From: "John A. Hill, Economics Dept., Univ. of Tenn." Subject: Easy Project Date: 01 Mar 1996 06:59:42 -0400 (EDT) Just got the Easy Project - 20 Loungecore Favourites. If you have not yet bought this album you are cheating yourself. Order it with no hesitation! Also, if in Knoxville, TN, listen to the Dynagroove Hour from 7-8, Thurs. JH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Easy Project Date: 01 Mar 1996 10:18:09 -0500 > Just got the Easy Project - 20 Loungecore Favourites. If you have not yet > bought this album you are cheating yourself. Order it with no hesitation! Hear, hear! I think Easy Project is the most gernerously jam-packed entertainment of all the comps released so far. Also, I just received Sound Gallery (ordered the import before the Scamp release was announced) and although it is great (the St. Etienne quote was so appropriate), me thinks the Sound Spectrum is a more vital collection - Lovin' Spoonful's Speakin' of Spoken is worth it alone. kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Stewart" Subject: Re: Easy Project Date: 01 Mar 1996 12:23:23 -0500 Where can I get more info on the Easy Project, the Sound Gallery and the Sound Spectrum? Are the track listings located on a web site? Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Holmes <72241.731@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: The next *Polar Bear Club* will be... Date: 01 Mar 1996 13:50:41 EST > *** The POLAR BEAR CLUB will be making its cozy home *** > *** at the Loring Bohemian Bar in downtown Minneapolis *** > *** on Sunday, March 3rd at 8pm (no cover) *** Dave, Is this an ongoing thing or one-time only? -=-Joe =----------------------------------------------------= = Space Age Bachelor Pad Music on the World Wide Web = = http://www.interport.net/~joholmes/index.html = =----------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Penrose Subject: List Administration woes... Date: 01 Mar 1996 10:53:39 -0800 Sorry to litter everyone's mail box with this request... I'd like to receive this list in digest format. I have tried to talk to exotica-request@xmission.com, and it did nothing for me automatically. Other list folk have talked about a digest format and I am curious if I could receive the list in this form. Thanks... Christopher penrose@ucsd.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RPPeek@aol.com Subject: New Net Address Date: 01 Mar 1996 14:31:55 -0500 To All -- I'm throwing in the towel with aol (and saving big bucks), so please note that the new e-mail address for Preston Peek aka VINYL LIVES!, is (natch): vinyllives@earthlink.net LAZLO -- can you make this change so I don't miss any group postings? Thanks, Preston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Easy Project Date: 01 Mar 1996 18:27:01 -0500 > Where can I get more info on the Easy Project, the Sound Gallery and the Sound > Spectrum? Are the track listings located on a web site? Easy Project should be readily available. CDNow has it as well as the Sound Gallery (future release). I think I found Sound Spectrum at CD Connection. If you didn't already know, these are all collections of music from the late 60's / early 70's - which, I guess, is the period that the UK's lounge scene is based around. I could imagine St. Etienne listens to the like of Sound Gallery daily! If my fingers are feeling nimble later and you can't find them elsewhere, I can e-mail you track listings. blissfully grooving to Stereolab's new single, kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: Easy Project Date: 01 Mar 1996 19:46:02 -0500 >Where can I get more info on the Easy Project, the Sound Gallery and the Sound >Spectrum? Are the track listings located on a web site? > i should have the Sound Gallery and John Barry info up at Vik's by the end of the weekend...in the music news... i remain... viktrola@nai.net Vik Trola's Lounge of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html It's Vik's John Barry Scavenger Hunt!!! Coming soon!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: ASPHODEL'S EMAIL ADDRESS Date: 01 Mar 1996 19:46:06 -0500 > Hey gang, > > Could someone supply me with Asphodel's email address? > that would be asphodel@interport.net tell'em vik says hi! i remain... viktrola@nai.net Vik Trola's Lounge of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html It's Vik's John Barry Scavenger Hunt!!! Coming soon!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas F. Duda, Jr." Subject: Re: Reel-To-Reel Mania Date: 01 Mar 1996 15:23:42 -1000 Reel are cool...I've only been able to find a couple of Lyman tapes though: Taboo and Taboo Vol. 2, plus a best of thingy (collection of at least 4 albums -- Bahia, Taboos, etc.)...yeah they are very cool! ################################################## # Tom Duda Kewalo Marine Laboratory # # duda@hawaii.edu 41 Ahui Street # # 808 539-7311 Honolulu, HI 96813 # ################################################## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: So many questions so little time Date: 01 Mar 1996 21:34:10 -0500 Is this a new address for you? We went to Vancouver for 3 days Portland for 1 then I went to San Francisco for 2.5 days my email took over 10 minutes to download @ 28.8! _________________ the Blue Lizard folks - Maxine and Edward - are really cool and they got us a private viewing of the club which is one of the most spectacular Tiki Bars I have witnessed live. It is called the Polynesian Room (and includes the Menehune Room and the Waldorf coffee shop) and it is at the Waldorf Hotel. Their club happens once a month but I don't know when? Their phone is listed as 685-4024 and the Waldorf is (604) 253-7141 The Trader Vic's in Van is OPEN the bar IS called the Harbour Bar as it always has been and is open for drinks and a small "bistro" menu. The dining area is closed but we toured it anyway and took pictures against the wishes of the bartender but he couldn't really stop us cause he was the only employee there. Go early - last call is at about 11 pm. The place is still fab and parking is free, I presume because they can't afford to hire a valet to charge the customers! Thanks to our grand Canuck tour guides, Christine of Poodle fanzine and Rob of Poodle and INSITE online music zine, we were also able to tour the Hawaiian Village Tiki Bar/restaurant which is pretty cool but divey and all the Tiki carvings are of Northwest nature which I found rather humorous. The 2 main treats here are that you can dine in your own private Japanese style room with sliding door and paper walls ( and I do mean paper so don't think you're all alone and try to have too much fun!! ). These rooms are individually named after the Hawawiian islands and the tables are short and you sit on the floor Japanese style. And they have 5 or 6 house drinks that you get to keep the mug. Trader Vic's Portland was also very nice and has many Tikis and a good bartender. They sell cool Trader Vic's caps of which I partook for about $16. Save some moolah before venturing south. Better than that, ie more Tiki'ed out if you can believe it and of course cheaper drinks, is the Alibi in North Portland, 4024 N. Interstate Ave, 97227, 287-5335. When here be sure to order a Mai Tai which is red and pretty bad but for an extra $7 you can keep the glass. BEWARE THE RED MAI TAI. enough for now. thanks for the Seattle entertainment tour. Also, I went back to Patti Summers and got the whole show. More on that later if you'd like cheers Otto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: fwd: RE: Arthur Lyman Date: 01 Mar 1996 21:34:28 -0500 Bill, as I wrote in the Lyman piece I did for Lounge mag a while back, Lyman played The Shell Bar at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. He only recorded at the dome because it was free, he actually hated the acoustics and had to record late at night to avoid picking up street noise outside the venue. Also for what it's worth The Arthur Lyman Group was the house band in the Tiki bar where the cast from Hawaiian Eye hung out (on the show - not in real life) And the same label that released that CD has two new Lyman releases cheers Otto Tiki News ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MrBEATNICK@aol.com Subject: DELIRUM IN HI-FI Date: 02 Mar 1996 10:26:00 -0500 In a message dated 96-03-01 23:22:27 EST, Lee writes: > Wow, > > Picked up an album that goes into the category of Incredibly Stranger > Music! > > Elsa Popping and her Pixieland Band "Delirium In Hi-Fi" (recorded > somewhere in France), on Columbia's Adventures In Sound series, WL106. > Man, what a strange piece! I first heard parts of this LP on Jack Diamond's show and was immediately taken with it. The first thing I thought of were little martians doing the polka! I picked up a copy not long ago. Very strange indeed - and great fun, too. Cartoon like. Elsa Popping IS Andre Popp. Another oddity is The Wozard Of Iz. Really - and I mean REALLY strange. Maybe too weird. Electronic music "realized" by Mort Garson, written and narrated by Jacques Wilson, produced by Bernard Krause. Same team that put together The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds. No doubt a product of the late sixties - on A & M Records SP 4156. "...The Wozard Of Iz, the electronic odyssey of Dorothy attempts to fuse words with wires and create a contemporary version of the children's classic...." They had to be on drugs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: DELIRUM IN HI-FI Date: 02 Mar 1996 11:04:12 -0500 > Another oddity is The Wozard Of Iz. Really - and I mean REALLY strange. > Maybe too weird. Kind of like the cast party of The Wiz gone wrong with spiked punch! Never ever follow the yellow-green road, no never follow the yellowgreenroad? Very fun record. I'd like to hear his version of Jesus Christ Superstar. > They had to be on drugs. They didn't have to be on drugs, it was a choice. kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dtaub@dewey.csun.edu (Daniel Taub) Subject: "Shaken, Not Stirred" Date: 02 Mar 1996 08:47:41 -0800 Anyone heard the new compilation "Shaken, Not Stirred?" Any reviews, comments? Is the quality comparable to "Ultra Lounge" or "Cocktail Mix?" Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: YBHL45A@prodigy.com ( ROBERT POWERS) Subject: Joey Altruda Date: 02 Mar 1996 22:31:43 EST Hello friends. This is my first time posting to the list. I'm a 16 year old vinyl junkie and have been collecting strange, wierd, and otherwise cool music for about 4 years. A friend and I have our own local public access show called "Formal Attire Required" where we showcase various old and new cocktail,exotica, surf, Herb Alpert and whatnot, all of which must be on vinyl. I've found that any record I pick up which is Korean and "pop"-ish is amazing. I have one by a man who I can only describe as looking like a Korean Wayne Newton and music which I can only describe as all Moog type soma-drug blissful happy music. This is best, if not most warped, 'space age pop' i have ever heard. If there is anyone out there who knows a lot about Korean imports I would love to hear from you. The other day I bought a newly released record by a guy named Joey Altruda called "Cocktails with Joey" As far as I know this is only being released on vinyl. I'm usually pretty skeptical about new bands jumping on the lounge bandwagon but this record is really great. It is serious lounge music and NOT just trying to be hip and kitsch. The cover is wonderful and the music is of the highest possible quality. This could easily pass for having been made 30 or 40 years ago. I strongly suggest it to anyone who likes exotia or lounge type music. It's released on Will Records out of Seattle. You can e-mail them at Will_Powr@halcyon.com Thanks, ~The Ambassador~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tubesox@sirius.com (Windy) Subject: Product Music Date: 02 Mar 1996 20:58:42 -0800 hi folks, i thought y'all might get a kick out of this as much as i did: v/a "Product Music" (Honest-Abe!) cd (from the liner notes): This CD was compiled from dozens of examples of 'product music' from the 60's and 70's and represents the best the genre has to offer. These...are full length songs drawn from 'industrial musicals' commissioned by large corporations as motivational tools. In most cases the intended target is the in-house sales force as opposed to the consumer, as with the more familiar commercial jingles. While it would be easy in today's post-modernist scene to dismiss these efforts as kitschy nonsense cranked out by cynical (or even just overly conscientious) songwriting hacks, the fact remains that some of these songs are more compelling and imaginative than most of what passes as serious cutting-edge music today." japanese import strictly limited to 1000 copies. look for it at yr local independent store or if they don't have it you can mailorder from me. taking a leaf from johan's book, here's a track listing: Hooray for Human Engineering Clark Equipment Tractor Drivin' Man Ford Motor Company My Bathroom is a Private Kind of Place American Standards Look at the Tubesox@sirius.com American Standards My Ultra Bath American Standards Dance the Slurp 7-11 Gentle on My Mind Mary Kay Cosmetics He's a Penney Man J.C. Penney Power Flower Westinghouse Standing on the Corner Ford Motor Company Shake It! Borden's The New Generation Squibb Pharmaceuticals The Frito Twist Frito's The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Bold Detergent Madison Avenue Tango Westclox Saints Go Marchin' In Mary Kay Cosmetics Up Came Oil Exxon My V.I.P. -- Tribute to Salesmen Clark Equipment The Eight Seasons of Chromalox Emerson/Chromalox see you later, ~Windy Aquarius Records ~~~~~~~@ 3961 24th Street San Francisco, California 94114 U.S.A. 415.647.2272 @~~~~~ tubesox@sirius.com ~Windy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: Joey Altruda Date: 03 Mar 1996 00:14:15 -0500 Actually "Cocktails with Joey" was released on CD in late October of 1995 I'm surprised to hear that it has been issued on vinyl Will Records and Joey are from Los Angeles and not to be confused with L.A.s other Joey - Joey Sehee of Wonderful World of Joey cheers Otto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Easy Project/Sound Gallery/Sound Spectrum cds Date: 03 Mar 1996 19:43:48 +0100 "Bryan Stewart" asked: > >Where can I get more info on the Easy Project, the Sound Gallery and the Sound >Spectrum? Are the track listings located on a web site? i will post the track lists of the gallery & spectrum this monday, if someone else didn't do it already.. =johan dada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Sound Gallery/Sound Spectrum Date: 03 Mar 1996 19:43:35 +0100 "kevin king" wrote: >...Also, I just >received Sound Gallery (ordered the import before the Scamp release >was announced) and although it is great (the St. Etienne quote was so >appropriate), me thinks the Sound Spectrum is a more vital collection strange how tastes can differ & change... first of all, i didn't like either of these 2 cds only half a year ago; now it seems that the music appreciation cells inside my brain have changed/addapted/evolved...grown? ;) because, yes, yes, now i DO like them both, but i prefer the Gallery over the Spectrum, although both contain some incredible stuff. =johan dada & the changing brain cells ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Cocktail Mix cds track listing Date: 03 Mar 1996 19:44:06 +0100 1 Dean Elliott & His Swinging Big, Big Band Will you still be mine The Three Suns Fever =46elix Slatkin I get a kick out of you Bob Thompson Star fire Henri Ren=E9 & His Orchestra Hansel and Pretzel Les Baxter's Drums Mood tattooed The Three Suns Danny's inferno Dave Harris & The Powerhouse Five The penguin Lenny dee China boy (go sleep) Russ Case & His Orchestra War dance for wooden indians David Carroll Hell's bells Bob Thompson Early-bird whirly bird Robert Maxwell, His Harp & His Orchestra Accidental slip on an oriental rug Alvino Rey Rock gently =46errante & Teicher Che si dice Jack Costanzo Inch worm (from The Garden of Eden Ballet) Rolley Polley Blue rumba Bobby Hammark Quartet Powerhouse 2 Miss Ann-Margaret Thirteen Men Cal Tadjer Soul sauce (Guacha guaro) Walter Wanderley The girl from Ipanema Nancy Wilson Call me Harold Johnson Sextet Sorry 'bout that - Part 1 Mel Torm=E9 Comin' home baby Ren=E9 Touzet Baby elephant walk Quincy Jones Soul bossa nova Connie Francis Bossa nova hand dance (Deixa isso pra la) Les Elgart & His Orchestra Frenesi - Twist Perez Prado & His Orchestra Why wait Earl Grant House of bamboo Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers Cantaloupe Island Brother Jack McDuff Hoi barbecue Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Mais que nada Dick Hyman & His Orchestra Washington square Trudy Pitts Take five Mose Allison I'm not talking 3 Della reese The lady is a tramp Robert Mitchum Not me Stan Kenton & His Orchestra Tequila Peggy Lee Heart Sarah Vaughan One mint julrp Sammy Davis, Jr. Be-Bop the beguine Rosemary Clooney Come on-a my house Diana Dors Come by sunday Henry Mancini Something for Cat Mel