From: exotica-owner@xmission.com To: exotica-digest@xmission.com Subject: exotica Digest V2 #17 Reply-To: exotica@xmission.com Errors-To: exotica-owner@xmission.com Precedence: exotica Digest Tuesday, 16 July 1996 Volume 02 : Number 017 In this issue: BEST O' BURT? web article Re: BEST O' BURT? exotic radio visiting SF and LA Re: BEST O' BURT? Re: rykodisc EXOTIC TAMPA BAY Re: BEST O' BURT? Re: visiting SF and LA Intro/Send wants! Mono Reprocessed-90s style Re: Intro/Send wants! Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Re: HONEYMOON POLL Re: visiting SF and LA Re: visiting SF and LA Dionne & Burt (Was: BEST O' BURT?) Claudine Longet & Chris Montez Re: Intro/Send wants! VD nevermind about exotic tamp hot off the associated pres Re: VD Re: VD COME AND GET IT Re: VD See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the exotica or exotica-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 15 Jul 1996 14:00:11 -0400 Subject: BEST O' BURT? Hi all you fiends....... Was wondering if there is a comprehensive best-of Burt Bacarach cd (sp?-it's Monday!?!) with him singing on it, or in combination with Dionne Warwick pre-Psychic Friends Network days-natch... This is a most-helpful list. Of course, one of my fave Burts to date is SPACED OUT! -baby! Lounge on: laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------ From: Mark Koldys Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:09:38 -0400 Subject: web article Interesting, if basic, article on "lounge" at: http://www.msnbc.com/news/17333.asp ------------------------------ From: John Chilson Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: BEST O' BURT? Can't confirm this but A&M is putting out a Bacharach box set in '97. Anyone else know of this? ------------------------------ From: Jon Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:10:34 -0400 Subject: exotic radio Steve Sando wrote: > > > >I ever played on the show is "Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Torme. Who > > >out there has heard it? > > Yes that's a great tune. I play it frequently on my show (KCSB 91.9 > > fm, Santa Barbara, CA) > > Don't forget the swell version by Cy Coleman. That was the theme to > my show, Mister Lucky. > > Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY > PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 > http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ > "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Cowa To Marie and Steve and Paul that wrote back to me, this is Jon down south. I love hearing about other radio shows that cater to the culture. And thanks for the tips on club MJQ. I had heard about it, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet on my own. When I hit it if it is still there, I will write. I don't know why anyone cares when each other's birthday's are, but I think it is good that people of all ages write to this list. I'm 22 myself and just beginning to learn what it takes to be a swank sophisticate. Paul, your Swank-o-rama site RULES! It's awesome. I'm going to print out some of the drink recipes and dance steps and then drink a little and dance a little. HOw about anybody else out there. Who Dj's radio shows where you play exotic/lounge music? It was very sad on my last night, instead of the normal 2 hours, I did a 4 hr blowout show and had nothing but compliments. It was great. My station for those of you reading this was WUOG,90.5fm in Athens, Georgia at the University of Georgia. Have a slow day and a swingin' night!, JON MILAVEC ------------------------------ From: wendell lansford Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:50:21 -0400 Subject: visiting SF and LA I'm leaving NYC for SF and LA for a week beginning July 21. Could someone please update me on the latest and greatest lounge-ful haunts? Thanks- ------------------------------ From: erik@top.monad.net Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 17:04:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: BEST O' BURT? Laura Taylor writes: >Hi all you fiends....... >Was wondering if there is a comprehensive best-of Burt Bacarach cd (sp?-it's >Monday!?!) with him singing on it, or in combination with Dionne Warwick >pre-Psychic Friends Network days-natch... >This is a most-helpful list. >Of course, one of my fave Burts to date is SPACED OUT! -baby! Rhino has what is supposed to be a 2 or 3-disc Bacarach collection in the works, but I don't know much more about it other than the fact that it's in the cards. I'd suggest waiting for it. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------ From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Engstr=F6m?= ) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 23:05:29 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: Re: rykodisc Without being sure, here's a possible explanation. Could the page include heavy graphics? The heavier, the longer and "harder" it is for Netscape to download the images. And time seems to increase the possibility for something to break. Try to increase the available memory you've given Netscape. Check the extensions. Buy more RAM. The usual computer advice... Netscape never was a reliable programme in the first place. /Henrik >Can anybody tell me why every time I try to go to Rykodisc's home page, >netscape shuts down on me? If I try to reconnect, my whole computer locks >up, and I have to restart. ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 15 Jul 1996 17:18:02 -0400 Subject: EXOTIC TAMPA BAY I just wanted to put in a plug for a groovy guy we call DEEP LOUNGE MATT and his DEEP LOUNGE EXPERIENCE, Monday nights, in Tampa, Florida, at a club called the Impulse! The man has a record collection to die for-and is a local collecting nemesis. Check him out or contact me for more information. Deeply, lounge laura laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------ From: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Mark Miester) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 17:01:35 -0500 Subject: Re: BEST O' BURT? >Can't confirm this but A&M is putting out a Bacharach box set in '97. >Anyone else know of this? Hi Laura (and John)! It's actually *Rhino* that's putting together the box, and it should be a doozy. It's going to be a three-disc set, I believe, with the careful attention to detail Rhino is known for. The idea is to feature the definitive versions of Burt's songs, that is either the first recording or the versions that Burt was directely involved with either as producer or arranger in the studio, as opposed to merely the best known recording. The result is that a few unexpected renditions may crop up, such as versions by Lou Johnson, the unsung hero of Burt's music - "male Dionne Warwick," I'm told. If you're too hot for Burt to chill for six months or so until that comes out, you might be able to find the British import collection "The Look of Love: The Classic Songs of Burt Bacharach" (A&M), which has about 20 or so cuts from the likes of Dusty Springfield, The Carpenters, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, etc., but features, for better or worse, "Arthur's Theme," which sounds just as depressing today as it did 15 years ago. And while I haven't seen it very often (not at all other than the time I bought it, come to think of it), there's an amazing CD collection of Burt's solo recordings called "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (Spectrum Music). It basically collects material from all of Burt's solo albums from Reach Out through Futures, and includes his (mostly) instrumental versions of all the big hits. Absolutely killer. Good luck and happy Burting! Mark ______________________________________________________________________________ Mark Miester Phone: (504) 865-5714 Editor Fax: (504) 865-5621 Office of University Publications e-mail: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu 300 Hebert Hall, Tulane University WWW: http://mark.pubs.tulane.edu/ New Orleans, La 70118 ______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: lee@anti.com Date: Mon, 15 Jul 96 14:41:53 PST Subject: Re: visiting SF and LA Unless everyone wants to see this yet again, please send your email address to lee@anti.com and I'll send you a list 'o places!! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: visiting SF and LA Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET Date: 7/15/96 2:41 PM I'm leaving NYC for SF and LA for a week beginning July 21. Could someone please update me on the latest and greatest lounge-ful haunts? Thanks- ------------------------------ From: legalrender@kinn.com Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 17:33:58 -0800 Subject: Intro/Send wants! Greetings all! I'm joining this group just in time to get rid of all my Exotica (well, maybe not all, gotta have some vinyl around). I've been accumulating (I can't really say collecting) music of all forms for about the last 25 years. I used to play music and had a record out in '81. Well actually I still play but just for my own amusement as I now HATE the &^$#@$% music industry. My Exotica collection started when I inherited my parents Jackie Gleason records in their divorce and has grown since then to a couple of hundred pieces. As I alluded to earlier, I am now in the process of weaning myself not so much for Exotica as vinyl and am selling most of my 2,000 piece collection. If you have any wants send me a list at cameron@kinn.com or check out my posts in rec.music.marketplace.vinyl (they appear under either cameron or legalrender) or my homepage at www.kinn.com/cameron. See everyone later, Kevin King - --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up. ------------------------------ From: readingm@ix.netcom.com Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 18:40:13 -0700 Subject: Mono Reprocessed-90s style Greetings from Northern California: I live in the San Francisco area (I'm one of the lucky ones that gets to listen to Jack Diamond). This is my first posting, although I've been hanging out for a couple months. I was wondering if anyone noticed that the mono tracks on Capitol's Les Baxter exotica compilation (as well as all the mono stuff on the Ultra-Lounge series) have been doctored with some fake