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exotica-digest          Monday, June 18 2001          Volume 02 : Number 997



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Bone Fone
(exotica) New Releases
Re: (exotica) Bone Fone
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, June 17
Re: (exotica) Doctor Ammondt
Re: (exotica) more soundtrack questions
Re: (exotica) Bone Fone
(exotica) jazz
(exotica) Command, &c...
Re: Re: Fw: (exotica) Goodbye, Farewell... eh...
(exotica) Foreign Commercials
Re: (exotica) Foreign Commercials
(exotica) Please Ignore, just a Test
Re: (exotica) Command, &c...
(exotica) Command redux ..
Re: (exotica) Foreign Commercials
(exotica) a few recent finds of my own
Re: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own
RE: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own
Re: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own
Re: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own
(exotica) Correction
RE: (exotica) more soundtrack questions

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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:11:08 -0500
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bone Fone

Edward wrote:

> Now that's one thing begging for a revival. More 'rearend' than 'highend'
> I would overcome that little bit of shame I still posses and buy one immediately.

As you might suspect, there are a couple for sale on eBay. This one has a nice photo,
but the "special" attachment doesn't come with it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1154400888

Disco Stu wants this, baby!

- --
Matt Marchese
"I've been havin' this nightmare.......a real swinger of a
nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate)
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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:49:50 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Releases

Interesting stuff in at Forced Exposure in the last month
http://www.forcedexposure.com.


_____________________________________________
CINEVOX (ITALY):

catalog items in stock for the first time:

GOBLIN/GIORGIO GASLINI: OST Profondo Rosso CD (MDF 301). "The
original soundtrack recording for the 1975 cult masterpiece by horror
director Dario Argento. The movie (known in the US as Deep Red and
starring David Hemming) has one of the most terrific and intense
scores ever (the original LP sold millions of copies). Contains liner
notes. Featuring 40 minutes of previously unreleased material."
$15.00

GOBLIN: OST Phenomena CD (MDF 303). 'A 1987 horror movie
directed by  Dario Argento. In a Swiss college, a girl (Jennifer Connelly)
discovers a wretched girl murderers with the help of animals (insects
and one chimpanzee) she can communicate with. 12 years after the
movie, this edition album is meant a tribute to Dario Argento's art
and a real treat to his fans all over. The LP of 85 was a blend of
Goblin songs with rock tracks of various artist, and one composition
by the talented Simon Boswell. This 1997 CD can be considered the
instrumental sequel to that work, with the addition of 4 movie takes
and 11 unissued tracks.  $15.00

MORRICONE, ENNIO: OST Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di
Ogni Sospetto CD (MDF 311). "A 1998 version of a milestone of a
soundtrack, A 1971 thriller by Dario Argento. Included in this CD 2
bonus tracks never released before: an alternate take of the main
theme, and one of "Miraggio"(Mirage), swifter in tempo. Orchestra
conducted by Bruno Nicolai."  $15.00

MORRICONE, ENNIO: OST Quattro Mosche Di Velluto Grigio CD
(MDF 325). "The original soundtrack recording for this 1970 Italian
thriller by  Elio Petri. One of the best Morricone's scores. Liner notes.
2 previously unreleased tracks."  $15.00

OUTCASTE (UK):

VA: The Very Best Of Bollywood Songs CD (CASTE 15 CD). "Following
the success of Bollywood Funk and Bollywood Breaks Sampler, Outcaste
releases the third album in the series. Spanning over 30 years of
Indian film music, The Very Best Of Bollywood Songs is the definitive
collection of the genre, embracing a comprehensive range of films and
titles, for both the committed fan and the casual browser." From John
Lewis's liner notes: "It's that unmistabkeable sound of Bollywood.
Thunderous drum patterns, clattering zithers and shrill-voiced,
fuzz-toned vocalists who wrench every ounce of sould from the music.
Gorgeously orchestrated string sections where a hundred violins glide
up to a shrieking crescendo in strict unison, distorting th epaltry
amplification like Hendrix steaming through a Marshall stack.
Ramshackle recording studios creaking at the edges as their EQ meters
are pushed to the limits. A bit like Jamaican dub. This album
collects 15 of Bollywood's biggest hits since 1960."  $13.00