Torm=E9 Forty second street Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong A fine romance Louis Prima & Keely Smith That old black magic Don Ralke & His Orchestra Fascinating rhythm Dean Martin Ain't that a kick in the head Bobby Darin Guys and dolls Count Basie & Tony Bennett Are you havin' any fun Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra La dolce vita Eartha Kitt Mademoiselle Kitt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Sound Gallery/Sound Spectrum cds track lists Date: 03 Mar 1996 19:44:17 +0100 The Sound Gallery: The Dave Pell Singers Oh Calcutta Mandingo Black rite Alan Parker Punch bowl Alan Hawkshaw The night rider Neil Richardson The riviera affair John Gregory Jet stream John Cameron Half forgotten daydreams John Gregory Jaguar Keith Mansfield Life of leisure Alan Hawkshaw Girl in a sportscar Keith Mansfield Young scene Alan Hawkshaw It's all at the co-op now Alan Morehouse and his Bond Street Brigade Funky fever Denny Wright and The Hustlers Shout about Pepsi Mandingo the headhunter Alan Hawkshaw Blarney's stoned Paddy Kingsland The earthman John Keating I feel the earth move Syd Dale the penthouse suite Mandingo The snake pit Brian Bennett Boogie juice Alan Tew The detectives Johnny Keating Jesus Christ superstar Joe Loss Concertium Music to drive by The Sound Spectrum: Roy Budd Get Carter Roy Budd Love is a four letter word Roy Budd Getting nowhere Roy Budd Plaything The John Schroeder Orchestra Grow your own The City of Westminster String Band A touch of velvet Chico Rey and The Jet Set Band Stiletto Ray Davies and his Funky Trumpet Heavy water Roy Budd Hurry to me The Lovin' Spoonful Speakin' of Spoken Sister Goose and the Ducklings Super shine N=B09 John Schroeder Headband Milton Hunter Orchestra The loner Ted Dicks Busy boy The Tony Hatch Orchestra Birds Ray Davies and his Funky Trumpet Match 1 The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sound 2001 Mike Vickers Pegasus Badder Than Evil Hot Wheels The City of Westminster String Band Split level ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: riviera@tiac.net Subject: RE:product music Date: 03 Mar 1996 18:58:19 -0500 While in Europe recently, I found an LP of production music from RCA(catchy title-"Media Music:Release No.5"),tracks numbered,not titled.It's great! Breezy bossa rhythms,wordless vocals,perky strings, completely unencumbered by "content". Right now, I'm listening to my other favorite new acquisition, "Evolutions and Contrasts" by Henk Badings and Dick Raaijmakers, an Lp of "serious" electronic music ,that nonetheless seems to have as much in common with Raymond Scott or Les Paul as it does with Edgar Var=E9se! merrily yours, Riviera ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Vik's news Date: 03 Mar 1996 21:37:41 -0500 just a note to alert everyone...track listings for The Sound Gallery, Shot In The Dark (the Mancini tribute), and the two new Arthur Lyman collections on DCC are up in the Lounge (in Music News). Also, a feature on Dionysus (thanks Lee) and the John Barry essay contest.... now back to your regularly scheduled discussion... Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html Try the John Barry Essay Contest! Sound Gallery track listings! And a spotlight on Dionysus!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mimis@synergy.net Subject: Gentlemen & Ladies, Start Your Browsers! Date: 03 Mar 1996 22:27:41 -0600 The Roots of Lounge has moved, to its new home at http://www.gonix.com/rol Beta testing of the new site is underway. Please visit, surf around, tell me all about the typos (N.B. I know about the wrong-case typo in the menu at the bottom of one page, no need to report that one), read the kind words I have to say about this mailing list, look for the semi-hidden links page, admire the table, and, most importantly: tell me how awful the pages look in your non-Netscaped non-idiot-proof browser. We who first surfed the Web in Lynx are particularly sensitive to the needs of our Netscape-impaired friends. You may not be able to register to enter the contests yet pending further diddling by the gonix.admin dudes; same for the contest entry address alias. Be patient, and I hope we'll all be swinging at full capacity very soon! Thanks, and as Vik would say: I belong to the Swank Generation! (And I can take it or leave it each time, yadda yadda yadda...) / ----- --- - Mimi Schneider mimis@gonix.com mimis@synergy.net | The Roots of Lounge is moving: [|] http://www.gonix.com/rol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ricardo Wang Subject: Re: Joey Altruda Date: 03 Mar 1996 20:51:24 -0800 (PST) i don't know where joey is from, but there is a Will records based out of seattle, that put out the sage and hitting birth stuff (neither of which are anything aproaching exotica.) - rwang On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 Ottotemp@aol.com wrote: > Actually "Cocktails with Joey" was released on CD in late October of 1995 > I'm surprised to hear that it has been issued on vinyl > > Will Records and Joey are from Los Angeles > and not to be confused with L.A.s other Joey - Joey Sehee of Wonderful World > of Joey > > cheers > Otto > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tedd Bale Subject: Re: DELIRUM IN HI-FI Date: 04 Mar 1996 08:48:00 -0500 (EST) > Elsa Popping and her Pixieland Band "Delirium In Hi-Fi" (recorded > somewhere in France), on Columbia's Adventures In Sound series, WL106. > Man, what a strange piece! I happen to be the proud owner of WL128 from the Aventures in Sound series, entitled "Paris - 1925." Andre Popp and his orchestra with Zizi JeanMaire, Roland Petit, and Les Freres Jacques. Recorded in Paris. My copy is still shrink-wrapped, so I expect the vinyl will be in mint condition. Ah, the delights of second-hand "new" records! The notes explain that "...Andre Popp may also be heard on records in his own collection and masquerading as Elsa Popping in the Adventures in Sound presentation Delirium in Hi-Fi..." ENJOY! Nutboy Boston, MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: enjoy@singnet.com.sg (ENJOY) Subject: Try This Is Easy Date: 04 Mar 1996 21:56:05 +0800 saw an ad in the recent issue of The Face magazine for Virgin Record's compilation cd "This Is Easy"....billed as a "refreshingly different, quite fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish" ......with "48 first class performances with crystal clear stereo sound featuring Henry Mancini.... Dionne Warwick Esquivel John Barry Percy Faith Geoff Love Ray Conniff Roy Budd Tony Hatch Isaac Hayes Count Indigo" has anyone heard it yet?....can't wait to get my paws on a copy at the neighbourhood Tower Records....... also i'm still trying to find out if the song featured in the Guess tv commercial ,where a scene from "....and God created woman" is re-enacted, is released officially or they had used someone else's recordings. The Wild Rose THIS SPACE FOR RENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re: Product Music Date: 04 Mar 1996 14:04:44 -0500 What's the mail order address for this? I've become a fan of this type of music since a friend of mine played me the in-house training records for "Certs - Now With a Glistening Drop of Retsin!" ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at Internet hi folks, i thought y'all might get a kick out of this as much as i did: v/a "Product Music" (Honest-Abe!) cd (from the liner notes): This CD was compiled from dozens of examples of 'product music' from the 60's and 70's and represents the best the genre has to offer. These...are full length songs drawn from 'industrial musicals' commissioned by large corporations as motivational tools. In most cases the intended target is the in-house sales force as opposed to the consumer, as with the more familiar commercial jingles. While it would be easy in today's post-modernist scene to dismiss these efforts as kitschy nonsense cranked out by cynical (or even just overly conscientious) songwriting hacks, the fact remains that some of these songs are more compelling and imaginative than most of what passes as serious cutting-edge music today." japanese import strictly limited to 1000 copies. look for it at yr local independent store or if they don't have it you can mailorder from me. taking a leaf from johan's book, here's a track listing: Hooray for Human Engineering Clark Equipment Tractor Drivin' Man Ford Motor Company My Bathroom is a Private Kind of Place American Standards Look at the Tubesox@sirius.com American Standards My Ultra Bath American Standards Dance the Slurp 7-11 Gentle on My Mind Mary Kay Cosmetics He's a Penney Man J.C. Penney Power Flower Westinghouse Standing on the Corner Ford Motor Company Shake It! Borden's The New Generation Squibb Pharmaceuticals The Frito Twist Frito's The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Bold Detergent Madison Avenue Tango Westclox Saints Go Marchin' In Mary Kay Cosmetics Up Came Oil Exxon My V.I.P. -- Tribute to Salesmen Clark Equipment The Eight Seasons of Chromalox Emerson/Chromalox see you later, ~Windy Aquarius Records ~~~~~~~@ 3961 24th Street San Francisco, California 94114 U.S.A. 415.647.2272 @~~~~~ tubesox@sirius.com ~Windy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re: Product Music Date: 04 Mar 1996 14:28:48 -0500 Whoa! Just saw you DID post the address. So what's the price of this gem? ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at Internet hi folks, i thought y'all might get a kick out of this as much as i did: v/a "Product Music" (Honest-Abe!) cd (from the liner notes): This CD was compiled from dozens of examples of 'product music' from the 60's and 70's and represents the best the genre has to offer. These...are full length songs drawn from 'industrial musicals' commissioned by large corporations as motivational tools. In most cases the intended target is the in-house sales force as opposed to the consumer, as with the more familiar commercial jingles. While it would be easy in today's post-modernist scene to dismiss these efforts as kitschy nonsense cranked out by cynical (or even just overly conscientious) songwriting hacks, the fact remains that some of these songs are more compelling and imaginative than most of what passes as serious cutting-edge music today." japanese import strictly limited to 1000 copies. look for it at yr local independent store or if they don't have it you can mailorder from me. taking a leaf from johan's book, here's a track listing: Hooray for Human Engineering Clark Equipment Tractor Drivin' Man Ford Motor Company My Bathroom is a Private Kind of Place American Standards Look at the Tubesox@sirius.com American Standards My Ultra Bath American Standards Dance the Slurp 7-11 Gentle on My Mind Mary Kay Cosmetics He's a Penney Man J.C. Penney Power Flower Westinghouse Standing on the Corner Ford Motor Company Shake It! Borden's The New Generation Squibb Pharmaceuticals The Frito Twist Frito's The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Bold Detergent Madison Avenue Tango Westclox Saints Go Marchin' In Mary Kay Cosmetics Up Came Oil Exxon My V.I.P. -- Tribute to Salesmen Clark Equipment The Eight Seasons of Chromalox Emerson/Chromalox see you later, ~Windy Aquarius Records ~~~~~~~@ 3961 24th Street San Francisco, California 94114 U.S.A. 415.647.2272 @~~~~~ tubesox@sirius.com ~Windy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Enoch Light WWW Site Date: 04 Mar 1996 14:10:43 -0700 (MST) OK, here's a news update on progress with this site... The tinkering continues: - There has been a slight relocation of the site (see URL below). - It's now called "Spaced Out: The Enoch Light WWW Site" and the front page has a groovy new look (check it!). - The discography has been updated and now has label logo scans for the discog. We've also made a start to track-listing everything as well as putting up a couple of LP cover scans - including a scan of the Chinese edition of "Faraway Places": readers may remember one of my first posts to this list wherein I raved greatly about this one - well now you can see it for yourselves! It's not a great scan but you'll get the idea! My thanks to list subscribers who have sent in info so far, but the job has barely started - so here's another plea for anyone who has material they would like to be included to please e-mail it to me and I'll try to fit it in somewhere! All participants of course get credited for the material they send me... OK, the new URL is: http://www-edin.easynet.co.uk/rcb/light/ (if this doesn't work, type "index.htm" at the end) One query to close: Does anyone have (preferably an e-mail) contact for someone at MCA (who I believe own the rights to all Enoch's Grand Award and Command releases) - or what about Varese Vintage, do they have email? I want to see if anyone at these labels would like to "sponsor" the site in some way - and reward us for all our hard work! Be hearing from yous all! Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Re: Shaken Not Stirred Date: 04 Mar 1996 14:19:10 -0700 (MST) Daniel Taub wrote: > Anyone heard the new compilation "Shaken, Not Stirred?" Any reviews, > comments? Is the quality comparable to "Ultra Lounge" or "Cocktail Mix?" Well, I picked this CD up last week and was initially not that impressed but after a few listens I really like it - it's a bit of a grower... Quite a lot of the CD is taken up with versions of James Bond music in a variety of styles (a sultry "Take Five" style (but not in 5/4 - does that make sense?!), gentle bossa etc - though I think I prefer Pucho's latin treatment of Goldfinger - anyone heard that?) and generally nice quirky tunes (though not quite as "demented" as the sleeve notes would have you think). It makes a great dinner party CD - I tested it out on Saturday! I don't have either of the other CDs you mention so can't compare but I'm sure someone else will... Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SYoungNYC@aol.com Subject: Re: Product Music Date: 04 Mar 1996 23:34:26 -0500 This CD sounds wonderful. I should have my copy by next week, according to "Windy" at Aquarius Records. If any of you are interested in this sort of material, I have quite a lot of good examples that aren't on this compilation. I'm one of the few collectors of the industrial shows--until recently I thought I might be the only one. Guess not. Well, I'm interested in talking to other collectors who have albums of this sort so we can swap tapes and trade duplicate albums and so on. Can you tell me kilowatt hour consumption and demand? (Can do. . . can do. . .) Can you look and tell me where the voltage level stands? (Can do. . . can do. . .) --from "PDM Can Do", off the 1966 General Electric Power Utility Executives Conference album "Go Fly A Kite" (PDM stands for Power Distribution Management, by the way) SYoungNYC@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Cocktails and Tikis anyone? Date: 05 Mar 1996 03:20:52 -0500 Finally we have the urge (and the time and energy) to gather and share in the joy of the presence of the Tiki mug. Tiki News strikes again with the second Tiki Mug Party featuring Sven-Tiki's "Myterious Kahiki Tour" slide show, Tiki Mug Party 1 slide show, and Tiki mug owners galore in Tiki mugging antics amongst the red lantern decor of Madame Wu's Garden in Santa Monica. Tentatively scheduled for Wednesday April 24, the night will be hosted by Otto von Stroheim and friends. Polynesian potions (elaborate elixirs of the Tiki gods) can be had at a no host bar by mix master Tony Ramos (formerly of Don the Beachcomber's and China Trader). Attendees should bring their favorite and rarest mugs for sharing and photographing for the Tiki News collection. There is a $1 donation at the door for carriers of the Tiki mug and a mandatory $6 donation for malihines arriving mugless. Upon entering, empty handed immigrants will be graced with a blessing and a mug by Hawaiiana Traders' big Kahuna, Alan St. James. Let the festivities begin! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Desmond K. Hill" Subject: _electric__ shocks Date: 05 Mar 1996 12:51:50 +0000 E C L E C T R I C I T Y is an electronic transmission, an e-zine if you will, to provide back-up info about the tracks we air on radio*. It's freely available to subscribers (just e-mail 'subscribe' in message body, to electric@anubis23.demon.co.uk). Here in northern England I work voluntarily with an independent broadcaster. On this island marketplace we have to buy our freedom of speach. And so for the last 4 years, ICE 105.4 FM has operated with temporary permits purchased from the Radio Authority. These 'Restricted Service Licenses' enable us to provide a voice for those otherwise silenced, airing a highly contemporary cross-pollination from the post-genre, mid-90's sound miasma which we all currently inhabit. *__electric__ is an eclectic, eccentric new music show designed for armchair travellers, headphone beatniks and insomniacs. With a weekly series of late evening programmes we use radio as a medium to convey mood music and sound works on the far flung horizons of experimentation. Our lite programming for the darker hours incorporates old and new school jazz, some killer drum'n'bass, new electronic pop, freaky textured sci-fi sounds, lazily languid atmospherics and all manner of incredibly strange music. It's said 'a little of what you fancy does you good,' so get tuned in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Shaken, Not Stirred Date: 05 Mar 1996 19:20:03 +0100 dtaub@dewey.csun.edu (Daniel Taub) asked: >Anyone heard the new compilation "Shaken, Not Stirred?" Any reviews, >comments? Is the quality comparable to "Ultra Lounge" or "Cocktail Mix?" i haven't heard it yet, but this is what the latest issue of record collector said about it: "not all the material rises to the occasion: the james bond & his sextet cuts are far too close to straight jazz to give it that babycham kick, for exemple; and the running time is the wrong side of 40 minutes" (it's only 37 minutes) = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: The Wozard Of Iz Date: 05 Mar 1996 19:19:49 +0100 MrBEATNICK@aol.com wrote: >Another oddity is The Wozard Of Iz. Really - and I mean REALLY strange. >Maybe too weird. Electronic music... i agree with mrbeatnick, i find it a bit too weird to, almost musique concrete... i'm only keeping it for curiosity value... and *maybe* someday my music appreciation brain cells will addapt to this kind of stuff too? =johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Joey Altruda Date: 05 Mar 1996 19:20:15 +0100 YBHL45A@prodigy.com ( ROBERT POWERS) wrote: >The other day I bought a newly released record by a guy named Joey >Altruda called "Cocktails with Joey" ... >The cover is wonderful and the music is of the highest possible quality. I think the cover and especially the back cover (of the cd that is) are really shit... but i agree on the music: very nice indeed! bongo's, vibes, hammond, some brass... lots of influences from Denny/Lyman, not so from Esquivel, also a string Latin Cugat feel. =johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Combustible Edison Date: 05 Mar 1996 18:29:48 +0000 (GMT) What can anyone tell me about these guys? They're starting to break through over here - are they worth buying? Who would you compare them to? Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Music Machine Date: 05 Mar 1996 17:19:45 -0500 Don't know much about this band, but since there's been a thread about them of late, I thought I'd let you all know there's a reference to them in the record review section of the new issue of "Rolling Stone" (with the cover of Joan Osborne). I don't have the mag in front of me, but if memory serves, there was a piece about a recent garage band comp disc that includes these fellas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ajackson@yorku.ca (Anthony Jackson) Subject: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 05 Mar 1996 23:02:51 -0500 Here's a review of an LP I would love to get my hands on. It comes from a 1965 issue of Stereo Review: "POITIER MEETS PLATO Warner Brothers WS1561 Performance: embarassing Recording: Souped-up A misguided attempt to mix aphorisms with music has resulted here in a disastrous platter of platitudes. Sidney Poitier, one of our wisest and finest actors, has allowed himself to be misled and misdirected into a quasi venture that many will find to be as embarassing as it is pretentious. While the music, an uneasy bastard blend of progressive jazz and ersatz Starvinsky, composed and led by Fred Katz, moans and groans on relentlessly, the reader approaches hysteria in his attempts to convey the wisdome of Plato, billed as "The World's First Great Philosopher." Poitier indulges in every variey of affection and distorted emphasis, and the general lack of taste is further compounded through the use of echo chambers and other tricks of sound, all of them inimical to the appropriate presentation of reflective prose." Has anyone out there seen or heard this thing? Aj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Eukey Subject: Re: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 05 Mar 1996 22:40:57 -0600 (CST) The synchronicity of this thing is amazing. I just got a copy of Poitier Meets Plato today! Haven't played it yet. So make an offer already. W 1561, VG+. Regards Jim On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Anthony Jackson wrote: > ...an LP I would love to get my hands on. > > > "POITIER MEETS PLATO > Warner Brothers WS1561 > > Performance: embarassing > Recording: Souped-up > Has anyone out there seen or heard this thing? > > Aj "The past may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme." - Mark Twain - jimeukey@execpc.com 414-272-7446 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jbtwist@aol.com Subject: Re: Enoch Light WWW Site Date: 06 Mar 1996 00:21:15 -0500 A few more listings for your web page from my collection (all recent thrift store/flea market finds): RS 809 SD " Bongos Bongos Bongos" 1959 w Los Admiradores, including Willie Rodriguez, Don Lamond, & Ted Sommer on bongos, plus Tony M -groovy RS 904 SD "Doc Severinsen Command Performances" 1966 Compilation of Doc's cuts from other Command releases - I miss "Stump the Band" RS889SD "Tony Mottola Love Songs - Mexico/S.A. 1965 "gut-string" guitar stuff - pretty pretty Also, full title of RS 804 SD(1959) is "The Million Dollar Sound of the World's Most Precious Violins, Volume Two" (much more descriptive than "The Sound of Strings") This uses 8 Stradivari and 4 Guarneri fiddles - Maybe my cello playing in 10th grade was so lousy because I didn't have a 1731 Montagna ! The above 4 titles in at least VG++ condition set me back a total of $4.25. Thanks for your web page. I hope one of us gets around to Jackie Gleason someday. Jbtwist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: " | dave | " Subject: Re: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 06 Mar 1996 00:13:42 -0600 (CST) > "POITIER MEETS PLATO > Warner Brothers WS1561 > > Performance: embarassing > Recording: Souped-up > > A misguided attempt to mix aphorisms with music has > resulted here in a disastrous platter of platitudes... (etc.) > Has anyone out there seen or heard this thing? > > Aj I have a copy, and all I can say is the review you posted is spot on. It's hard to take; the concept is so embarassingly awful to start with, and the realization, with Sidney reciting "serious" words of Platonic wisdom over a bed of Katz-ian jazz, is so *incongruous* (that would be "incongruus" in the Latin) as to be nearly unlistenable. Really, it's not even funny in hindsight. Whose idea was this?! For some reason, I've chosen to hang on to it, though... :) dave /\\ \\ \\ \\ / \\ \\ \\ \\ the arouet label / \\ \\ \\ \\ ZING! ZING! -----------// // // //------> arouet@winternet.com \ // // // // \// // // // fnast! image ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 06 Mar 1996 01:04:50 -0500 > "POITIER MEETS PLATO > Warner Brothers WS1561 This one is well worth searching for. Just my opinion, but this has more beatnik wackiness than Ken Nordine himself. The review you posted describes it pretty accurately. Finger snapping coolness with comically inappropriate accents provided by Katz. ISM v.II lists another LP by Poitier and Katz, believe it or not. I can't think of the title, but if anyone has THAT for sale, please let me know! kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 06 Mar 1996 01:21:13 -0500 On 3/5/96 Anthony Jackson (ajackson@yorku.ca) wrote: >"POITIER MEETS PLATO >Performance: embarassing >Recording: Souped-up >Has anyone out there seen or heard this thing? I picked it up a couple of years ago. It was just too weird looking to pass up - it is monumentally over the top, but not in a "so bad it's good" vein, more like "so bad it really is bad". If you spot it for a couple of bucks, though, by all means pick it up. Here are the phrases from the posted review that really sum it all up : >as embarassing as it is pretentious >an uneasy bastard blend of progressive jazz and ersatz Starvinsky >groans on relentlessly >indulges in every variey of affection and distorted emphasis, and the >general lack of taste >a disastrous platter of platitudes If only it was a little worse, it could be a hallmark of genius. The first and last cuts are the "best". br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: Mose Allison Date: 06 Mar 1996 05:34:00 -0500 I see that Mose Allison has a cut on one of the new lounge compilation. I want to put in a plug for Mose, who is one of the authentic cool cats of the lounge era. Mose started as a jazz pianist, but his real success came when he started to sing. Mose has bounced around between labels over the years, with releases on Prestige, Fantasy, Columbia/CBS, and A&M. Fantasy and Rhino, I believe, both have CD compilations in print now. Mose sings in a laid-back style with a slight Southern drawl, usually accompanying himself on piano. He recorded a number of standards such as "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," some R&B numbers such as Willie Mabon's "Seventh Son," which was about as close as Mose ever got to a commercial hit, and his own originals. His most remembered original was "Your Mind is On Vacation (And Your Mouth is Working Overtime)," which is a perfect example of the sense of humor that runs throughout Mose's work. This is a guy who makes Mel Torme and Dean Martin sound nervous and inhibited. Check him out. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sax Therapy Subject: Re: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 06 Mar 1996 08:18:57 +0000 Jim Eukey wrote: > > The synchronicity of this thing is amazing. > I just got a copy of Poitier Meets Plato today! > Haven't played it yet. > So make an offer already. W 1561, VG+. > Regards > Jim > > On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Anthony Jackson wrote: > > > ...an LP I would love to get my hands on. > > > > > > "POITIER MEETS PLATO > > Warner Brothers WS1561 > > > > Performance: embarassing > > Recording: Souped-up > > > Has anyone out there seen or heard this thing? I've had a copy of this since the 70's and in fact used to play it on my radio shows. Great LP! -Saul saxmania@ripco.com (312)907-8229 voice (312)907-8521 fax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Sidney Poitier reads Plato Date: 06 Mar 1996 09:41:14 -0500 > On 3/5/96 Anthony Jackson (ajackson@yorku.ca) wrote: > >"POITIER MEETS PLATO > >Performance: embarassing > > I picked it up a couple of years ago. It was just too weird looking to pass > up - it is monumentally over the top, but not in a "so bad it's good" vein, > more like "so bad it really is bad" I couldn't disagree more! It's exquisitely bad. But to each his own. kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Enoch Light/Tony Mottola Date: 06 Mar 1996 14:48:13 -0500 Picked up CD reissue of "Enoch Light Presents Tony Mottola: The Best of Tony" in the bargain bin at Coconuts yesterday for 8 big ones. Anyone on the list know what other Light and/ or Mottola reissues are available? While I've managed to find a few of their collaborative efforts in thrift stores, I haven't seen anything on CD. And even though I prefer vinyl if there's a choice, I abhor paying the going vinyl rates that this stuff commands (especially being in New York where most Sal. Armys are picked clean, you're likely to pay upwards of $20 for anything even remotely decent - thus my quest for reissues). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ricardo Wang Subject: Re: The Wozard Of Iz Date: 06 Mar 1996 15:19:32 -0800 (PST) i love the wozrd of iz! i discovered it at the public library in kirkland washington when i was about 18 (11 years ago.) it is musically always interesting and the cheesey theme about hippies and the man is hilarious. - rwang On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Johan Dada Vis wrote: > MrBEATNICK@aol.com wrote: > > >Another oddity is The Wozard Of Iz. Really - and I mean REALLY strange. > >Maybe too weird. Electronic music... > > i agree with mrbeatnick, i find it a bit too weird to, almost musique > concrete... i'm only keeping it for curiosity value... and *maybe* someday > my music appreciation brain cells will addapt to this kind of stuff too? > > =johan |)/\|)/\ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Wozard of Iz Date: 06 Mar 1996 21:09:55 -0500 i too have this delight of psychedelic weirdness. i once took it, added various sound effects lps, 1960's news samples and the like and turned it into a radio special in ann arbor. one should not underestimate the power of the strange! Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html Try the John Barry Essay Contest! Sound Gallery track listings! And a spotlight on Dionysus!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "T. Duda" Subject: More info on Martin Denny show Date: 05 Mar 1996 02:37:54 -1000 I finally called the organization putting on the show. Details are: WHAT: "Hawai'i Recalls The Moonlight & Magic" reminiscing the nostalgia and romance of pre-statehood Hawai'i A benefit for family and caregiver support programs of the Alzheimer's Association - Honolulu Chapter. Co-chairs: Keith & Carmen Haugen. Honorary Chair: Dr. Lawrence Miike, State Health Director. Co-Celebrity Chairs: William F. Quinn, first Governor of the State of Hawai'i, and Traci Toguchi, Miss Hawai'i 1995. Fine dining...entertainment...dancing...live, silent and dessert auctions with celebrity auctioneers. "Hawai'i Recalls" Show with Traci Toguchi, Miss Hawai'i 1995 and starring the incomparable Emma Veary, the Golden Voice, in an exclusive homecoming concert. Dancing to the fabulous sounds of internationally renowned Martin Denny and his "Quiet Village" group. WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 1996 5:30 pm WHERE: The Royal Hawaiian Hotel - Monarch Room HOW MUCH: $125.00 per person ($62.50 is tax-deductible) Special seating for sponsors of tables for ten Sponsor levels: $1,250, $2,500, and $5,000 WHO SHOULD GO: Anyone who loves the nostalgia and romance of pre-statehood Hawaii. Anyone who has loved the incomparable Emma and memorable Martin. Anyone who likes auctions and a wondrous, magical night out. For more information, call the Alzheimer's Association - Honolulu Chapter 591-2771 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert P. Krajewski" Subject: Re: Mose Allison Date: 07 Mar 1996 00:28:42 -0500 Yes, he's on one the Cocktail Mix comps that I don't have yet. I think I've only heard one cut from him. However, Elvis Costello covers "Everybody's Crying Mercy," which Allison (hmmm...) wrote, on the _Kojak Variety_ album, and I thought it was great song. And I definitely have been planning to check him out, with the 2CD Rhino compilation, _Allison Wonderland_. (OK, so much for the title...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Fwd: The Big Time Date: 06 Mar 1996 23:54:16 -0500 Tiki News toasts Dr. Cocktail. Dr. Cocktail & Beachbum Berry will have a regular column starting in Tiki News #8 cheers Otto --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: The Big Time CC: riviera@tiac.net,brady@hotwired.com CC: bcleve@tiac.net Press Release! Dr Cocktail is now the official spirits Host of the America Online Spirits Section, a division of the Food & Drink Network. Dr Cocktail's Cocktail Spa is now officially linked to America Online. Come visit, and often! --Doc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Katie Eagan & Jeff Phillips Subject: Re: Enoch Light/Tony Mottola Date: 07 Mar 1996 07:53:26 -0800 (EST) On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, ANITA SERWACKI wrote: > Picked up CD reissue of "Enoch Light Presents Tony Mottola: > The Best of Tony" in the bargain bin at Coconuts yesterday > for 8 big ones. Anyone on the list know what other Light and/ > or Mottola reissues are available? While I've managed to find > a few of their collaborative efforts in thrift stores, I haven't > seen anything on CD. And even though I prefer vinyl if there's a > choice, I abhor paying the going vinyl rates that this stuff > commands (especially being in New York where most Sal. Armys > are picked clean, you're likely to pay upwards of $20 for > anything even remotely decent - thus my quest for > reissues). Anita- You should *never* pay more than $5.00 for a Project 3 or Command LP. Okay, maybe $5.99. Is NYC really Light-headed enough to be charging Esquivel-like prices for this stuff? Up in provincial Boston, Tony Mottola records normally go for $3 to $4. Mebbe you should start shoppin' in Joisey. :-} However, I have seen many Project 3 reissues on CD, including the 3 L's (Lush, Latin & Lovely) and W's (Warm, Wild & Wonderful). I think many of the better cuts from these are reproduced on the "Best of" comp, though. EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MrBEATNICK@aol.com Subject: Fun Facts Date: 07 Mar 1996 10:17:30 -0500 Friends... I'm looking at my copy of Enoch Light's Spaced Out - the one with the Barbarella like cover - and noticed something strange. On the front, one of the tunes listed is Michelle. Inside and on the back, there is no Michelle, A Little Fugue for You and Me has replaced it. No Michelle on the record, either. A batch of these must have got out with a misprint - did Michelle ever appear on this LP? I wonder.