From: Philip David Jackson Subject: Re: Coupla Finds... Date: 01 Sep 1995 13:15:10 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Philip David Jackson <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Wed, 30 Aug 1995, Lazlo Nibble wrote: > > Reveille: The "New Muzak" -- A promotional Muzak sampler, dated 1969. > Includes muzak versions of "Aquarius" and "Hooked On A Feeling"... > Got this one myself recently - cost $1.00 though! I love the description of the painting on the cover as creating a visual display " that would capture the essence of Muzak's functional program in colors, forms and values". Looks more like real bad Jackson Pollock to me. Bye from Philip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JoeBatutis@aol.com Subject: Re: Muzak Reville Date: 01 Sep 1995 08:45:56 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# JoeBatutis@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > Reveille: The "New Muzak" -- A promotional Muzak sampler, dated 1969. > Includes muzak versions of "Aquarius" and "Hooked On A Feeling"... I like the fact that on the cover it says "THIS RECORD NOT TO BE SOLD" It's like It's classified information or something... - -Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: deWolfe/Music for Film+TV Date: 01 Sep 1995 14:21:38 -0900 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Robbie Baldock <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Will - Re: your recent Exotica posting - > ... you'd love the seemlingly endless series of background/soundtrack > albums put out by the deWolfe company in the 1970s... Hah! Someone else has found these! I actually picked up some _55_ LPs of this sort of stuff at a recent car boot sale - for 7.50 UK pounds!!! The stallholder offered them for 5 but I thought that was a little _too_ ridiculous!!! Though I still think Lazlo's recent Les Baxter for 75c beats them all! I actually threw most of these LPs away as they were from the 80s and had really quite horrible synthesizers and sequencers playing the music but I kept about 15 gems, KPM's "Flamboyant Themes III" from 1969 for example has a couple of superb spy-movie type tunes (my favourite is "Marco Polo") - - one of these "flamboyant themes" went on to become the theme music for "This is Your Life" in this country (pity that it's horrible!). Anyway, I'd love to hear volumes I & II! Another goodie is from the Parry Music Library - "Drama Underscores", from 82 (sacrilege!) but has some nice atmospheric tracks like "Mounting Tension", "Imminent Danger" etc! Signing off, Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Exotiacs! Date: 01 Sep 1995 14:22:48 -0900 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Robbie Baldock <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Everyone seems to have missed Zark's wonderful typo for "exotica" which sounds like an ace "collective noun" for us: EXOTIACS! Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Farfisa Demonstrational LP Date: 01 Sep 1995 14:29:49 -0900 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Robbie Baldock <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Hi all - me again! Three postings in one day?! - what's gotten into me? I forgot to mention in my list of current faves a couple of days ago a track from: Graeme Wright's "Wright Sounds of Farfisa" (no date), Alamo Records Which seems to be a demonstrational LP from Farfisa and has some _weird_ cover verions on it, including "Quiet Village" but my favourite is a version of Michael LeGrand's "I Will Wait for You" - a cracking example of what happens when a synth player from this era attempts to evoke sentimentality - utter _hil_arity! Unfortunately, this track sticks at one point (typical huh?!) so I'm on the look out for a cleaner copy - anyone seen it? Right I think that's me - no more postings for a while I promise! Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARKG@mark-ed.infinet.com (Mark Gunderson) Subject: Re: LPs in NY Date: 01 Sep 1995 10:35:05 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# MARKG@mark-ed.infinet.com (Mark Gunderson) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Pete the Docter beckons: > I'm planning a trip to NY soon. Does anyone recommend music stores > I should check out? I didn't get to hunt for exotica much last time I was there, but if I recall there's one place in Soho, is it Lunch For Your Ears? Lower level of some place. It has some good vinyl pickins. The one place I wish I'd known to look for: Smilin' Nylon, a clothing store, the owner of which apparently makes these great exotica mix tapes and sells them there. The CBC (Canadian radio) played one and it was really great. I went to one NYC thrift store but didn't find much in vinyl. Good luck! - - Mark G. - -=-=- Mark Gunderson, Systems Analyst markg@mark-ed.infinet.com - -=-=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: deWolfe/Music for Film+TV Date: 01 Sep 1995 09:10:29 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > Though I still think Lazlo's recent Les Baxter for 75c beats them all! Lex Baxter isn't all that tough -- I've found several of his albums on the cheap. Esquivel, on the other hand...I don't think I've ever even seen *one* of his albums that wasn't on the wall of some record shop for a ludicrous amount of money. I've never even seen a worn-out, water-damaged empty sleeve for an Esquivel album in an auction box... - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric Labow" Subject: Re: Esquivel/Hillsville guns & flea Date: 01 Sep 1995 11:51:15 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Eric Labow" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. The Laz said >cheap. Esquivel, on the other hand...I don't think I've ever even seen >*one* of his albums that wasn't on the wall of some record shop for a >ludicrous amount of money. I've never even seen a worn-out, water-damaged >empty sleeve for an Esquivel album in an auction box... Actually, the only Esquivel album I have is Outer Worlds, Outer Sounds which I picked up at the Dublin, Virginia flea market for 50 cents. So, there is hope. It was nestled in with a bunch of Norman Luboff choir and (of course) Herb Alpert records. Is Esquivel or Les Baxter listed in any Record Collecting guide books yet? If so, every nitwit flea market dealer is gonna charge 150% of book value. Those books are true evil. I've seen idiots charging "book value" for Bee Gees and Chiliwack records just because they're listed in the book, even though they couldn't even give that shit away. Anyone on this list who lives in Virginia, North Carolina, or Tennessee will want to check out the absolutely massive annual Hillsville, VA flea market this weekend. (Actually it's billed as the Annual Hillsville *Gun Show* and Flea Market). The entire town of Hillsville turns into a giant flea market, I'm talking 2,000-5,000 tables! Massive. It's shopping at it's finest, unless you get a little edgy around thousands of people carrying guns. The flea market runs until Monday night and Hillsville is located right off I-77 in southwest Virgina, about 20 miles from the North Carolina border. Email me directly if you need any more info. Later. ====================================================================== - -eric labowe@vtls.com "There's nothing more unromantic than prune juice" - George Clinton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Holmes <72241.731@compuserve.com> Subject: LPs in NY Date: 01 Sep 1995 12:39:08 EDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Joseph Holmes <72241.731@compuserve.com> <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >>I'm planning a trip to NY soon. Does anyone recommend music stores >>I should check out? Peter, Everything's pretty well picked over, but check my list of NY vinyl sources at http://www.interport.net/~joholmes/sabpsr.html One warning: only go into the Golden Disk on Bleeker if you enjoy seeing Esquivel on the wall for $100. - -=-Joe =----------------------------------------------------= = Space Age Bachelor Pad Music on the World Wide Web = = http://www.interport.net/~joholmes/index.html = =----------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: cheap Esquivel? Date: 01 Sep 1995 09:57:15 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Lazlo wrote: Lex Baxter isn't all that tough -- I've found several of his albums on the cheap. Esquivel, on the other hand...I don't think I've ever even seen *one* of his albums that wasn't on the wall of some record shop for a ludicrous amount of money. I've never even seen a worn-out, water-damaged empty sleeve for an Esquivel album in an auction box... I did happen to find the Ames Brothers' Hello Amigos (orchestra under the direction of Juan Esquivel) for $2.99. Not a terrific copy, but listenable. Maybe that's an album that slips through the on-the-wall gauntlet sometimes... It's not even that bad an album - Esquivel is definitely recognizable as the band leader, and the Ames Brothers singing songs in Spanish *phonetically* has a certain charm all it's own. The liner notes say something to the effect that only one of the brothers speaks spanish at home (he's married to a woman from Mexico) but that the others still are able to feel the emotion and character of the songs. I'm sure everyone on this list is as swept up by their emotion as I am when they sing "South of the Border, down Meh-hee-koh waaaay." Yeah, right. It's about as Mexican as Doritos. - -Clark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Norton Subject: Re: cheap Esquivel? Date: 01 Sep 1995 10:26:13 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Craig Norton <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. During the early 1960's in Canada, RCA used to give free RCA demo LP's to people who purchased RCA console stereo systems. They were usually LP's that would fully demonstrate the sonic capabilities of these magnificent (for their day) systems. When I found out about this I began asking people if they or their parents had old RCA consoles. As luck would have it, I found one with the LP's still in the cabinet including an unplayed promo copy of an Esquivel LP, and some big band stuff like Ray McKinley. Always new sources to explore! Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Penrose Subject: Re: LPs in NY Date: 01 Sep 1995 10:42:39 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Christopher Penrose <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Actually I know of one place, but I am interested in others. I think it is around 49th and Broadway. It is called Colony. About 4 years ago the place was stuffed with cheap kooky vinyl, it was here that I found the Dion McGregor album (4 years ago) for a couple dollars. Later they moved all the vinyl to the back of the store and brought in more cds. The vinyl prices skyrocketed. I was there less than 2 years ago, and they had the famous Jack Webb romance album. I have never heard it as the price was a collector-gouging $40. Christopher Penrose penrose@ucsd.edu http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/TajMahal/after.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OttovS@aol.com Subject: Re: Esquivel/Hillsville guns & flea Date: 02 Sep 1995 04:34:15 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# OttovS@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I found an Esquivel in Palm Springs a year ago for .50! Don't bother going there though cause I went back a few months later and found a young hipster in every thrift in town ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Martin Denny Rev-Ola CD Date: 02 Sep 1995 17:10:32 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. According to Record Collector of this Sept., the new Martin Denny cd "The exotic sounds of" on the Brittish Rev-Ola is just a repackage of Rhino's 1990 collection. Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Clem Alford re-issue Date: 02 Sep 1995 17:10:48 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I've read (in Record Collector of this Sept.) about a planned re-issue (on Magic Carpet Records) of "Mirror image - the electronic sitar of Clem Alford". Sounds exotic, an electronic sitar, but is it so? Does anyone know this album? Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: scheduled exotica CDs Date: 02 Sep 1995 17:10:40 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. still according to Record Collector, following CDs are scheduled: v/a Mondo exotica (Capitol) v/a Space capades (Capitol) v/a Cocktail capers (Capitol) v/a Le pad d'amour (Capitol) plus 2 CDs by Enoch Light & the Light Brigade on Varese Vintage Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cojax747@interport.net (Didier Cremieux) Subject: Re: LPs in NY Date: 04 Sep 1995 15:05:16 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cojax747@interport.net (Didier Cremieux) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >> I'm planning a trip to NY soon. Does anyone recommend music stores The one place I >wish I'd known to look for: Smilin' Nylon, a clothing store, the owner >of which apparently makes these great exotica mix tapes and sells them >there. The CBC (Canadian radio) played one and it was really great. I >went to one NYC thrift store but didn't find much in vinyl. Good luck! > >- Mark G. > >-=-=- >Mark Gunderson, Systems Analyst markg@mark-ed.infinet.com >-=-=- Yes Mark I went to smilin'nylon and bought 2 of the tapes and they are awesome lotsa 60's BennyHill type stuff,lotsa moog. I will buy some more Now ,I dont have the exact address...but it is on LafayetteSt. and Spring And the guy who makes those tapes does a gig in a club at NOWBAR 22 7th Ave. Every sunday at 11 pm ($5).... Very little music to be found in thriftstores,indeed cojax747 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Max Subject: Newbie Looking for a Record Date: 05 Sep 1995 08:59:10 -0600 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Max <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I'm a newbie to this group and am not sure if this request is appropriate, but I would like to find an early 1950's record. I think the artist and title (not exactly sure) was: In the Garden By Joe Ballino Thanks, Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Esquivel/Hillsville guns & flea Date: 05 Sep 1995 13:43:15 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >Is Esquivel or Les Baxter listed in any Record Collecting guide books yet? >If so, every nitwit flea market dealer is gonna charge 150% of book value. >Those books are true evil. I've seen idiots charging "book value" for Bee >Gees and Chiliwack records just because they're listed in the book, even >though they couldn't even give that shit away. Yes, unfortunately. I was perusing the current Price Guide at Tower Records a couple months back, just to see if even THEY were onto this yet, and , sure enough, Esquivel, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, P=E9rez Prado and Les Baxter were all there. This will definitely make no-nothing flea market and used record store dealers even bigger *experts* than they already are (my biggest laffs from these bozos is when I see totally whipped copies of Beatles or Elvis LP's for, say, 50 bucks because "Dey are RARE". Yeah, so rare they only sold a billion fucking records). One of my best hits was about 4 years ago when, in a new/used shop, I pulled out 6 unpriced Esquivel albums . No LP's were priced, because the idiot who owned the place had to look every record up in his stupid price guide, rather than have a knowledge about his own business . He fumbled through his book for a good 5 minutes, until he finally looked at me like I was from