From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Arabic music Q? Date: 01 Oct 2001 16:12:29 +0100 A while ago someone posted details of a shop in London that specialised in Arabic Music, could they post it again please? I had a Khaled 12 that I ordered only a year ago turn up out of the blue and its reawakened my interest ("AL Harba Wine" if you're interested, a fantastic record, with 4 mixes, 3 of which are good). Thanking you for your indulgence. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) KAPU (Forbidden) by Milt Raskin Date: 01 Oct 2001 09:53:43 -0700 (PDT) KAPU (Forbidden) "The Exciting Sounds of Milt Raskin" Stereo Crown CST 142 I thrifted this red vinyl album a while ago. The is Exotica with a capital "E" ala Denny and Baxter. The lp starts off with bird calls and never lets go. You are on one of the best Exotica trips ever, listening to this. This is a solid lp and all tunes true Exotica. Milt Raskin thanks Dominic Frontiere for his asstitance. I believe the lp is from 1961 because there were some Christmas Seal stickeres on it dated 1961. Really this is one of the greatest Exotica lps up there sure to appeal to all lovers of true Exotica. Easy listening in the Big Easy Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.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: chuck Subject: (exotica) KAPU (Forbidden) by Milt Raskin Date: 01 Oct 2001 09:55:30 -0700 (PDT) KAPU (Forbidden) "The Exciting Sounds of Milt Raskin" Stereo Crown CST 142 I thrifted this red vinyl album a while ago. The is Exotica with a capital "E" ala Denny and Baxter. The lp starts off with bird calls and never lets go. You are on one of the best Exotica trips ever, listening to this. This is a solid lp and all tunes true Exotica. Milt Raskin thanks Dominic Frontiere for his assistance. I believe the lp is from 1961 because there were some Christmas Seal stickers on it dated 1961. Really this is one of the greatest Exotica lps up there sure to appeal to all lovers of true Exotica. Easy listening in the Big Easy Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! 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Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.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: "jonathan richardson" Subject: Re: (exotica) KAPU (Forbidden) by Milt Raskin Date: 01 Oct 2001 11:01:35 -0700 >KAPU (Forbidden) "The Exciting Sounds of Milt Raskin" Stereo Crown >CST 142 >Really this is one of the greatest Exotica lps up there sure to >appeal to all lovers of true Exotica. have to aggree with chuck on this one, there are a couple different version of this, the Kapu one and theres also the Exotic Percussion with a generic percussion style black and white cover with some hands beating a drum on it. I have both and they are one in the same. Good score, it defenitely is a keeper, if anything for the cool volcano cover and red vinyl. I have a question. I got really lucky and thrifted a mint (not a mark on it) copy of Les Baxter/Bas Sheva "the Passions" on 10" LP today, and its in this big thick box like there should be more stuff in it. but only the one record was in it. (BTW, the record was sealed in its own plastic bag inside the box). Was there a booklet or perhaps something else that was to go into the jacket. Does anyone know, or have this same set? Im very happy to get it anyway, its in such nice condition. Also got a bunch of 50's 10" verve and prestige jazz lps from the same batch. I love the art work on those old 10"s. thanks for the help -jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) Loser's Lounge on NPR Date: 01 Oct 2001 13:35:53 -0400 http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010927.atc.19.ram This segment is from All Things Considered Thursday, September 27, 2001 Losers Lounge Commentator Stacy Horn has an appreciation for a show at the Westbeth Theater in Manhattan's West Village, called Loser's Lounge. It's performed tonight for the first time since Sept. 11. (4:15) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) "Computer Music" Michael McNabb Date: 01 Oct 2001 18:21:47 +0100 chuck wrote: > > Computer Music by Michael McNabb 1750 Arlh Records S-180 > > This is one nice electronic ride! Michael Mcnabb has some > fantastic shocking cuts on here! "Love in the Asylum" is a > standout and appears to have been used in a play previously. This > is direct to digital computer music from the early 1980s when I > thought this kind of music was terrible like the band Synergy. Its > good to see pure electronic music was still being made in the > 1980s. Nice outer space cover too! i've got one good album by Synergy, though: 'Computer Experiments vol 1' or something - has a bright pink cover with a circuit board on, and is ambient music made via random number computer program. one side in particular is excellent. all their other records i've heard were terrible except for the odd track here and there. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) synergy Date: 01 Oct 2001 14:59:17 -0400 Synergy is one guy - Larry Fast. He has a lot to answer for in bringing electronics to pop music. See http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B8aq4g44ttv1z~C for some of the details. Lou Michael Jemmeson wrote: > i've got one good album by Synergy, though: 'Computer Experiments vol 1' or something - has a bright pink cover with a circuit board on, and is ambient music made via random number computer program. one side in particular is excellent. all their other records i've heard were terrible except for the odd track here and there. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) KAPU (Forbidden) by Milt Raskin Date: 01 Oct 2001 18:22:31 -0700 At 11:01 AM 10/1/01, Jonathan wrote: >I have a question. I got really lucky and thrifted a mint (not a mark on >it) copy of Les Baxter/Bas Sheva "the Passions" on 10" LP today, and its >in this big thick box like there should be more stuff in it. but only the >one record was in it. (BTW, the record was sealed in its own plastic bag >inside the box). Was there a booklet Jonathan, Yes, there is supposed to be an 8 page booklet, ten inches square. Cover page: red with two inch high white capital letters "The Passions". The woman is in the bottom right (black on red). page 2: photo across the middle of the page. The photo is the center part of the woman's face. Above the photo is a one inch red stripe angling down with abstract line segments in black. Below the photo is a caption: "A WOMAN'S PASSIONS... violent, anguished, poignant, ecstatic... are eternally fascinating. Here Les Baxter expresses them in richly orchestrated music, using as an instrument the remarkably sensitive voice of Bas Sheva--a voice whose vivid colorations range from the gutteral snarl of savagery to a delicate and lyric beauty." page 3: Black. The black abstract line segments turn red as they continue off this page. The woman, as on the cover, is in a black and white photo on black in the bottom right corner. In text are the descriptions of each of the musical selections using a quote from either the Bible or Shakespeare: Despair, Ecstasy, Hate, Lust, Terror, Jealousy, Joy. pages 4-5 Text in two columns per page..."high fidelity critique" with an introduction, a track by track analysis and the total instrumentation. page 6 "on the technical side" with a general description of the record and also a detailed explanation of "the stylus" and "the playback curve" with appropropriate diagrams for each. page 7 is the promo page describing "ALBUMS FOR THE AUDIOPHILE" SAL-9020, LAL-9022, LAL-9023, LAL-9024 and this one LAL-486. the back page is in red with a white window. Within the white window is black text describing "FULL DIMENSIONAL SOUND" The FDS symbol is on the bottom edge of the page. Byron ___...--''''***^^^^^^""""""^^^^^***''''---___ "Life is short. Stay happy." ||| ||| ---May 2001 aol.com tv advert ||| |||bag AT hubris DOT net...Saint Johns, ||| |||Portlandistan, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol ||| """^^^'''***----...__________...----'''^^^""" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: (exotica) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 01 Oct 2001 19:52:23 -0700 (PDT) My fellow exoticans- "Skinny Dip with Don Tiki" now has an official street release date: Thursday, October 4. Track list: 1. All Quiet Flows The Don 2. The Natives Are Restless 3. Primitiva 4. Heat 5. Flower Humming 6. Bwana Banana 7. The Other Side of the Moon 8. Wet Cave 9. Pinakbet 10. El Producto 11. Sweet and Sour 12. Axolotl 13. That Hypnotizing Man We are also staging a concert here in Hawaii in conjunction... The Forbidden World of Don Tiki 9 pm * Saturday * October 6 South Sea Village at The Hawaiian Hut an extravaganza of enchanting exotica music to launch the new CD, "Skinny Dip with Don Tiki" On October 6, for one night only, be prepared for haunting melodies and pulsating Polynesian beats. Special guests and sultry dancers will ignite the stage in an evening of spectacular music... come and keep the tiki torches burning! CD art + graphics by Moritz. This, from the liner notes: "Don Tiki is the keeper of the flame of the almost extinct volcano of Exotica music. When the red glow of tiki torches was snuffed out in lounges and bachelor pads alike, the exotic sounds of Marty, Artie, and Les (Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and Les Baxter) also dimmed. But in a recent wave of appreciation, their haunting melodies have been unearthed again and used to conjure up lost Tiki temples in the minds of their gently hypnotized listeners. Don Tiki continues the lineage of this tradition, living on in whimsical reverie and reverence. In this day and age, we are all aware that paradise on earth does not exist. But the need for it is eternal, and can be playfully indulged in. Tiki bars are being erected again in city centers, living room corners and office cubicles, where the sultry rhythms of Exotica resound. Don Tiki is providing the soundtrack for this Technicolor projection of a Polynesian pop paradise." Sven A. Kirsten - bookoftiki.com Hope you like it, wish you were here! Aloha, Fluid Floyd Taboo Records __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.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: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) not quite Tipsy Date: 02 Oct 2001 00:57:42 -0400 They're not quite Tipsy but they have enough Tipsyesque moments that I think I can recommend them. Dipstick. The name is sort of Tipsyesque too. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 02 Oct 2001 01:02:28 -0400 At 07:52 PM 10/1/01 -0700, tikiman wrote: > >My fellow exoticans- > >"Skinny Dip with Don Tiki" now has an official street >release date: Thursday, October 4. Track list: > >1. All Quiet Flows The Don . What's that a reference to? I bet you didn't know we have a river here called "The Don". AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 02 Oct 2001 09:15:46 -0500 >> 1. All Quiet Flows The Don > . > What's that a reference to? I bet you didn't know we have a river here > called "The Don". > I can't quite tell if your query is serious or not, AZ, but if it is serious it refers to Sholokhov's famous novel of the Russian Revolution and civil war among the Cossacks of the south where the Don river flows into the Sea of Azov. My apologies if you knew that already. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 02 Oct 2001 09:30:25 -0500 > 1. All Quiet Flows The Don One more thing, the English title is "And Quiet Flows the Don" (I believe that's right, rather than "All"). But the Russian title is "Tikhii Don," which almost sounds like Tiki Don--surely it's a coincidence, but a good one. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Crossman Subject: Re: (exotica) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 02 Oct 2001 08:02:40 -0700 tikiman wrote: > "Skinny Dip with Don Tiki" now has an official street > release date: Thursday, October 4. Track list: > Hope you like it, wish you were here! Argh! No kidding we wish we were there so we could actually pick this sucker up! Since Amazon doesn't even list this, where can we go to buy this sucker?? Floyd, you can't leave us hanging like this! > Aloha, > Fluid Floyd > Taboo Records Floyd, I'm glad to see you kept the "Skinny Dip" name -- especially since I was fortunate enough to play a part in your market research! The titles sound great. How about any guest artists? Looks like you weren't able to score the reclusive artist we spoke about. :-( The tides are definitely turning when a new Don Tiki album comes out! Mahalo! -Kevin -- *********************************************************** * Kevin Crossman kevin@kevdo.com * * http://www.kevdo.com - The Narrow Interest Portal * * Lip Balm Anonymous, Ultimate Mai Tai, Exotica Archive * *********************************************************** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert McKenna" Subject: Re: (exotica) Arabic music Q? Date: 02 Oct 2001 16:24:54 Which remix 12"is it? If it's the one with the Underwolves, Transglobal Underground, State of Bengal and, the absolute killer in the pack the unknown to me at least, Manta 1000 mix, I'd have to agree with you. It's a regular in my sets (just played it the other night to great effect, the fact that there don't appear to be any Arabic DJs in Dublin is a source of bookings for me). There is however, a 12" with hard house and trance mixes of this song. Scary, but true. If it's that one I don't like you any more. And you're claimed for a fight. rob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Dale" Subject: (exotica) Honey West Date: 02 Oct 2001 12:59:17 -0700 This report is from Mr. Showbiz. Honey West as a film. If this happens, do you think they'll ever release the Mullendore soundtrack on CD? I hope so. Can't afford the high prices I've seen out there. Anyone know if it's good? Mr. Showbiz July 16, 2001 Witherspoon Sweet on Honey West Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon has put a sexy twist on lawyering with her new No. 1 film - now she'll do the same for the private eye biz. The 25-year-old actress has signed a deal to bring the stylish 1960s small-screen detective Honey West to the big screen, Variety reports. The character, who emerged from the spy-crazy '60s when Mission: Impossible and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ruled the airwaves, was known for her pet ocelot and girly gadgets like a lipstick case that concealed a radio. A similar TV project, about a character called Honey Vicarro, was announced in March as a vehicle to star blond bombshell Jenny McCarthy. The Honey West script will be penned by the Legally Blonde team of Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith and will be produced by Blonde producer Marc Platt. The rights to the character, who originated in a series of pulp fiction novels by Skip Firling, reverted from Aaron Spelling, who only briefly owned them, to Firling's widow, Gloria. "We had a lot of martinis and developed a love fest with Glori, got the rights and put the film together with Marc and Reese on the Legally Blonde set," Smith told the trade paper. The film is described as a contemporary action-drama, but it's sure to be lighthearted, considering that West is a gumshoe whose business card features her 38-24-36 measurements. Reuters/Variety contributed to this story. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 02 Oct 2001 14:27:00 EDT can't wait! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) re: honey west Date: 02 Oct 2001 13:46:42 -0700 Honey West. It's a neat show - a spin off of Burkes Law. Gee, I can't even recall it being shown on TV reruns much...my wife and I watched a couple of episodes at the Museum of TV and Radio in NYC on our last trip there. The soundtrack is very cool, swinging, etc etc - just the kind of music you would think would accompany a honey like Honey. I happened upon mine during one of those ebay lulls when it slipped by those who wanted it. 45 bucks seemed like a steal. It really is worth it, musically and a frameable cover to boot, fairly obscure TV tie-in - a great collectible. Ever out on CD? who knows! The great soundtracks to one of the top films of the sixties "In Cold Blood", nominated for best score, ain't on CD. And there are so many more, I could go on and on. But I'll save that for my whistling 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: Chuck Collazzi Subject: Re: (exotica) how to beat the high cost of living Date: 02 Oct 2001 16:37:30 -0700 Jerry: What you refer to as "distortion" is merely a part of a much larger, unquantifiable process. Even the feds take part in creating "inflation" in markets! Also: The use of words like "average", "common", "absurd", etc., are entirely subjective....it's OK not to like what happens, but no point in whining about the inexorable forces of supply and demand....besides, and if any of us really knew what anything was really worth, we'd be wouldn't need lottery tickets to get rich! As the internet helps expand global markets, there will continue to be price deviations unheard of in the past. Believe it or not, there are places on the planet where Tijuana Brass Lps are rare! Curious statement below about the price of food operating under the same force as the price of vinyl. Thanks for making my point! It's called supply and demand.....and cash is a commodity just like food and vinyl. Where are all these Japanese kids? Send them over! Best regards to all, Chuck > > > > > Japanese kids plunking down absurd amounts of > > > daddy's cash for relatively "common" Lps. (This was before their economy > > > went splat.) This is great for the seller, but bad for the average buyer. > > It also totally distorts the market value > > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Penna Subject: (exotica) Re: KAPU (Forbidden) by Milt Raskin Date: 02 Oct 2001 18:10:44 -0700 chuck said: >KAPU (Forbidden) "The Exciting Sounds of Milt Raskin" Stereo Crown >CST 142 > >I thrifted this red vinyl album a while ago. The is Exotica with a >capital "E" ala Denny and Baxter. The lp starts off with bird >calls and never lets go. You are on one of the best Exotica trips >ever, listening to this. This is a solid lp and all tunes true >Exotica. Milt Raskin thanks Dominic Frontiere for his asstitance. There are no notes of any kind on the reel-to-reel version I got, which is titled "Exotic Percussion" (Crown ST 115 - confusing, isn't it?). I'd be interested in any other documentation - personnel, recording dates etc. - which the vinyl album might provide. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) here's Honey Date: 02 Oct 2001 19:25:43 -0700 Up for a limited time and submitted for your listening pleasure is the entire Honey West soundtrack. MP3s are encoded at 128, a fairly sizeable download, but DSL and cable folks won't have a problem. Dial ups, sorry :( Just click on a track to listen. I love "Lots of Pluck" which has a very Music for TV Dinners feel of a downtown shopping spree. Or "The Ocelot", Honey's pet, Bruce. access the album here: http://www.basichip.com/hw/hw.htm The short lived show ran on ABC in from 1965-66. Honey West first appeared on an episode of Burke's Law. It was 1965, and the world was going spy crazy. There was James Bond, The Avengers and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Honey was played by Anne Francis, drop dead gorgeous, and a dead ringer for Honor Blackman, the woman who played Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. She and her Sam, her associate were high-tech private eyes. They tooled around in a specially-equipped mobile crime lab/spy van with "H.W. Bolt & Co., TV Service" on the side. She carried a .38 in her purse, a derringer, an exploding compact, a garter belt gas mask, teargas earrings and a lipstick microphone. I think she was a karate expert too. Enjoy! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "jonathan richardson" Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: KAPU (Forbidden) by Milt Raskin Date: 02 Oct 2001 21:04:36 -0700 >There are no notes of any kind on the reel-to-reel version I got, which is >titled "Exotic Percussion" (Crown ST 115 - confusing, isn't it?). I'd be >interested in any other documentation - personnel, recording dates etc. - >which the vinyl album might provide. heres the lineup Piano/Celeste/Bongo Box--------Milt Raskin Bass--------Artie Shapiro Organ/Novachord--------Bill Sabranski Accordion--------Jack Preisner Harp------Ann Mason and Catheringe Johnk Flute/Piccolo and Bass Clarinet-------Arthur Gleghorn and Harry Klee Percussion-------Lou Singer, Larry Bunker, Milt Holland and Frank Carlson (these guys were percussion LP regulars) Percussion Instruments Played: 4 Tympani 2 vibes 2 marimbas Gong Bells Boo-Bams Timbales Finger Cymbals Sleigh Bells Bongos Conga Drum Bass Drum Xylophone Triangle Guiro Cow Bell Side Drum Hope this helps, theres also lots of cool Exotic stuff about each individual song for example, the song "Maika" sez: "The moonlight in Maika's eyes was responsible for the entrancing birth of the night blooming Cereus" i dont know why they left all this cool stuff and made the cover so boring when they called exotic percussion, i guess they were just amping on the percussion craze going down at the time, whereas Kapu was getting in on the Exotica craze. Got the markets cornered over there at Crown. I guess they were stretching the buck a bit. As far as recording dates, I havent a clue, doesnt say anywheres on either LP. But if you write to them at: Crown Records 9317 W. Washington Blvd Culver City, California I bet they would give you all the info you ask for. Good luck -jonny _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rob Crowther Subject: RE: (exotica) here's Honey Date: 03 Oct 2001 11:49:13 -0700 I'd love to hear a couple of the Honey West tracks (do they sound as good as she looks?), but I'm having trouble trying to download, or even play the files. Guess I need a plug-in since none of my mp3 players seem to be working. Any suggestions? Rob ************************************* " Authenticity. If you can fake that, the rest will take care of itself. " -- www.mistersuave.com -- -- rob@mistersuave.com -- -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:26 PM Cc: Doug Dale Up for a limited time and submitted for your listening pleasure is the entire Honey West soundtrack. MP3s are encoded at 128, a fairly sizeable download, but DSL and cable folks won't have a problem. Dial ups, sorry :( Just click on a track to listen. I love "Lots of Pluck" which has a very Music for TV Dinners feel of a downtown shopping spree. Or "The Ocelot", Honey's pet, Bruce. access the album here: http://www.basichip.com/hw/hw.htm The short lived show ran on ABC in from 1965-66. Honey West first appeared on an episode of Burke's Law. It was 1965, and the world was going spy crazy. There was James Bond, The Avengers and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Honey was played by Anne Francis, drop dead gorgeous, and a dead ringer for Honor Blackman, the woman who played Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. She and her Sam, her associate were high-tech private eyes. They tooled around in a specially-equipped mobile crime lab/spy van with "H.W. Bolt & Co., TV Service" on the side. She carried a .38 in her purse, a derringer, an exploding compact, a garter belt gas mask, teargas earrings and a lipstick microphone. I think she was a karate expert too. Enjoy! # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 03 Oct 2001 13:59:01 -0500 I'm looking for a Japanese LP called Snowflakes Are Dancin' by Tomita (not sure if I have the spelling right) A friend of mine was looking for this, has anyone heard of it? Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.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) Tomita? Date: 03 Oct 2001 21:17:47 +0200 > I'm looking for a Japanese LP called Snowflakes Are Dancin' by Tomita > (not sure if I have the spelling right) A friend of mine was looking > for this, has anyone heard of it? Colleen, look here for more info: http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/T/Tomita/tomita_snowflakes.html The guy's full name is Isao Tomita. Some more info at: http://www.japanorama.com/tomita.html Don't confuse him with Yann Tomita, who's very hip in Japan at the moment (and whose records I like much much better!) 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: tikiman Subject: (exotica) Re: Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 03 Oct 2001 13:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Aloha all- Thanks for your enthusiastic response to our new release. We're a bit crazy this week, wearing many fezes... artists, label, promoters, publicity. Next week we will update our list and get promos out for DJ requests like Domenic's, so make sure we have all the appropriate mailing info. we will also try to do any station i.d.s (like Cheryl has requested many times, patiently), let us know what to say, station-wise. For those who want to buy the CD, hopefully our distributor will hook it up at Amazon and other cyberstores if it's not available at your town's favorite shop. Again, mahalo for your patience and support! Primitivaly, Fluid Floyd Taboo Records --- Domenic Ciccone wrote: > > Hello Fluid Floyd, taboorecords@yahoo.com > > I finally have permission to solicit promo items for > the station. Could you > send a few copies of the new release to me at WJUL? > > I missed promoting the "The Forbidden World of Don > Tiki". Don't even have a > copy. Keep me up to date on all things Taboo > Records. > > > The Address: > > Domenic Ciccone > "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL Lowell > 1 University Ave. > Lowell, MA 01854 > > > Thanks, > > Domenic Ciccone > "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL Lowell 91.5FM Friday's > 6-9AM EST > http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ > http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) > http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/ (Station web page) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: Re: (exotica) Skinny Dip with Don Tiki Date: 03 Oct 2001 14:14:57 -0700 (PDT) You are correct, sir! Title derived from my erudite pardner, Perry Coma. When not comatose or composing, da buggah's reading. Aloha, Fluid Floyd --- Clayton Black wrote: > > >> 1. All Quiet Flows The Don > > . > > What's that a reference to? I bet you didn't know > we have a river here > > called "The Don". > > > I can't quite tell if your query is serious or not, > AZ, but if it is serious > it refers to Sholokhov's famous novel of the Russian > Revolution and civil > war among the Cossacks of the south where the Don > river flows into the Sea > of Azov. My apologies if you knew that already. > > Clayton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 03 Oct 2001 17:43:21 -0400 At 01:59 PM 10/3/01 -0500, Colleen Pyles wrote: > >I'm looking for a Japanese LP called Snowflakes Are Dancin' by Tomita >(not sure if I have the spelling right) A friend of mine was looking >for this, has anyone heard of it? That's a very common record, easy to find. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Tomita? Date: 03 Oct 2001 22:32:23 -0400 Attempting a spitball reply to several related posts here. At 05:43 PM 10/03/2001, Alan noted : > >Snowflakes Are Dancing by Tomita > >That's a very common record, easy to find. My old copy being one of them out there in circulation, perhaps. Back in the early/mid-70s I was an easy mark for any albums featuring synthesizers. Unfortunately, it being the early/mid-70s, that usually meant slushy prog rock related stuff (yet more unfortunately, it being the early/mid-70s, I thought that was just dandy). Born a wee bit too late for the more-fun, earlier synth records. "Snowflakes Are Dancing" was Tomita's set of Debussy covers. I think PBS has used it for as backing music on various things over the years -- that "Star Hustler" astronomy filler show for one. I had the first three Synergy albums. Well-made, but prog rock sensibilty all the way. As someone noted, it was not a group, just Larry Fast doing the overdub thing, with a little help here and there depending on the album. To his credit, when I sent a letter to his contact address, he actually sent a multi-page reply (not a form letter), patiently answering my little synth-nerd tech questions (when I sent a letter to Tangerine Dream, one of them sent me a stupid "don't break this chain!" chain letter, so phooey on them on artistic and etiquette levels (yes, I broke it)). Chuck mentioned Walter/Wendy Carlos' "Sonic Seasonings" and that's another one I used to have. That one would be nice to still have around. Ambient music on the abstract side, plus environmental sounds. Chuck also pondered the earliest records weaving music and environmental sounds (Mystic Moods Orchestra, etc) -- don't forget Esquivel's excellent "See It In Sound" from 1960, even if it didn't see release until 1999. Hmmm, would Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" count? M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.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: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) Honey follow up Date: 03 Oct 2001 20:52:25 -0700 to those who dropped me a line for putting up the honey west soundtrack, thanks for your kind words. One had asked if there were others. No, this is the only one. That takes up about 25MB of the 100MB of storage space my provider gives me and its a pretty short LP. 50MB are set aside for whistling tracks :) So I'll have a new one maybe as often as once a week. What made me do this was I wanted to start listening to my records at work (I'm in front of a computer). As you know, an audio CD-R can only hold a couple of complete record albums, but if you encode the wav files into MP3 files, you can put alot of albums onto a CD-R. The catch is that the CD-R could only be played on a computer, not on your home stereo. I encoded Honey West at 128, which is CD quality and the album took up 25MB of space. there is 650MB on a CD, so I can easily put twenty records on one CD! Thanks Roy :) So that's what I'm doing. As I complete each LP, I'll be glad to share it with you. This is not rocket science - anybody with a CD burner in their PC should be able to do this. It does not take any fancy setup - you should be able to download what you need from the internet. Need help? Just ask! Rob asked: >I'm having trouble trying to download, or even play the >files. Guess I need a plug-in since none of my mp3 players seem to be >working. Any suggestions? Hmmm...I'm not much of a trouble shooter. Can you play MP3's from other sites? Can you hear Mr. Fodder's LP's at his Interstellar Cafe? Pick up a streaming real audio? If you can, but can't hear mine, maybe I screwed up. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Wages Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 04 Oct 2001 00:04:31 -0500 > I'm looking for a Japanese LP called Snowflakes Are Dancin' by Tomita > (not sure if I have the spelling right) A friend of mine was looking > for this, has anyone heard of it? > > > Colleen Back when Napster was working, this whole album was an easy-to-find download. Have you tried Gnutella or something like that? I have the record and like it... kind of. Don't know about Tomita's other stuff though. This kind of stuff could easily veer in a very distasteful direction. BTW, The Design Museum in London was using a snipet of this album in a multimedia display about soap. Good luck... Paul # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 03 Oct 2001 21:25:13 -0700 colleen asked about Snowflakes: Not only is ebay a valuable resource for finding specific wants (like the Zodiac Cosmic Sounds), it is also an excellent source for simply digging up information about something that interests you. Or browsing pics of your favorite toys from your childhood and saving the scans to your hard drive. :) Type the title or artist name into the search box and wait for the results. Dependng on the seller, you'll get a description, label information, usually a scan of the cover, a track list, etc, etc. You can also get a sense of availability by the number of matches. Don't forget to view the "completed items" for even more of a clue. Then take a look at what people have paid for the item to give you even a sharper picture. I just checked. I've heard of the record you asked about, but know nothing about it. But by researching it on ebay, in a couple of minutes, I know: it is available on CD and reel to reel tape what the cover looks like what Tomita looks like the music is electronic performances of the music of Claude Debussy the year it came out the label it was on that there will be no problem finding this recording that it will be cheap (under $5) Looking for records on the internet is such a (almost) daily habit for me, that I just figured everybody else must be doing this too. But maybe not. Try it! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) question Date: 04 Oct 2001 03:58:32 -0400 I was just wondering. What do you guys think of Sergio Mendes? What about Brasil 77? Had he lost it by then? Is it 66 or nothing? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) another question Date: 04 Oct 2001 04:03:05 -0400 Does anyone know if the movie "The Young Interns" came out before "I Spy"? I know I could look it up myself but you guys are so good at finding answers online that I've become lazy about such things myself. If you're wondering why I ask, it's because I bought the soundtrack to The Young Interns and it's by Earle Hagen. And the theme music sounds almost exactly like the theme to "I spy" which he also wrote. I'm not complaining mind you (especially since I don't have "I Spy") but I was just wondering whether he stole from I Spy for The Young Interns or vice versa. Oh and by the way, there's a tune on the soundtrack called "Young Interns Watusi". And as you can well imagine, my heart started to beat quickly when I saw that name. So I'm sure you can imagine how confused I was when the tune, far from having a bunch of wailing saxes and organ, actually sounded like some primitive exotic percussion piece. Quel dommage. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) new not young Date: 04 Oct 2001 04:04:45 -0400 Sorry but it's "The New Interns" not the "Young Interns". I'm bored this morning, in case you were wondering. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Seattle Date: 04 Oct 2001 04:10:54 -0400 Does anyone on this list live in Seattle? (And I know this is completely off topic but I don't want to bother you with yet another post this morning so I'll just say it here. A friend of mine lent me a copy of "Battlefield Earth" and nothing could have prepared me for how awful it is.) I was serious about the Seattle question. My film is showing there. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 04 Oct 2001 08:56:28 -0500 ---- Begin Original Message ---- I usually do this too, but this was an instant response, gut reaction thing to do, the listees here usually know more, plus you get reactions about the music from people whose opinions I really respect (go figure). Sent: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:25:13 -0700 colleen asked about Snowflakes: Not only is ebay a valuable resource for finding specific wants (like the Zodiac Cosmic Sounds), it is also an excellent source for simply digging up information about something that interests you. =A0Or browsing pics of = your favorite toys from your childhood and saving the scans to your hard drive. :) Type the title or artist name into the search box and wait for the results. Dependng on the seller, you'll get a description, label information, usually a scan of the cover, a track list, etc, etc. =A0You can also get a sense of availability by the number of matches. =A0Don't forget to view the "completed items" for even more of a clue. =A0Then take a look at what people have= paid for the item to give you even a sharper picture. I just checked. =A0I've heard of the record you asked about, but know nothing about it. =A0But by researching it on ebay, in a couple of minutes, I know: it is available on CD and reel to reel tape what the cover looks like what Tomita looks like the music is electronic performances of the music of Claude Debussy the year it came out the label it was on that there will be no problem finding this recording that it will be cheap (under $5) Looking for records on the internet is such a (almost) daily habit for me, that I just figured everybody else must be doing this too. =A0But maybe= not. Try it! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ---- End Original Message ---- Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 04 Oct 2001 15:44:49 +0100 Paul Wages wrote: > > > I'm looking for a Japanese LP called Snowflakes Are Dancin' by Tomita > > (not sure if I have the spelling right) A friend of mine was looking > > for this, has anyone heard of it? > > > > > > Colleen > > Back when Napster was working, this whole album was an easy-to-find > download. Have you tried Gnutella or something like that? I have the > record and like it... kind of. Don't know about Tomita's other stuff > though. This kind of stuff could easily veer in a very distasteful > direction. Audiogalaxy.com is a good Napster replacement if anyone's interested # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomita? Date: 04 Oct 2001 12:58:20 EDT In a message dated 10/4/2001 10:49:46 AM, michael@moreover.com writes: << Don't know about Tomita's other stuff > though. This kind of stuff could easily veer in a very distasteful > direction. >> I've had a bunch of his stuff and the only ones I've kept are Snowflakes and Firebird. Bob # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) another question Date: 04 Oct 2001 13:51:35 -0400 on 10/4/01 4:03 AM, alan zweig at azed@pathcom.com wrote: > Does anyone know if the movie "The Young Interns" came out before "I Spy"? yeah, but not by much -- "New Interns" was '64, "I Spy" was '65 br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) question Date: 04 Oct 2001 15:59:11 EDT In a message dated 10/4/01 3:53:26 AM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << I was just wondering. What do you guys think of Sergio Mendes? What about Brasil 77? Had he lost it by then? Is it 66 or nothing? >> One he did about '74 had a terrific version of a then current "Don't You Worry "Bout A Thing" that translated nicely into Brazilian mode..then Rhodes-driven and funkified. (think Chick Corea, Airto Moriera/Flora Purim, EMI "Crystal Silence", etc.)...I have found his 6T's stuff to be superior at large, but of course certain notable exceptions exist through his '77 recordings...If its cheap enough..and it should be..grab it # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) I'm going record-shoppin for my boitday... Date: 04 Oct 2001 16:02:54 -0400 Week after next I will be in San Francisco! Knowing that there isn't TOO much to do there (tee hee), what record stores can a fellow without a rental car get to? About to leave heart, 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: crymad Subject: (exotica) Common music for rarefied tastes Date: 04 Oct 2001 12:58:03 -0700 The Tomita "Snowflakes" discussion got me wondering...Among your very favorite recordings, which happen to have been very popular sellers? Two of mine that come to mind are Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" and A.C.Jobim "Wave". --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "james brouwer" Subject: Re: (exotica) Common music for rarefied tastes Date: 04 Oct 2001 20:25:22 +0000 >Among your very >favorite recordings, which happen to have been very popular sellers? "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Cambell - a sweet piece of pie and a chart-topper to boot. I'd even include "By Time I Get to Phoenix". So yeah, Jimmy Webb, a popular seller but it strikes a creepy-yet nostalgic-trailer-trash-truck-stop mental note with me. There's lots of Burt Bacharach songs that were big sellers and one can't help but love (they're too numerous to bother mentioning). I won't mention my odd Led Zeppelin hankerings, it's just too embarassing. ah one, ah two, ah one two three four! jb _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Common music for rarefied tastes Date: 04 Oct 2001 17:05:11 -0400 >>Among your very favorite recordings, which happen to have been very >>popular sellers? 1. Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay. However it's pronounced, she had a winner in this one. 2. Telstar - The Tornados (the opening sound is a jumble of things, one which is rumored to be the sound of a toilet flushing reversed!) 3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - John Barry. Mom, my brother and I all dig this one. Brian "Billboard Baggin's" 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: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Common music for rarefied tastes Date: 04 Oct 2001 15:20:09 -0700 james brouwer wrote: > > > There's lots of Burt Bacharach songs that were big sellers and one can't > help but love (they're too numerous to bother mentioning). I can't get enough of "The Look of Love" -- I'll snatch up anything that has a version. Richard Hayman's moog exploration of that song on "Best of Moog" CD comp is a recent happy discovery. --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerry Nutter Subject: (exotica) How to beat the high cost of living (stereo) Date: 04 Oct 2001 19:13:13 -0400 The problem with record collecting is that it is not in any way like the stock market: Buyers have little or no control over what they pay as most stores do not solicit nor accept offers for their wares. Record dealers seem to think that what a Japanese kid will pay for a bossa nova record sets the price for all. Dealers also seem to exagerrate the number of Japanese buyers. Out-of-print vinyl is a collectible and collectibles are considered by investment pros to be "an unliquid investment" especially during a recession. I can't eat my collection, nor can I pay my bills with it, easily transport it, nor protect it from casualty. Of course, ebay has democratized the market somewhat. I do not agree that vinyl is a commodity: Pork bellies, soy beans and bushels of grain are commodities because each "unit" is essentially identical and therefore buyers know exactly what they're getting. Whereas each vinyl record (unless we're talking about a recently discovered warehouse cache of 10,000 copies of The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart), is completely unique unto itself. Title-wise and in the used market, condition-wise. In fact, it is this singularity which makes the job of the record company man so difficult. How can they possibly sell hundreds of unique products with any degree of efficiency to a radio market, record store, club deejay and average end user who craves (no, demands) consistency? One solution is to produce records that sound nearly identical. (Which may explain the enormous popularity of disco.) Chuck, if cash is a commodity, I'll trade you 50 cents for each dollar in your pocket. Deal? (Just send it over to my Paypal account and I'll immediately refund 50%.) Remember, cash and "monetary instruments" are legal tender, coin-of-the-realm; there's nothing else like it (only precious metals come close). Which is what makes money such a great gift! (Anyone wishing to test this theory can donate to the aforementioned Paypal account.) Obviously, it only makes sense to trade in currency if you're exchanging one kind for another; and in that limited sense, cash *is* a commodity, but I don't think that was what you meant. The "curious statement" you attribute to me was made by Alan Zweig. And "whining" is my middle name. Chuck: What you refer to as "distortion" is merely a part of a much larger, >unquantifiable process. Even the feds take part in creating "inflation" in >markets! >Also: The use of words like "average", "common", "absurd", etc., are >entirely subjective....it's OK not to like what happens, but no point in >whining about the inexorable forces of supply and demand....besides, and if >any of us really knew what anything was really worth, we'd be wouldn't need >lottery tickets to get rich! >As the internet helps expand global markets, there will continue to be price >deviations unheard of in the past. Believe it or not, there are places on >the planet where Tijuana Brass Lps are rare! audiocarp: Those poor underprivileged bastards! >Curious statement below about the price of food operating under the same >force as the price of vinyl. Thanks for making my point! It's called >supply and demand.....and cash is a commodity just like food and vinyl. > >Where are all these Japanese kids? Send them over! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: Re: (exotica) Common music for rarefied tastes Date: 04 Oct 2001 20:10:40 -0500 ---- Begin Original Message ---- Two of my all time favorites are "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" by The Moe Koffman Quartet and "Picnic/Moonglow" by Morris Stoloff...Colleen Sent: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:58:03 -0700 The Tomita "Snowflakes" discussion got me wondering...Among your very favorite recordings, which happen to have been very popular sellers? =A0= Two of mine that come to mind are Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" and A.C.Jobim "Wave". --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ---- End Original Message ---- Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.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: "David Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Common music for rarefied tastes Date: 04 Oct 2001 21:29:14 -0400 The Lettermen--"When I Fall in Love"--it satisfies all needs for mellow, sentimental, harmonious sounds. David The Tomita "Snowflakes" discussion got me wondering...Among your very favorite recordings, which happen to have been very popular sellers? Two of mine that come to mind are Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" and A.C.Jobim "Wave". --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) I'm going record-shoppin for my boitday... Date: 04 Oct 2001 18:50:06 -0700 > Week after next I will be in San Francisco! Knowing that there isn't TOO > much to do there (tee hee), what record stores can a fellow without a > rental car get to? Cool and strange music did a spread on SF record stores not long ago - but it's not on the site. On Haight and Stanyan street, catch Amoeba Music, which took over Park Bowl a few years ago. Huge inventory and lots of vinyl at reasonable prices. Selection can be hit and miss if you adding to an established collection. A few blocks down, near Masonic is Recycled Records, but I often leave there empty hand. It's pricier and the selection is smaller. Further down even still, in the lower haight (around Fillmore) is Groove Merchant, famous for its archive of old soul and funk records. Up a block on Page and Scott is Jack's Record Cellar, but the specialty here is 78s - there are thousands and thousands of them. I was thrilled to find an entire box of whistling records here. Including several Fred Lowerys, some on his very own Lowery Records label! Not too far away is Open Mind Music (342 Divisidero), which I had never been to, but hear carries some kitsch and exotica. On Market street (it's a long street) is Grooves, but they are pricey. In North Beach on Green and Grant is 101 Records, which is packed floor to ceiling with instruments and stereo equipment. Check out the basement for who knows what you may find. Not recommended for scores, but well worth visiting as a curiosity after your italian lunch and cappuccino. If you make it to just north to Mill Valley, there is Village Music, which has a huge selection of "pop and nostagila" Berkeley has another Amoeba and Rasputins within a block of each other on colorful Telegraph ave. And you've been to Big Al's Record Barn in San Jose, right? I'm sure there are a number I have overlooked, but that's a start. San Francisco is very small in area and has an excellent transportation system. The best weather is in October. Familiarize yourself with Muni or just bring some good walking shoes and you are in business. First time visitors are amazed at the steep hills. Tell us how you did when you get back. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jonny Perl" Subject: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 05 Oct 2001 11:14:14 +0800 Hi, First, Thanks so much to Basic hip for putting up the Honey West album. I had never heard any of this stuff before, although I had been vaguely looking for the LP ever since I heard the incredible version of 'sweet honey' on Dick Hyman's 'Man from U.N.C.L.E' LP (still one of my favorite Command LPs). Anyway, it's great to hear it all, and see the cover art too. As you say, it's not rocket science to convert an album into mp3 format and put it up, but you did it well, man! I can never quite get the knack of scanning entire album covers. Still, maybe I'll have a go some time... Here's some stuff I've been getting into in the last few days... L'anamour - francoise hardy I only recently found out Francoise had recorded this classic Gainsbourg song. It's a very cool version, gentle and catchy with cool strings; apparently arranged by Mike Vickers, who I believe is one of those groovy UK library music composers. The 8.17 Northbound Success Merry-go round - margo guryan From the recently released '25 demos' CD, this is a very spare and groovy number with a cool organ sound, nice drums and catchy vocals. A little rougher than the superb 'take a picture' album, but very cool. The name of the game - John Schroeder This is on the 'TV Vibrations' LP, which I recently picked up on ebay. A really nice track with brilliant organ work and a strange but catchy beat. I'm still pretty much hooked on the 1968-72 period, it seems. I can't seem to shake it off... cheers, jonny -- recommend songs at www.musicaltaste.com ____________________________________________________ Talk More, Pay Less with Net2Phone Direct(R), up to 1500 minutes free! http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?143 Powered by Outblaze # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: thinkmatic@att.net Subject: (exotica) Sergio '77 Date: 05 Oct 2001 03:45:34 +0000 I've only heard a few, and I only clearly remember Pais Tropical which is indistinguishable from the later '66 albums. It's a great album and I happen to have it digitized, so if anyone wants to trade some mp3s of it drop me a line. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) I'm going record-shoppin for my boitday... Date: 04 Oct 2001 23:54:07 EDT Good tips. (I live here in SF.) Definitely check out Open Mind - they've got good stuff. Also, across the street from them is an estate sale store with a good stash of records (and lots of super cool 60s and 70s furniture and furnishings at affordable prices). Not thrift store cheap, but you can find some excellent jazz/exotica (Quincy Jones, Kenny Burrell, Martin Denny) in there for $7-8. It's all right around the corner from Jack's and Groove. Saturn Records in the East Bay has by far the best collection for Exoticats (they basically coined the term Now Sound). But it's priced for collectors. Still worth it just to slaver over the ultra rare items. You can find deals there too. Take BART to Rockridge Station. There's a nice food market, restaurants in the area, and a good new/used bookstore as well. Aquarius Records in the Mission has forged a niche market for themself digging into all the ultra rare recordings. Lots of krautrock, tropicalia, and all that spacey droney indie stuff floating around now. Very knowledgeable staff. << Week after next I will be in San Francisco! Knowing that there isn't TOO > much to do there (tee hee), what record stores can a fellow without a > rental car get to? Cool and strange music did a spread on SF record stores not long ago - but it's not on the site. On Haight and Stanyan street, catch Amoeba Music, which took over Park Bowl a few years ago. Huge inventory and lots of vinyl at reasonable prices. Selection can be hit and miss if you adding to an established collection. A few blocks down, near Masonic is Recycled Records, but I often leave there empty hand. It's pricier and the selection is smaller. Further down even still, in the lower haight (around Fillmore) is Groove Merchant, famous for its archive of old soul and funk records. Up a block on Page and Scott is Jack's Record Cellar, but the specialty here is 78s - there are thousands and thousands of them. I was thrilled to find an entire box of whistling records here. Including several Fred Lowerys, some on his very own Lowery Records label! Not too far away is Open Mind Music (342 Divisidero), which I had never been to, but hear carries some kitsch and exotica. On Market street (it's a long street) is Grooves, but they are pricey. In North Beach on Green and Grant is 101 Records, which is packed floor to ceiling with instruments and stereo equipment. Check out the basement for who knows what you may find. Not recommended for scores, but well worth visiting as a curiosity after your italian lunch and cappuccino. If you make it to just north to Mill Valley, there is Village Music, which has a huge selection of "pop and nostagila" Berkeley has another Amoeba and Rasputins within a block of each other on colorful Telegraph ave. And you've been to Big Al's Record Barn in San Jose, right? I'm sure there are a number I have overlooked, but that's a start. San Francisco is very small in area and has an excellent transportation system. The best weather is in October. Familiarize yourself with Muni or just bring some good walking shoes and you are in business. First time visitors are amazed at the steep hills. Tell us how you did when you get back. >> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 I know WHERE I'm going record-shoppin' for my boitday... Date: 05 Oct 2001 09:56:48 -0400 Hmph! So no one has ANY ideas, eh? :^) Thanks for the wonderful posts. Of course, all that I get of interest to the list will be lovingly posted. I actually went to Recycled many moons ago and did manage a nice Django Reinhardt compilation for cheap. You folks are great and don't think me too anti-social from Oct. 13-20. Not exotic, but a lot of fun, I am listening to Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers on Reel Radio http://www.reelradio.com/bt/index.html#pmwjw58 He's one of the wildest DJ's I have ever heard. Manical laughing and all of his patter rhymes (except for the dedications), albeit somewhat asymmetrically. Join me in the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee, Brian Phillips P.S. Yes, I have gone to Big Al's Record Barn (betcha there's ONE South Park episode their staff must hate!) and I met the most exalted lister Ron Grandia, neither of whom I will be able to see for lack o'transport, dagnabbit. BARB is where I got, thanks to Ron a wonderfully off-kilter Jack LaLanne exercise record and "Beggin" by Timebox, which is awful rare. The problem I had with the store was the daytime fellow. Outside of his propensity for eating peanuts and talking to me at the same time, he realized that I knew what I was after and started changing prices on me. Frankie say, "Grrr...". # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "jonathan richardson" Subject: Re: (exotica) question Date: 05 Oct 2001 07:25:40 -0700 >From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com >To: azed@pathcom.com, exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Re: (exotica) question >Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:59:11 EDT > > > >In a message dated 10/4/01 3:53:26 AM, azed@pathcom.com writes: > ><< I was just wondering. What do you guys think of Sergio Mendes? What >about >Brasil 77? Had he lost it by then? Is it 66 or nothing? >> i like his "Pele" Soundtrack. Theres a few funky brasilian gems on there, Gets the booty shaking!! stil prefer 66 tho' -jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) "Art" rock Date: 05 Oct 2001 14:28:38 -0700 >Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 22:32:23 -0400 >From: "M.Ace" >Subject: Re: (exotica) Tomita? > >"Snowflakes Are Dancing" was Tomita's set of Debussy >covers. I think PBS has used it for as backing music on various things over >the years -- that "Star Hustler" astronomy filler show for one. I was a sucker for the same crap when I was a kid. I had every Rick Wakeman, Synergy, and Tomita album. There was a Tomita album based on Prokofieff's Classical Symphony too I believe. I still have all my "kid records" in the back of my stacks somewhere. Someday, Yes solo albums, Anthony Phillips and Gentle Giant are gonna be worth BIG BUCKS! (Yeah, right...) See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: (exotica) Here's to the Mad Daddy! Date: 05 Oct 2001 20:45:25 -0400 not exotic? well, how bout psychotic! Mad Daddy is the greatest DJ personality of all time. IMO. (until i hear better) Wolfman Jack and Dave Diamond are up there too. been trying to collect their heyday tapes. thanx for the tip...i'll be listenin'. Mad Bumpy >Not exotic, but a lot of fun, I am listening to Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers on >Reel Radio http://www.reelradio.com/bt/index.html#pmwjw58 >He's one of the wildest DJ's I have ever heard. Manical laughing and all >of his patter rhymes (except for the dedications), albeit somewhat >asymmetrically. ******************************************************* who's Osama Bin Laden and what has the USA done to create him? http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html by Michel Chossudovsky-Professor of Economics, Univ. of Ottawa MAKE SENSE, NOT WAR. DJ buMp -- Groovy Au-GoGo, Pop/Psych, Funky Soul, Cheesy Disco/80's, Classic Club Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: (exotica) Tiki Talk Date: 05 Oct 2001 20:11:01 -0700 (PDT) here's da scoops on our show tomorrow, read all about it http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/05/features/index.html alohaderci, Fluid Floyd __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Colleen Subject: (exotica) sort of a test here Date: 05 Oct 2001 21:42:01 -0700 (PDT) Old email system is reformatting and I was not able to get to the list!! Have resubscribed with a new address. I hope this works, I've been at this for hours. colleeni@chatini.com Colleen == Colleeni ! ~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^ The problem with the world is that it's about three drinks behind............ Humphrey Bogart _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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 Davidson Subject: Re: (exotica) "Art" rock Date: 06 Oct 2001 19:01:04 +0100 In message <200110052123.f95LNdr03357@quasar.ktb.net>, bigshot writes > >I was a sucker for the same crap when I was a kid. I had every Rick >Wakeman, Synergy, and Tomita album. There was a Tomita album based >on Prokofieff's Classical Symphony too I believe. I still have all >my "kid records" in the back of my stacks somewhere. Someday, Yes >solo albums, Anthony Phillips and Gentle Giant are gonna be worth >BIG BUCKS! (Yeah, right...) The Prokofiev "covers" are on Tomita's "The Bermuda Triangle" its very much a spaceships/aliens concept album. I've just dig my pile out of the basement to check =) I have a pile of these I picked up when I started collecting MOOG LPs (the MOOG LPs are in the House these have migrated to the basement in subsequent purges) He also did a (imho BAD) attempt at an exotica standard: Andersons "Syncopated Clock" on the "Grand Canyon" LP... Related to digging these out does anyone have any ideas on how to safely store records in less than ideal conditions. ie. Slightly damp basement (apart from installing temperature control) I'm told you can buy buckets of silica gel type stuff at boat stores that absorb moisture from the air. Anyone tried this? I have the records up off the ground and on shelves but I can still detect the faint smell of mouldy records. Maybe wrapping the records in big plastic bags and sealing them? Thanks Michael Auckland, New Zealand # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, October 7 Date: 06 Oct 2001 18:12:07 -0400 Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at: http://www.ckut.ca As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome. Space Bop #162 Beats And Pieces This week, the usual mix of musical goodies you've come to expect from us. Ursula 1000: Ram Balram "Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo" Le Hammond Inferno: FSB "My First Political Dance Album" (thanks, Bob & BR!) Ursula 1000: Mr. Hrundi's Holiday (Karminsky Mix) "Very Leggy EP" Los Chicharrons: Move Out Of The Way "Blow For You, Blow For Me" Puddu Varano: On A Sunny Day "Carry On Kinky Beats" Ursula 1000: Boogaloop "Beat Box Cha Cha EP" DJ Me DJ You: Disco Raj "Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo" Monsieur Blumenberg: Landpartie "Musique Et Couleurs" Freddy Fresh: Badder Badder Schwing "FSUK 4" Le Hammond Inferno: Speech Defects "My First Political Dance Album" Fatboy Slim: Build It Up, Tear It Down "FSUK 4" cheryls@primus.ca brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Here's to the Mad Daddy! Date: 06 Oct 2001 21:42:24 EDT In a message dated 10/5/01 8:51:16 PM, bump@defectiverecords.com writes: << Wolfman Jack and Dave Diamond are up there too. >> is jack diamond in that ranking system too? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 07 Oct 2001 14:19:07 -0500 I want to second Jonny's gratitude for the posting of the Honey West soundtrack. I've been enjoying it all week. I hadn't been record thrifting in a while, but on Friday I managed to come up with a nice batch, all for between .50 and 1.00: Dick Hyman--The Man from O.R.G.A.N. One of the classic albums that I'd wanted for a long time. I like it a lot, but to be honest, I think that I've listened to Electrodynamics and Fabulous enough times that this album doesn't stand out so dramatically for me as I had hoped. In some ways, I like the other album by Dick Hyman I got in the same bunch even more: Dick Hyman--"Mirrors" Made when Command was already bought by ABC. Here Hyman sounds more like he's playing a Hammond than a Lowrey (sp?). I couldn't tell from the notes, however, whether there had been a change. Hugo Montenegro--Boogie Woogie + Bongos. I'm not much into "boogie woogie," but the lineup has all of the Command and Time stars, and if anything can pick up Tuxedo Junction or Woodchopper's Ball, it's a bongo and a Hugo Montenegro arrangement. Of course, it's still boogie woogie. Harry Lubin Orch.--Music from One Step Beyond. Creepy music to put the jitters in you. Most of it's pretty straightforward orchestral stuff, but tracks like "Fear" and "Weird" are good. Don Costa--Echoing Voices and Trombones This is an awesome album. I had no idea what a gem I was missing, but this record has a great combination of swinging brass and wordless vocalizing worthy of Esquivel. The arrangements aren't quite as over the top, but this is damn fine stuff. Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley--A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness. I already had a lot of these tunes on a Walter Wanderley compilation CD, but adding new tunes to the collection is always a plus. I'm not sure I could ever have too much W.W. Living Brass Play Songs Made Famous by Tom Jones This one has its moments. The version of "Promise Her Anything" is flat and uninteresting, but there's a zippy version of "Thunderball" here, and "What's New Pussycat?" has a wa-wa guitar in it that makes me think of Vinnie Bell. Manos Hadjidakis--Topkapi OST David Carroll--Let's Dance Again! Larry Elgart--New Sounds at the Roosevelt Al Cohn and the Zoot Sims Quintet--You'n Me Dennis Farnon--Caution! Men Swinging Percy Faith--Bim, Bam, Boom! Ruben Leon--A Thinking Man's Cha Cha Cha This one's on the "Craftsmen" label. The album's no great shakes relative to other cha cha albums, but it does mention a "Scatman Crothers" album on the back. Anybody heard one by him? Isn't he the fellow who "got the axe" in The Shining? Henry Mancini--Gaily, Gaily OST Thumbs down. I've gotten spoiled by all of the other Mancini soundtracks, and I figured that, despite the fact that the movie looked pretty stupid (starring Beau Bridges), the music might be worthwhile. I've only listened to side 1 so far, but it doesn't hold out much hope for the other side. And I couldn't pass up Parliament Live, P.Funk Earth Tour. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 07 Oct 2001 16:08:42 -0400 At 02:19 PM 10/7/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: > >Dick Hyman--The Man from O.R.G.A.N. > One of the classic albums that I'd wanted for a long time. I like it a >lot, but to be honest, I think that I've listened to Electrodynamics and >Fabulous enough times that this album doesn't stand out so dramatically for >me as I had hoped. I always wanted this one too and managed to finally get most of the tunes on one of those double best-of's that all have the same cover. I agree that in the end, even though the tunes have cool "spy jazz" names, they're actually not superior to the rest of the Dick Hyman material out there. As long as it's organ. Even Dick cannot elevate the piano trio for me. >Hugo Montenegro--Boogie Woogie + Bongos. > I'm not much into "boogie woogie," but the lineup has all of the Command >and Time stars, and if anything can pick up Tuxedo Junction or Woodchopper's >Ball, it's a bongo and a Hugo Montenegro arrangement. Of course, it's still >boogie woogie. I had the same trepidation about this record. Boogie woogie. Oh no. But I've never heard a record quite like this. I think it's something about the sound of the drums. The musicians may be the usual suspects but this is a much more raw sound than anything they did on Command anyway. It's just one of those very rare records that almost defies genre. It sort of reminds me of this Ernie Freeman record "Limbo". I don't like limbo either but this record was unto itself, something special. I purged hundreds of lounge and exotica records but I kept those two just because there was nothing else quite like them. >Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley--A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness. > I already had a lot of these tunes on a Walter Wanderley compilation CD, >but adding new tunes to the collection is always a plus. I'm not sure I >could ever have too much W.W. I think you could. I love what Walter does but he really doesn't change it up much. I know it's in the ear of the behearer. But since you started this with Dick Hyman, it's an interesting comparison. Dick has a million little tricks and while it's true, that he usually throws a half million of them into each of his tunes, I think from cut to cut he sounds a lot more varied than Walter. It was hard to choose what records to get rid of when it came to Walter. They all had a couple of things I loved. It was a bit easier to decide to keep one of his early pre-America records because that did sound a bit different. And I kept one of his later ones where he throws in a bit of synthesizer. But all those middle period ones, I just flipped a coin and tossed a couple. > >Living Brass Play Songs Made Famous by Tom Jones > This one has its moments. The version of "Promise Her Anything" is flat >and uninteresting, but there's a zippy version of "Thunderball" here, and >"What's New Pussycat?" has a wa-wa guitar in it that makes me think of >Vinnie Bell. This is not their best record but I agree that those two cuts are right up there. I also like "It's not unusual" and they actually elevate a tune I otherwise hate, namely "Delilah". >Ruben Leon--A Thinking Man's Cha Cha Cha > This one's on the "Craftsmen" label. The album's no great shakes >relative to other cha cha albums, but it does mention a "Scatman Crothers" >album on the back. Anybody heard one by him? Isn't he the fellow who "got >the axe" in The Shining? He was way more than that. I don't remember his history but I do know he was a singer and a performer at some point. I always assumed that's where the "scat" in Scatman came from. He was also a very charming man. He actually took me out for my birthday about twenty years ago. (I was driving him on a really bad film. It's not like we were hanging out per se but that night we did.) > >Henry Mancini--Gaily, Gaily OST > Thumbs down. I've gotten spoiled by all of the other Mancini >soundtracks, I agree. A disappointment. I was hoping that the hippy nature of the film would put this in the category of "The Party" but it's not even good compared to your run of the mill Mancini. By the way, over the years lots of people on this list have complained about these recent find posts. More than anything else. As if to say "what do I care what YOU found if I can't go out and get it myself?" But this was the way I learned about this stuff when I first got into it and joined the list at the same time. I've never understood the antipathy towards those posts. Anyway I'm glad someone's still doing it. If I still went to thrift stores, I would too. And you didn't mention anything about that David Carroll record you got but I've never heard a bad one by him. Even the mediocre ones have amazing tunes. Is that the one with "Blue Blazer" on it? If so, congratulations. And happy thanksgiving to the few Canadians here who actually celebrate it. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) scatman Date: 07 Oct 2001 21:25:53 -0400 he is the the guy who got the axe. i love him lying on the bed with the two nude afro chick paintings on the wall behind him. i NEED a still of that shot. i love the scatman although i only have a few kinda lame cuts by him i got off of a cheesy later years Cab Calloway/Scatman Crothers comp. the best thing i have heard him do so far is the theme song to movie Coonskin or Streetfight by Ralph Bakshi where all you see is the profile of his face during the opening credits singing and strumming out the song. Very Un-PC but a powerful, smokin' cut. "I'm the Minstrel Man, the Cleaning Man, The Poor Man, The Shoeshine Man, I'm a Nigger Man Watch Me Dance." "Got the Devil in me, It's THE MAN you see." "Walk On Niggas, Walk On..." "I've been shot on, pushed on, passed on, gassed on, red, white and blued on, now i'm ready to TURN ON!" scating all the way... i would love to hear more of his stuff. always loved him as an actor. i miss him. bumpskin The album's no great shakes >>relative to other cha cha albums, but it does mention a "Scatman Crothers" >>album on the back. Anybody heard one by him? Isn't he the fellow who "got >>the axe" in The Shining? ******************************************************* who's Osama Bin Laden and what has the USA done to create him? http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html by Michel Chossudovsky-Professor of Economics, Univ. of Ottawa MAKE SENSE, NOT WAR. DJ buMp -- Groovy Au-GoGo, Pop/Psych, Funky Soul, Cheesy Disco/80's, Classic Club Defective Records-Executive Producer "Electronic Mutations from Beyond" http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 07 Oct 2001 21:06:56 -0700 I always liked people taking the time to post their finds and comment on them - keep 'em coming! > David Carroll--Let's Dance Again! I've heard there are two versions of this - or maybe it's Let's Dance. The "regular" one and another that features - here I go again - whistling by Elmo Tanner. Tanner's name appears on the front cover down near the dancing girl. > Henry Mancini--Gaily, Gaily OST > Thumbs down A clunker, but there is one spoken word piece on there by Melina Mecouri called Christmas on Skidrow that is pretty cool. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) not quite Tipsy Date: 08 Oct 2001 02:38:12 EDT In a message dated 10/1/01 9:52:40 PM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << They're not quite Tipsy but they have enough Tipsyesque moments that I think I can recommend them. Dipstick. The name is sort of Tipsyesque too. >> I can certainly recommend them (well, actually him. It's pretty much one guy.) He gave me a copy of the cd, "Transistor Rodeo" on Weed records. He's definitely working the same territory I am, but looser and maybe less poppy and obsessive. I like it a lot. -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: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) Tipsy on Emusic Date: 08 Oct 2001 10:03:45 +0100 http://www.emusic.com/features/charts/ did anyone notice that the name Tiposy seems to be in every Emusic chart...? :) DjB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Subject: (exotica) The real scatman Date: 08 Oct 2001 11:07:20 +0200 I got a cool version of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Scatman Crothers off of Audiogalaxy. It's a swingin' track. Check it out. -- Joe Batutis (formerly Enok Lite) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 08 Oct 2001 06:02:05 -0400 Manos Hadjidakis--Topkapi One of the very best soundtracks ever done, along with Never on Sunday, Fantastic Greek music! David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sean Pearman Subject: (exotica) test Date: 08 Oct 2001 04:50:46 -0700 (PDT) I was having the same e-mail trouble as Colleen so I stole her idea. Great to be connected to the list again. Thanks, Colleen. Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: "jamie_james" Subject: (exotica) Mark Ryden Date: 08 Oct 2001 14:42:36 +0100 Good news for anyone in NYC in November! There is a brand new Mark Ryden exhibition taking place either on or from the 8th of November, at the Earl McGrath Gallery. The rest of us will have to console ourselves with the knowledge that his new works can be viewed on his site from the same day! ta Jamie # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 08 Oct 2001 09:40:13 -0500 > Living Brass Play Songs Made Famous by Tom Jones I wanted to add a great ditty from the liner notes on this one: [Of Tom Jones] "His 'gearing' is so right now and his audience is so ready now that if he ripped off his necktie and wailed into a rock version of the Staten Island Yellow Pages that poor little directory would flush red with pleased excitement." I wish I written that one myself. > And you didn't mention anything about that David Carroll record you got but > I've never heard a bad one by him. > Even the mediocre ones have amazing tunes. Is that the one with "Blue > Blazer" on it? It's not, although I've got quite a few other albums by him, so I'll take a look back. I don't specifically recall that song. Most of this album is clippity-clop, shuffle-your-feet, follow-the-bouncing-ball type of Welkian music. The most humorous of those is a number called "Hey! Chick!" which almost has an old West, player piano, drinking hole feel to it, interrupted by some fellow saying "Hey! Chick!" With a line like that, I'm sure he captured his quarry. One song makes this album worth it, however--"Swamp Fire," which has a terrific exotica feel to it, very cool. The version of "Adios" here is a nice, slow rhumba with heavy bongo. By the way, speaking of David Carroll albums, I generally agree that I really like most of his stuff. But I have never been able to enjoy "That Feathery Feeling," which has potential as a vocal album but, to my mind, doesn't rise above the level of most of the Ray Charles Singers' stuff. And Colleen, I think you're right about Ruben Leon. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 08 Oct 2001 10:21:39 -0400 I keep running across one album of his in particular - a sixties chick = with body paint lounging on the bottom of the LP. What's the scoop on this guy? Yesterday at a flea, I came across 15 LP's, and turned down like 3 Mauriat = records. The covers are always "cool" and feature the prototypical = sixties chick. The one I *almost* took a chance on had a nude chickie = suspended by a host of multi-colored balloons. The front was dye-cut and = the front of the gals body "draped" across the LP sleeve from the upper = left-hand corner. I had a gut instinct that Paul is probably very "soft" with strings and = basic, "by the lounge numbers" arrangements of current hits. Was I = right?? - 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) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 08 Oct 2001 10:30:23 -0400 I'll second the recommendation on this LP. I wouldn't exactly say it's = "awesome" but it does have a few great tracks. - Nate (and I enjoy the "finds" posts too - look for more "finds" posts = from me this week.) <> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) industry vs. technology news item Date: 08 Oct 2001 11:17:59 -0400 "Music biz wants tougher DMCA, CPRM 2 to protect copyright" http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22087.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: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent finds/honey west thanks Date: 08 Oct 2001 11:35:44 -0500 > I'll second the recommendation on this LP. I wouldn't exactly say it's > "awesome" but it does have a few great tracks. > > < This is an awesome album. I had no idea what a gem I was missing, but > this record has a great combination of swinging brass and wordless > vocalizing worthy of Esquivel. The arrangements aren't quite as over the > top, but this is damn fine stuff.>> I could back off a bit on my hyperbole, but I wouldn't be true to sentiments. I was really wowed by this record. I listened to it again last night and liked it even more. There's a terrific exotica tune (track 2, side 2) on the second side, and the version of "Adios" (I get a double dose with the David Carroll album) is superior. But the comparison, I now think, should not be with Esquivel but with Bob Thompson. By the way, I caught the interview with Ferrante and Teicher in the final days of Luxuria.com and they talked about their producer being a "genius" (if I recall correctly). I can't remember if they were referring to Don Costa or Nick Perito. Can anybody help? Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Re: Don Costa Date: 08 Oct 2001 11:48:10 -0400 I liked "Echo of Love" and his version of "The Breeze and I" - 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: Colleen Subject: (exotica) Test again Date: 08 Oct 2001 12:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Having trouble reply ing to messages. Tried to respond to Sean's message as a reply, but said I had too much quoted material. Jeeze, Sean only had three lines, for heaven's sake...how do YOU do it, AZ? I didn't even think lazlo paid attention to the list anymore. == Colleeni ! ~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^ The problem with the world is that it's about three drinks behind............ Humphrey Bogart _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Don Costa Date: 08 Oct 2001 18:14:10 -0400 >I liked "Echo of Love" and his version of "The Breeze and I" I like the version of Hiilauwe by Alfred Apaka. Costa's arrangement is wonderful. Incidentally, for a good bit of Exotica, I was watching "Mister Roberts" (great film!) and when the crew goes to Elysium Island, the song that plays that the folks are singing is really nice. I wonder if Franz Waxman composed it? Now what's all this crud about no movie to-night, 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: "Mats Öljare" Subject: (exotica) Ravi Shankar movie soundtracks Date: 08 Oct 2001 22:16:43 +0000 Can somebody tell me more about Ravi Shankar's movie soundtracks, like"Charly"? Also if anybody has heard his other recordings with non-Indian musicians, i would like to know more about it. Please -=-=-=-=-=-=- MATS ÖLJARE http://www.angelfire.com/mo/oljare _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) The law is a ___ Date: 08 Oct 2001 18:16:48 -0400 >"Music biz wants tougher DMCA, CPRM 2 to protect copyright" > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22087.html My fave bit from this article is, "Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Ass. of America" Well, at least he's not the END of the Motion Pic...oh I can't! Sorry, 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: bigshot Subject: (exotica) The Scat Man Date: 08 Oct 2001 15:54:01 -0700 >Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:25:53 -0400 >From: bump@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) >Subject: Re: (exotica) scatman > >i love the scatman although i only have a few kinda lame cuts >by him i got off of a cheesy later years Cab Calloway/Scatman >Crothers comp. Look for Scatman Crothers "Oh Yeah!" (Simitar 56472). It's a fairly recent recording, but the Scat Man swings on it. He really rips it up with a small Vegas style combo behind him. >the best thing i have heard him do so far is the theme song >to movie Coonskin or Streetfight by Ralph Bakshi Ralph told me the story of how that song came about. He had scribbled down a poem on the back of a pizza box, and he showed them to Scatman one day when they were hanging out at the studio. Scatman picked up his uke and started riffing on the words. People in the studio heard it and gathered in the doorway to listen. It all came together in an instant. I agree. I think that song is incredible. See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) saturday garage sale gearjammin' Date: 08 Oct 2001 19:23:05 -0400 This Saturday's surprising trend was budget label hot rod records. I haven't had a chance to listen yet (hoping for an effect like library music for mid-60s zero budget drag race/surf film shorts, or at least cheerily generic twangery), so I'll let their entertaining blurbs speak for themselves. Rod and The Cobras - Drag Race At Surf City (Somerset) "Wailin' drag race and surfin' hits! The tuffest sound from coast to coast!" The Scramblers - Little Honda (Wyncote/Cameo-Parkway) "Will the little old lady in the XKE shut out the G.T.O.? Or can the LITTLE HONDA run right over both of them? If you don't buy this record, you'll never find out! Although we feature LITTLE HONDA and G.T.O., this entire album is a must. We recommend especially MISTER HOT ROD and DRAGSTER ON THE PROWL. So slow down and give The Scramblers a chance to win out." The Original Surfaris - Wheels (Diplomat/Synthetic Plastics Co.) "Hot rods and drag strips. Race tracks and grease pits. This album has them all. Motors roaring and gears grinding. Tires squealing and brakes smoking under the impact of tremendous speed. That's what Wheels is all about. This is the disc that captures the full flavor of auto racing. And it's so real, you can smell the grease and oil. This album will give you a 100 m.p.h. spin through the drag strip. You'll thrill to the strain as the music takes a fast curve on the inside. You'll jump to the rhythm of the revving motors. You'll grip the wheel as you zoom along. Because that's what Wheels is all about." Gawrsh, that's a lot to expect from (likely) a batch of tracks bundled together at bottom-dollar costs. I do know a little about this album, though (via the "Surfin' Guitars" book). The Original Surfaris were a real band (they had the name before the "Wipeout" Surfaris and to my ears were a much stronger band), but they're only on a few tracks on the album. The rest are by who knows who. They had no participation in the album... some of their tapes just turned up on it, in that inimitable budget label way. What? We have a new album out? Revelations on any of these welcomed. And one more question, which is starting to spook me. Why does it seem like when I dig through any ol' stack of records at any god-forsaken location, I always seem to find at least one that I want? Have the desirable records spread themselves everywhere in some sort of universal statistical distribution? Does my mind subconsciously grade the immediate records on a curve and then desire the best of the batch (even if I wouldn't want it if it were mixed in with a 'better' batch of records (I don't think so -- looking back at my picks I don't really see anything to support that))? Or have I finally achieved a zen-like state of a total lack of standards? "fine records need not be expensive" M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.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: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 08 Oct 2001 21:38:12 -0400 At 10:21 AM 10/8/01 -0400, Nathan Miner wrote: > >I keep running across one album of his in particular - a sixties chick with body paint lounging on the bottom of the LP. > >What's the scoop on this guy? I like virtually everything by Paul Mauriat but that's partly because I don't particularly care if there's nothing too "Wow-y Now-y" about the cut. I like Mauriat for his beautiful string arrangements and general good taste. However if you're looking for more strange and cool stuff, Mauriat has that too. His version of "You keep me hanging on" is one of the best Now Sound electric sitar cuts I own. But in general, you have to appreciate more classic and subtle arranging ideas in order to enjoy his general output. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Otis Fodder" Subject: (exotica) FRIENDLY PERSUASION - Week of 10/08/01 Date: 08 Oct 2001 20:23:20 -0700 This week on the Friendly Persuasion show, Michelle Boule (of WFMU's Incorrect Music) guest hosts the show playing a potpourri of recent favorites. Enjoy! - Otis !#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&* THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION SHOW Cool and Strange Music Magazine's weekly radio show on Antenna Internet Radio. Go directly to the show page here, http://www.antennaradio.com/punk/friendlypersuasion/index.htm Hit the personal show pages here, http://www.interstellarcafe.com/fp !#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&* THIS WEEK HOSTED BY: MICHELLE BOULE michelle@wfmu.org http://www.incorrectmusic.com THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST: Margie Pet - I Feel So Good Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Java Les Reed and Orchestra - Somebody to Love Chet Baker - Dancing on the Ceiling Barry Gray - Tracy Island Randy Sparks Trio - Bubble Up Muzak - Last Tango in Paris John Barry - Hercules Takes Off Mick Harvey - Chatterton Jack Jones - Look of Love Benny Goodman - Spinning Wheel Billy May and Orchestra - Marrakesh Express Leonard Nimoy - Music to Watch Space Girls By Anonymous - Cruise Around the Planets Kipp Lennon - Title track from the film "Buck Rogers" Frankie Howerd - Mean Mr. Mustard The Moog Cookbook - Sweet Home Alabama George Garabedian Players - Hooray for Hollywood The Electric Indian - Keem-O-Sabe Percy Faith - Midnight at the Oasis Dixon Devore - Mr. Drummerman The Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot Commercial - Meow Mix ABC - Look of Love Part 2 Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire Humpe Humpe - Happiness is Hard to Take Pierre Raymonde - The Stripper's Strut !#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&*!#$%&* # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Crossman Subject: (exotica) Best Torture Device - 2001 Date: 08 Oct 2001 22:39:48 -0700 http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/05/features/records.html#jump The link above takes you to a page where you can download 1 minute segments from the new Don Tiki album. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINKS! NO! Do not! Don't tell me I didn't warn you.... oh, okay, go ahead and click then come back and read the rest of this message... . . . (3 minutes later) See! Isn't it awful! You listen to those cuts but are POWERLESS to obtain the full tracks, much less the rest of the album! At least for now... Someday, I'm sure, we'll all look back on this and say "remember that time when we waited for the second Don Tiki album?" "Yeah, that was almost like torture or something!" "Almost... almost." -Kevin -- *********************************************************** * Kevin Crossman kevin@kevdo.com * * http://www.kevdo.com - The Narrow Interest Portal * * Lip Balm Anonymous, Ultimate Mai Tai, Exotica Archive * *********************************************************** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sean Pearman Subject: Re: (exotica) Ravi Shankar movie soundtracks Date: 09 Oct 2001 00:04:26 -0700 (PDT) > >Can somebody tell me more about Ravi Shankar's movie soundtracks, >like"Charly"? Also if anybody has heard his other recordings with non-Indian >musicians, i would like to know more about it. Please I found a copy of Ravi Shankar's Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra with Andre Previn conducting the orchestra. I had high hopes for it, but unfortunately it's a snoozer. Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 09 Oct 2001 09:26:21 -0500 > I like virtually everything by Paul Mauriat but that's partly because I > don't particularly care if there's nothing too "Wow-y Now-y" about the cut. > I like Mauriat for his beautiful string arrangements and general good taste. > However if you're looking for more strange and cool stuff, Mauriat has that > too. His version of "You keep me hanging on" is one of the best Now Sound > electric sitar cuts I own. > But in general, you have to appreciate more classic and subtle arranging > ideas in order to enjoy his general output. On Alan's recommendation I bought a Paul Mauriat album not long ago, "The Soul of Paul Mauriat," and the more I listen to it the more I like it. It's not especially surprising (it doesn't bowl you over like a lot of good exotica), but I'm a sucker for that echo-chamber sound and soaring strings. It's the kind of thing that was standard for easy listening radio back in the 70s. I remember I hated it then, but it grows on you. And you can't beat Paul Mauriat's appearance for pure 70's cheesiness (I almost get as much a kick out of it as I do out of Jerry Murad on the Cherry Pink album). Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 09 Oct 2001 14:51:29 >too. His version of "You keep me hanging on" is one of the best Now Sound >electric sitar cuts I own. Which album is this on?? I love these hidden sitar gems. Speaking of h.s.g.'s, I've only recently made the personal discovery of the Soulful Strings. So where have they been all my life? Their first 2 LP's ("Groovin' With" and "Another Exposure") are pretty heavy, man, but best are the lightly funky, very psychedelic sitar cuts on each. Both George Harrison covers, natch. thanks, Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "jonathan richardson" Subject: Re: (exotica) Ravi Shankar movie soundtracks Date: 09 Oct 2001 09:52:12 -0700 > >Can somebody tell me more about Ravi Shankar's movie soundtracks, > >like"Charly"? Also if anybody has heard his other recordings with >non-Indian > >musicians, i would like to know more about it. Please > >I found a copy of Ravi Shankar's Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra with >Andre Previn conducting the orchestra. I had high hopes for it, but >unfortunately it's a snoozer. I have something called "Transmigration Macabre" which is the music to a British art film called "Viola" from 73 its pretty good. Most of it sounds are made with traditional Indian instruments (sitars tablas etc),Its worth seeking out though. Dont know too much more about it. On a different note, for all you Library/Production music fans out there, Luke Vibert of Wagon Christ fame has just released a two LP set of his favorite Library-Production music from the libraries of Chappell, Southern, IM and PIL. Its called Luke Vibert's Selection "Nuggets". Its pretty damn good I must say. go get it!!! later -jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 09 Oct 2001 13:07:52 -0400 At 09:26 AM 10/9/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: >On Alan's recommendation I bought a Paul Mauriat album not long ago, "The >Soul of Paul Mauriat," and the more I listen to it the more I like it. It's >not especially surprising (it doesn't bowl you over like a lot of good >exotica), but I'm a sucker for that echo-chamber sound and soaring strings. >It's the kind of thing that was standard for easy listening radio back in >the 70s. I'm always reluctant to recommend some of the stuff I like because I can imagine someone hearing some of it and going "You must like everything if you like this". And though that's not true, my easy listening tastes did go through a change and now I like a lot of stuff that might fall into the category of "standard fare" though it doesn't seem that way to me. And that's because I can always find stuff - such as much of what gets praised on the Beautiful Instrumental list - that really isn't anything more than your standard fare. Last week I bought a record by Michel Legrand which I'd seen before but had dismissed before my tastes changed. Orchestral versions of the "Young Girls from Rochefort". I think it's a stunningly beautiful record. Before that, my favorite record of the moment was Leroy Holmes' "New Provocative Themes" record. Once upon a time I used to give records like this to my friend Scott because he liked the "plainer" stuff. And then one day my tastes changed. It probably had something to do with the fact that outside of lounge/exotica, most of the rest of the music I listen to is sad and slow and often full of strings. Whether it's contemporary stuff the Pernice Brothers or the Tindersticks. Or retro stuff like soft pop. I still have a taste for some of the fancier stuff. Esquivel still gets to me when I hear him. And I'm still Now Sound guy. If you can find it, I highly recommend Don Sebesky's "Jazz Rock Syndrome". Anyway this is all to say that you should take my easy listening recommendations with a grain of salt, if you don't already. Or at least don't assume that I'm always making them from the perspective of a Now Sound fanatic. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: Re: (exotica) Best Torture Device - 2001 Date: 09 Oct 2001 10:10:10 -0700 (PDT) Kev, gang... sorry for the torture. hopefully the new release should be available this week at tower, borders and on-line stores (amazon, cd now, etc.). the other paper in town also reviewed it and posted some mp3 samples: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Oct/06/il/il02alslandsounds.html and although a work in progress with a few problems to be resolved by friday, you can hear a few more of the new tunes at our website that launches today: www.dontiki.com please let us know of any difficulties you may encounter there so webvixen can smooth 'em out. yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, fluid floyd taboo records --- Kevin Crossman wrote: > > http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/05/features/records.html#jump > > The link above takes you to a page where you can > download 1 minute > segments from the new Don Tiki album. > > DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINKS! > > NO! Do not! > > Don't tell me I didn't warn you.... oh, okay, go > ahead and click then > come back and read the rest of this message... > > . > . > . > (3 minutes later) > > See! Isn't it awful! You listen to those cuts but > are POWERLESS to > obtain the full tracks, much less the rest of the > album! At least for now... > > Someday, I'm sure, we'll all look back on this and > say "remember that > time when we waited for the second Don Tiki album?" > > "Yeah, that was almost like torture or something!" > > "Almost... almost." > > -Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 09 Oct 2001 13:22:14 -0400 At 02:51 PM 10/9/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: > >>too. His version of "You keep me hanging on" is one of the best Now Sound >>electric sitar cuts I own. > >Which album is this on?? I love these hidden sitar gems. > >Speaking of h.s.g.'s, I've only recently made the personal discovery of the >Soulful Strings. So where have they been all my life? Their first 2 LP's >("Groovin' With" and "Another Exposure") are pretty heavy, man, but best are >the lightly funky, very psychedelic sitar cuts on each. Both George >Harrison covers, natch. The Mauriat is on "The Soul of...". Another hsg is on "Really big hits" by The Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra. And though you shouldn't be too surprised to find sitar on Project 3, there's this Herb Larson record. And also one by Peter Matz. And there's this record by a band calling themselves Royal Blue doing "Traces". And I'm pretty sure there's one on a Bill Black Combo record, "Black with Sugar". As far as the Soulful Strings go, you got lucky with those two because there's a whole bunch of them and those are the best two I've found. There's also a good one "Paint it Black" which I'm sure you can well imagine, with that tune. I never actually disliked one of them. That Richard Evans is a hell of an arranger and I've heard stuff by him in the more easy listening genre that I still loved. The only one I sort of didn't like that much was this one where they cover tunes by Gamble and Huff. But I just sent in a warning post so once more, take my recommendations with an even tinier grain of salt. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Manny Albam Date: 09 Oct 2001 14:45:55 -0400 October 6, 2001 Manny Albam, Jazz Composer and Player, Dies at 79 By PETER KEEPNEWS,NYTimes Manny Albam, a musician, composer and arranger in the jazz world of the 1950's and 60's who also played a major role in the growth of jazz education, died on Tuesday at his home in Croton, N.Y. He was 79. The cause was cancer, his family said. Although he was far from a household name even at the height of his career, Mr. Albam did much to shape the sound of jazz between the end of World War II and the rock onslaught of the 60's. As a composer and arranger, he worked with the big bands of Count Basie, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich, as well as with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins and others. He wrote arrangements for prominent singers, including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Dakota Staton. He also wrote music for television shows and commercials and recorded several critically praised albums under his own name. In recent years, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band commissioned several works from him. Although education was his primary focus over the last three decades, Mr. Albam was active as an arranger into the 90's. In 1997 he provided most of the arrangements for the saxophonist Joe Lovano's album "Celebrating Sinatra" and the jazz pianist Hank Jones's collaboration with the Meridian String Quartet. In 1999 he worked with the singer Nancy Marano and the 60-piece Netherlands Metropole Orchestra on the album "If You Could See Us Now." Born in the Dominican Republic on June 24, 1922, Emmanuel Albam was reared in New York City, where he took up the saxophone while he was a student at Stuyvesant High School. He began his professional career in 1940 and over the next few years played alto and baritone saxophone with a number of bands. After getting out of the Army in 1946, while playing with the big bands of Charlie Barnet, Jerry Wald and others, he began to write music. By the early 50's he had given up playing to become a full-time composer and arranger. Mr. Albam never led a regular working band. But from 1955 to 1966 he recorded several albums as the leader of studio ensembles for labels like RCA Victor, Coral and Solid State. Those albums included some of his most ambitious compositions, among them "The Blues Is Everybody's Business" and the suite "Soul of the City." In 1964 Mr. Albam became involved in the still young field of jazz education, establishing a summer arranging workshop at the Eastman School of Music. He later taught at Glassboro State College in New Jersey and the Manhattan School of Music. In 1988 he became the associate musical director of the Jazz Composers Workshop, which the music licensing organization BMI established to guide aspiring composers and arrangers in the creation of new works for big bands. He succeeded Bob Brookmeyer as musical director and held the position until his death. Mr. Albam is survived by his wife, Betty Hindes; a son, Evan, of Nyack, N.Y.; two daughters, Amy Albam of Nyack and Kate Crain of El Sobrante, Calif.; two stepsons, Paul Hindes of New York and Andrew Hindes of Eagle Rock, Calif.; three grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren. Burt Korall, the director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop and a friend of Mr. Albam's, said that after Mr. Albam's jazz version of the "West Side Story" score (which was nominated for a Grammy Award) was released in 1958, the composer, Leonard Bernstein, called Mr. Albam. "He was very impressed by Manny's writing," Mr. Korall recalled. "He said, `Anytime you want to write something for the Philharmonic, let me know.' And that frightened Manny so much that he started studying." Mr. Albam studied with the composer Tibor Serly from 1958 to 1960, and although he never did write anything for the Philharmonic, he went on to compose a number of chamber and orchestral works. http://www.google.com/search?q=manny+albam http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&lang=any&query=%22manny+albam%22 http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1MANNY|ALBAM # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 09 Oct 2001 14:57:49 EDT In a message dated 10/9/01 1:09:48 PM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << I'm still Now Sound guy. >> Speaking of which...I found a Now Sound LP compilation (!) this weekend called "Outta Site Hits for Today's Happening People" which included two tracks from The Animated Egg and a track by The Mustang.....slammin' shtuff. Cost me a dime in New Hampshire (its fall foilage 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: Ben Waugh Subject: (exotica) Ebay Exotica Date: 09 Oct 2001 12:41:19 -0700 (PDT) Curious to see how high the bids go on this: http://home.houston.rr.com/surrenderownz/auction.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: bigshot Subject: (exotica) Zen and Record Finding Date: 09 Oct 2001 13:53:09 -0700 Hello, >And one more question, which is starting to spook me. Why does it seem like >when I dig through any ol' stack of records at any god-forsaken location, I >always seem to find at least one that I want? Because you are still looking for them. If you stop looking for them, you never find any good ones anymore. >"fine records need not be expensive" >M.Ace mace@ookworld.com >http://ookworld.com Amen! See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 13:44:00 -0700 azed@pathcom.com wrote: > > At 02:51 PM 10/9/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: > > > >>too. His version of "You keep me hanging on" is one of the best Now Sound > >>electric sitar cuts I own. > > > >Which album is this on?? I love these hidden sitar gems. > > > >Speaking of h.s.g.'s, I've only recently made the personal discovery of the > >Soulful Strings. So where have they been all my life? Their first 2 LP's > >("Groovin' With" and "Another Exposure") are pretty heavy, man, but best are > >the lightly funky, very psychedelic sitar cuts on each. Both George > >Harrison covers, natch. > > The Mauriat is on "The Soul of...". > Another hsg is on "Really big hits" by The Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra. > And though you shouldn't be too surprised to find sitar on Project 3, > there's this Herb Larson record. And also one by Peter Matz. > And there's this record by a band calling themselves Royal Blue doing > "Traces". > And I'm pretty sure there's one on a Bill Black Combo record, "Black with > Sugar". My H.S.G. of the moment is Jackie Gleason's "It Must Be Him" on a Capitol comp LP, "Music For The Easy Hours". It's preceded by a very nice "Alfie" by Laurindo Almeida. --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 21:40:06 > > The Mauriat is on "The Soul of...". > > Another hsg is on "Really big hits" by The Ed Sullivan Singers and >Orchestra. > > And though you shouldn't be too surprised to find sitar on Project 3, > > there's this Herb Larson record. And also one by Peter Matz. > > And there's this record by a band calling themselves Royal Blue doing > > "Traces". > > And I'm pretty sure there's one on a Bill Black Combo record, "Black >with > > Sugar". > Wow, thanks. I did not know about these. There are also innumerable soundtracks with occassional sitar moments Which have probably been discussed on the list before. But I must say, the "Candy" soundtrack is loaded with 'em, and even despite its bad rock moments, I really like it. And it's pretty easy to track down, too. >My H.S.G. of the moment is Jackie Gleason's "It Must Be Him" on a >Capitol comp LP, "Music For The Easy Hours". It's preceded by a very >nice "Alfie" by Laurindo Almeida. Gleason had a whole late-60's LP with sitars and the usual battery of psychedelic-era exploito percussion: tablas, congas, "African drums", etc. I think it was called "Now Sound for Today's Lovers". But because I'm sitting uselessly at work, and not in my apartment where I could be making the most of my valuable time by poring over my records, I can't tell you more than that. Soporific stuff as I recall. But ideal background music for that exotic/quasi-psychedelic nightclub which has persisted in my backwards-looking fantasies ever since viewing the nightclub scene in "Bullitt"... -Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 21:50:54 I forgot to mention, if it's hidden sitars yer seeking, check out Richie Havens' "Something Else Again" LP for its title track. Features Havens with some very rudimentary sitar plunking, and everybody's funky flautist, Jeremy Steig, as well as his crack band, the Satyrs. No singing, either. It's really worth a listen, and not at all what one'd expect from Havens. -Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 17:58:02 EDT In a message dated 10/9/01 4:54:52 PM, crymad@xprt.net writes: << Speaking of h.s.g.'s, I've only recently made the personal discovery of the > >Soulful Strings. So where have they been all my life? Their first 2 LP's > >("Groovin' With" and "Another Exposure") are pretty heavy, man, but best are > >the lightly funky, very psychedelic sitar cuts on each. >> "Paint It Black" by SS has that and "Eight Miles High" on it among others...Found not that long ago by yers truly # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Ravi Shankar movie soundtracks Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:22:01 -0400 Shankar’s scores for the Satyajit Ray series “The Apu Trilogy” are excellent. The three films are “Pather Panchali” (1954), “Aparajito” (1958) and “The World of Apu” (1959). Unfortunately, I don’t think the soundracks ever made it to vinyl, at least in the U.S. The scores are totally uninfluenced by Western styles. “Improvisations on the Theme Music from Pather Panchali” is on a World-Pacific Record—but it’s only seven minutes long. It is excellent and, though firmly grounded in the Indian traditions, uses non-Indian musicians. The sitar dominates. Incidentally the films are superb film-making and make for the very finest film-viewing. “Charly” was not what it could have been. I was disappointed in the music when I saw the movie; I was disappointed when I got the album. Shankar is joined by the likes of Bud Shank and Tom Scott on flute, Laurindo Almeida and Bob Bain on guitar plus other artists. Every selection is interesting but falls just short of an involvement factor. The Main Title is good but “Variations on Love Theme” is the true gem of the album. David Can somebody tell me more about Ravi Shankar's movie soundtracks, like"Charly"? Also if anybody has heard his other recordings with non-Indian musicians, i would like to know more about it. Please -=-=-=-=-=-=- MATS ÖLJARE http://www.angelfire.com/mo/oljare _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: (exotica) Re: happening people like you Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:45:19 -0400 At 02:57 PM 10/9/01 EDT, DJJimmyBee@aol.com wrote: .>Speaking of which...I found a Now Sound LP compilation (!) this weekend >called "Outta Site Hits for Today's Happening People". What a perfect name for a guy like you. Az # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sean Pearman Subject: Re: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 15:50:10 -0700 (PDT) The Soulful Strings also made one of the hippest Xmas LPs ever called "The Magic of Christmas" Mostly Xmas carols, but funky and with sitars on several tracks. Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:52:14 -0400 At 09:40 PM 10/9/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: .>There are also innumerable soundtracks with occassional sitar moments Which >have probably been discussed on the list before. But I must say, the >"Candy" soundtrack is loaded with 'em, and even despite its bad rock >moments, I really like it. Excuse me? Bad rock moments? That is easily in the top ten of Now Soundtracks ever made. One man's bad rock is another man's Now Sound orgasm. Actually I agree that it's bad rock. That's what I love about it. I prefer bad rock. >Gleason had a whole late-60's LP with sitars and the usual battery of >psychedelic-era exploito percussion: tablas, congas, "African drums", etc. >I think it was called "Now Sound for Today's Lovers". Soporific stuff as I recall. But ideal background music There's a cool little article about Jackie in this month's Mojo magazine. I love this quote "My music should sound like it's 5 a.m., you see her body outlined through her dress and you get that 'Mmmm, I want to come' feeling". Add a little sitar to that and I want to come too. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Ravi Shankar movie soundtracks Date: 09 Oct 2001 19:00:50 -0400 At 06:22 PM 10/9/01 -0400, David Hoffman wrote: > > >=93Charly=94 was not what it could have been. I was disappointed in the= music=20 >when I saw the movie; I was disappointed when I got the album.=20 It's kind of hard to know what to expect or how to judge a soundtrack whi= ch is created by a sitar player. I think there are nice moments on the soundtrack to "The Guru" (which actually isn't played by Ravi Shankar. Nice to know someone else played sitar besides Ravi and Rajput of Sepoy Mutiny fame.) It's not exactly sitar but in the same vein, there's a really nice cut on the soundtrack to "Last Summer". And the title of the track is "the subt= le evanescence of Now". =20 It's a Colin Walcott kind of 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: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Ravi Shankar movie soundtracks Date: 09 Oct 2001 19:01:39 -0400 At 06:22 PM 10/9/01 -0400, David Hoffman wrote: > > >=93Charly=94 was not what it could have been. I was disappointed in the= music=20 >when I saw the movie; I was disappointed when I got the album.=20 It's kind of hard to know what to expect or how to judge a soundtrack whi= ch is created by a sitar player. I think there are nice moments on the soundtrack to "The Guru" (which actually isn't played by Ravi Shankar. Nice to know someone else played sitar besides Ravi and Rajput of Sepoy Mutiny fame.) It's not exactly sitar but in the same vein, there's a really nice cut on the soundtrack to "Last Summer". And the title of the track is "the subt= le evanescence of Now". =20 It's a Colin Walcott kind of 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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: happening people like you Date: 09 Oct 2001 20:46:56 EDT In a message dated 10/9/01 6:47:27 PM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << >Speaking of which...I found a Now Sound LP compilation (!) this weekend >called "Outta Site Hits for Today's Happening People". What a perfect name for a guy like you. >> i wear it well, don'cha think? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 09 Oct 2001 20:48:27 EDT In a message dated 10/9/01 7:00:32 PM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << I prefer bad rock. >> If it wasn't for bad rock, I wouldn't have no rock at all # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Carlson Subject: (exotica) Original Surfaris/Paul Mauriat Date: 09 Oct 2001 22:16:53 -0400 m. ace wrote: >Gawrsh, that's a lot to expect from (likely) a batch of tracks bundled >together at bottom-dollar costs. I do know a little about this album, >though (via the "Surfin' Guitars" book). The Original Surfaris were a real >band (they had the name before the "Wipeout" Surfaris and to my ears were a >much stronger band), A lot to expect from a bunch of kids who were still in high school, too. The (Original) Surfaris were most definitely real and the stronger band. For that matter, their single "Bombora/Surfari" may be one of the best rock records ever cut. Absolutely incredible. Nathan Miner: >The one I *almost* took a chance on had a nude chickie = >suspended by a host of multi-colored balloons. The front was dye-cut and = >the front of the gals body "draped" across the LP sleeve from the upper = >left-hand corner. Well jeez, I think if you're a subscriber to this list you're pretty much expected to buy that one just for the cover! Craig # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 09 Oct 2001 19:50:58 -0700 I love H.S.G.'s! They don't even have to be gems. :) more off the top of my head - Al Caiola - Let The Sunshine at least three, including Windmills of Your Mind and Stiletto (!!!) Living Guitars - play music of the Rolling Stones - Let it Be and other Beatles Hits - San Francisco Nights (does not count if it's all sitar - I forget) (Living Percussion) - The Beat Goes On That Herb Larson one (Sax Appeal) has a funny version of Dizzy 101 Strings - the Sounds Of Today - Exotic Sounds Of Love Marty Gold - Moog Plays The Beatles Enoch Light - Glittering Guitars (Games People Play) - Future Sound Shock (Caravan) - Brass Menangerie 1973 (Season Of The Witch) - Permissive Polyphonics (Marrakeesh Express) Don Sebasky - A Distant Galaxy Marty Denny - A Taste Of India That Soulful Strings Xmas LP Sean mentioned is great. Start looking for it now for the holidays. what a beautiful sitar solo on Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies. I even located a whistling record with sitar. Roger Whittaker's Whistling 'Round The World. Every track is a whistling tune from different parts of the world. Like Russian Whistler. Finnish Whistler. Japanese Whistler. And in this case, Indian Whistler. Whistling with sitar. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 09 Oct 2001 21:31:11 -0700 basic hip wrote: > > Whistling with sitar. Beautiful! Just beautiful! --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: (exotica) Nero Date: 10 Oct 2001 02:27:47 -0400 Anyone on this list know how to use the Nero software for burning CD's. It came with my burner. My computer guy says it's more flexible than EZ CD creator. But does anyone know where that can be downloaded for free? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) Here's to the Mad Daddy! Date: 10 Oct 2001 05:28:19 -0400 and the hits just keep on coming.... i can't stop listenin', i have a friend Rouse who is deep into this vintage radio and has telling me to check out some way out cats that are on this site. The Real Don Steele (the announcer dude from Death Race 2000) http://www.reelradio.com/rdsc/airchecks.html#rdskhj040269 click on the 4 Fractured Fridays Signoff "...and Korla Pandit plays the Organ!" Jackson Armstrong (the most superhyperdrive dj i have ever heard!) http://www.reelradio.com/mh/index.html#ja13q73 John Richbourg (wolfman jacks mentor) http://www.reelradio.com/ricky/index.html#johnr73 get past the interview at the beginning thanx Brian, i am flippin'! but still have not heard anything nuttier than the Mad Daddy... bump >Mad Daddy is the greatest DJ personality of all time. IMO. (until i hear >better) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Marchese Subject: (exotica) Indian Music Date: 10 Oct 2001 07:35:23 -0500 Hey, nice to hear some discussion of Ravi Shankar here. I've got a couple of general questions that I'd like to ask here along that vein as well. I just spent the last 10 days in the Netherlands during which time I practically lived in Indonesian and Indian restaurants since Dutch cuisine seems to consist largely of butter sandwichs slathered with an assortment of cupcake sprinkles. While lingering over my rijstafel and tandoori mixed grills, I heard some strikingly different styles of sitar music which I was unable to identify. The restaurant owners weren't too helpful either since they just have unlabeled cassetes that they play over the store PA on a continuous loop. I heard several pieces of Indian music which sounded downright Hawaiian with the sitar being played in almost a slack-key guitar style. I also heard some jazz tracks with sitar, tabla, and alto sax. So if I can pick the collective brain here, do any of my descriptions sound vaguely familiar to anyone here? As much as a love Ravi (even his orchestral work with Andre Previn) I'd like to broaden my collection of Indian music beyond the obvious a bit. Thanks! -- Matt Marchese "I've been havin' this nightmare.......a real swinger of a nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) LP cover art....... Date: 10 Oct 2001 08:54:04 -0400 <> Ah yes!! One "trap" I'm trying to avoid. I have bought the occasional = Hawaiian album for the knock-out "Cinemascope" vintage covers of hula = girls and leering male tourists. Cover art is definitely an area of = collectibility in it's own right. Okay, I *did* buy an Enoch Light LP that featured wild-haired chicks in = chains and cages!! Came across a few strange "tie in" records this weekend. One compilation = was produced by the manufacturer of a loung chair, and the other by a = company that sold ceiling tiles!! - 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) Guess this one smarties!! Date: 10 Oct 2001 09:00:33 -0400 Okay, actually, someone already told me the name of this group/song but = it's been perhaps a year ago so I'm asking again. I heard this dance/house/trance what have type of track that featured down = beat tempos mixed with snippets of phone sex conversations and those = infamous "spy broadcasts" of a woman repeating sets of numbers in a dead = pan voice. Can anyone identify this - sorry for the sketchy info. The audio site I = heard it on is no longer up 'n running.=20 Thanks -=20 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: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) LP cover art....... Date: 10 Oct 2001 09:04:13 -0500 > Okay, I *did* buy an Enoch Light LP that featured wild-haired chicks in chains > and cages!! I bought that one last year. I don't listen to it too often, but it does have a pretty funny cover of the Doors' "Touch Me." Of course the awkward part was explaining to my daughter why the women were in chains. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) FRIENDLY PERSUASION - Week of 10/08/01 Date: 10 Oct 2001 09:30:48 -0500 Great show, Otis. I was especially fond of John Barry's "Hercules Takes Off" and Muzak's "Last Tango in Paris." Are those from LPs or CDs? Of course once the Kipp Lennon and Frankie Howerd songs hit I began to feel like I needed to take a shower. My "bad is good" tolerance level won't take me that far. Clayton > > THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST: > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Guess this one smarties!! Date: 10 Oct 2001 09:39:28 -0400 From last March - I had a copy of this posting in my own archives... >That song I asked about last week - the one with the sex phone talk overdub is by "Fault Line" and >is called "Party Line Honey." >Now to find this release......... >- Nate ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:00 AM Okay, actually, someone already told me the name of this group/song but it's been perhaps a year ago so I'm asking again. I heard this dance/house/trance what have type of track that featured down beat tempos mixed with snippets of phone sex conversations and those infamous "spy broadcasts" of a woman repeating sets of numbers in a dead pan voice. Can anyone identify this - sorry for the sketchy info. The audio site I heard it on is no longer up 'n running. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: FW: (exotica) Guess this one smarties!! Date: 10 Oct 2001 14:51:45 +0100 > I heard this dance/house/trance what have type of track that featured down > beat tempos mixed with snippets of phone sex conversations and those > infamous "spy broadcasts" of a woman repeating sets of numbers in a dead > pan voice. > Sukia? Charles Moseley C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street Islington London N1 8JD Tel:+44(0)20 7704 3313 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Guess this one smarties!! Date: 10 Oct 2001 14:55:12 +0100 Fault Line also had a record out recently called Mute. Reportedly 'not very good'. Lots of his ambient stuff knocking about too. So not Sukia then?... Charles Moseley C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street Islington London N1 8JD Tel:+44(0)20 7704 3313 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Guess this one smarties!! Date: 10 Oct 2001 09:58:46 -0400 Whoa! Great - that's it! What a bunch 'o smart audiophiles!!! - 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: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) FW: Faultline Date: 10 Oct 2001 15:13:37 +0100 I just found out he's a friend of a friend from Bristol and another mate who records as Third Eye Foundation has also done some work with him. Guess what? He's got a website and I expect he's got vinyl too if you ask nicely. > http://www.faultline.co.uk/index_old.htm > > 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: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 10 Oct 2001 11:37:06 -0400 There's a pretty amazing late 60's 45 that a friend of mine has called "Sitar Pickin Man", which is a honky tonk C&W number with lots of electric sitar country pickin licks. I can't recall the artist or label, but it's a priceless gem. I think I'd better go borrow it and digitize it. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 10 Oct 2001 16:40:10 >There's a pretty amazing late 60's 45 that a friend of mine has called >"Sitar Pickin Man", which is a honky tonk C&W number with lots of electric >sitar country pickin licks. I can't recall the artist or label, but There is an unconscionable scarcity of sitar in C&W music. I mean, they integrated Hawaiian guitars just fine, didn't they? So this 45 sounds like good news. The only other C&W/Indian crossover I can think of are the 2 raga-delic cuts on Chet Atkins' "It's a Guitar World". But somehow those 2 have always been a bit disappointing. Actually, I see electric sitar players credited on a lot of those big-production Nashville country records of the early 70's. But they're always buried in the mix, and played pretty straight. -Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Zen and Record Finding Date: 10 Oct 2001 13:23:00 -0400 > >"Fine records need not be expensive." > >Amen! It's the old Diplomat records motto. I've always thought they were good words to live by. Though if Diplomat were still around, saying something like that would probably get them kicked out of today's RIAA. --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Original Surfaris/Paul Mauriat Date: 10 Oct 2001 13:23:45 -0400 >A lot to expect from a bunch of kids who were still in high school, too. >The (Original) Surfaris were most definitely real and the stronger band. >For that matter, their single "Bombora/Surfari" may be one of the best rock >records ever cut. Absolutely incredible. Indeed. It can stand tall next to anything Dick Dale ever did. I have listened to the "Wheels" album now, and there are only a couple of tracks that I would feel at all confident about saying, yeah, that's them. Nothing close to their prime material though. Probably session leftovers that Diplomat bagged in that budget label way. The album lives up to my humble expectations though... reliable, lo-fi, early-60s flavor rock instrumentals -- a bit more of an R&B influence than surf, overall. And there are a couple of 12 bar time-killers that have a bit of a Velvet Underground drone quality to them. (Why don't we start a rumor that they're pre-Warhol Velvets tracks?) Oh, one more oddity: the last track is a song, "The Bug". But they titled it "Way-Out Wheeler". --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 10 Oct 2001 13:51:53 -0400 At 04:40 PM 10/10/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: .>Actually, I see electric sitar players credited on a lot of those >big-production Nashville country records of the early 70's. But they're >always buried in the mix, and played pretty straight. Oops. I was assuming when we were talking about "hidden sitar gems" that we were including electric sitar. If we weren't, then I would have to take back some of my sightings. But I was pretty sure I had read some other electric sitar sightings among other people's suggestions. It occurs me to me maybe I can't always tell the difference. But if you want some country with electric sitar prominent in the mix, there's a late Hank Thompson record. I once made a tape of "country with electric sitar" but that's the only one I remember for sure. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: (exotica) a open Date: 10 Oct 2001 13:54:25 -0400 Has your computer ever made you want to cry? Does anyone have a computer burner of the A-Open variety? Any advice about tricking it into working? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) department of corrections Date: 10 Oct 2001 16:36:55 -0400 The Register now posts a correction to the story I linked the other day: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/31/22138.html Perhaps they can change their minds again in a couple more days. --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Shannon" Subject: RE: (exotica) a open Date: 10 Oct 2001 13:45:11 -0700 Perhaps this is overkill (okay, I know it's overkill) but this website:=20 http://www.cdrfaq.org/ might be able to help you. A lot of information there, but broken down rather well. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:54 AM Has your computer ever made you want to cry? Does anyone have a computer burner of the A-Open variety? Any advice about tricking it into working? AZ=20 # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 10 Oct 2001 23:17:32 +0000 Since I guess not even litlegrey will mention it: Gogo Sitar by Yours Truly features electric sitar. It recently been released by Stark Reality on a 45. Before it was inlcuded in V.A. Mojo Dancefloor Jazz #9 Never Felt So Free. Kahuna Kawentzmann # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Howard" Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 10 Oct 2001 17:55:43 -0400 Whoops! My bad! Yes I certainly should have mentioned that Kahuna Kawetzmann's CD is just a treasure grove of Hamburgian exotica. I wish I could see them play... sigh... Carl Howard Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor Alien Abduction Coordinator Communist Dupe Extraordinaire > Since I guess not even litlegrey will mention it: > Gogo Sitar by Yours Truly features electric sitar. > It recently been released by Stark Reality on a 45. Before it was inlcuded in > V.A. Mojo Dancefloor Jazz #9 Never Felt So Free. > > > Kahuna Kawentzmann # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 10 Oct 2001 22:15:55 >Oops. I was assuming when we were talking about "hidden sitar gems" that >we were including electric sitar. If we weren't, then I would have to take >back some of my sightings. But I was pretty sure I had read some other I don't usually distinguish between electric and real sitars on records. I guess I prefer the sound of the real thing. But in my mind, an electric sitar serves just as well as long as there's some attempt at making it sound like an actual sitar, even if that's nothing more than just stringing some exotic sounding notes together. Inauthenticity, and not letting the consciousness of your own inauthenticity stand in the way of your musical (or creative) enterprise, is much of the allure of exotica for me. And some studio musician doing his impression of "Eastern" scales is as good as it gets. Most importantly, given the choice between owning the 2 sitars, I'd take the electric any day. God I want one of them. -Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 11 Oct 2001 01:31:54 +0000 Daniel Shiman wrote: > > > Most importantly, given the choice between owning the 2 sitars, I'd take the > electric any day. God I want one of them. > > -Dan Dan, I wanted one, since I tried one at a big time pro guitar shop. It was a quality re-issue of the Vincent Bell model released by Coral (Danelectro) in the sixties. I couldn’t afford it, but I took a close look at the bridge, which made THAT sound. A while later I decided to convert a guitar I wasn’t using much anymore into an electric-sitar. I went across the street to a small custom guitar workshop (Claim Guitars) and asked for a small piece of ebony. The luthier found the correct size piece of wood right away and of I went. I had no idea how much trouble it would be, to get the right curve ground/sanded into the new bridge. But soon I heard a nice buzzz while tuning up for a test. From there I worked towards an even buzz on all the strings, unfortunately I never got the low e-string to make a buzz very much. But I found out I should make a three point adjustment, forming a flat triangle of screws, looking at the guitar’s top at 90°. So you could adjust the angle of the bridge, not just the height, as common in guitar bridges. I stopped sanding when I became concerned with the integrity of the wood. While not having the buzziest electric-sitar, I have put much attention to get the best intonation I could, which seems to be a problem (solved by a german company that uses steel for the buzz saddles). It was just a couple of deutsch marks investment in a guitar I wouldn’t have used much otherwise. KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jerry Nutter Subject: (exotica) drying out your collection Date: 10 Oct 2001 21:58:38 -0400 Michael Davidson: does anyone have any ideas on how to safely store records in ... a slightly damp basement (apart from installing temperature control)? audiocarp: First, try to determine how the water is getting into your basement in the first place. You may only need to redirect your downspouts away from the foundation or slope the grade away from it. Obviously, any exterior cracks should be patched with mortar mix or an all-silicone caulk. In areas with really bad drainage, consider putting a layer of gravel around your house with a "drainage tile" (perforated clay pipe) buried in it hooked into the sewer. If you can't fix it this way, attack the problem from the inside and try to isolate the problem: Is the water seeping in from the wall or the floor? If it's the floor, make sure there are no water pipes buried in there! (Better to identify and fix that problem NOW, before it bursts when you're away on vacation.) Once you've isolated it, try sealing that area of concrete with special masonry waterproofing paint. If that doesn't do it, buy yourself a dehumidifier (preferably one that can be hooked into a drain or else you'll have to remember to empty it periodically), but for this method to work, keep all basement windows and doors closed as much as possible. Also check the caulking and weatherstripping on your windows/doors. Otherwise, the little machine will try to dehumidify the entire earth's atmosphere, which may impair performance! If you're a fresh-air fiend that must have open windows, that's OK, but, always close them at night, otherwise the drop in temperature will create dew on your collection. Also, try to keep the area as clean as possible, as dust holds moisture and that leads to mildew. Silica gel is an interesting idea, however, I think you'd have to put a little bit in each album jacket, or just have huge 5-gal. buckets of the stuff around the shelf. And again, the area would have to be hermetically sealed somehow. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jschwart@voicenet.com Subject: (exotica) Sexy soundtrack film screenings in Philadelphia Date: 11 Oct 2001 06:02:41 NEXT FRIDAY: SUPERNATURAL SEX DOUBLE FEATURE at Secret Cinema at Moore Moore College of Art and Design 20th & Race Streets, Philadelphia (215) 568-4515, ext. 4099 The Secret Cinema at Moore College of Art and Design will host a spooky but erotic Halloween program with the SUPERNATURAL SEX DOUBLE FEATURE, presenting two rarely-shown European films from the early '70s. First is Jess Franco's VENUS IN FURS, followed by the even more obscure film TUTTI I COLORI DEL BUIO (THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU), projected in its original Cinemascope format. The times for the films are as follows: SUPERNATURAL SEX DOUBLE FEATURE Friday, October 19 8:00 pm - VENUS IN FURS 9:45 pm - TUTTI I COLORI DEL BUIO (THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU) There will be a single admission charge of $6.00 for one or both films. All Secret Cinema presentations are projected in 16mm film on a giant screen. Descriptions of the two films follow: VENUS IN FURS (1970, Dir: Jess Franco) Interest in the work of Spanish horror film director Jess Franco has been increasing lately, due to both the vast scope of his work (since 1959 he has directed at least 150 films!) and some popular reissues of his soundtracks (especially VAMPYROS LESBOS). VENUS IN FURS is considered one of his best films, and stands as perhaps the ultimate '70s supernatural sex/horror film. The international production sports an especially unusual cast: James Darren stars as an American jazz musician who finds a beautiful, scarred corpse on the beach in Istanbul. He's not sure if he witnessed her demise at a sadistic orgy overseen by Klaus Kinski, and flees to Rio De Janeiro where he meets what appears to be the same woman (Maria Rohm). The dreamlike film just gets stranger from there, and includes extensive nudity, whipping, foot worship. blood-sucking, bisexuality, eerie "doo doo doo" mood music, Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg as Darren's band (they contribute much of the film's music), and co-star Barbara McNair singing the bizarre theme song "Venus In Furs Will Be Smiling"! Needless to say, the film was never shown on television. TUTTI I COLORI DEL BUIO (THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU) (1972, Dir: Sergio Martino) Algerian-born beauty Edwige Fenech stars in this Italian-Spanish co-production as a paranoid young housewife plagued in both her dreams and waking hours by visions of an evil man who means to kill her. She seeks help first from a psychiatrist, then hopes to gain spiritual protection by participating in a satanic orgy -- but her fears may prove to be all too real. Director Martino made such other international horror productions as TORSO and SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD. This film is heavy on '70s style, and helped by the wide-screen photography and Bruno Nicolai's striking score, alternatingly funky and ghostly. Secret Cinema website: http://www.voicenet.com/~jschwart # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??) Date: 11 Oct 2001 12:10:25 +0100 By and large I'd say you were right, but occasionally he does a great job, I have an LP with one side of French and one side of Russian songs that I'm very fond of (nice version of Meadowlands'), and also a great version of let the sunshine with one of the worst fake sitar sounds I've ever heard. TWANGGGG! As I reported a while back I did see an LP of his on the wall of Mr Bongo in London's Soho going for 65 UKPounds, but I think Charlie implied that Mr Bongo likes to have a little joke at the DJ's expense. None of them are really bad, and if you like 'Love is Blue' you could easily end up with a sufficiency of it. Sorry if this is a bit late I've been off for a few days (and you lot have been busy again...) El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > I keep running across one album of his in particular - a sixties chick > with body paint lounging on the bottom of the LP. > > What's the scoop on this guy? > > Yesterday at a flea, I came across 15 LP's, and turned down like 3 Mauriat > records. The covers are always "cool" and feature the prototypical > sixties chick. The one I *almost* took a chance on had a nude chickie > suspended by a host of multi-colored balloons. The front was dye-cut and > the front of the gals body "draped" across the LP sleeve from the upper > left-hand corner. > > I had a gut instinct that Paul is probably very "soft" with strings and > basic, "by the lounge numbers" arrangements of current hits. Was I > right?? > > - 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: Charles Moseley Subject: (exotica) Life in general and moving records. Date: 11 Oct 2001 12:56:07 +0100 Next week sees big changes for me including being made redundant and moving into a new house. Tomorrow I have to drag all my possessions from Herne Hill to Peckham by van and I am facing to prospect of moving 2500 LPs down four flights of stairs from my flat. I spent yesterday packing the boxes and even though I have three people to help, Friday morning is going to be very stressful. Wish me luck as I struggle with 26 boxes of 100 records! And if anybody in south London who doesn't feel like going to work tomorrow (there is a tube strike after all) and would love to help move records instead, my number is below and I'd love the help! :-) Cheers all. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.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: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) Japanese soundtracks Date: 11 Oct 2001 08:32:55 -0500 Anybody on the list from Japan? I'm in search of some Japanese soundtracks on the VAP and SLC labels, some of which may be out of print. Is there anyone out there who can point me to a good source? Thanks! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Saturday 7:00pm - 9:00pm http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ukans.edu/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: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Dagmar Date: 11 Oct 2001 10:28:22 -0400 October 11, 2001 Dagmar, 79, Foxy Blonde With First-Name Status in 50's, Dies By DOUGLAS MARTIN,NYTimes The statuesque performer who won fame as Dagmar, a dumb-as-a- fox blonde on one of television's first late-night shows, died on Tuesday at her home in Ceredo, W.Va. She was 79. She was born Virginia Ruth Egnor in nearby Huntington and was renamed Jenny Lewis when she came to New York to model and act. She was given the name Dagmar when she became a character in "Broadway Open House," a vaudeville-style mix of music and jokes, which ran on NBC in 1950 and 1951 and was a forerunner of "The Tonight Show." Standing 5 feet 11 inches in her heels, Dagmar combined "the voluptuous curves of a Venus, the provocative grace of a young Mae West and the virtue of a Girl Scout," Murray Schumach wrote in The New York Times in 1950. Not to say that sexual innuendo was ignored. Once when she played the president in a comedy sketch, she said: "I've had a very busy day. I passed 19 vetoes and vetoed 19 passes." She was billed as a singer on the program, but seldom sang. Instead, she recited poems and treatises — she called them treasises — in a delightfully ingenuous, deadpan manner. Dagmar's significance transcended beating Cher and Madonna to first-name-only status. Her necklines were debated on the floor of the House of Representatives, and when her salary soared from $75 a week to $3,000, the government's Wage Stabilization Board took public notice. In a 1951 profile illustrated with photographs by Alfred Eisenstadt, Life magazine called her a "national institution." Her casual attitude about names came early, when she asked to be called Ruthie instead of Virginia. "It's easier to spell," she explained. She graduated from Huntington High School and Huntington Business College, according to Huntington Quarterly, a local journal. She then went to work for a finance company, but quit because. she said, she felt sorry for all those people"who had to pay and didn't have enough to eat." She also worked as a waitress, sandwich maker, soda jerk and cashier. Two of her three husbands, Angelo Lewis and Dick Hinds, a bandleader, were from Huntington. The third was Danny Dayton, an actor. All died before her. She is survived by her sisters Jean Nichols of Miami, Mary Ann Wolfe of Huntington and Theresa Jacobs of Vancouver, Wash.; and her brothers Jack Egnor of Tuback, Ariz., Robert Joseph Egnor and Dan of Huntington. As an aspiring actress in New York, her first job was modeling sweaters. She was hired on a show- by-show basis for the new NBC show "Broadway Open House." She was told to wear a low-cut gown, sit on a stool and act dumb. When the host, Jerry Lester, asked where she was from, she smiled brightly and answered, "West Virginia." "Where's that?" Mr. Lester demanded. She drawled, "In West Virginia," convulsing the host and the audience. Soon she was receiving 8,000 fan letters a month, more than half of them from women. She lived in a Central Park South penthouse, and was often seen in the Stork Club. She went on to perform in the theater, summer stock and Las Vegas. She was a regular on "Holiday Squares." Mitch Miller persuaded her to record a duet with Frank Sinatra. During her run as one of television's early stars, she told an interviewer she thought she was becoming Dagmar. That meant being a "gentlewoman among roisterers" in Mr. Schumach's phrase. When the heckling got out of hand as she recited yet another inane poem, Dagmar would say in a plaintive southern accent, "Please, you're tinkering with my art." # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) drying out your collection Date: 11 Oct 2001 14:16:18 EDT In a message dated 10/10/01 9:59:41 PM, audiocarp@macconnect.com writes: << First, try to determine how the water is getting into your basement in the first place. You may only need to redirect your downspouts away from the foundation or slope the grade away from it. Obviously, any exterior cracks should be patched with mortar mix or an all-silicone caulk. In areas with really bad drainage, consider putting a layer of gravel around your house with a "drainage tile" (perforated clay pipe) buried in it hooked into the sewer...................................