From: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) Percy Faith Corazon Date: 01 Aug 2001 11:00:53 +0100 Looking through a very well stocked funk and rare groove record = collector site I noticed a Percy Faith LP for =A390 ($90). It is called Corazon. = I bid on it on Ebay for $8 and won it. Does anybody know the record? Any = good? And what is that Tom Jones record with him laughing along with the = horns? Thanks all. Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peter's Street, London, N1 8JD Direct: +44 (0) 20 7704 3313 Main: +44 (0) 20 7226 8585 ISDN: +44 (0) 207 359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Martin Stern Jr. Date: 01 Aug 2001 10:16:04 -0400 http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Martin+Stern+Jr.%22 Martin Stern Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Martin Stern Jr., who designed casino hotels in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, died Saturday. He was 84. The architect was partly responsible for creating the glitzy skyline of the Las Vegas Strip. Over a 30-year period, Stern designed a skyscraper and convention center at the Sahara Hotel; an expansion tower at the Sands Hotel; and the MGM Grand Hotel, which later became Bally's. He was also responsible for pushing downtown Las Vegas skyward by building the 26-story Mint Hotel. Stern moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s to work as a motion picture studio sketch artist. And even as he helped design hotels along the Las Vegas Strip, he was also working on projects in Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, Reno and Atlantic City. He was best known in Los Angeles for the three coffee shops designed in the ``Googie'' style, characterized by a 1950s pop-culture vision of futuristic architecture # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Indy Rutks" Subject: (exotica) Re: horny Tom Jones Date: 01 Aug 2001 09:41:15 -0500 Charles Moseley wrote: > And what is that Tom Jones record with him laughing along with the horns? Is it "Help Yourself"? -Indy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen - Hawaii Date: 01 Aug 2001 11:06:12 -0400 Don't fret too much over the Surfmen's album "Hawaii." This album is a hodge-podge of unintersting Hawaiian songs (which sound = like their actually taken from another album), and re-titles of songs = already appearing on Exotic Island. A cash-in "throwaway" album that I wouldn't recommend to anyone. - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) Tom Jones Date: 01 Aug 2001 16:32:49 +0100 Thanks for all the suggestions for the Tom Jones tracks. I'll be looking out for suggested LPs and I got hold of the Lonely One single which isn't bad - produced by Johnny Harris - but still not as good as Looking Out My Window so if you don't have that one, go seek it out on the B side of one of his 45s. Cheers all. Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peter's Street, London, N1 8JD Direct: +44 (0) 20 7704 3313 Main: +44 (0) 20 7226 8585 ISDN: +44 (0) 207 359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Percy Faith Corazon Date: 01 Aug 2001 11:44:47 -0400 on 8/1/01 6:00 AM, Charles Moseley at charlesm@contentrepublic.com wrote: >=20 > Looking through a very well stocked funk and rare groove record collector > site I noticed a Percy Faith LP for =A390 ($90). It is called Corazon. I bi= d > on it on Ebay for $8 and won it. Does anybody know the record? Any good? It's got some great tracks on it, including 'Corazon' which was sampled by Titan, and 'Enter The Dragon'. Almost all of Faith's 70's albums (which he had nothing to do with) are pretty fab and funky. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) "Anti-rip CD system bypassed" Date: 01 Aug 2001 11:54:22 -0400 The CD copy-prevention scheme mentioned the other week has already been broken: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/20766.html --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) forget Absinthe - here's the real poisonous liquor Date: 01 Aug 2001 15:06:35 -0400 Bar Owner Poisons His Customers BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - A bar owner in Brazil trying to discover who was stealing liquor from his bar killed two customers after putting rat poison in a popular liquor. Bar owner Manoel da Paixao Goncalves told police he doctored three bottles of cachaca liquor to discover who was stealing the fiery drink from his bar. ``Just a little bit,'' Goncalves was cited by the Estado agency as telling police when they asked him how much rat poison he had put in the cachaca. Goncalves said he had wanted the rat poison to give the cachaca thieves stomach aches to turn them off the liquor -- Brazil's national drink, made from sugar cane. The bar owner, whose bar is in the center of the northeastern city of Salvador, could face 24 years in prison. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew Marchese" Subject: Re: (exotica) tikibarcelonapalooza Date: 01 Aug 2001 14:23:05 -0500 Holaloha! Thanks so much for all of the suggestions. I´m in Madrid at the moment and will be leaving for Barcelona on Friday. Maestro con Queso, I will be sure to say hello to ¨El Tigre¨for you! Gotta go, time for more tapas! Alohadios! Matt >I went to Barcelona last year, not only is it a great city, they also have >a >chain of tiki themed bars! > >I visited 2 of the 3 that i found,( i passed the other one on a bus >journey, >its quite a way out of the main city ) and found them both to be >tikitastic. > >Having said that, not being a master of catalan or spanish myself they >struggled to understand my request for 'Vodka and Coke'. So you may not get >to >taste your favourite cocktails.We got there in the end though. >Learn the Catalan for Mai Tai! > >I hope these bars are still there as they seemed rather underused by all. >At >least you'll be able to find a seat though! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "R. Schultz" Subject: Re: (exotica) forget Absinthe - here's the real poisonous liquor Date: 01 Aug 2001 15:34:07 -0400 Call me strange, but I could really go for a caiparinha right about now after reading that! slurp! On Wed, 01 Aug 2001 15:06:35 -0400 nytab@pipeline.com writes: > > Bar owner Manoel da Paixao Goncalves told police he doctored three > bottles of > cachaca liquor to discover who was stealing the fiery drink from > his bar. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) forget Absinthe - here's the real poisonous liquor Date: 01 Aug 2001 15:50:04 -0400 he is now bottling his own doctored version of Cachaca, calling it, Ratchaca! sorry, could not resist. bump >Bar Owner Poisons His Customers > > BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - A bar owner in Brazil trying to discover who was > stealing liquor from his bar killed two customers after putting rat >poison in a > popular liquor. > > Bar owner Manoel da Paixao Goncalves told police he doctored three bottles of > cachaca liquor to discover who was stealing the fiery drink from his bar. ****************************************************** ***************************** ************* DJ buMp "Primitive Rhythms for Evolved Minds" Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Percy Faith Corazon Date: 01 Aug 2001 19:19:05 EDT This is one I keep in my dj-case, especially for Enter the Dragon. It's righ= t=20 up there with the 101 Strings TV Themes lp with Ironsides for completely=20 unexpected grooviness. Is the Percy Faith "Black Magic Woman" lp this good? -dave In a message dated 8/1/01 8:45:21 AM, brcleve@mindspring.com writes: <<=20 on 8/1/01 6:00 AM, Charles Moseley at charlesm@contentrepublic.com wrote: >=20 > Looking through a very well stocked funk and rare groove record collector > site I noticed a Percy Faith LP for =A390 ($90). It is called Corazon. I b= id > on it on Ebay for $8 and won it. Does anybody know the record? Any good? It's got some great tracks on it, including 'Corazon' which was sampled by Titan, and 'Enter The Dragon'. Almost all of Faith's 70's albums (which he had nothing to do with) are pretty fab and funky. . >> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) HA & TJB "The Lonely Bull" Date: 01 Aug 2001 20:56:06 -0400 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "The Lonely Bull" (A&M Records) Yeah, like this is a record we really need a report on. I like the fact that, this being the first album, Herb and his crew were nowhere near getting the formula worked out. So there's a bit more diversity than on some later albums. You get some spaghetti western moments, some faux peasant moments, a couple of bossa tunes. Even a rock-novelty sort of take on "Limbo Rock" with whoops and hollers. An observation regarding the stereo version versus the mono version: Many times this could go either way, but in the case of this album, mono is definitely the way to go. The stereo version isn't the dreaded "artificially rechanneled" deal, but the imaging is really ugly, and the overall sound seems very thin. The mono version has tons more bottom and punch, and sounds much more correct. m.ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Stilgloria@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen - Hawaii Date: 01 Aug 2001 22:51:20 EDT In a message dated 8/1/01 8:06:39 AM, nminer@jhmi.edu writes: << Don't fret too much over the Surfmen's album "Hawaii." This album is a hodge-podge of unintersting Hawaiian songs (which sound like their actually taken from another album), and re-titles of songs already appearing on Exotic Island. A cash-in "throwaway" album that I wouldn't recommend to anyone. - Nate >> OOps, I kind of like it. Great cover too. I do, however, have another album by the Surfmen, the title escapes, that's truly awful. Gloria # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dowco" Subject: (exotica) Fortisisimo XK 8007 - Pachanga in Percussion Date: 01 Aug 2001 21:39:27 -0700 Had kind of a funny moment tonight trying to listen to this album (which is really good latin dance stuff with plenty of flutes, bongos and congas to go around) - this is the first time I'd tried to listen to it. It's coloured vinyl, a really nice wine red colour, so it's hard to see if it's scratched or anything. Anyway, I put it on, and it kept skipping, kept skipping... finally I moved it to track two, and it played alright for a couple of minutes, after which it just started skipping again. I left the computer and went back to my record player, and found that the stylus was back at the outer rim of the record. Couldn't figure it out - looked at it under light, everything - no scratches, nada. ... finally read the print on the label - "remember, this record plays from the inside out"... so, I put the needle down at the end of the record, and there it went. Are there more albums in this series? I've never seen any, but I haven't been collecting for long. I got a chuckle out of it, anyway! :-) Jim # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) HA & TJB "The Lonely Bull" Date: 02 Aug 2001 05:14:13 -0700 (PDT) In addition to all of his other talents, Mr Alpert is also blessed to be a painter. His artwork is currently on display somewhere in the lovely state of Florida. There was an article in the NYT a week or so back. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Percy Faith Corazon Date: 02 Aug 2001 09:57:24 -0400 on 8/1/01 7:19 PM, Tipsydave@aol.com at Tipsydave@aol.com wrote: > > This is one I keep in my dj-case, especially for Enter the Dragon. It's right > up there with the 101 Strings TV Themes lp with Ironsides for completely > unexpected grooviness. > Is the Percy Faith "Black Magic Woman" lp this good? yes it is. And you're right on about that TV Themes lp; I especially dig the 2 themes to non-existent shows (last tracks on each side as I recall) br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) "Anti-piracy system could damage loudspeakers" Date: 02 Aug 2001 10:36:37 -0400 Sony field-testing yet another copy prevention system, this one with the potential to damage audio equipment: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991105 --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "william" Subject: (exotica) karaoke Date: 03 Aug 2001 00:03:09 +0800 >[Side note: I typed in "videoke" in Google and found hardly anything but >Philippine and Brazilian websites! What gives? What's this stuff called in >other places???] they are called K-TV here and possibly in other chinese speaking countries as well. i seem to recall seeing some in china. a few of my roomates work for them. they were packed during the recent typhoon. if you do a search on "K-TV" you might come up with more hits but i don't know. apparently there's even a KTV here owned by the KMT political party. weird. william in taipei who does not sing. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Martin Stern Jr. Date: 02 Aug 2001 12:09:19 -0400 August 2, 2001 Martin Stern Jr., Architect Who Redefined Vegas Skyline, Dies at 84 By DOUGLAS MARTIN,NYTimes Martin Stern Jr., an architect who pioneered the eye-popping Googie-style coffee-shop architecture of Los Angeles and then brought his exuberant vision to the skyline of the Las Vegas strip, died on Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 84. Mr. Stern designed three Ships coffee shops in Los Angeles in 1956 and 1957 that joined the pantheon of what came to be called Googie architecture — an enthusiastic cocktail of neon, modern design principles and clever signage. Preservationists protested mightily when the shops — featuring distinctive orange color schemes and looking like rocket ships about to blast off — were demolished during the 1980's and 90's. Mr. Stern went on to design a significant part of Las Vegas's skyline, including a skyscraper and convention center at the Sahara Hotel and the MGM Grand Hotel, which became Bally's. He also designed the 26-story Mint Hotel. He was part of the second generation of Las Vegas architects. Space had become more expensive, and the sprawling motel-like developments of earlier years no longer made economic sense. He and contemporaries like Wayne McAllister adapted by building hotels with towers that replaced neon signs as the defining elements. "Gone was the sleek and low-slung intimacy of lounges, manicured lawns with rambling motel wings with private box balconies overlooking the pool with its beauties, replaced with a bigger, bolder and self- confident look of a legitimate corporate business," Peter Michel wrote on the Web site of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, to which Mr. Stern donated his architectural drawings. "There is much of the history of Las Vegas in the drawings of Martin Stern Jr.," Mr. Michel wrote. Mr. Stern designed the Sahara Hotel's first skyscraper (14 stories) in 1959, its convention center in 1967, a 342-room high-rise addition in 1977 and a 625-room high-rise addition in 1979. He became known for his attention to the sort of details that make money. One trademark was the tower with the top floor wider than those below, to accommodate luxury suites with panoramic views. Steven Izenour, a Philadelphia architect and one of the authors of the 1972 book "Learning From Las Vegas," said Mr. Stern and his contemporaries "took the vocabulary of modern architecture and turned it into an ornamental style." He said Robert Venturi, who with Denise Scott Brown was a co-author of the book, called the approach "the architecture of the decorated shed." Mr. Izenour argued that Mr. Stern's design has stood the test of time, calling it "wonderfully funky." He predicted that the Las Vegas style that succeeded that of Mr. Stern's generation — huge theme parks modeled on New York City and other themes — would fade, with Mr. Stern's style possibly making a comeback. He said, "In hindsight, it was a lot more sophisticated than people gave it credit for at the time." Mr. Stern is survived by his wife, Chantal; three sons; a daughter; a sister; and four grandchildren. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) bubblegum blast party Date: 02 Aug 2001 10:55:37 -0400 Wednesday, August 15th, WFMU's HOVA will spin you in a cocoon of sugar, from The Monkees to Britney and back again, at a party in honor of the new book, Bubblegum Blast, from Feral House. Talk with the book's creators and even rub elbows with the men and women behind the hits you can't forget, no matter how hard you try. Enjoy sticky sweet drink specials, win CDs, and dig the pre-teen beat as only Hova can dish it up. 7:30 to 10:30 PM at Beauty Bar, 231 East 14th Street, NYC. Free! More details at http://www.scrammagazine.com/gumball.html. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Re: horny Tom Jones Date: 02 Aug 2001 15:21:26 +0100 or maybe Delilah? El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ Charles Moseley wrote: > And what is that Tom Jones record with him laughing along with the horns? Is it "Help Yourself"? - -Indy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Benito Vergara" Subject: (exotica) anti-piracy; damaging your speakers Date: 02 Aug 2001 10:49:14 -0700 Can't remember if this has been posted here yet: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991105 Later, Ben http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: 12832406 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeff Phillips Subject: (exotica) Music of your great country Date: 02 Aug 2001 13:54:17 -0700 Just received this puzzling, but amusing letter. If you have any old cds you've been itching to send to someone, now's your chance... >>>From: KBMG [mailto:kbmg@au.ru] Dear Colleagues: Your great country is very respected by our citizens. They like your culture, history and your wonderful music. Therefore they constantly ask us to relate about the music and musicians of your great country. Unfortunately, we do not have any music from your country in our archives. Therefore we cannot introduce the music of your country to our citizens. As you know, the situation in Russia is very difficult at the moment. Our country has a very deep financial and economic crisis. We are experiencing a lot of different problems. Recently we have got access to the Internet and now we are able to send you this letter. We have decided to appeal to you with request to send us some CD's with variety music of 40-50s years, folk, orchestral and jazz music of your country. Our postal address is: Mr. Valentin Mikhaylin, KBMG. Ryleeva Street 6 - 45, Kaluga. 248030. R u s s i a. In our turn we will be very pleased to send you CD's with the Russian classical and folk music. Please accept our sincere assurances of deepest respect. Kind greetings from your Russian friends, Mr. Valentin Mikhaylin, KBMG, Kaluga. Russia.<<< EZ does it, Jeff Phillips Artistic Administrator jphillips@philharmonia.org Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra http://www.philharmonia.org 180 Redwood Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, California 94102 phone (415) 252-1288, fax (415) 252-1488 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: (exotica) Living Stereo reissues Date: 02 Aug 2001 22:13:47 +0100 Can't remember anyone mentioning these but I noticed the other day that a load of RCA Living Stereo LPs have been reissued on CD by RCA Spain, including: Bernie Green - "Futura" Sid Bass - "From Another World" The Markko Polo Adventurers - "Orienta" Voices of Walter Schuman - "Exploring the Unknown" These are all at Dusty Groove for $11.99 but I was wondering whether anyone knows whether they can be found on any UK or European online stores? Rough Trade have some of them but they're a bit more pricey... Robbie Spaced Out - the Enoch Light website http://www.enochlight.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) John Williams: Music Pilferer Date: 02 Aug 2001 14:27:38 -0700 >Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:07:12 +0100 >From: Nicola Battista >Subject: (exotica) Bix vs. Star Wars > >http://stage.vitaminic.com/bix_beiderbecke > >I am I the only weirdo who believes that the "Cantina Band" theme from Star >Wars was entirely stolen from "At the jazz band ball" (which I have in a >Bix Beiderbecke recording from the 1920's)? ;) I don't think John Williams has written a score that hasn't had outright rip off music. Listen to Holst's The Planets against the Star Wars soundtrack and you will hear blatant lifts of arrangements and melodies. See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Living Stereo reissues Date: 02 Aug 2001 17:38:01 -0400 on 8/2/01 5:13 PM, Robbie Baldock at rcb@easynet.co.uk wrote: > > Can't remember anyone mentioning these but I noticed the other > day that a load of RCA Living Stereo LPs have been reissued on > CD by RCA Spain, including: > > Bernie Green - "Futura" > Sid Bass - "From Another World" > The Markko Polo Adventurers - "Orienta" > Voices of Walter Schuman - "Exploring the Unknown" > > These are all at Dusty Groove for $11.99 but I was wondering > whether anyone knows whether they can be found on any UK or > European online stores? > > Rough Trade have some of them but they're a bit more pricey... Dusty seems generally to have the best prices...and these recordings are worth it IMHO -- DJ Jimmy Botticelli The Groove Merchants Mobile DJ's For Hire Disco/House/Latin/Funk No Talk No Rock "The cat's in the bag. The bag's in the river" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: (exotica) Bobby Montez' "Jungle Fantastique!" Date: 02 Aug 2001 18:08:45 -0400 Well, I've arrived in Phoenix and still no commentary on this reissue put out by our pals at Cu Bop. So let me just say this about that. For exoticats this may or may not be the be all and end all of Latin groove, but its a surefire superb complement to a collection that includes Latin rekkids. Good points: It was recorded in 1958 which we can all agree was a banner year for recorded music inside this realm. Titles include: African Fantasy, Chango, Jungle Sunset, Kon-Tiki, Swinging At The 'M', Speak Low, Carioca, Cha Cha Cha for Nueva York, and Summertime, and the LP features a very competent and soulful Bobby on vibes and piano. The overall sound lays claim to that "no time or place" sound often found on 50's Latin Discos. Basic, stripped, the LP sports no embellishments...no "fake" Americanized F/X here. The vinyl reissue reproduces the cover and liners in their original form and adds a Reissue Note which I quote: "Jungle Fantistique! is one of the greatest Latin jazz records ever recorded. Originally released in 1958, the original pressings were of poor sound quality, nonetheless it has become a highly sought after LP by collectors, club DJ's, and rare groove fans alike. Cu Bop has lovingly remastered the album for the first time from the original master tapes." I would add that the term 'jazz' is loosely used here; this is no jazz-bo's Latin Jazz, rather a collection of familiar and hook 'n' beat riddled tunes that are sure to please an exoticat and conniseur's ear. -- DJ Jimmy Botticelli The Groove Merchants Mobile DJ's For Hire Disco/House/Latin/Funk No Talk No Rock "The cat's in the bag. The bag's in the river" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Stilgloria@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) bubblegum blast party Date: 02 Aug 2001 22:29:08 EDT In a message dated 8/2/01 9:45:45 AM, nytab@pipeline.com writes: << Wednesday, August 15th, WFMU's HOVA will spin you in a cocoon of sugar, from The Monkees to Britney and back again, at a party in honor of the new book, Bubblegum Blast, from Feral House. >> I believe the title is "Bubble Gum Music Is The Naked Truth". Gloria # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) John Williams: Music Pilferer (or Pil Fer, yer Date: 03 Aug 2001 09:05:14 -0400 >I don't think John Williams has written a score that hasn't had >outright rip off music. Listen to Holst's The Planets against the >Star Wars soundtrack and you will hear blatant lifts of arrangements >and melodies. Also, the uneven accents of the "Jaws" main title are pretty blatantly lifted from Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring". Danny Elfman, as evinced by the "Waltz To The Death" theme in "Batman" likes Prokofieff (Prokoviev? Brokaw via F?) a WHOLE lot. James Horner, had a stretch there in which he always seemed to sound like someone else, I just can't say who. This isn't anything too new, though. Listening to Richard Strauss' tone poem, "Don Juan" I am put in mind of Erich Korngold and/or Alfred Newman. See y..... Late... Easy listening in the big... Need help using (or leaving) this mailing...., Ste..Beni...uh, Chu...BRIAN! Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obits] Ron Townson, Norman Hall Wright Date: 03 Aug 2001 13:07:06 -0400 Ron Townson LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Ron Townson, the portly centerpiece singer for the Grammy-winning pop group The 5th Dimension, died Thursday of renal failure after a four-year battle with kidney disease. He was 68. Other members of the reconstituted group -- known for such 1960s hits as ``Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In,'' ``Wedding Bell Blues'' and ``Stoned Soul Picnic'' -- performed at the Capitol Fourth music and fireworks show on July 4 in Washington, D.C. Declining health had forced Townson to retire from The 5th Dimension in 1997, bringing to an end a career that saw him tour with such music legends as Nat ``King'' Cole and Dorothy Dandridge, appear in operas and direct choirs. He helped front The 5th Dimension when the group's smooth mixture of pop, jazz, gospel, and rhythm and blues won it four Grammys in 1968 for the Jimmy Webb song ``Up Up and Away.'' Other hits included ``One Less Bell to Answer'' and ``Sweet Blindness.'' As various members left The 5th Dimension in the 1970s to pursue solo projects, Townson formed the group Ron Townson and Wild Honey. Later, he reunited with McLemore and LaRue in a new version of The 5th Dimension that included Phyllis Battle and Greg Walker. He also appeared on television and in films, including the 1992 movie ``The Mambo Kings.'' Norman Hall Wright DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) -- Norman Hall Wright, the last surviving writer who worked on the Disney film ``Fantasia,'' died July 21. He was 91. Wright worked as an animator for Walt Disney Productions and later became a writer, producer and director. Wright developed the story of ``The Nutcracker Suite'' sequence for ``Fantasia.'' He also was responsible for a sequence in ``Bambi.'' He wrote several cartoon shorts for Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and also produced several ``Wonderful World of Disney'' television programs. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Ron Townson Date: 03 Aug 2001 13:24:58 -0400 http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ron+townson%22 http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1THE|5TH|DIMENSION http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B3dr67uw070jh August 3, 2001 5th Dimension Singer Townson Dies By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:46 a.m. ET LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Ron Townson, the portly centerpiece singer for the Grammy-winning pop group The 5th Dimension, has died. He was 68. Townson died Thursday of renal failure at his home in Las Vegas after a four-year battle with kidney disease, said Bobette Townson, his wife of 44 years. ``Ron always felt that he would get well enough that he would perform again,'' his wife said. ``He never lost his desire to do that.'' The 5th Dimension combined the sounds of pop, jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues for such 1960s hits as ``Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In,'' and the Laura Nyro songs ``Wedding Bell Blues'' and ``Stoned Soul Picnic.'' The group won four Grammys in 1968 for the Jimmy Webb tune ``Up, Up and Away.'' Declining health forced Townson to retire in 1997, ending a career that saw him tour with such music legends as Nat King Cole and Dorothy Dandridge. Townson was born in St. Louis and began singing at age 6 in school and church choirs. He attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., where he directed choirs, and moved to Los Angeles in 1957. In 1965, he and a childhood friend, LaMonte McLemore, formed a singing group called the Versatiles that, McLemore recalled Thursday, they soon renamed The 5th Dimension at the suggestion of Townson's wife. Other original members were Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis. Early on, some critics dismissed the smooth-sounding group as black singers trying to sound white. ``I know some people accuse us of singing white, but it makes me laugh,'' Townson told the Los Angeles Times in 1970. ``It is based on ignorance. People sing styles. They don't sing colors.'' As various members left The 5th Dimension in the 1970s to pursue solo projects, Townson formed the group Ron Townson and Wild Honey. Later, he reunited with McLemore and LaRue in a new version of The 5th Dimension that included Phyllis Battle and Greg Walker. Townson also appeared on television and in films, including the 1992 movie ``The Mambo Kings.'' McLemore, calling news of Townson's death difficult, said from his home in Los Angeles that he hopes to see his old friend again some day. ``I hope we're all going up, not down,'' he said. ``It would be great if we could all sing together again.'' # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Piero Cavina Subject: (exotica) Fred Buscaglione Date: 04 Aug 2001 14:26:35 +0200 Fred Buscaglione fans should not miss these five CDs that collect his complete works: http://www.elleu.it/Musica/scheda_prodotto.asp?id=143 http://www.elleu.it/Musica/scheda_prodotto.asp?id=144 http://www.elleu.it/Musica/scheda_prodotto.asp?id=145 The CDs are very affordable too, thought I don't know if they sell them worldwide. -- Ciao, \ PGP Public key available P. \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Playlist Martinis With Mancini August 3, 2001 Date: 04 Aug 2001 09:16:44 -0400 Playlist August 3, 2001 Thanks for reading, Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) Brief And Breezy, Henry Mancini Love Your Magic Is Everywhere, Johnny Mathis A Walk On The Black Forrest, Horst Jankoski Cant' Get Started, Keely Smith Scarlet Mist, Martin Denny Good Morning Judge, Blues Jumpers So What's New, Montefiori Cocktail Little White Lies, Julie London I Dig, Les Baxter The Cat, Seks Bomba Beat Maker, Something The Mill Put In His Briefcase Exotique Bossa Nova, Martin Denny Busted, Ray Charles Cherokee, Esquivel The Man With The Golden Arm, Sammy Davis Jr My One And Only Love, Dean Martin Summer Wind, Frank Sinatra The Beat, Henry Mancini Mambo Jambo, Dave Baubour Butterfly, Scott Walker Two Lane Blacktop, James Clark Sermonette, Della Reese Wave, Walter Wanderly Bombasteroid, 4 Piece Suit Somewhere In This Town, Seks Bomba Mission Accomplished, Lalo Schrifin Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White, Les Baxter/Billy May Moodys Mood For Love, Eddie Jefferson The Squars, Babs Gonzales Church Key, The Gonzos Lonely Guitar, Annette Funicello Baja, The Blue Hawaiiaans Hatari, Henry Mancini Love Me Like Candy, Rebecca Kyler Downs El Pussy Cat, Mongo Santamaria The Last Of The Secret Agents, Nancy Sinatra Secret Agent Man, Hugo Montenegro Casino Royal, Seks Bomba Teach Me Tiger, April Stevens Lady In Cement, Hugo Montenegro Puffy De Rumba, Puffi Ami Yumi The Checkered Flag, Combustible Edison Beep Beep, Louie Prima Donde Estes Yolanda, Pink Martini The Snake, Oscar Brown Jr Allright You Win, Henry Mancini Groschen Polka, Greetje Kauffeld & Paul Kuhn O Perda, Vania Abreu So Danco Samba, Sambossa Bomba Au Go-Go Oh Honey, Gloria Wood Guys And Dolls, Terry Snyder Light My Fire, Zacharias Springtime For Hitler, Henry Mancini Fever, Quincy Jones Moon River Cha Cha, Henry Mancini # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Live Seks Bomba Broadcast Tonight On WJUL Date: 04 Aug 2001 09:26:01 -0400 Hello Everyone, Sorry I'm not posting! Some of the things mentioned here were interesting, Like a comment about Bobby Darin... Hosting Seks Bomba LIVE in the WJUL studios. Between 9PM EST to Midnight. During the program they will be playing a live set. Seks Bomba site: www.bomba.com Some folks from the Luxuria music Yahoo Club http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/luxuriamusic will be listening and they will be in there chat room located on the site. Get in the chat room, listen in and have a great time. And thank you. Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael D. Toth" Subject: (exotica) FYI: Bubblegum Radio Special 8/5 Date: 04 Aug 2001 19:52:36 -0400 It's a Bubblegum spectacular this Sunday on my radio show "The Beyondo Mondo Record Party!" An hour of f-u-n sandwiched at one end by the Buddah single sample-fest "Moonflight" by Vik Venus, and recent gummy pop perfection by contemporary geniuses Apples In Stereo at the other end. And in between, you ask? Phone interviews with folks behind the *incredible* new "Bubblegum Is the Naked Truth" book, including co-editor David Smay and contributing writer Becky Ebenkamp! Plus -- as should be expected -- an arsenal of catchy hits and misses by the likes of the Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, the Archies, the Cuff Links, the Banana Splits and *more*! That's 11:00-midnight EST on 91.3 FM WAPS in the greater Akron area, www.wapsfm.com for everybody else with a decent Internet connection. Please forward to anyone you think may care. A guy always looking for an excuse to play 1910's "Sticky Sticky" on the radio, Michael "Tothar" Toth mtoth@neo.lrun.com mtoth@neo.rr.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cheryl" Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 5 Date: 05 Aug 2001 11:55:48 -0400 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 #154 Storage Secret Sounds If you like your music quirky, esoteric, and with a strong sense of humour, then look no further... Felix Kubin, Oleg Kostrow, Helgoland, and others associated through the German Stora label have connections that span other similarly-styled German experimental labels like A-Musik and Hausmusik, which are themselves perennial favourites on Space Bop. This show focuses on a series of artists from a number of labels, whose common thread is all are distributed through the German "Editions Stora" label. We've done some serious searching to accumulate a good number of these releases, and we've yet to be disappointed! For more information, visit: http://wwww.stora.de Oleg Kostrow: Intro "The Great Flashing Tracks From Iwona" Oleg Kostrow: Ein Kleines Betterliedchen "The Great Flashing Tracks From Iwona" Fathers Of Hydrogen: Electric B3 "Storage Kompilation" Oleg Kostrow: Iwona's Aunts "Snow Queen/Overflashing Tracks From Iwona" Hammafest: Wunderer "Storage Kompilation" Helgoland: Hello "Helgoland Media Music EP" Groenlandorchester: Little P. "Psychoscifipoppia" Helgoland: Polipi Action Snacker "Helgoland Media Music EP" Felix Kubin: Hotel Supernova "Jet-Lag Disco" Helgoland: Soft End "Helgoland Media Music EP" Oleg Kostrow: Letztes Dinner "The Great Flashing Tracks From Iwona" Felix Kubin: Bruder Luzifer "Filmmusik" Idee Des Nordens: Drop De Bomb "Storage Kompilation" Oleg Kostrow: Fischmambo "The Great Flashing Tracks From Iwona" Messer Fur Frau Muller: Salut Adieu "Storage Kompilation" Helgoland: Throatcleaner "Storage Kompilation" Helgoland: Any French Song Title "Helgoland Media Music EP" Felix Kubin: Doppelagenten "Filmmusik" Felix Kubin: Fermiten "Jane B. Ertrinkt Mit Den Pferden" Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@dsuper.net brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jschwart@voicenet.com Subject: (exotica) Secret Cinema's IT'S A SUNSHINE DAY! (in Philadelphia) Date: 05 Aug 2001 13:22:27 The Secret Cinema produces sixties-themed music night IT'S A SUNSHINE DAY! Tritone 1508 South Street (across from Bob & Barbara's) Philadelphia =B7 (215) 545-0475 The Secret Cinema will present another themed multi-media/music event on Saturday, August 11, when IT'S A SUNSHINE DAY! happens at Tritone (formerly Bennie's). The night, which will include a live band, a d.j. and multi-media projections, is a celebration of two subgenres of 60s rock: sunshine pop and bubblegum.=20 The night starts at 10:00 pm and admission is $5.00. Sunshine pop is melodic, harmony-drenched music, both "soft" and other, A LA The Association, The Beach Boys, The Millennium, Sagittarius, The Yellow Balloon, The Free Design and many others. These groups (as well as such key sunshine pop auteur/producers as Brian Wilson, Curt Boettcher and Gary Zekely) have received a lot of attention lately, particularly from Japanese "soft rock" connoisseurs. Bubblegum, of course, was the primitive, throbbing, elementary-school-beat brand of rock created by producers such as Jeff Katz and Jerry Kasenetz, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Jeff Barry and others, resulting in hit records for such artists and studio-created concoctions as Tommy James, The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies and many more. Jay Schwartz, creator and programmer of The Secret Cinema, will serve as d.j. for the night, bringing the best of these two sunny styles of music -- including many vinyl rarities. The live portion of IT'S A SUNSHINE DAY! will be provided by Philadelphia's own The Snow Fairies, making their club debut. Rising from the ashes of The Skywriters, The group's upbeat pop can be heard on a CD coming out this month on California's Black Beans and Placenta label. This show will launch The Snow Fairies' first tour, which will take them throughout the Midwest. To fully justify the Secret Cinema designation, the S.C. 16mm film projectors will be in the house to provide pop-art projections, both as silent "action paintings" to accompany recorded music, and to show some surprise film clips (with the sound turned on). Tritone, the city's newest musical nightspot, was recently known as Bennie's (where the Secret Cinema presented the "Friday On My Mind" party and the film RECORD CITY). In addition to serving up music and drinks, the club's new kitchen is serving dinner and snacks daily from 5 pm until 1 am. SECRET CINEMA WEBSITE: www.voicenet.com/~jschwart # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: Re: (exotica) John Williams: Music Pilferer (or Pil Fer, yer thoughts?) Date: 05 Aug 2001 21:29:00 -0400 > >I don't think John Williams has written a score that hasn't had > >outright rip off music. Listen to Holst's The Planets against the > >Star Wars soundtrack and you will hear blatant lifts of arrangements > >and melodies. I saw Star Wars as a young teen and liked the music. When I bought the soundtrack and read the linear notes there were references to Holst "The Planets" and Wagners ring cycle. Because of John Williams I started listening to classical music. Strange huh? It must be hard for movie composers. Don't they have to work and complete scores in a very short time? Not like traditional composers who can wait the mood to strike. I really admire people who can do that. And often create great music. In my Yahoo briefcase: Johnny Williams "Make me Rainbows" from the movie Fitzwilly. http://y42.briefcase.yahoo.com/dmartooni People who come up with truly originals ideas are very rare. Domenic # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) "Music For Gracious Living" Date: 05 Aug 2001 22:22:36 -0400 Picked up two beautiful looking LP's.. "Music For Gracious Living" Seems this was a series. I have "Foursome" and "Barbecue". The photos are beautiful. Especially the furniture on Foursome. Classic Eisenhower era living room set. And the back of the LP has recipes! Really captures that idea we have of the 50's. The music is by Peter Barclay and is your standard EZ fare. Curious to know what the others on the series "Buffet", "After the Dance" and "Do IT Yourself" look like. These are on the Columbia label. And are they related to the "Music for Better Living" series have heard about? Where Peter L got the name for his show? Another crazy story. Over at WJUL we have a program called "Players Prepare Your Pianos" Hosted by this cool chick, DeiX. She plays Raymond Scott, Ken Nordine and goes into the avant noise stuff. Show up a few weeks ago and got a chance to meet her husband Mark. He's more into this stuff than she is! They both wear cool old glasses. It's just so cute! So happy for them that they have so much in common. One of the CD's they have? "Music for Gracious Living"! The comp that came out a while ago. He tells me a friend turned him on to Cool and Strange Music Magazine and he won a contest and got the CD through them. I won one of those CD's myself.....It was just...well..... cool and strange to meet someone else who won one of the 25 CDs in the contest. We both agreed that the CD had it's good moments but had lousy stuff too. Domenic # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian" Subject: (exotica) Two websites and a couple of new finds Date: 05 Aug 2001 22:19:27 -0400 Following up on that thread for Commodore 64 game music, I found a site that specializes in such things and has a lot of material available for download. All files are in .mid (midi) format, which means they are small, since they carry only the midi instructions and not the music which your PC soundcard synth plays when you load them. Listening to them, I'm reminded of Mark Mothersbaugh's "Musik for Insomniaks" CDs , two long time favourites. Look at: http://www.server64.com/contents.htm The other website I discovered while looking for Psychedleic Screensaver updates. It's a site that consists of simply a realaudio feed which sets you up with 1000 titles to choose from, and plays them for you. Maybe not the most interesting thing, until you realize the music is just the kind of thing most of us would like to hear, as the list of examples on the front page indicates. I noticed the feed broke off both times I used it after 6 or 7 tracks but it may have been my conection. Check this out at: http://www.weirdsville.com/ Now for the new find... I was doing my usual bi-weekly auditioning at the one store here that regularly buys weird vinyl, and after 7 for 7 rejects, the 8th one caught my ear. Of course it was the most expensive of the lot, and typically this is one of the signs (at least in this store) that the record is good. Now that I've since bought it and listened a bit more, I'm still puzzled as to exactly what it is, especially since it is on Columbia and dating from 1968. Of course how soon I forget this was the label that also issued Harry Partch as well as Beaver & Krause. The record is called "Rock and Other Four Letter Words:"" by J. Marks and Shipen Lebzelter. It is supposedly based on the book of the same title by J. marks from 1965. It's at the experimenal edge of things, particulatly for that era, in fact if anything it looks to be the inspiration for Negativland, in its taking the real voices of rock stars, etc.out of context! I know nothing whatsoever about the record or the people that made it. Anyone out there know any more? Brian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kendoll Subject: Re: (exotica) "Music For Gracious Living" Date: 05 Aug 2001 23:51:18 -0600 Domenic Ciccone wrote: > Curious to know what the others on the series "Buffet", "After the Dance" and > "Do IT > Yourself" look like. i've got "do it yourself" on my website: http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~kendoll/asrv/rw070701.htm mike ewanus all sales are vinyl: http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~kendoll/Welcome.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: Re: (exotica) John Williams: Music Pilferer (or Pil Fer, yer thou Date: 06 Aug 2001 10:05:08 +0100 Didn't Nick Lowe once famously say: "When I was younger I used to be influenced by other people, now if I like something I just steal it". El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: Re: (exotica) "Music For Gracious Living" Date: 06 Aug 2001 09:08:53 -0500 dominic wrote: Show up a few weeks ago and got a chance to meet her husband Mark. He's more into this stuff than she is! They both wear cool old glasses. It's just so cute! So happy for them that they have so much in common. ********************************* As opposed to the rest of us whose spouses think we are one hair short of insanity!!!! Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) "Music For Gracious Living" Date: 06 Aug 2001 10:05:51 -0400 on 8/6/01 1:51 AM, kendoll at kendoll@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: > > Domenic Ciccone wrote: > >> Curious to know what the others on the series "Buffet", "After the Dance" and >> "Do IT >> Yourself" look like. > > i've got "do it yourself" on my website: > http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~kendoll/asrv/rw070701.htm > > mike ewanus > all sales are vinyl: http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~kendoll/Welcome.htm Nice scan Mike..I wish my stylist could give me one of those 50's tapers on the back of my head l;ike the Dad with the red shirt. Bob Cummings sported the perfect taper in that Hitchcock movie you could watch in 3-D (forget the title). Can I get a witness for the 50's taper? Where the hair gets shorter and shorter as it goes down the back of your head until it disappears? -- DJ Jimmy Botticelli The Groove Merchants Mobile DJ's For Hire Disco/House/Latin/Funk No Talk No Rock "The cat's in the bag. The bag's in the river" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) John Williams: Music Pilferer (or Pil Fer, thou gi Date: 06 Aug 2001 16:32:16 +0100 uhuh, you're probably right though. But unless you live in a vacuum jar, where do you draw the line? You hear, you retain. You do the new thing. You like it. Later you think, 'Oh, blimey that sounds like such and such'. Do you say, "Oh no I'm going to suppress it" in the unending quest for novelty? Does it invalidate the blues? Based so much around the use of stock phrases and riffs. A friend said he saw Big Joe Turner sing standard blues lines off the top of his head for 2 hours without repeating himself. He was obviously paying close attention. The answer to the original post should maybe have been a big AND? IMHO. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > ---------- > From: Brian Phillips[SMTP:hagar@mindspring.net] > Sent: 06 August 2001 16:20 > To: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk > Subject: Re: (exotica) John Williams: Music Pilferer (or Pil Fer, yer > thou ghts?) > > > >Didn't Nick Lowe once famously say: > > > >"When I was younger I used to be influenced by other people, now if I > like > >something I just steal it". > > Oh, Dickens said that first! > Just kidding. > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: (exotica) Records in the wilderness Date: 06 Aug 2001 12:08:52 -0500 I never thought of my homeland as having anything to offer in the realm of album hunting, but I was fortunate to discover a new source right in the middle of the bluegrass (Kentucky, that is) during a recent trip home. On the day we arrived, my mother pulled an article out of the paper about "Pop's" Consignments, etc. that claimed that the place had @ 60 to 70 thousand records (she apologized to my wife when she did it). It may not have had that many, but it did have a helluva lot. Most were priced from $2.00 to $5.00, with rare or unusual albums priced higher. The place was somewhere between Goodwill and a more upscale place, because the condition of some of the albums was mediocre, but they were priced accordingly. Exotica and Easy Listening stuff was mixed in with Pop/Rock or Jazz, which made the search rather difficult, but worthwhile nonetheless. I picked up: Stanley Wilson, Music from M Squad (Paid $9.00 for this one. I've wanted it for a long time.) Ray Martin, Excitement Incorporated (Lot's of fun. I'd say it's better than the other Stereo Action album, Dynamica. Great vocals, especially on "Jericho"--the thought of Vegas-style singers in skin-tight spangled dresses exclaiming "Hallelujah" to a tune like this alone makes it one of my favorites.) Jack Costanzo, Bongo Cha Cha Cha (One of those "Golden Tone" albums with NO information whatsoever about the record or artists. It's a pretty straightforward Cuban/Puerto Rican-style album, but very good. And for .99, I couldn't let it go. Nice picture of Jack with those big fluffy shirt sleeves--anybody know what those are called, by the way?--on the cover.) Three Suns, Swingin on a Star. (No comment. It's good, but we've already had plenty of 3 Suns discussions. By the way, didn't nytab recently send word that King Curtis, who plays on the album, had died?) I could easily have spent more at the place. I suspect I made a mistake in passing by a Free Design album for about six bucks (I don't remember which one, but I didn't recognize any of the tunes). I have the sense that not many of the list members are from the middle of the U.S.--mostly coasters and Europeans (with apologies to those who are neither)--but if you're ever passing through Lexington, KY, I recommend stopping by Pop's. He puts out the new albums on Friday, but apparently a crowd gathers at the door before opening time. With all of the talk about the demise of thrift-store bargains and complaints about the insanity of online auction pricing, it's nice to know that places like this are still around. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) faux shag is everywhere Date: 06 Aug 2001 13:54:58 -0400 If you thought the influence of Shag's art had already peaked, it's just getting started. Wait 'till you see Cartoon Netwrok's new show, Samurai Jack: http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/jack/ Not that this is news. Half of CN's new shows have the Shag look (the other half look like Spumco). And then there's the Nokia AUS ad: http://www.australianinfront.com.au/nokia.html But I guess this just goes back to the Johnny Williams thread, huh? m.ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Records in the wilderness Date: 06 Aug 2001 14:22:16 -0400 At 12:08 PM 8/6/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: > .>I could easily have spent more at the place. I suspect I made a mistake in >passing by a Free Design album for about six bucks (I don't remember which >one, but I didn't recognize any of the tunes). . Depends what you mean by a mistake. If you mean that it's a mistake to rub your fellow listmembers noses in the fact that you passed up a record that they would have easily paid five times more for, then yes that would be a mistake. If you mean that it's a mistake to pass up a record for six bucks that you could get sixty bucks on ebay, then you're right it's a mistake. On the other hand, if you don't like buying records just to sell them back at a profit, then there's no reason you should have bought it. On the other other hand, if you have even a slight interest in the Free Design's music, then you probably should have bought this one since there are really no bad ones. But that's not a mistake. Just an oversight. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: (exotica) Re: Records in the wilderness Date: 06 Aug 2001 14:35:36 -0500 Ouch. Didn't mean to rub any noses anywhere, and I had a bad feeling about passing it up. Oh well. But I don't buy and resell. I've hated selling anything since I was forced to do it in grade school for band. Clayton > > If you mean that it's a mistake to rub your fellow listmembers noses in the > fact that you passed up a record that they would have easily paid five > times more for, then yes that would be a mistake. > If you mean that it's a mistake to pass up a record for six bucks that you > could get sixty bucks on ebay, then you're right it's a mistake. > On the other hand, if you don't like buying records just to sell them back > at a profit, then there's no reason you should have bought it. > On the other other hand, if you have even a slight interest in the Free > Design's music, then you probably should have bought this one since there > are really no bad ones. > But that's not a mistake. Just an oversight. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: (exotica) Bobby Montez, Jungle Fantastique Date: 06 Aug 2001 21:49:17 +0200 (MEST) Just saw a soundsample from the Bobby Montez LP here: (at Playlist August 2001) http://www.tramprecords5.purespace.de/index.htm a nice side from Tobias Kirmayer with some hot groovy 45s for tade/sell etc. Martin -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ Aufgepasst - jetzt viele 1&1 New WebHosting Pakete ohne Einrichtungsgebuehr + 1 Monat Grundgebuehrbefreiung! http://puretec.de/index.html?ac=OM.PU.PU003K00736T0492a # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert McKenna" Subject: Re: (exotica) Two websites and a couple of new finds Date: 07 Aug 2001 12:31:20 >http://www.server64.com/contents.htm > >http://www.weirdsville.com/ > nice links brian, thanks. weirdsville looks very tasty. only problem is i can't open real streams from america. anyone any ideas why? it's not my bandwidth (i have nice big fat 100meg files from deephousenetwork in dublin and lots of stuff from germany), just streaming never works from the us. very frustrating. rob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) Tom Jones - amazing track! Date: 07 Aug 2001 16:41:06 +0100 I have just got a spare copy of the Tom Jones 45 The Lonely One/She's Coming Home if anybody wants a spare copy. Let me know offlist. Cheers all. Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Tom Jones melts Date: 07 Aug 2001 21:09:53 -0400 I took a little road trip last weekend with my friend David who normally has lousy taste in music but recently expressed an interest in Tom Jones. On Saturday it was his birthday and he slept in while I scoured Kingston Ontario for cheap records. I wasn't planning to do anything about his birthday but when I found a few Tom Jones records, I scotchtaped a little birthday greeting from Tom on one of the records and gave them to him. It was more the thought than the music since David doesn't have a turntable. And besides, after I gave him a copy of my "Best of Tom Jones", he didn't really need anymore. And as touched as he was, maybe that explains why he left the three records in my car. I forgot they were there until today. I don't know about you guys but it's been an oven here for the last day or so and when I got in my car today, the steering wheel and the door handles were too hot to touch. Then I remembered the records. Tom Jones Live at Caesar's Palace and "This is Tom Jones", both on Parrot, seem fine. But "Say you'll stay until tomorrow" on much lighter vinyl, is like the top crust of an old fashioned apple pie. It's actually kind of attractive. And very symetrical the way the crimped edges go all around. It's not Tom at his best anyway. But I'm curious why the thing melted in such a symetrical and consistent way. By the way, the three best things I found in Kingston were "Cool Cowboy" by Cliffie Stone, which is kind of a cross between country and "lounge", the Four Freshmen "Voices in Latin" and in a pile of real run-of-the-mill Goodwill records, I found one of my favorite records in the world - and in great shape - the soft pop classic by The Match "A New Light". When you find stuff like that, it's kind of hard to stop looking. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Tom Jones melts Date: 07 Aug 2001 22:06:57 -0400 on 8/7/01 9:09 PM, alan zweig at azed@pathcom.com wrote: > But I'm curious why the thing melted in such a symetrical and consistent way. http://www.insymmetry.com ;-> > I found one of my favorite records in the world - and in > great shape - the soft pop classic by The Match "A New Light". > When you find stuff like that, it's kind of hard to stop looking. http://www.nowyoureserious.com :=/ JB/its hot # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: (exotica) nervous norvus redux Date: 07 Aug 2001 23:57:33 -0400 is it my new server? or are there severely rare new postings? e-mail me privately if i'm wrong about the new postings...................JB/cable-modem aint perfectemundo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Telstar" Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Mondo Bongos August 8, 2001 Date: 08 Aug 2001 07:38:02 -0400 Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wednesday morning at 9 (EST) on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The show is also available on the web at http://www.uoguelph.ca/~cfru-fm Gershon Kingsley - Popcorn "First Moog Quartet" Cornelius - Homespin Rerun "Cornelius ReMixes" - (thanx John) The Bar-Kays - Don't Do That "Soul Finger" Xhol Caravan - Season of the Witch "Motherf*ckers Live" Xhol Caravan - Freedom Poem "Motherf*ckers Live" The Monaco Danceband - Snake in the Grass "Nymphomania" The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra - Barbarella "Barbarella" Kalacakra - Raga No. 11 "Crawling to Lhasa" Clark-Hutchinson - Impromptu in E Minor "A = MH2" Gershon Kingsley - Shank "First Moog Quartet" Nurse With Wound/Stereolab - Exploding Head Movie "Crumb Duck" + some other odds 'n' ends Allan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "R. Schultz" Subject: Re: (exotica) Tom Jones melts Date: 08 Aug 2001 09:31:53 -0400 On Tue, 07 Aug 2001 21:09:53 -0400 alan zweig writes: > But I'm curious why the thing melted in such a symetrical and > consistent way. My guess is not that it melted that way, but that it melted, expanded, and then when it cooled it cooled in a symmetrical way, meaning it contracted because it got colder and I would think that since the record is round, all points are equidistant from the center, so when the record 'pulled back' when it cooled, it all pulled back the same distance and rate. Did you try playing it? Randy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Larry Adler Date: 08 Aug 2001 09:56:55 -0400 http://www.google.com/search?q=%22larry+adler%22 August 8, 2001 Larry Adler, Political Exile Who Brought the Harmonica to Concert Stage, Dies at 87 By RICHARD SEVERO Larry Adler, a harmonica player of enormous sensitivity whose advocacy and artistry helped elevate the instrument to concert status, died yesterday at a London hospital. He was 87 and had lived in Britain since the early 1950's, when he was blacklisted for his political views and his career in America effectively ended. In performances that spanned seven decades, Mr. Adler brought dignity to the harmonica, which was previously regarded as either a toy or an instrument for amateurs. He not only introduced the "mouth organ," as he called it, into the concert hall, but also persuaded important composers, among them Darius Milhaud, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton, Malcolm Arnold and Joaqun Rodrigo, to create works specifically for him. On three occasions, he proved that the unadorned harmonica could provide an eloquent score for an entire motion picture. Full obit at: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/08/obituaries/08ADLE.html?pagewanted=1 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "R. Schultz" Subject: (exotica) WABY Date: 08 Aug 2001 10:34:54 -0400 Does anyone know what happened to WABY.com? I used to enjoy listening to that at work but now the site is down. Randy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 08 Aug 2001 11:26:39 -0500 Yesterday I typed in a search at e-bay on "bossa" out of curiosity at what would come up and was surprised at the flurry of high-end bidding going on for Brazilian albums. Someone is unloading a collection, and more than a few of the items have exceeded the $80 range and $100 mark (sorry, but that's in the area of the impossible for me). I wasn't surprised to see that some of the same people are bidding for the most hotly contested records (although the number of bidders with a history of fewer than 10 purchases looks suspicious), but I had no idea that this was a hot market. Does anybody know about this? I thought the auctions for music library albums was competitive, but this seems far worse. Clayton P.S. My question is about the rarity and demand for Brazilian bossa nova albums. I don't mean to elicit more screeds about e-bay. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) nervous norvus redux Date: 08 Aug 2001 13:00:15 -0400 At 11:57 PM 08/07/2001, JB wrote: >is it my new server? or are there severely rare new postings? e-mail >me privately if i'm wrong about the new >postings...................JB/cable-modem aint perfectemundo I tried e-mailing him and got a bounce with a "user unknown" error. Anyone else? Anyone in Boston who can tell him by other means? --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) "Voodoo Can Kill You" Date: 08 Aug 2001 13:03:25 -0400 Non-musical exotica: http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/sci_ed/montgomery/voodoo.html --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 08 Aug 2001 15:14:34 -0400 At 11:26 AM 8/8/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: > >P.S. My question is about the rarity and demand for Brazilian bossa nova >albums. I don't mean to elicit more screeds about e-bay. This is probably not a very helpful answer in that it states the self-evident.. but there are genres in which records often fall below the radar, genres in which they sometimes fall below the radar and genres in which they seldom do. And Brazilian music is in the third category. To a great degree, it's DJ-driven. DJ's feel like they have to have the records that other DJ's have. I don't wish to put down all DJ's - or the ones on this list - but there's something like "the butterfly effect" that happens when one DJ "plays out" one cool track and virtually the next day all these people are looking for that record. There's a track on one Sun Ra record. There's a track on a Sugarcane Harris record. For a long time in Toronto, the Mancini soundtrack for "The Party" was a fifty dollar record. And the soundtrack to "Charade" was also highly sought because of one very groovy track "Mambo Parisienne". In the Brazilian genre, there's one Tamba 4 record that's a hundred bucks. I had one of their records that was pretty good but it wasn't THE ONE and so it was ten bucks. And there seems to be a lot of convergence between DJ's and Japanese collectors. Japanese collectors are interested in some genres - like late 50's Blue Note jazz - that DJ's are not particularly interested in. But it seems like there are very few records that DJ's are looking for that Japanese collectors aren't also looking for. When you get a genre - like Brazilian bossa nova - where both groups of highly motivated collectors are interested, then very very few records will ever fall below the radar. There's a group of Japanese collectors that collect original soft pop records but in general DJ's don't. So a soft pop record can fall below the radar and go for 9.99 on ebay with just one bidder. I think I understand the special status of Brazilian music right now. DJ's can play it out in a number of different contexts. They can sample a riff or even play a whole track. People are buying pretty straightahead bossa nova like Bebel Gilberto and Dido and they're also buying bossa influenced things like Nicola Conte or the stuff on Siesta. But the DJ's aren't going to play Sergio Mendes or Jobim (or they could as a novelty). They're going to find something obscure in that huge group of records that form the rest of the iceberg. Obscure but not obscure, since it's likely the first time they heard about it was because someone else had it. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "R. Schultz" Subject: (exotica) The Langley Schools Music Project Date: 08 Aug 2001 15:29:46 -0400 Are any of you familiar with this Langley Schools Music Project done in the mid-70s in Canada? I'm sure you are because you're always way ahead of me. I just heard some of it for the first time, and it's just wonderful. Almost kind of magical the various sounds and arrangements they use, combined with the simple children's voices. I'm kinda blown away by it. If you need more information about it, I found this link: http://www.bastamusic.com/langley/index.htm Randy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 08 Aug 2001 15:47:15 -0500 > >> P.S. My question is about the rarity and demand for Brazilian bossa nova >> albums. I don't mean to elicit more screeds about e-bay. > > This is probably not a very helpful answer in that it states the > self-evident.. but there are genres in which records often fall below the > radar, genres in which they sometimes fall below the radar and genres in > which they seldom do. And Brazilian music is in the third category. > To a great degree, it's DJ-driven. DJ's feel like they have to have the > records that other DJ's have. On the contrary, your answer was very helpful (and not self-evident to me, although the "genre & radar" sentence lost me for a while). On a recent trip to what remains of King Kini's Club Velvet site I took a look at his photographs of DJ-ing and suddenly realized that I've reached a stage in which I am 100% out of touch with entire "genres" of popular culture--and the DJ scene is one of them. What you describe in your explanation would never have crossed my mind (I hope a result of ignorance rather than aptitude). I suppose I need to get out more. Thanks again, Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) "Look like Spumco" Date: 08 Aug 2001 14:50:38 -0700 >Not that this is news. Half of CN's new shows have the Shag look (the other >half look like Spumco). -m.ace mace@ookworld.com Hold out for the real magilla! John K's series, "The Ripping Friends" debuts on Fox Kids on Sept 15th at 10am PST and 11 ET. Canadians will get preferential treatment. They can watch "Ripping Friends" in primetime on Teletoon, starting Friday Sept. 7th. It's worth setting the VCR timer for. See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) FFJ Date: 08 Aug 2001 20:15:51 -0400 Found at the dementia newsgroup: There was this NYC society lady in the 1920's, Florence Foster Jenkins, who had enough money to sponsor her own recitals and, sorta like Tiny Tim, became a camp star. pnm://media.cbc.ca/radio/programs/asithappens/real/pt2-01-08-07-aih.ra and seek to 42:30. ========== Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Ledebur Subject: Re: (exotica) "Music For Gracious Living" Date: 08 Aug 2001 19:27:22 -0400 "Domenic Ciccone" writes: >These are on the Columbia label. And are they related to the "Music for >Better Living" series have heard about? Where Peter L got the name for his >show? I came up with the name bycombining "Music for Gracious Living" and "Better Living Through..." As far as I know there is no Music for Better LIving series. Peter ------ Music for Better Living Wed 6-7pm -- 90.3fm Newton/Boston www.hifibliss.com/mfbl/ zbconline.com <--- live streaming audio # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) [obit] Lorenzo Music, Lars Johan Werle,Billy Byrd, Jeanne Date: 08 Aug 2001 23:52:52 -0400 Full obit at http://www.povonline.com/News080501.htm=20 which also includes a picture: Lorenzo Music AUGUST 5, 2001 =20 A very talented writer and actor named Lorenzo Music died yesterday= following months of brutal, heart-breaking illness. He was , like his distinctive, well-known speaking voice, unique. Those who cast him as a voiceover performer often said that just to hear him, no matter what the script or ad copy, was curiously comforting and satisfying. That was absolutely true,= and it was an extension of the man himself. He walked through life with a= warming aura of creativity about him...one that enveloped all who came near. To be= in his presence was to feel smarter, wittier, more creative and, of course, happier, all by osmosis. He had so many gifts, one body could not contain them all. They were always leaking out, enriching others. In 1967, he switched from performing to writing when he joined the staff of= the legendary Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS =E2=80=94 although he managed= to occasionally sneak onto camera, often with his banjo or ukulele.=20 <> see also: http://www.lorenzomusic.com/swf.html and=20 http://web.duluthnews.com/content/duluth/2001/08/06/local/du_MUSIC0806.htm ------- =20 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Lars Johan Werle, a self-taught composer who wrote= the scores to Ingmar Bergman's films ``Persona'' and ``Hour of the Wolf,'' has died. He was 75.=20 Werle started his career singing in choirs and working as a jazz musician.= He was a music producer at Swedish Radio from 1958 to 1970, then he taught at= the Royal College of Opera in Stockholm and the Goteborg College of Music.=20 In 1960, he won first prize at the Gaudeamus festival in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, for his ``Pentagram'' composition for string quartet, but it= was when he began to work with the human voice that his creativity bloomed.=20 ``The prize made him very popular and I believe that it was then that= Bergman found him,'' said Fredrik Oesterling, one of Werle's pupils in Goteborg.= ``He has done a lot for the musical drama in Sweden.''=20 Werle wrote the music for two of Bergman's late 1960s classics - ``Persona'' and ``Hour of the Wolf.''=20 Other works by Werle included ``The Dream about Therese'' and ``Canzone 126= di Francesco Petrarca'' for mixed choir, which has been performed by several Swedish and international choirs.=20 At the time of his death, he and his wife, Vera, were working on a musical= for children, based on the fairy tale ``The Ugly Duckling.''=20 Werle died after a long illness on Aug. 3 in Goteborg, in southwestern= Sweden. Survivors included four sons from an earlier marriage.=20 ----- Billy Byrd of the Texas Trubadors passed away morning Aug 7 BUS Janice http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3886/index.html Moderator(country music) Steel Guitar Forum http://www.steelguitarforum.com/ ------- There's a German report that French musician and master of the Ondes=20 Martenot, Jeanne Loriod, has died. Few details were given... neither where= =20 nor when she died. She was the sister-in-law of late French composer=20 Olivier=20 Messiaen, who featured the OM in several of his compositions. For those unfamiliar , the Ondes Martenot is an=20 electronic instrument that produces sounds similar to the tuning of an old= =20 tube radio, only much magnified. Similar to the Theremin. Here's a site with more info -- http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/martenot/ -------- Did my obit of Larry Adler make it to the list?? --------- French Actor Belmondo Suffers Stroke on Holiday AJACCIO, Corsica (Reuters) - French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo suffered a suspected stroke on Wednesday while on holiday on the Mediterranean island The 68-year-old actor was flown by helicopter to hospital in the town of Bastia from a small village in northern Corsica in the morning, but by late afternoon doctors had decided he could be transferred by plane to Paris at the request of his family. -------- John Orvis, b. 7-28-36, Glendale CA, d. 7-1-01, Ojai CA. =20 Blues, r&r guitar player and vocalist, first record with Sessionaires, "Boogie Boo" released in early 1950s. Also recorded as Johnny Wilde on Coronet label, played with local blues talent that morphed into Canned Heat into the 1960s. Member of Galopping Gooses Motorcyle Club, wrote "East L.A.," recorded by Bob Arlin. 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AP-NY / 08-06-01 08:23 EDT # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 09 Aug 2001 09:28:32 +0100 Alans answers bear out what I've heard as well. When I started looking for Ed Lincoln records a couple of years back 'Cochise' was a popular tune with the Jazz Dance DJ's here and the LP with it on was re-issued by someone, (Its one of the eponymously titled ones). And so OK that LP is reasonably priced for a new record, but if you look at say Dusty Groove everything else he's done knocks out at 30-40 dollars. I have a friend from Argentina (Hi Christian if you're lurking again) who came over to the UK and bought several LP's for me, but he said a lot of Bossa was leaving South America for Japan, and it was driving up domestic prices too. It seems that Bossa is not massively popular in its homeland. Before the Japanese interest prices were very low. When I played some to an international students party a summer or two ago they said it was nice to hear Brazilian music but did I have something that wasn't such Grandma music. And really from the point of view of taking the music away and driving up the prices 'we' are all 'Japanese' really. I'd just like to say that I didn't buy the Ed Lincoln because I'd heard that Cochise was fashionable, but because I'd heard 'O Ganso' while walking past a record shop and had to have it. Of course the only reason they were playing the LP was because of Cochise. So is that a sheep by second degree? Not that I'm feeling got at you understand. Geoff El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 09 Aug 2001 10:11:53 +0100 Reading Alan's post on the reasons for expensive Brazilian records, I get the impression (again) of paranoia seeping in. Who exactly are these DJs who are driving the prices of Brazilian records up? Are there thousands of Samba and Bossa nights springing up in the nightclubs of the world? Is there suddenly a massive rave culture emerging that requires DJs to buy up Brazilian records? I for one don't know of any Brazilian nights and most of the Latin music I do hear played out is part of smaller sets in the occasional bar. How many Japanese people do you know Alan? Do they all want to pay massive amounts of cash for Brazilian records? Do you see them out in Toronto with great piles of Brazilian LPs under their arms? Surely an expensive record is a combination of desirability and scarcity. The idea that certain groups of sinister people are somehow conspiring to price us out of a market is pathetic. Of course if someone hears a good record they'll try to find it for themselves. That Tamba 4 record is expensive, its worth owning and it probably became more expensive when tracks from it appeared on compilation albums like the Dancefloor Jazz LPs. I know a few people who would pay for it and a few people who regularly sell records like that for high prices. Guess what. None of them are Japanese and only one is a DJ (and he's actually a journalist who plays at the odd party). Beware the Japs and the DJs! They're coming to ruin your record collecting! What's next? The commies? The Chinese? The Brits? Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Fluffertrax! Date: 09 Aug 2001 09:08:51 -0400 There's a great site on Live 365 called Fluffertrax - all porn soundtrack = music - great vintage stuff. This guy was on a local radio station this a.m. - he's spent like 7 years = amassing a collection of material. Check it out! - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: RE: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 09 Aug 2001 12:52:26 -0400 At 10:11 AM 8/9/01 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote: > >Reading Alan's post on the reasons for expensive Brazilian records, I get >the impression (again) of paranoia seeping in. Who exactly are these DJs who >are driving the prices of Brazilian records up?.>How many Japanese people do you know Alan? Do they all want to pay massive >amounts of cash for Brazilian records? Do you see them out in Toronto with >great piles of Brazilian LPs under their arms? . You're right, I'm a racist. But that doesn't change the fact that in fact I do know who these DJ's are and if you'd like me to name them, I can start with the names of the five guys who form a fairly popular collective here named Movement. I can also name one of them, who just happens to be Japanese himself and who owns a used record store which caters almost exclusively to his fellow DJ's and to his former countrymen. I guess he didn't know how much I hated him and his kind when he told me that he makes frequent trips back to his former homeland in order to sell records and that he has many mail order customers there. And maybe he was just being metaphorical when I asked him "How come that record is so expensive?" and he told me "Because I can get twice that in Japan". Maybe it is just a racist conspiracy theory. About 15 years ago, on a visit to Los Angeles, I returned to my favorite used clothing store in Malibu only to find that the Hawaiian shirts which had been ten bucks were suddenly going for a hundred bucks. When I asked the clerk what happened, he told me that the demand by Japanese tourists had driven the prices up. Even at the time, I thought to myself "That's what they said about the Jews in Germany!" If my forebearers hadn't been so wild for Hawaiian shirts, perhaps six million more would be alive today. I guess you're offended on behalf of DJ's more than Japanese, Charles. Well that one I won't take back. It's the butterfly effect, like I said. One DJ plays the cool cut and half way around the world, ten more DJ's - and pseudo DJ's - suddenly NEED that record. I've worked in a used record store. And I've not only seen actual Japanese "tourists" buying up everything in sight, without regard to cost but I've also dealt with DJ types who all seem to want the exact same records. Bob James first record because De La Soul sampled it. Not Bob James 2 or 3 or 4. Just the first one. That one Sun Ra record. Not the ones he put out himself on his own label but that one that has that funky cut. I'm not saying all DJ's are sheep. It couldn't be so. Somewhere there's a DJ who for instance, went through his Shirley Bassey records and found out that her version of "Light my fire" is actually pretty groovy. The problem is that a week after he played it, suddenly there was a Shirley Bassey record that cost thirty bucks instead of five. And now it's five again. It's over. That cut isn't groovy anymore. That's what happens when every single DJ in town just happens to have the same Shirley Bassey record. It doesn't take armies of Japanese and DJ's to drive up the price. It just takes a few record dealers who are tapped in to that market and who understand just how much one of these people will pay for a record that's suddenly become hot. >Beware the Japs and the DJs! They're coming to ruin your record collecting! Not necessarily. If you're "lucky" enough to be looking for records that don't fall into the categories which interest Japanese collectors and DJ's, you're fine. Otherwise, yeah they will ruin it. Until like sheep, they move on and graze somewhere else. Then again, maybe you could question why you're looking for the same records they are. Or you could make do with CD's. Or you could decide, like I did once upon a time, to only like the records you can find at thrift stores. Sometimes you can actually find a record they want. I got Joe Cain's "Latin Explosion" there. It's a forty dollar record here. It's also actually a very groovy record and I don't blame the DJ's for liking it. Trouble is that when you hear the especially groovy records, your tastes refine and the next thing you know you're turning Japanese. Sayonara AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) Thunderbirds Are Go Date: 09 Aug 2001 13:51:35 -0400 The 1966 Thunderbirds feature film, "Thunderbirds Are Go" is listed on TCM at 8:00am (eastern), this coming Sunday morning. This is the one with the Super-Marionated guest appearance by Cliff & The Shadows. m.ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds Are Go, or a little Gray matter Date: 09 Aug 2001 14:03:28 -0400 Ah, yes! Cliff Richard, JR. and the Shadows; it does take place in the future, you know. Funny how the Shadows don't age and Cliff Richard has a son. Gives the musical bit a sort of timeless qual...ANYhow, while it does feature the great music of Barry Gray, it doesn't have the exact take of the "Thunderbirds" theme song, a mild harrumph. The DVD does have the original versions on it, most of the time. One of the episodes on the first set is redubbed (lost the old soundtrack?). For those who haven't seen it, do. The print that has been hitting cable lately is very good. F. A. umm....err..B. Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "F. Cobalt" Subject: (exotica) Bossa on Ebay Date: 09 Aug 2001 11:23:51 -0700 >Yesterday I typed in a search at e-bay on "bossa" out of curiosity at what >would come up and was surprised at the flurry of high-end bidding going on >for Brazilian albums. Someone is unloading a collection, and more than a >few of the items have exceeded the $80 range and $100 mark (sorry, but >that's in the area of the impossible for me). I wasn't surprised to see >that some of the same people are bidding for the most hotly contested >records (although the number of bidders with a history of fewer than 10 >purchases looks suspicious), but I had no idea that this was a hot market. >Does anybody know about this? I thought the auctions for music library >albums was competitive, but this seems far worse. > >Clayton Bossa is a bid deal in Japan which might be part of the reason for the mounting bids on Ebay. Japan has been one of the biggest consumers of Brasilian music for quite some time, long before American hipsters "discovered" the whole Tropicalia movement. But after people tired of the limitations of Veloso and his ilk, and since MPB is harder to embrace (it's not political, it isn't really edgy, it's fairly lightweight) and people haven't really been able to get into it, it's easier to go back to basics. I think for middle of the road tastes, you can always count on bossa, because if it's bossa, it's going to have a fairly basic, somewhat predictable style. It's far easier to go wrong with a Gal Costa record than a Tom Jobim record, for example, if you don't know a lot about Brasilian music. But there are a lot of reissues out there. $184 for an Os 3 Morais album is crazy, unless, you know, you're a collector who just has to have a first edition, etc., etc. Then again a lot of records are much harder to find, and if you're a diehard, say, Edu Lobo fan, sometimes you have to take what you can get. Brasil is still very much a third world country, and you can sometimes go through crates and crates of vinyl until you can find something in very good condition (in my experience), so that's another reason I would theorize on a lot of vinyl going for high prices. As with any kind of music, it helps to know what's out there before you shell out big bucks on something and find yourself saddled with something not so good just because it has some bossa songs, like a Maria Bethania record. Mr. Unlucky Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds Are Go, or a little Gray matter Date: 09 Aug 2001 15:40:21 -0400 >Ah, yes! Cliff Richard, JR. and the Shadows; it does take place in the >future, you know. Funny how the Shadows don't age and Cliff Richard has a >son. Gives the musical bit a sort of timeless qual... Technically, they appear in a dream occurring in the wooden noggin of one of the Tracy boys. So maybe he was an oldies fan? >ANYhow, while it does feature the great music of Barry Gray, it doesn't >have the exact take of the "Thunderbirds" theme song, a mild harrumph. I recall a live-action title sequence with a marching band doing a, uh, marching band arrangement of the theme. >For those who haven't seen it, do. The print that has been hitting cable >lately is very good. The TCM web schedule claims that it will be in wide-screen letterbox format. --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: RE: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 09 Aug 2001 16:10:15 -0400 is it really the japanese people that are driving the prices up or is it the fact that our dollar (USD) is pretty lame in comparison to the yen? isn't that fault of our politcal/economic/corporate mentality or whatever is at fault for such a state of the almighty dollar? and isn't it the greedy merchants that would sell their grandmother and even their soul if the price was right? disregarding loyal customers and what is fair while salivating at the thought of a japanese record collector looking his or her way.? (with capitalism this is considered a GOOD thing) japan seems are fortunate enough to have incredible economic power that makes the most of us look puny. we should pressure our elected officials to empower our currency, just for the reason to bring those record prices down! but what the hell do i know. bump >>Beware the Japs and the DJs! They're coming to ruin your record collecting! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "R. Schultz" Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 09 Aug 2001 16:33:22 -0400 On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:10:15 -0400 bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) writes: > japan seems are fortunate enough to have incredible economic power > that makes the most of us look puny. The Japanese economy is actually in the midst of incredible turmoil right now, and has been for awhile. The image of a thriving Japanese economy is actually a bit antiquated. Randy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 09 Aug 2001 16:56:35 -0400 like i said, what do i know. just wondering why the us dollar does not go a long way in japan? and why merchants cater to the japanese tourists. i suppose many people still have this image. i just got back from Cambodia and Indonesia. the street merchants attack us only when there are no japanese around. when they show up, poof, they run straight to the japanese tourists. much to my relief. my point, you can't blame the japanese people for high record prices. its not there fault there money SEEMS to be in a better state than ours. its like blaming the Mink for the prices of their coats. i guess mink coats are antiquated too. ;) but what do i care. i would never pay an outrageous sum for a record anymore anyway. i have plenty to trade or sell. bumpanova >> japan seems are fortunate enough to have incredible economic power >> that makes the most of us look puny. > >The Japanese >On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:10:15 -0400 bump@defectiverecords.com >(Bump >Stadelman) writes: economy is actually in the midst of incredible turmoil >right >now, and has been for awhile. The image of a thriving Japanese economy is >actually a bit antiquated. ****************************************************** ***************************** ************* DJ buMp "Primitive Rhythms for Evolved Minds" Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds Are Go, or a little Gray matter Date: 09 Aug 2001 22:17:02 -0400 At 03:40 PM 08/09/2001, I wrote: >I recall a live-action title sequence with a marching band doing a, uh, >marching band arrangement of the theme. Or maybe that was at the beginning of the second movie, "Thunderbird Six". bird is the word, --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds Are Go Date: 10 Aug 2001 10:53:15 +0200 "m.ace" schrieb: > The 1966 Thunderbirds feature film, "Thunderbirds Are Go" is listed on TCM > at 8:00am (eastern), this coming Sunday morning. This is the one with the > Super-Marionated guest appearance by Cliff & The Shadows. it's so great! Mo -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de tiki@netsurf.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 10 Aug 2001 10:50:19 +0200 Charles Moseley schrieb: > Reading Alan's post on the reasons for expensive Brazilian records, I get > the impression (again) of paranoia seeping in. Who exactly are these DJs who > are driving the prices of Brazilian records up? Are there thousands of Samba > and Bossa nights springing up in the nightclubs of the world? partly yes. anything latino, brazil, samba seems to be very hip again and that is hip to a more mass-oriented crowd = many DJs. on the other hand I think - and this includes numerous visits of american/canadian thrift and record shops since 1979 - that records from Brazil are simply rare. I bought maybe 400 records on the american continent and there was literally none from Brazil. Mo ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de tiki@netsurf.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obits] Peter Hirsch, Alan Rafkin Date: 10 Aug 2001 10:37:19 -0400 Peter Hirsch NEW YORK (AP) -- Peter Hirsch, who developed the Muriel Cigars commercials featuring Edie Adams, died of thyroid cancer July 29. He was 65. Hirsch, chairman and creative director at Calet Hirsch, supervised the cigar campaign in which Adams sings, ``Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?'' His firm also created ads for Kmart, Toshiba and Stolichnaya vodka. In 1989, Hirsch developed a TV commercial promoting early cancer screenings from the American Cancer Society for the Advertising Council. Alan Rafkin LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Emmy winner Alan Rafkin, the self-described curmudgeon who directed many of television's most popular comedies during a career spanning four decades, died Monday of heart disease. He was 73. His directing credits include ``The Dick Van Dyke Show,'' ``The Andy Griffith Show,'' ``The Mary Tyler Moore Show,'' `I Dream of Jeannie,'' ``Murphy Brown,'' ``M-A-S-H,'' ``The Love Boat,'' ``Laverne & Shirley,'' ``Suddenly Susan,'' ``Veronica's Closet'' and ``The Jeff Foxworthy Show.'' Rafkin won an Emmy in 1982 for an episode of ``One Day at a Time'' and two Cable ACE awards, in 1988 and 1990, for ``It's Gary Shandling's Show.'' In all, he directed episodes for more than 80 prime-time series. Rafkin, who began as a nightclub comic, also acted in prime-time series and soap operas and directed a handful of movies. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) Tom - Epilogue Date: 10 Aug 2001 16:52:45 +0100 Weirdly enough, after the Tom Jones recommendations last week I suddenly found both the LPs Tom Jones Sings 13 Hits and At-Tom-Ic, both 50p in charity shops. 13 Hits - with Tom in a laurel wreath against a red background has one side of sweet soul and one side of rocking motown-esq soul. What a great find for 50p. The rocking side is very upbeat, well arranged with big horns, great bass, some proper instrumental pop drums and Tom not too loud in the mix. I'd never put any of these on a comp (pure bigotry) but the LP as a whole is fantastic. At-Tom-Ic I haven't listened to yet. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbirds Are Go, or a little Gray matter Date: 10 Aug 2001 11:58:11 -0400 At 10:17 PM 8/9/2001 -0400, you wrote: >At 03:40 PM 08/09/2001, I wrote: >>I recall a live-action title sequence with a marching band doing a, uh, >>marching band arrangement of the theme. > >Or maybe that was at the beginning of the second movie, "Thunderbird Six". I haven't seen "Thunderbird 6" in years. I just saw TAG about a week ago and it definitely ends with a marching band playing the theme. They march and play, eventually forming the word "Thunderbirds". Afterwards, is a funny disclaimer! Is the Man on the Moon looking down on me? Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br.Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa Prices Date: 10 Aug 2001 15:32:48 -0400 on 8/9/01 5:11 AM, Charles Moseley at charlesm@contentrepublic.com wrote: > > Reading Alan's post on the reasons for expensive Brazilian records, I get > the impression (again) of paranoia seeping in. Who exactly are these DJs who > are driving the prices of Brazilian records up? Are there thousands of Samba > and Bossa nights springing up in the nightclubs of the world? Is there > suddenly a massive rave culture emerging that requires DJs to buy up > Brazilian records? I'm doing a weekly one in NYC and about to start 2 more in Boston shortly. And I'm opening for Bebel Gilberto tonight at a sold out show. But there are a few reasons for the prices on these albums. One is scarcity - original bossa albums on now legendary labels like Elenco and Forma rarely made their way out of Brazil, and were usually pressed in very limited quantities. Another reason is that samba house is one of the fasted growing genres of electronic dance music; a year ago there was maybe a new title every month, now there's 50 a week. Samba house nights are flourishing in NYC, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Obviously finding new sample sources, especially on out of print recordings, is imperative. Yet another scene with a heavy bossa influence is the nujazz sound of labels like Schema, Compost, Stereo Deluxe, etc. Germany, Italy and Japan definitely have the most interest in Brazilian music (and Caipirinha cocktails are easy to find in Germany!) As a regular ebay bidder on Brazilian recordings, I note that many of the winning bidders are infact Japanese. Bossa/samba has always been popular in Japan (and Rio has a large Japanese population); it has many similarities to soft rock, also quite popular in Japan. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Billy Byrd Date: 10 Aug 2001 16:04:23 -0400 Wednesday, 08/08/01 Versatile guitarist Billy Byrd dies at 81 By PETER COOPER Staff Writer Billy Byrd, whose lead guitar work was a defining element in most of Ernest Tubb's 1950s recordings, died yesterday of natural causes at age 81. He had been in poor health after suffering a stroke in February. A Nashville native, Mr. Byrd was adept at playing simple, highly commercial, melodic country leads for Tubb, but he was also well-respected for his jazzy flights of virtuosity. He emulated the jazz sounds of players such as Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt, and he tutored Nashville session greats including Hank Garland and Harold Bradley. ''Without him coming along and showing us that jazz stuff, we never would have been able to do what we did,'' said Bradley, who considered Byrd his best friend. ''When I was 14, Billy was dating a girl down the street from me, and he'd come over with two guitars and show me jazz licks. ''At one time he was the best pop jazz player in town, and he had a great influence on me and Hank (Garland) and a lot of people, both as a friend and as a guitar player.'' Mr. Byrd played with Nashville pop bands as a teen-ager and recorded with Herald Goodman's Grand Ole Opry group in 1938. After taking time off to serve in World War II, he played with Western swing and country acts. By 1949, he was making regular Opry appearances with Little Jimmy Dickens and George Morgan. He played guitar on Dickens' first Columbia recording session, which yielded hits Take An Old Cold Tater and Wait and A-Sleeping At The Foot of the Bed. Mr. Byrd also appeared on recordings by Jimmy C. Newman, Johnny Horton, Webb Pierce, Leon Russell and others. Tubb hired him as a member of his Texas Troubadours backing band in mid-1949. ''Billy came from a pop and jazz background, and there were some people who were leery of the notion that he could play country with Tubb,'' said Ronnie Pugh, Tubb's biographer. ''But ... he did it and did it well. The 10 years Billy was in the band, he did practically all of the instrumental breaks.'' Tubb often introduced Mr. Byrd's solos in concert and on record by saying, ''Aw, Billy Byrd now'' or ''Take it away, Billy Byrd.'' Mr. Byrd became a celebrated instrumentalist, and he and Hank Garland worked together to design the semi-hollow-body Gibson Byrdland electric guitar. Mr. Byrd left Tubb's band in 1959, rejoining twice in the 1960s and 1970s. He also recorded three solo albums with Warner Bros. When not on the road and not playing in Nashville clubs, he could often be found driving cabs. Visitation will be held 6-9 p.m. today at Mount Olivet Chapel and Cemetery on Lebanon Pike and 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Olivet. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Olivet, with burial to follow at Mount Olivet. Surviving family members include his wife, Glenna C. Byrd; four daughters, Beverly Byrd Holley, Charlotte Wright, Billie Wilburn and Barbara Boswell; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: George Hall Subject: (exotica) re: Thunderbirds Are Go Date: 10 Aug 2001 16:47:18 -0400 Being cable free, I suppose I'll have to miss the movie... But I did get a DVD set (1st 6 episodes) as a gift from a friend this last Xmas; funny, amazing & bizarre at once, & odd to see how the high-res DVD rendered the puppet (excuse me, Supermarionette) strings visible in a way unfamiliar to my crappy b/w tv memories. The Supermarionette-ified Shadows may also be seen hanging out on Lady Penelopes 6-wheel Rolls Royce on the cover of the (possibly out-of-print) best of CD on Scamp called "Shadows Are Go!," which also features their excellent version of the theme. gh Brian Phillips wrote: >Ah, yes! Cliff Richard, JR. and the Shadows; it does take place in the future, you know. Funny how the Shadows don't age and Cliff Richard has a son. Gives the musical bit a sort of timeless qual...ANYhow, while it does feature the great music of Barry Gray, it doesn't have the exact take of the "Thunderbirds" theme song, a mild harrumph. The DVD does have the original versions on it, most of the time. One of the episodes on the first set is redubbed (lost the old soundtrack?). For those who haven't seen it, do. The print that has been hitting cable lately is very good. F. A. umm....err..B. Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: George Hall Subject: (exotica) re: Tom Jones Date: 10 Aug 2001 16:54:39 -0400 I found the UK version of At-TOM-ic a couple years ago here, with Tom on the cover superimposed in front of a mushroom cloud; too much for US sensibilities, I imagine. (I somehow doubt this cover made it to the japanese market either...) I know the UK version doesn't have "Thunderball" or "Promise Her Everything," tho it includes 4 more songs that aren't on the US version. These first 3 US discs are easily my favorites, along with the later "Live in Las Vegas," which I have a spare copy of for Jimmy B someday... gh Charles Moseley wrote: >Weirdly enough, after the Tom Jones recommendations last week I suddenly found both the LPs Tom Jones Sings 13 Hits and At-Tom-Ic, both 50p in charity shops. 13 Hits - with Tom in a laurel wreath against a red background has one side of sweet soul and one side of rocking motown-esq soul. What a great find for 50p. The rocking side is very upbeat, well arranged with big horns, great bass, some proper instrumental pop drums and Tom not too loud in the mix. I'd never put any of these on a comp (pure bigotry) but the LP as a whole is fantastic. At-Tom-Ic I haven't listened to yet. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@attglobal.net Subject: (exotica) Stairway to Heaven Date: 10 Aug 2001 21:02:06 -0400 In the news ...... 'A rock fan has had the entire lyrics of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven tattooed on his back in a tribute to a dead friend' Full story and picture can be found at http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/cgi-bin/page?t=news&id=2055459 Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cheryl" Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 12 Date: 11 Aug 2001 10:15:40 -0400 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 #155 The Cool Sounds Of Ursula 1000 This week, we're featuring the music of Ursula 1000 - or as much of it as we could fit into an hour! A mix of brand new cuts and old favourites, all making for a great hour of music. And in case anyone doesn't know, you can get more info on Ursula 1000 from the web site: www.ursula1000.com Ursula 1000: Beat Box Cha-Cha "Beat Box Cha-Cha EP" Psyche Rock "Psyche Rock Sessions" Jackie Go! "The Shake EP" She-Racer "Rennsport Split EP" Ford Capri 2 (Ursula 1000 Mix) "Popshopping Mixed Up" Chase Sequence No. 3 "The Shake EP" Missione A Bombay (Ursula 1000 Remix) "La Coda Del Diavolo / Missione A Bombay" Full-On Cheetah "Covert Operations" Polyblend "The Kinky Sounds Of Ursula 1000" Hip Length "The Now Sound Of Ursula 1000" Mucho Tequila "Mucho Tequila / Sexuality In The Eighties" Mambo 1000 "The Now Sound Of Ursula 1000" Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@dsuper.net brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Telstar" Subject: (exotica) Essential Logic Date: 11 Aug 2001 21:11:24 -0400 There was a mention (or two) on this list regarding Lora Logic. Well, it seems she is recording once again and two songs are available as MP3s ("On the Internet" and "Barbie Be Happy") and they are mighty fine indeed. You can locate them at http://www.peoplesound.com/index.htm ...search for "Essential Logic" Happy listening, Allan The Mondo Bongos Homepage http://communities.msn.ca/MondoBongos # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) Sol Madrid OST - Lalo Schifrin Date: 13 Aug 2001 14:46:56 +0100 Does anybody know this OST? Recommendations? And apologies to those who asked about the Tom Jones 45 that was going spare - it was snapped up almost immediately by Michael. Cheers. Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: (exotica) Bossa...the best Date: 13 Aug 2001 16:43:08 -0500 With all this talk of Bossa prices and Brazilans and the japanese, I was wondering...what do you guys think are the best Bosa Nova LP's? I LOVE the Bossa sound and would like to collect more of it and I'm not sure where to begin. Thanks guys. Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br.Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa...the best Date: 13 Aug 2001 19:11:06 -0400 on 8/13/01 5:43 PM, Colleen Pyles at colleen7@ireland.com wrote: >=20 > With all this talk of Bossa prices and Brazilans and the japanese, I > was wondering...what do you guys think are the best Bosa Nova LP's? > I LOVE the Bossa sound and would like to collect more of it and I'm > not sure where to begin. Thanks guys. Dusty Groove has some excellent Bossa compilations that would certainly start you off in the right direction. There's one on Polygram Brazil called "Sua Historia Sua Gente", a 2 cd set, that features much of the Elenco label, and there's a 3 cd set of the Forma label, which was more jazz based= . You can also pick up a reissue of the first bossa recording ever, "Chega de Saudade" by Elizete Cardosa, with Jo=E5o Gilberto on guitar, written and arranged by Jobim (whose mid -60's Warner albums I highly recommend). If yo= u want to experience the real melancholy, heart wrenching stuff - which is what the word saudede means in Brazilian Portuguese, essentially "blues" - check out Sylvia Telles (amazing), Nara Le=E3o, Lucio Alves, Mayasa; for the vocal group sound (bossa inovators were especially taken with groups like the Mel-Tones, Four Freshmen, et al) try Quartete Em Cy and Os Cariocas; an= d for the harder swinging stuff, check out Tamba Trio, Jo=E5o Donato, Zimbo Trio, Carlos Lyra, Baden Powell and the incredible Roberto Menescal (w/Deodato on piano). And of course, the guy who invented the rhythm itself - Jo=E3o Gilberto. br cleve =20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cheryl" Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa...the best Date: 13 Aug 2001 21:46:12 -0400 And don't forget Walter Wanderley. His bossa comp ("Boss Of The Bossa Nova") on Motor is one of my favourites. cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "jamie_james" Subject: (exotica) John Cacavas Date: 14 Aug 2001 10:07:38 +0100 Hi all I just played the 'Betty Page- Danger Girl' album for the first time in ages only to rediscover the brilliant 'Agent Who' by John Cacavas. I did a little digging on him and found that he wrote for quite a few people, can any of you lot recommend anything by him for further listening. Preferably something in the same vein as 'Agent Who'. Its sorta Spy Jazzy, if that helps. BTW since we are back on a thunderbirds theme, the UK press( for those of you not here ) were running stories a coupla weeks back about the sale of the original 'Parker' puppet. Apparently he went for around =A340,000.....Gerry shoulda put him on ebay... Jim # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Bossa...the best Date: 14 Aug 2001 10:37:03 +0200 Colleen Pyles schrieb: > With all this talk of Bossa prices and Brazilans and the japanese, I > was wondering...what do you guys think are the best Bosa Nova LP's? My favorites are: Getz/Gilberto (feat. Jobim) Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 (presented by Herb Alpert) Equinox (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66) Look Around (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66) The More I See You (Chris Montez) Latin Lounge (Gary McFarland) Boss Of The Bossa Nova (Walter Wanderley) I guess these will keep your feet busy for quite a while... Mo ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de tiki@netsurf.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) Bossa...the best Date: 14 Aug 2001 10:44:20 +0100 Does anybody know which Sergio Mendes LP has For What it's Worth on it? - There's something happening here/what it is ain't exactly clear... stop children what's that sound/everybody look what's going down, etc etc. Thanks all. Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Benito Vergara" Subject: RE: (exotica) Bossa...the best Date: 14 Aug 2001 07:24:01 -0700 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com > [mailto:owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Charles Moseley > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:44 AM > Does anybody know which Sergio Mendes LP has For What it's Worth on it? - Stillness (1970). See http://www.slipcue.com/music/brazil/mendes.html for a discography. And for what it's worth, it's by no means "completely ludicrous" as the page above suggests. The track is also available on one of the "Mojo Dancefloor Jazz" CDs. Later, Ben http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: 12832406 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) obit: June Denny Date: 14 Aug 2001 20:43:41 +0200 >From bigbrotiki, Tiki Central: June Denny, the loving wife of Martin Denny, passed away yesterday morning (August 13th). June and Marty met back in 1954 when he was playing some early gigs around Waikiki Beach. June had moved to Honolulu "for a change of pace" and worked in some of the various venues that Marty often played. She was working at Don the Beachcombers when they met. Things bloomed and the two of them started what would be a long live together. They made a good life for themselves and June was of tremendous support with Marty's career. Marty used to tour extensively and June never begrudged the days and weeks that Marty would spend on the road. They had a daughter and enjoyed some of the best times raising her and working in Hawaii. June gave Marty full support each time his career would take a turn - whether for the better or worse. She would arrange to travel with him when possible. Their love grew for each other each year that passed. People who knew them could not believe the cohesive nature of their relationship. In January this year, June nearly died when they elected to take her off life support. All the doctors gave her a poor prognosis. But she pulled thru and became quite lucid again. I was with the Denny's at that time and the event was nothing short of miraculous. I think that event prepared Marty for what was to come in the near future. He had been given a reprieve to do and say all the things for June that often are not done when a loved one suffers an untimely death. June was in a convalescent center for a few months and came home in the spring. She was confined to a wheel chair much of the time, still, her spirits were good. She got by with moderate help from Marty. Marty was able to see his wife of nearly 50 years in a cognizant, mentally stable fashion in her last remaining months. A time for summary and closure was allowed. He knew what was going to happen and spent the days with June in the most positive of lights. Marty is doing very good in the wake of June's death. I truly believe that he had come to acceptance, back in January, of what was inevitable . He was at peace with the impending death and, being of strong character, dealt with it appropriately. The funeral arrangements are being finalized today. If anyone would like to send an email note they can send it directly to me at RCBrooksOD@aol.com. In the subject line please put "June Denny". I think my most fondest memory of June happened when I first met the Dennys. Marty offered to play the piano for me. I was thrilled. I sat on one side of their circular living room over looking the beautiful Coco Head area of Oahu. June was in the kitchen busying herself with something. As Marty began to play, June stopped what she was doing and came in and sat down to listen to Marty play. She was on the other side of the room from me and Marty was at his grand piano in the center. I could easily watch Marty play and see June in the background. She had probably heard Marty play thousands of times. But as I watched, I noticed that June was lovenly watching her husband play, watching his every move. Her foot swayed to the music and she had a look of total contentment. At one point, she laid her head back and closed her eyes to better concentrate on the melody. What a marvelous woman that could be so moved by her husband's music which she had heard so much over the last 50 years. The spark was still there. As Marty played "I Love you Forever and Ever," a song he wrote to June in the late 70's, I thought, what a tremendous love and life connection these two had traveled over the many years. I found myself in a moment of serenity as I appreciated the life these two had shared. I can still see it vividly in my mind. It is the way I will remember June. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: (exotica) Re: June Denny Date: 14 Aug 2001 13:06:29 -0700 (PDT) Tiki Bob- Mahalo for your beautiful tribute to June and testimony of the enduring love between her and Marty. Kit and I visited them last weekend to play tracks from our new release. As fragile as she was, June emerged from their bedroom to sit and listen. We held hands, with her squeezing mine to the beat of the music, nodding approvingly. We feel blessed to have shared this moment with them. As you say, Martin seems accepting and philosophical. Theirs is an amazing love story. We are dedicating the new album to her. Ha'ale'ale i ka pu'uwai A heart full to the brim Fluid Floyd & Perry Coma --- Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > Grey, > > I am still having problems getting things posted on > the Exotica Mailing List. > Can you post this message for me? Indicate that I > am having problems > posting directly. > > > June Denny, the loving wife of Martin Denny, pasted > away yesterday morning > (August 13th). > > June and Marty met back in 1954 when he was playing > some early gigs around > Waikiki Beach. June had moved to Honolulu "for a > change of pace" and worked > in some of the various venues that Marty often > played. She was working at > Don the Beachcombers when they met. Things bloomed > and the two of them > started what would be a long live together. > > They made a good life for themselves and June was of > tremendous support with > Marty's career. Marty used to tour extensively and > June never begrudged the > days and weeks that Marty would spend on the road. > They had a daughter and > enjoyed some of the best times raising her and > working in Hawaii. > > June gave Marty full support each time his career > would take a turn - whether > for the better or worse. She would arrange to > travel with him when possible. > Their love grew for each other each year that > passed. People who knew them > could not believe the cohesive nature of their > relationship. > > In January this year, June nearly died when they > elected to take her off > life support. All the doctors gave her a poor > prognosis. But she pulled > thru and became quite lucid again. I was with the > Denny's at that time and > the event was nothing short of miraculous. > > I think that event prepared Marty for what was to > come in the near future. > He had been given a reprieve to do and say all the > things for June that often > are not done when a loved one suffers an untimely > death. > > June was in a convalescent center for a few months > and came home in the > spring. She was confined to a wheel chair much of > the time, still, her > spirits were good. She got by with moderate help > from Marty. Marty was able > to see his wife of nearly 50 years in a cognizant, > mentally stable fashion > in her last remaining months. A time for summary > and closure was allowed. > He knew what was going to happen and spent the days > with June in the most > positive of lights. > > Marty is doing very good in the wake of June's > death. I truly believe that > he had come to acceptance, back in January, of what > was inevitable . He was > at peace with the impending death and, being of > strong character, dealt with > it appropriately. > > The funeral arrangements are being finalized today. > If anyone would like to > send an email note they can send it directly to me > at RCBrooksOD@aol.com. In > the subject line please put "June Denny". > > I think my most fondest memory of June happened when > I first met the Dennys. > Marty offered to play the piano for me. I was > thrilled. I sat on one side > of their circular living room over looking the > beautiful Coco Head area of > Oahu. June was in the kitchen busying herself with > something. > > As Marty began to play, June stopped what she was > doing and came in and sat > down to listen to Marty play. She was on the other > side of the room from me > and Marty was at his grand piano in the center. I > could easily watch Marty > play and see June in the background. She had > probably heard Marty play > thousands of times. But as I watched, I noticed > that June was lovenly > watching her husband play, watching his every move. > Her foot swayed to the > music and she had a look of total contentment. At > one point, she laid her > head back and closed her eyes to better concentrate > on the melody. What a > marvelous woman that could be so moved by her > husband's music which she had > heard so much over the last 50 years. The spark was > still there. > > As Marty played "I Love you Forever and Ever," a > song he wrote to June in the > late 70's, I thought, what a tremendous love and > life connection these two > had traveled over the many years. I found myself in > a moment of serenity as > I appreciated the life these two had shared. I can > still see it vividly in > my mind. It is the way I will remember June. > > Warmest regards to all, > > Tiki Bob > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) who's that clown on the organ? Date: 14 Aug 2001 17:49:03 -0400 http://www.clownantics.com/music.shtml If anyone cares to visit the above site and tell if they've heard any of these releases, I'd be very appreciative. Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Bebel Gilberto and some new purchases. Date: 14 Aug 2001 17:58:16 -0400 Got a chance to see Bebel Gilberto last week in Boston. Nice to be at a concert and not worry about needing earplugs! I thought her CD was mellow. Seeing here in concert and how sensual she played it up now I have a whole different perspective on her music. Very sensual. and it was nice to see all the young couples swaying to the samba and a few nibbling on there lovers necks! Turned out to be a mini-Exotica list summit. Met George Hall and Eric Taub and there ladies. Had a few LP's for our Br Cleve and they let me in early. So I got a nice corner booth for us all and we had a great time together. Bebel concluded the concert with Agua De Marco, one of my favorite Jobim tunes, Incredible to see someone acting almost like a rock star and singing the Bossa Nova in a rock club. All in all a great evening. Next door to the venue there is a used record store with a painted sing based on Les Baxter's "Ritual of the Savage". Picked up some CD's.. Frolic Diner Part 2: was told these were 45's all in a bootleg comp. Word-Jazz to 4 Piece Suit sounding Jazz and Rockabilly. Lots of great gems. I love this CD. Every track a surprise. OM Lounge: Sampler. Did not like this one but should give it another listen. Bachelor in Paradise Cocktail Classics from MGM Films: This has Dancing in the Dark by Esquivel...and finally found "Coffee Time" by Carmen McRae. Marianne Ferrari played this on her show on Luxuria. Easy Rhythms For Your Cocktail Hour: More typ Lounge/Exotica Pop Boutique Vol 1 and 2. Wonderful German comps on Spinning Wheel. My favorite track: Whistler on the Rocks by Eric Vandell. whoever he is. Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: Re: (exotica) "Music For Gracious Living"/18th Boston Date: 14 Aug 2001 18:53:41 -0400 From Peter.... > I came up with the name bycombining "Music for Gracious Living" and "Better > Living Through..." As far as I know there is no Music for Better LIving > series. > Music for Better Living > Wed 6-7pm -- 90.3fm Newton/Boston > www.hifibliss.com/mfbl/ > zbconline.com <--- live streaming audio > That explains everything! Been looking for those LP's for YEARS now.... ;') I was trying to get together a record hunting group together on Saturday in Boston...anyone interested? Domenic # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "tiki kiliki" Subject: (exotica) Fw: A very moving obituary [Yahoo! Clubs: Tiki Central] Date: 14 Aug 2001 21:49:13 -0400 This is from the Tiki Central club that I and some of you are members. Just thought some of you might want to hear of this terribly sad news. Aloha, Tiki Kiliki ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:25 PM > June Denny finally found peace. -Sigh- > One wonders if a relationship like this is still possible today: > > > June Denny, the loving wife of Martin Denny, passed away yesterday morning (August 13th). > > June and Marty met back in 1954 when he was playing some early gigs around Waikiki Beach. June had moved to Honolulu "for a change of pace" and worked in some of the various venues that Marty often played. She was working at Don the Beachcombers when they met. Things bloomed and the two of them started what would be a long live together. > > They made a good life for themselves and June was of tremendous support with Marty's career. Marty used to tour extensively and June never begrudged the days and weeks that Marty would spend on the road. They had a daughter and enjoyed some of the best times raising her and working in Hawaii. > > June gave Marty full support each time his career would take a turn - whether for the better or worse. She would arrange to travel with him when possible. Their love grew for each other each year that passed. People who knew them could not believe the cohesive nature of their relationship. > > In January this year, June nearly died when they elected to take her off life support. All the doctors gave her a poor prognosis. But she pulled thru and became quite lucid again. I was with the Denny's at that time and the event was nothing short of miraculous. > > I think that event prepared Marty for what was to come in the near future. He had been given a reprieve to do and say all the things for June that often are not done when a loved one suffers an untimely death. > > June was in a convalescent center for a few months and came home in the spring. She was confined to a wheel chair much of the time, still, her spirits were good. She got by with moderate help from Marty. Marty was able to see his wife of nearly 50 years in a cognizant, mentally stable fashion in her last remaining months. A time for summary and closure was allowed. He knew what was going to happen and spent the days with June in the most positive of lights. > > Marty is doing very good in the wake of June's death. I truly believe that he had come to acceptance, back in January, of what was inevitable . He was at peace with the impending death and, being of strong character, dealt with it appropriately. > > The funeral arrangements are being finalized today. If anyone would like to send an email note they can send it directly to me at RCBrooksOD@aol.com. In the subject line please put "June Denny". > > I think my most fondest memory of June happened when I first met the Dennys. Marty offered to play the piano for me. I was thrilled. I sat on one side of their circular living room over looking the beautiful Coco Head area of Oahu. June was in the kitchen busying herself with something. > > As Marty began to play, June stopped what she was doing and came in and sat down to listen to Marty play. She was on the other side of the room from me and Marty was at his grand piano in the center. I could easily watch Marty play and see June in the background. She had probably heard Marty play thousands of times. But as I watched, I noticed that June was lovenly watching her husband play, watching his every move. Her foot swayed to the music and she had a look of total contentment. At one point, she laid her head back and closed her eyes to better concentrate on the melody. What a marvelous woman that could be so moved by her husband's music which she had heard so much over the last 50 years. The spark was still there. > > As Marty played "I Love you Forever and Ever," a song he wrote to June in the late 70's, I thought, what a tremendous love and life connection these two had traveled over the many years. I found myself in a moment of serenity as I appreciated the life these two had shared. I can still see it vividly in my mind. It is the way I will remember June. > > --------------------------------------------- > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! > --------------------------------------------- > You have chosen to receive messages from "Tiki Central" by email. > > Reply to this message: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=tikicentral&sid =1600041801&mid=2868 > > Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral/config/change_mb_list > > Return to "Tiki Central": > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral > ---------------------------------------------- > > Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: > http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=tiki_kiliki&. groupID=tikicentral&.groupType=&.code=pzebpSrr9f > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cheryl" Subject: (exotica) Jimmy B, your email is bouncing... Date: 15 Aug 2001 00:03:42 -0400 Sorry to bother anyone else on the list - JimmyB, your email address is bouncing mail back - it doesn't seem to be working... cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Subject: (exotica) The Continental Date: 15 Aug 2001 10:35:01 +0200 Little late on this post, but I was on vacation. I saw a kinescope of "The Continental" at the Museum of Radio and Television in New York. He's even better than you might imagine... totally bizarre. You can also see Korla Pandit and a Les Baxter concert there. Just go to the library and do a search. -Joe Batutis # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: (exotica) Wipe-Out Date: 15 Aug 2001 09:42:23 -0400 Listers: There's a fascinating article on "Wipe-Out," and the various claims by different people to have authored it, in today's Wall Street Journal. No, really. http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB997822677377171926.htm Will # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update Date: 15 Aug 2001 16:07:11 +0200 A new update to the "eXotica Releases Overview" is available. These are some of the most important recent additions. (If you would like to receive the unabridged updates on a regular base by e-mail, just let me know you want to get on my " eXotica Releases Overview updater") - August 14: new (2001) releases, announcements, and corrections - * George Barnes Quartet: "Country Jazz" o CD, Umbrella, Taiwan, 2001 o comment: + Jack Diamond Music: original release from the Colortone label with all 16 tracks All original compositions and arrangements by George Barnes, featuring George Barnes and his Quartet This is NOT WESTERN SWING or anything like it, close to it or resembling it. Well, maybe a lithe a little like western swing, swingin' rockabilly jazzy guitar, maybe. It IS however, straight ahead killer electric guitar instrumentals that swing and swoon and is JUST freakin' amazing by 1 of truly the best AND NICEST guys and guitarists to EVER pick up the instrument. Don't ask me WHY they called it Country Jazz They prolly screwed themselves naming it that, I think they sold about 5 copies of the original LP release (16 track release) It was then reissued on the same label with 12 tracks, but this is the 16 track release and if you are ANY sort of guitar fan or fan of the likes of Barney Kessel, Roy Lanham, James Burton, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Pisano, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Billy Bean, Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West, Johnny Cucci, Jody Carver, Al Caiola, Howard Roberts... It's SWING MUSIC, led by one of the killin'est guitar players around, EVER. This guy invented a lot of this licks and he does them soooooooooooo wellllllllll It's rockin' jazzy swingin' rockabilly, kinda like western swing, but this soooooooooo different. * Brother Theodore: "Theodore In Stereo" o CD, Zippy, Japan, 2001 o comment: + Jack Diamond Music: If you don't know who Brother Theodore is, I don't have the time to tell you right now. BUT the words sinister, insane genius, maniacal, insanely passionate storyteller, writer, are all associated in a HUGE WAY. Spoken word tales and stories from the true madman genius, circa 1960 He only made 3 recordings, a 10 inch and then a 12 inch that was the 10 inch on a 12 inch platter and then this and that's it. This is by far his greatest recording. 4 stories in all. You have NEVER heard ANYTHING like Brother Theodore, unless you have heard Brother Theodore * Joe Byrd's Field Hippies: "The American Metaphysical Circus" o LP, ? Reissue, USA, 2001 CD, CD, ?, Italy, 2001 o comment: + Jack Diamond Music: Strange and straight forwardly great west coast "experimental" psych, use of electronics and killer blazing guitars female vocals, kinda reminds me in a way like the Fifty Foot Hose. Many serious rockers and instrumental awesome electronic's with electronosized vocals ??? Words ? I dunno man, weird but really great. Great songs though, classic LSD Psychedelic lyrics. ALSO, gospel, yes! Out of nowhere (BIG smile) I have no idea, don't ask. That CLASSIC HIPPIE SING A LONG THING. It's here. And a circa 1960's or 70's commercial. Very cool. More too that I can't go into, I don't wanna spoil it for ya This is all over the place and a must own Ummmmmm, quite a unique experience that crosses many boundaries of which all are fun. A good time to be had by all. Listen in to the MP3's and be blown away, all from circa 1969. * Roberto Delgado: "Lounge Legends" o CD, Germany, ?, autumn 2001 o comment: + Johan: part of a whole series * Tom Dissevelt: "Fantasy in Orbit" (An astronauts musical impression while orbiting the Earth) o CD, FWM Music, Italy, 2001 o comment: + Johan: originally issued on Philips + Jack Diamond Music: Really nothing at all like the "Song of the 2nd Moon" release, TD goes after the noisier aspects of electronic musique concrete, BUT there are a number of melodic and more pop musique concrete tracks and sounds here as well as noise (noise is good, eat it up, yum) * Mort Garson: "Music For Sensuous Lovers By "Z"" o CD, FWM Music, Italy , 2001 o comment: + Johan: My rating: Good. + Jack Diamond Music: Moog and classic electronics bubbling all throughout this recording, with the sounds of a very real woman having sex and multiple orgasms. She talks a little, but she is having sex, basically and she is very animated and vocal is her enjoyment, with the sexy sounds of the moog and other outre electronics swirling everywhere. We hear the guy every great now and then, but mostly the human sounds are of this female person The moog and electronics zoom and swoon every which way. Pretty damn great recording I must admit and though I do remember another recording with synthesizers and moaning and groaning sounds, there is just NO comparison between this recording and that recording. Circa 1970. Each piece is approximately 15-16 minutes long, 2 tracks total. It's fabulous, indeed 5 Stars! I'll get some MP3's up soon * Howard Roberts: "Somethin's Cookin/ Goodies" o CD, Capitol/Euphoria, USA, 2001 o comment: + Johan: Mid 1960's "now" bossa nova * Howard Roberts: "Whatever's Fair/ All-time Great Instrumental Hits" o CD, Capitol/Euphoria, USA, 2001 o comment: + Johan: Mid 1960's "now" bossa nova * Ananda Shankar And His Orchestra: "2001" o LP, Shiva Sounds SS.004 reissue, Europe, 2001 o comment: + Stefan Kery of Subliminal Sounds: Hist last album, on a SPACE theme (produced for Dunlop tires). Tracks include ?Explorations?, ?Universal Magic?, ?The Voyager?, ?The Lost Galaxy?, etc. Great sleeve artwork. * Ananda Shankar: "Missing You" o LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 o comment: + Stefan Kery of Subliminal Sounds: Shankar?s beautiful tribute to his father, the great UDAY SHANKAR. Seven gorgeous, soulful, sentimental cuts, several with vibes. Tracks include ?Missing You?, ?Lonely?, ?I Remember?, ?Togetherness?, etc. * Ananda Shankar: "A Musical Discovery Of India" o LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 o comment: + Stefan Kery of Subliminal Sounds: Wow! Here's all the worthwhile Ananda Shankar LPs reissued in a long row. Originally released for the India Tourism Development Corp. Tracks include ?Namaskar?, ?The Hill Train?, ?Kaziranga Beat?, ?Dawn At Varanasi?, etc. * Ananda Shankar: "Sa-re-ga-machan" o LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 o comment: + Stefan Kery of Subliminal Sounds: True masterpiece. ?View From A Jungle Treehouse? is his most exotic and inventive song, beautiful and with great funky rock riffs. Tracks include the title track, ?Romanitc Rhino?, ?Charging Tiger?, ?Night In The Forest?, ?Jungle King? (partly reprises ?Streets Of Calcutta?, etc. * Piero Umiliani: "Umilounge" o CD, Cinevox, Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "Erotika Cinevox vol." o CD, Cinevox, Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "Erotika Cinevox vol.1" o CD, Cinevox, Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "Hava Narghile" o CD, Dionysus Bacchus Archives, USA, 2001 o comment: + Stefan Kery of Subliminal Sounds: Very cool 21 track compilation of late 60s/early 70s PSYCHEDELIC rocking out of Turkey. This was a time when Turkish rock musicians mixed the oriental overtones of their traditional folk music with acid rock. Lots of sizzling raga rock guitar mingling with the exotic sounds of the saz, a Turkish instrument similar to a sitar and lots of intense dueling between an electric saz and some killer FUZZ GUITAR, all backed up by the belly -beat of a darbuka! * Various Artists: "Jazzy Cinevox vol.1" o CD, Cinevox Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "Jazzy Cinevox vol.2" o CD, Cinevox, Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "La Polizia Si Incazza vol.1" o CD, Cinevox, Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "La Polizia Si Incazza vol.2" o CD, Cinevox, Italy, end 2001 * Various Artists: "Masoch Club Entertainment" o CD, Plastic, Italy, 2001 o comment: + Kris Spencer of Score, Baby: cool Italian stuff * Various Artists: "Samba Soul 70!" o CD, Ziriguiboom/ Crammed, Belgium, 2001 * Various Artists: "Sonorissima Vol.2" o Double LP/CD, Black Cat, Italy, 2001 o comment: + Johan: Reviewed at Score, Baby * SOUNDTRACK: "Formula 1" by Beltran Moner o LP, Wah-Wah WLP004, Spain, 2001 o comment: + Johan: Originally released in 1973 on Discos Berta + Jack Diamond Music: TV special on racing, very now go go sounds, fuzzed psychedelic guitars * SOUNDTRACK: "2 Marines E 1 Generale" by Piero Umiliani o CD, Cinevox MDF 338, Italy, 2001 * SOUNDTRACK: "La Morte Bussa Due Volte" by Piero Umiliani o CD, Cinevox Italy, 2001 * SOUNDTRACK: "Requiem Per Un Agente Segreto" by Piero Umiliani o CD, GDM, Italy, 2001 o comment: + Johan: from 1967 * SOUNDTRACK: "Roy Colt & Winchester Jack" by Piero Umiliani o CD, Cinevox MDF 331, Italy, 2001 - August 14: more or less recent (2000) stuff - * Les Blue Stars/ Henri Salvador: "Pardon My English/ Plays The Blues" (Jazz In Paris Series) o CD, Emarcy/ Universal 013 035, France, 2000 o comment: + Johan: My rating: Very Good! Got yhis for only 7,62 Euro from Alapage. Is a three-fer: an ep from 1956 and an LP from 1957 by Les Blue Stars, plus an ep by Henri Salvador from 1956. "Pardon My English" is an apt title, as their French accent is clearly noticeable, and cute and charming it is too. Only 1 Blue Stars track is wordless vocal jazz, the rest are jazz vocalese songs with lyrics. The 3 Henry Salvador tracks are scat jazz from start to end, including a 7 minute "Plays The Blues" which is very bluesy indeed. + Brad Bigelow: pre Double 6 --just got it from Dusty Groove. Four cuts with Christiane Legrand (Michel's sister) and Blossom Dearie. * Roy Budd: "Buddism" o CD, Castle CM0CD016 , UK, 2000 o comment: + jonny delicado: 'Buddism' is a nice (and probably superior) companion to the 'Rebirth of the Budd' compilation. Both contain the classic 'Get Carter, but while 'rebirth' focuses more on the pop instrumental albums which Roy Budd did on the Pye label in the late 60s, 'Buddism' is exclusively cuts from his soundtracks. Some tracks are incredibly modern sounding, and most are extremely cool, slightly in the vein of Lalo Schifrin's best work. * Gals And Pals: "Guldkorn" o CD, Metronome/ Warner Music Sweden 8573-85000-2, Sweden, 2000 o comment: + Johan: My rating: Very Good! Reissue of "Vocals 1963-1967", by this Swedish vocalese sextet (3 men + 3 women) from the 1960's, a bit similar to Manhattan Transfer, Les Double Six, Singers Unlimited, The Swingle Singers... though not as jazzy, more "pop", and on the live 3 tracks hey turn into some cabaret/comedy act. Ten tracks are sung in English (4 Bacharach tunes amongst them), the other 12 in Swedish! Most songs are covers of American standards by Duke Ellington, Richard Rodgers (several tunes by him), a very funny twist on Irving Berlin with "Axel Ander's Ragtime Band". Some tracks are a capella, most are with backing. Got it for 16 Euro from Skivhugget, a Swedish CD mailorder site. + Magnus: "Guldkorn" means "gold-nuggets". - August 14: other, older interesting finds I stumbled on - * Andre Brasseur: "No 1 De L'orgue Hammond" o CD, Silver Star AMC 55.104, Belgium, 1997 o comment: + Johan: My rating: Good. Not as good as the other CDs, several crap tracks. * The Hi-Lo's: "Hi-Lo's Happen To Bossa Nova" o CD, Reprise?, Japan, 1991 * Arthur Lyman: "Pearly Shells" o CD, GNP/Crescendo GNPD 606, USA, 1990 o comment: + Kaiwaza: In my mind, one of the best Aurthur Layman CD reissues. Very exotic arrangements w/ bird calls. Yet, doesn't have any extremely boisterous tracks that always blow the mood on most of Lyman's LPs. Best exotic arrangement of "Poinciana" ever, to me. * Uakti: "I Ching" o CD, Point Music/ Uakti UAK005, Brazil, 1993 o comment: + Johan: My rating: Good. percussive, exotic, minimal repetitive new age. * Various Artists: "All You Need Is Covers" o Double CD, NEE 309, UK, 1999 o comment: + Johan: 50 Beatles covers by Petula Clark, Max Bygraves, Anita Harris, Shirley Abicair, P.P. Arnold, Sacha Distel, Jackie Trent, and many obscure 1960's singers and groups >>> most comments by members of the "Exotica", >>> "Popnouveau" and "Lava Lamp" Mailing Lists, >>> from Jack Diamond Music sale lists >>> and Subliminal Sounds sale lists >>> Additions & corrections are more than welcome! >>> The "XRO" is a discography, NOT a sale catalog! The eXotica Releases Overview is part of "Dada's Exotiquarium": http://www.Dada1.bewoner.antwerpen.be/ Johan Dada Vis quiet@village.uunet.be # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Wipe-Out Date: 15 Aug 2001 13:39:39 -0400 At 09:42 AM 8/15/01 -0400, Will Straw wrote: > >Listers: > >There's a fascinating article on "Wipe-Out," and the various claims by >different people to have authored it, in today's Wall Street Journal. No, >really. > >http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB997822677377171926.htm I'm sure it's fascinating but it looks like you're going to have to give us one of your many passwords if we want to see this article. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Ghost World Date: 15 Aug 2001 14:25:17 -0400 First off, I recommend the film "Ghost World" to anyone on this list who hasn't seen it. It's definitely much more about record collectors than High Fidelity was and the characters are much more recognizable, more like people we might know or even people we might be. For those of you who have seen it, the friend I saw it with predicted that the personal ads will soon be filled by ads reading "40 year old Seymour seeks 20 year old Enid" or words to that effect. But I have a question about the great Hindi film clip that begins the film. I stayed for the credits. I'm pretty sure I got the correct name for the music. Mohammad Rafi? But I know I didn't get the name of the film that the clip came from. It was something like "Gunaam" but I think it's missing a syllable. Anyone know where this came from and if the music is available on some Bollywood compilation? I generally avoid these things but I think I'd like to have this music. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: (exotica) Bossa Date: 15 Aug 2001 15:19:32 -0500 Thanks to all for the Bossa recommendations...I printed them up and I'm going shopping! Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Ghost World Date: 15 Aug 2001 16:43:30 -0400 http://www.sonicnet.com/artists/ai_album_desc.jhtml?a_id=44357 This is where the comp Golden Voices on the Silver Screen, vol 3 can be bought, although the sound clips don't seem to match up sometimes. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Ghost World Date: 16 Aug 2001 10:35:59 +0100 Alan, I think this should be in the fairly recent archives, maybe as long ago as 6 months. If not I think it was either bump or JimmyB had the details. By the way I think Gunaam is right. There are a couple of items on Salon about the film and they talk about the bollywood clip. Albeit briefly. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing it. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > First off, I recommend the film "Ghost World" to anyone on this list who > hasn't seen it. It's definitely much more about record collectors than > High Fidelity was and the characters are much more recognizable, more like > people we might know or even people we might be. > > But I have a question about the great Hindi film clip that begins the > film. > I stayed for the credits. I'm pretty sure I got the correct name for the > music. Mohammad Rafi? But I know I didn't get the name of the film that > the clip came from. It was something like "Gunaam" but I think it's > missing a syllable. > Anyone know where this came from and if the music is available on some > Bollywood compilation? I generally avoid these things but I think I'd > like > to have this music. > > AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update Date: 16 Aug 2001 12:02:14 +0200 Johan Dada Vis schrieb: > * Ananda Shankar And His Orchestra: "2001" > o LP, Shiva Sounds SS.004 reissue, Europe, 2001 > > * Ananda Shankar: "Missing You" > o LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 > Shankar's beautiful tribute to his father, the great UDAY SHANKAR. > > * Ananda Shankar: "A Musical Discovery Of India" > o LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 > > * Ananda Shankar: "Sa-re-ga-machan" > o LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 > I had no idea, that Ananda Shankar has so many records out. I've never heard of or seen any of these. The only one I know - and own - is the one that's simply called "Ananda Shankar", a vinyl reissue. It's a great record. Are the others like it, I mean, less "serious" original Indian music spiced with a good deal of Pop? BTW: I thought Ananda is the son of the recently deceased Ravi Shankar, of whom I found a nice record in a used record shop the other week, called "Ragas, Hameer & Gara". So who is Uday Shankar and what kind of music does/did he make? Mo ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de tiki@netsurf.