some distant galaxy, like WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU BUYING THESE, and mumbled "Duh, I don't know, why don't you give me a buck a piece, I guess". Mind you, Esquivel records had not reached the straospheric prices they command today (which Juan finds totally mind boggling, albeit quite flattering), but most places I knew sold them for around 5 bucks a piece, as audiophiles for years having been buying Living Stereo records for the sound quality, not for who the artist was. So it was a good deal. Granted, we all know the laws of supply and demand, and the supply for most of these records is VERY low (Esquivel records, which were never big sellers, are nearly impossible to find now; Baxter and Denny sold lots more records, for the most part, so you can still find them , although some titles are harder than others to get. SPACE ESCAPADE, for example, was deleted from the catalog within a year or so, while TAMBOO was in print for around 10 years). I don't have a problem with CD reissues, as it makes titles available, oftentimes for less than what the original would cost. It doesn't diminish the thrill of the hunt, because if I find the vinyl at a later date for a reasonable price, I can still get it. Most of the artists getting reissued are the biggies, and you can still take a chance on things via the traditional outlets (thrift, tag, flea) that the mainstream doesn't know about yet that can turn out to be total genius. In an Us VS. Them kind of world, there're still boatloads of groovy unassimilated crap out there that most people just don't *get* yet, praise "Bob"! Avanti! brother cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Astro Sounds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: 05 Sep 1995 13:43:11 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >An album on ALSHIRE was issued in 1967 or so with the title ANIMATED EGG. >It is a pretty darn excellent INSTRO PSYCH record. > >101 STRINGS-ASTRO SOUNDS FROM BEYOND THE YEAR 2000 was issued on ALSHIRE in >1967 that are MOST of the same tunes from ANIMATED EGG with sound >effects/101 Strings >added to the mix. Right you are, Jack, AND .......the ANIMATED EGG LP exists in a slightly different form on the Somerset label (Alshire's sister label) under the name of THEY CALL IT SOUL by 'HAIRCUT' & THE IMPOSSIBLES. No strings or echo FX on this one. Yes indeed, those folks at Alshire/Somerset really knew how to increase the old profit margin by offering the same product in multiple ways. Any one out there know who owns their catalog currently. I found another, earlier, 'Haircut'...album that was an unspectacular 'cover versions of the latest Merseybeat hits designed to be bought by dumbasses who buy their records in the supermarket' type of record. (Some of those types of records are truly wonderful in the way they get the chord changes wrong, but not this one.) It tickles my imagination to envision what it must have been like for your average 101 Strings LP buyer, probably blue haired or totally suburban, to place the needle into the groove and be unsuspectingly assaulted by the opening track (the mind hemoraging FLAMEOUT), instead of the usual lush blandness. Ah, but to be a fly on the wall, circa '67. A votre sant=E9!!!! cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Esquivideo! Date: 05 Sep 1995 15:22:44 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. From the "just-missed-it" department: a friend of mine informs me that he was watching a 50s-ish movie on the spanish-language channel the other night, and Esquivel and his Orchestra showed up in one scene. Does anyone know the titles of any spanish-language films he's appeared in? - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Close to home (fwd) Date: 05 Sep 1995 15:31:16 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Reposted For: david.trezza@etak.com (David Trezza) Story Time... I'm one of those scavangers who'll drive many miles if a garage or rummage sale sounds particularily inviting. Wouldn't you know it, but over the Labor Day weekend, my next door neighbor has a Thursday toSunday garage sale that I didn't even give much thought. On late Sunday afternoon, i decide to stroll over and sure enough, 2 crates of vinyl. She says she has already sold many records, so my hopes weren't high. However, I pulled a excellent condition Arthur Lyman, and around 10 misc. South Pacific/Hawaiian/Tahiti/ Maori/ gems outta there. My favorite was a 7" picture sleeve called the music of Hotel Bora Bora with the Pagan Drums of Tuatonga[sp?], from sometime in the 50's. On Monday she gave me what was remaining in the boxes in exchange for a helping hand when needed. It kills me to think what might've been in those boxes before I got to them. It was her well-travelled ex-husband's collection. D Trezza ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Rhino: Cocktail Mix delays -- why? Date: 05 Sep 1995 15:33:17 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Can anyone say authoritatively why the Rhino comp(s) are being pushed back to next year? I know at least one person on this list ought to know for sure. :-) - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Malcolm Humes Subject: NY stores Date: 05 Sep 1995 14:57:03 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Malcolm Humes <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. When I was in NYC a few years ago I saw some of the most absurdly priced trashed records everywhere I went. I had more fun and better luck in thrift stores and lp stores in New Jersey, and if you have some time it might be worth a day trip to some of the little Jersey towns not far from New York. My impression is that New Jersey has a much more warped sense of culture anyway, and more old houses with years of junk filtering out to the thrift shops each year. While it's not really close to the NYC end of NJ, Princeton Record Exchange (yup, in Princeton...) is one of the best used music stores I've experienced. They used to do road trips to colleges when I was in school 10-15 years ago at Penn State, bringing milk crates full of bargains. Last time I was in NJ a few years ago the place was still crammed full of cheapo lps and while i can't recall seeing much exotica in particular it wasn't the sort of place that gouges for used stuff. In NYC I saw things like $25 copies of Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream lps, for stuff that isn't even haerd to find or worth it. My recent hunting here in Berkeley has turned up a few more 50 center east european rock and folk things. Found some hypnosis/self-help record that looked pretty fun just for the cover art and has a nice german accented doc rambling away. Berkeley still has a Rasputin's store on Telegraph with every lp at 50 cents - it's the flush out store for the larger new/used store a block away. Nothing is files but I usually spot a few goodies each time I go there. - Malcolm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Penrose Subject: Re: NY stores Date: 05 Sep 1995 15:39:04 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Christopher Penrose <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I hesitated to mention the Princeton Record Exchange when I mentioned COLONY on Broadway in NY as I figured it would be too far away from Manhattan action. I went graduate school at said university and I can attest to the mighty breadth of this store. Too much of my collection came from this place, but I must admit that the huge quantity of used vinyl is scoured by hoards of Jersey collectors. They come for miles to loot and pillage here. The used albums are also condescendingly close to the floor, beneath the bins for new vinyl. Be ready for cramps in your legs and stiff necks. I bought some Doris Day and Jim Nabors here but I mostly bought techno, and sixties avante-garde music. The classical vinyl section is unrivalled. Really cool place, but not always a haven for exotica. Nevertheless, I will visit the place in a bought a week or so, and I recommend it for others too. I bought my Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny reissues here. I used to go to Trenton back as early as fall '91 to cruise the thrift stores. I found two good ones but they closed during the blight. The Salvation Army was all that was left (as far as I could tell). I haven't had much luck with Jersey thrifts, as I was a carless sod when I was at Princeton, but perhaps Malcolm can share some hints. Christopher Penrose penrose@ucsd.edu http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/TajMahal/after.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Esquivideo! Date: 05 Sep 1995 23:11:48 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Lazlo Nibble asks >>From the "just-missed-it" department: a friend of mine informs me that he >was watching a 50s-ish movie on the spanish-language channel the other >night, and Esquivel and his Orchestra showed up in one scene. Does anyone >know the titles of any spanish-language films he's appeared in? Yes, indeed- they are CABARET TRAGICO (1956) and LOCURA DEL ROCK & ROLL ("The Madness of Rock & Roll", '57 maybe, Juan's not too sure). He stars in LOCURA as the leader of the Polytechnical Institute band, who take on their arch rivals, the University band.(or maybe its the other way around). Juan and his orchestra perform in TRAGICO. The soundtrack album was released on RCA MEXICO in 1956 or 57. Both films are still in rotation on XEW/TELEVISA Mexico City. Juan says they were pretty good. brother cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Griffiths Subject: hello + question Date: 06 Sep 1995 16:39:00 BST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# David Griffiths <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Hello exotica folk Im new to this list and just want to sort of introduce myself. Ive only been on it one day but it looks promising. I must admit to being quite new to the concept of exotica and havent heard many of the BIG NAMES yet. The whole existance of a "movement" if thats the right word is a revelation to me though being down in London recently I noticed a few Easy Listening/Kitch clubs opening which made me think .. um something wierd is happening Basically I have always bought any records that look/sound wierd wonderful and yes EXOTIC so thats why I signed up. Im really intrigued by the descriptions of the likes of Esquivel and Denny and will be purchasing any re-issues ASAP . A recent purchase was HAVANA DANCE PARTY by Humberto Suarez and His Cuban Strings about a third of which is totally Brill (lush strings sounding like Asian Movie soudtracks with Latin percussion). Has anyone heard any more of his stuff Another question I have is about a really cool record which came out as a 7 inch on KOKOPOP about 2 years ago by a singer called APRIL MARCH (tracks Kooky and another one I cant recall now) . It a genuine flipped out classic with very abstract lyrics (Ooh you are kooky ---- I have no damn Humor Im sorry)and a starnge but compelling melody. So question 2 is ...has any got ANYinfo on April March Sorry if this is a bit rambling for a first post Thanks in advance to anyone who answers From DAVID G my email is KNDUSR55@MSMAIL.UCE.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric Labow" Subject: Re: Esquivel/Hillsville guns & flea Date: 06 Sep 1995 18:30:32 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Eric Labow" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Brother Cleve said: > Yes, unfortunately. I was perusing the current Price Guide at Tower Records > a couple months back, just to see if even THEY were onto this yet, and , > sure enough, Esquivel, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Perez Prado and Les > Baxter were all there. This will definitely make no-nothing flea market and > used record store dealers even bigger *experts* than they already are (my > biggest laffs from these bozos is when I see totally whipped copies of Ouch. That reeks. Luckily I didn't run into any scummy flea dealers with up-to-date price guides at the big market in Hillsville this weekend. Most seemed to have the usual inflated prices on Elvis and Beatles records, but not many dealers who knew much about anything besides little glass trinkets and Kung Fu lunch boxes. One dealer actually gave me a discount for buying his "weird" records. He said flat out, "No one else will ever buy this stuff, so I'll give you a good deal on it." Now that's cool. But, the two dealers who sold nothing but price guides to collectibles have definitely made my year's shit list. Anyway, to prove there is still good stuff out there, here's some interesting records I found this past weekend, most for $1 or $2. Xaviera Hollander - "Xaviera!" The Happy Hooker hosts an album full of cheesey erotic dialog in a radio talk show format. She even sings a little. Shudder. Esquivel - "4 Corners of the World" (Who says you can't find any Esquivel out there? Nice shape too!) Roy Smeck - "Hi-Fi Paradise" (Great Hawaiian guitar work.) Tiny Tim -"God Bless" This contains his hit "Tip Toe thru the Tulips", and could be the worst record ever made. His annoying falsetto singing matched with his inability to play the ukelele makes this the definitive record to clear out those pesky neighbors or house guests. This truly reeks. So, does anyone know if is he's trying to make a comeback lately? If so, fear him. Ruth Welcome - "Zither Magic" Cool cover. Boring music. Skip this. "Music of the Moon/Peace of Mind" - The "two-on-1" theremin album that's on the cover of one of those RE/Search books. Not as exciting as I thought old thermin records could be, but it has some good moments. Some Cool Hawaiian records: Tiny and his Hawaiian bubbles - "Hawaiian Luau Party" (Lots of cool Hawaiian guitar) Webley Edwards - "Fire Goddess" (Awesome cover of "native" Hawaiian woman holding two flaming coconuts) Arthur Lyman - "Live at the Crescendo" (Killer live set of jungle calls and exotic instruments from Mr. Lyman and Co.) and something really cool... Hal Blaine - "Psychedelic Percussion". Whoa! Exotica at its finest. The back cover reads, "The music here constitues a mind excursion of rare beauty and semantically is therefore psychedelic!" Sounds like Mr. Blaine is trying to market himself with the hip crowd. But wait, this album is absolute insanity!! This cover lists 60(!) different exotic instruments being used including radocchia-phones(?), Japanese sho, buggy whip, and bean bags. It's a non-stop onslaught of exotic bleeps and noises layered over different tones of percussion.Waaaay too far out for any Mama's & Papas fan or Deadhead to appreciate. I wonder how many people had "bad-trips" because of this album? Sounds more like well-produced Mothers of Invention-ish wall-of-sound than any hippie band. Does anyone know much about Hal Blaine? The cover says he drummed for Frank Sinatra and was a big-wig studio musician-type. Has anyone else heard of him or this record? Sorry for being so long-winded. Whew. ====================================================================== - -eric labowe@vtls.com "There's nothing more unromantic than prune juice" - George Clinton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Norton Subject: Hal Blaine Date: 06 Sep 1995 21:04:12 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Craig Norton <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Eric Labow wrote: > Does anyone know much about Hal Blaine? The cover says he drummed > for Frank Sinatra and was a big-wig studio musician-type. Has anyone else > heard of him or this record? Hal Blaine was probably the busiest studio drummer in California during the 1960's/1970's. I think that he played on dozens of hits for people like the Mama's & Papa's, Grass Roots, Association, Fifth Dimension, Johnny Rivers, etc. etc. He may have drummed on some Beach Boys stuff as well. My memory fails me as to whether he worked with Spector. I'd have to check the books. He usually worked with Joe Osborne on bass, Larry Knechtal on keyboards, and guitarists like Tommy Tedesco. A California hit factory. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David J. Strauss" Subject: Re: Hal Blaine Date: 07 Sep 1995 02:22:44 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "David J. Strauss" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > Hal Blaine was probably the busiest studio drummer in California during > the 1960's/1970's. I think that he played on dozens of hits for people like > the Mama's & Papa's, Grass Roots, Association, Fifth Dimension, Johnny > Rivers, etc. etc. He may have drummed on some Beach Boys stuff as well. > My memory fails me as to whether he worked with Spector. I'd have to check > the books. Hal Blaine was THE drummer for Phil Spector and is on just about everything he ever produced. He's also on most of the Beach Boys' 1960s stuff, including Pet Sounds and Smile, as well as The Byrds "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn Turn Turn" and others. Also thousands of commercials and soundtracks. The only rock session drummer from that period that could be considered his equal during that period would be Earl Palmer (Shelly Manne, too, if he counts). DS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric Labow" Subject: Billboard's exotica article (very long) Date: 07 Sep 1995 10:06:50 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Eric Labow" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Hey all, Just wanna say thanks for everyone who responded with info about Hal Blaine. I didn't know he was THE studio drummer of the 60s. I just ran across an article in Billboard about the current exotica craze so here it is, almost in its entirety. Enjoy. ====================================================================== Taken from Billboard September 9, 1995 Record labels may have gotten wise to the fact that something was going on with the genre known as "space age bachelor pad music" when they became aware of the phenomena like Mr. Phat's Royal Martini Club. The Thursday night feature at the Viper Room in Hollywood CA has DJ Dean Miller spinning vintage '50's & '60's sides. "This is a scene, man," Capitol A & R Wayne Watkins says of Mr. Phat's. "Long gloves and spangly sequines on the women, and the men are dressed out in these funky, kind of neo-gangster zoot suit things. It's a happening." "And when the label people finally understood that it was the young hip crowd that's probably turning around and buying a Big Head Todd record, too - - then it was, 'Ah! It's the 12-24-year olds that we sell the rest of our product to. If they dig it, let's go.'" Over the last two years, a new, young audience has hungrily embraced space age bachelor pad music. The instrumental music recorded in the 50's and 60's - which incorporates such sub-genres as jungle-suffused exotica, mock-tropical sounds, easy listening music for would be seducers, and percussion crazed arrangements of standards-has risen out of a record collectors' underground, igniting an eruption (nice imagery here - eric) of retrospective compilations. Majors and independents alike will release an outpouring of reissues into the first quarter of '96. A Brief History of Pad The genre lies on one side of a great divide in American popular culture. That rift was visible to millions of viewers on "The Milton Berle Show" of June 5, 1956; there, the King of Rock'n Roll was pitted against the Godfather of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. Elvis's swiveling, erotic performance of "Hound Dog" set off a storm of national protest. At the benign end of the sonic spectrum was the other musical guest, Les Baxter, who performed "The Poor People of Paris," a chirpy hit that had been displaced by "Heartbreak Hotel" that April. Baxter was the prototypical architect of pad music. He arranged Peruvian singer Yma Sumac's 1950 exotica landmark, "Voice of Xtabay." Through the 50's, he created a series of Capitol albums - "Tamboo" (a top 10 hit on 1956), "The sacred Idol", "Ritual of the Savage" and "Skins" - that formalized the genre's pulsating, primitive side. Baxter also wrote "Quiet Village", the instrumental number that sparked the tropical music craze. Pianist Martin Denny's birdcall-filled version, a No. 4 hit in 1959, helped propel his "Exotica" album to No. 1 for 5 weeks. Denny's vibe player, Arthur Lyman, also released a cover of the tune. Until the '60's rock outburst shriveled the genre, pop instrumentals were released heavily by the majors and were prominent on the charts. Enoch Light's album "Persuasive Percussion" was No 1 for 13 weeks in 1960 and was 1 of 7 top 10 albums on the Command label for Enoch Light. After the late '60's the music fell into neglect. Musicologist Irwin Chusid says, 'These are the albums that have been sitting in used record shops-not in the bins, *under* the bins. They've been in cardboard boxes on the floor priced at 50 cents an armload, and nobody could move them. Not everyone had forgotten them. In the late '70s and early '80s a small corps of collectors, jaded sophisticates, and post-modern ironists began scouring the flea markets, thrift shops, and garage sales for these ignored artifacts. By 1993-94, writers had begun to pick up on the pad music underground. Publishing house RE/Search released 2 "Incredibly Strange Music" volumes focusing on such musicians as Denny and Moog artists Perry and Kingsley and on the obsessive collectors of the music; companion CDs were released by Caroline and Asphodel. Joseph Lanza's book "Elevator Music" and screenwriter/collector Dick Blackburn's essay "Beyond the Rebel Rouser" (in the book "Too Cool," edited by Billboard director of special issues Gene Sculatti) brought new attention to the genre. (Anyone read this? - eric) The Ascent of Esquivel A bespectacled Mexican musician who never had a chart hit became pad music's unlikely 90's icon. Chusid, director of the Raymond Scott archives and producer of a 1992 Columbia compilation of the late composer's work, was converted to Esquivel's music after hearing a Byron Werner compilation tape in the early 80s. Chusid suggested an Esquivel reissue to RCA VP of marketing Paul Williams, who says, "it was basically something that I didn't feel we would be able to break in the same way that an independent label, who would put it in as their No 1 release, would." With Williams support, Chusid brought his idea to Hoboken's indie Bar/None. Label president Tom Prendergast says, "We just felt, musically, this stuff is great. And Irwin was right - there was an underground out there." Released in June 1994, "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" was met with widespread press coverage and surprising sales in indie rock corridors. According to SoundScan, the set has sold 30,000 units to date. (!!! an amazing figure since SoundScan usually doesn't poll indie Ma 'n Pa stores, these sales are most likely just from mall stores, not where I'd think the majority of Esquivel would be sold - eric) RCA will now release its own 20-track Esquivel compilation, "Cabaret Manana" on Oct 26. The album will include "Sentimental Journey" and "Harlem Nocturne" which will be featured in Quentin Tarantino's segment of the film "Four Rooms". RCA and Elektra are hoping "Four Rooms" may turn the trick for Esquivel. In October, Reprise Archive will rerelease, with original cover art and liner notes, Esquivel's 1962 album, "More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds". "It's amazing," Esquivel says, "I'm so surprised. It was such an unexpected thing. I'm very happy and very glad, of course. Perhaps, what happened was I was too ahead of my time, or the audience wasn't ready for me, I don't know what it is?-is that I don't have to wait another 35 years to see the result of what I write now." Pad Series Galore RCA has stepped forward with a 3-CD series, "The History of Space Age Pop," released Aug 29. Compiled by Chusid from RCA's vaults, it comprises a genre overview, "Melodies and Mischief"; "Mallets in Wonderland," featuring percussion specialties; and the "Stereo Action" series of the 60s. Williams says,"What we were looking to do is broaden the base of the genre... We gave Irwin the scope to focus in on different subtleties." Other labels following suit include Northridge CA's based indie DCC-which issued Arthur Lyman's "Yellow Bird" and "Taboo", and are also shooting to release volumes 2-4 of "Music for a Bachelor's Den." Capitol's Watkins says that when he proposed a scouring of the label's sizable catalog of pad-sound 2 years ago, "everyone looked at me like I was from the moon." With Esquivel's splash, the label green-lighted the production of "Ultra-Lounge," a 5-CD series tentatively due in January. Rhino hopes to have its 3 volume series "Cocktail Mix" in stores by February. Volume 1 was compiled by Chusid before prior to the RCA involvement. The other 2 volumes "Martini Madness" and "Swingin' Singles" were compiled by Rhino's sales and marketing manager, Janet Grey. She says her collections emphasize jazzier instrumental styles and saloon-aware vocals by such talents as Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt, and Diana Dors-are not for the lone bachelor with his hot babe. Mine are for lots of people together, drinking martinis." On Sept 26 Asphodel will reissue Ken Nordine's "Word Jazz" album "Colors", which the company anthologized on the 2nd "Incredibly Strange Music" album and licensed its entirety from Nordine himself. Established as the guru of pad music, Chusid is starting his own imprint, Scamp, with Caroline. Ashely Warren of Caroline's marketing dept. says, "It's about finding interesting records that have been out of print for a while. It's something kooky, something fun." end Hope everyone enjoyed this. ====================================================================== - -eric labowe@vtls.com "There's nothing more unromantic than prune juice" - George Clinton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Norton Subject: Re: Hal Blaine Date: 07 Sep 1995 08:37:36 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Craig Norton <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, David J. Strauss wrote: > Hal Blaine was THE drummer for Phil Spector and is on just about > everything he ever produced. He's also on most of the Beach Boys' 1960s > stuff, including Pet Sounds and Smile, as well as The Byrds "Mr. > Tambourine Man", "Turn Turn Turn" and others. Also thousands of > commercials and soundtracks. The only rock session drummer from that > period that could be considered his equal during that period would be > Earl Palmer (Shelly Manne, too, if he counts). David, Thanks for filling in the blanks on Hal Blaine that my memory had fuzzified. If one were to compile a list of California 60's hits that Blaine "didn't" drum on, it would be a short list. Jim Gordon may also have done a lot of studio drumming during the late 60's. I have a good instrumental drumming '45 from the 1960's that was released under the name of Jimmy Gordon. I think that it is the same Jim Gordon, but have never been able to verify it. Perhaps someone on the list may know more about this. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: doc@pixar.com (Pete Docter) Subject: Jim Gordon Date: 07 Sep 1995 09:16 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# doc@pixar.com (Pete Docter) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Craig Norton wrote: >Jim Gordon may also have done a lot of studio drumming during the late >60's. I have a good instrumental drumming '45 from the 1960's that was Is this the same Jim Gordon who did the album called "Jim Gordon Plays Heavy"? If so, did he do other solo work? Pete Docter doc@pixar.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Penrose Subject: Vibraphones Date: 07 Sep 1995 16:02:30 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Christopher Penrose <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I bought my Vibraphone, a used three-octave Musser One-Niter for $700 back in 1986. I bought them at an extinct music store in downtown Fullerton, CA. Not sure what they go for now. My vibes are currently in "long-term storage" somewhere in New Jersey care of Princeton University. I'll get to see them again in a few years. Christopher Penrose penrose@ucsd.edu http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/TajMahal/after.html Begin forwarded message: X-Sender: mahoney@neo.neographic.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mahoney@neographic.com (kerri mahoney) Subject: Vibraphones Date: 07 Sep 1995 15:43:48 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# mahoney@neographic.com (kerri mahoney) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I need information about vibraphones! I really like Harry Breuer.... - -where does one acquire a vibraphone? - -how much should one expect to pay for a vibraphone? - -any particularly amazing vibraphone masters out there? I need information, dammit! PLEASE!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Review Palm Springs Yacht Club "Breezy Swing" Date: 08 Sep 1995 20:11:52 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. oooooo _ _ _ I like this record ! :-) ''''''''''''' artist: Palm Springs Yacht Club title: Breezy Swing origin: USA type: cass label: (home release) price: ? distribution: Palm Springs Yacht Club, 855 N. Cambridge St., Orange, CA 92667-6843; tel (714) 633-5499 year: 92 genre: novelty hand music track list: Buglers Holiday ''''''''''''' Caravan Sabre Dance Stars & Stripes Forever Take Me Out To The Ballgame The Girl In The Little Green Hat Take me out to the ball game I first heard their "Take me out to the ball game" on a Demento Society CD, and immediately wrote for a tape, because their hand music is very funny indeed. Maybe a bit childish, but then, isn't most novelty? Only 7 out of the 15 tracks on this tape are hand music, the others are what they call "distinctive interpretations of 30's swing music". I'm afraid the Palm Springs Yacht Club won't be remembered because of these, but their hand music stuff really is hilarious. Their "Sabre Dance" is *the* funniest version I ever heard, and "Stars & Stripes Forever" will get you up & rolling all over the floor. I tried to immitate these rather obscene sounds, but immediatley realised that it really takes practice and genius. They are working on a CD release full of silly hand music, but I don't know if it will contain these cassette tracks. Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Tiny Tim Date: 08 Sep 1995 20:13:48 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Eric Labow wrote: >Tiny Tim -"God Bless" ...So, does anyone know >if is he's trying to make a comeback lately? It seems he is making a comeback. Last year there was the horrible "Rock" cd (Australian Regular/Festivak Records), with amongst others 23 minute versions of "Rebel Yel" & "Eve of destruction", and this year there's "Songs of an impotent troubadour" (Durtro, UK) with more than 20 attempts to songs, all written by his Tinyness himself; alas, his singing is better than his song writing talent :-) Nothing as spectacular as his "God bless" or other old LPs. He has lost his falsetto voice completely now; anyone nows BTW how old Tiny Tim is? Must be mofe than 60 I guess). The same Durtro label will release (when?) a CD with covers of 60's classics, and a Xmas CD (distributed both by World Serpent UK). Stay tuned... Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow (via RadioMail) Subject: Exotica Treasure Trove in DC Area Date: 08 Sep 1995 14:29:54 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Brad Bigelow (via RadioMail) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I recommend any exotica fans in the Washington, DC area check out the Second Story Books warehouse in Rockville, MD. While they've ended their 50 cents-an-LP sale and raised everything up to $2 recently, they've also increased their jewels-to-junk ratio significantly. I found a good number of Command LPs, more mambo and cha-cha-cha records than you can shake a guerro at, tons of Living Strings/Mystic Moods/101 Strings, etc. records, even the "Search for Bridey Murphy" LP mentioned here recently. There's still a lot of true crap there, but if you're like me, you'll walk out 50 bucks lighter after a couple of hours--I could have spent three or four times that if I could have afforded it. I suspect they're trying to get out of the record business completely, so I'd recommend checking it out soon. Brad Bigelow Chantilly, VA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) Subject: The Passions Date: 08 Sep 1995 17:15:39 -0500 (CDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. You can imagine my surprise as I was cataloging some 10" LPs in a box that I hadn't looked in for many years. There between the Count Basie and Yma Sumac was a very nice looking copy of les baxter's "The Passions" featuring bas sheva. This was a box package like Capitol used for boxed sets and in excellent condition. Even more astonishing it was when I opened the box and found that the disc was still in the original poly sleeve that was shut with two Capitol FDS stickers and in mint condition, the brochure and a catalog insert were also in the box. This has to be my rarest piece in my collection of 10 inchers. And I'm putting it up for auction in rec.music.marketplace.vinyl along with 39 other rare 1950's LPs of jazz, Hawaiian and exotica. E-mail me for the list if you can'r find it in the newsgroup.......Saul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JoeBatutis@aol.com Subject: smylonylon Date: 06 Sep 1995 11:03:52 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# JoeBatutis@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >The one place I >wish I'd known to look for: Smilin' Nylon, a clothing store, the owner >of which apparently makes these great exotica mix tapes and sells them >there. The CBC (Canadian radio) played one and it was really great. I went and bought one of the tapes yesterday. I was disappointed in the price. (Is $12 dollars the going rate for a mix tape?) When I played the tape there were at least two songs on each side that were cut off because the tape wasn't long enough. I got tape #3 which had the most Moog stuff on it. Some good things there, including some great goofy international pop and Ferrante and Teicher's "Man From Mars". - -Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David J. Strauss" Subject: Re: smylonylon Date: 09 Sep 1995 00:01:18 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "David J. Strauss" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > >The one place I > >wish I'd known to look for: Smilin' Nylon, a clothing store, the owner > >of which apparently makes these great exotica mix tapes and sells them > >there. The CBC (Canadian radio) played one and it was really great. OK, so what's the address of this place, anyway? They're not in the phone book. DS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: xanadu@radix.net (Kevin King) Subject: Re: Exotica Treasure Trove in DC Area Date: 09 Sep 1995 20:10:13 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# xanadu@radix.net (Kevin King) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Brad Bigelow (via RadioMail) wrote: >I recommend any exotica fans in the Washington, DC area check out the >Second Story Books warehouse in Rockville, MD. Thanks so much for the tip! I stopped by this afternoon and left a couple of hours later with 10 disks, including: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Equinox **** Bill Berry Quintet - Jazz & Swinging Percussion *** Bongos Bongos Bongos on Command **** Martin Denny - A Taste of Hits **** Mancini's Breakfast at Tiffany's - **** Morton Gould - Temptation **** for the cover only Bob Creash Quintet - Cocktails Anyone? *** for the cover and these I've yet to listen to: Richard Hayman - Caramba! Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream Johnny Pineapple - Hawaii (lovely cover) A very worthwile visit, indeed! Thanks again. kevin king email: xanadu@radix.net www: http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) Subject: Silver Apples Date: 10 Sep 1995 10:24:57 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Exotica- You think you're becoming more aware of whats out there, getting a handle on something and then you hear about something new. I've been, over the summer trying to find as much MOOG on vinyl as one can stand and doing OK with it. But someone just mentioned SILVER APPLES, a double LP from the late sixties that is apparently now out on CD. This was the first I had heard of this and I am wondering if any of you out there in exoticaland, have heard of this. Thanks in advance, :) David < dragster@interport.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David J. Strauss" Subject: The continuing adventures of Smylonylon Date: 10 Sep 1995 20:00:26 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "David J. Strauss" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. So I finally made it over to Smylonylon, and luxuriated in German plastics, and I could not resist shelling out $12.99 for one of their tapes. For some reason, I'll pay the money for a mix tape that might reveal the psychology of the compiler (take note Jack Diamond!). They have two series: vol. 1-4 of smylonylon, and then vol. 1 & 2 of tynynyny, which is evidentally the name of the club the guy DJs. He wan't there, just some fashion victims. The tape is very good, and I'll probably go back every couple of months and buy the other ones. 90 minutes long, and very heavy on 60s Moog Kitsch, with a short unfortunate section with more commonly found Bo Diddley and Ventures hits, but since this seems to be taken from a live mix (the songs fade into one another, and none too artfully), it probably made more sense in person. The sound quality is very good, although I don't think he uses any dolby. One track, Brigitte Bardot's "Contact" is now, for all intents and purposes, the finest piece of music ever recorded. If Streolab covers this, it's an instant UK #1. I'm aware of Bardot's recording career, but I had no idea that she did anything this, well, groovy. I don't know what Roger Vadim slipped her, but it did the trick. It puts anything on Gainsborough/Birkin's _Beautiful Love_ to shame. And that's saying a lot. Those of us that pick these tapes up should list the contents for a happier consumership, as well as Exotica leads. The tape label is off for a couple of songs, so this list may be as well. The tape cuts off mid-song at the end of each side. smylonylon vol. 2 Side 1 John Barbarian:The Oud & the Fuzz Bill Plumber: Journey to the East Enoch Light: Puppet Man Moog Groove: Living in the Grass (which is Grazin' in the Grass) Electric Evolutions: Where's Prince Brilliant Lady Nelson & the Lords: Up Up & Away Enoch Light: Mas Que Nada Walter Wanderly Trio: The Arrival The Zodiac Cosmic Sound: Aquarius Switched-On Bacharach: This Guy is in Love with You Jerry Allen: Wow Sam Clayton Band: Sweet Summer Love Moog Groove: Penny Lane The Copperplated Integrated Circuit: Relay Circuit Lady Nelson & the Lords: Sunny then two songs are listed, but it cuts off in the middle of the next one: Klaus Wunderlich: Krimoogulus Moog Groove: Rock Me Side 2 Unidentified song, possibly "Rock Me" Songs of the Second Moon: Orbit Aurora Brigitte Bardot: Contact (any more info on this? Please let me know.) Big Band Moog: Moog on My Soul The Corporation: ya ta TA-ya ta TA Budapest Dance Festival '68: Sose faijon a fejed Michel Legrand: Bruf pas tes doigts Unidentified song The Ventures: Pipeline Bo Diddley: Bo's Bounce Sandy Nelson: The Clapping Song The T-Bones: Sound of Beauty Raga Rock: Hey Joe Tom Jones: Good Boy The Jackson 5: Get It Together Rollerball Soundtrack: Executive Party (a cult fave!Is this Jerry Goldsmith?) Esquivel: Autumn Leaves Edwardo Zurica: Pajaro Amarillo Max Greger: Fitness 1 (German oompah aroebics track w/narration) Rubino Choir: Frischer Wind, weites Meer Unidentified song, cut-off half-way ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phillip Jackson Subject: Re: Silver Apples Date: 11 Sep 1995 11:19:28 +1000 (EST) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Phillip Jackson <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, David Schafer wrote: > with it. But someone just mentioned SILVER APPLES, a double LP from the > late sixties that is apparently now out on CD. This was the first I had > heard of this and I am wondering if any of you out there in exoticaland, > have heard of this. > I have an album called "Silver Apples on The Moon - for electronic music synthesiser" by Morton Subotnick. But I have a vague recollection of a moog duo called "Silver Apples" from a little later. Something along the lines of "Tonto's Expanding Head Band" I think. I'll have a look and see what info I can dig up. Bye from Philip Jackson : pdj@mpx.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sberry Subject: Recent finds... Date: 10 Sep 1995 21:28:00 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# sberry <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I just got back from a shopping spree in Eastern Washington. I picked up The Astronauts "Surfin' With... and Competition Coupe" CD and another surf n drag compilation from Satan Records. However, here are the real finds... The Ventures - Knock Me Out! $1.00 The Ventures - Where The Act!on Is $1.00 Bert Kaempfert - The Magic Music of Faraway Places $1.00 Martin Denny - Hawaii Goes A Go-Go! $3.00 Duane Eddy - Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel $3.00 Duane Eddy - Twang A Country Song $1.00 I don't know which one to listen to first! Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: xanadu@radix.net (Kevin King) Subject: more finds ... Date: 11 Sep 1995 04:07:18 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# xanadu@radix.net (Kevin King) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Korla Pandit - Music of Mystery and Romance (blue vinyl) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66- Look Around & Self Titled Eddie Barclay - Twilight Time (arranged by Quincy Jones) Enoch Light - Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's (my current all-time fave) Tony Mottola - Sentimental Guitar Jocelyn McNeil - Very Hi-Fi Organ The Hot-Tempered Clavichord - Speed the Parting Guest (Hi-Fi Bull in a China Shop) Arnold J. Polansky's Lose Weight ...thru self hypnosis Ray Charles Singers - Command Performances v.2 Enoch Light - The Best of Hollywood cheers, kevin king email: xanadu@radix.net www: http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) Subject: Re: Silver Apples Date: 11 Sep 1995 08:50:55 -0500 (CDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Phillip Jackson wrote thusly: " " "On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, David Schafer wrote: " "> with it. But someone just mentioned SILVER APPLES, a double LP from the "> late sixties that is apparently now out on CD. This was the first I had "> heard of this and I am wondering if any of you out there in exoticaland, "> have heard of this. "> " "I have an album called "Silver Apples on The Moon - for electronic music "synthesiser" by Morton Subotnick. But I have a vague recollection of a "moog duo called "Silver Apples" from a little later. Something along the "lines of "Tonto's Expanding Head Band" I think. I'll have a look and see "what info I can dig up. " " Bye from Philip Jackson : pdj@mpx.com.au " " Yes, Silver Apples were a duo but not Moog. They consisted of a percussionist and another musician working a bank of audio oscillators, generators. Some pretty wild sounds for the period. There was no double LP as far as I know only two single releases, one called "Contact" and the other simply "Silver Apples." I used to play a lot of them on my radio shows in the 70's. The CD is probably a re-release of both LP's. I am told by a friend in CA that he saw them play live one time at his high school (had to be around 1970) and someone else told me that they even appeared on one of Dick Clark's shows (American Bandstand or Where the Action Is). ______________________________________________________________________________ /~(_)~\ /~(_)~\ II====== l =-} saul smaizys saxmania@ripco.com {-= l ======II \_(~)_/ web page=http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~saxmania \_(~)_/ vox 312/907/8229 data:fax 312/907/8521 ______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric Labow" Subject: Re: Tiny Tim (interview cassette) Date: 11 Sep 1995 13:41:40 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Eric Labow" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > nows BTW how old Tiny Tim is? Must be mofe than 60 I guess). The same > Durtro label will release (when?) a CD with covers of 60's classics, and a > Xmas CD (distributed both by World Serpent UK). Stay tuned... ... here's more about Tiny Tim (like you really wanted to know). A short article on Tiny Tim from the supa-cool Preparation-X fanzine (formerly Stay-Free!) from Chapel Hill. Buy the cassette if you can't get enough here. ====================================================================== Tiny Tim. A quick blink and you would have missed him during that rollicking variety show of pop culture we called "the Seventies." Here's a man who gained national popularity with his rendition of "Tip Toe Through the Tulips." Here's a man who married Miss Vickie on the Tonight show in the late sixties. Here's a man who is constantly "on a comeback" although he never really stopped performing; we just stopped paying attention. Here's a tall, hulking man with long frizzy hair and a calliope voice that sings popular songs from the early 1910's. And here is a man who scares the hell out of me, though I was never really sure why, until now. While traveling with a circus through Clemson, SC, Tiny Tim was invited to be interviewed on WSBF, the campus radio station. "The Tiny Tim Show!" cassette captures almost every uncomfortable minute of an interview filled with nostalgia, regret and dank personal philosophy. Listening to this tape will tell you much more than you ever wanted to know about Tiny Tim and his life. When the question,"What do you think about the PMRC?" is asked, Tiny Tim spirals into a free-associative rant of upstanding morality and a critique of our degenerating society. Ross Grady, who runs Cred Factory Records, appears on this cassette proding and poking Tiny Tim. He starts softly with "What's your favorite ice cream flavor?" and progresses to the more volatile "What do you think of politics?" "It would be a dangerous venture if I was elected President," chimes in Tiny Tim and then he explains why. Believe him. I twould be dangerous. Behind that ukelele lies a man with a reactionary plan for the world. Tiny Tim is frightening to watch and listen to. This cassette might explain the squirming fascination America has with Tiny Tim. $2 from Cred Factory Records PO Box 