_____________________________________________
QDK MEDIA (GERMANY):

VA:: Yee-Haw! The Other Side of Country CD (QDK 039 CD). "There is
another side of Country. All North American music from the the late
'60s & '70's which just don't fit with a normal country & western
release. Arlie Neaville sings composition from Jim Cuomo (Spoils of
War) just before he became a Christian singer... Porter Wagener sings
"The Rubber Room" before he became insane?... Mother Tucker Yellow
Duck sing  "Kill the Pig" ... before this song was banned and many
more obscure and beautiful tracks. Many of these feature the same
sense of desolation as beautifully evoked on Skip Spence's Oar, a
pure isolated spirit of forgotten Americana. " Artists featured are:
Spur (1969), Arlie Neaville (1969), Peter Grudzien (1973), Palmer
Rocky (1980), Maitreya Kali (1972), William C. Beeley (1968), Alex
Kubelin (1980), The Bluebird (1970), Weird Herald, Fresh Blueberry
Pancake (1970), Flying Circus (1970), Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck
(1968), The Wilson McKinley, Dennis The Fox (1975), Kevin Vicalvi
(1974), Merrell Fankhauser (1968) and Greenwood, Curley & Clyde
(1972).  $15.00

STRUT (UK):

VINER'S INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND, MICHAEL: Bongo Rock: The Story
Of The Incredible Bongo Band CD (STRUT 017 CD). "The Incredible Bongo
Band's 'Apache' is simply legendary in the world of dance music. Not only
arguably one of the most sampled tracks of all time and a staple for
Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash at the Bronx block parties of the
'70s, it has become an all-time hip hop and breakers anthem and is
revered as the original break of all original breaks. Alongside
producer/arranger Perry Botkin, Jr., Viner formed the Bongo Band as a
loose, informal conglomerate of musicians who came together to record
percussive versions of established pop classics from 'Apache' to Iron
Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' and the Stones' 'Satisfaction'.
Strut present the definitive Incredible Bongo Band for the first time
anywhere on official release. Bongo Rock: The Story Of The Incredible
Bongo Band features the two original Bong Band albums in their
entirety (Bongo Rock and The Return of the Incredible Bongo Band) and
comes with an extensive new sleeve note from Mojo's Angus Batey,
including an interview with Michael Viner. The album is a must for
breakheads, sample spotters and anyone into the history of dance
music."  $15.00

CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX (GERMANY):

VA: Between Or Beyond The Iron Curtain CD (CDHW 075 CD). "Lost
grooves from East-EuropeS Between or Beyond...  is back, this time
concentrating on the little known but incredibly unique and diverse
Jazz of eastern Europe. The time is the 1967ies to the late 70ies in
the midst of the Cold War: while the Communists tried to suppress
Jazz from the beginning as 'western ideologie', musicians in Poland,
the GDR and Czechoslowakia claimed the universal language of Jazz to
be their medium of artistic freedom. From the small jazzcellars
dwelled a movement, that soon became the pride and sign of a nation;
Poland in special looks back on a huge tradition in Jazz, followed
close behind by Czechoslowakia, that can be traced back to the early
twenties. From this tradition grew such talents as Zbigniew
Namyslowsky, Adam Makowicz, Laco Deczi, Karel Velebny, Gustav Brom,
or mindblowing groups and projects like Laboratorium, Impuls, Prag
Big Band and the Big Band Katowice from the famed Higher School of
Music in Katowice. The very special quality of east european Jazz
seems to be, that it embraces all musical styles with a passion: it
mingles slawic influences with bits and pieces from the rest of the
world; Latin percussion meets heavy funkgrooves flavoured with
electronics, bewitching vocals and high energy instrumentalism. With
the compilation at hand we proudly present an overview of exceptional
grooves and we did not select old Dixieland thats for granted. This
recording comes in CD and double-vinyl format, carefully illustrated
booklet with all coverartworks and all the backgroundinformations,
Vinyl comes in delux gatefoldcover."  $14.50
_____________________________________________
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM):