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update Date: 16 Aug 2001 12:04:27 +0100 I know Anandar made a few records including the Indian publicity record A Musical Discovery and a couple of others in the early eighties. I haven't heard of the others. I know And His Music and Anandar Shankar. I think he is a nephew of Ravi's. ie Uday is probably Ravi's Brother. And from what I've heard nothing comes close to the amazing And His Music LP - the one on Reprise is pretty lame by comparison. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update Date: 16 Aug 2001 11:54:45 +0100 Moritz R wrote: > > I had no idea, that Ananda Shankar has so many records out. I've never heard of or seen any of these. The only one I know - and own - is the one that's simply called "Ananda Shankar", a vinyl reissue. It's a great record. Are the others like it, I mean, less "serious" original Indian music spiced with a good deal of Pop? > BTW: I thought Ananda is the son of the recently deceased Ravi Shankar, of whom I found a nice record in a used record shop the other week, called "Ragas, Hameer & Gara". So who is Uday Shankar and what kind of music does/did he make? The late (sadly) Ananda was Ravi's nephew, not son. As always, the Wilds Scene has the info: http://www.wildsscene.com/music/india_as.html Looks like they've re-released most of the good stuff, with the exception of "...and his music", which Blue Note UK (part of EMI) were supposed to be re-releasing about 2 years ago, but never did as far as I'm aware. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update Date: 16 Aug 2001 12:35:08 +0100 Looks like they've re-released most of the good stuff, with the exception of "...and his music", which Blue Note UK (part of EMI) were supposed to be re-releasing about 2 years ago, but never did as far as I'm aware. That's been bootlegged recently but I never saw a copy - I think the boot hails from France. My original copy sounds excellent but it's in terrible condition so I need a better copy. Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N18JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) strange brew: Micheladas Date: 16 Aug 2001 10:34:03 -0400 August 15, 2001 Mexican Micheladas: Pour Beer, Add Volcano and Drink By TIM WEINER,NYTimes Critic's Notebook: Just Add What?: Braving a Michelada (August 15, 2001) Recipe: Michelada Time: 5 minutes 1/2 lime, preferably a Key lime Coarse salt 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 1 dash soy sauce 1 dash Tabasco sauce 1 pinch black pepper 1 dash Maggi seasoning, optional 12 ounces beer, preferably a dark Mexican beer like Negra Modelo. 1. Squeeze the juice from the lime and reserve. Salt the rim of a highball glass by rubbing it with the lime and dipping it in coarse salt. Fill with ice. 2. Add lime juice, Worcestershire, soy sauce, Tabasco, pepper and Maggi, if desired. Pour in beer, stir and serve, adding more beer as you sip. Yield: 1 cocktail. SAUCING THE SUDS A spicy beer-based cocktail, the michelada, is sweeping Mexico and moving north. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 14 — Life is full of deep mysteries. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? And why do millions of Mexicans drink micheladas? Those kinds of questions lead into a labyrinth, and the michelada maze is a crazy one. When I first came here a year ago, I noticed that people were ordering beer accompanied by a highball glass. The glass was rimmed with salt, filled with ice. At its base lay a weird primordial ooze. Combined with a lager like Sol or Pacifico, the mix took on a honeyed hue. With a dark beer, like Negra Modelo, it was the color of burnished mahogany. They called it a michelada (pronounced me-chel-LA-da), translated, more or less, as "my cold brewski." Curiosity trumped reason. Reader, I ordered one. I sipped, and was transported. The fine dark cerveza shimmered with hints of pepper and lime and spices. It tasted, strangely enough, a little like the best steak I had ever eaten. Clearly, it's not for everyone — it's not even for every bar. El Nivel, one of Mexico City's oldest cantinas, won't mix a michelada. It simply lines up the makings along the bar with a whiff of do-it-yourself disdain. And just what is in a michelada? In Mexico City, it consists of fresh lime juice, a trinity of Tabasco, Worcestershire and soy sauces, a pinch of black pepper and maybe (or maybe not) a dash of Maggi, the seasoning usually used for soups and stews. This mix makes up two or three fingers' worth of a tall glass. That glass needs ice in it. It needs beer. And it needs drinking. At least, I certainly think it does. It might sound like a hangover recipe, but to me it tastes like malted manna. I set out to answer the big questions. When and where was the michelada born? And, for that matter, why? Experts were consulted: Diana Kennedy, the Mexican cooking authority. Ted Haigh, also known as Dr. Cocktail. Mary Going, a hot-sauce aficionada who uses the nom de Web FireGirl. And even a noted food-and-drink authority at an English- language broadsheet published in New York. Nada. Complete blanks. Puzzled silence. Red-herring references to "red beer," the lager-and-tomato juice concoction served on the Great Plains from northern Texas to southern Saskatchewan. No answers, but no surprise: no one knows where the martini was born, for that matter. Deeper investigation was demanded. First the lime, the salt and the beer. Together those three form a wispy version of the michelada, sometimes called a chelada in these parts, and often served in Mexican beach resorts. It's refreshing and piquant, to be sure. Mexican limes are what people in the United States call Key limes — sharper, more limey than the standard supermarket citrus. But the plain old chelada is in principle not so different from something you might find in Europe — a shandy in England, a panache in France, a Radler in Germany — basically, lager and lemonade. Weak beer indeed. "When I went to college in Guadalajara in the late 60's, everybody drank Tecate beer with lime and salt," said Zarela Martinez, who serves micheladas at her Manhattan restaurants, Zarela and Danzón. Inquiries at the Tecate brewery proved to be old beer: stale, flat and unprofitable. Jorge Juraidini Rumilla, director of institutional relations at Cervecería Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, which makes Tecate, could only trace the michelada back to a 15-year-old sales gimmick, when Tecate was sold with a slice of lime and salt. He had no theory for the present state of the michelada's spiciness, saying the drink "just got more and more sophisticated." Ms. Martinez's thoughts ran deeper: "I think the origins go way, way back. Since pre-Hispanic times, Mexicans have a tradition of drinking foamy, frothy beverages. You can see them in the Mayan Codex." So people in Mexico were drinking home-brew in their pyramids back when Europeans were living in mud huts and scrounging for roots and berries. German brewers began to make lager sometime around 1420, but the Aztecs, Incas and Maya were brewing beer, or something like it, for many centuries before the conquistadors took Mexico City in 1521. Giving the Germans their due, they brought beer as we know it to Mexico, establishing the first breweries here nearly 150 years ago. As for the rest of the recipe, soy sauce came to Mexico no later than the early 17th century, on Spanish ships built by the Chinese. Worcestershire sauce was born in 1835, when a certain Lord Sandys from the county of Worcestershire, England, asked two chemists, John Lea and William Perrins, to replicate a condiment he had tasted in India. A shipment reached New Orleans no later than 1848. Twenty years later, in 1868, a genius named Edmund McIlhenny invented Tabasco sauce in New Iberia, La. The peppers come from the state of Tabasco, which lies almost due south of New Orleans across the Gulf of Mexico. And here the sauce thickens. A. J. Liebling once observed that the Louisiana coast was really the western littoral of the Mediterranean, a place where deep currents of great food flowed together in a savory gumbo. All the active ingredients of the michelada — the beer, the lime, the salt, the peppers, the fundamental sauces — were for sale on the Gulf of Mexico by the 1870's. Ships then shuttled from New Orleans to Mexican ports like Tampico and Veracruz. Was the michelada a 19th-century creation of thirsty sailors? Parched oil-field roughnecks? A lost relic, recently unearthed by chance, like the frescoes uncovered by the construction of the Roman subway? At the oldest cantinas in the heart of Mexico City — El Nivel, El Gallo de Oro and La Opera, gilded jewels of the 1870's — a tenuous theory emerged among the oldest and wisest of the bartenders, who chronicle the passage of powermongers and philosophers like sportswriters covering palookas. "Lime and salt — that's primordial," said Vicente Cruz, 26 years behind the bar at the Gallo de Oro. "The rest of the ingredients have emerged within the past 10 years, and from where, and why, God knows." But at El Nivel, they thought they knew. In Veracruz, the port city that has been shipping and receiving goods across the gulf for ages, the oilmen drink a cocktail called a Petrolero — which is, more or less, a michelada with tequila instead of beer. "So that's that," said Manuel Zapata, a barman at El Nivel for 21 years. "It showed up only in the last few years, but it's a migrant from Veracruz." Interesting, if true. The questions of who and why remain. Charles Davis, president of Habagallo Foods, in McAllen, Tex. (www.habagallo.com), aims to become Mr. Michelada. He says he is the only man in the United States marketing michelada mix: Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, tomato juice, celery salt, pepper and a dash of habanero pepper, $3.99 for a 32-ounce jug. But he says the michelada is only beginning to cross the border. "If I go further north than San Antonio, people don't know what I'm talking about," he said. "They serve micheladas in Houston, but not in Dallas." At the Border Grill in Santa Monica, Calif., "the only people who order the drink are people who are either from Mexico City or who have recently visited there," said Carollyn Bartosh, the restaurant's marketing director. "Our kitchen staff is more familiar with the drink than the bartenders or servers." This will change, and soon. Why? One of the most interesting things happening in the United States today is the imperceptible but inexorable erosion of its southern border. The michelada's origins may be murky, but mark this: The American tongue has an appetite for Mexican tastes. This taste is good, this taste is strong, and this taste is heading north. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Marchese Subject: (exotica) Things I learned in Spain Date: 16 Aug 2001 11:18:49 -0500 Well, I'm back from 2 weeks of vacation in Spain. Unfortunately, none of my planned forays to Exotica bars panned out due to extraneous circumstances, although I did come very close to to going to Hula Hula. We spent a night in Blanes which is very close to Lloret de Mar where Hula Hula is located. However we decided against going after discovering that it would cost us 3200 pesetas for the 3 km taxi ride from Blanes to Lloret. Our only other option was to ride the little choo-choo train that shuttles tourists from the campgrounds to downtown and we didn't feel that having the opportunity to drink a Suffering Bastard from a cool mug was worth enduring a tram ride with 100 sweaty French tourists wearing banana hammocks and buttfloss bathing suits. Besides, who needs an umbrella drink when you can drink Sangria made with Cava? I did have a chance to drink some Absinthe in Barcelona. All I can say is that it's no wonder Rimbaud wrote such depressing poetry if he had to suffer through the kind of hangover that it induced in me. I also scored a couple of comp CDs of Spanish Ye Ye in the Corto Ingles department store. Apparently Franco was unable to completely surpress all youthful musical expression. Finally, I thought I'd share a few cultural observations: 1) Breast-shaped cheese (Tetillas Gallegos) is available in most supermarkets. 2) Those little muffins called Magdalenas make terrific faux nipples while entertaining the rest of the sailboat crew during breakfast. Magdelenas are now available in "Esponjoso" and "Mas Esponjoso" varieties. I prefer Mas Esponjoso for their extra sensitivity. 3) "Pet" translates as "fart" in Catalan, thus rendering the name "Pet Shop Boys" unbearably hilarious after your third or fourth can of Estrella Damm beer. 4) The phrase "shut up and drink your Damm beer" becomes unbearably hilarious after drinking your third or fourth can of the same. 5) When the Galactic Federation is formed, Catalan will become the official language of the known universe, at least this is what most Catalunyans believe. 6) Those little Speedo bathing suits ubiquitously worn by overweight French and German tourists are colloquially known as "Phareheuvos" (ball lighthouses) or "Lucepollas" (cock lights). 7) A genetically selective version of the Bubonic Plague needs to be developed to rid the Costa Brava of all overweight tourists wearing Speedos. 8) When the Temple Expiatori de la Sangrada Familia collapses due to shoddy workmanship, a significant portion of the victims pulled from the rubble will smell bad and be wearing no underwear. 9) In Spain, it is possible to be a licensed yacht skipper, private pilot, professional diver, Viagra sales representative, and successfully juggle 6 supermodel girlfriends simultaneously without ill effects. 10) Six or seven tall glasses of 7-year old Cuban rum with lemonade seriously impairs one's ability to ride on the back of a Vespa Piaggio while driving through the streets of Madrid at 4am going 140kph. -- Matt # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Indy Rutks" Subject: Re: (exotica) Things I learned in Spain Date: 16 Aug 2001 12:04:48 -0500 Matt Marchese wrote: > 10) Six or seven tall glasses of 7-year old Cuban rum with lemonade > seriously impairs one's ability to ride on the back of a Vespa Piaggio > while driving through the streets of Madrid at 4am going 140kph. Why doesn't PBS' Rick Steves ever cover this kind of pertinent info? Thanks for the travelogue!! -Indy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: (exotica) Syracuse Date: 16 Aug 2001 13:02:21 -0400 For reasons difficult to explain -- well, ok, a friend of mine was there and found an antique store that has a desk with a drawer with some 1950s magazines for sale inside -- Johanne and I are heading off to Syracuse for a little road trip this weekend. Anything in the area I should know about -- bars, motels, record stores? Will Will Straw Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Art History and Communications Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street W. Montreal, QC H3A 2T6 Canada Phone: (514) 398 7667 Fax: (514) 398 7247 Co-Investigator, Culture of Cities Project, http://www.yorku.ca/culture_of_cities/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) West Hampstead Hell Date: 16 Aug 2001 18:18:36 +0100 I have just been to three charity shops in West Hampstead, London's gently aged and posh northern village. Never in my life have I seen so many James Last and Bert Kaempfert records in one place (alright three places)! I reckon there were at least 50 different James Last LPs. Including some of a set of eight - 1 GoGo, 2 Beat, 8 Waltz, etc., box sets, doubles, specials, best-ofs, a tribute LP, medley LPs, etc etc. I was almost sick in the shop! Aaaaaagggghhhh! Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: (exotica) records to trade Date: 16 Aug 2001 16:11:51 -0400 hi y'all just wanna drop a line to ya before i sell these records. looking to trade something for... Morricone 2000 - Dagored The Third Millenium Vol 1- Studio Uno 60's70's Italian Easy Beat/Sndtrk stuff Black Sugar - Reissue boot? Lazarus Audio Products Peruvian exotica funk/rock Amazing Funk Masters-Soul Patrol Records rare r+b soul singles Walter Wanderly-From Rio with Love - Swinging Sounds of the Sixties - TOWER thanx bump ****************************************************** ***************************** ************* DJ buMp "Primitive Rhythms for Evolved Minds" Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Marchese Subject: Re: (exotica) Things I learned in Spain Date: 16 Aug 2001 15:48:13 -0500 Indy Rutks wrote: > Why doesn't PBS' Rick Steves ever cover this kind of pertinent info? Dunno, but I'd be happy to take over for him. I always seem to experience the weird side of travel. > Thanks for the travelogue!! De nada. Maybe tomorrow I'll write up the tale of my near-shipwreck on the rocks below the Apartementos de Pussy Galore where several scenes from "From Russia With Love" were filmed. -- Matt # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerry Nutter Subject: (exotica) "Who Killed Teddy Bear?" Date: 16 Aug 2001 17:26:05 -0400 "Who Killed Teddy Bear?" is on a double bill with "God Told Me To" at Film =46orum in NYC, August 28th & 29th. Teddy Bear is unbelievable! From 1965, i= t features Sal Mineo as "a proto-Travis Bickle: a pornophilic, bodybuilding Times Square (filmed in its seedy hedyay!) habitu=E9 fixated on disco dancer Juliet Prowse..." A must see! P. S. to Johnny Pearl (aka Johnny Cool): Sorry I missed you at Bar D'O in July. %:-( # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Oscar Janiger Date: 17 Aug 2001 10:37:24 -0400 Oscar Janiger http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Oscar+Janiger%22 TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- Psychiatrist Oscar Janiger, an early advocate of psychedelic drugs who was credited with turning on Cary Grant and numerous other celebrities to LSD, died Tuesday of kidney and heart failure. Janiger was 83. Between 1954 and 1962, ``Oz,'' as he was known to friends, administered almost 3,000 doses of LSD to 1,000 volunteers. Among them were Grant, fellow actors Jack Nicholson and Rita Moreno, author Aldous Huxley and musician Andre Previn. Janiger bought the drug, then legal, from Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Sandoz Laboratories and administered it at his Los Angeles office. Although his work predated that of LSD guru Timothy Leary, he never gained widespread recognition for it. Janiger, who took the drug 13 times himself, said he was interested in LSD's link to creativity and what he called the ability to access a state of crazy consciousness without losing control of one's surroundings. In 1986, he formed the Albert Hofmann Foundation for psychedelic research, named after the chemist who first synthesized the drug. He had abandoned his own LSD studies in 1962, however, after the federal government began investigating researchers. The drug was outlawed in the United States in 1966. Born in New York City, Janiger, who was a cousin of poet Allen Ginsburg, moved to Los Angeles in 1950, setting up a private practice and later teaching at the University of California, Irvine. While an associate professor of psychiatry at Irvine, he studied the connection between hormones and premenstrual depression in women. Most recently, he was involved with a group studying dolphins in their natural environment. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) Thunderbird 6 airing Date: 17 Aug 2001 11:00:46 -0400 The second Thunderbirds feature film, "Thunderbird 6" is listed on TCM, Sunday morning at 8:00am (eastern). m.ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@attglobal.net Subject: (exotica) Hawaiian Documentary Date: 17 Aug 2001 12:22:03 -0400 The following is excerpted from an interview with 'Ghost World' director Terry Zligoff that appeared on the Film Threat web-site. Let's hope that he does find the resources to finish this project. " I have a documentary that’s all shot. I shot it six years ago. But I don’t have the time or the money to finish it, but I’d like to finish it some day. It’s about Hawaiian music. It’s a completely uncommercial film about this obscure Hawaiian steel guitar player who made eight records with his family in 1929. The whole movie traces the decline of his music to the fact that he had to keep pleasing audiences. He had to keep being more commercial by adding gimmicks and acrobatics into his act. He couldn’t play this heartfelt music that he loved. He had to keep pleasing the audience until finally in 1975 you see him playing in leather bell-bottoms in a stage in Las Vegas. " Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Syracuse Date: 17 Aug 2001 15:20:18 -0400 At 01:02 PM 8/16/01 -0400, Will Straw wrote: > >For reasons difficult to explain -- well, ok, a friend of mine was there >and found an antique store that has a desk with a drawer with some 1950s >magazines for sale inside -- Johanne and I are heading off to Syracuse for >a little road trip this weekend. >Anything in the area I should know about -- bars, motels, record stores? I'm pretty sure there's a legendary record store in Syracuse. It's mostly renowned by jazz collectors but you have to assume it would have more than jazz there. Perhaps you could find me a copy of that Mood Mosaic record I covet so much. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin Crossman Subject: (exotica) June Denny Obit Date: 17 Aug 2001 22:42:30 -0700 Folks: An update from Tiki Bob -Kevin I just got this in: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Aug/17/ln/ln32a.html This is the article in the Honolulu Advertiser regarding June's death. Would you post the link to the Exotica List for me. My emails from AOL will not make it thru Lazlo's protocal. I am humbled and honored to be quoted in the article. It means so much to me that Marty (and his friend Ray Martin) would include a comment I made. The article appears as follows: June Denny, wife of entertainer, dead at 72 By Bob Krauss Advertiser Staff WriterJune Denny, wife of entertainer Martin Denny, died Monday at her home in Hawai'i Kai after a long illness. She was 72. The couple met in 1954 at Don the Beachcomber's in Waikiki, where she worked as a cocktail waitress and he originated his jungle sounds. They would have been married for 45 years on Oct. 21. He wrote a song for her,"I Love You Forever and Ever."; A friend, recalling when Martin Denny played it for his wife, commented: "I found myself in a moment of serenity. What a tremendous love and connection these two had traveled over the many years." June Denny worked as a volunteer at the Queen's Medical Center. Her hobbies were golf, skiing and swimming. She was born Barbara June Ruppert on June 30, 1929, in rural Washington, where she did farm chores and attended high school. In 1947, she moved to Hawai'i. While she was working at Don the Beachcomber's, Martin Denny signed on as a piano player at the Dagger Bar where he introduced his exotica music that made his name. The two dated until they were married in 1956. They have a daughter, Christina. Survivors on the Mainland are a brother, Kenneth Ruppert, and two sisters, Louise Robinson and Vera Roberson. Services will be held Sunday at the Elks Club. Visitation begins at 1 p.m., with a program taking place at 1:30 p.m. with music and food. The ashes will be taken to sea from Black Point, where the Dennys lived for many years. Donations may be made to charities. -- *********************************************************** * Kevin Crossman kevin@kevdo.com * * http://www.kevdo.com - The Narrow Interest Portal * * Lip Balm Anonymous, Ultimate Mai Tai, Exotica Archive * *********************************************************** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Marchese Subject: (exotica) Mondo YeYe Date: 18 Aug 2001 15:46:25 -0500 Hmm, it's been awfully quiet in here lately. Here's a site that I came across while looking for info on Spanish YeYe. I *really* *really* want to find some sound clips of "Los Beatles de Cadiz." http://www.mondoyeye.com/ The site's in Spanish of course, but anyone should be able to get the gist of it without too much trouble. -- Matt Marchese "I've been havin' this nightmare.......a real swinger of a nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brad Yost" Subject: Re: (exotica) Things I learned in Spain Date: 18 Aug 2001 18:31:17 -0400 I dunno ... one could argue that wildly inappropriate bathing attire in fact *is* exotica, or a mutant strain thereof. - Brad <> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cheryl" Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Space Bop, August 19 Date: 18 Aug 2001 19:55:44 -0400 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 #156 Relentless Beats This week, we're playing non-stop great dance music - try to listen to this and sit still - we don't think it's possible! Pigbag: Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" Los Chicharrons: Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag (Fifi Meets The Zombie) "Blow For Me, Blow For You" Malente: I Sell Marihuana "The Spirit Of Malente" Ursula 1000: Princess TNT "Beat Box Cha Cha EP" Soul Center: What You're Doin "Soul Center 2" Stereo de Luxe: Soul Sauce "Glam-O-Rama" Mint Royale: From Rusholme With Love "On The Ropes" Los Chicharrons: East Meets West "Blow For Me, Blow For You" Carlo Fashion: Bombay Jazz "This Is Carlo Fashion" (thanks, Mo!) Depth Charge: Daughters Of Darkness "Nine Deadly Venoms" Le Hammond Inferno: Move Your MP3 (FPM Legendary Disco Allstar Mix) "Move Your MP3" Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@dsuper.net brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "william" Subject: (exotica) re: who killed teddy bear Date: 19 Aug 2001 12:39:56 +0800 >"Who Killed Teddy Bear?" is on a double bill with "God Told Me To" at Film >=46orum in NYC, August 28th & 29th. Teddy Bear is unbelievable! From 1965, i= >t >features Sal Mineo as "a proto-Travis Bickle: a pornophilic, bodybuilding >Times Square (filmed in its seedy hedyay!) habitu=E9 fixated on disco dancer >Juliet Prowse..." A must see! if i remember correctly there is a great scene in an adult book store where they pan across all the titles and among them are "tropic of cancer" and "naked lunch". anyone know if there are plans to release this on dvd? william in taipei. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) want some new MP3s? Date: 19 Aug 2001 11:44:49 +0100 there are a few new tracks on: http://www.mp3.com/umiliani http://www.mp3.com/alessandroni :) DjB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) Marty Gold "Skin Tight" Date: 19 Aug 2001 18:03:01 -0400 Marty Gold and His Orchestra "Skin Tight" RCA Living Stereo, 1960 Snappy space age pop big band instrumentals with loads of percussion. If you like those bim bam boomy arrangements on The Three Suns' movin' groovin' feverish smoke records, this is in much the same neighborhood... lots of melodic tympani and tuned bongos. Doesn't have the pan-happy stereo imagery of The Suns' records -- instead the instruments stay put in the (fully diagrammed) soundstage. The liners claim the tracks are all complete takes. Could be. Good stuff, and includes such staples as "Caravan" (unusual string version), "Lover", "How High The Moon" and "Hawaiian War Chant". Where else are you going to hear tympani play the melody line of "How High The Moon"? And of course there's that peekaboo nudey cover photo. m.ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: Subject: RE: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update Date: 20 Aug 2001 03:18:55 +0200 (MEST) Mo ask: > reissue. It's a great record. Are the others like it, I mean, less "serious" > original Indian music spiced with > a good deal of Pop? I can recommend: Ananda Shankar: "Sa-re-ga-machan" LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 especially for the track Jungle Symphony and Ananda Shankar: "2001" LP, Shiva Sounds reissue, Europe?, 2001 especially for the tracks Explorations (more than fantastic !!!), The Voyager and Flights of Fantasy all the others that I did listen to where more taditional, (but not bad of course) Charles wrote: > Looks like they've re-released most of the good stuff, with the > exception of "...and his music", which Blue Note UK (part of EMI) were > supposed to be re-releasing about 2 years ago, but never did as far as > I'm aware. > > That's been bootlegged recently but I never saw a copy - I think the boot > hails from France. My original copy sounds excellent but it's in terrible > condition so I need a better copy. It is obtainable online from Wolfgang Völkel Mailorder at: http://www.w-voelkel.de/ If it is not listed on his web page, just ask for it (I never check out his web side, because I always get his printed catalog, where it is listed. BTW I hope I have the change one day to listen to his India Remembers Elvis 7" 45 rpm EP one day, that was for sale at Tonys Wild Scene Side some times ago (songs where: Teddy Bear, How Would You Like to Be, Can't Help Falling in Love , His Latest Flames; EMI S-7EPE.3201; 1978 ) Martin -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: (exotica) sehr nett... n'est pas? Date: 20 Aug 2001 12:03:47 +0200 http://www.10000hzlegend.com/ -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Lounging wrestlers and the filthy ghost Date: 20 Aug 2001 15:16:39 +0100 An article on Mexican Wrestlers and lounge. The whole site is pretty good in fact. http://www.mindspring.com/~krainville/_wsn/page3.html As an aside I see Filthy gives Ghost World 4 fingers. http://www.bigempire.com/filthy/ El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obits] Dave Barry, Jack Elliott,Jeanne Loriod Date: 20 Aug 2001 10:29:58 -0400 Dave Barry LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Comedian Dave Barry, who opened for a number of top performers, including Wayne Newton, died Thursday. He was 82. The comedian, who was not related to the Miami-based humorist of the same name, was born in New York City and started his career at age 16 on radio's ``Major Bowes and the Original Amateur Hour.'' He moved to California in the early 1940s and served in the Army during World War II entertaining troops. Toward the end of that decade, Barry began performing in Las Vegas at the El Rancho Hotel. He was featured at the Desert Inn in a revue called ``Hello America.'' He opened for Newton for more than eight years. Barry had television and film credits, most notably in Billy Wilder's ``Some Like It Hot,'' where he played the role of Beinstock, the band's manager. In the latter part of his career, he entertained on cruise ships and appeared in the Follies, a Palm Springs variety show. Jack Elliott LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jack Elliott, a composer and conductor who worked on numerous hit television shows and movies, died Saturday of a brain tumor. He was 74. Elliott came to Los Angeles in the early 1960s to work as a musical arranger on Judy Garland's television show. He gained a reputation as one of the top composers and arrangers in Hollywood. Elliott and his frequent collaborator Allyn Ferguson worked on such shows as ``Police Story,'' ``Barney Miller,'' ``Starsky and Hutch,'' ``Charlie's Angels'' and ``The Love Boat.'' He also worked in films and teamed with director Carl Reiner on several projects, including: ``The Comic,'' ``The Jerk'' and ``Oh God.'' Elliott served as music director for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, writing the music for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as conducting the orchestra. Jeanne Loriod PARIS (AP) -- Jeanne Loriod, the leading performer of an electronic instrument used in film scores and symphonic works to produce mysterious glassy tones, died of a stroke Aug. 3 in Juan-les-Pins. She was 73. Loriod was the younger sister of pianist Yvonne Loriod, who was married to composer Olivier Messiaen. The three often collaborated. The ondes martenot -- which translates as ``Martenot waves'' after its inventor French musician Maurice Martenot -- produces electronic waves from a system of transistors, a keyboard and a ribbon attached to a ring on the performer's forefinger. Loriod's career took her all over the world. She performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, among others. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "william" Subject: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 23:20:35 +0800 hi all, today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging the music. was there ever a soundtrack released? william in taipei. ps. are there any toy collectors on this list who can reccomend a good on line toy shop that doesn't have outrageous shipping? i'm wanting that wind up bender from futurama...:) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 16:41:58 +0100 William, The six of one society did a special edition of the soundtrack (along = with Bam Caruso I think). I seem to remember seeing it for sale up at = Portmerion when I visited in the mid eighties, but I didn't buy it as I was broke = :=AC( Which was a shame as its pretty groovy. Man. =20 I've not seen it anywhere. Presumably it'll be up on e-bay from time = to time. I have a dodgy cover on a themes from the 60's LP, recorded in the = eighties by session men under a number of assumed aliases. Somewhere, I've not = seen it for a long time, the prisoner theme wasn't too bad. Needless to say there was a terrible UK rave version released in the = early 90's. (I'll tape it for anyone who wants, if you really need it I'll = try to talk my girlfriend into letting it go as its hers and she doesn't = like it much either). Good luck El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging = the > music. was there ever a soundtrack released? >=20 > william in taipei. >=20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) talking of dodgy rave covers Date: 20 Aug 2001 16:48:45 +0100 I had a brief conversation with Rob about this a while ago. Dodgy UK rave covers. I picked up a version of Popcorn recently on a 12". More late 80's than proper nineties rave, its still pretty poor. Quite entertaining in a low rent way. 3 mixes. I think its Italian in origin. I wonder how many more of 'our' tunes have been similarly massacred. I have a friend who did 'Blue Skies' but that was a more sedate Dub/Ambient variant. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 11:57:10 -0400 william wrote: today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging the music. was there ever a soundtrack released? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I got my soundtrack LP from the prisoner fan club. Go here for more info http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/index_music_archive.htm -Lou ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ps. are there any toy collectors on this list who can reccomend a good on line toy shop that doesn't have outrageous shipping? i'm wanting that wind up bender from futurama...:) ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Try: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&imgsafe=off&safe=off&q=bender+%22wind+up%22+toy&btnG=Google+Search I've seen the toy at Tower Records. You should try there also. Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 17:06:06 +0100 Good work Lou, Although they say in the FAQ that all are deleted at the moment. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > william wrote: > today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging the > music. was there ever a soundtrack released? > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > I got my soundtrack LP from the prisoner fan club. Go here for more info > http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/index_music_archive.htm > -Lou > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) talking of dodgy rave covers Date: 20 Aug 2001 17:23:49 +0100 G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk wrote: > > I had a brief conversation with Rob about this a while ago. Dodgy UK rave > covers. > I picked up a version of Popcorn recently on a 12". More late 80's than > proper nineties rave, its still pretty poor. > Quite entertaining in a low rent way. 3 mixes. I think its Italian in > origin. > I wonder how many more of 'our' tunes have been similarly massacred. > > I have a friend who did 'Blue Skies' but that was a more sedate Dub/Ambient > variant. It's not rave, but there was a record 2(?) years ago (Shaft - 'Mucho Mambo') which sampled 'Sway' - can't remember which version, possibly Julie London, or Rosemary Clooney, and then they did the same thing again last year(?) with 'Mambo Italiano'. Just average pop house stuff - pretty annoying. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 20 Aug 2001 09:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Just returned from vacation which involved visits to the Kon-Tiki beachfront tiki bar in St. Martin and 2 nights at Ft Lauderdale's glorious Mai Kai, and "Cap's Place" at Lighthouse Point, FL (some tiki relevance). If anyone would care for a review for their site, with photos, contact me to discuss. Likely I will post here when I have the opportunity. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 20 Aug 2001 19:30:26 +0000 Ben Waugh wrote: > Just returned from vacation which involved visits to > the Kon-Tiki beachfront tiki bar in St. Martin and 2 > nights at Ft Lauderdale's glorious Mai Kai, and "Cap's > Place" at Lighthouse Point, FL (some tiki relevance). > If anyone would care for a review for their site, with > photos, contact me to discuss. You might want to check out this Tiki relevant club at Yahoo! http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: thinkmatic@att.net Subject: (exotica) Back to the list Date: 20 Aug 2001 18:15:10 +0000 Hello, I’ve been away from the list for quite a few months. On top of normal existence my wife and I had a 2nd daughter and I had back surgery, so I’ve been kept busy. I’ve got some unfinished business with a few folks on the list and I’ll try to clean that up in the next month. Anyone who wants to drop me a line you’ll see I have a new e-mail address. My archive of mp3ed, exotica/bossa/now sound/soundtrack/funk and other music is pretty darn big and maybe in a month or two I'll be back into trading, but it will pretty much be mp3 trading only. Not wanting to violate fair use I'll just mail CD-Rs, no fancy internet desemination. I'm in the process of putting togehter a complete list of my exotica mp3s and I think there are around 800 albums, thanks to the generosity of folks on this list. Keep up the good work. I recall back 6-8 months ago some folks were talking about starting an on-line database were folks could input artists names and album titles and then give brief reviews. Has anything happened with that? It seemed like such a great resource that it stuck in my mind. More to come, Roy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Erik Subject: Re: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 21:06:39 +0200 william wrote: > today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging the > music. was there ever a soundtrack released? I think my favourite 3 artists in the world are: 1. Pizzicato five, Japanese popgroup better than any other popgroup - ever! 2. Danial Johnston, Texas lo-fi singer with (painfully) beautifull songs and 3. David Shea, New York sample-composer. He's connected to John Zorn's jazz/experimental scene, but different. I'm bringing this up because David Shea's second album 'Prisoner' is based on the BBC series. Unfortunately I've never seen 'the prisoner' myself. The cd is also a tribute to soundtrack composers like John Barry, Henry Mancini, Bernstein, Moricone, Herrmann. Some of these are sampled directly, but I only recognize Andre Popp (combined with a sample that goes "You're free to go!!...Haha!.. free to go!..haha.. free to go!). Anyway, it's not the soundtrack, but I gues it could be.. I'm still waiting for the BBC to rerun the series. And David Shea is really an amazing artist/composer, who uses much more exorica samples in his work, but might as well write a classical piece, or do a Gainsbourg cover. Erik # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obits] Flip Phillips,Jeanne Loriod Date: 20 Aug 2001 15:53:09 -0400 August 18, 2001 Flip Phillips, Saxophone Star With Bands in the Swing Era, Dies at 86 By BEN RATLIFF,NYTimes Flip Phillips, a tenor saxophonist who was one of the last links to the swing era and who gained his greatest fame through his performances in the epic Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts of the 1940's and 50's, died yesterday at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 86 and lived in Pompano Beach, Fla. Born Joseph Filippelli in Brooklyn, Mr. Phillips began his career while still a teenager, playing alto saxophone and clarinet in Brooklyn restaurants. By the tail end of the swing era, in the early 1940's, he was playing on Manhattan's 52nd Street with Frankie Newton, and then performed with Benny Goodman, Wingy Manone and Red Norvo. In 1944, his fortunes changed. He joined Woody Herman's First Herd, as one of the main soloists, and soon won attention thanks to the improvisational freedom given him by Herman. He had a warm, smoky ballad sound on tenor saxophone, but as he began to show toward the end of the 1940's — most famously on a 1947 Jazz at the Philharmonic recording of "Perdido," with Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones and Howard McGhee as other members of an all-star band — he could get tremendous crowd reaction by roaring, honking, squealing and playing in a style considered inelegant by the standards of Lester Young, who was then a leading light of the tenor saxophone. He was criticized for doing so, but made a name for himself and went on to play in the Jazz at the Philharmonic's touring revues for 11 years; many of these performances were recorded, and a few are classics. In the 1950's he occasionally co-led a group with the trombonist Bill Harris, and he worked with Benny Goodman again in 1959. In the mid-50's, Mr. Phillips settled in Broward County, Fla., where he came out of retirement sporadically to play at festivals and jazz parties. Last year, Mr. Phillips made a record for Verve, "Swing Is the Thing," which paired him with a top- class rhythm section and two of today's top tenor saxophonists in jazz, Joe Lovano and James Carter; it was greeted warmly as the return of a beloved figure. He is survived by his wife, Miyoko; a sister, Theresa LeBlanc of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and a grandson. ---------- August 19, 2001 Jeanne Loriod, Who Transformed Electronic Wails Into Heartfelt Music, Dies at 73 By DOUGLAS MARTIN,NYTimes Jeanne Loriod, whose artistry playing the ondes martenot — a rare electronic instrument known for its haunting wail — made her the instrument's most celebrated performer, died on Aug. 3 at Juan-les-Pins, France. She was 73. The cause was a stroke, British newspapers reported. The instrument, also known as ondes musicales, French for musical waves, was first demonstrated in France on April 20, 1928, by its inventor, Maurice Martenot. Miss Loriod was born in Houilles, near Paris, three months later, on July 13. She followed her sister Yvonne to the piano class of Lazare Levy at the Paris Conservatory, where she soon became fascinated by the new instrument. She studied it with Martenot, who had just begun teaching it at the conservatory. Her high grades enabled her to join a quartet begun by Martenot's sister, Ginette. She was in the middle of a futuristic electronic music movement that never went remotely as far as its pioneers dreamed. Beginning with the 200-ton telharmonium, and on through at least a dozen instruments with strange-sounding names and even stranger sounds, proponents of the new music delighted in making previously unimaginable noises. For example, the theremin, an electronic instrument conjured up by a Russian scientist, Leon Theremin, in 1920, can make a sound that has been likened to a violin being played while submerged in deep water. Other electronic instruments include the trautonium, the sfaerofon, the gnome and the orgatron. Not surprisingly, the new instruments found their most welcome home in movie soundtracks, including those for "King Kong," "The Lost Weekend" and "Spellbound." Rock groups also liked the eerie sounds. The Beach Boys used a theremin in "Good Vibrations." But those who loved the ondes martenot had higher aspirations. It uses radio tubes to produce electronic pulses at two supersonic sound-wave frequencies. These in turn produce a lower frequency within the audible range, which is amplified and converted into sound by a loudspeaker. Many tones can be created by filtering out some of the tones of the audible notes. The instrument is played with a keyboard and by manipulating a ribbon with a ring for the player's right index finger. Ondes were manufactured individually, to order only. But like the theremin, the ondes martenot achieved its widest exposure not in avant-garde music, but on the screen. Maurice Jarre, a friend of Miss Loriod, played the instrument for "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Mad Max." One early composer who took an immediate liking to the ondes martenot was Olivier Messiaen, who married Jeanne's sister Yvonne; she became a renowned pianist. Particularly in his 10-movement symphony, "Turangalila," Messiaen used the ondes martenot to create shimmering, swooping musical effects. Virtually everywhere "Turangalila" was performed, Jeanne Loriod was to be found, her sister often playing the virtuoso piano part. Miss Loriod recorded her part in the symphony at least six times and performed it live with conductors like Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn and Zubin Mehta. In addition to Yvonne, Miss Loriod is survived by another sister, Jacqueline. Miss Loriod also took ample advantage of two other masterworks that Messiaen wrote for the instrument. "Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine" (1943-44) mixes its qualities with women's voices, piano, strings and percussion. "Saint François d'Assise" (1975-83) features the ondes in three of the eight tableaus in a work lasting nearly four hours. Other composers who wrote for the instrument included Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Edgard Varčse, Charles Koechlin, Florent Schmitt and Jacques Ibert. Jeanne Loriod performed in more than 500 works, 14 of them concertos. She added to the repertoire herself by creating 85 works for a sextet of ondes she formed in 1974, initially to revive Messiaen's first ondes piece, "La Fęte des Belles Eaux" of 1937. She taught at several French conservatories and wrote a three-volume book that became the standard text for the instrument: "Technique de l'Onde Electronique Type Martenot" (Leduc, 1987). Hugh Davies, a performer and musicologist specializing in electronic instruments, estimated that more than 1,000 works had been composed for the ondes. Thus Miss Loriod bristled when an interviewer suggested to her in 1988 that the instrument's repertory might be less than extensive. "Since 1928 we have 15 concertos and over 300 works of chamber music," she answered, also citing the 85 she wrote for her sextet. But the success of the exotic instrument seems to have been diminished by the small number of players. "The fact is that any instrument with no institutional grounding of second- and third-raters, no spectral army of amateurs, will wither and vanish: how can it not?" Mark Singer wrote in "The Wire" in 1997. He continued, "Specialist virtuosos may arrive to tackle the one-off novelty — the theramin's Clara Rockwell, the ondes martenot's Jeanne Loriod, the trautonium's Oskar Sala — but there's no meaningful level of entry at the ground floor, and, what's worse, no fallback possibility of rank careerism if things don't turn out." Not just anybody, after all, had Ms. Loriod's versatility. Shortly before her death, she had hoped to perform with the British pop group Radiohead. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) david shea Date: 20 Aug 2001 16:12:02 -0400 funny you should mention him as i was going to since i just bought his Tower of Mirrors cd this week. 1995 and was going to bring it up here today. a quick freek description would be obscure concept freeflowing ambient orchestrations with real instruments, samples and wild sound. based on ancient chinese story. makes use of Stereo Action lps and and the 3 Suns among others. only listened to it once so far. would not say it is one of my favorite records or anything but i am digging it. i am kinda put off by the "avant" scenesters but i am trying not to be judgement these days. from forced exposure This is already the third album released by Sub Rosa, after the acclaimed PRISONER and I (for sampler solo), this one gives a more complex figure of the sampler composition. Composed and produced by Shea in New York City, it includes 24 tracks (each one is a room to explore with ist own mood). Featuring David Morley (R&S) on analog synthesizer programming, Dave Douglas on trumpet, Zeena Parkins on piano & prepared piano and Jim Pugliese on percussions. David Shea was born in 1965. He has been a pupil of Morton Feldman and since he was very young he has been active in the New York downtown new music scene. For the last four years he has been involved in many projects of John Zorn...He has also worked in close collaboration with Marc Ribot, Jim Pugliese and Anthony Coleman. From 1986 to 1990 he worked as a club DJ playing hip hop, house and jazz at many clubs in New York. Shea works now as composer for string quartet and sampler solo and it is close to nothing known in music today. "The Tower of Mirrors" is a work that began as a collection of pieces for sampler solo and for sampler and solo instrumentalist, a series of 'mirrors' for solos and duos based on parts of the novel. Also a collection of tributes to composers in ambient dance music, exotica, easy listening film music and experimental music formed separate points of entry. In particular many of the great arrangers and composers of the period from 1955-64 who were the pioneers of stereo recording such as: Esquivel, Marty Gold, The Three Suns, Andre Popp and all the engineers and players on the RCA stereo experiments were very extreme and were a combination of music technology and experimentation that was unique before or since. Also the exotica records of Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Ferrante & Teicher, and Mystic Moods were direct influences. Historical teachings (often completely out of order), religious lessons and a host of allegorical, historical encountered much in the same was as in Dante's La Divine Comedia. listen to bits of this cd here click on track 7 first to hear the use of exotica samples. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?PID=1133754&style=music&frm=lk_inktomi bump >3. David Shea, New York sample-composer. He's connected to John Zorn's >jazz/experimental scene, but different. >And David Shea is really an amazing artist/composer, who uses much more >exorica samples in his work, but might as well write a classical piece, or >do a Gainsbourg cover. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Erik Subject: Re: (exotica) david shea Date: 20 Aug 2001 23:05:35 +0200 Bump Stadelman wrote: > funny you should mention him as i was going to since i just bought > his Tower of Mirrors cd this week. I really like all of his work. Satyricon and Shock Corridor are great, the cd's with Scanner (espacially new york soundscape) and DJ Grasshoppa, the Mort aux vaches cd... The tower of mirrors is not my favourite however, although it has many wonderfull and recognizable samples and some great tracks. You should play it ad random, as he suggestes in on the sleeve-notes. Imho his best work is 'I', some compositions for solo sampler. Erik # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: Re: (exotica) david shea Date: 20 Aug 2001 23:13:03 +0200 Bump Stadelman schrieb:listen to bits of this cd here > click on track 7 first to hear the use of exotica samples. > http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?PID=1133754&style=music&frm=lk_inktomi sounds like sort of "do it yourself" kind of music to me... is this old stuff? -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Philip Jackson Subject: Re: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 21 Aug 2001 08:09:22 +1000 on 21/8/01 1:20 AM, william at king8egg@ms60.url.com.tw wrote: > today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging the > music. was there ever a soundtrack released? I have this on CD. Picked it up at my local library - it was released late '80's I think. Unfortunately the cover was covered in "Property of Darebin Library" stickers but the disc itself copied fine. Philip # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Carl Howard Subject: Re: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 18:20:01 -0400 I just happened to be watching the episode "A,B, and C" yesterday and fou= nd that a nightmarish and rather electronic music cue was repurposed in a tr= ack that used to get a lot of play on LuxuriaMusic.com... I thought it was Ti= psy, but... now I don't know. What rotten timing for the soundtrack CDs to be= out of print! A+E network, get on the damn stick ! william wrote: > hi all, > > today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging th= e > music. was there ever a soundtrack released? > > william in taipei. -- Peace Out Choppa Choppa Bang Bang Hack=FC Maim=FC Where's da WUV=99? Sun Ra on your PC... The CyberSpace Ministry http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=3Dlitlgrey or go to http://live365.com Search keyword: Sun Ra # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@attglobal.net Subject: Re: (exotica) talking of dodgy rave covers Date: 20 Aug 2001 19:31:12 -0400 > It's not rave, but there was a record 2(?) years ago (Shaft - 'Mucho > Mambo') which sampled 'Sway' While in Turkey this past April, I bought a CD by a rock group named Athena (CD title 'tam zamani simdi'). One of the songs they cover is titled 'Macera', which is really our familiar 'Sway' tune .... and it is sung in Turkish. I saw them perform this song on a Turkish television show - probably to please the older folks in the multi-generation studio audience. Its actually one of my favorite songs on this CD. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) david shea Date: 20 Aug 2001 19:22:16 -0400 i think it is from 1995. DIY is ok with me. bump >Bump Stadelman schrieb:listen to bits of this cd here > >> click on track 7 first to hear the use of exotica samples. >> >>http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?PID=1133754&style=music&frm=lk_inktomi > >sounds like sort of "do it yourself" kind of music to me... is this old stuff? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: (exotica) Syracuse Date: 20 Aug 2001 20:44:53 -0400 Johanne and I just got back (a couple of hours ago), from a meandering road trip through upstate New York. I found many 1950s crime magazines in antique stores, and dutifully paid the prices they were asking for many of them. The big surprise was the quality of the Salvation Army stores in Utica, Glen Falls and Plattsburgh. Here are some of the finds: Music of the African Zulus Bacharach Baroque -- the Renaissance Power House -- Bobby Hammack Quartet assorted Leroy Holmes albums A Latin Happening -- Tony Hatch La Dolce Henke -- Mel Henke The Avengers -- Laurie Johnson Orchestra Trio 64 -- Bill Evans and holes in my Enoch Light, Buddy Rich and folkie collections. Each of the Salvation Army stores had one or two 1950s men's suits, and while they were too small for me, they've long disappeared from Sally-Anne's here, and my faith was reborn. Lake George, in NY State, is full of post-war regional resort treasures (unlike Saratoga Springs, which is stomach-turningly gentrified). There's a Howard Johnsons-run Tiki restaurant with a Polynesian floor show and dinner every night, a Tiki on the front lawn and nicely angled architecture. Unfortunately, we only stumbled on it in early afternoon, and they wouldn't let us take a peek at the restaurant (and we couldn't stay.) Will Will Straw, Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Art History and Communications Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street W. Montreal, QC H3A 2T6 Canada Phone: (514) 398 7667 Fax: (514) 398 7247 Co-Investigator, Culture of Cities Project, http://www.yorku.ca/culture_of_cities/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: thinkmatic@att.net Subject: (exotica) Skin Tight mp3 Date: 21 Aug 2001 01:13:45 +0000 Marty Gold and His Orchestra "Skin Tight" RCA Living Stereo, 1960 Yeah, it's a nice one. Thanks to someone on the list I have mp3s of it and front and back cover graphics. I think I even got a graphic of the insert of orchestra lay out. If anyone wants to hear it send me a CD-R. -Roy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: thinkmatic@att.net Subject: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 21 Aug 2001 01:22:52 +0000 Funny, I've recently been watching the DVDs of the show, thanks to Netflix and I too found the music very groovy. The show is exceptional also. I recorded the theme song off the DVD and mp3-ized it just so I could have a copy to listen to, but if anyone has more music from the show I'd love to hear it. I've also been watching "I Spy" on DVD and the music from that is killer. The show is great too. In the next few days I have an "I Spy" related question that I need to ask the list members. Till then. Roy G. Biv # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 18:30:44 -0700 At 08:20 AM 8/20/01, william in taipei wrote: > today i was watching the prisoner. and found myself quite digging the >music. was there ever a soundtrack released? I seem to recall it was on Varese Sarabande...with the "bicycle" dominating the front. I would confirm with the VS catalog but their website won't get started for me, for some reason. Byron # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) I Spy Date: 20 Aug 2001 18:38:50 -0700 At 06:22 PM 8/20/01, Roy wrote: >I've also been watching "I Spy" on DVD and the music >from that is killer. I bought "the" I Spy soundtrack LP years ago and was unhappy with most of it. Then I learned there was ANOTHER I Spy soundtrack (from a book of LP covers I noticed it was on another label and a different look), so I found a copy of that one. Turns out the second one I got was MUCH better than the first. So, if you have your choice, always go for the orange one first IMHO. Thats the Warner Brothers 1637 in Stereo. There the main theme is upbeat and sounds more like the real thing. The red cover one is on Capitol ST2839 and the main theme is laid back. Of course, the red one is not ALL bad...but I was so glad to get the orange one with the upbeat main theme! Byron # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bill J. Parker" Subject: (exotica) re: The Prisoner Date: 20 Aug 2001 23:21:16 -0400 I got two of the three Prisoner CDs from Silva Screen directly from the label about a year or a year and a half ago (I got the other one on eBay). The original music on volume one is great, but two and three are full of great cuts from the Chappell library. I doubt I got the last copies Silva had, so if you call them (the number on their website is (212) 757-1616) you may get lucky. If the NYC number didn't tip you off, I'm talking about Silva America, not the UK office (although the discs are actually from the UK). The part numbers are FILMCD 042 (Volume One), FILMCD 084 (Volume Two) and FILMCD 126 (Volume Three). By the way, I've also found that the Manabu Iwamura CD "This Is How I Feel About JAZZ" reminds me of the incidental music from The Prisoner for some reason. Be seeing you (sorry... I couldn't resist), Bill # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian Linds" Subject: (exotica) Ferrante and Teicher Date: 20 Aug 2001 20:48:34 -0700 Hi folks! This looks like a winner. Made when they were Julliard students. Plus 18 minutes of material recorded in 2000. It looks terrific! Artwork and liner notes by Keith LoBue. http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=302%2D066%2D261%2D2 Brian Linds # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) the prisoner Date: 21 Aug 2001 00:45:32 -0400 At 01:22 AM 8/21/01 +0000, thinkmatic@att.net wrote: > >I've also been watching "I Spy" on DVD and the music >from that is killer. The show is great too. In the next >few days I have an "I Spy" related question that I need >to ask the list members. Till then. If the question is about the soundtrack record, I'm sad to say that it's not as good as I dreamed it would be. I guess the only good news there is that I actually heard it at someone else's house rather than buying it. I still want it I guess but only because that was one of my favorite shows of all time, as a kid, and I kind of think it almost holds up when I see it now. And for sure, that opening credit sequence is still one of the best ever. My heart skips a beat when his tennis raquet turns into a gun. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) re: The Prisoner Date: 21 Aug 2001 00:52:00 -0400 I know the Prisoner was brilliant but I always had a problem with it. And I'll tell you why. It was all the fault of Stephen Moses and a couple other of my childhood friends. They would watch the show with a pad of paper, taking notes. Then they would try to figure out who Number One was. And other such problems. They also played chess by the way. I hated chess because you had to think and I never liked stuff where you had to think. I liked stuff where you just use intuition. Like dodge ball for instance. But they don't organize dodge ball for adults. Anyway I guess I didn't like the Prisoner for the same reason I didn't like chess. And the idea of my friends actually taking notes didn't help. Also it was kind of ponderous. I loved Patrick McGoohan from his days on Danger Man (or Secret Agent Man to you Yanks.) But he didn't get to do anything cool on the Prisoner. Finally the idea that the Prisoner was himself "Number One" was stupid, even if it was also obvious. You can return to your discussion now. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) I Spy Date: 20 Aug 2001 22:10:34 -0700 At 06:22 PM 8/20/01, Roy wrote: >I've also been watching "I Spy" on DVD and the music >from that is killer. I bought "the" I Spy soundtrack LP years ago and was unhappy with most of it. Then I learned there was ANOTHER I Spy soundtrack (from a book of LP covers I noticed it was on another label and a different look), so I found a copy of that one. Turns out the second one I got was MUCH better than the first. So, if you have your choice, always go for the orange one first IMHO. Thats the Warner Brothers 1637 in Stereo. There the main theme is upbeat and sounds more like the real thing. The red cover one is on Capitol ST2839 and the main theme is laid back. Of course, the red one is not ALL bad...but I was so glad to get the orange one with the upbeat main theme! Byron # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Ferrante and Teicher Date: 20 Aug 2001 23:23:01 -0700 At 08:48 PM 8/20/01, Brian wrote: >Hi folks! This looks like a winner. Made when they were Julliard students. >Plus 18 minutes of material recorded in 2000. It looks terrific! Artwork and >liner notes by Keith LoBue. >http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=302%2D066%2D261%2D2 Cool! This is the one I (and I hope others) have been waiting for! While there I was also going to order the Steve Allen CDs. Yarg! Out of print! Luckilly I had already purchased the two Enoch Light Percussion CDs, as those are *also* out of print. Anyone know anything about the Enoch Light Beatles CD (which IS still available)? I already had the Ernie Kovacs CD which is still there. There was a Pete Rugolo soundtrack I was unfamiliar with, but I played a few samples and thought it was pretty cool, so I got it while I could. Unless a CD is at the top of the charts, don't expect it to be around in the shops for long! Get it if you want it. Some go on sale, some make it back to the used bins and maybe the cutouts, but alot of them simply disappear never to be found again! I missed out on some Les Baxter CDs because I did not act when I saw them (and the warning we got about end-of-lifeing them didn't give me enough time to run down and purchase my copy). BTW I am less convinced Varese Sarabande released "The Prisoner" ST CD because it was not on their list of available CDs (or even those on the list which were out of print). Of course, that is not totally a perfect indicator. I have VS CDs which are no longer carried which are not on the web list. Byron # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Back to the list Date: 21 Aug 2001 09:06:20 +0100 Roy, There are 3 that come to mind immediately, Firstly Johanns site which has reviews mostly culled from here, Popnouveau and Jack Diamond's site. He says send in your comments! It sometimes lags a bit behind the discussions, but s Johann is doing the work himself I think thats forgivable. Then theres the Ben Waugh and Bruce Lenkei's site the Exotica review. Its more like the Space Age Bachelor Pad site and less databasey in feel. And last is Jonny's musical taste page, this is more a 'submit a favourite song' page and is driven by contributors, lots of non-exotica here, lots of Brazilian tracks thanks to Jonny (maybe he should send them to Johann, who says Brazil is under represented on his site). eXotica releases overview (Johanns site) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/disq.htm The Exotica Review: http://www.bway.net/~er/ Musical taste http://www.psychedelicado.com/indexmt.html El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > I recall back 6-8 months ago some folks were talking > about starting an on-line database were folks could > input artists names and album titles and then give brief > reviews. Has anything happened with that? It seemed > like such a great resource that it stuck in my mind. > > More to come, > Roy > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: (exotica) Ventures Batman Date: 21 Aug 2001 10:44:59 +0200 Since you mentioned it Martin, I think I have it. Is it the one with Batman Theme, Zocko, The Cape, Get Smart, The Man From UNCLE, Hot Line, Joker's Wild, Up,Up and Away, Green Hornet 66, 00-711, Vampcamp, Secret Agent Man? Mo -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) up at the old car boot Date: 21 Aug 2001 09:46:12 +0100 We had visitors this weekend who wanted to go up to the old Car Boot sale even though it was very, very rainy. There was hardly anyone up there unsurprisingly, but it meant that even though we were very late there was actually good stuff still around and pretty cheap. For 30p each I got: 101 Strings - Million seller hits of today. Orchestra under the direction of DL Miller 'with a swinging rhythm section from Britain'. fair enough then, a nice track selection. This is by and large the kind of super easy sound you expect from the 101 strings, I'm sure this LP has been discussed recently, because hidden away between Macarthur Park, Honey, and (a pretty good) Look of Love are a couple of tracks from Astro sounds, one of which 'Sure Listic' is pretty Byrds like and groovy, and the other has an extremely noisy fuzzed and tremeloed guitar starting it off. Very good condition and a nice pressing with a psychedelic picture on the sleeve. Quite tastefully done of course. It also had the original inner sleeve with pictures of other 101 strings LP's to tantalise. So how are: Here come the birds Sounds of 69 Million Seller hits in a Latin style Play the Supremes Kabu Kei Vuda Entertainers - Exciting Fiji Salem Stereo XPS 5068 Made in NZ with 'Quantas' plastered all over the sleeve. Great sleeve notes (beautiful love songs and the latest rock and roll types of tunes) and a picture of a man in a leaf skirt on the cover. The LP seems to have been recorded by a hotel band sometime in the mid sixties (they were formed in 62) and the sleeve notes go to great lengths to stress the authenticity of the group. Its not bad, not particularly percussive or 'Hawaiian' - there are no steel guitars or bird calls. The instrumentation is drums (not a kit I think) bass and accoustic guitar, the vocals are male and often chanted in unison, but there is some singing. To me it is reminiscent of mariachi music or modern African music in feel (no chiming guitars obviously). But it would be hard to describe why. It is quite hooky, I expect I'll be able to sing along after I've played it a few more times Again very good condition , I'm happy. I also picked up an original Walker Brothers and a Cream LP for 30p each, but I don't expect you want to hear about them.... El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: (exotica) to whom it may concern Date: 21 Aug 2001 10:40:26 +0200 I've set up some pix online from my Ritual of the Savage party at last, after 8 months, mon dieu... you find it on my Tikiland homepage http://tikiland.de when you click on the 3rd head of the skull rack. Mo -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) to whom it may concern Date: 21 Aug 2001 11:52:02 +0100 Now thats what I call a party. good work! El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > I've set up some pix online from my Ritual of the Savage party at last, > after 8 months, mon dieu... > you find it on my Tikiland homepage http://tikiland.de when you click on > the 3rd head of the skull rack. > > > Mo > > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) [obits] Art Seid, Lester Pine,Gilyan Francesco,Jack Date: 21 Aug 2001 08:27:42 -0400 Art Seid, 87, a highly respected editor of motion pictures and television shows for more than half a century who worked on "The Three Stooges," "Perry Mason" and "Dobie Gillis," died Aug. 9 at Pacific Convalescent Home in Santa Monica. Born in New York but raised in Hollywood, Seid began his career in post-production at Columbia Pictures. During World War II, he worked in England and Hollywood on war documentaries as an officer in the Army Motion Picture Signal Corps. Returning to Columbia, he edited "Three Stooges" features and such classics as "Lost Horizons." Seid moved to 20th Century Fox Television in the mid-1950s, where he supervised such series as "Broken Arrow" and edited the pilot for Raymond Burr's "Perry Mason." He went on to become the series supervising film editor and associate producer, and later produced the 1970s version, "The New Adventures of Perry Mason." Seid continued editing television movies into the late 1980s. ---------- Lester Pine, 84, a stand-up comedian of the 1940s who became a television and motion picture writer for such series as "Ben Casey" and such films as "Claudine," starring Diahann Carroll, died Saturday in Los Angeles of prostate cancer. A native of Chicago, Pine established himself in the mid-1950s as a writer for such TV series as "Mr. Lucky," "Dobie Gillis" and the pioneering medical show "Ben Casey." With his late wife, Tina, Pine wrote such films as the 1966 "A Man Called Adam" starring Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong and Mel Torme. The Pines also wrote "Claudine" and the 1969 film "Popi" starring Alan Arkin and Rita Moreno. They later turned "Popi" into a 1975-76 television series featuring Hector Elizondo as a hard-working Puerto Rican widower supporting his two young sons in New York City. Pine continued writing novels, plays and screenplays until his death. ----------- Gilyan Francesco GILYAN FRANCESCO, who has died aged 82, was known as South Africa's "National Clown" but was a performer of volatile temperament. On one occasion, while he was working with a small circus in Mauritius, two of the show's performing monkeys escaped. They found Francesco's make-up kit, daubed themselves like clowns and ran into a dressing tent, destroying all the costumes before being caught. Francesco insisted either the monkeys went or he did; so they were given away to a Mauritian. A few weeks later Francesco asked how the monkeys were. "They were delicious" the man replied. One of Francesco's acts involved him dressing up as an Oriental Princess, and hypnotising a horde of crocodiles before walking up and down a ladder of sharp swords. When he cut his bare foot on one of the swords, badly placed by a careless assistant, Francesco attacked the boy responsible in front of the audience. The next day, a nun knocked on his door inquiring about the condition of the poor lady who had been in a fight in the ring the night before. In another incident Francesco was found bashing a dwarf clown over the head with a metal bucket, because he was infuriated by the dwarf's having resigned in the middle of a performance. Gilyan Francesco was born at Wellington, in the Cape, in 1919, although there is some doubt about his age. He made his stage debut aged six, playing a mouse in the pantomime Dick Whittington, with the words "eek! eek!", which he spoke through a hole in the scenery. He began his career as an actor, taking theatrical tours to the most remote parts of the continent, and often sleeping under bridges or beneath bits of stage scenery due to lack of funds. His clowning skills, however, were taught to him by the Australian clown Tony Murrell, who paid him 25 cents a week, "and a clip on the ear every time I didn't clean Murrell's shoes properly". Francesco became an auguste (traditionally the clown with a red nose and baggy trousers) and played this part for some years at Pagel's circus, until Madame Pagel decided he should become an elegant white-face clown in spangled costume. In the 1950s Francesco, known as "Fanny" to circus folk, moved to Boswell's Circus, one of South Africa's greatest touring shows. Francesco then joined Wilkie's Circus to work with the British clown Charlie Bale, but had a disagreement with the owner and left after a week. Boswell's later merged with Wilkie's show and Francesco toured with it during the 1970s. Such was his fame during this period that a wig-making firm took a half page advertisement in the programme proclaiming that it had made Francesco's hairpiece. Francesco was retained by the South African Ministry of Education to lecture to school children on a variety of subjects, from animals to road safety. Francesco, who was still performing a few days before his death, liked to say that his face was lined by a lifetime of laughter rather than age: "Yesterday I felt 121; tomorrow I may feel 33." ---------- August 19, 2001 OBITUARIES Jack Elliott; Composer Led Mancini Institute By JON THURBER, (L.A.)TIMES STAFF WRITER Jack Elliott, arranger, composer and conductor for scores of hit television shows and movies, died Saturday of a brain tumor at UCLA Medical Center. He was 74. The tumor was diagnosed just three weeks ago as Elliott worked as musical director of the Henry Mancini Institute, which brings gifted young musicians from throughout the world to Los Angeles for a summer training program, his son said. Born Irwin Elliott Zucker in Hartford, Conn., Elliott graduated from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. He studied composition with Isadore Freed, Lukas Foss and Arnold Franchetti. After completing his education, Elliott moved to New York, finding work as a jazz pianist at such rooms as the Stork Club. In the 1950s he lived in Paris, where he worked as an orchestrator and developed friendships with other expatriate musicians, including Quincy Jones. Returning to New York, Elliott became a dance arranger and orchestrator for Broadway musicals, including "Fiorello" and "Tenderloin." In the early 1960s, he was lured to Los Angeles to work as a musical arranger on Judy Garland's television show. He then worked as musical director for Andy Williams on his long-running NBC program. Elliott later produced and conducted the NBC television special "Live From Studio 8H: 100 Years of America's Popular Music." For Elliott, work created more opportunities, and he fashioned a career as one of the top composers and arrangers in Hollywood. Through the 1970s, if a show was popular on TV, it most likely had the music of Elliott and his frequent collaborator Allyn Ferguson. Those shows included "Police Story," "Barney Miller," "Starsky and Hutch," "Charlie's Angels" and "The Love Boat." Elliott also worked in films, often with director Carl Reiner, on projects including "The Comic," "Where's Poppa?" "The Jerk" and "Oh God." He became the musical director of choice for big event telecasts, working on several Academy Award shows, Emmy Award shows and Kennedy Center Honors. He was the only director of the Grammy Award orchestra in its 31-year history. In 1984, he served as music director for the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, writing music for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as conducting the orchestra. In the late 1970s, Elliott cut back on his lucrative television work to help found the New American Orchestra, which commissioned and performed new compositions, mainly from American jazz composers. With a base in Los Angeles and performances at the Music Center, the orchestra included some of the top studio musicians in town and noted guests such as Gerry Mulligan, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Shelley Manne, Sarah Vaughan and Phil Woods. The orchestra presented inventive programming well into the 1990s. But though the music was critically well received, the orchestra had trouble finding an audience and the money to pay for its creative endeavors. "It's absolutely crazy," Elliott once lamented in an interview. "We've presented important works that have never been heard before, and who knows when they can be heard again? It's a crime that this orchestra is not recorded." In 1993, the orchestra--under its new name, the American Jazz Philharmonic--did record a compact disc on the GRP label that was nominated for a Grammy. Some of Elliott's most important work came during the last five years through the American Jazz Philharmonic's association with the Henry Mancini Institute. Named for the legendary film composer, the institute offers a monthlong program of concerts, seminars and master classes. Aware of the value of versatility in his career, Elliott shaped a program that reflected his far-ranging skills, insisting that each of the players, regardless of their backgrounds, experience film music, jazz, improvisation, contemporary and classical music in large and small ensembles. "There isn't anything else around quite like this," Elliott said of the prog ram last year in an interview with Don Heckman, who writes about jazz for The Times. "They're playing music that just doesn't exist in this form in many places. . . . And many of them show up unprepared for the shock of playing this range of music. It's totally unique." In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Henry Mancini Institute, P.O. Box 34575, Los Angeles, CA 90034-0575. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced. ------------ Legendary Soul Singer Passes Away Chicago, Monday, August 20, 2001 Legendary Soul singer, Betty Everett, passed away in her home in Beloit Wisconsin over the weekend. Her body was found by her family on Sunday. Cause of death has yet to be determined. Born in Greenwood Mississippi on November 23, 1939, Betty Everett is remembered primarily for one huge hit in the 60's, but she was also one of the very best soul singers and actually recorded many songs. Starting at age nine she played the piano and sang in church. She continued to sing in gospel choirs, and eventually moved to Chicago in 1957. While there she continued to sing. She recorded songs on some of the local Chicago labels such as C.J., Cobra and OneDerful in the late 50's and early 60's, coming up with local hits such as I'll Be There and I've Got A Claim On You. She signed a contract with VeeJay, a label that was issuing some hits by the Beatles at around the same time. Her release of "You're No Good" just missed the top fifty late in 1963 and was covered in the UK by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Then she hit big. Betty Everett recorded "The Shoop Shoop Song [It's In His Kiss]" in the Spring of 1964 and it soared to Billboard's Top-10. Other records, such as "I Can't Hear You" and "Getting Mighty Crowded" extended her fan base. She then did a duet with another prominent Chicago-area singer, Jerry Butler, and their single, "Let It Be Me" also made the top ten that year. Other Betty Everett/Jerry Butler duets came along, such as their single "Smile" and their LP "Delicious Together." Betty Everett made a wildly successful tour of England in the mid-60's in support of these releases. After Vee Jay folded in 1967, Betty went to ABC without success before coming back on Uni in 1969 with "There'll Come A Time," her last top forty hit. This song was her first entry in the soul charts where it went to number two. Betty had five more entries in the soul charts on Uni and Fantasy by 1971. The song that Betty Everett is remembered for, however, is one that everybody knew in 1964, "The Shoop Shoop Song [It's In His Kiss]." Betty most recently appeared on DOO WOP 51 (PBS) with Jerry Butler. It was her last public performance. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: litlgrey@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Skin Tight mp3 Date: 21 Aug 2001 08:42:18 -0400 I'd love to hear that! You can send your postal addy to me at litlgrey@ix.netcom.com . thinkmatic@att.net wrote: > Marty Gold and His Orchestra "Skin Tight" RCA Living Stereo, 1960 Yeah, it's a nice one. Thanks to someone on the list I have mp3s of it and front and back cover graphics. I think I even got a graphic of the insert of orchestra lay out. If anyone wants to hear it send me a CD-R. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) [obits] Gilyan Francesco,Betty Everett Date: 21 Aug 2001 13:48:27 +0100 Lou, the Francesco obit is up there with Catch Ketchamori and the fake lava wall. Sad to hear about Betty Everett, I'm playing at a soul weekender this Saturday and had dug out one her LP's for the occasion, guess I'll be playing quite a bit of it. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > Gilyan Francesco > > GILYAN FRANCESCO, who has died aged 82, was > known as South Africa's "National Clown" but was a > performer of volatile temperament. > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Gingerich Subject: (exotica)Foraging the Digital Jungle Date: 21 Aug 2001 09:15:26 -0400 Relatively interesting article from Neil Strauss of the NYTimes regarding his search for life beyond Napster, with comments and critiques of other programs. He disses live365.com, settles for Aimster and KazaA. Hotlinks to radio sites like drugmusic.com and radioparadise.com..... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nyt/20010820/tc/a_sound_hound_forages_for_music _in_the_digital_jungle_1.html pg # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Art Seid, Lester Pine,Gilyan Francesco,Jack Elliott,Betty Everett Date: 21 Aug 2001 08:02:04 -0700 (PDT) Other passings of note: Jeanne Loriod: Ondes Martenot performer who died at the age of 73 in Juan-les-Pins (Locus of Cyril Connolly's Brit expatriate dissipations in The Rock Pool). She performed with US and European orchestras; film soundtracks (Mars attacks, etc). Flip Phillips: Tenor Saxman, at 86. Played in Woody Herman's band. More, no doubt, to follow. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: litlgrey@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica)Foraging the Digital Jungle Date: 21 Aug 2001 11:08:06 -0400 I remember Neil Strauss when he first came to New York, all WIDE-EYED and WOW-FILLED. Now he's a jaded ponce with his snoot in the air. I wouldn't trust a word he says, about anything. peter.gingerich@wcom.com wrote: > Relatively interesting article from Neil Strauss of the NYTimes regarding his search for life beyond Napster, with comments and critiques of other programs. He disses live365.com, settles for Aimster and KazaA. Hotlinks to radio sites like drugmusic.com and radioparadise.com..... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nyt/20010820/tc/a_sound_hound_f orages_for_music _in_the_digital_jungle_1.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: litlgrey@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: RE: (exotica)Foraging the Digital Jungle Date: 21 Aug 2001 11:47:12 -0400 peter.gingerich@wcom.com wrote: > yeah well I guess that happens to all these rock critics. When they work for newspapers. (or at least the New York times). Or are you in a band that he wrote about? pg Haa! No, but nice guess. When he first came to NYC, he sought out everything that was weird, wunnerful, and unneground, and I was part of a local network of alternative music cassette traders. Suffice to say after treating him to dinner, he quickly had our fill of us and never cared to have anything to do with us again. At first he wrote on spec for the freebee New York Press. Then he pulled the NY Times coup off, and now he is "Mr. Pop Life." Ewwww. Ain't bitter, though ! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Finds........ Date: 21 Aug 2001 13:28:09 -0400 Over the weekend while returning from the beach I spied a small local = thrift shop and pulled in to see what I could see. I almost didn't bother going through the three boxes of records that they = had. Especially after sifting through the first box of the requisite Sing = Along With Mitch and Christmas LP's. But lo and behold, the third box contained three cool LP's in a row: Tito Puente "Tambo" - This is on RCA's "Living Stereo." Inside of the = boxed RCA logo it even says "Savage Drums" as if to help you categorize = this particular record (that is, if the great cover of jungle over-growth, = a native dancing wildly in a tiki mask in the background and Tito hunched = over various drums in the foreground didn't key you in). Song titles are great - Dance of the Headhunters, Witch Doctor's Nightmare,= and Voodoo Dance at Midnight being favorites. Yes, it sounds like you'd = want it to - wild drums, bird calls, etc. Martin Denny "A Taste of India" - Of course, this is Denny "in name only" = mostly bland tracks, but an interesting softer version of Hypnotique and a = cool version of Incense and Peppermints (This is India? I guess the = "incense" qualifies it!?.........). And lastly, on the "Sutton" label (a shield with a unicorn in the center) = is a *very* weird album called The Great New Sound of the Beagle and the = Four Liverpool Whigs. Another entry into the "we'll make you think this = is the Beatles" sweepstakes. The cover is a multicolored "Shutter lens" = design (like in the Bond films) with a b&w pic of four teenagers in black = suits w/skinny ties and scary Beatles wigs crawling around on their heads = in the center. In the lap of one guy is a beagle dog happily staring off = stage-left - Weird. All of the song names are "originals" except for the recognizable I Want = to Hold Your Hand, which is singled out near the albums title to further = the hoax. I haven't listened to this yet. The same label also released "Pervasive Percussion" along with the usual = "Hawaii" and "Movie Hits" collections which are all advertised on the = back. There are no liner notes. - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 21 Aug 2001 21:26:10 +0000 Ben Waugh wrote: > Thank you kindly. Looks like mainly like a computer > game geek cabal at this viewing. > > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral That is one creative bunch of kids. KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Shannon" Subject: RE: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 21 Aug 2001 13:41:23 -0700 Hi All,=20 Doug Shannon here, long time lurker, first time poster. I just wanted to drop a line about Tiki Central, which is the Tiki club mentioned by KK; I thought I'd give you guys a rundown of what the club covers... Tiki Central is a large gathering of active Tiki enthusiasts, the members talk about Tiki bars, drinks, and Tiki in pop culture (including a recently discovered Tiki video game, which is probably why the club messages looked like a video game club to Ben). The Photos section has a ton pictures of Tiki bars, mug collections, Tikis around the world... and, well, everything tiki-like!=20 Tiki Central hosted club parties and bar crawls in LA and is San Francisco, members have covered the Tiki Fete in Palm Springs, The Book Of Tiki book signing at Oceanic Arts by author Sven Kirsten (also an active member of the club) Shag's Night of the Tiki gallery opening in LA, and a lot of other cool Tiki events all over the globe! One thing that ISN'T discussed there too much is Exotica music, which is why I read the postings here, and which is why I encourage all of you to check out the club and see if its something you'd be in to! Tiki Central can definitely use more Exotica experts and enthusiasts. Just like this mailing list, Tiki Central's heart is its members.=20 Thanks for your time,=20 Doug=20 -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:26 PM Ben Waugh wrote: > Thank you kindly. Looks like mainly like a computer > game geek cabal at this viewing. > > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tikicentral That is one creative bunch of kids. KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: RE: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 21 Aug 2001 22:03:09 -0700 (PDT) Yes, I wrote that. I took a quick look without investigating. Always a bad practice, and I apologize, Doug. That said, I had intended my reply to KK to be off-list, not a public outburst. I have joined the club and am enjoying lurking from time to time. Regards, Ben --- Doug Shannon wrote: > Tiki Central is a large gathering of active Tiki > enthusiasts, the > members talk about Tiki bars, drinks, and Tiki in > pop culture (including > a recently discovered Tiki video game, which is > probably why the club > messages looked like a video game club to Ben). in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 22 Aug 2001 09:33:23 +0000 Ben, sorry Ben. I was too quick, too. I didn’t realize your reaction to the Tiki Central link was offlist. I just proceeded as usual copieing the adress of the list into place. Since the subject still started with Re: (exotica)… I was a little hasty. I lurk mostly on Tiki Central, but am always amazed at how they are all building bars and getting events together etcetera. KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Telstar" Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Mondo Bongos August 22, 2001 Date: 22 Aug 2001 07:53:46 -0400 Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wednesday morning at 9 (EST) on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The show is also available on the web at http://www.uoguelph.ca/~cfru-fm Terry Baxter - Early In The Morning "The Science Vol 8" Buffalo's Band - Slag Solution "Bimbo Jet" Armando Trovajoli - Sessomatto "Easy Tempo Vol 1" The Street - Turkey "The Science Vol 7" Kashmere Stage Band - Scorpio "Can You Feel the Funk" Isaac Hayes - No Name Bar "Shaft" Pierre Moerlin's Gong - Heavy Tune "Expresso II" The Saint Orchestra - Funko "House of Loungecore" The Duke of Burlington - Flash "30 x '50 x '60" Syrinx - Tillicum "Long Lost Relatives" Robert Rental - Double Heart 7" Half Japanese - U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums "Music to Strip By" Can - Moon Shake "Future Days" The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again "VU & Nico" Reverb Motherf*ckers - Joe of Arc "Route 666" ...tanks for reading, Allan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Finds........ Date: 22 Aug 2001 08:47:46 -0400 Over the weekend while returning from the beach I spied a small local = thrift shop and pulled in to see what I could see. I almost didn't bother going through the three boxes of records that they = had. Especially after sifting through the first box of the requisite Sing = Along With Mitch and Christmas LP's. But lo and behold, the third box contained three cool LP's in a row: Tito Puente "Tambo" - This is on RCA's "Living Stereo." Inside of the = boxed RCA logo it even says "Savage Drums" as if to help you categorize = this particular record (that is, if the great cover of jungle over-growth, = a native dancing wildly in a tiki mask in the background and Tito hunched = over various drums in the foreground didn't key you in). Song titles are great - Dance of the Headhunters, Witch Doctor's Nightmare,= and Voodoo Dance at Midnight being favorites. Yes, it sounds like you'd = want it to - wild drums, bird calls, etc. Martin Denny "A Taste of India" - Of course, this is Denny "in name only" = mostly bland tracks, but an interesting softer version of Hypnotique and a = cool version of Incense and Peppermints (This is India? I guess the = "incense" qualifies it!?.........). And lastly, on the "Sutton" label (a shield with a unicorn in the center) = is a *very* weird album called The Great New Sound of the Beagle and the = Four Liverpool Whigs. Another entry into the "we'll make you think this = is the Beatles" sweepstakes. The cover is a multicolored "Shutter lens" = design (like in the Bond films) with a b&w pic of four teenagers in black = suits w/skinny ties and scary Beatles wigs crawling around on their heads = in the center. In the lap of one guy is a beagle dog happily staring off = stage-left - Weird. All of the song names are "originals" except for the recognizable I Want = to Hold Your Hand, which is singled out near the albums title to further = the hoax. I haven't listened to this yet. The same label also released "Pervasive Percussion" along with the usual = "Hawaii" and "Movie Hits" collections which are all advertised on the = back. There are no liner notes. - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: Subject: (exotica) Ventures Batman Date: 22 Aug 2001 16:40:02 +0200 (MEST) Yes, is it stereo or mono ? (can someone recommend the stereo or the mono version for some reasons ?) Martin Mo wrote: > Since you mentioned it Martin, I think I have it. Is it the one with Batman Theme, Zocko, The Cape, > > Get Smart, The Man From UNCLE, Hot Line, Joker's Wild, Up,Up and Away, Green Hornet 66, 00-> > 711, Vampcamp, Secret Agent Man? -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Critiqu@rium: new review: Piero Umiliani: "The Man And The City" Date: 21 Aug 2001 19:15:20 +0200 @@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@@ @@@@ @@@@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@ CRITIQU@RIUM @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@ @@@@ @@@@ @@@@@ @@@ this e-mail updater brings you @@@@@@@@@@@@ new reviews and track lists @@@@@@@@ that have been added to the Critiquarium, which is the reviews section of Dada's Exotiquarium ____________________________________________________________________ Piero Umiliani: "The Man And The City" RATE: ++++ very good! REVIEW: This album was originally released as a production music LP, recorded in 1976 for Liuto Records, and impossible to find now. The (stunning!) original LP cover art is included in the booklet. The music was used as a soundtrack to various documentaries, the most important of which was "L'Automobile" dedicated to FIAT in 1977. It's a concept album, with Umiliani's jazz view on various city parts (or cities). Such concept albums are pretty rare in the world of library records! The line-up is that of a typical jazz band (piano, trumpets, trombones, flutes, sax, bass, drums) augmented with -- not so typical -- Hammond, Wurlitzer and... MOOG! The resulting sound is yet not quiet the same as on his "Ellington" tribute, since the Moog is only used on about 5 tracks, and even then mostly for a strings sound somewhere in the background. So don't expect any Moog extravaganza! The opening main theme paints a busy city by what I'd call typical popular Euro big band jazz from the seventies: a short and catchy melody line, a tight and strong rhythm section, little or no room for improvistation, and with a lot of breaks, tempo and instrumentation changes. This same title theme is repeated later on in a shorter, lighter, and less impressive version -- and a third time played on Hammond and Moog. The second track, "Friendly City", speaks for itself: a more gentle, Brazilian jazzy piece with a steady rhythm and melody. "Hectic City" is pushed along by frantic conga's and drum kit, and features nervous brass and flute bursts, and again a lot of breaks. It's party time in "Uptown", a flourishy piece with a Mariachi band, and an irresistible rhythm. The very nervous and slightly funky "Viaducts" jazz leads us to "Siena Square", where another jazz marching band is awaiting, accompanied by. a Moog; an odd combo, but one that works. Moog again plus Hammond spice my fave track of the whole CD, "Urban Network", which is even more nervous than "Viaducts". What follows are 2 versions of "Power stations", with a repetitive melody line that sounds very much like a sine wave: fluently up and down and up and down. how appropriate! The use of Moog rhythm box of the first version create an cool, electrifying effect, and immediately bring Kraftwerk to mind, but the added Hammond results in a much thicker and mellower sound than Kraftwerk's. The second version is slower, without the rhythm box, but also sharper with the piano as rhythm instrument. Follows a very relaxed version of the "Friendly City", played on Moog, fluegelhorn and Hammond. And while the rest of the CD is very melodic, the last track (City Sounds) is much more experimental with its nervous, tense, rather abstract kind of jazz. Personnaly, I'm glad it's the only piece of its kind on this CD ;-) Recommended listening! DETAILS: artist: Piero Umiliani title: "The Man And The City" label info: CD/LP, Right Tempo/ Easy Tempo ET 919, Italy, 2001 AVAILABLE FROM: Right Tempo is distributed quite well world-wide, so you should be able to get it from lots of local stores & internet sites. ____________________________________________________________________ (c) Johan Dada Vis, 2001 Home Page with links to "Dada's Exotiquarium", "Zounds in cyberSpace" and "Virtual Fantastica": http://www.Dada1.bewoner.antwerpen.be/ direct link to "The Critiquarium" Reviews section: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/critiq/critiq.htm | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: Re: Subject: (exotica) Ventures Batman Date: 22 Aug 2001 21:01:44 +0200 Hemmel@gmx.net schrieb: > Yes, is it stereo or mono ? visual sound STEREO...! Mo -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: (exotica) radio? Date: 22 Aug 2001 21:55:17 +0200 Does anyone know any interesting internet radio stations that broadcast 24 hour live streams, or any intelligent link list to such radio stations? With my new DSL connection and flat rate this is the cool new thing for me... Mo -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Shannon" Subject: RE: (exotica) Mai Kai Date: 22 Aug 2001 13:24:39 -0700 Hey Ben,=20 I didn't take your post in any negative way (we were indeed talking about video games at the time) -- no apology required. I just thought I'd shed some light on the club for members of this list, since it seemed that a lot of people on here might like to check out the club if they knew a little bit more about it. It's tough to get a feel for what Tiki Central just by going to the page. :) Doug -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:03 PM Yes, I wrote that. I took a quick look without investigating. Always a bad practice, and I apologize, Doug. That said, I had intended my reply to KK to be off-list, not a public outburst. I have joined the club and am enjoying lurking from time to time. =20 Regards, Ben --- Doug Shannon wrote: > Tiki Central is a large gathering of active Tiki > enthusiasts, the > members talk about Tiki bars, drinks, and Tiki in > pop culture (including > a recently discovered Tiki video game, which is > probably why the club > messages looked like a video game club to Ben). in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kendoll Subject: (exotica) recent finds Date: 23 Aug 2001 00:35:53 -0600 I wish I could say that I found all these records in the last week, but this list represents the cream of the crop from the last 2 months or so: Werner Muller and His Orchestra: Hawaiian Swing London Phase 4 Stereo. Fun, Esquivel-ish arrangements (but no zu-zu's). The Invitations: Hawaii Calls Nice. Very tight five man vocal group, incredible falsetto singing, very swingin' Vegas-style arrangements. Side 1 is with Russ Garcia and his orchestra, side 2 has Billy May and his orchestra. Francoise Hardy: Loving Her first LP in English. She covers Elvis (Loving You) , Carole King (Will You Love Me Tomorrow), The Kinks (Who'll Be The Next In Line), Phil Ochs (There But For Fortune) and Buddy Holly (That'll Be The Day) among others. Outstanding. The Johnny Mann Singers: This Guy's In Love With You - The Look Of Love The Johnny Mann Singers: We Can Fly! Up-Up and Away Arthur Lyman: Isle of Enchantment The first cut on both sides is unplayably warped, but what the hey, this record cost 25=A2 at a garage sale. Nice version of Moe Koffman's Swingin= ' Shepherd Blues. Sandler & Young: Honey Come Back "Swingin' and easy, that's their style. Easy they sing and easy they swing. . . through songs that are glamorous, songs that are outtasight, that started out as Rock, as Country, as Movie Themes and hits from Broadway Shows. But with a simple twist of tempo, Sandler & Young turn these songs into Specials. Very, very easy swinger Specials. Jim Webb's Honey Come Back takes on an ultra-sophisticated European sheen as Tony recites the opening spoken lines in French. In English, the words are lovely, but in French, they are absolutely stunning." He's right, I was stunned. My own favorite is Lennon/McCartney's Blackbird -- it seems so obvious now that that tune was meant to have a horn section. I also like their version of the theme from Midnight Cowboy -- it sound like they made up the lyrics as they sang them: "Midnight cowboy / Midnight cowboy / See the lonely / Midnight cowboy." Those Fantabulous Strings Play The Sonny & Cher Hits A so-so record, but the word "Fantabulous" in the name makes it... well, fantabulous. Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick: A Man and a Woman Double live LP. Dionne sings I Say A Little Prayer, Isaac sings By The Time I Get To Phoenix. At the same time. And it works. Fantabulous! Robert Goulet: Woman, Woman Goulet is a guilty pleasure of mine. Odd & amusing to hear him doing these 60's hits: Woman, Woman; This Guy's In Love With You; Sunny; Love Is Blue; The Unicorn; By The Time I Get To Phoenix; Do You Know The Way To San Jose; Honey (I Miss You); etc. Perez Prado: Big Hits By Prado Hurrah! Finally a copy in good condition and in Living Stereo. Now I can trash my scratched-to-hell, held-together-with-masking-tape copy. Pete Rugolo: The Music From Richard Diamond The New Classic Singers: self titled "We think that a truly great melody can stand alone, and so the New Classic Singers do not sing the words. They sing, instead, easy-flowing one syllable sounds that emphasize and enhance the melody's appeal. In print, some of these sounds might resemble the following: Ba-ba-ba-duh-ba. Da-dl-up. Bahh-dum. But no cold print can convey the warmth and subtleties the New Classic Singers bring to these sounds. There are a thousand ways each syllable combination can be interpreted -- from the hard crispness of the Bup by-yup by-yup-by-yup of "Sukiyaki" to the soft Bahhhhhhh of "Bye Bye Blues." A great record. That's enough for now. Mike # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: Re: (exotica) radio? Date: 23 Aug 2001 10:34:47 +0200 lousmith@pipeline.com schrieb: > For a start, check out wfmu.org and wnyc.org (look for archives of New Sounds and of Spinning On Air). Also see the list at http://www.web-radio.fm/ and at > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=10&q=related:www.web-radio.fm/ > I have been checking through quite a number of such lists. 1st thing: It is difficult to find the good stations among all the others. And 2nd: very very often, like in 90% of the cases, you get negative replies, when you click somewhere.... server down, page could not be found, wrong player, no connection, or simply nothing. That's why I ask for specific info about radio stations, that are good AND can be recieved at all. That WFMU tip by HOUSEBOB was a good one, I stumbled right into the middle of the night broadcast of a Cosmic Cowboy's God's Own Little radio show spitting out Speed Metal for breakfast... ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: (exotica) Re: Webstreams galore Date: 23 Aug 2001 10:36:20 +0200 KK schrieb: > > litlegrey im Club message board: > “The answer is, MANY webcasts now originate from the Netherlands and > from > Japan. AmeriKKKa has forced even web broadcasters to develop the > equivalent of a Pirate radio underground. ” > > therealartfart: > “In fact, follow this to read about just what the RIAA is working on: > http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010816_eff_ftaa_alert.en.html What is this, KK? Why would America stop internet radio? Can this be true? Mo ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obits] Neil Cooper, Betty Everett Date: 23 Aug 2001 11:09:23 -0400 August 23, 2001 Neil Cooper, Who Founded a Rock and Reggae Record Label, Dies at 71 By THE NEW YORK TIMES Neil Cooper, the founder of the ROIR record label, which released music by underground rock and reggae bands, died on Aug. 13 at his home in Manhattan. He was 71. The cause was cancer, said his son Lucas. Mr. Cooper was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Columbia Business School in 1954. He had worked as an agent for MCA and Famous Artists, where he represented performers like Shirley Bassey and Charles Mingus. After booking bands at an Upper East Side nightclub called the 80's and taping many shows, he decided to start a record label. He incorporated ROIR (an acronym for Reach Out International Records) in 1979 and put out its first release in 1981, by James Chance and the Contortions. The album was released on cassette only, which came to be the label's hallmark. Mr. Cooper quickly produced an extensive catalog of some of the most notable artists of the era, including Glenn Branca, Television, Suicide, the New York Dolls and the Skatalites. The label adopted the cassette format because many of its artists were already signed to exclusive contracts with other record labels; but cassettes, often of live recordings or other miscellany, did not violate their contracts, said Lucas Cooper, who has taken over the business. One of ROIR's most popular releases was the first, untitled album by the Bad Brains, an ultrafast punk band of Rastafarians from Washington whose only previous recorded output had been a two-song single. The album was released in 1982. The label has continued to release new material, eventually switching over to CD's and reissuing many of its classic tapes in that format. In addition to Lucas, of New York, Mr. Cooper is survived by another son, Nicholas, of Santa Fe, N.M., and a half-brother, Jerry Cooper of Florida. ----------August 23, 2001 Betty Everett, of 'The Shoop Shoop Son,' Dies at 61 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ELOIT, Wis., Aug. 22 — Betty Everett, a singer whose recording of "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" made Billboard's Top 10 in 1964, was found dead on Sunday in her home here, family members said. She was 61. Ms. Everett is remembered primarily for her one huge hit, but she also recorded many other songs and was recognized as one of the top soul singers of her time. Born in Greenwood, Miss., on Nov. 23, 1939, she played the piano and sang in church beginning at age 9. She continued to sing in gospel choirs and in 1957 moved to Chicago, where she recorded songs for the C. J. Cobra and OneDerful labels. She signed a contract with VeeJay, a record label that was issuing hits by the Beatles at around the same time. Her release of "You're No Good" just missed the Top 50 in late 1963 and would later be recorded by Linda Lewis and Linda Ronstadt to become a hit song. Ms. Everett recorded "The Shoop Shoop Song" in the spring of 1964, and it became one of Billboard's Top 10. It was later recorded by Cher for the soundtrack of the 1990 movie "Mermaids" and more recently by Vonda Shepard for the Fox television show "Ally McBeal." # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert McKenna" Subject: (exotica) Sound effects CD of some exotic interest Date: 23 Aug 2001 15:24:03 Found this on the b3ta.com website. I think they had the link to the Hello Kitty vibrator i posted a while back. rob http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000AG79/202-5165891-3867802 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) radio? Date: 23 Aug 2001 11:40:35 EDT In a message dated 8/23/2001 4:34:43 AM, moritzR@t-online.de writes: << That WFMU tip by HOUSEBOB was a good one, I stumbled right into the middle of the night broadcast of a Cosmic Cowboy's God's Own Little radio show spitting out Speed Metal for breakfast... >> The thing about wfmu is that the programming changes radically from dj to dj. they archive their shows so you can get a taste of each dj. irwin's "incorrect music" is a good place to start. Bob # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Tiki fix........ Date: 23 Aug 2001 12:25:07 -0400 http://norfacad.pvt.k12.va.us/colonna/index.html=20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Sound effects CD of some exotic interest Date: 23 Aug 2001 13:24:03 -0400 robert.mckenna@gcd.ie wrote: > Found this on the b3ta.com website. I think they had the link to the Hello Kitty vibrator i posted a while back. rob http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000AG79/202-5165891-3867802 _________________________________________________________________ I enjoyed the posted comments about the above disc at the above site. Here's another disc into similar territory: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002XJ8/002-1383115-3244803 Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: Re: (exotica) radio? Date: 23 Aug 2001 21:06:27 +0200 HOUSEOBOB@aol.com schrieb: > > The thing about wfmu is that the programming changes radically from dj to dj. > they archive their shows so you can get a taste of each dj. irwin's > "incorrect music" is a good place to start. yeah, the scedule looks good. But the best thing about this station is, that I can recieve it at all. Mo ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 23 Aug 2001 17:02:57 -0400 It pays to look around. Going thru a bunch of crap in a local flea market. I found "Nelson Riddle: Music for Wives and Lovers" on the Solid State record label. Winchester Cathedral, Wives and Lovers, A Man and A Woman Spanish Eys, Music to Watch Girls by. Strangers in the Night. That's just side 2. Light and groovy instrumental LP, seasoned with a cheezy organ. And none of that annoying singing by that guy Riddle had hanging around...the one with the hat. This is what record hunting is all about. Also found but not listened to yet. "Bossa Nova goes Nashville" Harold Bradly his guitar and Orchestra. Country songs ala Bossa....humm..... "Swing and Sway au go-go with Sammy Kaye. I ALWAYS pick up go-go LP's.. Was this mentioned in Cool and Strange Mag? Jo Basile "My World"...the name rang a bell....now I remember I don't like this guy. Lets see what this one is like...... And finally found in stereo "Bellafonte Sings the Blues". Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: litlgrey@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 23 Aug 2001 17:13:04 -0400 See that Domenic dood over there? Him is PRECISELY how to GO-GO at all times ! Domenic Ciccone wrote: > It pays to look around. Going thru a bunch of crap in a local flea market. I found "Nelson Riddle: Music for Wives and Lovers" on the Solid State record label. Winchester Cathedral, Wives and Lovers, A Man and A Woman Spanish Eys, Music to Watch Girls by. Strangers in the Night. That's just side 2. Light and groovy instrumental LP, seasoned with a cheezy organ. And none of that annoying singing by that guy Riddle had hanging around...the one with the hat. This is what record hunting is all about. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 23 Aug 2001 19:33:32 -0400 At 05:02 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Domenic Ciccone wrote: > .> >"Bossa Nova goes Nashville" Harold Bradly his guitar and Orchestra. Country >songs ala Bossa....humm..... Yeah. I didn't like this. But.... >"Swing and Sway au go-go with Sammy Kaye. I ALWAYS pick up go-go LP's.. And well you should. This is one of my favorite records. I really wish he'd chosen better songs. He should have taken a cue from Les and Larry Elgart, whose a go go records are stone classics. But the fact that he can make me love "The Hucklebuck" is a tribute to the groovin twistin au go go arrangements on this record. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 23 Aug 2001 19:33:53 -0400 At 05:02 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Domenic Ciccone wrote: > .> >"Bossa Nova goes Nashville" Harold Bradly his guitar and Orchestra. Country >songs ala Bossa....humm..... Yeah. I didn't like this. But.... >"Swing and Sway au go-go with Sammy Kaye. I ALWAYS pick up go-go LP's.. And well you should. This is one of my favorite records. I really wish he'd chosen better songs. He should have taken a cue from Les and Larry Elgart, whose a go go records are stone classics. But the fact that he can make me love "The Hucklebuck" is a tribute to the groovin twistin au go go arrangements on this record. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) recent finds Date: 23 Aug 2001 19:51:32 -0400 At 12:35 AM 8/23/01 -0600, kendoll wrote: > >I wish I could say that I found all these records in the last week, but >this list represents the cream of the crop from the last 2 months or so: Okay I'll comment on them. >Werner Muller and His Orchestra: Hawaiian Swing >London Phase 4 Stereo. Fun, Esquivel-ish arrangements (but no zu-zu's). There's a story about this record where Brian and Cheryl played this for Will and I and Will went home thinking "Maybe I already have this. I hope I do". And sure enough I do. And so do I now. But I have one with a different cover. Not the gatefold Phase four one.but the London records version with a Hawaiian girl caressing a tiki mask on the cover. I love the version of Hawaiian Eye. It makes the record worth it. >The Johnny Mann Singers: This Guy's In Love With You - The Look Of Love >The Johnny Mann Singers: We Can Fly! Up-Up and Away> Once upon a time someone on this list made some comment about this being really white and homogenized. I agree. That's why I like it. But I don't like it nearly as much as... >The New Classic Singers: self titled >Ba-ba-ba-duh-ba. Da-dl-up. Bahh-dum." A great record. I agree. A suprisingly good record actually. Nothing about it, on the surface, would lead you to believe it's any better than your average Johnny Mann or Enoch Light or Ray Charles Singers record. But it is. Way better. Closer to the Fifth Dimension or even (hushed respectful silence)... the Free Design. >Sandler & Young: Honey Come Back >"Swingin' and easy, that's their style. Easy they sing and easy they >swing. . . I love Sandler and Young. Their version of the Bacharach tune "Odds n Ends" is the best one I've ever heard They can get tiresome but when they hit it, they hit it. I've had three or four of their records. Supposedly there's one that's by far the best but I don't think I've found that one yet. > >Those Fantabulous Strings Play The Sonny & Cher Hits >A so-so record, but the word "Fantabulous" in the name makes it... well, >fantabulous. I also like the cover with the mannequin heads. (Right?) I've had other Fantabulous records. They tend to cover one artist for the whole record. And I agree. They ain't the Hollyridge or Manhattan Strings. Then again, if you don't like Strings records, you won't be able to tell that there are good ones and mediocre ones. >Robert Goulet: Woman, Woman >Goulet is a guilty pleasure of mine. Odd & amusing to hear him doing >these 60's hits: Woman, Woman; This Guy's In Love With You; Sunny; Love >Is Blue; The Unicorn; By The Time I Get To Phoenix; Do You Know The Way >To San Jose; Honey (I Miss You); etc. You're really hitting the (former) centre of my taste here. Goulet is the great enunciator. Sometimes he enunciates too much and it's a bit too kitschy. But sometimes he loosens up just a tiny bit. Almost imperceptible but it's there. And he almost sounds loose. Or his version of loose. Maybe those were the cuts he recorded when they woke him up from a deep sleep and just sang the tune from his bed before dropping off to sleep again. But when the most tightly wound singer in the world loosens up a tad, he almost achieves greatness. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kendoll Subject: Re: (exotica) Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 23 Aug 2001 20:09:22 -0600 Domenic Ciccone wrote: > "Swing and Sway au go-go with Sammy Kaye. I ALWAYS pick up go-go LP's.. i used to too, but too many bad James Last records have made me gun-shy about anything with a go go in the title. > Jo Basile "My World"...the name rang a bell....now I remember I don't like > this guy. Lets see what this one is like...... i love Jo Basile (and also Joss Baselli, the other name he records under), especially his ...With Love series (Moscow..., Rome..., Berlin..., etc.) but a lot of that has to do with the candyapple red Lambretta on the covers (no, i'm listening to Berlin With Love right now, & i'd like it just as much without an italian scooter on the cover). mike # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Penna Subject: (exotica) RE: Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 23 Aug 2001 19:23:31 -0700 "Domenic Ciccone" said: >It pays to look around. Going thru a bunch of crap in a local flea market. >I found "Nelson Riddle: Music for Wives and Lovers" on the Solid State >record label. > >Winchester Cathedral, Wives and Lovers, A Man and A Woman Spanish Eys, Music >to Watch Girls by. Strangers in the Night. That's just side 2. Light and >groovy instrumental LP, seasoned with a cheezy organ. And none of that >annoying singing by that guy Riddle had hanging around...the one with the >hat. This is what record hunting is all about. Whatta coincidence - I just picked this up on reel-to-reel on eBay. Never heard of it before, wasn't disappointed. Seems like his only concession to the "Now" sound is the electric bass and organ, so much the better from my point of view. All in all, it's unmistakeable ol' swingin' Riddle doing tunes you never heard him do before, and in excellent sound. Wonder if they recorded it at Capitol? Another Riddle I just picked up, this time on vinyl, is on an even more obscure label, "Forward Records." "Paint Your Wagon" - with the parenthetical notation on the cover : Original Motion Picture Music was scored and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Anyway, it's all instrumental, in the recognizable Riddle style. The Andre Previn-penned numbers done specifically for the film stand out rather prominently, both because they don't sound like Frederick Loewe music, but also because Riddle gives them Now-soundish arrangements. Again, big ensemble, lots of strings, lush, Capitolish sound. Producer credit is given to Danny Kessler, a name I'm not familiar with, and I sure never heard of Forward Records before. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@attglobal.net Subject: (exotica) Iranian Music Date: 24 Aug 2001 01:15:16 -0400 Is Iranian rock music exotic? Probably not, but I think most of you will be as fascinated with this article on the current status on Iranian pop music as I was. Its a world where female soloists are forbidden, and public floggings are given to black market CD marketeers, yet there is an official government sanctioned rock industry. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48576-2001Aug22.html Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Nelson Riddle on solid State Records Date: 24 Aug 2001 02:22:43 -0400 At 07:23 PM 8/23/01 -0700, Paul Penna wrote: >Seems like his only concession to >the "Now" sound is the electric bass and organ, so much the better from my >point of view. I've been trying to figure out what the Now Sound is/was, for years now. And how to describe it when people ask me what it is. I use the term to describe virtually any instrumental version of a sixties pop/rock tune. But I don't actually think that's accurate. I put my Ventures records with the Now Sound records but I don't think they're the same thing. For one thing, a lot of Now Sound does NOT cover pop hits. It's a sound, not a list of songs. And instrumental rock pre-dated the Now Sound. For a good illustration of that, check out "Right Here, Right Now.. the big mod sound of Si Zentner". This is one of the best examples of the Now Sound I think I've ever heard and though he does cover some hit songs, the best examples of the Sound come with two original songs written by Si himself. "Double Whammy" and "Soul Machine". Anyway I was just reacting to the idea that the use of electric organ would be a "concession" to the Now Sound. I'm not arguing. I understand the idea. Even though electric organ - or even guitar - weren't really the exclusive territory of the rock band, sometimes a big band arranger would use such instruments as a way to make their sound more contemporary. Make it more rock n roll. But I don't think that's what the Now Sound is really about. I guess that's all I'm saying. (I just wrote a 45 page report on my year with a CD Recorder, including my personal history of making tapes and and the records that I recorded. And Now Sound was a big part of the story. So that's why these questions are floating around in my head. That's my excuse.) AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jschwart@voicenet.com Subject: (exotica) TONIGHT IN NYC: EXOTICA FILMS 3: MUSIC AND MORE! at Fez Date: 24 Aug 2001 04:51:17 The Secret Cinema presents EXOTICA FILMS 3: MUSIC AND MORE! at Fez Friday, August 24 9:30 pm (doors open 9:00 pm) Admission: $10.00 Fez 380 Lafayette Street (between E. 4th & Great Jones) New York City =95 (212) 533-2680 On Friday, August 24, the Secret Cinema will present EXOTICA FILMS 3: MUSIC AND MORE! at Fez. This collection of rare celluloid will showcase a unique collection of filmed musical performances from a variety of offbeat jazz, pop, experimental and rock artists from around the globe, combined with wondrous and colorful short films relating to jet travel, cocktails, and primitive cultures. The films come from a variety of sources, including TV shows, film jukeboxes from the 1940s ("Soundies") and 1960s ("Scopitones"), and select feature film clips.=20 Coming five years after the first Secret Cinema Exotica Films program, and two and a half years since its first sequel, EXOTICA FILMS 3 will once again feature 100% new programming -- little of which is likely to have been seen before by anybody attending! As with all Secret Cinema presentations, all of the films will be projected from 16mm film prints onto a giant movie screen (not video). Doors open at 9:00 pm. The screening begins at 9:30 pm. Admission is $10.00. Just some of the performers shown on the big screen will be: Louis Prima and Keely Smith, Sylvie Vartan, Dean Martin, Johnny Hallyday, Dalida, and a singing (and very young) Henny Youngman(!). Also seen will be amusingly-dated travel films about the South Seas and Africa, Technicolor promotional shorts about the latest developments in air travel (in the 1950s), and a drinking and driving warning that makes the cocktail scene look pretty enticing. Between reels there will be sets of vintage "now sounds," exotica music and TV themes, spun by Secret Cinema programmer Jay Schwartz. The Secret Cinema, begun in 1992, is a Philadelphia-based floating repertory film series that shows unusual and lost film fare of all types at various locations. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 24 Aug 2001 11:16:29 +0200 I don't think there is anything like the Now Sound except a couple of rec= ord covers that refer to the term. The expression sounds a lot like someo= ne trying in vain to invent a new trademark for something that just could= n't be coined. The lack of terms does in fact even go deeper: how would y= ou call all the music that isn't jazz, isn't rock, isn't blues, isn't fol= k, isn't experimental and isn't easy listening? but sort of influenced by= all of these... which goes for a lot of orchestral stuff that was produc= ed at that time for all kinds of purposes. it's what came out of the popu= lar branch of classical music, musicals etc., muci that is called classic= al after a while, but it was just music. And to make sure people understa= nd they buy new stuff, it's been called the Now Sound. The word implies a= certain avantgardism, it could also have been called the Tomorrow Sound,= but that would have scared off some rather conservative buyers. I doubt = that the Now Sound has any specific unique characteristics, that would es= tablish it next to the other mentioned musical directions. It has no hist= ory, no development, just came out of... now. correct me if I'm wrong! Mo ........................................= =2E............................... studio =AE http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) marc moulin's placebo Date: 24 Aug 2001 05:26:14 -0400 I'm going to recommend an actual CD. Something European at that. It's called Marc Moulin: Placebo Sessions 1971-74 It's on Counterpoint. This is not the English band Placebo. Or any number of other bands that I'm sure are called Placebo. If you kind of like jazz but prefer it a bit more modern - a bit like Miles Davis fusion, a bit like the modern take on fake jazz being done by contemporary electronica like Cinematic Orchestra - I think you'll like this. If you like jazz or fusion but you can do without all the noodling screeching solos. If you like the sound of that stuff but you wish they'd make it just a bit more like background music, a bit more like soundtrack music. This also reminds me a bit of Soft Machine or Can. I never recommend this kind of stuff here but I love this record. I've actually had it for a few years but just had the thought you guys might like it too. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 24 Aug 2001 06:01:16 -0400 At 11:16 AM 8/24/01 +0200, Moritz R wrote: > >I don't think there is anything like the Now Sound except a couple of record covers that refer to the term. The expression sounds a lot like someone trying in vain to invent a new trademark for something that just couldn't be coined. I doubt that the Now Sound has any specific unique characteristics, that would establish it next to the other mentioned musical directions. It has no history, no development, just came out of... now. correct me if I'm wrong! Okay you're wrong. I like correcting you but I also believe it. I can sort of understand what you're saying. I sometimes feel the same way about the term "exotica". What's that? There are a few records that called itself exotica and maybe we've extended that reference so far that it's stretched to the point of meaninglessness. What distinguishes exotica from other records? Is a "straight" Hawaiian record exotica? What about those belly dancing records which were made by actual Eastern musicians and really don't have any Western easy listening or big band influences in them? Maybe they're the true exotica. But still, when someone here says "exotica", I think I know what they mean. I love the fact that I keep finding records called "So and so NOW!" or "Billy May Today!" or like that Si Zentner record I referred to. "Right Here! Right Now!" Of course it was a marketing tool. But that doesn't negate the notion that there was a definite sound and that it was created by certain musicians with a certain background, trying to create music in a certain context. In fact, in that sense, it reminds me a lot of exotica. One of the ways it reminds me is that, in both cases, the thing we use to name it was actually tied to the "commercial" intent of the records. Exotica was created to jump on one bandwagon, Now Sound on another. I know we argue about exotica. I seem to have a less serious attitude towards it than some people here. Less sacred. So I have a feeling you'll disagree with my bandwagon notion. Maybe tell me that exotica was created out of "purer" intentions. But it doesn't matter to me whether the intentions were pure or not. Now Sound was, to my way of thinking, an invention by big band musicians trying to remain relevant. In my eyes, exotica isn't really all that exotic. And Now Sound wasn't all that relevant. Nonetheless it was a distinct musical form. I can identify it the moment I hear it. We had a discussion some time ago here about that music you'd hear on Dragnet or Hawaii 5 O when they went to interrogate hippies. The music that accompanied those scenes was Now Sound. You could identify the moment it started. When I was a kid, I'd just go "Oh there's that fake rock music again". I didn't call it Now Sound but that fake rock music was as distinct and identifiable to me as rock itself was. To some degree, I see Now Sound like this. First there was crime jazz. Then there was Spy Jazz. And then there was Now Sound. In each step, they removed some jazz and sort of went more "pop". It's kind of ironic to me that the Now Sound is in some ways, so close to the big band sound. But the kids didn't want to hear the big band sound So they had to add in other influences. In most cases, they did this mostly by covering rock tunes. But though I can't put it in musical terms, I believe they did something else too. They swung in a different way. Maybe they thought what they were doing was in fact, the absence of swing. Maybe they were trying to be a bit more heavy-handed, a bit more plodding. But I also think that since they really didn't know what the hell they were doing, they felt free to experiment. And so just like I see exotica as an interesting experiment - the creation of a hybrid - so I see Now Sound. But the bottom line is that it's an identifiable sound for the simple reason that I can always identify it when I hear it. Anyway this discussion is coming to you courtesy of one member who lives in Europe and another member who is up way way too late - and yet has to wake up again in two hours and actually work for a day somewhere other than home. Good morning everyone. Welcome to the Seminar on Now Sound. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) What is Now? Date: 24 Aug 2001 10:13:37 -0400 on 8/24/01 2:22 AM, alan zweig at azed@pathcom.com wrote: > I've been trying to figure out what the Now Sound is/was, for years now. > And how to describe it when people ask me what it is. It was sort of my focus when I first jumped onto this wagon a few years back. I agree that The Ventures and instrumental rock in general do not fit into the Now Sound realm. I generally think of it as swing influenced by rock and roll with instrumentation not ordinarily associated with rock and roll, but with maybe a nod to it with a guitar that twangs and a snappy basic rock and roll beat backing it up, but with an aim to an "older" listener. I recently thrifted an LP by a group called The Ring Of Sound on Current Records. Current implies that Top-40 tunes might be covered by the group. The interesting thing about the LP is that the group, although absolutely within the Now Sound realm, includes Byrds-like twelve string guitar, heavy twang, and a more heavily rockin' beat. But you can also hear that they were very much influenced by TJB with the stop and start sound to their arrangements. PLUS they covered songs not ordinarily covered by Now Sound groups: "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog", "Turn Down Day", "Sign Of The Times"...A fresh find indeed....... -- DJ Jimmy Botticelli The Groove Merchants Mobile DJ's For Hire Disco/House/Latin/Funk No Talk No Rock "The cat's in the bag. The bag's in the river" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 24 Aug 2001 10:32:30 -0400 on 8/24/01 5:16 AM, Moritz R at moritzR@t-online.de wrote: > I don't think there is anything like the Now Sound except a couple of record > covers that refer to the term. With that in mind, I pulled a pile of Now Sound rekkids from my specially filed "Now Sound" section. For your perusal, an array of LPs that I file under "Now Sound" (this list is in no way a complete list of what I file under "Now") Jerry Ross The Jerry Ross Symposium (anything with "symposium") Bob Thiele Do The Love Percy Faith Themes For The In-Crowd Manzanilla Sound Make Mine Manzanilla Dick Hyman Keyboard Kaliedoscope/Mirrors Baja Marimba Band All LP's Bob Crewe Generation All LP's Ferrante & Teicher Getting Together/Generation Gap Enoch Light All LP's with "Discotheque" in the title Hugo Montenegro Good Vibrations Brass Ring All LP's Brass Impact All LP's Steve Allen Soulful Brass Trombones Unlimited All LP's Howard Roberts Quartet Jaunty Jolly Frank Barber Percussion Deep Percussion Terry Baxter Best of '72 -- DJ Jimmy Botticelli The Groove Merchants Mobile DJ's For Hire Disco/House/Latin/Funk No Talk No Rock "The cat's in the bag. The bag's in the river" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 24 Aug 2001 18:34:40 +0200 alan zweig schrieb: > > > I can sort of understand what you're saying. I sometimes feel the same= way > about the term "exotica". Exotica is much clearer to me than Now. The attempt to recreate primitive= tribal music, as was known from documentaries and the referring soundtra= cks, by use of jazz ensemble instruments plus ethnic instruments plus jun= gle sounds. slow rythms beaten on primitve drums reflecting an idea of ri= tuals in the dark accompanied with vocal choruses that try to reanimate t= ribal singing, all that is in Exotica and so clearly you can't be mistake= n about it. But Now Sound? What is it? Jimmy wrote: > I generally think of it as swing influenced by > rock and roll with instrumentation not ordinarily associated with rock = and > roll, but with maybe a nod to it with a guitar that twangs and a snappy= > basic rock and roll beat backing it up, but with an aim to an "older" > listener. > and you wrote: > Now Sound was, to my way of thinking, an invention by big band musician= s > trying to remain relevant. well, I can certainly relate to that. It's basically what i said. I still= don't see what made the music, that came out of this attempt to be relev= ant, musically unique. It was pointed out, that a lot of bands and big ba= nds covered rock songs in order to sell - or let's just say because they = were influenced by rock. Rock was covered in all kinds of ways, think of = Ananda Shankar and his sitar-versions of rock songs. Or the Ventures - as= mentioned - or bossa covers like the wonderful Satisfaction by Gary Mc F= arland. You will certainly agree that not all of this is Now Sound. Then = there are all the other musicians we constantly talk about, from Ferrante= and Teicher to Baja Marimba Band. All of them covered Rock, all of them = used a certain sound for their interpretation, some more experimental, so= me less. Some just pulled rock through another musical style - like mexic= an music in the case of BMB, some tried to be unique through the use of c= ertain instruments - if they were really hip they had some kind of synthe= sizer. But where is Now? What distiguishes the Now Sound attempts of cove= ring rock with big band means from all the others. Which are the Now soun= d examples at all? It should be possible to name at least one song that i= s typical for what you call Now Sound, like I can give you the titles of = 100 songs that are very typical for Exotica. And please choose one that I= know! Jimyy sent me a list of his Now Sound records and I know not even = a third of it. I was very surprised to read "all records by Baja Marimba = Band" in it. I would never have connected them to my vague idea of Now. > When I was a kid, I'd just go "Oh there's that fake rock music > again". I didn't call it Now Sound but that fake rock music was as dist= inct and > identifiable to me as rock itself was. But fake rock is still rock, bad rock, so to say, but rock interpretated = by a big band isn't rock, and nobody would take it as such. I thought you= wanted to limit the Now Sound definition to big bands. > And so just like I see exotica as an interesting experiment - > the creation of a hybrid - so I see Now Sound. I still don't see the experiment. what kind of experiment? the experiment= of selling records? > > But the bottom line is that it's an identifiable sound for the simple > reason that I can always identify it when I hear it. that really explains a lot! No it doesn't. At least you know what you're = talking about. I still don't have a more than very vague idea what it is.= Mo ........................................= =2E............................... studio =AE http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: (exotica) Exotica SIMILAU Date: 24 Aug 2001 21:59:05 +0200 (MEST) SIMILAU (Carr, Coleman) The liner notes from the A. Lyman Pearly Shells CD gives the information that this tune was made famous in the 50s by BOBBY DARIN. Anyone know this version ? Is it worth to look for ? Is it exotic ? any other great Similau versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) Thanks a lot for help Martin -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica SIMILAU Date: 24 Aug 2001 13:21:25 -0700 (PDT) Yes. I have a great version by a female vocalist...VERY exotic - reminiscent of Bas Sheva's Lust delivery. Lots of bongos. I'll check on the name and label. --- Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > SIMILAU (Carr, Coleman) > any other great Similau > versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 24 Aug 2001 16:53:38 -0400 At 06:34 PM 8/24/01 +0200, Moritz R wrote: .> >Exotica is much clearer to me than Now..1t. But Now Sound? What is it? I told you what (I thought) it is. Then JimmyB told you what it is to him. We both said some similar things involving swing and big band. And you're still asking what is it? I'm sorry I tried answering in the first place. I thought you actually wanted to know. I guess my mistake was trying to compare it to something you like. You're right. Exotica is as clear as mud. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerry Nutter Subject: (exotica) The Prisoner makes you think Date: 24 Aug 2001 20:12:22 -0400 Alan Zweig:>I hated chess because you had to think and I never liked stuff where you had to think. I liked stuff where you just use intuition. And the idea of my friends actually taking notes didn't help. Also it was kind of ponderous. Yes, it could be. The stories tended to be a bit drier than they should have been, but apparently, McGoohan would not allow any kind of romantic involvement for No. 6, as this would be falling into the very Hollywood James Bond/Matt Helm/Flint shtick. (I don't recall any trysts on Secret Agent, either.) And some episodes ended ambiguously. This is old-style sci-fi, which is more conceptual. Not just a horror movie in outer space (Alien et al), or WWII in outer space (Star Wars), or the cold war in outer space (Star Trek, where the Klingons are the Russkies and the Romulans are the Red Chinese)... >I loved Patrick McGoohan from his days on Danger Man (or Secret Agent Man >to you Yanks.) I must take issue, Secret Agent was a DULL show. The only episode which really stands out (out of 65-odd) is the one where he works as a DJ on a pirate radio station (called the Jolly Roger, I think?) off the English coast (a la Radio Caroline). >But he didn't get to do anything cool on the Prisoner. How 'bout the "Living in Harmony" episode where he's the new sheriff in a western town but won't carry a gun? Coolness is overrated, anyway. You want cool? Watch Naked City with Paul Burke or The Fugitive with David Janssen. No. 6 is just the opposite of cool, he's ready to explode! Like a caged tiger (which is exactly how he feels), always on-edge, walking stiffly, nervously snapping his fingers... The dude has more in common with Ted Kacynski than Peter Gunn! In the mid-80s there was a UK retro-psychedelic band called The Prisoners, which was a concept I found contradictory to the original premise. Imagine: five guys who go around being antisocial together! If you wanna see the "cool" McGoohan, check out the films he made in the late fifties in the UK (Since you're in the UK, it should be easy. They never get shown stateside). And how 'bout his turn in Braveheart? When he suddenly threw that fruitbasket out the window, I fell outta my chair! >Finally the idea that the Prisoner was himself "Number One" was stupid, >even if it was also obvious. I suggest that he wasn't always No. 1. The No. 1 spot was reserved for tough nuts that they couldn't crack. Recall that the last No. 2 (Leo McKern) dies during the battle of wits. But then being No. 1 is a meaningless figurehead role, because if we can't crack you (which means we let you go), why would you want to have anything to do with The Village after that? I thought it was a great show: Perhaps the most accurate depiction of the spy business mindset and most anti-government tv show ever made (including the X-Files and the awful "Nowhere Man"). Out of 17 Prisoner episodes, I count only one real clinker: The one where his mind is transplanted into some fat guy's head (I think it gave McGoohan time off to shoot "Koroshi", the Secret Agent movie?). # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Carl Howard Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica SIMILAU Date: 24 Aug 2001 22:23:40 -0400 Similau became an latin/exotica standard; it was covered by Esquivel, and= Denny; in addition, says the world wide web, it was covered by Peggy Lee,= Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Bert Kaempfert, Desi Arnaz, Caterina Valente, Edmundo Ros, the Surfaris, Sallie Blair, and... The Finks (???). I thoug= ht Les Baxter covered it, but I guess not. But isn't it a groovy list already? Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > SIMILAU (Carr, Coleman) > > The liner notes from the A. Lyman Pearly Shells CD gives the informatio= n > that this tune was made famous in the 50s by BOBBY DARIN. Anyone know t= his > version ? Is it worth to look for ? Is it exotic ? any other great Simi= lau > versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) > > Thanks a lot for help -- Peace Out Choppa Choppa Bang Bang Hack=FC Maim=FC Where's da WUV=99? Sun Ra on your PC... The CyberSpace Ministry http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=3Dlitlgrey or go to http://live365.com Search keyword: Sun Ra # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cheryl" Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 26 Date: 25 Aug 2001 01:09:52 -0400 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 #157 No Smoking!! This week, we're celebrating film - the Montreal World Film Festival is on, which in itself is a good enough reason to play soundtracks. Better yet, Emir Kusturica and his No Smoking Orchestra will be playing two outdoor concerts, so Space Bop will be featuring the music of Kusturica's films and the No Smoking Orchestra. No Smoking Orchestra: Duj Sandale "Black Cat White Cat" Goran Bregovic: Kalasnjikov "Underground" Iggy Pop: Get The Money "Arizona Dream" Goran Bregovic: Borino Oro "Le Temps Des Gitans" Iggy Pop: In The Deathcar "Arizona Dream" No Smoking Orchestra: Daddy, Don't Ever Die On A Friday "Black Cat White Cat" Goran Bregovic: Underground-Cocek "Underground" No Smoking Orchestra: Long Vehicle "Black Cat White Cat" No Smoking Orchestra /Pink Evolution Mix: Pit Bull "Black Cat White Cat" No Smoking Orchestra: Dego Dance "Black Cat White Cat" Goran Bregovic: Ederlezi "Le Temps Des Gitans" Goran Bregovic: Wedding-Cocek "Underground" Goran Bregovic: Ya Ya (Ringe Ringe Raja) "Underground" Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@dsuper.net brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin Crossman Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica SIMILAU Date: 24 Aug 2001 22:54:43 -0700 Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > any other great Similau > versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) Esquivel - See it in Sound has a cool version. Probably the most "exotic" track on this album, too. -Kevin -- *********************************************************** * Kevin Crossman kevin@kevdo.com * * http://www.kevdo.com - The Narrow Interest Portal * * Lip Balm Anonymous, Ultimate Mai Tai, Exotica Archive * *********************************************************** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 25 Aug 2001 11:47:17 +0200 alan zweig schrieb: > > I told you what (I thought) it is. Then JimmyB told you what it is to him. > We both said some similar things involving swing and big band. And you're > still asking what is it? I'm sorry I tried answering in the first place. > I thought you actually wanted to know. Yes, I wanted to know, but nowI regret having taken up a discussion with you at all. If you think that making a list of records, from which I know not even a third, is sufficient to explain what Now Sound is, then forget it. Forget any discurse here at the Exotica list then. It's kind of surprising though, since you usually fill this list with the lengthiest mails discussing any little detail of a subject. I'm really not here to take advices from you, such like "here's the list we decided what Now Sound is, now learn it by heart and shut up". But that's basically what you do here. If you think you're the only expert in the world, then talk to yourself. I won't read it anymore. Mo -- ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: Fwd: Re: (exotica) Exotica SIMILAU Date: 25 Aug 2001 09:20:16 -0500 ---- Begin Included Message ---- Darrell, how 'bout playing this on the Retro show. Don't believe I've heard it. Sent: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 22:23:40 -0400 Similau became an latin/exotica standard; it was covered by Esquivel, and Denny; in addition, says the world wide web, it was covered by Peggy Lee, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Bert Kaempfert, Desi Arnaz, Caterina Valente, Edmundo Ros, the Surfaris, Sallie Blair, and... The Finks (???). =A0I thought Les Baxter covered it, but I guess not. But isn't it a groovy list already? Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > SIMILAU (Carr, Coleman) > > The liner notes from the A. Lyman Pearly Shells CD gives the information > that this tune was made famous in the 50s by BOBBY DARIN. Anyone know this > version ? Is it worth to look for ? Is it exotic ? any other great Similau > versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) > > Thanks a lot for help -- Peace Out Choppa Choppa Bang Bang Hack=FC Maim=FC Where's da WUV=99? Sun Ra on your PC... =A0 The CyberSpace Ministry http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=3Dlitlgrey or go to http://live365.com Search keyword: Sun Ra # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ---- End Included Message ---- Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 25 Aug 2001 13:39:35 -0400 all i can say is NOW NOW boys! ;) >alan zweig schrieb: > >> >> I told you what (I thought) it is. Then JimmyB told you what it is to him. >> We both said some similar things involving swing and big band. And you're >> still asking what is it? I'm sorry I tried answering in the first place. >> I thought you actually wanted to know. > >Yes, I wanted to know, but nowI regret having taken up a discussion with >you at all. If you think that making a list of records, from which I know >not even a third, is sufficient to explain what Now Sound is, then forget >it. Forget any discurse here at the Exotica list then. It's kind of >surprising though, since you usually fill this list with the lengthiest >mails discussing any little detail of a subject. I'm really not here to >take advices from you, such like "here's the list we decided what Now >Sound is, now learn it by heart and shut up". But that's basically what >you do here. If you think you're the only expert in the world, then talk >to yourself. I won't read it anymore. > > >Mo ****************************************************** ***************************** ************* DJ buMp "Primitive Rhythms for Evolved Minds" Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: (exotica) more stuff for trading Date: 25 Aug 2001 14:03:22 -0400 this time i have a bunch of cds i am looking to trade for either cds, cdrs or vinyl before they go to ebay. Ursula 1000-the now sound of... Senor Coconut-Grand Baile con... (remastered + bonus tracks) Beat Vol.2-Lounge at Cinevox Jean-Jacques Perrey-Moog Sensations DJ Gilles Peterson-World Wide Programme One (2 discs) email me offlist at bump@defectiverecords.com b # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 25 Aug 2001 14:50:01 -0400 At 06:34 PM 8/24/01 +0200, Moritz R wrote: > >Exotica is much clearer to me than Now. > all that is in Exotica and so clearly you can't be mistaken about it. But Now Sound? What is it? You're right. Exotica is clear and unmistakeable. I guess I heard the words Now Sound and I just thought "Hey that's a term for all these records I have that sound exactly the same to me". But you're right, they don't sound the same. They have no relation to one another. I just needed to come up with a term to help organize my records. But I should have just put them with all the other records in that huge category called "Everything that isn't exotica". What was I thinking anyway? Here I was going through my records, trying to find ways in which some of them were linked, trying to find reasons some of them sounded similar to me, trying to find ways that I might group them together... I should have realized that unless you can identify a group of records whose linkage is clear and unmistakeable, it's a waste of time. Some marketing genius put the word "Now" on a couple of records and I'm still falling for it 35 years later. I'm ashamed of myself. . AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: (exotica) Zodiac Cosmic Sounds Date: 25 Aug 2001 18:50:21 -0500 A while back I mentioned that my brother in law had his copy of Zodiac Cosmic Sounds put on Cd by professionals to try and get all the pops and crackles out...well it didn't work. The record was just too damaged to get a clean copy. Does anyone out there have a clear, clean record they could make a CD out of? I will pay. Thanks. Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeff" Subject: (exotica) Quadrophonic conundrum Date: 25 Aug 2001 16:58:07 -0700 Can anyone give me the skinny on the best way to digitally record a 4-channel LP? I've got a copy of "101 Strings - Exciting Sounds", which is apparently a Les Baxter/101 Strings collaboration. I love this record, and wish that someone would reissue it on CD. Until then, I'd like to have a copy of my own on CD - so I thought I'd give it a shot. Problem is, It's quadrophonic - which my current setup doesn't support. It sounds great on a normal (stereo) setup, but I would like to be able to digitally record all 4 channels on this record - even if that means converting the whole thing to regular stereo for the final CD. Is there any way for me to do this, short of blowing a bunch of money on a quad setup? If anybody out there has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks, Jeff # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: thinkmatic@att.net Subject: (exotica) Now Now Sound Date: 26 Aug 2001 00:41:04 +0000 <> I'll talk at great lengths about this when I have more time, but for now I hate to see Mo get all frustrated. So here are two songs that are undeniably Now Sound: "Music To Watch Girls By" and "The Dis-advantages Of You". Does anyone have a problem with those two not being Now Sound-ing enough? Huh, anybody? 'cause if you do, we can just take it out side and settle it like cave-people. More Now later, Roy G. Biv # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 25 Aug 2001 18:34:14 -0700 >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:16:29 +0200 >From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) >Subject: (exotica) Now Sound > >I don't think there is anything like the Now Sound except a couple of rec= >ord covers that refer to the term. The expression sounds a lot like someo= >ne trying in vain to invent a new trademark for something that just could= >n't be coined. We deal a lot in those in this particular genre of music, because the renewed interest in this type of music was fuelled by a heck of a lot of hype and salesmanship on the part of the record labels. The music was packaged along with a silly, cartoony "lifestyle", and liner notes contained cocktail recipes instead of info on the music. Before the whole "lounge" craze, I never heard the term "lounge". The terms being used were "exotica" to cover Martin Denny and some Les Baxter, and "percussion" which covered Dick Schory, et. al. Billy May and Nelson Riddle were "big band" and the stuff known now as "now sound" was called "go-go music". Prez Prado and Xavier Cugat fell under the category of "latin rhythm" and 101 Strings and Mystic Moods Orchestra was "easy listening". Leroy Anderson was "light classical" and the stuff with lots of "na-na-na" lyrics was "pop". In the production music libraries, crime jazz was called "drama cues", and music for tv dinners was called "light activity cues". It's always seemed to me that the older terms were more descriptive. But you know what Shakespere said about names. See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) what is it? Date: 25 Aug 2001 18:37:55 -0700 >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 18:34:40 +0200 >From: moritzR@t-online.de (Moritz R) >Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound > >What is it? If it has an opening bid of $50 at eBay, it's "now sound". If it is sitting in a bin at the Goodwill, it's "an old go go record". See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basichip" Subject: Re: (exotica) what is it? Date: 25 Aug 2001 19:18:03 -0700 > If it has an opening bid of $50 at eBay, it's "now sound". If it > is sitting in a bin at the Goodwill, it's "an old go go record". Another hook for uping the ebay ante is to pepper your description with "breaks", "beats", "samples" and other catchy DJ terms seems to work like a charm example: Lawrence Welk CALCUTTA Record = no bids Lawrence Welk CALCUTTA Record *BREAKS!* = $5.00 an hour left on a near mint Zodiac Cosmic Sounds (now $10.50), Colleen...going once, going twice.... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Now Sound Date: 25 Aug 2001 23:59:02 -0400 At 12:41 AM 8/26/01 +0000, thinkmatic@att.net wrote: > .>I'll talk at great lengths about this when I have more >time, but for now I hate to see Mo get all frustrated. >So here are two songs that are undeniably Now >Sound: "Music To Watch Girls By" and "The Dis-advantages >Of You". I think those are excellent examples, particularly the first one. I wish I'd thought of that when I wrote my original response. I'll look forward to your further descriptions when you get around to it. But Moritz says he's quit the list. I don't know if that's permanent and I don't know if it's gone into effect yet. If he knew that people were actually answering his question, maybe he'd come back (assuming he's already gone) People are saying that Now Sound is just another word for "go-go music". I'm not sure it's quite that simple. I would say that go-go music is a tributary of Now Sound but that NS encompasses a bit more. But as far as the idea that Now Sound is a new term for it, I was always under the impression that "we" use the term now sound as an ironic reference to all the records back in the day that used words like "Now" and "Right Now!" and "Today's Sounds!" to imply that Si Zentner and Les Elgart and Mel Torme were keeping up with the new sounds the kids were all grooving to. Actually the first term I heard for this kind of music was "loungecore". And that was certainly a new term. I got that word from all those (pretty good) CD's on Sequel like "House of Loungecore". But then I heard people using that term to describe a whole other kind of music so I stopped using it. Anyway I like the term Now Sound more than go-go and I think I'd feel funny describing for instance, the soundtrack to "Up the Down Staircase" as go-go music. On the other hand, Les and Larry Elgart A go go, that's go go (and Now Sound too.) AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Arjan Plug" Subject: (exotica) Gainsbourg article in NYT Date: 26 Aug 2001 14:04:25 +0200 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/arts/26ROSE.html?todaysheadlines Arjan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: Subject: Re: (exotica) SIMILAU Date: 26 Aug 2001 15:57:05 +0200 (MEST) I ask: > any other great Similau > versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) Ben Waugh wrote: >Yes. I have a great version by a female >vocalist...VERY exotic - reminiscent of Bas Sheva's >Lust delivery. Lots of bongos. I'll check on the name >and label. WOW, this sounds EXACTLY like what I am looking for !!! Please check name and the Label (is it a 78 ?) Carl Howard wrote: >Similau became an latin/exotica standard; it was covered by Esquivel, and= >Denny; in addition, says the world wide web, it was covered by Peggy Lee,= >Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Bert Kaempfert, Desi Arnaz, Caterina Valente, >Edmundo Ros, the Surfaris, Sallie Blair, and... The Finks (???). I thoug= >Hat Les Baxter covered it, but I guess not. With world wide web you mean all music com (http://allmusic.com/) ? they give the following information: (great that they even name the album where to find it, and to bad you can't listen to all the versions with a simple click) Albums with a song "Similau": on Surfaris Play Wipe Out [63] - Surfaris on Along Comes Cal [67] - Tjader, Cal on Surfaris Stomp [95] - Surfaris on Cast Your Fate to the Wind [90] - Lyman, Arthur on Splish Splash [91] - Darin, Bobby on Last Recordings, Vol. 2: The Big Band [92] - Shaw, Artie on Go Latin w/Enric Madriguera & his Orche [51] - Madriguera, Enric on Fill 'er up & Go [94] - Finks on Cocktail Hour [00] - Arnaz, Desi on Wedding Samba [01] - Ros, Edmundo on Squeeze Me [57] - Blair, Sallie on Exotica 1/Exotica 2: Exciting Sounds of [96] - Denny, Martin on Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny [96] - Denny, Martin on That Happy Feeling [96] - Kaempfert, Bert on Big Band Renaissance [41] - Big Band Renaissance on Breakfast of Champions [99] - Breakfast of Champions on Complete Standard Transcriptions [99] - Dorsey, Jimmy on See It In Sound [99] - Esquivel on Chocolate Whiskey & Vanilla Gin: 1948-1 [00] - Ros, Edmundo on Swingin' Safari [98] - Kaempfert, Bert on Rare Gems and Hidden Treasures [00] - Lee, Peggy thanks a lot for all the answers Martin -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Bizarre mag and tiki Date: 26 Aug 2001 10:40:25 -0400 I generally ignore the tiki stuff here so I don't know if this has been mentioned but there's a pretty extensive article on all things tiki in the newish issue of Bizarre magazine. (Which is kind of bizarre, if you've never seen it. Kind of like a glossy version of the Enquirer but with a lot of sick stuff. They have this pull out section that they warn you about. You actually have to cut the edges of the page in order to see inside. I cut the first few, regretted it and stopped. Animal lovers beware!!!) Anyway the article itself is pretty extensive. It takes as its starting point the closing of the Kahiki restaurant in Columbus and of course, a lot of our listmembers - present and former - show up. (They describe Br. Cleve's set as "loungeramic". Good word.) And there's a pretty good overview of tiki culture and its history. It even made a non-tiki guy like me interested although that might be attributable to the semi-naked girls adorning the article. After five years ignoring it on this list, I'm suddenly interested in it. I still don't like the way it "looks" but I like the ideas in it. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: (exotica) Magnus Date: 26 Aug 2001 13:25:40 -0500 Just wondering...has anyone heard from Magnus? I know he started a new job. I just worry about him. It's been a long time since he posted. Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" Subject: RE: (exotica) Magnus Date: 26 Aug 2001 20:34:16 +0200 > Just wondering...has anyone heard from Magnus? I know he started a > new job. I just worry about him. It's been a long time since he > posted. No need to worry. He will be in northern Norway for a couple of weeks. I'm sure we'll hear from him once he gets back. Marco # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 09:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Finds, Ft. Lauderdale trip: Les Baxter: Baxter's Best. Unremarkable, but what the hell. An autographed lp by a 50s-60s area Miami lounge singer, Asian fellow - can't recall his name, but interesting because he sings in English, Korean and, I believe, Spanish and French. Some accolades of questionable authority on the back (Walter Winchell, etc. All praising a singer whose name is not mentioned in the qoutes). Enoch Light and The Light Brigade: The Private Life of a Private Eye. A fine lp: ez "crime jazz" & that wonderful Command sound. This one will not be subject to future "downsizings" (to use the language of the compassion-challenged corporate junta). Another copy of Martin Denny's Exotic, mono. Picked it up because the font of "Orthophonic Sound" was different than on the others. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 13:24:00 -0400 At 09:55 AM 8/27/01 -0700, Ben Waugh wrote: >Enoch Light and The Light Brigade: The Private Life of >a Private Eye. A fine lp: ez "crime jazz" & that >wonderful Command sound. I was disappointed when I first got this. It was really cool that the thing was ever made in the first place but having found it, I think my expectations were too high. It's really not bad. Just a little more tepid than it had to be. Not the playing but the composing. It has some of the sound of crime jazz but not much of the attack or even the soloing. Still this is probably the only such record that's actually all original. And that was a nice idea. I kept trying to lose it but in the end, the concept was too interesting to get rid of. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 11:57:33 -0700 (PDT) Lucky for me I approached with that "glass is half empty" expectation. I've always loved the sterophonic effects the label was obsessed with, but never felt moved by any of it (excepting the 2 moog lps. ... and i've never heard that hellers lp). Turns out it was 3/4s full, though somewhat flat, stirred rather than shaken. Aaaand, there's some framing potential in that cover (I'll just take out my copy of Not Fragile, and) Never owned a Yes album, really, BW --- alan zweig wrote: > I was disappointed when I first got this. It was > really cool that the > thing was ever made in the first place but having > found it, I think my > expectations were too high. > It's really not bad. Just a little more tepid than > it had to be.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 15:02:19 -0400 Aaaand, there's some framing potential in that >cover (I'll just take out my copy of Not Fragile, and) >Never owned a Yes album, really, you must be a Bachman Turner Overdrive fan instead. Not Fragile was their rockin lp, Fragile was from Yes. i would go with NOT FRAGILE anyday. YOUR LIKE A SLEDGEHAMMER BABY! ooops, need a dye job, my roots are showing. bump ****************************************************** ***************************** ************* DJ buMp "Primitive Rhythms for Evolved Minds" Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 13:15:23 -0700 (PDT) how the heck did i get those 2 bands crossed? well, it was the 70s... and i did indeed have that lp (courtesy of the columbia house record club). that's the one with the "takin care of business" as opposed to "roll on down the highway" single, right (i had 2 lps)? bto, a weed band to give boston a run for its hair. > you must be a Bachman Turner Overdrive fan instead. > Not Fragile was their rockin lp, Fragile was from > Yes. > i would go with NOT FRAGILE anyday. > YOUR LIKE A SLEDGEHAMMER BABY! > ooops, need a dye job, my roots are showing. > bump __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 16:36:23 -0500 Am I right that this is the same album that was released as "Paperback Ballet"? If so, I had the same reaction as Alan to this album. I liked it, but only a few of the songs really had a cool crime jazz sound. The rest seemed to be standard (but good) Command fare. Clayton > At 09:55 AM 8/27/01 -0700, Ben Waugh wrote: >> Enoch Light and The Light Brigade: The Private Life of >> a Private Eye. A fine lp: ez "crime jazz" & that >> wonderful Command sound. > > I was disappointed when I first got this. It was really cool that the > thing was ever made in the first place but having found it, I think my > expectations were too high. > It's really not bad. Just a little more tepid than it had to be. Not the > playing but the composing. It has some of the sound of crime jazz but not > much of the attack or even the soloing. > Still this is probably the only such record that's actually all original. > And that was a nice idea. > I kept trying to lose it but in the end, the concept was too interesting to > get rid of. > > AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) SIMILAU Date: 27 Aug 2001 16:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Ok: The lp is Meet the Girls ("Five of Your Favorite Singing Gals on One Record") on AAMCO "Full Frequency Sound Records" (ALP-308). Ther gal we're concerned with is Sallie Blair. Another cool chanteuse on the AAMCO label is Miss Teal Joy - singing Jazz standards lustily in English and Japanese. Back to Similau - I believe I have a version by Peggy Lee around here somewhere. I'm pretty sure it doesn't touch Ms Blair's. Hope this helps. --- Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > > I ask: > > > any other great Similau > > versions known ? (beside Dennys and Lymans) > > > WOW, this sounds EXACTLY like what I am looking for > !!! Please check name > and the Label (is it a 78 ?) ===== "What I need is a shot of Drambuie and some clean sheets." - Jack Nance __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Tipsy shows Date: 27 Aug 2001 20:24:12 EDT In case anybody's interested... Tipsy's going to be playing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Friday, September 7 with Herbert, and then at Spaceland in Los Angeles on Friday, September 14 with Seksu Roba and DJMe/DJYou. This time we'll even show up! -dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "M.Ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds Date: 27 Aug 2001 21:11:52 -0400 > >> Enoch Light and The Light Brigade: The Private Life of > >> a Private Eye. A fine lp: ez "crime jazz" & that > >Am I right that this is the same album that was released as "Paperback >Ballet"? Yes, I have it as "Paperback Ballet", it mentions the previous title in tiny print. And I likes it just fine. M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Ledebur Subject: (exotica) commercial music question Date: 27 Aug 2001 23:28:26 -0400 One of my listeners emailed me this question, but I'm not familiar with the commercial. Anyone? >If Conte >did bossa per due which was used on an acura commercial, do you have any >idea if he had anything to do with another acura ad where a guy drives >from LA to SF for a blind dinner date? Peter ---- Music for Better Living Wed 6-7pm WZBC 90.3 fm -- Newton/Boston www.hifibliss.com/mfbl/ live streaming audio : zbconline.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Benito Vergara" Subject: RE: (exotica) commercial music question Date: 27 Aug 2001 21:14:36 -0700 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com > [mailto:owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Peter Ledebur > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:28 PM > One of my listeners emailed me this question, but I'm not > familiar with the commercial. Anyone? > > > >If Conte > >did bossa per due which was used on an acura commercial, do you have any > >idea if he had anything to do with another acura ad where a guy drives > >from LA to SF for a blind dinner date? I think it's something called "Theme of Luxury" -- either by Plastic Fantastic Machine or Yoshinori Sunahara. Later, Ben http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: 12832406 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "william" Subject: (exotica) loot Date: 28 Aug 2001 15:51:29 +0800 hi all, i just saw that this shop here has gotten in the soundtrack to joe orton's loot. it says the music was written by keith mansfield. does anyone have this? is it worth picking up? william in taipei. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Herb Albert at the NFL....... Date: 28 Aug 2001 08:40:55 -0400 While watching the Dallas pre-season game last night - the announcer = suddenly stopped and said, "Isn't that Herb Albert playing?" and the = other one said, "Yeah, that's from the SRO album I believe." (The game was = in Mexico for some reason.......) - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basichip" Subject: Re: (exotica) loot Date: 28 Aug 2001 06:36:53 -0700 > i just saw that this shop here has gotten in the soundtrack to joe > orton's loot. it says the music was written by keith mansfield. does anyone > have this? is it worth picking up? Well, according to Blaxploitation.com it is, where it recieves a "5" rating. Described as "wicked cheesy easy library funk, particularly on the classic The Undertaker Song" Alan Hawkshaw was involved with this too it's scarce and lists in the triple digit range so a CD is a welcome substitute. Double check that the CD is the actual OST and let us know please as well as the shop you saw it in Thanks read more here... http://blaxploitation.com/s_234.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Herb Albert at the NFL....... Date: 28 Aug 2001 10:23:16 -0400 <> Oooooooooops is my face red!!! Of course it's Alpert! Too early for an e-mail I guess.............I'm = not a bone-headed sports fan - really!! - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Finds........ Date: 28 Aug 2001 10:24:02 -0400 Over the weekend while returning from the beach I spied a small local = thrift shop and pulled in to see what I could see. I almost didn't bother going through the three boxes of records that they = had. Especially after sifting through the first box of the requisite Sing = Along With Mitch and Christmas LP's. But lo and behold, the third box contained three cool LP's in a row: Tito Puente "Tambo" - This is on RCA's "Living Stereo." Inside of the = boxed RCA logo it even says "Savage Drums" as if to help you categorize = this particular record (that is, if the great cover of jungle over-growth, = a native dancing wildly in a tiki mask in the background and Tito hunched = over various drums in the foreground didn't key you in). Song titles are great - Dance of the Headhunters, Witch Doctor's Nightmare,= and Voodoo Dance at Midnight being favorites. Yes, it sounds like you'd = want it to - wild drums, bird calls, etc. Martin Denny "A Taste of India" - Of course, this is Denny "in name only" = mostly bland tracks, but an interesting softer version of Hypnotique and a = cool version of Incense and Peppermints (This is India? I guess the = "incense" qualifies it!?.........). And lastly, on the "Sutton" label (a shield with a unicorn in the center) = is a *very* weird album called The Great New Sound of the Beagle and the = Four Liverpool Whigs. Another entry into the "we'll make you think this = is the Beatles" sweepstakes. The cover is a multicolored "Shutter lens" = design (like in the Bond films) with a b&w pic of four teenagers in black = suits w/skinny ties and scary Beatles wigs crawling around on their heads = in the center. In the lap of one guy is a beagle dog happily staring off = stage-left - Weird. All of the song names are "originals" except for the recognizable I Want = to Hold Your Hand, which is singled out near the albums title to further = the hoax. I haven't listened to this yet. The same label also released "Pervasive Percussion" along with the usual = "Hawaii" and "Movie Hits" collections which are all advertised on the = back. There are no liner notes. - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Herb Albert at the NFL....... Date: 28 Aug 2001 07:36:30 -0700 (PDT) Can you remember once upon a time when it was ok not to know that? And if you knew, you did not talk about it? We've come along way, baby! (PS: Was the game in eh Tiajuana?) --- Nathan Miner wrote: > < Collectors Choice music made the error also. > Anyone who spotted it got 5 dollars off their > order>> > Oooooooooops is my face red!!! > Of course it's Alpert! Too early for an e-mail I > guess.............I'm not a bone-headed sports fan - > really!! ===== "What I need is a shot of Drambuie and some clean sheets." - Jack Nance __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br.Cleve" Subject: (exotica) Liquid Lounge Date: 28 Aug 2001 12:53:09 -0400 Just a note to any listee's in the greater Seattle area : I'll be DJ'ing this Saturday night (9/1) at the Liquid Lounge, located on the EMP music complex, from 9PM -1AM. There's no cover charge, so stop on by and say hello. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian" Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 27 Aug 2001 22:02:22 -0400 Before they became involved in heated discussion... Alan wrote: > Now Sound was, to my way of thinking, an invention by big band musicians > trying to remain relevant. And Now Sound wasn't all that relevant. Nonetheless > it was a distinct musical form. I can identify it the moment I hear it. Moritz wrote: > Exotica is much clearer to me than Now. The attempt to recreate primitive > tribal music, as was known from documentaries and the referring soundtracks, > by use of jazz ensemble instruments plus ethnic instruments plus jungle sounds. A bit late but I think Alan has it right... And I think Moritz has it right too though he maybe isn't looking at the connection he's already made. To me, the Now Sound is to Rock music what Exotica is to World Music, ie. an attempt to recreate. Both catered to a very unwordly audiences in their time, and the music we call Now Sound would never have been in any way hip or cool in its day. But like Exotica, this is what makes it so endearing, the sincerity of the attempts albeit, ill conceived. Its a bit like looking at weird and funny records, where the best ones seem to be those that were intended to be serious, where the artists just didn't get it somehow, vs. those that were conceived from the beginning to be funny... Anyway I see the Now Sound as if anything, having been a way for pop-instrumental artists to try to interpret what was the sound commonly refered to as "hip" or "in" or "groovy" which at the time would have been the likes of the Beatles, Rollng Stones, etc. It's funny as a fellow list member sent me a set of psychedelic tapes as it was a musical style I claimed to know little about. As I listened to them, the thing that kept coming to my mind was, they seem so damned serious! That's what my last years of listening to the bizzarro-exotic (and now sound) have done to me! And I have to say I've become a huge fan of this now sound myself but as others noted, I too am hesitant about buying records that look right or have the right looking cover. Some of the best I've found would have been passed over had I not been alerted otherwise. I would say anyone that wants to hear this sound should start by picking up the three "Nymphomania" comps and then try branching out from there. Brian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Mullen Subject: (exotica) Loot OST Date: 28 Aug 2001 19:25:10 +0100 Hey, new listee so I've come into this Loot discussion late - but I was just browsing on Netsounds and saw these two items which might illustrate what a previous post mentioned..... First up the original vinyl...... LOOT Keith Mansfield-1970 LP Steve Ellis-Uk lbl RARE S CBS 70073 vg+/vg++ 132.00 and then the CD re-issue.... Loot The Original Soundtrack Featuring Steve Ellis CD UK New RPM228 ---- O.S.T. classic from 1970, Joe Otons play put onto celluloid & set to music written & arranged by Kieth Mansfield [Love Affair, Dusty Springfield, Marmalade?] & performed by Steve Ellis [Love Affair]. The music is brassy up beat period pop, the lyrics matching the satirical script, & the soundtrack also intercuts some dialogue extracts ---- Includes full essay on the soundtracks background Soundtrack RPM 9637 - 10.99 ...both in UKP. Obviously that sould be Joe Orton and Keith Mansfield :) Never been able to find an affordable copy of the vinyl.... so I might have to check this re-issue. Matt Hero ps - if anybody out there is good in info regarding "l'Illustration Musicale" releases - ie which ones to look out for can they mail me off list... ta ! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: (exotica) Tiki photos Date: 28 Aug 2001 11:37:37 -0700 (PDT) Forgive the lame page, etc. More to come: http://www.geocities.com/sophisticatedsavage/Tiki_Crawl.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Now Sound The Elgart Brothers Date: 28 Aug 2001 22:27:10 -0400 > > Yeah. I didn't like this. But.... > > >"Swing and Sway au go-go with Sammy Kaye. I ALWAYS pick up go-go LP's.. > > And well you should. This is one of my favorite records. I really wish > he'd chosen better songs. He should have taken a cue from Les and Larry > Elgart, whose a go go records are stone classics. Once again Alan, I discover something and you have been there/done that for years now! I was fortunate to find those 2 (are there only 2?) a go-go LP's by the Elgart brothers. "Thunder Shake" and "Downtown" are on the first one. Very nice. The other with classics like "A Taste of Honey" and a very short version of "Batman". Great set of LP's and my vote for best Now Sound LP's...whatever that is.... Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: Re: (exotica) TONIGHT IN NYC: EXOTICA FILMS 3: MUSIC AND MORE! at Fez Date: 28 Aug 2001 23:24:02 -0400 ACK! You should post earlier... I was in NYC that night and on 4th street and then to St Marks scrounging the used CD stores. Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL 91.5FM (Lowell MA) Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Penna Subject: (exotica) Re: Quadrophonic conundrum Date: 28 Aug 2001 20:45:45 -0700 "Jeff" said: >Can anyone give me the skinny on the best way to digitally record a >4-channel LP? >I've got a copy of "101 Strings - Exciting Sounds", which is apparently >a Les Baxter/101 Strings collaboration. I love this record, and wish >that someone would reissue it on CD. Until then, I'd like to have a copy >of my own on CD - so I thought I'd give it a shot. >Problem is, It's quadrophonic - which my current setup doesn't support. >It sounds great on a normal (stereo) setup, but I would like to be able >to digitally record all 4 channels on this record - even if that means >converting the whole thing to regular stereo for the final CD. >Is there any way for me to do this, short of blowing a bunch of money on >a quad setup? Check out this guy: http://hometown.aol.com/matrixquad/about.htm He's one of the more prominent ones around doing dts conversions of quad material, be it from LPs, Quad-8 tape or quad reels. His Enoch Light "Permissive Polyphonics" from a qual reel is spectacular. I'm hoping to get a copy of the quad reel of Nelson Riddle's 101 Strings album and send it to him; only seen it come up once on eBay in the past couple years. I don't know if the Baxter was issued on reel. This is all assuming you have dts playback capability, of course. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound The Elgart Brothers Date: 28 Aug 2001 23:58:29 -0400 At 10:27 PM 8/28/01 -0400, Domenic Ciccone wrote: >. Great set of LP's and my vote for best Now Sound >LP's...whatever that is.... Offlist, I have managed to explain Now Sound to Moritz, to his satisfaction. My whole approach - which explains the length of my posts sometimes - is to try and explain it in every different way I can think of, until something gets through. I guess it's a bit like the story of a thousand monkeys typing until they write a great novel. Give me time and I can eventually explain Now Sound to Moritz. Anyway my definition of classic Now Sound always involves a blaring horn section. That's not to say Now Sound requires horns. It's just that there's all this stuff that resembles Now Sound - like instrumental rock or easy listening covers of rock songs (such as Ronnie Aldrich) - which I'm not absolutely comfortable identifying as Now Sound. The stuff with horns is more indisputably Now Sound. Anyway if I had to make a list of the best and most quintessential Now Sound, I'd start with those two Les and Larry records (though the first one is by far the better) and to that list I'd add the one I mentioned before: Si Zentner's "Right here right now" and this one by John Keating - here identified as the Johnny Keating Sound - called "Here's where it is". If I had to round it off to a top five, I'd have to choose between "Billy May Today!" and Les Brown "The Young Beat!". If I had to choose single tracks, I'd probably choose the Brass Impact's version of "Mais Que Nada" but some of the Brass Impact tracks remind me more of that classic Command sound and not so Now-ish. If someone wanted to add Claus Ogerman's "Watusi Trumpets" or Al Caiola's "The Power of Brass" to this list of classic Now Sound records, I wouldn't argue. And I might add Henry Jerome's "American Gold" which is kind of flat but a real nice collection anyway. And if I'm not at ten yet, I'll end the list with a bit of an outside choice. Vic Schoen's "Girls with Brass" (hell of a title) on Mainstream. That's enough for today. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound Date: 29 Aug 2001 00:20:59 -0400 At 10:02 PM 8/27/01 -0400, Brian wrote: > >A bit late but I think Alan has it right... And I think Moritz has it right >too though he maybe isn't looking at the connection he's already made. To >me, the Now Sound is to Rock music what Exotica is to World Music, ie. an >attempt to recreate. I'm not going to speak for Moritz but he quite rightly distinguishes between the two in this way. He says that whereas Now Sound was trying to address music that was actually contemporary at the time, exotica was attempting to address music from another time and place. I agree that there's a distinction to be made there. And I guess you could therefore say that exotica was more "original" than Now Sound. And I wouldn't argue with that. I imagine that when the producer walked in the room for a Now Sound session, he told those jazz and big band session musicians "Look, if that's what the kids want, surely we can do it better than those untalented rock musicians!" But the truth is that those same musicians had probably played on some of those rock tunes. In any case, they didn't need anyone to tell them what they were trying to recreate. One way or another, they had certainly heard some of the music that was popular with the kids. What they didn't understand however was that their superior musicianship wouldn't necessarily help them capture the sound we kids loved. In the case of exotica musicians, I suspect the various musicians gathered for the sessions did NOT have the same idea of the sound they were there to capture. The producer brought in a lot of percussion instruments and a list of tunes and told them to think of that primitive tribal beat which would accompany their sexual exploits with the naked Polynesian girls. Or maybe that's just me when I listen to it. (Now Sound doesn't make me think about sex.) Anyway this post was a collaboration between myself and the spirit of Moritz. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "F. Cobalt" Subject: (exotica) Speaking of the Loot OST... Date: 28 Aug 2001 21:47:29 -0700 In Dusty Groove they have a copy of the soundtrack to a Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda movie Killer Force, which was called Diamond Mercenaries in the UK I guess. They want almost $50 for it, and I don't know why. I got mine for like $5 I think. It's mostly disco, and I think there's a lot of good disco, but this is even kind of bland disco. I mean, why do they think they're going to get $50 for it? Copies on eBay that I've run across don't even seem to sell. Did someone sample this that anyone knows of to make it suddenly "valueable"? I wonder and wonder. Mr. Unlucky Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "jamie_james" Subject: (exotica) re: loot Date: 29 Aug 2001 10:48:46 +0100 Hi William as this appears to be the soundtrack to the motion picture, my advice would be to ignore it. I saw about half the film recently as i had Just read the Orton diaries, which incidently are great but filthy. The musical numbers just sounded to me like something from Hair. If that is your bag though, go for it. I recommend the diaries though. ( not for the the homophobic or the easily shocked.) Jamie >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:51:29 +0800 >From: "william" >Subject: (exotica) loot >hi all, >i just saw that this shop here has gotten in the soundtrack to joe >orton's loot. it says the music was written by keith mansfield. does anyone >have this? is it worth picking up? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) big boys record shops Date: 29 Aug 2001 14:41:14 +0100 I've been buying records in the big boys shops again. Bit steep, but every once in a while it needs to be done. I got Hugo Montenegro 'The Man From UNCLE', collectors double LP on heavy duty vinyl. This range is normally pretty expensive but this was a very good price. And a very good LP. Just what you'd expect from Hugo Montenegro in 1966. A little bit Jazzy, a little bit twangy, pretty damn groovy. 'Solo's Samba' and 'Solos Bossa'. Groovy EZ of a very high quality. Maybe not quite as good as 'the lady in cement', but as I don't actually have that for comparison and have to go by my memory, it may be just 'I want that record' boosting it in my mind. V/A Soul Samba 70 This is really good too. Someone was asking about Bossa nova and I'd say to at least give this a listen as well, it is very well described. Samba influenced by Soul and RnB. Nice brass. It has 'The Now Sound of Brasil' on a sticker on the sleeve. Here is a web page with what they don't give you on the sleeve notes: http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/travelseries/artists/sambasoul70/ I was going to listen to the LP and make lots of notes, but I think the site does a good job. Two very good tracks with Ed Lincoln on, and more info for my Ed Lincoln page. Nice quality pressing too. BranVan3000 Not too sure about this one, in parts its definitely as on topic as the theivery corp, and when its good its sublime, but over a double LP one LP would bean attempt at Indie as done by Betrand Burgalat. A very interesting set of guests, Momus, Dimitri from Paris, Big Daddy Kane, Youssou N'Dour and Eek a Mouse. Not enough syllabillabillabiddlybinging from Mr Mouse, but thats a personal thing. I'm surprised its not been mentioned. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kendoll Subject: Re: (exotica) re: loot Date: 29 Aug 2001 07:54:51 -0600 jamie_james wrote: > . . . the Orton diaries, which incidently are great but filthy. great and filthy are not mutually exclusive. > I recommend the diaries though. ( not for the the homophobic or the easily > shocked.) especially for the homophobic & easily shocked. mike # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Now Sound The Elgart Brothers Date: 29 Aug 2001 10:20:49 -0400 on 8/28/01 11:58 PM, alan zweig at azed@pathcom.com wrote: > And I might add Henry Jerome's "American Gold" which is kind of flat but a > real nice collection anyway. That IS Now Sound..His take on "For Once In My Life" is a floor-shakin' neighbor waker...and--Mr Nitpik backatcha--Brass Impact was the name of the theme or the LP's names (there were three I believe). It was actually the Warren Kime Orchestra. To my ears these LP's epitomize the Now Sound # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) Out of Sight Soundtrack Date: 29 Aug 2001 15:39:57 +0100 I watched the J Lo film Out of Sight the other day and was listening to the OST which I now discover is by David Holmes. It was pretty funky - very Hanged Man, spy funk (now there's a term!), Bullitt. OK, not Bullitt but as close as an OST can get these days. Does anybody have a this on CD with CD burner or minidisk to trade for anything else? Thanks all. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RLott@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Out of Sight Soundtrack Date: 29 Aug 2001 11:11:17 EDT In a message dated 8/29/01 9:35:27 AM, charlesm@contentrepublic.com writes: << Does anybody have a this on CD with CD burner or minidisk to trade for anything else? >> Yes, I do! It's one of my favorite soundtracks, too. (Thankfully, Holmes is scoring Soderbergh's "Ocean's 11," too!) I'd be willing to make you one for trade. Do you have a list? Thanks! --Rod www.hitchmagazine.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) More LP's...... Date: 29 Aug 2001 12:51:37 -0400 The Stripper - Music to Strip By "The Boston Baked Beans" (Diplomat): = Great cover - a huge close-up of a woman in a black wire push-up bra. = Some "ok" original tunes (like Belly Dance Ballet which has a nice = oriental/far-east sound) thrown in with mostly formulaic rag-time = "wah-wah" numbers. An interesting "mini genre" - can't ya just see Harold = bringing this home, "Aw, c'mon honey, STRIP for me!" A real budget label, = the back of the LP reads "All the songs in this album are listed on the = front cover and the record label). Chris Montez - "The More I See You/Call Me" I couldn't pass up this squirrley looking guy in a Beatles haircut = surrounded by three grinning, groovy chicks. Herb Alpert arranged a few = of the songs which Chris wheezes through in his oddly high-pitched and = "tired" sounding voice. Nerd's the word! Especially when posing next to = Herb "the man" Alpert with his open shirt, pinky ring, and self-assured = smirk/smile. The liner notes even make reference to Chris' female voice: = "...it turns out to be Chris Montez, and we all know he's a male, but = still it gives the he-men disc jockeys something to have a laugh about.....= .." Ames Brothers "Destination Moon" - w/Sid Ramin's Orch. - The cover no = doubt makes this a "collectible" as the four brothers explore the surface = of the moon (standing in front of a great mock-up painting with a rocket = ship and mountainous landscape) decked out in full-blown tuxedos. Good = vocal arrangements by Al Semola and orchestrations make this one very = listenable. The sounds aren't "spacey" though, no moog, etc. Latin Goes Percussive - Cha Cha Cha's (International Award Series - = no-budget label): Yawn. I picked up another verison of Exotica on Liberty. The cover has a black = band across the top announcing "spectra-sonic S-T-E-R-E-O. My other copy = has a yellow border around the front picture of Sandy and is on the London = label. The London one *also* appears to be in stereo. The liner notes = for these LP's are exactly the same. What gives? Was there a UK version = of Liberty? - Nate =20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 13:29:03 -0400 At 12:51 PM 8/29/01 -0400, Nathan Miner wrote: > >Chris Montez - "The More I See You/Call Me" > >I couldn't pass up this squirrley looking guy in a Beatles haircut surrounded by three grinning, groovy chicks. Herb Alpert arranged a few of the songs which Chris wheezes through in his oddly high-pitched and "tired" sounding voice. Nerd's the word! Just be thankful you're not making this comment on the spectropop list. I once made a similar comment about Mr.Montez, only to have name-dropping friends of his rush to his defense. And I wasn't even attacking him. I was just trying to ask what the thinking was at A&M. Given the unusual nature of his voice. Their response was "What do you mean by unusual voice?" Anyway I would never try to put Chris Montez forward as an example of a great singer. But there's something both fascinating and also very cool about the way he takes on this classic crooner's stance and crooner's material, using that sweet hoarse little voice of his. It's like something doesn't quite fit. And I do think it has a lot to do with the material. I think his voice would have been less noticeable singing straight bubblegum or Tommy Roe-type material. And more buried in the mix. But he stands there with his voice way upfront, alone, just like Jack Jones or Andy Williams. Except they had the pipes and he didn't. Having said that, this is not Shaggs territory. When I listen to him, there is a part of me thinking "What's going on here?" but at the same time, I genuinely enjoy it. Strange. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 14:10:06 -0400 <> Yes, I'd heartily agree with this assumption. His voice isn't bad, but = it's "weird." And hearing him sing Call Me is very strange. =20 - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "M.Ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 14:59:58 -0400 At 01:29 PM 08/29/2001, AZ wrote: >At 12:51 PM 8/29/01 -0400, Nathan Miner wrote: > >Chris Montez - "The More I See You/Call Me" > > > >I couldn't pass up this squirrley looking guy in a Beatles haircut >surrounded by three grinning, groovy chicks. Herb Alpert arranged a few of >the songs which Chris wheezes through in his oddly high-pitched and "tired" >sounding voice. Nerd's the word! > >Just be thankful you're not making this comment on the spectropop list. Nathan's just lucky Laura/Jane isn't on the list right now or he'd be getting some platform spaceboot whupass on him! Heh heh. M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 15:06:39 -0400 << platform spaceboot whupass on him! Heh heh.>> And that's bad?!?!?! ;-) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 15:50:25 -0400 on 8/29/01 1:29 PM, alan zweig at azed@pathcom.com wrote: > Anyway I would never try to put Chris Montez forward as an example of a > great singer. But there's something both fascinating and also very cool > about the way he takes on this classic crooner's stance and crooner's > material, using that sweet hoarse little voice of his. > It's like something doesn't quite fit. And I do think it has a lot to do > with the material. Two words: Put it into proper context. Montez, you may remember, slammed the US charts in 1962 with his East L.A. Latino Rock dusty called "Let's Dance" ("Hey Baby won't you take a chance, I left my safe in my other pants, but let's dance..." ). It was a few short months later that Wayne Newton made his national debut on the Saturday evening Jackie Gleason show singing "Danke Schoen" to rave reviews despite HIS high-pitched and sexually questionable vocalese. My guess is that someone at A&M decided to pitch Montez as the poor man's Newton and give Capitol Records a run for their money because "The More I See You" is a far hue and cry from "Let's Dance". Context my friend, context. -- DJ Jimmy Botticelli The Groove Merchants Mobile DJ's For Hire Disco/House/Latin/Funk No Talk No Rock "The cat's in the bag. The bag's in the river" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 12:50:12 -0700 alan zweig wrote: > > At 12:51 PM 8/29/01 -0400, Nathan Miner wrote: > > > >Chris Montez - "The More I See You/Call Me" > > > >I couldn't pass up this squirrley looking guy in a Beatles haircut > surrounded by three grinning, groovy chicks. Herb Alpert arranged a few of > the songs which Chris wheezes through in his oddly high-pitched and "tired" > sounding voice. Nerd's the word! > > But he stands there with his voice way upfront, alone, just like Jack Jones > or Andy Williams. Except they had the pipes and he didn't. > Having said that, this is not Shaggs territory. When I listen to him, > there is a part of me thinking "What's going on here?" My thought was that Chris Montez was packaged as a male version of Claudine Longet, an artless innocent that might be embraced by girls of sensitivity. By the way, how old was waifish Claudine Longet during her A&M prime? Although wide-eyed and graced with daisies, on "The Look of Love" cover she appears well over 40. --cm > > AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Would Spinal Tap be "Doubly" Proud? Date: 29 Aug 2001 16:05:17 -0400 With the talk of Quad sound and such, I thought I would relay something that I didn't know about until I made a musical quiz for some of my young cousins. I was taping "The Syncopated Clock" from a 1967 album of Leroy Anderson's music and on the back, it made mention that it was recorded using Dolby Noise Reduction. I didn't know about DNR until it hit the home market in the US sometime in the late 70s/early 80s. For a "greatly reduced hiss"-tory of Dolby, you can look at their site: http://www.dolby.com/company/chronology1965_1969.html Dolby C, dbx No, Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 13:49:58 -0700 (PDT) i'm sorry i can't answer your question, but claudine longet's scary-naive breathy schoolgirl voice in conjunction with the fact that she has killed, with a handgun, stir me. > By the way, how old was waifish Claudine Longet > during her A&M prime? > Although wide-eyed and graced with daisies, on "The > Look of Love" cover > she appears well over 40. ===== "What I need is a shot of Drambuie and some clean sheets." - Jack Nance __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Chris Montez. Date: 29 Aug 2001 18:14:58 -0400 >My guess is that someone at A&M decided to pitch Montez as the poor man's >Newton and give >Capitol Records a run for their money because "The More I See You" is a far >hue and cry from "Let's Dance". Context my friend, context. And let us not forget that A&M was not too keen on entering the Rock and Roll market for quite a long time. Captain Beefheart excepted, there was little to no Rock on that label, a situation that can be viewed here: http://www.bsnpubs.com/aandm/aandm1-4100.html Montez's rockier stuff, Let's Dance and Some Kinda Fun was recorded for Monogram, by the way. A Living Stereogram from, Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Playlist, Martinis With Mancini Date: 29 Aug 2001 21:52:08 -0400 I like to post to the list because sometimes these posts show up of internet searches of the artists. And thanks for reading. Playlist August 24, 2001 Martinis With Mancini Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL Lowell 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) Brief and Breezy, Henry Mancini Goin' Out Of My Head, Les McCann Misery, Dave's True Story Never on Sunday, Pink Martini Girl From Ipanema, Jop Basile You Are My Sunshine, Harold Bradley Peter Gunn Theme, Henry Mancini (Symphonic Soul LP) Slow Hot Wind, (Symphonic Soul LP) Foolin' Around, Patsy Cline Tony's Theme, Hugo Montenegro Bouree. English Suite #2 JS Bach, Swingle Singers Do You Know The Way To San Jose, The Renaissance Tearaway Brass, Danger Girl Appreciation, Ann Margret Hashish Party, George Garvarenz Don't You Pay Them No Mind, Nina Simone Caravan, Santo and Johnny Batucada, Walter Wanderly It Hurts To Say Goodbye, Walter Wanderly Sleep Walk, Santo and Johnny Playing the Field, Buddy Greco Moanin' Cal Tjader S-Wonderful, Randy Van Horne Singers Take These Chains From My Heart, Dean Martin Teach Me Tonight, Sammy Davis Jr I've Got You Under My Skin, Frank Sinatra Agent Who, Burlesque Music, Danger Girl The Madison Time, Teeisco Del Rey A Taste Of Honey, The Halibuts A Day In The Life Of A Fool, Living Jazz Agua De Beber, Seks Bomba Tando Tempo, Bebel Gilberto Port-Au-Prince, Royal Crown Review Forget Domani, Sammy Kaye Au Go-Go The Hucklebuck, Sammy Kaye Au Go-Go Summertime, Lambert Hendricks and Ross Summertime, Santo and Johnny The James Bond Theme, Ray Martin 3 Handed Woman, Louie Prima Bachelor in Paradise, Henry Mancini (Choral Version) Bachelor in Paradise, Henry Mancini (Instrumental Version) Music to Watch Girls By, Nelson Riddle Chaino, Bongo Stick Boogie Your Cheating Heart, Al Caiola Archiniavolo, (sp?) Piero Piccioni I Could Write A Book, Vic Damone Whistler On The Rocks, Eric Vandell The Coffee Song, Eydie Gorme Delicado, Percy Faith Tokyo Taxi Cab, Arling and Cameron Swans Splashdown, Perrey and Kindsley Myster of Yambuya, Don Ralke Your Getting Better, Ken Nordine Galoping Commedians, The Harmonicats Sophisticated Wheels, Gabor Szabo Look of Love, Dusty Springfield, Ms Moneypenny Goes for Broke, Burt Bacharach, UFO Theme (Techo Disco Version) Barry Gray Moon River, Henry Mancini # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Chuck Collazzi Subject: (exotica) Racism? Date: 30 Aug 2001 11:03:14 -0700 To blame the Japanese for rising vinyl prices is ridiculous. To blame a few DJ's is almost as ridiculous. To blame the world-wide spread of our American style of greed/capitalism/Reaganomics which defines "Good" as what sells, and "Bad" as what doesn't sell.....well, maybe you've got something there.......it's the law of supply/demand, and it's always gonna be that so I suggest you get used to it. Besides, if you're going to complain about vinyl prices, why draw the line there? What about real estate, autos, gasoline, food, etc.? Chuck Collazzi Vinyl Plus Music Exchange 16250 Ventura Boulevard Suite 165 Encino, California 91436 USA 818/995-3727 fax 818/995-0140 ChuckLPs@pacbell.net http://ChuckTFrog.com "Our Records Are Endangered Species Under The Federal Hipness Protection Act" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Racism? Date: 30 Aug 2001 16:54:23 EDT << To blame the Japanese for rising vinyl prices is ridiculous. To blame a few DJ's is almost as ridiculous. To blame the world-wide spread of our American style of greed/capitalism/Reaganomics which defines "Good" as what sells, and "Bad" as what doesn't sell.....well, maybe you've got something there.......it's the law of supply/demand, and it's always gonna be that so I suggest you get used to it. >> I just felt like commenting. Don't anybody get all huffy. I'm not sure on the vinyl price rising debate, but I do know this. The Japanese form of "capitalism" is way different than the American style. They function under the guise of a free market, but they are much more adroit (because of their protectionist laws) at price fixing (if not at the least collusion). The Japanese government sets prices on lots of things. I would not be surprised if vinyl was one of them. It is so funny that during those "Reaganomic" years every one looked to the Japanese model of "business" (management, etc.). Now look were they are. The longest period of growth in history. The US, regardless of what many think, is still the most free market in the world. And while not perfect, we would be screaming like banshees if our government interfered with (or some might say ruled) business the way the Japanese government does. I know this kind of strayed off the subject. Take it for what it's worth. Back to the bush, TB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@attglobal.net Subject: (exotica) Kronos Quartet and Esquivel Date: 30 Aug 2001 19:42:27 -0400 The NPR web-site has started a new section, called 'In Rehearsal' The first edition features the Kronos Quartet, as they prepare and practice for the recording of their version of Juan Esquivel's 'Miniskirt' http://www.npr.org/programs/inrehearsal/ Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Marchese Subject: (exotica) Tulip Tiki Date: 30 Aug 2001 19:25:31 -0500 Aloha, I'll be travelling to the Netherlands next week for two weeks and was wondered what, if anything, I can expect to find in the way of tiki; clubs, bars, restaurants, record stores, etc. in Amsterdam. When I was passing through Schiphol airport two weeks ago on my way back from vacation, I was pretty surprised to see a couple of big Moai statues gracing the entrance to the Sandwich Islands Restaurant, so I know that our Dutch friends have achieved a fairly high level of Tiki Consciousness. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Mahalo! -- Matt Marchese "I've been havin' this nightmare.......a real swinger of a nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Racism? Date: 30 Aug 2001 21:04:01 -0400 At 11:03 AM 8/30/01 -0700, Chuck Collazzi wrote: > >To blame the Japanese for rising vinyl prices is ridiculous. >Besides, if you're going to complain about vinyl prices, why draw the line >there? What about real estate, autos, gasoline, food, etc.? The price of food operates under the same force as the price of vinyl. Supply and demand. When a bunch of collectors or DJ's all want the same record, the price goes up. If a lot of the collectors come from the same country, then they are collectively more responsible for the price rise. What's ridiculous about that? And as far as complaining, who exactly was complaining? Some people were discussing the high price for bossa nova records on ebay. I guess it's a fair assumption that discussing high prices is tantamount to complaining. And if the price of peanut butter went through the roof because guys named Chuck were willing to pay any price imaginable to get their peanut butter fix, I'd probably be complaining directly to you. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dowco" Subject: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 30 Aug 2001 21:34:10 -0700 I just gotta tell someone who'll truly appreciate this, and that's you all! Oh, hi, by the way. On my way from one place to another for work this morning, I just happened to drive by the last chance thrift store in town (I think I live in the thrift store capital of the world, and the one I stopped in has been the least prolific, record-wise). I walked outta there with a bushel full of records (28 in total), for a whopping 50 cents each, all in near perfect shape....including: George Wright Encores - at the Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. Crazy Rondo is the highlight on this onee, although you haven't lived until you've heard "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" on the mighty Wurlitzer. Includes a rather ponderous version of "Quiet Village", but on the back cover it does say, "Bird sound in 'Quiet Village' is the real thing"... After one listen, not my fave, but it has its moments. A whole bunch of Stereo Fidelity Records, including four by Jo Basile, his accordion and orchestra...a couple by Patachou (France's favourite singer, apparently), and Dukes of Dixieland, which I haven't listened to yet... Rainy Night In Tokyo - this one's a definite keeper... Hachidai Nakamura Presents the Modern Pop Music of Japan (on Capitol) - a nice orchestra with Japanese instruments added - this is truly moving music - I love it! The Music of Brazil! by Percy Faith and his Orchestra - only listened to side A so far, but this is another keeper! Great arrangements, and beautiful sound on this one. Another one held a lot of promise, because it's entitled "Latin Percussion"... however... it's David Carroll and His Orchestra, and it's, um, nice... but it's not very Latin, and there's not much percussion. I've noticed these efforts from the early fifties are like this... I have an album called "Africana!" from the same time period, I think, which sports a beauty cover, and some really lacklustre orchestra music that has not a thing to do with Africa, as far as I could tell. I digress. A couple of French musette records. Look interesting. More Percy Faith, Accordion a la Carte, Guitarra de Venezuela, It's Always Springtime in Hawaii... I've got a lot of listening to do. I'd be interested to hear your comments on any of these albums - whaddaya think of 'em? The list has been kinda slow lately - late summer doldrums, I guess... G'nite, Jim # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dowco" Subject: (exotica) oh, and one more thing... Date: 30 Aug 2001 21:36:48 -0700 I've been listening to Klaus Wunderlich's "SudAmericana 3"... and liking some of it a whole lot, particularly his version of La Cumparsita. I've never seen volume 1 or 2 - any comments? ta ta. Jim # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 31 Aug 2001 01:14:59 -0400 At 09:34 PM 8/30/01 -0700, Dowco wrote: >George Wright Encores - I can't listen to him very often but once in a while, that ridiculous over the top sound is thrilling. > >A whole bunch of Stereo Fidelity Records, Stereo Fidelity or Audio Fidelity? I generally don't like them as records but the covers are frameworthy. In fact I have a couple of them on the wall. > >Rainy Night In Tokyo - this one's a definite keeper... Hachidai Nakamura >Presents the Modern Pop Music of Japan (on Capitol) - a nice orchestra with >Japanese instruments added - this is truly moving music - I love it! I agree. That's a great record. > >Another one held a lot of promise, because it's entitled "Latin >Percussion"... however... it's David Carroll and His Orchestra, and it's, >um, nice... but it's not very Latin, and there's not much percussion. I don't know how Latin or how percussive you need something to be. I agree it's neither the most "authentically" Latin nor the most percussive but I think that's a great record. I'd say that record's a kind of "pop" version of Latin percussion but the beat is really nice and steady and insistent and David Carroll was a great arranger. I love almost all his records. Maybe you should listen to it again. (And once more, it has a really nice cover.) > The list has been kinda slow lately - late summer doldrums, I >guess... Nah. It's gonna be slow from now on. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kendoll Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 30 Aug 2001 23:48:08 -0600 Dowco wrote: > . . . I think I live in the thrift store capital of the world . . . and where might that be? i want to vacation there. mike # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dowco" Subject: RE: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 30 Aug 2001 22:55:34 -0700 > > . . . I think I live in the thrift store capital of the world . . . > > and where might that be? i want to vacation there. Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada - about an hour out of Vancouver. Every charitable organization has set up a thrift store, and all have records (to a greater or lesser degree) - we've got a Value Village, a "Bibles for Mission" thrift store (the last chance thrift store I was referring to), a Community Services thrift store, a Prison Ministry thrift store, a Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Store, an I'm not sure what they do, but they're called the Victory Thrift Store... and then there's more about fifteen minutes away. This area is referred to as the Bible Belt of BC, so there's a high proportion of terribly mediocre Christian music, but also a lot of 'easy listening' type stuff, which I'm loving. Also a large population of seniors, so I assume the stash I found today came from some unfortunate soul moving into a rest home or something (but on the brighter side, maybe someone sold the house and is moving into a condo :-) ). And to top it off, I only know of two other guys who collect records here :-) Ta ta, Jim # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kendoll Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 31 Aug 2001 01:01:43 -0600 i've always had better luck finding records in the medium sized cities of the b.c. interior (kamloops, penticton, etc.) than in vancouver. now i find that i've driven through "the thrift store capital of the world" dozens of times without knowing it! next time i drive to the coast i'll be sure to stop in. don't worry, i won't depleting the stock anytime soon -- i hardly get out there anymore since the last of my vancouver friends moved. i'm in edmonton -- a pretty good thrifting town, i think. there are about 20 thrift stores here including 6 goodwills, 4 sally anns, 3 value villages & a handful of "rogue" religions, diseases & other causes. we also have a bibles for missions which is pretty much as you describe it -- lots & lots of mediocre religious stuff -- but hidden among the george beverly sheas i've sometimes found the odd record that rocks my world, like the time i found two balsara & his singing sitars's. thanks for sharing. if i was living in the thrift capital of the world i'd probably keep it to myself. mike Dowco wrote: > > > . . . I think I live in the thrift store capital of the world . . . > > > > and where might that be? i want to vacation there. > > Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada - about an hour out of Vancouver. > Every charitable organization has set up a thrift store, and all have > records (to a greater or lesser degree) - we've got a Value Village, a > "Bibles for Mission" thrift store (the last chance thrift store I was > referring to), a Community Services thrift store, a Prison Ministry thrift > store, a Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Store, an I'm not sure what they > do, but they're called the Victory Thrift Store... and then there's more > about fifteen minutes away. This area is referred to as the Bible Belt of > BC, so there's a high proportion of terribly mediocre Christian music, but > also a lot of 'easy listening' type stuff, which I'm loving. Also a large > population of seniors, so I assume the stash I found today came from some > unfortunate soul moving into a rest home or something (but on the brighter > side, maybe someone sold the house and is moving into a condo :-) ). And to > top it off, I only know of two other guys who collect records here :-) > > Ta ta, > > Jim # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: Re (exotica) oh, and one more thing... Date: 31 Aug 2001 09:23:42 +0100 Jim, I have both of them and like them. I'd say 2 has the edge for its 'modern pop sound' which I think means there may be a Moog on there, and also the choice of material, it has a breakneck brazil and some genuine Brazilian songs on it, whereas my recollection of 1 is that a lot of the songs were German. But don't quote me. Also the cover on 2 is a lot more luridly coloured, 1 was a bit drab. But If you enjoyed 3 you would enjoy 1 and 2 as well. I just checked Johanns site and was surprised to see that these were not there, but if you don't know it, its a good resource: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/disq.htm I've been on the list 3 years and this time of year its always slow, I'll be going back to digests in a couple of weeks. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@netscape.net grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > I've been listening to Klaus Wunderlich's "SudAmericana 3"... and liking > some of it a whole lot, particularly his version of La Cumparsita. I've > never seen volume 1 or 2 - any comments? > > ta ta. > > Jim > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) Vedette Records MP3 Date: 31 Aug 2001 11:23:28 +0100 I swear I have nothing to do with this (not yet, at least!) ;) http://www.mp3.com/vedetterecords I think it was on one of the Right Tempo/Easy Tempo CDs. I'll have to investigate... later, Nicola DjB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 31 Aug 2001 05:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Hello, and congratulations on your thrifty haul. The Nakamura lp is indeed quite good. I passed on my 2 cents about that one few years back. It's good to hear there's still a place in the world where the bins remain bountiful. Nothing but Andy Williams (whose ex, like Bo Diddley, is a gunslinger), Herb Alpert, 15,000 variants of the Eddie Duchin Story (the Ricky Martin of his day, no doubt) and Jimmy Swaggart left around my area. A year ago, it was a completely different story. --- Dowco wrote: > > I just gotta tell someone who'll truly appreciate > this, and that's you all! > > Oh, hi, by the way. > Rainy Night In Tokyo - this one's a definite > keeper... Hachidai Nakamura > Presents the Modern Pop Music of Japan (on Capitol) > - a nice orchestra with > Japanese instruments added - this is truly moving > music - I love it! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: (exotica) The sultry Sallie Blair Date: 31 Aug 2001 07:30:10 -0700 (PDT) Found this on Amazon. Easy on the eyes, brutal on the billfold. And, a criminal lapse, no sound files posted. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003WG6F/qid=999268030/sr=1-2/ref=sc_m_2/104-2328671-2070351 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "M.Ace" Subject: (exotica) "Accordion Dreams" on PBS Date: 31 Aug 2001 11:30:15 -0400 "Accordion Dreams" is the sort of drippy title for a rather good documentary about the accordion and conjunto music in Texas. It's floating around on PBS right now, I caught it last night. Check your local schedule. It covers the history up to the present. It's terrific how the kids are getting into it now, and doing some pretty wild playing to boot. It even briefly covered the different accordion types (diatonic button, chromatic button, piano). Remarkable. Here's the supplemental website: http://www.pbs.org/accordiondreams/ At the moment, a couple of the subsections aren't working (for me), but most of it is there. --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Finds (or: thrift store heaven) Date: 31 Aug 2001 11:47:41 -0400 At 05:43 AM 8/31/01 -0700, Ben Waugh wrote: > >. Nothing but Andy Williams (whose ex, >like Bo Diddley, is a gunslinger), Herb Alpert, 15,000 >variants of the Eddie Duchin Story (the Ricky Martin >of his day, no doubt) and Jimmy Swaggart left around >my area. A year ago, it was a completely different >story. I'm glad to know that there are still good thrift stores around. But yeah, it seems to have changed pretty dramatically around here in the last year or so. Thrift stores in Toronto are now pretty sad. I don't really know how this change occurred but I have the nagging suspicion that it had something to do with the curious fact that all the thrift stores in Toronto are now staffed exclusively by Japanese. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rob Crowther Subject: (exotica) Readers Digest LP box collections Date: 31 Aug 2001 08:57:45 -0700 I'm curious about all the Reader's Digest record collections that are out there. You know, the ones with titles like 'Music for Relaxation' (probably not an exact title, but close enough). I think they were part of the 'Dynagroove' recordings, as well. And, what in the world is 'Dynagroove?' Does anybody know how many of these collections were produced, or if there's a discography somewhere I can browse through? I know they produced a lot, even holiday collections. Anybody know if they've ever been translated over to CD? Rob ************************************* " Authenticity. If you can fake that, the rest will take care of itself. " -- www.mistersuave.com -- -- rob@mistersuave.com -- -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:48 AM At 05:43 AM 8/31/01 -0700, Ben Waugh wrote: > >. Nothing but Andy Williams (whose ex, >like Bo Diddley, is a gunslinger), Herb Alpert, 15,000 >variants of the Eddie Duchin Story (the Ricky Martin >of his day, no doubt) and Jimmy Swaggart left around >my area. A year ago, it was a completely different >story. I'm glad to know that there are still good thrift stores around. But yeah, it seems to have changed pretty dramatically around here in the last year or so. Thrift stores in Toronto are now pretty sad. I don't really know how this change occurred but I have the nagging suspicion that it had something to do with the curious fact that all the thrift stores in Toronto are now staffed exclusively by Japanese. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Readers Digest LP box collections Date: 31 Aug 2001 12:18:56 -0500 I only have one of these, called something like "Sounds of the South" or "Rhythms of the South"--anyway, it's full of Latin tunes. It's actually quite a good collection. Perez Prado shows up on it, along with other serious bands. I remember there being a great version of "Chacita" on one of the sides. And the good thing is that most people who ordered the collections did so out of some kind of loyalty to Reader's Digest or subscription or something, so they never bothered to listen to the records more than one or two times. Of course, many of the collections are probably not worth listening to more than once (if that much). I admit I was tempted to buy a Steve & Eydie collection once, but passed on it. Clayton > > I'm curious about all the Reader's Digest record collections that are out > there. You know, the ones with titles like 'Music for Relaxation' (probably > not an exact title, but close enough). I think they were part of the > 'Dynagroove' recordings, as well. And, what in the world is 'Dynagroove?' > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "M.Ace" Subject: (exotica) "Adult Swim" Date: 31 Aug 2001 16:22:12 -0400 Cartoon Network's new "Adult Swim" block (aimed at an audience older than their usual demographic, anyway) begins airing this Sunday night at 10pm. Why do I mention here? The Japanese series "Cowboy Bebop" has been mentioned on here now and then (and not by me), and is getting its US premiere on the block (Midnight & 12:30am). Adult Swim website: http://adultswim.com/ The Cowboy Bebop section: http://adultswim.com/shows/cowboybebop/index.html Other shows: "Home Movies", "The Brak Show", "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", "Aqua Teen Hunder Force", "Sealab 2021", "Space Ghost Coast To Coast". --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: (exotica) recipe Date: 31 Aug 2001 13:52:39 -0700 (PDT) Tonight I will be serving the Mai-Kai's Bora Bora, which I finally managed to get them to fill me in on: 3/4 0z Fresh Lime Juice 1.5 Oz Grapefruit Juice 0.5 Oz 151 0.5 Oz Jamaican Rum 1.5 Oz Puerto Rican Rum 3/4 z Sweetener (they use something called "seven", which sounds like an evil chemical I once used on m y grape arbor. I will use sugar syrup, to taste). It's quite good, and not too sweet - pleasantly tart, like a decent mai-tai. ===== "What I need is a shot of Drambuie and some clean sheets." - Jack Nance __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Readers Digest LP box collections Date: 31 Aug 2001 22:12:33 +0100 Rob Crowther wrote: > > I'm curious about all the Reader's Digest record collections that are out > there. You know, the ones with titles like 'Music for Relaxation' (probably > not an exact title, but close enough). I think they were part of the > 'Dynagroove' recordings, as well. And, what in the world is 'Dynagroove?' > The only Dynagroove I know of is as a recording/mastering term on mid-late 60s RCA LPs. I don't think this is same one. a contemporary explanation of this: http://www.stereophile.com/showarchives.cgi?95:1 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Readers Digest LP box collections Date: 31 Aug 2001 16:01:07 -0700 Michael Jemmeson wrote: > > Rob Crowther wrote: > > > > I'm curious about all the Reader's Digest record collections that are out > > there. You know, the ones with titles like 'Music for Relaxation' (probably > > not an exact title, but close enough). I think they were part of the > > 'Dynagroove' recordings, as well. And, what in the world is 'Dynagroove?' > > > > The only Dynagroove I know of is as a recording/mastering term on > mid-late 60s RCA LPs. I don't think this is same one. > > a contemporary explanation of this: > http://www.stereophile.com/showarchives.cgi?95:1 One in the same; RCA made these LPs for Readers Digest. By the way, I just happened to pick up a few RD sets just hours ago, each in characteristic RD Near Mint quality. Two are organ music, and the third I'm now listening to is a 9-record set titled "Serenade for Lovers", subtitled "Romantic mood music by Melanchrino Strings, Vic Damone, Harry Belafonte, Jack Jones, Chet Atkins, Hugo Winterhalter, John Gary, Ed Ames, Henry Mancini, Perry Como, & 29 others". The "29 others" are no slouches -- the very first track on record 1, "Wiederseh'n" by Pete King and His Orchestra is the height of delight. --cm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Readers Digest LP box collections Date: 31 Aug 2001 16:01:49 -0700 Rob Crowther wrote: > Anybody know if they've ever been translated over > to CD? I came across a "Pleasure Programmed" Readers Digest CD just the other day at my local library. It is one disc in a series of four 3-CD sets of "The Most Beautiful Melodies of the Century". I'm quite fond of the RD "Stardust Memories" set I have on 8-track, but this CD was disappointing. Only a meager 12 songs, each one bubbling over with digital shrillness. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" by Paul Weston and Jo Stafford was for me the only good track. Too bad it sounds like pinpricks in my ears. --cm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) Good/Bad Sells/Doesn't Sell Date: 31 Aug 2001 16:36:54 -0700 >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:03:14 -0700 >From: Chuck Collazzi >Subject: (exotica) Racism? > >To blame the world-wide spread of our American style of >greed/capitalism/Reaganomics which defines "Good" as what sells, and "Bad" >as what doesn't sell.....well, maybe you've got something there.......it's >the law of supply/demand, and it's always gonna be that so I suggest you get >used to it. The truism that "popular" music is never as good as "serious" music is a relatively recent one. If you look at the list of artists that sold the most records from 1900 to 1960, the list would look something like this... Enrico Caruso, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley. If you listed the artists who made the most significant contributions to music during the same period, the list would be pretty much the same. For the first half of the 20th century, popular music *was* serious music. The ghettoisation of popular music has only been since the British Invasion when marketing became more important than the music. See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Playlist August 31, 2001 Martinis With Mancini Date: 31 Aug 2001 23:05:06 -0400 "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL Lowell 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) Brief And Breezy, Henry Mancini Artificial Flowers, Bobby Darin Boss City, Wes Montgomery It's You, Lou Rawls East Side Drive, Mundell Lowe A Square In The Social Circle, Betty Hutton Pink Panther Theme, Henry Mancini The Clown, Johnny Keating Orchestra Frensi, Eydie Gorme Surfboard, Esquivel You Stepped Out Of A Dream, Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66 Love Theme From "The Sandpipers" Sammy Kaye Theme From A Man Called Dagger, Steve Allen Fly Me To The Moon, Julie London On The Street Where You Live, Quincy Jones Carol's Theme, Los Brasilios Any Other Name, Thoman Newman Spanish Eyes, Nelson Riddle I've Got You Under My Skin, Sammy Davis Jr. Your Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Dean Martin Hey Jealous Lover, Frank Sinatra Bachelor In Paradise, Instrumental, Henry Mancini Coffee Time, Carmen Mc Rae Walk On The Wild Side, Jimmy Smith Last Tango In Vegas, Cocktail Angst Forbidden Island, Martin Denny Le Soieil De Ma Vie, Brigitte Bardot/Sacha Distel Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, Louie Jordan You Are My Sunshine, Ray Charles Royal Blue, Henry Mancini Go Go Sitar, Kahuna Kawentzmann Amazona Paddle Boat, Lady Geissler Track Brandgerg Drei Fusi, Kahuna Kawentzmann Guantalamera, Lady Geissler Track Caravan, Johnny Mathis Natasha, Czerkinski Jazz Pour Dadine, Nicola Conte Popcorn, Hot Butter I Dream Of Genie, Da Vincis Notebook Mr. Bongo, Lemon Wake Up Call, Michelle Wilson Sea Sex And Sun, Demon Ritchie-Electronica Gainsbourg Charade, Torrid Tampico Sound Of Claudio Rosas A Good Stiff Drink, Beat Pharmacy Taboo, The Whodads The Lonely Bull, Herb Albert Summertime, Santo And Johnny I Am A Kitten, Momus Beep Beep, Louie Prima The Twisters, Mel Henke A Shortage Of Minis, How Sweet It Is, Pat Williams Yesterday, Nelson Riddle Tokyo Taxi Robot, Arling And Cameron Poinciana, The Harmonicats Lolita Ya Ya, Nelson Riddle At The Riveer, Groove Armada Moon River, Henry Mancini # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Cambodians and Surf Music Date: 31 Aug 2001 23:41:45 -0400 What is it with Cambodians and Surf music? Sonny, The host of "Voice of Cambodian Children" has played The Ventures, and last week his sub co-host was playing The Shadows. They tell me that surf music sounds very Cambodian. To me Cambodian music sounds a little like Indian music. Its sounds interesting, but the ears get tired pretty quick. BTW I have an original CD of the Scamp reissue of The Shadows but no linear notes! (What can you expect for free) If anybody can help me out. Domenic # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RLott@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) "Adult Swim" Date: 01 Sep 2001 00:12:42 EDT I was fortunate enough to preview "Adult Swim" a couple months ago, and it is (with the exception of "Home Movies") hilarious. It'll definitely have my viewership for 2.5 hours every week. The title doesn't lie, either -- some of the humor is very adult. Those on this list will really like the "Harvey Birdman" opening sequence. Cool visuals, cool song. --Rod www.hitchmagazine.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) racism shmacism Date: 01 Sep 2001 01:22:00 -0400 >>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:03:14 -0700 >>From: Chuck Collazzi >>Subject: (exotica) Racism? This still bugs me. That post with the word "racism" in it. And the business about NOT blaming collectors for high record prices. In most used record stores I've been around the continent, most records are in the five to seven dollar range. Or maybe a little less. A lot of stores jump from there to the twenty dollar range. These are records the store owner thinks are special for various reasons and he thinks he can get a bit more money for them. Often they're called "collector's items" but that's just a marketing term. Sometimes those twenty dollar records are priced at 30 or 40 dollars even. You can't really "blame" anyone for the prices of the records I've discussed so far. That's just the way record sellers think. The prices they come up with are actually pretty arbitrary. But the records I've talked about so far were not the ones I was talking about all those months ago when this topic first came up in reference to expensive records on ebay. I'm talking about the hundred and two hundred dollar records. Records are going for that kind of money because someone somewhere is willing to pay that much for that record. That person either has a lot more money than most of us OR he has other reasons for paying that much, such as feeling like he actually NEEDS it for his livelihood. I guess the word "blame" has more than one meaning. I don't blame someone for buying what they want or for paying whatever they need to pay. But if I'm looking for someone to blame for the high price of some records, I will look to the people willing to pay those high prices. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender.