From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 01 Jul 1996 00:17:27 -0400 I hate to be the sole dissenting voice, so does anyone besides myself find most of the vocal tracks on the mancini tribute annoying? I think all the instrumentals are great , though (with the exception of man or astroman) and the cd is well worth buying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Discreets@aol.com Subject: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Date: 01 Jul 1996 08:39:10 -0400 Hi! With all the names that are discussed on this list I'm surprised no one has talked about German composer Peter Thomas. I was introduced to his work through two AMAZING Cd releases: Peter Thomas "Film Musik" & Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester "Raumpatrouille" These fabulous recording feature highlights from German film and TV soundtracks from '66 & '67 and feature some of the coolest big-band-psychedelic-sitar-sci-fi-cool-jazz EVER! I'm looking for anyone who has more info on Mr. Thomas as well as anyone who has original vinyl recordings that they wish to sell, trade, or at least record for me! Hope to hear from everyone soon! L.B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Want List Date: 01 Jul 1996 10:23:59 -0400 (EDT) Forgive me if want lists are forbidden... This is what I am looking for. All vinyl, all first pressings, preferably M disc and VG and up sleeve (clean, no tears). Martin Denny Exotica Exotica: Volume II Forbidden Island Primitiva Hypnotique Afro-Desia Exotica: Volume III Exotic Moog Les Baxter Ritual of the Savage Tamboo! Robert Drasnin Voodoo! Xma Sumac Voice of the Xtabay Send me your vinyl for-sale lists! Thanks, Paul Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Date: 01 Jul 1996 12:50:13 -0400 Discreets@aol.com wrote: >With all the names that are discussed on this list I'm surprised no one has >talked about German composer Peter Thomas. I was introduced to his work >through two AMAZING Cd releases: >Peter Thomas "Film Musik" & Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester "Raumpatrouille" >These fabulous recording feature highlights from German film and TV >soundtracks from '66 & '67 and feature some of the coolest >big-band-psychedelic-sitar-sci-fi-cool-jazz EVER! Peter Thomas has certainly recorded some of the most amazing music I've ever heard. He recently recorded 2 remixes of Combustible Edison's "Bluebeard", available on 12" single and CD-5 from Germany's Bungalow Records (Also featured are remixes by St.Ettienne and Fantastic Plastic Machine). Mr. Thomas (now about 75 years old) played with Combustible Edison in Berlin last month - a second keyboard was set up next to mine, and he added the various horn and piano riffs he wrote for "Bluebeard"; he also joined the band on a rousing version of the theme to "Space Patrol" (er, "Raumpatrouille"), which is a legendary cult German TV show from 1966. (available on PAL format videotapes in Europe). Why Peter Thomas is unknown outside of Germany (and Austria and Switzerland) is a shame, as he is the equal of a Morricone, Barry, Goldsmith, etc. Besides his film and television scores, he produced much production music and a number of EZ Listening albums. Besides the 2 CD's listed above, there is one more collection from Polygram Germany that features more of the latter. Folks in North America can try to track down his soundtrack to "Chariots of the Gods?" A tip of the hat to The Millionaire for turning me on the Peter Thomas Soundorchester. br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Joerg Nijmeijer" Subject: the digest ... Date: 01 Jul 1996 19:13:50 +0000 hiya list-administrator & others who could give me a hint ... My "Pegasus Mail V2.3" detected the exotica-digest mails "V96" as a digest and presented it in a very easy-to-browse format. The ones posted as "V2" are shown as one single mail, with all the postings put together to one miles-long message. (Not so easy to use) Would it be possible to return to the V96-format or is there a possibility to tell my client to regard these mailings as digest ??? Thx ! Peace, Joerg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re[2]: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 01 Jul 1996 16:14:48 -0500 > Listening to it right now, at work! There is gonna be a vinyl version the vinyl version is on pink panther colored vinyl and currently the grand prize (plus a CD) at the Casino Biscotti's Shots in the Dark contest. drop by and take a shot (pun intended)...http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/casino.html i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 01 Jul 1996 15:30:51 -0800 >>Has anyone else heard SHOTS IN THE DARK, the Henry Mancini >>tribute album? It's got my vote for the single best tribute >>album ever. I think this is a great tribute album, The one vocal piece I just could not get into was by Nana Vernon, maybe it's just me. I do have to mention that my favorite track is "Push the button, Max" by Del Noah & the Mt. Ararat Finks. Does anyone have any info. on them. Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: Re[2]: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 01 Jul 1996 15:55:53 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 1 Jul 1996 viktrola@usa.nai.net wrote: > the vinyl version is on pink panther colored vinyl and currently the grand > prize (plus a CD) at the Casino Biscotti's Shots in the Dark contest. drop > by and take a shot (pun > intended)...http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/casino.html Hey, that's cool! We (Cosmik Debris) are giving one away in the next issue, too. We're being boring about it, though. Couldn't come up with a contest idea I liked enough, so we're just having a drawing. What's the contest, Vik? (Maybe I should just go look, right? Sheesh. People like me drive me nuts...) Deej ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 01 Jul 1996 16:07:11 PST Del Noah has a 4 song "hot-rod" single out on Dionysus. Email your snailmail address to DDionysus@aol.com for a catalog! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET >>Has anyone else heard SHOTS IN THE DARK, the Henry Mancini >>tribute album? It's got my vote for the single best tribute >>album ever. I think this is a great tribute album, The one vocal piece I just could not get into was by Nana Vernon, maybe it's just me. I do have to mention that my favorite track is "Push the button, Max" by Del Noah & the Mt. Ararat Finks. Does anyone have any info. on them. Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: The Joe Pyne Show Date: 02 Jul 1996 04:57:09 -0700 This is outside the realm of music but definitely a slice of wierdness. A recent visit to Kansas City reminded me of the first TV I watched there in 1967 after being out of the country for 4 years. We arrived late and when we got to my uncle's house he was watching something called "The Joe Pyne Show," a late-night network show produced in Hollywood. As I recall it, the format consisted of Joe sitting at a dais in front of an audience sitting in folding chairs. Guests would step to a mike and explain their particular talent or cause, and then, before they were even finished speaking, Joe, a crew-cutted, chunky older guy, would launch into a string of abuse and ridicule. Just cut them down. Of course, being Hollywood, the guests were often nutcases with causes like communicating with aliens or stopping smoking (Joe chained smoked throughout the show). I think that was the whole show: stand up, give your pitch, and get yelled down by Joe. My uncle loved it. Does anyone else remember this show? Did some sick mind think it up? And can I get it on video now? Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Darrell Brogdon Subject: Re: New arrivals Date: 02 Jul 1996 07:02:45 -0500 At 10:34 PM 6/29/96 +0000, you wrote: > >A lot of people on the group have e-mailed me about new arrivals, so I'm taking the liberty of making a >list and sharing with everyone--hope you don't mind. >PREORDERS: > >RCA's Retro Future Loung Music Series (Japan): >Vol. 1, "Flying Birds" (24 tracks from RCA Stereo Action LPs, including Esquivel, Three Suns, >Marty Gold, etc.) >Vol. 2, "Funny Dreams" (25 tracks, including Mancini, Russ Garcia, Hugh Montenegro, Xavier >Cugat, etc.) >Vol. 3, "Humming Cafe" (23 vocal tracks, incl. Ann-Margret, Xavier Cugat, Gogi Grant, etc.) >"Blow-Up" (classic '60s soundtrack) >Three Suns, "Sons to Suns" > Michael-- I'd like to know more about RCA's Retro Future Lounge series. I gather it's not been released yet(?). What's the price on these? Any information would be appreciated! Thanks! DARRELL BROGDON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: Polar Bear Club + Jim Ruiz! Date: 02 Jul 1996 09:13:53 -0500 due to the process of moving, i could not get your events up in Vik's in time but would like to in the future. if anything comes about that you can give me advance notice on, i'll be sure to add it in! i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re[2]: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 02 Jul 1996 09:55:30 -0500 > Del Noah has a 4 song "hot-rod" single out on Dionysus. Email your > snailmail address to DDionysus@aol.com for a catalog! > > hey lee, how's things? still interested in expanding the Dionysus page with more swinging and exotic stuff. would like to develop a whole room for you. Del Noah would be one fine example (a fave of mine from the Shots CD as well). let me know if you are interested. snail mail still remains: Frank Davis 114 W. 26th St. New York, NY 10001 BTW...just finished moving to Brooklyn so if you are ever in the Big Apple, let's get together! i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: NYC haunts Date: 02 Jul 1996 09:00:07 -0400 Monday nights, try Shrimp at the Embassy. Adam Goldstone, who spins in the bathroom at the Tunnel, will be the DJ. They're going for a Jean Shrimpton, mod, mid-60s thing, but if you're into that style of loungesque stuff (I am!) I'm sure it will be a wonderful time. And no cover! -Jordana _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Herman, Jack" Subject: Please allow me to introduce myself... Date: 01 Jul 1996 17:17:00 PDT Hello, everyone! My name is Jack Herman and I'm a new subscriber to the mailing list. I'm a fairly new convert to this exotica stuff, but when I heard the first Esquivel CD a few months ago I knew I'd be hooked for life. Since then I've been picking up various things here and there. Two or three dozen CDs so far- a mere pittance compared to all you hardcore collectors out there, I'm sure. The Space Age Bachelor Pad web page was a big help in finding new music to look for and that led me here. My knowledge of this type of music right now is pretty trivial, so forgive me if I lurk a while and just listen to what everyone else here is talking about. I do have one question, though, and please forgive me if I am rehashing an already talked-to-death subject: the aforementioned Mancini tribute album. I have yet to hear anything about this. Please, please tell me that somebody remembered to include the theme to "Experiment In Terror." It is one of my favorite pieces of music ever since it was used as the theme to WGN TV's "Creature Features" in Chicago many, many moons ago, not to mention my favorite Blake Edwards' film. I'm looking forward to future discussion and discoveries. Having a smart cocktail in Austin, Texas and raising a toast to all of you, JACK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Discography Date: 02 Jul 1996 11:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Anyone have a Xma Sumac discography? I can't seem to find one anywhere. thanks Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Xma Sumac Date: 02 Jul 1996 11:30:36 -0400 (EDT) Sorry for the repeat... I hear rumblings that Xma Sumac will appear in NYC later this summer... will someone be posting dates? Is there a place where I can find dates for exotica/lounge acts (new and old) in Philly and NYC? Thanks... Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Returned Mail Date: 02 Jul 1996 12:09:15 -0400 Mail*Link(r) SMTP Returned Mail -------------- Special condition follows -------------- Unable to deliver mail after 1 day(s). Recipient(s): stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Message-ID: Return-Receipt-To: "Laura Taylor" X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP/QM 3.0.0 -------------- Message follows -------------- RE>>Bas and Enzo 6/28/96 I would gladly trade you a copy of ENZO and other bad lounge singin' for THE PASSSIONS on tape! Thanks so much! What an offer...I have a pretty good collection of strange music...what else can I tape you? Hey, since you offered first, you can send me a copy of THE PASSIONS to: LAURA TAYLOR 3515 W. SAN PEDRO ST. TAMPA, FL 33629 Let me know what I can do for you! Dear Laura, the only release I know of is The Passions 10" box with Les Baxter. I have a M copy myself and it's totally incredible. One song from that was on the Incredibly Strange comps. the whole 10" was also booted for one of those "limited edition 1000 copies CDs". I collect odd and rare lounge vocal/instrumental records from all over the world and would be very keen on hearing Enzo Di Terrizi, never heard him before. Maybe we could trade tapes? I'm compiling a CD compilation of this kind of stuff. All the best Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re[2]: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 02 Jul 1996 12:47:19 -0500 >BTW...just finished moving to Brooklyn so if you are ever in the Big Apple, >let's get together! > > ooop! now my face is truly red! well, the cover is blown thanks to forgetting the reply to goes back to the list. sorry for that! the offer does stand for anyone on the list in or coming to nyc to get together...and if you have swinging stuff for Vik's send it along. (trying to turn a mistake into something good) once again...apologies all around and drinks on the house! i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HIFI@RYKO-MA.CCMAIL.CompuServe.COM Subject: WIGGING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: 02 Jul 1996 13:28:32 EDT we here at hifi need a copy of GERALD WIGGINS Wiggin Out--numero J618 in the hifi catalog. e-mail me, call me, whatever. we need it soon! on the lyman reissue program: we are releasing both TABOO and HAWAIIAN SUNSET as two seperate albums with added tracks from other Lyman albums. they should be available in October. thank you one and all for sending me your comments. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Greenberg hifi@rykodisc.com HIFI/Rykodisc Shetland Park 27 Congress St. Salem MA 01915 508-744-7678 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[3]: MANCINI TRIBUTE Date: 02 Jul 1996 10:49:58 PST Frank, I'm gonna work up an entire package for you. I'm really swamped, so it is gonna take a few days. Let me know what titles of mine you already have. Do you want to go beyond exotica & surf? Best, Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET > Del Noah has a 4 song "hot-rod" single out on Dionysus. Email your > snailmail address to DDionysus@aol.com for a catalog! > > hey lee, how's things? still interested in expanding the Dionysus page with more swinging and exotic stuff. would like to develop a whole room for you. Del Noah would be one fine example (a fave of mine from the Shots CD as well). let me know if you are interested. snail mail still remains: Frank Davis 114 W. 26th St. New York, NY 10001 BTW...just finished moving to Brooklyn so if you are ever in the Big Apple, let's get together! i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rex Stocklin Subject: Looking for Sigh!!!! Date: 02 Jul 1996 11:13:51 -0700 I don't know if this LP is appropriate for this forum , but watt the hay! I'm in sezrch of Cy Coleman's MGM chestnut titled "The Ages of Rock". It was a pastiche of classical standards given light b-pad like jazz treatments. I dig this so much that I'd re-purchase a clean vinyl copy but I really would like a CD, Is this weigh two obscure? This is exotica after awl! Thanx in advance for any leads! Rex William Stocklin Marina del Rey, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: New arrivals Date: 02 Jul 1996 16:10:03 -0400 At 07:02 AM 7/2/96 -0500, you wrote: >At 10:34 PM 6/29/96 +0000, you wrote: >> >>A lot of people on the group have e-mailed me about new arrivals, so I'm >taking the liberty of making a >>list and sharing with everyone--hope you don't mind. >>PREORDERS: >> >>RCA's Retro Future Loung Music Series (Japan): >>Vol. 1, "Flying Birds" (24 tracks from RCA Stereo Action LPs, including >Esquivel, Three Suns, >>Marty Gold, etc.) >>Vol. 2, "Funny Dreams" (25 tracks, including Mancini, Russ Garcia, Hugh >Montenegro, Xavier >>Cugat, etc.) >>Vol. 3, "Humming Cafe" (23 vocal tracks, incl. Ann-Margret, Xavier Cugat, >Gogi Grant, etc.) >>"Blow-Up" (classic '60s soundtrack) >>Three Suns, "Sons to Suns" >> > >Michael-- > >I'd like to know more about RCA's Retro Future Lounge series. I gather it's >not been released yet(?). >What's the price on these? Any information would be appreciated! > >Thanks! >DARRELL BROGDON You can count me in on that one as well. What is the fidelity like? I have had some hit or misses with japanese imports. Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Playlist for Jack Diamond 6/9/96 Date: 02 Jul 1996 16:16:03 +0000 KFJC play list 6/9 for Jack Diamond Planets Chunky Shorty Rogers Composition W/ Shelly Manne, Don Fagerquist, Bob Envoldson, Russ Freeman and Marty Paich/Dec. 18,1953 Contemporary - Shapes,Motions&Colors ; Shelly Manne and His Men Mancini with Jimmy Rowles Party Poop The Party Dick Hyman The Moog and Meeeeee!!!!!!! Command Jack Nitzsche- Baia Lonely Surfer Esquivel Nature Boy(Eden Ahbez Original0 Ahbez, Eden Full Moon Eden's Island Johnny Pate Shaft in Africa1973!!!!!!!!!! Dean Elliot College Confidential (CHANCELLOR/1960) Jerry Goldsmith Double Cross The Last Run Brian Fahey Orchestra Man From U.N.C.L.E. Billy Mure By the Beautiful Sea(Fireworks) RCA/58/STEREO Perrey and Breuer Saturian Sleigh Ride Pick Wick Mel Henke All that Meat Warner BROS/62 Dick Hyman Danke Schoen , (Lowery Organ) Command Ray Heindorf Orchestra Sam Hoffman-Theremin Ski Run; Spellbound/W B 1958 Los Indios Tabajaras Maria Elena Elektrosonics Twilight Ozone Barry, John Blues for Beatniks Emi Years VOL.1 Electronic Concept Orch. Atlantis Gleason, Jackie Melancholy Serenade And Awaaay We Go! Martin Denny My Little Grass Shack Cha Cha Cha Shorty Rogers Giants Moon Over Cuba/Viva Puente Afro-Cuban Influence/RCA/1958 Joe Mondragon-Bass Electric Flag Peter's Trip The Trip Howard Roberts Qrt. One Note Samba CAPITOL/63 Enoch Light/Dick Hyman/Vinnie Bell Puppet Man Project 3 Jack Mc Duff W/ Kenny Burrell, Joe Dukes, Leo Wright Basie's 1:00 Jump/Prestige Walter Haynes Chopsticks Jimmie Haskel Busy Signal Blues IMPERIAL/57,8/ST Ferrante and Teicher Rudolph,The Red-Nosed Reindeer 54/WESTMINSTER Marlene Dietrich Symphonie 10"/DECCA/1ST LP Walter Sear Penny Lane Moog Plays the Beatles Todd Rundgren Dogfight Giggle A Wizard John Barry The Ice Planet/Heading for Zarkon Star Crash Lawrence Ferlinghetti The Poet As An Acrobat Fantasy Barry Grey Mysterions Dick Hamilton and The Hellers And Now the News Angelo Badalamenti Akron Meets the Blues Blue Velvet Ennio Morricone Weariness Malamondo Jack Costanzo Drum-A-Mania Latin Fever The Bat Boys Out with the in Crowd Sumac, Yma Montana Live in Concert 1961 Frank Hunter Jungle Fantasy White Goddess Russ Garcia Goofy Pepl of Phobos Fantastica Hershel Burke Gilbert Burkes Law Group One Fallout RCA/65 Lewis Sisters But Not for Me Liberty/Way Out Far Esquivel Hornblowers Serenade To Love Again Esquivel Besame Mucho 57/Mono Only 57/RCA Mexicana La Vey, Anton Satan Takes a Holiday Satan Takes a Holiday Pete Rugolo Diamond on the Move KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 43 of 52 tracks unavailable on CD ;-)> Playlist for Jack Diamond 6/9/96 KFJC-FM 89.7 Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Playlist for Jack Diamond 6/9/96 Date: 02 Jul 1996 21:06:10 -0400 In a message dated 96-07-02 19:26:33 EDT, you write: > > Boy talk about reason enough to move to the West Coast to get that within airwave shot! I'm jealous Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: Playlist for Jack Diamond 6/9/96 Date: 02 Jul 1996 18:53:16 PST But you have WFMU out there! I wish that both WFMU and KFJC were available on cable. Los Angeles is pretty dry though Senior Amor's "Molotov Coctail Hour" on KXLU is of pretty high standard. Once a week at 11:00 PM is just not enough, and it's pretty hard to get KXLU in certian parts of LA. WFMU and KFJC win the east/west award for best radio stations. Anyone wanna second this?? Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET . In a message dated 96-07-02 19:26:33 EDT, you write: > > Boy talk about reason enough to move to the West Coast to get that within airwave shot! I'm jealous Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: misant@ic.net Subject: misanthropy 511 playlist Date: 02 Jul 1996 22:04:39 -0500 MISANTHROPY 511 p.o.box 23093 detroit, mi 48223 e-mail: misant@ic.net Welcome to another misanthropy 511 playlist. Misanthropy 511 is broadcast on Sunday nights from mid-2am on CJAM 91.5 fm Windsor, Ontario Canada. CJAM can be heard throughout the Windsor/ Detroit Michigan area. Misanthropy 511 features from easy listening to moments of mayhem. Noises of the modern world in living stereo. We would like to thank all who have sent us promos. It is greatly appreciated. Misanthropy, along with Time Stereo, is pleased to present RAPOON live in Detroit. The show is Sat. July 6th at Zoot¹s. Opening for Rapoon are The Hearing Trumpet and Noise Camp. For more info: e-mail me or call Zoot¹s (313) 832-6621. Misanthropy 511 is now being broadcasted monthly on Radio Marabu. Radio Marabu is based in Belm Germany and broadcast at various times on 13 different stations throughout Europe. It is also on shortwave. Write to Radio Marabu for more info and tell them Misanthropy sent you. Radio Marabu p.o.box 1166, 49187, Belm Germany e-mail: marabu@srs.joy.se The performance side of Misanthropy, The Hearing Trumpet,continues hard at work. We have several self-released cassettes available. Write for more info. David Warmbier & Greg Hallock ARTIST---------TITLE--------------------CD/CASS/LP--------LABEL JUNE 24,1996 D. CHEN--------hallelu, hallelu---------v.a. talent show--ARF ARF ???------------these boots made walkin--v.a. stereo cockt-PLATTENMEIST RLW------------n------------------------revue et corrige--TRENTE OISEAU ASMUS TIETCHENS-4-----------------------v.a. itineraire---SELEKTION BEEQUEEN-------singularity--------------summer rain-------DRONE ALAN LAMB------beauty-------------------primal image------DOROBO RAPOON---------go-pel-------------------recurring---------SOLEILMOON KEVIN,JOHN & ERIC-here comes the sun----v.a. talent show--ARF ARF MACRONYMPHA----paris factory------------can man be modified-MOTHER SAVA THE HATERS-----truncated formica--------7²----------------SELF ABUSE AMK------------jones-san kon ben-wa-----v.a.america..merzbow-VINYL COMM KNURL----------side 2-------------------diapason----------KNURL ART. INDUST.---sea shore----------------amatoria----------KASBAH ROBERT RICH----starmaker----------------v.a. narratives---MANIFOLD KORLA PANDIT---miserlou-----------------exotica 2000------SYMP. FOR REC JULY RADIO MARABU SHOW KEVIN,JOHN,ERIC-here comes the sun------v.a.talent show---ARF ARF HISS------------agrocalm----------------alien bass soundsc-AGROCALM CRAWLING W/ TARTS-motorini elettrici----7² ep-------------GYTTJA KORLA PANDIT----smoke gets in your eyes-exotica 2000------S.F.T.R.I. ALAN LAMB-------primal image------------primal image------DOROBO JHNO------------arrival-----------------understand--------DELICATE EAR MORPHOGENESIS---ecstasy of destruction--stromatolites-----DIRECTION NELSON RIDDLE---out of the night--------sea of dreams-----CAPITOL ROBERT RICH-----starmaker---------------v.a. narratives---MANIFOLD SCHLOSS TEGAL---oranur 3----------------oranur 3----------INTERZONE FRANS DEWAARD---5-----------------------v.a. itinerre-----SELEKTION ???-------------mexico party------------v.a. ster cocktail-PLATTENMEIST CUROR-----------baxwyl------------------red metal---------DISCORPOREAL CURRENT 93------nihil-------------------v.a. succour------PTOLEMAIC TER ???-------------tea for two-------------v.a. ster cocktailPLATTENMEIST JULY 1, 1996 FRIENDS D.MARTINEZ-all the pretty horses-the shadow your smile-SUB POP CRUOR----------hzoxci-------------------red metal---------DISCORPORAL SCHLOSS TEGAL--dor manifestations-------oranur 3----------INTERZONE ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI--uexkull-------------uexkull-----------ANCKARSTROM LES BAXTER-----moon moods---------------v.a. ultra lounge-CAPITOL SPELL----------there is no blood in bone-seasons in the sun-MUTE CRASH WORSHIP--procession---------------adrv--------------CHARNEL MUSIC CRASH WORSHIP--flow---------------------asesinos----------COLD SPRING LUSTMORD-------a.t.m.o.m.---------------lustmord----------DARK VINYL MACRONYMPHA----manic depression---------can man be modified-MOTHER SAVA SMALL CRUEL PARTY-home borders: circling-v.a. shiroseasons-SHIROCOAL NELSON RIDDLE--route 66-----------------v.a.batchelor¹s den-DCC RAPOON---------burning rainbows---------errant angels-----SOLEILMOON ASMUS TIETCHENS-charisma perdu----------v.a. memorial elvis-ODD SIZE ACHIM WOLLSCHEID-3----------------------v.a. itineraire---SELEKTION DANIEL MENCHE--hand against her sand----v.a. shiroseasons-SHIROCOAL RLW------------nn-----------------------revue et corrige--TRENTE OISEAU THESE ARE GREAT TIMES TO BE A MISANTHROPIST ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Diamond Subject: KFJC-FM LIve on The Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: 02 Jul 1996 19:53:38 +0000 Hello all, Lovers of strange and exotic music. Psychedelic and noise, hard core, throat core, all kinds of Reggae. Garage, Surf, Lounge, Outer Space, Techno, Blues, Hip Hop, Bluegrass, Alternative Country, Girl Pop, Power Pop, Big ol' Giant Footstompin Guitars!!!!, International Esquivel, SEX, Ping Pong Percussion, Bongo Instruction, Charles Manson, Anton La Vey, Jack Kerouac, Beatniks New is stuff we've never heard and mannn...we've heard it all;)))) Please go to http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc This is the web site for KFJC-FM This is the web site for where I do a radio show Sundays 9AM-12Noon. It is a _super eclectic_ radio station as we are non-commercial, free form college community (San Francisco bay area, CA USA - Los Altos Hills, CA USA to be exact. I promise you a full $$ refund if this doesn't blow your ever lovin' mind~!@#$& On the main page there are pointers/links to our; a) Survey... So the "big wigs" at KFJC can decide whether it's worth it to have us Live on the Web LIVE Radio on the internet. Some of the show's that _might_ make it there are; Phil Dirt's Surf's Up/Phil's Garage, Robert Emmett and his Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show, Jack Diamond's House of Games, Spliff Skankin''s Jah's Music and more!!!!!!! If we do this YOU can hear everything that the powers that be at KFJC decide what they want the world to hear. In other words WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE WORLD!!!!!!! And that's alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me, I'm the dj ;) But only if YOU go there and say yes to our survey. Comprende' Senor and Senorita's ? ;)) Also on our Main Page is our b) Music Database where YOU can type in a keyword and have the entrire KFJC music Libraray kick back everything it has. BUT you have to go there to do that. http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc Then we would never leave you out in the cold without c) DJ playlists and reviews of music added to the KFJC Libraries on a weekly basis You can also see my web page ***Where Nothing Here is For Sale*** and see close to 70 album cover scans and my 1940's and 50's Hawaiin print shirts (not for sale), Esquivel Interview, Cool Links page, etc etc So go there right now !!!!!!!!! ;) and send me some mail from there too ;-)> All seriousness aside ;) and Most sincerely, Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: KFJC-FM LIve on The Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: 02 Jul 1996 23:55:06 -0400 Friends... I lived in the Santa Clara Valley for quite some time and dialed into KFJC regularly. It is a really great station and deserves to be heard!!! Jack Diamond's outstanding and informative program has helped me so much in learning all about this great music. You'll love it! I now live in San Francisco. Although Los Altos is only about 35 miles from here, I can no longer pick up the station. :( It would be a real treat if the * big wigs * at KFJC would turn us all onto the House of Games. I urge you to visit Jack's page and fill out the survey! Dig? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Vacation Date: 03 Jul 1996 06:19:53 -0600 (MDT) I'm going to be out of town for a few days. If you try to post to the list and your messages don't get through, it may be because you're not subscribed to the list from the exact same address you're posting from. Ordinarily I just pass these messages on to the list by hand but since I won't be here... Sorry for any inconvenience over the next few days. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: eric Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Date: 03 Jul 1996 12:23:12 -0800 there are only two vinal peter thomas you can get in the usa, one is chariots of the gods (great) the other is uncle toms cabin ( so so.) eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sevo Stille Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Date: 02 Jul 1996 00:50:03 +0200 Sevo Stille wrote: > > --- Forwarded mail from exotica@xmission.com > > Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:50:13 -0400 > To: exotica@xmission.com > From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) > Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) > Reply-To: exotica@xmission.com > > Why Peter Thomas is unknown outside of Germany (and Austria and > Switzerland) is a shame, as he is the equal of a Morricone, Barry, > Goldsmith, etc. Besides his film and television scores, he produced much > production music and a number of EZ Listening albums. Besides the 2 CD's > listed above, there is one more collection from Polygram Germany that > features more of the latter. Folks in North America can try to track down > his soundtrack to "Chariots of the Gods?" Probably the biggest problem in popularizing Peter Thomas is the obscurity of most of his recordings - he was by no means a recording star. Apart from the current re-releases and samplers, the only recording I own where he was fully credited on the album front is the Raumpatrouille O.S.T. On most records, he seems to be only listed in the fine print as composer, band leader or producer, which, along with his rather common name makes compiling a discography rather a futile task - I still do not even know for sure whether the "P. Thomas" credited as composer on the Waikikis (a German Hawaii-exploitation band) "Hawaii Tattoo" is THE Peter Thomas or just a namesake. Peter Thomas oddball for today: There is a live recording of Cauby Peixoto and Leny Evensong ("Um drink com Cauby e Leny", hot records L.P.H. 5003) from Brazil, where "Peter Thomas e seu conjunto" are credited as the band for the B side. 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: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Re: Lounge madness Date: 04 Jul 1996 11:53:05 -0400 RE>Lounge madness 7/4/96 I've tried to reply before, but the message was kicked back, so I posted again...but, yeah, I'll trade you an enzo plus other bad lounge singer tape for one of the passions! Let's get started! Let me know how you want to proceed... lounge laura laura@wusf.usf.edu Dear Laura, the only release I know of is The Passions 10" box with Les Baxter. I have a M copy myself and it's totally incredible. One song from that was on the Incredibly Strange comps. the whole 10" was also booted for one of those "limited edition 1000 copies CDs". I collect odd and rare lounge vocal/instrumental records from all over the world and would be very keen on hearing Enzo Di Terrizi, never heard him before. Maybe we could trade tapes? I'm compiling a CD compilation of this kind of stuff. All the best Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Ryko's Exotica releases Date: 04 Jul 1996 13:37:19 -0400 David, The list of future releases and qualified writers for the liner notes ( Brother Cleve, Jerry Casale, et al. ) is very impressive indeed! In addition to having the Tiki News crew do the Arthur Lyman releases you may want to consider these unsung west coast neo-Exotica heroes Byron Werner Coined the phrase Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. Bought his first Lyman record when he was a kid back in 1972 for $.10 Essentially is responsible for the Esquivel revival (though he denies it) as he turned Matt Groening, Mark Mothersbaugh, and I believe Irwin Chusid on to the E-man (as Byron calls him) 818/362-5881 15778 Cobalt, Sylmar, CA 91342 Skip Heller Musicologist, writer, musician currently involved with Yma Sumac band. He is the guy who is wholely responsible for bringing Les Baxter back into the public spotlight. EVERY Les interview by a current young writer can be traced back to Skip. He just finished Les liner notes for Scamp. 213/661-4345 Senor Amor (& Joey Sehee) radio and club dj. Co-host of long running "Molotov Cocktail Hour" and of the Wonderful World of Joey Show. Seor has worked on Livin Lounge for Criterium and penned liners for a Capitol release which escapes me at the moment 213/733-3852 Steve & Strike Co-promoters of Exoticon '95. These guys are no babes in the woods. Strike has been doing a once a year Exotica show on KALX Berkeley for 10 years and is currently writing liner notes for ?? (I forget) He also works at Record Surplus - the best used record store on the planet. Steve owns his own reocrd store and is producing Rhinos Crime Jazz compilation. 213/667-2528 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Ryko's Exotica releases Date: 05 Jul 1996 21:56:55 -0400 >Byron Werner >Essentially is responsible for the Esquivel revival ...... and I believe >Irwin Chusid on to >the E-man (as Byron calls him) He did in fact turn Irwin on to both the E-man and Raymond Scott (both Byron and soul singer/record fanatic Barrence Whitfield discovered Scott 78's almost simutaneously in different parts of the country, and sent tapes of the music to Irwin, an old pal of both). cheers, cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: james b gerwitz Subject: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Date: 05 Jul 1996 20:17:20 -0700 Spotted a small Esquivel pic on the cover of this mag (next to Mr. = Murder Ballad Nick Cave), above the subheader "Easy Listening and Lounge = Revival Special." Within were some short but interesting interviews with the usual = suspects, Byron Werner, J. Lanza, Irwin C., plus some longer ones = (including brief discographies & lots of photos) with Esquivel, Denny = and Ravin' Ray Conniff, who explains the genesis of his sound, and why = "Do The Bop" is a collector's item. =20 Definitely worth the $3, if its still on the stands. Also, this mag = includes the first print ad I've seen for Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic = Dance Party, tho I have allowed my Tiger Beat subscription to expire, so = may have missed it there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik Engstroem) Subject: Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Date: 06 Jul 1996 10:39:49 +0100 The first mention of Nick Cave on this list I assume: >Spotted a small Esquivel pic on the cover of this mag (next to Mr. Murder >Ballad Nick Cave), It may please you to know that Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds have recorded a track with no other than Scott Walker. The result, "To have and to hold", will be on the soundtrack for "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". All from issue 24 of the Melody Maker. Henrik =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Henrik Engstr=F6m - - - - - - - - - Elegans Promotion Email: elegans@algonet.se Address: Regementsgatan 20 S-211 42 Malm=F6 phone: +46 (0)40 798 58 SWEDEN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: xander@SIRIUS.COM Subject: Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Date: 06 Jul 1996 12:43:30 -0700 >It may please you to know that Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds have >recorded a track with no other than Scott Walker. The result, "To have and >to hold", will be on the soundtrack for "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". I seem to remember this film and soundtrack coming out several years ago. Most likely in '89? - I remember seeing adverts for it at some point while I was living in Germany (a land where Nick is a God). An Aussie affair, I think. Maybe Nick played in it? And some of his cronies did the soundtrack? Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: New Question Date: 06 Jul 1996 17:46:39 EDT Michael, I just picked up the Coyle and Sharpe CD ON THE LOOSE and am now rabid for anything else. Are there any other CDs? I know Mel Sharpe did a few solo albums for Rhino, are those still in print? Eagerly awaiting MIRACLES, Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: DUHHHHHHHHHH! Date: 07 Jul 1996 00:36:04 EDT >I just picked up the Coyle and Sharpe CD ON THE LOOSE and am now >rabid for anything else. Are there any other CDs? I know Mel >Sharpe did a few solo albums for Rhino, are those still in print? Hey there everybody, I really apologize, I seen it happ'n before but I never thought that *I* would actually ever do it myself! I was sending a message out to someone and sent it to the whole dang list. What the heck! Does any body else have any info on Coyle and Sharpe? Their ON THE LOOSE CD is FANTASTIC. New Frontier era guerilla comedy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Spy Jazz Date: 07 Jul 1996 03:12:40 -0400 My article on SPY JAZZ was just published in the LA slick-cover zine SCRAM (distributed through Tower Records, so you should be able to find it. Look for an exotic, veiled women on the cover). It includes Jack Diamond's 20 Favorite Crime Jazz albums (or at least his top 20 when he wrote me on the subject last year), and my ruminations about discovering this wonderful corner of instrumental pop and such genius composers and arrangers as: Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Pete Rugolo, Kenyon Hopkins, Leith Stevens, Lalo Schifrin and Quincy Jones. The mag also has an excellent overview of The Zombies (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING!), Bubbblegum Rock, and a truly clever fake-history of Rodent Rock (like, The Chipmunks and The Nutty Squirrels). My article is followed by a gruesomely gripping dissertation on Mortuary Cosmetics: Wound Filler, Bruise Bleach, Maggott Repellent, and most poignantly, Infant Finishing Powder. Check it out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Recent Scores Date: 07 Jul 1996 03:13:42 -0400 I've had some dazzling new scores recently, and thought I'd share with the list. THE AVENGERS - Starlog/Varese Sarabande, Soundtrack Series Vol. III, music composed and conducted by Laurie Johnson. Has the original Theme, and "The New Avengers - Main Title" (the 70s revival with Joanna Lumley of Ab-Fab fame), several cues from individual episodes ("The Joker" being the best) and a whole side of Johnson's early 80s work on THE PROFESSIONALS. The latter is in the same sub-SHAFT vein as "Starsky and Hutch." In other words, lots of wah-wah peddle. And that's a good thing. WARREN BARKER IS IN - Warner Bros. Warren composed a number of the cooler cuts on the indispensible 77 SUNSET STRIP soundtrack. Here he devotes almost an entire side to the cocoa bean: "Cappucino" "Cafe Espresso" and "Black Coffee." SON OF A GUNN - Shelly Manne and his Men Play More Music from Peter Gunn. Fascinating jazz re-interpetations of Mancini's themes, done by the original players. Here's the jacket description of one cut: "In 'Blue Steel' the walking bass figure in the original is retained but the Manne version is less menacing more moody, The marimba, whidh Feldman also played on Shely's first Peter Gunn album helps create an unusual setting." Less menacing, more moody - got that? HELL TO ETERNITY - Leith Stevens on Warwick Records. I picked this up because Leith did the immortal JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF THE WILD ONE, and because the personnel looked promising: Shelly Manne (again) on drums, Plas Johnson on tenor Sax, Pete Condoli, Ted Nash - the usual L.A. session-jazz stalwarts. Mancini's Men. Though this is the soundtrack for a WWII flick, the score is pure 1960. Dig the titles, Daddio: "Hey, Honey, Go! Go!" "Three Quarts" "Here, Chick Chick Chick" Hey that's a promising topic for the list - the coolest titles for instrumentals. Most of my favs are from the Spy Jazz category. A few samples: "Blues for Beatniks" - John Barry from BEAT GIRL; "Blues for a Dead Chick" from BURKE'S LAW; "Goofin' at the Coffeehouse" - Mancini, 'natch; "Greenwich Village Rumble" - Elmer Bernstein, from STACCATO; "Black Rebel's Ride" - Leith Stevens, from the aforementioned JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF THE WILD THING; "Moonlight on Skid Row" - Fred Katz. Of course, the all-time champs in this category are probably Harry Partch and Charles Mingus... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Spy Jazz Date: 07 Jul 1996 13:10:16 -0500 > My article on SPY JAZZ was just published in the LA slick-cover zine SCRAM > (distributed through Tower Records, so you should be able to find > it. Would that be available on the East coast? I've never seen SCRAM. The Spy Jazz site now has low-fi cover scans and more sounds. Check it out at - http://www.radix.net/~xanadu/spyjazz/spyjazz.html kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik Engstroem) Subject: Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Date: 07 Jul 1996 19:48:39 +0100 Hm, I should brush up on my English. I missed a slight part of the article. It's a forthcoming movie by the same director. And yes, Nick did act in "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". I stand corrected. Henrik >>It may please you to know that Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds have >>recorded a track with no other than Scott Walker. The result, "To have and >>to hold", will be on the soundtrack for "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". > >I seem to remember this film and soundtrack coming out several years ago. >Most likely in '89? - I remember seeing adverts for it at some point while >I was living in Germany (a land where Nick is a God). An Aussie affair, I >think. Maybe Nick played in it? And some of his cronies did the >soundtrack? > >Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 07 Jul 1996 23:50:37 -0400 Hi all, I'm fairly new to the mailing list and this is the first time I have written. I just started collecting lounge/exotica and noticed and picked up quite a few Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66/'77 albums and 8-tracks. Is anyone else out there into these folks? They can really kick. Anyway, i'm looking for any current info on this band, are they still around, etc. please let me know. Tim (sassy odd@aol.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Marchi Subject: Re: Spy Jazz Date: 08 Jul 1996 00:26:00 -0700 Do you have an address for SCRAM magazine or any info on obtaining a copy? At 03:12 AM 7/7/96 -0400, you wrote: >My article on SPY JAZZ was just published in the LA slick-cover zine SCRAM >(distributed through Tower Records, so you should be able to find it. Look >for an exotic, veiled women on the cover). It includes Jack Diamond's 20 >Favorite Crime Jazz albums (or at least his top 20 when he wrote me on the >subject last year), and my ruminations about discovering this wonderful >corner of instrumental pop and such genius composers and arrangers as: Henry >Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Pete Rugolo, Kenyon Hopkins, Leith Stevens, Lalo >Schifrin and Quincy Jones. The mag also has an excellent overview of The >Zombies (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING!), Bubbblegum Rock, and a truly clever >fake-history of Rodent Rock (like, The Chipmunks and The Nutty Squirrels). > My article is followed by a gruesomely gripping dissertation on Mortuary >Cosmetics: Wound Filler, Bruise Bleach, Maggott Repellent, and most >poignantly, Infant Finishing Powder. Check it out. > > looselip@crl.com Check out my web page at http://www.crl.com/~looselip for information on Independent Music, Cable Descramblers, and the infamous Group 42 CD ROM!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 08 Jul 1996 04:37:49 -0500 > Hi all, I'm fairly new to the mailing list and this is the first time I have > written. I just started collecting lounge/exotica and noticed and picked up > quite a few Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66/'77 albums and 8-tracks. Is anyone > else out there into these folks? Yes! I get the sense they're kind of looked down upon (like Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream) just because they're so common, but I just love three of their early LP's - the first, Equinox and Look Around. Some of the hippest swinger grooves around imo. Lovely vocals and infectious rhythmic pop arrangements. Easy listening's version of ABBA? There's a Sergio Mendes site somewhere on the web - don't have the URL but I think the owner is on this list. And by the way, there's a version of Batacuda on Towa Tei's Future Listening that's killer! kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lroberts@oacis.com (Laurence Roberts RD) Subject: Re: Spy Jazz Date: 08 Jul 1996 08:56:48 -0700 Scram's address: PO Box 461626 Hollywood, CA 90046-1626 The cover price is $4, but by mail you should probably send $5. Larry-bob lroberts@oacis.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AMcCon@aol.com Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 08 Jul 1996 12:27:15 -0400 In light of this recent thread on Sergio and his posse, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me which Brasil '66 album includes the song "Chelsea Morning," and has it been released on CD? Thanks. Arn AMcCon@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay) Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 08 Jul 1996 14:27:41 -0500 Yep, some of us are VERY into this group. In fact I rank Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 as one of my favorite musical groups of all time (though I'm really not terribly fond of some of the later incarnations). Sergio is still performing in his native Brazil both solo and with members of his various bands. There is a very short biography of Sergio and a complete discography (courtesy of Steve Sidoruk) on the Sergio page at my web site (http://www.cyborganic.net/People/jpmckay/sergio.html). I myself tend to prefer the earlier recordings such as "Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66" Ciao, Paul jpmckay@cyborganic.net Visit Swank-O-Rama: New, Improved and MOVED http://www.cyborganic.net/People/jpmckay ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sberry Subject: Subscribe to Hmmm, Get Free Music! Date: 05 Jul 1996 21:12:13 -0700 (PDT) Hmmm...