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.: Break Through In Grey Room CD
(SR 008 CD). "Officially re-released -- one of our absolute classics,
back in  print at last. Extraordinary cut-up voices recorded during the
mid-60's in hotel rooms in New York, Paris, London...It's impossible
not to recognise the writer's voice -- the sonority of this voice --
a sonority also present in the silence of every text he wrote.  An
explosion of styles -- a blasting of borders -- the silence after a
gunshot -- the overtaking of the fetishized word -- from the exploded
painting to the cut tape. This record starts with a piece of more
than 13 minutes, recorded around 1965 with Ian Sommerville somewhere
in New York and London -- K-9 was in combat with the alien
mind-screens, including various monologues, radio short waves and
music...Tapes, cut and cut and cut up to the limit of sense --
emerged new structures of communication... and senses. Words gain
power when loosing the boundaries of  semantics. Including too
Joujouka music recorded by WS Borroughs in the hills of Morocco with
Ornette Coleman, circa 1973."  $15.00





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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:43:06 +0200
From: Edward <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bone Fone

Thanx for showing me what it looks like, but if it ain't got that "special" attachment,
it just ain't the same. Anyway I don't think I would like a used one, IYKWIM.

Matt Marchese wrote:

> As you might suspect, there are a couple for sale on eBay. This one has a nice photo,
> but the "special" attachment doesn't come with it.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1154400888



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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 10:51:02 -0400
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, June 17

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 #147   Carry On Kinky Beats

Too much new stuff, not enough time to compile it all...so we let someone
else do it this week.  We're playing most of the second Kinky Beats
compilation this week.  This is every bit as good as the first one, if not
better.  It's called "Carry On Kinky Beats", and is on the Lacerba label out
of the UK.  Stay tuned for all sorts of new stuff in the coming weeks, as we
get a little more organised...


Depth Charge:  Harley Davidson
Love Unlimited Orchestra:  Strange Games & Funky Things
Booker T & The MG's:  Slum Baby
Marlena Shaw:  Let's Wade In The Water

Shirley Ellis:  The Clapping Song
Soul Mission:  Barbed Wire
Primal Scream:  The Revenge Of The Hammond Connection
Ursula 1000:  Hip Length

Avenue A:  Swing It Back
Puddu Varano:  On A Sunny Day
Teenage Fanclub:  Kickabout

Patti Jo:  Make Me Believe In You
Don Sebesky:  Guru Vin


Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening

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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:03:24 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Doctor Ammondt

Catching up on 100 odd digests I noticed discussion of the good doctor a
while ago.
For those interested, you can order stuff from him at
http://www.drammondt.com/

Arjan



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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:10:19 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) more soundtrack questions

on 6/16/01 2:37 AM, alan  zweig at [e-mail] wrote:


> I guess I could look this up but last night at a video store I watched a
> few minutes of the classic "Man with Two Heads".  I've seen it a few times
> but I still can't get over the cheesiness of it all.  Anyway the soundtrack
> was fantastic.  Kind of groovy and kind of blaxploitation sounding at the
> same time.  Who did it?  Was there a record?

kind of, but not really. There's a record titled "Music Inspired By 'The
Thing With 2 Heads'", and it does feature a pic of Rosey Grier and Ray
Milland on the cover. But it's a collection of tracks like The Incredible
Bongo Band doing "Bongolia" and "Bongo Rock", "Oh Happy Day" by The Mike
Curb Congregation, Sammy Davis singing "Take My Hand", and tracks by The
Sylvers, Ollie Nightingale and Jerry Butler. On Pride/MGM records. I don't
recall if any of these tracks are in the film.

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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:04:39 -0700
From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bone Fone

>From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
>To: Exotica <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: (exotica) Bone Fone
>Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:11:08 -0500
>
>
>Edward wrote:
>
> > Now that's one thing begging for a revival. More 'rearend' than
>'highend'
> > I would overcome that little bit of shame I still posses and buy one
>immediately.
>
>As you might suspect, there are a couple for sale on eBay. This one has a
>nice photo,
>but the "special" attachment doesn't come with it.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1154400888
>
>Disco Stu wants this, baby!