stereo processing. Surprisingly, it sounds pretty good, much better than what we got in the 60s. Does anyone know what kind of processing was used and why Capitol decided not to mention this fact on the packaging? Duophonically, Michael Reading ------------------------------ From: "kevin king" Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:24:27 -0500 Subject: Re: Intro/Send wants! > See everyone later, > > Kevin King How often would you expect to run into a namesake with an identifier as unusual as "Kevin King?" Yeah, ok, pretty often. Oh well, guess I'll start including the middle initial. : ) kevin W. king age-32, 155#, muscular, likes pastry and Rod McKuen ------------------------------ From: "kevin king" Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:25:42 -0500 Subject: Re: Mono Reprocessed-90s style > I was wondering if anyone noticed that the mono tracks on > Capitol's Les Baxter exotica compilation (as well as all the mono stuff on the > Ultra-Lounge series) have been doctored with some fake stereo processing. > Surprisingly, it sounds pretty good, much better than what we got in the 60s. I'll be interested to read what others have to say about this, although I think it has come up in reference to Ultra-Lounge. To me, the theremin stuff in particular sounds VERY different - goofier, kinda Jetsonian than the mono. But in the end, although I like the stereophied effects, I'd have to say I much prefer the original mono - - there's something more balanced about the mix to my ears. kevin w king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------ From: RLPowellJr@aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:54:41 -0400 Subject: Re: HONEYMOON POLL I'd go with Tahiti. Then spend the rest of my life exploring the thrift stores. ------------------------------ From: Dlsmay@aol.com Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:53:16 -0400 Subject: Re: visiting SF and LA In San Francisco: The Tonga Room: One of the greatest Tiki Bars in America. Indoor Typhoon every twenty minutes. At the Fairmont Hotel. The Persian Aub Zam Zam: (aka the Zam Zam) - Best Martini in America (honest, I read this from a non-partisan, non-San Franciscan who toured the country looking for the best). Surprisingly, right on Haight Street (with Persian looking doors). Bruno is the owner and the bartender and if you ask for a *vodka* martini he'll kick you out. In fact, you'd better dress up if you want to drink there. Even if you're looking suave and natty he'll be reluctant to serve you and you have to show some staying power. Impress him by asking for Plymouth gin in your Vodka (its no longer available, but it will impres him). Club Deluxe: (also on Haight Street) a friendly local neo-Deco bar where most of the local Swing scene hang out. Meet Vice Grip behind the bar (lead singer with the Ambassadors of Swing, and also in the new Morty Show, with his Keely-like counterpart, Connie Champagne). Live jazz there rather frequently. Club Du Nord: (upper Market, near the Castro) Downstairs from the local Swedish Meeting Hall (I kid you not - I saw rockabilly/western swing stars Big Sandy play in a room that looked like a Viking mess hall). Have a regular lounge program on Wednesday nights. Check the calendar. Bimbos: Columbus Avenue, north of North Beach. A genuine old swank palace from way back. Notorious for its fine shows (lots of Swing groups, lounge - this is where Combustible Edison like to play, some surf - MoAM playing there soon). Home of the live woman in a fishbowl (inexplicable - but definitely worth seeing). Again, check the calendar for shows. ------------------------------ From: Taylor Gilbert Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:50:02 +0000 Subject: Re: visiting SF and LA If you are in LA- you must go to the Dresden Room-it is off Vermont-look it up in the book. Also you must visit the book store that is two doors up from it- AMOK books. They not only have the oddest collection of new books you might ever see in one place, but they also carry some of the local record label releases of old lounge and surf bands. As for other lounges in either area. - Pick up either an LA weekly (free) or SF Gaurdian(free) in the areas when you get there. In San Francisco- you must also visit Vesuvio's- IT is right nextdoor to the CIty Lights Bookstore. These two spots are the birthplace and nesting grounds for the beats. The bookstore is owned by Lawerence Ferenghetti and it is also a great place to find odd titles. But AMOK is not for the week of heart, but if you visit these places you can say that you have seen the extremems in west coast culture (not that they are the only ones) and you can go home talking about the pathologoical reading habits of us in LA LA land -a.k.a. the "land of fruits and nuts" tag ------------------------------ From: "David Kwan" Date: 16 Jul 1996 00:43:16 U Subject: Dionne & Burt (Was: BEST O' BURT?) I'm glad to see all the recent mail on Burt Bacharach. Coincidentally, I just returned from a wedding out of town this weekend, = where I DJ'ed the reception. (I don't normally do that kinda thing, but = the groom is a really good friend and he wanted stuff like Bacharach, = Baxter and Bowie...the 3 B's.) This occasion allowed me to rediscover = Dionne Warwick's "Greatest Motion Picture Hits" LP (circa 1969) which has = six Bacharach-David compositions: "The Look of Love," "Alfie," "A House = is not a Home," "Wives and Lovers," "The April Fools," and "Here I am." = Also included is Dionne's excellent original version of "The Valley of = the Dolls." The LP definitely collects Dionne's brightest commercial = moments (friends of the psychic network notwithstanding). It got many = complements from the wedding guests whose ages ranged from 25 to 80. Tonight I returned home and picked up some local newpapers. Lo and behold = in the entertainment calendar is an announcement for: "Dionne Warwick & Burt Bacharach in Concert Thursday, July 18th, at Wente Vineyards 5050 Arroyo Avenue, Livermore, CA (S.F. Bay Area) 1-800-959-3683 ...SOLD OUT" Yup, the show's sold out, but does anyone know if they're touring = extensively and playing anywhere else in Northern California? ------------------------------ From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Engstr=F6m?= ) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:15:54 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: Claudine Longet & Chris Montez Greetings all! I wonder if anyone on the list has some information on the fine A&M artists Claudine Longet and Chris Montez? I can't seem to find any records by them here in Sweden, and my record dealers shake their heads at the titles found in the occassional catalogue. Still, I read rumours about recent rereleases. Any ideas? And, is there possibly an A&M web site that I can't find? All the best, Henrik ------------------------------ From: whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Kirsten Whitley) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:38:11 -0500 Subject: Re: Intro/Send wants! Hi, Here are several of your records that I'd like: * Boris Karloff * Santa's Gone Hawaiian * Julie London I'll probably want some more, too, after I've gone through the rest of your lists. Thanks - --Kirsten whitley@vuse.vanderbilt.edu ------------------------------ From: Bruce Rhodewalt Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:23:45 -0700 Subject: VD Vic Damone, anyone? - -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 16 Jul 1996 14:52:13 -0400 Subject: nevermind about exotic tamp Because, after posted on behalf of my few lounge colleagues in this mighty bland area, I was told that the DEEP LOUNGE EXPERIENCE no longer exists at the Impulse in Tampa. Hey, DJs, is it worth it to relocate and find a club in a real city in which to spin great stuff? Actually, I'm *glad* the lounge-thing isn't catching on as a fad. And I'm glad to hear that used Esquivel CDs are popping up in used-bins. Hooray for us! Lounge Laura p-s/Jill and Stefan, did you get my tapes? ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 16 Jul 1996 14:54:28 -0400 Subject: hot off the associated pres "MOON RIVER" OBIT (Los Angeles) -- The musician who played the harmonica solo in the song ``Moon River'' has died. Eddy Lawrence Manson was a virtuoso harmonica player. His work could also be heard in the movies ``Born On The Fourth Of July,'' ``Coal Miner's Daughter'' and ``The Longest Day.'' Manson also arranged music for Michael Jackson, the Jackson Five and Don Ho. Manson died of congestive heart failure. He was 77. ------------------------------ From: Martin Schildkret Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: VD On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Bruce Rhodewalt wrote: > Vic Damone, anyone? Has he now been relegated to "Exotica?" ------------------------------ From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 15:15:32 EDT Subject: Re: VD - ----- Begin Included Message ----- From owner-exotica@mail.xmission.com Tue Jul 16 15:13:01 1996 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:23:45 -0700 From: Bruce Rhodewalt Organization: Tiki Publishing >Vic Damone, anyone? No thanks. I just ate. ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 16 Jul 1996 15:17:33 -0400 Subject: COME AND GET IT If you want it, here it is, come and get it...YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA is officially available now. It rocks and it looks great, and, it's all for $10-postage/handling included! So, send your check, money order, etc. to: YOUNG SAVAGE FLORIDA 5006 WESLEY DR. TAMPA, FL 33647 And, come to the gigs if you can! ------------------------------ From: "Steve Sando" Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 14:26:40 +0000 Subject: Re: VD > Vic Damone, anyone? I'd say great voice, little taste. I always remember my pater telling me that for the longest time he thought his name was Victor Moan. Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------ End of exotica Digest V2 #17 **************************** To subscribe to exotica Digest, send the command: subscribe exotica-digest in the body of a message to "majordomo@xmission.com". 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