From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) BLUNA ad with TIPSY music Date: 01 Oct 1998 10:30:54 +0000 I was curious if you know about this at all. I never know how it goes with music rights. You definitely have to ask the artist before you use his music in a feature film. But with commercials I don't know. The Afri Cola Company is a cool one. Officially the brand Bluna was sold to Ueberkinger Mineralbrunnen AG though. The agency responsible for the ads is Jung Von Matt in Hamburg. I've seen this Tipsy ad just once and it was pretty surreal. Can't quite remember what happened. The hookline phrase goes "Aren't we all a bit bluna?" Unfortunately the summer is over and they don't show it anymore. Thanks for the Ata Tak flowers. I'll forward them to Pyrolator. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) kings of hawaii Date: 01 Oct 1998 04:52:19 EDT I have to admit I am biased here but here's my honest opinion King of Hawaii do instrumental tunes not unlike Duane Eddy or Chris Issak without vocals It is pre-surf music instro stuff that is catchy and tasty They have two CDs out and have played SF twice # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) 3 obits Date: 01 Oct 1998 10:15:58 -0500 *Julian Allen BALTIMORE (AP) -- Julian Allen, an artist known for his illustrations of subjects ranging from the Watergate scandal to American blues singers, died Monday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 55. Allen collaborated with writer Bruce Wagner on the noir comic strip ``Wild Palms,'' which appeared in Details magazine and became a network television miniseries produced by Oliver Stone. The Postal Service commissioned Allen in 1994 to create a series of stamps featuring blues singers. As a staff artist with New York magazine, he illustrated events related to the Watergate scandal, such as President Nixon's meetings with indicted White House aides. During the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, the magazine sent Allen to cover the campaign in the Sinai desert. After Allen was wounded in the leg, he drew a series of portraits of wounded soldiers. Allen taught editorial illustration at Parson's School of Design in New York for years. In 1996. he became chairman of the Illustration Department at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. *Sam Locke SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Sam Locke, whose writing career spanned the golden days of radio to Broadway stage and television sitcoms, died Sept. 18 at 81. Known for his classic radio scripts to programs such as ``Grand Central Station'' and ``Inner Sanctum,'' Locke later penned television episodes of ``McHale's Navy,'' ``The Lucy Show,'' ``36-24-73,'' ``Mooney the Monkey,'' ``Hot Watch'' and ``All in the Family.'' He also wrote sketches for comedians Garry Moore, Red Buttons and Ed Wynn. During the 60s, Locke wrote screenplays for Paramount -- seemingly always about beaches -- including ``Girls on the Beach'' and ``Beach Ball.'' His theater credits include ``Continuous Performance,'' ``The Vamp,'' ``Women With Red Hair'' and ``Fair Game'' -- the only one of his plays to reach Broadway. Locke wrote a small humor book entitled ``How to Survive Your Doctor's Care'' and had both fiction and nonfiction works published in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and helped with a film designed to implement the Marshall Plan in Europe. *Jack Haskell ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Jack Haskell, a 30-year television veteran who became a fixture as a stand-in on Jack Paar's and Johnny Carson's shows, died Saturday. He was 79. An early member of the ``Garroway at Large'' show when it was based in Chicago, Haskell came to New York to join host Dave Garroway on the original NBC ``Today'' show. Haskell also worked with Paar, occasionally substituting for announcer Hugh Downs, and was a guest and replacement on ``Tonight'' when Carson was host. Haskell's television credits also included ``The Ed Sullivan Show,'' ``The Mike Douglas Show,'' ``The Bell Telephone Hour,'' ``The Garry Moore Show'' and NBC's ``Monitor.'' Haskell performed with bands in Chicago while he was a student at Northwestern University, and after graduation he sang with Doris Day and the Les Brown Orchestra. He appeared on Broadway in 1962 in ``Mr. President,'' an Irving Berlin musical that starred Nanette Fabray. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) kings of hawaii -Reply Date: 30 Sep 1998 14:48:27 -0400 Kings of Hawaii are a surf/instro band. They play an eclectic mix of = "trad" (traditional) and more experimental stuff in the grand 'ol surf = mold..... (Oh, and Hi - I never did respond to your last e-mail eons ago.....) - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Costello/Bacharach ... and Frisell Date: 01 Oct 1998 12:30:45 -0500 It's funny how discussions on one list can mirror parallel discussions on other lists. Here's excerpts from a recent thread on the Zorn list: -Lou I stumbled across the following news of Bill Frisell which, oddly enough, ties into the Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach thread that's been working its way through the Zornlist lately: << For those who have been wondering when Bill Frisell was going to make an appearance in their city anytime soon, we here at Songline / Tone Field, wanted to let you know that he has taken this year "off" from touring and spent the last 6 months (and will spend the next 5 or 6) in a state of hyper productivity. Some of the results of that activity can be heard on the upcoming (next year) Elvis Costello - Burt Bacharach CD on the jazz label Verve which features Frisell's arrangements of the same 12 tunes Elvis and Burt have recorded together on their pop record for Mercury. The Verve record is produced by Lee Townsend and features Bill on guitar, Viktor Krauss on bass, Brian Blade on drums and a horn section comprised of Curtis Fowlkes on trombone, Ron Miles on trumpet, Don Byron on clarinet and Billy Drewes on saxophone. There's rumor that some pretty big name vocalists may contribute their talents to a couple of the tunes, but the cat isn't out of the bag on that just yet. Both records are due to be released in early 1999.>> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: other music www address Date: 30 Sep 1998 19:57:46 +0200 >From: Jane Tunks > >Please, can someone email me the Other Music website address. http://www.interactive.net/~tomc visit the"Shoppinquarium", the Mailorder Links page on my web site: Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Hank Levine, Sing Along With JFK oddity Date: 30 Sep 1998 19:47:36 +0200 >From: Lou Smith >I think Levine worked on the Sing Along With JFK oddity. does anyone have that lp? i simply _must_ find a copy of it! ;-) i won't find the original, but a cd or MD or DAT copy would be perfect for me. traders welcome! Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) wanted: (copy of) Italian 60's stereo demonstration record Date: 01 Oct 1998 19:06:27 +0200 wanted: (copy of) Italian 60's stereo demonstration record. Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Evguenie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg Date: 30 Sep 1998 19:50:20 +0200 >From: tosh@loop.com (Tosh) >Please note that there is also a >song by Gainsbourg called Evguenie Sokolov of farting noises over a reggae >track. on his "Mauvaises Nouvelles Des Etoiles" LP/CD... I think. Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: (exotica) Exotic country Date: 01 Oct 1998 19:15:01 -0700 Somebody sent me a Lee Hazelwood tape. And as original as his music is, of course there's a lot that's familiar about it too. So I got to wondering if I could make a tape of stuff that reminded me of Lee. So I started paying more attention to all this quasi-country that you see in delete bins and a lot of which I already have in my "collection". All this country from the seventies mostly. Stuff that in its time was sort of the equivalent of "New Country".Stuff that I'm having a very very hard time characterizing or classifying. In any case, I can't say it's country and I can't say it reminds me of Lee Hazelwood but I would like to recommend JOE SOUTH. Not just for the obvious hits like "Games People Play" either. There's something unclassifiable about his "quasi country rock with electric sitar" sound, which makes him a perfect candidate for exoticat rediscovering. I'm not saying "if you like Lee Hazelwood, you'll like Joe South" but I think you have to have a taste for the arcane to like Lee so maybe you would like Joe too. Oh and by the way, I started to make the tape and I put some BOBBIE GENTRY on it, from this album I have called "Touch em with love". And I can't remember what people here were saying about HANK LEVINE but he produced a few songs on this record. The other producer on the record is DON TWEEDY and I just bought an instrumental record by him called "Love theme from Romeo and Juliet" (with liner notes by Quincy Jones) and he does a surprisingly cool version of "Oliver"... which will go on a tape as soon as I can figure out how to finish this "reminds me of Lee Hazelwood" tape. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: citizen kafka Subject: (exotica) Secret Museum of the Air on the net Date: 02 Oct 1998 01:49:32 -0400 Hi, exoticats... This radio show is the zenith of exotica, if i do say so myself... New winter schedule for Secret Museum of the air, available at: http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html This show is on the internet every Wednesday 7-8 PM EST at http://www.wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml on WFMU on the net. The Secret Museum of the Air is a series of hour-long programs exploring recorded sounds from across the Earth on 78s and cylinders made from 1890 through the 1960s. The curator, Pat Conte, is a noted researcher, archivist and collector, with a personal library of over 100,000 recordings. He is the editor and anthologist of the widely acclaimed =93Secret Museum of Mankind=94 CD reissue series on Yazoo records. For more information about upcoming shows and the Secret Museum, please email back to Citizen Kafka at ckafka@dti.net. Enjoy the show! -- Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air" every Wednesday, 7 to 8 PM EST WFMU-FM 91.1 FM & WXHD Mt. Hope (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html http://wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas..... Date: 02 Oct 1998 10:44:38 -0400 Well, he doesn't *always* write a memorable score - but Whoa! what a = movie!!! I'm talking about "Blood Demon" a German film also re-titled (the = smile-enducing) "Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism" among about four other = titles ("Snake Pit" is one.......). Anyway, Christopher Lee plays Ct. Regula in a creepy old mansion literally = *dripping* with unbelievable atmostphere, terrorizing a group of travelers = with his long-dead assistant/zombie. Thomas' upbeat "end theme" as the coach carrying the two survivors jaunts = away into the sunrise is memorable, but the rest is superflous. The FILM = is amazing, with great set design and atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere!!!= (Karin Dor's heaving cleavage and varios traps/torture rooms, etc.) Directed by a guy who's done some of the creepier Edgar Wallas "krimis" = German crime films........ - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Raymond Scott: In A 21st Century Drawing Room Date: 02 Oct 1998 11:17:37 -0500 Raymond Scott: In A 21st Century Drawing Room A multi-media Raymond Scott tribute show at the Jewish Museum, New York Monday, February 22, 1999 one show only: 8:00 pm The program, produced and hosted by Irwin Chusid, Director of The Raymond Scott Archives, will feature: An ensemble of New York musicians performing modernistic interpretations of seven Scott compositions (musicians listed below); A video entitled "Limbo: The Organized Mind," a 1966 animated film by Jim Henson, with a musique concrete score by Raymond Scott (first public exhibition since 1974); A video collection of five very rare TV commercials for which Scott composed and recorded scores with his home-built electronic instruments around 1960; A brief slide presentation about the life and work of Raymond Scott. The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York 212-423-3224 http://www.thejewishmuseum.org Tickets ($15) will not be available until after the first of the year. Performers: Wayne Barker - piano Brian Dewan - piano Michael Hashim - sax Will Holshouser - accordion Todd Reynolds - violin George Rush - bass Clem Waldmann - drums # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Shorty Rogers CD reissues "Afro-Cuban Influence" Date: 02 Oct 1998 16:22:09 +0200 >From: stefan@subliminal.se (Subliminal Sounds) > ....were are the reissues of his >LPs "Afro-Cuban Influence" Shorty Rogers: Manteca/Afro-Cuban influence CD, RCA International 78635 3449, USA, 199? price &@ cduniverse: $9.59... visit The "eXotica Releases Overview": # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Gene Autry obit Date: 02 Oct 1998 16:00:30 -0500 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Gene Autry, the legendary singing cowboy of radio, television and movies who became a wealthy radio and TV station mogul and major league baseball team owner, has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 91. Autry died at 8 a.m. today. The cause of death was not immediately announced, but Autry had been in failing health for some time. Autry parlayed a guitar and a horse named Champion into a career that included 95 films, and then built a financial empire composed of a radio network, television stations, a chain of hotels and the ownership of the California Angels major league baseball team. Autry's films of the 1930s, '40s and '50s were typically packed with action and thin on romance. He always played himself, wore a white hat, never shot first, and never drank, smoked or kissed the leading lady. Although he gained his early fame as a radio singer Autry led the popularity poll of Western stars for several years and is the only Western star to be listed among the 10 top moneymakers in Hollywood films (1938-42). With the baseball team he bought in 1960, Autry turned loose his energies and opened wide his vast financial resources to produce a winner. He poured out huge financial bonuses to untried youths, purchased players left and right, hired successful former Dodger executives to run the show. Yet for 18 years the man who seemingly had everything went without the one thing he wanted to climax his career: a World Series ring. He sold the team to a group headed by Disney. Autry's first wife, Ina Mae Spivey, died in 1980; in 1981 he married Jacqueline Ellam. He had no children by either marriage. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gene Autry, who parlayed a $5 mail order guitar into a career as Hollywood's first singing cowboy, died today. He was 91. Autry, who also built a multimillion-dollar fortune in broadcasting and was the original owner of the California Angels baseball team, died at his home in the city's Studio City neighborhood, said Karla Buhlman, vice president of Gene Autry Entertainment. His death came less than three months after the death of his great rival, Roy Rogers. Though a pennant for his Angels eluded him, Autry succeeded at just about anything he undertook: radio, records, songwriting, movies, TV, real estate and business. He first sang on radio in 1928, and then went on to make 95 films and star in a TV show from 1950 to 1956. He also cut 635 records, including ``Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' and his signature ``Back in the Saddle Again,'' which was back on the charts in 1993 as part of the soundtrack to the hit movie ``Sleepless in Seattle.'' Autry hung up his performing spurs in 1956, but continued to own four radio stations, the Gene Autry Hotel in Palm Springs, and several other properties. In 1982, he sold Los Angeles television station KTLA for $245 million. He ranked for many years on the Forbes magazine list of the 400 richest Americans, before he fell in 1995 to the magazine's ``near miss'' category with an estimated net worth of $320 million. Autry, who once turned down a chance to play in the minor leagues, had been the Angels' owner since the team was formed as an American League expansion franchise in 1961. In spring 1995, Autry announced that the Walt Disney Co. was buying a part interest in the team, and the following year Disney took operating control. Recent baseball seasons ended as all seasons have ended for the Angels, with Autry still awaiting the team's first World Series appearance. Disney had an agreement to acquire Autry's remaining share of the team at his death. Throughout his business dealings, Autry collected Western memorabilia and art. In December 1988, the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, built largely with funds from Autry's foundations, opened in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. ``I felt that I owed something. The West has been very kind to me over the years,'' Autry said at the time. He called the museum, which covers the West from prehistoric times to Hollywood, a gift to the world rather than a monument to himself. Among the items in the $54 million museum are an 1870s-era steam fire engine from Nevada, guns owned by Annie Oakley and Wyatt Earp, and costumes of TV's Lone Ranger and Tonto. He first came to Los Angeles in 1934 to appear with Ken Maynard in a movie called ``Old Santa Fe.'' ``I was the first singing cowboy in that picture,'' Autry once said. ``John Wayne had made an earlier movie in which he played a singing cowboy, but he didn't do his own singing.'' It was the heyday of the Western, and Autry was ranked top Western star at the box office from 1937-43, and in 1940-42 he was in the Top 10 of all movie box office favorites. Smiley Burnett was popular as Autry's comic sidekick, and Autry's horse, Champion, also was an audience favorite. Rogers replaced Autry as Republic Studios' top cowboy when Autry took time out to serve as a flier in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, he went over to Columbia Pictures and obtained a new partner -- Pat Buttram. Among his postwar pictures were ``The Last Roundup,'' 1947, and ``Riders in the Sky,'' 1949. After Rogers died July 6, Autry called it ``a terrible loss for me. I had tremendous respect for Roy and considered him a great humanitarian and an outstanding American.'' Autry's broadcasting career included appearances on the ``Melody Ranch'' CBS radio show, beginning in 1939. From 1950-56, he was host of ``The Gene Autry Show'' on CBS-TV, one of the first television series made by a motion picture star. Autry's records sold more than 40 million copies. His first gold record was ``That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine.'' ``Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'' has sold 10 million copies and is a Christmas perennial. He wrote many of the songs he performed. Autry was born Sept. 29, 1907, in Tioga, Texas, and grew up in the small Oklahoma town of Ravia. As a boy, Autry occasionally earned spending money singing at local nightspots and with the extra cash, he invested in a mail order guitar and taught himself to play. By 18, Autry was working as a telegrapher on a St. Louis to San Francisco railroad line. It was here that he met comedian Will Rogers who had heard Autry strumming on his guitar and singing. ``You're good,'' Rogers is said to have told Autry. ``Stick to it, young fellow, and you'll make something of yourself.'' Autry began singing on radio shows in 1928 as ``Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy.'' In the early '30s, he was a success on the popular ``WLS Barn Dance'' in Chicago. Among the honors accorded to Autry over the years was the naming of an Oklahoma town for him. Gene Autry, Okla., population 175, is about 20 miles west of Ravia. Autry stopped appearing in the movies and on television in the mid-1950s to concentrate on his businesses. In 1991, a letter written in the '30s came to light that said the performer had no future in Hollywood. The note from producer Al Levoy was found in the Republic Pictures archives. It said the young Autry needed to improve his acting, that a preliminary acting course was ``evidently wasted'' and that the actor needed darker makeup to ``give him the appearance of virility.'' Autry's response: ``A lot of that is true. I got better as I went along. I couldn't get any worse.'' Visit: CowboyPal, Home of the Silver Screen Cowboys http://www.cowboypal.com/index.html Sons of the Pioneers Page Western Mini-Bio Page Lone Ranger Radio Page Western Radio Classics Western Comic Covers Western Web Links 3D Western images Friends & Neighbors Saddle Pals Real Video and Real Audio is now a standard feature on CowboyPal.. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Diamond Subject: (exotica) Prudence and The Pill Date: 02 Oct 1998 16:03:11 -0700 This OST on CD at all ? Prudence and The Pill. A listener of mine says it is the shit GET CARTER RULES!!! Jack Jack Diamond Music Http://www.jackdiamond.com Tune in The House of Games with Jack Diamond Sundays 10AM-1PM Http://www.KFJC.org (Internet Broadcast) KFJC-FM, 89.7 12345 El Monte Rd. Los Altos Hills, CA Since January 1993 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bissia Subject: Re:(exotica) Operation Re-Information Live Tonight Date: 03 Oct 1998 01:35:17 +0100 How can I obtain the $20.00 mac OS sofware you decribed ? What is the minimum needed ? I run a PPC 7100/66 with OS 8.1 ... Is it cool ? ') Can I buy direct from the guys ? PS: I have no credit card and am located in Europe ! Thank you for your understanding # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bissia Subject: (exotica) Re:Young Girls of Rochefort Date: 03 Oct 1998 01:35:26 +0100 >Young Girls of Rochefort ??? Is it the same musical comedy which is originaly named in French : 'Les parapluies de Cherbourg ' ??? Thanks to let me know ... Also, is there other films featuring Francoise Dorleac ( who felt in the shadow of her sister, sadly ... ) ??? Thanks again # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Elisabeth Vincentelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Young Girls of Rochefort Date: 02 Oct 1998 21:37:31 -0400 >>Young Girls of Rochefort >??? > >Is it the same musical comedy which is originaly named in French : >'Les parapluies de Cherbourg ' Nope, 2 different movies: Young Girls of Rochefort = Les demoiselles de Rochefort Umbrellas of Cherbourg = Les parapluies de Cherbourg Francoise Dorleac was a wonderful actress. I warmly recommend Roman Polanski's Cul de Sac, and Philippe de Broca's Man from Rio (L'homme de Rio). Both are easily available on video in the US, so probably even easier to find in Europe. Elisabeth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Elisabeth Vincentelli Subject: (exotica) Lorraine Bowen news Date: 02 Oct 1998 21:45:19 -0400 I just got the new Japanese (as opposed to their Emperor Norton release) CD by Fantastic Plastic Machine, Luxury. Lorraine Bowen sings Eurythmics' "There Must Be an Angel". As sexy as "Julie Christie": I'm in love! Apparently she has 2 CDs out: Greatest Hits 1 and 2. The rest of the FPM CD is excellent and should appeal to exoticats who enjoy the mix of computers and easy listening or bossa. Other guests of note include Yukari Fresh, Simon Fisher Turner (aka The King of Luxembourg) and Andreas Dorau. Elisabeth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ron Grandia" Subject: Re: Re:(exotica) Operation Re-Information Live Tonight Date: 30 Sep 1998 23:20:32 -0700 The software is very cool, and very minimal (200k, I think) It was originally written for the Commodore 64. These guys are real geeks! when I saw Man or Astroman Gamma Clones, they were running ORI back to basics on an old IIci or IIsi. It will run on the very excellent 7100 66MHZ (a machine I SWORE would be fast enough for the next ten years) with no problem at all. It does not have any ability to manipulate sounds, so you will need some kind of soundediting application - there are some fine shareware ones around - I use the commercial program Soundedit 16. The back to basics software is found at www.reinfromation.com. from there, go to the ORI mart. You can download the full version, but it's crippled untill you register (can't save your work) I'll send my reg code to hold you over untill they get your money order and send your own code. (PROMISE to buy it if you think you will use it!!!) >How can I obtain the $20.00 mac OS sofware you decribed ? >What is the minimum needed ? I run a PPC 7100/66 with OS 8.1 ... > >Is it cool ? ') >Can I buy direct from the guys ? > >PS: I have no credit card and am located in Europe ! >Thank you for your understanding > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" Subject: (exotica) Beau Hunks play Raymond Scott Date: 03 Oct 1998 11:54:52 +0200 Hi everyone, I saw the Beau Hunks ("the best thing from Holland since tulips") perform in Heerlen, the Netherlands, last night. The concert was part of their Raymond Scott Big Band Project. To my amazement only 80 or 90 people showed up for this unique concert, but the performance of Gert-Jan Blom and his 15-piece orchestra was absolutely great. On some occassions it was obvious that some of the pieces were slightly under-rehearsed, but the enthousiasm of the musicians more than compensated for this. The fact that most of the tunes (with titles like 'The bullfighter & his piccolo", "two young lads in a saxophone school" and "Dreary weather on 6th avenue") were never issued on commercial recordings by Scott and never played live since the 40's made this a truly thrilling musical event. And yes, it is great to hear "Powerhouse" performed live! If you ever get the chance to see the Beau Hunks live, don't miss it. Marco Kalnenek # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Giovanni Berti" Subject: (exotica) The Melting Pot, vol. 2 Date: 03 Oct 1998 17:37:39 +0000 Hi y'all, Didn't write a line for a while because I spent some time a) listening to all the tapes I got from you friends in exchange to my "Italian 6ts Girly Pop" tape (thanks for the massive feedback); b) reorganizing my records, and actually LISTENING to some I passed on for the reason that I have realised that I buy more records than I can listen to (anyone shares this frustrating sensation?). I almost forgot that a couple years ago I bought this vinyl compilation. I thought it was a funk/rare groove/dancefloor jazz comp.: something I like, but also that can wait for a couple of years before careful listening. Boy was I wrong! It's all solid groovy easiness that blows my mind off! Tracklisting: - Lalo Schifrin: Ape Shuffle - Richard "Groove" Holmes: Ain't No Trouble On The Mountain - Gustav Brom Orchestra: Waldmadchen - Big Jim H & His Men Of Rhythm: Jungle Fever - Diwan Paigankar Group: Karma Sitar - Nelsinho: Upa neguinho - U.S. Airforce Band: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Dimenzio: Bamba - Percy Faith: First Light - Hard Meat: Freewheel The label says nothing but: "GGLP002 - Good Groove Musik Box 2058 16121 SOLNA" Does anybody know where the hell Solna is? So that I can write and tell them to produce more "good groove musik". I guess there must have been at least a vol. 1 out, but never saw it. Anyone knows something more? Pretty sure it comes out of Somewhere, Europe. If someone is interested in having it taped down, I'm ready, willing & able for a tape exchange. Just write me privately. Gionni Paludi # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Digitizing an LP, Arboretum's RayGun Date: 03 Oct 1998 15:38:27 +0200 Bissia and others, i have to take back some of my praise of Ray Gun, its POP filter doesn't work as it should... Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) basic hip Date: 03 Oct 1998 23:20:59 EDT basic hip playlist: FRED LOWERY Walking Along (Kicking The Leaves) Walking Along Kicking The Leaves (Decca) - blind, whistling virtuoso TOOTS THIELEMANS Wives And Lovers A Whistler And His Guitar (ABC Paramount) - with Dick Hyman on organ JACK MONTROSE Meet Mr. Gordon The Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz) - Bob Gordon IS Mr. Gordon on baritone sax GEORGE DUNING This Is The Naked City The Naked City (Colpix) - a "musical portrait" of a city SHORTY PETTERSTEIN Telephone Therapy The Wide, Weird World Of Shorty Petterstein (World Pacific) - encyclopedia salesman gets more than he bargined for ROGER ERICSON If I Only Had A Brain Disney Meets The Wizard (Richmond) - Disney and Oz tunes, heavy on the percussion OSCAR BROWN, JR. The Snake Tell It Like It Is (Columbia) - Al Wilson had a top 40 hit with this in 1968 DEL CLOSE How Do You Like Your Love? The Nervous Set (Columbia) - partner of John Brent (How To Speak Hip) and from the beatnik musical, featuring Larry Hagman, among others LALO SCHIFRIN Scorpio's Theme The Dirty Harry Anthology (Aleph) - absolutely chilling!!! THE FREE DESIGN Daniel Dolphin Bubbles (Siesta) - a good example of the odd lyrics The Free Design are known for JOHAN DALGAS FRISCH Sukiyaki Symphony Of The Birds (MGM) - delightful version of 1963 hit of Kyu Sakamoto featuring field recordings of tropical birds RAY MARTIN Thunderball Thunderball And Other Themes (RCA Camden) - have yet to score a Ray Martin LP that is disappointing. Look for "Martin Goes Latin", you'll think it's Esquivel UNKNOWN Eat To Live One Of One: Snapshots In Sound (Dish) - What a concept! Mark Fay and Melinda Simon compiled bits and pieces of "Recordio Discs" (record your own voice) to create this truly unique listening experience. ENNIO MORRICONE Twist Of The Spinsters Malamondo (Epic) THE POPPY FAMILY Which Way You Goin, Billy? A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973 (What Are Records) - yes, Susan and Terry (Seasons In The Sun) Jacks, The Poppy Family. I never gave them a thought as a 15 year old in 1971. But now, here they are, rediscovered by me and sounding damn good sandwiched between Morricone and Haack. BRUCE HAACK School For Robots Hush Little Robot (Q.D.K. Media) - wowee! have not heard anything this weird since Joe Meek's "I Hear A New World". Highly recommended, but not for the swing crowd. HA HA HA HA! THE T-BONES No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (Liberty) - the alka seltzer jingle. If you are into the NOW SOUND, you may want to give them a try. The LP, "Sippin and Chippin" is full of cool organ, guitar and girly ooos and ahhs. 101 STRINGS Love Is Blue The Sounds Of Love (A/S Records) - some very sexy moans and groans by Bebe and some of the cheesiest spoken word by Joe something, I forgot his name. SAMMY DAVIS JR. Baretta's Theme Barnie's Grooves (Mood Mosaic) LIVING GUITARS Paint It Black Play Songs Made Famous By The Rolling Stones (RCA Camden) - the usually cheap and near mint "Living Series" has a number of very pleasant surprises ANTHONY QUINN In My Own Way In My Own Way, I Love You (Capitol) - great personality record of love and sissy stuff like that LLOYD GREEN The Cassions Go Rolling Along Day For Decision (Lil' Darlin) - steel guitarist going patriotic in theme RALPH PLATT It Took A Miracle The Birds Sing His Praise Volume 2 (Sacred) - on of those creepy religious records I continue to seek out. Platt whistles like a bird and Lorin Whitney supplies the haunting, funeral organ accompaniment. PETE DRAKE Happy Tracks Steel Away (Canaan) - another from the creepy religious record file. this time, steel guitar and I guess that is a sonovox he uses to make his gee-tar talk # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Shorty Rogers CD reissues "Afro-Cuban Influence" deleted? Date: 04 Oct 1998 15:09:59 +0200 apparently, this one is already deleted... Shorty Rogers: Manteca/Afro-Cuban influence CD, RCA International 78635 3449, USA, 199? Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hugh Petfield Subject: (exotica) 60's genres Date: 04 Oct 1998 16:21:52 +0100 Go-go Was this a 60's dance craze in the same way that disco came along in the 70's? There seem to have been albums by many artists with the title a-go-go, and films show people - not necessarily young people - gyrating in noisy crowds with women in parrot cages around. Was there a distinct gap between the twist and go-go? Thanks, Hugh. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) US TV grab-bag Date: 04 Oct 1998 12:10:38 -0400 Suddenly, movies are coming out of the woodwork (eastern daylight times). "The Ruling Class" (1972) - Bravo - Sunday night (tonight!) - 9:00pm, 1:00am - An unusual dark satire with occasional song 'n' dance numbers. Peter O'Toole delivers one of his patented bizarre performances as a delusional British nobleman. "Shoot The Piano Player (1960) - Bravo - Monday night - 9:00pm, 1:00am - Noir from Truffaut, with Charles Aznavour as a pianist mixed up with gangsters. "Arabian Nights" (1942) - AMC - Tuesday night - 11:00pm - Another Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall fantasy adventure. With Shemp Howard as Sinbad! "The Third Man" (1949) - AMC - Wednesday afternoon - 3:00pm - Maybe this time they'll really show it. "A Shot In The Dark" (1964) - AMC - Wednesday night - 10:00pm - The second Inspector Clouseau film. Music by Mancini as usual. "The Blue Angel" (1930) - AMC - Friday morning - 6:00am - Stodgy professor, Emil Jannings, makes a goof of himself over bad girl, Marlene Dietrich. Most likely to be the English language version. "Brazil" (1985) - Bravo - Friday night - 9:00pm, 1:00am - Terry Gilliam's wild retro-future fantasy. Supposed to air in letterbox format. "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957) - AMC - Saturday morning - 10:00am - Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall in another George Axelrod media satire. "Carnival Of Souls" (1962) - A&E - Early Sunday (Oct. 11) 7:00am and Early Monday (Oct. 12) 4:00am - The atmospheric yarn of a woman caught between two worlds. Loaded with spooky organ music. Creepiest part is actually the non-spectral neighbor who keeps trying to put the moves on her. Also, this Wednesday at 8:00pm & Midnight on A&E's Biography - "Wayne Newton, King Of Las Vegas". On a bummer note, Bravo is now interrupting their programming with commercial breaks. They've certainly skidded down the slippery slope from the days when they showed movies uncut and uninterrupted. :oP m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: (exotica) DeWolfe Factory Freakout Date: 04 Oct 1998 19:48:39 +0100 Just spotted this new release: V/A - Freakout at the Facsimile Factory "From the vaults of DeWolfe Music Library comes this compilation of psychedelic experiments utilized in "swingin' London" films of the 60s! Fab stuff with phasing, sitars, reverb, the lot! Limited to 1000 copies 190g vinyl." ! If anyone would like a copy, please get in touch... Robbie ** ** ** * Spaced Out - the Enoch Light Website * ** ** ** ** ** ** * http://www.rcb.easynet.co.uk/light/ * ** ** ** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Arjan Plug" Subject: (exotica) Trikont-label Date: 04 Oct 1998 20:47:59 +0200 The German Trikont-label was mentioned a couple of weeks ago. You can check out their website at www.trikont.de (German only alas) for some nifty compilations about American yodelling, the three volumes of covers of La Paloma and 3 volumes of Dead and Gone which contains funeral & death music in all different sizes. Arjan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) 60's genres Date: 04 Oct 1998 18:08:38 EDT In a message dated 10/4/98 10:23:03 AM EST, tribute@dircon.co.uk writes: << Go-go Was this a 60's dance craze in the same way that disco came along in the 70's? There seem to have been albums by many artists with the title a-go-go, and films show people - not necessarily young people - gyrating in noisy crowds with women in parrot cages around. Was there a distinct gap between the twist and go-go? >> The twist was one type of dance. "Go-go" was an all-enveloping term for the style of music or club that played music you could twist, frug or do what ever kind of groovy dance you wanterd to. Ashley # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Young Girls of Rochefort Date: 04 Oct 1998 19:25:42 EDT OK, I spoke to one of my dearest friend's wife who is 44 and grew up in France during the 60's and early 70's. She reports that "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "Young Girls of Rochefort" were made as anti-message films which were the stock-in-trade of "respectable" French cinema in the 60's. Additionally, most French films were evidently made in Paris, so a statement was intended to say "This is NOT Paris" She reports that Rochefort and another small and nearby French city were competitors in gaining a "place on the map" The other city--I forget the name--was a more popular town with tourists apparently, so Rochefort, a little nothing city, was chosen as the place to shoot this spectacular fantasy romance/musical. I suspect it would be somewhat akin to a film here called "The Young Girls of Dayton" (no offense to Dayton). Anyhow, along comes this movie, made in Rochefort, which apparently was painted brightly from top to bottom for this movie. It was, after all, their 15 minutes and they wanted to shine. To this day, Rochefort retains an identity based upon the making of that film, and not much else! Further info? Elisabeth? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kevin lee Subject: (exotica) tiki zombie halloween at bahooka's (LA) Date: 03 Oct 1998 16:06:04 -0700 in case anyone is interested, the la cacophony society is holding a haloween party at bahooka's, the legendary tropical theme restaurant located in san gabriel valley, california. i believe, correct me if i'm wrong, that they shot a scene there for "fear and loathing in las vegas"...? speaking of las vegas, when i was last there a few weeks ago, i saw cook e. jarr listed again, i hadn't seen him listed to play (at the continental) for a long time. lotsa fun. for info on the cacophany thing: http://home.earthlink.net/~cacophonyla/oct98.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tosh@loop.com (Tosh) Subject: (exotica) Gainsbourg book Date: 04 Oct 1998 17:57:53 -0700 (PDT) For those of you on the list who may have some questions about the Gainsbourg novel, please backchannel them to me. I will be traveling for the next three weeks. Take care list, best, ----------------- Tosh Berman TamTam Books ---------------- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Elisabeth Vincentelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Young Girls of Rochefort Date: 04 Oct 1998 22:37:02 -0400 >To this day, Rochefort retains an identity >based upon the making of that film, and not much else! The city's even produced a very nice brochure indicating where major scenes of the movie took place. So you can go there on a pilgrimage and check out the cafe, the school, and of course the main square. They also gave the key to the city to Agnes Varda (Demy's widow) and Catherine Deneuve for the 25th anniversary of the movie. Varda made a documentary titled Les demoiselles ont 25 ans (The Young Girls Turn 25). MoMA showed it as part of their Varda retrospective last year. This flick is a real cottage industry now! And to think that just 10 years ago you'd be mocked in France for saying you liked Demy... He was considered horribly cheesy. Another of Demy's musicals is relatively easy to find on video in the US (they have it at my local Brooklyn store, which is saying a lot): Donkey Skin, aka Peau d'ane. Deneuve is in it, and it's one of the most bizarre movies ever made. It doesn't have enough songs, I feel, but the few that are there are too strange for words. Elisabeth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: (exotica) Secret Museum of the Air Date: 05 Oct 1998 01:53:58 -0400 The Secret Museum of the Air, a weekly radio show of the world's rarest {1890-1965} 78s and cylinders, announces our winter 1998 schedule: 11/4 Herds and Pastures II - Pastoral music around the world, literally. 11/11 The Pacific Rim - Islands and countries in coastal Asia. 11/18 East Africa - Amazingly diverse sounds, many cultures. 11/25 Europe 1920 - 1940 - Mmmmmm, Eurocentric! 12/2 Manges (Athens, 1920s) - Roots of Rebetika; drugs, gangsters, bouzouki. 12/9 Children - Not just kiddie records.... 12/16 Black American Gospel - Quartets, preachers, soloists. Rare! 12/23 Songs of Faith - NOT JUST Christmas music! Sacred music worldwide. 12/30 By Request - Requests from listeners and our favorites. The Secret Museum of the Air is a series of hour-long programs exploring recorded sounds from across the Earth on 78s and cylinders made from 1890 through the 1960s. The curator, Pat Conte, is a noted researcher, archivist and collector, with a personal library of over 100,000 recordings. He is the editor and anthologist of the widely acclaimed "Secret Museum of Mankind" CD reissue series on Yazoo records. Each Secret Museum radio show is compiled from the same vast collection as the reissue CDs, with the same care and documentation, but the radio shows are thematic. A show could be about a specific country (Madagascar, Italy, Turkey) or region (Eastern Africa, The Asian Steppes, Europe 1920 - 1940, the Pacific rim), a musical genre (Calypso, Roots of Afro-Pop), a style of music (diphonic throat singing, yodeling), a specific instrument (the clarinet, the violin, the guitar, Hawaiian guitar but no Hawaiians); or have a seasonal theme (herds and pastures, the harvest, May Day). Some shows are of a broader scope (songs of faith, children and their music, 20th Century classical western composers and the music that influenced them, American Black performers playing country music, great non-Western classical singers, special requests). Once a week the Secret Museum explores the misty and obscure origins of modern music, taking the original shellac, lacquer, and glass recordings, carefully transferring them to a digital format, and restoring and remastering each one; most of these records have never been reissued in any form, and are presented to a wide audience for the first time in half a century. Details about the recordings and background material is presented by Pat Conte and Citizen Kafka in an informal and informative way, recorded live at the Secret Museum. The Secret Museum of the Air was listed in a 1995 New York Times survey of the best radio in New York (by Jon Pareles). The Secret Museum of the Air is broadcast every Wednesday from 7 to 8 PM on listener sponsored, non-commercial WFMU-FM. WFMU is an independent freeform radio station broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM stereo in the New York City area, at 90.1 Mhz FM in the Hudson Valley, and with a live Realaudio stream on the Web. The web address for the station is http://www.wfmu.org and the direct address for the live broadcast is http://www.wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml (a RealAudio transmission). Citizen Kafka, the technical producer of the Secret Museum of the Air, is an audio restoration engineer and archivist, a collector of obscure recordings, and a 20+ year veteran of public radio in New York City as a broadcaster and producer. Major funding for the Secret Museum of the Air is provided by the Shirah Kober Zeller Foundation, in loving memory of Arthur and Margaret Kober. For more information about upcoming shows and the Secret Museum, please email back to Citizen Kafka Enjoy the show! -- Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air" every Wednesday, 7 to 8 PM EST WFMU-FM 91.1 FM & WXHD Mt. Hope (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html http://wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) Exotica listers DJing Date: 05 Oct 1998 13:00:49 +0000 Munich 3.10.98 The "ultraschall", favorite nightclub for music enthusiasts in Munich, was the set for DJ performances of Bernd "The Sound of Munich" Hartwich and Jill Mingo"go". Just to watch her lip-sync perform rather than only play her often female vocal records shure made an impression. Very positive with a rare sense of humor. Bernd played new finds of his typical universe of hard-to-find sequential melodic 70s electronic disco pieces. I had the pleasure to supply an altar of psychedelic Tiki decoration to give a proper frame to the superb music performances that lasted until 7 o'clock in the morning. I was most impressed by a track of the latest Korla Pandit album that Jill played and pieces of Bruce Haack, who was discussed in this list recently, played by Bernd Hartwich. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dan hill Subject: (exotica) vaguely exotica content RE luke vibert Date: 05 Oct 1998 13:53:03 +0100 sorry if this isn't exotica enough but RE recent mention of luke vibert aka wagon christ ... astralwerks website has a very cool wagon christ radio mix which has a nice across-the-board approach taking in the (old) bbc tomorrows world theme and a couple of JJ Perrey tracks ("what's up duck?" and "doc tequila") as well as vibert himself, aphex twin, tribe called quest etc. @ http://www.astralwerks.com/wagonchrist/mix.html (real audio) and the raft website (virgin records UK) has a luke vibert/wagon christ site which showcases the new album "tally ho!" and has some exclusive unreleased tracks @ http://raft.vmg.co.uk/wagonchrist/ cheers, dan. ps. very cool record fair in a village hall in shepherd's bush, london yesterday morning - mainly black music of all flavours, though i came away with morton subotnick "silver apples ...", that shirley bassey album everyone's got w/ "light my fire" on etc., airto moreira "return to forever" and wayne shorter "super nova" ... then a trip to intoxica on portobello road in which i restrained myself to "the man with the golden arm" (worth it for the cover alone), a UK original of zappa's "hot rats", and a new company flow 12 ... ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [5.10.98]: < low res | dumb type | seth josel | :zoviet*france: | disinformation | pole | sonic subjunkies > http://www.state51.co.uk/motion/ +--- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Hipwell Subject: (exotica) [cuthulu: Re: John Peel] Date: 05 Oct 1998 15:14:11 +0100 > On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Peter Hipwell wrote: > > > Um, I guess you mean BBC Radio 1, rather than the TV channel. I'm sure > > he has a Radio 1 show still. But I haven't the faintest idea which > > day(s) (although probably evening, round about 10pm). I haven't > > listened for a good few years. For my money, the best music show on > > the BBC is actually on Radio 3 -- "Mixing It" at 10.45pm on > > Mondays. New series just started. They play ANYTHING and EVERYTHING, > > so long as it's abnormal and interesting. > > Hmmm. The reason I asked is because I'd like to listen to some > of it on the shortwave. I can't find a decent BBC shortwave > schedule (and I can hear you saying shedule when it should be > pronounced skedule) anywhere. Thanks for the tip; I'll see > if I can tune it in. Hi -- been away. Anyway, I believe JP is on Radio 1 FM from 8.30pm on Tues, Weds and Thurs. No shotwave schedule that I could see. (PS -- I think we switch from BST to GMT pretty soon, but not sure quite when). > > You know, even though I make fun of you brits quite often, > I have a short, shameful confession: I am an unabashed fan > of Brit Pop. > After years of despising chart/radio music, I found myself enjoying some "Brit Pop" over the last few years (e.g. Portishead, Pulp, Blur, Divine Comedy). I find most of it too derivative, though. And too conducive to jaw movement. Seems like now we're into the 4th cyclical anti-backlash backlash against the backlash against the Glam Revival which hasn't started yet. -- P. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: (exotica) Hollywood Studio Orchestra and Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 12:16:52 -0700 Picked up one of those apparently purposeless LP soundtrack compilations, this one called "Golden Motion Picture Themes and Original Soundtracks" on United Artists. Everything from "Charade" by Ferrante and Teicher to "From Russia with Love" by John Barry himself. Anyway... there's a version of the "Pink Panther" theme by an aggregation with the likely name of HOLLYWOOD STUDIO ORCHESTRA. And just when you thought you've heard that tune enough to last a lifetime, along comes this version which gives it a "Watemelon Man" vibe and everything old is new again. So, does anyone know? Is the Hollywood Studio Orchestra actually an identifiable bunch with other records or is it as faceless a group as I think it might be. If there were whole records with transformations like they perform on the Pink Panther Theme, that would be worth checking out. On a completely different theme, since I haven't heard anyone mention it, there's the new TV series BUDDY FARO. I doubt it'll last long so maybe you should catch it while you can. Friday nights at nine. Catch it for the music, not for the "content". It's about a seventies private eye restored to his former glory in the present day. He's got a cool bachelor pad etc etc. The music spans everything from cool fifties quasi-crime jazz right through to seventies cliches like fake blaxploitation music with stops on the way for music meant to ape Hawaii Five-O or Mannix themes. It's got two cool actors in Dennis Farina and Frank Whalley but the novelty of the set-up felt old inside of the first ten minutes of the pilot and by the second episode it was just tiresome. Still, the music is pretty cool. They do a good job of capturing most of the themes they're trying to ape. By the way, is it my imagination or has there been a dearth of postings about crappy old records here lately? Hasn't anyone been to a thrift store lately? Have I become outnumbered here by the CD compilation buyers? Is the exotica list now more about Air than it is about Esquivel? (And what is this new Esquivel CD called "Loungecore"?) Does anyone know anything about a record - or a group - called OAK ISLAND TREASURY DEPARTMENT? They appear to be Canadian but the record is on Columbia. They're a "unison singing group" like any number of groups with the word "Singers" in their name. They're not Christian or Up-with-People-ish but they don't do covers either (like the Living Voices or someone). Maybe you Ray Conniff Singers fans can help me with this one but I doubt it. I tried. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: (exotica) Antiquing Date: 05 Oct 1998 12:38:53 -0400 Just for you, Nat, and anyone else who cares: Three decent scores this weekend: Viva! with Sergio Menendez, Billy May, Guy Lombardo and a few other dudes. (I don't have it with me right now) Has a swingin version of Spanish Flea by Billy May and a good sampling of jazz-oriented orchestrated stuff. Pretty lush. Very clean vinyl, cover not awful. Enoch Light "Far Away Places With Exotic Percussion" I love this one. Calcutta and lots of ohhs and ahas, and that trademark Enoch pop-bang percussion. Love it, love it, love it. Average vinyl, decent gatefold cover. And my fave...Si Zentner "The Swinging Eye!!!!!!!!!" Saw this and I almost exploded. Who is it here that has their radio show named after this album? I was very psyched to get this. Very clean vinyl, cover busted on 2 sides. These three records were owned by a woman recently deceased that was also into 101 strings and Mantovani like everyone else her age seems to have been. Total cash outlay: $1.50 surfing the chaos, Charlieman # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: (exotica) Sale List Date: 05 Oct 1998 09:53:25 A recent estate sale haul forces me to make room on the shelves. If you are interested in getting a copy of my list of exotica and space age pop LPs for sale, please email me at spaceagepop@earthlink.net. You can also find the list online at: http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/sale.txt Brad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Hollywood Studio Orchestra and Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 13:15:17 EDT In a message dated 98-10-05 12:21:01 EDT, Nat wrote: << (And what is this new Esquivel CD called "Loungecore"?) >> If this is the one with the orangeish colored picture of a bachelor pad I got it. It is not bad and was "budget" priced at about $ 12.00. There is a fair amount of vocal cuts on this CD. Like Mucho Muchacha, etc. It is worth a listen but still not as good as the "two-fers" prev. discussed here. Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Hollywood Studio Orchestra and Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 13:21:31 EDT In a message dated 98-10-05 12:21:01 EDT, you write: << He's got a cool bachelor pad etc etc. The music spans everything from cool fifties quasi-crime jazz right through to seventies >> I caught the show this past weekend. Yeah, it won't last but is kinda fun. The bachelor pad is really, really cool. Clean and organized and not campy like the rest of the show. The song "Potluck" played during the "tour" of the pad. Really cool with the vocals do-doing and schwah-schwahing (I can't remember the group name off the top of my head but it is on the Bottoms Up UL CD). I will probably watch it again. I'll post if anything significant happens. Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 12:24:02 +0000 I'll second what others have said about Buddy Faro! By all means, check it out before it gets flushed by CBS. The theme music is a great pastiche of early '60s crime jazz and there are lots of swingin' bachelor pad tunes tossed in, too. As Bob mentioned earlier, the John LaSalle Quartet did "Potluck" on last week's episode, along with Nancy Wilson (maybe Dinah Washington, not sure) with "Destination Moon". Great ambience, crummy scripts and one of my favorite actors, Dennis Farina! Anyone here remember him in Crime Story a few years back? Another cool retro crime thriller, set in Vegas and Chicago. Seek it out on video--you won't be disappointed! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro/retrolisten.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Davidsons Subject: (exotica) Pat Cooper's Spaghetti Sauce & Other Hits Date: 05 Oct 1998 11:15:12 -0700 Found a record advertised on another record's paper sleeve that looks interesting - "Pat Cooper - Spaghetti Souce & Other Hits", United Artists UAL-3548. The cover is a parody of Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream cover, with a topless man looking seductively at the camera, covered in spaghetti. Songs: Spaghetti Sauce & Other Delights, Pepperoni Kid, And then the Sun Goes Down, Poppa's Home Made Wine, Lu Zampogna, and Little Red Scooter. Anyone heard it? Is it all an Alpert parody, or is it comedy, or both, or neither? Thanks, Dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: (exotica) Mary Roos and her dedicated admirer Date: 05 Oct 1998 09:37:16 +0100 I know its early Monday morning but I still had a chuckle at some nutty German. On a search of the web for Mary Roos (featured on the German Get Easy collection), I turned up her biggest fan's website. All that I found there was a psychotically repetitive signed photo of Mary and the poem below, translated into English by the Altavista translator. If you're interested (and I know you are), http://www.physik.uni-regensburg.de/~sck04136/schlager/nur.die.liebe.html MARY ROOS: ONLY THE LOVE LOAD US LIVES Only the love lets us live, Days in the bright sunshine only it can give alone us only who loves, will be lonely never. We wait and we hope and we dream, the day passes and carries the dreams forward. The night is long and you is not with me, but my heart, it finds its way to you. Only the love lets us live, everything forget and verzeih'n, then everyone is assigned to you, only who loves will be lonely never. Only the love lets us live, Days in the bright sunshine only it can give alone us, only who loves, will be lonely never. I knew that the ways, which we go, it verworren is and that there are tears. That does not count no more you that did not see, you become the road of your longing geh'n. Only the love lets us live, everything forget and verzeih'n, then again one assigns to you, only who loves will be lonely never. Only the love lets us live, Day # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: (exotica) And another one Date: 05 Oct 1998 09:53:08 +0100 I just found another one about Hildegard Knef If you're interested (and I know you are), http://www.physik.uni-regensburg.de/~sck04136/schlager/1.1.2.html HILDEGARD KNEF: ONE AND UNITY POWER TWO One and one, make two, drum kiss and do not think not thereby, because think harms the illusion. Everything turns, turns in the set, and you come times from the track, war's evenly experience instead of revealing, what makes that already? Humans are lonely actually and remains abandoned back, one does not look oneself up together a small piece of the luck. The luck, which one with feet a whole life long stepped, which one also a few kisses suddenly at home has. One and one, make two, a heart always participates, and if you have luck, then there two. The prescription will not invent, that will fathom none. Times bleibt`s fuer's lives and times it remains evenly only Liebelei. Humans are actually cowardly and is ashamed for his feeling. That it only none shows, because the moral wants it so. But if in the case of the case he in the dark hides himself, the left # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: (exotica) And another one Date: 05 Oct 1998 09:53:08 +0100 I just found another one about Hildegard Knef If you're interested (and I know you are), http://www.physik.uni-regensburg.de/~sck04136/schlager/1.1.2.html HILDEGARD KNEF: ONE AND UNITY POWER TWO One and one, make two, drum kiss and do not think not thereby, because think harms the illusion. Everything turns, turns in the set, and you come times from the track, war's evenly experience instead of revealing, what makes that already? Humans are lonely actually and remains abandoned back, one does not look oneself up together a small piece of the luck. The luck, which one with feet a whole life long stepped, which one also a few kisses suddenly at home has. One and one, make two, a heart always participates, and if you have luck, then there two. The prescription will not invent, that will fathom none. Times bleibt`s fuer's lives and times it remains evenly only Liebelei. Humans are actually cowardly and is ashamed for his feeling. That it only none shows, because the moral wants it so. But if in the case of the case he in the dark hides himself, the left # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: (exotica) Mary Roos and her dedicated admirer Date: 05 Oct 1998 09:37:16 +0100 I know its early Monday morning but I still had a chuckle at some nutty German. On a search of the web for Mary Roos (featured on the German Get Easy collection), I turned up her biggest fan's website. All that I found there was a psychotically repetitive signed photo of Mary and the poem below, translated into English by the Altavista translator. If you're interested (and I know you are), http://www.physik.uni-regensburg.de/~sck04136/schlager/nur.die.liebe.html MARY ROOS: ONLY THE LOVE LOAD US LIVES Only the love lets us live, Days in the bright sunshine only it can give alone us only who loves, will be lonely never. We wait and we hope and we dream, the day passes and carries the dreams forward. The night is long and you is not with me, but my heart, it finds its way to you. Only the love lets us live, everything forget and verzeih'n, then everyone is assigned to you, only who loves will be lonely never. Only the love lets us live, Days in the bright sunshine only it can give alone us, only who loves, will be lonely never. I knew that the ways, which we go, it verworren is and that there are tears. That does not count no more you that did not see, you become the road of your longing geh'n. Only the love lets us live, everything forget and verzeih'n, then again one assigns to you, only who loves will be lonely never. Only the love lets us live, Day # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mark D. Head" Subject: (exotica) Lorraine Bowen Date: 05 Oct 1998 14:03:02 -0500 Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote: >I just got the new Japanese (as opposed to their Emperor Norton release) >CD by Fantastic Plastic Machine, Luxury. Lorraine Bowen sings Eurythmics' >"There Must Be an Angel". As sexy as "Julie Christie": I'm in love! >Apparently she has 2 CDs out: Greatest Hits 1 and 2. I have been looking for releases by Lorraine Bowen since getting the Gentle People-compiled "Music To Watch Comets By." Cannot find anything! Any direction you could offer would be great! Mark D. Head _________________________________________________ TANSTAAFL! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 18:24:50 -0400 > my favorite actors, Dennis Farina! Anyone here remember him in Crime > Story a few years back? Yes -- I'm one of the few who watched "Crime Story", and for my money it put the brass knuckles to "Buddy Faro" in the retro crime show sweepstakes. I watched the pilot of "Buddy Faro", and it was pretty good for network tv -- lots of stylish camera-work. But then I watched some of the second episode, and for me at least, it crashed down to the typical grind-it-out tv look with a rather heavy thud. To describe "Crime Story" briefly (for those who never heard of it), it ran for two seasons in the mid-80s and displayed a real "pulp" sensibility long before Quentin Tarentino. It was a cops vs. gangsters epic that took the characters through continuing changes, rather than the stasis common to most shows. It started off set in Chicago, then migrated to Las Vegas in the middle of the first season. Set in the early 60s, it was consistently stylish throughout its run. Lots of cool architecture and furniture. Much of the music was written specially for the show, mostly in a noir or period vein. I think Todd Rundgren scored one or two episodes. Del Shannon cut a slightly altered (lyrically) version of "Runaway" for the opening theme. It was a show that always kept you on your toes, in that it had a measure of depth to it, but could also get extremely outlandish at the drop of a spiffy hat. There aren't many shows that are capable of mood swings from Scorcese to the Three Stooges. Also -- Dennis Farina really was a Chicago cop before he became an actor, and one of the crooks, John Santucci, was a genuine ex-con. Yeah, I got your "method" right here, ya mug! m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Now that you mention Crime Story... Date: 05 Oct 1998 18:56:35 -0400 >Also -- Dennis >Farina really was a Chicago cop before he became an actor, and one of the >crooks, John Santucci, was a genuine ex-con. Yeah, I got your "method" right >here, ya mug! If you go farther back, there was "Toma" based on a real NYC undercover policeman who had a flair for disguise. The running gag of the series was that the REAL David Toma was in each episode in a different disguise. The TV Toma, Tony Musante, left the series (he was on the cable series Oz, apparently) and was replaced by Robert Blake, at which time they reworked the show into "Baretta", who also had a flair for disguise. FURTHER useless information: "Electra Glide in Blue" 's (with Robert Blake) poster is framed in Capt. Frank Furillo's office on "Hill Street Blues". It is silver and it says above Blake's head "Did you know that me and Alan Ladd are the same height?" I am told that "Gibbsville" had that forties feel to it, too. It ran for about a month in the seventies. Anyone see it? It got lost along with "Snip" starring David Brenner (a Shampoo parody). C. Clavin # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 18:47:48 -0500 At 06:24 PM 10/5/98 -0400, m.ace wrote: >Yes -- I'm one of the few who watched "Crime Story", and for my money it put >the brass knuckles to "Buddy Faro" in the retro crime show sweepstakes. Not to re-open a can o' woyms, but what's the practical definitional difference between 'nostalgia' and 'retro'? I've been thinking about this a bit lately (after the recent thread) and can't find one, except that most hip souls bristle at 'nostalgia' and embrace 'retro' -- at least until MadAve co-opts the term beyond all salvation and it's time to look for another word. Am I missing something? Anyone care to set me straight? -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:14:54 -0400 Lou said: Not to re-open a can o' woyms, but what's the practical definitional difference between 'nostalgia' and 'retro'? I've been thinking about this a bit lately (after the recent thread) and can't find one, except that most hip souls bristle at 'nostalgia' and embrace 'retro' -- at least until MadAve co-opts the term beyond all salvation and it's time to look for another word. Am I missing something? Anyone care to set me straight? I sez: I dunno. The way I figure it, it's a matter of age. If an 80 year old couple goes to see the Artie Shaw Orchestra and a bunch of people the same age are there, it's nostalgia. If a bunch of 30 year olds do the same thing, it's retro. I am not offended by either term, because I have NEVER been hip (not that I bristle at that term, either). Brian Phillips. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) nostalgia / retro Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:22:53 -0400 > Not to re-open a can o' woyms, but what's the practical definitional > difference between 'nostalgia' and 'retro'? I've been thinking about this a Off the top of my head, and oversimplifying wildly, it currently seems that "nostalgia" is used for warm & cuddly purposes, and "retro" is used for style-conscious situations. What do they mean? Aw, heck -- probably whatever you want at this point. Then again, consider retro's space-age sourcing -- "retro rockets." I'm sure that was the first usage of "retro" I ever heard. > bit lately (after the recent thread) and can't find one, except that most > hip souls bristle at 'nostalgia' and embrace 'retro' -- at least until > MadAve co-opts the term beyond all salvation and it's time to look for > another word. Nostro! m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mark D. Head" Subject: (exotica) Lorraine Bowen Date: 05 Oct 1998 14:03:02 -0500 Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote: >I just got the new Japanese (as opposed to their Emperor Norton release) >CD by Fantastic Plastic Machine, Luxury. Lorraine Bowen sings Eurythmics' >"There Must Be an Angel". As sexy as "Julie Christie": I'm in love! >Apparently she has 2 CDs out: Greatest Hits 1 and 2. I have been looking for releases by Lorraine Bowen since getting the Gentle People-compiled "Music To Watch Comets By." Cannot find anything! Any direction you could offer would be great! Mark D. Head _________________________________________________ TANSTAAFL! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Weird Lovemakers Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:41:25 -0500 I found the following in a recent VideoYesteryear catalog. Anyone familiar with this one who wants to en- or dis-courage me from dropping a sawbuck? The Weird Lovemakers (Wild Love-makers) drama;1962;Japan The anti-hero of this atmospheric and sexually-charged exploration into the meaning of good and evil is Al, a hyperactive young punk who loves American jazz. Al earns his keep as a pickpocket. At the outset, he and an equally amoral and hot-headed pal are released from jail. During their time in stir they have, obviously, learned nothing about obeying the law. For openers, they celebrate their newly won freedom by stealing a car and hooking up with Al's old friend, a pert hooker. While driving along a beach, this joyriding trio run down a man and kidnap his fiance, whom they drive to a secluded spot. The frightened woman loses consciousness and is then raped by Al. A while later, she finds Al in a jazz club and tells him of her plight and relationship with her boyfriend and how it has changed since the "incident." Al is unmoved. However, his eyes are raised when she makes a startling confession. What follows is a shocking and tantalizing drama of sexual musical chairs whose sizzling story line is loaded with irony. The final sequence, and the manner in which it ends, is especially provacative. Dubbed in English.Letterboxed.70 minutes. They're also offering such fare as Rat Pfink A Boo Boo, Aphrodisiac! The Sexual Secret of Marijuana, Lenny Bruce's Dream Follies, the 1954 CBS-TV live drama version of Casino Royale (starring Barry Nelson and Peter Lorre), and just about every movie Frank Sinatra ever appeared in. -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: (exotica) Re: Retro vs Nostalgia Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:49:08 -0400 > > Not to re-open a can o' worms, but what's the practical definitional > difference between 'nostalgia' and 'retro'? When I think of retro, I think mostly about the sleek lines and curves in the areas of architecture, automobiles, fashion, and design....there seems to be more a focus on the styling of inanimate objects. I think of chrome Waring blenders, tailfins, Dali neckties, Calder mobiles, flying saucer designs, etc., etc. When I think of nostalgia, I think mostly about the structure and relationships between family members, community, church members, etc. Here the focus is on things like shared family dinners, making your own ice cream, summer vacation roadtrips, Easter bonnets, growing gardens during the depression, etc. etc. There can be an overlap between the two....Wurlitzer jukeboxs at the 50's diner where everyone hung out, taking that long roadtrip in a brand new Edsel, and playing with the neighborhood kids with your Buck Rodgers spacegun toy. I think most 'hipsters' prefer retro because it is easy to take the objects from back then and insert them into modern society, while they disdain 'nostalgia' because it implies going back to a time before such progressive movements such as Women's Rights, Civil Rights, and Gay Rights. Off the top of my head, the top 'nostalgia' television show would be 'The Waltons', while the top 'retro' TV show would be 'The Jetsons' Both feature traditional family relationships (father, mother, siblings, pets), but with the Waltons the emphasis was on the family relationships (the only sleek designs I can remember are the curved top radio and the occassional automobile.) When I think of the Jetsons, all I can remember was how cool everything looked. Anyone else? Vern Stoltz Cannot Become Obsolete PO Box 1232 Lorton, VA 22199-1232 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Antiquing Date: 05 Oct 1998 20:27:45 -0700 At 12:38 PM 10/5/98 -0400, Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD wrote: > >Just for you, Nat, and anyone else who cares: Thank you. I do care. > >And my fave...Si Zentner "The Swinging Eye!!!!!!!!!" Saw this and I almost >exploded. Who is it here that has their radio show named after this album? >I was very psyched to get this. Very clean vinyl, cover busted on 2 sides. I'm jealous of this one. Si Zentner blows hot and cold but I have a feeling I'd love this one. Whose band was Si in again? Raymond Scott? (Or was it just Mickey Katz?) Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ton Rueckert Subject: (exotica) Yee-haw! Date: 06 Oct 1998 02:46:56 +0200 Exoticats, just finished reading an article on the net I think most of you would enjoy as well. I don't know whether it's ok to forward it, so I'll just give you the URL: http://www.bigbriar.com/forum.htm Besides, it's better this way, you won't miss out on the pics. Cheers, Ton PS Wonder if someone could fix me a tape... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Ton Rueckert Mozartstraat 12 5914 RB Venlo The Netherlands *** *** mojoto@plex.nl http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto Ph 31/0 773545386 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ "Taste Preference for Brussels Sprouts: An Informal Look" ~~~ ~~~ J. Trinkaus & K. Dennis "Psychological Reports" Dec 1991 ~~~ ~~~ http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4264/music/Xbe3975.ram ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:43:57 -0500 This week on the Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, Les Baxter's "Temple Pageant" from "The Exotica Suite", featuring Martin Denny and the Si Zentner Orchestra. Also, the newest from L'Atome; Four Piece Suit does Mancini; Yma Sumac and "The Mambo"; and the King of Exotica steals from...himself. Plus cool crime jazz by Kenyon Hopkins, Billy May, Lalo Schifrin and Leith Stevens. To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the World Wide Web, simply go to: http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Requires RealPlayer 5.0 or G2 and at least a 28.8 Internet connection. If you tune in, please let us know what you think. Thanks for the space! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU Radio Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retrolisten.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Buddy Faro Date: 05 Oct 1998 17:21:45 +0000 At 06:24 PM 05-10-98 -0400, m. ace wrote about the TV series Crime Story: >Set in the early 60s, it was consistently stylish throughout its >run. Lots of cool architecture and furniture. Much of the music was written >specially for the show, mostly in a noir or period vein. I think Todd Rundgren >scored one or two episodes. I never got to see the series, but I found a commercially released videotape with 6 episodes on it! Not sure if I have it with me in Portland, but I still own it. I bought it primarilly because someone told me that my cool kidney shaped white silk armless sofa (or a variant thereof) was seen on the show. Before Dennis Farina was on Crime Story, he was a featured bad guy on Miami Vice which led to his spot on CS. The music on his new series sounds worth checking out...a pastiche of crime jazz? Well, let's not forget the swingin' Police Squad theme (borrowing heavilly from M Squad if not a direct ripoff). "Cigarette?" "Yes. I know." Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Paper Moon Music Date: 05 Oct 1998 22:04:18 EDT Hey Gang!!! Does anybody know the group/performer who sang the song "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" during the closing credits of Paper Moon? Or any version of "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" for that matter. Thanks, Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Diamond Subject: (exotica) House of Games Playlist Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:19:09 -0700 KFJC play list 9/20/98 for Jack Diamond ARTIST TRACK ALBUM _______________________________________________________________________ Jean Jacques Perrey Live Interview at Noon Only on K-F-J-C!!! 9-20-98 The Planets Chunky Bob Cooper Sextet Excursion 7-30-54 W/ Bud Shank Howard Roberts Claude Williamson Curtis Counce Stan Levey Perrey, Jean Jacques What's Up Duck ? Eklectronics Enoch Light Orch What the World Needs Now Spaced (((Out))) Julie Cruise Nightingale Twin Peaks Robert Prince Orch Prologue West Side Story Dance at the Gym (Medley) Warner Bros. '58 Cool Air La Femme D'argent Pierro Piccioni Shake 2000 Psychedelic Visions Psychedelic Vibrations The Underground Jean Jacques Perrey Main St. Electrical Parade Disneyland Rekkids It's a Small World Ken Nordine The Vidiot 1957! Stu Phillips Tea Party Hell's Angels On Wheels Mina Spiral Waltz 10TH Victim Electronic Concpt Orch The Look of Love Limelight Jean Jacques Perrey E.V.A. Vinnie Bell-Gtr Buddy Rich-Drums Pierre Henry Teen Tonic Mass for Today Lalo Schifrin Hotel Daniels Bullitt(A Request) Perrey, Jean Jacques Neutronia Eklectronics Air Talisman Moon Safari Jean Jacques Perrey In the Heart of a Rose Amazing New Elec. Pop Sounds of J.J. Perrey Jay Chattaway Inner Voices Maniac Ost Pino Donaggio School in Flames Carrie Ost Clyde Borley Orch Taboo Martenot Waves Leith Stevens Electronics War of the Worlds Mind Expanders Downtown "Trip 1967 Quincy Jones In Cold Blood Marty Manning Twilight Zone Columbia Slava Stukerman Margarets Childhood Theme Jean Jacques Perrey Live Interview to End Pete Rugolo Orch Diamond On The Move KFJC play list 9/20/98 for Jack Diamond KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Http://www.kfjc.org Jack Jack Diamond Music Http://www.jackdiamond.com Tune in The House of Games with Jack Diamond Sundays 10AM-1PM Http://www.KFJC.org (Internet Broadcast) KFJC-FM, 89.7 12345 El Monte Rd. Los Altos Hills, CA Since January 1993 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Diamond Subject: (exotica) Playlist for J Diamond Date: 05 Oct 1998 19:29:48 -0700 KFJC play list 9/27/98 for Jack Diamond ARTIST TRACK ALBUM ________________________________________________________________ The Planets Chunky Art Pepper Trio; I Can't Give You Anything- Pacific Jazz Leroy Vinnegar-Bass But Love 56/57 Stan Levey-Drums William Loose Racquel Theme Harry, Cherry And Racquel Ost Jean Jacques Perrey Soul City 1970 Jim Gordon Tahiti-Hi Plays Heavy Ennio Morricone Dialogue # 1 Sicilian Clan Ost John Keating The Unknown Planet Space Experience Pierre Bachelet Opium Den Emmanuelle Ost Mindexpanders Mandela 1967, Dot Les Summers Orch Ali Baba Cake Walk Time 2000 Label George Duning Orch At the Namkok Suzie Wong OST Dave Pell Jazz Voices This Could Be the Start- In Video Of Somethin' Big Phil Baugh Dry Camel Longhorn Label Davie Allen/Arrows Blues Theme Phil Moore Orch. W/ Portrait # 1 Columbia Leda Annest-Vocal Mono *Only* (MOTHERLOAD) Jay Chattaway Apocalypse, N.Y. Maniac Ost Sir Adrian Boult Mars, the Bringer of War Gustav Holst; The Planets, 1956 Friar Tuck Where Did Your Mind Go ? Mike Deasy Patsy Raye/Beatniks Beatnik's Wish Roulette, 45RPM Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing 45RPM Kraftwerk Pocket Calculator In German, 45RPM Hugo Montenegro The Shark Lady in Cement Ost Yvette Mimieux-Voice The Albatross Flowers of Evil w/ Ali Akbar Khan Odell Brown and His- Get Off My Back Cadet, 1967 Organ-Izers Touch of Evil Background to Murder Touch of Evil (Tix Give Away) Dave Pell-Bari Sax Conte or Pete Candoli-Tpt Barney Kessel-Gtr Plas Johnson-Tnr Mike Pacheco-Bongos Jack Costanzo-Conga Red Norvo-Vibes Ray Sherman-Piano Shelly Manne-Drums Bobby Bland If I Hadn't Called You Back Pirates...Carribean Yo Ho Yo Ho Disneyland Barbarella (Sound Entrance Into Sogo Barbarella Hello Pretty Pretty Vinnie Bell- Pygar's Persecution Elec Gt & Fx The Black Queen's Beads Dead Duck The Pill Smoke (Vipor Vapor) Fuck Yeah!!! Kenyon Hopkins Orch The Crank Shock Music! Music for Monsters Dracula Drag 45RPM Air Les Professionnels Morricone, Ennio Camera Anodizzata Holocost 2000/SESSO in David Whitaker Chelsea Happening Hammerhead Ost Armando Travajoli F-M-B Shake Bikini Beat! Stu Phillips Hell's Angels on Wheels Davie Allen Pete Rugolo Diamond on The Move 1958, Hollywod KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 http://www.kfjc.org # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lazlo Nibble Subject: Re: (exotica) Pat Cooper's Spaghetti Sauce & Other Hits Date: 05 Oct 1998 20:56:11 -0600 On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 11:15:12AM -0700, The Davidsons wrote: > Found a record advertised on another record's paper sleeve that looks > interesting - "Pat Cooper - Spaghetti Souce & Other Hits", United Artists > UAL-3548. The cover is a parody of Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream cover, with > a topless man looking seductively at the camera, covered in spaghetti. > Songs: Spaghetti Sauce & Other Delights, Pepperoni Kid, And then the Sun > Goes Down, Poppa's Home Made Wine, Lu Zampogna, and Little Red Scooter. > > Anyone heard it? Is it all an Alpert parody, or is it comedy, or both, or > neither? It's a side of stand-up (Cooper's "growing up Italian" schtick) and a side of not-particularly-exotic comic songs along the same lines -- the only Alpert reference is the sleeve. The inner sleeve has some cool-looking Bond-era albums, though: -- Count Basie "Basie Meets Bond", Ray Barretto "Senor 007" (Latin-style takes on the usual material), a live Shirley Bassey, "Music To Read James Bond By"... -- Lazlo Nibble | "There's no moral, Uncle Remus, just lazlo@swcp.com | random acts of meaningless violence." http://www.swcp.com/lazlo | -- Michael O'Donoghue # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Larson/Thomas" Subject: Re: (exotica) Paper Moon Music Date: 05 Oct 1998 21:11:04 -0700 > Does anybody know the group/performer who sang the song "Keep Your Sunny Side > Up" during the closing credits of Paper Moon? Performed by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Vocal-Frank Luther) Jerry # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Carl Russo" Subject: Re: (exotica) Paper Moon Music Date: 04 Oct 1998 08:56:43 -0700 >> Does anybody know the group/performer who sang the song "Keep Your Sunny >Side >> Up" during the closing credits of Paper Moon? > >Performed by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (Vocal-Frank Luther) Didn't R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders do a version on an album? Or was that just one of his illustrated lyric strips in an old Zap comix? At any rate I love when little Tatum says, "I gotta go to the shithouse!" C. "Ratso" Russo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Carl Russo" Subject: Re: (exotica) Pat Cooper's Spaghetti Sauce & Other Hits Date: 04 Oct 1998 09:00:53 -0700 >It's a side of stand-up (Cooper's "growing up Italian" schtick) and a side of >not-particularly-exotic comic songs along the same lines -- the only Alpert >reference is the sleeve. The inner sleeve has some cool-looking Bond-era >albums, though: -- Count Basie "Basie Meets Bond", Ray Barretto "Senor 007" >(Latin-style takes on the usual material), a live Shirley Bassey, "Music To >Read James Bond By"... If it's Alpert parody you want, look for Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass. Espsecially for his version of "Peter Gunn." C. "Ratso Russo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Tony Schwartz Date: 06 Oct 1998 01:07:05 EDT does anybody have or know anything about any of these Tony Schwartz records: - An Actual Story In Sound Of A Dog's Life - 1, 2, 3 And A Zing Zing Zing - Sounds Of My City: The Stories, Music And Sounds Of The People Of New York - The World In My Mailbox (Friendship Around The World Through Tape Exchange) All of these 1950's recordings are offered through the Smithsonian / Folkways site on CD. I have "The New York Taxi Driver" (Columbia), a field recording of cabbies talking about everything from women to sports. If any of you are familiar with these, please let me know or I'll just have to buy on speculation. thanks # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "paul m." Subject: (exotica) The Dudley Manlove Quartet in "Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo" Date: 05 Oct 1998 23:17:28 -0800 OK, so we can't breakdance (we never looked good in parachute pants anyway). So instead, THE DUDLEY MANLOVE QUARTET will play the following shows in the fabulous month of October: *FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH SIT AND SPIN(2219 4th Ave. in Belltown) $7 * Doors open at 9pm DMQ returns to one of their favorite Seattle clubs. Be sure to catch the marvelous opening act, "The Shit Kickers," as they play all your cheesy Country favorites. Yee-haw! *SATURDAY OCTOBER 31ST - HALLOWEEN NIGHT OK HOTEL (212 Alaskan Way S.) $8 * Doors open at 9pm Yes, it's the third annual DMQ SPOOK-TACULAR! Put on that Monica Lewinsky mask and come down to the fabulous OK Hotel and celebrate the scariest day of the year with DMQ, the world's scariest band (besides Nelson). *Which reminds me -- we need your votes for the Worst Songs of All Time. Every Halloween, DMQ asks you to vote for those songs that make you want to take a hostage. We take the top 10 vote-getters and play them at our Halloween show. Last year's dubious countdown featured such winners as "You Light Up My Life," "Don't Cry Out Loud," and "In the Year 2525." Get in on the voting action now! Go to our website, click on the pumpkin in the Lobby, and do your worst! Voting ends October 15th. *EARLY WARNING: DMQ does New Year's Eve at the Crocodile Cafe. We're gonna party like it's going to be 1999. Details coming soon. Our website, if you dare: http://www.dudleymanlove.com paul moshay/mighty recording corp. p.o. bx. 1833, los angeles, calif. 90078 new reply to: mighty65@pacbell.net soon: http://www.mightyrecords.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Paper Moon Music Date: 06 Oct 1998 05:37:43 +0000 At 10:04 PM 05-10-98 EDT, Robert wrote: >Does anybody know the group/performer who sang the song "Keep Your Sunny Side >Up" during the closing credits of Paper Moon? Just so happens I found the Paper Moon soundtrack in the Thrift Store a week ago. As already stated...Frank Luther sings it with Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders, originally on RCA Records (released in the soundtrack on Paramount Records in 1973). Then, Ratso asks: >Didn't R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders do a version on an album? Or >was that just one of his illustrated lyric strips in an old Zap comix? I wouldn't doubt they did it as well. I think they had three albums out and this was THEIR music. Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Paper Moon Music Date: 06 Oct 1998 09:31:11 EDT In a message dated 98-10-06 03:43:10 EDT, Ratso writes: << At any rate I love when little Tatum says, "I gotta go to the shithouse!" C. "Ratso" Russo >> I know it!!! Tatum and I are the same age and I remember seeing the movie when it came out and fell in love with her (she replaced Jodie Foster who was in Tom Sawyer). I use to think as a kid that I would someday meet Tatum and star in movies with her. We would be like one of those husband and wife teams. I really thought this would come true. Then that asshole McInroe went and married her and shattered my dreams. Still I had hope until they had a child and knew my dream would never be fufilled (I didn't want step-children you see). Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mark B. Conklin" Subject: (exotica) New Reviews @ Multi-Directions Date: 06 Oct 1998 07:49:02 -0600 Some new reviews are on-line at Multi-Directions. Please check them out at: 0000,0000,fefehttp://www.idcomm.com/personal/mconklin/ New Reviews: *Roy Ayers - Evolution (Polydor) *Count Basie - Basie's Beatle Bag (Verve) *Freezone, Volume 5 (SSR) *Groovy, Volume 3 (Irma) *Coleman Hawkins - Desafinado (Impulse!) *DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo - Ki Oku (Apollo) *Johnny Lewis Quartet - Shuckin' n' Jivin' (Luv N' Haight) *Henry Mancini - The Days Of Wine And Roses (RCA) *Visit Venus - Music For Space Tourism, Volume 1 (Yo Mama) *Fred Wesley - Swing & Be Funky (Minor Music) Multi-Directions focuses on Acid Jazz, Ambient, Funk, IDM, Jazz, Latin, Lounge and Lounge reviews. While your there check out the sale and wants lists. If you purchase CDs and Vinyl from individuals on-line, you may find the Good Traders Lists useful. Please support Multi-Directions and other small, independent web pages. . . Thanks. MC 0000,0000,8080----------- ffff,0000,0000Multi-Directions Music Reviews 0000,0000,fefehttp://www.idcomm.com/personal/mconklin/ - ------- Multi-Directions Music Reviews http://www.idcomm.com/personal/mconklin/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Jimmy Caesar, Murray Korda obits Date: 06 Oct 1998 09:59:43 -0500 *Jimmy Caesar LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Jimmy Caesar, an impersonator who opened for Milton Berle, Norm Crosby and Bob Hope, died Friday of lung cancer. He was 63. Born Caesar Pasquale Tronolone, Caesar worked many clubs and showrooms across the country. He did many impersonations, including Stan Laurel, Boris Karloff and John Wayne. He was 16 when he made his first appearance at the Bingo Club in Las Vegas. Caesar, who also was a singer, would later play other Strip hotel-casinos, including the MGM Grand, the Sahara and the Dunes. *Murray L. Korda MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Murray L. Korda, a violinist whose orchestra performed before eight presidents and heads of state in 38 other countries, died Wednesday in a automobile accident. He was 70. Korda made his debut in New York City at age 15 and then toured the United States with the American Symphony Orchestra. He appeared on numerous television shows, including ``The Mary Tyler Moore Show,'' ``Rhoda'' and ``Moonlighting.'' He was in movies, including ``True Lies'' and ``Death Becomes Her.'' He also did numerous television commercials. In 1984, his orchestra, the Monseigneur Strings, performed during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Korda serenaded Barbra Streisand and James Brolin at their wedding this summer. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Randall Rothenberg Subject: Re: (exotica) Tony Schwartz Date: 06 Oct 1998 10:07:58 -0400 (EDT) Yes, I know about the Tony Schwartz records -- and I'm proud to say I know Tony Schwartz himself. Tony, who is now in his 70s, is one of the great bridgers of the gap between media theory and media practice. Starting out as a sound engineer in the late 1940s, he later became one of the earliest political media consultants, an author, and a public-service advertising specialist. His books -- "The Responsive Chord" and "Media, The Second God" -- are considered classics of media theory. In them, he proposes (following such other theorists as McLuhan and Lazersfeld) that electronic communications work not on the basis of their text, but by calling up emotions, ideas, and prejudices that already exist in the perceiver's mind. One of the primary examples of this was perhaps the most famous political advertisement ever made, done by Tony and the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency for Lyndon Johnson's 1964 re-election campaign. Known as the "Daisy Spot," it segues from a scene of a little girl picking the petals off a daisy, and miscounting them as she does, with the countdown to a nuclear blast, followed by Johnson's voice on the perils of nuclear war. It neveronce mentions Barry Goldwater, but was intended to strike the "responsive chord" about Goldwater's cavalier attitude toward nuclear war. The Smithsonian records are based on a radio series Tony did in the 1950s, for WNYC Radio in New York, I believe. The show was called something like "Sounds of the City." For it, Tony wandered the city (and thereafter many other areas) recording real people, real events, real places. They are quite delightful windows into another era. r2 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Hipwell Subject: (exotica) Keep On Digging Date: 06 Oct 1998 17:36:03 +0100 OK, I'll join in the "thrift revival". I'm still picking up quite a lot, but writing about them is much slower than finding them... Anyway, this "I SNAFFLED THESE -- BWAHAHAHAHAHA" list demonstrates precisely why thrifting will trample under its mighty hooves all alternate methods of hoovering up wads of Top Qwality Vinyl (and, naturally, also over that One Single Most Evil Practice -- that of buying CD reissues). This shows the triumph, the glory, and the sheer filthyness of such an occupation. In other words, I found a lot of records that I like for cheap. The big recent score was 32 Library Music 10-inch LPs dating from 1965 to 1970 (for 8 pounds). I dread to think what some of these succulent beauties would cost from a dealer. I can't remember all the artists or discs, but here's a rundown of the ones that struck me. (BTW, does anyone know of a resource for discographies/reviews of library music?). Following that, mention of a few other discs that will strike me at random. -- From the IMPRESS (Inter-art Music Publications) library: * "Choral Contrasts" -- Fred Tomlinson Staggering stuff with "Babadap", perhaps the ultimate workout on that classic cheese singing style (think "Swingle Singers" meet "Gay Spirits" meets "Mah Na Mah Na" meets "Seven Golden Men"). There are also three different short "Busy Moods" (the kind of singing you get when the 50s lady is doing housework on TV... they sing "CHINGGGGGG!" to end two of these, which is hilarious, but doesn't look so when you write it down) and "Tijuana -- Make Something Of It?", which he didn't, as this bears no relation to Tijuana (no brass for a start), but is an excellent catchy, hum-a-longous thing with saucepan-whapping percussion breaks that make you wanna DANCE. * "Percussion Links" -- [?] Various percussion links ranging from a few seconds to a minute. It's weird listening to this. For example, there's a lot of dramatic few-second "revelation" sounds that would lead to a commercial break, and a selection of "Time Slips", that kind of music you get when someone's having a flashback, vision, or dream, and the screen goes wobbly... and so on. If you listen to lots of 7 second links in a row, your vision starts going blurry. -- From the CONROY library: * Archie Gunn (side A) / V/A (side B) Who is Archie Gunn? This is brilliant! Starts off with "Crazy Race 1", exciting surf guitar/vibes piece combined with tuned engine noises (a lot of them). "Crazy Race 2" removes the sound effects. "Daddy's Madison" is INSANE on the sound effects, mechanical noises, chickens, sheep, horses, trains, combined with a slow plodding kind of going for a drive sort of tune... sort of like the bits of "Zounds!" I've heard, but slightly less integrated, and perhaps more charming because of it. "Let's Go Racing" and "Hawaiian Ski" present more exciting racing music (the latter track being neither Hawaiian or ski-related). Side 2 of the album is less memorable, but I still can't get Dennis Farnon's "Cataschock" out of my head -- a lopsided "drunk man's march" punctuated with squeaks that suggest the Monty Python sketch in which tuned mice are squashed with a hammer. * La Musique Electronique D'Arsene Souffriau 1966-vintage electronic music which probably cropped up in Sci-Fi radio plays and the like -- atmospheric electronic tonalities kind of stuff. Reminds me of the "Forbidden Planet" music more than a tad. Titles like "Sodium", "Metallurgy", "Andromeda", etc. -- From the HARMONIC MOOD MUSIC library (C. Brull Ltd.): * Suite For Beat/Suite For Blues A Gert Wilden disc (except for one track); G.W. contributes a couple of other pieces on other discs in this series. Not the swinging Wilden I know from "Schulmadchen"/"I Told You Not To Cry" (although one of the smoother tracks from Schulmadchen is on this disc), this is very relaxed and cool. The highlight is probably "Blues For The Poor", a strange kind of "blues meets Old Ned (Steptoe and Son) effect". * Beat Drama The music by H. Possega (who he?) is the highlight here -- the tracks "Orquidea" and "Black and Black" are heavy, heavy beat with honking sleazy sax and lots of twiddly bits. The track "Torture" is an outstanding piece of crime jazz, which is really fearsome and programmatic [informally speaking, lots of "da da dah Dah DAH -- DUHhhhhhrrrrrrrr -- tic tic tic... tic"]. You know, if you like Kenyon Hopkins, you'd LURVE this. * Music For Effect Weird things, again by Possega. "St. Elmo's Fire" piano and electronic rippling, other pieces with titles like "Hot Snow", "Microcosmos", "Erratic Activity" -- snare drum solos, drum/bass duet, atonal arrhythmic piano hammering. Which has certain effects. * Swinging Singers Outstanding track here is "Le Reveur", a whistling-singing combination which really is very haunting. The others are light, smooth, fluff in the style the title indicates. * Fonteyn's Folk Jazz A disc by Sam Fonteyn. Great stuff. "Voodoo Moon" and "Coconut" are the highlights here: slinky funky bass lines, with overblown flute melody on top. * For Modern Industry "Heavy Work" is groovy, and "Machinery" pretty good. Gert Wilden crops up with "Pancho Villa" (the relation to Modern Industry being rather obscure). On the B side we have 7 Dramatic Scenes... you could describe this as crime jazz again, with some great elements (one track with a really cheesy but sinister organ drone in the background). Excellent! * Jazz Dramatic More crime jazz, as you might expect from the title. Again, really good. * Some Swinging, Some Slow Titles like "Soho" -- you've got sleazy slows and more powerful dramatic uptempo works. Excellent in parts. Other discs include the "Big Sound I" and "The Big Sound III", which are not so impressive as their names might suggest (Volume II was missing -- BAH). There is also a "Tijuana/Latin American" disc which is not particularly outstanding (perhaps I've suffered Tijuana overload) but is still good; the track "Okapi" in particular is as good as Tij-anything. There's one other disc... I can't remember the title, but it has an excellent sitar-spoitation party beat piece. -- Audio Library (Background Music Publishers) The above discs are all pretty modern-sounding (i.e. they've got heavy pop influences, lots of organ/bass/drums/guitar/flute/brass). The Audio Library has less of that sound; it's a lot closer to the 40s/50s library sound (lots of strings, more light classical influence). There are 16 discs here. I really can't separate them out in my head... they have no covers, I'm not familiar with many of the composers, and they are generally less interesting overall. So I'll just pick out some of the highlights. There are 2 Syd Dale discs, one of "light" jazz, one of mystery/crime jazz music. Well, when I say "light", that excludes the track "Percussidness", which has more kettledrums than is perhaps healthy -- a really storming piece. The other is all very sinister, drak, slow, moody. Another disc has a suite of traffic music on it... "Driving on the M1" sounds more like it should be titled "Fighting The Third World War", really aggressive orchestral sci-fi sort of arrangement. On other discs there is "Beat The Clock" -- obviously intended for 50s gameshow theme, and a lovely little "Criminal Cocktail" suite by Ernst Kugler, more crime jazz (very short pieces). Other pieces such as "Rocket Launch", "Playful Poodles", "Peaceful Promenade", "The Hippopotamus", etc. etc. for light orchestra. There's a couple of light jazz discs, one by Sam Fonteyn. One of music evoking America, one of music evoking the Orient. --> Other Stuff Well, I also found these recently: * "Great Day" -- P. Reno (De Wolfe) Yes, more library music. This is really great, very heavy beaty-funky tracks on it like "Silver Streak"; an instant classic with fantastic flute melody over the top. * "In The Land Of The Midnight Sun" -- Arthur Lyman (Hi Fi LIFE) Yes, you can find Lyman records in UK charity shops if you look enough. Maybe. Well, I did. Just the once. * "Together Brothers OST" -- Barry White/Love Unlimited (Pye) Not the Barry I know, but reet funky blaxploitation badassness. Mostly instrumental music (skipping over the couple of singing tracks is a good move), but really very heavy groovy stuff. * "The Magic Disco Machine" -- DiscoTech (EMI - Tamla/Motown) Soul/disco instrumentals which are fabulous; these are actually musically interesting, as well as having a good beat. Best disco album I own by far. Do any other DiscoTech albums exist? * "Gilbert Becaud" -- Gilbert Becaud I've been looking for Becaud LPs for some time now -- really difficult to get hold of. Any info on Mr. Becaud welcome; he's simply the greatest French singer IMHO. A gravelly, rapid-fire clear twisty voice, the arrangements of his songs are unusual in terms of instrumentation, and feature many unexpected changes of dynamics. Finally, of course, I find a GB LP in the stack of shitty 10p records. Sampling work from the 60s, there are several great tracks, but the best, I think, is "Les Cloches", with a pounding bell rhythm, ringing out the changes of life. [Run out of commentary steam now, but a few worthwhile ones are] * "Stone Flower" -- Antonio Carlos Jobim (Verve) * "Something" -- Shirley Bassey (UA) * "The Amazing Sound of the ARP Synthesizer" -- Gordon Langford (RCA) * "Persuasive Percussion Vol. 4" -- Enoch Light / Light Brigade (Command) * "James Last And The Rolling Trinity" (Polydor) * "The Pink Panther" -- Henry Mancini (RCA) * (?) "Pop Classics" -- Ekseption (Phillips) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Indy Rutks" Subject: (exotica) Fred Tomlinson [was RE: Keep On Digging] Date: 06 Oct 1998 13:11:37 -0500 On October 06, 1998, Peter Hipwell wrote: > -- From the IMPRESS (Inter-art Music Publications) library: > > * "Choral Contrasts" -- Fred Tomlinson > > Staggering stuff with "Babadap", perhaps the ultimate workout on that > classic cheese singing style (think "Swingle Singers" meet > "Gay Spirits" meets "Mah Na Mah Na" meets "Seven Golden Men"). There > are also three different short "Busy Moods" (the kind of singing you > get when the 50s lady is doing housework on TV... they sing > "CHINGGGGGG!" to end two of these, which is hilarious, but doesn't > look so when you write it down) and "Tijuana -- Make Something Of > It?", which he didn't, as this bears no relation to Tijuana (no brass > for a start), but is an excellent catchy, hum-a-longous thing with > saucepan-whapping percussion breaks that make you wanna DANCE. Did The Fred Tomlinson Singers help out Monty Pythons Flying Circus with some of their great tunes ("The Lumberjack Song", "Spam", "We Love The Yangtze", etc.)? -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Hibarger Subject: (exotica) Nostalgia vs. Retro (dissection) Date: 06 Oct 1998 13:29:06 -0400 Okay, so I'm going to risk jumping into the forray only to echo what some have alluded to or perhaps said (I'm in digest mode), but retro is a prefix meaning backward, or in this context backward in time. Nostalgia is a yearning for old times. The obvious difference, is that retro, is for someone going back in time who has not experienced that time period. Where as nostalgia is for someone who was once in that time and space. My guess is that most of the people on this list are retro for exotica, and nostalgic for 70's disco or 80's new wave or 90's grunge... M. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Lyman up....... Date: 06 Oct 1998 14:34:17 -0400 Okay gang, does somebody know the release order of the Lyman canon? Just curious (since he is better than Denny....ooooops!) - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 06 Oct 1998 15:05:41 -0400 I have to disagree perfectly with the previous post... (nothing personal) Retro is that era that your parents grew up with, was into, avoided because it was too commercial, whatever. Retro indicates about 20-30 years ago, as a general rule, back for another 20 years or so before that. So right now, retro is everything from the late 70s through to the late 50s, including exotica, give or take. Nostalgia is more romantic. Nostalgia is everything that your GRANDparents grew up with, were into, avoided becaue it was too commercial, etc back to as far into the past as you like. I wouldn't call classical antiquity nostalgia, but certainly civil war reenactments, early locomotive history, flappers, Edison Cylinders, ragtime, prohibition, and world war one fall into this. The key is what generation remembers, how old they are, their position in the free marketplace, and the socio-economic-cultural history of the demographic you are speaking about. Just my $.02 surfing the chaos, Charlieman # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Re: Tony Schwartz (correction) Date: 06 Oct 1998 17:51:00 EDT I wrote: << All of these 1950's recordings are offered through the Smithsonian / Folkways site on CD. >> I was wrong about this. The online catalog lists compact discs, but upon calling them, i learned they are only on cassette. sorry for the mis-information. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Fred Tomlinson [was RE: Keep On Digging] Date: 06 Oct 1998 18:13:28 -0400 Did The Fred Tomlinson Singers help out Monty Pythons Flying Circus with some of their great tunes ("The Lumberjack Song", "Spam", "We Love The Yangtze", etc.)? They sure did! From a FAQ: The Fred Tomlinson Singers Did just about all of the group singing stuff in the Flying Circus, including such things as Summarising Proust, and The Lumberjack Song. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: (exotica) Incorrect Videos @ Fez 11/14 Date: 06 Oct 1998 18:48:24 -0400 - advance notice - INCORRECT MUSIC VIDEOS *III* AT FEZ YET ANOTHER COLLECTION OF BIZARRE, INEPT, GROTESQUE AND JAW-DROPPING MUSIC VIDEOS OF DUBIOUS ENTERTAINMENT VALUE ** 80% NEW MATERIAL ** =09 hosts: Irwin Chusid, Michelle Boul=E9, and Donna Lee at: FEZ, 380 Lafayette Street (under TIME Cafe), NYC date: Saturday, November 14 @ 9:00 PM admission: $10.00 reservations: 212-533-2680 *Reservations advised*=20 (but please do not try to reserve tix until two weeks before show) What is INCORRECT MUSIC=99 ? 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You will receive no further messages from us. - 30, baby - *|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*|||*= |||*|||*|||*||| # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mike" Subject: (exotica) Re:Buddy Faro Date: 06 Oct 1998 19:21:54 -0700 I dunno, I rather like the show. Mark Frost's always had a unique ear for dialogue and the characters grow on me. Of course, Dennis Farina has been a cool cat since the old days of his (Atomic) Detective show, Crime Story. Cool enough compared to the usual UPN/WB shyte. Mike # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... Date: 06 Oct 1998 20:40:13 -0500 An educated guess would lead me to think that the catalogue numbers = of his albums, since they were for the most part on the HiFi label, = would give a good indication on th order of their release. The earlier stuff Taboo and Bwana have a three digit number, but from = then on as Lyman records were part of the =B3Life series=B2 there=B9s = four digit numbers. I put my Lymans in this numerical order and it = seemed to make sense chronologically. The exception being the Leis of = Jazz whose number dosen=B9t quite fit the series. I also have dates on the following: 5/58 Taboo 2/59 Sunset 8/59 Legend of Pele 4/63 At the Crescendo 4/64 Paradise 9/65 Cast you fate to the wind 9/65 Greatest Hits 2/66 =8C66 6/66 Shadow of your smile Hope this helps. Frank # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 06 Oct 1998 20:57:58 EDT In a message dated 98-10-06 15:08:15 EDT, a somewhat confused Exoticat wrote: << So right now, retro is everything from the late 70s through to the late 50s, including exotica, give or take. >> No. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Who did the music for The Joker's Wild game show? Date: 06 Oct 1998 22:09:13 -0400 Was that Jean-Jacques Perrey? You can hear it at http://www.tvparty.com/games.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 06 Oct 1998 19:28:24 +0000 Your nomination for favorite bongo selection on record would be appreciated! Also, your favorite bongoist (especially if it is not Jack Costanzo, who is already well known...I am looking for others!). Details, details! Also, do you like your music with bongos or could care less? Do you have bongos of your own? Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... Date: 07 Oct 1998 00:11:32 EDT In a message dated 10/6/98 1:38:42 PM EST, nminer@jhmi.edu writes: << Okay gang, does somebody know the release order of the Lyman canon? Just curious (since he is better than Denny....ooooops!) >> That's a big incorrect ooooops my friend. Ashley # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: King Kini Subject: (exotica) Re: Who did the music for The Joker's Wild game show? Date: 06 Oct 1998 23:27:48 -0600 >Was that Jean-Jacques Perrey? yes... Perrey & Kingsley - "the Savers" i believe. - kk visit... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ King Kini's C L U B V E L V E T http://www.tamboo.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sevo Stille Subject: Re: (exotica) Who did the music for The Joker's Wild game show? Date: 07 Oct 1998 12:15:55 +0200 Brian Phillips wrote: > > Was that Jean-Jacques Perrey? You can hear it at > http://www.tvparty.com/games.html Sounds like it is "The Savers" by Perrey/Kingsley. Sevo -- Sevo Stille sevo@inm.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Hipwell Subject: [Brian Phillips: (exotica) Fred Tomlinson [was RE: Keep On Digging]] Date: 07 Oct 1998 11:18:07 +0100 > From: Brian Phillips > > Did The Fred Tomlinson Singers help out Monty Pythons Flying Circus with > some of their great tunes ("The Lumberjack Song", "Spam", "We Love The > Yangtze", etc.)? > > > They sure did! From a FAQ: > > The Fred Tomlinson Singers > Did just about all of the group singing stuff in the Flying Circus, including > such things as Summarising Proust, and The Lumberjack Song. > > Hey, thanks folks! This is why I love this list. I would never have made this connection on my own. -- Pete. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Thank you all for "Savers"- ing me! Date: 07 Oct 1998 07:48:36 -0400 I have enjoyed that show's theme music for many years. Now, maybe I can buy it (on the Essential Perrey and Kingsley. Is this a good collection?). Now, before I joined this list, I never would have guessed Perrey/Kingsley. So I have been a fan of theirs after a fashion since I was 11! Beep, Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dan hill Subject: (exotica) castle communications Date: 07 Oct 1998 12:56:07 +0100 quick question - given castle communications' astute release of the "get carter" soundtrack, are there any other recent, or upcoming, castle releases worth getting? any info most appreciated ... ta. dan. ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [6.10.98]: < solvent | low res | dumb type | seth josel | :zoviet*france: | disinformation | pole > http://www.state51.co.uk/motion/ +--- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) If you enjoyed this, you will be sure to enjoy... Date: 07 Oct 1998 08:01:56 -0400 A former co-worker once parodied the way the majors marketed pop groups in this fashion: 1964. THE year. The year that a revolution started in music that would change the face of music forever. Capitol Records knew this. They knew that 1964 would be the year...for Al Martino. What inner sleeve or back jacket had the most outlandish "recommendations" for other music you would enjoy if you liked _____ ? For example, according to the cdnow.com album advisor, if I liked Perrey & Kingsley, I would be sure to also enjoy: P.J. Harvey Tracy Chapman Spike Jones Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Jan and Dean I am at work, so I don't have any albums in front of me, but I will to-night. Anyone else? Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: RE: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 07 Oct 1998 08:06:48 -0400 > << So right now, > retro is everything from the late 70s through to the late 50s, including > exotica, give or take. >> > > No. > > I won't accept a simple "no" here. Ask any 25 year old, and this is what they will tell you, and aren't the 25 year olds the ones that actually first started using the term retro in the context we are discussing? I never heard it used ever before 1990, it was instead 'classic' or 'oldies' or 'flashback'. Retro was just a rocket before that. Nostalgia always meant the very, very old. surfing the chaos, Charlieman # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Ex-Pop Singer Whiting Files Lawsuit Date: 07 Oct 1998 13:12:49 -0500 NEW YORK (AP) -- Margaret Whiting, a pop singer famous in the 1940s and '50s, and her husband want $3 million for a broken knee she suffered when she stepped into a pothole. Whiting, 73, says in court papers filed this week that she suffered the injury April 24 in Manhattan. She contends the pothole caused her to fall into a crosswalk. The lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges negligence and names the city, Consolidated Edison and City Wide Asphalt Paving Co., a Con Edison subcontractor, as defendants. Whiting asks $2 million in damages for her injuries and her husband-manager, former porn actor Jack Wrangler, asks $1 million for loss of his wife's conjugal fellowship and companionship. Whiting starred on Broadway in 1997 in ``Dream,'' a musical based on the songs of composer-lyricist Johnny Mercer. Several of Whiting's hits were written by Mercer, including ``Moonlight in Vermont,'' ``Baby, It's Cold Outside'' and ``Black Magic.'' Wrangler, 51, has appeared in about 90 pornographic movies. He has said Whiting talked him into abandoning adult films after they met in the late 1970s. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) the difference between nostalgia and retro Date: 07 Oct 1998 14:14:04 -0400 Nostalgia is a noun. Retro is an adjective. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) keep watching the curbs Date: 07 Oct 1998 14:13:51 -0400 Nat is correct, there has been less vinyl content on here lately. So what the heck, here's my first ever "finds" list. Don't expect another one any time soon, 'cause I don't generally finds much. The thing that amazes me about some of you is not so much your amount of finds, but that you're able to review them so quickly. I've had this stuff around for months, and I still haven't gotten around to listening to all of it. Anyway... Never mind those hoity toity thrift stores -- here are some records I rescued from the curbside trash several months ago. John Davidson - "Everything Is Beautiful" (Columbia C 30098) - Late 60s / early 70s "tv variety show" style pop. A couple of Beatles covers, a Simon & Garfunkel cover... and then there's "Politician", with lyrics like: "See the politician. See him kiss the baby. See him help the little old lady cross the street. Does the baby know her daddy's dying somewhere in the jungle far away-ay-ay-ay? Does the little old lady know her grandson's crying 'cause his best friend died today?" Yow -- power to the people, John! Composer credit is "M.Davis". That couldn't be Miles, could it?!? Henry Mancini - "Music From Peter Gunn" (RCA LPM-1956, 1959) - Well, there's nothing I can add to what's already been said. Can anyone explain what the heck the cover art is supposed to represent? Neurons in Peter's brain? I've always wondered about that. The Melachrino Strings - "Music For Reading" (RCA LSP-1002, 1958) - About what you would expect. Low-key light classics performed by a string-dominated orchestra. It does work well, actually. Wayne Newton - "Michelle" (Capitol/Pickwick SPC-3461) - Still sealed, and it's staying that way. Partly because I like the mysterious potential of a sealed Wayne, partly because it's nice to have a shrink-wrapped and price-stickered album on hand, just to remember what that was like. *Nostalgia* George Russell - "The RCA Victor Jazz Workshop" (RCA LPM-1372, 1957) - Modern jazz of the cool variety. Musicians include Art Farmer on trumpet, Milt Hinton on bass, Bill Evans on piano, Barry Galbraith on guitar. Some distinctive titles: "Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub", "Ezz-thetic", "Fellow Delegates", "Witch Hunt", "Knights Of The Steamtable". Liner notes by Russell, explaining the structures of the pieces and his musical theories. SSgt. Barry Sadler - "Ballads Of The Green Berets" (RCA LPM-3547, 1966) - I haven't listened to this one yet. I'm afraid to. He does NOT do "Politician". Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale - "Batman & Robin" (Tifton 78002, 1966) - This is the one with Sun Ra and some of his crew making some studio bucks, along with members of The Blues Project (Al Kooper, Danny Kalb). Not bad, but don't expect something up to Sun Ra's own standards. Br. Cleve described it well last year as "standard budget rock". The blooze-rock guitar wankery does noodle on at times. The Sunniest sounding track is the "Batman Theme" -- a pretty cool version, actually. More details on pg. 218 of "Space Is The Place". Various - "Great Songs Of The 60's" (Columbia Special Products CSP 292) - "Collector's Album Limited Edition"! "Created exclusively for FOOD FAIR by Columbia Special Products"! Selection much like other give-away albums: Percy Faith, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Vale, Anita Bryant, Buddy Greco, Patti Page, Skitch Henderson, etc. Haven't actually listened yet. I like it for the Food Fair connection, that being a regional supermarket chain when I was a tyke (more nostalgia). It would be amusing to see duplicates of this album "created exclusively for [fill in the blank]." Various - "Guide To Jazz" (RCA LPMF-1393, 1956) - Released in conjunction with Hugues Panassie's book of the same title. A compilation of jazz sides from the 20s to 40s. I thought it would be a scratchy old record of scratchy old records, but it actually sounds pretty good. Liner notes by Panassie. 18 tracks hitting most of the biggies: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, King Oliver... A handy album to steal licks from if you're starting a Squirrel Nut Zippers sort of band. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 07 Oct 1998 14:17:44 -0400 Like Jello, there's always room for bongos. I can't cite any one single track as a favorite, but I will say that Art Blakey's "Amuck" (featuring Sabu Martinez) is a hot one. Available on cd: Art Blakey - "Orgy In Rhythm, Vols. 1 & 2" (Blue Note). There's a Bongo Page here: http://www.rhythmweb.com/bongo/ It's still a little sparse, but has potential. Encourage them. This past August I finally got around to getting a good pair of bongos. No home should be without them. I had a chintzy toy-grade pair when I was a kid. More imprinting that eventually led me here? m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Stilgloria@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 07 Oct 1998 14:40:12 EDT In a message dated 10/6/98 7:20:33 PM, bag@hubris.net writes: <> I have two sets of bongos. (Bongoes?...LOL) I LOVE music with bongos. I really like my Preston Epps, Bongo, Bongo, Bongo. I'll be interested to hear of other bongo albums. Good subject, Byron. Gloria # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Davidsons Subject: RE: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 07 Oct 1998 12:25:19 -0700 At 08:06 AM 10/7/98 -0400, Charles mused: >Ask any 25 year old, and this is what >they will tell you, and aren't the 25 year olds the ones that actually first >started using the term retro in the context we are discussing? I never >heard it used ever before 1990, it was instead 'classic' or 'oldies' or >'flashback'. Retro was just a rocket before that. > >Nostalgia always meant the very, very old. Back in the 70s, when all things 50s were the craze (American Graffiti, Happy Days, etc.), I believe it was commonly referred to as a "nostalgia" fad. Perhaps not only is the term "retro" new, but the word "nostalgia" has changed meaning as well... Dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Davidsons Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the curbs Date: 07 Oct 1998 12:34:50 -0700 At 02:13 PM 10/7/98 -0400, m.ace wrote: >Yow -- power to the people, John! Composer credit is "M.Davis". That couldn't >be Miles, could it?!? Probably that rebel songwriter Mac. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the curbs Date: 07 Oct 1998 15:35:04 -0400 >Yow -- power to the people, John! Composer credit is "M.Davis". That couldn't >be Miles, could it?!? Probably that rebel songwriter Mac. ...and probably written "In the Ghetto"? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Micheleflp@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 07 Oct 1998 16:11:17 EDT In a message dated 98-10-07 08:07:58 EDT, crajnai@att.com writes: << I won't accept a simple "no" here. Ask any 25 year old, and this is what they will tell you, and aren't the 25 year olds the ones that actually first started using the term retro in the context we are discussing? I never heard it used ever before 1990, it was instead 'classic' or 'oldies' or 'flashback'. Retro was just a rocket before that. Nostalgia always meant the very, very old. >> My parents refer to listening to 1950s music at the car show as "nostalgia" But if one owns a 1950s room full of furniture, its called "retro." I tend to agree with whoever it was that suggested this is a generational issue. - Michele # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) British oddities web site Date: 07 Oct 1998 16:11:29 -0500 I found a site with categorized lists of odd British recordings. FYI! -Lou This list celebrates British "oddness". Unfortunately the list of odd American recordings is too vast. What we need is some American person to compile the definitive US list. I've put some in as I come across them. I've also tried to avoid listing 'zany' or 'wacky' records a-la so called "Wierd Al" Jankovic. For a list of well-known "bad" records please refer to the website. Answer Records Death Records Children's Records Jonathan King Records Novelty Records Personality Records Tribute/Cash-in Records Political Records ? Records Religious Records Rude Records War Records Xmas Records # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: (exotica) Air / Jean-Jacques Perrey Date: 07 Oct 1998 14:14:11 -0700 I heard that Air (french band) recorded with Jean-Jacques Perrey earlier this year, but I've heard nothing about a release. What sort of music did they record? Actual structured songs, or more experimental, free-form electronic stuffs? thanks! jasmine - -- -- -- -- -- - Weekly live music guide - Updated Every *Friday* http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/music/poptart Join the SF Bay Area Indie Mailing List: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/bay/2817 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 07 Oct 1998 17:48:04 EDT In a message dated 98-10-07 16:11:17 EDT, Michele wrote: << My parents refer to listening to 1950s music at the car show as "nostalgia" But if one owns a 1950s room full of furniture, its called "retro." I tend to agree with whoever it was that suggested this is a generational issue. >> Michele hit it on the head. I think of nostalgia as almost a yearning to some time past. To me it could be 10 years ago. I think of retro as embrasing a style. It could be 10 years ago or 70 years ago. (some of my retro stuff includes Brownie cameras and Victrolas from the 1920's - to me these are retro furnishings). I also think you have to have lived in a period to be nostalgic for it. You can be "retro-ed" to a period even if you did not live in it. In other words I can have a 40's retro wardrobe but I can't be nostalgic for the 40's because I was not born yet!!! And so the debate continues, Retro Roberto # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Turner Subject: Re: (exotica) Air / Jean-Jacques Perrey Date: 07 Oct 1998 14:57:00 -0700 (PDT) > > > I heard that Air (french band) recorded with Jean-Jacques Perrey earlier > this year, but I've heard nothing about a release. What sort of music did > they record? Actual structured songs, or more experimental, free-form > electronic stuffs? They collaborated on the track "Cosmic Bird" on the SOURCELAB 3 compilation. It's a GREAT synth pop track, like "Popcorn" but with a more ambient electronic flavor. I talked to Jean-Jacques recently and there is a possibility of further collaborations. I know that Jean-Jacques will be here in San Francisco when Air comes though on their US tour next week. He was also going to see them in L.A. Keep your fingers crossed... -- Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on KFJC mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching mac davis Date: 07 Oct 1998 18:07:42 -0400 > >Composer credit is "M.Davis". That couldn't > >be Miles, could it?!? > > Probably that rebel songwriter Mac. Aha, yes. "Politician" is definitely in the Mac Davis mode. Thanks. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) Rene Touzet Date: 07 Oct 1998 18:40:05 -0400 Article & discography on Rene Touzet here: http://www.salsaweb.com/music/history.htm m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 07 Oct 1998 19:08:18 -0500 >Your nomination for favorite bongo selection on record would be = appreciated! >Also, your favorite bongoist (especially if it is not Jack Costanzo, who = is >already well known...I am looking for others!). Details, details! Also, >do you like your music with bongos or could care less? Do you have bongos >of your own? You got me to look over a playlist from about four years ago when I = did a =B3bongo=B3 radio show. All I can say is what I thought at the = time: Bongos are everywhere! At least in exotica recordings. Most of the Command albums with =B9percussion=B9 in the title will = have varying degrees of bongos in the mix. One of my favorite uses of bongos in a very familiar tune, and proof = that bongos are every where, is in the theme to Mission Impossible. = Check it out, the bongos *make* that tune. No that I think of it, this would be a great title for something: = BONGOS ARE EVERYWHERE! Bongo brains Frank # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: (exotica) Multi versions strike again Date: 07 Oct 1998 19:08:15 -0500 Well I did it again. The second installment of my once a month = program =B325=B2. In =B325=B2 I feature twnty-five different versions of the same tune. = In a timely tribute to the changing foliage this month=B9s tune was = =B3the Autumn Leaves=B2. Performances featured: Bobby Byrne Dick Shorey Marjorie Meinert Chet Atkins Leo Diamond Earl Bostic Tom Jones Marty Paitch piano quartet Joe Graves and His Diggers Elmer Bernstein Sil Austin Lenny Dee The Three Suns Kai Winding Si Zentner Billy May Ethel Azama Martin Denny Arthur Lyman Gabor Szabo Ruth Welcome Sauter-Finnegan Ferrante and Teicher Eddie Baxter Gals & Pals Thanks to Brad and his ever resourceful SpaceAge web site for some = great info about this particular tune, which I promptly passed on to = my listeners. Stay tuned next month for another episode of =B325=B2 Frank, pushing the envelope of exotica tolerance. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 07 Oct 1998 21:36:18 -0400 > I also think you have to have lived in a period to be nostalgic for it. You > can be "retro-ed" to a period even if you did not live in it. In other > words I can have a 40's retro wardrobe but I can't be nostalgic for the 40's > because I was not born yet!!! I disagree here. I see fairly often these 2D-ish 'primitive' folk art style paintings that have such activity as the horse and buggy, the general store, haystacks in the field....almost like a pre-Norman Rockwell type setting from around the turn of the century (and before the automobile). It's similar to the same type motif as those 'old town' Christmas layouts that are very popular now also. I definitely call these pieces nostalgic....its a yearning for the 'values' or 'simplicity' of a past time. Yet this time period is before the time that 90-95% of people living today can remember. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cheryl Subject: Re:(exotica) Bongos, please Date: 07 Oct 1998 23:52:54 -0400 > Your nomination for favorite bongo selection on record would be appreciated! > Well, here are a few of my favourites: Jack "Bongo" Burger: China Nights Mambo "Music For The Jet Set" The Rick Potts Band: Platform Swim Fins "Darker Skratcher" Arthur Lyman: Watermelon Man "Sonic Sixties" Bongos, Bass and Bob: Oral Hygiene "Never Mind The Sex Pistols" And most things from Martin Denny. Don't get me started. Bongos really are everywhere! cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Risser Family Subject: (exotica) L'Atome Date: 07 Oct 1998 23:47:42 -0400 I just got their first album which totally rules (Thanks, Vik, wherever you are!) But they say they have a second album. Has anyone heard it? Is it as good? Different? The same? Anyone? Peter # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Risser Family Subject: (exotica) Vampyros Lesbos Date: 07 Oct 1998 23:48:22 -0400 Anyone know why all the sudden I can't seem to order this? Has it gone out of print? Someone say it ain't so!! Peter # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cheryl Subject: Re: (exotica) Vampyros Lesbos Date: 08 Oct 1998 00:05:57 -0400 > Anyone know why all the sudden I can't seem to order this? > Has it gone out of print? The last time I checked,, Dusty Groove still had it listed. cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Bardot A Go Go! Date: 08 Oct 1998 01:16:43 EDT Friday, October 23 9 pm at The Cocodrie, 1024 Kearny Street, San Francisco $7.00 Castle Pink Frankenstein & Liftoff! Productions presents Bardot A Go Go 60s dance party sixties French Pop Ye-Ye Sexy soundtracks EuroPop Psych w/djs Pink Frankenstein Brother Grimm Alec from Cherry Blossom check out www.frankenstein.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Retro Vs Nostalgia Date: 08 Oct 1998 13:35:31 +0000 I thought we were already much further in discussing this. As the one who once brought this thing up, I have to interfere here. Of course the meaning of terms change, of course different generations use it in a different way. To me the only important question was, what does it mean to us, a mailing list of people who are into music that's up to 50 years old? Is our interest in this PAST in any way future oriented? And I think we've already found an answer in determing that there is a certain relativity in even the present of music history that allows us to see it as the past of the future NOW. In that way all epochs of history are equal. To me that realization was a relief and I owe it to the people of this list who discussed it with me. Thank you all! Today is my birthday, so please do me a favour: Don't answer to this posting! Yours Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Novel Bongos Date: 08 Oct 1998 09:08:34 -0400 More Bagels and Bongos - Irving Fields # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Subject line to you, subject line to you Date: 08 Oct 1998 09:13:13 -0400 Happy Birthday to an undisclosed party! Mine is in eight days! (That's as close as not addressing it as I can get). Brian X # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: Re: (exotica) L'Atome Date: 08 Oct 1998 09:16:15 -0500 As Peter just noted: > From risser@goodnews.net Wed Oct 7 23:00:02 1998 > I just got their first album which totally rules (Thanks, Vik, wherever you are!) > But they say they have a second album. > Has anyone heard it? As a longtime exotica list member, I sometimes feel guilty that I don't share my opinions more frequently. I usually assuage these feelings with the reasoning that many more list members know much more about music than I do (ie, that I'm more in the learning role). Peter's email, though, prompts me to chime in with several opinions that I've been meaning to share: * The first L'Atome CD is fab, fab, fab!! I have preferred them, by far, to the other contemporary groups that are playing with similar sounds. Check them out at: www.latome.com -- there are some audio samples on their site (unfortunately, the full-lenth realaudio stuff on Vik's site it gone :-( ). Funky, EZ, energetic, wordless vocals... they've got everything! I'm really looking forward to hearing their second CD. I don't know where to get it, though -- I don't see it on their web site yet. * Man in Space with Sounds -- I finally got a copy from Jack. For anyone who likes the 1950s sci-fi/spacey sounds, this is a complete winner: cool blastoffs and space travel noises!!! And, if that weren't enough, I love the narrator promising me a future filled with "mile-a-minute monorails" and "custom-made weather". Plus, the CD is cheap. If anyone has hesitated over this one, my advice it: buy it! * Thanks, everyone, for helping me find Deke Dickerson and Ecco-fonic. I got his "Swingin' in Outer Space" 7"; he also has a reissue of a rare Jimmy Bryant 7" (with "Ah So"/"Tobacco Worm"). I recommend it to any Jimmy/Speedy fans out there. --Kirsten whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu P.S. Jessica is still on the list (the last time I checked with her). She evidently is REALLY busy... probably with all that LP buying.... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) L'Atome Date: 08 Oct 1998 09:17:06 +0000 E.C. Cornell of L'Atome just sent me a copy of their new CD "The Golden Age" and, though I haven't had time to listen to the whole thing yet, what I've heard so far is great - much in the same vein as "The Flash of Light" with a few new wrinkles. You can hear "Uranium Tango" from the new CD on the latest Retro Cocktail Hour webcast (program #139). Tune it in at: http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Apologies for the second shameless plug of the week. Great CD, though. Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro/retrolisten.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Re: Bongos, please Date: 08 Oct 1998 13:34:31 -0400 >Your nomination for favorite bongo selection on record would be appreciated! Do you consider Boo-Bams a special case of bongos, or do they deserve their own category? I think Boo Bams (or "chromatic bongos") are one of humankind's most brilliant creations--but that's just me. George Cate's _Polynesian Percussion_ shows them off to great effect, just to name one LP using them. Cheers, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Re: keep watching the curbs Date: 08 Oct 1998 13:34:04 -0400 >The thing that amazes me about some >of you is not so much your amount of finds, but that you're able to review >them >so quickly. I've had this stuff around for months, and I still haven't gotten >around to listening to all of it *Groan*, I have about 80 LPs in the "in" pile--I've been meaning to post about a few of them, but I just started to feel a little overwhelmed. . . The "good news" aspect to this is I now have the definitive answer to the question, "where can I get some of these great $1 records you people are always talking about?" The answer is: Toledo. I went to one shop that had the complete library of a failed Easy Listening station--all a dollar. Jackets all chewed up, of course, but the vinyl was clean. (It was an AM station, so unfortunately everything was mono.) Tons of Billy Mure. . . I ran out of money and had to leave some Lyman, Denny, and Three Suns behind! But just a random one from the top of the pile: _"Airport" Love Theme_ Vincent Bell (Decca, 1970). This may be some kind of pinnacle of soft-rock cheesiness, featuring Vinnie Bell's fuzztone and "water" guitar sounds. I think the "water guitar" is just cheap spring reverb turned up to 11--any guitarists out there know for sure? Nick Perito (who did all the later Ferrante and Teicher schlockfests) supplies the lush backgounds here for numbers like "Everybody's Talkin' At Me" and a bunch of other film themes. My favorite track was the Mancini-penned "Theme from 'Sunflower' "--somehow this just screamed "soft-core pornography" to me. Bloinkkk. . . Bloinkkk. . . Bloinkkk. . . --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Subject: (exotica) Russ Garcia's "Fantastica" Date: 08 Oct 1998 10:45:00 -0700 Coolness personified speaks; Dear friend Jack! (Anyone that appreciates my musical efforts is a dear friend of mine)! Leibovit with Gene Norman wants to do a re-release of Fantastica, thanks to you and friend Chas Thaxton. Just returned from trip to Calif. (where i recorded our new 2 hour Musical Drama "The Unquenchable Flame"), then on to Prague (doing some composing for an art film for TV), then Slovak Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, China and home to New Zealand. We are putting on an hour show next week at a big festival here in New Zealand.. so,,, the old cat still keeps busy. On Fantastica, I used no trpts. Lots of extreme woodwinds Ted Nash, Bill Ulyate, etc... French horns Vince DeRosa, Dick Perissi, &.. 4 Tromones Dick Nash, Tommy Pederson, Lloyd Ulyate, Kenny Shroyer. and several percussion. It's so long ago and i was doing so much I really can't remember who else. And of course I added all the special tapes I made with sounds. So, stay happy and healthy. Russ Garcia PS To all of you who are not familiar with these names, they are all jazz/ studio musicians who recorded for the Liberty label way back when in the 50's as well as in the orchestras of Mancini, Quincy Jones et al JD # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: (exotica) That bongo SFX Date: 08 Oct 1998 13:54:23 -0400 Okay, everyone is going to think I am stranger than I already have proven I am, but I gotta know..... I think it is Hanna-Barbera, particularly Flinstones, cartoons that have this quick bongo riff when somebody is about to start running away. You hear this quick 4 beat bongo riff, and I mean quick like 16th notes, then usually a ricochet, as you see the puff of dust the character has left behind. If you think I'm crazy, watch a Flintstones episode.... I don't meen the foot slap when Fred is driving either. This sound usually comes in when they are running away from a bad guy or a giant animal or something... My question is, where did that come from? Esquivel? Is it just another one of those SFX tracks that cartoon land has conjured up? Or is it a super-short cut from something we have in our vinyl collections. (Remembering "Powerhouse" on Warner Bros......) Surfing the chaos, Charlieman # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) House of Bamboo Date: 08 Oct 1998 13:55:05 EDT I play a nostalgia (or some would argue retro) radio station a good bit at my office and today I heard a song called "House of Bamboo". The anouncer said if was a "new" release. It sounded kinda like Harry Bellefonte. Maybe it was on a new comp CD or something. Anybody got info. (Btw -- it was very bongo-ie) Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Indulis R Rutks Subject: Re: (exotica) House of Bamboo Date: 08 Oct 1998 13:17:23 -0500 (CDT) On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > > I play a nostalgia (or some would argue retro) radio station a good bit at my > office and today I heard a song called "House of Bamboo". The anouncer said > if was a "new" release. It sounded kinda like Harry Bellefonte. Maybe it was > on a new comp CD or something. > > Anybody got info. > > (Btw -- it was very bongo-ie) I know that Southern Culture On The Skids has a song called "House Of Bamboo" on their latest CD, "Plastic Seat Sweat". -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) House of Bamboo Date: 08 Oct 1998 14:19:56 -0500 At 01:55 PM 10/8/98 EDT, Robert wrote: >I play a nostalgia (or some would argue retro) radio station a good bit at my >office and today I heard a song called "House of Bamboo". The anouncer said >it was a "new" release. It sounded kinda like Harry Bellefonte. Maybe it was >on a new comp CD or something. >Anybody got info. You can find HoB one these 2 CDs. You probably heard the Earl Grant version. on Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2 ['96] - Earl Grant on Plastic Seat Sweat ['97] - Southern Culture on the Skids -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) That bongo SFX Date: 08 Oct 1998 14:40:25 -0400 I think it is Hanna-Barbera, particularly Flinstones, cartoons that have this quick bongo riff It is part of their sound library, asbestos I can tell. It is also on CD! It's called Hanna-Barbera CARTOON SOUND FX. I saw this at http://www.gemm.com (Thanks, Lou Smith!). Me? I like Yogi's walking sound. Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) House of Bamboo Date: 08 Oct 1998 16:07:02 EDT In a message dated 98-10-08 14:24:38 EDT, Lou wrote: << You can find HoB one these 2 CDs. You probably heard the Earl Grant version. on Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2 ['96] - Earl Grant on Plastic Seat Sweat ['97] - Southern Culture on the Skids -Lou >> My bet is on the Earl Grant (I assume this fellow sounds like Bellafonte-- comments??) I also found these when I went hunting (at Music boulevard): House Of Bamboo Cocktail Mix Volume 2: Martini Madness by Various Artists released 01/23/96 Usually ships in 24 hours Our Price: $12.99 List $16.97/Save $3.98 House Of Bamboo Plastic Seat Sweat by Southern Culture On The Skids released 09/23/97 Usually ships in 24 hours Our Price: $12.99 List $16.97/Save $3.98 (Cassette: $10.49) House Of Bamboo The Best Of Earl Grant... [10/20] by Earl Grant scheduled for release 10/20/98 Scheduled for Release on 10/20/98 ImportsHouse Of Bamboo End by Grant, Earl released 10/02/98 Usually ships in 24 hours IMPORT - JAPAN Our Price: $29.75 List $31.99/Save $2.24 House Of Bamboo Cadence Collection (2cd) by Williams, Andy released 03/30/98 IMPORT - ENGLAND # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Bardot A Go Go! Date: 08 Oct 1998 16:10:35 EDT speaking of French Pop, does anyone out there have any bio/historical info on either Valerie ("Goutes Mes Frites") Le Mercier or Clementine?....Thanks in advance, Jimmy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Indy Rutks" Subject: RE: (exotica) House of Bamboo Date: 08 Oct 1998 16:40:21 -0500 Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 98-10-08 14:24:38 EDT, Lou wrote: > > << You can find HoB one these 2 CDs. You probably heard the Earl Grant > version. > > on Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2 ['96] - Earl Grant > on Plastic Seat Sweat ['97] - Southern Culture on the Skids > > -Lou >> > > My bet is on the Earl Grant (I assume this fellow sounds like Bellafonte-- > comments??) That may be a smart bet! As I remember, the SCOTS version is sung by Mary Huff, their female band member. If you'd like to hear a bit of the SCOTS version (in RealAudio), check out their official website at: http://www.scots.com/ra/house_of_bamboo.ram -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: (exotica) 60=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=b9s_Japanese_soundtracks=3f?= Date: 08 Oct 1998 21:19:57 -0500 Some one recently mentioned a video that sounded like a great 60=B9s = Japanese film and it got me to thinking about the availability of the = soundtracks to similar Japanese movies of the sixties. Does any one have an angle on this? Is there a Japanese eqivalent to = a Gert Wilden or a Peter Thomas, or a Quincy Jones? I=B9m pretty certian that enough of this stuff was done at the time. = The movie =B3The Black Lizard=B2 has a couple of great dance club = scenes. I even seem to recall that some of the Godzilla, etc. movies = have some cheesy rock/jazz bands in some scenes. I=B9ve owned for a while the series of three 60=B9s japanese = psych/garage albums that came out many mnoons ago. What I=B9m = interested in now would be the more *sleazy listening* jazz = soundtrack stuff. In the same ball park, I have some sixties Japanese pop albums on the = King label. The music is fantastic! The vocalist(s) sing for the most = part traditional melodies but the backing band is in the mold of a = fifties American big band. Really tight arrangements that swing = pretty good. There is also a great collection on Capitol as part of = the Capitol of the World series. But, although this is great stuff, = my present inqiry is into the next generation of this style. Appreciate any info. Frank My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 08 Oct 1998 21:19:54 -0500 First of all I=B9d like to thank all those who helped out with my = inquiries into =B3What Is Mod?=B2 Some of your suggestions led to even more possibilities. I also = thought it was interesting that some one in the meantime brought up = the question of =8Cgo-go=B9, which to me is definitely in the = =B3Mod=B2 ballpark. Well I had some time to brainstorm and go through my records and see = what I could come up with in the Mod style. As I started listening to = things I realized that my definition of mod was a little too narrow = and there were performers and songs that I really wanted to include = because...they sounded mod, but on the other hand they were=B9nt as = mod as some other mod music.(Are you still with me?) So, in order to = better refine this concept I came up with three categories of Mod. Action Mod: This is my original narrow definition of Mod. Features = fairly up tempo songs with a jazzy kind of arrangement but more of a = rock beat. As mentioned in my last post, Creed Taylor=B9s Jazz-Rock = Syndrome best typifies this sound. I also found another album that = defines this mold, =B3Hal Hester Does his own thing, Music from Your = Own Thing=B2. This album is too fun for words. Any one know about Hal = Hester? Others I=B9ve included as action mod are The T-Bones, later = Sandy Nelson and the not so latin side of Mongo Santamaria.Some cuts = by Ray Martin and Les and Larry Elgart work out. Any jazz band=B9s = attempt at the theme to Batman is gonna be mod almost before it = begins! Actually, the more I think about it, the whole feel generated = by the tune =B3Batman=B2 is the easiest quick definition of what = I=B9m calling Mod.(That=B9s excuding any rock bands lame ass attempt = at this song.) Smooth Mod: I really wanted to include somethings that were a bit = more in the jazzy vein. Bud Shank, Brazil 66, the Sandpipers, the = Brass Ring and the three Capitol David McCallum albums. Smooth mod allows for some stuff that might have some subtle string = arrangements and perhaps lack the rock beat, but none the less = *sound* mod. There is some flavor of =8Chipness=B9 to the arrangement = be it the silky vocal arrangements of Brazil 66 or the use of the = harpsichord in McCallum=B9s albums. Cool Mod: Spy soundtracks. A definite late sixties =8Cin=B9 sound yet = usually too moody to fit into the first two categories. Somethings = like Gary McFarland=B9s Verve recordings that balance off the = smoothness with a little tension I would also call cool mod. I=B9ve also determined three songs to be quintessentially mod: = =B3Music to Watch Girls By=B2,=B3The Phoenix Love Theme=B2 and the = theme to =B3Batman=B2. And perhaps later version of =B3Fever=B2. So what do you think? Did I go completely overboard in trying to = capture late sixties instrumental pop ? In any event it was (and still is) a fun thing to do. I=B9m hoping to = eventually put together an incredible mix tape, and or radio program. Your input is, as always, welcome. Frank My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Bongos, please Date: 08 Oct 1998 21:20:01 -0500 I was just listening to a tape last night and the theme to The = Ipcress Files jumped out at me. I double checked and it=B9s actually = not the main title theme but a track on side two called =B3A Man = Alone=B2, which is in essence the main theme with some major bongo = action. Come to think of it Barry seemed to like putting in bongos = here and there on the Bond soundtracks. If you ever come across Costanzo=B9s Bongo instruction album you = should check it out. It=B9s a riot. In a wierd connection that my sorry mind is making, this album = pre-dates Pulp Fiction by at least thirty years with the phrase = =B3dick,dick,dick=B2! ...guess you have to hear the album. Frank My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) That bongo SFX Date: 08 Oct 1998 18:04:04 +0000 At 02:40 PM 08-10-98 -0400, Brian Phillips wrote: >I think it is Hanna-Barbera, particularly Flintstones, cartoons that have >this quick bongo riff >It's called Hanna-Barbera CARTOON SOUND FX. I saw this at http://www.gemm.com Rhino R2 71828 There are two bongo cuts as described: 11. Scrambling Feet 31. Bongo Feet & Zip byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 09 Oct 1998 01:11:32 -0700 At 07:28 PM 10/6/98 +0000, bag@hubris.net wrote: > >Your nomination for favorite bongo selection on record would be appreciated! Details, details! I just got this record today so it's fresh in my ears. It's one of those records on Coronet. I've bought them before but this is actually one of the first in this "series" I've ever felt lived up to its name. "Fabulous Ping Pong Bongo Percussion". The last one of these I bought had virtually no percussion on it though it was a pretty cool fake-surf record. But on this one, the band is supposedly called "Kaino and his Afro-Percussion Group" and there's a lot of bongos and some great long bongo workouts. Before I found this record, I guess I would have nominated that record on Grand Award - "A bunch of bongos" featuring Willie Rodriguez. I guess Willie is the bongo player there. But the problem with records like this and others on Command is that there's so much percussion going on, it's hard to pick out what's bongo and what's something else. It's not like Maynard G.Krebs where all you heard was the human voice and the sound of the bongos. I wish I had a pair of bongos but I don't. If I had a pair, I could play the drum solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. On a more "serious" note, I don't know who plays the bongos on earlyish Mongo Santamaria records but I have this greatest hits record (did I buy it from someone on this list?) by him on "Fantasy" and he does this version of "Afro blue" with some of the greatest percussion - including bongos - that I've ever heard on records. I have to say that until I heard this record, the only Mongo records I had were slightly later ones on Columbia where he covers songs like "Shotgun" and "Satisfaction" and while those records were okay, this version of Afro-blue makes all that stuff look sick in comparison. Okay back to the bad bongo solo. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the curbs Date: 09 Oct 1998 01:11:28 -0700 At 02:13 PM 10/7/98 -0400, m.ace wrote: >Never mind those hoity toity thrift stores -- here are some records I rescued >from the curbside trash several months ago. It's funny how I never want to believe that there are cool records just sitting there on the street. The two coolest records I ever found on the street were that GERSHWIN AND GUITARS record on Time and that HAVE HARP CAN'T TRAVEL record with Billy Barty on the cover. But those aren't truly cool records like these here. > >John Davidson - "Everything Is Beautiful" (Columbia C 30098) - Late 60s / early >70s "tv variety show" style pop. A couple of Beatles covers, a Simon & >Garfunkel cover... and then there's "Politician", with lyrics like: I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I've picked up a few John Davidson records myself lately. I have him doing "Both Sides Now" and "Suzanne" but no Vietnam war protest songs like this one... which was more likely written by Mac than Miles Davis I hope. John Davidson was on TV all the time in the mid to late sixties as far as I remember. He was like this friend of your parents who was actually much closer to your own age; and so he was always trying to be the bridge across the generation gap. The crooner with hippie credibility. Let's not even get into that human jukebox schtick of his where he used to ask you the year you got married and then sing a song that was popular around that time. I wonder if he's in Branson right at this moment doing that same schtick. If anyone has worked up a loungey version of "Head like a Hole", I bet it's him. "Oh and when did you young people have your first date? Oh well, maybe this song was playing on the radio while you held hands that first time". > >Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale - "Batman & Robin" (Tifton 78002, 1966) - >This is the one with Sun Ra and some of his crew making some studio bucks, >along with members of The Blues Project (Al Kooper, Danny Kalb). I was a huge Blues Project fan and went on to be the great Al Kooper defender for a long time afterwards. e.g. "Blood, Sweat and Tears was better with Al Kooper than what they became with David Clayton Thomas" And that was a painful argument for me to make given that DCT was a Canadian star already - a bit of an oxymoron - when he joined that band and I was duty bound to support all Canadians in the American rock world since there were so few at that time. Remember when you got into those debates? Who's a better guitarist, Mike Bloomfield or Danny Kalb? I guess most of us never outgrew that. (Denny rules. Lyman sucks.) I guess you all know the story of how Al Kooper actually showed up at the Highway 61 Revisited session intending to play guitar but gave up that idea pretty fast when Dylan arrived with Mike Bloomfield in tow. But do you know the story of the John Hammond Jr. record where Mike Bloomfield ended up playing piano because he heard the guitarist that John Hammond Jr wanted to use? Do you know who that guitarist was that showed up Mike Bloomfield so easily? (Hint: Another Canadian) By the way, Mike Bloomfield was actually my favourite guitarist of that decade but if it was him against Al Kooper, I always had to take Al's side. And this was especially hard since I think that both of them were Jewish. And I always had to take the Jew's side, of course. (If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian, he would have been a God to me. I'm trying to think if there was one. Uh.. cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one?? ) HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. Does it say on this record that Sun Ra and Danny Kalb are on it or is this the kind of thing you guys just know. If you just know this kind of thing, maybe you can help me with a few mysteries. 1) I have a record on Custom called "More Psychedelic Guitars". There's no band name, credits or anything else anywhere on the record. Do you know who played on this record. 2) Next record, on Crown, called "Guitars a go go" and the band is called "The Stingers". Did The Stingers exist? My brother was in a band called The Stingers but I know it's not him on this record. 3) It's on Design Records. It's called "Mission Impossible and other hits" and the band is called "the Secret Agents". It sounds like two bands, one of which is barely competent. Was this actually Sun Ra too? 4) Finally, the record's called "Tamla Hits" and the band is called "Dianne and the New Worlds". Half the record is vocal renditions of Motown Tunes and the other half are some of the wilder, fuzzy, guitar instrumentals you could ever hear. Anyone know who this really was? Where can you find out stuff like this? Sorry for the long post but I have this need to express myself and it doesn't seem to matter what the subject is. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Martin Denny's Paradise Moods Date: 09 Oct 1998 03:22:41 EDT I just got a copy of Denny's "Paradise Moods" LP. It is on the Sunset Label (A Product of Liberty Records). Does anybody know what year this came out? Any interesting comments? Picture of girl on the cover is not Sandy, but a younger girl in a bikini. Looks late 1960's (or even early 1970's) to me. Also, would I file this record under my "Nostalgia" or "Retro" heading. This stuff really confuses me. Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) SCOTS Date: 09 Oct 1998 03:59:04 EDT Any comments on the Southern Culture on the Skids CD? Any comments on this group in general? Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 09 Oct 1998 12:12:25 +0000 I'd like to have copies of the tapes you're about to make. I think you're on a promising path. Please go on! To me Mod always meant rather something like The Who, the Small Faces, scooters, long coats with tucks etc. I was probably wrong. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 09 Oct 1998 11:50:46 +0100 Mod refers to a mid to late 1960s 'scene' which primarily focused on sh= arp dressing, listening to soul records and taking speed. The film Quadroph= enia (meaning a condition in which one's personality is split four ways) generated a revival of the mod scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s which updated the mod scene with scooters (Vespas and Lambrettas) and g= reen Parka coats. There is still a vibrant mod scene in London in a number of clubs (The = best being the Mousetrap in Finsbury Park). DJs play obscure 60s Nothern Sou= l and Detroit records to smartly dressed and very period crowds. Its interesting to see that peoples' ideas on what the mod scene was, a= re generally centred around elements that came out of the scene itself. Fo= r instance The Who, Small Faces, Kinks etc are seen as mod groups (which = they are) but those groups are all emulating and updating the soul music tha= t was originally played in mod clubs. When I was at school, plenty of us = were mods (having recently seen Quadrophenia) but we all listened to The Jam= , 9 Below Zero, Secret Affair etc. because they were mod groups (we never k= new any different then). We all wanted scooters and parkers as well but we never knew anything about Nothern Soul or any type of soul in fact. I d= on't think we took speed either. I think Dick Hedige's book on subcultures says a lot about the mod scen= e. The sharp dressing, drug taking and interest in American soul music was= an attempt to carve out an individual identity in a British working class environment. It seems that the mod scene is primarily a London thing an= d certainly a British thing. And Frank, I wouldn't bother with that tape if I were you, especially i= f you're going to put Batman, the Sandpipers and Brasil 66 on it. If you = want a mod tape, I'll go and get you one from Camden Market. Or you could tr= y to find a recent CD called Talcum Soul. Buy 7" singles from a Nothern Soul= dealer (prices from =A310 to =A3500) and try to dress the part (you'll = probably need a tailored suit and a mid 60s haircut). London's where it at dude. Charlie = # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dan hill Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 09 Oct 1998 12:06:28 +0100 RE MODS >London's where it at dude. er, kindof ... but all the references to northern soul would surely point a little bit northwards as well ... there's still a thriving mod scene in manchester fr'instance ... the burton arms on great ancoat street has monthly meetings - the street becomes chocka with scooters and parkas ... and there are still 'allnighters' thriving, even in 'mainstream' dancehalls like the ritzy (with its 'proper' sprung dancefloor! i saw maceo parker there which certainly, er, sprung ... and richard thompson, which didn't spring, but was great none-the-less, but not exotic really) .... anyway, i would certainly agree with you about the mod scene in general, charles ... to me, we're talking the who, the small faces, and later, the jam, as much as anything ... ciao, dan. ps. still waiting for any clues on castle communications recommendations??? ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [9.10.98]: < frank zappa | wagon christ | solvent | dumb type | :zoviet*france: | jan garberek > http://www.state51.co.uk/motion/ +--- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Reader Geoff Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 09 Oct 1998 12:49:15 +0100 I got the Italian Job OST re-release by Quincy Jones recently and the first track on side 2 has some fantastic Bongos on it. Its called The Job, I think, but its really an instrumental version of The Self Preservation Society. It has a long section near the beginning with just bongos and hi hats which I would have put straight into my sampler if I'd still been making music, it just builds getting more frantic as it goes, and the goes back into the main harmonica part. I have to agree with the recent posting about this looking like a bootleg though, no film stills, totally unconnected cover and a badly drawn picture of Michael Caine on the label. Still I didn't think the pressing was so bad, its pretty loud, not distorted and not crackly, so thats better quality than nearly everything else I've got already. I loved it. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.sgillitt.dircon.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 09 Oct 1998 08:41:54 -0400 Hey everybody. Here's the deal. Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I = off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny. As her below message to me suggests - it might be fun for everyone who = doesn't have anything better to do........to make a list of the songs both = exoticats have covered and vote for either Denny or Lyman. Send me your = results, I'll tally 'em up, and we'll see who we crown king. Not that it'll change anybody's opinion, but it'll keep all you guys off = the streets as you studiously compare arrangements! And I'll make it fair, and NOT do my own comparisons..... << Hey, compare the two's "March of the Siamese Children" - Lyman pulls ahead!! =20 - Nate >> I'll have to check this out, butone version of "March Of The Siamese = Children" a better group doesn't make. A side by side comparison of nearly every version that both artists did = will quite clearly show Denny's band on top. Denny's true genius is shown in = his arrangments which almost single-handedly created "exotica." Sure you had = an exotic sound prior to him with Baxter's compositions but the idea of recreating that sound with a small combo and throwing in ethnic instrumentation and jungle effects raise Denny as the originator of the "exotica" sound surely set Denny as Lyman among the very best of the = several followers of Denny's exotica style. > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 09 Oct 1998 08:42:36 -0400 Hey everybody. Here's the deal. Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I = off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny. As her below message to me suggests - it might be fun for everyone who = doesn't have anything better to do........to make a list of the songs both = exoticats have covered and vote for either Denny or Lyman. Send me your = results, I'll tally 'em up, and we'll see who we crown king. Not that it'll change anybody's opinion, but it'll keep all you guys off = the streets as you studiously compare arrangements! And I'll make it fair, and NOT do my own comparisons..... << Hey, compare the two's "March of the Siamese Children" - Lyman pulls ahead!! =20 - Nate >> I'll have to check this out, butone version of "March Of The Siamese = Children" a better group doesn't make. A side by side comparison of nearly every version that both artists did = will quite clearly show Denny's band on top. Denny's true genius is shown in = his arrangments which almost single-handedly created "exotica." Sure you had = an exotic sound prior to him with Baxter's compositions but the idea of recreating that sound with a small combo and throwing in ethnic instrumentation and jungle effects raise Denny as the originator of the "exotica" sound surely set Denny as Lyman among the very best of the = several followers of Denny's exotica style. > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pearmania@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Bongos Date: 09 Oct 1998 09:06:15 EDT Brad Bigelow did a good job highlighting some bongo records on his bongo page: http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/lpbongos.htm Some of my favorite bongo indulgence records are: Ray Martin's Dynamica (check out "Flight of the Bumble Bee") Irving Fields' More Bagels and Bongos Jack Costanzo's Naked City (check out his "Untouchables" Theme) Pete Rugolo's Thriller Soundtrack to "I Want to Live" by Johnny Mandel (I'm not positive but I believe that's Jack Costanzo playing bongos in the movie) Lew Davies' Strange Interlude Chaino -- Africana and Beyond The bongoists I see most often on early stereo albums are Willie Rodriguez, Jack Costanzo, Bob Rosengarden and Phil Kraus. I've found that these names are a good sign on records by Enoch Light and family, Al Caiola, and others. Sean http://members.aol.com/Pearmania/Default.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews Date: 09 Oct 1998 09:42:01 -0500 At 01:11 AM 10/9/98 -0700, Nat wrote: >(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian, >he would have been a God to me. I'm trying to think if there was one. >Uh.. cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one?? ) Lorne Green Paul Shaffer Moe Kauffman Leonard Cohen -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Hibarger Subject: (exotica) Through the past, darkly... Date: 09 Oct 1998 09:56:30 -0400 The new Combustible Edison is finally available and they're playing in Boston next Friday, Oct 16th at Chau Chau City in Chinatown. It's an event that all Boston area - Exoticats won't want to miss!!! They're new album, _The Impossible World_ is an extension of where they've been heading with the added step function of being a little bit more forward looking in that it has elements of 1995 Japanese club pop (see Sushi 3003, Sushi 4004, Pizzicato 5) and/or Portishead-style trip/hop. Of course, these elements only serve to augment the exotic landscapes of the Impossible World...succinctly they still sound like Combustible Edison, which in my book, is a good thing. It's nice to see them merging the old with the new to come up with something new... and I think they're approach is significantly different than say Tipsy, Orange Symphonette or Stock, Hausen, and Walkmen (the last one being pretty much sample driven). If you liked their other records, you won't be disappointed...go get it!! Mike. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HEDCANDY@aol.com Subject: (exotica) New To The List... Here's Some Recomendations Date: 09 Oct 1998 09:53:39 EDT He'ro--- New to the list and just wanted to add my 2cents about bongos and such. I really enjoy and can heartily recommend: Les Baxter - "Skins... A Bongo Party With Les Baxter" Los Muchacho's Locos - "Bongos" 1960 Grand Award Record Co. Edmundo Ros - "Bongos From The South" London Phase 4 Los Admiradores - "Bongos Bongos Bongos" Command 1959 RECENT VINYL FINDS OF MERIT: Norman Luboff - "New and NOW" - 60's hipster, dufus provides choral arrangements to 60's "Churning subculture pastiches" like: Carousel, Windmills Of Your Mind, and the must have, Love Me. I give it 3 out of 5 goatee strokes Peppino Di Capri - "Pops By Peppino" - "American and Italian hits by Italy's no. 1 vocalist." Well, yeah, right... not exactly... This kid looks like a young Peter Sellers with Esquivel horn rims and warbels his way through Quando and many more Italian-American favorites in a style all his own. BTW, it says in the notes that he "...owns a luxurious American car, receives 300 letters a day, and is constructing a new villa for his holidays." Gods speed lil' Peppino... Henry Mancini - "Uniquely Mancini - the BIG BAND sound of Henry Mancini" My favorite composer. I'd never seen this record before and scored a nice copy. What a waste not have ever experienced Mancini. 1963. Cool, elegant... all that and a bag of crisps. Just go get it, alright? Dan & Dale - "Goldfinger & Zorba The Greek" - That's right, the "sleepwalk" guitars of Dan & Dale return as they play hits such as, well, Goldfinger and Zorba the Greek. Says "because of the strong initial reaction to their first album, "Dear Heart," Diplomat Records rushed this record." No sh*t. Can't go wrong with these Santo & Johnny knock- offs. Hugo Montenegro - "People... One To One" - Forget The Good, The Bad and the Ugly... Hugo's moog period was infinitely more interesting. The trilogy, Moog Power, People... One to One, and Hugo Montenegro Plays Stevie Wonder are three classics not to be missed. This gem finds Hugo on the cover enjoying a cup of joe in what appears to be a "grock-N-grub" type restaurant. His take on El Condor Pasa, Hazy Shade of Winter, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Joy To The World and many more are pure Sanka to my ears. Also features the "bouzouki" instrument. 4 out of 5 goatee strokes... 'Lectric Woods" - I have no info. on who or what this band is. What I do know is that they incorpoate a sax as vocal... mod drum breaks, flutes and a lil' Booker T feel to their unique takes on Aquarius, Time of the Season, Spinning Wheel and Proud Mary. These versions would make Austin Powers proud. Reminds me of a true hotel lounge act (location: Holiday Inn circa 1967), covering "hits of the day." Ciao', Chris # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) 3 obits Date: 09 Oct 1998 10:10:48 -0500 *Roger Vivier PARIS (AP) -- Roger Vivier, the shoe designer who created the stiletto heel and clad the feet of movie stars and royalty, died Oct. 2. He was 90. Vivier's most-noted other designs included the ``comma'' heel, a curved steel creation developed with aeronautical engineers, and the ``choc,'' a high heel that curved dramatically inward toward the arch of the foot. His clients included Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich and Sophia Loren and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for her 1953 coronation. Vivier opened his first workshop in 1937. After spending a few years in New York, he returned to Paris to work for Christian Dior from 1953 to 1963. During his 60-year career, he worked with Nina Ricci, Pierre Balmain, Guy Laroche, Yves Saint-Laurent and Bally and Elsa Schiaparelli. *Lon Clark NEW YORK (AP) -- Lon Clark, a stage actor who was the rich baritone voice of a radio detective, died Oct. 2. He was 86. Clark was the star of the popular radio series ``Nick Carter, Master Detective'' on WOR-Mutual from 1943 to 1955. He also appeared frequently on ``The Kate Smith Hour,'' ``The Thin Man'' and ``Norman Corwin Presents.'' Clark eventually turned to the theater, at one point taking over the role of Jamie from Jason Robards in the 1956 Broadway production of O'Neill's ``Long Day's Journey Into Night.'' *Tom Diskin NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tom Diskin, the modest right-hand man to Elvis Presley's manager, died Monday from injuries suffered in a car accident. He was 77. Diskin teamed up with Col. Tom Parker as co-owner of a Chicago-based booking agency and publishing company before working with Presley. When Diskin's share was bought out, he stayed on as Parker's assistant. Diskin was the middle man between Parker, who was known to be abrasive at times, and agents hoping to book Presley. And Diskin often was responsible for smoothing over Parker's coarse criticisms of musicians. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gregg Wolfe Subject: (exotica) Cool RealAudio Date: 09 Oct 1998 09:14:22 -0500 (CDT) Hello, Anyone who has RealAudio player can now hear the great sounds of Johan Dada Vis's Fantastica show on the Internet! The show will be on my web page for a couple of weeks and you can find it at: "http://www.swanktown.com". If you live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, it will also be on Swanktown Radio on KBEM in the future. You will also be able to find a King Kini show on the Swanktown Radio page starting next week. Happy listening and thanks King Kini and Johan! -- Gregg Wolfe Swanktown Radio gwolfe@swanktown.com http://www.swanktown.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) SCOTS -Reply Date: 09 Oct 1998 10:49:44 -0400 Robert: As SCOTS continues on a major label, their output becomes more and more = disappointing. They CAN kick some serious ass, if you listen to some of their earliest = work, but "Leather Seat Sweat" or whatever you call that is very disappoint= ing in comparison to something like their early 7inchers (I'd HIGHLY = recommend "Peckin' Party" if you can still find it). I just picked up a used copy of "Ditch Diggin' which I think pre-dates = "Dirt Track Date" - this was also a disappointing entry with a lot of = tunes doing the "country sound" thingy - Bleeach! Sadly, they sound a little "formulaic" with a very recognizable bass riff = and beat to almost every song...... - Nate <> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original = sender. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the curbs -Reply Date: 09 Oct 1998 10:53:35 -0400 Aw, that reminds me! Nat mentioned something about "that human jukebox schtick." Well, here in Baltimore, we had a REAL "Human Jukebox" a ratty guy who sat = inside of a refrigerator box onto which "Human Jukebox" was scrawled in = magic marker. If you tapped on the box, the upper flap would flip open to = reveal this scary looking guy with a ratty guitar. For a tip and and your = request, he'd start belting out your tune! Really weird. - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews Date: 09 Oct 1998 11:23:53 -0500 At 09:42 AM 10/9/98 -0500, I wrote: > >At 01:11 AM 10/9/98 -0700, Nat wrote: >>(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian, >>he would have been a God to me. I'm trying to think if there was one. >>Uh.. cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one?? ) > >Lorne Green >Paul Shaffer >Moe Kauffman >Leonard Cohen Geez, how'd I forget these two?: Geddy Lee William Shatner So, Nat, who's yer G-D? -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Now that is EXOTIC ! ! ! ! Date: 09 Oct 1998 12:22:36 EDT In a message dated 98-10-09 08:43:29 EDT, an Exoticat Wrote: << Hey everybody. Here's the deal. Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny. As her below message to me >> Has Ashley had a sex change. I know we all try to be exotic but come on. Robert (not Roberta) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews Date: 09 Oct 1998 12:25:59 EDT In a message dated 98-10-09 09:46:35 EDT, you write: << At 01:11 AM 10/9/98 -0700, Nat wrote: >(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian, >he would have been a God to me. I'm trying to think if there was one. >Uh.. cheryl, Brian, can you help me with this one?? ) Lorne Green Paul Shaffer Moe Kauffman Leonard Cohen -Lou >> And don't forget from Quebec: Jaques "Oy Vey Bongoman" Feinstein. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Indy Rutks" Subject: RE: (exotica) SCOTS - Point/Counterpoint Date: 09 Oct 1998 11:39:36 -0500 On Friday, October 09, 1998, Nathan Miner wrote: > As SCOTS continues on a major label, their output becomes more > and more disappointing. > > They CAN kick some serious ass, if you listen to some of their > earliest work, but "Leather Seat Sweat" or whatever you call that > is very disappointing in comparison to something like their early > 7inchers (I'd HIGHLY recommend "Peckin' Party" if you can still find it). > > I just picked up a used copy of "Ditch Diggin' which I think > pre-dates "Dirt Track Date" - this was also a disappointing entry > with a lot of tunes doing the "country sound" thingy - Bleeach! > > Sadly, they sound a little "formulaic" with a very recognizable > bass riff and beat to almost every song...... Regretfully, I haven't heard much (if any) of SCOTS early stuff. But I *do* really like "Dirt Track Date" & "Plastic Seat Sweat". I'm not very good at describing why I like them, but you can give them a listen (via RealAudio) on their website: http://www.scots.com You can even listen one of their out-of-print albums ("Too Much Pork For One Fork") in it's entirety. -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: keep watching the curbs Date: 09 Oct 1998 13:00:46 -0700 At 01:34 PM 10/8/98 -0400, Ross Orr wrote: >The "good news" aspect to this is I now have the definitive answer to the >question, "where can I get some of these great $1 records you people are >always talking about?" The answer is: Toledo. Would you be willing to privately inform me of the exact location of the store or stores you hit. I've been meaning to take a trip to Cleveland for a couple of years now ever since my friend there told me that he thought no one in Cleveland was buying this stuff. And it's not that I really believe him. But then again, that was where he picked up that Broadway show tune record with BETTIE PAGE on the cover... which he gave to me, prince of a fellow that he is. So now you say that Toledo is the mecca of lost easy listening. (Wouldn't you think that the members of Pere Ubu would have picked Ohio clean by now?) >. . I ran out of money and had to leave some Lyman, Denny, >and Three Suns behind! That's just cruel to tell us stuff like that. >_"Airport" Love Theme_ Vincent Bell (Decca, 1970). My favorite track was the Mancini-penned "Theme from 'Sunflower' "--somehow this just screamed "soft-core pornography" to me. My favourite track is the Bacharach-penned "Nikki". So there! >Bloinkkk. . . Bloinkkk. . . Bloinkkk. . . Bloink you. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: (exotica) Air, again Date: 09 Oct 1998 10:07:08 -0700 If anyone's interested, there's a small write-up about Air (and the french loungey-electro movement) that I did at: http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/music/poptart please do check it out. thanks! jasmine - -- -- -- -- -- - Weekly live music guide - Updated Every *Friday* http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/music/poptart Join the SF Bay Area Indie Mailing List: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/bay/2817 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: Re: (exotica) SCOTS Date: 09 Oct 1998 15:50:17 -0400 Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > > Any comments on the Southern Culture on the Skids CD? Any comments on this > group in general? I don't have any of their CDs, but have seen them perform twice. They are a very entertaining band to watch and listen to.....they sound kinda like a southern hillbilly version of the Cramps. their version of "House of Bamboo" is definitely the most exotica related they get. Last time I saw them (maybe 2 years ago) they had a Santos impersonation contest (Santos being the famous Mexican masked wrestler) One Santos contestant would come in and do his "Viva Los Santos" impersonation (drawing the whole thing out for 20-30 seconds) followed by the other impersonater. Gotta love those bands that know their proper Pop culture figures. Also, they're known for throwing southern fried chicken into the audience at every show. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 09 Oct 1998 16:12:11 -0400 > > I wish I had a pair of bongos but I don't. If I had a pair, I could play > the drum solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. The 1996 "Frenzy" release by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper features a 2 minute or so acoustic version of Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida which features a short bongo drum solo.....well I remember it as being a bongo drum at least. I have fond memories of Mojo Nixon being the opening act (with the Pogues and the Violent Femmes) about 10 years ago at D.C.'s Wolftrap Center (site of the PBS series Live at Wolftrap) He came out on stage and the first words he yelled out were: "IT'S HOTTER THAN TWO FOXES FUCKING IN A FOREST FIRE!!" I don't beleive that any of Wolftrap's National Symphony concerts have ever started in the same fashion. There is actually quite a bit of similarity between Mojo Nixon and Southern Culture on the Skids. They're both from the rural southeast (Virginia + North Carolina) and both lay on heavy doses of humor, southern redneck stereotypes, and a loose 'anything can happen' spirit. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Bongos, please Date: 09 Oct 1998 16:24:41 -0500 At 04:12 PM 10/9/98 -0400, Vern wrote: >The 1996 "Frenzy" release by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper features a 2 >minute or so acoustic version of Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida which features a >short bongo drum solo.....well I remember it as being a bongo drum at >least. > >I have fond memories of Mojo Nixon being the opening act (with the >Pogues and the Violent Femmes) about 10 years ago at D.C.'s Wolftrap >Center (site of the PBS series Live at Wolftrap) I saw that same bill when it came to NYC. MN&SR did I-G-D-V live using an empty plastic multi-gallon water jug (as used in office watercoolers) as the drums. It had a particularly nice resonance when bounced off a forehead! -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hugh Petfield Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny's Paradise Moods Date: 09 Oct 1998 23:27:07 +0100 Robert enquired: >I just got a copy of Denny's "Paradise Moods" LP. It is on the Sunset Label >(A Product of Liberty Records). Does anybody know what year this came out? >Any interesting comments? Picture of girl on the cover is not Sandy, but a >younger girl in a bikini. Looks late 1960's (or even early 1970's) to me. According to Schwann, the following Sunset records were all released in June, 1966 (when the label started?) 5101 ? (Probably a sampler) 5102 Martin Denny - Paradise Moods 5103 Fats Domino 5104 Julie London 5105 Henry Mancini - Sounds & voices 5106 Felix Slatkin - Love strings 5107 Timi Yuro 5108 Bob Willis & Tommy Duncan 5109 Nancy Ames - versatile 5110 Si Zentner - Big band brilliance 5111 Bobby Vee 5112 Slim Whitman - Unchain your heart 5113 Georgia Gibbs - Her nibs 5114 Sandy Nelson - Walkin' beat 5115 Johnny Mann - Flowing voices 5116 Ventures - Runnin' strong 5117 ? 5118 Ricky Nelson 5119 T-bones - Shapin' things up The next batch of issues were in 11/66. While researching this I came across a Liberty records act from the mid 60's with the intriguing name "Pair Extraordinaire". Anything known? Thanks, Hugh. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HEDCANDY@aol.com Subject: (exotica) CD Recommendations Date: 09 Oct 1998 18:30:40 EDT He'ro again, In lieu of my morning post, here are some New acquisition CD's you should all be aware of: Ennio Morricone - Svegliati E Uccidi b/w Citta Violenta" - I caught the late, late show one evening and they were showing a Charles Bronson Italian flick from circa 1971. The first 10 minutes or so is nothing but cool music, bitchen opening credits and Charles Bronson being chased in some vintage Italian automobile-- no dialogue. "What is this?" I thought. I fell asleep and only remembered the title of the film, "The Family." I vowed to search for the soundtrack in all my haunts. Jump to my vacation where I'd just come from Chicago record hopping, up to gallows of Sheboygan Wisconsin to see Grandma... I'm at the mall so she can buy a pillow and what do I find for $3.99 on CD in the discount bin at Sam Goody in the only record store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin? This awesome Ennio Morricone disc featuring the soundtrack to The Family. I crapped cheese curds. Find it if you savour late 1960's Italio-crime music. RCA 74321-26477-2 Various Artists - "Cinematique - Scenes From A Movie" - The lable adorning the CD says "the greatest beat, noir soundtrack ever (if only the movie had been made.) It's not the best ever, but it's pretty damn good, "new" crime-noir music. Featuring Shadow Records staples Cujo, Up Bustle & Out, Hedfunk, Omicron and more, this should whet those appetites looking for new noir sounds. 3 1/2 of 5 goatee strokes. Shadow Records Various Artists - "Easy Tempo - A Slammin Cinematic Experience Volume 5" The Right Tempo label out of Italy has got tobe one of the coolest labels around... i have juts discovered this new fangled genre of Italian crime jazz and lounge and just love it! This CD features August Martelli, Piero Umiliani, Dick Oliver, Ennio Morricoen and many, many more. This gets 5 strokes of the goatee and a twist. Words are pointless once the rhythm hits you. Word on the street is that the first 4 Easy Tempo compilations are just as good... find, find, find. Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - "The Fluid Soundtrack" - I previewed this out of the blue at a Borders bookstore and fell in love with it. Think Laika and the Cosmonauts and Dick Dale with a healthy dose of tempered orchestra lounge thrown in. Surf guitars and synphonic sassafrass! 4 of 5 goatee strokes. Mai Tai Records 44688-0133-2 MY FIND OF THE WEEK: Verrill Keene - "An Afternoon Affair" Self-described ladies man Verrill Keene apparently gave Hugh Hefner a run for his money in the late sixties with his promiscuous ways and adoration for buxom broads in loose fitting clothes... oh yeah, and he made an album -- then promptly disappeared one day never to be seen or heard of again until the masters for the album showed up at Del-Fi Records swathed in red silk pajamas. He plays clarinet over some seriously whack easy listening music... kind of like 1920's Muzak at times, then all of a suden groovy. There's some banjos, distorted guitar, harpsichord... lush disco strings... break out the nudie liquor glasses and turn that rotating bed on... this music is good for one thing only -- SCRUMPIN' wif your old lady. 4 out of 5 goatee strokes... Del-Fi Records # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 09 Oct 1998 20:51:39 -0500 Thanks to Charlie for a concice overview to British Mod (see = below),however,this is not to be confused with the musical trend that = I=B9m in search of. To clarify, what I=B9m after is the American adults response to this = young hip trend.Late sixties adult wanted desperately to be hip and = dig the younger generation. By this time many boomers were young = adults too. So this American mod thing came about from an attempt to = bridge the generation gap. The television show Laugh-In would be a = prime example of this. I picked up the term =B3mod=B2 because of the common usage of this = term in the liner notes to many of the albums and related print that = I alluded to in my previous mod post. I=B9ve also heard the term = =B3The Now Sound=B2 or =B3the In sound=B2 used to describe similar = stuff but =B3mod=B3 is a much more fluid handle. Hope this clears things up. Just think of this: The =B3Mod Squad=B2 never rode moter scooters! Frank >Mod refers to a mid to late 1960s 'scene' which primarily focused on sharp >dressing, listening to soul records and taking speed. The film = Quadrophenia >(meaning a condition in which one's personality is split four ways) >generated a revival of the mod scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s >which updated the mod scene with scooters (Vespas and Lambrettas) and = green >Parka coats. >There is still a vibrant mod scene in London in a number of clubs (The = best >being the Mousetrap in Finsbury Park). DJs play obscure 60s Nothern Soul >and Detroit records to smartly dressed and very period crowds. >Its interesting to see that peoples' ideas on what the mod scene was, are >generally centred around elements that came out of the scene itself. For >instance The Who, Small Faces, Kinks etc are seen as mod groups (which = they >are) but those groups are all emulating and updating the soul music that >was originally played in mod clubs. When I was at school, plenty of us = were >mods (having recently seen Quadrophenia) but we all listened to The Jam, 9 >Below Zero, Secret Affair etc. because they were mod groups (we never knew >any different then). We all wanted scooters and parkers as well but we >never knew anything about Nothern Soul or any type of soul in fact. I = don't >think we took speed either. >I think Dick Hedige's book on subcultures says a lot about the mod scene. >The sharp dressing, drug taking and interest in American soul music was an >attempt to carve out an individual identity in a British working class >environment. It seems that the mod scene is primarily a London thing and >certainly a British thing. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) More Denny Oddities Date: 09 Oct 1998 21:28:04 EDT I recently found a copy of A Taste Of Honey (Liberty LRP-3237) The front of the album cover lists 12 songs, one of them "Never On A Sunday". The back of the album list 12 songs but no "Never On A Sunday" -- instead there is "Clair De Lune". The album itself has Clair and not Never. What kinda mess up is this? Can anybody else verify this on their "A Taste Of Honey"?? More importantly, can anyone offer an explaination??? Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 09 Oct 1998 22:20:01 EDT << Hope this clears things up. >> no need to clear things up, frank. i know exactly what *mod* you are referring to because I was there, experiencing it in San Francisco circa 1967 as I strived to become a groovy 5th grader. <> Is this really necessary? This kind of crap really pisses me off. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JayMan282@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) More Denny Oddities Date: 09 Oct 1998 23:08:26 EDT In a message dated 10/9/98 6:30:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Rcbrooksod@aol.com writes: << I recently found a copy of A Taste Of Honey (Liberty LRP-3237) The front of the album cover lists 12 songs, one of them "Never On A Sunday". The back of the album list 12 songs but no "Never On A Sunday" -- instead there is "Clair De Lune". The album itself has Clair and not Never. What kinda mess up is this? Can anybody else verify this on their "A Taste Of Honey"?? More importantly, can anyone offer an explaination??? >> Neither of the songs you mentioned are on my copy of this album, here is the song listing on my album (I am not listing them in order): A TASTE OF HONEY I'M IN A DANCING MOOD TAKE FIVE A-ME-RI-CA BLACK ORCHID WALK ON THE WILD SIDE VIOLETTA ROUTE 66 STRANGER ON THE SHORE THE WILD ONE EXODUS CLAIR DE LUNE I wish I could explain it, but my guess as just as good as yours. NOW, allow me to introduce myself since this is my first post. My name is Jason Spadaro. I am from Southern California and attend Cal State Northridge. I will be 21 in December. I am a fan of the great singers from the 40s, 50s, 60s. Frank Sinatra is my all time favorite singer. I also like Keely Smith, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone and many others.I also like Big Band music, the new swing and in the last several months have gotton into the whole lounge/exotica genre. I pretty much like that whole lounge culture that has revived in the last year or so. My first purchase of music in the genre was a Martin Denny LP entitled ANOTHER TASTE OF HONEY. I also have gotten into Les Baxter and have liked Mancini ( if he would even be included in that style) for several years. I am not a big expert in exotica/lounge and look forward to learning a lot. I also think I might recognize a few people on here from the Sinatra list and a few other lists that I am on. If this is true whether you know me or not, I just want to say HELLO. Jason # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 10 Oct 1998 00:44:36 EDT In a message dated 10/9/98 7:44:25 AM EST, nminer@jhmi.edu writes: << Hey everybody. Here's the deal. Ashley got her feathers ruffled when I off-handedly stated that Lyman is better than Denny. First point: Nate, I'm a he. Second point: No feathers ruffled at all. As her below message to me suggests - it might be fun for everyone who doesn't have anything better to do........ >> Third Point: I've got something better to do. Ashley # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale - "Batman & Robin" Date: 09 Oct 1998 23:17:52 -0400 > HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. Does it say on this record that Sun Ra and Danny > Kalb are on it or is this the kind of thing you guys just know. It doesn't have any of that sort of information on the label, cover or liner. Not even composer credits or a producer listed. Just the song titles (and they're in the wrong order on the cover). I first heard about the record on the list here. Then learned a little more in the Sun Ra biography, "Space Is The Place" by John F. Szwed. According to that, the producer of the "Batman" sessions was actually Tom Wilson (Mothers, VU, Soft Machine)! It also says that Wilson used Sun Ra and/or members of the Arkestra along with Walt Dickerson for the film-related "Impressions of A Patch Of Blue" (MGM) and an unreleased recording with African drummer, Chief Bey, James Moody and Tommy Flanagan. I've noticed on here (over time, and just today) that there are other Dan & Dale guitar records. Was there ever a "real" Dan & Dale, or was it always just a name slapped on anonymous recording sessions -- as with this Batman album? m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 10 Oct 1998 02:30:21 -0700 At 08:51 PM 10/9/98 -0500, recliner wrote: >> To clarify, what I=B9m after is the American adults response to this= young hip trend Late sixties adult wanted desperately to be hip and dig the younger generation. The television show Laugh-In would be a prime examp= le of this. > I picked up the term =B3mod=B2 because of the common usage of this te= rm in the liner notes to many of the albums and related print that I alluded = to in my previous mod post. I=B9ve also heard the term =B3The Now Sound=B2= or =B3the In sound=B2 used to describe similar stuff but =B3mod=B3 is a much more= fluid handle. Well I hate to engage in a semantic debate but... I'm pretty sure that I'm familiar with the music that you're talking ab= out and looking for. In fact, if I'm right, I'd say that this particular category of "easy listening" is at the very centre of my lounge tastes. I think you're talking about music that I used to call "fake rock" even though some of it was simply "instrumental rock". I think you're talking about the kind of ersatz rock music that would e= nd up in movie soundtracks when the producers wanted to get hip credibilit= y but they didn't want to hire composers who actually had a feel for rock music. They didn't want "real rock". They wanted the studio musician'= s version of rock music. And even though many of the composers and music= ians were very talented and in retrospect did some pretty interesting stuff,= it seldom "rocked". I think you're talking about the kind of music that they'd use in a Dra= gnet episode when they went to question the friends of the hippies who took = acid and thought they could fly. (You know what the hippies replied when Sergeant Joe Friday told them t= hat their friends had all died from dropping acid? "Oh man, what a bummer"= .) Even on Laugh-In where you'd think they should have known better, the r= ock music wasn't really rock music. It was "groovy music". It was music for people who weren't embarrassed= to use the word "groovy". It was rock music for guys who dressed like Sam= my Davis Jr. with his Nehru suit and love beads. I hated that stuff at the time. I love it now. And I buy way too much= of it. And I make way too many tapes of it. And if you want to call it "mod", go ahead. I just hope you don't mind= if I start calling you Maude. And maybe I'll call this kind of music, "Harold", just for symetry's sake. I don't think there is a good term for all this stuff. Like I said, so= me of it is "instrumental rock". That's what I'd call the late sixties Sa= ndy Nelson records you referred to in your last post. That's what I'd call= the T-Bones records too. But some of it rocks more and some of it rocks less. I'd include the B= rass Ring in this "Now Sound" general category - in fact they have a record called "Now Sound of the Brass Ring" - but I wouldn't call their stuff "rock" at all. =20 And I would include the Hollyridge Strings too but I wouldn't call thei= r stuff "rock" OR "mod". Between the record collectors and the record marketing people, the term= s are really getting thrown around. A lot of people seem to use the term "LOUNGECORE" for what you're talki= ng about and so I started to use it too but that's obviously a new term an= d it doesn't really make sense. =20 I used to call it "cheesy covers of rock songs". But since a fair bit of it is "original", I might be willing to call it "cheese rock". If you can make it catch on and suddenly everyone starts using the word "MOD" when referring to Sandy Nelson, Brass Ring, Living Guitars, Hollyridge Strings, Howard Roberts, Gabor Szabo, Mariachi Brass, The Mo= og Machine, Bud Shank, The Electronic Concepts Orchestra, Frank Chacksfiel= d, Xavier Cugat (doing "Bang Bang") Werner Muller (doing "Light my fire") Roger Williams, Roberto Delgado (doing "I'm your Venus"), Pete Fountain (doing "In the year 2525"), Dick Contino doing "I know a place", Lenny Dee, Sergio Mendes, Hugo Montenegro, Al Caiola OR Sir Julian doing "Gre= en Tambourine"... if you can accomplish that then I'll follow the crowd and start calling= it "MOD" too but until then, I'll think of the early Who records and shirt= s with big black squares and circles on them... and not much else when I = hear that word. Yes it's true that "The Mod Squad" didn't do anything that we associate with Mods and for that reason, I might go along with you if you wanted = to call this music "Mod Squad Music" but just because the producers of tha= t show had no idea what mod meant, there's no reason for us to continue w= ith his mistakes. If we don't learn from our mistakes, it truly would be a bummer man. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) keep watching the canadian jews Date: 10 Oct 1998 02:33:36 -0700 I wrote: >(If there had been a semi-famous musician who was both Jewish and Canadian, >he would have been a God to me. Lou Smith wrote: >Lorne Green I don't think I knew Lorne Green was Jewish and I can't believe my parents let that one get by them. They always pointed out the Jews to me and for instance, they pointed out "Little Joe" to me so why would they have forgotten "Pa"? In any case, I was trying to think of Canadian Jews with hip music credibility and although Mr Green did make records, they weren't the kind I bought at the time. >Paul Shaffer Number one, I don't think of him as a recording artist and two, I was referring to the sixties when Paul was still probably living in Thunder Bay... and wondering if a Canadian Jew could make it in rock n roll. >Moe Kauffman That's KOFFMAN and yeah, that does sort of meet my criteria. Actually Moe and his family grew up around the corner from us and my brother was friends with his kids, both of whom were musicians as teenagers. I guess "Swinging Shepherd Blues" was an actual international hit and if Moe had ever challenged Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull - and Herbie Mann to a flute-off, I guess I would have had to take Moe's side... but otherwise when I was a teenager I didn't really consider a jazz musician as being anything like a rock musician. >Leonard Cohen Well of course, Leonard IS my hero and I've tried to emulate him in many many ways. I guess maybe his earliest record might have come out in the sixties but again, I was referring to the sixties and to the time in my life when I was most chauvinistic about Jews and Canadians. I still have a soft spot for Canadian Jews like Lorne Michaels or Allan Blye - in case that rings a bell for anyone - but I was referring specifically to the period of my young life when I was constantly drawing myself into these battles of the bands. Who's a better drummer? John Bonham or Aynsley Dunbar? >Geddy Lee Again, Geddy isn't that much older than me and by the time Rush came out, I was more "reasonable" and I wasn't about to like something I hated just because it was a Canadian Jew out front screaming his lungs out. The other thing about Geddy is that by the time he was on the scene, I had assumed that Jews had stopped changing their names. Is Weinryb really that bad a name for a rock singer? >William Shatner Is he Jewish? Damn. If you're right about that one, then my parents really let me down on that one. But the point is... I wasn't looking for famous Canadian Jews. If I was, I could have added Lou Jacobi and Arthur Hiller to the list. I was looking for famous Canadian Jewish rock musicians of the sixties. For instance, there was a rumour going around when I was a kid that Lee Oskar, the harp player in War, was actually one Oscar Levin, a Toronto Jew. He kind of looked Jewish. I believed it. And so that helped me become an even bigger fan of War. Hands up all those who find this topic annoying! Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: (exotica) Werner Muller Date: 10 Oct 1998 02:51:38 -0700 I don't know how much good Werner Muller I've ever heard but in general I think I've avoided his records. But today I picked up "The Latin Splendor of Werner Muller". Maybe I picked it up because it was on Phase Four or because the cover is a bit different for a Phase four record or because he does "Light my fire" or just because I've been buying way too many records for no good reason lately and I just couldn't stop myself. But the point is, this is a really good record. And I don't know why I've been ignoring Werner up to now. I have two theories. Theory number one: I've actually bought a bunch of Werner's records over the years and most of them were so mediocre that I sort of put him in my "ignore" file and just started automatically passing up his records. And it became so automatic that I no longer remember making the decision in the first place. Theory two: And since I've been involved in recent postings about famous Canadian Jews, I feel I should be honest about this... Maybe I'm prejudiced against guys named Werner... unless they're also named Herzog. Or unless I have a good reason to ignore my prejudice. Yeah my Dad did buy a BMW in the late sixties but he had to ignore his own prejudices and concentrate on the fine engineering. It's not that I'm anti-German (of course not, who would suggest such a thing) but it might be true that if I look at a record and I think to myself "I wonder if that record swings. I wonder if that record has a hot Latin groove", it might be true that a name like Werner Muller might make me think the answer is "NO". If I was looking for military marches or music that doesn't take any prisoners and I was browsing through the bins and came across the name Werner, I think I might stop and examine it. Anyway, I'm not saying that's why I ignored Werner in the past but only that if you too have been ignoring Werner, maybe you should keep ignoring him or maybe if you see this particular record, you should buy it. He does a great version of "Perfidia". Okay, I await the list of groovy Germans. Besides Peter Thomas, okay? Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 10 Oct 1998 04:19:33 EDT Ashley wrote: A side by side comparison of nearly every version that both artists did will quite clearly show Denny's band on top. Denny's true genius is shown in his arrangments which almost single-handedly created "exotica." Sure you had an exotic sound prior to him with Baxter's compositions but the idea of recreating that sound with a small combo and throwing in ethnic instrumentation and jungle effects raise Denny as the originator of the "exotica" sound surely set Denny as Lyman among the very best of the several followers of Denny's exotica style. Clearly the only hope Lyman has of winning this head-butting battle is to compare the tunes he did which Denny DID NOT do, namely his originals, which when compared to Denny's hold up quite well and may even be better. The best of Lyman's originals are compiled onto one CD titled Music of Hawaii and it shows that while Lyman did not pen a great number of tunes in comparison with his recorded output (neither did Denny) what he did create was a wholly unique version of Exotica that was sensitive to Hawaiian music and was subtle and sophisticated (like the West Coast jazz he aspired to make) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HEDCANDY@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Modern Lounge-Noir-Exotic Composers Date: 10 Oct 1998 10:54:28 EDT Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but what about a list of "modern" lounge-exotic-noirish composers? I see names like Orange Symphonette and L'Atome listed as newer in this genre but have never heard of them. Some of my favorites are Combustible Edison, Tipsy, Dimitri From Paris, Cocktails, Angelo Badalamenti, Portishead, Ben Vaughn, Julee Cruise, United Future Organization, Richard Bone's "Electropica". Any recommendations? Chris # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) New To The List... Here's Some Recomendations Date: 10 Oct 1998 11:00:45 EDT In a message dated 10/9/98 8:56:07 AM EST, HEDCANDY@aol.com writes: << Peppino Di Capri - "Pops By Peppino" - "American and Italian hits by Italy's no. 1 vocalist." Well, yeah, right... not exactly... This kid looks like a young Peter Sellers with Esquivel horn rims and warbels his way through Quando and many more Italian-American favorites in a style all his own. BTW, it says in the notes that he "...owns a luxurious American car, receives 300 letters a day, and is constructing a new villa for his holidays." Gods speed lil' Peppino... >> During the mid-60's Peppino di Capri was in fact one of Italy's top vocalists (I should know, as a very young kid I heard his singles played incessantly on jukeboxes in Italy during many vacations). Some of his stuff is remarkable for their over the top silly arrangements of trying to ape an American "twist" sound while the Italian in the boy in him, despite his attempts, always manages to seep through. My favorite songs are those where he sings the middle verses or the whole song in quite embarrasingly wonderful phonetic English! Do try to search out the American albums (I believe they were on Everest) as they were humorously vain attempts to try to (very unsuccessfully) break they guy into America. Ashley # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 10 Oct 1998 11:08:00 EDT In a message dated 10/10/98 3:21:23 AM EST, Ottotemp@aol.com writes: << Clearly the only hope Lyman has of winning this head-butting battle is to compare the tunes he did which Denny DID NOT do, namely his originals, which when compared to Denny's hold up quite well and may even be better. The best of Lyman's originals are compiled onto one CD titled Music of Hawaii and it shows that while Lyman did not pen a great number of tunes in comparison with his recorded output (neither did Denny) what he did create was a wholly unique version of Exotica that was sensitive to Hawaiian music and was subtle and sophisticated (like the West Coast jazz he aspired to make) >> I think this is an excellent well thought out statement. Let's appreciate both Denny and Lyman for what they are and not get into these better-than-matches which only and unfairly cause the dispargement to one or the other. Sometimes you want a mai tai and sometimes you want a zombie - in the end both get you where you want to go! Ashley # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Fantasticain RealAudio @ Swanktown Radio's web site! Date: 10 Oct 1998 14:03:27 +0200 thanx to Gregg Wolfe (who's gonna air one of my "Fantastica" shows, yahee!) Fantastica#12 can now be heard in RealAudio at Swanktown Radio's web site on: http://www.visi.com/~gwolfe/swanktown/ please visit and listen if you can. the playlist is at thanx for this little bit of ego-tripping ;-) Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) More Mod ! Date: 10 Oct 1998 12:14:12 -0500 >I think you're talking about the kind of ersatz rock music that would end >up in movie soundtracks when the producers wanted to get hip credibility >but they didn't want to hire composers who actually had a feel for rock >music. They didn't want "real rock". They wanted the studio musician's >version of rock music. And even though many of the composers and = musicians >were very talented and in retrospect did some pretty interesting stuff, it >seldom "rocked". Exactly, and because it didn=B9t =B3rock=B2 it has this wierd uptight = swing to it that I can really relate to. I=B9d hate to find myself = listening to something that rocks, even the rock I like lacks the = ability to rock. >I think you're talking about the kind of music that they'd use in a = Dragnet >episode when they went to question the friends of the hippies who took = acid >and thought they could fly. > >(You know what the hippies replied when Sergeant Joe Friday told them that >their friends had all died from dropping acid? "Oh man, what a bummer".) > >Even on Laugh-In where you'd think they should have known better, the rock >music wasn't really rock music. > >It was "groovy music". It was music for people who weren't embarrassed to >use the word "groovy". It was rock music for guys who dressed like Sammy >Davis Jr. with his Nehru suit and love beads. Nat hits the nail on the head! Excellent examples of what I=B9ve been = calling Mod.These and other points you bring up point out the fact = that it was a genre born out of cluelessness. This in itself gives = cause for the use of the term mod, as it was, at the time, = mis-appropriated from the Brits. It=B9s interesting that we of the 90=B9s are so fashion and trend = conscious that we look back on styles of the past and think =B3what = were they thinking=B2. Perhaps our tendency to =B3go retro=B3 stems = from our insecurity and lack of identity to forge our own particular = style. Of course I=B9m overemphasising this in order to make a point but, it = does seem that we lack the strong belief in our own point in time = that we can make the *mistake* of coming up with an identifying = style. (Unless you count baggy jeans.) >A lot of people seem to use the term "LOUNGECORE" for what you're talking >about and so I started to use it too but that's obviously a new term and = it >doesn't really make sense. I always thought that Loungecore refers to conteporary producers of = =8Clounge=B9 and, therefore, has no bearing on mod. >Yes it's true that "The Mod Squad" didn't do anything that we associate >with Mods and for that reason, I might go along with you if you wanted to >call this music "Mod Squad Music" but just because the producers of that >show had no idea what mod meant, there's no reason for us to continue with >his mistakes. There=B9s a difference between learning from ones mistakes and having = a *mistake* reveal a hidden truth. Some of the biggest scientific = revelations came about from mistakes. Frank >And if you want to call it "mod", go ahead. I just hope you don't mind if >I start calling you Maude. And maybe I'll call this kind of music, >"Harold", just for symetry's sake. I would be *devastated* if you called me Maude. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RLott@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Heard of "Bombay the Hard Way"? Date: 10 Oct 1998 12:38:57 EDT Saw an interesting ad in the new issue of Spin, one for a soundtrack called "Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars." From the illustrations (grainy screen captures), it looks like music from really terrible Bombay crime films. It comes to us from Motel Records, who brought us the domestic release of "Vampyros Lesbos." So has anyone heard "Bombay" yet? It looks weird, but is it any *good*? --Rod # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha - on de air! Date: 10 Oct 1998 22:12:08 +0100 Just to let you know that Moon Base Alpha (formerly Space Safari) is taking to the airwaves again for a run of four shows. So, if you're in the Edinburgh (UK) area, tune in! Moon Base Alpha Sundays 11 Oct, 18 Oct, 25 Oct and 1 Nov, 11:30am - 1pm Fresh Air FM, 105.4 FM Broadcasting to the City of Edinburgh DJ Bongo Boy ** ** ** * Spaced Out - the Enoch Light Website * ** ** ** ** ** ** * http://www.rcb.easynet.co.uk/light/ * ** ** ** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Spy, Crime, and Misdemeanors Date: 10 Oct 1998 19:12:46 -0400 (ouch) Among the booty from Toledo were a few crime/spy LPs of note: _Music for a Private Eye: Swinging Themes of Famous TV Whodunnits_ Ralph Martiere and his Marlboro Men (Mercury). Seemed promising, with the liner notes crediting "Skippy" Martin and Pete Rugolo with the arrangements. Well, you really can't kill "Peter Gunn" no matter what you do, but this strayed a bit too far into Big Band jazz for my tastes. But maybe somebody out there would enjoy doing the lindy hop to the Perry Mason theme. . . _Come Spy With Me_ Hugo Montenegro (RCA, 1966). Yes Yes Yes!!! This one rocks--maybe the best thing I've found in months! Hugo tears into TV-spy and James Bond theme songs, with all the mod brass and funky guitar you could ask for. But the highlight is some TOTALLY f*cked up Hammond playing, with all kinds of weird effects. It's like Hugo was singlehandedly straining to invent the Moog 2 years early, and almost getting there. _Impact_ Buddy Morrow Orchestra (RCA, 1959). I really loved all the crime TV themes on _Double Impact_, the sequel to this (especially the bizarre "Hawaiian Eye" theme), so I was excited to find a copy. Tons of that low, insistent brass that just screams "drama" . . . I loved the sultry "Richard Diamond" theme. . . and "Sea Hunt" gets turned into something more suitable for a strip clup. . . but somehow, this LP didn't quite live up to the other one. A little too ponderous in places--I kept thinking of "Victory At Sea," which is not a good sign. Yours criminologically, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "telstar" Subject: Re: (exotica) Modern Lounge-Noir-Exotic Composers Date: 10 Oct 1998 19:26:17 -0400 Chris wrote: > Some of my favorites are Combustible Edison, Tipsy, Dimitri From Paris, > Cocktails, Angelo Badalamenti, Portishead, Ben Vaughn, Julee Cruise, United > Future Organization, Richard Bone's "Electropica". and asked: > Any recommendations? You might want to check out the jazzy trip hop sounds of Amon Tobin's "Permutation" and Funki Porcini's "Love, Pussycats & Carwrecks" [both released by Ninja Tune]. The latter release features a tune called "Venus" which could be mistaken for an outtake from the Twin Peaks soundtrack. For that noir/spy sound, I would recommend "Coffee Table Music - sounds & soundtracks mixed by Grantby". Happy record buying! Allan ++++Unusual Music+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Mondo Bongos" Wednesdays 9 - 11 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Unusual Music++++ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 10 Oct 1998 20:14:52 EDT I agree with the following whole-heartedly. And you can take that to the freaking bank! In a message dated 98-10-10 04:21:23 EDT, Otto wrote: << Subj: Re: (exotica) Lyman up....... -Reply -Reply Date: 98-10-10 04:21:23 EDT From: Ottotemp@aol.com Sender: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com To: exotica@lists.xmission.com Ashley wrote: A side by side comparison of nearly every version that both artists did will quite clearly show Denny's band on top. Denny's true genius is shown in his arrangments which almost single-handedly created "exotica." Sure you had an exotic sound prior to him with Baxter's compositions but the idea of recreating that sound with a small combo and throwing in ethnic instrumentation and jungle effects raise Denny as the originator of the "exotica" sound surely set Denny as Lyman among the very best of the several followers of Denny's exotica style. Clearly the only hope Lyman has of winning this head-butting battle is to compare the tunes he did which Denny DID NOT do, namely his originals, which when compared to Denny's hold up quite well and may even be better. The best of Lyman's originals are compiled onto one CD titled Music of Hawaii and it shows that while Lyman did not pen a great number of tunes in comparison with his recorded output (neither did Denny) what he did create was a wholly unique version of Exotica that was sensitive to Hawaiian music and was subtle and sophisticated (like the West Coast jazz he aspired to make) >> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman vs. Denny Date: 10 Oct 1998 21:28:17 -0700 At 04:19 AM 10/10/98 EDT, Ottotemp@aol.com wrote: .> what he - LYMAN - did create was >a wholly unique version of Exotica that was sensitive to Hawaiian music and >was subtle and sophisticated (like the West Coast jazz he aspired to make) I guess that was it. And one man's "subtle and sophisiticated" is another man's "boring". I've never been able to figure it out but I've been disappointed with almost every Lyman record I've bought while I always like the Denny ones more than I thought I would. To me, it's obvious that they're comparable. It's obvious that they have a similar sound. It makes sense that Lyman was in Denny's band. But as far as who's better, more interesting, entertaining etc etc, it's no contest for me. Denny wins hands down. And maybe now I know why. I came to this music as a longtime jazz fan. If Lyman was aspiring to some idea he had of West coast jazz, that could explain a lot of things. I respect a musician trying to bring other influences into his music - trying to create a hybrid - but if what Lyman was trying to do was combine Martin Denny-style music with "cool" West coast lounge jazz, I'd say that at least for my ears, he failed. I have "Leis of Jazz" and many other Lyman records. It's kind of interesting to hear an "exotica" musician trying to make a "real jazz" record and I like having the record as an example of the kind of thing that musicians were doing in those days.... but in the end, it's not a "jazz" record. It's a curiosity. It seems to me that the difference between Denny and Lyman is that as much as Denny might have aspired to some idea of musical "legitimacy", he was a showman - a showoff even - who was constantly trying to throw in stuff to make the music more interesting, more curious, more "exotic". He had a lot of silly ideas and I doubt I would have liked it at the time, but now I just find it fun. I can hear the jazz influences in Denny's music but it never occurs to me that he was trying to pretend that his music was jazz and so the distance it falls from jazz is a non-issue to me. Lyman on the other hand, apparently aspired to sophistication, musical legitimacy etc... while at the same time wanting to keep some of the fan base he had had with Denny. He tried to have it both ways and in the end I think he failed both ways. Like I said, I have his records and they contain occasional pleasures. I think I could probably make a good 45 minute side of decent Lyman from the seven LP's of his I have. But in the end, for me Lyman is just Denny-lite. Denny with most of the fun and eccentricity taken out. Denny with the percussion made "subtler". He tried to make "exotica" legitimate, he tried to make Denny's music more "sophisticated" and in the end, while it was inevitable that someone would try to do that, I think it was inevitable too that they would fail. For me anyway. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RLott@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Modern Lounge-Noir-Exotic Composers Date: 10 Oct 1998 22:30:03 EDT >>>Any recommendations?<<< I just discovered a great new band called The Aluminum Group, whose album "Plano" is on the Minty Fresh label. It's currently one of the listening selections at Borders, the shelf card for which describes it as a cross between Burt Bacharach, Stereolab and the Pet Shop Boys. (I can't hear the latter, which is a good thing, as I don't like vocals delivered in a high-pitch whine.) Overall, it's a great, '60s-pop-lite album that would appeal to many on this list. Check it out. --Rod # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Larson/Thomas" Subject: Re: (exotica) Modern Lounge-Noir-Exotic Composers Date: 10 Oct 1998 20:24:03 -0700 > Any recommendations? For lounge, "Cocktails with Joey" by Joey Altruda. Does anybody else like that CD? For exotica, try Elizabeth Waldo Jerry # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Modern Lounge-Noir-Exotic Composers Date: 10 Oct 1998 23:46:09 -0400 > I just discovered a great new band called The Aluminum Group, whose album > "Plano" is on the Minty Fresh label. The Easy Listener website has one of their tunes in RealAudio. It's a framed site, so if the first link doesn't work, try the second one. http://www.easylistener.com/Recordings/index.html http://www.easylistener.com/Recordings/top.html m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: (exotica) Modern Lounge-Noir-Exotic Composers Date: 10 Oct 1998 20:50:39 -0700 >> Any recommendations? > >For lounge, "Cocktails with Joey" by Joey Altruda. Does anybody else like >that CD? My review is here: http://www.mrlucky.com/html/reviews_11.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Fantastic Voyage Date: 11 Oct 1998 00:05:08 EDT spotted this post in a soundtrack newsgroup: ****************************************************************************** ************ "The genuinely modernistic and exciting score to one of the landmark films of the 1960s is now available from Film Score Monthly for $19.95 plus s&h. Leonard Rosenman's now-classic score to "Fantastic Voyage" is presented in its entirety in full stereo. The CD is handsomely produced, with an excellent booklet and color photographs. There are comments in the booklet from Rosenman about the score as well as a breakdown of the cues. This FSM Silver Age Classics series gets better and better -- and best of all, these guys are actually saving film music that might have perished forever without these preservation efforts. Check out www.filmscoremonthly.com for more information. This has been an unpaid promo of the FSM series from a very grateful film music fan who most definitely wants FSM to be able to do more first-time-ever soundtrack releases." ****************************************************************************** ************** every response was positive and the soundtrack group tends to be a fussy bunch. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael D. Toth" Subject: (exotica) Re: keep watching the curbs Date: 11 Oct 1998 01:03:32 -0000 >Would you be willing to privately inform me of the exact location of the >store or stores you hit. I've been meaning to take a trip to Cleveland for >a couple of years now ever since my friend there told me that he thought no >one in Cleveland was buying this stuff. Oh, there's NOTHING to be found in northeast Ohio. Stay home and don't waste your time! >;-) heh heh heh... Actually, while I've scarfed up a lot of great stuff by attacking Ohio with a vengeance the past few years, Cleveland itself hasn't been all that good to me. Assorted Ohio flea markets have proved the most successful. Your chances might be better here than some other areas of the country, but there's probably *somebody* EVERYWHERE looking for this stuff. Michael David Toth mtoth@neo.lrun.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael D. Toth" Subject: (exotica) CD reissues profiled in Real Audio Date: 11 Oct 1998 01:25:18 -0000 Hey, Exotica listers: If anyone's interested, earlier this week I prerecorded an installment of "Zombo's Mondo Record Party" that gives an overview of several of the nifty single-artist compilations/whole album reissues out there. ZMRP is a 2-hour radio show on Akron WAPS 91.3 FM where I'm a fairly frequent guest DJ alongside Zombo (who didn't turn up in this show until about the last 20 minutes). WAPS has a Real Audio feed if you're interested in getting a taste of a lot of the wild stuff out there reissued by Scamp (Shadows, Martin Denny, John Barry, 101 Strings Astro Sounds, etc.), Ryko/Hi-Fi (Arthur Lyman), Varese (Enoch Light, prepared F&T, Cugie, etc.), Bar-None (Esquivel), and a bunch of other stuff (Atillo Mineo, Mark Wirtz, Joe Meek, Perrey & Kingsley, etc.). Zombo's show airs regularly Sundays from 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM Eastern (right after the "Polka Explosion" and "D.I.Y." shows), and the Reissue Showcase edition airs this Sunday 10/11. You can get to WAPS's Web site and Real Audio feed at: http://www.wapsfm.com FYI, if all goes well and schedules work out, I should be on Zombo's show live on 10/25 with Tiki legend Otto Von Stroheim. He'll be here in town from San Francisco for the once-in-a-lifetime event with Combustible Edison at the Kahiki in Columbus on the 24th. (BTW, we're getting a good handful of out-of-staters driving/flying in -- what's YOUR excuse? ;-D ) Michael David Toth mtoth@neo.lrun.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Carl Russo" Subject: (exotica) Korla Pandit Date: 10 Oct 1998 03:00:29 -0700 Who has more info? According to my grandmother, exotic organist/TV personality Korla Pandit passed away in Petaluma, California. She knew about this because Pandit recently came to live in the convalescent home where my GREAT grandma resides. Evidently he gave a few piano recitals for the old folks. They say he played beautifully, but without his turban. C. "Ratso" Russo c_russo@msn.com http://russo.onza.net/gmsarchive1.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Korla Pandit Obit Date: 11 Oct 1998 13:15:46 EDT ratso rites: << Who has more info? According to my grandmother, exotic organist/TV personality Korla Pandit passed away in Petaluma, California. She knew about this because Pandit recently came to live in the convalescent home where my GREAT grandma resides. Evidently he gave a few piano recitals for the old folks. They say he played beautifully, but without his turban. >> I did a search on this, and I'm afraid it is true. :( here is the SF Examiner article I clipped from their site: Korla Pandit, keyboardist and star of early TV Marianne Costantinou OF THE EXAMINER STAFF =A0Oct. 5, 1998 Korla Pandit, the turbaned organist-pianist whose mystical music and unblinking brown eyes hypnotized California viewers in the early days of television, died Thursday. He was 76, and lived for many years in Santa Ro= sa. Mr. Pandit received accolades from the critics and fan mail from the ladie= s for his TV performances and concerts in the 1950s. He was so popular in the Bay Area - where he appeared regularly on TV vari= ety shows and even had his own program on KGO-TV in 1957 - that in one poll, viewers named him their favorite TV personality most worthy of national recognition. A native of New Delhi, Mr. Pandit's unique musical sound - a precursor to = New Age music, said his son, Shari Pandit - seemed especially exotic when he appeared on stage in his trademark turban adorned with two jewels, a diamo= nd and a smoky topaz. Often, Mr. Pandit would play both of his favorite instruments - a Hammond organ and a Steinway grand piano - simultaneously, working the piano with = his right hand and the organ on his left. "They modeled Liberace after him," said his son. Although talented on the piano, Mr. Pandit first received recognition as a= n expert on what was then a new instrument, an electric organ. He claimed to have sat down and mastered the instrument within three days so he could ta= ke a Chicago radio station's job offer as an organist. A child prodigy, Mr. Pandit showed an ear for music as a toddler. His moth= er was a singer and recognized his talent, but his father, a member of the ru= ling Brahman class, had the means to send him to London and the United States f= or private tutoring. After attending the University of Chicago, Mr. Pandit landed radio jobs an= d eventually moved to Hollywood, where he worked as an organist on several e= arly TV shows, including "Teen and Twenty Time" and, in 1948, "Chandu the Magician." Mr. Pandit soon was appearing as the featured performer on numerous hit ra= dio and TV shows, including Kay Kyser's, Rudy Vallee's and Art Baker's. He als= o became a star for two years of his own "Adventures in Music" program on KT= LA in Los Angeles. During his heyday, Mr. Pandit was also in demand at several major concert halls. He was also a recording artist. He has 13 albums produced by Fantas= y Records, said his son. Changing musical tastes made Mr. Pandit's brand of showmanship less of a d= raw in the ensuing years. He moved his family to Vancouver, B.C., occasionally returning to the United States to give concerts. But the recital halls got smaller. In 1978, Mr. Pandit was advertised as t= he Sunday performer at Pizza & Pipes restaurant in Serramonte, where he playe= d a giant Wurlitzer. Yet, even in his later years, Mr. Pandit was not forgotten. He had cameo p= arts in Richard Pryor's 1977 comedy "Which Way Is Up?" and in Tim Burton's 1994 film "Ed Wood." If Mr. Pandit ever regretted not becoming a megastar, he never expressed t= hat disappointment to his two sons, who also became musicians. "He didn't give a damn about being the next Liberace," said his son, Shari= . "He loved to play for people. To him, that was all that mattered." Mr. Pandit is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Beryl Pandit, an= d his two sons, Shari and Koram. Funeral arrangements are still being made. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "B. Yost" Subject: (exotica) Lyman "At the Port of Los Angeles" Date: 11 Oct 1998 13:19:46 PDT With the recent talk of Arthur Lyman's discog on this list, I was wondering if other people have copies of an album of his called "At the Port of Los Angeles"? It was pressed by Hi Fi / Life, but given a special catalog number POLA-S101. The record was apparently commissioned by the Port authority of Los Angeles, and it has a sticker on the back with an official Port emblem (City of Los Angeles, Honorable Sam Yorty, Mayor, and Board of Harbor Commissioners). The songs are all things available on his other albums, but selected because they pertained to harbors, seas, and sailing themes. Lots of the liner notes are devoted to promoting the L.A. Port. The final line says, "It is with great pleasure that the Port of Los Angeles presents you with this unique musical memento." So I'm curious whether this was merely a promotional thing or whether it was ever available commercially. And it would be interesting to have some idea how many were made. Any others have this? L.A. people? -- Brad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "B. Yost" Subject: (exotica) Tiki restaurant becomes thrift store Date: 11 Oct 1998 13:12:15 PDT Sometimes history has a funny way of bringing things round full-circle. I remember about 5 years ago in Louisville, Kentucky going to a Mexican restaurant which was obviously formerly a Polynesian tiki-themed place. At that time, I only found the schism between the food and the decor sort of funny. The food wasn't great, and I only went a few times. It didn't last long as a restaurant. The place for a while housed a private catering business, which too either moved or went out of business. It's a somewhat awkward place to use, I would think, because it is in a weird, kind of isolated location of town, and it has a *lot* of square footage. I had moved away from Louisville between 1996-1998 and I forgot about the place. I recently learned that it had just re-opened again as a Salvation Army thrift store, so yesterday I went to check it out. Amazingly, absolutely no remodeling has been done. It is now a very overtly Polynesian/tiki-esque thrift store. It's a little shabby looking overall, but there is bamboo everywhere, a few fake lava/rock formations that might once have held pools of water, a very large number of wood masks and tiki gods and those carved poles, as well as two thatched roofed former intimate bar areas. It's a sprawling place with very little apparent thought given to how merchandise has been distributed among the rooms and areas. For instance, one of the former bar areas now contains all the children's clothing. All of the tiki artifacts have stickers on them labelling them as not for sale. Unfortunately, there were hardly any records for sale. I did get some nice pajamas though. Of the customers browsing in the store while I was there, no one else seemed to find the decor remarkable. I was rather blown away by it all. I hope the Salvation Army can survive there, but I'm kind of pessimistic. I was pleased that they preserved the tiki look though, but probably only due to a lack of funds for remodelling. -- Brad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jill Mingo" Subject: (exotica) Czerkinsky Date: 14 Aug 1998 22:43:22 PDT I don't know if this fella has been discussed, but there is a wonderful = release on Bungalow by Czerkinsky. Don't know much about him, but it is = French melodic pop - with a modern lilt. This LP has really gotton to me.= Lush and lovely stuff. In the UK, there is a lot of Bungalow stuff that = is REALLY hard to find. Is that the same Stateside? Coz when it comes to = modern pop, this really is THEE label. Also, on a personal note, my email address has changed to mingo@easynet.c= o.uk so if you are someone who writes to me for a personal reason, please= make a note. Jill "Mingo-go" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin William Greenlee Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman "At the Port of Los Angeles" (fwd) Date: 11 Oct 1998 14:25:25 -0500 (EST) It is quite a coincidence that you sent a message about this album today. I just got back from a Goodwill here in Bloomington, Indiana where I found a sealed copy of "At The Port of Los Angeles." I have no idea how it ended up here- and I am not at all sure I am going to open it and play the thing. I don't know about any of you but I always feel a twinge of guilt opening up an album that has been sealed for decades... kevin greenlee # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hugh Petfield Subject: Re: (exotica) sealed album Date: 11 Oct 1998 20:54:32 +0100 Kevin wrote: >I don't know about any of you but I always feel a twinge of guilt >opening up an album that has been sealed for decades... I have felt a twinge of anger too, when the sealed album I bought had the wrong record inside! I didn't want the Hollies greatest hits!!!! HP # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) us tv - movies Date: 11 Oct 1998 16:59:35 -0400 (eastern daylight times) "The Naked City" (1948) - AMC - Monday morning - 10:30am - An influential police procedural directed by Jules Dassin, produced (and narrated) by Mark Hellinger. Barry Fitzgerald leads a team of police detectives working to solve a murder during a summer heatwave in New York City. Shot entirely on location during a heatwave in New York City, and loaded with terrific location footage. One of those movies that lets you indulge in time travel. "Fahrenheit 451" (1966) - Bravo - Monday night - 9:00pm, 1:00am - Truffaut's adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story about a future culture where books are banned (and burned). Music by Bernard Herrmann, photography by Nicholas Roeg. With Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Anton Diffring. "The Web" (1947) - AMC - Wednesday morning - 11:30am - A bodyguard gets the ol' setup from his crooked boss. What a cast: Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Ella Raines. Wouldn't O'Brien and Bendix cancel each other out? "St. Louis Blues" (1958) - AMC - Thursday morning - 9:00am - A not especially accurate version of W.C. Handy's life, featuring Nat "King" Cole, Eartha Kitt, Pearl Bailey, Ruby Dee, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Juano Hernandez and Billy Preston. "The Angry Red Planet" (1959) - AMC - Friday afternoon - 3:00pm - A trip to Mars goes badly, and the tale is told in flashback by one of the survivors, played by vividly red-headed Nora Hayden. Scenes on the planet receive solarized color tints and the Martian monster designs are very tripped out -- check that bat-rat-spider thing! Otherwise, your standard space voyage nerd-fest. "The Land Unknown" (1957) - AMC - Friday afternoon - 4:30pm - Navy scientists and a female journalist fall into the old 'lost prehistoric jungle' routine in Antarctica. Nice sound-stagy atmosphere. "Five Million Years To Earth" (1967) - AMC - Friday evening - 6:00pm - The third feature based on the British Quatermass series. Subway excavation work at Hobbs Lane reveals a strange artifact which turns out to be an ancient spaceship. The plot radiates out from there in this rather clever science fiction film that's loaded with heretical concepts. An interesting variation on the British sci-fi formula (yes, there is a military presence, as usual). Snatch the pebbles from my hand, Grasshopper... "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" (1961) - AMC - Friday evening - 8:00pm - The feature from which the tv series sprang (leaked). Soap operatics aboard a super-submarine trying to save the world while fighting red tape. With Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Peter Lorre, Barbara Eden, Frankie Avalon. No Annette. "Ski Party" (1965) - AMC - Friday night - Midnight - No Annette here either! Well, maybe a cameo. But there are musical bits by James Brown, Lesley Gore and The Hondells. Stars Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig, Robert Q. Lewis and Frankie Avalon & Dwayne Hickman together in drag. It's not pretty. "Johnny Angel" (1945) - AMC - Late Friday/early Saturday - 5:15am - George Raft takes revenge on some gangsters, following his father's murder. With Claire Trevor, Lowell Gilmore, Hoagy Carmichael. "Atom Age Vampire" (1961) - AMC - Late Saturday/early Sunday - 3:30am - Italian sci-fi / horror hybrid that doesn't worry about making sense. Starring Alberto Lupo and Susan Loret. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) Spy, Crime, and Misdemeanors Date: 11 Oct 1998 21:57:14 -0500 >_Impact_ Buddy Morrow Orchestra (RCA, 1959). I really loved all the crime >TV themes on _Double Impact_, the sequel to this (especially the bizarre >"Hawaiian Eye" theme), so I was excited to find a copy. Tons of that low, >insistent brass that just screams "drama" . . . I loved the sultry "Richard >Diamond" theme. . . and "Sea Hunt" gets turned into something more suitable >for a strip clup. . . but somehow, this LP didn't quite live up to the >other one. A little too ponderous in places--I kept thinking of "Victory At >Sea," which is not a good sign. Arrangement credit for both the "Impact" albums as well as a few other Morrow albums go to my main man Ray Martin! Frank # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: (exotica) Denny=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=b9s_Quiet_Village_LPs_available?= Date: 11 Oct 1998 22:06:06 -0500 Does anybody on the list NOT have a vinyl copy of Martin Denny=B9s = Quiet Village? I have multiple copies that I=B9d be willing to trade. E-mail me for my want list if you are interested. Frank # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Elisabeth Vincentelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Czerkinsky Date: 11 Oct 1998 23:05:54 -0400 Czerkinsky used to be in a band called Mikado. They released one album in 1986 and disappeared. The album's just been reissued with a lot of extra tracks by Le Village Vert in Paris. It was way ahead of the techno-pop easy listening wave, and I really recommend it if you can find it. Bungalow is now distributed in the US by Caroline, and their entire catalogue is available at American domestic prices. With Arling & Cameron's coming out on Emperor Norton in January and Minty Fresh releasing Kahimi Karie and (soon) Spring, finding this stuff in the US is becoming much easier. Elisabeth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Werner-Phobia Date: 12 Oct 1998 00:20:17 -0400 > [...] I wonder if that record has a hot >Latin groove", it might be true that a name like Werner Muller might make >me think the answer is "NO". Gee, Nat, perhaps you had better also avoid that Hugo Winterhalter album ("...Goes South of the Border") where he begins "La Cumparsita" with a snatch of "the Ride of the Valkyries"? Cheers, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki restaurant becomes thrift store Date: 11 Oct 1998 21:42:02 +0000 At 01:12 PM 11-10-98 PDT, Brad wrote: >I hope the Salvation Army can survive there, but I'm kind of pessimistic. I >was pleased that they preserved the tiki look though, but probably only due >to a lack of funds for remodelling. I'm afraid Brad is right. The pattern I have seen at most SA stores is: buy the good location, grow the business to make sure it's stable, then remodel. If the store does decent business, expect a remodel in a year or so. I am sure they have NO interest in preserving the decor...but you might have a talk with the Captain or who ever is in charge of the local "unit." I find they are very nice and also frank and will let you know of their plans, if any. If no plans, you might suggest their CAPITALIZING on the existing motif instead of destroying it. I know for sure, though, that if no one says anything, it will get remodeled. Aesthetics have no place in their effort to raise money for the poor and needy...unless it can be proven that it makes good business sense. Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Lyman "At the Port of Los Angeles" Date: 11 Oct 1998 21:45:55 +0000 At 02:25 PM 11-10-98 -0500, Kevin wrote: >I just got back from a Goodwill here in Bloomington, Indiana where I found >a sealed copy of "At The Port of Los Angeles." I have no idea how it ended >up here- and I am not at all sure I am going to open it and play the >thing. I don't know about any of you but I always feel a twinge of guilt >opening up an album that has been sealed for decades... Me, too. Usually, I leave it sealed until I can't bear it any longer or just need to play it... If I can delay the inevitable long enough, I might find another copy. However, despite having heard from two people who ran across this album, I don't think it is that common. Well, I have never heard of if, let alone seen it. Of course, that means absolutely nothing unless others can say the same: I may just have been totally unlucky. Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: (exotica) Love is Goulet Date: 12 Oct 1998 02:06:33 -0700 I'm just listening to a tape I made for myself a month ago. A tape which begins with John Davidson's version of "You don't have to say you love me" and ends with the Jerry Vale version of the same song. If you like enunciation, check out Jerry. Anyway, I just heard the Robert Goulet version of "Love is Blue" and experienced one of those "exotica list" moments - or that's how I think of it anyway - where you think "Hey this is pretty good" and then you think "Wait a second. Is this Robert Goulet? He sounds like he's reading the lyrics for the first time" and then you think "Damn, this is a great song. Not even my fellow countryman Robert Goulet can ruin this song" and then you think "I'm enjoying this, I have to admit. I made this tape as a sort of a joke but let's face it, I'm enjoying this". Then you hear the great version of Spooky by the Lettermen and Al Martino's transcendent version of "The Letter" and you just give in to the feeling... ... until you get to Jerry Vale singing "There's a kind of a hush" and then you realize that you might have a low threshold for physical pain but as far as music goes, you do have your masochistic tendencies. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Werner Muller Date: 12 Oct 1998 10:38:47 +0000 Nat: > It's not that I'm anti-German (of course not, who would suggest such a > thing) but it might be true that if I look at a record and I think to > myself "I wonder if that record swings. I wonder if that record has a hot > Latin groove", it might be true that a name like Werner Muller might make > me think the answer is "NO". > If I was looking for military marches or music that doesn't take any > prisoners and I was browsing through the bins and came across the name > Werner, I think I might stop and examine it. > Is it really all that bad? For somebody who like me was born long after the second world war had ended, but as a German, it's a bit nerving to be confronted with the same prejudices over and over again. You have probably never been in Germany and you probably think that your country is less militaristic than mine. I doubt it. I do however take upon some of the guilt from my father's and grand father's generation. I know it simply can't be ignored. Part of my tax money still goes to victims of the second world war and there have been films about the cruelty of the Third Reich in German TV every day since I have been able to think. I don't need a Steven Spielberg to remind me. Times have changed. You shouldn't form your view on the German culture exclusively by Hollywood movies. Sorry, your post hit some nerve in me. I never defend Germany very much, but this time I felt I have to say something. > Okay, I await the list of groovy Germans. Besides Peter Thomas, okay? > Your concept of GROOVE might not be everything that music is all about. I like the fact that this world still has some differences and local originalities that have not been assimilated by anglo-american Rock music. By the way: those groovily incorrect national cultures are the material by which the American music has always been able to put their melting pot culture together. As in the Exotica list you should be aware of that and not look down on those cultures that you like to exploit at the same time. Don't be like these typical American tourists who enthuse about the French cuisine, but once they enter a real French restaurant they're disgusted about all that dirt they've gotten into. Once serious Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: the curator Subject: (exotica) slightly off-topic mail: real audio & isp's Date: 12 Oct 1998 09:59:25 +0000 friends this is the only mailing list i belong to so i'm going to ask you lot ... can anyone recommend an isp or web space provider other than demon, preferably in the uk, though not essential, that has a real audio server for streaming RealAudio files? since it's slightly off-topic maybe a private reply would be best ... thanks Sem # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Going to L.A. and... Date: 12 Oct 1998 08:40:45 -0400 Where is or are the good thrifting or stores in general to be had? I have lived there before, so I know my way around well enough, however, I have no targets! Also, may I say I have been immensely enjoying the record find postings from everyone. Financial embarrassment has kept me from buying anything lately. Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) us tv - movies Date: 12 Oct 1998 08:57:07 -0400 "Ski Party" (1965) - AMC - Friday night - Midnight - No Annette here either! Well, maybe a cameo. But there are musical bits by James Brown, Lesley Gore and The Hondells. Stars Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig, Robert Q. Lewis and Frankie Avalon & Dwayne Hickman together in drag. It's not pretty. ...however, it's pretty interesting that the version of "I Got You, I Feel Good" is the version that was issued and rescinded immediately on Smash (he defected from King Records over money) and not the hit version. This did not stop King Records from having him recut the record and labeling the subsequent album thusly: "...from his picture Ski Party" (!) Take THAT Frankie! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Re: Korla Pandit Obit Date: 12 Oct 1998 09:41:53 EDT I write: << Often, Mr. Pandit would play both of his favorite instruments - a Hammond organ and a Steinway grand piano - simultaneously, working the piano with his right hand and the organ on his left. >> that's right...the most highly treasured item I have in my collection is a videotape that a person on this list sent me a couple of years ago. It's an hour-long video of Korla Pandit's 50's television show. I just about dropped when I first saw it and you would too! Floating clouds, belly dancers, orchids, smoking incense, those hypnotic eyes and a very sweet smile. It was available from a place called CULT MOVIES for a while, but I think they are no more. Watching this, you see what a fantastic musician Korla Pandit is (was). His piano is set at a right angle to his organ and he does indeed play both beautifully and at the same time, one hand on each. Another interesting thing he does is play his organ with the heels of his hands, palms and elbows, creating a percussion / bongo effect. Unbelievable! No dubs, sorry. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Denning, Parla obits Date: 12 Oct 1998 10:14:51 -0500 *Richard Denning ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) -- Richard Denning, a character actor in film and television perhaps best known for playing the governor in the TV series ``Hawaii Five-0,'' died Sunday at age 85. Denning had a history of emphysema and died of cardiac arrest. He played the governor in ``Hawaii Five-0'' for 12 years. He also appeared in dozens of films including ``Some Like It Hot,'' ``Creature from the Black Lagoon,'' ``An Affair to Remember,'' ``Adam Had Four Sons'' and ``The Lady Takes A Flyer.'' Denning, who was born in 1914 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., studied accounting at Woodbury University because he expected to take over his father's garment manufacturing business. After graduating, he went to work for his father. But Denning also dabbled in acting, winning a Warner Bros. screen test through a contest on the radio show ``Do You Want to Be An Actor?'' He resembled Errol Flynn, then on contract with Warner Bros., and the studio did not sign him. The screen test, however, helped Denning get an agent, who helped the fledgling actor obtain a seven-year contract with Paramount. Two months later, Denning made his film debut in ``Hold 'Em Navy.'' He later starred with Lucille Ball in the CBS radio show ``My Favorite Husband,'' which led to a four-year part on the TV series ``Mr. and Mrs. North.'' Other TV credits include ``Flying Doctor,'' ``Michael Shayne'' and ``Karen.'' *Alicia Parla MIAMI (AP) -- Alicia Parla, known as the 'queen of the rumba' for introducing the Afro-Cuban dance to New Yorkers and Europeans in the 1930s, died Tuesday of cancer. She was 84. A native of Havana, Ms. Parla attended a convent school in Key West, Fla., before she moved to New York with her mother in the 1920s. Ms. Parla went against her parents' wishes that she study typing and pursued her passion for dance. She auditioned with Don Modesto Azpiazu's band when she was 17. The celebrated Cuban orchestra leader selected her from 150 women to become the orchestra's rumba dancer. At 18, Ms. Parla traveled with the orchestra across the United States and to Europe, where she and the rumba, which is characterized by sensuous gyrations of the hips, became an overnight sensation. In Monte Carlo, the Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII, saw her perform. He invited Ms. Parla and her mother to come to his villa to teach him the dance. Ms. Parla's reign as the queen of the rumba ended before she turned 21 when she retired from show business and returned to Havana. After Castro took control of the island in 1959, Ms. Parla fled to Miami, where she worked as an administrative assistant at Victoria Hospital for more than 20 years. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Pesci to re-launch singing career Date: 12 Oct 1998 10:49:02 -0500 NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- There's another ``gangsta'' launching a music career -- but don't expect this one to rap. Joe Pesci, the Oscar-winning star of ``Goodfellas'' and ``Casino,'' is one of Columbia Records' newest recording artists. The loveable wiseguy will be in New York next week promoting his debut album ``Vincent La Guardia Gambini Sings Just For You.'' Gambini was the popular character Pesci played in the blockbuster 1992 comedy ``My Cousin Vinny.'' Pesci plans to arrive at a HMV store in Manhattan Tuesday evening in a red convertible and dressed in the black leather duds he wore in the movie. Columbia says the new CD features Pesci singing songs that range in influence from Louis Prima to Jimmy Durante to Frank Sinatra. It also includes music by guitarist Pat Martino, who Pesci calls the greatest jazz player alive today, as well as members of the ``Saturday Night Live'' and ``Conan O'Brien'' house bands. There's even a song called ``I Can't Give You Anything But Love,'' which reunites him with his Vinny co-star Marisa Tomei. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: (exotica) How to Speak Hip Date: 12 Oct 1998 10:30:22 -0500 Hi People, As someone who has loved reissues (like Ken Nordine's Colors CD a few years back, Attilio Maneo, etc), I keep hoping that I will eventually be able to hear everything on my current want list. On the other hand, listening to the list members in the music industry, it sounds like the probability that a given album will be reissued is rather low :-( What I'm wondering about, in particular, is the _How To Speak Hip_ album. The tracks that are included in the Beat Generation set are very intriguing... so, I've long wondered whether the rest of the album is as fun. Does anyone know whether there are any plans to reissue this album? Can anyone tell me about the other tracks on the album (besides the one talking about the concept of digging and the one that talks about eating raspberry jello and being cool)? --Kirsten whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Love is Goulet Date: 12 Oct 1998 13:17:45 EDT In a message dated 98-10-12 02:22:55 EDT, you write: << "Wait a second. Is this Robert Goulet? He sounds like he's reading the lyrics for the first time" and then you think "Damn, this is a great song. Not even my fellow countryman Robert Goulet can ruin this song" and then you think "I'm enjoying this, I have to admit. I made this tape as a sort of a joke but let's face it, I'm enjoying this". >> Robert Goulet was here last week for a few performances of Camelot. Unfortunately my schedule did not permit me to attend (all the performances were in the middle of the week). Now I am regreting missing him. "If ever I was to leeeeeeeeeeeeave youuuuuuuuuu....it wouldn't be in summerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr." Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: King Kini Subject: (exotica) Re Lyman "At the Port of Los Angeles" Date: 11 Oct 1998 15:13:54 -0600 > I am not at all sure I am going to open it and play the >thing. I don't know about any of you but I always feel a twinge of guilt >opening up an album that has been sealed for decades... oh christ. OPEN IT! visit... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ King Kini's C L U B V E L V E T http://www.tamboo.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JayMan282@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) More Denny Oddities Date: 12 Oct 1998 16:05:32 EDT In a message dated 10/11/98 11:46:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Otto temp writes: << correct me if I'm wrong but Jason states that neither song is on his copy of the lp then proceeds to list Clair de Lune! >> Please forgive me for making that error the other day. Jason # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Denny=B9s_Quiet?=_Village_LPs_available Date: 12 Oct 1998 16:13:00 -0400 Is it just me, or does everybody come across a copy of Quiet Village (in = decent shape yet) about.....oh, every four or five months??? - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bissia Subject: (exotica) Mr. Pandit was not forgotten Date: 12 Oct 1998 23:32:21 +0100 Hi there, could you tell me in which scene he appear in the later film ? I have seen that great fun Burton's but can remember where and in which role does Pandit show up ... Thanks >Yet, even in his later years, Mr. Pandit was not forgotten. He had cameo p= >arts >in Richard Pryor's 1977 comedy "Which Way Is Up?" and in Tim 1994 >film "Ed Wood." # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Taro HOSHIJIMA Subject: Re: (exotica) 60s Japanese soundtracks? Date: 13 Oct 1998 06:43:29 +0900 On Thu, 8 Oct 98 21:19:57 -0500 recliner wrote: > Some one recently mentioned a video that sounded like a great 60=b9s > Japanese film and it got me to thinking about the availability of > the soundtracks to similar Japanese movies of the sixties. > Does any one have an angle on this? Is there a Japanese eqivalent to > a Gert Wilden or a Peter Thomas, or a Quincy Jones? Some of the composers I recall: Masaru Sato -- most of Kurosawa movies and more Akira Ifukube -- Godzilla fame Toru Takemitsu, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yasushi Akutagawa, Hikaru Hayashi -- They were renowned "serious" composers but did a lot of movie scores as well. If you have Japanese fonts in your system and can read them, the following site might be of interest to you: http://www.toho.co.jp/music/soundtrack/ Toho is a leading movie studio in Japan, and this site lists some recent CD reissues of their soundtrack archives (including some remixes done by DJs). Taro # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Taro HOSHIJIMA Subject: Re: (exotica) Czerkinsky Date: 13 Oct 1998 06:45:05 +0900 On Fri, 14 Aug 98 22:43:22 PDT "Jill Mingo" wrote: > I don't know if this fella has been discussed, but there is a > wonderful release on Bungalow by Czerkinsky. Don't know much about > him, but it is French melodic pop - with a modern lilt. This LP has > really gotton to me. Lush and lovely stuff. In the UK, there is a > lot of Bungalow stuff that is REALLY hard to find. Is that the same > Stateside? Coz when it comes to modern pop, this really is THEE > label. I haven't heard the Bungalow release yet...but he must be Gregory Czerkinsky of French duo Mikado in 80s. Their 12-inch single "Par Hasard" (on Crepuscule) was my favorite tune at the time. They became somewhat popular in Japan (partly due to their name), and recorded an album in 1985, produced by Haruomi "YMO" Hosono. Yasuharu Konishi (P5) said he had recently been asked by Czerkinsky to remix one of Mikado's vintage recordings. Taro # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Taro HOSHIJIMA Subject: Re: (exotica) Czerkinsky Date: 13 Oct 1998 06:45:05 +0900 On Fri, 14 Aug 98 22:43:22 PDT "Jill Mingo" wrote: > I don't know if this fella has been discussed, but there is a > wonderful release on Bungalow by Czerkinsky. Don't know much about > him, but it is French melodic pop - with a modern lilt. This LP has > really gotton to me. Lush and lovely stuff. In the UK, there is a > lot of Bungalow stuff that is REALLY hard to find. Is that the same > Stateside? Coz when it comes to modern pop, this really is THEE > label. I haven't heard the Bungalow release yet...but he must be Gregory Czerkinsky of French duo Mikado in 80s. Their 12-inch single "Par Hasard" (on Crepuscule) was my favorite tune at the time. They became somewhat popular in Japan (partly due to their name), and recorded an album in 1985, produced by Haruomi "YMO" Hosono. Yasuharu Konishi (P5) said he had recently been asked by Czerkinsky to remix one of Mikado's vintage recordings. Taro # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Dimitri on The World Date: 12 Oct 1998 18:05:20 -0500 The Public Radio International show The World has a feature today on Dimitri From Paris. You can hear the piece via RealAudio at the following URL. Press the "On Demand" button. This piece may only be available for 24 hours. I haven't heard the piece myself yet, so no comments from me. -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Dimitri on The World Date: 12 Oct 1998 18:09:05 -0500 At 06:05 PM 10/12/98 -0500, you wrote: > >The Public Radio International show The World has a feature today on Dimitri >From Paris. You can hear the piece via RealAudio at the following URL. > Oops, sent the above too soon. I should have added that The World has a Dimitri page at -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Mr. Pandit was not forgotten Date: 12 Oct 1998 19:10:04 -0400 Bissia wrote: > > Hi there, > could you tell me in which scene he appear in the later film ? > I have seen that great fun Burton's but can remember where > and in which role does Pandit show up ... from the movie "Ed Wood"...probably somewhere near the end of the movie There is a scene where there is this big party going on...for some reason I remember confetti and balloons all over the place. At one point they start wheeling in this mobile organ type apparatus...it kind of reminded me of the scene from the movie Tommy where they had that huge organ that also moved while Keith Moon was playing on it. Korla is the musician playing the organ. You really can't miss him, he's wearing his turban and has that same mysterious gaze. He doesn't have any speaking lines though. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Subject: (exotica) Man in Space At Amazon Books! Date: 12 Oct 1998 16:18:50 -0700 Hello everyone, I was just wondering if any or all of you would be so kind as to help me out with a little blurb on my Man in Space CD reissue It's for sale at Amazon Books on the web. SO, I WAS THINKIN' that maybe, just maybe, you could add a comment or 2 about your own experience with it, BUT ONLY if it's a good experience @:-O I'D BE FOREVER GRATEFUL! EVEN MORE THAN I ALREADY AM Here's where you go to do it. There are some really good one's there already, but, the more the merrier! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/customer-review-music-form/B000007RW6/002- 4761255-3638623 Thanks A LOT Jack # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Mr. Pandit was not forgotten Date: 12 Oct 1998 19:44:56 -0400 from the movie "Ed Wood"...probably somewhere near the end of the movie ...Korla is the musician playing the organ. You really can't miss him, he's wearing his turban and has that same mysterious gaze. He doesn't have any speaking lines though. Addendumb: He didn't speak on the TV show he had either, at the request of management, to hold up his "mysterious" image. I have a short interview with him done for KTLA and he had a very nice speaking voice. The Continental is also on the same tape. He's dreamy. Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Eb Subject: (exotica) Re: Pesci Date: 12 Oct 1998 16:51:08 -0700 >From: Lou Smith > > NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- There's another ``gangsta'' launching a >music >career -- but don't expect this one to rap. > Joe Pesci, the Oscar-winning star of ``Goodfellas'' and ``Casino,'' >is one >of Columbia Records' newest recording artists. > The loveable wiseguy will be in New York next week promoting his debut >album ``Vincent La Guardia Gambini Sings Just For You.'' Gambini was the >popular character Pesci played in the blockbuster 1992 comedy ``My Cousin >Vinny.'' > Columbia says the new CD features Pesci singing songs that range in >influence from Louis Prima to Jimmy Durante to Frank Sinatra. It also >includes music by guitarist Pat Martino, who Pesci calls the greatest jazz >player alive today, as well as members of the ``Saturday Night Live'' and >``Conan O'Brien'' house bands. I've heard the disc already. It's pretty much shticky garbage (I dunno, maybe that's an endorsement around these parts). As the title implies, Pesci is merely exploiting his wiseguy image and cashing a paycheck (though to be fair, he does at least write a few of the songs). The album is also surprisingly profane -- LOTS and LOTS of "fuck," "fuckin'," etc. Even Marisa Tomei gets dragged into the act and performs "blue." Eb # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha #1 Playlist and Time Correction Date: 13 Oct 1998 01:23:48 +0100 Hi - Well, after a chaotic start, the first of my four Moon Base Alpha radio shows was a hoot. A playlist follows but it will only give a partial idea as there were lots of voice- overs from the studio "posse" as well as copious random sound FX thrown into the mix. Oh, and I discovered when I arrived in the studio that I'd been given the wrong time - the show is actually 1pm - 2:30pm Sunday afternoons... Playlist for Moon Base Alpha #1 Enoch Light - Scarborough Fair (Permissive Polyphonics) Moog Cookbook - Sweet Home Alabama Enoch Light - I Love Paris Wendy Mae Chambers - New York, New York unknown - "We Bind Thee to Thy Bridal Wealth" (performed on an 18th century bird organ...!) Free Design - Don't Cry Baby France Gall - Les Rubans et la Fleur Stereolab - Flower Called Nowhere Pizzicato 5 - Porno 3003 John Barry - The Human Jungle Esquivel - La Paloma Pete Moore - Catwalk Dick Hyman - Give it Up, Turn It Loose & Kolumbo intro mixed into next track Stock, Hausen & Walkman - Open Up Family of God - Moog River Tipsy - Liquordelic Prez Prado - Manhattan Erotica Italia - Crescendo Bruce Haack - Hush Little Robot Turn On - Electrocation of the Fire Ants Bad Examples - Papeete Joe Meek - Love Dance of the Saroos Kraftwerk - Nummern More next weekend! DJ Bongo Boy ** ** ** * Spaced Out - the Enoch Light Website * ** ** ** ** ** ** * http://www.rcb.easynet.co.uk/light/ * ** ** ** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bump Subject: Re: (exotica) Mr. Pandit was not forgotten Date: 12 Oct 1998 17:57:54 -0500 >he is basically playing himself doing a tune for a Wrap Party for Bride of >the Monster (i think), (he is at the organ of course) in which Wood/Depp >does his belly dance and pulls out his false front teeth at the finale. it >is the scene where his wife/Parker tells everyone off and walks out on >Eddie. > > >>Hi there, >>could you tell me in which scene he appear in the later film ? >>I have seen that great fun Burton's but can remember where >>and in which role does Pandit show up ... >>Thanks > > **************************** Bump Defective Records-Baltimore Co-owner/Promotions/A+R/DJ tel/fax 410.243.3653 bump@defectiverecords.com http://www.welch.jhu.edu/~geh/defective.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Risser Family Subject: (exotica) Ultra Lounge Bonus Tracks Date: 12 Oct 1998 22:30:27 -0400 Anyone know the artist and titles for the bonus tracks at the end of some of the UL comps? It's some guy over movie theatre type organ music reading lyrics or poetry with a French accent. Any clues? Peter # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Organs of Toledo Date: 12 Oct 1998 23:33:32 -0400 Bear with me, I have a kind of an abnormally high tolerance for organ records. . . is this because I grew up around one--not able to play it, but still fascinated for hours just mashing various keys and listening to the different sounds? _The Man From O.R.G.A.N._ DIck Hyman (Command, 1965). Probably should have mentioned this with the other "Spy" LPs, since it's all Bond and TV Spy themes--but somehow this didn't quite qualify as the real "Spy" sound to me. It's always interesting to hear what sounds Hyman can wring out of the note-bending Lowery organ, but his playing is just a little too bluesy or something. . . Still it's about the best thing I've found from this later era of Command releases. _Hi-Dee-Fi_ Lenny Dee (Decca). I realized with stark terror that my Lenny Dee LPs have quietly slipped ahead of the Three Suns and Pere Ubu as the artist I have the most abums of. . . Brrrr. So maybe it's not a surprise that I can't think of much to say about this one. But I really think this is one of the more forgettable Dee releases--much less of his trademark syncopated wackiness. Unfortunately the most energetic cut is "If You Knew Susie," which has always struck me as a particularly dippy song. _Dee Latin_ Lenny Dee (Decca). Now we are getting somewhere! Dee's double-time, "jabbing" playing style is perfect for this pulsing latin stuff. He really turns up the voltage on the uptempo numbers like "Mambo Jambo," "El Cumbanchero," and his Rhumba version of "Begin the Beguine." There's even some weird pseudo-Spanish exclamations on a couple of cuts . . . Lenny Speaking In Tongues! I want more of this. _A Latin From Manhattan_ Ethel Smith (Decca). Okay, "Tico Tico" IS awesome. And Smith throws herself into all the uptempo numbers at a breakneck pace that's prettty mindblowing. I wouldn't hesitate for a minute to put this one on as party music. But you've gotta admit, she mostly sticks with the stock Hammond sound, and to a more straightly melodic playing style than Dee--c'mon, Lenny plays his hot-rod Hammond through a freakin' Wah-Wah pedal, for Pete's sake! (As far as I can figure out.) Still _ Manhattan_ is a keeper if you find it. So the ultimate winner in the latin organ derby is. . . Ray Colignon. Huh? Well one of the first exotic LPs I ever found was an Argentine pressing of _Tropical: Organo con Acompanamiento Ritmico_. It had a photo of this funny little pudgy, balding guy--who totally rips up all the Latin classics with his cutting, nasal Hammond, in pell-mell album-side-long medleys. If I am reading these liner notes correctly, he's Belgian! The back cover lists two more Philips (Argentina) releases by him. Has *anybody* else ever heard of this guy? Cheers, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Micheleflp@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Mr. Pandit forgotten? Date: 13 Oct 1998 01:17:17 EDT Does anyone know if Mr. Pandit's death was anounced in the mainstream media (besides the obit that was posted to the list)? - Michele # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: (exotica) Weekend finds Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:14:04 +0100 I know its Tuesday, but over the course of the weekend I found (and subsequently had to fork out some cash for): Pop Explosion Sitar Style - Sagram. A superb, deep, trippy sitar LP on Windmill Records (UK), with no funky tunes but plenty of interesting sitar and tabla workouts No dancing to this one but I tried sitting under an oil wheel, smoking joints, burning incense and taking acid. It worked for me. Industrial Panoramas - KPM (Library LP) 1136 - Excellent Keith Mansfield and Alan Hawkshaw workout on KPM - very similar (but not quite as good) as the Sound Gallery LPs. Massive build ups and dramatic brass leading to interesting but not dancable tunes with plenty of surging orchestral moodiness. Top! Mark Wirtz - Come on and Shake Me (I think). Excellent Mark Wirtz LP on Ace of Clubs with that classic instrumental pop production that us Brits seemed to have been so good at in the late 60s. This ones a dancer, with 'A Touch of Velvet, A sting of Brass' as the highlight. The Marketts - Sunpower. This is a US LP featuring tunes with 'sun' in their titles. A dubious concept but executed well. Let the Sunshine in, House of the Rising Sun and the highlight for me - Sunshine Superman. Another late 60s instrumental dancer with a fantastic break. Pretty good. Mark Wirtz is also responsible for Mood Mosaic (mid 60s). Anybody know any of his other stuff? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Mr. Pandit forgotten? Date: 13 Oct 1998 08:19:53 EDT In a message dated 98-10-13 01:19:09 EDT, Michele wrote: << Does anyone know if Mr. Pandit's death was anounced in the mainstream media (besides the obit that was posted to the list)? - Michele >> It did not make it in the little "people" section of our newspaper which always comments on obits of anybody who had 15 mins. of fame. And with a list of 450 (???) it still took us over a week to hear the news. And even then we go it second (or third???) hand from someones granny. Of course Korla was not part of the new, hip retro swing thang. So I guess we should just shut up and go back to our Sumac and Enoch records. Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Would you care for a cigarette dah-ling? Date: 13 Oct 1998 08:22:14 EDT In a message dated 98-10-13 05:42:04 EDT, you write: << Anyone know the artist and titles for the bonus tracks at the end of some of the UL comps? It's some guy over movie theatre type organ music reading lyrics or poetry with a French accent. Any clues? Peter >> I figured it was new stuff, added by our fine friends (bletch!) at Capitol. I hate that crap anyway -- he says "dah-ling" about a ga-zallion times. Geez. Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: Re: (exotica) Weekend finds Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:29:49 +0100 >>Mark Wirtz is also responsible for Mood Mosaic (mid 60s). Anybody know any of his other stuff? Or is that Mood Indigo? (oops) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Hipwell Subject: [Charles Moseley: (exotica) Weekend finds] Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:34:33 +0100 > From: "Charles Moseley" > > Mark Wirtz - Come on and Shake Me (I think). Excellent Mark Wirtz LP on Ace > of Clubs with that classic instrumental pop production that us Brits seemed > to have been so good at in the late 60s. This ones a dancer, with 'A Touch > of Velvet, A sting of Brass' as the highlight. > > Mark Wirtz is also responsible for Mood Mosaic (mid 60s). Anybody know any > of his other stuff? > Yep, I've got "Latin A Go Go" on Ember Records (good title, eh?), which is really really good (versions of "Yeh Yeh" and "Watermelon Man" on this one). Also got "Ten Again" (?World Record Club) which you can count as a Mark Wirtz album, he being the producer/arranger and composer of two tracks, although it "stars" two singers, one gent improbably called Russ Loader and a lady I can't recall, plus a group called "The Ladybirds". I remember finding this one was weird, because on the same day I saw about four more copies -- and I don't think I've seen it since! This has an excellent version of "Smile", slow and clipped and beat-heavy, which is outstripped only by the 200mph Syd Dale version on "The Chaplin Collection" (Windmill Records), which is one of the best kept secrets in loungeworld, really implausible funky Dale versions of Chaplin's music. RPM released a Wirtz CD compilation a while back, but I haven't heard it. If I remeber right, he was also responsible for the legendary "Teenage Opera", which was never completed due to costs, but a couple of excerpts from which were released as singles (one was a big hit, that "Grocer Jack" song); I think RPM also released a CD of this material recently. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Would you care for a cigarette dah-ling? Date: 13 Oct 1998 08:51:32 -0400 Peter said: It's some guy over movie theatre type organ music reading lyrics or poetry with a French accent. Any clues? Peter Richard commiserated: I figured it was new stuff, added by our fine friends (bletch!) at Capitol. I hate that crap anyway -- he says "dah-ling" about a ga-zallion times. Geez. I blurt: I actually mentioned this fellow yesterday, out of context. He is "The Continental". On KTLA, there was a daytime show that was popular for a time that featured a suave and debonair man-of-the-world type that welcomed you into his bachelor pad and "You" (the camera) were his guest. If he said, for example, "Would you care for a cigarette dah-ling?", he would go toward the screen and offer "you" one. It's much funnier to watch than to listen to, even if you get the joke. I think this was only on Los Angeles TV, but it may have been syndicated. I have a short clip of him on a retrospective that KTLA did. The only reference to him before that was a Popeye cartoon, in which Olive Oyl is getting dolled up to meet Bluto's character, who is called "The International". This, of course, makes no sense to the average eight year-old just home from school, but there was always that spinach + violence plot that you rely upon. Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Tex Allen, Ruben Naranjo obits Date: 13 Oct 1998 09:43:40 -0500 *Robert Allen NEW YORK (AP) -- Robert ``Tex'' Allen, one of the original white-hatted cowboy stars on Hollywood's silver screen, died Friday of cancer and a collapsed lung. He was 92. Born I.E. Theodore Baehr, Allen was one of the most popular western stars of the 1930s. His screen credits included ``Crime and Punishment'' (1935) with Peter Lorre, ``Winter Carnival'' (1939) with Ann Sheridan, and ``The Awful Truth'' (1937) with Cary Grant and Irene Dunn. In 1934, he talked his way into a part in a Tim McCoy western and was so well received that Columbia Pictures created the ``Bob Allen Ranger'' series of cowboy movies that included ``Ranger Courage.'' After World War II, he was featured in stage productions such as ``Auntie Mame'' and ``Showboat,'' numerous television programs and commercials. *Ruben Naranjo ALICE, Texas (AP) -- Ruben Naranjo, a conjunto singer and accordionist known to his fans as ``El Hijo del Pueblo'' (the son of the town), died of unknown causes Monday. He was 53. Naranjo's hits include ``Sin Delito,'' ``Prenda de Alma,'' ``Dulce Aldorada'' and ``Angel de mis Angeles.'' Conjunto originated in South Texas in the late 1800s when German, Czech and Polish immigrants introduced the accordion into the region. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Mr. Pandit forgotten? Date: 13 Oct 1998 09:56:13 -0500 At 01:17 AM 10/13/98 EDT, you wrote: >Does anyone know if Mr. Pandit's death was announced in the mainstream media >(besides the obit that was posted to the list)? > >- Michele Well, the announcement did *not* show up in my usual UPI/AP source. I have no idea why or how Pandit's passing could have been overlooked, but it pisses me off. -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Subject: (exotica) Hipness and the 5,6,7,8's Date: 13 Oct 1998 09:34:06 -0500 Howdy People, I can't believe that noone among us has heard the _How To Speak Hip_ album... :-( I hope at least one person will be able to tell us the story of where he/she found the album, what's it's like, etc. In the meantime, I will console myself by asking more questions. Is anyone a 5,6,7,8's fan? I searched a while back, but was unable to find an "official" website or anything that would give up-to-date info on whether the band is together, their discography, etc. Come to think of it, what ever happened to the Trashwomen? Finally, do any of you collect/amass Hawaiian shirts? Reply to me directly, if you want to share info... please, please. --Kirsten whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: (exotica) Jan Pechechan Ho Date: 13 Oct 1998 12:42:19 -0500 A while back there was a discussion on Indian Soundtracks etc. and I had mentioned a recent version of the super cool song Jan Pehechan Ho that I owned. Well I was digging through my singles today and I found it. The group is Heavenly Ten Stems and the record actually features two Hindi soundtrack cuts on the A side is "China Town" from an Indian film of the same title. The single came out on Amarillo Records (AM 597) out of San Francisco. Frank My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Would you care for a cigarette dah-ling? Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:13:26 EDT In a message dated 98-10-13 08:41:39 EDT, you write: << I actually mentioned this fellow yesterday, out of context. He is "The Continental". On KTLA, there was a daytime show that was popular for a time that featured a suave and debonair man-of-the-world type that welcomed you into his bachelor pad and "You" (the camera) were his guest. >> What years was this on??? Roberta # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Out of the "Lou"p on the Pandit Obit Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:16:08 EDT In a message dated 98-10-13 10:00:45 EDT, Lou writes: << Well, the announcement did *not* show up in my usual UPI/AP source. I have no idea why or how Pandit's passing could have been overlooked, but it pisses me off. -Lou >> All I gotta say is that if Lou don't know you're dead -- then you ain't dead yet!!! Of course he did miss that obit on "Catch" Ketchamori about a month or so ago. (HeHe) Anonymous # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: (exotica) moog history Date: 13 Oct 1998 11:19:36 -0700 I'm in great need of a "timeline of the moog" web site... something that sort of breaks it down by invention, experimentation, artists who've done works based on the moog, etc... any leads? For starters, a list of artists, along the lines of denny's "exotic moog", baxter's "moog rock", etc would be really ultrahelpful. Especially musicians who had no business whatsoever crossing over into wahwahwah territory, but did, because it was the instyle. thanks! jasmine - -- -- -- -- -- - Weekly live music guide - Updated Every *Friday* http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/music/poptart Join the SF Bay Area Indie Mailing List: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/bay/2817 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: grinderman@juno.com (Jeffery Hess) Subject: (exotica) Fred Lane Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:16:48 -0500 Can anyone tell me where to find a Fred Lane discography? I own only one record entitled, 'Car Radio Jerome' on ShimmyDisc. It's the only one I've ever seen, and it's one of the most twisted records I have. Everytime I encounter a mass of people at my house, I have to play "French Toast Man". My favorite lines: Evacuate your bowels, and have a hot lunch, and don't be late for school. Jeff ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JayMan282@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge Bonus Tracks Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:27:39 EDT In a message dated 10/13/98 2:42:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, risser@goodnews.net writes: << Anyone know the artist and titles for the bonus tracks at the end of some of the UL comps? It's some guy over movie theatre type organ music reading lyrics or poetry with a French accent. >> I heard this on my Volume 7 in this series. thats the Crime Scene CD. The title of the bonus track was called MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY or something like that. Jason # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Fred Lane Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:45:23 -0400 http://homepages.enterprise.net/scruss/fredlane.html Can anyone tell me where to find a Fred Lane discography? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Carl Russo" Subject: Re: (exotica) Fred Lane Date: 13 Oct 1998 11:00:21 -0700 >Can anyone tell me where to find a Fred Lane discography? I own >only one record entitled, 'Car Radio Jerome' on ShimmyDisc Another ShimmyDisc release of his is titled "From the One that Cut You." Just as great! C. "Ratso" Russo c_russo@msn.com http://russo.onza.net/gmsarchive1.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) The Continental Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:42:15 -0400 > What years was this on??? According to "Total Television", it aired on CBS (!) from January to April 1952. Renzo Cesana starred as The Continental. It doesn't mention the KTLA airings. From there Cesana went on to a syndicated (also 1952) program called "First Date", where he greeted couples who were on their first date together. I wonder if he tried to steal all the girls. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jill Mingo" Subject: (exotica) Big Band Moog Date: 15 Aug 1998 16:41:50 PDT Does anybody know of an LP called Big Band Moog with a track called "Moog= in my Soul" on it? A friend of mine is after it and trying to get more = info on it. Thanks! Jill "Mingo-go" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: Re: (exotica) The Continental Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:43:48 +0000 > According to "Total Television", it aired on CBS (!) from January to April > 1952. Renzo Cesana starred as The Continental. It doesn't mention the KTLA > airings. And Christopher Walken's hysterical send-up of The Continental has been featured a couple of times on "Saturday Night Live". The POV camera, the cheesy background music, the penthouse apartment, etc. Darrell Brogdon Program Director KANU FM 91.5 Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) moog history Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:46:54 -0500 At 11:19 AM 10/13/98 -0700, Jasmine wrote: > >I'm in great need of a "timeline of the moog" web site... something that >sort of breaks it down by invention, experimentation, artists who've done >works based on the moog, etc... Try these: -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) moog history Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:52:42 -0400 > I'm in great need of a "timeline of the moog" web site... something that > sort of breaks it down by invention, experimentation, artists who've done > works based on the moog, etc... Synthmuseum http://www.synthmuseum.com/ has tons of synthesizer history, including Robert Moog's exploits. Don't know if they have a time-line, but I'm sure they've got the info you would need to build one. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: Re: (exotica) moog history Date: 13 Oct 1998 12:00:29 -0700 it's funny how i always find the answers to my own questions right after asking a bunch of people: so, if you're looking for a good moog history site, this has got to be a great start: http://shrike.depaul.edu/~gdavis/ -jasmine # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Big Band Moog Date: 13 Oct 1998 12:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Yes. I have it. I believe it's a Tandy Corp. promotional thing. The artist is Keith Droste. I am not sure if the title of the song is Moog in my Soul or Smoke gets in my Moog. This is the first moog lp I found and one of several I continue to enjoy. If you need any more information, let me know. Good luck to your friend. BW > Does anybody know of an LP called Big Band Moog with a track called "Moog in my Soul" on it? A friend of mine is after it and trying to get more info on it. Thanks! > > Jill "Mingo-go" _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Will Straw Subject: (exotica) Hoboken Rules Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:56:39 -0400 I spent the weekend in NYC, and, on Saturday night, my friend Johanne and I bussed it over to Hoboken to see Combustible Edison at Maxwell's. A fab show, and I would have introduced myself to fellow listers in the band, but we had to leave before it was over to make a connection. A wonderful time, though, and I loved the new stuff. Will Will Straw Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Communications McGill University http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/gpc/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Keith Louis Larsen Subject: (exotica) RIP KP (fwd) Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:54:18 -0500 (EST) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Cc: klarsen@indiana.edu Gang, I'm sending this "wild" to 78-l. This sad news is far too important to withhold from the list readers, as it is the first notice I've had of passing of a good friend and 78 rpm era artist, Korla Pandit. >uncle dave, >i heard that korla passed away last thursday. his last performance was >for the folks at the nursing home he was staying at which is very >appropriate given his belief in the theraputic effects of music. >it is also nice that his last record was very well recieved and introduced >him to a world wide fan base. > mourning the grand moghul, > kl BTW, Korla would never confide his true age to me, nor anyone else. But I estimate it at about 77 years. He was born in India and came to Los Angeles in 1942, and got his start at the Capitol transcription service make 16"ers of Spanish music under a pseudonym. When he first came to the U.S. he settled in a black neighborhood, and forevermore spoke English with a pronouced African-American accent. In 1948, he began working for KTLA, making 'exotic' music for TV (Korla was a pioneer in both mediums) in a turban with a jewel hanging in the center (his trademark). Korla played a Hammond B-3 and a concert grand fitted together in an "L" configuration, and easily could play both at once. He recorded 78s for Vita in 1950, and began to record a successful series of albums for Fantasy, 12 in all, from 1958-1964. Under the terms of his Fantasy contract, drawn up in 1960, Korla was to receive all his tape masters back and a 15% royalty on sales. When I began to work with him, briefly, in 1995, he had received neither. Korla also ran a label of his own from the late 60s through the early 1980s. Late in life, he worked as an opener for Joey Sehe's band, played silent movie houses ("The Phantom of the Opera" was a specialty) and a few personal appearences as a headliner, one of which I organized (at LunaPark in LA.) I remember well his aged gas guzzler with it's distinctive liscence plate "I AM KP". He will be sorely missed on this front. The entire Exotic music industry of today owes a debt of gratitude to KP, one which was never repaid to him when he needed it. God bless you, Korla, wherever you went. Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis@mediaone.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: (exotica) 1968 volkswagen soundtrack Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:29:54 -0700 ok, this one, i really can't answer for myself. Does anyone know of a digitized version of the Jean Jacques Perrey/Gershon Kinglsey Clio-winning soundtrack for a volkswagen ad? I would love to hear it, but doubt i'll be able to find it anywhere. thanks, jjj # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: Re: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey LIVE! Date: 13 Oct 1998 14:03:42 -0700 At 4:23 PM -0700 9/23/98, Ron Grandia wrote: >Hiya friends...Miss you all...very busy these days... > >Anybody going? I'm there with (recorded off-speed tape loop of) bells on! >Send a note off-list i you'd care to say hi. > >My calender says that the 21st is a Wednesday, not a Monday. >Thought I would mention it just in case... I would hate for some >unhappy pilgrim to arrive on the wrong day. > I can find no mention of this show on any of the SF Events sites. Is it still going on, and if so, is it monday the 19th or wed. the 21st? thanks! jasmine # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) This Week on The Retro Cocktail Hour Date: 13 Oct 1998 16:21:26 +0000 What do you get when you cross the mambo with rock and roll? Find out on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, as we hear tracks from Perez Prado's legendary "Rockambo" and Rene Bloch's "Mucho Rock". Also - spy jazz by Laurie Johnson, Al Caiola and Elliott Fisher; Mr. Bongo does "Sabre Dance"; music for teenage rebellion from "Hot Rod Rumble" and "College Confidential"'; plus, Ginger sings! To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the World Wide Web, just go to: http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Bookmark the site, 'cause new shows are added every week. While you listen, be sure to enter our weekly CD giveaway - this week's freebie is a copy of Gert Wilden's "I Told You Not to Cry". Thanks for the space! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro/retrolisten.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mark B. Conklin" Subject: (exotica) New Reviews @ Multi-Directions Date: 13 Oct 1998 15:37:48 -0600 Some new reviews are online at Multi-Directions. Please check them out at: http://www.idcomm.com/personal/mconklin/ New Reviews: *Across 110th Street Soundtrack (Charly) *Esthero - Breath From Another (Work) *Ben Neill - Gold Bug (Antilles) *The Pottery Barn Presents Acid Jazz (Pottery Barn) *Buddy Rich Big Band - Mercy, Mercy (Pacific Jazz) *The Soul Of Lennon & McCartney (Dino) Plus these from last week: *Roy Ayers - Evolution (Polydor) *Count Basie - Basie's Beatle Bag (Verve) *Freezone, Volume 5 (SSR) *Groovy, Volume 3 (Irma) *Coleman Hawkins - Desafinado (Impulse!) *DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo - Ki Oku (Apollo) *Johnny Lewis Quartet - Shuckin' n' Jivin' (Luv N' Haight) *Henry Mancini - The Days Of Wine And Roses (RCA) *Visit Venus - Music For Space Tourism, Volume 1 (Yo Mama) *Fred Wesley - Swing & Be Funky (Minor Music) And many more. . . Multi-Directions specializes in Acid Jazz, Ambient, Funk, IDM, Jazz, Latin, Lounge and Lounge reviews. While you're there check out the sale and wants lists. If you purchase CDs and Vinyl from individuals online, you may find the Good Traders Lists useful. Please support Multi-Directions and other small, independent web pages. . . Thanks. MC - ------- Multi-Directions Music Reviews http://www.idcomm.com/personal/mconklin/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) mo' moog history Date: 13 Oct 1998 17:45:37 -0500 At 11:19 AM 10/13/98 -0700, Jasmine wrote: >I'm in great need of a "timeline of the moog" web site... something that >sort of breaks it down by invention, experimentation, artists who've done >works based on the moog, etc... Geez, do I have to get my bookmarks in order! Here's two more I neglected to mention: This is *the* timeline of electronic instruments -Lou Try these: # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Ledebur Subject: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting Date: 13 Oct 1998 18:00:25 -0400 Saw John Waters' Pecker this weekend (uh... well, you know what I mean) and caught the Nutty Squirrels in the background of one scene. Anyone know if they ended up on the soundtrack CD? (Great jazz scat vocals done ala the Chipmunks, for those unfamiliar with 'em. Jack Diamond is a huge fan; in fact the only other place I've heard them on his House of Games show.) Peter L. ----- Music for Better Living Wed. 6-7pm -- WZBC 90.3 FM Newton/Boston http://members.aol.com/Hifibliss/mfbl.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: chuck Subject: (exotica) Moog Denny & Baxter Date: 13 Oct 1998 15:01:30 -0700 (PDT) The Holy Grail of moog music has been released on cd, probably bootlegged, Exotic Moog by Martin Denny and Moog Rock by Les Baxter. I understand its a limited edition of 1000 copies a sure sign of something fishy. Both albums are on the same twofor cd and are available at othermusic.com. As Elizabeth mentioned earlier, the new Fantastic Plastic Machine album, Luxury (Japanese release) is available and its great. Its also to be found at Other Music at Japanese prices. Easy Listening in the Big Easy Chuck _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jasmine j jopling Subject: Re: (exotica) Moog Denny & Baxter Date: 13 Oct 1998 15:12:33 -0700 At 3:01 PM -0700 10/13/98, chuck wrote: >The Holy Grail of moog music has been released on cd, probably >bootlegged, Exotic Moog by Martin Denny and Moog Rock by Les Baxter. I >understand its a limited edition of 1000 copies a sure sign of >something fishy. Both albums are on the same twofor cd and are >available at othermusic.com. yes, i have this, and it does look decidedly bootlegged. the label is "electronic vangaurd" out of NYC. There are no liner notes, and all the songs on are one cd. The actual cd has a really awful solarized picture of the lovers from "moog rock" on it. -jjj # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "telstar" Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Oct 14th Date: 13 Oct 1998 18:40:22 -0400 Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wed at 9 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario.Canada Jack "Bongo" Burger - China Nights Mambo "Music for the Jet Set" Martin Denny - Quiet Village "The Exotic Sounds" Earl Grant - House of Bamboo "Martini Madness" Ivy Pete & his Limbomaniacs - Limbo Man "Limbo Party" The Rockyfellers - Don't Sit Down "Lost Treasures" Gloria Lynne - Bali H'ai "Music for the Jet Set" Eden Ahbez - Tobago "Lost Treasures" Milt Raskin - Moon Festival "Kapu" Korla Pandit - Lotus Love "Tropical Magic" Korla Pandit - Magnetic Theme "Music for Meditation" DJ Shadow - Organ Donor "Preemptive Strike" Mr Scruff - Mouse at Organ "Cup of Tea Records: Another Compilation" Amon Tobin - Bridge "Permutation" Funki Porcini - Snip & Lock "Love, Pussycats & Carwrecks" Lucia Pamela - Moontown/Walking on the Moon "Into Outer Space with..." Stereolab - International Colouring Contest "Mars Audiac Quintet" Attilio Mineo - Man in Art "Man in Space with Sounds" Combustible Edison - Call of the Space Siren "The Impossible World" Joe Meek & the Blue Men - Orbit Around the Moon "I Hear a New World" Forrest J. Ackerman - excerpt from "Music for Robots" Aphex Twin - [untitled] "Analogue Bubblebath 4" Spaced Out - Bond Street/Walk on By "The Exotic Moog of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music #2" Gabor Szabo - Sophisticated Wheels "The Hascisch Party!" Combustible Edison - Mr Pushkin Came to Shove "The Impossible World" Albert Hall - R53 "Coffee Table Music - sounds & soundtracks mixed by Grantby" Comments & questions welcome Thanks for Reading! Allan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) desiworld Date: 13 Oct 1998 19:00:07 -0500 Since Indian filmi music has popped up again, I thought I'd pass along the URL for another fab site. -Lou Indian cinema - commonly known as Bollywood - is where the musical still reigns supreme.It is discussed, reviewed and gossiped about at DesiWorld. Star interviews, pictures, home pages and addresses are also listed. Both the fan and the curious newcomer can explore Indian pop culture and enjoy clips of current films and music. http://www.desiworld.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeff Chenault" Subject: (exotica) Big Band Moog Date: 13 Oct 1998 20:17:22 -0400 The "Big Band Moog" album was recorded by Keith Droste and released by Radio Shack's Realistic label, #50-2022. It includes both songs "Moog In My Soul" and "Smoke Gets In My Moog". It is a pretty good album but what makes it unique is that it was encoded for "Stereo-4" which was Radio Shack's version of "QUAD". Sounds great with the right reciever!! (which I have). Hope this helps Jill. Jeff # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "telstar" Subject: Re: (exotica) Fred Lane Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:01:15 -0400 Ratso Russo wrote: > >Can anyone tell me where to find a Fred Lane discography? I own > >only one record entitled, 'Car Radio Jerome' on ShimmyDisc > > Another ShimmyDisc release of his is titled "From the One that Cut You." > Just as great! And who can forget "Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue starring Ron Pate's Debonairs featuring the Rev Fred Lane"...especially for Fred Lane's charmingly naive versions of 'Volare' & 'My kind of town (Chicago is)'! Allan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Hipness and the 5,6,7,8's Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:15:04 EDT << I can't believe that noone among us has heard the _How To Speak Hip_ album... >> all i can tell you is that i've looked for that LP for five years and have yet to find it. FIVE YEARS! I don't just mean poping into local record stores, I'm talking about combing collector's lists, searching the web over and over in search of the LP that inspired my screen name and the title of my mixes. I wonder which will happen first? A CD reissue or me finding that record? I'd bet me finding the record! Just another reason to buy a turntable and let the vinyl God lead you. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) The Continental Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:33:59 EDT So do we think the bonus (or bogus imho) tracks were from this show??? or recorded more recently for the UL CD's? Robert And that last track on Crime Scene (track 18) is from the Alfred Hitchcock album "Music To Be Murdered By". The bogus track is not listed in the liner notes or on the track listings. Robert In a message dated 98-10-13 14:41:59 EDT, you write: << > What years was this on??? According to "Total Television", it aired on CBS (!) from January to April 1952. Renzo Cesana starred as The Continental. It doesn't mention the KTLA airings. From there Cesana went on to a syndicated (also 1952) program called "First Date", where he greeted couples who were on their first date together. I wonder if he tried to steal all the girls. >> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) German Car Ads Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:52:13 EDT Jasmine wrote recently asking about the VW ad music. Now I got a question: Did anyone see the Mercedes ad that aired about a year ago that started very dank and serious with the pretense that the Mercedes engineers were calling a press conference? The main guy breaks into a rock-a- billy type song singing about the new cars. I had this recorded at one time on VHS (but it got erased). I must have played it back about 20 times -- the tune was infectiously catchy and the site-gags were hilarious. Am I the only one who was impressed by this? Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Indulis R Rutks Subject: Re: (exotica) The Continental Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:00:54 -0500 (CDT) On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > > So do we think the bonus (or bogus imho) tracks were from this show??? or > recorded more recently for the UL CD's? Like 'em or not, they're the real deal - at least they were recorded in the 50's (I don't know if they're from the show). I picked up a 78 not too long ago, with The Continental performing "A Handful of Stars" and "It Can't Be Wrong". By the way, the label lists Eddie Baxter as the organist. -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting Date: 13 Oct 1998 22:10:26 EDT << (Great jazz scat vocals done ala the Chipmunks, for those unfamiliar with 'em >> the furry little critters are jazzmen Sascha Burland and Don Elliott in disguise. I have a couple of Nutty Squirrels LP's: Bird Watching - every tune has something to do with birds and the scat vocals are quite great. Cover has a couple of toys squirrels looking through a telescope with a field guide on birds close by. (Columbia) The Nutty Squirrels Sing It's Hard Day's Night - not nearly as good, pretty silly and often annoying versions of 1964 or so hits. there is another - their first - with best selling "Uh-Oh" on it, but I don't have that one. Granville (Sascha) Burland wrote a number of commercials and theme music, "What's My Line?" and "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)", to name a couple. I have a very enjoyable LP from him, "Swingin' The Jingles", where such products as Marlboros, Nestles Quick and Nabisco Chippers are given their due. Dick Hyman appears! Don Elliott's "Music For The Sensational Sixties" has a killer cover of Don on a Vespa with his mellophone attached to the scooter's side as he hurls through space. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Moog Denny & Baxter and Zounds! What Sounds and Music from a Surplus Store Date: 13 Oct 1998 22:01:26 EDT Any comments on the quality of the recording? Also, any (please!!!) comments on the bootleg: Zounds! What Sounds and Music from a Surplus Store?? Email me off list if you like. Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Organs of Toledo Date: 13 Oct 1998 23:28:23 -0700 At 11:33 PM 10/12/98 -0400, Ross Orr wrote: > >Bear with me, I have a kind of an abnormally high tolerance for organ >records. . . Oh man, this introduction scared me. I too have an abnormally high tolerance for organ records and I always have. On top of that, Ross's finds always make me jealous. Everyone's finds make me jealous but Ross's make me consistently a bit more jealous than most. >>_The Man From O.R.G.A.N._ DIck Hyman (Command, 1965). See? Dick Hyman organ PLUS he's doing Spy stuff. All you'd have to say is that he plays a bit of moog on the record and that there's a naked woman on the cover and I would be forced to take a bus down to Ann Arbor, find your house, find a way to ingratiate myself anonymously into your household - either by faking a heart attack in front of your wife or maybe if you have a pool, almost drowning in it - and then when I'm alone in the house one day, stealing exactly one milk crate's worth of records and no more. >_Hi-Dee-Fi_ Lenny Dee (Decca). I realized with stark terror that my Lenny >Dee LPs have quietly slipped ahead of the Three Suns and Pere Ubu as the >artist I have the most abums of. . . Brrrr. I need numbers please. How many Pere Ubu records do you have? I seem to recall that your Three Suns collection passed the three figure mark. So does that mean that you now have more than a hundred Lenny Dee records? This is an issue of some concern for me. I have 15 Lenny Dee records. I have owned about ten more but I got rid of some of them. The question is why haven't I gotten rid of more? Isn't that too many? I've also gotten rid of Three Suns records but I still have 15 left. And I have over 30 Mancini records. And yet I would never call myself "a Mancini collector". I'm just a guy who finds Mancini records every month or so. I used to get rid of the lesser Mancini records but now I guess I usually keep them. But the point is I only have 12 Coltrane records, 11 Miles Davis, 10 Al Green, 9 Curtis Mayfield... do I hear 8? I know that's because Coltrane didn't make as many records as Mancini or Lenny Dee I guess and they are cheaper when you find them, but still... that's the horrible thing about these easy listening records, isn't it? They're cheap and endless. EXCEPT FOR THE ONES YOU REALLY WANT. Ross, do you ever get rid of records even though they fit into your general tastes? Same question to the rest of you? I know it's hard to sell them but this is the reason we should institute some gigantic exotica list exchange program. No money passes hands. You get credit for each record you send off and for every one you send, you get one in return. Anyone want to administer that? >_Dee Latin_ Lenny Dee (Decca). Now we are getting somewhere! Do I have this one? Of course not. Okay... I'm clinically depressed today so I'll just stop here and say that all the organ records you mentioned made me feel deeply jealous and also made me feel that all my records are worse than all of yours. (Even the Ethel Smith record made me jealous so you know I'm in trouble.) So you could send me drugs that address my seratonin imbalance or you could send me records. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Werner Muller and Germany (LONG REPLY) Date: 13 Oct 1998 23:28:17 -0700 At 10:38 AM 10/12/98 +0000, Moritz R wrote: > >For somebody who like me was born long after >the second world war had ended, but as a German, it's a bit nerving to >be confronted with the same prejudices over and over again. You have >probably never been in Germany and you probably think that your country >is less militaristic than mine. I doubt it. I wasn't sure whether to reply to this or just take my medicine. After all, my posting was ABOUT prejudice so I had to expect that I'd offend someone. In fact I had to expect I'd offend someone in particular. And I didn't know whether to reply personally or to the list. But I'm a bit of an "online exhibitionist" so I can't bother doing it unless it's public. Mostly I was talking about MUSICAL prejudice. So if a German is tired of being confronted by musical prejudice again and again, maybe he should look to Kraftwerk or Werner Muller or Zacharias. Maybe there's a connection between musical prejudices and a more general prejudice but that's not necessarily true. If you're not American, you're going to have to live with that kind of prejudice. have to constantly defend Atom Egoyan when people put down Canadian film and I regularly have to to pay for the sins of Loverboy and Brian Adams and Celine Dion and the Barenaked Ladies when people put down Canadian music. But since you brought it up, I have been to Germany. And since my country is Canada and not the U.S. - as you seem to assume - then yes I do assume that your country is more "militaristic" than mine. > Part of my tax money still goes to victims of >the second world war Most of my tax money goes to zillions of little programs that I would never support if they asked me. I have mixed feelings myself when it comes to the issue of paying reparations but I must admit that I always wonder what people are really saying when they point out that their tax dollars go to this particular program or that one. If your tax dollars go there, does that mean you support it? Does it mean that you accept it? Does it mean that you're forever off the hook... assuming you were on the hook in the first place? and there have been films about the cruelty of the >Third Reich in German TV every day since I have been able to think. I >don't need a Steven Spielberg to remind me. Times have changed. You >shouldn't form your view on the German culture exclusively by Hollywood >movies. Sorry, your post hit some nerve in me. I never defend Germany >very much, but this time I felt I have to say something. Well I can understand how I hit a nerve but again, I was mostly talking about Werner Muller, not Werner Klemperer as Commandant Klink. But since you brought it up, I do wonder what it was in my original posting that made you think that my opinions of Germany, the German character or German music were influenced by a filmmaker whose work I hate with every fibre of my being And as far as German TV or the History Channel here - which is essentially "the Hitler Channel" - showing daily movies about the Third Reich, there is a reason for that you know. Number one, here's no good newsreel footage of the Inquisition. Number two, the story still isn't over for some people, believe it or not. And finally, whether you like it or not, the Second World War, the Third Reich, the Holocaust and Adolph Hitler are collectively A GREAT STORY. BUT NOW let's get to the crux of the issue: >Your concept of GROOVE might not be everything that music is all about. > As in the Exotica list you should be aware >of that and not look down on those cultures that you like to exploit at >the same time. I'm not sure what you mean by "exploit" but I assume it's another veiled reference to America's cultural imperialism which as a Canadian I am well aware of but anyway, let's move on. It comes down to this. Do you think there's such a thing as "national character" or "national culture" and do you think it affects the music or the art in general that comes from that country? I'm not saying national origin says everything but does it say anything? I'm not sure that I would have seen a connection between their films if they'd come from different countries but when I was a big fan of the "new wave" of German filmmakers, yeah I did see a connection between Fassbinder and Herzog and even Wenders. Though Wenders is clearly fascinated - and even focussed on - American culture, I still feel like he expresses that fascination in a "German" way. If I'm looking for a "down n dirty" rock record, I'm going to be very suspicious of any band from France. They do that light pop thing as well as anyone but there aren't many French Rolling Stones or Motorheads or Ramones or Social Distortions. And having mentioned a couple of British rock bands there, I'll admit that I have a prejudice about British bands too. Yeah the Stones and Motorhead rocked in a certain way. But they rocked in a different way and I used to always be able to tell if a rock band was from the British Isles or from North America. I loved all those white blues bands in the sixties but Savoy Brown and early Fleetwood Mac sounded nothing at all like Paul Butterfield or Canned Heat who were somehow "bluesier" and even more "authentic"... and who I preferred. And while I believe that white men can play the blues, if I was looking for a new blues record - which I'm not - I think I'd buy a record by an older black American bluesman before I'd buy a record by a new young white German blues band. It's totally baffling to me but for some reason, Canadian rock bands - both defunct and should-be defunct - which can't get arrested in Canada or the U.S., are selling out in Germany. Saga sells in Germany. Even Gowan sells in Germany. Does that say anything about German tastes? And if it does, does it also say anything about the cultural character of the country? My post was mostly about a Werner Muller Latin record and my surprise that it was pretty good. I just gave someone another Werner Muller record. The record I gave away sounded like I expect Werner Muller to sound. Can I say that the Werner Muller record I gave away sounded "typically German"? No, not exactly but I can say that it sounded like I would expect a record by a guy named Werner Muller to sound like. I have a Latin record by Acker Bilk. I won't say it works but the attempt is interesting. Given what other Acker Bilk records sound like, his version of Latin music is pretty well what you'd expect. Given what I'd heard of other Werner Muller records, HIS version of Latin music is better than you'd expect. I admitted in my original posting that my response to a record by someone named "Werner Muller" was to some degree influenced by being raised with certain prejudices. So I can't defend it. But as an adult, as much as I might have fought my own prejudices, I have also had experiences which have created new reasons to "PRE-JUDGE" records, movies, books etc. World War 2 is probably somewhere in the background of my thoughts and maybe I can never be sure how much it influences me but I've had a lot of my own experiences with German people and with the products of German culture and I do have a certain sense of the "German character" and if someone says to me "Hey do you want this GERMAN ROCK record - or German punk or German pop ..?", yes I do have an expectation of what it might sound like... and that expectation is influenced by a lot of things but "national character" is one of them. You know, you can't have it both ways. You can't on the one hand say that there are all these different cultures and influences in the world and "America is not everything" and then turn around and say that I should have no expectations about some German guy, most of whose records feature this happy, bouncy polka-sounding stuff. If I said that German music was exactly the same as American music, I assume you'd argue with me. So it's not the same but you should never prejudge it and assume it's not the same. You're right of course. My concept of GROOVE is not all there is. And if I'm looking for my concept of groove, I don't expect to find it in a twenty five year old record by a guy named Werner. SORRY EVERYONE Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) moog history Date: 13 Oct 1998 23:28:25 -0700 At 11:19 AM 10/13/98 -0700, jasmine j jopling wrote: > >I'm in great need of a "timeline of the moog" web site... something that >sort of breaks it down by invention, experimentation, artists who've done >works based on the moog, etc... I'd love to see a moog discography myself... if for no other reason than to thoroughly discourage me from my attempt to amass a "moog record collection". I currently have 28 records that I would call "MOOG records", about evenly split between the "classics" and the more fringe stuff. You don't hear much about the real fringe records. For instance: "Electronic Music to Blow Your Mind by".. on Design records and they call the band "The Lovemachine". It's actually not a moog record but there's synthesizer on it I think. Is there a discography that includes stuff like this? My friend has a record at his store and as I recall, all it says is "Moog" against a black background. He's going to put a big price on it I think. I've never paid more than seven dollars for a moog record but I'm thinking I might pay more for that one. And it's only because I think I'm getting quite a good Moog collection. If I could see an intimidatingly long Moog discography, maybe I'd see that I'll never have a great moog collection and I could go back to where I was when I only had one or two and I wasn't trying to make it into a collection. Anyone help me here? BTW, I have a Jean Jacques Perry 45 and I'm wondering what record it comes from. It's "Country Rock Polka" and "Passport to the Future". I don't know which is the A-side. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) Fred Lane Date: 13 Oct 1998 23:49:27 -0500 The idea of a Fred Lane discography is kind of silly since there are = only two albums: =B3From the One that Cut You=B3 and =B3Car Radio Jerome=B2 both are = Shimmydisc LPs. I=B9m told that they were both issued as one CD but I = cannot vouch for that. Back in the early nineties there was a Shimmydisc ad in Option that = mentioned a new Fred Lane album =B3Ice Pick to the Mood=B2 (what an = astoundinly Laneian title.). I called up Shimmydisc at the time and = found out that it was not to be. Evidently Lane and Kramer couldn=B9t = agree on something and the whole deal fell apart. So, there might = have been new stuff recorded...then again there might not. The Fred Lane persona is one cloaked in mystery. Supposedly his real = name is Ron Pate and rumor has it that he retired to making = whirly-gigs in Tuscaloosa! Of course this story too fits into the = Lane aesthetic. There is a web site titled =B3Help Me Find Fred Lane=B2 (sorry I = don=B9t have the address.) I checked it out recently and it seems to have not been updated in = the past year. Some one on this site mentions an album =B3Ron Pate=B9s Pataphysical = Revue=B2 but, it=B9s not too clear what=B9s up with that. I have a Recommended Records compilation that has the same version of = I talk to My Haircut=B2 as on the Shimmydisc album but, it=B9s = credited to Ron Pate and his Debonaires. Hope these clues help shed more light of the Fred Lane phenomena. Frank # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Ultra Lounge Bonus Tracks Date: 13 Oct 1998 20:15:05 +0000 At 10:30 PM 12-10-98 -0400, Peter wrote: >Anyone know the artist and titles for the bonus tracks at the end of some of the UL comps? >It's some guy over movie theatre type organ music reading lyrics or poetry with a French accent. I have a record with this guy. I know this has been discussed here before, so you might want to check the exotica archives. Renzo Cesana is the guy, also known as "The Continental." The Capitol LP "Camp!" T 2474 has his version of "Roses and Champagne." It makes the entire album! Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Carl Russo" Subject: Re: (exotica) German Car Ads Date: 13 Oct 1998 21:09:22 -0700 >Now I got a question: Did anyone see the Mercedes ad that aired about a year >ago that started very dank and serious with the pretense that the Mercedes >engineers were calling a press conference? The main guy breaks into a rock-a- >billy type song singing about the new cars. Didn't catch it, but I see VW is in their 4th decade of the same ad campaign. Obviously it works (what will all those yuppies do with their retro-Bugs next year?). In fact, what product doesn't use that model these days? On that very subject, I found Thomas Frank's CONQUEST OF THE COOL (U of Chicago Press) a pretty dry read though a thorough study of the role of the rebel image in advertising during the "Cultural Revolution." Not trying to start a book chat. It's just that a company that won't fess up to their checkered (war-time) past doesn't deserve such a cute, fuzzy image. Oh, and boycott Disney. C. "I'm really not a misanthrope!" Russo c_russo@msn.com http://russo.onza.net/gmsarchive1.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) Touch of Evil Date: 13 Oct 1998 22:45:55 +0000 You may have heard that Orson Welles' Touch of Evil has been released in a so-called "director's cut" (because the directions for the edits came from notes made by Welles, not because he personally prepared this new release). One of the approaches taken was to emphasize the wonderful sound compositions Welles was after. Thus, in this re-release, Henry Mancini's opening music was omitted in favor of the layered ambience. I am not sure if any of his music made it to this release. So, have you seen it? Do you miss the Mancini music? What do you think? Personally, I am not always into director's cuts. I still favor the original version of Blade Runner because Harrison Ford's narration added a special touch. Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Jumbo Shrimp live Date: 14 Oct 1998 02:57:07 EDT San Francisco instro kings JS return to the legendary Purple Onion (in North Beach on Columbus near Kearny) This Friday Oct 16 opening the show will be primitive girls-in-the-cave rock from The Neanderdolls and space/surf mania from Planet Seven show starts at 9 or whenever owner Tom Guido says it starts! JS and Planet 7 CDs will be available # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Hipness and the 5,6,7,8's Date: 14 Oct 1998 07:29:40 -0400 << I can't believe that noone among us has heard the _How To Speak Hip_ album... >> If you would like to hear Real Audio clips of this album, go to http://www.3-cities.com/~geets/home.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Hipwell Subject: Re: (exotica) Werner Muller and Germany (LONG REPLY) Date: 14 Oct 1998 13:11:14 +0100 > From: Nat Kone [massive snip] > > You're right of course. My concept of GROOVE is not all there is. And if > I'm looking for my concept of groove, I don't expect to find it in a twenty > five year old record by a guy named Werner. > Here are my Werner Muller recommendations: - "The Sumptuous Strings of the Werner Muller Orchestra" (Decca Phase 4) This is -- seriously -- one of the grooviest records of all time. And the grooviest track is "Flight of the Bumble Bee". I know that sounds sarcastic, but it isn't. Misleading title, misleading songs, killer album. - "The Strip Goes On" (Decca) Absolute sleazy classic. The first track, "Bodybuilder", you might recognize, it being used as the basis for Bentley Rhythm Ace's big hit. This is far superior, with male and female voices describing what they think about the bodybuilder. - "On The Move" (Decca Phase 4) Not great all the way through, but the arrangements of "Istanbul" and "Calcutta" are incredible. - "Wild Strings" (Decca Eclipse) Like it sounds. Other German recommendations, not including Peter Thomas: - Gert Wilden Get the Schulmadchen Report! - Hazy Osterwald Sextet This is based on one single track I've got, "Kriminaltango" which sounds very Peter Thomasy (but comes from the 50s). I've always wondered whether PT was an arranger for the group or something; never found any other material by them. Maybe someone can tell me something about them? - Norman Candler Otherwise known as Gerhard Narholz. He changed his name for showbiz reasons. There are some great tracks from the 70s where you really notice the bass but the strings are going crazy on top. You will sometimes find the Narholz name too (e.g. library music). - Klaus Wunderlich Yes, there is tons of pure shit. "Sound 2000" has some good tracks on it, and among the dreck there are some fabulous pieces. Mr. Wunderlich's version of "Caravan" is perhaps the most groovy weirdy one ever, and I bet you don't believe me. - James Last Some people may think I'm taking the piss now, but amongst Mr. Last's voluminous output are a few things you should own, just because they're there: e.g. "Voodoo Party" (so as you can be scared by Mr. Giant Man), and "James Last And The Rolling Trinity" (for a similar experience with "The Booman" and the disco version of "Old MacDonald"). There must be tons more, but those are just the ones that immediately sprang to mind. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Werner Muller and Germany (LONG REPLY) Date: 14 Oct 1998 15:25:20 +0000 Hi Nat, thanks for answering my posting so extensively. I admit I thought you were American and not Canadian and I admit that I'm a bit of over-sensible about these all-too-easy connections that people make between German culture and the Nazis. You didn't do that. But you made a connection between Germany and military marches and that's just something that belongs to a past so long ago that I have not experienced it myself in any way. Apart from the fact that all countries have their marches the German music after the second world war has moved away from that tradition so far and since such a long time that I thought I have to fight to make this point clear. When travelling the North American continent I often got the impression that quite some people think that Germans still walk around with "Pickel"helmets, listening to march music, smack their shoes together when adressing each other and bark orders to servants. Some almost seemed to be curious if we have electricity. Somebody asked me if I had come by train. I got the impression of a very poorly informed popularity in the US. It's not your fault and I don't think you're one of this kind at all. But why say this thing about marches that don't take prisoners? I couldn't really seperate the musical and the political content of it. I agree with most of the rest of what you've said in your answer. You know, the big problem for German musicians my and the following generations always was and still is, how to create music (including the simple problem of singing in German) that is not unaware of what's happening internationally (and the Anglo-American music is the dominant part of it) without just copying it, but stay unique AND avoid all those own traditions that the Nazis have made impossible forever at the same time. Or even take up those forms and give it a new meaning without causing a turmoil of misunderstandings. It's really tough, you know, and diffuse feelings of guilt accompany you as a German musician all the time, unless you don't care anyway. Besides we should rather talk about regional differences in the world music culture than about national, because the idea of national governments has nothing to do with it. I do think there are regional differences (still) and I like it. They make the international culture more interesting and inspiring. They will probably more and more disappear as information brings us all closer together. But almost all the music we dicuss in the Exotica list comes from this once in history age when recordings suddenly made it possible to hear music from all over and combine the different forms that have developed completely seperately for centuries. Of course this is the idea of the melting pot and it could happen the best in America and it could only succeed in music. In real society life it was never so succesful. German musicians after the war were so busy in neglecting their disavowed own traditions that they came to copying American music that it became almost disavowing themselves. All I can say is, it embarrasses me the most, when German bands and musicians attempt to sound so American, because they will never do the same thing better than the original. German Hip Hop... to me Hip Hop is the music of the Bronx and no basis whatsoever to copy it here. I don't even want a German band sound "down'n'dirty" and I don't expect that there is one who can do it properly. Germany is full of these misinterpretations of American culture, as you mentioned (I don't know "Gowan" though). So the number 1 goal I had in my own time as a musician was to get past this Nazi/guilt-complex in order to be free enough to do my own thing as autonomous part of a world culture. I just couldn't go the easy way, "rock", sing in English, cause no troubles. Instead I wanted to adress my audience in their own language, because I had to say something to them and therefore I had to find rhythms that fit the German language. In German they groove, but it's different from what grooves in English. I see real improvements in the musical self-confidence here and in other parts of continental Europe and that's why I react so sensible at being thrown back into the old cliches. I can only hope that you understand this point. It's hard to explain even to Inlanders. I tell you, it's a unique position that you have as a culturally interested postwar German. I remember reading this chapter in "Pranks" where this American artist - forgot his name - made a perfomance in Cologne in the early 70s and had swasticas on stage and said some "Heil Hitlers" etc. and couldn't understand why even young progressive people in the audience didn't take it as good humour. It was just not possible at that time. It took 50 years to get a bit over the trauma of the 3rd Reich and it is still here. To end this dispute in friendly terms... I fullheartedly believe that Canada is as little militaristic as Germany today. No doubt about it. I'm shure your friend Brian can answer your query for groovy German music even better than I can, so I better shut up now. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Werner Muller and Germany (LONG REPLY) Date: 14 Oct 1998 15:51:23 +0000 > - Hazy Osterwald Sextet > > This is based on one single track I've got, "Kriminaltango" which > sounds very Peter Thomasy (but comes from the 50s). I've always > wondered whether PT was an arranger for the group or something; never > found any other material by them. Maybe someone can tell me something > about them? > I don't know much about him, but this song is very well known and was a million seller, like THE hit of his group. It was covered a few years ago by German post-punk-pop-group Die Toten Hosen. As it happens I heard an interview with Hazy Osterwald, who lives very secluded, in radio last week, where he admitted he didn't like the song when it was introduced to him, but his manager and the record company insisted that they play it. So he is the arranger of the group himself, if that answers your question. Mo P.S.: Except Kriminal Tango your recommendations are all instrumental, that's how they pass Nat's groove standards. As soon as you start singing in German you've got to find other rhythmic patterns. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting Date: 14 Oct 1998 15:53:06 +0000 Peter Ledebur wrote: > Saw John Waters' Pecker this weekend (uh... well, you know > what I mean) ??? uh, not really. Anyway. How is the film? He will be running in the Vienna film festival and I'm going to go there... Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lonlytown@aol.com Subject: (exotica) twofer boots Date: 14 Oct 1998 03:14:15 EDT Rumor has it the guy doing them is now out of business. If anybody knows where to find him, please speak up. The Estate Of Les Baxter would like to have a chat with him. any info or comments, lonlytown@aol.com Best-- Skip Heller # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: Re: (exotica) Werner Muller and Germany (LONG REPLY) Date: 14 Oct 1998 16:23:13 +0100 >>>There must be tons more, but those are just the ones that immediately sprang to mind: James Last - Hair. Fantastic, groovy semi-dancer with insteresting arrangements and (I think) a track featured on the Germany Easy Pops collection. I also have an LP called 'Lords das Hazy Osterwald Sextett u.a.' - a compilation LP from the late 60s which features dodgy groups doing cover versions. Badly pressed but fantastic - strange floaty organny oddness and amusing German singing. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Frank Yankovic obit Date: 14 Oct 1998 12:06:12 -0500 NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) -- Frank Yankovic, Grammy-winning ``polka king'' whose songs wore out thousands of pairs of dancing shoes over six decades, died today. He was 83. Yankovic died at his home in this Gulf Coast town north of Tampa, said Sunana Batra of Cleveland International Records, his record company. He had suffered a fall last week and was briefly hospitalized, but the death ``was a big surprise because he seemed to be getting better,'' she said. The exact cause was unknown. Yankovic, who won the first Grammy for polka in 1986, had quit performing about a year ago because of a bout with heart disease. Yankovic's mastery of the accordion wowed audiences of Eastern European ethnics in his hometown of Cleveland and throughout the Midwest for more than six decades. ``He's the man who put polkas where they are,'' said Tony Petkovsek, who broadcasts a daily polka show on two northeastern Ohio radio stations. Yankovic's Grammy nomination for ``Songs of the Polka King, Volume 2,'' in 1998 was his fourth nomination since 1986, the year the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences began honoring polka musicians. Yankovic won that year for the record ``70 Years of Hits.'' Yankovic also recorded recently with country superstar Chet Atkins and pop singer Don Everly. He even did a version of the ``Too Fat Polka'' with another famous Clevelander, Drew Carey. Yankovic was perhaps the best-known practitioner of Slovenian-style polka, which is heavy on the accordion, clarinet and saxophone. Polish-style polka features accordions and trumpets and has a faster beat. ``I created a style of Slovenian. The beat that I gave it was different. It was acceptable to teen-agers as well as the older folks,'' Yankovic said in an Associated Press interview in February. ``I took the real old-time polkas and modernized them.'' Yankovic had his two biggest hits in the late 1940s. His signature polka, ``Just Because,'' sold more than 1 million copies in 1948, as did ``Blue Skirt Waltz'' the following year. He continued performing, mostly in the Great Lakes area, for the next 40 years. He also had television shows in Cleveland and Chicago in the 1960s. Among his other hits: ``Pennsylvania Polka,'' ``In Heaven There Is No Beer,'' ``Dizzy Day Polka,'' ``Happy Minute Polka,'' ``Accordion Man Waltz,'' ``Champagne Taste and a Beer Bankroll'' and his version of the venerable ``Beer Barrel Polka.'' Yankovic was born in Davis, W.Va., in 1915 but his family moved to Cleveland when he was 5 months old. When he was 9, he began playing on a friend's button-box accordion, then his parents got him a piano accordion when he was 15. He began playing ``socials'' in Cleveland's ethnic neighborhoods as a teen-ager. Yankovic was married three times and had 10 children, according to polka historian Frank Smodic Jr. Ida Yankovic, Yankovic's third wife, said last year that the reason for her husband's success was simple. ``Frankie played from his heart. I believe that's why he was put on this Earth, to bring happiness to a lot of people,'' she said. Ms. Batra said Mrs. Yankovic had brought her husband home from the hospital a few days ago and hired a full-time nurse because she was unhappy with the hospital care. Yankovic spoke to her shortly after 4 a.m. today and told her ``he loved her more than anything else in the world,'' Ms. Batra said. A few hours later, the nurse told Mrs. Yankovic she couldn't find a pulse. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) twofer boots - the fed's are on to you!! Date: 14 Oct 1998 12:21:18 EDT In a message dated 98-10-14 10:40:16 EDT, you write: << The Estate Of Les Baxter would like to have a chat with him. >> Ooooooweeeeee ! ! ! Hide the still Clem!!! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Re: Numbers Date: 14 Oct 1998 12:37:07 -0400 Nat asked: >I seem to recall that your Three Suns collection passed the three figure mark. >So does that mean that you now have more than a hundred Lenny Dee records? > >This is an issue of some concern for me. Ay chihuahua, no! How do these rumors get started. . . . I think you might be confusing me with noted Sun-o-phile Michael Toth, who mentioned that if you counted up all the ENOCH LIGHT-produced LPs in his collection, he thought the total would be over 100. I've just got 18 Lenny Dee LPs, and 14 of the Three Suns. (It would have been 16 except for that part where I ran out of money in Toledo. . . ) Ubu-wise, if I include duplicates, Margaret's albums, and each CD in that wonderful box set counted separately, I think it's 15. So take that pill, spread out all 30 of your Mancini records on the floor, plus the 28 Moog records, and bask in the idea that every one of us is special, each in their own way. And if I ever do notice any mysterious strangers writhing on the sidewalk or face down in our birdbath--I am locking the door. cheers, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: (exotica) Hank Thompson and Hazelwoodbe's Date: 14 Oct 1998 12:52:49 -0700 I don't know if I'm ever going to try and make a "reminds me of Lee Hazelwood" tape mostly because I'm not sure what other people are hearing or liking in Lee Hazelwood. Last night for instance, I heard this pretty good CD compilation of Tony Joe White, which had it been for sale, I would have bought. Yeah every other song sounded like a variation on "Polk Salad Annie" but there was a real "individual spirit" to the music, like this guy was out on his own limb and he didn't care... and for that alone he reminded me of Lee Hazelwood. But the music did too. Sort of. Anyway, when I hear Lee, I basically hear a variation on country music. So if I'm dealing with someone who is an avowed country music hater but they love Lee, I'm not sure what to recommend. However for those of you who love Lee and also like "some" country music, I have a recommendation. It's a Hank Thompson record called "Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)". The copy I have is on Dot Records. I'm not sure if it's an original or a reissue and if that's the original name of the record or not... but I think it is. Now myself I love Hank Thompson but I'm not issuing a blanket endorsement for him here. If you love old country music and you've never bothered checking out Hank's classic tunes like "Hangover Tavern", I recommend it. But for you Lee fans and exoticats in general, I'm only recommending this record which is not at all "classic Hank". Oh look. The tunes on the record that really made me think of Lee have string arrangements by HANK LEVINE. That name came up here recently. I have no idea. Maybe this will be a difficult record to find but if you've never even looked for a Hank Thompson record or gone into the country section of the used record store, maybe you should see if you can find this one. Go to the second cut on the first side. It's called "At Certain Times". If you think I'm crazy after you hear that cut, don't bother with the rest of the record. Oh and if you're making a list of stuff that reminds me of Lee, add to it the name of TOM T.HALL - one of the greatest songwriters ever - and this song called "Pay no attention to Alice" which I just can't get out of my head. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Heard of "Bombay the Hard Way"? Date: 13 Oct 1998 19:45:26 +0200 >From: RLott@aol.com >"Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars." as far as i know, it hasn't been released yet... anyone else knows better news? Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Czerkinsky Date: 14 Oct 1998 16:07:49 +0200 >From: "Jill Mingo" > >I don't know if this fella has been discussed, but there is a wonderful = >release on Bungalow by Czerkinsky. what's the title? and is this instrumental or vocal pop? Bungalow stuff is also hard to get here in Belgium... Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Rino Vincken" Subject: (exotica) Record shops in New York Date: 14 Oct 1998 20:42:40 +0200 Hi, I'm Rino Does anybody of you hipsters out there know of any record shops in New York that are worth visiting if your looking for new and second hand vinyl concerning Lounge, Easy Tune, Exotica, Now Sound, Dub and Reggae. Please let me know. I'm in New York from the 7th untill the 11th of november. Is there by any chance an event/gig that cannot be missed considering I'm into the stuf that I mentioned above? Thanks cody@xs4all.nl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: chuck Subject: Re: (exotica) Czerkinsky Date: 14 Oct 1998 13:57:26 -0700 (PDT) I agree with you that Bungalow is thee lable of modern pop. Other music carries all of the Bngalow releases and usually for a good price. I believe the Czerkinsky album is sold there for $14.99 for anyone looking for it. I got the fantastic Plastic machines new album from them (1998 Nippon Columbia) and I want to say once again this is one of the most impressive releases I've heard in some time. A modern pop now sound full of surprises, I can't recommend this enough. Does anyone expect this to be released domestically? ---Jill Mingo wrote: I don't know if this fella has been discussed, but there is a wonderful release on Bungalow by Czerkinsky. Don't know much about him, but it is French melodic pop - with a modern lilt. This LP has really gotton to me. Lush and lovely stuff. In the UK, there is a lot of Bungalow stuff that is REALLY hard to find. Is that the same Stateside? Coz when it comes to modern pop, this really is THEE label. Jill "Mingo-go" _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "B. Yost" Subject: (exotica) Bertrand Burgalat Date: 14 Oct 1998 17:47:58 PDT Anybody know who Bert Burgalat is? I recently got a 2+ year old EP by Renegade Soundwave (a not-very-listy band) and am pretty impressed by a couple of remixes by this Bert Burgalat. His "remixes" entirely junk the original music and instead employ smart-sounding EZ/lounge/cabaret/go go sounds. I'd definitely be interested in hearing more from him based on this material. My own web search didn't turn up anything useful. Thanks to anyone who has more info, Brad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Subject: (exotica) Bruce Haack's "Electric Lucifer" Date: 14 Oct 1998 17:00:36 -0700 Just added, limited quantities For Sale Bruce Haack: "The Electric Lucifer" LP Only, Sealed, Reissue (Columbia) Titles: Electric To Me Turn, The Word, Cherubic Hymm, Program Me (Diff. version than on "Hush Little Robot" Reissue), War, National Anthem To The Moon, Chant of The Unborn, Incantation, Angel Child, Word Game, Song Of The Death Machine, Super Nova, Requiem. Amazing reissue of Electronic/Moog and totally Psychedelic with Spoken Word/Vocals of rare and extremely sought after masterpiece LP from 1970. But certainly not for little kiddies, that's fer shure 5 Stars at the VERY Minimum $12.99 + $4 Shipping 1st class priority + State Tax if applicable. CA State Tax = $1.02 Jack Diamond 405 El Camino Real # 603 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Please e-mail direct at jack@jackdiamond.com **Please Note** I am out of town and away from my computer/e-mail until Monday, Oct 19th All Credit Card/Money Order orders will be shipped Monday Secure Order form at http://www.jackdiamond.com/order.htm Thanks and ROCK ON! Jack Jack Diamond Music Http://www.jackdiamond.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Subject: (exotica) SF Bay Area Record Show! Date: 14 Oct 1998 17:01:09 -0700 October 25th, 1998 from 9AM-4PM KFJC-FM Presents the umpteenth version of its Rekkid Swap! 2 bucks at the door solely benefits KFJC-FM, a non-commercial radio station and 8 QUARTERS FOR PARKING SOLELY BENEFITS FOOTHILL COLLEGE Get a Parking Stub from 1 of the Red Boxes and put it on your dash OR YOU WILL GET A $25 TICKET. (DAMN!) Main Dining Hall on the Foothill College Campus off of Hiway 280 and El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA Enter College, veer right, go around the bend and park at bottom of the hill and walk back UP! See you there and thanks A LOT! Jack Diamond # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Love is Goulet Date: 14 Oct 1998 20:43:28 EDT But it was Goulet starring as Goulet in "Atlantic City" that made him THE man # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: (exotica) Re: Germany Date: 14 Oct 1998 21:01:55 -0400 > German musicians after the war were so busy in neglecting their > disavowed own traditions that they came to copying American music that > it became almost disavowing themselves. All I can say is, it embarrasses > me the most, when German bands and musicians attempt to sound so > American I was raised in an area of Wisconsin, which was settled mainly by German/Polish settlers, and now have a real appreciation for the different stylings between German and Polish polka styles. The town of La Croose, where I attended college, every year had a big Ocktoberfest celebration that featured many of the local polka bands. In the early 90's, I was able to visit Frankfurt Germany and found myself attending an Ocktoberfest celebration there, which had the obligatory beer tent and live band. After the band finished its last set, they came back on for an encore. I was expecting to hear, for their last song, some classic old German polka song. Imagine my surprise and confusion when they instead played "Country Roads", the hit by John Denver. It was surreal, hearing all these German voices singing "to the place...I belong....WEST VIRGINIA!!!!!" To tell you the truth, I felt a little bit embarassed also. I got the distinct feeling my entire stay that there was more of an appreciation for the German Polka music around the Great Lake States of the U.S. than in Germany. Must be that nostalgia factor of course Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RLott@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Czerkinsky Date: 14 Oct 1998 21:29:17 EDT I was introduced to Czerkinsky on a relatively new compilation of Bungalow artists entitled "Suite: 98." I found it at Borders. Czerkinsky has one of the two or three best cuts on the album, with a bubbly little number called "Natascha." Other artists featured include Stereo Total, Fantastic Plastic Machine and Momus. A great disc and a great introduction to a great label. --Rod # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lang Thompson Subject: Re: (exotica) Touch of Evil Date: 14 Oct 1998 23:15:36 -0400 I won't see this until next week but from what I understand Mancini's music is still in the film, though toned down. And supposedly it is missing altogether from the opening shot. Whether this is good or bad will have to wait until viewing. LT At 10:45 PM 10/13/98 +0000, you wrote: >One of the approaches taken was to emphasize the wonderful sound >compositions Welles was after. Thus, in this re-release, Henry Mancini's >opening music was >omitted in favor of the layered ambience. > >I am not sure if any of his music made it to this release. Lang Thompson http://www.tcf.ua.edu/wlt4 New at the Funhouse website: Did Elvis Steal Rock 'n' Roll?, The X-Files Movie Bites!, music reviews # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies Date: 15 Oct 1998 00:35:20 -0400 I have to admit that the lush, orchestral wing of exotica never did a lot for me. . . but nonetheless, I have ended up with a few lately: _Caribbean Moonlight_ Les Baxter (Capitol). Now this is an interesting case, because here Baxter is doing all exotica standards written by others--so it's a chance to evaluate him purely as an arranger. I'd have to say that this is music which is superficially rather boring, because the overall framework is very lush and subdued. But the more carefully you listen, the more you start to notice some really nice little flourishes in the underbrush--a little patter of bongoes here, a celestial harp "zhwing" there. . . And this record has one really brilliant track: a brooding, minor version of "Poinciana." _More Jungle Drums_ Morton Gould and his Orchestra (RCA, 1964). Even though the material here is theoretically more energetic (an all-Lecuona side; "Brazil"), it utterly sinks under the weight of the "orchestral pops" treatment. Avoid. This disk actually got our household's equivalent in of having its epaulettes ripped off: I took away its inner sleeve--to save for a more deserving LP--and threw the album back into the Kiwanis donation pile. _Polynesian Fantasy_ The Out Islanders (Capitol). I never knew this existed: the tropical exotica standards, as arranged by Billy May, featuring Charlie Barnett on saxophone. Billed as "a refreshingly novel approach to Polynesian music," I'd have to call it an uncomfortable coexistence of elements that don't necessarily work together: loungey saxophone jazz, Baxter/soundtrack production values, and "novelty" instruments like marimba and steel guitar. The stronger cuts are the 3 featuring wordless female vocals (Marni Nixon does a haunting "Return to Paradise" against a spare, mysterious background), and a Twistified "oriental" number which makes the album a keeper. Still, I kept thinking how much more I liked George Cates' _Polynesian Percussion_ covering this same material. And as long as I am grumbling about orchestral exotica, can I just mention Marty Gold for a second? Recently I slogged through 5 whole LPs of his--including the premier Stereo Action release--and the only one that did anything for me was _Sticks and Bones_ (RCA Vik). How can it be that the guy who was the brains behind a lot of Three Suns and Stereo Action albums ended up producing such boring music on his own? Has anybody else ever found any Marty Gold LPs worth listening to? [Bonus question: Might "Juan del Oro" just be Marty Gold working under a pseudonym?] Meanwhile, heading directly back to the percussion department, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Love is Goulet Date: 15 Oct 1998 02:12:53 -0700 At 08:43 PM 10/14/98 EDT, DJJimmyBee@aol.com wrote: > >But it was Goulet starring as Goulet in "Atlantic City" that made him THE man I'm pretty sure that the only reason Robert Goulet was in that film was because it was "technically" a Canadian film and in order to get the tax write-offs and other benefits it received, it required as many Canadians as possible in key positions in the cast and crew. I'm not saying he wasn't a good choice but I don't think under normal circumstances he would have gotten that role. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies Date: 15 Oct 1998 02:54:17 -0700 At 12:35 AM 10/15/98 -0400, Ross Orr wrote: > >I have to admit that the lush, orchestral wing of exotica never did a lot >for me. . . but nonetheless, I have ended up with a few lately: > >And as long as I am grumbling about orchestral exotica, can I just mention >Marty Gold for a second? Recently I slogged through 5 whole LPs of >his--including the premier Stereo Action release--and the only one that did >anything for me was _Sticks and Bones_ (RCA Vik). I basically agree with you on both points. Basically. I assume we're talking about the same kind of stuff. I never know what to call this particular strain of easy listening. "Lush" describes some of it but not all of it. "Not very provocative percussion"? "Non-bongo-esque"? "Small big band"? "Subtly arranged"? "Horns and strings"? Actually when someone says "easy listening" or "lounge" this is basically the first thing I think of unless they specify further. I basically don't buy this stuff anymore unless it's made by one of the small group of musicians whose records I've found to be a cut above the rest. Just today I found records by two such musicians: HENRI RENE and NELSON RIDDLE. The Nelson Riddle record is "Route 66 and Other TV Themes" so it's not that surprising it's above average for the genre. In fact, with that kind of material, it's almost in another genre. I've bought a couple of Nelson Riddle albums that were as boring as any others in this category. Just recently I bought one called "The Joy of Living" that had a really cool cover but was just this side of muzak. I think all these guys were all over the place. I've recently bought a couple of RAY MARTIN records and after those Stereo Action records I thought the guy could almost do no wrong. But after hearing the thoroughly mediocre "Michelle - Going for Baroque", I realize even Ray had his boring side. Anyway, getting back to Nelson Riddle (Didn't I just read something about his estate), let me recommend "Love is a Game of Poker" which has this great heavy heavy string section sound. Lush can be good. If it's extreme enough. And speaking of extreme heavy lush string sections, try MICHEL LEGRAND's record "Strings on Fire". Other names in this genre whose records I usually check out in spite of the mediocrity of this genre in general: HENRY JEROME, DAVID CARROLL (of course), SID RAMIN, SID BASS, RUSS CASE. But yeah MARTY GOLD. "Sticks n Bones" is the best one I've heard. I own three others plus his Moog Beatles record which I'm not including in this genre obviously. There are a couple of okay cuts on "Soundpower". But yeah, the records where these guys go for really OVERT PERCUSSION are always their best records for my ears. I wonder about these guys. These PROFESSIONAL., flexible, versatile musicians and arrangers. After all the different stuff they did, did they actually have their own taste? If you had told them that they could do anything they wanted, would any of them have known what that was? Like LES BAXTER for instance. He too has a number of records that aren't particularly "exotic" where he just arranges standards, done standardly by a standard bunch of musicians. Was he slumming when he did the exotic stuff or when he did the nice, smooth, soothing standard stuff? Anyone want to list a few more better-than-average records in this genre? Anyone want to give it a specific name? The Henri Rene record I found today was "White Heat" and it's not the soundtrack for the film (nor was it the prequel to "White Light, White Heat".) It's better than his album "Music for the Weaker Sex" but not as good as "Compulsion to Swing" or "Riot in Rhythm". Ever since I heard that record, I've been thinking of getting that put on business card in the line where profession is usually listed. (your name) "Compulsion to Swing" Sort of like "have gun will travel" but way cooler. Sorry for going on again but Ross always inspires me. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: Re: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies Date: 15 Oct 1998 08:01:38 +0000 >Has anybody else ever found any Marty Gold LPs worth listening to? Check out "Skins"--Marty's percussion album from the early '60s. In my book, it's his most exotic and interesting LP-- especially that pounding, hypnotic version of "Hindustan". Classic cover, too! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro/retrolisten.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Record Looks Date: 15 Oct 1998 09:48:40 -0400 Not quite finds, because I am going out of town for ten days (stop applauding!) and I have these on hold at the thrift store around the corner (who should have thanked me for straightening up the records as I browsed, but I'm not bitter: As I said, I am not near the records, so the titles are a bit fuzzy: Mort Garson - Saggitarius (A&M) Heard a bit of this. Narration and Moog. I wanted this one badly. No cover and I looked through two shelves to get it, knowing no one but me wanted it. As soon as I heard Jack Diamond raving about another record from this series I knew it was for me. How to Learn Ventriloquism Walk on the Wild Side - Elmer Bernstein (Choreo) - This is a soundtrack and I heard the vocal version of the title track from Marvin Gaye before I bought this. Great, so far. Ritual of something or other - Domenic Frontiere - As you can see, I plumb fergot the title! On Columbia? and no cover. Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle - Rahsaan Roland Kirk Mr. Shing-A-Ling - Lou Donaldson A Desi Arnaz 78. Not a bad haul, eh? Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Germany Date: 15 Oct 1998 15:53:23 +0000 itsvern@ibm.net wrote: > After the band finished its last set, they came back on for an encore. > I was expecting to hear, for their last song, some classic old German > polka song. Imagine my surprise and confusion when they instead played > "Country Roads", the hit by John Denver. It was surreal, hearing all > these German voices singing "to the place...I belong....WEST > VIRGINIA!!!!!" To tell you the truth, I felt a little bit embarassed > also. > > I got the distinct feeling my entire stay that there was more of an > appreciation for the German Polka music around the Great Lake States of > the U.S. than in Germany. So you understand what I am suffering from. I always thought that the only way to get over this, would be to develop some natural self-respect, self-confidence into this country's own culture and traditions. But as soon as you start to verbalize the problem you'll be suspected of being a Neonazi. It's frustrating after a while. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jill Mingo" Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Germany Date: 16 Aug 1998 03:46:19 PDT > After the band finished its last set, they came back on for an encore. = > I was expecting to hear, for their last song, some classic old German > polka song. Imagine my surprise and confusion when they instead played > "Country Roads", the hit by John Denver. It was surreal, hearing all > these German voices singing "to the place...I belong....WEST > VIRGINIA!!!!!" To tell you the truth, I felt a little bit embarassed > also. I just returned from Munich during Oktoberfest and also heard this "Count= ry Roads" phenomenon. How this has turned into an Oktoberfest anthem, I = don't know. But I'd be curious to find out... Jill "Mingo-go" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jill Mingo" Subject: Re: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies Date: 16 Aug 1998 03:53:05 PDT > I have to admit that the lush, orchestral wing of exotica never did a = lot > for me. . . but nonetheless, I have ended up with a few lately: > > This LP is my favourite Baxter record. However, I don't think I have met= any Baxter fan that rates it other than me. > _Caribbean Moonlight_ Les Baxter (Capitol). Now this is an interesting > case, because here Baxter is doing all exotica standards written by > others--so it's a chance to evaluate him purely as an arranger. I'd hav= e to > say that this is music which is superficially rather boring, because = the > overall framework is very lush and subdued. > > But the more carefully you listen, the more you start to notice some = really > nice little flourishes in the underbrush--a little patter of bongoes = here, > a celestial harp "zhwing" there. . . And this record has one really > brilliant track: a brooding, minor version of "Poinciana." This is exactly why I love this LP. I think it's downright spooky. There = is so much going on. It isn't just lush background music. It is all envel= oping and really moves my soul. The arranging is very complex and is the = very reason why I respect Baxter so much. I have never heard half of thes= e tracks played so hauntingly. Is there ANYONE on this list that actually= worships this LP like I do? It is also readily found. But I think it is = purely magical. Jill "Mingo-go" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Mt. Mutter... Date: 15 Oct 1998 10:51:02 -0400 I just returned from Munich during Oktoberfest and also heard this "Country Roads" phenomenon. How this has turned into an Oktoberfest anthem, I don't know. But I'd be curious to find out... I dunno. I do know that at one time Country and Western music was very popular in parts of Nigeria, so why not C&W at Oktoberfest? Maybe it has something to do with Denver's real name being Henry John Deutschendorf. Brian "Kornblumenblah" Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Phillips Subject: (exotica) Und Furthermore... Date: 15 Oct 1998 10:54:58 -0400 The worst rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" I ever heard was on a public access show on Judaica that featured a band that did a parody called "Jewish Food": Jewish Foooood, Sure is good, Eat some more, You know you should... Dann ich bald in Ohnmacht fliegen, Brian Phillips # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies -Reply Date: 15 Oct 1998 10:49:42 -0400 Ross was VERY kind to Baxter's "Caribbean Moonlight." I'd be more blunt and say "It sucks." This was my first exposure to Baxter - NOT a good way to be introduced. = The syrupy string arrangements are nothing special, and I was thinking, = "So why's this guy so popular?" and scratched my head in amazement at a = two-disk boxed set available on CD. Then, I forget what happened, I must've heard a couple of tracks from the = infamous "Ultra Lounge" series and said "Wow!" and bought that damn boxed = set - and love Baxter's exotica (minus Caribbean Moonlight 'natch). - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies -Reply Date: 15 Oct 1998 10:58:29 -0400 Nat asked:=20 <> I've gotta chime in with Andre Kosteleantz's (sp?) ********Bzzzzzz = craaaackkkkkkkleeeeeee buurrrrrrrrp ******** temporary mind erase - warning - what's it called?????? something about = the Tropics or Paradise or, or, DAMMIT!!!! Well, the cover has a close-up = of a "Native Girl" - Maybe it's "Lure of the Tropics" but I'm probably = wrong. Anyway, this is LUSH and one of those albums where some weeks I love to = listen to it, and others it just sounds corny and "stringy." =20 But ya can't mention "Lush" without this album - worth .50 anyway. - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Take me home.... Date: 15 Oct 1998 11:02:04 -0400 I've got a Korean friend who LOVES that song! - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Keith Louis Larsen Subject: Re: (exotica) Take me home.... Date: 15 Oct 1998 10:42:36 -0500 (EST) On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Nathan Miner wrote: > > I've got a Korean friend who LOVES that song! its one of those tunes they love to sing, even if they don't have the correct pronounciation down yet. i was stunned at a korean kareok bar once when a few broke out into that very song, projecting heartfelt vocal sentiment to the line "... west vagina, mountain mama..." # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian Karasick" Subject: (exotica) My German recommendations... Date: 15 Oct 1998 12:01:47 EST Moritz wrote: Re: Kriminal Tango > It was covered a few years > ago by German post-punk-pop-group Die Toten Hosen. I have that single and it's Die Toten Hosen with Kurt Raab (I assume of Fassbinder fame). It's really good and the cover art is great too. German "Neue Deutsche Welle" at its finest! > P.S.: Except Kriminal Tango your recommendations are all instrumental, > that's how they pass Nat's groove standards. As soon as you start > singing in German you've got to find other rhythmic patterns. Yes, well Nat should by now have had a chance to listen to some non-instrumental German music of very high quality so maybe his standards will expand as a result. If the names Heidi Bruhl, Caterina Valente, Uschi Glas, Detlev Engl, France Gall, Manuela, or Gitte Henning mean anything to anyone, you will know that Germany has a lot more to offer than just instrumental music and Oom Pah Pah bands! While not necesarily in Nat's "groove" Germany has and continues to produce among the most innovative electronic music going and there is a long history that continues on today. It is an acquired taste but worth exploring and I do mean beyond Kraftwerk! This is only followed by the German new wave or "Neue Deutsche Welle" which produced another very refreshing mix of electronics, pop and humour during the late 70's- early 80's. If you know of labels like AtaTak, Zensor, Zick Zack, Rondo, etc you will have heard what this scene offered. They are among my favourite records and certainly worth exploring as is the whole new wave era which has surprisingly lost favour in many listening circles. To the uninitiated, I'd really recommend the Get Easy! Volume 4 - The German Pops Collection on the German Motor label. It's tough to find in the US but thankfully Dusty Grooves carries this label! It serves as a good introduction to German instrumental pop. Make no mistake about it... it is every bit as good as its American counterpart and among our most played CDs. The only piece I think it misses is Bert Kaempfert's - The Bass Walks, which is a classic much as Dave Brubecks - Take Five. I know may have trashed Bert in the past but its only your loss in doing so. Moritz could probably add a lot more, but write I this in response to his earlier comments about another opinion in support of German music. I'd be happy to offer any more listening suggestions if anyone wants. Brian Karasick Physical Planner McGill University Montreal, Canada # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: chuck Subject: Re: (exotica) Take me home.... Date: 15 Oct 1998 09:12:35 -0700 (PDT) I've got a New Orleans freind who HATES this song. At a party he fell asleep and started singing the song in his sleep. He'll never live it down. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" Subject: Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... Date: 15 Oct 1998 18:46:43 +0200 Brian Karasick wrote: > > Moritz wrote: > > Re: Kriminal Tango > > It was covered a few years > > ago by German post-punk-pop-group Die Toten Hosen. I always thought that Hazy Osterwald was from Switzerland, not Germany. is this correct? Marco # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" Subject: (exotica) Lushies Date: 15 Oct 1998 18:52:19 +0200 Nathan Miner wrote: > > Nat asked: > > <> > > I've gotta chime in with Andre Kosteleantz's (sp?) Kostelanetz ********Bzzzzzz craaaackkkkkkkleeeeeee buurrrrrrrrp ******** > temporary mind erase - warning - what's it called?????? something about the Tropics or Paradise or, or, DAMMIT!!!! Well, the cover has a close-up of a "Native Girl" - Maybe it's "Lure of the Tropics" but I'm probably wrong. No, you're right. And it's a beautiful album. Marco # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: recliner Subject: Re: (exotica) Battle of the Lushies Date: 15 Oct 1998 13:06:09 -0500 > >And as long as I am grumbling about orchestral exotica, can I just mention >Marty Gold for a second? Recently I slogged through 5 whole LPs of >his--including the premier Stereo Action release--and the only one that = did >anything for me was _Sticks and Bones_ (RCA Vik). How can it be that the >guy who was the brains behind a lot of Three Suns and Stereo Action albums >ended up producing such boring music on his own? Has anybody else ever >found any Marty Gold LPs worth listening to? =B3Skin Tight=B2 is my pick for the Marty Gold album that stand out = above the rest. But then it is basically a percussion album so it=B9s = hard to do wrong. As you admit to not being too keen on the lush orchestral stuff it = make sense that you might not find redemption in Gold=B9s = arrangements. Granted Gold=B9s arrangements aren=B9t as *complex* as = Les Baxter=B9s but there is definitely something going on there. I find myself getting more into this orchestral stuff, it seems that = the more subtle aspects of the music is really coming through. To me = what makes Marty Gold=B9s stuff a little difficult to get into is = that it seems that he really doesn=B9t have a =B3signature sound=B2. = In other words if I blindly listened to orchestral arrangements by = Les Baxter, Marty Gold, Hugo Winterhalter and Leroy Holmes, all of = whom I am very familiar with, I would venture to say that Gold=B9s = piece would be the hardest to detect. Still I really like his work.It = obviously doedn=B9t get too wierd of quirky but sometimes the = straight orchestral stuff suits me fine. Sometimes I wonder if I will stray into the land of Kostelanas...but = then I=B9ll hear a piece of his and get very nauseous. Is I just me or do other people have this reaction to the 101 strings = etc. stuff. When I was 5-10 my dentist piped in this kind of music so I my be = unconsciously associating it with that experience. But I=B9m straying from the topic aren=B9t I. It=B9s always my gut reaction the draws the line on my musical tastes. Frank # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Germany (very long) Date: 15 Oct 1998 19:16:25 +0000 Hi Nat, I don't know how interesting this discussion is to the rest of the list, but to me it is very. I think we are even coming to a point. There is a delete button on your computer keyboard, so... Your last post contains some info about your education, that is quite different from mine: > It's complicated. I was raised with anti-German prejudices. I was also > raised with a prejudice against anyone who wasn't Jewish. > I can only try to understand this. When I was raised I was told that it is wrong to have prejudices against anybody, especially against jews. It was deep and moral and it was explained to me that Germans had done terrible things to the jews and that this must not ever happen again. And I (and everybody) was shown the films about the concentration camps for all my life. So, I was actually raised with a prejudice against Germans. Against myself so to say. That must be hard to understand, Nat.... > But at the same time, I also believe that it's not just some coincidence > that the place it was centred was Germany. > > Do you really think that it was just something that happened and now it's > over and there's nothing in the national character that helps explain why > it happened there? > I really hope you don't believe there is some kind of human cruelty or special susceptibility for totalitarian ideas based on nationality or... I hesitate to say it, race. That would in my opinion be Nazi thinking, racism. Not only have numerous experiments exhaustively proven that not only in all nations, but all kinds of people regardless age, education, sex, etc. are susceptible to obedience behaviour of the worst kind up to be able of killing victims on demand, but also you should be aware that such arguments can only create hate, suspicion, misunderstanding between people forever and ever. We have enough examples here in Europe to have reason to be very careful with such generalizations. Or do you believe that either Catholics or Protestants are worse or better according to violence behaviour in Northern Ireland f.e.? And even if, they are both the same nationality. So...? And I'm not even talking about the fact that it was a jewish "scientist", who in the 19th century coined the racist term "Entartete Kunst", that the Nazis later used against all art they didn't like. And that it was the English, who invented concentration camps in South Africa. I guess you relate to this recentely published American book, that stated that the Germans were especially willing to follow the totalitarian Nazi regime and executing the Holocaust. This book was dicussed very controversal here for weeks and weeks and I don't think that even in America this author could really get through with his theories. But I must say I didn't read it. It frightens me to hear so many Anti-German undertones from America since 5 or so years and I wonder why it happens. They are the background of my reaction to your march-posting. These Anti-German activities remind me of the things that happened in the late 20s/early 30s before the time of the 3rd Reich when some American banks were trying to destroy the German economy by all means and helped create a public sentiment in Germany that brought the Nazis into charge. I guess it's a purely economical thing again. There are these new accusations, like 2 years ago, that the German government prosecutes Scientology like the Nazis did with the jews. Celebrities placed ads in American papers that stated something like that. Although I myself am less hysterical about Scientology than many people here, I think it's so ridiculous and an insult against the real victims of the 3rd Reich. Then there is this massive pressure against German banks and car companies about reparation payments. And there is Spielberg, an American director who likes to show the ugly Germany of the past and devoted his last two big films to this idea. To me this is very problematic. I'm not against showing the truth and it cannot be said much against these films in particular, but I doubt that the American public is told that the Germans of today have already looked at their own past themselves for decades, have opened their eyes to the most painful truths, have officially declared their guilt numerous times, have created a massive generation gap over this topic and have raised young generations that are as tolerant as those of any other country. Spielberg's performance makes one think that without him the truth would never have seen the light of day and that would just not be true. Also I think that as a director from a country that committed holocaust on the red indians, had slavery in the 20th century, dropped atomic bombs on two cities, dropped more bombs on one small 3rd world country than were dropped during the entire 2nd world war and last not least had its president being killed without officially ever clearing up who did it and why, that a director from such a country should find enough stories in his own backyard before putting the blame on others. Still Spielberg has recently recieved the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the highest official honor you can get here from the hand of the president of Germany. > I'm not saying all this because I'm trying to promote some "it's important > to learn from the past" idea. > I do think it's important to learn from the past, but don't forget to look at the present! > And as one "artist" to another - both of us coming from countries with > national identities that we have to sort of fight against - I think I can > sort of relate to the kinds of frustrations you have experienced. > I think I know too little about Canadian history to understand this, but would be interested to learn more about it. Also about your art. > It's hard to put it into words. But to this day you can still hear people > putting on fake German accents and saying "You Vill listen to this and you > Vill enjoy it!!!" > It's really funny and I remember joking around like that when I was visiting American friends and earning big laughs. I really would like to communicate with you and everybody in this list on this level of humor and I believe we will. I mean, I used to just love Maxwell Smart and Mel Brooks and I still think it's amazing that it was American jews who could develop Nazi comedies like "The Producers" or "To Be Or Not to Be". In Germany at the same time a director would not have been allowed to make a film with funny Nazis. Too serious! But I think it was kind of neccessary to trace back those undertones that have slipped into our communication and have meanwhile revealed their true origins. Now that I know more about you and the way you think, I would probably react completely different on such sentences like the one that caused this dispute. Maybe this discussion wasn't exactely about Exotica, but it was definitly something that can come up in an international mailing list with people of very different backgrounds. I don't think we should exclude such points if they arouse, even if it takes some time to work it out. To me these differences make this list interesting and I only wish that some of the guys from Italy, Sweden, Australia and wherever would report more stories about their home countries. If available, I recommend you to read what Mark Twain wrote about Germany during his 2 year stay in Heidelberg. His remarks about opera, Wagner, student corps, music in bars etc. are hilarious, very funny and show the Germany of the 19th century long before all world wars and Nazi regimes. They show a national character that is very similar to and very different from what one expects. He wrote especially about a still typical German "contradiction", the difference between "low" entertainment popular music and the "high" serious academic 6-hours-opera culture of the such like Wagner, which Twain - in short- fullheartedly hated. I sent a copy of the book to Brian... And finally being back to the music: > And as stupid as all that is, then you hear a bunch of James Last records > and maybe it's just your imagination but it really does feel like you can > hear some of that "German thing" you heard about in that insipid muzak. > James Last, who now calls himself "The Gentleman of Music", is the least accepted orchestra leader among my friends and Easy/Exotica record collectors. It is really Muzak and if you can hear something typical post war German in it, then it must be this Zero-Identity, the total assimilation into a middle-of-the road big band sound from nowhere. Last's records are thrown after you on flea markets and nobody wants to have them anymore. And now my finger tips are bleeding. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Und Furthermore... Date: 15 Oct 1998 19:33:13 +0000 Brian Phillips wrote: > The worst rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" I ever heard was on a > public access show on Judaica that featured a band that did a parody called > "Jewish Food": Country Road is used in a current TV ad for "KitKat", a choclate bar. The story is: A farmer driving along a country road has picked up a folkish looking hitchhiker with his guitar and now has to listen to his incredible false singing of Country Road. Then they have to stop because the car is surrounded by a huge sheepherd. They share a "Kit Kat" and there is one relief moment of silence while the hiker eats. Then as expected he starts singing again Country Road scaring away the sheep with his singing so they can continue their drive. THAT version is really horrible! You won't forget it. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... Date: 15 Oct 1998 20:31:30 +0000 Marco "Kallie" Kalnenek wrote: > > Re: Kriminal Tango > > I always thought that Hazy Osterwald was from Switzerland, not Germany. > is this correct? Tough question. I think he is German but lives in Switzerland now. Ohne Gew=E4hr! Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting Date: 15 Oct 1998 20:33:13 +0000 Thanks for your review of John Water's Pecker. I think I will give it a try. > Now I have a question for you: I remember hearing (in the '80s) a version of "Fred >Vom Jupiter" sung in English by a woman. Do you know who it was? I was recently >>>telling a friend about it and he's *very* interested in finding it but I can't remember >the artist/group's name. I think it can only be the English version by the Marinas themselves. Despite it was an Andreas Dorau record that song both English and German was almost entirely sung by these girls. I only thought that it was never published by Mute. Maybe they put it on a compilation album or something. I don't have it. I only have a tape with it and it sounds pretty horrible. I will ask Andreas as I will meet him tomorrow anyway. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: (exotica) Love is Goulet Date: 15 Oct 1998 14:35:51 EDT Ringo Starr got Pete Best's gig, but still the combo was successful....And so it was with Robert Goulet in Atlantic City. He displayed a sense of humor about himself and his image that endeared him to me as I watched the movie (so did Burt for that matter) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: (exotica) New Free Design compilation out! Date: 15 Oct 1998 19:52:01 +0100 "Raindrops", the second volume in Spanish label Siesta's trilogy of Free Design compilations is out today! Details are below. If you'd like further information, please contact Mateo at siesta@siesta.es or visit the Siesta website: http://www.siesta.es/ ******************************************************************************** The Free Design: Raindrops siesta 84 Release date: 15/10/98 Formats: digipak cd/ double blue and green 10inch The musical landscape has changed much in the thirty years since the birth of The Free Design. Actually their music has grown in stature. The craftmanship of the FD's productions, the intrincate arrangements, the timelessness of the songs and the purity and natural beauty of their voices is an antidote to the rock air and dull culture of our times. What a pity that it had taken so long for the Dedricks to be recognised by contemporary fashion. Well they are not massive yet but their reputation is at last accepted among people of all ages. It's justice. After the success of "Bubbles" -released in march 98 (siesta 68)- once again we are willing to acknowledge the merit of the music of The Free Design with _Raindrops_ . Comprising a new collection of 20 tracks of melodic popular music songs it is a refreshing journey into revisionism (11 out of 20 numbers are versions of hits) but with stops in their own classy soft music. As a bonus and added value _Raindrops_ includes 3 songs from the lost 1973 album _There is a song_, 3 from _ Heaven/ Earth_ and 2 extracted from _Songs for very important people_. In any case for those aficionados of melodic popular music welcome to the world of Free Design. Their gift was formidable. Their voices sounded like they were singing just for you. A band for your personal pleasure. TRACKLISTING: 1- CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' from YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN (1968) 2- IF I WERE A CARPENTER from HEAVEN/ EARTH (1969) 3- RONDA GO'ROUND from SONGS FOR VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (1970) 4- CANADA IN SPRINGTIME from THERE IS A SONG (1973) 5- THE WINDOWS OF THE WORLD from YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN (1968) 6- WHERE DO I GO from HEAVEN/ EARTH (1969) 7- 59TH STREET (FEELIN' GROOVY) from KITES ARE FUN (1967) 8- QUARTET NO. 6 MINOR from YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN (1968) 9- YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE from ONE BY ONE (1973) 10- RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD from STARS/ TIME/ BUBBLES/ LOVE (1970) 11- MAKE THE MADNESS STOP from KITES ARE FUN (1967) 12- THE PROPER ORNAMENTS from KITES ARE FUN (1967) 13- MICHELLE from KITES ARE FUN (1967) 14- IVY ON A WINDY DAY from YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN (1968) 15- TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE from STARS/ TIME/ BUBBLES/ LOVE (1970) 16 -LITTLE COWBOY from SONGS FOR VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (1970) 17- MEMORIES from HEAVEN/ EARTH (1969) 18- STAY from THERE IS A SONG (1973) 19- PINEAPPLE CRABAPPLE from THERE IS A SONG (1973) 20- CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET? from SONGS FOR VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (1970) ******************************************************************************** Robbie The Free Design - NOW is the Time! http://www.rcb.easynet.co.uk/light/freedesign/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Germany and Polka Date: 15 Oct 1998 16:57:15 -0700 At 03:46 AM 8/16/98 PDT, Jill Mingo wrote: >I just returned from Munich during Oktoberfest and also heard this "Country Roads" phenomenon. How this has turned into an Oktoberfest anthem, I don't know. But I'd be curious to find out... My guess is that someone in a German polka band heard the Toots and the Maytals version of the song and got the idea that if the song lent itself to a reggae beat, it certainly would work with that charming polka beat. Then his band played it one night and the trend caught on and soon every polka band was playing this song without ever asking themselves "Do I agree with this direction my country's polka bands are taking??" SORRY MORITZ. But here's a question which I asked some other exotica list members in person the other night: I tried to make a tape for myself with all the so-called "ethnic" records I have. And surprisingly you could get a flow going between most of the tunes no matter where the records came from. Except polka. It stood out like a sore thumb. It seems like every other record - whether authentically "ethnic" or fake - had a kind of "Arabic" sound in its music. Except polka. Music travelled around and there was all this cross pollenization so that Turkish, Greek, gypsy, klezmer, Armenian, "belly dancing" records sound remarkably similar. But you can put limbo records on the tape too and even Chinese or other East Asian tunes and keep a flow going. But the flow ends when you try putting on a polka tune. Where did polka come from? How did it apparently escape all Eastern, Arabic or African influences? Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ton Rueckert Subject: Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... Date: 15 Oct 1998 23:11:39 +0200 >Yes, well Nat should by now have had a chance to listen to some >non-instrumental German music of very high quality so maybe his >standards will expand as a result. If the names Heidi Bruhl, >Caterina Valente, Uschi Glas, Detlev Engl, France Gall, Manuela, >or Gitte Henning mean anything to anyone, you will know that Germany >has a lot more to offer than just instrumental music and Oom Pah Pah >bands! Yes, Lisa Fitz..., but a)Gitte is Danish, b)France is, well, French, and c)Caterina is Spanish/Italian... Ton *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Ton Rueckert Mozartstraat 12 5914 RB Venlo The Netherlands *** *** mojoto@plex.nl http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto Ph 31/0 773545386 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ "Taste Preference for Brussels Sprouts: An Informal Look" ~~~ ~~~ J. Trinkaus & K. Dennis "Psychological Reports" Dec 1991 ~~~ ~~~ http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4264/music/Xbe3975.ram ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Re: Germany and Polka Date: 15 Oct 1998 17:10:16 -0500 At 04:57 PM 10/15/98 -0700, Nat wrote: >Where did polka come from? How did it apparently escape all Eastern, >Arabic or African influences? You asked. Here's a description pulled from the AMG: The polka is a dance that originated in Bohemia around 1830. Throughout the nineteenth century it became quite popular in both Europe and the United States. The tempo of the dance is moderately fast and is set in a duple meter of 2/4. Rhythms usual follow the two bar pattern of sixteenth note, sixteenth note, eighth note, sixteenth note, sixteenth note, eighth note, eighth note, eighth note, eighth note, and eighth note rest. During the late nineteenth century polkas were composed by a number of ballroom composers including Johann Strauss, both the younger and elder. ~ Keith Johnson -Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ton Rueckert Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Germany and Polka Date: 16 Oct 1998 00:15:05 +0200 >Where did polka come from? How did it apparently escape all Eastern, >Arabic or African influences? I know the polka is a dance from Bohemia, early 19th century. The rest is food for the musicologists. Ton *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Ton Rueckert Mozartstraat 12 5914 RB Venlo The Netherlands *** *** mojoto@plex.nl http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto Ph 31/0 773545386 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ "Taste Preference for Brussels Sprouts: An Informal Look" ~~~ ~~~ J. Trinkaus & K. Dennis "Psychological Reports" Dec 1991 ~~~ ~~~ http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4264/music/Xbe3975.ram ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David J. Strauss" Subject: (exotica) Hazy Osterwald Date: 15 Oct 1998 20:58:14 -0400 (EDT) The gatefold to Osterwald's THE 2ND LIFE is by far the strangest and most disconcerting album artwork I have ever seen, and that includes albums by Three Dog Night. He also manages a German medley of "Let the Sunshine"/"Hari Krishna". But the best track is called "Blast Off" -- Swiss Dixieland with an apocalyptic narrator counting backwards atop of it. He loses about thirty numbers because of time considerations. Then you get the sound effects of a rocket taking off. I always use it to open my sets. DS djs2852@is.nyu.edu # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: (exotica) more on Smithsonian / Folkways Date: 15 Oct 1998 21:23:37 EDT i received my charter order from Smithsonian the other day and was thrilled. first off, it came two days after i made the phone order, even though they said "a couple of weeks". Standard overnight mail!! i ordered two tony schwartz recordings: A Dog's Life The World in My Mailbox although I was a little disappointed when i heard that they only came on cassette, i did a quick about face as soon as i popped one in and hit the play button. it is an audio copy of the master tape and comes with complete liner notes of the original long playing record. the cassttes are packaged in those little black "books" audio books come in. the sound is quite good. the recordings themselves are wonderful if you are into spoken word, documentary type things. A Dog's Life is from a radio program and is very entertaining. The World In My Mailbox is fascinating...just like some of us do, Tony was an active tape swapper. You'll hear people from around the world introducing themselves and thanking Tony for the music he sent them. After this brief intro, a selection they sent to him is played. It truly is world music! These are just a couple of examples of hundreds of one-of-a-kind recordings ranging from Kenneth Patchen reading poetry over jazz, to carnival and junkyard sounds, to Eddie Manson's harmonica score to "The Little Fugitive", to the recent CD reissue of Sounds Of North America Frogs. check it out! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Germany and Polka Date: 15 Oct 1998 21:20:35 -0400 > 1) Where did polka come from? Would you believe its because of Communism? well, sorta One legend says that the polka began as a Czech version of how Polish women danced around a regional style called the 'krakowiak', but the Polka has generally been an urban style....no specific peasant dance directly existed and led to the polka. In March 1844, polkamania overtook Paris and shortly after, London, and from there throughout the rest of Europe. That is the first real noted arrival of the polka. Why 1844? "Well Polish aristocrats were scattered all over France, refugees from desperate and failed battles to liberate Poland; they were heroes to the French People. Conditions for the working class were getting worse and worse. In 1844 Karl Marx wrote "The Philosophical and Economic Manuscripts of 1844" and was working with Engels on the Communist Manifesto. Oppressed workers, Polish 'freedom fighters' ,and 'image revolutionaries' caught the popular imagination.....there was ferment, a glimpse of a better world to come, and the polka broke loose.....and people were dancing in the streets of Paris." (summarized from the book "Polka Happiness") Now move to America in the late 1800's early 1990's when the great European immigrations were taking place. Each ethnic group would have its associated dance form: the German 'laendler', the Czech 'sousedska', the Polish 'oberek', the Hungarian-Gypsy 'czardas', the Swedish schottische, the Yiddish klezmer ensembles. What is known today as polka music is the popularized version of many of the popular tunes from each of these traditions. One can argue that the polka bands played a large part in making their audiences into a more homogeneous immigrant block....on the one hand the bands were able to play the most popular styles from each ethnic area, reminded certain audience segments of their nostalgic longings, while at the same time making ALL of the group members more comfortable by reminding them that ALL immigrants shared some memory of a past home. Yes, the polka bands helped to make many of the Great Lake regions to 'get along better' Case in point....Frankie Yankovich, who just passed away, his backup band was known as "the Yanks" partly because of his name, but also because of the unifying aspect of his music.....they weren't just German, they weren't just Polish....they were all melded together and with their victory in WWII, were now just plain Yankees. Frankie Yankovich, just recently deceased, was the top polka performer during polka's golden years from say 1945 to 1955. > 2) How did it apparently escape all Eastern, Arabic or African influences? Well, most of the polka records are either from its peak years 1945-55 or from more modern bands capturing the 'nostalgic' feel of that peak polka era. In other words, they play mostly the hits that were popular before 1955. Polka was on a definite downswing when the initial 'exotica' trend was rising......thus you never really see the Eastern, Arabic, and African influences.....BUT!!!!! Lawrence Welk did have the biggest hit in early 1961, with the #1 song "Calcutta", but as many of you already found out, that song is based on an old German folk melody and has no eastern Indian influence. It would be a mistake to say that polka has no cross fertilization of styles though. Polka did a great job of assimilating many of the European music styles. The song "Just Because" was originally a county western tune, but Yankovich did a polka version that sold about a million copies (and was later recorded by the Beatles) Today my favorite style of Polka music is found in the Southwest US.....its a hybrid between the Texan/German influence and the Mexican culture, and it is definitely a different style than Yankovich's styles of the 1950's. Joe Carrasco and he Clowns were somewhat successful commercially with this style about 10 years ago, and Brave Combo also can play this style of polka quite well. Unfortunately, I don't see too many of these records in the thriftstores yet....its yet to have its big commercial success and remains yet to be discovered by most people. And DO NOT go in a polka dance hall and argue that Polka has its roots in Communism. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pearmania@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Caribbean Moonlight and Marty Gold Date: 15 Oct 1998 21:28:55 EDT I agree with Ross and Jill about Caribbean Moonlight. The first time I heard it I was disappointed. But, like Ross and Jill, I began to appreciate the refined touches of subtlety. A great late night album -- best listened to in a pre-somnolent state. As for Marty Gold, I like Skin Tight, too, but I like Swingin' West the best. Don't be deterred by the title. There is some soul to this one -- trains, whistling, harmonica --the lonesome western sound, but in a hip context. Sean # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cheryl Subject: Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting Date: 15 Oct 1998 22:21:22 -0400 > >I remember hearing (in the '80s) a version of "Fred >Vom Jupiter" sung in English by a woman. Do you know who it was? > > I think it can only be the English version by the Marinas themselves. Despite > it was an Andreas Dorau record that song both English and German was almost > entirely sung by these girls. I only thought that it was never published by > Mute. Maybe they put it on a compilation album or something. I don't have it. > I only have a tape with it and it sounds pretty horrible. I will ask Andreas > as I will meet him tomorrow anyway. > Oh, Moritz - for shame! It's on the Cabaret Obskur compilation, in English, by The Marinas (AtaTak WR 55) Although Andreas' original German version is still my favourite!!! cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Risser Family Subject: (exotica) TV Themes Date: 15 Oct 1998 22:30:37 -0400 You know, back when someone passed around those surveys and I filled it = out, I completely forgot the other fantastic influence that got me into = this stuff... TV Themes, man! I just listened to the Emergency! theme. As Jack would say, = Fan-Fucking-Tastic! Yeah! Mission Impossible, James Bond, the Saint, Hawaii 5-0, obviously, but = also Underdog, Fat Albert, Love Boat, Welcome Back Kotter, Green Hornet, = My Three Sons, Alfred Hitchcock, Hogan's Heros, Twlight Zone, Odd Couple = etc. All that reflected back at me by James Taylor Quartet, Air, Sound = Galleries, the Crime Scene and so on. =20 So, as I sit here blitzing through theme after theme, I was thinking, = this is where it came from, the little nub that John Zorn tapped with = Naked City's Morricone, Goldsmith and Mancini covers. =20 Anyway. Emergency! kicks ass.=20 I'm gonna listen again. Peter # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Elisabeth Vincentelli Subject: Re: (exotica) Touch of Evil Date: 15 Oct 1998 23:21:17 -0400 >I am not sure if any of his music made it to this release. > >So, have you seen it? Do you miss the Mancini music? What do you think? A lot of the music didn't make it at all, or is played in the background so you can't hear it much. It's pretty much gone from the opening shot. I have to admit that I like the studio-edited version better. There, I said it. I felt it flowed better while retaining the essence of the characters. The motel scene was much creepier in the first version. Elisabeth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mimim@texas.net (Mimi Mayer) Subject: (exotica) Fred Von Jupiter by the Marinas Date: 15 Oct 1998 22:49:57 -0500 Mystery Poster wrote: >>I remember hearing (in the '80s) a version of "Fred >Vom Jupiter" sung in >>English by a woman. Do you know who it was? I was recently >>>telling a >>friend about it and he's *very* interested in finding it... Mo wrote: >I think it can only be the English version by the Marinas themselves... I >only thought that it was never published by >Mute. Maybe they put it on a compilation album or something... Fred von Jupiter by the Marinas DID appear on a 1982 Das Buro compilation of new German new music called Deutschland. Was just playing it and DAF today, prodded by this discussion of German music. The music has staying power for me, and not from nostalgia. It sounds great, jumpy, ironic, occasionally snarly with delightfully jarring industrial bits. Fred von Jupiter is credited to Die Doraus und die Marinas, so Mo, your pal Andreas was involved. Other artists include Xao Seffcheque, Palais Schaumburg, Der Plan, Wirtschaftswunder, Pyrolator, S.Y.P.H., Die Krupps, KFe, Der moderne Man, Die Fehlfarben, Malaria, etc. Don't think Deutschland was widely distributed in North America (or the UK?), and it may be hard to find. Anyone know? Mystery Poster of the first message, please contact me offlist. Maybe we can arrange a tape swap to satisfy your friend's hankering for lilting German lieder. Guten Appetit, MimiM # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) TV Themes Date: 16 Oct 1998 01:46:56 -0700 At 10:30 PM 10/15/98 -0400, Risser Family wrote: >TV Themes, man! >Mission Impossible, James Bond, the Saint, Hawaii 5-0, obviously, but also Underdog, Fat Albert, Love Boat, Welcome Back Kotter, Green Hornet, My Three Sons, Alfred Hitchcock, Hogan's Heros, Twlight Zone, Odd Couple etc. The best version of the Odd Couple theme - in fact so good, it's scarey - is by AL CAIOLA on his "Power of Brass" record. He turns it into some kind of "crime jazz" classic. But if you've heard a cool version of Welcome Back Kotter, I'd like to hear about it. Right now I have that tune in my head and I'd really like to get it out Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kevin@astsoft.com (kevin lee) Subject: (exotica) j.j. perrey Date: 16 Oct 1998 01:38:34 -0700 (PDT) i was just wondering if mr. perrey is planning any appearances in LA or the southern california region? kevin # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kevin@astsoft.com (kevin lee) Subject: (exotica) moog continued Date: 16 Oct 1998 01:53:17 -0700 (PDT) question: is there a list of moog and moog-related reissues in print? seems like there should be more available than i've seen. including those bootlegs. my only response to upset copyright holders is PLEASE let someone reissue the stuff so we can all hear the music. good night, kevin # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Reader Geoff Subject: (exotica) Fred Wesley/Swinging on a star Date: 16 Oct 1998 09:59:02 +0100 Two things, Firstly someone posted a message about 10 days ago that mentioned a Fred Wesley LP in passing, I've lost the posting but feel intrigued enough to ask if anyone still has it could they forward it too me. Also I picked up a 7 inch single of Swinging On A Star by Big Dee Irwin. And a fine raucous piece of RnB pop it is too. However It's not the version of it that I remember. But then again the version I remember most clearly is the one by Pinky and Perky, I can still see it clearly 30 years on, Pinky sat on the crescent moon, Perky singing up from the earth below............sorry, got quite carried away. Anyway my Pinky and Perky collection aside, does anyone have an idea on good versions of Swinging on A Star? Thanks # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" Subject: Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... (Hazy Osterwald) Date: 16 Oct 1998 11:05:08 +0200 > > > Re: Kriminal Tango > > > > I always thought that Hazy Osterwald was from Switzerland, not German= y. > > is this correct? > = > Tough question. I think he is German but lives in Switzerland now. > Ohne Gew=E4hr! > = > Mo Well, I dug up the only album by Hazy Osterwald that I have in my collection ('Die Hazy Osterwald Show" on Polydor) and the info on the cover answers the question: Osterwald was born in 1922 in Bern, Switzerland. Actually, only one member of his sextet is German. The rest are Swiss, Belgian and even British. = (Wow, I never thought I would want to know more about Hazy Osterwald. By the way, I remember my father telling me he saw Hazy perform in the late 50's or early 60's. Their show was pretty wild - the bassplayer wore a helmet....) Marco # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brad Bigelow Subject: (exotica) Re: Boring/Exciting Marty Gold, Outislanders Date: 16 Oct 1998 04:37:55 Ross Orr wrote: >_Polynesian Fantasy_ The Out Islanders (Capitol). I never knew this >existed: the tropical exotica standards, as arranged by Billy May, >featuring Charlie Barnett on saxophone. >The stronger cuts are the 3 featuring wordless female vocals (Marni Nixon >does a haunting "Return to Paradise" against a spare, mysterious >background), and a Twistified "oriental" number which makes the album >a keeper. The Twistified "Honorable Hong Kong Rock" actually comes from the soundtrack to "Hong Kong," a TV adventure show starring Rod Taylor. There's a soundtrack LP under Lionel Newman's name on ABC (ABCS-367) that's worth looking for. Although Newman wrote the theme and several of the numbers, composer/arranger credits on the album include such space age pop stellars as Billy May, Warren Ba[r]ker, Frank Comstock, Earle Hagen, Sid Feller, and Marty Paich. > >And as long as I am grumbling about orchestral exotica, can I just mention >Marty Gold for a second? ... How can it be that the >guy who was the brains behind a lot of Three Suns and Stereo Action albums >ended up producing such boring music on his own? Well, remember that the real credit for the great Three Suns sound of the late 50s-early 1960s goes to Charles Albertine, who did the arrangements. Albertine had an utterly "transformative" effect on the groups he worked with--just do a before/after Albertine comparison of Les Elgart, Sammy Kaye, and the Three Suns. But I also put a big plug in for Marty Gold's "Skin Tight"--a must for the basic exotica/space age pop collection. Brad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) TV Themes Date: 16 Oct 1998 08:47:14 EDT I've got a 101 strings TV-theme lp from the '70s, and their version of Ironsides is AMAZING! with wild fuzz guitar...it has some great "fake" themes,too (for nonexistant shows) that really rock.I think it has the theme from SWAT, too (I can't look now, it's in another town) I'd really like an album of TV library music of the 70s-not the title themes, but the musical cues & stings...has anything like this been released? -dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Fred Von Jupiter by the Marinas Date: 16 Oct 1998 09:05:15 EDT <> As soon as I read this, I HAD to rush over to my record-player and listen to that song again. How brilliant! By the way, Moritz, didn't you design that album cover? -dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica): Germany and Polka Date: 16 Oct 1998 09:32:45 EDT In a message dated 10/16/98 4:30:55 AM, Vern wrote: <> Actually, there's a lot of Mexican pop music that's polka-inspired, especially "banda", as well as "Tex-Mex". Apparently a lot of German and Bohemian immigrants settled in Mexico in the late 19th century, which is where all those accordeons came from. -dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BasicHip@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) TV Themes Date: 16 Oct 1998 09:40:51 EDT << TV Themes, man! >> right! i never pass up a collection of TV Themes, "studiotracks" they are called, I believe. The Warner Bros Orchestra and Carl Brandt did a great one: TOP TV THEMES '64 with a killer "My Favorite Martian" that features what sounds like the exact same player and instrument used in Frank Comstocks MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE. that would be Paul Tanner on the electro theremin. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------