Cheryl, I know you guys buy a lot of CD's in the
breakbeat/electronica world but when you look through the LP bins, what are
you looking for?

Or Moritz, I know you have a particular love for Les Baxter. Why?  And is
there a connection between Les and the other music you love?

Magnus, who are you?  You say you're 31 or so. I was surprised to find that
out. I figured you were older but then again, I always forget that you
don't have to be old like me to be a bit "eccentric".   What kind of music
do you listen to most of the time Magnus?  Do you ever listen to rock n roll?

Or James Brouwer, I believe you have the best soundtrack collection I've
ever come across.  But that's only because you seem to want the same
soundtracks I want. You're not trying to get every kind of soundtrack.  So
how would you characterize the kind of soundtrack you're looking for?

I can't think of questions for basic hip or bag@hubris but you both seem to
have amazing collections.  What are you focussed on these days and why?

Brian Philips, give us a clue about you.  Tell us the last ten things you
listened to

I sort of have the same question for you JimmyB.  You post these amazing
playlists which go back and forth between groovy OLD things - like you and
me - and groovy NEW things.  But when you're at home with the wife and
kids, do you listen to stuff like this?  Or do you even have time to listen
to music simply for the hell of it?

Oh and is there anyone here that has their own room with their
collection(s) separate from the rest of their family?  A room you go into
and turn on music that the rest of them would never listen to?  If so, what
else do you have in that room?

And chuck, do you listen to any contemporary music with the exception of
soft pop things on Siesta?  And how old are you?  I can't figure it out.
And how many records do you have on the wall?  Are they all framed?

I just listened to an amazing half-spoken word half soft pop cut by the New
Colony Six called Prairie Grey.

If you tell me this stuff, I'll tell you.  For those of you who still read
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:27:05 -0500
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68

Is there nothing you want to know about me, dear Alan?

Will

Will Straw,
Acting Chair,
Department of Art History and Communications Studies
McGill University
853 Sherbrooke Street W.
Montreal, QC  H3A 2T6
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:37:15 -0000
From: "james brouwer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Some Top Exotica/Lounge comps/why i got into exotica...

> > It would also be very helpful to have some evaluations of the many
> > lounge/exotica compilations (like the UltraLounge series) now available.

in my meek opinion, these are some fine compilations, but it ain't a
definitive list:

1) Sound Gallery Volume 1 (worth the price for "Half Forgotten    Daydreams"
alone, but virtually every track on this thing is a      winner. Sort of a
shag-carpet, jet-set plaza musique of the    60's/70's thing)
2) Easy Tempo Volume 3: The Psycho Beat
3) Erotica Italia (on Bistro records, italian porn music from the
60's/70's)
4) Sound Gallery Volume II (not as good as the first, but still of    high
calibre)
5) Shake Sauvage (french soundtrack music from 68-'73, it's brand new    and
superb).

i'm sure i'm forgetting some...
actually, it was that first sound gallery record, plus both volumes of
"Incredibly Strange Music" published by RESearch, that got me into exotica
(to answer a question that has been floating around), though I had been
collecting 'incredibly strange' records for a few years before that, but not
very seriously. the above mentioned two items made me much more serious
about it.

two cents worth. that's all
jb
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:37:49 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: R Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68

In a message dated 2/12/1 3:20:30 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I sort of have the same question for you JimmyB.  You post these amazing
>playlists which go back and forth between groovy OLD things - like you and
>me - and groovy NEW things.  But when you're at home with the wife and
>kids, do you listen to stuff like this?

"The" wife isn't as enamored of this stuff as I...but my son likes it at 6.
My daughter at almost 9 thinks its "weird" She mimics "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba" and
other wordless stuff as silly and meaningless--she's right of course--but she
is more through the looking glass than she thinks, knowing all the lyrics to
"Barbarella". Mixing the old with the new makes all the sense in the world
for me because as great as the old is, you need to move forward too. I like
the whole concept of Loungetronica, Houseanova and all that falls in between.
But I also believe in creating a context so the listener can latch on to
something that provides roots..its all good

>Or do you even have time to listen to music simply for the hell of it?