I had one of these things when I was a kid, totally worthless!! The premise
is that you place it on your collarbone and the music is "amplified" through
your bones. yeah right....... I felt like a fool with it wrapped around my
neck like some musical whiplash victim. Plus it only got in radio, and Im
from a small islolated town in la frontera, border area, Yuma Arizona and
the only stations I picked up were country, top 40 and south of the border
mariachi.  I remember getting for xmas and being totally disappointed, cause
I asked for a boombox (I dont think walkmans were the norm yet) and my folks
got me one of these Bone Fones so as not to disturb those around me with
loud rock music. Needless to say, I traded it for a walkman that was the
size of a small kleenex box,  with a schoolmate during recess and was
perfectly happy. Im glad to say that I dont regret getting rid of it. Nice
packaging though, came with a bone shaped carrying case.

anyway

Happy Fathers Day to all of you dads out there on the list and I know there
are more than a few, myself included. This is my first Father's Day and im
enjoying every second

sincerely

- -jonathan
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 01:25:47 +0800
From: "William" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) jazz

>i look forward to interacting with  list members.  i do have a couple of
>questions.... one, are there many here who lean toward jazz as their main
>area of interest?   is it alright to discuss jazz records? ...and two, can
>some kind soul hip me to a good web site or two, particularly ones with a
>jazz slant?  i am very interested in researching records in depth.... and
>finally, anyone know of any mailing lists that deal specifically with 50s
>and 60s jazz?   please don't get the idea that i'm a jazz queer..... i very
>much enjoy bizarre and unique records of any genre.

   welcome aboard! it seems that at one time or another just about
everything becomes on topic here. i know next to nothing about jazz so i
find the jazz info that comes up on here from time to time interesting.
speaking of jazz a friend of mine asked me to post the url to this jazz
board here. i'm not sure if its what you are looking for, but it might be of
interest to you or others.

http://www.harlem.org/


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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:01:25 -0700
From: PjB <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Command, &c...

happy sunday, exotic pals-o-mine.  still getting a feel for what gets
talked about here, &c.
found something yesterday that may qualify.... an old Command Records
issue, #COM-10.
it's vol. 10 of what appears to be a series of samplers from that label,
although i had no idea that Command had an artist roster large enough to
warrant that many.  at any rate, the record plays up founder Enoch Light's
fascination with stereo sound... i believe later Command issues featured
the fabled 'third channel' sound?  there are 12 selections, including three
by Light and company, a couple from Tony Mottola's 'Roman Guitar' album,
and the strangest of the bunch, 'The Cry of the Wild Goose', from 'Strange
Interlude' by Lew Davies.  the inner sleeve is the original, and depicts a
bunch of other Command issues.
  didn't Enoch Light also own Grand Award records?  i found a couple of
thing on that label as well.
also picked up an original copy of Jackie Gleason's  'Music for Lovers
Only',  Capitol W352.
this was gleason's recording debut, and was a runaway best seller at the
time. i believe that a second pressing of this record a few years later
('55?) contained an additional three or so tunes that were not on the very
first issue, which this one is.  it's  in near mint condition, and i got it
for a buck. has a great cover photo.
lastly, i found the original soundtrack to 'Oklahoma', Capitol WAO595.
interesting mostly because it is a single-record gatefold (must be one of
the first?), and has a wonderfully vivid cover painting of the two stars
riding in the 'surrey with the fringe on top', a tune that became much
favored by jazz musicians in the later '50s, due mostly to the fact that it
was recorded by miles davis with the classic quintet featuring john
coltrane et al...

.02
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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:05:41 -0500
From: "Colleen Pyles" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re: Fw: (exotica) Goodbye, Farewell... eh...

Randy,
You are fittin' in soo well.  Enjoy your comments.


 Colleen
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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:36:58 -0700
From: "Brian Linds" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Foreign Commercials

Hi. Would anyone know of any commercial releases of ads in languages other
than english? Or....do any of you exoticats have CDR compilations of ads in
foreign languages? I have a CDR full of some very cool North American ads
I'd be willing to trade.
Brian Linds



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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:47:57 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Foreign Commercials

The recently released Popshopping CD of German ads from the 60s and 70s is
very good.


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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:21:53 +0200 (MEST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Please Ignore, just a Test

Please Ignore, just a Test

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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:15:14 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Command, &c...

At 11:01 AM 6/17/01 -0700, PjB wrote:
>
>
>
>happy sunday, exotic pals-o-mine.  still getting a feel for what gets
>talked about here, &c.
>found something yesterday that may qualify.... an old Command Records
>issue, #COM-10.
>it's vol. 10 of what appears to be a series of samplers from that label,
>although i had no idea that Command had an artist roster large enough to
>warrant that many.

You just missed a discussion between a few of us who started with Command
records and eventually purged ourselves of a number of them.
But Command is meat and potatoes on the exotica list.  We have at least a
couple of real experts on the label. It wouldn't surprise me if between us,
we have the entire Command/Project 3 collection.
As far as Command having a large roster, well when the same basic band
releases records under the supposed leadership of each of them, it's hard
to say they have a huge roster.

 at any rate, the record plays up founder Enoch Light's
>fascination with stereo sound... i believe later Command issues featured
>the fabled 'third channel' sound?

There's nothing fabled about it.  It works!

>  didn't Enoch Light also own Grand Award records?  i found a couple of
>thing on that label as well.

Every record I've ever seen on Grand Award was a Command record with a
different cover.  I basically see them as the same label.

>lastly, i found the original soundtrack to 'Oklahoma',

Woah there buddy.  "Oklahoma?" Sorry.  Can't go there.  No.  Not that.  Not
on my list!  No sirree.

AZ



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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:13:24 -0700
From: PjB <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Command redux ..

hi all...

well, a second trip to a local used vinyl shop produced an interesting
find..... Enoch Lights'
'Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's'.   i guess this is the 3rd in a series of
similar records.... 'persuasive percussion',  and..... shoot, i can't
remember the name of the second one... starts with a 'p', of course.... and
this one, 'pertinent'.
what strikes me about this record is how serious Light was about recording.
this is another very early single-disc gatefold  lp ( i seem to remember
reading somewhere that Command Records started this practice because Light
wanted to include so much liner note material that it wouldn't fit on a
regular single album cover), and there are lengthy descriptions of each
selection, including info on the how and why's of his recording process.
it's clear that Light was sincere in what he was doing.... the project
bears no aura of scam. he was clearly, however,  wanting to take advantage
of the newly-born prototype audiophiles' desire for new and interesting
audio material.  apparently it paid off..... i believe that all of the
'percussion' records were fairly big sellers.
frankly, i find the music tedious for the most part.... there are a few
interesting moments, but the record suffers mightily from same-ness.  a guy
can handle only so much cha-cha, i always say.

at any rate, it's an interesting issue, and at 2 bucks it was not at all
painful to buy.

.02
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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:41:25 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Foreign Commercials

Uncle Bri asked:

> Would anyone know of any commercial releases of ads in languages other
> than english? Or....do any of you exoticats have CDR compilations of ads
in
> foreign languages? I have a CDR full of some very cool North American ads
> I'd be willing to trade.

I'm one of those commerical and jingle freaks, Brian.  Always on the lookout
for them.  Aside from TV toons and a couple of others, commercially produced
collections of old ads for products from Butternut bread to Nestea just
don't exist.  I guess nobody cares...kinda like whistling records (lol)  Of
course, there are lots of videos.

But a few do care and people that collect this stuff pay good money for the
original and often one-sided with identical cuts records sent to radio
stations for air play.

At least one of these collectors sells CD-Rs of stuff he has complied from
his own collection right on ebay for 9.99.  I know this is a no-no - selling
CD-Rs on ebay - but rules need to give occassionally.  If you ask me, he is
doing jingle lovers a favor.

Anyway, he does have one with International Commercials.  Many countries and
many products.  Yes, that popshopping CD is good, but I don't think that is
exactly what you want.  You want actual coke, car, fast food and cigarette
commercials from foreign countries, right?  Well here you go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1435348730

Another source would be KenR (PAMS).  They offer pricey jingle packages and
do have a couple of international ones.  this is more radio station ID
stuff.  All of the KenR stuff is a CD-R, by the way...



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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:05:53 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own

hi gang -

I always enjoy reading about peoples finds.  Here are a few of my own.

The Happy Balloon (Siesta)
"Z"
This was reviewed in a recent Cool and Strange Music issue.  As good as some
of the new stuff may be, I usually avoid it but gave this white vinyl LP a
chance anyway. I'm also a sucker for Siesta's yummy packaging.  I should
have stuck with my gut - I could not get through side one.  Most interesting
thing about it was the cover of the obscure 1971 hit by Liz Damon's Orient
Express, "1900 Yesterday", an album I found in a not long ago in a thrift
store.  Not sure who the heck this artist "Z" is.  I was blowing Z's after
listening to this soft pop snoozer, I'll tell ya that.  10 bucks includes
priority shipping to anyone who wants it.  $12 if overseas

Sounds in the Night (Bethlehem)
Russ Garcia
Johan put this overlooked and underrated gem on a CD-R for me in a trade.
When I saw a NM copy sitting untouched on ebay for cheap, I jumped on it.
I'm constantly amazed at the excellent records on ebay that die without a
bid.  Sultry orchestra with a dreamy vocal choir.  Really does sound like
the night...