5251 Raleigh, NC 27650 email: grady@sunsite.unc.edu ====================================================================== - -eric labowe@vtls.com "There's nothing more unromantic than prune juice" - George Clinton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric Labow" Subject: Re: Silver Apples Date: 11 Sep 1995 13:51:24 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Eric Labow" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > only two single releases, one called "Contact" and the other simply > "Silver Apples." I used to play a lot of them on my radio shows in the 70's. > The CD is probably a re-release of both LP's. I am told by a friend in CA You're so right. The CD compiles "Silver Apples" (1968) and "Contact" (1969). It's on a German label called TRC and was put out in 1994. No idea if this is still in print. Here's what the liner notes say: Silver Apples is an organic mechanism composed of the Simeon and the Taylor Drums.The Simeon presently consists of nine audio oscillators and 86 manual controls, enabling Simeon to express his musical ideas. The lead and Rhythm oscillators are played with the hands, elbows and knees and the bass oscillators are played with the feet. The Taylor Drums include 13 drums, 5 cymbals and other percussion instruments that Danny uses to develop his own mathematically pulsating systems, creating both Rhythm and Melody. As the 2 artists each create Melody and Rhythm, the resulting sounds interchange and grow to an electronic evocation. - Barry Bryant ====================================================================== - -eric labowe@vtls.com "There's nothing more unromantic than prune juice" - George Clinton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Norman Nithman Subject: Re: Tiny Tim (interview cassette) Date: 11 Sep 1995 19:05:29 -0500 (CDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Norman Nithman <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > > ... here's more about Tiny Tim (like you really wanted to know). > A short article on Tiny Tim from the supa-cool Preparation-X > fanzine (formerly Stay-Free!) from Chapel Hill. Buy the cassette if > you can't get enough here. > Tiny Tim is pretty insane. He was Pat Paulsen's running mate during the '92 election. TT came out in favor of mandatory child labor, etc. It's worth noting that TT's marriage to Miss Vicky on the Tonight Show was the highest rated show in TV history for quite a while. I can't remember his name, but the old-time ukelele player that Tim copped a lot of his material from played with the band that evening! I used to have a Tiny Tim children's record that was pretty cool. It was noteworthy not only for Tim's rocking vocal stylings, but such great songs as "Bill the Buffalo" and "Always Remember Your Name and Address". Norm "Almost Met Wild Man Fischer" Nithman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: Stores in Europe Date: 11 Sep 1995 17:50:37 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Just writing to ask if any of my European list members can recommend some good record/cd stores. I'm travelling on business to London, Berlin, and possibly Amsterdam, and will have some time to bum around and record shop as well. Thanks in advance to all who can respond! C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Allen Barksdale Subject: Re: Exotica Mailing List Digest V1 #27 Date: 11 Sep 1995 20:57:44 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# John Allen Barksdale <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. As an indication of Tiny Tim's unending command of the media his latest marriage was shown on one of these"Entertainment Tonight" shows sometime in the last month. Don't worry TT still looks pretty much the same and created his usual sonic mehem on the 4-string during the post-ceramony festivities. Allen B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Re: more finds ... Date: 11 Sep 1995 20:57:44 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >> Enoch Light - Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's (my current all-time fave) >> Enoch Light - The Best of Hollywood >> kevin king > >Has anyone come up with a EL discography? I've been able to pick up these: >Persuasive Percussion >Provocative Percussion >Big Bold and Brassy >Pertinent Percussion Cha Chas >Stereo 35mm >Great Themes From Hit Films >Dimension 3 >Rome 35/MM >The Many Moods of Enoch Light (Longines box set) > >Norm Hey guys, There are zillions more. How about Enoch Light : The Private Life of a Private Eye (Command) Anybody have that one? diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: More Vinyl Date: 12 Sep 1995 01:34:52 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Bryan Jare Cuevas <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Alright, I've enjoyed reading other people's "finds" so much I thought I'd post my own recent acquisitions...this stuff was brought in the other day at the record store where I work: 7" Singles - all RCA/Victor (1953-1957) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ These all have high gloss color photo covers in immaculate shape...fabulous! Eartha Kitt RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt Down to Eartha That Bad Eartha The Melachrino Strings Moods in Music: Music for Relaxation Glenn Miller Marvelous Miller Moods, vols. 1-3 Ruby Braff and His Men Hi-Fi Salute to Bunny, vols. 1-3 The Sabres with Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra Ridin' High With the Sabres, vols. 1-3 Freddy Martin & His Orchestra Midnight Music Shall We Dance? Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Jivin' the Vibes Morton Gould Brass & Percussion Bobby Dukoff, His Tenor Sax & Orchestra with the Ray Charles Chorus Sax in Silk Frankie Carle Frankie Carle & His Beautiful Dolls For Me and My Gal Teddi King A Girl and Her Songs To You From Teddi King Kay Starr Blue Starr Robert Russell Bennett Classical Music for People Who Don't Know Anything About Classical Music Fred Astaire Dance Studios (Perfect for Dancing) Fox Trots All Tempos Percy Faith & His Orchestra Soft Lights and Sweet Music Al Nevins & His Orchestra Lights and Shadows - Dinner Music by Al Nevins SIgmund Romberg Deep in My Heart, Dear Tito Rodriguez & His Orchestra Mambos Noro Morales & His Orchestra Mambos Mario Lanza Sings the Hit Songs from the Student Prince In a Calvalcade of Show Tunes Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra Freshman Frolic Top Pops for Dancing Perry Como So Smooth Sunny Gale Sunny and Blue Tony Alamo This is His Life Plus a few more, including 7" 78 rpm's and 6 homespun transcription discs from 1947-48 ______________________________ 12" LPs ^^^^^^^ Ames Brothers with Sid Ramin's Orchestra Destination Moon Perez Prado Pops and Prado Henri Rene & His Orchestra Kiss Me Kate Tito Puente Dance the Cha Cha Cha Tops All-Star Orchestra All-Time Favorites Vaughn Meader The First Family featuring Vaughn Meader Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars Ole! Bossa Nova Alfredito & His Orchestra Crazy Titles for Dancing Cha-Cha & Merengue ________________________________ Keep on steppin' B. - -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bryan J. Cuevas Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sebastian Welton Subject: Re: Tiny Tim (interview cassette) Date: 12 Sep 1995 08:51:46 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Sebastian Welton <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >> ... here's more about Tiny Tim (like you really wanted to know). >> A short article on Tiny Tim from the supa-cool Preparation-X >> fanzine (formerly Stay-Free!) from Chapel Hill. Buy the cassette if >> you can't get enough here. >> The last issue of the excellent Ptolmaeic Terrascope magazine contained an interview with Tiny Tim along with it's standard 7" single which also contained 2 tracks exclusively recorded for the mag. The interview was carried out by David Tibet of Current 93 who has been recording with Tiny Tim which should make for an interesting album (I believe it's out now.) Seb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JoeBatutis@aol.com Subject: Theremin movie Date: 12 Sep 1995 07:51:10 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# JoeBatutis@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Theremania Running Wild I just saw the theremin movie on sunday and it's very good. The story is totally bizarre and naturally the music is equally so. It includes performances by Clara Rockmore and a hilarious interview with Brian Wilson. (that guy is whacked) Of course there are many wonderful theremin tunes including music from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Spellbound". Hal Willner did the music supervison. Anybody hear of a soundtrack album coming out? - -Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: bjc8f's finds... Date: 12 Sep 1995 08:45:54 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Bryan wrote (in addition to his long and excellent list of finds...) Plus a few more, including 7" 78 rpm's and 6 homespun transcription discs from 1947-48 A question about those transcription discs... Hey, regarding your mention of the "homespun transcription discs," are they "recordio" label? I recently purchased a Packard Bell "Recordio" machine - plays 78 and 33, with a Shure microphone and a hi-fi radio. It basically works like a 1940's karaoke machine! Totallu amazing. Someone later fitted it with a lighter armed 33-45-78 player too, so you can play a record and sing along and record on the second phonograph to "recordio" discs. Along with the set (all in a beautiful solid wood cabinet) came an RCA Red Seal record cleaner brush, needles, a *full* set of instructions, and some interesting recordings by the original owner including a tape of an Abbot and Costello radio show, and something called "Nigger Preacher." It mostly still works - the older phongraph plays, but the newer, better phonograph has a burned out motor which I feel will be very tough to replace... Anyone know anything more about these machines? I'm curious and bought it just because it freaked me out... Clark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: theremin movie Date: 12 Sep 1995 08:51:39 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. JoeBatutis wrote: Theremania Running Wild I just saw the theremin movie on sunday and it's very good. The story is totally bizarre and naturally the music is equally so. It includes performances by Clara Rockmore and a hilarious interview with Brian Wilson. (that guy is whacked) Of course there are many wonderful theremin tunes including music from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Spellbound". Hal Willner did the music supervison. Anybody hear of a soundtrack album coming out? Alas, no soundtrack. A friend of mine happened (by chance) to meet the guy who made this movie in LA a few weeks ago and asked that very question. The response was negative. Of course, RCA wouldn't have considered re-releasing any Esquivel three years ago and once there is an established marketability, the marketeers go marketing, right? So maybe if everyone in the world goes and sees the theremin movie... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tubesox@SIRIUS.COM (windy) Subject: Re: Silver Apples Date: 12 Sep 1995 09:25:30 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# tubesox@SIRIUS.COM (windy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. i was in nyc this weekend and noticed that kim's underground (the branch in the back of the video store) has several copies of the cd. talk to kathy harr and tell her windy sent ya. - /\o/\ ---windy /~<_>~\ /~^/ \^~) tubesox@sirius.com /___\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Theremin stuff Date: 12 Sep 1995 10:13:53 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I'm sure you guys know that TDTESS original masterpiece soundtrack score with the true master of the theremin, SAM HOFFMAN is available on CD : ) Unbelievable !! I have the original soundtrack score to SPELLBOUND on 4-78RPM records and there was a reworking in 1959 on Warner Bros. with the RAY HEINDORF ORCH. WITH SAM HOFFMAN available on LP(original) and I think a reissue was made in the late 70's of that 1959 reworking. Also of note is that LYDIA KOVINA who played the theremin on the soundtrack score to ED WOOD is LEON THEREMIN'S great grand niece. Dig it :) !! Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: Who's This Diamond Asshole, Anyway Date: 12 Sep 1995 17:42:11 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Bryan Jare Cuevas <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. According to Jack Diamond: > From daemon Tue Sep 12 12:55:23 1995 I hate to be the one to tell you this, BUT most of what you mentioned is JUNK. Diamond _________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Freedman Subject: Why Rhino's delaying the cocktail series Date: 12 Sep 1995 18:17:08 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Ken Freedman <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. The reason that Rhino has pushed back the release of its Cocktail series is because of the Space Age Pop series on RCA. Rhino preferred to let the uncontainable public clamor over the RCA CDs die down before they issue their Cocktail stuff. At least this is what Irwin's Mom tells me. - -ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Freedman ken@wfmu.org WFMU (201) 678-8264 PO Box 1568 Fax: (201) 659-7487 Montclair, NJ 07042 http://wfmu.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Re: More Vinyl Date: 12 Sep 1995 18:43:28 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. No Bryan, Junk-MUSICALLY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) Subject: Jazz Whistling (forwarded) Date: 12 Sep 1995 23:56:18 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Forwarded message from >do you know anything about >the guy who used to whistle the theme song for the Andy Griffith show? I heard >him "jazz whistling" one time and I wondered what his name was and if he had >cut any albums. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Re: Jazz Whistling (forwarded) Date: 12 Sep 1995 23:12:03 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >Forwarded message from >>do you know anything about >>the guy who used to whistle the theme song for the Andy Griffith show? I >>heard >>him "jazz whistling" one time and I wondered what his name was and if he had >>cut any albums. Erik, There are only 2 whistlers I know of 1) Fred Lowery, he has 2 records on DECCA Walkin' Along, Kicking The Leaves(1958, mono only Whistle A Happy Tune(1959, mono/stereo) 2) Muzzy Marcelino I only have 2 M.M. records 1 on CORAL-Can't remember the name...something WAIKIKI, really great and the other is an absolute masterpiece of beauty called BIRDS OF A FEATHER on LIBERTY Martin Denny's label among others. This is the stuff, with RUSS GARCIA & His Orchestra supplying the backdrop. He whistled on Esquivel records too I suspect it is Muzzy Marcelino BUT I'm not sure. He did whistle on just about every TV & Film soundtrack since time began. He was THE WHISTLER on radio way back when in the old days ??????? Hope this helps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Berlin Subject: Esquivel/ 'Four Rooms' Date: 13 Sep 1995 03:08:37 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Steve Berlin <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Tue, Aug 29, 1995 1:02:36 PM at Christopher Penrose wrote: ><# Replies to this message will go to: ><# Christopher Penrose ><# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. ><# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > > >I don't want to bicker too much with dx, but he does sound a little >selfish. > >I have collected all kinds of kooky music, mostly because I am a avid >fan and composer of music, and I tend to appropriate odd sounds into >my own work. I have collected for about 12 years, but I didn't really >find anything beyond commercial offerings until about 5 years ago when >I discovered Christian ministeries and thrift stores. The recent craze >has made a lot available to me, particularly in the form of information, >that wasn't available previously. > >I don't really think that popularity should spoil an entire genre for >you, but I can understand that particular songs, even albums can be >ruined by mass repetition. Esquivel has found his way into the trailer >for the new Tarantino movie. If we keep hearing that song, just as we >heard Dick Dale's Miserlou in Pulp Fiction, we may tire of it a little. > >If you are upset that this music is no longer a secret, that is >tragic. I think that squandering anything of beauty and value is >wantonly selfish. Of course the people trying to capitalize on this >trend by asking ridiculous prices for albums are squandering too. >I think it is wrong to take pleasure from the act of keeping cultural >experience away from others. > >I really feel rewarded with the discussion on this list, it is the >first music collecting mailing list that I have been able to stay >interested in. I think that this list, to a large extent, is a >product of this renewed interest in the exotica genre. > > >Christopher Penrose >penrose@ucsd.edu >http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/TajMahal/after.html > > > And to that end, the entire sequence of the "Four Rooms " directed by Robert Rodriguez ( 'Desperado') is scored exclusively by Esquivel, so prepare yourselves, should you feel the need to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Berlin Subject: Esquivel/ 'Four Rooms' Date: 13 Sep 1995 03:19:37 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Steve Berlin <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Tue, Aug 29, 1995 1:02:36 PM at Christopher Penrose wrote: ><# Replies to this message will go to: ><# Christopher Penrose ><# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. ><# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > > >I don't want to bicker too much with dx, but he does sound a little >selfish. > >I have collected all kinds of kooky music, mostly because I am a avid >fan and composer of music, and I tend to appropriate odd sounds into >my own work. I have collected for about 12 years, but I didn't really >find anything beyond commercial offerings until about 5 years ago when >I discovered Christian ministeries and thrift stores. The recent craze >has made a lot available to me, particularly in the form of information, >that wasn't available previously. > >I don't really think that popularity should spoil an entire genre for >you, but I can understand that particular songs, even albums can be >ruined by mass repetition. Esquivel has found his way into the trailer >for the new Tarantino movie. If we keep hearing that song, just as we >heard Dick Dale's Miserlou in Pulp Fiction, we may tire of it a little. > >If you are upset that this music is no longer a secret, that is >tragic. I think that squandering anything of beauty and value is >wantonly selfish. Of course the people trying to capitalize on this >trend by asking ridiculous prices for albums are squandering too. >I think it is wrong to take pleasure from the act of keeping cultural >experience away from others. > >I really feel rewarded with the discussion on this list, it is the >first music collecting mailing list that I have been able to stay >interested in. I think that this list, to a large extent, is a >product of this renewed interest in the exotica genre. > > >Christopher Penrose >penrose@ucsd.edu >http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/TajMahal/after.html > > > And to that end, the entire sequence of the "Four Rooms " directed by Robert Rodriguez ( 'Desperado') is scored exclusively by Esquivel, so prepare yourselves, should you feel the need to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) Subject: Re: Jazz Whistling (forwarded) Date: 13 Sep 1995 08:42:25 -0500 (CDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Erik Gilbert wrote thusly: " "<# Replies to this message will go to: "<# asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) "<# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. "<# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. " "Forwarded message from " ">do you know anything about ">the guy who used to whistle the theme song for the Andy Griffith show? I heard ">him "jazz whistling" one time and I wondered what his name was and if he had ">cut any albums. " " " I don't know if it's the same guy but I have an album by Ron McCroby from 1984 on Concord Jazz (CJ-257) called "The Other Whistler." On it he does Mayberry R.F.D., Song from M*A*S*H*, Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five, Cherokee, My Foolish Heart, Four Brothers, and I Remember Clifford. Apparently this is his second album as they refer to his first in the liner notes "Ron McCroby plays Puccolo"(CJ-208). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: Re: Jazz Whistling (forwarded) Date: 13 Sep 1995 09:07:40 +0600 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > >do you know anything about > >the guy who used to whistle the theme song for the Andy Griffith show? I heard > >him "jazz whistling" one time and I wondered what his name was and if he had > >cut any albums. > A TeeVee Toons album credits Earl (or is it Earle) Hagen as the writer and whistler of that theme song (aka "Fishing Hole"). - --Kirsten whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Re: The continuing adventures of Smylonylon Date: 13 Sep 1995 19:33:15 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. "David J. Strauss" asked: >Brigitte Bardot: Contact (any more info on this? Please let me know.) I can only tell you that it is 1 of the many songs written for her by Serge Gainsbourg in the 60's & 70's. It appears on many of her collection albums. I like her very much! Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Re: Tiny Tim Date: 13 Sep 1995 19:33:24 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Johan.DeVis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Norman Nithman wrote: >I used to have a Tiny Tim children's record that was pretty cool.... songs >as "Bill the Buffalo" and "Always Remember Your Name and Address". a great LP: "For all my little friends" is the title. Greatings from Johan johan.devis@ping.be ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: Enoch Light on Command Date: 13 Sep 1995 11:29:43 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Mark Koldys wrote: These is not a complete list by any means, but these are the Enoch Light Command LPs I've been able to find... Command RS 805 SD "Private Life of a Private Eye Command RS 806 SD "Provocative Percussion Command RS 810 SD "Provocative Percussion Vol. 2 Command RS 817 SD "Persuasive Percussion Vol. 3" Command RS 821 SD "Provocative Percussion Vol. 3" Command RS 822 SD "Far Away Places Command RS 826 SD "Stereo/35MM" Command RS 830 SD "Persuasive Percussion Vol. 4" Command RS 831 SD "Stereo 35/MM Vol. 2" Command RS 833 SD "Vibrations" Command RS 834 SD "Provocative Percussion Vol. 4" Command RS 835 SD "Great Themes from Hit Films Command RS 840 SD "At Carnegie Hall Plays Irving Berlin Command RS 844 SD "Big Band Bossa Nova" Command RS 848 SD "Musical Coloring Book Command RS 850 SD "Far Away Places Vol. 2" Command RS 854 SD "1963: Most Popular Themes" Command RS 855 SD "Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein" Command RS 863 SD "Rome 35/MM Command RS 867 SD "Dimension 3 Command RS 868 SD "Command Performances" Command RS 871 SD "Great Themes from Hit Films" Command RS 879 SD "New Concept of Cole Porter" Command RS 887 SD "Magnificent Movie Themes Command RS 915 SD "Command Performances Vol. 2 Also Command 818, 863, 840 or 851, for which I don't have titles at hand, and I'm sure there are others... Why yes there are. And the one which really gives me the boner that just won't quit, and I'm surprised we haven't yet seen it mentioned, is "Spaced Out" This is *the* Moog/NOW scene/Beatles,Bach, & Bacharach title that must be played at least daily when it comes to Mr. Light. I won't opine further as I'm likely to lose my cool... Clark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) Subject: Ken Nordine, LA shows / Colors reissue Date: 15 Sep 1995 17:16:30 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. WHEN WORDS COLLIDE The First Annual Long Beach Spoken Word Festival September 7 1995 - September 30 1995 Featuring performances by Ken Nordine, Laurie Anderson, Richie Havens, Patti Smith, Jim Carroll and many others KEN NORDINE Itinerary September 29 On-air interview with Chris Douridas, KCRW Live at McCabes, Santa Monica (9pm) September 30 Live at The Center Theater, Long Beach (9pm) October 1 Live at McCabes, Santa Monica (9pm) Pre-recorded interview to be aired on KROQ Ken Nordine's 1967 word-jazz classic COLORS will be available on CD for the first time September 26 1995 Includes TEN previously unreleased tracks Released by Asphodel. Distributed by Caroline For more information, please contact: Asphodel Tel: 212-463-9181 Fax: 212-463-9423 email: asphodel@interport.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) Subject: Enoch Light, etc.etc.etc. Date: 16 Sep 1995 11:11:53 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. In response to the subject of Enoch Light, I was curious if anyone new some details concerning the Project 3 Label to Enoch Light. What about Enoch Light Presents "The Enoch Light Singers" and "The Free Design-Kites are Fun"? The Enoch Light Singer's version of "Born to Be Wild" has to heard to be believed. There seem to be several recordings out there under this label and titles. I haven't heard "Spaced Out" yet, but sounds like a great combination of cultural signifiers. David. Mark Koldys wrote: These is not a complete list by any means, but these are the Enoch Light Command LPs I've been able to find... Command RS 805 SD "Private Life of a Private Eye Command RS 806 SD "Provocative Percussion Command RS 810 SD "Provocative Percussion Vol. 2 Command RS 817 SD "Persuasive Percussion Vol. 3" Command RS 821 SD "Provocative Percussion Vol. 3" Command RS 822 SD "Far Away Places Command RS 826 SD "Stereo/35MM" Command RS 830 SD "Persuasive Percussion Vol. 4" Command RS 831 SD "Stereo 35/MM Vol. 2" Command RS 833 SD "Vibrations" Command RS 834 SD "Provocative Percussion Vol. 4" Command RS 835 SD "Great Themes from Hit Films Command RS 840 SD "At Carnegie Hall Plays Irving Berlin Command RS 844 SD "Big Band Bossa Nova" Command RS 848 SD "Musical Coloring Book Command RS 850 SD "Far Away Places Vol. 2" Command RS 854 SD "1963: Most Popular Themes" Command RS 855 SD "Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein" Command RS 863 SD "Rome 35/MM Command RS 867 SD "Dimension 3 Command RS 868 SD "Command Performances" Command RS 871 SD "Great Themes from Hit Films" Command RS 879 SD "New Concept of Cole Porter" Command RS 887 SD "Magnificent Movie Themes Command RS 915 SD "Command Performances Vol. 2 Also Command 818, 863, 840 or 851, for which I don't have titles at hand, and I'm sure there are others... Why yes there are. And the one which really gives me the boner that just won't quit, and I'm surprised we haven't yet seen it mentioned, is "Spaced Out" This is *the* Moog/NOW scene/Beatles,Bach, & Bacharach title that must be played at least daily when it comes to Mr. Light. I won't opine further as I'm likely to lose my cool... Clark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Esquivel/ 'Four Rooms' Date: 13 Sep 1995 18:45:03 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On 9/13 Steve Berlin wrote: >And to that end, the entire sequence of the "Four Rooms " directed by >Robert Rodriguez ( 'Desperado') is scored exclusively by Esquivel, so >prepare yourselves, should you feel the need to. Actually, only HARLEM NOCTURNE and SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by Esquivel are used in that sequence. The rest of the music, in that segment as well as the whole film, is by Combustible Edison. The soundtrack is available on Elektra. bc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Finds Lists Date: 17 Sep 1995 18:42:13 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I'm just back from a trip to Minneapolis, and while I didn't really find any exotica-relevant music (lots of other stuff but no exotica), I *will* mention the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting in Saint Louis Park. They've got an amazing collection of recording and broadcasting equipment that dates through the mid-1960s, including a lot of "lost" recording formats and some of the most gorgeous old console radios and 78 players I've ever seen. They also have an old RCA theremin in the warehouse that they're in the process of restoring (someone slapped a nasty coat of brown stain on it at one point). They're in the phone book. - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hrijks@xs4all.nl (Henk Rijks) Subject: Edmundo Ros Date: 18 Sep 1995 16:23:42 +0200 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# hrijks@xs4all.nl (Henk Rijks) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Just found a record by by Edmundo Ros, Hi-Fiesta. According to the liner notes he used to have his own club (Ros) in London, during the sixties. Anyone who knows more about him? BTW: HiFiesta is cheesy to the max. BTW2: I bought this record during a record fair in Amsterdam last weekend. Exotica prices are soaring and quality is deteriorating. I have the impression more and more collectors are homing in on the best stuff. For those of you living in Europe, there's a record fair (trade & sell) sometime in November at de Jaarbeurshallen in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The organisers claim it's the largest record fair in Europe. If anyone is interested, I'll be happy to provide you with the details. Henk Snail: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 129 1012 EP Amsterdam The Netherlands CIS: 72662,552@Compuserve.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: one neato find Date: 18 Sep 1995 08:38:26 PDT <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I was down in the greater Los Angeles Area this weekend and found a nice store called Groovy Memories - a real dusty pile of records kind of place. There for $0.99 was a copy of George Wright (the Wurlitzer theatre organist) "The Sound of Today" - his "Now" sound album. It really rocks with covers of "Light My Fire" and "Aquarius" and some Beatles in there too. Had to mention it... - -Clark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Aaron Oppenheimer Subject: More praise for Theremin movie Date: 18 Sep 1995 12:50:35 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Aaron Oppenheimer <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Hi all, I saw the Theremin documentary (does it qualify as a "biopic"?) as part of the Boston Film Festival - the filmmaker, Steven Martin, was there and did a little Q&A after the screening. The movie, as has been said here before, is good. The story itself is amazing, the films of Theremin at his apartment in Russia are heartbreaking, the reunion of Theremin and Clara Rockmore is happy. The interviews are well done and the snippets of sci-fi movies are funny. He talked about the was the project was started, that he had to cajole Clara Rockmore into participating, and that he finally had to promise that he'd fly to Russia and bring Theremin back to the US to get her to appear on camera - which of course led to the climax of the movie. He was asked if the interview with Brian Wilson was supposed to be funny... and he said no, that when he saw the footage for the first time he was horrified, but a friend of Wilson told him to use it anyway, that Wilson is 'not unaware that he's being funny'. At the very end of the evening, they had one of the Big Briar model Theremins set up to come up and try, at which time we left... people just messing around with a theremin is only a small step above people just messing around with bagpipes (this from a bagpipe lover). On a related note, PAIA electronics is now taking orders for their theremin kit - check out http://www.qns.com/paia/theremax.htm Aaron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Combustible Edison comed@subpop.com http://www.subpop.com/bios/comed/index.html PO Box 381245 Cambridge MA 02238 Stay Fabulous! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dx@netcom.com (dx) Subject: Re: More praise for Theremin movie Date: 18 Sep 1995 10:23:58 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dx@netcom.com (dx) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > The story itself is > amazing, the films of Theremin at his apartment in Russia are heartbreaking, > the reunion of Theremin and Clara Rockmore is happy. I thought it interesting that the movie pretty much dodges the issue of what happened between Theramin and Clara Rockmore. "She married someone else" is about the extent of the explanation. > He was asked if the > interview with Brian Wilson was supposed to be funny... and he said no, that > when he saw the footage for the first time he was horrified... I talked to the filmmaker after the SF festival showing, and he said that he had quite a bit more film from the Wilson interview, and it was pretty scary. Too bad it'll probably never be released anywhere. - -dx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "C" Subject: Re: Finds Lists Date: 18 Sep 1995 12:48:58 -0500 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "C" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > > I'm just back from a trip to Minneapolis, and while I didn't really find > any exotica-relevant music (lots of other stuff but no exotica), Too bad i didn't know you were here there are actualy two good exotica spots here, One is Nyes polanise room, home of lounge singer extraordinare Lou Snyder, Nyes is the ultimate lounge, with its gold glitter vinyl piano shaped booths, jelly lights , and red velet wallpaper. and lots of would be longe singers , crooning along to a;ll your faviorite standards. And across the river in ST. Paul is the magnifcent Bali-Hi, the only real tiki bar left in the state complete with a small bar covered in bamboo and thatch, with a full size outrigger canoe hanging from the celing, there basment is a luau room with a working waterfall and small rock garden, the food and sadly the band both really suck, but it loks really cool but they do have hawain muzak. C - -----/:::\/::::::\-------------------------------------------------------------- /:::::::::::::\ * /:::::::::::::::\ * ********************* I have nothing clever to say \ "" "" / \ (@) (@) / \ J / \ --- / \________/ - ---------/ \------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRISTOPHER J PRAUL Subject: preservation of albums and recordings Date: 18 Sep 1995 16:23:17 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# CHRISTOPHER J PRAUL <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I am writing a masters thesis on the preservation of records and taped recordings. I was wondering if anyone has any information on the best techniques in doing so. If you do not have any information, but do know of good sources (ie. journals, magazines, monographs, handbooks, etc...), please send me the bibliographic information, so that I may do the research myself. Any information would be greatly appreciated, and would be of great help to a fellow exotic. Thanks again. P.S. "Dont eat the yellow snow!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Guy Jackson" Subject: Re: Exotica Mailing List Digest V1 #26 Date: 19 Sep 1995 17:42:00 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Guy Jackson" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On 5th September Brother Cleve wrote:- >The total genius one, however, is GREAT INTERNATIONAL >HITS by BALSARA & HIS SINGING SITARS, recorded in India on real sitars, >released in England on EMI. INCREDIBLY OUT OF TUNE OVER WRONG CHORD CHANGES . >Versions of Sound of Music , Beatles, etc. The version of "These Boots >Are Made For Walking" must be heard to be believed. Does anyone have any idea on where I could get a copy of this, or cassette dub, or whatever? I have been looking for his ep "The Sound of Music" for the last 15 years (seriously!) just to hear his version of "The Lonely Goatherd" again. I haven't laughed so much since I heard Brian Clough's single "It's only a game" b/w "You can't win 'em all", for which I have also been searching. (For non-Brits; Brian Clough is an infamously eccentric and outspoken football manager, and probably the last person in the world you would expect to record a single.) Any news of the Balsara release would gladden my heart. Regards to all Guy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Malcolm Humes Subject: esquivel at state51 site Date: 19 Sep 1995 17:42:00 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Malcolm Humes <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Can't recall seeing this mentioned: State 51's web site has some Esquivel content, and some strange implications that you write to Esquivel, but from the looks of what's there I'm not sure I believe it. Anyway, see: http://www.state51.co.uk/state51/hottips/695/newesq.html for some Esquivbel pages if you're interetsed. - malcolm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KRIS@MOM.SPIE.ORG Subject: Joe Meek Date: 19 Sep 1995 10:05:41 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# KRIS@MOM.SPIE.ORG <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. This may be a tangent from the usual exotica topics, but I read a review of new disk out called "Hard to Believe... the history of Joe Meek" or something to that effect. It's a compilation of tunes produced/written/played by this fellow who was apparently the British version of Phil Spector and then some. What caught my eye was Mr. Meeks involvement in the recording of "Telstar" by the Tornadoes. This, IMHO, is one of the best instro singles ever re- leased. The review went on to tell me why I needed to buy this disk... Joe started up in the late fifties and died mid-career ('67) whilst still creating and inventing some of the wildest yet somehow almost completely un- credited recording techniques of his time. Based on "Telstar", I'm not sur- prised. So I've got the disk on order but I can't wait for liner notes. I figured if anybody out there knows anything about Joe Meeks; this is the place they'd hang out. So how 'bout it? I'm terribly curious. btw, I've been lurking on exotica for a couple months... thanks for all the great information and recommendations! Kris. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AMcCon@aol.com Subject: Re: Joe Meek Date: 19 Sep 1995 21:25:25 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# AMcCon@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > I figured if anybody out there knows anything about Joe >Meeks; this is the place they'd hang out. So how 'bout it? I'm >terribly curious. Joe Meek was a brilliant producer, but, as Harlan Ellison might say, bugfuck crazy. He died by his own hand after killing his landlady, all on the eighth anniversary of the death of his beloved Buddy Holly. In addition to the new Razor & Tie compilation, which is a good introduction to his production career, there have been two or three definitive CD collections released in Britain (I think on Pye), and his bizarro space opus masterpiece, I HEAR A NEW WORLD, perhaps the first rock concept album, was recently released on Triumph. "Telstar"'s a great single, no doubt about it, and those who haven't already latched onto it might want to find the recent Tornados compilation on Music Club. Joe's work with the Honeycombs was also excellent, and he managed to get a fantastic drum sound from Honey Lantree, rock 'n roll's first great female drummer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tubesox@SIRIUS.COM (windy) Subject: Re: Joe Meek Date: 19 Sep 1995 18:50:36 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# tubesox@SIRIUS.COM (windy) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. the joe meek record to get is by Joe Meek & the Blue Men and is titled "i hear a new world". when you get the recent compilation of his work, you'll note immediately that the 2 Blue Men tracks are the most unreal and twisted of all the selections. titles include the likes of: 'entry of the globbots', 'valley of the saroos', 'dribcots space boat' and 'the bublight'. the fact that he titles m,ost of his songs 'love dance of...' or 'march of...' only hightens the notion that this is perfectly normal music for a society from a planet other than ours. it's fantstic stuff -- i highly recommend it. as for getting 'i hear a new world', try cdeurope.com on the web or you can write to the label: RPM Records 41 garfield rd london E4 7DG fax 081 524 9286 - /\o/\ ---windy /~<_>~\ /~^/ \^~) tubesox@sirius.com /___\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Re: esquivel at state51 site Date: 21 Sep 1995 13:02:54 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Reposted For: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) On Sept. 19 Malcolm Humes wrote: >Can't recall seeing this mentioned: State 51's web site has some Esquivel >content, and some strange implications that you write to Esquivel, but >from the looks of what's there I'm not sure I believe it. Anyway, see: > >http://www.state51.co.uk/state51/hottips/695/newesq.html So far Juan has not seen any of the missives. I think the implication is that an Esquivel *expert* will answer your questions. I made a videotape of the State 51 and Space Age Bachelor Pad sites and showed them to Esquivel. He was fascinated and loved it all. I had tried explaining it to him on the phone, but he didn't really *get it* until he saw it. He may be getting a computer soon and joining in the online world. Then he can really answer all the questions from his fans. brother cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: More strange vinyl requests AND ad offer Date: 21 Sep 1995 13:05:52 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Reposted For: "bill wynne" Looking for: Don Ho singles (45s) on the Reprise label. It has come to my attention that not all of Don's recorded work made it on to the dozen or so Reprise LPs released. What they heard on jukeboxes in Honolulu may be entirely different from what we found on LPs at the flea market. If anybody comes across these, let me know. (I'll be able to tell from the titles if they appear on LPs or not.) Offering: Copies of a compilation I had all but entirely forgotten I had put together: "The Slam Stewart Collection." Slam was the singing, bowing bassist of "Slim and Slam" fame, with Slim Gaillard. (Remember "Flat Fleet Floogie?") Slam invented the technique of humming an octave above the bass - unison. I remember the first time I heard him; I thought it was a vacuum cleaner. I have been hunting down Slam Stewart material for nearly ten years, until I finally came up with enough for a SIX HOUR retrospective - and couldn't even use up all the material! It chronicles his Slim and Slam days, followed by his stint with the Art Tatum Trio, sessions with Coleman Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman (Remember his vocal on "Gotta Be This or That?"), the Town Hall Concerts, Newport Festivals from the 60's through the 80's, his collaborations with Rose Murphy, Don Byas, Stephane Grappelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, Johnny Guarnieri, Major Holley, Illinois Jacquet, and his solo releases. If there's still any interest in this "cat," let me know. Bill Wynne wwynne@ets.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: WANTS LIST - I forgot one. Date: 21 Sep 1995 13:07:34 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Reposted For: "bill wynne" Under the heading of Don Ho (in my previous wants list dated today), I also intended to ask if anybody had seen "Don Ho vs. The Beatles." It was a bootleg, with one side containing the Beatles and the other...well, you get the picture. There were several in that series, not just this one. And, I know that all of the Don Ho cuts came from his Reprise releases. But, still, I continue to look for it anyway - for curiosity's sake. Thanks! Bill Wynne wwynne@ets.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Guy Jackson" Subject: Re: Joe Meek Date: 21 Sep 1995 21:22:42 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Guy Jackson" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. In the last few years there has been something of a reappraisal of the career and music of Joe Meek here in England. There was an excellent biography of the man published 3 or 4 years ago (John Repsch, "The Legendary Joe Meek") and since then a few articles on the radio and in the press about someone who had largely been ignored for the past 20 years. Although "I hear a new world" is notable for its exotica value, in my opinion the best of Joe Meek's music is the more straightforward stuff (although, with Joe, "straightforward" is always a relative term!). His private life was as interesting as his recorded output; a prolific homosexual in the days when this was illegal in England, there are many rumours about his relationships with his artistes, or indeed the reason why some of them were signed up in the first place (mentioning no names, Heinz springs to mind here). Joe recorded all his later music in his own flat, a second-and-third floor job in the Holloway Road, North London. He also designed and built many of his electronic effects; at the time (the late 1950s) things such as echo chambers, phasers etc were not available over the counter) and indeed today there is an English company marketing something called the "JoeMeek (sic) stereo compressor" built to his specifications. Everything about the man seems to be eccentric; he recorded string sections down the stairway of his flat to get the ambient reverb of the stairwell, he had the Honeycombs record part of "Have I The Right?" in the bathroom (hear the stomping in the chorus and you'll understand why), and made great and innovative use of home-made varispeed on tapes for unusual guitar and vocal sounds. He died in the flat where he lived and worked, as far as I remember in 1967, after his landlady had been shot dead. The implication is that, in a fit of paranoia, he had killed her and then turned the gun on himself. The Joe Meek Appreciation Society succeeded a couple of years ago in getting a plaque placed on the wall of the building in Holloway Road where Joe recorded and lived; it seems fitting to record the life of such an original character. There are several compliation albums of his work available, and I cannot recommend them highly enough. One final point; the space-age whooshing noises at the start and end of "Telstar" were made by Joe himself, standing outside his flat with a portable reel-to-reel, recording the sound of a steam train from