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: Mose Allison Date: 07 Mar 1996 13:20:59 PST >And I definitely have been planning to check him out, with the 2CD >Rhino compilation, _Allison Wonderland_. (OK, so much for the >title...) He wrote "Parchment Farm" (which has a "Route 66" rhythm vibe to it). I'll probably get kicked off the Exotica mailing list for this but...Blue Cheer covered that song on their first album, a brilliant loud, raw, trashy drug-imbued version. Viva Allison and Blue Cheer! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: Music Machine Date: 07 Mar 1996 13:29:35 PST Their track "Talk Talk" is one of the coolest sides ever made by a rock band! Well under 2:00 of pure angst & frustration with a savage beat, classic farfisa and a 10 second fuzz guitar solo which is second to none! The band looked cool with their matching black bowl haircuts, pegged black pants, black Beatle boots and one black glove! The 'loungy' stuff on their first album is considered trash by their fans, but I'm glad that their version of "Cherry Cherry" is looked upon with respect by members of this list!! All the reissues of "Turn On The Music Machine" are in that wide, 60s stereo sound that, in my opinion lacks power and energy, and makes the band sound 'loose'. The best way to hear this stuff is on the mono vinyl Lp or better yet, the many singles that were pulled off of that album. The singles are still pretty common in collectors stores and should be had for $6.00 or less. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KRIS@MOM.SPIE.ORG Subject: Leaping on a tangent... Date: 07 Mar 1996 13:35:22 -0800 (PST) lee@anti.com wrote: > I'll probably get kicked off the Exotica mailing list for this > but...Blue Cheer covered that song on their first album, a brilliant > loud, raw, trashy drug-imbued version. Viva . . . Blue Cheer! So I'm going seize his risk-taking and jump in here with a question. I should probably be going to psychedelia.com with this, but some exoticat out there should be able to help me. I'm looking for information on a band called "Master's Apprentices". I have a G.H. cd by them that I bought a couple years back based on the first track "Turn Up Your Radio". Don't recall the label at the moment and lent the disk out recently (hence my revived interest) but there is literally no information about the band at all with the cd. I'm guessing they are very early '70's psych/glam rock underdogs that never made it big anywhere (this Greatest Hits had to be somebody's labor of love). Replete with soccer haircuts and dandy ruffled suits, I can only liken the sound to 13th Floor Elevators and the Archies vs. Led Zepplin and Herman's Hermits. Very odd. The result sounds not unlike Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (the house band from Jim Henson's "Muppet Show") let loose on AM radio. If anybody out there knows who I'm talking about, any info would be appreciated. Thanks! Kris p.s. Viva Blue Cheer indeed! The band so loud that their version of "Summertime Blues" was recorded outdoors on a pier(!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: The Music Machine Date: 07 Mar 1996 17:08:06 EST It truly does my heart good to know that so many people here are familiar with this truly kickin' (but mostly overlooked) band! For the truly Psychotronic Music Machine Experience: Find the original mono singles and play them at 33 1/3, especially "Masculine Intuition" and "Talk Talk". It's got to be the creepiest, most evil sounding thing, in the whole wide world! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: STRANGER MUSIC FROM YOUR GROCERS SHELF! Date: 07 Mar 1996 16:09:40 PST It is amazing what kind of entertainment one can find for .25! "Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!!!" Design Records 282 Hideous psych exploitation sleeve with stock Design BS on the back (talking about "Beethoven's Fifth", Broadway offerings and more on pure vinyl). Lounge music on a BAAAAAD TRIP! "Mindblower" sounds like Holiday-Inn Hammond style background music, with overdose echo, reverb and bells! "Zenquake" has the organ with surfy guitar & sax on a Bo Diddley beat plus reverb splashes and what sounds like drum sticks on piano strings (maybe some F&T involvement?) panned back and fourth. It goes on and on with titles like "The Shadows Of Vibrate", "Inner Ear Freakout", "Bells For Eternal Zoom" and more. Hard to believe this record was once available next to the Cheerios in your local market! What the hell were these people thinking when they made this stuff! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cbennet0@counsel.com (Caressa Bennet -- Atty-Caressa Bennett - Washington ) Subject: Music Machine Date: 08 Mar 1996 10:08:09 EST To: exotica, Inet There have been a number of recent posts on the Music Machine. Does anyone have any recommendations or comparisons re their first and second albums? Also, someone mentioned the existence of "psychedelia.com". Is this a mailing list and, if so, where can be it found? Thanks. Michael Bennet cbennet0@counsel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re: Fun Facts Date: 08 Mar 1996 11:18:36 -0500 I've got "Way Spaced Out" and I seem to recall "Michelle" on it but I'll check for sure when I get home. Personally, one of my favorite albums, particularly since I bought in on the street in VG+ condition for 50 cents. "Ob La Di" will drive you to madness. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at Internet Friends... I'm looking at my copy of Enoch Light's Spaced Out - the one with the Barbarella like cover - and noticed something strange. On the front, one of the tunes listed is Michelle. Inside and on the back, there is no Michelle, A Little Fugue for You and Me has replaced it. No Michelle on the record, either. A batch of these must have got out with a misprint - did Michelle ever appear on this LP? I wonder.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: Beatles Covers Date: 08 Mar 1996 18:38:32 +0000 (GMT) On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, ANITA SERWACKI wrote: > I've got "Way Spaced Out" and I seem to recall "Michelle" on it but I'll > check for sure when I get home. Personally, one of my favorite > albums, particularly since I bought in on the street in VG+ condition > for 50 cents. "Ob La Di" will drive you to madness. I have an album called "Paul Mauriat Salutes the Beatles" and it has some _great_ covers of most of the great beatles on it. The version of Get Back is particularly special! The melody is played on an accordion to start off with, and is taken over later by a sitar. Very special! Well worth the 50p I payed for it! Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re[2]: Beatles Covers Date: 08 Mar 1996 15:22:31 -0500 Actually, I've been meaning to put together a worst/wackiest Beatles' covers compilation tape for some time. I've also got an unbelievable Tony Bennet psychedelic record containing a cover of "Eleanor Rigby" that could easily go round for round with William Shatner's "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds". Any more suggestions from the list? ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: Dan Gresham at Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Buddy Grecco Date: 08 Mar 1996 17:00:30 -0500 Does anyone have any info on the current whereabouts and activities of Mr. Grecco? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: Event in Austin Date: 08 Mar 1996 21:29:03 -0600 Hey Anyone out there in Austin, Nine Parts Devil, one of Nashville's very cool lounge acts, is coming your way. They are a contemporary lounge act in the jazz tradition. They write their own stuff; their one cover number is "I Wanna Be Like You". They've grown on me in a big way. According to the best info that I have: They are playing in the South by Southwest Festival on 3/15 at the Continental Club. I hear that the Continental is supposed to be the happening spot for the Austin lounge scene. Is it? Check them out and tell me what you think! In fact, go up and meet them... and, if you do, tell them that Miss Julep sent you. Nine Parts Devil has a web page: http://users.aol.com/sexnsuits/npd.htm Finally, you heard right: I did say "one of Nashville's". NashVegas actually has two worthy lounge ensembles: * Nine Parts Devil * Kristi Rose and Her Lushmen We also have two action-packed surf combos: * Thee Phantom 5ive * Los Straightjackets --Kirsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ricardo Wang Subject: Re: Beatles Covers Date: 08 Mar 1996 23:02:22 -0800 (PST) the best beatles covers i have heard are: ramsey lewis "day tripper" from the wade in the water l.p., and the entire "mother nature's son" l.p. (all moog versions of white album songs!); and herbie mann's "norweigen wood" which smokes over the original with a great live intro "this next song is called the decline and fall of the british empire..."; "let it be" by laibach. - rwang On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, Dan Gresham wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, ANITA SERWACKI wrote: > > > I've got "Way Spaced Out" and I seem to recall "Michelle" on it but I'll > > check for sure when I get home. Personally, one of my favorite > > albums, particularly since I bought in on the street in VG+ condition > > for 50 cents. "Ob La Di" will drive you to madness. > > I have an album called "Paul Mauriat Salutes the Beatles" and it has some > _great_ covers of most of the great beatles on it. The version of Get > Back is particularly special! The melody is played on an accordion to > start off with, and is taken over later by a sitar. Very special! > > Well worth the 50p I payed for it! > > Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: spare any change? Date: 09 Mar 1996 05:54:12 -0500 Alas, like the tides and the seasons Tiki News must change. Don't be alarmed by the cover of the upcoming issue. Although there is a change of theme, we have not lost our interest, love and devotion to Tikis. The cover theme conveys our own recent state of mind to explore and embark on journeys into futures ( and we don't mean stock options ) Other changes include a change of date for the Second Tiki Mug Party. Change is good. The invitation text follows: Tiki News presents Tiki Mug Party II Wednesday, April 24,1996 (the change here is from the 17 to 24) 6:30 - 10:00 pm slide show at 7:30 We are honored to host this event at the elegant and exotic Madame Wu's Garden. Built DURING the golden period of Exotica, Madame Wu's serves a full menu of authentic Polynesian cocktails prepared by Don the Beachcomber/China Trader alumni Tony Ramos who carries on an almost extinct tradition. We request that everyone attending bring a treasured Tiki mug from their collection for sharing. A one dollar donation at the door is recommended for attendees with mugs. Tiki patrons arriving without mugs will have the opportunity to donate $5.00 and receive a "Hawaiiana Traders" mug upon entry. Tiki News photographer Heinz Kohne will be documenting the evenings Tiki mugs for future Tiki mug presentations. Please visit the photo booth to have your Tiki mug(s) registered. The Polynesian bar guide for discerning palates, Beachbum Berry's Grog Log, will be available for purchase. Beachbum Berry and cover artist Bosko will be on hand to autograph copies. Tiki News columnists Beachbum Berry and Dr. Cocktail will also attempt to dispel cocktail myths and dispense tricky Tiki drink tips. Bosko's current lineup of custom limited run Tiki mugs will be on display for purchase and perusal. As will the current issue of Tiki News (of course) If the Gods are pleased by our activities, we will be joined by creators of original Tiki mug designs from the early sixties. This invitation is good for you and one guest. Please call Otto von Stroheim at Tiki News for additional invitations and information at 310/392-5922. a limited selection from Madame Wu's Polynesian drink menu available at no host bar Valet parking and abundant street parking on Wilshire ___________________________________ The artifacts survive but their history is lost. Along with the dwellings that housed them the origins of the Tiki mug have been forgotten over time. come join in our quest to unearth the history of the Tiki mugs. Slide presentations At 7:30 Tiki News publisher Otto von Stroheim presents discoveries from the first Tiki Mug Party. The first mug party brought Tikiphiles from Los Angeles and beyond displaying their oddest and rarest vessels. Highlights of this convention will be shown and explained with text by urban archeaologist and Tiki News editor Sven-Tiki. Culminating the evenings entertainment is "The Mysteries of the Kahiki." Sven-Tiki pieces together a lost lineage and expands upon it in another of his humorous but informative treatises. Madame Wu's Garden 2201 Wilshire Boulevard Santa Monica 310/828-5656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Re[2]: Beatles Covers Date: 09 Mar 1996 09:59:53 -0500 > Actually, I've been meaning to put together a worst/wackiest > Beatles' covers compilation tape for some time. I've also > got an unbelievable Tony Bennet psychedelic record containing > a cover of "Eleanor Rigby" that could easily go round for round > with William Shatner's "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds". > > Any more suggestions from the list? Paul Mariat's Lady Madonna from Prevailing Airs is one of my faves. Also, Natalie Cole does an outrageous gospelly version of Lucy In The Sky complete with R&B backup chorus- "What ya doin' up there Lucy?" kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonny.S@eworld.com Subject: FAMILY OF GOD LP Date: 09 Mar 1996 09:27:21 -0800 Hi Exoticons! I'm writing to let you know about the new self titled double album only on vinyl "Family Of God" a new independent release by two friends of mine Adam Peters and Chris Brick. The Family Of God LP includes 22 songs recorded over last summer and fall, mostly original with a few covers including Nirvana, a slowed down moog-y instrumental of Smells Like Teen Spirit. America from West Side Story and Moog River (Moon). Originals include such titles as; All Atoms Are Engaged To Get Married, Moog Over Easy, Why GoGo Up There?, Dr. Breeze and Babble. I can't begin to describe all these tracks here but I think its beautiful and very wacky musically and it sounds great production wise. They have only pressed 2000 of these LPs themselves on their way to getting a deal. If your interested its available in a few specialty shops in N.Y.C. or you could call Smylonylon. Chris owns and operates Smylonylon (222 Laffayettte Street in N.Y.C. 212.431.0342). An Easy-Listening universe unto itself where you can shop for the finest in new and never worn synthetic fashions from years past and collect Chris's incredible collection of Easy-Listening compilation cassettes Vols. 1-7 (Thousands already sold, really!). Adam was co-founder of the Brit Band Flowerpot Men and a member and cellist in Echo and the Bunnymen. He's been producing other artists and makes a delicious chicken Vindaloo. Disclaimer: I post this out of love for the music and my friends and receive no compensation. Rebel Rebel Records 212.989.0770 Throb Records 212.533.2328 This number appears on the record 212.627.6195 Thanks to all for taking the time to read this. Jonny Sender ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David J. Strauss" Subject: Re: exotica-digest Digest V96 #14 Date: 09 Mar 1996 13:08:21 -0500 (EST) I've been participating in an Exotica discussion on the Sun RA list. Evidently many jazzbos can't believe that the RA was a Denny fan. Anyone have any hard evidence? DS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Combustible Edison Date: 09 Mar 1996 19:29:32 +0100 Dan Gresham wrote: >What can anyone tell me about these guys? >...are they worth buying? Who would you compare them to? i've just listened to their soundtrack to "Four rooms", and it's wonderfull, fantastic! certainly worth buying, IMHO; about comparing, everyone will tell you that they are heavy influenced by Esquivel, and that's true, but there's more: spy jazz, cocktail jazz, twang guitars, latin stufff, mostly instrumental but also some great female vocals... lots of variation in moods & atmospheres & rhythms; i'm certainly going to buy everything they release(d)! =johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: Re[2]: Beatles Covers Date: 09 Mar 1996 18:47:36 +0000 (GMT) On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, kevin king wrote: > > Actually, I've been meaning to put together a worst/wackiest > > Beatles' covers compilation tape for some time. > > > > Any more suggestions from the list? > > Paul Mariat's Lady Madonna from Prevailing Airs is one of my faves. > Also, Natalie Cole does an outrageous gospelly version of Lucy In The > Sky complete with R&B backup chorus- "What ya doin' up there Lucy?" Paul Mauriat's "Lady Madonna" is from the "Paul Mauriat Salutes the Beatles" album - really good. Well worth buying IMHO Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Stewart" Subject: Re: Beatle Covers Date: 09 Mar 1996 14:44:52 -0500 I just saw "Chet Atkins Plays the Beatles" reissued by BMG/RCA in the CD bins. The liner notes in the back said it was recorded in 1965 and it looks like it has a repro of the original album cover on the front. Anybody have any take on this one? Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Unidentified subject! Date: 09 Mar 1996 13:58:42 EST Is anyone else having trouble warming up to the new COMBUSTIBLE EDISON album? What about SHAKEN N' STIRRED? I've listened to both for a week now and neither give me the jolt I get from version of ISTANBUL (NOT CONSTANTINOPLE) on ULTRA-LOUNGE. That, to me, is the very definition of swanky. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: Beatle Covers Date: 09 Mar 1996 14:53:28 -0500 (EST) On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Bryan Stewart wrote: > I just saw "Chet Atkins Plays the Beatles" reissued by BMG/RCA in the CD bins. > The liner notes in the back said it was recorded in 1965 and it looks like it > has a repro of the original album cover on the front. Anybody have any take on > this one? I have this release and if you like Chet Atkins you will definitely like this one. If rather you are looking for something exotic or unusual this will not fill the bill. Just some good ole fashioned pickin' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Buddy Grecco Date: 09 Mar 1996 16:29:36 -0500 I caught him in the lounge at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas about this time last last year. He was in fine form, waering a loud sweater that he jokingly siad he bought at a Doc Severeson garage sale. regards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: The wichita train whistle sings Date: 10 Mar 1996 19:20:54 +0100 found this strange lp, credited to one michael nesmith, arranged by shorty rogers, with percussion by frank capp & hal blaine; didn't know what to think of it first: it's a symphonic orchestra with added drums and brass, and solo's by banjo or pedal steel or guitar... it's a mix of symphonic rock, big band, a military marching band, and some country when the banjo plays; after listening to it several times, i still can't catalog it, but i do like it; the drums are getting stuck a couple of times, the music seems to come to a halt as if something goes horribly wrong during a rehersal, and then it goes on as if nothing happened... very strange =johan dada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille) Subject: Re: The wichita train whistle sings Date: 10 Mar 1996 20:46:30 +0100 On Mar 10, 7:20pm, Johan Dada Vis wrote: > Subject: The wichita train whistle sings > found this strange lp, credited to one michael nesmith, arranged by shorty Michael Nesmith probably was the Monkee who knew best what he was doing, and is responsible for quite a lot of strange conceptual records. A discography can be found at http://www.primenet.com/~flex/nesmith/diskog.nez Sevo -- Sevo Stille sevo@inm.de Web Department sevo_stille@f.maus.de Institut fuer Neue Medien Tel: ++49 (69) 94196314 Daimlerstrasse 32 Fax: ++49 (69) 94196322 D 60314 Frankfurt a.M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Stewart" Subject: The Easy Project, Help! Date: 10 Mar 1996 18:32:20 -0500 I can't seem to find this CD anywhere. The local Tower and HMV haven't heard of it and CDNow e-mailed me and said they don't carry it anymore. It looks like there are a lot of interesting things on there but I don't want to spend a lot of money on it. Any other suggestions? Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MrBEATNICK@aol.com Subject: James Bond Sextet Date: 11 Mar 1996 08:59:26 -0500 Friends.... I need help with a thrift store find. The James Bond Songbook by the James Bond Sextet. Mirwood Records MW-7001, mono. No clue as to a date. Swinging, jazzy covers of Bond themes. Led by bassist Jimmy (James) Bond and including Buddy Collette on flute/tenor. The record/cover is practically new. Anybody know when these guys were making music? I have no idea. 50's, 60's, 70's...beyond? Thanks.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cremieux Subject: Get Easy! Date: 11 Mar 1996 09:33:27 -0700 (MST) Got the german compilation on cd called "get Easy" with: W. Wanderley,Kai Windig, Chris Montez, Mancini, Sergio Mendes, = Astrud Gilberto, Hugo Montenegro, Roberto Menescal, Schiffrin, = Sandpipers, Ray Conniff, Martin Denny, Martin B=F6ttcher, Burt = Bacharach.....etc ...20 tracks in all A great compilation with an accent on spy, latin and Hammond organ and a great cover (true to the spirit) to boot.. they have a volume 2 with modern "interpretations" of Easy by = Combustible, Devo, Pizzicato 5.... not as good as vol 1 the reference is : Tempo LC 4909 for those in NY, Throb record store carries it Get Easy ...stay Easy 88 "" ,adPPYba, ,adPPYba, 88 ,adPPYYba, 8b, ,d8 a8" "" 8" "8a 88 "" `Y8 `Y8, ,8P' 8b 8b d8 88 ,adPPPPP88 )888( "8a, ,aa 8a, ,a8" 88 88, ,88 ,d8" "8b, `"Ybbd8"' `"YbbdP"' 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 8P' `Y8 ,88 cojax747@interport.net 888P" http://mbinter.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: Re: James Bond Sextet Date: 11 Mar 1996 19:28:26 -0500 >MrBEATNICK@aol.com wrote: > >I need help with a thrift store find. The James Bond Songbook by the James >Bond Sextet. Mirwood Records MW-7001, mono. No clue as to a date. > Swinging, jazzy covers of Bond themes. Led by bassist Jimmy (James) Bond >and including Buddy Collette on flute/tenor. > >The record/cover is practically new. Anybody know when these guys were >making music? I have no idea. 50's, 60's, 70's...beyond? Jimmy Bond was a Philadelphia-based bassist who played with Chet Baker's 1956 quintet. Buddy Collette was an LA multi-instrumentalist who played with a variety of West Coast jazz groups and led a few of his own. My guess is this is from 1962-4, probably recorded in LA. If you feel like selling, let me know. Brad Bigelow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: James Bond Sextet Date: 11 Mar 1996 23:06:38 -0500 James Bond Sextet is on the new Rykodisk compilation of HiFi records stuff (HiFi label of Arthur Lyman fame) I don't have it but maybe the liner notes will give you the clue you are looking for. Or if you are a member of the M.A.I.T.A.I. spy organization they may be able to answer questions (in code of course) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Dick Hyman contact address sought Date: 12 Mar 1996 11:22:15 -0700 (MST) As part of my ever expanding Enoch Light WWW site, I'd like to approach Dick ("Knuckles") Hyman for an interview/article. I remember someone posting to the list recently naming the town where Mr Hyman hangs out these days, but does anyone have the full address? Please e-mail me privately. Thanks. Robbie Spaced Out - The Enoch Light WWW Site: *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** http://www-edin.easynet.co.uk/rcb/light/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Alex Krycheck Subject: beatles covers Date: 12 Mar 1996 12:35:43 -0600 I just picked up a copy of Stars on 45, a group from the late '70's that set tunes to a disco beat and made them into a whopping medley. the album I picked up has one side devoted to the beatles. The tune isn't a cover in the strictest sense of the word, but it is a must for a beatles cover-tune list. love and kisses, ru'pai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: just stuff Date: 12 Mar 1996 13:21:48 +0000 a maggie morganstern forwarded me the sun ra newsgroup speak about sunny being influenced by martin denny why not ? denny was certainly out there for 1956 >Dan Gresham wrote: Combustible Edison >>What can anyone tell me about these guys? >>...are they worth buying? Who would you compare them to? 4 rooms score is great, their 1st album is good and this last one isn't a favorite of mine, imho. also, io don't hear any esquivel in their music at all martin denny-big time ! > >i've just listened to their soundtrack to "Four rooms", and it's >wonderfull, fantastic! certainly worth buying, IMHO; about comparing, >everyone will tell you that they are heavy influenced by Esquivel, and >that's true, but there's more: spy jazz, cocktail jazz, twang guitars, >latin stufff, mostly instrumental but also some great female vocals... lots >of variation in moods & atmospheres & rhythms; >=johan |)/\|)/\ >Paul Mauriat's "Lady Madonna" is from the "Paul Mauriat Salutes the >Beatles" album - really good. >Dan well, there's lady madonna from don sebesky's-distant galaxy with a very funky larry coryell on guitar which is quite good >------------------------------ >Date: Sat, 9 Mar 96 13:58:42 EST >From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) >Is anyone else having trouble warming up to the new >COMBUSTIBLE EDISON album? 1 here, jack >What about SHAKEN N' STIRRED? now that's really good ! jack "bongo" burger-beatnik jazz w/ buddy collette on tenor/flute >------------------------------ >Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:59:26 -0500 >From: MrBEATNICK@aol.com >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: James Bond Sextet >Message-ID: <960311085926_165658038@mail04.mail.aol.com> > >Friends.... > >I need help with a thrift store find. The James Bond Songbook by the James >Bond Sextet. Mirwood Records MW-7001, mono. No clue as to a date. > Swinging, jazzy covers of Bond themes. Led by bassist Jimmy (James) Bond >and including Buddy Collette on flute/tenor. > >The record/cover is practically new. Anybody know when these guys were >making music? I have no idea. 50's, 60's, 70's...beyond? ford, it might be very early 60's, like 61 or 62.... man jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: Worlds worst beatles covers pt 94/psych Date: 12 Mar 1996 21:20:17 +0000 Hi exoticats The exotica mailing list continues to hit the spot! Someone was asking for worst Beatles covers ... how about the truly dire, overwrought version of "Help" that Deep Purple did on their first LP "Shades of..." in 68 I think. I actually quite dig some of the rest of the album (the cod psych/Carnaby St type stuff - after all, this was a while before they got into their heavy rock scene), but there are also a coupla real stinkers on there, and IMO top of the list is, yep, that Beatles toon. How about a "cool Beatles covers" list? or are we getting into the realms of tribute albums here? What about those multiple "Beatles go Bossa" albums? and those marvy fake Beatles albums issued at the height of US beatlemania? donchaluvem! Anyhow - just time to mention a couple of other things which might be of interest to y'all - another new EZ/mood comp has just come out here, "In-Flight Entertainment", compiled by the Karminsky brothers who DJ at top London niterie "Indigo". Don't have a copy myself just yet but when I do, I'll post a track listing. I think Brigitte Bardot features on there for starters :-) Also, "Record Collector" mag this month has a special on SABP Music and the whole US space pop thang PLUS the Independent ran an obit on Les Baxter last week - just a couple hundred words or so + a small pic but it was nice to see it. Should I scan it and post the text? anyone interested to see? Keep on keeping on Phil -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana robinson) Subject: Re: exotica-digest Digest V96 #15 Date: 13 Mar 1996 00:53:30 -0500 > Chris owns and operates Smylonylon (222 Laffayettte Street in N.Y.C. >212.431.0342). An Easy-Listening universe unto itself where you can shop for >the finest in new and never worn synthetic fashions from years past and >collect Chris's incredible collection of Easy-Listening compilation cassettes >Vols. 1-7 (Thousands already sold, really!). hey, i was going to ask if anyone else had heard of this store/easy listening club night (the club is called tynytyny i think, and they have ace flyers for it). a clued in friend of a friend showed introduced it to me, and it's basically a slightly scary, dark store with piles of vintagey clothes, from rainbow-striped ski ensembles to cloggy shoes to basic polyester shirts etc. apparently, muccia prada, the fashion designer, based her spring collection on the storem, so it's been in vogue and i-d recently. i was in too much of a rush to truly dive into the clothes, but i did pick up a mix tape. highly recommended, though i should have bought the one they were playing while i was there. it had a lot of sitar stuff on it, and i'm really into that right now though it is under-represented in my collection. by the way, the radio show i'm proposing looks like it has a good chance. thanks to those of you who sent me mail, and anymore suggestions are still welcome. -jordana jbr109@psu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: Re: James Bond Sextet Date: 13 Mar 1996 05:44:05 -0500 >MrBEATNICK@aol.com wrote: > >I need help with a thrift store find. The James Bond Songbook by the James >Bond Sextet. Mirwood Records MW-7001, mono. No clue as to a date. > Swinging, jazzy covers of Bond themes. Led by bassist Jimmy (James) Bond >and including Buddy Collette on flute/tenor. > >The record/cover is practically new. Anybody know when these guys were >making music? I have no idea. 50's, 60's, 70's...beyond? Jimmy Bond was a Philadelphia-based bassist who played with Chet Baker's 1956 quintet. Buddy Collette was an LA multi-instrumentalist who played with a variety of West Coast jazz groups and led a few of his own. My guess is this is from 1962-4, probably recorded in LA. If you feel like selling, let me know. Brad Bigelow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille) Subject: Re: Worlds worst beatles covers pt 94/psych Date: 13 Mar 1996 15:42:05 +0100 On Mar 12, 9:20pm, Phil Clark wrote: > Subject: Worlds worst beatles covers pt 94/psych > Hi exoticats > > The exotica mailing list continues to hit the spot! > > Someone was asking for worst Beatles covers ... how about the truly > dire, overwrought version of "Help" that Deep Purple did on their first > LP "Shades of..." in 68 I think. I actually quite dig some of the rest > of the album (the cod psych/Carnaby St type stuff - after all, this was > a while before they got into their heavy rock scene), but there are also > a coupla real stinkers on there, and IMO top of the list is, yep, that > Beatles toon. > > How about a "cool Beatles covers" list? or are we getting into the > realms of tribute albums here? What about those multiple "Beatles go > Bossa" albums? and those marvy fake Beatles albums issued at the height > of US beatlemania? donchaluvem! There must be innumerable strange Beatles (drop in any popular 60's band) covers - in the sixties most small bands never tried to write their own songs, but were perfectly satisfied with rerecording their favourite hit tunes. The Beatles songs covered by obscure German bands alone would be a topic for several all-nighters. > Anyhow - just time to mention a couple of other things which might be of > interest to y'all - another new EZ/mood comp has just come out here, > "In-Flight Entertainment", compiled by the Karminsky brothers who DJ at > top London niterie "Indigo". Don't have a copy myself just yet but when > I do, I'll post a track listing. I think Brigitte Bardot features on > there for starters :-) Gainsbourg+Bardot were really strange. Gainsbourg himself could not hold a note, and this seems to go for his singers as well. But other than Jane Birkin, whose voice at least qualifies for its teen-sex appeal, Brigitte Bardot had no singing voice at all - the combination of her vigorous singing with Gainsbourgs intricate psychedelic chansons sometimes is inanely funny, almost like karaoke versions of Sinatra/Hazlewood. Fortunately, Gainsbourg and Bardot split before "Je t'aime" - or the song would never have had that erotic pathos... Their weirdest song probably was "Comic Strip" (BTW: has anybody got the video of that song? It was on TV when Gainsbourg died, but unfortunately I saw it with no VCR at hand)! > Baxter last week - just a couple hundred words or so + a small pic but > it was nice to see it. Should I scan it and post the text? anyone > interested to see? Yup. Sevo -- Sevo Stille sevo@inm.de Web Department sevo_stille@f.maus.de Institut fuer Neue Medien Tel: ++49 (69) 94196314 Daimlerstrasse 32 Fax: ++49 (69) 94196322 D 60314 Frankfurt a.M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIMIGA@DAVIDSON.EDU Subject: reissues Date: 13 Mar 1996 15:17:37 -0500 (EST) when i was in new jork last week i saw a bunch of great reissues on cd many doubles on one cd: yma sumac miracles/astro sounds 2000 101 strings perrey's moog indigo/kaleidiscopic vibrations orienta/tropical somrthin ruther tamboo/sacred idol passions plus bonus trax shock/fear/nightmare and many others mainly put out by some guy in texas. problem is they were really expensive (25-30) and i was wondering if anyone has the address and if the sound quality is worth anything just wondering-curious george mimiga@davidson.