Rocket Man (RCA Victor)
Hugo Montenegro
1975 Elton John tribute with a way more moog than I expected, so that was a
pleasant surprise.  But even a moogy version of "The Bitch Is Back" could
not save it.  Maybe I've finally had enough of moog records.

Colours of Love (RCA Victor)
Hugo Montenegro
I don't usually get lucky enough to actually find something in a thrift
shoppe worth buying for 50 cents, but I stumbled upon this at the Bargin
Box.   Still in shrink wrap, too.  Not great but not too bad either.  Came
out around the same time as those other Hugo's like Good Vibrations and
Mammy Blue, 1970.

Exotic Percussion and Brilliant Brass (Directional Sound)
John Evans and the Big Band
Here is a killer exotica record without an exotica cover.  Looks more like a
ping pong percussion cover, a thick, glossy gatefold.  Its fairly common, so
don't pass it up next time you see it!  Look closely at the liner notes and
you'll find the legendary CHAINO listed as a percussionist.  Serious bird
calls.

Now(MGM)
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Contains the hit "The Candyman" from Willy Wonka.  Neato cover - never seen
one like it.  Folds out into four sections to reveal all of these black and
white photos of Sammy and friends.  Great version of the theme from Shaft
(John Shaft) - I love SDJr!

New Original TV Themes (Wyncote)
no credits on artists
Cool cover of a chick with a gun to her head and fear in her eyes.  I like
how they chose some themes not covered in other theme albums.  Like T.H.E.
Cat and Kimba The White Lion.

The Savage and Sensuous Bongos(Warner Bros.)
Don Ralke
Jumpin' Jiminy! This is some good shit!  I heard (via this list) that Don
Ralke's bongo albums delivered the goods and after picking up three of em
all on ebay, I can certainly vouch for that.  This one is the tops.  Highly
recommended!

Living Marimbas Play The Songs of Johnny Cash (RCA Camden)
Living Marimbas and Voices
I always find something good in the "Living Series".  Especially the living
guitars, brass and jazz albums.  And that percussion one has a couple of
killers on it.  This Johnny Cash record I is downright funny - particularly
the voices belting out a few tracks like "A Boy Named Sue".  That one is
suitable for the Incorrect Music show.  Weird clay sculpture of a prisoner
in a cell with his pack of smokes on the cover.

TV Potpourri - Themes From top Television Shows (Audio Fidelity)
Dick Dia
I like TV theme albums and am always happy to come across one that I am not
familiar with.  Keeps me hopeful that there are more out there.  This one
has a couple of real winners on it.  I really liked the slowed way down
version of The Addams Family and cartoony take on Combat.

Seven Dreams (Decca)
Gordon Jenkins
Sean Pearman tipped me off to this one, a seven part musical fantasy
dramatizing the memories, ambitions, hopes, fantasies and fears we all have
experienced during sleep.  Like his sensational "Manhattan Tower", this is a
highly sophisticated combination of orchestra, narration, soloists and
choruses.

The Gift (CD)
John Zorn
This was the second John Zorn CD I bought.  That first was the extreme
soundtrack to a Japanese animated short I forgot the name to.  Cynical
Hysterie Hour was the CD name.  Anyway, I liked The Gift alot.  But what
impressed me most of all - even though it was in a unsettling way - were the
disturbing illustrations by Heung-Heung Chin in the liner notes.  Little
Asian girl standing up and peeing at a man's urinal, images of violence,
stuff like that.  Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but keep this booklet away
from your kids, folks.

back into lurk mode...

two Ford's on the list???





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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:48:15 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own

At 09:05 PM 6/17/01 -0700, basic hip wrote:
>
>Rocket Man (RCA Victor)
>Hugo Montenegro
>1975 Elton John tribute with a way more moog than I expected, so that was a
>pleasant surprise.  But even a moogy version of "The Bitch Is Back" could
>not save it.  Maybe I've finally had enough of moog records.

I didn't like this record.  I blame it on Hugo's son John who I believe is
credited as a major force behind this record.  To my ears John's moog
stylings are a bit too Keith Emerson for my taste.  I need my moog a bit
cheesier, thank you.
Having said that, I find a similar record, Hugo's tribute to StevIe Wonder,
somewhat more bearable.

>Colours of Love (RCA Victor)
>Hugo Montenegro
>I don't usually get lucky enough to actually find something in a thrift
>shoppe worth buying for 50 cents, but I stumbled upon this at the Bargin
>Box.   Still in shrink wrap, too.  Not great but not too bad either.  Came
>out around the same time as those other Hugo's like Good Vibrations and
>Mammy Blue, 1970.

I love his Good Vibrations record.  If I had to make a top ten cheesy
listening/Now Sound list, I think that would go on it.
Colors of Love is more of the same but not quite as good.  Still a good
score though.


>Now(MGM)
>Sammy Davis, Jr.
>Contains the hit "The Candyman" from Willy Wonka.  Neato cover - never seen
>one like it.  Folds out into four sections to reveal all of these black and
>white photos of Sammy and friends.  Great version of the theme from Shaft
>(John Shaft) - I love SDJr!

I'm not familiar with that folded cover but I have this record.  That
version of Shaft is better than the original if you ask me.  The fact that
it was arranged by Isaac Hayes but with a better band and a better singer
may account for it.
I made two best of Sammy CDR's.  One is a bit heavier on his groovy
material and one is a little more "conservative".  And the groovy one is
definitely the most requested one among my friends of all the CDR's I've
made in the almost a year I've been making them.
(If you're reading this Ross, we can perhaps make a deal for you to get all
the Sammy you need.)

>
>Living Marimbas Play The Songs of Johnny Cash (RCA Camden)
>Living Marimbas and Voices
>I always find something good in the "Living Series".  Especially the living
>guitars, brass and jazz albums.  And that percussion one has a couple of
>killers on it.

Living Marimbas made some good records.  Living Voices made some of the
cheesiest records ever made.  I agree that Living Marimba and Voices
together reached an all time high/low with this record.





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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:17:56 -0700
From: "Benito Vergara" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of basic hip
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 9:06 PM

> The Gift (CD)
> John Zorn

> But what
> impressed me most of all - even though it was in a unsettling way
> - were the
> disturbing illustrations by Heung-Heung Chin in the liner notes.

The CD's buried in a pile somewhere around here, but I'm pretty sure the
artist is Trevor Brown -- the same sick feller responsible for the artwork
on most of Whitehouse's albums (can't believe I'm writing about Whitehouse
on the exotica list!). But then Zorn uses art like that a lot (although this
nasty sadistic semi-pedophiliac streak is getting a little out of hand).

Later,
Ben

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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:02:34 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own

Got this for 25 cents at the perennial garage sale two doors from mine.
Great, great percussion record.  Can't go wrong with Don.


<< The Savage and Sensuous Bongos(Warner Bros.)
 Don Ralke
 Jumpin' Jiminy! This is some good shit!  I heard (via this list) that Don
 Ralke's bongo albums delivered the goods and after picking up three of em
 all on ebay, I can certainly vouch for that.  This one is the tops.  Highly
 recommended!
  >>


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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:21:23 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) a few recent finds of my own

In a message dated 6/17/01 10:18:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< le for the artwork
 on most of Whitehouse's albums (can't believe I'm writing about Whitehouse
 on the exotica list! >>

Why not?  I figured we'd somehow get around to them sooner or later... (heck,
check out the exotica garb and background in some of the Throbbing Gristle
pix and Martin Denny being cited as an influence by some of the early (i.e.
pre-disco beat/Skinny Puppy) Industrial pioneers)

Waiting for the "Sammy Davis Does Monte Cazzaza" lp (featuring both versions
of "Candyman"),
DavidH


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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:28:37 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Correction

That should be Sammy Davis, JR!! My apologies. - davidh


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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:10:34 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) more soundtrack questions

I have the Man With Two Heads soundtrack by Michael Viner. It is actually a
compilation of blaxploitation-esq funk tunes including two from Bongo Rock
by the Incredible Bongo Band (Viner's band) as well as a couple of soul
numbers. Not a bad OST. Is it about a man who has a black head and a white
head who is forced to realise society's differences in attitude? Hmmmm.

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