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exotica-digest         Sunday, April 15 2001         Volume 02 : Number 956



In This Digest:

(exotica) 50's POP with Steel Guitar
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers
Re: (exotica) 60's "groovy music
(exotica) Austin record stores
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers
(exotica) (promotional crap-o-la) Seks Bomba on tour!
Re: (exotica) 50's POP with Steel Guitar
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers
Re: (exotica) (promotional crap-o-la) Seks Bomba on tour!
Re: Re: (exotica) 60's "groovy music
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers
Re: (exotica) 60's "dance" music
Re: (exotica) bad cowboy, good indian -  Kriminalfilmmusik vol 1-4
Re: (exotica) bad cowboy, good indian -  Kriminalfilmmusik vol 1-4
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers
Sv: (exotica) bad cowboy, good indian -  Kriminalfilmmusik vol 1-4
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers
(exotica) Robert Maxwell "Peg O' My Heart"
Re: (exotica) Robert Maxwell "Peg O' My Heart"
(exotica) College Confidential
(exotica) Robert Maxwell "Peg O' My Heart"
(exotica) Louis Prima tv
(exotica) Paul Conrad -Exotic Paradise
(exotica) Radiojingles
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 15
Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:53:10 -0400
From: "Dave Van Allen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 50's POP with Steel Guitar

for those of you interested in the subject line...

"Hot Club of America in Hi-Fi featuring the guitars of Johnny Cucci and Jody
Carver"
Coral Records 1957
Johnny Cucci-Stratocaster
Jody Carve-Fender Custom Steel

Fantastic POP /Lounge stuff from '57 - instrumental classics including
"Brazil", "Miserlou", "Autumn Leaves"...


My website tribute to this remarkable recording including facts about the
recording, and links to audio is at
http://www.voicenet.com/~vanallen/hcoahome.html

enjoy

Dave Van Allen



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:33:04 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

At 08:13 AM 4/13/01 -0400, Clayton Black wrote:
  But maybe Sammy too has a few gems
>that are worth finding?

Clayton, Clayton, I don't know if I'm more surprised or disappointed in you.

Sammy Kaye, Billy Vaughn, you name it.  They all made records "late" in
their career trying to cash in on the various rock n roll trends.
Some of the greatest records of all time were made in this spirit.
You must know this.
Records by people like Les and Larry Elgart. (Elgart au Go-Go)  Billy May
(Today)  Les Brown (The Young Beat). Even Ray Anthony (Swim, Swim, C'mon
and Swim)
Billy Vaughn's "The Windmills of Your mind" is a pretty good record.
His "A Current Set of Standards" has the most wacked-out moogy version of
"The theme for Rosemary's Baby" you could ever want to hear.
And Sammy Kaye made "Swing and Sway Au Go Go" which is probably my favorite
record of the "genre".
But now I'll be looking for the ones Brad referred to.

This is the centre of my taste we're talking about here Clayton.  I'm sure
you were just kidding.

AZ



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:33:02 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 60's "groovy music

At 06:22 AM 4/13/01 -0500, robert blahut wrote:
>>
>i should have mentioned that the color episodes of "dragnet"
>frequently had radios playing that groovy kind of music that would
>work los angeles' drug crazed youth into a orgiastic frenzy. - -

There were always sitars.  Sitars and beaded curtains.  I think that's the
reason I like sitars so much though I don't feel the same for beaded curtains.
(I think the sitars were acoustic not electric but I think I still prefer
electric.)
It's too bad you can't get ALL the incidental music for shows like Hawaii
Five Oh and Dragnet.  Too bad you can't do a search for words like "LSD"
and "weed" and get the music playing everytime those words were uttered.
I always remember this particular episode of Dragnet where the guy jumped
out the window thinking he could fly.  I think he was actually on grass
rather than the more appropriate acid or mushrooms.
(Smoking never made me think I could fly.)
The Dragnet boys go to tell the dead man's best friend.  The sitars come on
as they part the beaded curtain and find the friend sitting on the floor
(or is it a beanbag chair) nodding off, his head hanging down and his hair
hanging in his face the way hair hangs when you do lots of drugs.
They call his name.  He doesn't look up.  They tell him his friend is dead.
 He still doesn't look up but he does manage to mumble "What a bummer!"
Something about his drug-hazed reaction makes Friday and his partner look
at each other with that pursed lip look of disapproval.
What did they want him to do?  His friend died.  That IS a bummer.  What
else should he do?  Give up drugs?  Jump out the window himself?