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Art Date: 13 Mar 1996 23:28:42 +0000 >Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 18:41:04 -0800 >X-Sender: twise@best.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >To: dyemund@best.com >From: twise@best.com (Ted Wise) >Subject: Art They don't know what art is. >Sometimes current recognition of melodies played in the past >shows that they are indeed art. Because they fit right into >some sort of groove, some kind of past-present-future thing. > >Music, like many other things, is art partly because the very first tunes, >like stones, were layed down a long time ago. To >be followed by the next layer of sound and another and still >more. Right up until right now. The old present moment ploy, wherein we are >putting our rocks on the pile as we do our >various arts this very day. If they be truly Arts, they surely will be >followed by an evermore longer lasting, rather than >fading bunch of followers. That is what makes art, Art. It >won't go away and it does get popular from time to time. >Anyone can be an artist. But one must know where art is before >one takes to adding on to it. >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Just like a guy in a band, an artist has to know his place. >(in history no less!) >------------------------------------------------------------------ >All art, to be art, is merely the latest crafted brick to be >laid on Arts towering Babel. It only has lasting value if it's >not the last one. >Ted Wise 2/29/96 >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Cloudy skies, > >twise, >Growing in sighs, >I'm not selling alibis > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: FAMILY OF GOD LP Date: 14 Mar 1996 19:32:38 +0100 Jonny.S@eworld.com wrote: > I'm writing to let you know about the new self titled double album only on > vinyl "Family Of God"... I can't begin to describe all these tracks here but >> I think its beautiful and very wacky musically could you please tell us what genre it is? i can't tell that from your description. also, can it be ordered by e-mail, and what is its price? = Johan |)/\|)/\ Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be (home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Renata Hansen" Subject: Reissues Date: 14 Mar 1996 10:49:54 -0800 What labels are reissuing Yma Sumac on CD? How are they? I have had difficulty even locating XtaBay! I'm sure this will change very soon... Thanks in advance for your input. - Renata renata@z-code.ncd.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Re:dick hyman Date: 14 Mar 1996 10:58:50 +0000 >Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 21:34:41 -0800 >From: eric bonerz >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: Jack Diamond >Subject: Re:dick hyman > >i just interviewed mr. hyman, he was incredable, he talked a lot >about moon gas and how he made some of those cool sounds, he even >talked about his strange look in the sixties.it will all be in the new >grand royal magizine. i ask him if he wanted to play exoticon 2 doing >moog stuff with vinni (space man) bell and he sounded very >interseted.he was also interested in the idea of scamp getting >involved in a moon gas reissue, i gave him ashly's number eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: Reissues Date: 14 Mar 1996 20:36:59 -0500 >What labels are reissuing Yma Sumac on CD? How are they? I have had difficulty >even locating XtaBay! I'm sure this will change very soon... >Thanks in advance for your input. >- Renata > renata@z-code.ncd.com in the US, currently the only recent re-issues have been on Right Stuff through Capitol Records. These were recently released (including Xtabay) and should be available at your local Tower, HMV, etc. Catalog numbers and track listings can be found at: http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/yma.html Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html Try the John Barry Essay Contest! Sound Gallery track listings! And a spotlight on Dionysus!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Easy Project / Sound Gallery Date: 16 Mar 1996 12:47:00 -0700 (MST) Hot news folks - I can get *vinyl* format copies of both of these! The Easy Project LP (which I didn't know existed in that format!) comes as a gatefold with one LP and one 12 inch. Sound Gallery is a straight double LP. Prices: Easy Project 12 UK pounds plus postage Sound Gallery 15 UK pounds plus postage Price will come down a little if you order multiple copies. Email me if you're interested (and Bryan, let me know whether you'd prefer vinyl to CD). Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "pxq00421@niftyse" Subject: Re: Gainsbourg + Bardot Date: 17 Mar 1996 20:05:00 +0900 The other day Sevo Stille wrote: > Gainsbourg+Bardot were really strange. Gainsbourg himself could not hold > a note, and this seems to go for his singers as well. [- - -] > Fortunately, Gainsbourg and Bardot split before "Je t'aime" - or the > song would never have had that erotic pathos... Mais non! Gainsbourg and Bardot DID record "Je t'aime"! I used to have their version on a Japanese compilation CD with various female singers (including France Gall, Jane Birkin, and Catherine Deneuve of all people) interpreting Gainsbourg songs. I sold it a couple of years ago, so I can't check the recording date now, but if I remember correctly, the Gainsbourg-Bardot version was a bit less ecstatic than the more famous Gainsbourg-Birkin version -- recorded out of bed, maybe. Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Easy Project / Sound Gallery Date: 17 Mar 1996 15:28:09 -0500 Anybody wanting a copy of the Sound Gallery on vinyl you will be able to get it in about a week...for under $13.00 US dollars from a company called Atomic Beat mailorder (I'll post the number tomorrow) or from your cooler record stores...the US pressing has a definite plus over the UK one--it is pressed on VIRGIN VINYL. Regards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: asphodel@interport.net (Erik Gilbert) Subject: Ken Nordine - Live in New York City Date: 17 Mar 1996 21:13:07 +0000 KEN NORDINE Saturday March 23rd @ 9pm & 11pm Live performance at The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, NY, NY Friday March 22nd @ 6pm A CD signing at Mondo Kim's, St Mark's Place, NY, NY "As whimsical as Esquivel, or as somberly cool as Miles Davis" - Alternative Press For more information, contact Asphodel: Tel: 212-463-9181 Fax: 212-463-9423 Email: asphodel@interport.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jcab@melbpc.org.au (John Carew) Subject: Re: beatles covers Date: 18 Mar 1996 13:19:28 +1000 (EST) Speaking of Beatles covers. My friend played me a copy of an LP called Barker plays the Beatles. I don't know if you've ever heard one of those songs with dogs barking the melody to a song, but it's one of those. No human vocals just dodgy synth backing and barking dogs. Without a doubt each and every track is a contender for worst Beatles cover!!! P.s. Speaking of worst Beatles covers what about Come Together on the new Michael Jackson CD :) ----- "In tune with nothing and noone, sign up join the program." -jcab ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: New stuff Date: 18 Mar 1996 00:01:34 -0500 couple of updates from the lounge... A press release for the upcoming Morton Gould re-issues on RCA, a small preview of the Vampyros Lesbos feature, track listings for The Sound Spectrum (yeah i know it's old), Get Easy Volume 1 and 2, Inflight Entertainment and a Walter Wanderley Japanese Import can all be found in the News Also, contest continue for John Barry and DCC CDs with a new Vampyros Lesbos contest... And it is the start of Jet Set...check out http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/jet.html to find out how you can get involved! we now return you to your regularly scheduled program... Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html An expanded Denny archive featuring exclusive photos...spotlight on Dionysus...and a casino!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dx@netcom.com (dx) Subject: Anyone attending the Martin Denny performance in Honolulu? Date: 18 Mar 1996 10:22:02 -0800 Is anyone attending the Martin Denny performance at the Alzheimer's Association fundraiser in Honolulu a week from Saturday? -dx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vinyllives@earthlink.net (R.Preston Peek) Subject: Help with CA record shows Date: 18 Mar 1996 10:37:03 -0800 Can anyone tell me which of these shows in CA on March 31st is better than the others? Looking for more used vinyl than bootleg videos (!), and more exotica/EZ/jazz etc. than rock. Pasadena Buena Park San Francisco Monterey Bay Much appreciated, Preston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vinyllives@earthlink.net (R.Preston Peek) Subject: LPs Date: 18 Mar 1996 12:25:07 -0800 New Exotica / Et Cetera LP List #4 is out; 690 original issue LPs covering exotica, soundtracks, jazz, cheesecake, moog, electronic, etc. Your snail mail address gets a free list. Preston Peek VINYL LIVES! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: Help with CA record shows Date: 18 Mar 1996 14:45:03 PST PCC (Pasadena City College) is the best! I don't have their phone number but if you call information for Pasadena (818-555-1212) they will give you directions and show dates. Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET Can anyone tell me which of these shows in CA on March 31st is better than the others? Looking for more used vinyl than bootleg videos (!), and more exotica/EZ/jazz etc. than rock. Pasadena Buena Park San Francisco Monterey Bay Much appreciated, Preston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Subject: help/overload/overload Date: 18 Mar 1996 17:57:32 EST I am getting an overdose of digests, please have only one find their way to my e-mail slot. so far I have had six (maybe more) show up here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: Anyone attending the Martin Denny performance in Honolulu? Date: 18 Mar 1996 20:26:04 -0500 >Is anyone attending the Martin Denny performance at the Alzheimer's >Association fundraiser in Honolulu a week from Saturday? > if so, i'd love to get a review for the Denny Archives... Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html An expanded Denny archive featuring exclusive photos...spotlight on Dionysus...and a casino!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Easy Project / Sound Gallery Date: 18 Mar 1996 21:47:32 -0500 Here's the number for people who wan the Sound gallery vinyl and CD when it becomes available domesticaly next week...it is avalable through Atomic Beat mail order (310) 556-1144...by the way ask for a catalog they've got some great surf stuff as well as a lot of cool 50's& 60's rock. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lucien@interport.net (Lucien Samaha) Subject: Spring Lounge Launch in NYC Date: 19 Mar 1996 22:05:47 -0500 To all loungemaniax and jet setters in the Big Apple and glamorous surrounding areas: New LoungeCore party will be starting this first day of spring 1996, March 21, and every Thursday @ Embassy in Tribeca, 116 Hudson Street, between Franklin and N Moore, starting at 10 pm. NO COVER. Get in your Jet Set Best, and don't worry, Martinis don't stain. This party is brought to you by none other than Erica Maeyama's Fahrenheit 451, who lounged Manhattan during the torrid days of summer with the Reluctant DJ, Lucien (no longer reluctant) and DJ Lorenzo. I may be doing more weekly parties at different venues in the city so that every hip neighborhood may be afflicted with much needed lounging. Hope to see you there. Come by the DJ booth and say hello. Lucien, the LoungeCore DJ. lucien ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Del-Fi releases Date: 20 Mar 1996 19:37:48 +0100 1) the Eden Ahbez cd exists in 2 versions: 1 has 2 bonus tracks: The wanderer (altern. take) Surf rider (unreleased track) 2) i can recommend another Del-Fi cd: v/a: Lost treasures! (Del-Fi DFCD 9006) if you like stupid R&R, wicked R&B twist, jungle exotica, and some novelty. Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be (home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: beatles covers: beatle barkers Date: 20 Mar 1996 19:39:18 +0100 jcab@melbpc.org.au (John Carew) told us: >Speaking of Beatles covers. My friend played me a copy of an LP called >Barker plays the Beatles. I don't know if you've ever heard one of those >songs with dogs barking the melody to a song, but it's one of those. No >human vocals just dodgy synth backing and barking dogs. Without a doubt >each and every track is a contender for worst Beatles cover!!! this is the Beatle Barkers' lp "Woofers and tweeters", indeed with dogs barking (assisted by cats and some other sanimals if i remember well) all beatles classics; great fun; will be part of my exotica/novelty sale too (oops, another plug :)... they are also featured on 1 of the Exotic Beatles CDs. = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Desmond K. Hill" Subject: _electric__ shocks Date: 20 Mar 1996 17:23:21 +0000 E C L E C T R I C I T Y is an electronic transmission, an e-zine if you will, to provide back-up info about the tracks we programme on radio* & play out at parties in & around the Newcastle upon Tyne area. The latest issue is now circulating & freely available to subscribers (just e-mail 'subscribe' in message body, to electric@anubis23.demon.co.uk). *__electric__ is an eclectic, eccentric new music show designed for armchair travellers, headphone beatniks and insomniacs. With a series of late evening programmes we use radio as a medium to convey mood music and sound works on the far flung horizons of experimentation. Our lite programming for the darker hours incorporates old and new school jazz, some killer drum'n'bass, new electronic pop, freaky textured sci-fi sounds, lazily languid atmospherics and all manner of incredibly strange music. It's said 'a little of what you fancy does you good,' so get tuned in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Desmond K. Hill" Subject: _electric__ shocks Date: 20 Mar 1996 17:21:20 +0000 E C L E C T R I C I T Y is an electronic transmission, an e-zine if you will, to provide back-up info about the tracks we programme on radio* & play out at parties in & around the Newcastle upon Tyne area. The latest issue is now circulating & freely available to subscribers (just e-mail 'subscribe' in message body, to electric@anubis23.demon.co.uk). *__electric__ is an eclectic, eccentric new music show designed for armchair travellers, headphone beatniks and insomniacs. With a series of late evening programmes we use radio as a medium to convey mood music and sound works on the far flung horizons of experimentation. Our lite programming for the darker hours incorporates old and new school jazz, some killer drum'n'bass, new electronic pop, freaky textured sci-fi sounds, lazily languid atmospherics and all manner of incredibly strange music. It's said 'a little of what you fancy does you good,' so get tuned in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: PRODUCT MUSIC Date: 20 Mar 1996 16:03:10 -0500 (EST) I bought the PRODUCT MUSIC CD, hyped in a previous digest. Compiled from various 1960s and 70s industrial sales albums, it explores the uncharted realm of inspirational sales music that was--ironically--never commercially available. I was extremely disappointed in this CD, which seems to have been compiled from what was available in someone's collection rather than from carefully chosen selections that were actually worth hearing. Five or six tracks (out of 20) are somewhat interesting; the rest are boring and unimaginative genre knockoffs. If you're looking for some sort of "ridiculousness quotient," for the most part, forget it. The album was compiled in Japan; maybe they seek epiphany in unspeakably bland US corporate anthems. Perhaps someone would have us believe this is "incredibly strange music." It's a concept you wish you could share with friends who have a taste for the bizarre. But it's a let-down. There's one track which is thoroughly brain-damaged: "My Bathroom is a Private Kind of Place." It's the only excuse--and a good one--for keeping this CD. An unbelievable head-turner of a tune, guaranteed to provoke queries when played in any circumstances. The problem is, nothing else on the CD approaches this. There have to be tracks out there that are equally incomprehensible and startling. Someone should find them and put them on CD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dragster@interport.net (David Schafer) Subject: Re: PRODUCT MUSIC/etc. Date: 20 Mar 1996 23:04:27 -0500 (EST) on March 20 Irwin Chusid wrote - (excerpted) >I bought the PRODUCT MUSIC CD >I was extremely disappointed in this CD >it's a let-down. >There's one track which is thoroughly brain-damaged: "My Bathroom is a >Private Kind of Place." dragster@interport.net That's too bad I was thinking of getting it, I still might. I have heard the 'Bathroom' song before, it's played on the Best of WFMU TV video