London King's Cross to the north, going across the railway bridge at the bottom of the road. The tape was reversed, and voila! Any pilgrims to London N7 could also enjoy a meal at The Indian Ocean, across the road. Almost worth the trip alone. Hope this is of some use Guy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin" Subject: enoch light singers Date: 21 Sep 1995 17:29:00 EST <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "kevin" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. YES. they rock! especially their cover of "Hello, I Love you". the album i have is titled, "I love you, whoever you are". unrelated question: what Perez Prado is currently available on cd and vynil re-issue? i was recently turned onto the recently released "Best of" comp. Very very nice stuff. warms my heart. truly. ksl /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/endtimes/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/groups/aafc/ /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: enoch light singers Date: 21 Sep 1995 20:26:51 -0400 (EDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Martin Schildkret <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, kevin wrote: > unrelated question: what Perez Prado is currently available on cd and vy= nil=20 > re-issue? i was recently turned onto the recently released "Best of" com= p. > Very very nice stuff. warms my heart. truly. These releases should be readily available. This listing is from the CD= =20 Connection..... =C9=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD= =CD=CD=CD Overview of CDs Found =CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD= =CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=BB =BA iNT9741 $8.66 PRADO*PEREZ 10 GRANDES EXITOS 01/9= 1 =BA =BA CoW9019 $7.70 PRADO*PEREZ 15 GRANDES EXITOS 04/9= 4 =BA =BA CoW5008 $8.15 PRADO*PEREZ 20 TEMAS ORIGINALES 04/9= 4 =BA =BA TUM28 $14.19 PRADO*PEREZ AL COMPAS DEL MAMBO (19 04/9= 5 =BA =BA SAA62034 $7.57 PRADO*PEREZ BESAME MUCHO 06/9= 4 =BA =BA SAA62004 $7.57 PRADO*PEREZ CILIEGI ROSA 11/9= 3 =BA =BA PoL521074 $11.31 PRADO*PEREZ CONCIERTO PARA BONGO 10/9= 3 =BA =BA oRF826 $9.80 PRADO*PEREZ CUBAN MAMBO 12/9= 2 =BA =BA PoL523421 $7.27 PRADO*PEREZ DANCE DATE WITH PEREZ 09/9= 4 =BA =BA oRF825 $9.71 PRADO*PEREZ DENGUE-REGAEE 07/9= 5 =BA =BA TUM13 $14.19 PRADO*PEREZ GO GO MAMBO (1949-51) 04/9= 5 =1F =BA iNT2444 $9.90 PRADO*PEREZ HAVANA 3:00 A.M. 01/9= 1 =1F =BA REo4033 $11.78 PRADO*PEREZ IL RE DEL MAMBO 07/9= 5 =1E =BA oRF819 $9.80 PRADO*PEREZ LAS NOVIAS DE 02/9= 0 =1E =BA SoN801 $10.05 PRADO*PEREZ MAMBO 10/9= 0 =BA =BA SAA62001 $7.57 PRADO*PEREZ MAMBO JAMBO 11/9= 3 =BA =BA SoN10003 $13.31 PRADO*PEREZ MAMBO KING 07/9= 3 =BA =BA iNT3495 $9.90 PRADO*PEREZ MAMBO KING-VOL 1 04/9= 3 =BA =BA BEA15462 $19.74 PRADO*PEREZ MAMBO MANIA/HAVANA 3:00 10/9= 4 =BA =BA SAA62060 $7.57 PRADO*PEREZ MAMBOS 06/9= 4 =BA =BA RHi71889 $12.74 PRADO*PEREZ MONDO MAMBO-BEST OF 04/9= 5 =BA =BA oRF1224 $10.70 PRADO*PEREZ ORIGINAL MAMBO KING 12/9= 2 =BA =BA THR7111 $10.91 PRADO*PEREZ PEREZ PRADO 10/9= 1 =1F =BA SoN810 $10.05 PRADO*PEREZ PEREZ PRADO INTERNACION 07/8= 9 =1F =BA iNT2119 $10.46 PRADO*PEREZ QUE RICO MAMBO! 04/9= 5 =1E =BA CoW7005 $6.94 PRADO*PEREZ TESOROS DE LA MUSICA 04/9= 4 =1E =BA SoN80252 $8.40 PRADO*PEREZ TESOROS MUSICALES 04/9= 0 =BA =BA BEA15463 $19.74 PRADO*PEREZ VOODOO SUITE/EXOTIC SUI 10/9= 4 =BA =BA SAA62051 $7.57 PRADO*PEREZ / MORE/BENN WITH BENNY MORE 06/9= 4 =BA =BA = =BA =BA = =BA =BA = =BA =BA = =BA =BA = =BA =BA = =BA =BA = =BA =C8=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD= =CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD= =CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD=CD= =CD=CD=CD=BC ----------------------------------------------------------- | <<< mkret@cnct.com < Martin Schildkret > >>> | ----------------------------------------------------------- =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Aaron Oppenheimer Subject: Re: enoch light singers Date: 22 Sep 1995 09:57:54 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Aaron Oppenheimer <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. At 08:26 PM 9/21/95 -0400, Martin wrote: > These releases should be readily available. This listing is from the CD >Connection..... I didn't see my personal favorite on the list: Mambo Night Fever! A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cojax747@interport.net Subject: Re: Edmundo Ros Date: 22 Sep 1995 14:17:21 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# cojax747@interport.net <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. ><# Replies to this message will go to: ><# hrijks@xs4all.nl (Henk Rijks) ><# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. ><# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > >Just found a record by by Edmundo Ros, Hi-Fiesta. According to the liner >notes he used to have his own club (Ros) in London, during the sixties. >Anyone who knows more about him? I have Ros's Opera with bongos record which features Opera overtures with a latin beat.....cheeeeesy ...best part is the cover picture featuring a Valkirye playing the bongos !!!! cojax http://www.interport.net/~cojax747/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: VikTrola@aol.com Subject: Scamp re-issues Date: 23 Sep 1995 12:34:34 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# VikTrola@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Might have missed this in earlier, by Scamp Records (a Caroline Distribution in-house label) has begun a series of exotica re-issues. Unlike many, Scampp is attempting to maintain the integrity of these by rreproducing orignial artwork and adding bonus tracks to the end so as to maintain the original album sequence. First release was the Robert Mitchum "Calypso...Is Like So". Coming soon... Martin Denny "Afro-Desia"...excellent reproduction of the cover art and an incredible job of re-mastering the tapes. Irwin Chusid is doing the liner notes. Negotiations are in the works for a Dean Martin collection as well as a vocal JJackie Gleason. Scamp is also trying to figure out the best way to put Exotica 2 and 3 on one disk (possibly leaving out some of the throw away tracks and adding bonus tracks). All in all...a very promising start... viktrola@nai.net http://w3.nai.net/~viktrola/tc.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert P. Krajewski" Subject: Re: CBC exotica radio Date: 24 Sep 1995 23:48:44 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# "Robert P. Krajewski" <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I was driving along this afternoon around 3:30pm, listening to WBUR, the local NPR affiliate, which was running an interview with (the seemingly ubiquitous) Irwin Chusid about Raymond Scott. Was this part of the show ? (I couldn't stick around for the end of the segment.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JoeBatutis@aol.com Subject: Cabaret Manana Date: 26 Sep 1995 09:01:38 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# JoeBatutis@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Hey- I see a listing in my "New CD releases" mailing list for a CD called Cabaret Manana (I know there's a tilde in there somewhere...) The artist? Esquivel! Anybody have any info? - -Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Cabaret Manana Date: 26 Sep 1995 10:20:35 -0600 (MDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Lazlo Nibble <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. > Anybody have any info? It's a compilation, and there's some (apparently minor) overlap with the two Bar-None CDs. They're probably going to tie it in to the release of the film Four Rooms, which uses some Esquivel material in the soundtrack. - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Cabaret Manana Date: 26 Sep 1995 14:12:25 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. On Sept 25 Joe Batutis wrote >I see a listing in my "New CD releases" mailing list for a CD called Cabaret >Manana (I know there's a tilde in there somewhere...) > >The artist? Esquivel! > >Anybody have any info? 20 track CD on RCA, compiled by Irwin Chusid. 8 tracks appear on the BarNone CD's. Tracks from ESQUIVEL '68 and STRINGS AFLAME, as well as GENIUS, LATINESQUE, INFINITY 1 & 2, OTHER WORLDS and NEW SOUNDS. Due October 28. FOUR ROOMS soundtrack by Combustible Edison, with 2 Esquivel tracks ("Harlem Nocturne" and "Sentimental Journey") due out today on Elektra . br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) Subject: new aquisitions Date: 27 Sep 1995 23:56:08 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. A selection of some recent arrivals to the den of (post)space age pop: The Corporation/"A Sound Contemporary Musical Investment"-Command MOOG/Claude Denjean and the Moog Synthesizer-Phase 4 Electric Love/The Electronic Concept Orchrestra-Limelight Spaced Out/Enoch Light-Project 3 Charge/Enoch Light-Project 3 Young Ideas/Ray Anthony-Capital Temptation/Ferrante and Teicher-ABCParamount Holiday for Pianos/Ferrante and Teicher-United Artists Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits/Burt Bacharach-Kapp _ _ ( ) ( ) \\ + + // + + + O O + + + + ___ + // + + \\ (_) (_) N Y C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JoeBatutis@aol.com Subject: The ODD Music Page Date: 28 Sep 1995 09:05:25 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# JoeBatutis@aol.com <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. For you folks who are able to runs around the WWW. Here is a web page I just created: The ODD Music Page. Devoted to the unusual in recordings available in the popular CD format. http://www.users.interport.net/~ufu/oddmusic/ Lemme know what you think! - -Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) Subject: Les Baxter (forwarded) Date: 28 Sep 1995 12:31:26 +0000 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >Check out "Les Baxter's Lost Episode" on Bacchus Archives/Dionysus! Six >tracks from the live TV brodcast "Sounds Of The Sixties" which was aired >only once on local LA TV in 1961. Included in the selections is a live >version of "Quiet Village" which Les almost puts down Denny's and Lyman's >versions (without mentioning any names) during the intro. > >This release is avalible on 10" and CD. It can be found at your favorite >record store OR send $8.00 for the 10" / $10.00 for the CD (postpaid in >the USA) to: > >Dionysus Records >PO Box 1975 >Burbank, CA 91507 > >Email to DDionysus@aol.com > >Ta! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) Subject: liner notes Date: 28 Sep 1995 23:00:54 -0400 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. >MOOG/Claude Denjean and the Moog Synthesizer-Phase 4 >Spaced Out/Enoch Light-Project 3 >reply >whoo woo! spaced out kicks ass!! >how is the claude denjean on phase 4? i just love their use of "hifi" lingo >in >the liner notes. is there any info about such a "new" and "technologically >advanced" instrument such as the moog? >reply you betcha- Excerpts from the liner notes on "Spaced Out/Enoch Light"- "Enoch Light explores the new age of Supersound." "electro-musical discoveries that have skyrocketed stereo into a new, exciting dynamic direction." "This Spaced Out record spearheads the entire sound spectrum." "mind-bending moog, turned-on tonal zones" "hip harmonics" 1969 Excerpts from liner notes of "Claude Denjean and the moog"- "This incredible and new electronic musical wonder" "imitating the sound of real instruments" "musical duplicator" "electronic glory" "irresistible listening"1970 - -and it's all true. David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hrijks@xs4all.nl (Henk Rijks) Subject: Rhino Cocktail mix update Date: 29 Sep 1995 10:13:06 +0100 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# hrijks@xs4all.nl (Henk Rijks) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. I left a message at the Rhino forum on COmpuServe regarding their Cocktail Mix series. FYI, here's the reply I got. Henk ========================================================== The series to which you are referring is called "Cocktail Mix," and will be three individually available volumes. Volume 1 is available through mail order only until January 16, at which time we will add two more volumes. All three will be available in the stores on that date. Regarding Volume 1, all the songs were (to quote our latest catalog supplement) "recorded between 1956 and 1963 by small combos and orchestras that (for the most part) went on to the obscurity they so richly deserved--but not before leaving us with a few choice pieces of highly evocative kitsch that will supply the perfect atmosphere for your next shindig." If you want me to send you the supplement from which you can place an order, e-mail me your address and ask specifically for catalog #26. (#26 also contains a full track listing for the CD/cassette.) Snail: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 129 1012 EP Amsterdam The Netherlands CIS: 72662,552@Compuserve.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow (via RadioMail) Subject: Articles on Joe Meek and Dick Hyman Date: 30 Sep 1995 07:02:25 -0700 <# Replies to this message will go to: <# Brad Bigelow (via RadioMail) <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Two excellent articles this month of interest to exotica/etc. fans: Tower Records' in-house magazine, Pulse!, has a lengthy article by Irwin Chusid on Joe Meek that refers to him as "the Ed Wood of lo-fi recording." The article is tied to release of a new compilation of Joe Meek productions on Razor & Tie entitled, "It's Hard to Believe It." The new CD is produced by Dennis Diken, the drummer for the Smithereens, and includes both "Telstar," his biggest hit, and two cuts from "I Hear a New World." If you're not near a Tower store, you can get Pulse! by subscription. EMail pulsemag@netcom.com for info. Tower also produces a weekly email newsletter that often features items on exotica. To subscribe to epulse, send the message "subscribe epulse-L" to the address listserv@netcom.com. The October Atlantic Magazine features a profile of pianist Dick Hyman by William Zinsser. "Computerized in Hyman's brain, instantly trasferable to his fingers, is every popular piano and organ style that has ever been played in America, historically correct to the year when it was in vogue." Hyman admits to recording under such names as Ricky Alan, Peter Bennett, Richard Wayne, the Organ Masters, The Living Pianos, and Stanley Sokol and the Polkateers. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@radiomail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sberry Subject: Hmmm...#4 is out now!!! Date: 30 Sep 1995 15:32:41 -0700 (PDT) <# Replies to this message will go to: <# sberry <# To respond to the list, please mail your message to exotica@xmission.com. <# For help unsubscribing, say "HELP" in a message to majordomo@xmission.com. Issue #4 of Hmmm... is out now. This issue is a little bigger than the last one and includes: - -An interview with Mark Burgess. - -Concert Reviews (Girl Trouble, Shane MacGowan, Gravity 9, and an Elvis impersonator!) - -Music Reviews (Aqua Velvets, The Original Surfaris, Man or Astroman?, The Tiki Men, The Tiki Tones, The Astronauts (Germany & US), and more! - -Zine Reviews (The John Agar Newsletter, Chunklet, Schlock, Surf Music USA, Temp Slave, Tiki News, 3 AM, Trash-O-Rama, and more!) - -Movie Reviews - -And Much, Much More! All of this for only $1.00. Overseas readers please send $2.00. Contact: Hmmm... c/o Sean Berry 401 16th Street #2 Bellingham, WA 98225 ====================================================================== For more info, e-mail: sberry@kristina.az.com