When I talk about this go-go Now Sound generic rock instrumental stuff I'm
obsessed with these days, I always refer to the go-go sequences on "Laugh
In" but they happened all over TV.
It's so curious that this music which so offended me - and colleen - when I
was a kid, is so interesting to me now.
I don't even know if it's actually interesting to me or if I just want it
because it's fun to find it.

In my continuing CDR project, this past week I've been revisiting (and
decimating) that part of my collection which I listened to and collected in
the seventies and eighties.  The folk, folk rock, reggae etc.  Right now
it's Toots and "Funky Kingston".   It's good stuff but I don't want it
anymore.  Someday virtually the only records left will be the kind of
records they could have played during a hippie episode on Dragnet.
What does that say?
I guess the drugs did have an effect on me.

AZ



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:40:23 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Austin record stores

Is there somebody on the list from Austin, Texas?  I'll be there in a
couple of weeks and just curious about the best stores for used
vinyl.  I read the piece in Cool and Strange Music about Austin
record stores but no way I can hit 'em all in the limited time I have.
Any recommendations?  Thanks!


Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html
Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro/retrolisten.htm


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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:10:30 -0400
From: Clayton Black <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

> This is the centre of my taste we're talking about here Clayton.  I'm sure
> you were just kidding.

Naturally!  Ahem-m-m!
Sorry, I have to admit it.  I don't know a damn thing about that genre, so I
guess that makes me the worst sort of philistine.  I once picked up one of
those Time albums with 20 songs that was sort of a "go-go" "now sound" album
that did nothing for me, so after giving it several shots, into the
throwaway pile it went.  Like Magnus, I gave Billy Vaughn several attempts,
but couldn't reconcile myself to that sound.  Not thinking about *when* the
albums were made, I have henceforth skipped past every Sammy Kaye or Billy
Vaughn album I've come across--and that's a heckuva lot of them.  In fact,
the center of your taste sounds like the albums I skip past without fail.
Whenever I see that the songs are remakes of "rock" tunes (with a few
notable exceptions) I lose my interest, mainly because I don't care for the
melodies of most of them, and good melody is essential for me.
    I don't need to be convinced to buy a Billy May album, and if I ever saw
Les and Larry Elgart's "Au Go Go" album I'd buy it.  I'll consider giving
myself an education in this, but I'm not promising I'll share your
enthusiasm (but if Swing and Sway au Go Go has some good Hammond on it, I'll
put it on my want list).
    I have the sense that this is a horse of a different color, but what's
your opinion of the Enoch Light "Discoteque" (sp?) albums?  I don't much
care for them, but then again I haven't listened to them in a long time, and
a re-acquaintance might be in order.
    By the way, I can at least agree with your enthusiasm for sitar.  It
makes every song better.  I don't seek sitar albums out, because I don't
need another record obsession, but I do love the sound.
    One more thing (sorry to go on like this), we've discussed opinions on
trombone, sitar, harpsichord, hammond organs, but I've got to put in two
cents on flute--it's one of the key elements of a really groovy tune.
Someone asked a while back for songs we want associated with us--for me it's
Astrud Gilberto's "Stay" from the album "Beach Samba"--perfect in every way,
and the flute helps make it that way.

Clayton



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:33:48 -0400
From: George Hall <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) (promotional crap-o-la) Seks Bomba on tour!

I'd call it careerism if we ever made a dime on these things... But; my band
Seks Bomba are playing a few shows in NY State next week; Buffalo, Clifton
Park (Albany) & NYC, info below. I'd also totally recommend the NYC show, on
the 107th Floor of the World Trade Ctr.