tape as someone is giving the viewer a tour of the bathrooms at the WFMU radio station. It's really great! The Wacky Indian Dance Number makes me stutter. Some product tunes to think about and some recent unusual finds. _Product_ Korvettes 25th Anniversary Spectacular/101 Strings Presents 30 Greatest Hits on Arlen Records General Electric Presents the Ultimate in Stereo From Command/World Leader in Recorded Sound Squirt Does Its Thing Semi-soft Music in Tijuana Style on Mark 56 Records The Music From Marlboro Country on United Artists Schlitz/Know the Joy of Good Living, 45rpm on Capital >Most of these are not 'original' product tunes the exception being on the >Schlitz 45 and possibly on the Squirt LP. Though the covers are great. _Strange_ Back Beat Symphony/101 Strings on Somerset >Lush tracks with a guitar, drum, bass or trumpet track layed over. A Part of Me/David McCullum Conducts Personal Impressions Of on Capital >Was he a 'post' space-age bachelor? _Organ_ fantomfingers/Dick Hyman rocks the new Baldwin Organ on Project 3 >Reminds me of Moon Gas _Mood_ Music for Pooped People/Eddie Kay Octet on Mercury >The cover shows a couple that had been out all night and they are sitting on >their stoop all bent over and tired. _Easy Listening_ The Look of Love/The Pretty Goods with Roland Shaw and His Orch. London >scarey vocals!! _Sitar_ Raga Rock/The FOLKSWINGERS 45rpm on World Pacific (a product of Liberty) >Does anybody have the entire LP of the Folkswingers? _Exotica_ LLama Serenade/Martin Denny on Liberty 45rpm >What LP is this on? _Electronic_ The Weinberg Method of non-synthetic electronic rock on Anvil >Don't even ask. bye--dragster@interport.net btw - (it's almost Mopar Nationals time) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: German "Get easy" compil cds Date: 21 Mar 1996 19:31:12 +0100 i don't know if they are worth getting, but both vol 1 & 2 are distributed by Nastroje Potsdam Mailorder, PO Box 2864, 78027 VS-Schwenningen, Germany. Fax ++49-7720/22435. Price: DEM 34 + 12 postage, which is quiet a lot. I don't know of another source... anyone else? = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: more beatles (not) Date: 22 Mar 1996 10:56:45 -0500 1.On Elektra Records, Joshua Rifkin recorded "The Baroque Beatles Songbook" sometime around 1965-66. Tunes such as I Want to Hold Your Hand and Hard Day's Night played as if they were composed by Bach. 2." Big Band Beatle Songs" by Bob Leaper. Fairly swinging jazz instrumentals on London Records. Love Me Do, Please Please Me, She Loves You, etc. 3. The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles. You know exactly what this sounds like. 4. "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits" includes "A Hard Day's Night" A middle-aged woman from NJ with a very shaky operatic approach. I was never sure if she took herself seriously or not. 5. Sam Chalpin, "My Father the Pop Singer" I assume this was Atco's response to Mrs. Miller. A little old jewish man not quite singing "I Want to Hold your Hand" and "Michelle'. If anyone knows anything about him, I'd like to know. 6. The Hollyridge Strings produced a bunch of albums, of which I have two and "Strawberry Fields Forever "is a standout. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KRIS@MOM.SPIE.ORG Subject: Re: more beatles (not) Date: 22 Mar 1996 08:54:58 -0800 (PST) There is a British tribute album called "Revolution #9" that came out in the late '80's. Pretty straightforward covers of mid to late career Beatles, but the two bizarro stand-outs are the Moondogs Beatnik-Jazz take on "Nor- wegian Wood" a chorus of whispered vocals, brushed drums and the fattest Hammond the Fab4 never played. You can practically smell the clove cigarettes. The other is a dismantling of "Flying" with spoken word history of the boys from Liverpool delivered in a sing-songy nasal tone while the cheap-o Casio keyboard whines away in the background. If that hasn't shown up on Dr. Demento yet, it should. Hilarious. Will dig up the artist's name if anyone cares. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan De Vis) Subject: Review: Elisabeth Waldo Date: 22 Mar 1996 19:30:00 +0100 OOOOOO _____ I like this EXOTIC music ! :-D Yet another artist I learned about through the "Incredibly Strange Music" books (see vol. 2, page 176-179). ELIZABETH WALDO is both a classical trained musician and a musical archaeologist. She was the first to record rare pre-Columbian instruments and to recreate long forgotten music, by study of the melodies and airs that still live with the Andes people. She combines ancient instruments and scales with modern ideas. The result is awesome and beautiful. She uses snake rattles, birdy flutes, all kinds of drums, there's even a wordless Sumac-isch voice in 1 song... all this creates a jungle atmosphere; when you're listening to this beautifull music, you'll think you're right in the middle of the rain forest; this music is very close to nature itself. Waldo: "I have always blended the instruments of indigenous America into my scores... rescuing their sounds from the silence of the tombs. I fuse the past with the present, to create music of the spirit for today". The CD "Sacred rites" has songs from 2 older LPs (which are still available! - see below); unfortunately, the record company decided to omit 5 tracks :( The first part of the CD (songs from the LP "Rites of the pagan") is the most exotic, because in the second part (from the LP "Realm of the Incas") the pre-Columbian instruments are accompaznied by the Spanish guitar. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DETAILS: ------- ......artist: Elisabeth Waldo .......title: Sacred rites ......origin: USA ........type: CD .......label: GNP/CRESCENDO GNPD 2225 ........year: 1994 .......genre: exotica, ethnic ....duration: 45:37 availability: this should be available anywhere; if you can't find it, contact zeak@ix.netcom.com TRAX: 1 The serpent and the eagle 2 Within the temple of Macuilizochitl 3 Papaganga lament 4 Ritual of the human sacrifice 5 Festival of Texcatlipoca 6 Song for the mountain spirits 7 Penitente procession 8 Land of the sun kings 9 Song of the Chasqui 10 Incan festival dance 11 Making Chicha 12 Balsa boat 13 Swinging the Quipu 14 Saycuscai (The Weary Stones) 15 Dance of the Nustas :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .......title: Rites of the pagan ......origin: USA ........type: LP .......label: GNP/CRESCENDO GNPS 601 ........year: ? if you know, pleae tell me .......genre: exotica, ethnic .......price: $10 distribution: available by direct mailorder from: Elizabeth Waldo, PO Box 280101, Northridge, CA 91328; tel 818-349-3400 or 818-349-3431, fax 818-349-1076 TRAX: #1 through 7 of the CD, plus: Chant to the sun Quechuan love song Wa-sho-sho lullaby :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .......title: Realm of the Incas ......origin: USA ........type: LP .......label: ? ........year: ? if you know, pleae tell me .......genre: exotica, ethnic .......price: $10 distribution: same as above TRAX: #8 through 15 of the CD, plus 2 others. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: She also has a video available, "Song for the new world peoples", with sounds of pre-historic times fused with contemporary orchestration, choral music, liturgical dance and visual art forms. if you write to her, she will personaly reply to you, and send you a lot of information about her works. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PS: - when buying somethin direct from Elizabeth Waldo, please tell who told you about it :) - mentioned price is without postage, as this changes from country to country) - I guess you could also immediately send a check if you add appropriate postage, whatever that would be - when contacting the mentioned address, always include a stamp (or IRC) & addressed return envelop! (review date: 22 March 96 ) Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be (home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium) http://www.ping.be/~ping1241/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: more beatles Date: 23 Mar 1996 19:40:59 +0100 Dutch organ player Louis Van Dyke recorded "plays lennon-mccartney" (CBS 53564, 1974) with beatles songs improvisations HOUSEOBOB@aol.com wrote: >4. "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits" includes "A Hard Day's Night" and her "will success spoil mrs.miller" lp (capitol T 2579) contains a hilarious "yellow submarine" >6. The Hollyridge Strings produced a bunch of albums, of which I have two and >"Strawberry Fields Forever "is a standout. is this the same kind of big symphonic stuff that arthur fiedler did with the boston pops on his "play the beatles" lp from 1971? = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: KORLA PANDIT VIDEO Date: 24 Mar 1996 18:34:08 EST Hey Swingers, I just saw the following ad in CULT MOVIES magazine. Does anyone know anything about this? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ KORLA PANDIT His Eyes Will Enslave You @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Exciting 1-hour video! Available at last! THE BEST OF KORLA PANDIT: A black and white collection of the very finest of Korla's original television shows of the 1950s. One complete show, plus many selected highlights...17 songs, including "Pelone Telefone," "Kumar," "Trance Dance," "Song of India," "In a Persian Market," and more! Featuring Hindu dance numbers by Bupesh Guha and others. VHS, only $9.95. ALSO-You can hear Pandit at the Magnificent Theater Pipe Organ on these two audio tapes of exotic, unique music. AUDIOTAPE #1: MUSIC OF THE EXOTIC EAST Includes "Harem Bells," "Song ofIndia," "Miserlou," "Kartikeya," plus many others! Approximately 20 minutes. Only $%.95 per tape. AUDIOTAPE #2: MUSIC FOR MEDITATION "Magnetic Theme," "Ode to a Lotus Blossom," "Rest for the Weary," and selections from the Grand Mogul suite. Approximately 20 minutes. Only $5.95 per tape. MAIL CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO: CULT MOVIES 6201 SUNSET BLVD., SUITE 152 HOLLYWOOD CA 90028 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana robinson) Subject: exotica list Date: 25 Mar 1996 11:01:01 -0500 >New Exotica / Et Cetera LP List #4 is out; 690 original issue LPs covering >exotica, soundtracks, jazz, cheesecake, moog, electronic, etc. >Your snail mail address gets a free list. Jordana Robinson 242 S. Atherton St. State College PA 16801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Fwd: problems? Date: 25 Mar 1996 11:45:22 -0500 I am sending this a second time as I have gotten no reply and I am still only getting maybe one posting per day. I did not see this note after I sent it. --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: problems? Dear People in Charge, For the last few days I have received only two postings. One was a reply to my posting, but I never actually saw my note go up. I wonder if there is problem on your end or mine. I would like if possible to receive a digest of the last few days(I've gotten almost nothing sing fri. am). Thanks. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Eden Ahbez CD, second try Date: 25 Mar 1996 19:25:16 +0100 not only does the new version of the Eden Ahbez have 2 bonus tracks, but the first track, "The wanderer" sounds as it should; on the first cd version, it sounded "like the tape monster got loose in the vaults". = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: problems? Date: 27 Mar 1996 00:14:11 -0500 Same thing from this end...is there any life out there? Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Tiki Calling Date: 27 Mar 1996 03:20:13 -0500 Don't miss out!! This is the text for the first call for entries from La Luz de Jesus Gallery who are very cool sincere folks. Please take note and don't be afraid to contact Leslie with questions: "La Luz de Jesus Gallery & Tiki News invite you to submit work for consideration in our first ever "Tiki Art Expose." The show dates are October 4 through 27, 1996. (This is instead of our annual Day of the Dead group show) All submissions received by September 13th will be considered based on both artistic merit and appropriateness to the theme. (40s-60s California style Polynesia, Hawaiiana, and Tiki themed art) All mediums will be considered. Please mail or drop off slides, photos, or original artwork to: La Luz de Jesus, 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 This invitation is open to all artists, so please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested. If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call at (213) 666-POOP. Sincerely, Leslie Napoles Gallery Director La Luz de Jesus Gallery" Aloha, Otto von Stroheim, Tiki News ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hans.GEVAERT@SCIC.cec.be Subject: Coctail mix + Ultra Lounge. Date: 27 Mar 1996 09:57:43 +0100 Hi, Has anyone of you comments/remarks about the following 9 new CDs ? COCKTAIL MIX Vol 1-3 Wea/Atlantic/Rhino and ULTRA LOUNGE Vol 1-6 Cema/Capitol Thanks, Hans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana robinson) Subject: that free exotica list Date: 27 Mar 1996 09:39:27 -0500 Oops! I'm not the person you're supposed to reply to about the free exotica list. I tried to send them a message but instead I accidentally posted my address to the list. Duh. Anyway, To get the free list, send a message to vinyllives@earthlink.net. Here's the original message: >Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 12:25:07 -0800 >From: vinyllives@earthlink.net (R.Preston Peek) >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: LPs >Message-Id: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >New Exotica / Et Cetera LP List #4 is out; 690 original issue LPs covering >exotica, soundtracks, jazz, cheesecake, moog, electronic, etc. > >Your snail mail address gets a free list. > >Preston Peek >VINYL LIVES! Jordana jbr109@psu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: transmat@teleport.com Subject: Re: Coctail mix + Ultra Lounge. Date: 27 Mar 1996 08:01:45 -0800 >Has anyone of you comments/remarks about the following 9 >new CDs ? >COCKTAIL MIX Vol 1-3 Wea/Atlantic/Rhino >and >ULTRA LOUNGE Vol 1-6 Cema/Capitol > >Thanks, >Hans. I just bought Vol. 1, "Mondo Exotica," because it is mostly instrumentals. It leans a little too heavy on Denny and Baxter for me since I have alot of their stuff. Otherwise, top notch collection. I looked at Vol. 3, "Space Capades." I have no idea why they named it such, since most of the titles did not touch upon space (some nifty space related pics, tho). If it did, I would have purchased it. Next time I see all the Volumes, I will give them a good lookin over. I am sure there is info out there on both the Rhino and Capitol series. I hear that Rhino's web page is being built. >c ya >Richard _____________________________ Fight the Power!