From: Richard Karty Subject: To: exotica@xmission.com Date: 05 May 1994 10:18:37 -0700 (PDT) Hello - Does anyone know if the original soundtracks to the Fellini movies La Dolce Vita and 8-1/2 are currently available? I don't know if this fits witht the theme of this list, but as I've been on the list for several days and haven't recieved any messages, I'm sending this to see what happens. P.S. I already know about the Nino Rota covers album by Carla Bley et al. Thanks Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: barry@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: Re: Nino Rota/Perez Prado Date: 05 May 1994 13:21:22 -0500 Richard Asked: >Does anyone know if the original soundtracks to the Fellini movies La >Dolce Vita and 8-1/2 are currently available? I bought "La Dolce Vita" on CD about a year ago at Rose Records in Chicago. I think it was an Italian import, it was a little pricey, but well worth it! I can look up the label for you later if necessary. Re: 8-1/2, "?". >I don't know if this fits witht the theme of this list, but as I've been >on the list for several days and haven't recieved any messages, I'm >sending this to see what happens. Thanks for breaking the ice, Richard, I was starting to wonder about the caveat: >>Exotica may generate a lot of traffic, much of it arcane or chatty. Now for a (somewhat related) question of my own: Awhile back a friend showed me a review that appeared in "Spin" magazine of a 10 (yes, TEN) CD box set of Perez Prado. It sounded like I had most of it already, but I was wondering about a couple of things: (1) Was there an accompanying booklet (in English) which is bigger/better/more informative than the one that came with the Bear records Mambo Mania/Havana 3am CD? (2) The review mentioned some live material, maybe one whole CD worth. Has anyone heard this or know anything about it, or any other live Prado stuff for that matter? {Incidentally, does anyone happen to know where Perez Prado was buried? I assume it was either Mexico or Cuba. I'm going to Cuba this summer, and would hate to miss the chance to make a pilgrimage. (You know, hang out by the tomb with a boom box and scrawl "PREZ LIVES" on the marker, that sort of thing...)} Anyone who wants to send me tapes of their favorite exotica please feel free to do so... Thanks Barry Cox ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: barry@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: This is a cocktail party? Date: 24 May 1994 14:51:59 -0500 Hmm, kind of quiet in here, so here's a few hors d'oeuvres: 1). I found a record called "World's Greatest Musical Comedy Songs," or something to that effect, on Halo records, which features on the cover the resurgent Betty Page posing in a Maureen O'Sullivan-esque lion skin, holding two cougars. I was just curious, what with all the hubub over Betty and all, what the price this fetchin' thing might fetch to a collector. (Is there a bettyfan newsgroup or something?) 2). Do you own the Dean Martin record "Dino Latino"? 3). What do you know about Caterina Valente? What records do you own by her? 4). What did you think of the ReSearch "Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 1" issue? Just tryin' to make conversation... barry ("I'll have a Gin Rickey, please.") ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lazlo@carina.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) Subject: This is a cocktail party? Date: 24 May 1994 17:50:22 -0600 (MDT) > I found a record called "World's Greatest Musical Comedy Songs," or > something to that effect, on Halo records, which features on the cover > the resurgent Betty Page posing in a Maureen O'Sullivan-esque lion skin, > holding two cougars. I was just curious, what with all the hubub over > Betty and all, what the price this fetchin' thing might fetch to a > collector. Depends on the collector, though if the sleeve's in good shape I doubt you'd have much trouble finding a Betty fan who'd want it. There are probably quite a few period BP covers out there...I know of at least one other, a recording of Carmen circa 1958 or so. If anyone's interested I'll see if I can get the details from the friends who own it. Shame their copy is badly damaged. > What did you think of the ReSearch "Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 1" > issue? For what it was, it was pretty entertaining -- and a good way to explain to friends the appeal of collecting older oddities. The problem is that we're all in competition for the same material now (cf. that Betty Page "Carmen" sleeve)! :-) There doesn't seem to be all that much additional action on the weird stuff as a result of the book, which is a relief. I suspect that anyone turned on to it by the book would have probably gotten into it on their own eventually anyway. If you don't like Martin Denny's music, there's not much reason to accumulate lots of his old albums. - -- Lazlo (lazlo@xmission.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lazlo@carina.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) Subject: Esquivel Compilation out soon... Date: 26 May 1994 08:42 MDT [Forwarded from rec.music.misc --laz] Juan Garcia Esquivel was an arranger and flamboyant performer quite popular in his native Mexico in the 40s and 50s. In the 50's he moved to Hollywood, where he made a number of 'Exotica' records for RCA. For those unschooled in such things, Exotica was a style born of the 50's - a tweaked exploration of ethnic and 'Primitive' musics usually put together by producers wanting to sell records to the soldiers returning from the South Seas. These albums also utilized the 'Full Stereophonic Sound', so in Esquivel's case, this meant brass sections zooming in for a brief second in the right speaker, a weird guitar slide coming out of the left speaker, and a Therimin carrying the melody. Priceless stuff. I can honestly say that Esquivel brings my mind to a complete stop. These records are also big collector items, very hard to find. Until now. Bar None records in New Jersey are releasing a compilation of some of Esquivel's finest moments - including standards like 'Sentimental Journey' and 'When we Kiss' as well as his own tunes. If these amazing journies into sound don't make you grab a martini and start violently mamboing out the door, then nothing short of 20,000 volts to the spine and a full frontal lobotomy will. Regards, ZAGNUT - -- ====================================================================== When the going gets weird....... the weird turn Pro. - -Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: barry@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: So far, so good... Date: 26 May 1994 14:31:57 -0500 Well, it's kind of dark in here, but it seems that there are at least four people at this party. A nice number. So nobody likes Dean Martin or Caterina Valente, huh? Takes all kinds, I guess. Thanks Vik, for the info on the Lanza book, I'll have to look it up. I too was disappointed with the ReSearch book, the CD i might pick up if it turns up used somewhere. The record I most want from the book is "Soundtrack of Godzilla Vol. I" If anybody has it I'll trade dearly for a tape. About the book though, I was hoping for more interviews of former movers and shakers in the cheese realm, not just more chit-chat with a bunch of obsessive fans who just read liner notes! A zine called "Breakfast Without Meat" did a really good interview a while back with the guy who ran the "101 Strings" record label, and another article about the mystic moods orchestra. I would like to see more stuff like that. What should they put in Vol. II? I think they have the chance to do the definitive interview with Yma Sumac (unless she passed on and I didn't hear about it), and also, I want to know the REAL story behind the Shaggs...For years I've just heard "Their dad ran a record label, let 'em loose in the studio, etc." but even now when I listen to them I alternate between "It CAN'T be true! It MUST be true! It CAN'T be true! It MUST be true!" Say! Is that a salmon aspic loaf? Excuse me, but I better go grab some before it's all gone! barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: taylorj@daisy.siue.edu (John Talyor) Subject: Re: Esquivel Compilation out soon... Date: 26 May 1994 16:47:54 -0500 Great news! Esquivel (pronounced esk-ee-vell) is the ultimate arranger. One of my friends described him as possessing "the genius of Duke Ellington with none of the subtlety". Will this be a CD or LP release, and when will it be out? Jon Taylor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lazlo@carina.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) Subject: Re: Esquivel Compilation out soon... Date: 26 May 1994 16:35:31 -0600 (MDT) > Will this be a CD or LP release, and when will it be out? I assume it's a CD, as Bar/None are big enough. No idea about a date. - -- Lazlo (lazlo@xmission.com)