If you're unfamiliar with the band, we're a sort of eclectic quasi- spy jazz
/ surf / rock / etc combo, vocal & instro, with a record due out next month
called "Somewhere in this Town" - mainly originals, with a few covers that
may be famiiar to this list... themes from "Casino Royale" & "Charade,"
Dudley Moore's "Love Me" (from "Bedazzled") (the good one), and the Jobim /
De Moraes bossa "Agua De Beber."

More info at www.bomba.com <www.bomba.com>

Wed 4/18 Buffalo, NY - The Backstage Pub  http://www.backstagepub.com
<http://www.backstagepub.com>
> 9-9:40;    27 Dozen
> 10-10:40 Stray Bullets
> 11:00    SEKS BOMBA
_________________________________________________
Thu 4/19 Clifton Park, NY (near Albany) - Northern Lights
http://www.northernlights-live.com/first.htm
<http://www.northernlights-live.com/first.htm)>
9:00 Pour Jayce
10:00 SEKS BOMBA
_________________________________________________
Fri 4/20 NYC, World Trade Center (107th floor) - Windows on the World
2 sets, 9:30 & 11:00; The World Famous Pontani Sisters will go-go dance
between sets.

Thanks for bearing with this...
gh

p.s. Cheryl, I haven't forgotten! just crazed n' busy, please forgive...



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:48:17 -0400
From: "Dave Van Allen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 50's POP with Steel Guitar

HI magnus
I have had the good fortune to become acquainted on line with Mr Carver,
some 15 years after I discovered and fell in love with the album... the
historical details are all due to his generous reminiscences.

there is another artist I am seeking info on- Joe Maize, a steeler who had
several albums on Decca back in the same period- kind of a lounge act with
comedy and the like...

I just wish Louis and Keely and Sam had had a steel guitar picker :) I want
a time machine so bad I can taste it..


> I see Caravan is on it too, which makes it desirable for me. I love
> that you have made a webpage devoted to an album you like, I have some
> too that I could make a webpage off, but I know too little about the
> performers and the history behind them.
>




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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:47:18 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

At 05:10 PM 4/13/01 -0400, Clayton Black wrote:
>Whenever I see that the songs are remakes of "rock" tunes (with a few
>notable exceptions) I lose my interest, mainly because I don't care for the
>melodies of most of them, and good melody is essential for me.

Well then we have nothing to talk about.  Those are exactly the records I
look for.  I never knew that was because I didn't need a good melody.  But
I guess I don't.
These records have a certain attitude, energy and arrangement style.
That's what I'm interested in (and if I get another version of some
tune-less thing like "Up up and away" or "Groovin", so be it).

>    I have the sense that this is a horse of a different color, but what's
>your opinion of the Enoch Light "Discoteque" (sp?) albums?  I don't much
>care for them, but then again I haven't listened to them in a long time, and
>a re-acquaintance might be in order.

If you listen to the version of "Love Potion No.9" which leads off side one
on "Discotheque Vol.2" and you don't like it, well then we have different
tastes and you can disregard anything I say about "Now Sound" or "go-go" or
maybe even anything to do with music at all.

>    By the way, I can at least agree with your enthusiasm for sitar.

Phew.

>    One more thing (sorry to go on like this), we've discussed opinions on
>trombone, sitar, harpsichord, hammond organs, but I've got to put in two
>cents on flute--it's one of the key elements of a really groovy tune.

Hmm... I like flute but not all the time.  Sometimes it can be too weak,
too airy, too anemic, too insubstantial.  Even Herbie Mann can sometimes be
feeble with the flute. Flute can be the perfect thing but I can't give it
the unqualified recommendation I can give say the organ or electric sitar.
Flutes aren't as annoying as trombone but they can suck the air out of a
tune that was cooking along.

AZ






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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:47:19 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) (promotional crap-o-la) Seks Bomba on tour!

At 05:33 PM 4/13/01 -0400, George Hall wrote:
>
>I'd call it careerism if we ever made a dime on these things... But; my band
>Seks Bomba are playing a few shows in NY State next week; Buffalo,

You're coming to Buffalo and not to Toronto?  Too bad.  If my car didn't
have a hole in the floor I could almost come to Buffalo to see you but the
last time I was in Buffalo (to see the Fat Possum Review) I accidentally
threw my wallet at a phalanx of crack whores and I'm still shaken up by the
incident.
It's tempting I must say.

AZ



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:51:15 -0500
From: "Colleen Pyles" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) 60's "groovy music

AZ said:

I don't even know if it's actually interesting to me or if I just
want it
because it's fun to find it
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That's exactly how I feel about it.  I am so intrigued with it, but I
don't know why.
Boy, do I ever remember the pinched up faces of McGarrett and Friday
when they came across the "drug induced hippies".  I always wanted to
say..."Dude...just take a hit, it'll change your life".  But, of
course, I never said it out loud.


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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:30:06 -0400
From: clayton black <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

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>> I lose my interest, mainly because I don't care for the
>> melodies of most of them, and good melody is essential for me.
>
> Well then we have nothing to talk about.  Those are exactly the records I
> look for.  I never knew that was because I didn't need a good melody.  But
> I guess I don't.
> These records have a certain attitude, energy and arrangement style.
> That's what I'm interested in (and if I get another version of some
> tune-less thing like "Up up and away" or "Groovin", so be it).

Okay, bad phrasing on my part.  I didn't mean to imply that I am the
ultimate arbiter of what a good melody is (and I like both the tunes you
mention).  What's usually "good" for me are the older tunes (but generally
not going back earlier than the thirties).  I'll take another listen to Love
Potion No. 9, but I don't hold out much hope, because I don't even like the
original.
   Like on other occasions, I got to thinking about what I said in the
original post about melody and I realized the silliness of the assertion.  I
had to remind myself that for several years I was completely under the spell
of a-melodic minimalism like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, as well as Eno's
ambient stuff.  I still like it, but I don't listen to it too often and I
know it's not for everybody.  For now, however, I'm just more captivated by
the show-tuney melodies redone by the likes of Marty Gold or Vic Schoen.  If
an album has "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" or "A Summer Place," I'll buy it
almost every time.
   Well, once again my tastes have earned a "hmmm" from Alan, so, as much as
I hate to admit that "we have nothing to talk about," I'll return to lurking
philistinism for a while.

Clayton


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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:35:03 -0400
From: "Brian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 60's "dance" music

Jenna wrote:

> I love that stuff. Like in "The Producers" when they hire the bikini
> clad secretary and she just dances to the generic "groovy" go-go music.
> The closest I have found to it is on the Beat at Cinecitta collection,
> which is similar sounding but more interesting. Never have seen an
> American comp of old go-go stuff.
I can't get enough of this sound either! I've found the best place to look
is in the soundtrack section wherin you will usually find a sub-section of
TV series music. A number of labels come to mind, including Playtime
(France) and Sequel (UK) which feature not just French and British but also
American series. Playtime is a bit more obscure although here in Quebec we
can find them easier than most places in North America. The Sequel comps are
also very reasonably priced and mostly of the right vintage.  Rhino is alsdo
big into this stuff and there are a number of other labels featuring TV
music although a lot of it isn't worth listening to. While I don't think
they are TV music, the Beat at Cinecitta comps are superb examples of this
sound. Also great are the three "Nymphomania" compilations although as they
are bootlegs I suspect they are not easy to find.  Speaking of bootlegs,
does anyone know how I could get a set of this "Groovy Soundtracks" 3 volume
bootleg series that was mentioned on the list a while back?



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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:23:09 -0400
From: "Brian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) bad cowboy, good indian -  Kriminalfilmmusik vol 1-4

Magnus wrote:

> Between 1966 and 1983, the East German state movie production
> company DEFA produced 12 "Indianerfilme" ("Indian movies").
There is a CD collection of music from these very films. I can't remember
the exact label, but I was led to believe the music wasn't too interesting.
I still find the concept totally bizarre... particularly coming from East
Germany!

> I just saw some german cds with music from german "krimi" films.
> Anyone have these series? I am specially interested in volume 4 with
> music from the 60s Dr Mabuse films:
> Kriminalfilmmusik Vol. 4 (Edgar Wallace & Dr. Mabuse)
Yes, I have this set, although I was never sure the four volumes were
intended as a set given the variety of titles and themes. Volume 4 features
Gert Wilden among others and it is good but nowhere near as beat heavy as "I
Told You not to Cry" which is among the most played CDs in my collection!
Volumes 1 & 2 are Martin Boettcher, and Volume 3 is Peter Thomas. For fans
of crime jazz these are all essential collections, but if its the
beat/exploitation sound you're after, there are better choices.  All are on
the Prudence label. I know some of these (Wallace) films are on video but
I've never come across anything in NTSC format or even subtitled for that
matter.

Brian



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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 17:47:41 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) bad cowboy, good indian -  Kriminalfilmmusik vol 1-4

citerar Brian <[e-mail]>:

>
> Magnus wrote:
>
> > Between 1966 and 1983, the East German state movie production
> > company DEFA produced 12 "Indianerfilme" ("Indian movies").


> There is a CD collection of music from these very films. I can't
remember
> the exact label, but I was led to believe the music wasn't too
interesting.
> I still find the concept totally bizarre... particularly coming from
East
> Germany!

Maybe I saw them as a kid on television, there were a lot of strange
things from the eastern block on TV. Did the cartoon "Dr Baltazar"
screen in your countries? That was Checkoslovakian I think... Balt!
Baltazar... Balt! Baltazar... Baltazaaar...
We played cowboys and indians too when I was a kid, but I cant remember
if I wanted to be a cowboy or an indian, I thought indians were cooler
but the cowboy had a gun.


volume 4 features
> Gert Wilden among others and it is good but nowhere near as beat
heavy as
> "I Told You not to Cry" which is among the most played CDs in my
collection!

Yes that is indeed a nice record, I bought the LP reissue.
Thanks Brian, I was interested in some "new" crime/spy jazz sounds, but
I think I skip the Kriminal filmmusik cds after your short review. I
recently saw two 60s Dr Mabuse films (one of them Fritz Lang's last
film) but as usual I "forgot" to listen to the soundtrack. Must be good
music if it merge with the pictures though.

Magnus


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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:07:07 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

At 12:28 AM 4/15/01 -0400, clayton black wrote:
> What's usually "good" for me are the older tunes (but generally
>not going back earlier than the thirties).  I'll take another listen to Love
>Potion No. 9, but I don't hold out much hope, because I don't even like the
>original.
>  ...  For now, however, I'm just more captivated by
>the show-tuney melodies redone by the likes of Marty Gold or Vic Schoen.  If
>an album has "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" or "A Summer Place," I'll buy it
>almost every time.
.
No big deal. We have different taste.  When I started down this
exotica/lounge trail seven or eight years ago, I mostly bought the stuff
from the fifties and early sixties.  Marty Gold, Enoch Light, David
Carroll.  And the endless versions of Baugles and Bangles, El Cumbanchero,
In a little Spanish town, the breeze and I, taboo, in a persian market, Oye
negra, I love Paris, cumana, under Paris skies, cumana, poor people of
Paris...
And eventually I got sick of it.  I like some of those tunes but some of
them I actually dislike.  I often enjoy the arrangements or the attitude
that went into them.  And I still do.  I still occasionally buy this stuff.
 The best of it is great.  But I found that overall, I could - and did -
get sick of it.
Whereas that almost never happens with the sixties "rock" instrumental
covers. A bad organ player doing hits of the Monkees.  Fine.  (In fact that
record exists.)  Bob Dylan songs redone by a string orchestra.  Bring it on.
I can't say that I love all the sixties tunes.  But as it turns out, I like
a surprising number of them.  And a bunch of them, I REALLY like.  A bunch
of them, apparently, I can't get enough of.
And I get more from the whole attitude of the these records.  The
over-the-hill gang trying to cash in on this newfangled rock music.  The
happy accidents.