I recently built a dj booth in my basement...Its my part of the house and I
spend about an hour a day there...All my records are in crates with covers
facing me at chest height. Two wheels of steel, two CD players, a mixer and a
tape machine all on a counter...Baby i'm good to go!!


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:42:48 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) When I First Joined This List

At 03:11 PM 2/12/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote:
>    Any of the George Shearing Latin albums.  The sound he gets out of his
>keyboard (whatever it's called--is it just a straight piano or is it
>something else?  A Mellophone?)

I don't know if we're talking about the same thing but I assume it's the
combination of piano and vibes.  I agree with this choice Clayton you
lurker you.  I especially love "Latin Escapade" but that's also for the cover.

>    Gary McFarland, Summer Samba.  I bought this one by chance.  Jazz
>aficionados dislike it for being a sellout, but I love it.  Whistling and
>off-key humalong.

This is one of my alltime favorite records.  "She loves you" is a classic.
If I was still a jazz snob, I might hate this.  But I'm just an afficianado
now so I can admit how much I love it.  But wait.  Are we talking about the
same record?   You mean SOFT Sambas, right?
I also recommend his "Soft Samba with Strings" and "Does the sun really
shine on the moon?" which are similar records.
And if you have the taste for something really strange, look for Sympatico
which he made with Gabor Szabo.  They sing together in unison on every song
and they give Edmondo Ros a run for his money as far as bad singing goes.
I like the way Gary sings on his own so it must be Gabor's fault.
I love Gabor and Gary so I keep this record but it breaks my rules.

>    Henry Mancini, Soundtrack to Arabesque.  I've never seen any discussion
>of this album,
  Great, great soundtrack, especially "Something for Sophia."

You're three for three with me Clayton.  This is a great record and that's
a great tune but I would have to add "Dream Street" which is the best cut
of its kind I've ever heard.  Almost all the "Something for... " cuts on
Mancini soundtracks are good, especially "Something for Sellers".

>    Maybe not a classic, but still a great album is Werner Muller's Hawaiian
>Swing.  Most Hawaiian stuff puts me to sleep, including the disappointing
>Stereo Action album  _Paradise Regained_ by Leo Addeo, but Muller's Hawaiian
>songs bear little relationship to authenticity, and I appreciate it.

Well you're four for four now.  And I'm not the only one to join you on
this one.  This is a big record with Montreal listers.  I mostly love this
for Hawaiian Eye but I agree the whole record is above average.  Other
stuff by Werner is also good.  What's the story with him?  I've lost most
of my prejudice but still, the name Werner Muller does not conjure up such
a swinging cat as he turns out to be.

>    A recent find that might not be on a top-whatever-number list  but that
>really turned me on was a Kai Winding album with the Axidentals, on the
>Pickwick label.

Hmmm, can't quite go there with you.  I have a bunch of Kai records
including the ones with Ondioline and his "crime jazz themes" compilation
but I have to say that Kai is always a little disappointing even though
it's kind of cool that this jazz trombone player tried to make all these
groovy records.

Obviously I wish there was more discussion like this on the list.  There
once was.  I can understand why it's changed but to be honest,  if the way
it is now had been the way it was when I first joined three years ago, I
wouldn't have stuck around.  Now it's just a habit I can't break and I keep
hoping I can coax it back there.

AZ



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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:51:52 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68

At 03:27 PM 2/12/01 -0500, Will Straw wrote:
>Is there nothing you want to know about me, dear Alan?

Well as a matter of fact... I want to know why you're suddenly so active on
this list?
I hope you're not suddenly less busy for the worst of all possible reasons.