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Review: Patrick Husson "Le jardinier" Date: 27 Mar 1996 19:28:22 +0100 OOOOOO _____ I like this EXOTIC music ! :-D ------------- ------------------------- Patrick Husson is a French gardener, and was also a soloist in a church choir. His remarkable "angel" voice first astonished the locals, then the press, then voice trainers... because he is one of the only men in the world to posess a real soprano voice! His upper voice range is a lot higher than that of Klaus Nomi, and his voice is more clear and pure too. It's really incredible, and so beautifull! I compared his "Ave Maria" with that of the castrato Alessandro Moreschi (on the CD "The last castrato", Pearl Opal 9823, UK, 1987) and i find Husson's voice to be more the same as Moreschi's than as a female soprano. Of course, a heavenly voice alone is not enough to make an interesting CD, you also need a good song selection and nice arrangements. Only 2 original songs were written for this CD, 1 is a traditional (not known to me), and all the others are covers. Most of the arrangements provide a heavenly (but not religious) atmosphere for Husson's singing: lots of strings (both synthesisers and the real thing), piano, slow rhythms, little percussion. Some surprising and succesful exceptions though: "Mai Macsu" has African percussion and some exotic nature sounds. Most notable though in the whole CD are "Hey Jude" and Michael Nyman's "Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds": both have an accumulative construction with a lot of tension and with a truly fantastic outburst of electric guitars... they still give me the creeps! Somewhat less succesful IMHO are "Reggae for La Callas" - somehow, the white reggae doesn't fit with Husson's singing - and "Mrs Butterfly" which is a narration in French with Husson singing in the background... Conclusion: woooooooow! DETAILS: ------- ......artist: Patrick Husson .......title: Le jardinier ........type: CD ......origin: France .......label: Sony Columbia 478117-2 ........year: 1995 ....duration: 50:59 .......price: $ 25.36 .......genre: opera pop? availability: German Music Express has it (telnet: "musicexpress.com") ......TRACKS: Hey Jude (Beatles) J'ai deux amours Casta Diva (Bellini) Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds (Michael Nyman) Mama Morta Kol Nidre (trad.) Mai Macsu Reggae for La Callas La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg) 'Round about midnight (T. Monk) Les feuilles mortes (Jacques Prevert) Mrs Butterfly (Puccini) Ave Maria (Schubert) Sposa (Vivaldi) (review date: 27/3/96) Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be (home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium) http://www.ping.be/~ping1241/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: Re: Coctail mix + Ultra Lounge. Date: 27 Mar 1996 10:27:56 -1000 I own the Ultra-Lounge releases "Mondo Exotica", "Mambo Fever" and "Bachelor Pad Royale". Personally, I enjoy all three. If I had to make recommendations, I would suggest "ME", "MF" and "BPR" in that order. But then, I have a strong preference for Denny-esque exotica followed by a great love for mambo. As for the other CDs that you ask about, both the Cocktail Mix set and the Ultra-Lounge set have one CD devoted to wild, swinging nightclub music. I passed on both CDs becuase I already own at least half of the material on each CD on other albums. Although a lot of the material is very good, I don't really think of it as "lounge" so much as "nightclub". Maybe the distinction is my own little hangup. Also, I am somewhat of a vocals fanatic and would rather own the entire Dean Martin or Louis Prima album than a compilation. From a quick perusal of the other Cocktail Mix CDs at the store, I didn't see anything that excited me. Of the Ultra-Lounge set, I am still considering getting "Rhapsodesia". Another set that looks very intriguing is the "Music for a Bachelor's Den" set from DCC. I have the first CD of that set and a lot of the material has an exotic, tropical feel to it that I enjoy quite a bit. Aloha, Grant -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Stewart" Subject: Re: Coctail mix + Ultra Lounge. Date: 27 Mar 1996 14:23:21 -0500 I am not familiar with Cocktail Mix so I can't tell you about that. As far as Ultra Lounge is concerned, I have Mondo Exotica; Space Caspades; Rhapsodesia and Bachelor Pad Royale. Mondo Exotica and Bachelor Pad Royale tie for first with Rhapsodesia a close second. Great stuff! I didn't like Space Caspades very much. It sounded too pedestrian for me. Not much to do with space sounds whatsoever. I guess I was expecting "Forbidden Planet" or something, with lots of therimin. Strike out. IMOP, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: e-mail vinyl mailig list Date: 27 Mar 1996 10:14:23 +0000 Hello, I know there are a number of you already on my e-mail mailing list for the finest in _vinyl_ exotica, west coast/beatnik jazz, lounge, istrumental space age pop, wordless vocals,moog/electronics/musique concrete, outer space exotica etc. soundtracks, blaxploitation LP's and since otto sent this to me along with all of you, I didn't see anything wrong in taking advantage of this situation. the word for exoticon '96 is that myself and byron werner plus some other L.A.locals are going to be dj-ing as I have a radio show every sunday from 9AM-12Noon on 89.7FM-KFJC where I play all of this stuff and more. I've got a web page where I have many album covers scanned for youse guys and gals to view their beauty. Nothing is for sale here _including my hawaiin shirts_ !! There's a photo of Senor Esquivel from 1978 and kind of reminds me of Count Esquivel w/ that cape he's wearing, take a look http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc/diamond If you would like to be on my e-mail mailing list please let me know and I look forward to hearing from you. Most sincerely... "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence to irrational,compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 JD Ciao for now Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dtaub@dewey.csun.edu (Daniel Taub) Subject: John Barry/Tiny Tim New(?) Releases Date: 27 Mar 1996 22:04:32 -0800 Question(s) #1: Does anyone know anything about the Scamp disc "John Barry: The EMI Years Vol. 1?" Is this a new release? (The date on it says 1993.) Is it at all...well, exotic, as it advertises on the front? Is there (or will there be) a Vol. 2? Question(s) #2: Has anyone heard the disc "Girl" teaming Tiny Tim with polkameisters Brave Combo on such songs as "Stairway to Heaven" and "New York, New York?" Is it any good? Humorous? Scary? Sinister? Thanks for your help, guys and gals! Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MrBEATNICK@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry/Tiny Tim New(?... Date: 28 Mar 1996 09:28:57 -0500 The John Barry release is a collection of his early work....rocking instrumentals with some vocals...late fifties stuff. A little Beat Girl thrown in...not exotic and not James Bond. But, when it comes to John Barry, how can it be anything but ultra cool? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: lost Esquivel album Date: 28 Mar 1996 10:36:32 -0500 Irwin Chusid has uncovered some interesting news for all you Esquivel fans out there. There appears to be a great lost Esquivel album. It's entitled "SEE IT IN SOUND". It would have followed "More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds" chronologically. From what we've heard from Neely Plumb and Esquivel, it was in the tradition of "Zounds! What Sounds", "Music from A Surplus Store", "La Dolce Henke", "Shock", etc - a sound FX laden Esquivel album, using a smaller ensemble (15 pieces). The deal on this album is that it was *so weird*, RCA rejected it. Absolutely refused to put it out. Meaning that, if it's that bizzare, it may be the greatest thing he ever recorded. Neely Plumb says it was amazing. At this point we're praying that it's buried somewhere deep in the RCA archives. It appears that they will finally release it if and when the tapes are found. Keep an eye on the Space Age Bachelor Pad site-if a track listing is found, it will be posted there. This rejection by RCA may indicate why Esquivel didn't record another album for three years, although he also claims, quite truthfully, that this was the time period that he started his live show and was too busy with that (and writing for Universal) to do anything else. This was not the first or last time, either, that RCA rejected an Esquivel album. "More of Other Worlds...", released in August '62 (6 months after "Latin-Esque") was recorded by Bill Stewart's Albums Inc production company, who shopped the licensing agreement to the highest bidder, which turned out to be Reprise. Whether "See It In Sound" (which RCA payed for) was recorded before or after "More OWOS" is unknown at the moment, but it does mean that RCA rejected 2 albums, possibly in a row. Esquivel, with his Sights and Sounds band, didn't return to the studio until late '65/early '66 to record "Esquivel! Actual!", which was initially released in Latin America in June '66 ( later released in the States in January '67 as "The Genius of Esquivel"). His band returned to the studio in "67 to record his last album of the 60's, "Esquivel! 1968!". RCA U.S. chose not to pick up their option for that title, bringing Esquivel's U.S. recording career to a halt. Br. Cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Ultra Lounge web Date: 28 Mar 1996 20:18:25 -0500 >a good lookin over. I am sure there is info out there on both the Rhino and >Capitol series. I hear that Rhino's web page is being built. the Capitol stuff can be found at http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/ultra.html Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html An expanded Denny archive featuring exclusive photos...spotlight on Dionysus...and a casino!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry/Tiny Tim New(?) Releases Date: 28 Mar 1996 22:04:26 -0500 To clear up the 1993 date on the Barry collection...this date applies to when EMI UK sourced and compiled these early Barry tracks for this compilation. As for the question if there will be a voume l2...Yes, in fact there will even be a volume 3. Vol1 concentrates more on the twangy rock n roll instrumentals although it does have a cool cocktail jazz track called "Christella" as well as Barry's first film score for a rather embarrassing teen angst flick called "Beat girl" which is pretty swingin'. The first 6 tracks are somewhat humorous as Barry himself is the vocalist, with a somewhat un-self-assured, trying-to-be-hip swagger in his delivery. The rockin' instrumental tracks (which make up the great majority of the CD's 37 tracks) do attest to whyTthe John barry 7 were consistent faves in music polls as one of the top instrumental bands in the UK. Vol 2 features Barry's "stringbeat" sound, named after the album whose tracks are all included in this volume. The "stringbeat" sound was bascially a pizzacto string section added to barry's combo with an overall sound being sort of a a hybrid between rock n roll guitar twang and hip easy listening. Several of these tracks feature Barry's use of the Clavoline, the space-age sounding keyboard that was used to great effect on Joe Meek's production of the Tornados classic "Telstar"...the interesting thing is that Barry's use of the Clavoline was an entire year before Joe Meek's. The spacey organ sounds mixed with the pizzicato strings and Vic Flick's twangy guitar bring to mind what a western themed lounge on the planet Mars might be playing over their interstellar sound system! (Volume 2 is set for release in late May) I hope this answers your question. Regards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry Releases Date: 29 Mar 1996 02:02:26 -0500 The John Barry is brand spankin new and Scamp has a 2 CD Martin Denny set that will be KILLER I don't know if another Barry will be out Some of the stuff on it is popish rockabilly sap but there are some real go-go gems and brilliancy though I wouldn't call it "exotic" I'll do a full review in my zine - Tiki News next month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: William Straw Subject: John Barry Date: 29 Mar 1996 08:05:40 -0500 In fact, Volume 3 of the EMI John Barry series is already out. It gets more into his movie soundtrack work. Will Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions 3465 rue Peel, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 Phone: (514) 398 7667; Fax: (514) 398 4934 http://www.facl.mcgill.ca/gpc/crccii/crccii.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Stewart" Subject: John Barry Date: 29 Mar 1996 10:56:40 -0500 What's John Barry up to nowadays? Is he still alive? And can anyone tell me what film scores he has worked on besides "Beat Girl"? And if he is still working on film scores, which ones are they? Thanks, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DR RHYTHM Subject: Unidentified subject! Date: 29 Mar 1996 15:12:31 +0000 (GMT) Re: John Barry Beat Girl was a great film featuring young Brits (including Adam Faith) trying very very hard to be hip. Ice cool daddyo!! Cheers Dr Rhythm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MrBEATNICK@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry Date: 29 Mar 1996 11:09:43 -0500 In a message dated 96-03-29 10:09:10 EST, you write: >Subj: John Barry >Date: 96-03-29 10:09:10 EST >From: bstewart@ida.org (Bryan Stewart) >Resent-from:exotica@xmission.com >To: exotica@xmission.xmission.com > >What's John Barry up to nowadays? Is he still alive? And can anyone tell me > >what film scores he has worked on besides "Beat Girl"? And if he is still >working on film scores, which ones are they? > >Thanks, >Bryan Here are a few, all nothing less than brilliant.... Lots a Bond soundtracks...Goldfinger, Thunderball....etc.... The Ipcress file, The Whisperers, Midnight Cowboy....even Born Free, I do believe... The Persuaders....many many more.........Hey! Remeber The Deep? That, too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: huge@sirius.com (Huge Graphics) Subject: CD/Music Video reviews Date: 29 Mar 1996 10:10:01 -0800 Huge Magazine is now accepting short reviews of newly released or re-released CD or music video product. All reviews should be kept to four or five lines of text. All genres and styles welcome. Send reviews to this address (huge@sirius.com) and include your name. (We reserve the right to publish or not...) Any questions, please write. Thanks in advance, David Bailey Editormungus Huge Magazine huge@sirius.com http://www.sirius.com/~huge/ (forward if you like...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry Date: 30 Mar 1996 00:58:05 -0500 You are correct, it is already out in the UK. And of the three it is the closest in spirit to the '60s soundtrack material we know & love. Rgeards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry Date: 30 Mar 1996 01:11:47 -0500 John Barry is very much alive and still working in the US. I recently spoke to his business manager who informed me he had been spending some time in Switzerland. I'll try to find out what he is currently working on and I will inform list members as soon as I do. Barry is perhaps best known for composing no less than eleven James Bond films (From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Yuo Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, and The Living Daylights) as well as classics like Midnight Cowboy, Out Of Africa, The Ipcress File, Lion In Winter, King Rat, and many more. Regards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sberry Subject: New Hmmm... Magazine Out Now!!! Date: 30 Mar 1996 08:43:36 -0800 (PST) Hmmm...#6 Out Now: Bellingham, Washington's Surf-Garage-Exotica-Indie Magazine Yet another issue of Hmmm..., this time it is 44 pages, packed with tons of interviews, cocktail recipes, concert reviews, music reviews, movie reviews, and zine reviews. Features Include: -An exclusive interview with Will Sergeant of Electrafixion and Glide (formerly of Echo and The Bunnymen), conducted days after Electrafixion's tour of France with David Bowie. We talked about touring, his solo projects, and the future of Electrafixion. -Part 1 of an exclusive interview with Girl Trouble, where we discuss taking part in a Battle of the Bands contest, meeting Morissey at the Canadian border, and K.P.'s hair! (Part 2 will appear in Hmmm...#7, out July 1st.) -An overview of Frank Sinatra's live recordings on CD, from 1957 to 1993. -Hmmm's Feature Drink -Concert Reviews of 5 Elvis Impersonators at the 3-B Tavern and The Posies in Olympia. -The usual assortment of music, film, and zine reviews. -Much, much more... This issue is <$2.00>, including postage. You can send your cash to: Hmmm... P.O. Box 4336 Bellingham, WA 98227-4336 (If you must write a check, please make it payable to Sean Berry) The current issue can also be purchased at the Newstand International and Mr. B's Record Mart in downtown Bellingham. Back issues are still available: Issue #5 has exclusive interviews with Los Straitjackets and Lee from Dionysus Records, Plus Concert Reviews (Electrafixion and Robyn Hitchcock), Hmmm's Top 40 Songs of 1995, Music Reviews, Zine Reviews, Movie Reviews, and more! ($2.00) Issue #4 has an exclusive interview with Mark Burgess, formerly of the Chameleons, Plus Concert Reviews, Music Reviews, Zine Reviews, Movie Reviews, Cocktail Recipies, And Much, Much More! ($1.00) Issue #3 has an exclusive interview with Ken Stringfellow of the Posies and a review of Garageshock '95, Plus Concert Reviews, Music Reviews, and Zine Reviews. ($1.00) Issue #2 has interviews with Black 47 and The Curtain Society, a review of releases by The Chameleons, Stories, Lists, and Reviews. ($1.00) Issue #1 has an interview reprint from Kraftwerk, Stories, Recipies, and Reviews. ($1.00) Also, if you are in a band or work with a music label we are always looking for new music to review. If you wish to submit your music, please send it along with press materials to the address above. Everything that we receive will be reviewed. Please send e-mail to request ad rates. For more info, e-mail: sberry@az.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Moog Trivia ? Date: 30 Mar 1996 23:24:08 -0500 I've noticed a cover of Switched On Bach that I've never seen before. Most covers have a guy in a powdered wig standing and holding a pair of headphones. This cover has the same guy seated wearing the headphones and a surprised expression. Also, this cover has no mention of Walter Carlos on front. The label is gray, the catalog number and liner notes are identical. Is this an earlier pressing? (I would assume so since Carlos' name isn't mentioned). kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Moog Trivia ? Date: 30 Mar 1996 23:24:08 -0500 I've noticed a cover of Switched On Bach that I've never seen before. Most covers have a guy in a powdered wig standing and holding a pair of headphones. This cover has the same guy seated wearing the headphones and a surprised expression. Also, this cover has no mention of Walter Carlos on front. The label is gray, the catalog number and liner notes are identical. Is this an earlier pressing? (I would assume so since Carlos' name isn't mentioned). kevin