I may "hmmm" your taste but I'm not judging.  I actually kind of wish that
I liked the stuff you like rather than the stuff I like.  I think it would
be kind of more interesting of me to enjoy the tunes from before my birth
to the tunes that I grew up with.  It's kind of boring on some level that
I'm still listening to "Light my fire" and "McArthur's Park", albeit in
quite different versions than the originals.

We have way different taste.  I liked "Love Potion number 9" when it came
out and then I forgot about it and didn't hear it for a couple of decades
until I heard the Enoch Light version.  Now I love it again in a whole new
way. Great guitar sound.  Great organ sound.  It's groovy as all hell.
If you don't like that, more power to you but it's going to be hard for me
to recommend anything or comment on anything you like.
But that's no reason to get divorced, is it?

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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:57:57 +0200
From: "James" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sv: (exotica) bad cowboy, good indian -  Kriminalfilmmusik vol 1-4

I remember Professor Balthazar great cartoon, great inventions and great =
signature tune. Does anyone remember SuperVip =E9 MiniVip, an italian =
cartoon
that made fun of superheroes. It had great music. Or the Czech series =
Pan Tau about a little doll in a pinstripe suit and a bowlerhat who =
turned human
when he touched his hat ?
The Winnetou films were quite biq on the matin=E9e scene here in Denmark =
in the early 70=B4s. I believe that Karl May the author of the books
wrote most of them while doing time in an East-German prison.



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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:48:56 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

>I have the sense that this is a horse of a different color, but what's
>your opinion of the Enoch Light "Discoteque" (sp?) albums?  I don't much
>care for them, but then again I haven't listened to them in a long time, and
>a re-acquaintance might be in order.

I only have the first Light "Discotheque" album, but I'm fond of it. It has
an atmosphere of industrial functionalism that I get a kick out of. (And I
don't mean industrial in the recently mentioned "industrial album" sense,
or in the Throbbing Gristle sense. Geeze, that word has acquired a lot of
baggage.)

Plus, you get that nifty Killer Joe Piro dance instruction book!

- --m.ace



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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:49:51 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Robert Maxwell "Peg O' My Heart"

Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra
"Peg O' My Heart"
(Decca)

No tracks to stand up with "Solfeggio", but I find it a nice album anyway.

Not really an orchestra, but a smallish combo: organ, polite rhythm guitar,
electric bass, drums/percussion, sax, flute (on "Adios") and Maxwell on
harp. He's pretty low-key -- no prepared harp, he barely even plays on a
couple of tracks.

Interesting little arrangements. Tracks that strike me offhand are "Adios",
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Manha de Carnaval", "Sophisticated Lady",
"What Is This Thing Called Love".

I do have unfortunate "issues" with the organist. He or she is very
prominent in the mix and sticks with very 'skating rink' voicings, making
the proceedings awfully soupy sometimes. To reference a current thread, he
or she is a Hammond Anti-Groover. If a Hammond is what it is. (that's
almost like a Popeye line)

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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:15:39 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Robert Maxwell "Peg O' My Heart"

citerar "m.ace" <[e-mail]>:

>
> Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra
> "Peg O' My Heart"


I only have Robert Maxwell's Shangri-La, includes a version of Nature
boy. I love that one, besides Peg O' my heart, what else is there to
look for?

M


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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:55:19 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) College Confidential

Get your VCRs ready -- AMC is running "College Confidential" next
month, part of their American Pop series.  Features a great, crime
jazz-y score by Dean Elliott, played by some stellar West Coast-ers.
And wotta cast!  Here's the synopsis, from the AMC site:

"Steve Allen plays a sociology professor styddying the mating
rituals of students. The eclectic cast includes Mamie Van Doren,
Rocky Marciano, Conway Twitty and Walter Winchell."

10pm Eastern/9pm Central time on Saturday, May 5.  Catch the repeat
at 4am Eastern/3am Central and follow it up with "The Thing from
Another World", featuring Dimitri Tiomkin's classic outer space
score, complete with theremin!

I luv TV.


Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:07:52 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Robert Maxwell "Peg O' My Heart"

> I only have Robert Maxwell's Shangri-La, includes a version of Nature boy.
> I love that one, besides Peg O' my heart, what else is there to look for?

I like him, too, though I'm partial to his earlier stuff for MGM,
which tends to include more original tunes.  Hi-Fi Harp, Red Hot Harp
and The Harp in Hi-Fi come to mind.  On these and others you'll find
Maxwell originals like "Bing Bang Boomerang", "Injury Music for
Football Games", "Accidental Slip On an Oriental Rug" (included on
one of the Rhino comps), "Stompin' at the Stork Club" and the blazing
"Tarantula", my favorite.  As the titles suggest, they're a little
bit Raymond Scott-like.

Two posts in one day?!  Gotta go take a nap.


Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:49:23 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Louis Prima tv

The documentary, "Louis Prima: The Wildest!" gets another airing on AMC
this coming Wednesday at 6:30pm (eastern).


- --m.ace



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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:54:16 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Paul Conrad -Exotic Paradise

I think it's on the hawaiian label "Mahalo"
Doea anyone have a copy of this for trade? CDr or LP.

Email me.

Magnus




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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:05:19 +0200
From: "James" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Radiojingles

Would just like to mention, if anyones into the newsgroup thing, that=20
there are lots of radiojingles to be found at: =
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1960s
ranging from the 50s til present day. As it it is the nature of jingles=20
to be a part of a certain zeitgeist they cover a broad range of styles=20
defining the times and the particular radiostations they were made for. =
So we get=20
it all ! Tiki, Gogo, Acid and a lot of these vocoderized jingles that  =
were
to be found on The Who For Sale Album.
 I especially admire the vocal work on many of these jingles when they=20
sing out the stations name, like:  W K R B Cincinaaatee.
Anyway just wanted to pass on the info.






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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:00:23 -0400
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 15

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 #138     More Of...Those Wacky Germans

This week, we're featuring recent releases from Germany.  Not exactly wacky,
but...more along the lines of ranging from interesting to quirky.  Quite a
diverse bunch of things, but all are (as usual) quite good.


Blutsiphon:  The Finest Of  "Tammus"
Schlammpeitziger:  Quietschquarklaute  "Augenwischwaldmoppgeflote"
L@N:  Tibtan  "Twoinone"
Sack Und Blumm:  Tony One  "Shy Noon"

A Certain Frank:  Nothing  "Nothing"  (thanks, Frank!)
Holger Hiller:  Once I Made A Snowman  "Holger Hiller"
Quarks:  Konigin  "Konigin"

Blutsiphon:  Wrong Beat  "Tammus"
Sack Und Blumm:  Greg B. Roy  "Shy Noon"
A Certain Frank:  We Belong To Someone  "Nothing"

Blutsiphon:  Die Nachricht  "Tammus"
Schlammpeitziger:  Karbidboybeule  "Augenwischwaldmoppgeflote"
Holger Hiller:  Pulver  "Holger Hiller"


Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening

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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:38:01 -0400
From: Clayton Black <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More Hammond Groovers

>
> But that's no reason to get divorced, is it?

Well, maybe not until the kids have grown.
The evolution of my tastes may eventually take me in the direction you've
gone.  I've often wondered about that, whether my musical journey will,
given enough time, eventually take me back to the Sex Pistols, Dead Boys,
Ramones, etc. that I listened to when I was in high school.  I can say that
one of the things that appeals to me about the late fifties, early sixties
stuff is that it suits my energy level at this point in life.  If I have
short bursts of adrenaline, I can count on Warren Kime's Mas Que Nada (Pow,
Pow, Pow!) or Ted Heath's version of Wives and Lovers, but most of the time,
I'll settle for something about the speed of Robert Maxwell (to segue into
the current thread).

Clayton



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