Okay Will, here's my question.  I know that you are capable of giving a
brilliant and academic treatise on why you love soundtrack and Now Sound
LPs.  But do you actually understand why you love the music you love?
I ask for myself as much as anything else.  I can't figure out why I spend
so much time listening to soundtracky things.
And by the way, how did you like those soft soundtrack CDR's I copied for
you?  I can't get over them myself.  I like them too much.  What's wrong
with me?

AZ



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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:04:37 -0500
From: Clayton Black <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) When I First Joined This List

> You mean SOFT sambas, right?
> I also recommend his "Soft Samba with Strings" and "Does the sun really
> shine on the moon?" which are similar records.
> And if you have the taste for something really strange, look for Sympatico
> which he made with Gabor Szabo.  They sing together in unison on every song
> and they give Edmondo Ros a run for his money as far as bad singing goes.
> I like the way Gary sings on his own so it must be Gabor's fault.
> I love Gabor and Gary so I keep this record but it breaks my rules.

Quite right.  Soft Sambas.  Funny you should make the comparison with
Edmundo Ros, because the only other album that my wife likes is Ros's
_Strings Latino_ (or something like that), especially his singing of "A Man
and a Woman."  Maybe she just likes bad singing, I don't know.


>
>> A recent find that might not be on a top-whatever-number list  but that
>> really turned me on was a Kai Winding album with the Axidentals, on the
>> Pickwick label.
>
> Hmmm, can't quite go there with you.  I have a bunch of Kai records
> including the ones with Ondioline and his "crime jazz themes" compilation
> but I have to say that Kai is always a little disappointing even though
> it's kind of cool that this jazz trombone player tried to make all these
> groovy records.
>

Well, as somebody recently noted, "favorites" come and go with the seasons,
and recent favorites are often recently purchased albums that, surprisingly,
didn't disappoint me and that I play more than once.  Kai isn't among my
absolute favorites either, but as a former trombone player myself, I have
this abiding love  for trombone front-men (hence my affection for Si Zentner
and Warren Covington as well).  And harmonizing vocals seem to be growing on
me.

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:05:06 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68

alan zweig schrieb:

> What's wrong with me?

nothing. you are a film maker.

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:58:28 +0100 (CET)
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Answer to alan

Alan wrote:

> Magnus, who are you?  You say you're 31 or so. I was surprised to=20
find that
> out. I figured you were older but then again, I always forget that you
> don't have to be old like me to be a bit "eccentric".   What kind of=20
music
> do you listen to most of the time Magnus?  Do you ever listen to rock=20
n
> roll?


Exotica changed my life! When I was younger (9-15) I listened to=20
reagge, dub, calypso (old), soca and african pop. I got all this from=20
the radio, there were two different shows. One was called "Radio=20
Westindia". Now there were some incredible music on this show, not just=20
the current hits from jamaica and Trinidad but also old weird calypso=20
and novelty songs and such, I taped all shows and listened to it every=20
day. I knew the name and place of every island in the westindies and i=20
was heavily involved with the political situation over there. I was=20
pretty much alone in listening to this, I have a brother and he liked=20
it to, but not as much as I did. When I turned 15 I started listen to=20
60s rock and pop, such as Thirteen's floor Elevators and Byrds and=20
stuff like that, psychedelic pop. But I did not use drugs at this time,=20
I was heavily against it, seems strange afterwards listen to that kinda=20
music. CD had not arrived so I searched for LPs, mostly reissues, there=20
were also many great rockbands that I used to go and watch, I also=20
listened to 70s punk and New Wawe. Pop Group and Mark Stewart, Kukl=20
(former Sugarcubes/Bj=F6rk) Blurt and Captain Beefheart.

Then I had some years when I listened to Mississippi country blues, Son=20
House and Bukka White, Robert Johnson and Robert Pete Williams was=20
among my favorites. I listened to very dark music too, and I was=20
getting darker inside, I was not the happy guy that used to dance with=20
myself to calypso, I had a severe pain inside that I just couldnt get=20
rid of. I started hang out with the guys who in those days were=20
called "Blackrockers". We listened to Very dark music, I have lost all=20
menory of that music, Ueck! It seemed everything was turning downwards,=20
I had nothing to look forward to in music, everything just went worse=20
and worse, in the end the only records I bought was made by Tom Waits=20
and him what's his name, that australian guy with the black long=20
hair... Cant remember.=20

But! in the end of the eighties I was begining to collect american=20
videotapes of weird films, so that became my new interest. I bought=20
stuff like the brainiac, mesa of lost women, terror of tiny town, robot=20
monster the Ed Wood films etc. We used to gather at night and watch it=20
drinking VERY MUCH red wine. I used to drink up to three bottles, then=20
go out and have fun, which usually meant MORE BOOZE. No other drugs up=20
to this point. Just VERY MUCH RED WINE.

Now the music in these fifties films started get to me, and I wanted it=20
on record, but records like that was not to be found. I made a score=20
now and then, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, cult=20
fifties rockers but I wanted something different, I wanted the mood=20
music which i heard in the movies.

Then came the 90s, and suddenly it was the internet, I was online in=20
1995, and it didnt took long for me to find some weird webpages with=20
albumcoverart and the name... Exotica.

Now I had a Martin Denny record (Another taste of honey) and I=20
recognized the name "Exotica" from its backcover. I had a feeling I had=20
stepped into something REALLY IMPORTANT. I was determined to learn all=20
about this new (to me) music so I started buying lots and lots of=20
records from the united States, some of it was crap, but much of it was=20
what I can see as classics in the genre. I spend lot of money.=20
tousands! I just couldnt get enough of it. I can honestly say that I=20
have experienced GOD in this music, it is so big to me. NO, I dont=20
listen to Rock or soul or blues or HipHop or anything. I LISTEN ONLY AT=20
EXOTICA. But Exotica is pretty wide, though I am most fond of the=20
birdcall jungle exotica I also enjoy any record that has a happy mood,=20
and has the power to transform it to me. Like Bill Page "sound of the=20
sonic sixties" Like the Nutty Squirrels which I just got a CDr copy of=20
from my buddy Johan. Like the Three suns.

But if i was to choose some music for eternity, it would be the jungle=20
exotica. It is the only thing I just cant live without anymore. It is=20
my new home. Nature boy, quiet village, flamingo, poinciana.  It is=20
what my dreams are made off. Its eternal.

Magnus


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:52:30 +0000
From: "Dr Chris R. Tame" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records...

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes
>
>> It would also be very helpful to have some evaluations of the many
>> lounge/exotica compilations (like the UltraLounge series) now available.
>
>In my opinion, the best of the Capital 'Ultra Lounge' series are ..
>
>- Vol. 4  Bachelor Pad Royale
>- Vol 18  Bottom's Up
>- Vol. 1  Mondo Exotica
>
>next favorites are
>
>- Vol 17  Bongoland
>- Vol 16  Mondo Hollywood
>- Vol 11  Organs in Orbit
>- Vol 2    Mambo Fever
>
>These are based on my mindset 3-4 years ago .... my tastes may have shifted
>since then.
>
>Vern
>
>
>

Thanks for the recommendations.

I have Bachelor Pad Royale and agree with you. It's an outstanding
collection.
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:09:34 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: top 10 or 50 Exotica/Lounge records: top 68

>BTW I know we're all slightly jaded and also overwhelmed by the number of
>amazing records in the world but it would be really nice if people here
>talked about records they love... which hardly happens anymore.  You don't
>have to make lists of your top anything.

I'm TRYING, but the framdam listserver isn't putting my post through!

I gave it 5 days, tried again and now it looks like that attempt won't come
through either. Last week, I thought it might be because of length, but
then then Johan's massive posts came slamming right through, and I don't
think it's nearly as long as they were.

under a gag order for an unknown crime,


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:15:49 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Big Easy  Response to Alan's Question

Alan I have 160 framed albums at my house and I just ordered 50
more for me and 50 for another exoticat on this list.  I change the
albums for the season.  Mardi Gras season is upon us so every
Exotica album I have is competing in my mind to go up.  Yesterday
my girlfriend and I framed a few including "Ritual of the Savage"
and "Jungala" and some wild Limbo album to give you an example.  At
halloween time horror albums graced my wall.  At Cristmas time you
can just guess, Jack Benny Chrismas album...3 Suns albums, Joni
James, "I Know What You Want For Christmas"  and the occasional
disco Xmas.  For my little girls 5th Birthday Party up went a Mary
Kay Birthday Cake lp,  Disney picture disc lps and kiddie lps.  Her
bedroom has lps she chose herself, some ballet, disney and sweet
cute cheesecake.

At one time my hallway had 30 or so Ray Coniff album covers.  "A
Coniff Hallway"  just the concept makes me laugh!   Yma Sumac and
exotica are up there now.  The back bedroom, which is full of lps
on the floor and cds in the shelves, will get all those great outer
space lps.


Well Alan, you should remember all of my shibuya-kei posts from the
last few years. There is something so wild refreshing and
unpredictable about a good shibuya-kei song.  It is just
exhilarating fun for me to hear a great shibuya kei song.
Mansfield 6 is my favorite japanese club pop band out these days. I
can't get enough of their last 2 eps.  Its close though because P-5
have rocked my world with their last 2 singles.

Kinky Beats is my favorite comp of last year!  Nothing in this
genre has matched it for me.

Dusty Trails is by far my favorite album of last year.  I just ooze
every time I hear it.  I associate the melodies on it to 1966 my
favorite year in music!  Its soft pop and its not on Siesta.

The Brian Wilson tribute album, "Caroline Now" on Marina is so good
I went out and purchased those mid/late 1970s beach boy albums like
"Love You" The marina versions are better!

I play a lot of sci fi horror music. A real lot.

The Nuggets Box Set gets my award for my favorite box set!  Love
1966 garage music!  and the band LOVE.

The Magnetic Field's 69 love songs gets a lot of play.
God Speed You Black Emperor made the heavy rotation a month or so
ago.  The newer Blow up comps are getting lots of play.  Sssounds
of Music and any thing by Bertrand Burgalot I love. His Chrominance
Decoder production of April March still awes me.
I'm spread a little too thin these days with all my purchases and
worse during Mardis Gras because I make the tapes and the music is
full of Soca, Soukous  Zouk and Compass.

Getting a lot of play at my house and in the car is the PowerPuff
Girls tribute cd.  Optigannly Yours and Apples in Stereo are simply
tremendous on it.  I have all of the Apples in Stereo releases
including the early individual lp.  They rock with a little 66
pop/garage feel to me.

Mary Mayo has the best voice I have ever heard!  Well Gal Costa
does too!

Diane Webber the best legs!  Thrifted Burnished Brass today! Shoot
who needs viagra when you got the Diane Webber record covers and
bossa nova music.  Put on a little Bossa Nova music Alan and pull
out all those Diane Webber lps and see what happens.

For Bossa Nova try the Trip to Brazil comps.  Over the years I have
never been able to get enough Bossa Nova.

Any info on Diane Webber is welcome.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck



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> And chuck, do you listen to any contemporary music with the
> exception of soft pop things on Siesta?  And how old are you?  I
can't figure it out.
> And how many records do you have on the wall?  Are they all
> framed?








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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:26:57 -0800 (PST)
From: tikiman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ali'i

HΘj Magnus-

> ever heard June Christy's version of "Midnight
> Sun?"

> No, which record is it on?

it's on "Something Cool" (Capitol) and has many other,
well, cool tracks on it. i read your self-portrait and
noticed the songs that are your exotica staples...
notably "Nature Boy." i love that tune as well and i'm
making a cd based on it interspersed with Eden Ahbez's
music and the 5 versions of the song that I have by
1. Jon Hassell 2. Nat King Cole 3. Mile Davis 4. John
Coltrane 5. Johnny Hartman. know of any others?

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 17:37:03 -0600
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Hatten =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E4r?= din

I just happened across the English translation of that sublimely bizarre
Turkish hat dance Flash site that was posted here a couple of days ago:

http://www.geocities.com/pommesrotweissx/

Wish I'd swallowed my beer  BEFORE I read it!

Hatt-baby, hatt-baby!!! Glue piece of ham, cool!

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:24:04 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ali'i Boy

tikiman <[e-mail]> wrote:
> notably "Nature Boy." i love that tune as well and i'm
making a cd based on it interspersed with Eden Ahbez's
music and the 5 versions of the song that I have by
1. Jon Hassell 2. Nat King Cole 3. Mile Davis 4. John
Coltrane 5. Johnny Hartman. know of any others?
alohaderci,
Fluid Floyd
=================
I made a tape compilation of Nature Boy for the exoticaring - well, actually, it's one side of a 100 minute tape. I put all the versions I had and others filled in the rest of the tape. Unfortunately, I can't remember what the track list was, so perhaps whoever has it now might be able to send us the list. Of course, you can always go to http://allmusic.com and search for song:nature boy. There's lots and lots of versions to be found, that's for sure.

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:18:45 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Nature boy

>n"Nature Boy." i love that tune as well and i'm
>making a cd based on it interspersed with Eden Ahbez's
>music and the 5 versions of the song that I have by
>1. Jon Hassell 2. Nat King Cole 3. Mile Davis 4. John
>Coltrane 5. Johnny Hartman. know of any others?

I just got an amazing version of this song by guitarist Joe Beck from an
album named after the tune.  It's five minutes long with lots of wah wah
guitar and sounds a bit like Zappa or something similar.
I also have versions by Annie Ross,  Art Pepper, Buddy Merrill and Robert
Maxwell.
If I had to pick a fave, it would be Art Pepper but that's cause he's my
favorite alto sax player of all time.

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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:22:47 +0100 (CET)
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Nature boy

citerar alan  zweig <[e-mail]>:

>
> I just got an amazing version of this song by guitarist Joe Beck from
an
> album named after the tune.

You like that?? Maybe I have to try it again. Listened very quickly and
back in the bin it went.

Magnus


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:30:51 -0500
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=28exotica=29_Re:_Hatten_=E4r_din?=

Well, that English translation explains everything...glued ham and all -
what have those Turks been
smoking?

> I just happened across the English translation of that sublimely bizarre
> Turkish hat dance Flash site that was posted here a couple of days ago:


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:40:26 -0600
From: "Colleen Pyles" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) exotica) A Big Easy  Response to Alan's Question

Sheeesh Chuck, that's alotta framed albums.  I'd like to frame a few,
where do you find the frames to do that?
colleenintexas


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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:09:15 -0700
From: "Kevin Leeeeee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The April Fools soundtrack

<html><DIV>
<P>HELP!</P>
<P>trying to track down the credits and info for one of the songs on this soundtrack.  I believe it's the Mongo Santamaria track called "La la la" (?).  i can't find any info on it anywhere on the web and it's driving me up the wall!  i need composer name, exact title, publisher name.</P>
<P>it's the song on that soundtrack with the wordless haunting female vocals.  very easy and groovy.  for anyone who's not heard this song, it's worth getting the soundtrack!  that is, if you can find it.</P>
<P>kevin leeeeee</P>
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:54:36 -0800
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The April Fools soundtrack

Kevin Leeeeeeeeeeee's plea:

<<HELP!
trying to track down the credits and info for one of the songs on this
soundtrack.  I believe it's the Mongo Santamaria track called "La la la"
(?).  i can't find any info on it anywhere on the web and it's driving me up
the wall!  i need composer name, exact title, publisher name.
it's the song on that soundtrack with the wordless haunting female vocals.
very easy and groovy.  for anyone who's not heard this song, it's worth
getting the soundtrack!  that is, if you can find it>>

Darn!  I looooovvvvee sixites soundtracks (me too, alan z) but I don't have
that one, kevin.  :(  But you are on the right track, it is La La La by
Mongo Santamaria.  Here is a link to a bit of info, plus a scan:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1407341544

Run a search on ebay every now and then, it'll turn up!









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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:48:44 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Answer to alan

In a message dated 2/12/01 2:04:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< But if i was to choose some music for eternity, it would be the jungle
 exotica. It is the only thing I just cant live without anymore. It is
 my new home. Nature boy, quiet village, flamingo, poinciana.  It is
 what my dreams are made off. Its eternal.

 Magnus >>

sums it up for me.  thanks maggie!

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:28:15 -0500
From: "Brian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Subject: Re: (exotica) The things you find on DVD!

Paul wrote:

> > on DVD. There's another one by him I have to get next week.  Anyone know
if
> > any of the soundtracks to these films were ever released?
> Apparently not.  There are "Branded To Kill" MP3s at all pulled off the
DVD.
Yes I just discovered a new use for my Minidisc recorder as I ripped all the
sound off of that Tokyo Drifter DVD. It created a huge number of tracks due
to quiet noise gaps, but after some erasing, what I have left is a
non-destructive digital image of the audio to manipulate. It is a bit
tedious but you could do the same on a hard disk I suppose.

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:44:42 -0500
From: buMp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The April Fools soundtrack

LA LA LA- Mongo Santamaria
composer is MARVIN HAMLISCH of all people.
Pub. 1969 Columbia Pictures
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
>
great friggin track!



>
>>
>>HELP!
>>
>>
>>
>>trying to track down the credits and info for one of the songs on this
>>soundtrack.  I believe it's the Mongo Santamaria track called "La la la"
>>(?).  i can't find any info on it anywhere on the web and it's driving me
>>up the wall!  i need composer name, exact title, publisher name.
>>
>>
>>
>>it's the song on that soundtrack with the wordless haunting female
>>vocals.  very easy and groovy.  for anyone who's not heard this song,
>>it's worth getting the soundtrack!  that is, if you can find it.
>>
>>
>>
>>kevin leeeeee
>
>

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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:24:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Clifford <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) please allow me to introduce mice elf

This recent rash of closet exits and lurker
de-cloakings has inspired me to get up offa my thang
- -well, actually, sit right down on my thang - and
write a couple things about myself.
My interest in Exotica is part of an overall obsession
with music and pop culture. My interest in exotica
list type-stuff probably first manifested in high
school and early college early-mid '80s when I started
picking up albums with alluring, attractive, scantily
clad women on the cover, including the famous Betty
Page w/ leopards album. I soon expanded into cool
covers of other types and actually buying some records
for the music alone. I ended up using a lot of these
while I lived in New Mexico on my college radio show,
Expando Radio (once, and perhaps still, listed on the
Space Age Bachelor Pad site). Now I live in the
western Boston burbs (Waltham) and really enjoy
catching Seks Bomba, Astroslut, Electric Logs, etc.
around town. Com. Edison's last cd release party at a
great place in Chinatown with Electric Logs and
Pineapple Ranchhands was a blast. Although I don't
enjoy the prices charged for cool exotica stuff at the
used joints in town, I've found a cigarette/ record
store here that's got some decent stuff for cheap.
Picked up another Rod Mckuen there after the recent
list discussion of his stuff.
I work at a local cable news network, in master
control overnight, so now have plenty of time to
peruse the exotica list messages while I work.
Enough for now - hope this helps make a previously
anonymous infrequent poster into more a real person...
Mike

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