#7 Out Now: Bellingham, Washington's Surf-Garage-Exotica-Indie Magazine Yet another issue of Hmmm..., this time it is 48 pages, packed with tons of interviews, cocktail recipes, concert reviews, music reviews, movie reviews, and zine reviews. ***SPECIAL BONUS FOR SUBSCRIBERS*** All subscribers who send in $7.00 for a one-year subscription will receive free music with the first issue of Hmmm... sent to you. This is prime stuff from labels like Estrus, Dionysus, Capitol, Mercury, Reprise, etc. Let us know what kind of stuff you like and we'll dig through our archives to find something cool for you. PLUS, the first person to sign up for a 2-year subscription (8 issues for only $14.00) will receive Dean Martin's brand new 2-CD collection called "The Capitol Years". Featuring 40 of Dean's greatest tunes, along with lots of material never heard before. We only have one of these and it will go to the first person to order a 2-year subscription. Not to worry if you aren't the first; you'll still get something from our archives. NOTE: Subscription rates are for the US and Canada only. Outside North America is $12/year or $24 for 2 years. Featured In The Current Issue: -The Boss Martians, the Northwest's premier surf n' stomp band, talk about touring, their new releases, and other stuff. Plus a full discography of the band's releases to date. -An all-new exclusive interview with Will Sergeant of Electrafixion and Glide (formerly of Echo and The Bunnymen), conducted in Seattle during Electrafixion's current tour of the U.S. with The Elevator Drops. We talked about touring, his solo projects, the current "Baseball Bill" single, and the future of Electrafixion. -Part 2 of an exclusive interview with Girl Trouble, where we discuss the genius of Frank Sinatra, their new single, meeting Morissey at the Canadian border, and K.P.'s hair! (Part 1 appeared in Hmmm...#6, still available for $2.00 at the address below.) -The Bellingham Music Scene Report. -Man Or Astroman's Latest Releases Reviewed. -Hmmm's Feature Drink. -Concert Reviews of Oasis, Satan's Pilgrims, and Stereolab. -The usual assortment of music, film, book, and zine reviews. -Much, much more... Hmmm... P.O. Box 4336 Bellingham, WA 98227-4336 (If you must write a check, please make it payable to Sean Berry) For more info, e-mail: sberry@az.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dada@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Dada'quariums Update 7 July 96: ExZotic Zwedish Zound Zamples! Date: 07 Jul 1996 19:44:39 +0100 tadaaaaaaaaaaaa! DADA'QUARIUMS finally got some more disk space, so from now on I can offer you ZOUND ZAMPLES from less-known but nevertheless GREAT exZotica, starting this month with BO AXELZON & HIS EXOTIC SOUNDS (released by Stefan's Subliminal Sounds) the idea is to leave those zound zamples on my site for 1 month, then I'll put some other on, and YOU can decide which, preferably from the releases that are reviewed at DADA'QUARIUMS. Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ dada@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium *************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has ExZotica reviews & Zound Zamples *************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dada@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Sequel CD series Date: 07 Jul 1996 19:45:42 +0100 the easy project - 20 loungecore favorites & Sounds Orchestral: meet James Bond are both great; MJB has 6 covers from Bond film music + 6 originals inspired by characters in Bond books, all light jazzy stuff, with a sound effect as intro on each track; can anyone comment on "you can be wrong about boys"? thanx! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Space Safari - site upgrade Date: 08 Jul 1996 00:50:33 +0000 At the risk of sounding a tad immodest, I think my new-look Space Safari site is one of the most beautiful sites I've seen on the WWW!!! But then I've just spent the whole day working on it and am perhaps not surprisingly feeling quite pleased with it! Do please check it out and let me know what you think. Oh, you'll need Netscape 2 or better to see/hear all of it. SPACE SAFARI 2 is on Tuesday 23 July here in Edinburgh (Scotland), at Wilkie House and it's FREE! Robbie S P A C E S A F A R I - A Journey to the Limits of Audio Fidelity http://www.cybersurf.co.uk/rcb/space/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: Subscribe to Hmmm, Get Free Music! Date: 08 Jul 1996 12:15:40 PST Sean I'll sign up for the two year sub! Did I win? Lee Joseph ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET Hmmm...#7 Out Now: Bellingham, Washington's Surf-Garage-Exotica-Indie Magazine Yet another issue of Hmmm..., this time it is 48 pages, packed with tons of interviews, cocktail recipes, concert reviews, music reviews, movie reviews, and zine reviews. ***SPECIAL BONUS FOR SUBSCRIBERS*** All subscribers who send in $7.00 for a one-year subscription will receive free music with the first issue of Hmmm... sent to you. This is prime stuff from labels like Estrus, Dionysus, Capitol, Mercury, Reprise, etc. Let us know what kind of stuff you like and we'll dig through our archives to find something cool for you. PLUS, the first person to sign up for a 2-year subscription (8 issues for only $14.00) will receive Dean Martin's brand new 2-CD collection called "The Capitol Years". Featuring 40 of Dean's greatest tunes, along with lots of material never heard before. We only have one of these and it will go to the first person to order a 2-year subscription. Not to worry if you aren't the first; you'll still get something from our archives. NOTE: Subscription rates are for the US and Canada only. Outside North America is $12/year or $24 for 2 years. Featured In The Current Issue: -The Boss Martians, the Northwest's premier surf n' stomp band, talk about touring, their new releases, and other stuff. Plus a full discography of the band's releases to date. -An all-new exclusive interview with Will Sergeant of Electrafixion and Glide (formerly of Echo and The Bunnymen), conducted in Seattle during Electrafixion's current tour of the U.S. with The Elevator Drops. We talked about touring, his solo projects, the current "Baseball Bill" single, and the future of Electrafixion. -Part 2 of an exclusive interview with Girl Trouble, where we discuss the genius of Frank Sinatra, their new single, meeting Morissey at the Canadian border, and K.P.'s hair! (Part 1 appeared in Hmmm...#6, still available for $2.00 at the address below.) -The Bellingham Music Scene Report. -Man Or Astroman's Latest Releases Reviewed. -Hmmm's Feature Drink. -Concert Reviews of Oasis, Satan's Pilgrims, and Stereolab. -The usual assortment of music, film, book, and zine reviews. -Much, much more... Hmmm... P.O. Box 4336 Bellingham, WA 98227-4336 (If you must write a check, please make it payable to Sean Berry) For more info, e-mail: sberry@az.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: Re: Sequel CD series Date: 08 Jul 1996 16:39:52 -0400 If by You Can Be Wrong About Boys, you mean vol. 4 of Here Come The Girls, I have to say I like them all, and while this one is not necessarily the best of the series, they're all nice combinations of girl-pop, Carnaby St. swingers and some folk-rock. Any opinions out there on the Dimitri from Paris album, which has some wonderful moments . . .? WS At 19:45 96-07-07 +0100, you wrote: > the easy project - 20 loungecore favorites > & Sounds Orchestral: meet James Bond >are both great; MJB has 6 covers from Bond film music + 6 originals >inspired by characters in Bond books, all light jazzy stuff, with a sound >effect as intro on each track; > >can anyone comment on "you can be wrong about boys"? > >thanx! > >= Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis > Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions McGill University 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: doc@pixar.com (Pete Docter) Subject: 5000 Fingers Date: 08 Jul 1996 14:04 PDT A while back someone posted that they'd seen a CD of the soundtrack from the Dr. Seuss film, "5000 Fingers of Dr. T." Does anyone know where this can be obtained? I live in the San Francisco area. Thanks Pete Docter doc@pixar.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: WrennX@aol.com Subject: Re: 5000 Fingers Date: 08 Jul 1996 17:28:03 -0400 "A while back someone posted that they'd seen a CD of the soundtrack from the Dr. Seuss film, "5000 Fingers of Dr. T." Does anyone know where this can be obtained? I live in the San Francisco area. If you find out let me know! Thanx WrennX@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 08 Jul 1996 21:37:42 -0400 Stick with any album before 1970! Stear well clear of his "Never Gonna Let You Go" period (yeeech!). There is some cool pre-'66 bossa nova jazz stuff well worth investigating before he hit on the the two female vocal idea. By the way, one of the Brasil '66 vocalists later became Herb Alpert's wife! And both were in fact Americans who actually phonetically sang the Portuguese lyrics (I used to wonder why their English pronounciations were so good!) Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 08 Jul 1996 21:47:28 -0400 I can't remeber what album it is on..but I can tell you that it is only available on CD on Virgin UK's "This Is Easy" double CD compilation...I believe the first 5 or so Brasil '66 albums are available on CD in Japan while on these shores the only album released on CD is "Fool On The Hill" (from 1968) - that is besides the three collections ("Classics", "Greatest Hits" and "Foursider"). Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: james b gerwitz Subject: RE: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 08 Jul 1996 19:43:47 -0700 Last week I finally got around to listening to SM & B 66's "Masquerade" = on Pickwick, which I'd picked up in the bins a month ago. After hearing = "Crystal Illusions" I was alllmost inspired to post to the list = regarding a new exotica subgenre: Bossa Nova Psych ! =20 Those who enjoy SM & B 66 should check out Airto Moreira, especially the = "Fingers" Lp, my personal favorite, more Brazilian and melodic than his = other outings with jazz heavyweights. The recent "Best of Airto' budget = cd has much of "Fingers" on it, including vocals and scatting with his = wife Flora Purim. =20 At an old Keystone Korner gig in SF his "Fingers"-era band's bass = player was late, so Airto did about 30 minutes solo on carved bird = whistles, berimbau, and shakers......now THAT's Incredible! =20 Jim G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: huge@SIRIUS.COM (David Bailey) Subject: Re: 5000 Fingers Date: 08 Jul 1996 20:35:50 -0700 >"A while back someone posted that they'd seen a CD of the soundtrack from >the Dr. Seuss film, "5000 Fingers of Dr. T." Does anyone know where this >can be obtained? I live in the San Francisco area. > Try the WFMU catalog...They have a website as well...(wfmu.org??) David Huge Graphics http://www.sirius.com/~huge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Marchi Subject: Re: Spy Jazz Date: 08 Jul 1996 22:18:36 -0700 At 08:56 AM 7/8/96 -0700, you wrote: > >Scram's address: >PO Box 461626 >Hollywood, CA >90046-1626 > >The cover price is $4, but by mail you should probably >send $5. > >Larry-bob >lroberts@oacis.com > > Thanks for the info. I'll order one. looselip@crl.com Check out my web page at http://www.crl.com/~looselip for information on Independent Music, Cable Descramblers, and the infamous Group 42 CD ROM!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: J P M Subject: RCA Electronic Music Synth Album Date: 09 Jul 1996 01:39:14 +0000 Does anyone by chance have or know where I can get "The Sound and Music of the RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer. #RCA LM1922. I've been looking for this one for years. I believe it is the one where a Speech Synth Sings "Daisy". If you find it please send info to mugen@spacelab.net (or just Re:Mail) Thanks Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: The Exotica Standards Web Site Date: 09 Jul 1996 05:02:48 -0700 I invite list members to check out my new web site devoted to what I call the Exotica Standards: the songs like "Third Man Theme," "Hawaiian War Chant," and "Misirlou" that are covered on countless exotica/space age bachelor pad music albums. In addition to background on these songs, it includes substantial sections with bios and discographies on most of the major exotica musicians, arrangers, and composers, as well as a "Liner Notes" section with such items as a complete list of films scored by Les Baxter. I invite your visits and comments: http://www.netrail.net/~bbigelow/homepage.htm I hope list members will find this a useful on-line reference. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Diamond Subject: KFJC-FM Live on the Web!!! Date: 09 Jul 1996 09:04:51 +0000 Hello all, Lovers of strange and exotic music. Psychedelic and noise, hard core, throat core, all kinds of Reggae. Garage, Surf, Lounge, Outer Space, Techno, Blues, Hip Hop, Bluegrass, Alternative Country, Girl Pop, Power Pop, Big ol' Giant Footstompin Guitars!!!!, International Esquivel, SEX, Ping Pong Percussion, Bongo Instruction, Charles Manson, Anton La Vey, Jack Kerouac, Beatniks New is stuff we've never heard and mannn...we've heard it all;)))) Please go to http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc This is the web site for KFJC-FM This is the web site for where I do a radio show Sundays 9AM-12Noon. It is a _super eclectic_ radio station as we are non-commercial, free form college community (San Francisco bay area, CA USA - Los Altos Hills, CA USA to be exact. I promise you a full $$ refund if this doesn't blow your ever lovin' mind~!@#$& On the main page there are pointers/links to our; a) Survey... So the "big wigs" at KFJC can decide whether it's worth it to have us Live on the Web LIVE Radio on the internet. Some of the show's that _might_ make it there are; Phil Dirt's Surf's Up/Phil's Garage, Robert Emmett and his Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show, Jack Diamond's House of Games, Spliff Skankin''s Jah's Music and more!!!!!!! If we do this YOU can hear everything that the powers that be at KFJC decide what they want the world to hear. In other words WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE WORLD!!!!!!! And that's alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me, I'm the dj ;) But only if YOU go there and say yes to our survey. Comprende' Senor and Senorita's ? ;)) Also on our Main Page is our b) Music Database where YOU can type in a keyword and have the entrire KFJC music Libraray kick back everything it has. BUT you have to go there to do that. http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc Then we would never leave you out in the cold without c) DJ playlists and reviews of music added to the KFJC Libraries on a weekly basis You can also see my web page ***Where Nothing Here is For Sale*** and see close to 70 album cover scans and my 1940's and 50's Hawaiin print shirts (not for sale), Esquivel Interview, Cool Links page, etc etc So go there right now !!!!!!!!! ;) and send me some mail from there too All seriousness aside ;) and Most sincerely, Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Young Savage FL Update Date: 09 Jul 1996 13:33:45 -0400 Mail*Link(r) SMTP Young Savage FL Update Hi! I've noticed a lot of cross-over interest between this and another strange music list to which I've subscribed---the Bomp! list...I know this might not be your bag, if fact, if you don't like good,strange rock-n-roll, then delete immediately! Otherwise...dig this: The Tampa, Florida new wave rock band The Baskervils has organized a compilation called "Young Savage Florida" that will feature Florida resident and original drummer for Badfinger, Mike Gibbins! These are the first solo ever from this rock n' roll legend! His tracks are called "Dream Harder (Ballad of the Redcoats)" and "Layaway." Both tracks feature Mike on lead vocals, the first of which over heavy Steve Jones-ish guitar strummed by Screamin' Iguanas of Love/Nicoteens guitar player Greg Reinel. "Layaway" is a lovely Badfinger styled mid-tempo rocker with very pretty George Harrison-ish guitar leads. He recorded the tracks in a home studio as demos for an upcoming full length release. The compilation will also contain two songs each from the following Florida based artists: The Lears(60s-ish), Baskervils(NEW WAVE!), Car Bomb Driver(punk!), Edison Shine(alterna!), Leonard Croon Band(Muddddd-honnnneeey!), Loco Siempre(country twang with a twist), Vodkats(psy-co-billy!), Hate Bombs(garage!), Escargot(NEW WAVE), Surf Kings(need I explain?), and The Rancid Polecats(produced by Kramer of Bongwater fame), and pianist John Stephan(it's nice). Quantities will be extremely limited- 1000 to 2000 copies worldwide! Release date is set for July 19th... To get on the "Young Savage Florida" mailing list, write to me by mail or internet - laura@wusf.usf.edu or Rob Keith 5006 Wesley Dr. Tampa, FL 33647 ********************PARTY INFO**************************** The CD release parties are as following: JULY 19-TH, the Go! Lounge, Orlando, FL w/ Car Bomb Driver, the Baskervils, The Hate Bombs, and the Vodkats JULY 20-TH, the State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL w/ The Vodkats, the Lears, Car Bomb Driver, the Hate Bombs, The Rancid Polecats, Edison Shine, the Leonard Croon Band, Loco Siempre and the Baskervils... Thanks again for ya'lls interest... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: PLACES TO GO - LOS ANGELES AREA Date: 09 Jul 1996 11:35:40 PST While not a tiki bar, The Galley is a fine nautical/south seas restaurant/bar in Santa Monica, that has been open since 1934. The decor consists of trad hurricane lamps, brass portholes, fishnets and the like. I've had drinks here many times and dinner a couple, though both times we ate there the only thing we could afford was the pasta plate. A sign next to the bar states that they have a Polynesian Review, Fridays at 9:00 and 11:30, Saturday @7:30 (a buffet show) and Sunday at 9:00 PM. The address is 2442 Main Street in Santa Monica, 310 452-1934 Also, you might want to check out the Huntington Library/museum in Pasadena. Their gardens are amazing. We followed a path that went through a Japanese garden, complete with a pond, bridge, and cool foliage. Then we went through a subtropical area and a jungle area, with lots of tall trees, palms and a mini-waterfall. Very nice, very exotic! Vistors, beware the Pasadena smog, it is potent! "Summer Means Fun"! Lee Joseph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laurie Chase Subject: Oahu--Hawaii Date: 09 Jul 1996 14:08:29 -0700 (PDT) This is going to sound weird, considering the place IS the exotica capitol and all, but what are the BEST tiki lounges on Oahu? I don't want to drive around all day looking for potential coolness. I want the best. Thanks, laurie chase lounge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 09 Jul 1996 15:31:04 -0600 (MDT) Tim, I've got no brilliant bio stuff on Sergio, but I just wanted to agree with you. I love that slick A&M sound. The girls voices are smooth as silk. They are one of the best. x Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 09 Jul 1996 14:49:36 PST OK, so I'm getting married in October and we still haven't decided where to spend our honeymoon, though we've narrowed it down to two choices: Tahiti or Get in the car and drive through small towns, maybe in the midwest, and go to every thrift store we can find. What would you choose?????? Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: Re: Oahu--Hawaii Date: 09 Jul 1996 11:52:27 -1000 At 11:21 AM 7/9/96 -1000, you wrote: >This is going to sound weird, considering the place IS the exotica >capitol and all, but what are the BEST tiki lounges on Oahu? I don't >want to drive around all day looking for potential coolness. I want the >best. Unfortunately, Hawaii is not exactly the hotbed of tiki-ness that you would expect. Your best bet would be to stay near Waikiki. My first stop would be the Tahitian Lanai on the outskirts of Waikiki. It's well known - any cabbie or hotel clerk should be able to give you directions. It's a bit run down these days but the blue neon sign outside is *definitely* the coolest. A not-quite-tiki-but-pretty-close spot is Duke's. I can't remember offhand which hotel it's in but again it's pretty well known. It's actually more of an old-time Hawaiian feel than a 50s tiki cool feel. It's actually a moderately priced restaraunt (~$25/head) but it does have a bar area. I've only been there for dinner, though, so I don't know what the bar is like. If you have Elk connections, you could try the Elk's lodge. It's not really tiki but if you're lucky Arthur Lyman may be about. He sometimes will give impromptu performances (especially when he's sloshed) with whatever EZ group is playing. I understand that he also performs regularly at one of the hotels but I don't know the details. If you get out to the north shore, there is a giant tiki head along the main highway. It's not a lounge or anything but it is a neat photo op. And of course, all the bars around Waikiki are used to serving up lots of Mai Tais, Blue Hawaiis, etc. If you run into any other good lounges, let me know. I live on Oahu but don't get out to the bars much anymore. Aloha, Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Tomorrow's Cheese: Two Questions Date: 09 Jul 1996 18:51:48 -0400 As I flip past the 500th copy (today) of Herb Albert's _______ (fill in the blank) I can't help but wonder what will be the most common cd's that will be collecting mould in thrift stores everywhere twenty years from now. Any guesses? I also wonder what musical trend will be rediscovered around that time , avidly collected by the true believers and then repackaged by the major labels and called a trend. Spoken word, maybe? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 09 Jul 1996 19:07:43 -0400 (EDT) On Tue, 9 Jul 1996 lee@anti.com wrote: > Get in the car and drive through small towns, maybe in the midwest, > and go to every thrift store we can find. > > What would you choose?????? Definitely the one above. Just make sure you have all the signs made up before you leave. "Lee Slept Here." :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 09 Jul 1996 16:06:22 -0800 > OK, so I'm getting married in October and we still haven't decided > where to spend our honeymoon, though we've narrowed it down to two > choices: > I would choose Tahiti, road trips tend to make me a little on the agro side. I think for a honeymoon you should relax, and have mucho drinks with umbrellas. happy honeymoon, marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: Second Try -- Hawaiian Music Date: 09 Jul 1996 18:12:43 -0500 Howdy People, I didn't get any answers to my first post about: Words, Earth & Aloha -- A documentary by Eddie Kamae about the roots and modern manifestations of Hawaiian Music. Since several of you exoticats out there live in Hawaii and/or collect Hawaiian music, surely someone knows about this film...? --Kirsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BriaN@rt66.com Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 09 Jul 1996 17:04:54 +0000 The Reply to lee@anti.com's Email on 9 Jul 96 > OK, so I'm getting married in October and we still haven't decided > where to spend our honeymoon, though we've narrowed it down to two > choices: > > Tahiti > > or > > Get in the car and drive through small towns, maybe in the midwest, > and go to every thrift store we can find. > > What would you choose?????? I'd take the 2nd choice, much much more fun, then goin to some hot tourist spot, were everyone is on a honeymoon or vacation. Besides who knows what really cool trinkits and friends you may find. good luck BriaN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laurie Chase Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 09 Jul 1996 16:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Leeeeeee go to Tttttaaaahhhhiiiittttiiiiii Bali Hai is calling you . . . . It is, after all, your honeymoon. Laurie Chase Lounge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: Tomorrow's Cheese: Two Questions Date: 09 Jul 1996 16:19:11 PST Instructional records? Exercise records? Motivational tape sets? CHRISTMAS RECORDS.... ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET As I flip past the 500th copy (today) of Herb Albert's _______ (fill in the blank) I can't help but wonder what will be the most common cd's that will be collecting mould in thrift stores everywhere twenty years from now. Any guesses? I also wonder what musical trend will be rediscovered around that time , avidly collected by the true believers and then repackaged by the major labels and called a trend. Spoken word, maybe? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: The Crime Scene - Hidden Track Date: 09 Jul 1996 19:22:44 -0400 (EDT) Just picked up Ultra-lounge vol. 7 - "The Crime Scene". The CD lists 18 songs, but there are actually 19. Can anyone identify the song title and artist of this 19th track? Thanks bryan j. cuevas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Sequel CD series Date: 09 Jul 1996 17:33:03 -0600 (MDT) > >Any opinions out there on the Dimitri from Paris album, which has some >wonderful moments . . .? > > >Yes, it is a pretty cool LP. This has been discussed recently though. Some of it is a bit obvious, but over all it is an extremely pleasurable collection of music. I am a notoriously fussy person about music. I think most of the Easy Project, Vampiros Lesbos, Sound Gallery stuff is extremely average, whereas most people seem to wet themselves over those, but Dimitri from Paris is light, beautiful, French, cocktail bossa jazz. Groovy without all the Hammonds. Mmmm... Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Herb Date: 09 Jul 1996 20:24:18 -0400 (EDT) I'm sure that cheesy Herb Albert is laughing at us all. Judging by the MULTIPLE copies of EACH lp of his that I see in every damn thrift store I go to, he has GOT to be a multi-millionaire. Wish good albums were that easy to find. Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: RE: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 09 Jul 1996 18:44:37 -0600 (MDT) > >"Those who enjoy SM & B 66 should check out Airto Moreira, especially the "Fingers" Lp, my personal favorite, more Brazilian and melodic than his other outings with jazz heavyweights. The recent "Best of Airto' budget cd has much of "Fingers" on it, incl" > Actually, there is a helluva a lot of good Brasilian pop music around. All of it is rather light and jazz and "easy" in it's own way. Check out Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben (writer of "Mas Que Nada"), Elis Regina...There is a Phillips "Personalidade" series that does rather nice compilations by these artists and many more including a lovely BOSSA NOVA compilation, which is where I first heard "Surfboard" (covered by ESQUIVEL). I started investigating Brasilian stuff because of Astrud and then SM & B 66. As for SM & B 66, I have the first LP, "Equinox", "Fool on the Hill", "Crystal Illusions", "Look Around", but I know there is at least one more original LP that is not a compilation. Anyone have it or know about the other 66 stuff. And yeah, the 77 stuff and later is a bit, erm.. well, not so groovy and the 65 stuff is rather straight jazz stuff. Thanks. Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Ensley Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 09 Jul 1996 20:28:54 -0500 Lee, ESQUERLITA and I are to become married in December and we have been debating the same issue. I think we're going to go with the best of both worlds by renting a car and driving to Disney World's Ploynesian Village resort while stopping in every town in between to thrift. And of course while we are in the Orlando area, we WILL be going to Medieval Times... Mike Ensley PIGEONHOLE Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay) Subject: Re: Herb Date: 09 Jul 1996 23:50:52 -0500 >I'm sure that cheesy Herb Albert is laughing at us all. Judging by the >MULTIPLE copies of EACH lp of his that I see in every damn thrift store I >go to, he has GOT to be a multi-millionaire. > >Wish good albums were that easy to find. > Good albums ARE that easy to find. They're the ones that say Heln Alpert's Tiajuana Brass Band on the cover : ) So sue me, I LOVE Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Ciao, Paul McKay jpmckay@cyborganic.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 00:33:33 -0400 Definitely choose the most exotic of the two -- the Midwest.... you can go to Tahiti anytime but record shopping in the Midwest, now that's a one in a romantic lifetime trip that you don't want to do without the woman you are going to want to spend the rest of your life with. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Sequel CD series Date: 10 Jul 1996 00:37:23 -0400 Just out of interst there is a very prevelant sample of a Sound Gallery track which is the entire backbone of a track on the Dimitri From Paris album! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 10 Jul 1996 00:39:45 -0400 If you are into the bossa nova stuff you'll definitely love the Walter Wanderley "Samba Swing" Cd that Irwin Chusid put together! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 00:52:59 -0400 Head further east to Ft Lauderdale to check out the Mai Kai restaurant - it outdoes Disney's Adventureland! While you are on the West Coast of Florida check out the fabulous Tiki Gardens at Indian Rock Beach. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David J. Strauss" Subject: Re: exotica Digest V2 #10 Date: 10 Jul 1996 02:09:54 -0400 (EDT) > From: J P M > Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 01:39:14 +0000 > Subject: RCA Electronic Music Synth Album > > Does anyone by chance have or know where I can get "The Sound and Music > of the RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer. #RCA LM1922. I've been looking > for this one for years. I believe it is the one where a Speech Synth > Sings "Daisy". If you find it please send info to > > mugen@spacelab.net (or just Re:Mail) > > Thanks > Jason A computer sings "Daisy" on _Music from Mathematics_, Decca DL 79103. I own it and may be willing to give it up, but what's it to you? DS djs2852@is.nyu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Norton Subject: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 09 Jul 1996 23:34:46 -0700 (PDT) As much as I like many artists who are now considered exotica, I realize that record collecting has trends and cycles like most other hobbies. Exotica music of the late 50's to early 60's was the music of my parents (or your grandparents perhaps). At the time, it was the music that many of us were rebelling against. Why listen to Esquivel, Martin Denny or even Sinatra, when one could listen to Buddy Holly, the Beatles, or the great girl groups. When you are young, you can be more closed minded than you would care to admit (:-> If my memory serves me well, there was a folk revival that may have begun with the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" in 1958. It probably peaked with Dylan prior to his going electric. Remember the Hootenanny? The folk crowd dismissed pop music as being juvenile and easy listening (read exotica) as being parental and irrelevant. What I am getting at here is that the next trend may be a true folk revival?? Truly unplugged man... Real music without artificial sweetening. So, lately I have been snapping up old LP's on Folkways, early Elektra, Vanguard, etc. whenever I find them. Very enjoyable! Becoming quite hard to find but the prices I have seen are still reasonable. Will the folk boom be the next one? Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: transmat@teleport.com Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 09 Jul 1996 23:47:03 -0700 (PDT) > >Will the folk boom be the next one? > >Craig Remember the Washington Squares or Suzanne Vega? circa 1984? _____________________________ ~bleep~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rex Stocklin Subject: Re: PLACES TO GO - LOS ANGELES AREA Date: 10 Jul 1996 00:28:27 -0700 lee@anti.com wrote: > > While not a tiki bar, The Galley is a fine nautical/south seas > restaurant/bar in Santa Monica, that has been open since 1934. The > decor consists of trad hurricane lamps, brass portholes, fishnets and > the like. I've had drinks here many times and dinner a couple, though > both times we ate there the only thing we could afford was the pasta > plate. > > A sign next to the bar states that they have a Polynesian Review, > Fridays at 9:00 and 11:30, Saturday @7:30 (a buffet show) and Sunday > at 9:00 PM. > > The address is 2442 Main Street in Santa Monica, 310 452-1934 No thanx, we've been and its such a greasy dive, that no batch-pad soundtrack in the world could sway us to go back. For really cool Santa Monica jazz, try Typhoon, a pan-pacific rim eatery (it serves everything from szechuan to thai to vietnamese to phillipino to japanese to korean etc... in the bath of really cool yesteryear jazz, in a really neato art deco space on the tarmac of Santa Monica airport. Its at 3221 Donald Douglass Loop S. (bet Centinela and 23rd. you access it off of Ocean Park. This is no dive and expect moderate pricing avg per person = about $25 incl one drink, tax and tip.ph- 310-390-6565. They have just started a Sunday gospel brunch on par with the House of Blues'! Call for details. Godspeed, Rex William Stocklin Marina del Rey, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 01:08:15 -0700 (PDT) On Tue, 9 Jul 1996 transmat@teleport.com wrote: > Remember the Washington Squares or Suzanne Vega? circa 1984? ACK! Suzanne Vega and her ilk didn't even kinda sorta amount to a revival, though. Somehow I don't see folk as the next revival, although I wouldn't bitch too loud about it if it were. I do have a fairly cool collection of Kingston Trio, Brothers Four, Weavers, Ledbelly, Guthrie, and Limelighters. Even a few New Christie Minstrel LPs. Here's one that'll never happen. Comedy records. At least I hope it doesn't, because I always want to be able to find great Firesign Theater records for a quarter in used bins. I've noticed that all the exotica I used to find for a dime is now in the 3.99 bin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Comeback Date: 10 Jul 1996 07:25:47 -0400 (EDT) I think that we are in an era now where everything old is 'cool' again. Consider this: 50's, 60's AND 70's clothing styles are all hip now... not only in the thrift/vintage variety, but these eras can all be found in current clothes stylings. All types of music are still alive and well today.... exotica, lounge-type (Harry Connick and the like), blues, punk, bare rock and roll, metal (just look at Metallica headlining Lollapalooza), etc... As for a major folk revival, I kind of doubt it. I think MTV's Unplugged series has sort of saturated the market. Along with Suzanne Vega, the Indigo Girls were also rather popular about five years ago. Even though Man or Astroman? and Stereolab are successful and thriving, I don't think we are in a major exotica revival, definitely nothing like the Green Day/Rancid/Nirvana/etc. 'neo-punk' revival of a few years ago. Maybe a major revival of anything isn't going to really happen since there are so many minor niche revivals of almost every style. The record industry seems vastly different than it was only five or ten years ago. Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Collecting Date: 10 Jul 1996 07:28:03 -0400 (EDT) As for collecting... unless there already is one, maybe another look at the 'glam' era including the likes of T-Rex, Bowie, etc... I don't know what those records go for... they may already be highly collectible, but something tells me that they were probably printed in sufficient quantities. Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 07:17:50 -0400 (EDT) Craig Norton writes: >What I am getting at here is that the next trend may be a true folk revival?? >Truly unplugged man... Real music without artificial sweetening. > >So, lately I have been snapping up old LP's on Folkways, early Elektra, >Vanguard, etc. whenever I find them. Very enjoyable! Becoming quite >hard to find but the prices I have seen are still reasonable. > >Will the folk boom be the next one? Personally, my feeling has been for some time that the next collector's revival will be with old hillbilly/country & western records. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 06:36:18 -0600 (MDT) Being from the Midwest, I would choose Tahiti. A lot of these small towns are pretty hit and miss for records. And the nightlife can be dull as dishwater. The weather is highly eratic. Humid and hot as hell in summer. Cold and colder in the winter. Tahiti should be very relaxing and romantic. Perfect for the honeymoon. Take your first vacation together as a married couple record shopping... Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Herb Date: 10 Jul 1996 06:51:06 -0600 (MDT) Hey! Quit slagging off Herb. The man has had his moments. "Going Places" is a classic. And what about A&M??? That slick 60s/70s pop sound, incorporating some fine production. A sound that typifies an era. Sickly sweet, sure...but music and vocals that you can lose yourself in. The man was a genius! Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Brogdon Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 08:40:35 -0500 At 11:47 PM 7/9/96 -0700, you wrote: > >> >>Will the folk boom be the next one? >> >>Craig > Nope. It will be bluegrass. kb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Lamont" Subject: Re: Young Savage FL Update Date: 10 Jul 1996 09:52:17 EDT Laura - sign me up for the mailing list. Also, how do I get on the Bomp! list?? Thanks DL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 10:10:04 EDT ----- Begin Included Message ----- From owner-exotica@mail.xmission.com Wed Jul 10 10:08:36 1996 X-Sender: kbrogdon@services.state.mo.us X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:47 PM 7/9/96 -0700, you wrote: > >> >>Will the folk boom be the next one? >> >>Craig > >>>>>>>>>Nope. It will be bluegrass. kb ----- End Included Message ----- You're all wrong. It's going to be POLKA!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 08:07:20 -0800 >>>Will the folk boom be the next one? >>> >>>Craig >> >>>>>>>>>>Nope. It will be bluegrass. kb > > > >----- End Included Message ----- > > >You're all wrong. It's going to be POLKA!!! I have to agree on this POLKA I've recently been obssessed with POLKA. You don't realize it until you suddenly crave it and need it. (no I don't have a problem) For any of you that want to give it ago, may I suggest two of my favorite guys, Myron Floren and of course Frankie Yankovic. Also going along the theme of Polka I think the accordian is going to have a huge comeback. Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan Brainin Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 11:09:19 -0700 lee@anti.com wrote: > > OK, so I'm getting married in October and we still haven't decided > where to spend our honeymoon, though we've narrowed it down to two > choices: > > Tahiti > > or > > Get in the car and drive through small towns, maybe in the midwest, > and go to every thrift store we can find. > > What would you choose?????? > > > Lee That's a real no brainer: go to Tahiti. You can always tour the Midwest. Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jon Subject: Hello from Georgia Date: 10 Jul 1996 11:12:56 -0400 Greetings to all you cool cats and kittens out there. I'm new to the list, and excited about being on it. My name is Jon and I am living and working in Atlanta. I just graduated from the University of Georgia in June and during all of my four years there I worked at WUOG, 90.5fm, the UGA station. For two of those years I was Music Director there. This last year there I went back to just Dj'ing and my main shift was doing a show called "Who Put The Bomp?". It is a show that focuses on music from the 50's and 60's. Until I got a hold of it, mainly you would hear old garage, surf, rockalbilly, and R&B. It was wonderful then, but I put my own twist on the show once I took over. I made the show era-specific, instead of genre-specific. Pretty much anything from the 50's and 60's that was crazy and fun and weird I would play. I played German beer-drinking songs, square dances with calls, groovy jazz, roller-skating organ music, and then of course plenty of cool-lounge. One of my very favorite songs and as a matter of fact the very last one I ever played on the show is "Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Torme. Who out there has heard it? I also love Esquivel of course, Perez Prado, Henri Rene, the Three Suns, Henry Mancini. Oh, the list could just keep on going. I must leave now, because I am at work, but if there is anyone out there who knows any cool tips on places to go or see here in Atlanta,let me know, because I have been out of the loop for awhile. Bye-Bye, JON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laurie Chase Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 08:12:45 -0700 (PDT) > > Personally, my feeling has been for some time that the next collector's > revival will be with old hillbilly/country & western records. > --Jon Johnson > erik@top.monad.net > You are definately on to something, Jon. I collect 78 rpm records, and the big items are now hillbilly/C&W. The songs are fingersnapping and funny, and downright melodic. Of course, I am not talking about the new C&W crap you hear on commercial radio, I am talking about Hank Williams Sr., Marty Robbins, Rose Maddox & the Maddox Brothers, Little Jimmy Dickens, T. Texas Tyler, Jimmy Rogers, Buck Owens, Tennesee Ernie Ford, even Les Paul and Mary Ford (who have a great Hawaiian album called LOVER'S LUAU, too). If you can find these old 78's at garage sales or thrift stores, they very well may be worth $ on the next big trend. Laurie Chase Portland, OR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ajackson@yorku.ca (Anthony Jackson) Subject: Those ole' wigged wonders Date: 10 Jul 1996 11:50:43 -0500 Has anyone out there heard of the music of one Charles Trenet? I've just picked up a tribute to his songs by the Guy Luypaert and his Orchestra. It's that light and occasionally oh so flip sort of classical exotica of the type made famous by the infamous100 Strings. It certainly is a sub-genre of sorts, but when done well it does have its charms. Can anyone recommend any more of this cheesy take on the classical tradition? Aj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Derek Grime" Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 12:11:09 -0400 On Jul 10, 10:10am, Patrick Cashin wrote: > You're all wrong. It's going to be POLKA!!! My money is on scary country and western! -- Derek Grime EMail: derek@coredp.com C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures http://www.coredp.com/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: Hello from Georgia Date: 10 Jul 1996 09:19:02 -0800 Hi Jon, >I ever played on the show is "Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Torme. Who out >there has heard it? Yes that's a great tune. I play it frequently on my show (KCSB 91.9 fm, Santa Barbara, CA) I also love Esquivel of course, Perez Prado, Henri >Rene, the Three Suns, Henry Mancini. Definately great stuff. If you are >new on the list there has been recent praise of SHOT IN THE DARK a new >compilation of present day artists doing Mancini tunes. Also of course >the capitol series ULTRA LOUNGE is great. 9 cd's are out now (12 total), >they are fab. Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: Oahu--Hawaii/Lyman Date: 10 Jul 1996 12:22:03 -0400 Lyman plays Friday afternoons at bout one at the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel If you see him tell him Otto from Los Angeles says hi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ajackson@yorku.ca (Anthony Jackson) Subject: Re: The Next Big Thing Date: 10 Jul 1996 12:51:52 -0500 >Will the folk boom be the next one? > >Craig Predictions of folk revivals are so frequent that I once heard a two-hour radio show that highlighted the trend that never materialized at verious times over the years. They played cuts by all those folkies that were supposed to be harbingers of more to come (eg Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, etc...) but turned out to be one-off success stories. I have nothing against folk music and have a sizable collection of standards, but I doubt the success it achieved in the sixties will be recreated anytime soon. Like so many other kinds of music, exotica included, folk has become one niche among many thriving in an industry that is becoming increasingly fractured by diversifying consumer tastes. It is fun to speculate on what the next big thing will be, and it is especially rewarding when a favourite artist or style is "discovered" by the general public. But I find that so much emphasis is being placed on "catching the wave" that the hype and self-justification have become more important than the the music itself. My own pet theory is that all of this retro-sis, the fascination for the styles of music and fashion popular in the past, is indicative of a fin de siecle malaise that will not dissipate until everyone wakes up on Jan. 2, 2000 and realizes that it's just another year. What I'm looking forward to is the day when the creativity that is currently so stifled by a preoccupation with the past will again step into the unknown and reinvent th notion of what music is, not in the meta-rational fashion of a John Cage but in a spiritual/ tribal fashion that typifies a lot of ethnic music. Aj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 11:59:37 -0500 The next big trend is going to be Psyche records (like the United States of America, and silly spoken word stuff like Flight F I N A L) and trash from the 70's (truckstop records, and disco) , they not popular in the mass, people who were into it at the time try to deny they once held it dear, and a lot of the stuff is really great. It is esantily hillbilly revival music , CW Mcoy , Hasil Adkins cut from the same cloth. plus it is really plentiful I guess it follows the logic that if you want to know what the next big trend in hipster clothing is look at what the homeless are wearing, six months later it will be all the rage -Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Re: Young Savage FL Update Date: 10 Jul 1996 13:25:39 -0400 RE>>Young Savage FL Update 7/10/96 HEY YOU! you didn't leave a name, address or anything...so, snap to it! laura@wusf.usf.edu Laura - sign me up for the mailing list. Also, how do I get on the Bomp! list?? Thanks DL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: Flight FINAL Date: 10 Jul 1996 13:59:23 EDT Chris Strouth wrote about: >>>> and silly spoken word stuff like Flight F I N A L I HAD this record and some loser stole it from me! My friends and I took the whole A-side of the record and sampled it over the Velvet Underground's "I Think I'm Falling In Love" run backward at half speed over and over. It would send the unrepentant screaming out into the night. Most powerful thing this side of Rev. Jack Van Impe! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: The Next, Next , Next Big Thing Date: 10 Jul 1996 14:18:23 -0400 What I really want to know is what part of our musical landscape NOW will be rediscovered in CD form by our those people who are now infants. What do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Norton Subject: Re: The Next Big Thing Date: 10 Jul 1996 11:23:25 -0700 (PDT) Interesting responses to my suggestion of folk as the "next big thing" in collecting. The suggestion of early country & western is intriguing, especially in light of the massive popularity of that form during the past 5 years or so. There have always been cross over artists, like Patsy, Glen Campbell, Charlie Rich, Kenny Rogers. It seems much larger now than ever before. But I doubt that todays C&W fans have interest in past recordings. To tie in to exotica now. I find that the steel guitar in a lot of old country is not very far removed from exotica. In fact, music that I have heard by Bryant and West sounds as fresh today as Esquivel. Les Paul certainly crossed all boundaries (I have the Lover's Luau LP too!). I am not sure how relevant the year 2000 is to all of this, but as long as there are boomers, there will be nostalgia trends. As vinyl becomes more scarce, so too may vinyl collecting. During the past 2 years, I have noticed a marked decrease in quality vinyl at garage sales, etc. Lots of metal and dance CD's though, very cheap but highly unlistenable. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: gene@cadmus.com (Gene Hopstetter, Jr.) Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 14:42:24 -0400 Chris Strouth sed, >The next big trend is going to be Psyche records (like the United States >of America... ...and Culpepper's Orchard and White Noise and Comus and Fifty Foot Hose... my point is, collecting psyche has been popular for quite a while. Heck, I myself have been doing it since 1986. Sorry, but I don't think psyche collecting's gonna get any bigger. Too bad, though, because the major labels got tons of acetate I'd love to see reissued by them, and not by tiny reissue labels, who charge $20 to $40 a pop, but hey, if you want it, you pay for it, no? But maybe there's no parallel here between exotica and psyche. Recordings by artists like Martin Denny, although they catered to less-than-very-popular tastes, were still relatively easy to acquire, right? as compared to, f'rinstance, a copy of an album by a German underground psyche outfit, like Nekronomicon's "Tips Zum Selbstmort" of which only 500 were made and currently fetch $1,000 per copy? I mean, hey, I'm not tripping over Brainticket albums like I am "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" at flea markets. >trash from the 70's (truckstop records, and disco) Yup. I wouldn't give up my copy of Morton Downey, Jr.'s "I Love America" and my Lenny and the Squigtones album for nothing. "Pornography teaches us what to forget." -- Bruce Adams +++++++++++++++++ Internet Publishing Specialist + Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + Cadmus Digital Solutions +++++++++++++++++ http://cjs.cadmus.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sax therapy Subject: Re: Those ole' wigged wonders Date: 10 Jul 1996 13:45:30 -0600 Anthony Jackson wrote: > > Has anyone out there heard of the music of one Charles Trenet? I've just > picked up a tribute to his songs by the Guy Luypaert and his Orchestra. > It's that light and occasionally oh so flip sort of classical exotica I must admit I have a 10" LP on French Pathe by Trenet. It has a nice cover drawing by Jean Cocteau on the cover and that's the main reason I picked up in the first place. Now that you mention it I think I'll give it a listen. BTW does anyone know of any more cover art by Cocteau? -Saul :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: Hello from Georgia Date: 10 Jul 1996 11:57:56 +0000 > >I ever played on the show is "Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Torme. Who > >out there has heard it? > Yes that's a great tune. I play it frequently on my show (KCSB 91.9 > fm, Santa Barbara, CA) Don't forget the swell version by Cy Coleman. That was the theme to my show, Mister Lucky. Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: The Next, Next , Next Big Thing Date: 10 Jul 1996 12:03:59 PST Worst case scenerio... They'll wonder what the hell these things are in a plastic box with photos and text, plus a funny little silver thing...cause 20 years from now those CDs will have oxidized and won't contain any music! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET What I really want to know is what part of our musical landscape NOW will be rediscovered in CD form by our those people who are now infants. What do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ping1241@ping.be Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:31:47 +0100 eric wrote: >there are only two vinal peter thomas you can get in the usa, one is >chariots of the gods (great) can you give us the label info? thanx! johan dada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dada@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: error with Zounds zamples @ DADA'QUARIUMS Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:30:33 +0100 Due to a stupid typing error of mine, these zound zamples have been unavailable for the last couple of days - shame on me! I humbly appologize for this inconvenience. Everything should work right now. Please visit again. Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ dada@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium **************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has ExZotica reviews Zound Zamples ExZotica/novelty records for sale **************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: The Next Big Thing Date: 10 Jul 1996 16:08:15 -0400 At 11:23 AM 7/10/96 -0700, you wrote: > >Interesting responses to my suggestion of folk as the "next big thing" in >collecting. > >The suggestion of early country & western is intriguing, especially in >light of the massive popularity of that form during the past 5 years or >so. There have always been cross over artists, like Patsy, Glen >Campbell, Charlie Rich, Kenny Rogers. It seems much larger now than >ever before. But I doubt that todays C&W fans have interest in past recordings. Speaking of c/w, I just saw Chet Atkins album "Chet Atkins in Hollywood" (RCA LSP-1993) released on vinyl by Classic Music Direct. According to Classic the following discription applies: "An audiophile mainstay, transferred from recently discovered 2-track session tapes. A rare venture by Atkins outside of his home base of Nashville to RCA's famed Music Center of the World studios in Hollywood. He faces conductor Robert Farnon and Orchestra or, as Chet calls them, 'a field of fiddlers'. A very 'live in the studio' Living Stereo recording from 1959". Anybody have any take on this one? Thanks, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: Byron Werner Date: 10 Jul 1996 16:51:20 -0400 (EDT) Br. Cleve speaks the truth. It was Byron Werner who first introduced me to the recordings of Raymond Scott and Esquivel. As I've told every interviewer in the past 4 years who's asked how I discovered these forgotten geniuses (and Space Age Bach Pad music in general): Byron is Ground Zero for these revivals. And, yes, Barrence Whitfield gave me a cassette of Scott 78s at almost exactly the same time as Byron. What I really wish someone would do is champion a Barrence Whitfield movement. Why this guy isn't better known in the US for his spectacular R&B is a mystery. Hell of a performer--which seems to be better recognized in Europe than in the US. Some enterprising label should sign the guy to a lifetime contract. /irwin chusid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: Herb Date: 10 Jul 1996 00:15:19 -0400 (EDT) On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Paul McKay wrote: > So sue me, I LOVE Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Still ranks as one of the greatest album covers yet IMO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bob.frable@juno.com (Bob Frable) Subject: Re: Herb Date: 10 Jul 1996 17:18:22 EST In exotica Digest V2 #11, I found the following: >>>BEGIN QUOTE I'm sure that cheesy Herb Albert is laughing at us all. Judging by the MULTIPLE copies of EACH lp of his that I see in every damn thrift store I go to, he has GOT to be a multi-millionaire. Wish good albums were that easy to find. - Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore - >>>END QUOTE 1. texsci.edu = PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE??? I saw addresses like these for *years* and thought they were in Texas somewhere..... 2. Herb *ALPERT* and Jerry Moss (the "A&M" in A&M Records Inc.) =did= make a pretty penny when their label was sold to PolyGram. BOB FRABLE Easton, PA bob.frable@juno.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Malcolm Humes Subject: tommorow's now today Date: 10 Jul 1996 15:54:59 -0700 sez HOUSEOBOB@aol.com: >Subject: The Next, Next , Next Big Thing > >What I really want to know is what part of our musical landscape NOW will be >rediscovered in CD form by our those people who are now infants. What do you >think? Personally, I'm hoarding as many AOL, GNN, and other "discover the internet" sample disks and CDS as I can; to me it's the equivalent of collecting ceral boxes or something and in a few decades we should have a good laugh looking at the packaging and the warez as the Internet/Web craze of the mid 90's becomes a retro nostalgia folklore thing. oh, you said music. The early/current Enhanced CDs and CD-EXTRA discs stand a good chance of being the Viewmasters of today in a few decades, assuming one can even find a vintage Win 95 PC or Mac then to run em on then... Speaking of nostalgia, I'm working on a new web site with pics of dozens of musical folks, Liberace probably the most Exotica but I suspect some of you might enjoy the other stuff too such as Viv Stanshall, Miles, Stones, Zappa, the Dead, Abbie Hoffman, Hatfield & the North and many more. A preview of Philm Freax is up at http://sunsite.unc.edu/mal/MO/philm/ - malcolm www.emf.net/~mal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: 5000 Fingers Date: 10 Jul 1996 17:01:09 -0600 (MDT) >> "A while back someone posted that they'd seen a CD of the soundtrack >> from the Dr. Seuss film, "5000 Fingers of Dr. T." Does anyone know >> where this can be obtained? I live in the San Francisco area. > > Try the WFMU catalog...They have a website as well...(wfmu.org??) Last I checked, WFMU only sold the wax -- I haven't seen or heard of a CD. 'FMU is everywhere! I saw their Chris Ware T-shirt on someone's chest at the CBLDF party at the San Diego ComicCon last week and yesterday there was a letter to them on the counter at a local record shop... -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: huge@SIRIUS.COM (David Bailey) Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 16:14:38 -0700 Next collecting trend: Novelty Rap records...Old country records...Promo CDs by English new wave bands...or maybe...Heavy metal picture discs...or....12" dance remixes of Cheesey 80's rock bands....or....HELP! David Huge Graphics http://www.sirius.com/~huge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:54:55 -0400 clearly, the latter. are you by any chance a subscriber to Thrift Score magazine? It really is excellent and is dedicated to thrifting. anyone interested, i will post the mailing address. Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: J P M Subject: Re: Sequel CD series(Dimitri from Paris) Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:57:26 +0000 It's very nice at some parts (downright beautiful)but some parts are a little to "90"s (ie synth/drum machine wise).Its nice to hear French exotica/Bossa though ,wich I think is second only to Brazilian exotica/Bossa ). Jason the Pygmy Taxi Corp Music without Fear of Obsolescence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Comeback Date: 10 Jul 1996 17:04:02 -0600 (MDT) > All types of music are still alive and well today.... exotica, > lounge-type (Harry Connick and the like)... What gets me is that Connick has dropped the Sinatra pose and is now touring as a funk act! -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: Tomorrow's Cheese: Two Questions Date: 10 Jul 1996 20:03:53 -0400 Speaking of cheese, I found a total stash of sealed 8-tracks yesterday including: Christmas Disco, Disco Soul, and Disco Rythyms on some generic label. Needless to say I picked up EVERY one. Also some nice albums. Included: Living Strings - Music to Stop Smoking ('64), Who? - an Organ Stop Pizza Record (circa '72) [very hilarious set of records put out by the organist at this pizza place in Arizona - has anyone seen these?] , it rules to be a thrifter! Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 10 Jul 1996 20:10:33 -0400 hey Jill - The other '66 album is Herb Alpert Presents SM and B '66 (just found another copy yesterday for 20 cents!) As to later stuff, I was in a record store yesterday near Detroit (I live nearby) and they had a big SM section. The most gutwrenching of laughers was a SM and B '77 album that had the boys and girls dressed in cheap '70's soccer outfits on the front and on the back they were all bloody and bandaged. SM, however was smoking a big stogie and looked very Castroesque. I laughed until it hurt. They also had some of the Brasil '86 and '88 stuff which looks pretty silly, but I'll keep looking for it at less than premium prices. Where are you from, do they have good record stores or thrifts? always looking for more. Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 20:13:58 -0400 speaking of Tiki Gardens, I picked up a Irish Coffee style mug from a thrift with Tiki Gardens screened on it, including a great little gold tiki guy. It was my first Tiki item. Yea! Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 20:26:27 -0400 hell ya, look at Wierd Al, he's been doin' it since the late 70's and its getting bigger every day! Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:18:45 -0700 If volume in thrift stores is any indication, the next trend will be early 80s corporate/heavy rock. I can't believe how many Night Ranger, Eddie Money, and Journey albums clog the shelves. One source of a lot of what hits the thrift store shelves was the Columbia Record Club. I suspect many of the Andy Williams, Barbara Streisand, Ray Conniff, and Christmas LPs come from when our parents were suckered into joining the club. Which is why Martin Mull put the following line in his song about getting "Normal": ...We'll get our records through the mail, get a pair of lousy speakers ... Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net The Exotica Standards Page: www.netrail.net/~bbigelow/homepage.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: Re: Those ole' wigged wonders Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:23:12 -0700 Anthony Jackson wrote: > > Has anyone out there heard of the music of one Charles Trenet? I've just > picked up a tribute to his songs by the Guy Luypaert and his Orchestra. > It's that light and occasionally oh so flip sort of classical exotica of > the type made famous by the infamous100 Strings. > > It certainly is a sub-genre of sorts, but when done well it does have its > charms. Can anyone recommend any more of this cheesy take on the classical > tradition? Trenet's "Beyond the Sea" ("La Mer") is among the Exotica Standards discussed in my Exotica Standards site (http://www.netrail.net/~bbigelow/homepage.htm) Trenet's "Boom" was featured in "Toto le Hero," a recent Belgian film, and many U.S. artists covered "La Mer." Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: COMMON THRIFT-STORE ITEM #.... Date: 10 Jul 1996 18:33:17 PST Andy Williams "The Days Of Wine And Roses". For the most part, ick. However, it contains "I Can't Get Used To Losing You", one the best pop songs of all times (well...one of the best 100 or so) which is worth owning the album for. Boy, that double-tracked vocal!!! Anyway, the mono version is a nicer listen than the stereo one. This has to exist on 7", but I've never seen one...has any of you??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 10 Jul 1996 18:21:22 PST Would love the Thrift Score mag address. I've been buying records & such at thrift stores since 1969. My dad's drapery store was right across the street from "Value Village", near downtown Tucson. Value Village is still there, in the same location no less! Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET clearly, the latter. are you by any chance a subscriber to Thrift Score magazine? It really is excellent and is dedicated to thrifting. anyone interested, i will post the mailing address. Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: PLACES TO GO - LOS ANGELES AREA Date: 10 Jul 1996 18:26:36 PST lee@anti.com wrote: > > While not a tiki bar, The Galley is a fine nautical/south seas > restaurant/bar in Santa Monica, > No thanx, we've been and its such a greasy dive, that no batch-pad soundtrack in the world could sway us to go back. >>>I DIGRESS! Don't listen to him folks, The Galley is a fine little hang (Otto Von Strohiem from Tiki News would agree with me on that). It is a very non-trendy place that has been around forever (the best kind)! My fiance and I make trecks from Burbank to Santa Monica just to have a drink there!!!! Lee (what happened to the margins) Joseph! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: misant@ic.net Subject: Re: Flight FINAL Date: 10 Jul 1996 22:58:39 -0500 >Chris Strouth wrote about: > >>>>> and silly spoken word stuff like Flight F I N A L > > >I HAD this record and some loser stole it from me! > >My friends and I took the whole A-side of the record and sampled it >over the Velvet Underground's "I Think I'm Falling In Love" run >backward at half speed over and over. > >It would send the unrepentant screaming out into the night. > >Most powerful thing this side of Rev. Jack Van Impe! Ain't nobody who does it better than Jack. Still a regular watcher of his tv show. Ooooh, and that Rexella. I'm personally hoping that the next trend is preacher albums. Me, Jack, and Bob Harrington would have a grand old time. The apocalypse is a comin'! David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ninja@marin.or.jp (Dominic Al-Badri) Subject: Re: Comeback Date: 11 Jul 1996 12:22:35 +0900 >Even though Man or Astroman? and Stereolab are successful and thriving, I >don't think we are in a major exotica revival, definitely nothing like >the Green Day/Rancid/Nirvana/etc. 'neo-punk' revival of a few years ago. > >Maybe a major revival of anything isn't going to really happen since >there are so many minor niche revivals of almost every style. The record >industry seems vastly different than it was only five or ten years ago. > > Have to say I agree with you there Paul. Even magazines which used to be as terminally dire as Tower Records' Pulse (Hey! I live in Japan and English-language music mags are hard to come by, so cut me some slack OK?), seem to have managed to find a certain hipster quotient. The ubiquity of the CD has meant that it is now financially viable for small record companies to stick out re-releases of relatively obscure stuff. Fat Mattress revival anyone? Dominic Al-Badri (ninja@marin.or.jp) Blessed are the self-righteous for they are always right. Dominic Al-Badri ninja@marin.or.jp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Ensley Subject: Re: Tomorrow's Cheese: Two Questions Date: 11 Jul 1996 00:37:33 -0500 >, Who? - an Organ >Stop Pizza Record (circa '72) [very hilarious set of records put out >by the >organist at this pizza place in Arizona - has anyone seen these?] , >it rules >to be a thrifter! Tim. I figured I was the only one in the world who bought the Organ Stop records... I scored that one, a Slim Goodbody, US of Archie and a Zacherele record all in one day... Thrift Stores are GOD! Mike Esnley PIGEONHOLE Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas F. Duda, Jr." Subject: Keeley Smith in Vegas Date: 10 Jul 1996 19:54:37 -1000 Thanks for the Vegas info...made it to the Smith show (she ended up halving it with her fiance)...it was truly wonderful...did ole black magic, etc...only disappointment was theNeil Sedaka song she did...if all vegas lounge acts were that good I would live there... ################################################## # Tom Duda Kewalo Marine Laboratory # # duda@hawaii.edu 41 Ahui Street # # 808 539-7311 Honolulu, HI 96813 # ################################################## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Barrence Whitfield Date: 11 Jul 1996 02:41:22 -0500 > What I really wish someone would do is champion a Barrence Whitfield > movement. Yeah. I saw BW with the Savages once years ago here in DC and it was a blast! A real party of a show. Were the Savages just a temporary outfit? (this was in the mid to late 80's) kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: Re: COMMON THRIFT-STORE ITEM #.... Date: 11 Jul 1996 05:19:05 -0700 lee@anti.com wrote: > > Andy Williams "The Days Of Wine And Roses". For the most part, ick. > However, it contains "I Can't Get Used To Losing You", one the best > pop songs of all times (well...one of the best 100 or so) which is > worth owning the album for. Boy, that double-tracked vocal!!! Anyway, > the mono version is a nicer listen than the stereo one. This brings up an interesting point. While most space-age pop and exotica were recorded to exploit the channel separation capabilities of stereo, most pop singles were engineered to sound best in mono. After all, the primary media for pop/rock until the early 1970s were AM radio and the mono suitcase record players most kids had. That's why many of the stereo rereleases of early Beatles, Motown, Phil Spector's singles, and other 60s pop sound so bad. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 11 Jul 1996 04:53:05 -0600 (MDT) Tim, No, the Herb Alpert presents LP is the one I refered to as SM & B66, the first LP. There is ANOTHER one. I have seen it years ago. It exists, but must be a bastard to find. I hoped someone on the list would know about it. As for thrift stores, I live in Glasgow, Scotland, and they are not worth mentioning!! I am originally from St. Louis, where you can still pick up a lot of good stuff cheap, but the UK is NOT a good place for thrift stores unless you like bad Orchestral arrangements of the pop hits yesteryear. Which a lot of people do over here. That is what I refer to as "cheesy listening". Thanks anyway! Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: sergio mendes and dmitri Date: 11 Jul 1996 08:35:23 -0400 My favorite Sergio Mendes is pre-66, but not too straight jazz. It's called "In the Brazilian Bag" and is by the SM _Trio_. It has the debut of the song "So Nice' that later became a samba standard. This Dmitri in Paris thing: is this a new album or a reissue. Is it the Dmitri from Deee-Lite? Has anyone seen revised tour dates for Yma Sumac? _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 11 Jul 1996 10:15:13 -0500 > There is ANOTHER one. I have seen it years ago. It exists, but > must be a bastard to find. Is it Ye-Me-Le? Or is that a later release. I remember seeing this more than once in thrifts, never picked it up. But if I remember correctly, it's by SM & Brazil '66. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeff Boyd Subject: Percussion All Stars Date: 10 Jul 1996 18:13:40 -0700 I know I've brought this up before, but does anyone on this list have anything by the Percussion All Stars on Modern Records? Very good stuff. Unfortunately, I have only been able to find one of their two releases on Modern. The one I'm looking for, "Dynamic Percussion", seems impossible for me to find. Does anyone on the list have this LP? It's not very valuable, but I'd be willing to pay a decent price for it. Thanks a lot! Jeff Boyd boyd@csus.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "That's a nice shirt!" "it's a Ben Sherman." http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2084 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ccarlson@boston.wgl.com Date: 11 Jul 1996 09:36:23 -0400 Laurie Chase wrote: You are definately on to something, Jon. I collect 78 rpm records, and the big items are now hillbilly/C&W. The songs are fingersnapping and funny, and downright melodic. Of course, I am not talking about the new C&W crap you hear on commercial radio, I am talking about Hank Williams Sr., Marty Robbins, Rose Maddox & the Maddox Brothers, Little Jimmy Dickens,T. Texas Tyler, Jimmy Rogers, Buck Owens, Tennesee Ernie Ford, even Les Paul and Mary Ford (who have a great Hawaiian album called LOVER'S LUAU, too). End Quote Yes! I just scored a few hundred 78's from an attic in Maine. Still in boxes from the Jukebox distributor. I've long been a fan of C&W/String Band from the 20's-50's. It's really hard to convince folks that it's _not_ Billy Ray-type stuff. Among the sides I've cleaned and listened to so far: Homer & Jethro How Much is that Hound Dog in the Window/Koo-Liger Great parody record from this duo with outstanding mandolin playing. T.Texas Tyler Courtin' in the Rain/ (can't remember right now) How did I miss this guy for so long? Courtin' is a swingin' C&W side that I absolutely can't get out of my head. Not really exotica, per se, but swell music, nonetheless. Craig Groveland, MA craig_carlson@wgl.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ccarlson@boston.wgl.com Date: 11 Jul 1996 09:58:01 -0400 Gene Hopstetter wrote: ...and Culpepper's Orchard and White Noise and Comus and Fifty Foot Hose...my point is, collecting psyche has been popular for quite a while. Heck,I myself have been doing it since 1986. Sorry, but I don't think psyche collecting's gonna get any bigger. Too bad, though, because the major labels got tons of acetate I'd love to see reissued by them, and not by tiny reissue labels, who charge $20 to $40 a pop, but hey, if you want it, you pay for it, no? Craig writes: I guess this is a plug (unsolicited), but find the Arf! Arf! and/or Stanton Park web site and get their catalogue, nice folks, good prices, excellent service. They specialize in psyche/gagrage and beyond. Gene Hopstetter wrote: Yup. I wouldn't give up my copy of Morton Downey, Jr.'s "I Love America" and my Lenny and the Squigtones album for nothing. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Craig writes: There's your next trend. As TV saturates the living experience of our young more and more, their strongest feelings of nostalgia and innocence will be connected to the TV shows of their youth. All you need to do is follow the birth rates, and project 10 years ahead to find your market for nostalgia. Was there a birth rate spike in 1978? Then TV-related stuff from ca. 1988 has potential. At least that's my take on it. I'm saving cereal boxes with TV tie-ins, but TV-themed records seem like a good bet. Craig Groveland, MA craig_carlson@wgl.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cremieux@mbinter.com Subject: Re: sergio mendes and dmitri Date: 11 Jul 1996 10:35:16 +0000 Dimitri is a DJ from Paris ( nothing to do with DeeLite).....his album "sacrebleu" is on Yellow records....he also got a tune on the sourcelab #2 compil....I heard from friends in Paris ...he has a radio show on Radio Nova.. peace -- http://mbinter.com cojax747@interport.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ccarlson@boston.wgl.com Subject: Future Trends Date: 11 Jul 1996 11:46:34 -0400 Laurie Chase wrote: You are definately on to something, Jon. I collect 78 rpm records, and the big items are now hillbilly/C&W. The songs are fingersnapping and funny, and downright melodic. Of course, I am not talking about the new C&W crap you hear on commercial radio, I am talking about Hank Williams Sr., Marty Robbins, Rose Maddox & the Maddox Brothers, Little Jimmy Dickens,T. Texas Tyler, Jimmy Rogers, Buck Owens, Tennesee Ernie Ford, even Les Paul and Mary Ford (who have a great Hawaiian album called LOVER'S LUAU, too). End Quote Yes! I just scored a few hundred 78's from an attic in Maine. Still in boxes from the Jukebox distributor. I've long been a fan of C&W/String Band from the 20's-50's. It's really hard to convince folks that it's _not_ Billy Ray-type stuff. Among the sides I've cleaned and listened to so far: Homer & Jethro How Much is that Hound Dog in the Window/Koo-Liger Great parody record from this duo with outstanding mandolin playing. T.Texas Tyler Courtin' in the Rain/ (can't remember right now) How did I miss this guy for so long? Courtin' is a swingin' C&W side that I absolutely can't get out of my head. Not really exotica, per se, but swell music, nonetheless. Craig Groveland, MA craig_carlson@wgl.com PS: My apologies if this was posted twice. By Lazlo's note, though, I think my e-mail address needed to be corrected, so I tried re-sending with my current address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ccarlson@boston.wgl.com Subject: Future Trends Date: 11 Jul 1996 11:43:50 -0400 Gene Hopstetter wrote: ...and Culpepper's Orchard and White Noise and Comus and Fifty Foot Hose...my point is, collecting psyche has been popular for quite a while. Heck,I myself have been doing it since 1986. Sorry, but I don't think psyche collecting's gonna get any bigger. Too bad, though, because the major labels got tons of acetate I'd love to see reissued by them, and not by tiny reissue labels, who charge $20 to $40 a pop, but hey, if you want it, you pay for it, no? Craig writes: I guess this is a plug (unsolicited), but find the Arf! Arf! and/or Stanton Park web site and get their catalogue, nice folks, good prices, excellent service. They specialize in psyche/gagrage and beyond. Gene Hopstetter wrote: Yup. I wouldn't give up my copy of Morton Downey, Jr.'s "I Love America" and my Lenny and the Squigtones album for nothing. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Craig writes: There's your next trend. As TV saturates the living experience of our young more and more, their strongest feelings of nostalgia and innocence will be connected to the TV shows of their youth. All you need to do is follow the birth rates, and project 10 years ahead to find your market for nostalgia. Was there a birth rate spike in 1978? Then TV-related stuff from ca. 1988 has potential. At least that's my take on it. I'm saving cereal boxes with TV tie-ins, but TV-themed records seem like a good bet. Craig Groveland, MA craig_carlson@wgl.com PS: My apologies if this was posted twice. By Lazlo's note, though, I think my e-mail address needed to be corrected, so I tried re-sending with my current address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay) Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Date: 11 Jul 1996 11:59:55 -0500 Ye-Me-Le (A&M SP 4236) is by Brasil 66 but it really isn't in the same league as their earlier recordings. It just doesn't have that Brasil 66 sound. Most of it I wouldn't recognize as Brasil 66 if I were to hear it without knowing. Ciao, Paul jpmckay@cyborganic.net >Is it Ye-Me-Le? Or is that a later release. I remember seeing this >more than once in thrifts, never picked it up. But if I remember >correctly, it's by SM & Brazil '66. > > >kevin king >xanadu@radix.net >http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Sonic Vibrations of Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan-Song of The 2nd Moon Date: 11 Jul 1996 09:38:58 +0000 Hello all ;) I just donated a copy of this amazing record to KFJC-FM. They are gonna play the shit outta it!!! It was also released on Phillips called The Elektrosonics-Electronic Music It is sooooooooooo wonderful. Anyone else have it/heard it ? "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: 78S? Date: 11 Jul 1996 12:45:13 -0400 OK---first I must vent by saying I am sick of the future trend thread...But "ya'll" are obviously digging it, so I won't be a jerk...However, something has arisen that is useful to me, and that is the 78s discussion...Where would you exoti-cat/kits recommend that I get a working 78 player? Are they reasonable? I know that several old turn-tables have a 78 speed, but that you need a special large stylus...Where are those found? Also, who is the woman singing on parts of JUNGLE JAZZ? You can reply to me individually at: laura@wusf.usf.edu p-s...Stefan and Jill-I mailed your tapes Monday, so they're flying overseas as we speak. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: sergio mendes and dmitri Date: 11 Jul 1996 13:13:49 -0400 jordana robinson (jbr109@psu.edu) wrote: >This Dmitri in Paris thing: is this a new album or a reissue. Is it the >Dmitri from Deee-Lite? It's a new album, from Yellow Productions in Paris {catalog #: YPO 11A}. It's available as double LP or CD (w/2 extra tracks). I think the album is great : lots and lots of samples from exotica/EZ LP's (it was only a matter of time......including Esquivel, J.Barry, "B at Tiffany's", Sound Gallery, How to Speak Hip) and film dialogue mixed up with lots of Trip Hop and bossa nova. Great cover version of Mancini's "Nothing To Lose" [from "the Party"]. And the cover itself jumped at me off the rack when I saw it. It's a take on the Living Stereo logo ("Yellow Stereo"), and states it's in "Spectra-Q-Lar Electrosonics". When I asked the clerk (at Soho Jazz & Soul in London) what it was, he said "Easy listening Trip Hop" and played some for me. If you really hate dance music, don't even think about this. If you like Pizzacato 5, Towa Tei, The Gentle People, or the Dutch Easy Tune sound on the various "Drive-In" compilations, by all means get this. And he plays stylophone on it. And it isn't Dimitri from Dee-Lite, unless the back cover photo is a fake. [Dimitri also has 2 tracks on the soundtrack "LA Yellow 357", including a great faux movie trailer for a spy film] br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: sergio mendes and dmitri Date: 11 Jul 1996 11:23:58 -0600 (MDT) >This Dmitri in Paris thing: is this a new album or a reissue. Is it the >Dmitri from Deee-Lite? > >Jordana, It is a new LP and it is NOT Super DJ Dimitry from Deee-Lite. It is also not Dimitri from Amsterdam, who is a top international DJ. It is Dimitri from Paris, which is why he calls himself Dimitri from Paris. There are just too damn many Dimitris! Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Sonic Vibrations of Tom Dissveltand Kid Baltan-Song of The 2nd Moon Date: 11 Jul 1996 11:27:57 -0600 (MDT) Yes, I have heard it, Jack. It is TOM DISSEVELT, yes? A friend of mine (PEOPLE LIKE US), Vicki Bennett has it. And it is wonderful. By the way, check out PEOPLE LIKE US. There are a few CDs including "Beware the Whim Reaper" on Staalplaat. It is warped and treated easy stuff and sonic ambience. Really fascinating and quite a good listen. A bit odd. Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sax therapy Subject: Re: Sonic Vibrations of Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan-Song of The 2nd Moon Date: 11 Jul 1996 12:39:19 -0600 Jack Diamond wrote: > > Hello all ;) > > I just donated a copy of this amazing record to KFJC-FM. > They are gonna play the shit outta it!!! > It was also released on Phillips called The Elektrosonics-Electronic Music > > It is sooooooooooo wonderful. Anyone else have it/heard it ? > oh yes, I used to play a lot of that on my radio show in the 70's. I had the domestic issue on Limelight whcich by the way was an excellent label. Just about anything on Limelight was way out there. Some of my faves include 50 Foot Hose, Don Robertson, Pierre Henry "Variations for a Door and a Sight", Roland Kirk, Ruth White........ -- :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: 78S & where to play 'em! Date: 11 Jul 1996 10:46:09 PST Search out old Voice Of Music consoles & portables. Most of 'em still work! We've got two of those at home (recently got one at an estate sale for $5.00), and an old Magnovox stand up (that we got at a church sale for $35.00) that is in the Dionysus office. There is a Voice Of Music newsletter you should subscribe to: V-M Collector's Voice Newsletter c/o Gary Stork, 37530 E. Meadowhill, Northville, MI 48167-8915. $4.00 for a year! If you wanna play 78's on your regular stereo, Sure makes styli for those. You can interchange them with your regular stylus on some Sure carts. Just call your local audiofreak store & ask, or pick up one of those stereo mags, they usually have ads in the back for stylus & cart specialty stores. Spinning round & round.... Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET OK---first I must vent by saying I am sick of the future trend thread...But "ya'll" are obviously digging it, so I won't be a jerk...However, something has arisen that is useful to me, and that is the 78s discussion...Where would you exoti-cat/kits recommend that I get a working 78 player? Are they reasonable? I know that several old turn-tables have a 78 speed, but that you need a special large stylus...Where are those found? Also, who is the woman singing on parts of JUNGLE JAZZ? You can reply to me individually at: laura@wusf.usf.edu p-s...Stefan and Jill-I mailed your tapes Monday, so they're flying overseas as we speak. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sax therapy Subject: 78 players Date: 11 Jul 1996 12:56:42 -0600 Laura Taylor wrote: > > OK---first I must vent by saying I am sick of the future trend thread...But > "ya'll" are obviously digging it, so I won't be a jerk...However, something > has arisen that is useful to me, and that is the 78s discussion...Where would > you exoti-cat/kits recommend that I get a working 78 player? Are they > reasonable? I know that several old turn-tables have a 78 speed, but hit the thrifts and try to find a 1950's Webcor or RCA table model player, usually wood or plastic cabinet with a lid. I've found that the amps and speakers in these boxes give me the best sound for 78's. These will have a flip over cartridge for LP's and 78's. I've had some that had output jacks for recording. My favorite is the Califone Director 12V-9. Califone made a lot of players that were found in most school a/v departments. The low end models are quite sturdy and play all 4 speeds and have the lip over cartridge. The Director is a real nice machine and is it the high end of their line. It has a continuosly variable speed control, strobe, stereo flip-over cartridge, output for extra channel, hefty 12" speaker in the lid, seperate bass and treble pots, microphone input with seperate volume control, 6L6 tubes.. BTW an electric guitar plugged into this machine sounds great! If you ever see one of these pick it up in any condition cause it's well worth restoring.......Saul :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: 78S? Date: 11 Jul 1996 15:59:24 EDT i wish i worked for russ meyer. i wish i worked for oscar meyer. this place blows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: HONEYMOON POLL, THANK YOU! Date: 11 Jul 1996 13:04:47 PST Hey gang, Thanks for all the responses to our honeymoon poll. At this point, it is leaning more towards two weeks of thrifting! I am fortunate to be in a relationship with a beautiful person who appreciates the same aesthetics I do. Aime loves tiki culture, 40s & 50s furniture, is a collector of Bakelite and loves records, especially 78s and kids pic discs from the 50s. Pretty cool for a 25 year old who just as easily could've been into Pearl Jam & Gen X coffee houses! Pssst: one of her biggest wants is the bakelite "Alice In Wonderland" or "Snow White" RCA 45rpm player. If any of you know where I could score one of these at a decent price, let me know! Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin s. lee" Subject: LA lounge scene? others? Date: 11 Jul 1996 16:12:33 EST aloha, i'm movin' to LA soon and want to immediately check out every Tiki/Exotica/Lounge thing/place to check out. can anyone help or direct me to help? Say, has anyone compiled or tried to compile current lounge scenes (cool bars, cafe's, hangouts, even record stores, etc.?) across the u.s.? perhaps some web pages with this info? zines? i haven't checked the exotica FAQ yet, and i've been off the list for awhile so forgive me if this has been covered. someone was telling me about this cool as hell james bond type bar in milwaukee ( i believe). it sounded amazing. you need a passport to get past the receptionist... if you don't have one you need to become a spy and do what they tell you to do, like dance like a chicken or something stupid. they let you in thru this hidden door or something and you find out that you had a camera on you the whole time and everyone in the bar could see you. of course, there's all these secret passageways and all sorts of britannia paraphenalia around. i have a hard time believing all this, but it sounds cool anyway. all i can say is, thanks to mr. evolution control committee, mark gunderson, i had the honor and pleasure of hanging out at The Kahiki restaurant in Columbus, OH. tikis galore, plus all the nautical, tropical, south seas stuff you could imagine. amazing. where i live, Ann Arbor, and probably all of michigan, there is NOTHING cool and swanky. we had to resort to going to Major Magic's All Star Pizza Revue for some fucking bizarre as hell animatronic lounge acts. and i mean bizarre... can anyone report on any exotic places in detroit or thereabouts? kevin lee > lee@anti.com wrote: > > > > While not a tiki bar, The Galley is a fine nautical/south seas > > restaurant/bar in Santa Monica, || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || anonymous productions anon@scribble.com http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/endtimes || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: 78S? Date: 11 Jul 1996 13:55:57 PST On 7/11/97 some moron wrote: >>i wish i worked for russ meyer. >>i wish i worked for oscar meyer. >>this place blows. A very confused person into hot dogs and boobs. What a weiner! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Re: 78S? Date: 11 Jul 1996 17:12:38 -0400 RE>>78S? 7/11/96 Is that you, patrick? lounge laura i wish i worked for russ meyer. i wish i worked for oscar meyer. this place blows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: LA lounge scene? others? Date: 11 Jul 1996 14:25:56 PST aloha, i'm movin' to LA soon and want to immediately check out every Tiki/Exotica/Lounge thing/place to check out. can anyone help or direct me to help? GLENDALE: Damons on Brand Ave ROSEMEAD: Bahooka on Rosmead Blvd. HOLLYWOOD: Lava Lounge on La Brea (the only place on this list where you will find a 'lounge scene scenario' as the rest are just cool places to go with freinds) Tiki Ti on Sunset Blvd. NORTH HOLLYWOOD - VAN NUYS Tonga Hut on Victory Blvd (divy neighborhood place, but quite fun for a visit!) SANTA MONICA: The Galley on Main St. Chez Jay's on PCH Have a blast, bring a sober driver!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: keithd@netcom.com (Keith Doyle) Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 11 Jul 1996 15:31:19 PDT Ashley writes: >Head further east to Ft Lauderdale to check out the Mai Kai restaurant - it >outdoes Disney's Adventureland! While you are on the West Coast of Florida >check out the fabulous Tiki Gardens at Indian Rock Beach. YOW! This place still exists! I aquired an old Viewmaster packet of the Tiki Gardens not long ago, and I figured it looked too good to be true for it to have survived. Really gotta find an excuse to make it to FL now that I know it's still there... Keith Doyle keithd@netcom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Barrence Whitfield Date: 11 Jul 1996 19:14:28 -0400 >> What I really wish someone would do is champion a Barrence Whitfield >> movement. > >Yeah. I saw BW with the Savages once years ago here in DC and it was >a blast! A real party of a show. Were the Savages just a temporary >outfit? (this was in the mid to late 80's) No, they're still together, although there have been personnel changes over the dozen years the band has been together. The bands latest CD (#7) is called "Ritual of the Savages" (Ocean Music; OM 1004). No, there's no exotica on it (the title was my joke), just soul and R&B. br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: BAXTER'S "LOST EPISODE" Date: 11 Jul 1996 22:59:55 -0400 I just picked up the remastered version of Baxter's "Lost Episode" and WOW! what a difference in the sound. While no serious Baxter collector should be without this interesting curio, the sound quality of the original version was unfortunately somewhat muffled, the new remastered version sounds wonderful...if you bought the first time around it's well worth getting the new version (with the sticker on it) if you haven't whattaaya waiting for? Ashley (Dimitiri from Peoria) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: It's my birthday ! Date: 11 Jul 1996 20:40:17 +0000 Hello ! July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other cancer exoticons out there ?? Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Organ Stop Pizza Date: 11 Jul 1996 23:46:32 -0400 nope, youre not the only one who has these classics, I have Who? and my friend has the one where Ron Rhodes is standing on a ladder in front of the sign. It is actually autographed!!!! Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: Detroit Lounge Scene Date: 11 Jul 1996 23:59:26 -0400 This is in response to the question about lounge scene in Detroit and surrounds. It does really suck, but some places are trying. In Pontiac, there is the Velvet Lounge, which I heard is kind of disappointing. Across the street is 7th House where I saw Combustible Edison back in may. They have Swank Night almost every Tuesday (when there is not a concert) Again, I have not gone yet but it sounds kinda cool. As for Tiki, the only place that ever existed as far as I know is a Detroit Bar near the Cass Corridor called Chin Tiki, which has been closed for years. My friend is obsessed with it and wants to go inside to see if any artifacts remain. It is in the area where the new Tiger Stadium is going so it will probably be blown up soon. I did find a mint ashtray from Chin Tiki at the Army recently, and was really excited. Anyone else know of lounges in Detroit? Thanks, Tim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Susanne Stratford Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 15:50:37 +1000 (EST) On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Jack Diamond wrote: > Hello ! > > July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other > cancer exoticons out there ?? > > Jack > Yeah, I'm on the 16th... What I would really like to know is how old all of us exoticons are.... Suze, Lizard Lodge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: expo tky047 Subject: RE: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 18:13:14 +0900 ---------- Sent: Friday, July 12, 1996 5:40 AM Hello ! July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other cancer exoticons out there ?? Jack It's my grandmother's birthday, July 18th. Nothing else ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrew O'Farrell" Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 07:16:52 -0400 (EDT) Me Too! My birthday is July 16! :) Andrew O'Farrell Montreal, Quebec "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em." -Webb Wilder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Susanne Stratford wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Jack Diamond wrote: > > > Hello ! > > > > July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other > > cancer exoticons out there ?? > > > > Jack > > > > Yeah, > > I'm on the 16th... > What I would really like to know is how old all of us exoticons are.... > > Suze, > Lizard Lodge. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sax therapy Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 07:13:36 -0600 expo tky047 wrote: > > ---------- > From: Jack Diamond > Sent: Friday, July 12, 1996 5:40 AM > To: exotica@xmission.com > Subject: It's my birthday ! > > Hello ! > > July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other > cancer exoticons out there ?? > My son's birthday is July 15... -- :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: I am a moron Date: 12 Jul 1996 08:08:53 EDT On 7/11/97 some moron wrote: >>i wish i worked for russ meyer. >>i wish i worked for oscar meyer. >>this place blows. > A very confused person into hot dogs and boobs. What a weiner! Me again! I keep forgeting that when you reply to a post from the list, it goes to the list not the sender. It was one of those conversations you really had to be there for to understand. It would take forever to explain. Just accept it as a sort of dadaistic hiaku. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: Sonic Vibrations of Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan-Song of The Date: 12 Jul 1996 7:49:06 >I just donated a copy of this amazing record to KFJC-FM. >They are gonna play the shit outta it!!! >It was also released on Phillips called The Elektrosonics-Electronic Music This is one of my all time favorites. I have one other, not as good called Fantasy in Orbit "An Astronaut's Impressions While Orbiting the Earth - Electronic Musical Compositions of Thomas Dissevelt" I used to play it a lot on WCBN-FM around 90-92 (on my freeform show I *always* played at least one song on each show by the exotica crew - i.e. Denney, Sumac, Baxter, Lyman, etc. I think this might've annoyed the Program Manager...) It's on Phillips as well, but like I say the liner notes are better than the music. But the electrosoniks has it all - amazing wildly varied music (avant to synth cheese ala Space Mountain to spy) and some really absurd liner notes: "The world is changing so fast that it is harder than ever to keep up. American Telegraph and Telephone is working on a wrist telephone which would be issued with a number, to every person on the earth. Dial someone up and if there's no answer, he's dead." And on the front of the record is the loud proclaimation: "SOUND A New Concept of Music, Created By Sonic Vibrations" Huh? Anyone have any other Dissevelt? The records I have were purchased 2/9/63 (Electrosoniks) and 11/27/65 (Fantasy) by this obessive guy who neatly wrote down all this and more on the back of every record he purchased. When he commited suicide five or six years ago I ended up buying a bunch of his records. He took great care of them and had a very odd collection that went from Perrey Kingsley to Stockhausen - anything electronic. c-ya, mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: Future Trends Date: 12 Jul 1996 8:00:48 With current US politics, swinging they way it is my future trend would have to be 50's, 60's and 70's Christian music. Lots of amazing colored vinyl. Weird politics that defy logic. Funk and psychedelic music with 'patriotic' biblical lyrics. What more could a boy want? Actually even the 90's stuff is pretty funny - there this one music video on the x-ian channel called "God - good. Devil - bad." And it only gets more painful as the lyrics go on... Fave pick: The Generation Singers - "This is America" from their album "Turn me on," Tempo Recordings 1974, R 7050. It's just plain weird. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 14:07:30 +0100 (BST) On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, sax therapy wrote: > expo tky047 wrote: > > > > ---------- > > From: Jack Diamond > > Sent: Friday, July 12, 1996 5:40 AM > > To: exotica@xmission.com > > Subject: It's my birthday ! > > > > Hello ! > > > > July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other > > cancer exoticons out there ?? > > > > My son's birthday is July 15... > -- My brother's birthday is September 25th...just thought you'd like to know. Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: tiki gardens!?!?!? Date: 12 Jul 1996 09:10:18 -0400 tiki gardens!?!?!? 7/12/96 Who is it that is so sure Tiki Gardens exists? I live right near Indians Rocks and have heard the legend...But I called "informaton" a few months ago, and there was no listing! More details-PLEASE! laura@wusf.usf.edu Ashley writes: >Head further east to Ft Lauderdale to check out the Mai Kai restaurant - it >outdoes Disney's Adventureland! While you are on the West Coast of Florida >check out the fabulous Tiki Gardens at Indian Rock Beach. YOW! This place still exists! I aquired an old Viewmaster packet of the Tiki Gardens not long ago, and I figured it looked too good to be true for it to have survived. Really gotta find an excuse to make it to FL now that I know it's still there... Keith Doyle keithd@netcom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jbtwist@aol.com Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 09:14:04 -0400 Did you all know that Jack is a dead ringer for Willard Scott ? JB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: It's my dog's birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 09:36:35 EDT My dog's birthday is October 31st! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Norton Subject: Looking for Desmond Hill Date: 12 Jul 1996 08:42:51 -0700 (PDT) My apologies to the list for this. I am seeking a Mr. Desmond Hill in the U.K. who I believe to be a member of the exotica mailing list. If so, would he please reply to craig@unbc.edu Thank you! Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laurie Chase Subject: Re: 78S? Date: 12 Jul 1996 08:50:00 -0700 (PDT) This is an overview for those wanting to collect 78's. I am no authority. I have only learned how do this thru friends and personal research. I have been collecting for 2 years, and I have over 350 78's (none of which suck). Those old 78 players are just about everywhere. It really depends on what kind you want and in what condition. You can find them in antique stores, thrift stores, and at places that specialize in old radios, etc. There are many kinds: There are the handcrank kind that you don't have to plug in (and the speaker is on the arm), there are the kind that are furniture (cool if you have the room), and there are the kind you find in thrift stores, portable or otherwise. Some will only play the real old ones, some will play them all. It is a big variety that you just have to experiment with. But it is a cheap and fun hobbie. As for the stylis, the big, thick 78 ones aren't really that important. It just depends on what your player NEEDS. If you have a player that uses one, just check with your local old radio fix-it guy. I am sure that he'd like to get rid of the ones he has had for 60 years. No matter what somebody says, the needle isn't too important. These are OLD RECORDS that have been through hell, and no prissy modern needle can kill them. Trust me on this. To clean 78's, I have heard it all. But honestly, the best way is with Windex and towels. IT WILL NOT DAMAGE THEM. They are not flimsy vinyl that will warp and crack. They can take everything imaginable, but they ARE breakable, no matter what the old labels say. Last but not least, beg as many as you can off family members who don't play them. This is a great way to hear your family's history. I acquired as many as 200 78's from older relatives who did not want them, and it was a gold mine of family history. I made a tape for my aunts and uncles, many who had not heard these songs in 60 years, and they remembered who loved which song, who played it the most, and how my grandmother would sing certain songs while cleaning their home, etc. And now my family calls me their "music historian." My contribution. Don't forget to look up the 78 QUARTERLY website on the net. This is a newsletter that is well researched and well written. Often there are contributions by Robert Crumb and Terry Zweigoff, two guys responsible for a shit load of 1990's 78 awareness. Save the 78!!! Laurie Chase Portland, OR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Indulis R Rutks Subject: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 11:31:12 -0500 (CDT) On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Susanne Stratford wrote: > What I would really like to know is how old all of us exoticons are.... > > Suze, > Lizard Lodge. Suze- I notice *you* didn't volunteer your age. I am a young 38 years! - Indy Rutks (rutk0002@maroon.tc.umn.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 11:28:50 -0500 But do Leo's count? Mine is July 28 (same as Marcel Du Champ, and I think Madonna) Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Charles Trenet Date: 12 Jul 1996 18:44:09 +0100 At 14:54 10/7/96 -0600, ajackson@yorku.ca (Anthony Jackson) wrote: >Has anyone out there heard of the music of one Charles Trenet? I've just >picked up a tribute to his songs by the Guy Luypaert and his Orchestra. >It's that light and occasionally oh so flip sort of classical exotica of >the type made famous by the infamous100 Strings. > > It certainly is a sub-genre of sorts, but when done well it does have its >charms. Can anyone recommend any more of this cheesy take on the classical >tradition? Charles Trenet is (was?) a famous French "chansonnier", singer of the light classic popular song, who is still very popular in France; I haven't heard this Guy Luypaert tribute, and would myself never think of Trenet as "exotic", but that's simply because his music is so familiar to people here in Belgium and France; you may know his song "Boum" from a Belgian movie (title escapes my right now) which got quite some international attention a year or so ago. = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kenneth H Ellzey" Subject: Re: 78S? Date: 12 Jul 1996 13:07:36 -0400 This is a subject near and dear to my heart, so I'm going to throw my 2 cents in here and there... On Jul 12, 8:50am, Laurie Chase wrote: > Subject: Re: 78S? > This is an overview for those wanting to collect 78's. I am no > authority. I have only learned how do this thru friends and personal > research. I have been collecting for 2 years, and I have over 350 78's > (none of which suck). > > > Those old 78 players are just about everywhere. It really depends on > what kind you want and in what condition. You can find them in antique > stores, thrift stores, and at places that specialize in old radios, > etc. There are many kinds: Try calling your county public schools office (the grounds and buildings maintenance division, most likely) and ask when they are going to have an auction of surplus school equipment. Go there and you are likely to find many phonographs- you remember the old classroom phonograph- that play 78's, they have a "flip-over" style needle. I did this here in N.C. and ended up with literally a pallet full of phonographs (around 15, most of which worked) for $5.00. I kid you not. Got a pallet of 16mm projectors as well for $5.00, but that's another story. > > There are the handcrank kind that you don't have to plug in > (and the speaker is on the arm), there are the kind that are furniture > (cool if you have the room), and there are the kind you find in thrift > stores, portable or otherwise. Some will only play the real old ones, > some will play them all. It is a big variety that you just have to > experiment with. But it is a cheap and fun hobbie. > > As for the stylis, the big, thick 78 ones aren't really that important. > It just depends on what your player NEEDS. If you have a player that uses > one, just check with your local old radio fix-it guy. I am sure that > he'd like to get rid of the ones he has had for 60 years. No matter > what somebody says, the needle isn't too important. These are OLD > RECORDS that have been through hell, and no prissy modern needle can > kill them. Trust me on this. I disagree. Pay attention to the stylus and get a unit meant to play 78s. Your prissy modern needle may not damage a 78 but your 78s will play hell on your prissy modern needle. > To clean 78's, I have heard it all. But honestly, the best way is with > Windex and towels. IT WILL NOT DAMAGE THEM. They are not flimsy vinyl > that will warp and crack. They can take everything imaginable, but > they ARE breakable, no matter what the old labels say. A bit of dishwashing soap and distilled water is the way I go, and don't be afraid to use a soft bristle toothbrush if need be. > Last but not least, beg as many as you can off family members who don't > play them. This is a great way to hear your family's history. I acquired > as many as 200 78's from older relatives who did not want them, and it > was a gold mine of family history. I made a tape for my aunts and > uncles, many who had not heard these songs in 60 years, and they > remembered who loved which song, who played it the most, and how my > grandmother would sing certain songs while cleaning their home, etc. And > now my family calls me their "music historian." My contribution. > > Don't forget to look up the 78 QUARTERLY website on the net. This is a > newsletter that is well researched and well written. Often there are > contributions by Robert Crumb and Terry Zweigoff, two guys responsible > for a shit load of 1990's 78 awareness. 78 Quarterly website: http://www.bluesworld.com/78Q Wolverine Antique Music Society website: http://www.teleport.com/~rfrederi Interview with Terry Zwigoff: http://www.hidwater.com:80/OTH/51feat2.html 78 rpm Record Home Page (includes info on 78rpm listserv): http://thing.oit.unc.edu/ > > Save the 78!!! > > Laurie Chase > Portland, OR >-- End of excerpt from Laurie Chase ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 11:16:25 -0600 (MDT) OK. This birthday thing is getting rather silly. For the record, I was born on the solstice, June 21, on the cusp but obviously a Gemini and am 27. Sooooooo....next year, one of you BETTER send me a Birthday email. Because NO ONE EVER WISHES ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. And it hurts my feelings. So if all you exotic types know it, I will be expecting some sort of greetings on that special day.... Consider yourself warned! Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 10:43:29 -0800 >On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Susanne Stratford wrote: > >> What I would really like to know is how old all of us exoticons are.... >> >> Suze, >> Lizard Lodge. Please do not take offense, but I don't think that finding out how old everyone is on the list is relevant. I sugest that if you want to reply to Susanne reply to her directly. I just don't want an abundance of e-mail on everyone's age. P.S. But happy B-day to the July-ers Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: happy birthday to me Date: 12 Jul 1996 14:04:55 -0400 NAME: Laura Taylor-aka"Lounge Laura" D-O-B: 5-5-67 SIGN: Taurus LIKES: Old records, some new records, old furniture,no new furniture, new vinyl clothes and old, dead rock stars, The Space Age, analog DISLIKES: Most of the modern world, except for new vinyl clothes OCCUPATION: Public Radio News Director AVOCATION: Chanteuse for punk-rock band and Thereminist-not-extraordinaire now you know the truth about this exoti-kit Happy Birthday, Jack...wish I could hear your show. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille) Subject: Re: 78S? Date: 12 Jul 1996 21:02:28 -0500 On Jul 12, 8:50am, Laurie Chase wrote: > Those old 78 players are just about everywhere. It really depends on > what kind you want and in what condition. You can find them in antique > stores, thrift stores, and at places that specialize in old radios, If you want a high-quality deck, you might try radio stations. At least in Germany, the predominant brands of broadcast turntables (Siemens, Telefunken) had a 78 selector at least up into the late seventies, and stations are turning out most of their old equipment to go digital right now. > etc. There are many kinds: > > There are the handcrank kind that you don't have to plug in > (and the speaker is on the arm), there are the kind that are furniture > (cool if you have the room), and there are the kind you find in thrift > stores, portable or otherwise. Some will only play the real old ones, > some will play them all. It is a big variety that you just have to > experiment with. But it is a cheap and fun hobbie. Well, records were intended for an extremely short lifetime on these beasts, which makes them a unlikely choice to play back a music collectors records. What is worse, some late 78s are vinyl, and they are not supposed to be played back with a steel stylus at all - vinyl being far too soft and elastic for a >25g pickup. > > As for the stylis, the big, thick 78 ones aren't really that important. > It just depends on what your player NEEDS. If you have a player that uses > one, just check with your local old radio fix-it guy. I am sure that > he'd like to get rid of the ones he has had for 60 years. No matter > what somebody says, the needle isn't too important. These are OLD > RECORDS that have been through hell, and no prissy modern needle can > kill them. Trust me on this. Nope. 78s have a wide groove - microgroove needles tend to pick up more dirt and scratches than signal from them. And 78s are usually made from shellac with pretty abrasive mineral fillers which may grind the tip off your microgroove needle within a few sessions - this probably won't hurt the 78, but it could cause severe damage to every microgroove record played back later on. I'd neither recommend mechanical steel-stylus players nor an up-to-date microgroove needle. However, most old stereo players available from thrift shops have pickups with flip-over wide/microgroove needles, for which replacements are still available. There are even some professional 78 pickups still listed in catalogues. > To clean 78's, I have heard it all. But honestly, the best way is with > Windex and towels. IT WILL NOT DAMAGE THEM. They are not flimsy vinyl > that will warp and crack. They can take everything imaginable, but > they ARE breakable, no matter what the old labels say. Alcohol and ammonia are common shellac solvents. Whatever cleaner you use, make sure it contains neither - Windex sounds rather questionable in that respect. Shellac is a natural and pretty impure substance. In my experience shellac records may even be fatally damaged by long exposure to water, and soap and detergents tend to make matters worse. I'd suggest nothing but a brief treatment with distilled water. 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: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: Flight FINAL Date: 12 Jul 1996 15:00:19 -0500 Ok , does any one know the God Bullies record that has samples from this, I think it is their first one? Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay) Subject: 78's Date: 12 Jul 1996 17:06:21 -0500 This is kind of a bit of a tangent but for those of you who are fans of North Carolina's own Squirrel Nut-Zippers I was told recently by the band that if all goes well they are going to try to get Mammoth to release their next album on 78's as well as CDs, LPs and cassettes. I don't know if it will actually happen but we can hope. Ciao, Paul jpmckay@cyborganic.net It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: huge@sirius.com (David Bailey) Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 14:50:06 -0700 >But do Leo's count? > > >Mine is July 28 (same as Marcel Du Champ, and I think Madonna) > >Chris > My Birthday is 6/6/06...(I'm 90!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: 78's Date: 12 Jul 1996 22:38:45 -0400 (EDT) Paul McKay writes: >This is kind of a bit of a tangent but for those of you who are fans of >North Carolina's own Squirrel Nut-Zippers I was told recently by the band >that if all goes well they are going to try to get Mammoth to release their >next album on 78's as well as CDs, LPs and cassettes. I don't know if it >will actually happen but we can hope. Boy, I love 78's as much as anyone, but isn't that a little like asking their record company to pour a big bag of money out of the open window of a moving car? The most recent 78 release I know of was about four or five years ago when Rhino released a big box of 78's of '60's pop classics (stuff like Frankie Valli and the like) for owners of 78 jukeboxes so they could play something that came out after 1959 on their jukes. I saw one of the boxes at Tower once and picking it up was like picking up three cinderblocks. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: The Crime Scene - Hidden Track Date: 12 Jul 1996 23:22:16 -0500 >Just picked up Ultra-lounge vol. 7 - "The Crime Scene". The CD >lists 18 songs, but there are actually 19. Can anyone identify >the song title and artist of this 19th track? > all three of the latest have bonus tracks. according to a piece of paper found under a table at Vik's and signed only "B.B.", the tracks are called: Crime Scene: Track 19 - Walk The Lonesome Cha-Cha de Amor: Track 19 - My Heart Sings Track 20 - Tag Cocktail Capers: Track 19 - Champagne and You Go the 19th tracks appear to be some sort of story relating to the subject of the disc...Crime, Latin Love, Cocktails. same sort of organ sound and narration leads Gilbert (Vik's janitor) to believe Capitol created these for the collection. Track 20 on Cha-Cha is a bit of a lesson on playing the bongos with "Mr. Bongos"... in swank, Vik Trola http;//www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Watterworth Jay Subject: Re: It's my birthday ! Date: 12 Jul 1996 21:52:57 -0600 (MDT) OK, this lurker was born July 16th. Now, when do I get my presents? Jay Watterworth CU Boulder On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Jack Diamond wrote: > Hello ! > > July 18th is my and swampey@aol.com's birthday ! Are there any other > cancer exoticons out there ?? > > Jack > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: sergio mendes - brasil '65 Date: 13 Jul 1996 14:42:16 -0400 I have an album by Brasil '65 which claims to have the debut of the song "So Nice" . Is this the same as the album "In The Brazilian Bag" ? It also has one note samba, berimbau, favela and she's a carioca and others. The cover states: Recorded in Hollywood...The greatest new south american arrival since coffee! it's on capitol. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: BAXTER'S "LOST EPISODE" Date: 13 Jul 1996 15:31:11 -0400 At 11:49 PM 7/12/96 -0400, you wrote: >Hey Bryan >- glad yoyu got the CD! >- the baxter is real legit, it is basically the soundtrack to an old TV >special devoted to Les Baxter conduting his hits to a studio orchestra...Lee >from Dionysus (who you may have noticed is a regular contributor to this >list) explained to me that the source was from a video dub which Lex baxter >had around the house, apparently Les had the original somewhere in his house >but was having trouble finding it. Lee and Skip Heller (who wrote the liner >notes) knew that les was not long for this world so instead of searching for >the possible original source they wanted to get the CD out while Les was >still alive. Apparently the original tape a few months ago so it was >re-issued...what is very interesting about it is the version of "Quiet >Village". As you know Baxter's version is orchestral while Denny's is small >group with bird calls. On "Lost Episode" Les acknowledges Denny's hit >version by using a combination of Denny-style bird calls with Baxter's >original orchestral arrangement. What's your take on "Baxter's Best"? I saw that at the store yesterday and it had popular tunes like "Calcutta" on it. > >- Astro Sounds was delayed a little it should be in store any day now and Les >Baxter's "Que Mango" should be out about a week after that. > Good! I can't wait. Thanks, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: " | dave | " Subject: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds Date: 13 Jul 1996 14:35:48 -0500 (CDT) What's up with this release? If I'm not mistaken, it was to have come out on the 9th, but none of my usual sources seem to have it - which is odd to say the least. Has it been postponed? dave /\\ \\ \\ \\ / \\ \\ \\ \\ the arouet label / \\ \\ \\ \\ ZING! ZING! -----------// // // //------> arouet@winternet.com \ // // // // \// // // // fnast! image ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds Date: 13 Jul 1996 17:48:46 -0400 Yep, sorry for the delay (the short July 4th week that preceeded it played havoc with pressing and delivery) it should be reaching the hipper stores mid-next week and the Baxter "Que Mango" a week after that. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: Wild Eye Date: 13 Jul 1996 18:04:07 -0400 This may have come up before here, but I've been listening all week to my favourite soundtrack acquisition of the last year -- for the 1968 Italian film The Wild Eye. The composer is Gianni Marchetti. I like this better than Seven Golden Men I'm slowly going through 80 records bought last month in Hamilton, Ontario. Two of these are from the Capitol Studio 2 series: Mood Mosaic by The Mood Mosaic featuring the Ladybirds. Devised, Arranged, Conducted and Produced by Mark Wirtz (with Nicky Hopkins, among others, on the session) Strings with a Beat! by Frank Pourcel and his Orchestra -- the best of a lot of Frank Pourcel I've picked up recently. Any information on other good entries in this series? I'm staying away from the brassier stuff or the jazzed-up classical entries. Will Straw Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions McGill University 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: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds Date: 14 Jul 1996 04:55:11 -0600 (MDT) >Yep, sorry for the delay (the short July 4th week that preceeded it played >havoc with pressing and delivery) it should be reaching the hipper stores >mid-next week and the Baxter "Que Mango" a week after that. > >Ashley > >And, what label is this on?????Thanks. Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: grrrl@clubhouse.email.net Subject: exotica Digest V2 #10 Date: 14 Jul 1996 09:49:20 CDT Just out of curiosity is anyone on the list from the Boston or Cambridge area and if so could you update me on the Exotica/Lounge/Mod scene there. I'm a future Boss-Tone-Nite! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds Date: 14 Jul 1996 11:50:45 -0500 > >And, what label is this on????? Scamp. What I'd like to know is, what are the bonus tracks? kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc. Date: 14 Jul 1996 12:51:38 -0400 I really want the Dmitri from Paris thing now. Any suggestions on a mail order source? Speaking of imports, can anyone comment on the Shuldmachen Report album? (I'm sure I spelled it wrong.) Vik's website has a page or two about it, and I saw import copies at Other Music in NYC, but I'm waiting for Motel to release it domestically (U.S.). This is somewhat off-topic, but has anyone seen the new Diesel clothing store in London? There's an article about it in the June issue of The Face, and it sounds right up my alley (very Smylonylon, Arkle & Sparkle funfur and PVC psychedelica sillyness). _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: 101 Strings - Astro Sounds Date: 14 Jul 1996 19:06:33 -0400 The three bonus tracks are "Karma Sitar," "Whiplash" (featuring the moaning sounds of Bebe Barton in response to the sounds of cracking whips, and another great moaning female/psychelic track - "Instant Nirvana." Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc. Date: 14 Jul 1996 19:08:06 -0400 Schuldmadchen is good, but I think Vampire Lesbos is better. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc. Date: 14 Jul 1996 20:53:59 -0400 I heard that Motel passed on schulmadchen and is working on additional vampyros stuff instead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Susanne Stratford Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday ! Date: 15 Jul 1996 14:06:26 +1000 (EST) On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Marie Guinto wrote: > Please do not take offense, but I don't think that finding out how old > everyone is on the list is relevant. I sugest that if you want to reply to > Susanne reply to her directly. I just don't want an abundance of e-mail on > everyone's age. I don't wish to start an abundance of unrelated email either....but I have always been wondering how most of the people on this list have become caught up in the 'exotic way of life'. Was it because they remebered listening to the original music the first time it came around, or remembered the music from their parents swinging parties. Or perhaps they are complete groovers, ahead of their time, and caught onto the genre before any revival opened it up to the mainstream. So you see, I thought if I knew peoples age groups it might help. I am a relatively young (26 tomorrow) new-comer to the scene. > P.S. But happy B-day to the July-ers > > Marie Thanks Marie. Suze, Lizard Lodge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday ! Date: 15 Jul 1996 01:25:04 -0400 I'm interested in people's ages, too, but when you get to be my age you're always interested in how old people are (and you read obituaries to find how out long they last.) I'm 41. The first record I ever bought was London A Go-Go, a British Invasion soundalike album which I still have. My father, a trumpet player, fell for the tijuana brass sound, but prided himself on paying less for knock-off imitation Herb Alpert albums rather than the real thing. I had horrible musical tastes all through the early and mid 1970s, then got hip again with punk, and was scouring thrift stores for crime jazz and torch song singers by 1980. After a big house/dance phase in the late 1980s, I've settled back into exotica and its offshoots almost exclusively, though I'm partial to trip-hop as well. I was interviewed last night by a Toronto filmmaker making a film called 'Vinyl,' about record collectors. He will have interviewed about 100 people by the time the thing wraps, and while it sounds as if most of those were jazz bores with index cards and expensive sound systems, his own tastes run to Enoch Light and Dick Schory. The film should be hitting festivals in about a year. WS Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions McGill University 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: mlove@olywa.net (Matt Love) Subject: rykodisc Date: 15 Jul 1996 00:35:16 -0800 Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page, netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks up, and I have to restart. This happens when I try to access it from home, and from work... Also, does anybody have their e-mail address? Thanks, Matt Love ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Rhodewalt Subject: Re: rykodisc Date: 15 Jul 1996 06:37:10 -0700 Matt Love wrote: > > Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page, > netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks > up, and I have to restart. > > This happens when I try to access it from home, and from work... > > Also, does anybody have their e-mail address? > > Thanks, > > Matt Love Well, their page is just too dang huge. At 177K I stopped counting. This happens on the very first page? On http://www.rykodisc.com/? Do you have limited memory, say 4-8M on a Windows system? Try adding virtual memory or even some real memory while it's so unbelievably cheap. And try info@rykodisc.com. Bruce -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: rykodisc Date: 15 Jul 1996 10:42:46 -0600 (MDT) > Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page, > netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks > up, and I have to restart. If you're running anything older than 2.02, I suggest you upgrade -- Ryko's page uses lots of stupid web tricks that might be freaking out your browser (including a neverending server push -- grrr). I use 2.02 and it runs fine. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday ! Date: 15 Jul 1996 13:18:28 -0400 (EDT) On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Will Straw wrote: > I'm interested in people's ages, too, but when you get to be my > age you're always interested in how old people are (and you read > obituaries to find how out long they last.) > > I'm 41. They last pretty long these days. I'm 53. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: BEST O' BURT? Date: 15 Jul 1996 14:00:11 -0400 Hi all you fiends....... Was wondering if there is a comprehensive best-of Burt Bacarach cd (sp?-it's Monday!?!) with him singing on it, or in combination with Dionne Warwick pre-Psychic Friends Network days-natch... This is a most-helpful list. Of course, one of my fave Burts to date is SPACED OUT! -baby! Lounge on: laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Koldys Subject: web article Date: 15 Jul 1996 15:09:38 -0400 Interesting, if basic, article on "lounge" at: http://www.msnbc.com/news/17333.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Chilson Subject: Re: BEST O' BURT? Date: 15 Jul 1996 12:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Can't confirm this but A&M is putting out a Bacharach box set in '97. Anyone else know of this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jon Subject: exotic radio Date: 15 Jul 1996 16:10:34 -0400 Steve Sando wrote: > > > >I ever played on the show is "Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Torme. Who > > >out there has heard it? > > Yes that's a great tune. I play it frequently on my show (KCSB 91.9 > > fm, Santa Barbara, CA) > > Don't forget the swell version by Cy Coleman. That was the theme to > my show, Mister Lucky. > > Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY > PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 > http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ > "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Cowa To Marie and Steve and Paul that wrote back to me, this is Jon down south. I love hearing about other radio shows that cater to the culture. And thanks for the tips on club MJQ. I had heard about it, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet on my own. When I hit it if it is still there, I will write. I don't know why anyone cares when each other's birthday's are, but I think it is good that people of all ages write to this list. I'm 22 myself and just beginning to learn what it takes to be a swank sophisticate. Paul, your Swank-o-rama site RULES! It's awesome. I'm going to print out some of the drink recipes and dance steps and then drink a little and dance a little. HOw about anybody else out there. Who Dj's radio shows where you play exotic/lounge music? It was very sad on my last night, instead of the normal 2 hours, I did a 4 hr blowout show and had nothing but compliments. It was great. My station for those of you reading this was WUOG,90.5fm in Athens, Georgia at the University of Georgia. Have a slow day and a swingin' night!, JON MILAVEC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: wendell lansford Subject: visiting SF and LA Date: 15 Jul 1996 16:50:21 -0400 I'm leaving NYC for SF and LA for a week beginning July 21. Could someone please update me on the latest and greatest lounge-ful haunts? Thanks- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: BEST O' BURT? Date: 15 Jul 1996 17:04:09 -0400 (EDT) Laura Taylor writes: >Hi all you fiends....... >Was wondering if there is a comprehensive best-of Burt Bacarach cd (sp?-it's >Monday!?!) with him singing on it, or in combination with Dionne Warwick >pre-Psychic Friends Network days-natch... >This is a most-helpful list. >Of course, one of my fave Burts to date is SPACED OUT! -baby! Rhino has what is supposed to be a 2 or 3-disc Bacarach collection in the works, but I don't know much more about it other than the fact that it's in the cards. I'd suggest waiting for it. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Engstr=F6m?= ) Subject: Re: rykodisc Date: 15 Jul 1996 23:05:29 +0200 (MET DST) Without being sure, here's a possible explanation. Could the page include heavy graphics? The heavier, the longer and "harder" it is for Netscape to download the images. And time seems to increase the possibility for something to break. Try to increase the available memory you've given Netscape. Check the extensions. Buy more RAM. The usual computer advice... Netscape never was a reliable programme in the first place. /Henrik >Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page, >netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks >up, and I have to restart. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: EXOTIC TAMPA BAY Date: 15 Jul 1996 17:18:02 -0400 I just wanted to put in a plug for a groovy guy we call DEEP LOUNGE MATT and his DEEP LOUNGE EXPERIENCE, Monday nights, in Tampa, Florida, at a club called the Impulse! The man has a record collection to die for-and is a local collecting nemesis. Check him out or contact me for more information. Deeply, lounge laura laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Mark Miester) Subject: Re: BEST O' BURT? Date: 15 Jul 1996 17:01:35 -0500 >Can't confirm this but A&M is putting out a Bacharach box set in '97. >Anyone else know of this? Hi Laura (and John)! It's actually *Rhino* that's putting together the box, and it should be a doozy. It's going to be a three-disc set, I believe, with the careful attention to detail Rhino is known for. The idea is to feature the definitive versions of Burt's songs, that is either the first recording or the versions that Burt was directely involved with either as producer or arranger in the studio, as opposed to merely the best known recording. The result is that a few unexpected renditions may crop up, such as versions by Lou Johnson, the unsung hero of Burt's music - "male Dionne Warwick," I'm told. If you're too hot for Burt to chill for six months or so until that comes out, you might be able to find the British import collection "The Look of Love: The Classic Songs of Burt Bacharach" (A&M), which has about 20 or so cuts from the likes of Dusty Springfield, The Carpenters, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, etc., but features, for better or worse, "Arthur's Theme," which sounds just as depressing today as it did 15 years ago. And while I haven't seen it very often (not at all other than the time I bought it, come to think of it), there's an amazing CD collection of Burt's solo recordings called "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (Spectrum Music). It basically collects material from all of Burt's solo albums from Reach Out through Futures, and includes his (mostly) instrumental versions of all the big hits. Absolutely killer. Good luck and happy Burting! Mark ______________________________________________________________________________ Mark Miester Phone: (504) 865-5714 Editor Fax: (504) 865-5621 Office of University Publications e-mail: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu 300 Hebert Hall, Tulane University WWW: http://mark.pubs.tulane.edu/ New Orleans, La 70118 ______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: visiting SF and LA Date: 15 Jul 1996 14:41:53 PST Unless everyone wants to see this yet again, please send your email address to lee@anti.com and I'll send you a list 'o places!! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET I'm leaving NYC for SF and LA for a week beginning July 21. Could someone please update me on the latest and greatest lounge-ful haunts? Thanks- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: legalrender@kinn.com Subject: Intro/Send wants! Date: 15 Jul 1996 17:33:58 -0800 Greetings all! I'm joining this group just in time to get rid of all my Exotica (well, maybe not all, gotta have some vinyl around). I've been accumulating (I can't really say collecting) music of all forms for about the last 25 years. I used to play music and had a record out in '81. Well actually I still play but just for my own amusement as I now HATE the &^$#@$% music industry. My Exotica collection started when I inherited my parents Jackie Gleason records in their divorce and has grown since then to a couple of hundred pieces. As I alluded to earlier, I am now in the process of weaning myself not so much for Exotica as vinyl and am selling most of my 2,000 piece collection. If you have any wants send me a list at cameron@kinn.com or check out my posts in rec.music.marketplace.vinyl (they appear under either cameron or legalrender) or my homepage at www.kinn.com/cameron. See everyone later, Kevin King --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: readingm@ix.netcom.com Subject: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Date: 15 Jul 1996 18:40:13 -0700 Greetings from Northern California: I live in the San Francisco area (I'm one of the lucky ones that gets to listen to Jack Diamond). This is my first posting, although I've been hanging out for a couple months. I was wondering if anyone noticed that the mono tracks on Capitol's Les Baxter exotica compilation (as well as all the mono stuff on the Ultra-Lounge series) have been doctored with some fake stereo processing. Surprisingly, it sounds pretty good, much better than what we got in the 60s. Does anyone know what kind of processing was used and why Capitol decided not to mention this fact on the packaging? Duophonically, Michael Reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Intro/Send wants! Date: 15 Jul 1996 22:24:27 -0500 > See everyone later, > > Kevin King How often would you expect to run into a namesake with an identifier as unusual as "Kevin King?" Yeah, ok, pretty often. Oh well, guess I'll start including the middle initial. : ) kevin W. king age-32, 155#, muscular, likes pastry and Rod McKuen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Date: 15 Jul 1996 22:25:42 -0500 > I was wondering if anyone noticed that the mono tracks on > Capitol's Les Baxter exotica compilation (as well as all the mono stuff on the > Ultra-Lounge series) have been doctored with some fake stereo processing. > Surprisingly, it sounds pretty good, much better than what we got in the 60s. I'll be interested to read what others have to say about this, although I think it has come up in reference to Ultra-Lounge. To me, the theremin stuff in particular sounds VERY different - goofier, kinda Jetsonian than the mono. But in the end, although I like the stereophied effects, I'd have to say I much prefer the original mono - there's something more balanced about the mix to my ears. kevin w king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RLPowellJr@aol.com Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL Date: 15 Jul 1996 22:54:41 -0400 I'd go with Tahiti. Then spend the rest of my life exploring the thrift stores. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: visiting SF and LA Date: 16 Jul 1996 00:53:16 -0400 In San Francisco: The Tonga Room: One of the greatest Tiki Bars in America. Indoor Typhoon every twenty minutes. At the Fairmont Hotel. The Persian Aub Zam Zam: (aka the Zam Zam) - Best Martini in America (honest, I read this from a non-partisan, non-San Franciscan who toured the country looking for the best). Surprisingly, right on Haight Street (with Persian looking doors). Bruno is the owner and the bartender and if you ask for a *vodka* martini he'll kick you out. In fact, you'd better dress up if you want to drink there. Even if you're looking suave and natty he'll be reluctant to serve you and you have to show some staying power. Impress him by asking for Plymouth gin in your Vodka (its no longer available, but it will impres him). Club Deluxe: (also on Haight Street) a friendly local neo-Deco bar where most of the local Swing scene hang out. Meet Vice Grip behind the bar (lead singer with the Ambassadors of Swing, and also in the new Morty Show, with his Keely-like counterpart, Connie Champagne). Live jazz there rather frequently. Club Du Nord: (upper Market, near the Castro) Downstairs from the local Swedish Meeting Hall (I kid you not - I saw rockabilly/western swing stars Big Sandy play in a room that looked like a Viking mess hall). Have a regular lounge program on Wednesday nights. Check the calendar. Bimbos: Columbus Avenue, north of North Beach. A genuine old swank palace from way back. Notorious for its fine shows (lots of Swing groups, lounge - this is where Combustible Edison like to play, some surf - MoAM playing there soon). Home of the live woman in a fishbowl (inexplicable - but definitely worth seeing). Again, check the calendar for shows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Taylor Gilbert Subject: Re: visiting SF and LA Date: 15 Jul 1996 22:50:02 +0000 If you are in LA- you must go to the Dresden Room-it is off Vermont-look it up in the book. Also you must visit the book store that is two doors up from it- AMOK books. They not only have the oddest collection of new books you might ever see in one place, but they also carry some of the local record label releases of old lounge and surf bands. As for other lounges in either area. - Pick up either an LA weekly (free) or SF Gaurdian(free) in the areas when you get there. In San Francisco- you must also visit Vesuvio's- IT is right nextdoor to the CIty Lights Bookstore. These two spots are the birthplace and nesting grounds for the beats. The bookstore is owned by Lawerence Ferenghetti and it is also a great place to find odd titles. But AMOK is not for the week of heart, but if you visit these places you can say that you have seen the extremems in west coast culture (not that they are the only ones) and you can go home talking about the pathologoical reading habits of us in LA LA land -a.k.a. the "land of fruits and nuts" tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Kwan" Subject: Dionne & Burt (Was: BEST O' BURT?) Date: 16 Jul 1996 00:43:16 U I'm glad to see all the recent mail on Burt Bacharach. Coincidentally, I just returned from a wedding out of town this weekend, = where I DJ'ed the reception. (I don't normally do that kinda thing, but = the groom is a really good friend and he wanted stuff like Bacharach, = Baxter and Bowie...the 3 B's.) This occasion allowed me to rediscover = Dionne Warwick's "Greatest Motion Picture Hits" LP (circa 1969) which has = six Bacharach-David compositions: "The Look of Love," "Alfie," "A House = is not a Home," "Wives and Lovers," "The April Fools," and "Here I am." = Also included is Dionne's excellent original version of "The Valley of = the Dolls." The LP definitely collects Dionne's brightest commercial = moments (friends of the psychic network notwithstanding). It got many = complements from the wedding guests whose ages ranged from 25 to 80. Tonight I returned home and picked up some local newpapers. Lo and behold = in the entertainment calendar is an announcement for: "Dionne Warwick & Burt Bacharach in Concert Thursday, July 18th, at Wente Vineyards 5050 Arroyo Avenue, Livermore, CA (S.F. Bay Area) 1-800-959-3683 ...SOLD OUT" Yup, the show's sold out, but does anyone know if they're touring = extensively and playing anywhere else in Northern California? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Engstr=F6m?= ) Subject: Claudine Longet & Chris Montez Date: 16 Jul 1996 12:15:54 +0200 (MET DST) Greetings all! I wonder if anyone on the list has some information on the fine A&M artists Claudine Longet and Chris Montez? I can't seem to find any records by them here in Sweden, and my record dealers shake their heads at the titles found in the occassional catalogue. Still, I read rumours about recent rereleases. Any ideas? And, is there possibly an A&M web site that I can't find? All the best, Henrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: Re: Intro/Send wants! Date: 16 Jul 1996 11:38:11 -0500 Hi, Here are several of your records that I'd like: * Boris Karloff * Santa's Gone Hawaiian * Julie London I'll probably want some more, too, after I've gone through the rest of your lists. Thanks --Kirsten whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Rhodewalt Subject: VD Date: 16 Jul 1996 11:23:45 -0700 Vic Damone, anyone? -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: nevermind about exotic tamp Date: 16 Jul 1996 14:52:13 -0400 Because, after posted on behalf of my few lounge colleagues in this mighty bland area, I was told that the DEEP LOUNGE EXPERIENCE no longer exists at the Impulse in Tampa. Hey, DJs, is it worth it to relocate and find a club in a real city in which to spin great stuff? Actually, I'm *glad* the lounge-thing isn't catching on as a fad. And I'm glad to hear that used Esquivel CDs are popping up in used-bins. Hooray for us! Lounge Laura p-s/Jill and Stefan, did you get my tapes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: hot off the associated pres Date: 16 Jul 1996 14:54:28 -0400 "MOON RIVER" OBIT (Los Angeles) -- The musician who played the harmonica solo in the song ``Moon River'' has died. Eddy Lawrence Manson was a virtuoso harmonica player. His work could also be heard in the movies ``Born On The Fourth Of July,'' ``Coal Miner's Daughter'' and ``The Longest Day.'' Manson also arranged music for Michael Jackson, the Jackson Five and Don Ho. Manson died of congestive heart failure. He was 77. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: VD Date: 16 Jul 1996 15:15:28 -0400 (EDT) On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Bruce Rhodewalt wrote: > Vic Damone, anyone? Has he now been relegated to "Exotica?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: VD Date: 16 Jul 1996 15:15:32 EDT ----- Begin Included Message ----- From owner-exotica@mail.xmission.com Tue Jul 16 15:13:01 1996 Organization: Tiki Publishing >Vic Damone, anyone? No thanks. I just ate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: COME AND GET IT Date: 16 Jul 1996 15:17:33 -0400 If you want it, here it is, come and get it...YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA is officially available now. It rocks and it looks great, and, it's all for $10-postage/handling included! So, send your check, money order, etc. to: YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA 5006 WESLEY DR. TAMPA, FL 33647 And, come to the gigs if you can! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: VD Date: 16 Jul 1996 14:26:40 +0000 > Vic Damone, anyone? I'd say great voice, little taste. I always remember my pater telling me that for the longest time he thought his name was Victor Moan. Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: 78s / Diesel /Studio Two Date: 16 Jul 1996 22:28:10 +0100 hey exoticats My turn to followup a couple of points from recent postings! In message <199607151709.LAA12573@mail.xmission.com>, exotica- owner@xmission.com writes >The most recent 78 release I know of was about four or five years >ago when Rhino released a big box of 78's of '60's pop classics (stuff like >Frankie Valli and the like) for owners of 78 jukeboxes so they could play >something that came out after 1959 on their jukes. I saw one of the boxes at >Tower once and picking it up was like picking up three cinderblocks. yep I'll bet! Minor factoid re 78s: EMI UK released 10" 78rpm promos of at least four Morrissey singles a few yrs ago. They came in neat repro HMV bags. I passed on a chance to acquire them, shoulda jumped at it. Studio Two: s0meone was asking what was released on this EMI label? well that's a major discography you're wanting, there were I think approx 400 maybe more albums released between 1966 and 74 or so, maybe later. I don't know if they all got US releases (thru Capitol) but some surely did. Material ranged widely as might be expected ,lots of what I might call fairly mundane orchestral stuff (Joe Loss, Frank Pourcel etc) lots of Latin (Pepe jaramillo etc) and some goodies (Mandingo, Johnny Keating etc). And BTW there are some good Studio Two cuts on the two SOund Gallery CDs. Finally someone mentioned the Diesel Store in Covent Garden? Sure I've been there. it's real colourful. Hope this is of interest! keep on groovin Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: grrrl@clubhouse.email.net Subject: exotica Digest V2 #16 Date: 16 Jul 1996 20:55:12 CDT Can't help to notice Laura had a pretty good thing going there with getting us hip to who and why she is. Would be nice to see more of that. Me Next! Name: Karen aka: Molly-A-Go-GO and Grrrl D.O.B:1/7/72 that would make me 24 Sign: Capricornius Likes: Jazzy styles in dress music and personality. Dislikes: People that have made fun of the things we dig and are flairing that same style next week. Occupation: Art History student future Curator. Avocation: Making this Boston thing work for me and my Chihuahua "Thelonious" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: misant@ic.net Subject: misanthropy 511 playlist Date: 16 Jul 1996 22:36:28 -0500 MISANTHROPY 511 p.o.box 23093 detroit, mi 48223 e-mail: misant@ic.net Welcome to another misanthropy 511 playlist. Misanthropy 511 is broadcast on Sunday nights from mid-2am on CJAM 91.5 fm Windsor, Ontario Canada. CJAM can be heard throughout the Windsor/ Detroit Michigan area. Misanthropy 511 features from easy listening to moments of mayhem. Noises of the modern world in living stereo. We would like to thank all who have sent us promos. It is greatly appreciated. Misanthropy 511 is now being broadcasted monthly on Radio Marabu. Radio Marabu is based in Belm Germany and broadcast at various times on 13 different stations throughout Europe. It is also on shortwave. Write to Radio Marabu for more info and tell them Misanthropy sent you. Radio Marabu p.o.box 1166, 49187, Belm Germany e-mail: marabu@srs.joy.se The performance side of Misanthropy, The Hearing Trumpet,continues hard at work. We have several self-released cassettes available. The Hearing Trumpet has been described by others as Œradio concret¹, Œambient noise¹, & Œdistant rumblings¹.Write for more info or ordering. ARTIST---------TITLE--------------------CD/CASS/LP--------LABEL JULY 8,1996 LAS DILLY SIS--sometimes good guys------v.a. east side so-DIONYSUS S.GAINSBOURG---69 annee erotique--------vol.5-------------PHONOGRAM MUSLIMGAUZE----saladin mercy------------gun aramaic-------SOLEILMOON FORK-----------quarantine---------------v.a. earth, vol.2-DOR INFINITY THE HATERS-----drop ascending 2---------drop ascending----VINYL COMM. ???------------america patrol-----------v.a. stereo cockt-PLATTENMEIST FIBULATOR------you, yes,yes,yes,yes,you-v.a. eyesore------VACCINATION THE RESIDENTS--from the plains mexico---daydream b liver--RALPH BORGIA POPES---constantinople-----------v.a. eyesore------VACCINATION CRAWLING W/TARTS--side 3----------------motorini elettriciGYTTJA LONGMONT P. CASTLE--tracks 1-4----------the best of..-----VINYL COMM. O YUKI CONJUGATE--niobium---------------sunchemical-------STAALPLAAT MADELYN BYRNE--into the cold night------cassette----------M.BYRNE HISS-----------ameliak------------------alien bass sounds-AGROCALM VIOLENT ONSEN--what¹s a day-------------v.a. entert. pain-RRR GOVERNMENT ALPHA--hesitation------------7²----------------VINYL COMM. SERGE GAINSBOURG--cannabis--------------vol.5-------------PHONOGRAM OVAL-----------ton regie----------------systemisch--------THRILL JOCKEY SCHLOSS TEGAL--beyond the wall of sleep-oranur 3----------INTERZONE ZOVIET FRANCE--sucking the instrument---v.a. earth--------DOR INFINITY HAL MC GEE-----side 2-------------------b12---------------HAL TAPES RUNZEL & GURGELexcerpt------------------ho----------------IMLUSS MACRONYMPHA----cold fusion--------------can man modified--MOTHER SAVAG VOICE OF EYE---sirens-------------------transmigration----CYCLOTRON JULY 15, 1996 STRAW ALARM CL-rainy day mushroom pill--best of..---------MCA RAPOON---------winter¹s edge------------darker by light---SOLEILMOON RALF WEHOWSKY--track 2------------------nameless victims--METAMKINE STRATVM TERROR-expulsion----------------only true se whoreSLAUGHTER PR CAUL-----------behold-------------------crucible----------MALIGNANT BOMBORAS-------spanish fly--------------savage island-----DIONYSUS BIGG CITIE ORCK--artistlite waltz-------verstimmt---------ECTO TAPES AUBE-----------awakening in the pool----v.a. shiroseasons-SHIROCOAL ELIANE RADIGUE-biogenesis---------------biogenesis--------METAMKINE CLARA ROCKMORE-berceuse-----------------art of theremin---DELOS CRANIOCLAST----somnii palus-------------somnii palus------FLABBERGAST YEN POX--------descent------------------blood music-------MALIGNANT PHAUSS---------nothing but the truth----nothing but the t-ANCKARSTROM THESE ARE GREAT TIMES TO BE A MISANTHROPIST !! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Katie Eagan & Jeff Phillips Subject: Re: Boston lounge scene? (was exotica Digest V2 #10) Date: 17 Jul 1996 08:01:31 -0900 (PDT) On Sun, 14 Jul 1996 grrrl@clubhouse.email.net wrote: > Just out of curiosity is anyone on the list from the Boston or Cambridge area > and if so could you update me on the Exotica/Lounge/Mod scene there. I'm a > future Boss-Tone-Nite! DON'T DO IT!!! Oh well, if you're already packed... There's nuttin' honey, as far as a lounge "scene" in Boston. I went to the Ultra-Lounge soiree at the Man-Ray in Cambridge a few months ago, and I could count the martini glasses on one hand, and the fez wearers on one finger. I've a hunch that the E/L/M scene, as you put it, is a more disorganized lot than many. However, Valerie & Peter's weekly "Music for Better Living" show on W?BC radio is a must listen every Wednesday happy hour from 6-7 p.m. There are a coupla good record stores worth browzing every week or so, namely Mystery Train (the Boston store) and Cheapo Records in Central Square. And while I used to recommend Looney Tunes on Boylston, they've unfortunately gone the way of the dodobird and started putting everything in slick new polyprop bags and charging double, yes DOUBLE what they used to. I mean, $24.99 for "The Best of the Ames"? Sure, it's got R-A-G-G Rag Mop, but that gets old pretty quick... I digress. I hope I'm wrong about the scene here, maybe everybody but me meets every Friday night at 10:30 for big-band dancing at the top of the Ritz Carlton ($10 if there are tables free) and persuades the bandleader to bring out the Esquivel and Baxter fake books, and I'm the only one sittin' home twiddling my thumbs to the happy beat of Ray Conniff...if so, you other exotic Brahmins will let me know, right? Right? Hello? EZ does it (but not very much in Boston), Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: Boston lounge scene? (was exotica Digest V2 #10) Date: 17 Jul 1996 10:28:16 -0400 (EDT) Jeff Phillips writes: >There are a coupla good record stores worth browzing every week or so, >namely Mystery Train (the Boston store) and Cheapo Records in Central >Square. And while I used to recommend Looney Tunes on Boylston, they've >unfortunately gone the way of the dodobird and started putting everything >in slick new polyprop bags and charging double, yes DOUBLE what they used >to. I mean, $24.99 for "The Best of the Ames"? Sure, it's got R-A-G-G >Rag Mop, but that gets old pretty quick... Pipeline on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge is pretty good, as is In Your Ear. As for a Boston lounge scene, yeah, I've never gotten the impression that there's much happening, aside from the fact that Combustible Edison are from that area. I know that the stores tend to do well with exotica re-issues there, but it's just never translated into a nitelife for some reason. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: 78's Date: 17 Jul 1996 09:37:19 PDT Even more recent: Sun City Girls released a 78 about 6 months ago. I saw it here in Berkeley at Amoeba. I don' know what label (nor have I ever listened to the group). Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend Date: 17 Jul 1996 19:53:55 +0100 it might be easy listening... and when i say easy, i mean _real easy_ ; after all, what is happening now has more to do with EXOTICA than with easy, but - who knows - it might prepare our tastes for more suggary stuff? = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend [real easy] Date: 17 Jul 1996 14:32:37 >it might be easy listening... and >when i say easy, i mean _real easy_ ; >after all, what is happening now has >more to do with EXOTICA than with >easy, but - who knows - it might prepare >our tastes for more suggary stuff? Well given that most of the people on this list can't stand the music of even such amazingly talented folks such as Morton Gould, I wouldn't be so sure. I guess only if it is *bad* sugary - good sugary seems to mean boring to most folks. That said, I love my Muzak(R) Stimulus Progression(tm) demo records... :-) mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: BW & Savages Date: 17 Jul 1996 17:14:40 -0400 (EDT) Since someone asked about Barrence Whitfield's backing band, The Savages, they recently released an album, READY TO WHERE?, under the name Four-Piece Suit. It's a great collection of sax & guitar-heavy crime-jazz, including covers of Mancini's "A Shot in the Dark" and "Something for Cat," and a bunch of originals. Recommended, if you can find it (label: Ocean Music). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Vik's Newsletter Returns Date: 17 Jul 1996 23:55:38 -0500 Well, Vik bets you hipsters figured he dropped off the face of this swinging planet. Not true, friends. He simply re-located to the swank borough of Brooklyn, NY and has progressed enough in the establishing of Casa Vik to get back to the lounge. Many changes in the offing. Vik has hired Emilio DePesto (of the exclusive DePesto Studios of Milan) to give the lounge a facelift. Check out the beginning of the re-decoration in Vik's lobby. Also, Vik met recently with that swinging publishing czar, Sam Wick. Sam, Bradley and the crew of lounge magazine will be showing up in Vik's via "lounge magazine in-line"...coming by the end of this long hot summer. Next up, Vik wants articles. One of the suggestions many regulars have had (and Mr. DePesto demanded) was expanded features and interviews. Well, with managing all of the various areas and dealing with Henri, Vik's time gets pretty consumed. He has time for features here and there, but would like to find a few swank pundits to expose on the new cool. In exchange, you will receive swank swag from Vik's giant box of goodies. If you have an idea for an article, feature, or interview...drop Vik a line at viktrola@nai.net. Finally, thanks to all who participated in Vik's June survey. Many kind and wonderful words and suggestions...many of which you will see in Vik's in the near future. The drawing will be held this weekend with winners notified by e-mail and immortalized in the Casino. And now...on with the show!!! =========================================================================== The Ultra Lounge Expands (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/ultra.html) The crazy cats and kittens just keep crankin'em out as the nest three in the Ultra-Lounge series hit the streets. "The Crime Scene", "Cocktail Capers" and "Cha Cha De Amor" continue to plunder the wonderful and wacky world of the Capitol/Liberty vaults going even deeper than the first six. In addition, Hollywoodandvine's Pink Pussycat (http://hollywoodandvine.com/Pinkpussycat/) has a swinging cocktail contest running for the Ultra-Lounge series. Drop by the contest page at the Pink Pussycat (http://hollywoodandvine.com/Pinkpussycat/martini.html) or The Casino Biscotti (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/casino.html) for more details. =========================================================================== Expand your horizons with The Jet Set (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/jet2.html) New destinations for you Jet Setters this week as KANU's Retro Cocktail Hour devotes a show to one of the greats of exotica...Les Baxter. Drop by Jet Set - Destinations for details them jet over to the KANU homepage for more info (connecting flight from the Destinations page). NYC begins to develop its own swank scene and the latest addition...IN HIFI. Thursdays at the Bar d'O, this could be the perfect way to take the edge off the summer. Stop by Destinatios - NYC for more details. =========================================================================== Expand Your Record Collection (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/mnews.html) Have you heard about the Martin Denny collection coming in September? What about the exotica of Karla Pundit? The jazz noir of Lars Vegas? Well, Hot News For Swank Times has this and more... =========================================================================== COMING SOON>>>Bossa Brava...Lounge Primer: Basic Bar...Los Straitjackets...Them Jazzbeards...Subliminal Sounds =========================================================================== "How 'bout a Mambo, Tito?" "Noooo...Cha Cha Cha..." Vik's Lounge http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: The Next Collecting Trend [real easy] Date: 18 Jul 1996 08:34:10 -0400 I belive Johan is partially right - Easy Listening is next, but the way the Euro scene is - the hip sounding, swinging late '60s and early '70s stuff. Let's face it we are running out of the stereo action ping-pong stuff of the late '50s/early '60s and there's a cool treasure trove that has yet to be totally unearthed....as for disdain of Morton Gould, I don't think it's that people on this list hate stuff like that (I mean I'm willing to bet that a good 90% of us got into the lounge/exotica stuff from symphonic/movie soundtrack records)...it's just the way the Gould CD reissues have been shamelessly packaged as "Roots Of Lounge." Had the Gould Cd's just been reissued I think some people would have brought them to our lists attention for the interesting records that they are, instead some of us on the list have been dupped into being sold a bill of goods that they ain't. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jon Subject: MJQ update Date: 18 Jul 1996 10:46:41 -0400 Paul McKay wrote: > > Jon - > > Well I lived in Atlanta for four years when I was at Tech so maybe I can > help (BTW - I'm moving back but I'm waiting until after the Olympics). > > There is a lounge scene in Atlanta but it isn't really a very big or > dedicated (mostly) one. On wed nights at MJQ (551B Ponce - underneath the > hotel) there is Leisure Night where Mr. Michael Payne spins the best in > fabulous hits from the '50s '60s and '70s (Sergion Mendes, Frank Sinatra, > Tony Bennet, Tom Jones etc.). The Martini club has a swank atmosphere but > also long lines, sky-high prices and a huge collection of junior-trendoids. > On sunday (?) nights Dotties has a lounge thing going on but it is in a > REALLY scary part of town. Downtown there is a Trader Vicks but I never did > manage to get to there. > > On the radio try WRFG and WREK especially The DeSoto Hour and RFG's sunday > programing. I can't remember show times but check CL, I think they are > listed there. > > No parties or anything that I know of anytime soon since everybody has fled > for the Olympics but there should (read might) be another Leisure Party > early this fall at MJQ (an all night swinging soiree of cocktails, dancing > and gaming held on occasional (very occasional) sunday nights). > > Let me know if I can be of further help. > > Ciao, > > Paul > jpmckay@cyborganic.net > > Visit Swank-O-Rama: Dedicated to Better Living Through Cocktail Culture > http://www.cyborganic.net/People/jpmckay Jon Milavec down in Georgia here to give you an update on Club MJQ. I went last night on what was supposed to be exotice Weds. nights. BUT, unfortunately, the DJ who spun the hits, Michael Payne, doesn't DJ there anymore. The atmosphere was great. It's a totally cool place. The music started off good with a lot of R'n'R oldies, but as the night progressed the music got worse, because it ended up being techno. Now, I don't have a problem with techno at all, but this wasn't even good stuff. Another thing I was kind of miffed about....they don't serve liquor. Only beer, wine, sodas, and coffee. I was so "in the mood", but alas, the old standby, PBR tallboys did the trick nicely. I don't know what kind of schedule they run for different theme nights, but I do know that they have live shows every Monday. I definitely will be going back to Club MJQ, It Rocks! Keeping you posted on what's happening down south. Jon Milavec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Cocktail Conflict Date: 18 Jul 1996 13:24:40 -0400 This may draw a lot of criticism in terms of relevance and shallowness, but I have a problem that I know this decadent and forgiving bunch can help me with here. I love everything about the "cocktail" as a concept, as music, as a motif, as an aesthetic. But, put simply, hard-liquor, with which cocktails are made, gives me unrelenting hang-overs. Therefore, I have long-relegated myself to beer, albiet, GOOD BEER ONLY. So, here' s my question-what is the most cocktail-esque beer, one that you could drink from a martini glass and still be swank? And don't say PABST BLUE RIBBON or I shall cry and feel foolish for writing this, which I guess I do anyway. So f$%&W%cking suave, Lounge Laura laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 19 Jul 1996 08:36:00 -0400 Laura has brought up a vey interesting subject...Despite the drink recipies, this whole movement is about the music. To say you need a to be holding a martini glass with hard liquor while listening to this stuff is like those old johnny-come-lately posers who used to come to clubs in the early '80s with their newly bought skinny ties and "new wave' sunglasses (soon to be relegated to the basement next to that Capuccino maker that was too hard to put together.) It's about the music folks, and the return to socializing under more civilized conditions that this music allows. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 19 Jul 1996 08:35:00 EDT >simply, hard-liquor, with which cocktails are made, gives me >unrelenting hang-overs. Therefore, I have long-relegated myself to beer, >albiet, GOOD BEER ONLY. >So, here' s my question-what is the most cocktail-esque beer, one that you >could drink from a martini glass and still be swank? And don't say PABST >BLUE RIBBON or I shall cry and feel foolish for writing this, which I guess I >do anyway. ----- End Included Message ----- Laura, I have the same problem. The solution? HORNSBY'S CIDER! Tastes like apple cider, looks good in any glass, nice buzz, and there's this cool charging rhino on the label. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Anton J. Elmquist" Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 19 Jul 1996 09:40:19 -0400 LTepedino@aol.com wrote: > > Laura has brought up a vey interesting subject...Despite the drink recipies, > this whole movement is about the music. To say you need a to be holding a > martini glass with hard liquor while listening to this stuff is like those > old johnny-come-lately posers who used to come to clubs in the early '80s > with their newly bought skinny ties and "new wave' sunglasses First - Hello, all! I have been lurking here for a while, I guess it's time to say hello. Hello! Now, as it's 9:30 AM and I have a cold and a hangover... I'm gonna ramble a bit. I gotta agree that it's about the music, but you can't deny that the draw to the music for many people is a romantic attachment to the idea of "civilized" entertainment, part of which included the mixing of cocktails, an art that was almost lost to my generation until this recent burst of enthusiasm... Of course you don't "have" to be sipping a martini while listening (man, it's hard to even think the word martini at 9:30 AM...); but wouldn't you say that the solution to our beer drinker's dilemma has to be to create a clever cocktail based on beer that can be sipped out of a glass? It's about craft, the idea that you put some effort into the aesthetics of your relaxation and don't just pop open a can of swill... (that's reserved for working on my car...) So, I propose as solutions to the beer dilemma: 1. Wisconsin Iced Tea: Pour 1 12-ounce bottle Leinenkugel's into highball glass, garnish with string cheese. 2. Texas Iced Tea As above, but used Slim Jim as garnish. 3. Erdbeerbowle A German drink - pour Altbier over strawberries, serve with spoon and straw. 4. Berliner Weisse A somewhat horrible drink - pour Berliner Weisse (a Berlin wheat beer) into large wineglass, add two dashes of some sort of syrup (I forget which kind - something red and sweet or green and sweet) 5. Ginger beer shandy Can't go wrong here - ginger beer and beer, in equal amounts. Refreshing on a summer day. 6. Beerlinetta (brand new as of this morning) Rub rim of martini glass with beer (preferably a dry-hopped lager, such as Brooklyn Lager), salt. Add beer, garnish with 3 salted peanuts, or small cocktail wieners. > It's about the music folks, **and the return to socializing under more > civilized conditions that this music allows**. Hear hear. And now for a shameless plug - my band, OYABANDO, is playing at the New Music Cafe on the 31st of July, at the Continental on the 14th, and probably at Spiral on the 2nd. That's over across the East River in New York City - the big thing next to Brooklyn... - Anton -- *********************************************************** * Check out the The Bed-Stuy Network! * * http://www.spacelab.net/~anton * * * * And the OYABANDO page - pics, clips, giveaways (?!) * * http://www.spacelab.net/~anton/oyabando * * * * "Guitar lines that taste like grape jelly..." * *********************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: magazine articles Date: 19 Jul 1996 11:33:34 -0400 The new issue of Goldmine (Emmylou Harris cover) has a fine article on 'cheescake' LP covers by Preston Peek, with lots of illustrations. And while you're at the magazine stand, look for the July/August issue of Jazid, a British acid jazz/dance mag, for their article on 'Sleazy Listening', an overview of 60's/70's porno soundtracks (and mini-reviews of the current trio, i.e. "Vampyros Lesbos" , "Super Sounds of Bosworth" and "Schulmaden ..."). There is also a brief feature on Dimitry From Paris. br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 19 Jul 1996 11:45:46 -0400 >So, here' s my question-what is the most cocktail-esque beer, one that you >could drink from a martini glass and still be swank? A return to the Players era of the 70's would help (as the Millionaire has pointed out, this is where cocktail culture moved to in the wake of the hippie era) : Champale, or a malt liquor like Colt 45, King Cobra, Night Life, etc. (I'd skip the Cold Duck, though) As Rudy Ray would say - I ain't lyin'. On the first Combustible tour, Sudsy Malones in Cincinatti offered up a "Cincinatti Cocktail", which was beer with soda water. None of us found this to be a particularly inviting libation, though. Or you could do like the French - lager beer with a shot of Amer Picon (a bitter aperitif, similar to Campari) in it. C'est si bon! spiritually, br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "GUERRERO, Ernie" Subject: Esquivel & Combustible Edison Date: 19 Jul 1996 08:55:00 PST First of all, I was surprised to learn that Mr. Esquivel was still alive and living in Mexico City. However, it is my understanding that he is very sick and that time is running short for him. Apple and Opcode (music software) recently donated equipment to JG Esquivel so that he could continue to write music from his bedside. Modern day swanksters "Combustible Edison" are going to be working with Esquivel in a grand musical collaboration -- the band will be flying down to Mexico City to record their next record with him which, by the looks of it, may be Esquivels final work. (we hope not) Does anyone have any more information on this? E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Yma, Cocktails and Covers Date: 19 Jul 1996 13:03:43 -0400 (EDT) Went to Tower Records last night and found a TON of Yma Sumac re-releases on CD. They had every album, plus a live release and even a $4.99 SAMPLER! Needless to say I bought one and will be back for the rest. Also picked up Denny's Exotica and Exotica II for $15.99. By the way, the Yma albums are only $11.99! I'm getting a bit tired of the justifications for this 'cocktail culture' revival. Talk about one of the worst aspects of the 1950's. The only reason people drank so much in the culture circles was to forget their mundane Ozzie and Harriet lives. (see John Cheever). Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:40:28 +0100 readingm@ix.netcom.com wrote: >I was wondering if anyone noticed that the mono tracks on >Capitol's Les Baxter exotica compilation (as well as all the mono stuff on the >Ultra-Lounge series) have been doctored with some fake stereo processing. >Surprisingly, it sounds pretty good, much better than what we got in the 60s. >Does anyone know what kind of processing was used and why Capitol decided not >to mention this fact on the packaging? i think it sounds just HORRIBLE! as if the sounds comes out of a metal box. it also says: "stereo conversion by Broadie Sound, Inc. Palm Springs, Ca." = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:40:37 +0100 "Laura Taylor" wrote: >If you want it, here it is, come and get it...YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA is >officially available now. It rocks and it looks great, and, it's all for maybe stupid question, but what IS it? = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: 78S turntables Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:40:08 +0100 sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille) wrote: >If you want a high-quality deck, you might try radio stations. At least in >Germany, the predominant brands of broadcast turntables (Siemens, Telefunken) >had a 78 selector at least up into the late seventies, and stations are turning >out most of their old equipment to go digital right now. or you could try to find a 70's Lenco (or Dual or...) turntable; they often offer 78 rpm; i found a Lenco L75 which plays anything between 16 and 78 rpm, and bought a special stylus (Stanton D5127) from KAB, PO Box 2922, Plainfield, NJ 07062-0922; phone: (908) 754-1479 = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Re: YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA Date: 19 Jul 1996 14:24:57 -0400 RE>>YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA 7/19/96 I posted on it awhile ago. It's a CD my band, the Baskervils, organized. While it has no "exotic" or "lounge" music on it, I noticed that on this list and the Bomp! list that there is a lot of cross-over interest between exotica and punk, psyche, surf, and, hell, ROCK-N-ROLL...For more information, I'll e-mail you directly so as not to disturb the list...but you need give me your address. Lounge Laura laura@wusf.usf.edu "Laura Taylor" wrote: >If you want it, here it is, come and get it...YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA is >officially available now. It rocks and it looks great, and, it's all for maybe stupid question, but what IS it? = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Cocktails Date: 19 Jul 1996 14:50:14 -0400 At 01:03 PM 7/19/96 -0400, you wrote: > >I'm getting a bit tired of the justifications for this 'cocktail culture' >revival. Talk about one of the worst aspects of the 1950's. The only >reason people drank so much in the culture circles was to forget their >mundane Ozzie and Harriet lives. (see John Cheever). > I wouldn't be so rough on it Paul. It just some folks having fun and enjoying it. Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrew O'Farrell" Subject: Combustible Edison Date: 19 Jul 1996 15:00:49 -0400 (EDT) For people in the Montreal area, Combustible Edison will be playing tonight (Friday July 19) at 11 pm at the Cabaret, 2111 St.Laurent Regards, Andrew O'Farrell Montreal, Quebec "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em." -Webb Wilder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: Yma, Cocktails and Covers Date: 19 Jul 1996 14:56:26 -0500 Thought that I should mention that a I talked to Skip Heller this week, and it turns out that he is the new guitair player in her godesses groop, I also had told him about the number of people here who had voiced thier opinons on how he should have written the liners on the Baxter releases, and he wanted it mentioned that he provided much of the information to RJ Smith directly, and any one who has written about that end of it called him to fact check. He feels that no doubt RJ's forgetting to metion this is a mere oversight and in no way malicious, of course, Skip Heller belives that pro westiling is real. your pal Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin s. lee" Subject: cocktail/beer issue Date: 19 Jul 1996 15:25:51 EST ok, so what do you do if you don't drink alchohol of ANY type??? there are some of us lounge cats out there (i hope)... what are the designated drivers, alchoholics anonymous-types, and other diseased folks to drink and yet maintain their swank hip-ness??? club soda? ginger ale? perrier? SMART DRINKS??? serious dillema here, kevin || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || anonymous productions anon@scribble.com http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/endtimes || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: cocktail/beer issue Date: 19 Jul 1996 17:44:38 -0400 Don't know about you non-achohol types, but my choice for a non-beer, non hard liquor would be champagne. Really GOOD champagne. Anything else will most likely give you a hangover before the evening is over. I still recall running for the aspirin after my third glass of Star of David champagne at a wedding quite a while ago. Of course since good champagne is not cheap, I also vote for hard cider which is becoming much easier to find these days and I think is delicious and very loungelike. Hornsby's is a good choice - I just wish it wasn't made by Gallo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: My Gunn Collection Date: 19 Jul 1996 17:50:37 -0400 Just found two previously unknown (to me) versions of "Peter Gunn" . One is a Sly & Robbie reggae treatment and the other is a soundtrack from a 1967 movie called "Gunn...Number One!".The whole score is by Mancini and the cut includes Plas Johnson playing "the new Selmer Varitone Electric Saxaphone". Is this one of the most recorded tunes or what? How many times has Mancini redone it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: cocktail/beer issue Date: 19 Jul 1996 14:49:21 -0800 >ok, >so what do you do if you don't drink alchohol of ANY type??? >there are some of us lounge cats out there (i hope)... what are the >designated drivers, alchoholics anonymous-types, and other diseased >folks to drink and yet maintain their swank hip-ness??? > >club soda? ginger ale? perrier? SMART DRINKS??? Ginger ale with an olive....a swank non alchololic drink. Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: cocktail/beer issue Date: 19 Jul 1996 17:18:48 -0500 >ok, >so what do you do if you don't drink alchohol of ANY type??? Why Kiddie Cocktails of course! and lest us not forget the Shirley Temple yum yum... -Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Esquivel & Combustible Edison Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:00:42 -0400 Ernie GUERRERO writes: >First of all, I was surprised to learn that >Mr. Esquivel was still alive and living in >Mexico City. However, it is my understanding >that he is very sick and that time is running >short for him. > >Apple and Opcode (music software) recently donated >equipment to JG Esquivel so that he could continue >to write music from his bedside. Modern day swanksters >"Combustible Edison" are going to be working with >Esquivel in a grand musical collaboration -- the band >will be flying down to Mexico City to record their >next record with him which, by the looks of it, may >be Esquivels final work. (we hope not) > >Does anyone have any more information on this? Let me straighten this out. As many of you on this list know, Esquivel is a good friend of mine - I have stayed with him at his home for a few weeks, written music with him, etc etc. I am also the project manager and executive producer of what will be his new album. He is very much alive and well and living outside of Cuernavaca, in central Mexico. After being confined to his bed for the last year and a half, his new doctor has him up in a wheelchair again. He is undergoing physical therapy to try to relearn how to walk. Other than that, his health is excellent. His memory about things that happened 30 years ago needs to be refreshed on occassion, but I would think that's normal for a 78 year old. I have talked to Apple (who are providing help, not hardware) and Kurzweill, and Mark Mothersbaugh and Irwin Chusid have talked to Opcode, and we are in the process of setting Juan up with a small MIDI studio to help facilitate the writing of his new arrangements. He is doing them by hand, like he has done for the last 50 years, but he is very interested in being *actual* (in Spanish, "up to date"), something he has always prided himself in. He and I have used samplers and sequencers, a process he is most intriqued with. As reported in both the NME and Seconds magazine, I approached Juan with the concept of recording the album with musicians who cite him as an influence (sort of a lounge "super group", for lack of a better term), rather than a group of faceless session players. He loved the idea. Since Combustible Edison are close friends of mine (I have played in the 'touring version' of the band on 5 of their 6 tours), I would love to see them involved. I have also spoken to Mike Flowers and Joey Seehee about adding their vocal prowess to the zu-zu-zu's, and there are others of the "new breed" whom we would like to have involved (Juan especially enjoys Joey Altruda). Recording plans are not definite at the moment - if we can get Esquivel on a plane, then we will probably record in Los Angeles (I am also in touch with Neely Plumb, who produced many of Esquivel's 60's recordings, and who will be involved in this). If he can't fly, Mexico City is only an hour away from where he lives, and we can get him there in a wheelchair van. Just to whet your appetites, I can tell you that he has sent me the completed chart to his arrangement of Mendelssohn's Wedding March (which many of you will remember from "The Newlywed Game"), and am awaiting "As Time Goes By", "Singin' In The Rain", and a new original entitled "Guacamole". He may do a new version of his sensational song "Don Quixote" (AKA "Pecado Mortal"), which was never released in the U.S., as well as an arrangement of Ravel's Bolero. He's planning on 12 cuts. If all goes well, we'll be recording this winter for release sometime next year. br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: cocktail/beer issue Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:46:48 -0500 >club soda? ginger ale? perrier? SMART DRINKS??? > simple...go the tropical route minus the alcohol and substitute soda water or sparkling water. many fine tropical libations are just as tasty and refreshing as simple blended fruit drinks! soberly swank, Vik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:46:42 -0500 >HORNSBY'S CIDER! > >Tastes like apple cider, looks good in any glass, >nice buzz, and there's this cool charging rhino on the label. when not able to sink into a Thailand Breeze, Floating Market, or Siam Sling...Vik has to agree...Hornsby's or Woodpecker Cider will do the trick quite nicely. smooth, sweet, and a kick like a woman scorned! in swank, Vik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc. Date: 19 Jul 1996 19:46:54 -0500 >Speaking of imports, can anyone comment on the Shuldmachen Report album? >(I'm sure I spelled it wrong.) Vik's website has a page or two about it, >and I saw import copies at Other Music in NYC, but I'm waiting for Motel to >release it domestically (U.S.). motel has decided to pass on the licensing on this at the moment. however, look for a Schulmadchen contest in Vik's appearing this weekend (if you have not already brought it) in swank, Vik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: RE: cocktail/beer issue Date: 19 Jul 1996 14:22:38 -1000 At 01:53 PM 7/19/96 -1000, Vik wrote: >simple...go the tropical route minus the alcohol and substitute soda water >or sparkling water. many fine tropical libations are just as tasty and >refreshing as simple blended fruit drinks! Fruit drinks can be suitably suave but they absolutely *MUST* have a little umbrella or similarly exotic garnish. Bring your own if you have to! Aloha, Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 19 Jul 1996 11:13:43 -0400 I think for elegance you want a nice Czech pilsner in the long, swellegant pilsner glass. For sheer physical beauty, I must plump for my hometown's brew - Anchor Steam, which when held to the light conjures up coppery Venusian twilights worthy of an Esquivel soundtrack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: everybody say sergio... Date: 20 Jul 1996 00:32:27 -0400 >From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:42:16 -0400 >Subject: sergio mendes - brasil '65 > >I have an album by Brasil '65 which claims to have the debut of the song "So >Nice" . Is this the same as the album "In The Brazilian Bag" ? It also has >one note samba, berimbau, favela and she's a carioca and others. The cover >states: Recorded in Hollywood...The greatest new south american arrival since >coffee! it's on capitol. I think it's the same recording, since "In the Brazilian Bag" (by the Sergio Mendes Trio plus the voice of Wanda de Sah, the guitar of Rosinha de Valenca, the alto sax and flute of special North American Guest Artist Bud Shank) has those songs. About "So Nice," the record says: "SO NICE (Samba de Verao). As timely as today, this is a brand new song by the young Brazilian composer Marcus Valle, with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel, sung beautifully in English by Wanda." The record is on Tower, a division of Capitol. I checked, and none of the people playing on the album are the same as the members of the Brazil 66 (at least on the Equinox album, the one I checked). >From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com >Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 20:53:59 -0400 >Subject: Re: dmitri, schuldmachen, etc. > >I heard that Motel passed on schulmadchen and is working on additional >vampyros stuff instead. Doh! I'll have to track down an import _and_ pay 20-odd dollars for it? Sheesh. -Jordana _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: me and my swinging way of life Date: 20 Jul 1996 00:52:37 -0400 >From: Susanne Stratford >Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:06:26 +1000 (EST) >Subject: Re: How old are YOU? was: It's my birthday ! >I don't wish to start an abundance of unrelated email either....but I >have always been wondering how most of the people on this list have >become caught up in the 'exotic way of life'. Was it because they >remebered listening to the original music the first time it came around, >or remembered the music from their parents swinging parties. Or perhaps >they are complete groovers, ahead of their time, and caught onto the >genre before any revival opened it up to the mainstream. First of all, I need to say that when it comes down to it, I really prefer the later-model, more easy than exotic end of the lounge/exotica/etc. spectrum. The British easy listening scene is more my style. My interest in all of this music is based on my parents. My mother's favorite female vocalist is undoubtedly Yma Sumac (my dad's more into jazz but he was heavy into Sergio Mendes, Mongo Santamaria and such a bit later). As time has passed, they've gotten into different music (adult contemporary faux jazz and occassional forays into new age and Toni Braxton) but they never got rid of their record collections, and everything is in pristine shape. I'm 21 and I like bossa nova, electric sitars, moogs, and string versions of 60s pop hits. I also like vintage scooters, Fluevog shoes, and movies like The Knack And How To Get It. I've never been to a "New Lounge Scene" club event, or I would comment on that. -Jordana P.S. If you're more curious about me, try my webpage fashion magazine thing. _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Drinking does not make you Date: 19 Jul 1996 11:04:53 -0400 Sorry, I didn't mean to cause such a commotion with this! You don't have to drink cocktails, wear fezzes...because, yes, purely it is the MUSIC that makes me feel like I've had a couple glasses of champagne! But thanks for all the hi-ball sub suggestions. Now, a new question, what cool performers are still in Vegas? I know there was a thread about the clubs-but not the crooners! Please help. Lounge Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Cocktails Date: 19 Jul 1996 18:09:05 -0500 > I'm getting a bit tired of the justifications for this 'cocktail culture' > revival. Talk about one of the worst aspects of the 1950's. The only > reason people drank so much in the culture circles was to forget their > mundane Ozzie and Harriet lives. (see John Cheever). American pop culture of the 90's is no less empty than any other period. What's your drug of choice? I here heroine is making it big these days. : ) Now, although I'm only into the music side of exotica, I'd be perfectly happy attending an Exoticon-like event filled with swankly dressed swillers, just as long as I'm not outcast for wearing jeans and a t-shirt and drinking ginger-ale. As Bryan said, it's all in fun... it's your thang. kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Drinking does not make you Date: 20 Jul 1996 02:58:04 -0400 Cook E Jarr is THE MAN! ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Date: 20 Jul 1996 02:59:27 -0400 ...and the tiki gods said: "Let mono be mono." Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Yma, Cocktails and Covers Date: 20 Jul 1996 05:48:40 -0600 (MDT) > >Went to Tower Records last night and found a TON of Yma Sumac re-releases >on CD. They had every album, plus a live release and even a $4.99 >SAMPLER! Needless to say I bought one and will be back for the rest. >Also picked up Denny's Exotica and Exotica II for $15.99. By the way, >the Yma albums are only $11.99! LABELS? LABELS? LABELS? Can't order them without at least knowing the label!! Thanks! Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: cocktail/beer issue Date: 20 Jul 1996 05:53:21 -0600 (MDT) >ok, >so what do you do if you don't drink alchohol of ANY type??? >there are some of us lounge cats out there (i hope)... what are the >designated drivers, alchoholics anonymous-types, and other diseased >folks to drink and yet maintain their swank hip-ness??? > >club soda? ginger ale? perrier? SMART DRINKS??? > You can still make cocktails. Try combining ANY fruit juices - I like Cran-Raspberry with a splash of lime cordial mixed with a bit of pineapple-coconut drink and served over ice garnished with slices of nectarine. Add a bit of vodka if you a drinker. Fruit juice comb-cocktails are endless. But the above is the MINGO-GO - or the VIRGIN MINGO-GO for you! Also, on the beer front. Berliner Weisse is mixed with raspberry juice - that is the red or green stuff. And it is fantastico! Jill "Mingo-go" Mingo Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: everybody say sergio... Date: 20 Jul 1996 09:36:35 -0400 I haven't heard schulmadchen, but people who have don't seem that excited about it. maybe that's why they passed on it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: ME! Date: 20 Jul 1996 10:00:22 EDT Laura and Karen have been nice enough to introduce themselves, so I felt kind of bad that I never really did. Not that my life is so damned interesting. Name: Rev. Patrick Cashin aka: "'Trick" D.O.B: 08/28/67 (staring down the barrel of 29) Sign: "Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work". Likes: "Exotica" music, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Milk & Cheese, David Letterman, 60's punk, Space Ghost, Spumco, & Bozo the Clown. Dislikes: Just about everything else. Occupation: Communications Major, hoping to be a bigshot Letterman writer. Avocation: "To wear the Zoot Suit, and live the myth." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: everybody say sergio... Date: 20 Jul 1996 11:43:11 -0400 Let me take back what I said about Vampyros Lesbos being better....I really sat down and heard Schulmadchen and it is pretty amazing - had I the choice to own either one I'd have to say Schulmadchen...Don't worry about high priced imports this CD should be showing up in stores real soon - the German pressing at a domestic price, I know caroline distribution will be getting them in next week so stores will be able to havwe them real soon! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Rhodewalt Subject: Re: cocktail/beer issue Date: 20 Jul 1996 08:45:42 -0700 I'm still looking for a virgin martini. (Used to enjoy the real thing quite a bit.) Maybe ice-cold distilled water with a dash of white grape juice in a glass around whose lip juniper berries have been rubbed? Bruce -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Date: 20 Jul 1996 22:10:56 -0400 At 02:59 AM 7/20/96 -0400, you wrote: >...and the tiki gods said: "Let mono be mono." > >Ashley > That's right Ashley. And speaking of mono to all you cocktail folks out there, what's wrong with it? Or if reprocessed is you bag, what's right with it? My view is: LONG LIVE MONO!!! BRING BACK MY MONO!!!! (laughs) Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Yma, Cocktails and Covers Date: 20 Jul 1996 22:13:50 -0400 At 05:48 AM 7/20/96 -0600, you wrote: >> >>Went to Tower Records last night and found a TON of Yma Sumac re-releases >>on CD. They had every album, plus a live release and even a $4.99 >>SAMPLER! Needless to say I bought one and will be back for the rest. >>Also picked up Denny's Exotica and Exotica II for $15.99. By the way, >>the Yma albums are only $11.99! > > >LABELS? LABELS? LABELS? Can't order them without at least knowing the label!! > >Thanks! > >Jill > > CAPITOL! CAPITOL! CAPITOL! Now you know the label (laughs) Your welcome, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jason M Subject: Francis Lai (What's Available) Date: 20 Jul 1996 22:27:23 +0000 Does anyone have any of the Francis Lai CD/Records other than "A MAN AND A WOMAN / LIFE IS LIFE " ? How are they ? Do they have any French Samba? Is there anyone else that does French Samba (spoken French in the style of Astrud Gilberto / Walter Wenderly ? Thanks Jason the Pygmy Taxi Corp Music Without Fear of Obsolecence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Francis Lai (What's Available) Date: 20 Jul 1996 23:31:18 -0400 At 10:27 PM 7/20/96 +0000, you wrote: >Does anyone have any of the Francis Lai CD/Records other than "A MAN AND >A WOMAN / LIFE IS LIFE " ? How are they ? Do they have any French Samba? >Is there anyone else that does French Samba (spoken French in the style >of Astrud Gilberto / Walter Wenderly ? I would also like to find more Francis Lai as well. But I'm looking for instrumentals without the spoken french. I don't speak french, so having something with a lot of french vocals on it, wouldn't be a part of my bag. Any suggestions? Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: schulmadchen Date: 21 Jul 1996 01:28:18 -0500 >I haven't heard schulmadchen, but people who have don't seem that excited >about it. maybe that's why they passed on it. not true, my friends. this release, while not as psychedellically as weird as vampyros, nonethless has many fine tracks. fall more into the polyester sock-it-to-me school (a la Sound Gallery). definitely a worthwhile piece! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: Re: My Gunn Collection Date: 21 Jul 1996 11:55:11 -0700 HOUSEOBOB@aol.com wrote: > > Just found two previously unknown (to me) versions of "Peter Gunn" . One is > a Sly & Robbie reggae treatment and the other is a soundtrack from a 1967 > movie called "Gunn...Number One!".The whole score is by Mancini and the cut > includes Plas Johnson playing "the new Selmer Varitone Electric Saxaphone". > Is this one of the most recorded tunes or what? How many times has Mancini > redone it? Check out the discussion of "Peter Gunn" and other Mancini numbers, plus a list of "Peter Gunn" recordings, at: http://www.netrail.net/~bbigelow/mancsong.htm Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: The Knack....And How To Get It Date: 21 Jul 1996 23:56:22 -0400 In a message dated 96-07-20 02:06:21 EDT, Jordana writes: >I'm 21 and I like bossa nova, electric sitars, moogs, and string versions of >60s pop hits. I also like vintage scooters, Fluevog shoes, and movies like >The Knack And How To Get It. I've never been to a "New Lounge Scene" club >event, or I would comment on that. Yes! I was on my knees, rumaging in a local record shop and ran across The Knack. Caught my eye because one of my favorites, John Barry did the score. Rather than the Bond sound of the same era, we have a much more *delightful* score. Of course, that is because this is a great 1965 British comedy about one guy who has IT, and his buddy, who wants to know how to get IT. IT, of course being the ability to bed women. Most excellent movie and soundtrack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Katie Eagan & Jeff Phillips Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 22 Jul 1996 07:39:25 -0900 (PDT) On 18 Jul 1996, Laura Taylor wrote: > So, here' s my question-what is the most cocktail-esque beer, one that you > could drink from a martini glass and still be swank? And don't say PABST > BLUE RIBBON or I shall cry and feel foolish for writing this, which I guess I > do anyway. A nice drink, which requires no shaking or stirring, is a tall pilsener or wide martini glass bubbling with Lindemans Lambic Ale. Available in Cherry, Raspberry or Peach, they're the closest thing to a champagne cocktail. EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Dada'quariums Upd@te 22 July 96 Date: 22 Jul 1996 19:30:49 +0100 review by jack Diamond and sleeve notes of BO AXELZON & HIS EXOTIC SOUNDS have been added to DADA'QUARIUMS: "http://www.ping.be/~ping1241/" = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ton Rueckert Subject: Re: Cocktail Conflict Date: 22 Jul 1996 20:01:01 +0200 >A nice drink, which requires no shaking or stirring, is a tall pilsener=20 >or wide martini glass bubbling with Lindemans Lambic Ale. Available in=20 >Cherry, Raspberry or Peach, they're the closest thing to a champagne= cocktail. Exactly what I have been thinking all along , but : It isn't Lindemans ( or is there a Lindemans too ? ) , but Liefmans Ale . Lambic , a bit like cider , is the basis for gueuze-beer , a wine-like wheat-beer , then cherries , raspberries or peaches are added for a second fermentation . The Cherry is called Kriek , the Raspberry is called Frambozen (Framboise) , am not sure about the Peach , but that's probably Perzik (P=EAche). Yes , the closest thing to a champagne cocktail ! Salut , Ton *** mojoto@plex.nl (Ton Rueckert) Phone (31) (0)773545386 *** *** http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto/index.html (not available yet) *** *** Mozartstraat 12 5914RB Venlo The Netherlands *** ~ ~ I do not know whether we can survive without protons ~ ~ ~ ~ Often it is fatal to live too long ~ ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Adam Hill Subject: Walter Wanderly CD (Scamp) Date: 22 Jul 1996 15:26:07 -0400 (EDT) How can I go about ordering the Walter Wanderly CD now released on Scamp lable. Thanks. John hill001@cherokee.nsuok.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ad_reid@astral.magic.ca (alison reid) Subject: Re: Last call for Seven Golden Men Date: 22 Jul 1996 14:48:47 -0400 Wowee, I have been away for the last month and i just got your messages - do i ever feel like a skunk - i hope it's not too late to still get my hands on that copy of Seven Golden Men - let me know how and how much - you know what call me, because sometimes this e-mail thing doesn't work - i am not around to check it all the time - and i don't want to miss your next message: (416) 693-4724 (not for public use - hear that everyone!!) You just made my year fabulous, Teresa M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin s. lee" Subject: The Knack Date: 22 Jul 1996 16:41:11 EST someone mentioned the movie, The Knack and How to Get It... i just recently found the soundtrack whilst digging thru my college radio station's stacks, done by John Barry, it sounds REAL swingin', almost compatible with the "Sound Gallery" thing. i've never seen the movie, is it easily findable? what's it like? looked like a late 60's thing...but not in a psychedelic way. other films like The Knack w/cool EZ soundtracks? Bedazzled (with swank music by Dudley Moore) perhaps? kevin || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || anonymous productions anon@scribble.com http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/endtimes || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry EMI Years Date: 22 Jul 1996 22:52:01 -0400 Funny you should ask about Barry's EMI years as I am listening to part 2 now. I really love the twangy guitar but the pizzicatto strings can get annoying. Haven't heard part 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Ledebur Subject: Re: Boston lounge scene? (was exotica Digest V2 #10) Date: 22 Jul 1996 23:11:00 -0400 Jeff Phillips (eaganca@cleo.bc.edu) wrote: > >On Sun, 14 Jul 1996 grrrl@clubhouse.email.net wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity is anyone on the list from the Boston=20 >>or Cambridge area and if so could you update me on the=20 >>Exotica/Lounge/Mod scene there. I'm a future Boss-Tone-Nite! > >There's nuttin' honey, as far as a lounge "scene" in Boston. >snip< >However, Valerie & Peter's weekly "Music for Better Living"=20 >show on W?BC radio is a must listen every Wednesday happy=20 >hour from 6-7 p.m. > >There are a coupla good record stores worth browzing every=20 >week or so, namely Mystery Train (the Boston store) and Cheapo=20 >Records in Central Square. And while I used to recommend=20 >Looney Tunes on Boylston, they've unfortunately gone the way of=20 >the dodobird and started putting everything in slick new polyprop=20 >bags and charging double, yes DOUBLE what they used to. >snip< I've gotta agree with Jeff about the lack of a scene (though, of course, = I don't go out, so I prob'ly wouldn't know about any "scene" if there = was). Though I pretty much rely on out-of-the-area thrift stores (forget about = thrifting any good records around town) Nuggets in Kenmore Square seems = to have stuff resonably priced (though mostly out of my $3 price range) = and of all places the Garment District has a suprisingly large = collection of decent records in good shape for fair prices (but asking = $2.50 for a copy of Whipped Cream is a bit ridiculous). Peter Music for Better Living with Valerie and Peter Wednesdays 6-7pm on WZBC 90.3 FM http://members.aol.com/Hifibliss/mfbl.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: John Barry EMI Years Date: 23 Jul 1996 00:21:28 -0400 (EDT) >Funny you should ask about Barry's EMI years as I am listening to part 2 now. >I really love the twangy guitar but the pizzicatto strings can get annoying. >Haven't heard part 1. I haven't heard it either, but a friend of mine who has it raves about it. As hard as it is to believe, the first half of it is *very* authentic rockabilly; supposedly as good as anything else from that period. The rest of the disc is mostly surf music. Needless to say, it would appear that Barry's style has...evolved a bit since then. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: John Barry EMI Years Date: 23 Jul 1996 01:01:10 -0400 Volume One is primarily lots of twangy guitar rock, including a few embarrasingly funny John Barry vocals...if you like Duane Eddy-style twang this one is for you...also it has a few tracks from "Beat Girl" (Barry's first soundtrack) which is great brashy big band juvenile delinquint film jazz. Volume Two definitely moves more into atmospheric soundtrack-style territory....it's got some great tunes featuring the clavoline (that space age organ-style instrument heard on "Telstar" by the Tornados... I hope this helps. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: The Knack Date: 23 Jul 1996 14:11:54 -0400 >other films like The Knack w/cool EZ soundtracks? >Bedazzled (with swank music by Dudley Moore) perhaps? There is a track for Bedazzled, but it's not the easiest thing in the world to find. Both "Our Man.." and "In Like.." 'Flint' are very swinging ("In Like..." is tough to find, though). Other good ones to seek out - "Barbarella", "The 10th Victim", the oft-mentioned "7 Golden men", "Sweden : Heaven or Hell", "Barefoot in the Park", "The Party", "Modesty Blaise", "Fathom", "The Biggest Bundle of Them All"......... br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew N. Page" Subject: Fair Warning! Date: 23 Jul 1996 16:25:59 -0700 Hello fellow kitsch hounds! My name is Matt, and I am more than please to have found the velvet opulence of this list. I'm just introducing myself. Feel free to email me personally or visit my web page @ www.dfwmm.net/~pagesft . A few quick questions... Is the group open to non-vintage albums? Such as, the fine band "combustible edison". A must listen. Anybody live in Dallas? Any cool haunts? What is the skinny on the ULTRA-LOUNGE series from Capitol? Take Care, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: The Knack Date: 23 Jul 1996 17:24:48 -0500 This might be a little to wacky but what about the soundtrack to "A Man Called Flintstone" Cartoon, spy jazz, plus psychedilic Pebbles and Bam Bam one of my faves _ Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Fair Warning! Date: 23 Jul 1996 21:23:52 -0400 Hello Matt -welcome to the list ANything vintage or non is cool - if you like Combustible you are in the right place....the Ultra Lounge is pretty great and there much to explore further down the street! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Walter Wanderly CD (Scamp) Date: 23 Jul 1996 21:15:47 -0400 Hello John - you can get the Walter wanderley Cd from: Collectors' Choice 1-800-923-1122 ANTI (310) 644-7070 Atomic Beat (310) 556-1144 Hope this helps Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan Perl Subject: * T h r i l l i n g I n t r o d u c t i Date: 24 Jul 1996 11:13:00 +0100 Hello, I just joined this list. I did this because most of my friends just smile and say 'that's very nice' when I play them things rather than show any passion. I live in London where there are some pretty exotic things going on. I sometimes attend these, but the rest of the time I make the soundtrack at home. I love to buy old vinyl - to the extent that I probably buy about 10 or 20 albums a week. Many different strands of easy. My fave recent purchase was Enoch Light's Pertinent Percussion Cha Chas which I managed to pick up for a couple of quid. I also appreciate the plethora of CD compilations available. Anyway - I look forward to chatting more later. Some brief questions: Can anyone tell me anything about the polygram music publishing comp CD 'Music for Night People' (not the Larry Page orch. album)? I recently got an American promo of it. Does anyone else have a mystery track on the end of track 12 of their copy of the Rykodisc 'Shaken not Stirred' compilation CD? Does anyone know anything about 'The Exotic Guitars'? Jonny Perl ___________________ jonathan@cursci.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: * T h r i l l i n g I n t r o d u c t i Date: 24 Jul 1996 07:58:16 -0400 The American "Music For Night People" disc was a limited edition CD released by Polygram Publishing primarily to get placement in films & TV shows of the kooky "lounge/easy listening" titles that they own the publishing to. It was mastered off vinyl and depending on which track you listen to did have various degrees of apparent surface noise. The only way it could be bought was if someione in the industry sold it to a shop who bought used CDs and promos. Hope this helps Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: readingm@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Date: 24 Jul 1996 06:50:20 -0700 >....and the tiki gods said: "Let mono be mono." Just to clarify, I never meant to imply that fake stereo is ever better than original mono. As you know, though, as long as there are old mono masters lying around in a vault somewhere, soneone will attempt to make stereo out of them. And it seems that whatever Capitol did with the Ultra-Lounge series is at least listenable. While a case could be made for using this process on the various artists discs, they should have let the "mono be mono" on the Les Baxter collection, it being an overview of an important artists' work. Also, I certainly never wanted to touch off another mono vs. stereo debate (I see enough of that in Goldmine), I was just wondering if anyone had any info on the process itself, as I find that stuff interesting. Really though, I'd rather talk about MUSIC! Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: Fair Warning! Date: 24 Jul 1996 08:56:05 -0800 > What is the skinny on the ULTRA-LOUNGE series from Capitol? I must agree with Ashley, I happen to like the Ultra Lounges. Simply because many of the tracks I can't find on vinyl (yet). Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NICK.DIMMOCK@NENE.AC.UK Subject: Well, hello there... Date: 22 Jul 1996 16:30:58 +0000 (GMT) Hi! I just joined the mailing list... hopefully someone here will be able to give me information on Phase 4 Stereo and Studio Two... I can`t find a damn thing about them on the Web, except "Sound Gallery" reviews. I hope someone can match our enthusiasm here... nick.dimmock@nene.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: keithd@netcom.com (Keith Doyle) Subject: Nathan Van Cleave? Date: 22 Jul 1996 10:03:47 PDT Does anyone know anything about Nathan Van Cleave? He is credited with IMHO some of the better original Twilight Zone soundtracks, and some are available on Nonesuch. I would think that these are by no means all he has contributed in the way of soundtrack material, but I know of no other sources, and I'm not even sure that the original 4 LP volumes of Twilight Zone material have made it to CD (I've seen a CD volume 1, but no other volumes). Any Van Cleave aficionados out there? Keith Doyle keithd@netcom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: (idm) New Lucozade advert Date: 22 Jul 1996 11:04:26 -0600 (MDT) Forwarded from the IDM list: > From: lotus@connectnet.com (*+*) > To: idm@hyperreal.com > Subject: Re: (idm) New Lucozade advert > >>> Hi >>> - music to the new (UK) Lucozade advert: >>> This a corker of a track which I beleive is by Jean Jaques Perry and >>> called 'EVA' , I couldn't find it when i first heard it, but now it's >>> been used on this ad I guess it'll be released properly. Does anyone >>> know anything more about this? >> >> All I can add is to say the album is called 'The In Sound From Way Out' >> from around 1970. > > actually this isn't from "the in sound..." i think it is from "moog > indigo", another album he did around the same time. i haven't heard the > advert, but this album is known mostly now as having a track which is > the source for the main groove to gangstarr's "just to get a rep". i'm > not sure what the name of that track is off-hand though. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laurie Chase Subject: Please get me off this list Date: 24 Jul 1996 09:55:47 -0700 (PDT) Please get me off this list. Please. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Playlist for House of Games, 7-7-96 Date: 24 Jul 1996 10:16:00 +0000 KFJC play list 7/7/96 for Jack Diamond http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc KFJC-FM, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 ARTIST TRACK ALBUM Planets Chunky George Russel Sextet Round Johnny Round Hal Mc Kusick-Alto Art Farmer-Tpt, Milt Hinton-Bass Barry Galbraith-Gtr George Russel RCA Jazz Workshop 1957 Comp/Arrgr Esquivel Amor Amor Genius Of, 67 Fabulous Jokers Instant Coffee MONUMENT,65 ? Synthesonic Sounds Superfly Ken Nordine The Junkman Son OF...58 Toy Parade Leave It to Beaver Theme Al Caiola The Mod Squad Theme My man Al !!!!!!! Martin Denny Group The Queen Chant Exotica Vol 2 Jean Jacques Perrey Soul City 1970 Ferrante and Teicher I've Told Every Little Star 57/8/STEREO Elmer Bernstein Thinking of Baby STACCATO/59 Vinnie Bell Aquarius Electric Sitar Chris Komeda Dream Rosemary's Baby Buddy Morrow Orch. Arranged By Bernie Green Poe For Moderns Pit and the Pendulum RCA/60 Mel Lewis Sextet Zig-Zag Mode/June 57 Bill Holman-Tnr Jack Sheldon-Tpt Charlie Mariano-Alto Marty Paich,Buddy Clark Mel Lewis-Drums Piano, Bass Link Wray Rumble!!! 1974/WINTERLAND Attileo Mineo Man Seeks the Future Only Mono Chet Atkins Slinkey RCA/1959 Muzzy Marcellino Pavanne Liberty/Mono Only Les Baxter W/ Sam Hoffman-Theremin Radar Blues Dated 1947, Capitol Riz Ortolani Buone Sera Mrs Campbell Chaino and His African Percussion Safari The Jungle Chase Http://Www.Cygnus.Com/kfjc/diamond Gabor Szabo Paint It Black(B.Purdie) Jazz Raga!!! Serge Gainsberg & Je't' Aime Jane Birkin Oooooooh la la Jimmy Guiffre 3 2 Kinds of Blues W/ Jim Hall, Ralph Pena Atlantic, 1957 Bob Thompson Orch Playboy Mmm NICE!/1960 Ventures Pink Panther Theme Al Caiola El Flicko Al IS my man !!! Gene Page Movin' Blacula Les Baxter Tropicando Que Mango!!!! Esquivel Nothing Ever Changes My To Love Again Love for You 57/RCA Mexicana Chim Kothari Downtown Sound of Sitar Howard Rumsey's Light-Featuring Bud Shank-Flute C.Williamson-Pno House All Stars Vol.4 Bob COOPER-OBOE,1954 Moon Dog Caribea Prestige/Mono Moon Dog Lullaby, Sung By Moondog's Wife Suzuko to Their Daughter June Bill Plummer Featured On Sitar W/ Mancini Orch Wiggy(The Party) Vinnie Bell-Gtr Dick Lieb-Moog Permissive Pass and I Call You Polyphonics Folkswingers Along Comes Mary Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis-Organ Mundell Lowe-Gtr Blues O' Mighty 63/VERVE Nino Rota Cadillac,Arrivederci Roma, La Dolce Vita Caracella's Kenyon Hopkins Coney Island Mesmerizing Eye 21ST Century Express Sid Ramin N W Corner Facing S E Stiletto Turkish Bath Beneath Planet of the Apes Louise Huebner Seduction - > Witchcraft Pete Rugolo Diamond on the Move Playlist for Jack Diamond 7-7-96 KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Playlist for House of Games, 6-30-96 Date: 24 Jul 1996 10:21:57 +0000 KFJC play list 6/30/96 for Jack Diamond ARTIST TRACK ALBUM Planets Chunky Hal Mckusick Qrt. Minor Seventh Heaven Sept 1955/RCA Lalo Schifrin The Chase Cool Hand Luke Riz Ortolani The Night Club Biggest Bundle Chico Rey and the Jet Band Stiletto Sid Ramin Dick Hyman Living on Borrowed Time Fabuolous,Command Jackie and Roy Walkin' MARCH,1957 Les Paul Sleep 66,67 Hal Blaine,Paul Beaver Emil Richards-Flashes 67 Bing Day Mama's Place beatnik Esquivel Begin the Beguines 58/RCA Jerry Goldsmith The Search Planet of the Original Soundtrack Apes Martin Denny Quiet Village Exotica ! Leo Diamond 3RD Man Theme Themes From Great City of Westminster Foreign Films String Band Split Level Jean Jacques Perrey Mr. James Bond Amazing New Electronic Pop Sounds of Chet Baker, Art Pepper, Richie The Route Pacific Jazz Kamuca 1956 Buddy Emmons Linus and Lucy Medley Shakespeare, John Orchestra Mucho Mexico SEVEN-0 [coll]: Easy Project Art Blakely W/ Benny Golson, Lee Morgan Bobby Timmons-Pno, Jymie Merritt-Bass Are You Real Blue Note Orig. Osibisa Superfly T.N.T. Blaxploitation Lambert Hendricks and Ross Halloween Spooks Electric Flag M-23 The Trip Dick Hyman/Mary Mayo Desafinado Moon Gasssssssssssssss Harry Lubin Weird One Step Beyond Pete Rugolo Voodoo Man,Guilty Men Thriller Bob Thompson Orch There's a Small Hotel On the Rocks Walter Wanderly Summer Samba CHEEEEEEEESE Andre' Popppppppppppp Manchester Et Liverpool Al Caiola The Rat Patrol Theme Candido, Joe Puma, Dick Katz-Pno,Al Cohn W.Mitchell-Bass Mambo Inn(ABC Paramount) 57 Kenyon Hopkins The Long Walk Shock!!!!!!!!!! Jack Burger Bongo Instruction See picture 12 ;-)> Barney Kessel Carmen's Cool (She Sure Is) 1958 Fortune Tellers Ahhhhh the Mystery of Life Jimmie Haskel Homeward Earth Mono, 1957/8 Ahbez, Eden The Wanderer Eden's Island Don Ralke Orch Rex's Theme Bourbon St Beat Speedy West West of Samoa Jimmy Bryant-Lead Pierro Umiliani Beer Vermouth and Gin Sweden,Heaven & Hell Ray Martin Orchestra Whooooooooooooodunnit?????????????? The Sound of Sight, Phase 4, All Time Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mancini The Cat(Lalo Schifrin) 67 Pete Rugolo Diamond on the Move Playlist for Jack Diamond, 6-30-96 KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Chilson Subject: Re: The Knack Date: 24 Jul 1996 10:30:31 -0700 (PDT) I recently caught The Knack on our local PBS (San Diego) station and really dug it. Keep those VCRs warmed up and ready to go! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: FREINDS Date: 24 Jul 1996 14:23:43 PST Hi, If any of you want to reach me from now on, use Moelawns@aol.com as I'm not going to be at Anti as of tomorrow, Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Astro Sounds et. al. Date: 24 Jul 1996 17:24:37 -0400 Hey Ashley, no Astro Sounds or Que Mango as of yet. What gives? Thanks, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin s. lee" Subject: hi, I'm kevin what's your sign? Date: 24 Jul 1996 17:35:54 EST ok, lemme try... Name: Kevin Sukho Lee D.O.B. : 10/18/70 (a Libra, and it shows) Nationality: U.S. citizen by birth, although parents both Korean Occupation: Electrical Engineer, but not "really" Hobbies/Interests: Radio DJ, Film Studier, Filmmaker, Musician, Cable Access TV show maker Height: 5'10" Weight: 135 lbs. Likes: Godzilla, Pop Culture of the 20th Century up until the 90's (especially MUSIC and FILM), old stop-motion animation, MST3K, Underground Comix, The Simpsons Dislikes: the 90's, MTV, rock "journalists", cold sores, severe gastro-intestinal pain, Electrical Engineering, most recent glut of movie "compilation soundtracks" (I personally blame Q.Tarantino) god, i feel like i just filled out a dating service form... next? || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || anonymous productions anon@scribble.com http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/endtimes || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew N. Page" Date: 24 Jul 1996 20:22:19 -0700 >A nice drink, which requires no shaking or stirring, is a tall pilsener=20 >or wide martini glass bubbling with Lindemans Lambic Ale. Available in=20 >Cherry, Raspberry or Peach, they're the closest thing to a champagne= cocktail. >Exactly what I have been thinking all along , but : >It isn't Lindemans ( or is there a Lindemans too ? ) , but Liefmans Ale . >Lambic , a bit like cider , is the basis for gueuze-beer , a wine-like >wheat-beer , then cherries , raspberries or peaches are added for a second >fermentation . The Cherry is called Kriek , the Raspberry is called >Frambozen (Framboise) , am not sure about the Peach , but that's probably >Perzik (P=EAche). >Yes , the closest thing to a champagne cocktail ! I would agree with the Liefmans scenario. I've had the framboise, quite delicious yet refreshing. However, be fore-warned that if you drink more than one you'll find that the sweetness of the raspberry tends to detract from the light character of the drink. I personally like to drink Guinness, Bass Ale, or Paulaner OktoberFest, (not very Swing'in) but if you want light then I would recommend a Hibiscus which is kind of like a Mimosa but with Cranberry Juice instead of OJ.=20 -Matt P.S. Got any cool "Lounge Links" send them to me. I need more cheese, sleaze, and velvet wonder for my web page www.dfwmm.net/~pagesft .=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Terry Frost Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 21:05:17 +1000 (EST) Hi, people. I've been lurking a while here in the Antipodes and thought I'd mention an artist who's kinda fringe-lounge. I just picked up (at exorbitant Australian prices) an Impulse import of Johnny Hartman's "Unforgettable" CD. Very cool late night stuff. The tunes are very standard but Hartman's smooth-as-Glenfiddich delivery and the big band sound behind him make it extra swank and tres cool. Catch you on the flipside Terry ___________________________ Terry Frost = hlector@netspace.net.au I "I want to live in an I * Winner Best Fan Writer Ditmar Award 1995 I alternate universe I * President of the "Get Amanda Vanstone A Job I where Bobby Darin didn't I In MacDonald's Now Society" I die in 1973" I * Freelance iconoclast and bon vivant. I _________________________ I * Feral Heterosexual White Male at Large ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 10:20:26 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Terry Frost wrote: > I've been lurking a while here in the Antipodes and thought I'd mention an > artist who's kinda fringe-lounge. I just picked up (at exorbitant Australian > prices) an Impulse import of Johnny Hartman's "Unforgettable" CD. When "The Bridges of Madison County" was released it was very fascinating to see people coming into the music chains. They were all looking for stuff by this great "new" singer Johnny Hartman. The man was a great singer and if you ever see the CD that he did with John Coltrane grab it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laurie Chase Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 07:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Whoa, Johnny is THE MAN!!! I am so glad someone brought him up. If you haven't had the chance to check out Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane (that is the name of the CD, available on Impulse), YOU MUST!!!!!!!! Johnny's and Trane's version of "Lush Life" is unequaled. A "must-have" lounge classic. Laurie Chase > I've been lurking a while here in the Antipodes and thought I'd mention an > artist who's kinda fringe-lounge. I just picked up (at exorbitant Australian > prices) an Impulse import of Johnny Hartman's "Unforgettable" CD. > > Very cool late night stuff. The tunes are very standard but Hartman's > smooth-as-Glenfiddich delivery and the big band sound behind him make it > extra swank and tres cool. > > Catch you on the flipside > > Terry > ___________________________ Terry Frost = hlector@netspace.net.au > I "I want to live in an I * Winner Best Fan Writer Ditmar Award 1995 > I alternate universe I * President of the "Get Amanda Vanstone A Job > I where Bobby Darin didn't I In MacDonald's Now Society" > I die in 1973" I * Freelance iconoclast and bon vivant. > I _________________________ I * Feral Heterosexual White Male at Large > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 11:28:19 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Laurie Chase wrote: > Whoa, Johnny is THE MAN!!! I am so glad someone brought him up. If you > haven't had the chance to check out Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane > (that is the name of the CD, available on Impulse), YOU MUST!!!!!!!! > Johnny's and Trane's version of "Lush Life" is unequaled. > A "must-have" lounge classic. Billy Eckstine a fairly good singer in the 40's and 50's was quoted in an interview as saying. "Johnny Hartman had the poor voice I never had." Not a bad endorsement. Any release by him on the "Bethlehem" label would be a good addition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 08:27:23 +0000 >. I just picked up (at > > exorbitant Australian prices) an Impulse import of Johnny > > Hartman's "Unforgettable" CD. > > The man was a great singer and if you ever see the CD that he did with > John Coltrane grab it! And you might go to the source- Billy Eckstine. He had a long and successfull career (this equals some bad records) but he was the original "sepia Sinatra" and when things clicked no one was better. Groovy version of Babalu, too! Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 09:50:16 -0400 (EDT) According to Terry Frost: > I've been lurking a while here in the Antipodes and thought I'd mention an > artist who's kinda fringe-lounge. I just picked up (at exorbitant Australian > prices) an Impulse import of Johnny Hartman's "Unforgettable" CD. Nice collection - I recommend his other Impulse recordings (1) John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (perhaps the finest baritone vocal performance ever recorded), (2) I Just Dropped By to Say Hello, (3) The Voice That Is!. Also, if you like Hartman with a small jazz combo check out his 1956 Bethlehem album "Songs From the Heart". There's more....but I'll stop here. All of the albums mentioned above are available in the states on CD. take care bryan j. cuevas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbatutis@AMEXPUB.COM (Joe Batutis) Subject: Astro Sounds et. al. Date: 25 Jul 1996 11:15:45 -0400 I picked up Astro Sounds last nights and was pleasantly surprised. It is great from start to finish. On some of the tracks the string arrangements are downright daring. I had a hard time getting "Whiplash" out of my mind. (but then again that's my problem) The cover reproduction was great, too. I only wish the liner notes were a little more informative. I noticed that Footlights, one of my favorite record stores was thanked in the liner notes. Any particular reason? Here's another question... anybody out there trying to rerelease those early experimental Ferrante & Teicher albums? Scamp? -Joe B. http://www.amexpub.com/jbatutis/noddmusic/oddmusic.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NICK.DIMMOCK@NENE.AC.UK Subject: Tomita Date: 25 Jul 1996 16:46:44 +0000 (GMT) I picked up a splendid Tomita cassette the other day - COSMOS. I don`t know how widely known it is but it features a version of the Star Wars theme which beggars belief - it breaks down halfway through into a whistling competition between two synths, kind of a mixture of a "Simon" game and a classical Duelling Banjos, and then when one synth makes a mistake the other one goes off into a long resonant-filter laughing fit and the main SW theme surges back in with a bubbling bassline. Then a whistling sound goes higher and higher and higher before dropping back down followed by a metal clunk and the sound of a hubcap or something spinning to rest. This is FANTASTIC music - just so many ideas thrown at you that you`re guaranteed to like some of them, if not all. If anybody wants a copy, let me know... I don`t know how available it is nowadays. Nick D. - nick.dimmock@nene.ac.uk "Remember, the option to fuck up your life is a privelige, not a challenge." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: grrrl@clubhouse.email.net Subject: exotica Digest V2 #21 Date: 25 Jul 1996 11:31:00 CDT Seems like most people on the Boston end are bummy on the lack of Lush happenings in the area if at all possible or if any of you are interested enuff maybe after I get settled and so forth we can plan a monthly cocktail soiree a few peeps some good tunes and of course distinguishing conversation. Sounds good? Let me know. By the way I will be residing in Brighton whats up in that Hood? Molly-A-Go-Go! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Exotic Moods Date: 25 Jul 1996 13:36:30 -0400 (EDT) Can anyone tell me whether the Exotic Moods of Les Baxter 2 disc set has the tracks in chronological order? Are they albums put back to back or have certain tracks been filtered out? Thanks... Paul Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 25 Jul 1996 19:52:47 +0100 "Matthew N. Page" wrote: >What is the skinny on the ULTRA-LOUNGE series from Capitol? ESSENTIAL, if you can't find those rare originals; i didn't like vol 5 though (wild cool and swingin), which has vocal pop songs that have little or nothing to do with exotica/space age pop = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ dada@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium **************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has ExZotica reviews Zound Zamples ExZotica/novelty records for sale **************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: John Barry EMI Years Date: 25 Jul 1996 19:52:38 +0100 HOUSEOBOB@aol.com wrote: >Funny you should ask about Barry's EMI years as I am listening to part 2 now. >I really love the twangy guitar but the pizzicatto strings can get annoying. i agree; i've just listened to "THE BEAT GIRL / STRING BEAT" (2 lps on 1 cd, Play It Again PLAY 001, UK, 1990 but still avail.) i love "BEAT GIRL": very punchy combination of guitar & brass but those pizzicatto strings on "STRING BEAT" are too kitschy for my taste... = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: 2 different sleeve versions of THE THREE SUNS Movin'n 'n' groovin' Date: 25 Jul 1996 19:51:57 +0100 i found 2 different sleeve versions of THE THREE SUNS Movin'n 'n' groovin'. one is an ordinary beige cover, but the other has a very thick golden cardboard cover with a cut-out which shows through a picture on the inner protective sleeve. where they both released in 1962, and is one of them rarer that the other? i'd like to know, as i want to sell the rarest of them, and keep the other one for me. thanx! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: schulmadchen Date: 25 Jul 1996 19:52:28 +0100 HOUSEOBOB@aol.com wrote: >I haven't heard schulmadchen, but people who have don't seem that excited >about it. maybe that's why they passed on it. i've heard it, and i like it as much as "the sound spectrum" comp or "vampiros lesbos" = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ dada@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium **************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has ExZotica reviews Zound Zamples ExZotica/novelty records for sale **************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: eaganca Subject: What's up in Brighton (was Re: exotica Digest V2 #21) Date: 25 Jul 1996 15:28:32 -0400 () Molly-A-Go-Go! writes: >Seems like most people on the Boston end are bummy on the lack of Lush >happenings in the area if at all possible or if any of you are interested >enuff maybe after I get settled and so forth we can plan a monthly >cocktail soiree a few peeps some good tunes and of course >distinguishing conversation. Sounds good? Let me know. By the way I will be >residing in Brighton whats up in that Hood? ya! Great idea about a monthly soiree. I propose a different theme for each event, starting with (of course!) EZ-vocals, namely Mancini, Ray Charles Singers, and...did somebody say RAY CONNIFF? Don't forget your bubble-gum. Brighton happens to be the home to at least two interesting stores worth your perusal. First is Mars, up the stairs at 107 Brighton Ave. Good deals (for the most part), they have a fun collection of all the stuff we talk about here at Exotica Central. But a few doors down is where you'll spend most of your time, at Diskovery (113 Brighton Ave.). The proprietor claims to have known Yma Sumac in Peru back in the day, and has a mint-condition autographed Yma LP (not for sale, unfortunately) to prove it. The prices seem inordinately high sometimes, but usually when you get to the counter she looks at your stack and says, "mmm...give me 10 dollah." Sure, my Englebert Christmas album was scratched all ways to Tuesday, but hey... EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 25 Jul 1996 12:25:43 -0800 Johan wrote > > ESSENTIAL, if you can't find those rare originals; i didn't like > vol 5 though (wild cool and swingin), which has vocal pop songs > that have little or nothing to do with exotica/space age pop > I think I have to diasgree with Johan comment on Ultra Lounge Vol. 5 I feel that it has it's place in the great cheeze factor of space age pop/Lounge. Songs are fun and catchy. Who can resist Young Wayne Newton singing Danke shane (sp?) Or Sam Butera (who also played with Louis Prima, another great) singing French Poodle. Marie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newline.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re[2]: The Knack Date: 25 Jul 1996 15:43:16 -0400 >>John Chilson wrote: >>I recently caught The Knack on our local PBS (San Diego) station and >>really dug it. Keep those VCRs warmed up and ready to go! I first caught this on PBS as well. I was able to pick up a letterboxed video of "The Knack..." about 6 months ago for $20 (usually more than I'm willing to pay, but this is not an easy one to find). The letterboxed version was released on video by MGM/UA in 1994. Definately worth keeping an eye out for - directed by Richard Lester, the man who brought us "A Hard Day's Night." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 16:39:30 -0400 At 10:20 AM 7/25/96 -0400, you wrote: > When "The Bridges of Madison County" was released it was very >fascinating to see people coming into the music chains. They were all >looking for stuff by this great "new" singer Johnny Hartman. The man was >a great singer and if you ever see the CD that he did with John Coltrane >grab it! > I am surprised he was seen as a 'new' singer. On second thought, maybe not. Hartman died many years ago. Anybody know when? What happened to him? How old was he? Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 17:17:26 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 25 Jul 1996 bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com wrote: > I am surprised he was seen as a 'new' singer. On second thought, maybe not. > Hartman died many years ago. Anybody know when? What happened to him? How > old was he? Johnny Hartman died in the fall of 1983 and was born in 1923. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: Exotic Moods Date: 25 Jul 1996 14:23:50 -0700 (PDT) On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Paul Lewis wrote: > Can anyone tell me whether the Exotic Moods of Les Baxter 2 disc set has > the tracks in chronological order? Are they albums put back to back or > have certain tracks been filtered out? Nope, they have them scattered all over both discs. I'm not as big an expert as most of y'all, but I have to say that I'm in love with the way they programmed the running order. It's my current fave CD(s). The flow from track to track feels wonderful. Deej ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: riviera@tiac.net Subject: Boston "scene"/Bill's Bar Date: 25 Jul 1996 17:32:22 -0400 Yes...New England just isn't the groovy place that California or London is,but is everyone in the area aware of the EZ nights every Thursday at Bill's Bar on Lansdowne st., featuring our own Bro. Cleve at the wheels of steel? BTW,I've been constantly frustrated when people around the world ask what the "scene" is like right here at home (N.E.specifically) and I'm forced to admit that it's basically still just a handful of fans;all dressed up and nowhere to go! I've been trying for some time now to get something(anything!)happening here in my hometown of Prov. RI with very discouraging results, so far... Attention all go-getters! There's an opportunity just waiting to be grabbed here! yours in a whiny mood... Mr.Riviera ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew N. Page" Subject: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 25 Jul 1996 17:47:39 -0700 Jack- thanks for the link. My page still sucks ass, but soon...yes very soon (insert megalomaniacal laughter here)! Anyhow, I'll put a link to your page ------->Jack Diamond's House of Games http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc/diamond on my page -------> www.dfwmm.net/~pagesft (open invites to everyone) ----Now to the heart of the matter... So I've got this CD called LAS VEGAS GRIND PART I. Oh boy, is this some real aerosol cheese. Does anybody else have this? Where the hell can I get part II? I really dug the whole album, especially this tune by Ric Gary, PIMPLES & BRACES. Who is he? What is he? For those that have no idea what I'm yakking about, this disc is 72 minutes of cheeeeeeeeesy strip club music. I've contacted WFMU, HEPCAT. Nobody has #2. HELP ME PLEASE. Also, does anybody have the Christmas promotional that Combustible Edison put out? Regards, Matt I.Q. Test : Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to continue... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 25 Jul 1996 16:22:09 +0000 > I think I have to diasgree with Johan comment on Ultra > Lounge Vol. > 5 I feel that it has it's place in the great cheeze factor of space > age pop/Lounge. Songs are fun and catchy. Who can resist Young > Wayne Newton singing Danke shane (sp?) Or Sam Butera (who also > played with Louis Prima, another great) singing French Poodle. I think if you don't have a lot of 50s vocalists in your collection, it's a good place to start but most of it is already available and there's so much Captol product not released that the programming feels a bit lazy compared to the other volumes. I am thankful to have 'Danke Shoen' though because I doubt I'd have purchased a Wayne Newton compilation. Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Greensleeves Date: 24 Jul 1996 20:27:26 -0400 (EDT) ( warning: question non-specific to exotica forthcoming...) Can anyone in record collecting land tell me if the condition or absence of a sleeve for the record has much to do with condition and/or value? Thanks... Paul Lewis lewis@netlab.texsci.edu Coordinator of Academic Computing (215) 951-2834 [office] Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science "We do it because we are compelled." -Alan Moore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: james b gerwitz Subject: RE: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 25 Jul 1996 18:42:10 -0700 ------ =_NextPart_000_01BB7A59.014815C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Las Vegas Grind?????? You've discovered the wonderful world of Trash Compilations...I like LVG = 1 the best, although Vol 2 and the related "Jungle Exotica" have some = charming moments. "Groovy" on Vol 1 MUST be heard and loved by all of = you listers. Soundclip available at = http://www.superthrill.com/band10.html Also, Vol 1's "Little Girl" has the wildest orgasm ever heard in the = context of a sixties garage song....we've all lived in an apartment = building with this girl, but unfortunately, not in the same apartment. Check Medium Rare Records in SF at mediumrare@3000.com =20 He's got a web page at http://38.249.64.4/mediumrare/index.htm He always has the latest, coolest stuff, which of course will cost you. And the vinyl in his store is astounding, though at collector's prices. = Definitely worth a visit for all exotictourists in San Francisco. =20 One of these days I'll pick up that People's Temple CD, when I'm ready = to start the Church of Exotica. (I had a ball one Halloween in SF = dressed up as Rev. Jones). 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I just picked up (at exorbitant Australian > prices) an Impulse import of Johnny Hartman's "Unforgettable" CD. Johnny Hartman recorded an album with John Coltrane that is a classic. His working of standards like "Lush Life" are too much and Coltrane's saxaphone is extraordinary. Good listening to you, Jay Watterworth CU Boulder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 25 Jul 1996 22:32:32 -0400 (EDT) Matthew Page writes: >So I've got this CD called LAS VEGAS GRIND PART I. Oh boy, is this >some real aerosol cheese. Does anybody else have this? Where the hell can I >get part II? I really dug the whole album, especially this tune by Ric Gary, >PIMPLES & BRACES. Who is he? What is he? For those that have no idea what >I'm yakking about, this disc is 72 minutes of cheeeeeeeeesy strip club >music. I've contacted WFMU, HEPCAT. Nobody has #2. HELP ME PLEASE. Also, >does anybody have the Christmas promotional that Combustible Edison put out? There were four LP volumes in the "Las Vegas Grind" series initially; on Crypt Records. Crypt took the four records and stuck their contents on two C.D.'s. Also well worth looking for, though I don't see it very often, is another Crypt compilation called "Swing For a Crime," which is pretty much a collection of swaggering crime movie music/beatnik stuff, though there are a few other oddities on there, too. It's a nice companion piece to the "L.V. Grind" series. Any of this stuff will spice up the dullest party like you wouldn't believe! --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 25 Jul 1996 19:58:40 +0000 > So I've got this CD called LAS VEGAS GRIND PART I. Oh boy, is this > some real aerosol cheese. Does anybody else have this? Where the > hell can I get part II? I really dug the whole album I got both from All Music Services (allmusic@wco.com). Also, ask abour Jungle Exotica, and the two Frolic Diner CDs. Not quite LV GRind but I'd bet you'd like these as well. Kind of John Waters segue music. Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 25 Jul 1996 23:39:24 -0400 I'll also vouch for Medium Rare Records here in SF. Last I checked they had three or four of Les Baxter's harder to find albums - priced around $40 each. They do special orders though, and were more than willing to order Russ Garcia's FANTASTICA CD from Japan. Lots of UK and Continental European CDs as well. The only place I've seen soundtracks for both BURKE'S LAW and HONEY WEST (both long gone by now, and no, sadly, I'm not the owner). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Las Vegas Grind Pt 2 Date: 25 Jul 1996 21:37:44 +0000 >So I've got this CD called LAS VEGAS GRIND PART I. Does anybody else have this? I bought all the records when they were released in the mid 80's I think. Y'know...that's a bootleg your holding ;-)> It really is. The label was STRIP. The covers are incredible w/ BIG TIME Strippers w/ guys wearing turbans blowing clarinets sitting on the ground with their legs crossed!! Totally quel, now that's a woman!!! Where the hell can I >get part II? Y'know...actually that cd is the 1st record and side 1 of the 2nd record. There were also these other comp bootlegs called Savage Kick that just rip like those do. Then there's juke joint rockers, that was a great I really dug the whole album, especially this tune by Ric Gary, >PIMPLES & BRACES. Who is he? What is he? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Alot of these people made 1 side. That means 1 tune on a 45 and another guy did a tune on the flip and you never heard from either of them again AND there are hundreds upon hundreds of these sides ;) Ya just gotta know where to look !! Hey kid, ya wanna buy a watch ;-)> For those that have no idea what >I'm yakking about, this disc is 72 minutes of cheeeeeeeeesy strip club >music. Las Vegas Grind is coooooooooooooool Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: readingm@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 25 Jul 1996 22:29:45 -0700 > Whoa, Johnny is THE MAN!!! I am so glad someone brought him up. If you > haven't had the chance to check out Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane > (that is the name of the CD, available on Impulse), YOU MUST!!!!!!!! > Johnny's and Trane's version of "Lush Life" is unequaled. > A "must-have" lounge classic. A few years back, Esquire magazine called it "the greatest album ever recorded." Maybe, maybe not, but the guy who wrote that sure has good taste. Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: Re: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 25 Jul 1996 22:24:17 -0400 (EDT) According to Matthew N. Page: > So I've got this CD called LAS VEGAS GRIND PART I. Oh boy, is this > some real aerosol cheese. Does anybody else have this? Where the hell can I > get part II? I really dug the whole album, especially this tune by Ric Gary, > PIMPLES & BRACES. Who is he? What is he? For those that have no idea what > I'm yakking about, this disc is 72 minutes of cheeeeeeeeesy strip club > music. I've contacted WFMU, HEPCAT. Nobody has #2. HELP ME PLEASE. Also, > does anybody have the Christmas promotional that Combustible Edison put out? Matthew - Las Vegas Grind, Part 1 (Strip, CD-00102) Las Vegas Grind, Part 2 (Strip, CD-00304) Jungle Exotica (Strip, CD-STRIP005) Last I checked, these were out of print - but who knows. The CD collections combine the earlier vinyl releases back in the 80's on Crypt. As far as I can tell, these songs are pulled from 45's that were at one time included in old stag magazines back in the 50's and early 60's. Good luck trying to find information about the bands - most of them are as obscure as the magazines they were stuffed in. bryan j. cuevas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: Re: Fantastica Date: 26 Jul 1996 01:16:31 -0400 (EDT) Could somone please post the catalogue information for the Japanese import of Russ Garcia's Fantastica. Also, does anyone have a complete list of these RCA reissues available in Japan..... Why doesn't RCA here in the states put this stuff out? We really haven't heard much from them lately.... Thanks! bryan j. cuevas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew N. Page" Subject: Re: Las Vegas Grind Pt 2 Date: 26 Jul 1996 10:12:54 -0700 At 09:37 PM 7/25/96 +0000, you wrote: >>So I've got this CD called LAS VEGAS GRIND PART I. >Does anybody else have this? > > >I bought all the records when they were released in the mid 80's I think. >Y'know...that's a bootleg your holding ;-)> It really is. > >The label was STRIP. The covers are incredible w/ BIG TIME Strippers w/ >guys wearing turbans blowing clarinets sitting on the ground with their >legs crossed!! Totally quel, now that's a woman!!! > >Where the hell can I >>get part II? > >Y'know...actually that cd is the 1st record and side 1 of the 2nd record. >There were also these other comp bootlegs called Savage Kick that just rip >like those do. >Then there's juke joint rockers, that was a great > Okay so since the first disc is a boot, I am to assume that the second is as well. Therefore, I'm on my own as far as finding it, right? Any ideas? I noticed that you said that Savage Kick is a comp bootleg, is juke joint rockers, as well? These sound like worthy additions to my fringe collection. > For those that have no idea what >>I'm yakking about, this disc is 72 minutes of cheeeeeeeeesy strip club >>music. > >Las Vegas Grind is coooooooooooooool >Jack Diamond > I second that notion. By the way, Jack's web site is ultra-cool! -Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: huge@sirius.com (David Bailey) Subject: RE: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 26 Jul 1996 08:51:03 -0700 >Las Vegas Grind?????? > SF dressed up as Rev. Jones). > >Jim aka JamesBr@wco.com > > >Content-Type: application/ms-tnef > >Attachment converted: Art:RE- LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? (????/----) (00002A33) Please don't send attachments to this list...thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: soundbliss9@earthlink.net Subject: LV Grind Date: 26 Jul 1996 10:08:13 +0000 The two LV Grind disks, Jungle Exotica, Swing For A Crime, Frolic Diner vol 1 & 2, and Land of 1000 Dunces: Best of the Bug-outs are some of my favorite disks of all time. I've found all of them at Antone's in Austin (a great music shop that does mail order... not catalog, tho). The Jungle Exotica and LV Grind disks are the best by far. Another good disk slightly in this vein is Shakin' Fit. I've had "Groovy" from LV Grind on my answering machine for over a year now. "Little Boy" is a classic... very raunchy. What do you all think of the Robern Drasnin "Voodoo" reissue? How about the Robert Michum "Calypso Is Like So" reissue? Found a copy of "Shock" by the Creed Taylor Orchestra and "Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards for a buck each in EX+ condition recently, as well as Mancini's "More Music From Peter Gunn" for a quarter in good shape. soundbliss9@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vinyllives@earthlink.net (R.Preston Peek) Subject: Re: Greensleeves Date: 26 Jul 1996 12:10:31 -0400 (EDT) >( warning: question non-specific to exotica forthcoming...) > > >Can anyone in record collecting land tell me if the condition or absence >of a sleeve for the record has much to do with condition and/or value? > >Thanks... > Paul -- I've always lived by the maxim that the cover is an integral part of the package, and its absence or poor condition will reflect on the overall value of the record. That's why the majority of folks provide two grades (cover/vinyl) for LPs. Some people could care less, but for the most part record collectors want nice covers. Most record guides go so far as to state that the cover is worth 50% of the value, but this is not a hard and fast rule; depends a lot on which record you're talking about. If I come across a nice LP sans cover I usually put it on a shelf and wait until I stumble across a nice cover with a beat LP (which is more often than not the case). Hope this provides a modicum of guidance... Preston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 26 Jul 1996 13:12:12 -0400 Steve Sando wrote: >I am thankful to have 'Danke Shoen' though because I doubt I'd have >purchased a Wayne Newton compilation. True enough, although I must point out to fans of the Beach Boys/Jan & Dean surf sound that Capitol's "Wayne Newton Collector's Series"[CDP 7 916342] contains his rare 45 "Comin' On Too Strong" (written by Gary Usher; arranged by Terry Melcher; back up vocals by Melcher & Bruce Johnston), which is probably the coolest thing he ever recorded. (and it's in true stereo) br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: mystery track 'Shaken not Stirred' Date: 26 Jul 1996 19:38:09 +0100 Jonathan Perl asked: >Does anyone else have a mystery track on the end of track 12 of their copy >of the Rykodisc 'Shaken not Stirred' compilation CD? that is "james Bond Theme 2" by James Bond and his Sextet i was told by the folks at ryko = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: WAYNE NEWTON Date: 26 Jul 1996 14:14:42 EDT ----- Begin Included Message ----- Steve Sando wrote: >I am thankful to have 'Danke Shoen' though because I doubt I'd have >purchased a Wayne Newton compilation. True enough, although I must point out to fans of the Beach Boys/Jan & Dean surf sound that Capitol's "Wayne Newton Collector's Series"[CDP 7 916342] contains his rare 45 "Comin' On Too Strong" (written by Gary Usher; arranged by Terry Melcher; back up vocals by Melcher & Bruce Johnston), which is probably the coolest thing he ever recorded. (and it's in true stereo) br cleve ----- End Included Message ----- WAYNE NEWTON SURF TUNES ?!? That's it. My brain just exploded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: 2 different sleeve versions of THE THREE SUNS Movin'n 'n' groovin' Date: 26 Jul 1996 14:37:39 -0400 Johan wrote: >i found 2 different sleeve versions of THE THREE SUNS Movin'n 'n' groovin'. >one is an ordinary beige cover, but the other has a very thick golden >cardboard cover with a cut-out which shows through a picture on the inner >protective sleeve. >where they both released in 1962, and is one of them rarer that the other? >i'd like to know, as i want to sell the rarest of them, and keep the other >one for me. The heavy duty/die cut covers were the original Stereo Action sleeves. These were the ones given away with the RCA stereos. I know Esquivel's "Latin-Esque" had 60,000 of those printed, and I'm sure it's a similar number for the full series (19 titles). The plain covered LP's were the one's sold in stores, of which they probably pressed up a few hundred thousand. I believe they were released a few months after the initial pressings, but I could be wrong on that. 'Moovin......." was the last entry in the series and is one of the rarer titles. br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Voodoo Date: 26 Jul 1996 12:41:35 -0600 (MDT) About Robert Drasnin "Voodoo". I bought the original of this a couple years ago and wasn't particularly impressed and was very surprised when I played the reissue in a shop and realised I had it!!! Fairly average exotic music I'd say. Stick to early Martin Denny and Les "God" Baxter. Or Eden Ahbez. They are brill examples of exotic music. This is only one step above Arthur "loungebore" Lyman. x Jill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: Saxophobia Date: 26 Jul 1996 14:51:36 EDT Anyone know where the weird clowns-with-saxophones pictures from the booklet and back cover of ULTRA-LOUNGE VOL.12 are from? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 26 Jul 1996 12:06:36 +0000 > "Comin' On Too Strong" > (written by Gary Usher; arranged by Terry Melcher; back up vocals by > Melcher & Bruce Johnston), which is probably the coolest thing he > ever recorded. (and it's in true stereo) Isn't Terry Melcher Doris Day's son? Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: LV Grind Date: 26 Jul 1996 12:27:37 -0800 >What do you all think of the Robern Drasnin "Voodoo" reissue? How >about the Robert Michum "Calypso Is Like So" reissue? I liked Robert Michum's cd, he is of course not the greatest singer, but he has this cheezey suave kind of thing going on. Oh and the track "Beauty is only Skin deep"--great song, the man certainly has issues. Oh I recently checked out Walter Wanderley's new relaese (Scamp) It was cool bossa nova with a twist. On a side note, I've recently been into Louis Prima and Sam Butera. Can anyone suggest any Sam Butera albums, also is he still around? marie guinto@id.ucsb.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 26 Jul 1996 15:43:10 EDT > "Comin' On Too Strong" > (written by Gary Usher; arranged by Terry Melcher; back up vocals by > Melcher & Bruce Johnston), which is probably the coolest thing he > ever recorded. (and it's in true stereo) >>Isn't Terry Melcher Doris Day's son? I THINK SO. WASN'T HE AND CANDICE BERGEN CHARLES MANSON'S ORIGINAL INTENDED VICTIMS THE NIGHT OF THE TATE MURDERS? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Schildkret Subject: Re: Johnny Hartman Date: 26 Jul 1996 15:22:16 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 25 Jul 1996 readingm@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Johnny's and Trane's version of "Lush Life" is unequaled. > > A "must-have" lounge classic. > > A few years back, Esquire magazine called it "the greatest album ever > recorded." Maybe, maybe not, but the guy who wrote that sure has good taste. Interesting enough when it was released it did not great reviews at all. I think many over the years have realized what a great recording it was. I sure would rank it up there with the best. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: BLASPHEMER! Date: 26 Jul 1996 14:52:37 Jill Mingo wrote: >This is only one step above Arthur >"loungebore" Lyman. Hey! Lyman rules. Not only do I love Lyman, my pets do too! What Lyman records in what parallel universe have you been listening to?! All but one or two of the ones I have are great. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: guinto@id.ucsb.edu (Marie Guinto) Subject: Re: BLASPHEMER! Date: 26 Jul 1996 13:43:23 -0800 >Jill Mingo wrote: >>This is only one step above Arthur >>"loungebore" Lyman. > >Hey! Lyman rules. Not only do I love >Lyman, my pets do too! What Lyman >records in what parallel universe have >you been listening to?! I must agree, I heart Lyman, my recent purchase has a great rendition of Havah Naghila (sp?) only the masterfull Lyman could bring a classic Jewish song to new heights. Marie guinto@id.ucsb.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "K.M.D. Sartori" Subject: Re: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 26 Jul 1996 16:50:49 -0400 Hello. I just ordered Las Vegas Grind Vol. 1 on CD from Matador. They manufacture and distribute Crypt Records. They have Vol. 2 and Jungle Exotica listed also. They are all US$13 postpaid. For you vinyl fans, they have LVG Vol. 1, 3 and 4 listed at US$9 postpaid each. Matador Records 676 Broadway 4th Floor NYC, NY 10012 (212) 995-5882 (212) 477-5074 fax http://www.matador.recs.com Good luck! I can't wait to hear it myself, K.M.D. Sartori. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 26 Jul 1996 13:53:52 -0700 (PDT) On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Steve Sando wrote: > Isn't Terry Melcher Doris Day's son? Yup. He's even better known as the guy who pissed Charles Manson off while living in the house that Sharon Tate & Roman Polanski would eventually move into. Quite a distinction... :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: BLASPHEMER! Date: 26 Jul 1996 13:55:42 -0700 (PDT) I agree. I think Arthur Lyman Group did some perfectly dreamy exotica. Deej ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: RE: LV Grind (a little off topic by now) Date: 26 Jul 1996 11:33:27 -1000 At 09:41 AM 7/26/96 -1000, Marie Guinto wrote: > Oh I recently checked out Walter Wanderley's new relaese (Scamp) It was > cool bossa nova with a twist. I have been waiting for *YEARS* for Walter Wanderly to be re-released on CD. I picked up "Samba Swing!" as soon as it hit the shelves and I wasn't disappointed. Once you get "Summer Samba" going through your head it is impossible to dislodge it. And this album has two (!) recordings of it, one with vocals by Astrud Gilberto! > On a side note, I've recently been into Louis Prima and Sam Butera. Can > anyone suggest any Sam Butera albums, also is he still around? I'm also nuts for Louis, Keely and Sam. CD Now lists 5 CDs of Sam as a leader: HOT NEW ORLEANS NIGHTS BY REQUEST SHEER ENERGY VOL. 1-TRIBUTE TO LOUIS PRIMA VOL. 2-TRIBUTE TO LOUIS PRIMA This isn't a recommendation, as I haven't heard any of them. The first was released by the Bear family in Germany so it's about $20. The other 4 are by the Jasmine label, which has also released some of Keely's solo work. Last I heard, Keely and Sam were still performing in Las Vegas. Aloha, Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: So, how big is yours? Date: 26 Jul 1996 11:40:05 -1000 I was just wondering how big everybody's CD/LP collections are? I know that a lot of people are suprised at the size of my collection but I have a feeling that I just may be a piker compared to some of the serious collectors. I have around 400 CDs. I haven't counted my LPs but they occupy about 8 feet on the shelf. So come on, who wins the exotica mailing list bragging rights? Aloha, Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sax therapy Subject: Re: So, how big is yours? Date: 26 Jul 1996 17:58:49 -0600 Grant China wrote: > > I was just wondering how big everybody's CD/LP collections are? > > I know that a lot of people are suprised at the size of my collection but I > have a feeling that I just may be a piker compared to some of the serious > collectors. I have around 400 CDs. I haven't counted my LPs but they occupy > about 8 feet on the shelf. > > So come on, who wins the exotica mailing list bragging rights? > I'm not much into CDs and my whole collection would fit in a milk crate. My LP collection occupies 24 peach crates and if it was put end to end would stretch to almost 40 feet. Then there's about 6 milk crates of 78's and a few hundred 45's. -Saul -- :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Fensch Subject: Collections Date: 25 Jul 1996 18:25:00 -0600 Well, for insurance purposes, i have all my albums and CDs catalouged: 1,624 CDs 3,123 Albums about 100 8-tracks (insurance? hah!) over 3,000 + cassettes about 200 78s about 1,000 45s But about 50% of the CDs have been promos and many an LP has cost a dime... soundbliss9@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Fensch Subject: Kay Martin Date: 25 Jul 1996 18:28:15 -0600 Woo hoo! I scored a second copy of Kay Martin and her Body Guards for a buck at a local Salvation Army. Torchy and very wierd lounge-y stuff. Keep your eyes peeled. soundbliss9@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: The Creed Taylor Orchestra Date: 26 Jul 1996 18:55:42 +0000 "Shock" by the Creed Taylor Orchestra "Panic, Son of Shock" by the Creed Taylor Orchestra "New York, New York" by the Creed Taylor Orchestra "Nervous Beat - Lonelyville" by the Creed Taylor Orchestra In these recordings Creed Taylor is the Producer. He's THE MONEY. He's not THE ARTIST ;-)> Kenyon Hopkins is The Artist ! He's the Arranger, mostly the Composer, and definitely the person who "realized" the concept and made it real. Creed Taylor who is great as a producer who produced all of those wonderful jazz records on Verve in the early 60's and on is still only THE MONEY. Kenyon Hopkins is really the true genius behind all of those records plus the best Crime Jazz soundtracks, TV and Film you ever heard !! - Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Drasnin's Voodoo Date: 26 Jul 1996 18:55:47 +0000 About Robert Drasnin "Voodoo". I bought the original of this a couple years >ago and wasn't particularly impressed and was very surprised when I played >the reissue in a shop and realised I had it!!! Fairly average exotic music >I'd say. Stick to early Martin Denny and Les "God" Baxter. Or Eden Ahbez. >They are brill examples of exotic music. This is only one step above Arthur >"loungebore" Lyman. Signed Anonymous Y'know...just because people can talk and think and put one word in front of the other and make sentences that make sense. etc etc etc still doesn't mean they are not a fucking idiot I just woke up and I'm a little Cancery (Crabby) and I don't like people talkin' shit about obvious genius!!!!! The kids today, whaddaya gonna do ? Said in my best Old New York Jew accent, being one I can say that except for the "Old" part. Robert Drasnin's Voodoo LP was released in not sure the date 'cause I don't have the CD, only the record. Anyway was released in the late 50's I suppose on the SAME LABEL under 2 DIFFERENT titles. 1) Voodoo 2) Percussion Exotique Same exact record, different packaging. god I love the "Old Days" when labels used to pull that shit. Crown was probably like biggest offender but they had some great schtuff they most certainly did/do ;-)> Robert Drasnin was a brilliant Flautist who did some really great mid 50's jazz w/ Red Norvo's outfit on Liberty in 55 and 56 I believe, can't find the record ;-)> I have it!! Just can't find it. He's also a billiant composer and arranger who wrote, composed and arranged all of the music on Voodoo which includes a young Johnny Williams who we now to be John Williams (Star Wars, etc etc etc) on Piano who used to hang out with Mancini and Esquivel. 4 or 5 of the West Coast's best studio percussion men plus some serious other studio jazz players and (at the time) an un-named female wordless vocalist. Robert Drasnin's Voodoo LP or Percussion Exotique whichever you prefer is absolutly great jazz exotica all the way, imho anyway. - Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: "Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards Date: 26 Jul 1996 18:56:20 +0000 Found a copy of and "Fire >Goddess" by Webley Edwards for a buck each in EX+ condition recently, >soundbliss9@earthlink.net ______________________________ "Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards. Isn't that on Capitol with this VERY exotic/attractive half naked woman on the cover holding out (for you ? perhaps) these 2 half shells filled with fire convieniently covering up her most I'm sure luscious breasts ? What do you think of that record ? I think it's brilliant !!! - Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: >Subject: So, how big is yours? Date: 26 Jul 1996 18:56:34 +0000 Well...I think I've got about 5,000 rekkids but a number of them are for sale. Maybe a couple thousand are one's that I can't live without and if it really came down to it only all of Esquivel's, all of early Mancini's. Lalo Schifrins and all my 50's west coast jazz would have to be the one's I took to a "desert island" But then of course now that I start to think about it Jommie Haskel's Countdown IN MONO!!!!!!!!! I think the mono sound is better believe it or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Russ Garcia's Fantastica Marty Manning's The Twilight Zone Attileo Mineo's Man in Space with Sounds and soooooo many more would have to go with me to. Tropical Island Platters, vinyl wize. Which one's would you take ? Oh Yeah!! The Mindexpanders-What's Happening 101 Strings-Astro Sounds Kenyon Hopkins Soundtrack to The Hustler Armando Travajoli - Seven Golden Men Nino Rota - Juliette of the Sptrits I'm toooooooooooo talkative right now ;-)> Gotta go, too hip - Jack PS None of these have to be in STEREO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Drasnin/Mitchum Date: 26 Jul 1996 22:17:06 -0500 >What do you all think of the Robern Drasnin "Voodoo" reissue? a genius exotica album made a bit depressing by the fact it was Drasnin's only one. >How about the Robert Michum "Calypso Is Like So" reissue? well, he definitely was better singer than actor...but this still comes out being a fine slice of white bread (bred?) calypso. i bought this years ago on French import vinyl and Scamp did a marvelous re-master to CD. you'll find both at Vik's... in swank, Vik Vik's Lounge http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: Collections Date: 26 Jul 1996 19:19:25 +0000 > Well, for insurance purposes, i have all my albums and CDs > catalouged: Excuse me for being off topic, but have you catalogues these on your computer? PC or Mac? What program did you use? I've been told I need to use a relational database but my mind goes hazy when I read about them. Thanks Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Lymansized Date: 26 Jul 1996 23:06:13 -0400 Arthur Lyman: I too must defend the maestro of vibes. He has, I think, the jazziest feel of the three biggest producers of Exotica. His version of "Watermelon Man" (out of Herbie Hancock, by way of Mongo Santamaria) is spiffy. Les wins for Orchestration, Concept and Composition. Martin wins for goofiness and album covers, and Mood (really, the most essential ingredient). Collection Size: Sadly I just schlepped 500 LPs down to Haight Street sold off 300 and sacrificed the rest to Goodwill. Got a baby coming and the Record Room will soon be the land of the Infant. That still leaves (about) two full cases plus - uhmmm about 1600 LPs and 400 CDs. Don't get all hot and bothered about hitting the Goodwill or Recycled and Reckless - very few of the sold albums were Exotic (excepting a Ray Martin Phase 4 album, and Neil Hefti's Big Band Gotham City record). I subscribe to two mailing lists, Exotica and Surf. Just bought two great Surf CDs that would make most Exotica fans happy: The Huntington Cads Go Exotic (on Mai Tai Records) and The Aqua Velvets - NOMAD. Those of you who have never experienced The Aqua Velvets (a SF local group) - I can vouch for the sterling quality of their compositions. Their last album featured two songs which by their titles alone should indicate their thrust: "Martin Denny, Esq." and "A Raymond Chandler Evening." The new CD actually seems to delve deeper into that vibe. As for the Cads - they are featured in a thoroughly intoxicating version of "Mr. Yunioshi" on the SHOTS IN THE DARK compilation. The rest of their material is equally lush and Tonally Gorgeous. My other purchase of the day (and this should make Br. Cleve happy) - Four Piece Suit - READY TO WHERE. Bought at (where else) Medium Rare Records in SF. --David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Maggie Mortensen Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 26 Jul 1996 22:19:19 -0700 Steve Sando wrote: > Isn't Terry Melcher Doris Day's son? And D.J. Johnson added: >Yup. He's even better known as the guy who pissed Charles Manson off >while living in the house that Sharon Tate & Roman Polanski would >eventually move into. >Quite a distinction... :( Melcher's "greater" distinction (ahem) was that he recorded an album of tunes by Charlie. They're still around on tape somewhere, but never released...I heard some of them played in a documentary film I saw about Manson. Sort of Beatlesque and unremarkable -- except for historical value. His failure to turn Charlie into a rock star was reputedly the initial fuel for Charlie's little temper tantrums. Maggie Mortensen<><>Exarch Services<><>New Orleans USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TothMD@aol.com Subject: Enoch Light Birthday-a-Go-Go Party Date: 26 Jul 1996 23:31:22 -0400 Hey, Exotica list folk: I wanted to let you know I'm organizing a "memorial birthday happening" for the late Enoch Light in his birthplace of Canton, Ohio on Saturday night August 17 at 10 PM. Joseph's Grille, a cozy bar near downtown Canton, will be transformed for ONE NIGHT ONLY into a mad, Mod, mid-60s discotheque with Command-esque decor. (Unfortunately, the original couple of gals I had hoped to have be go-go dancers Ms. Provocative & Ms. Persuasive aren't currently on speaking terms, so I've got to work out alternate plans...) At midnight (Light was actually born on the 18th), anticipate birthday cupcakes. For a few hours we'll be spinning vintage Command and Project 3 vinyl, with an emphasis on Light & Co.'s more upbeat, danceable stuff, especially the "Discotheque" dance records. (Look for a separate posting of mine on the orchestral rock "Discotheque" genre) Owed in part to the wonders of the Internet, I've connected with Light's family, Dick Hyman, etc. and they've responded with curiosity and encouragement -- all these people have been so ASTOUNDINGLY friendly and supportive. There aren't many relatives left in the Ohio area, but one or two MIGHT make it. Robbie Baldock (of "Spaced Out - The Enoch Light Web Site fame) has also been a great support of the venture; it was at his Web site I found out Light was from my area and then convinced a few friends in town that such an event sounded like a good time. Also, FYI there's an entire dissertation on Enoch Light and his contributions to the recording industry written by a music professor named Richard Gradone. The whopping 394-page document can be ordered from UMI, a company in Michigan that makes custom one-off books of theses, dissertations, out of print books, etc. It can be ordered for $57.50 by calling them at (800) 248-0360. I haven't seen/ordered a copy yet myself, but it sounds like THE definitive historical document on Enoch Light & his work. E-mail me direct at TothMD@aol.com if you're around the area (or just part of the international Jet Set and want to fly in ;-) ) and interested/able in attending, and I can get you more details and directions. Michael David Toth TothMD@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TothMD@aol.com Subject: The mid-60s orchestral "Discotheque" genre Date: 26 Jul 1996 23:34:44 -0400 Some of my absolute favorite records I've found since I started investigating 50s-60s pop instrumental vinyl a couple years back have been these "Dance" records of Enoch Light's. (Specifically, "Discotheque - Dance Dance Dance" (Command, 1964); "Discotheque Vol. 2" (Command, 1965); "Enoch Light's Action: It's Happening...So Let's Dance!" (Project 3, 1967)) The friends I've played these for have been immediately taken by them, yet I don't see a whole lot of collector interest or awareness. (i.e. if some of the vinyl for-sale lists on the Net are any indication, while other LPs are priced like major appliances, when these have turned up, they're REALLY reasonable) When I spoke with Richard Gradone, the guy who wrote a PhD dissertation on Light, even HE wasn't familiar with these records or this genre. These are definitely ROCK records, but with this mutant sound of mid-60s rock hits arranged and performed with a big band mindset. The closest association I can make with this unique sound is perhaps a ska rock thing with its punchy rhythms, wild horn sections, and expanded instrumentation. It's the usual Command personnel on the musician duties, making for some driving percussive rock beats, and man, does that Dick Hyman cook on that mid-60s organ sound!! Fun-o-rama!! Many mid-to-late-60s Command & Project 3 albums often have at least a couple tracks with this sound (Hyman's Man From ORGAN, in particular). This stuff is definitely NOT in the "space age bachelor pad" style which is getting all the attention, so that probably accounts for its still turning up comparitively cheap. But I'm starting to think this was an entire genre/sound all its own...if anyone can shed any historical light on the subject please do. The only non-Light record of this type I've picked up so far is a budget-label LP entitled "Discotheque" by Jack Hansen & His Orchestra. Lacking the Command Percussion section (with a capital P!), it in turn lacks the infectious pounding drive of the Light albums, but it's clearly trying to cash in on the same trend. What STARTED this trend? How widespread was it? The first Command Discotheque LP seems to be marketed to the teen set as "this is the only record you need to buy for your dance party" record, not unlike a lot of budget compilations I've seen from the 1950s on up. But by EL's Action, it seemed like these records were targeting the demographic too old to be teenagers, but too young to have kids -- like the swinging crowd that was buying all the Martin Denny records were looking to get hip to all the hot new teen dances. Love, love, love this rockin' big-band-a-go-go stuff. (Hey, it compelled me to throw a public Enoch Light birthday dance party built around it!) The next time you encounter one of these LPs, I highly suggest an investigation. And Yoo-hoo! CD Reissue labels! If my circle of friends is any indication, you could make this THE next big thing... Michael Toth TothMD@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew N. Page" Subject: Sideburns & Switchblades! Date: 27 Jul 1996 00:12:30 -0700 At 04:50 PM 7/26/96 -0400, you wrote: >I just ordered Las Vegas Grind Vol. 1 on CD from Matador. >They manufacture and distribute Crypt Records. They have >Vol. 2 and Jungle Exotica listed also. They are all US$13 >postpaid. For you vinyl fans, they have LVG Vol. 1, 3 and 4 >listed at US$9 postpaid each. > > Matador Records > 676 Broadway 4th Floor > NYC, NY 10012 > (212) 995-5882 > (212) 477-5074 fax > http://www.matador.recs.com > >Good luck! > >I can't wait to hear it myself, >K.M.D. Sartori. > > Thanks alot, I'll check to see if I can get LVG2. LVG1...gotta love it! -Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: So, how big is yours? Date: 27 Jul 1996 11:39:36 -0400 (EDT) Grant China writes: >I was just wondering how big everybody's CD/LP collections are? > >I know that a lot of people are suprised at the size of my collection but I >have a feeling that I just may be a piker compared to some of the serious >collectors. I have around 400 CDs. I haven't counted my LPs but they occupy >about 8 feet on the shelf. > >So come on, who wins the exotica mailing list bragging rights? Probably not me. I have about 1,100 C.D.'s and about 2,300 LP's but that's chump change compared to more than a few people here. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik Engstroem) Subject: Digest version of the list? Date: 27 Jul 1996 19:11:39 +0100 Hi! I was wondering if anyone knew whether there is a digest to this list, and how to recieve it. Perhaps even a FAQ? Thanks for your time, Henrik (whose modest record collection is approaching the 1.000 point) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Peter Thomas Sound Orchester Date: 27 Jul 1996 19:32:24 +0100 i can recommend his cd "Raumpatrouille" very very much; i like it better than the soundtrax to "10th victim" or "7 golden men"; some trax on "Raumpatrouille" remind me of those 2; it is rather eclectic, lots of variation, lots of different sounds and rhythms, some wordless vocals, organs, strings, brass & woodwinds, organs... yummy! (avail. from - amongst others - German Music Express: "http://www.musicexpress.com") there's another cd from his available, called "easy lounge" or something like that; is that as great? thanx, = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Las vegas grind Date: 27 Jul 1996 19:32:32 +0100 erik@top.monad.net wrote: There were four LP volumes in the "Las Vegas Grind" series initially; on Crypt Records. Crypt took the four records and stuck their contents on two C.D.'s. unfortunately, not every track of those 4 (great!!!) lps made it to the 2 cd's; in Europe those cd's can be obtained from Rockhouse: "http://www.musicmailexpress.com" = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Ensley Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 27 Jul 1996 12:47:10 -0500 > Melcher's "greater" distinction (ahem) was that he recorded an album > of tunes by Charlie. They're still around on tape somewhere, > but never released...I heard some of them played in a documentary > film I saw about Manson. Sort of Beatlesque and unremarkable -- > except for historical value. His failure to turn Charlie into > a rock star was reputedly the initial fuel for Charlie's little > temper tantrums. > > > Maggie Mortensen<><>Exarch Services<><>New Orleans USA > > In fact, Charlie's album has been released on cassette as "LIE: The Love and Terror Cult," with a knockoff cover of LIFE magazine's story on Chuck and his wacky friends. I bought the tape several years ago at Tower in New Orleans in fact, but there was no label info, so I assume it's a boot. But I have seen it more recently in small, independent stores (where everyone should buy their records...) Mike Ensley PIGEONHOLE Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: tomita, and 60s soundtracks Date: 27 Jul 1996 12:37:40 -0400 >From: NICK.DIMMOCK@NENE.AC.UK >Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 16:46:44 +0000 (GMT) >Subject: Tomita > >I picked up a splendid Tomita cassette the other day - COSMOS. I don`t know how >widely known it is but it features a version of the Star Wars theme which We have many records of his at the radio station. I never really listened to them seriously, but they're really good for a layer under other things when I mix. Also, his music somehow sounds good at all 3 speeds (33, 45, 78). And the covers are really good too. Full of mermaids and spacemen - many would make great inspiration for an airbrushed mural on somebody's custom van. >From: anita_serwacki@newline.com (ANITA SERWACKI) >Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:43:16 -0400 >Subject: Re[2]: The Knack > I was able to pick up a letterboxed video of "The Knack..." > about 6 months ago for $20 (usually more than I'm willing to pay, > but this is not an easy one to find). The letterboxed version > was released on video by MGM/UA in 1994. Definately worth keeping > an eye out for - directed by Richard Lester, the man who brought > us "A Hard Day's Night." The movie is very similar to Lester's Beatle movies (he also directed "Help," I think he did "the Knack" in between the 2) because it has a similar sense of crazy humor, wacky chase scenes, and various mod outfits worn by the characters. I would _highly_ recommend it, and a good video rental (one that has a few art films, you know the type) might stock it. I didn't know there was a soundtrack available - I will definitely have to search it out. I also need Modesty Blaise and of course Barbarella... The soundtrack to "Our Man Flint" is good (another highly recommended film, along with "In Like Flint," especially if you like funny Bond). The music is by Jerry Goldsmith, whose name is very familiar - what else did he do? Also good is the soundtrack to "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E." by Teddy Randazzo, and of all things, "Up The Junction" with music by Manfred Mann. This album basically has many versions of a few theme songs, and some of the versions sound like less spooky than but similar to Vampros Lesbos-type stuff. -Jordana _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: Las Vegas Grind Date: 27 Jul 1996 14:04:59 EDT About the same time that the LAS VEGAS GRIND albums came out there was an album called FOUR HAIRY POLICEMEN that was in the same vein. It contained a track called "The Greasy Chicken" but I don't remember who it was credited to. I believe it was Andre Williams. Has anyone else heard it? Does anyone know if the song is available on CD? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille) Subject: Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE Date: 27 Jul 1996 20:46:28 -0500 On Jul 27, 12:47pm, Mike Ensley wrote: > In fact, Charlie's album has been released on cassette as "LIE: The > Love and Terror Cult," with a knockoff cover of LIFE magazine's story > on Chuck and his wacky friends. I bought the tape several years ago > at Tower in New Orleans in fact, but there was no label info, so I > assume it's a boot. > But I have seen it more recently in small, independent stores (where > everyone should buy their records...) There was a limited (bootlegged?) vinyl edition of LIE! published by somebody out of the Psychic TV/TOPY fringe about ten years ago - but the outrageous collectors price it generally gets around here is rather due to the fact that it provides for macabre soundbites for DJ's than to any quality in the music. IMHO, the knowledge that the high-spirited off-key chorus is a gang of murderers and the bizarre leftist lyrics (in the vein of "you could feed the world from my garbage dump") can't make up for Charlies campfire singing and third-rate guitar strumming. If it has to be down-to-the-earth hippie music, give me David Peel any time! 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: riviera@tiac.net Subject: Re: Peter Thomas Sound Orchester Date: 27 Jul 1996 16:12:04 -0400 >there's another cd from his available, called "easy lounge" or something >like that; is that as great? It's Ausgezeichnet!(outstanding!);there's also a german double CD of his film music on Polydor,out of print for a couple of years, but it can be found.The quality of Peter Thomas' music is remarkably consistent,despite the wide variety of sounds and styles he's worked in;sci-fi and mystery soundtracks,production music,ez listening pop,etc,etc. Like Raymond Scott and Les Paul, he's also a bit of an inventor.Frustrated with the limitations of synthgesizers available in the late 60's, he had one made to his specs with 16(!!) oscillators. The sub-sonic technology he developed for it was licensed by the US government, who intended to use it as a weapon!The original synthesizer is now in a museum, in Munich, I think. BTW,the german countdown at the beginning of the "Raumpatrouille" theme is the first ever use of a vocoder in music. It went on to be an important element in the sonic arsenal of an ex-member of the P.Thomas Soundorchester, Giorgio Moroder. If you like Peter Thomas, you should also check out his contemporary, Martin Bottcher, a film composer best known for his music from german westerns. Guten Tag! Riviera ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: Baxter finds Date: 27 Jul 1996 16:36:45 EDT Has anyone heard Baxter's "La Femme" or "Bora Bora"? Some guy at work just walked in with a mint copy of each. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: BLASPHEMER! Date: 27 Jul 1996 17:41:05 -0400 At 02:52 PM 7/26/96, you wrote: >Jill Mingo wrote: >>This is only one step above Arthur >>"loungebore" Lyman. > >Hey! Lyman rules. Not only do I love >Lyman, my pets do too! What Lyman >records in what parallel universe have >you been listening to?! > >All but one or two of the ones I have are >great. > >mark I have "Taboo" on CD and while I wouldn't go so far to say that Lyman is a 'loungebore', I still perfer Denny because he used more varied instrumentation and sound effects. Lyman seemed more geared towards true Hawaiian music which isn't bad, in and of itself. No flame there. IMOP, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: Baxter finds Date: 27 Jul 1996 18:57:27 -0400 >Has anyone heard Baxter's "La Femme" or "Bora Bora"? "Bora Bora" is great. Classic exotica sounds updated with a late 60's feel. Fine orchestrations, very well recorded. A lighter feel than the delectable "Que Mango" (which is out now on Scamp). Highly recomended. I never got much out of "La Femme". It's very straight orchestral music by Frank Pourcel, who has never done much for me either. Just pretty plain, IMHO. Lovely cover, though. br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Charlie (was "Re: ULTRA-LOUNGE") Date: 27 Jul 1996 20:25:56 -0400 (EDT) Sevo Stille writes: >IMHO, the knowledge that the high-spirited off-key chorus is a gang of >murderers and the bizarre leftist lyrics (in the vein of "you could feed the >world from my garbage dump") can't make up for Charlies campfire singing and >third-rate guitar strumming. If it has to be down-to-the-earth hippie music, >give me David Peel any time! It's pretty common knowledge, but interesting to note that the Beach Boys actually recorded one of Manson's songs; "Cease to Exist," which they retitled "Never Learn Not to Love," which is on the "20/20" album if memory serves. It was recorded and released shortly before the murders and has been a source of embarassment to the group ever since. In fact, when Capitol released its excellent series of Beach Boys two-fer C.D.'s a few years back, the otherwise superb liner notes mentioned the song's original title but *not* it's real author (I think it's credited to Dennis Wilson). To be fair, though, it's really not a bad song! --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jason M Subject: Re: Walter Wanderly CD (Scamp) Date: 27 Jul 1996 21:47:14 +0000 Hey kids Just got the Walter Wenderly CD from Kim's Video in NYC ($13.99). Most of the songs are with Astrud (available on most of her albums) but there are a few extras that are not (15 songs in all).There is also a history of the group and Bossa in general. All in all ,it's so nice to have it all on one CD.A must have for Bossa fans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Drasnin's Voodoo Date: 28 Jul 1996 05:42:03 -0600 (MDT) >About Robert Drasnin "Voodoo". I bought the original of this a couple years >>ago and wasn't particularly impressed and was very surprised when I played >>the reissue in a shop and realised I had it!!! Fairly average exotic music >>I'd say. Stick to early Martin Denny and Les "God" Baxter. Or Eden Ahbez. >>They are brill examples of exotic music. This is only one step above Arthur >>"loungebore" Lyman. > >Signed >Anonymous > > >Y'know...just because people can talk and think and put one word in front >of the other and make sentences that make sense. etc etc etc still doesn't >mean they are not a fucking idiot >I just woke up and I'm a little Cancery (Crabby) and I don't like people >talkin' shit about obvious genius!!!!! > Excuse me, but this comment was NOT signed anonymous, but rather signed by me, JILL. I didn't realise that my subjective opinion on this record was not allowed. Voodoo is quite an OK LP. Some tracks are rather good even, but it did not change my life. I would not rush out and buy the CD. Arthur Lyman, like several of Denny's later LPs reminds me very much of cocktail lounge music. Yes, it's quirky. Yes, it's pleasant. Yes, it is very reminiscent of a certain time period in America, but it has made no real impression on me. Again, he has a few odd tracks here and there that are rather good. But playing something like Carribean Moonlight (LB) or Eden's Island or the Martin Denny first 10 LPs (give or take a couple) REALLY transcends me into a new realm of reality. Lots of people in Europe (yes, there are people on this list in Europe) who have a real fucking hard time finding this music but are rather curious to find more, can often only find these reissue CDs. I would hate to think that someone would hear Arthur Lyman's TABOO LP (which I have seen several times over here) and think that is the best exotica around. And the way everyone goes on about it, you would think that this is a FACT, and not just a few people's opinions. So everyone with their 800 records and 2000 CD collections might be able to reflect and come to the conclusion that these are great examples of exotica, but in my relatively small knowledge of exotica, I would say there is some better stuff. God only knows how much music the person who asked this question has, but if they had a helluva lot, they would have gotton the LP some time ago. OK? Jill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Baxter finds Date: 28 Jul 1996 05:51:38 -0600 (MDT) > > >Has anyone heard Baxter's "La Femme" or "Bora Bora"? > >Some guy at work just walked in with a mint copy of each. > >I have some French dudes version of Les Baxter's LA FEMME and it is fairly standard orchestral stuff. I have not heard Baxter's version of it. And my opinion on music is obviously not respected on this list anyway so you should probably track them down at all cost. Haven't heard BORA BORA. Wish I had. Jill (the only person on this list who thinks Lyman is overrated, not shit, just overrated) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: Sideburns & Switchblades! Date: 28 Jul 1996 18:31:18 +0200 (MET DST) Las Vegas Grind etc... If your buying the CDs your missing lots of cool songs. The guy who put=20 those comps out hate CDs and left out lotsa stuff that are only on the LPs.= =20 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - I=B4m the Devil - He=B4s a= =20 bugger man.......(Satan & Disciples) here=B4s a tip, if you ever run in to= =20 Satan & Disciples LP on Goldband, grab it!=20 Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: Las Vegas Grind Date: 28 Jul 1996 18:39:38 +0200 (MET DST) Yep, Andrew Williams did "Greasy Chicken" ka ka dudel-do. Four hairy policemen was part to of the Wavy Gravy LP comp series. Dont think their out on CD. Better keep your record player. Stefan > > >About the same time that the LAS VEGAS GRIND albums came out >there was an album called FOUR HAIRY POLICEMEN that was in >the same vein. It contained a track called "The Greasy Chicken" >but I don't remember who it was credited to. I believe it was >Andre Williams. Has anyone else heard it? Does anyone know if >the song is available on CD? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: "Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards Date: 28 Jul 1996 18:22:48 +0200 (MET DST) Yep, it=B4s that one on Capitol Jack. It=B4s from his TV series "Hawaii= Calls"=20 there=B4s also another one called "Exotica" but it=B4s not as good as "Fire= =20 Godess". Somebody just used that sleeve for a Rolling Stones bootleg (!?)=20 Bad taste. Stefan/Subliminal Sounds >Found a copy of and "Fire >>Goddess" by Webley Edwards for a buck each in EX+ condition recently, > >>soundbliss9@earthlink.net >______________________________ > >"Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards. > >Isn't that on Capitol with this VERY exotic/attractive half naked woman on >the cover holding out (for you ? perhaps) these 2 half shells filled with >fire convieniently covering up her most I'm sure luscious breasts ? > >What do you think of that record ? I think it's brilliant !!! > >- Jack > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dada@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Dada'quariums presents: the EXOTICA RELEASES OVERVIEW v2.0 Date: 28 Jul 1996 17:05:38 +0100 >mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) wrote: > >LABELS? LABELS? LABELS? Can't order them without at least knowing the label!! Did YOU ever ask somethin like that, or "is that one on CD?" or "where can I find a review?"... Well, I did, sooooooooooo I thought it would be a good idea to bring together in 1 place details about exotica releases, such as: label, origin, release year, and - most important of all - links to places on the Web where you can find reviews, track lists, sound samples... Finally, after months of work, this idea has become reality! It's called: ---------------------------------- THE EXOTICA RELEASES OVERVIEW v2.0 ---------------------------------- and can be found @ DADA'QUARIUMS: "http://www.ping.be/~ping1241/" (You will need a frame-capable browser, like Netscape Navigator) This Exotica Releases Overview lists more than 300 exotica releases by almost 200 different artists, with about 200 embedded links. This overview is not complete (yet), but it can become comprehensive with YOUR help. You can send in additional entries, and I'll include them in the next release. Thanks to all of you who already contributed to this Exotica Releases Overview by reporting about CD's in the Exotica Newsletter. Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ dada@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium **************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "http://www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has: EXOTICA RELEASES OVERVIEW ExZotica reviews Zound Zamples **************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: Andre Williams Date: 28 Jul 1996 09:52:55 -0700 patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) wrote: >It contained a track called "The Greasy Chicken" >but I don't remember who it was credited to. I believe it was >Andre Williams. Has anyone else heard it? Does anyone know if >the song is available on CD? Andre Williams is a minor legend in R&B. He came from Detroit and recorded a series of 45s for Fortune, a Detroit label. His specialty was humorous and risque numbers like "The Greasy Chicken" and "Jailbait." Fortune is still, I believe, selling Andre's LP, "Jailbait," and others (such as the great Nolan Strong and the Diablos) in good ol' LP`format. I suspect Fortune or some European label has released Andre's stuff on CD. The Fortune LP catalog number was 8019. Check with Roots and Rhythm in El Cerrito, CA (510-525-1494) or try one of the larger on-line CD stores. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Andre Williams Date: 28 Jul 1996 15:15:23 -0500 According to the Matador web pages (http://www.matador.recs.com), a recent newly recorded LP entitled "Grasy" has been put out by Norton. kevin w king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Burning Petals Music <100022.3437@compuserve.com> Subject: Best Baxter CD ? Date: 28 Jul 1996 15:35:45 EDT I'm looking for a good all-round introduction to Les Baxter, on CD. Any suggestions ?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Digest version of the list? Date: 28 Jul 1996 14:58:45 -0600 (MDT) > I was wondering if anyone knew whether there is a digest to this list, and > how to recieve it. Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info exotica" in the message for help on this topic . . . -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SF BeAtNiKs Subject: Re: Best Baxter CD ? Date: 28 Jul 1996 15:29:56 -0700 At 03:35 PM 7/28/96 EDT, you wrote: >I'm looking for a good all-round introduction to Les Baxter, on CD. Any >suggestions ?? You are in luck!! If you had asked this just a few short weeks ago, all that was available was the short, but sweet "Lost Episode" and "African Blue" - kind of an African jazz thing. Or, perhaps you could have found the classic "Ritual of the Savage" paired with "Tamboo!" on a boot. "The Passions" was given the boot, as well. Those Ultra-Lounge comps, Les Baxter's work was sprinkled here and there. At long last, there are two CD's (available anywhere, except maybe Wal-mart) which will fill your bill. "Baxter's Best", which is on the EZ standard side, is one. But if you want what crowned Les Baxter the "father of exotica", pick up "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter". It is two CD's that include samples of four or five LP's. About all they skipped was "The Primitive and the Passionate". Come to think of it, "Que Mango" was just released as well. Long ago, I got sick and tired of waiting, and bought the LP's...I wish I could boast of paying a buck at Goodwill, but, uh uh. Screw it, they are mint, the covers are beautiful, and the music is great. So, there ya go... No longer GEEK4VINYL@aol.com, Ford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Re: Collections Date: 29 Jul 1996 00:06:09 -0400 soundbliss9 wrote about their collection of music, etc. but when speaking of 8-tracks, said "insurance, heh" implying that 8-tracks were worthless. I beg to differ. 8-tracks kick some serious ass. Granted there isn't much lounge on 8-tracks, but they are still a cool way to listen to the ultimate loop of music. Any one else intrigued w/ 8-tracks? see the "8-track Heaven" home page. p.s. found Denny's "Quiet Villiage" at a thrift for .95 and "a taste of honey" at the Army for .25, envious? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sassyodd@aol.com Subject: Lyman Date: 29 Jul 1996 00:14:53 -0400 Jill, you go girl, don't let the bastards get you down. Exotica is in the mind of the beholder. Sassy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sax therapy Subject: Re: Collections Date: 29 Jul 1996 01:13:44 -0600 Sassyodd@aol.com wrote: > > soundbliss9 wrote about their collection of music, etc. but when speaking of > 8-tracks, said "insurance, heh" implying that 8-tracks were worthless. I > beg to differ. 8-tracks kick some serious ass. Granted there isn't much > lounge on 8-tracks, but they are still a cool way to listen to the ultimate > loop of music. Any one else intrigued w/ 8-tracks? I like 8-tracks especially since I have the coolest player. It's also got a multi band radio, including shortwave and is portable. One thing you have to watch out for is the rubber wheel. I picked up a sealed copy of the Kinks on 8 track recently but after I opened it I found the the rubber had gotten so soft that it was unplayable:( You can sometimes find 8 track recorders and make your own custom tapes. I've got an Akai reel to reel tape recorder that also has an 8 track recorder player built in. -Saul -- :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: soundbliss9@earthlink.net Subject: 8-tracks Date: 29 Jul 1996 08:11:13 +0000 Actually, I was not diminishing my _personal_ value of 8-tracks. Some of them are absolutely irreplacable. I love 'em. But could you imagine them getting ripped off by some other crazed 8-track collector, and traying to explain to an insurance agent how they're worth more than a quarter each? I had to undergo something similar recently when I had a case of CDs stolen from my vehicle. Many of them were imports that cost $20-$25 each. Trring to explain replacement cost to my insurance agent was like talking to a brick wall. She was probably one of those CD buyers who goes to the local Best Buy to buy the $1.99 classical music CDs by the Budapest Orchestra. Long live vinyl and 8-tracks! soundbliss9@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: Re: The mid-60s orchestral "Discotheque" genre Date: 29 Jul 1996 10:13:28 PDT Speaking of this big-band rock genre, i have alwasy referred to this genre as the "NOW" sound, mostly in reference to the album titles themselves. I think I'm catching your drift, anyway. Albums with title's like "It's happening Now", "Tomorrow will be Yesterday" "Now's the time" Etc. etc. Enoch Light didn't necessarily use the word "Now" in any of his projects, but take a look around. Titles with the feeling of the efemeral moment often are the 60's rock/big band sound of which you speak. One of my faves is Norman Luboff's "Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday," if only for the title. George Wright (organ genius) has a wonderful album called "Now's the Time" which also hits this chord, albeit in a solo organ production. A truly wonderful work in this genre is "Alive and Kickin'" by the Zack Lawrence Orchestra. I mentioned it here a couple of weeks ago when I first picked it up. If anyone sees it, get it. Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: The mid-60s orchestral "Discotheque" genre Date: 29 Jul 1996 16:17:30 >i have alwasy referred to this genre as >the "NOW" sound, mostly in reference to the album titles themselves. I like "Liberace NOW," if only for its cover and its hideous spoken word version of "the impossible dream." Liberace and spoken word - yikes! But, I think it's outside of said genre, even if of the same time period... mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: misant@ic.net Subject: misanthropy 511 playlist Date: 29 Jul 1996 19:31:01 -0500 MISANTHROPY 511 p.o.box 23093 detroit, mi 48223 e-mail: misant@ic.net Welcome to another misanthropy 511 playlist. Misanthropy 511 is broadcast on Sunday nights from mid-2am on CJAM 91.5 fm Windsor, Ontario Canada. CJAM can be heard throughout the Windsor/ Detroit Michigan area. Misanthropy 511 features from easy listening to moments of mayhem. Noises of the modern world in living stereo. Misanthropy is pleased to announce a night of international noise on Saturday, Aug 3rd, 9pm at Zoot¹s Coffeehouse (4470 Second, Detroit, 313-832-6621) Featured will be: Foe Toe (UK), Tranquil (Pennsylvania), & Knurl (Montreal). Please join us if you can. The Hearing Trumpet will be performing at Noize-a-palooza in Ann Arbor on Aug. 9th at the Nat Sci auditorium. Also featured will be: Gravitar, R.T.I., & GodVision. Admission is free. We would like to thank all who have sent us promos. It is greatly appreciated. Misanthropy 511 is now being broadcasted monthly on Radio Marabu. Radio Marabu is based in Belm Germany and broadcast at various times on 13 different stations throughout Europe. It is also on shortwave. Write to Radio Marabu for more info and tell them Misanthropy sent you. Radio Marabu p.o.box 1166, 49187, Belm Germany . e-mail: radiomarabu@t- online.de web site: http://www.dma.be/p/amphion/sztuka/marabu.html The performance side of Misanthropy, The Hearing Trumpet,continues hard at work. We have several self-released cassettes available. The Hearing Trumpet has been described by others as Œradio concret¹, Œambient noise¹, & Œdistant rumblings¹.Write for more info or ordering. David Warmbier & Greg Hallock ARTIST---------TITLE--------------------CD/CASS/LP--------LABEL JULY 22, 1996 MARTIN DENNY---jungle river boat--------exotica 90¹-------INSIDE OUT YEN POX--------purgatorio---------------blood music-------MALIGNANT S.ROACH/OBMANA-in the realm of twilight-well of souls-----PROJEKT THE HATERS-----drop ascending 4---------drop ascending----VINYL COMM TRANQUIL-------got live if you want it--focus of destruct-E.F. ARTHUR LYMAN---caravan------------------v.a.shaken..stirred-RYKODISC KNURL----------side 2-------------------diapason----------KNURL ATRAX MORGUE---before-------------------cut my throat-----SLAUGHTER MERZBOW--------woodpecker no. 2---------v.a. spectrum ale-RELAPSE CRAWLING W/TARTS-side 4-----------------motorini elettrici-GYTTJA BIGG CITIE ORCKESTRA--side 2------------verstimmt---------ECTO TAPES KEITH MANSFIELD-life of leisure---------v.a.sound gallery-SCAMP AUNTIE HORROR FILM-ziggurat-------------v.a. earth--------DOR INFINI J. BONGO BURGER-boulevard broken dreams-v.a.shaken..stirred-RYKODISC JULY 29, 1996 BOMBORAS-------monsoon------------------savage island-----DIONYSUS HISS-----------storm--------------------alien bass sounds-AGROCALM MNORTHAM-------the remains of monument--condensation 7²---POVERTECH CM VON HAUSSWOLF-imaginary landscape #5-plays john cage---POVERTECH VIDNA OBMANA---the ominous dwelling-----river of appearance-PROJEKT THE IN GROUP---if i had a hammer--------v.a.shaken..stirred-RYKODISC HAL MCGEE------side 1-------------------f5----------------HAL TAPES GLOD-----------molecular noisefloor-----gnosis------------MUSICA MAX STRATVM TERROR-nail-cincture------------true septic whore-SLAUGHTER SMALL CRUEL PARTY-home borders----------v.a. shiroseasons-SHIROCOAL CRAWL UNIT-----(hz 7)-------------------proprietary acoustPOVERTECH CRAWL UNIT-----cutting up shadows-------remains 7²--------POVERTECH ======================================================================= KNURL----------PERFORMING LIVE IN THE MISANTHROPY/ CJAM STUDIO ======================================================================= THE HAFLER TRIO-kuklos------------------a bag of cats-----TOUCH JOHN DUNCAN----trinity------------------v.a.fault in nothing-ASH RAPOON---------eye under ice------------errant angels-----SOLEILMOON BERNARD GUNTER-1------------------------v.a. itineraire---SELEKTION RADIO MARABU, AUGUST 1996 THE IN GROUP---the man w/ golden gun----v.a.shaken..stirred-RYKODISC NEWTON/MCKENZIE-neurosonology-----------psychophysicists--SIDE EFFECT ECOMON---------noises by jay------------n. ca. audio doc.-POVERTECH ELIANE RADIGUE-biogenesis---------------biogenesis--------METAMKINE MYSTIC MOODS ORCH.-a man & a woman------man & woman-------SOUNDBIRD RAPOON---------night that thunders------darker by light---SOLEILMOON MUSLIMGAUZE----oil prophets-------------gun aramaic-------SOLEILMOON ROLAND KAYN----cybernetics III----------cybernetics III---DEUTSCHE GR R.RIMBAUD/ D. SHEA-untitled 1-----------shea>rimbaud>hampson-QUANTUM COIL-----------lost rivers of london----v.a. succour------PTOLEMAIC T GEORGE HARRISON-under the mersey wall---electronic sound--ZAPPLE BIGG CITIE ORCK.-artistlite waltz-------verstimmt---------ECTO TAPES ZOVIET FRANCE--with us today------------v.a. earth--------DOR INFINITY ORGANUM--------in extremis pt. 1--------in extremis-------L.A.Y.L.A.H. LAS DILLYS SISTERS-sometimes good guys--v.a. east side sound-DIONYSUS THESE ARE GREAT TIMES TO BE A MISANTHROPIST !! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jason M Subject: The Next Big thing Date: 29 Jul 1996 19:32:21 +0000 DISCO, most definitely Disco .It's already starting in Europe and even here in New York where there is an AM station that plays '70's Disco all night long.Europe is just at the begining of coming out of there Exotica phase.Disco will be THE next big thing. Jason the Pygmy Taxi Corp http://www.spacelab.net/~mugen/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Vik's Newsletter 7/29 Date: 29 Jul 1996 19:47:30 -0500 Greetings hepcats and kittens. Work continues by the eminently suave Emilio DePesto on re-decorating Vik's. Mr. DePesto has completed the lobby and now turns his eyes to the rest of the lounge. Soon to fall under his velvet trimmed sledgehammer will be the Coat Check, Cafe Bamboo and The Red Velvet Booth. Fear not, these will make way for the Gallery du Swank and more room for The In-Crowd (see below). Speaking of the In-Crowd, Thursday once again saw a swinging night at IN HI-FI (at the Bar d'O, 29 Bedford St. NYC) where Vik, Amy Camus and Scamp CEO Ashley Warren were joined by Joseph Lanza, loungecore DJ Lucien and the mysterious Brian. You have no excuse not to drop by as Thursdays at the Bar d'O become the place to meet and swing! And now... =========================================================================== The In-Crowd Debuts (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/incrowd.html) Who are the In-Crowd? Everyone, in Vik's opinion. Vik's presents a new space for articles and features from the many hipsters passing through the doors of the lounge. Interviews, reviews, field reports, fiction and more from the frontlines of the Urban Cool/Cocktail Nation/Swank Generation. Vik's kicks things off with a report from the In Hi-Fi night at the Bar d'O in NYC. Kevin Lee crawls into the uinique mind of Br. Cleve. In the future look for a tiki article from Sven Tiki, the trials of mambo lessons and more!!! Have an idea? Send submissions to viktrola@nai.net. =========================================================================== Swank Times News Flash (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/nflash.html) Hot News For Swank Times presents a News Flash from Br. Cleve. As rumors abound concerning Esquivel's health and the status of a new album, Cleve brings you the truth behind the rumors. Also in the news (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/mnews.html)...Dionysus brings you the bumps and grinds of Frenchy...Skipp Heller goes jazz...Rhino takes a bachelor to the movies...Philly will be swinging...and something for all you racing fans... Required Reading in the Lounge Primer (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/primer.html) brings you the latest tip on the 'zine formerly known as Hmmm... Same great taste, but a new name "The Continental". Drop by for more info! =========================================================================== Global lounge trotting with The Jet Set (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/jet2.html) The destinations just keep coming. Want exotica in NYC? Jet Set tells you about Radio Hula and Orchid of Hawaii. The airwaves over Canada are filled with the sounds of The Hearing Trumpet and Misanthropy 511. Hanging in Kansas on August 17th? The Retro Cocktail Hour on KANU will be doing a Crime Jazz feature. September will find a new way to swing in Philly and Jet Setters can lend a hand. Departures from Jet Set must be confirmed no less than three hours before take-off. =========================================================================== lounge magazine (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lomag.html) Vik recently met with lounge magazine publishing czar Sam Wick, and you can look for lounge mag on-line at Vik's most likely before this swinging summer ends. In the meantime, the latest issue hit the streets and smokes! Stop by the lounge mag table at Vik's for a glimpse... =========================================================================== Fair and Warner (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/denny3.html) The Temple of Denny expands this week with a feature on The Exotic Girl, Sandy Warner. To be precise, a feature on her album, Fair and Warner. Presented by Steve Allen with liner notes by Mr. Denny himself, this should prove Sandy to be more than a pretty face. Coming soon...the Exotic Dreams of Ethel Azama and more goddesses. =========================================================================== The Casino never closes (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/casino.html) Feeling lucky? The Casino Biscotti offers you the opportunity to test that luck... ***Get Yourself A Schulmadchen*** Schoolgirls are so innocent and sweet...or are they? Drop by for your chance to win a copy of Gert Wilden's soundtrack to the Schulmadchen Report. ***Take A Shot In The Dark*** Vik has extended this contest...drop by the Casino and check out how you can win a copy of Del-Fi's "Shots In The Dark" on Pink Panther colored vinyl and CD!! ***Name That Shaken Not Stirred Babe*** Ryko offers Shaken Not Stirred posters to those who enter the best moniker for the Shaken babe. Political correctness has no place here. Send entries (along with your name and snail mail) to hifi@rykodisc.com ***The Ultra Lounge Cocktail Hunt*** The Pink Pussycat at Hollywoodandvine.com wants your Ultra Lounge inspired cocktails. Drop by the Casino for details on how to win a swank Ultra Lounge sampler... =========================================================================== COMING SOON>>>Bossa Brava...Gallery du Swank...Your Friend The Blender...Subliminal Sounds =========================================================================== "I guess I'm not that hip...'cuz when I take a trip...it's to the grocery store." in swank, Vik Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TothMD@aol.com Subject: Three Suns movie(s?) Date: 29 Jul 1996 21:21:55 -0400 A friend (actually from whom I first heard of the Three Suns) recently found a movie poster for a film called "Two Gals and a Guy" (1951, United Artists), and at the bottom is an illustration of the Three Suns guys and reads, "Introducing national recording artists THE THREE SUNS." It appears it's never been available on video but looks exactly like the kind of film that would have slipped into public domain. Has anyone ever heard of this/seen it? Does anyone know if they were in any other movies? Actually, this may justify a thread of film appearances by this list's recording artists of interest. (If I recall correctly from the ISM Vol. 2 book, Yma Sumac made a couple film appearances, and Esquivel might have been in "Cabaret Tragico," for which he did the soundtrack. Michael D. Toth TothMD@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Mitchum Date: 29 Jul 1996 21:36:02 -0400 Robert Mitchum's CD is amusing but not something you're likely to play very often unless there's a room full of people waiting for you to play "Name That Singer". On the other hand, Maya Angelou's calypso venture is really quite cool, has kitsch value and bears repeated listenings. My 3 year old likes it, too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Album Cover Rip Offs Date: 29 Jul 1996 19:51:46 +0000 but it's not as good as "Fire Godess". Somebody just used that sleeve for a Rolling Stones bootleg. Bad taste. Stefan, Did you know that Man or Astro Man used Attileo Mineo's "Man in Space with Sounds" for (I believe) their latest album cover!!! I FREAKED when I saw it and was _very upset_ when I realized what it actually was _especially_ because there were 3 or 4 of them sealed!!!!!!!!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! Attileo Mineo is a composer (who is still alive) and he made this record in the early 60's called Man in Space With Sounds that is in the league of Russ Garcia's Fantastica BUT is totally different too ;-)> Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay) Subject: Re: The Next Big thing - Disco Date: 29 Jul 1996 23:14:21 -0500 Disco has been pretty hot on the dance club scene for a while already. In fact its rapidly heading towards being passe. Whats next, who knows? No matter how much we guess its sure to be a suprise to all of us. Ciao, Paul jpmckay@cyborganic.net Jason wrote: >DISCO, most definitely Disco .It's already starting in Europe and even >here in New York where there is an AM station that plays '70's Disco all >night long.Europe is just at the begining of coming out of there Exotica >phase.Disco will be THE next big thing. > >Jason >the Pygmy Taxi Corp >http://www.spacelab.net/~mugen/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: Mitchum Date: 30 Jul 1996 00:03:51 -0400 (EDT) HOUSEOBOB writes: >Robert Mitchum's CD is amusing but not something you're likely to play very >often unless there's a room full of people waiting for you to play "Name That >Singer". On the other hand, Maya Angelou's calypso venture is really quite >cool, has kitsch value and bears repeated listenings. My 3 year old likes it, >too. Though a bit harder to find, Mitchum fans should look for "That Man," which was released last year on the Bear Family label. It includes the calypso album, the "Thunder Road" single, and Bob's 1967 Monument album, "Robert Mitchum: That Man Sings," all on one disc with the typically thorough Bear Family liner notes. You should be able to find it for about $22.00 and it represents better value-for-money than its American counterpart. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonny.S@nyo.com (Jonny.S) Subject: Re: The mid-60s orchestral "Discotheque" genre Date: 30 Jul 1996 01:52:40 -0500 I love the Enoch Light records they're much more on target for me than the S.A.B.P. genre. It really swings and has musicality, but most of all, the orchestrations are brilliant and whacky. I just got James Last - Voodoo Party on vinyl, it includes a cover of Jingo which was written by Olatunji and was a big underground disco track covered by Candido on Salsoul, plus, a cover of Everyday People and a bunch of other crazy tracks including one about a giant complete with silly voices and a funky beat. i also got the Inflight Comp, from the Karminsky Brothers out of England, the tracks come barreling out of the speakers, extra groovy. One other fun find is a new 7" out of Jamaica that uses the rhythm of the Spanish/English hit Madalena (spelling??) with the lyrics and melody of the theme song from the Banana splits TV show. Gotta love it!! , we're lovin' it here in NYC, jonny sender -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonny.S@nyo.com (Jonny.S) Subject: Re: The Next Big thing Date: 30 Jul 1996 02:40:11 -0500 Jason wrote, "Europe is just at the begining of coming out of there Exotica phase.Disco will be THE next big thing." For some of us, particularly here in NYC, disco never went away, it just became part of the history and continum of dance music ("Disco Classics") DJ's in the clubs, Hip-hop, black or gay and even more recently raves, never stopped playing these records, from, Stevie Wonder to Kool & the Gang and the Kay-Gees to Sylvester, War, Mandrill up to D Train, Strafe(Set it Off) and onward. Its part of a living musical movement and continum, something much larger than a retro-nostalic movement. That said, i totally agree with you and the are certainly lots of great records from the 70's that have the easy-Listening and Moog esthetic. some my favorites are Cocomotion by El Coco, Miss broadway by belle Epoche, Seven Deadly Sins by Lust, Sunshower by August darnell and Atmosphere Strut. The group that did Atmosphere Strut had another song from about 1976 that was sampled for the latest Mighty Dub Kats track (the song with the words.. "I think that we should get back together, gether-gether-gether-gether") The vocals on the original record which i heard for the first time a few weeks ago reminded me some of the sylabic singing on Hugo Montenegro tracks like "Theme from 'the Foxes'" and... funkanova which was sampled by Black Science Orchestra plus a slew of other retro sounding records coming out of the U.K. within the last year. I do think that there will be a big collision between the people who have been making these retro club records and the "Easy" scene and the results will only be fun for all, dancing included. Lets all just Rock On, jonny Sender P.S. what's the call letters of the station? Thanks in advance -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: soundbliss9@earthlink.net Subject: Album cover rip-offs...Another one... Date: 30 Jul 1996 08:28:40 +0000 Here's another recent album cover rip-off. The Beastie Boys "The In Sound From Way Out!" is taken from Perrey and Kingsley's album of the same title. Saw the Rolling Stones boot, too. soundbliss@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Joerg Nijmeijer" Subject: weekly new-releases-list .... Date: 30 Jul 1996 16:30:03 +0000 Hi there, I mail a weekly new-releases-list to a "private mailinglist". (Some of you might remember ...) These lists contain about 90-130 new releases a week, including all "club-relevant" genres such as Hip Hop, Jungle/Drum&Bass, Headz, Jazz, Funk, a bit House and others. (As this one goes to the exotica-lovers: compilations (lounge, rare jazz ...) and the ones like Jean-Jaques Perrey, Pierre Henry, etc. can also be found ...) A short comment and cat.-no. are also added. If anyone's interested: Just drop me a line ... Peace, Joerg (Groove Attack) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana) Subject: Enoch Light Discotheque Date: 30 Jul 1996 09:33:39 -0400 This was the first lounge-esque record I purchased (as opposed to the many I inherited/borriwed from relatives) and it's one of my favorites out of all my records. I have a lot more to say about this "orchestral rock" genre and Command records in general, but I'm late for class, so it will have to wait a bit. -Jordana P.S. I really hope 101 Strings Astro Sounds comes in today - I can't wait any longer!!! _____________________ jordana robinson jbr109@psu.edu image & direction www.geocities.com/SoHo/2157 _____________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin s. lee" Subject: Lyman flame Date: 30 Jul 1996 10:27:25 EST hi, As much as I enjoy Arthur Lyman AND Martin Denny AND Les Baxter, etc. etc. I don't think it's fair at all to call someone on this list an "idiot" for not liking any one of the artists we talk about on exotica. my opinion is if you disagree, then you have the right to voice it, but we as civilized folks shouldn't use insults to do so. ...as an elderly woman i used to work with on an assembly line always said, "That's not right! 'not supposed ta do that!" peace, kevin || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || anonymous productions anon@scribble.com http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/endtimes || | ||| | | || | ||| | || | || |||| | | || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HIFI Subject: lyman Date: 30 Jul 1996 9:24:00 -0500 okay, here's more fuel for the fire at the heart of loungecore we are releasing a few more lyman albums in the near to far future: WITH A CHRISTMAS VIBE RCD 30363 The lyman xmas album, obviously. TABOO RCD 30364 His first album after breaking away from Martin Denny. while the cover of this album graced the DCC compilation (read COMPILATION) this is the first time this has ever been released with the complete tracklisting intact. Additional notes by Sven Tiki Kirsten. HAWAIIAN SUNSET RCD 30365 Lyman and his group interweave some cool jazz through melodies of their native Hawaii. Additional notes by Otto von Stroheim. and on our budget label, TRADITION, we are also releasing a compilation of Lyman's covers for a title called SONIC SIXTIES TCD 1031. Hey Jude, Lemon Tree, Watermelon Man, Hang On Sloopy and many others. Liner notes by Wyndham Chow. While I must disagree with Jill about the tone of her problem with Lyman's languid melodies, she is entitled to trash who she wants. This is a free internet (so far). Anyone interested in reading more about Lyman should contact Lounge Magazine as they had a great article in there by Otto on Lyman. We are reprinting portions of it as the liner notes in Hawaiian Sunset. (Jill please stay away from this album as it is cool, smooth, and seductive. It is not the wham, bam, thank you ma'am of Esquivel, but the hazy, lazy, Hawaiian mode of love, slow and easy!) For Taboo, Sven Kirsten has graciously let us have a peek into his book on Tiki-Style and given us a few items from his archives to reprint in the book. These will be out in the stores by September. We are also pulling together some great albums for the TRADITION label besides SONIC SIXTIES as noted above. I will post them at a later date. Harold Chang, Lyman percussionist extraordinare, is still alive and teaches percussion at Harry's Music Store in Honolulu. His next endeavor is recording for a Japanese musician who was looking for that Exotica sound and hired him away to lay down tracks with Denny's old percussionist. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Greenberg hifi@rykodisc.com HIFI/Rykodisc Shetland Park 27 Congress St. Salem MA 01915 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tristan Subject: Re: weekly new-releases-list .... Date: 30 Jul 1996 11:57:37 -0400 (EDT) At 04:30 PM 7/30/96 +0000, you wrote: >These lists contain about 90-130 new releases a week, including all >"club-relevant" genres such as Hip Hop, Jungle/Drum&Bass, Headz, Jazz, >Funk, a bit House and others. >If anyone's interested: Just drop me a line ... > > >Peace, > >Joerg >(Groove Attack) I would be interested in these lists.. Tristan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: Lyman flame Date: 30 Jul 1996 11:54:39 -0700 (PDT) On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, kevin s. lee wrote: > my opinion is if you disagree, then you have the right to voice it, > but we as civilized folks shouldn't use insults to do so. Absolutely. When it comes to music, I've always subscribed to Paul Simon's wisdom. "One man's ceiling is another man's floor." Deej ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ad_reid@astral.magic.ca (alison reid) Subject: Re: LAS VEGAS GRIND ??? Date: 30 Jul 1996 18:00:57 -0400 Hey Matt, did you find the promotional Christmas album Combustible put out?? Let me know, I may be able to get it for you - maybe. Anyways, the reason why i'm writing you is because i would love to get a copy of Las Vegas Grind - we are doing a documentary film on lounge music out of Toronto and L.A.- we are still in pre-production (research) and I am the researcher for the film. Allison Anders is executing producing - we are trying to get in touch with everybody who is knowledgable about lounge - but we are also trying to keep our ears open for cool music and general lounge stuff - this CD sounds amazing and i think we would do well by getting our hands on a copy of it - let me know if it would be possible - i can give the address, etc and we'll cover the cost of postage and taping - thanks Matt yours in swing, teresa montanino @ (416) 924-0404 - or fax (416) 924-4842 or e-mail ad_reid@astral.magic.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: The Next Big thing Date: 30 Jul 1996 18:53:35 -0500 > Jason wrote, > "Europe is just at the begining of coming out of there Exotica > phase.Disco will be THE next big thing." > > For some of us, particularly here in NYC, disco never went away I agree, it's never left. Gay clubs have clung to it almost too dearly. The retro-70's thing which happened a while ago included a collision between psychedelia and disco esthetics and mindsets, read RAVE! > some my > favorites are Cocomotion by El Coco, Miss broadway by belle Epoche, Seven > Deadly Sins by Lust, Sunshower by August darnell and Atmosphere Strut. Yeah, I just love Cocomotion!!! and Dr. Buzzard's first album (with Sunshower) was a gem of it's time. Remember Disco Lucy (version of I Love Lucy theme?) Too much! I'd like to see a trend of deliberately bad music played by kids trying to look very, very old. Maybe I could sneak in and join a band! kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Heileson, Thomas" Subject: thrif-T Date: 30 Jul 1996 15:34:00 PDT >From: Sassyodd@aol.com > >p.s. found Denny's "Quiet Villiage" at a thrift for .95 and "a taste of >honey" at the Army for .25, envious? Yes I am, though my "Quiet Village" which was found at a thrift shop for $2 is in immaculate condition... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Fantastica Date: 30 Jul 1996 19:54:47 -0400 At 01:16 AM 7/26/96 -0400, you wrote: >Could somone please post the catalogue information for the >Japanese import of Russ Garcia's Fantastica. > >Also, does anyone have a complete list of these RCA reissues >available in Japan..... > >Why doesn't RCA here in the states put this stuff out? We >really haven't heard much from them lately.... > >Thanks! >bryan j. cuevas Because RCA in the states is lame compared to europe and japan. They would rather release compilations rather than complete albums over here. Keep you're eyes peeled for more "Living Stereo" releases from Europe (Germany). They are going deep into the vaults and starting to pull a lot of non-classical stuff from them. Good luck, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: "Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards Date: 30 Jul 1996 19:59:31 -0400 At 06:56 PM 7/26/96 +0000, you wrote: >Found a copy of and "Fire >>Goddess" by Webley Edwards for a buck each in EX+ condition recently, > >>soundbliss9@earthlink.net >______________________________ > >"Fire Goddess" by Webley Edwards. > >Isn't that on Capitol with this VERY exotic/attractive half naked woman on >the cover holding out (for you ? perhaps) these 2 half shells filled with >fire convieniently covering up her most I'm sure luscious breasts ? > >What do you think of that record ? I think it's brilliant !!! > >- Jack Is the music as good as the cover? If so, then when will Capitol/EMI or Scamp release it? Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: questions on Les Baxter CDs Date: 30 Jul 1996 20:13:51 -0400 At 03:29 PM 7/28/96 -0700, you wrote: >At long last, there are two CD's (available anywhere, except maybe Wal-mart) >which will fill your bill. "Baxter's Best", which is on the EZ standard >side, is one. But if you want what crowned Les Baxter the "father of >exotica", pick up "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter". It is two CD's that >include samples of four or five LP's. About all they skipped was "The >Primitive and the Passionate". Why did they skip that one? Was the master tape for that album lost or destroyed? Anybody got any clues? Also were there any other albums they skipped? I thought "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" was an audio dub taken from an old video program, Les appeared on. Now I find out that the tracks were taken from individual Capitol albums that Les did. Anybody have a rundown as to what albums, the tracks were culled from? Were there any favorite tracks from the albums that were skipped on the 2 CD set? Does this preclude any individual CD releases of Baxter albums, along the similar lines of Yma's albums/CDs? Sorry but I'm just a bundle of questions on this one. Thanks, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SF BeAtNiKs Subject: Re: questions on Les Baxter CDs Date: 30 Jul 1996 17:43:31 -0700 At 08:13 PM 7/30/96 -0400, Bryan wrote: >About all they skipped was "The >Primitive and the Passionate". >Why did they skip that one? Was the master tape for that album lost or >destroyed? Anybody got any clues? I don't know. The Primitive and the Passionate is a favorite of mine, a woman named "Tiki" does the wordless vocals like a theremin. >I thought "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" was an audio dub taken from an >old video program, Les appeared on. That was Lost Episode of Les Baxter on Dionysys. >Anybody have a rundown >as to what albums, the tracks were culled from? Multiple tracks from Ritual of the Savage, Ports of Pleasure, The Sacred Idol, Jungle Jazz, African Jazz, Caribbean Moonlight, Jewels of the Sea, Tamboo!....plus one track each from Skins and Teen Drums...and a couple of singles. Forty in all. Ta ta for now... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: readingm@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: Lyman flame Date: 30 Jul 1996 17:56:57 -0700 > As much as I enjoy Arthur Lyman AND Martin Denny AND Les Baxter, etc. > etc. I don't think it's fair at all to call someone on this list an "idiot" > for not liking any one of the artists we talk about on exotica. I second that, no need for personal attacks regarding individual taste. Shouldn't we be encouraging the free exchange of ideas? michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: score! Date: 30 Jul 1996 21:44:48 -0500 Yesterday I picked up a few goodun's, including: Kenyon Hopkins' The Reporter. Had never heard of this - it's major crime jazz, really excellent. This was a short lived (I assume) tv show from 1963 about New York newspaperman Danny Taylor, "a man standing up to his armpits in facts." Wow! That's alot of facts! Also got Dominic Frontiere's Pagan Festival - one of the most beautiful (to my humble ears) of the exotica side of exotica I've yet heard. The vocals are as sweet as those on Music From the Moon. Will anyone else vouch for this one? kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jbtwist@aol.com Subject: Las Vegas Grind Vol 23 ???? Date: 30 Jul 1996 22:44:39 -0400 Heard some rumors about a new comp in this series with extremely rare and collectible cuts by Vegas stalwarts and others. I think Jack Diamond even played a few last Sunday morning. Track listing: Can't Keep My Eye Off of You - Sammy Davis Jr. Please Help Me I'm Fallin' - Ann Margaret Love Theme from "The Mole People" - Peggy Lee, Cindy Crawford, Madonna (aka The Del Melanoma Triplets) Baby Elephant Walk - Sally Struthers Thank Heaven for Little Girls - Bela Karolyi Smoke,Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) - Yul Brynner Grease (is the Word) - Jerry Lewis Here, There, and Everywhere - Elvis Girl In A Sportscar - Jayne Mansfield I Forgot All the Words - Frank Sinatra The Brothers Go to Mother's - Lyle & Erik Melendez The Men in My Little Girl's Life - Woody Allen Medley: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Hello Young Lovers, This Guy's In Love with You, Can't Get Used to Losing You, Mack the Knife - O J Simpson I wish all you collectors best of luck in finding this. JBTwist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: questions on Les Baxter CDs Date: 30 Jul 1996 23:18:09 -0400 In a message dated 96-07-30 20:20:52 EDT, you write: >I thought "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" was an audio dub taken from an >old video program, Les appeared on. Now I find out that the tracks were >taken from individual Capitol albums that Les did. That album that you are referring to is "Lost Episode" on Dionysus. > >Were there any favorite tracks from the albums that were skipped on the 2 CD >set? Personally a fave track of mine "Sophisticated Savage" was missing. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SF BeAtNiKs Subject: Re: score! Date: 30 Jul 1996 20:52:55 -0700 At 09:44 PM 7/30/96 -0500, Kevin wrote: >Also got Dominic Frontiere's Pagan Festival - one of the most >beautiful (to my humble ears) of the exotica side of exotica I've yet >heard. The vocals are as sweet as those on Music From the Moon. >Will anyone else vouch for this one? Yes...with the Alcoa aluminum foil cover! My humble ears agree! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: Las Vegas Grind Vol 23 ???? Date: 31 Jul 1996 01:14:19 -0400 Now that's entertainment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles Fensch Subject: Fire Goddess Date: 29 Jul 1996 23:57:54 -0600 Fire Goddess is a classic all around. Great packaging and a great album, too. I certainly hope Scamp will release it. I noticed earlier chat that Lyman's "Tamboo" was going to be released on CD. Actually, it's been available on CD for quite some time. Also, does anyone know if Capitol is capping out the Ultra Lounge Series at 12 volumes? It seems like early plans were for only six (the liners only list six volumes). soundbliss9@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: questions on Les Baxter CDs Date: 31 Jul 1996 02:12:53 -0400 >> About all they skipped was "The Primitive and the Passionate" >Why did they skip that one? Was the master tape for that album lost or >destroyed? Anybody got any clues? Because it was on Reprise. (as was "Soul Of The Drums", "Voices in Rhythm", "Academy Award Winners" and "Les Baxter's Balladeers".) br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OsamuMasuk@aol.com Subject: Re: What's up in Brighton (was Re: exotica Digest V2 #21) Date: 31 Jul 1996 12:20:40 -0400 Hi! I don't know why, I 'm reciving e-mail from you, every day. Please, remove my e-mail address from your list. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Las Vegas Grind Date: 31 Jul 1996 19:53:25 +0100 they used to be available from CRYPT records PO Box 304292, 20325 Hamburg, Germany tel ++49 40/317.45.03 fax ++49 40/31.35.22 = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Drasnin's Voodoo Date: 31 Jul 1996 19:53:33 +0100 dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) wrote: > (snip)... >Robert Drasnin's Voodoo LP or Percussion Exotique whichever you prefer is >absolutly great jazz exotica all the way, imho anyway. i agree, although i only discovered it thanx to the cd release, (which is taken from the original lp as the masters have vanished, but it sounds as good as possible from a vinyl source, better anyway than those famous "twofer" cd's) and also although i really don't know that much (yet) about exotica; it may be not as crazy over the top as some of baxter's exotica records, but it is very beautiful music, i think and we should support Dionysus/Bacchus, such that they will release other rare exotica gems. just my opinion. = Johan |)/\|)/\ Vis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Enoch Light / Command Date: 31 Jul 1996 21:56:50 +0000 Hi all - As there have been a few mentions of Enoch Light and Command of late, I thought I should pop in a wee note to inform newbies (and remind oldies!) that I am currently co-ordinating what I believe is the *only* Light site on the web (URL below). You are most welcome to visit... "it's wonderful" says Mary Jack Wald (one of Enoch's daughters) and Lem Lloyd (her son)!!! [excuse the tacky promo!] Coming very soon are lengthy interviews with Dick Hyman and Tony Mottola (who have also both seen and been impressed by the site) - Tony's going to record some answers just as soon as he recovers from a bout of laryngitis and Dick's responses (to my 45 questions!) are due any day now... If anyone has any discography additions or other info they'd like to submit, please do so! Robbie Spaced Out - the Enoch Light WWW Site *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** http://www.cybersurf.co.uk/rcb/light/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Vaba-Ba-Boom Date: 31 Jul 1996 21:56:50 +0000 Me again! If anyone doesn't own the new Edmundo Ros 2xCD compilation ('40 exotic rhythms from the master of all things latin') - track it down and *buy*! Some of the tracks are quite tame but most are stupendous - and his Latin version of "Hare Krishna" has to be heard to be believed! And if you've always found 'Aquarius' a bit queasy, Edmundo's version will convert you to its beauty. Here in the UK it's on Eclipse 844 620-2 for 14 pounds - full track listing on request. And that reminds me, I also picked up fairly recently an autographed Ros LP "Hollywood Cha Cha Cha" which has one of my favourite ever tracks - a cha cha version of the 'Theme from Moulin Rouge' - french accordion meets latin rhythm - wonderful! Sadly this track isn't on the CD but don't let this put you off. Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: root Subject: Yma Sumac LPs Date: 31 Jul 1996 17:36:56 -0400 (EDT) Hi... I'm trying to figure out which releases of Yma Sumac's LPs are first issues. I've consulted a comprehensive discography which states that the "SM" prefix LPs are first issues, but I really don't think that it the case. I spoke with someone who is very familiar with Capitol's coding system and he stated that the SM coding is some sort of stereo release, which the Yma Sumac LPs are not. For instance, I have yet to see any SM prefix releases of Voice of the Xtabay and Legend of the Sun Virgin, BUT have seen multiples of both with a T prefix. In fact, I've passed on them all thinking that they weren't first issues. Anyone can help here? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Ross Subject: Re: Yma Sumac LPs Date: 31 Jul 1996 15:20:44 -0700 (PDT) The SM prefix designates a reissue, probably from the 70s. The T prefix is the original -- then you have to designate label color and logo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Lewis Subject: Re: Yma Sumac LPs Date: 31 Jul 1996 19:58:27 -0400 (EDT) > The SM prefix designates a reissue, probably from the 70s. The T prefix > is the original -- then you have to designate label color and logo. > Could you tell me what I should look for in a first issue in label color and logo? Does it depend on the year it was released? thanks, Paul