>> if you don't own the house, or are unable to do all the mortar/downspout work at present, a $200.00 de-humidifier from Sears will do the trick nicely. also keep your records waist high and above. It not only avoids the painful stooping vinyl junkies suffer incessantly, it keeps them in a less moist spot than the cellar floor. If you have a sink, hook it up next to it, it will keep the sucked out water from the dehumidifier draining constantly avoiding daily trips to the basement to empty the catch bin....JB/basement 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: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen Date: 12 Oct 2001 13:17:32 +0100 One of the things about having nippers is the Saturday Morning Pictures, and this week in our local Arthouse Cinema they're showing 'Thunderbirds Are Go!', after the discussion in the summer I'm quite looking forward to this. Sick little monkey that I am. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Puppet on a Chain OST Date: 12 Oct 2001 13:28:49 +0100 I saw the OST to this on DC recordings, so I had to buy it at the weekend. DC is run by J Saul Kane of Depth Charge, and is sort of linked to Intoxica the record shop, they put out the Hanged Man LP a couple of years ago. The OST is composed by Piero Piccioni, and is quite good. I was expecting an LP like the Hanged Man, where I could imagine a lot of the tunes being played out, where in fact about half the tracks (but only about a third in listening time) are almost rhythmless and quite disturbing. The rest of the collection is a set of quite similar groovy tracks with a twangy guitar and clattering funky drums. Also the temptation with Italian Soundtracks is to compare the package with those coming out of Italy, and theres no gatefold here. That all sounds quite negative. Its not meant to, to me it has the same pluses and minuses as 'Le Foto Proibite de Senora Per Bene' (apologies for very approximate Italian) by Ennio Morricone, Which I like a lot. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew Marchese" Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen Date: 12 Oct 2001 09:09:49 -0500 >Sick little monkey that I am. Don't be too hard on yourself. I passed on an evening of drinking in Utrecht last week and stayed in my hotel room instead to watch Captain Scarlet. "Captain Scarlet...bingbongbingbong...in-des-truct-ible CAPTAIN SCARLET!" I'm going to go eat a banana now and swing thru the trees... Matt _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen Date: 12 Oct 2001 10:23:48 -0500 Europeans have all the fun. Johnny Quest and the Jetsons, much as I liked them, don't have nuthin on Supermarionation or theme songs by Barry Gray. Clayton > >> Sick little monkey that I am. > > Don't be too hard on yourself. I passed on an evening of drinking in Utrecht > last week and stayed in my hotel room instead to watch Captain Scarlet. > > "Captain Scarlet...bingbongbingbong...in-des-truct-ible CAPTAIN SCARLET!" > > I'm going to go eat a banana now and swing thru the trees... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Thunderbird's on the big screen Date: 12 Oct 2001 10:30:59 -0400 Let's not forget the Japanese and Johnny Socko and his Robot! - 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: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 12 Oct 2001 20:48:02 +0000 Here is a late entry, but loaded with hidden sitars. And what a electric sitar sound!!! JOE HARNELL “BOSSA NOW!” CBS Stereo sbp233455 The stringed instruments include Al Caiola-type guitar, bellzoukie, Vinnie Bell wet-sound guitar and the electric sitar that is much associated with Vincent Bell. The art suggest a mix of bossa and now-sound, but it’s more like a fantastic mix of that AND exotica, plus big string arrangements. The actual bossa parts are more pop, not as jazzy as say Cak Tjader, but pianist Harnell has got a lot to say nonetheless, and the arrangement really blossom all the time! This is pretty much the easy/exotic/bossa album I waited for! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 12 Oct 2001 15:44:05 -0500 > Here is a late entry, but loaded with hidden sitars. And what a electric = sitar > sound!!! > JOE HARNELL =93BOSSA NOW!=94 CBS Stereo sbp233455 >=20 > This is pretty much the easy/exotic/bossa album I waited for! How do I get a copy of this!? It sounds like the easy/exotic/bossa album I've been waiting for as well! I love the two Bossa pops albums by Joe Harnell that I have, and with wet sound guitar and electric sitar, what mor= e do you want? I guess wordless vocalizing would help, but I'll settle for what's there. Is this a CD you're talking about or an LP that I can pray for but ultimately may never find? Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 12 Oct 2001 16:19:51 -0400 At 03:44 PM 10/12/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: > >> JOE HARNELL =93BOSSA NOW!=94 CBS Stereo sbp233455 > >How do I get a copy of this!? It sounds like the easy/exotic/bossa albu= m >I've been waiting for as well! what more do you want? I guess wordless vocalizing would help, but I'll settle for >what's there. Is this a CD you're talking about or an LP that I can pra= y >for but ultimately may never find? You took the words out of my mouth Clayton. AZ=20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 12 Oct 2001 22:05:38 +0000 > Joe > Harnell that I have, and with wet sound guitar and electric sitar, what more > do you want? I guess wordless vocalizing would help, but I'll settle for > what's there. Is this a CD you're talking about or an LP that I can pray I posted this, so it’s an LP. Vocalizing doesn’t always help:• I recently aquired: RAY CONNIFF &B•THE SINGERS IT MUST BE HIM SOMEWHERE MY LOVE TURN AROUND LOOK AT ME and if that is Now sound it is on the certain lame edge I •usually avoid. The track listings just looked promissing… A little better is Don Ho & The Aliis SINGER PRESENTS as well as ROBERO CARLOS em RITMO DE AVENTURA the sleeve suggests 67 brazil spy-tv. The music is heavy on the vocals, but has got its grrovy bits. Like fuzz guitars and a tighttt nrazilian rhyhtm sexion. That’s all for now folks KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 12 Oct 2001 17:30:31 -0400 At 10:05 PM 10/12/01 +0000, KK wrote: > >Vocalizing doesn=92t always help:=95 >I recently aquired: RAY CONNIFF &B=95THE SINGERS >IT MUST BE HIM >SOMEWHERE MY LOVE >TURN AROUND LOOK AT ME >and if that is Now sound it is on the certain lame edge I =95usually avoid. It's not Now Sound. Ray's earlier records from the fifties, all those S'Words like S'Wonderful and S'Marvellous are actually closer to the Now Sound than the records he made during the Now Sound era. There are people on this list who like his "Happiness Is" record - or at least there were - but that was about masochism more than anything else. But there's nothing Now about those sixties Ray 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: "william" Subject: (exotica) 78s Date: 14 Oct 2001 00:04:11 +0800 hi all, for those 78s collectors out there you might find this interesting some pages about the inner labels of old 78s produced in asia. pictures and some brief explanations. also a nice picture of a chinese 50s grammaphone. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bai-dai/tokyo/splabeltope.htm also here is a site about some old chinese singers originally released on 78s that have been released on cd in singapore. it looks like they have been restored using CEDAR not sure if that is really a good thing or not. among the singers on one of the discs is track by jinang qiao. who you are saying? well, she was the wife of chairman mao! i think she may of been the one responsible for some of the events in the cultural revolution but my memory of that history is rather fuzzy. early on she was an actress and later gave it all up for the revolution. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bai-dai/tokyo/classicCD06e.htm speaking of CEDAR does anyone have the cd the king cole transcriptions vol. 1 1938 released on the naxos label? it says this was produced by david lennick and CEDAR noise reduction was done by graham newton in toronto. i'm curious as to how these cleaned up versions sound compared to the orginal non-cleaned up version. anyone have any thoughts on this? i'm not sure if they sound a little too airless to my ears or if that is just a thought i have because of hearing so many complaints about restoration of music in the past. i have very little nat king cole, let alone music from this time period so its hard for me to judge. any thoughts? william in taipei. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 13 Oct 2001 19:52:30 EDT In a message dated 10/12/01 3:25:13 PM, Kahuna.K@hamburg.de writes: << Here is a late entry, but loaded with hidden sitars. And what a electric=20 sitar sound!!! JOE HARNELL =E2=80=9CBOSSA NOW!=E2=80=9D CBS Stereo sbp233455 >> I found this one early on, and what an LP it truly is....and a guru-vee cove= r=20 to boot # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Kenton Alumni Relations Date: 13 Oct 2001 20:02:47 EDT I picked up two Stan Kenton LP's today...Capitol Stereo copies..."Artistry In Bossa Nova" and "Viva Kenton" (exciting Latin Rhythms with the Kenton touch). One sleeve lists many of the players associated at one time with Kenton at the time of the Bossa LP's release..I'm guessing '63. Of interest to this list are the following Kenton alumni: Laurindo Almeida, June Christy, Four Freshmen, Stan Getz, Neal Hefti, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers, Pete Ruogolo, Bud Shank, and Kai Winding. The LP's are good too...Also found two Young Holt Unlimited LP's: "The Beat Goes On" from '68 on Brunswick, and "Born Again" from '71 non Cotillion. Bought a CD of The Walker Brothers 1965-76. Soft Poppers would enjoy this one. I never knew they covered Lorraine Ellison's soul ballad stunner "Stay With Me Baby"...Live and learn # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Kenton Alumni Relations Date: 13 Oct 2001 23:42:32 EDT In a message dated 10/13/01 8:03:36 PM, DJJimmyBee@aol.com writes: << Of interest to this list are the following Kenton alumni: Laurindo Almeida, June Christy, Four Freshmen, Stan Getz, Neal Hefti, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers, Pete Ruogolo, Bud Shank, and Kai Winding. >> add Sebesky to that list # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen Date: 13 Oct 2001 22:08:58 -0700 >Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:23:48 -0500 >From: Clayton Black >Subject: Re: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen > >Europeans have all the fun. Folks who like crazy kiddie cartoons will like John K's Ripping Friends now airing on Fox Kids Saturday mornings. This morning's episodes had a romantic love scene with a hot dog and a bun and male cows with udders being forced into slavery by a chicken man who shat out egg bullets! (blatant plug!) See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 14 Oct 2001 11:53:18 -0500 I've got another H.S.G. that falls under the category of guilty pleasures (although I suppose we're all pretty used to that). On the basis of the names Burt Bacharach and Hal David I bought the soundtrack to "Lost Horizon." The album is pretty wretched as a whole, but the one song I do like--and I like it more every time I listen to it-- is "The Things I Will Not Miss." It's got corny singing in it, but the tune is so 100% grade-A, quintessentially Bacharachian WITH sitar (not too complex use of it, granted, but a few heavily twangy notes between chorus lines) that I couldn't help adding it to the list. Aaah. Another Sunday at the office. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: (exotica) Big sellers Date: 14 Oct 2001 12:00:32 -0500 Not long ago we were asked about songs we liked that actually sold well. I couldn't think of anything at the time (although Tom Jones's big hits are perpetual favorites), but the one mega-hit that remains one of my all-time favorites is Percy Faith's theme from "A Summer Place." I think Monty Python's Flying Circus used to use it for the brief intermission shots, and I remember thinking that I liked the tune, even though they were making fun of it. I suppose it's a case of "what-you-heard-when-you-were-young-you-will-like-for-the-rest-of-your-life, " because for me it really captures the feel of 1970 or 1971, driving around the West coast with my family. For what it's worth, Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Big sellers Date: 14 Oct 2001 13:14:45 EDT In a message dated 10/14/01 12:02:30 PM, clayton.black@washcoll.edu writes: << because for me it really captures the feel of 1970 or 1971, driving around the West coast with my family. >> I'm guessing that was when you first heard "Theme From A Summer Place" because if memory serves, 1962 was the year the movie and tune emerged...For what its worth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Big sellers Date: 14 Oct 2001 13:15:58 -0500 I'm sure that's right. And yes, that's when it would have entered my consciousness. > > << because for me it really captures the feel of 1970 or 1971, driving around > the West coast with my family. >> > > I'm guessing that was when you first heard "Theme From A Summer Place" > because if memory serves, 1962 was the year the movie and tune emerged...For > what its worth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Big sellers Date: 14 Oct 2001 13:25:26 -0500 > << because for me it really captures the feel of 1970 or 1971, driving around > the West coast with my family. >> > > I'm guessing that was when you first heard "Theme From A Summer Place" > because if memory serves, 1962 was the year the movie and tune emerged...For > what its worth > The proper thing to have said would be "it really captures the feel of being six years old in the back of the gargantuan station wagon driving around the West coast." I love the tune either way. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: Re: (exotica) Life in general and moving records. Date: 14 Oct 2001 14:02:07 -0400 Sorry for the redundancy, Charles. My moves are legendary. For years, I had friends help, and people still talk, round the campfire late at night, about the time I put all my records in hundreds of little grocery store shopping bags and had my friends form a chain to get them to the truck. The little grocery bag ears rustling in the open truck under a slight breeze looked like so many leaves of corn. Or so I thought. To my friends, this was just one sign of my madness. Now, I hire people. But an old friend just moved between apartments in Calgary, Alberta, and when one of his helpers complained about the load, he sat that helper down and told him about the time he'd helped Will Straw move his records. Silently, but visibly moved, the helper went back to work. Good luck! Will Please note my new email address: william.straw@mcgill.ca Will Straw, Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Art History and Communications Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street W. Montreal, QC H3A 2T6 Canada Phone: (514) 398 7667 Fax: (514) 398 7247 Co-Investigator, Culture of Cities Project, http://www.yorku.ca/culture_of_cities/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, October 14 Date: 14 Oct 2001 14:41:23 -0400 Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at: http://www.ckut.ca As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome. Space Bop #163 Felix Kubin's Psykoscifipoppia This week, we're featuring the music of Felix Kubin, which can best be described as psycho sci-fi pop. He'll be appearing in Montreal Monday night with a performance that promises to be interesting, and we thought we'd play his music, along with excerpts from a telephone interview conducted with him yesterday. Felix Kubin: Man In Action "Filmmusik" Doppelagenten "Filmmusik" Im Kaufhaus "Filmmusik" Katharina Tanzt "Filmmusik" Pornodisko "Filmmusik" Felix Kubin & Jacques Palminger: Sabata "Sabata/Ausser Atem" Felix Kubin: Hotel Supernova "Jet Lag Disco" Felix Kubin: Radio Pangaa "Remixen die Welttraumforscher" Broken Lady Symphony - Eat Beef "Hate People Like Us" Schnitzler "Schnitzler Pop" Felix Kubin: Razzia "Filmmusik" Elephants Disco "Jet Lag Disco" Felix Kubin & Pia Burnette: Kinyobi "Tesla's Aquarium" Felix Kubin: Unterhosen Fliegen "Filmmusik" Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@primus.ca brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.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: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Big sellers Date: 14 Oct 2001 17:38:57 EDT In a message dated 10/14/2001 12:02:30 PM, clayton.black@washcoll.edu writes: << Percy Faith's theme from "A Summer Place. >> One of my favorite tunes. The one time that I did a radio show, That was the opening tune. Bob # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Davidson Subject: Re: (exotica) drying out your collection Date: 15 Oct 2001 11:21:02 +0100 In message <140.2f236b7.28f73bf2@aol.com>, DJJimmyBee@aol.com writes >In a message dated 10/10/01 9:59:41 PM, audiocarp@macconnect.com writes: > ><< First, try to determine how the water is getting into your >basement in the first place. You may only need to redirect your downspouts >away from the foundation or slope the grade away from it. if you don't own the house, or are unable to do all the mortar/downspout work >at present, a $200.00 de-humidifier from Sears will do the trick nicely. also >keep your records waist high and above. It not only avoids the painful >stooping vinyl junkies suffer incessantly, it keeps them in a less moist spot >than the cellar floor. If you have a sink, hook it up next to it, it will >keep the sucked out water from the dehumidifier draining constantly avoiding >daily trips to the basement to empty the catch bin....JB/basement man Thanks DjJimmy & AudioCarp for there helpful responses. I had a few days off work last week and have reorganised my basement and hopefully have headed the problem off at the pass... All LPs are now high up on shelves and I put several 100 covers out in the sun for a day + have investing in a Dehumidifier. I also am in the process of donating several 100 LPs/45s of more traditional/touristy Maori/Polynesian music here: http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/ant/Department/archive.html Feels good to have them going to a good home (where someone will make archival CDr copies for the world) + I'm been quietly subversive and increasing the "cheese" factor of the archive by giving them lots of commercial type pacific music. (Lots of "recorded in Fiji/Samoa/Tahiti at your resort hotel" type records) The one question on storage I still have is: Would swapping the LP liners from paper to plastic help??? So if even if the covers get dampish this won't affect the vinyl itself. I'd keep the ones with artwork on them - the best sort! Is there any serious reason why not? What do people recommend :) (I seem to remember reading somewhere audiophile types complaining that Plastic ones generate more static & records thus attract more dust?) Thanks! Michael Michael Davidson Auckland, New Zealand # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen Date: 15 Oct 2001 09:31:47 +0100 You simply must check this out on the big screen if you ever get the chance, absolutely incredible. I don't know if they remade the models for the film, but theres a lot of detail that simply will not show on the TV. The dream sequence with Cliff Richard Jnr and the Shadows was extraordinary, one Shadows number and one with Cliff, with Hank and the Boys all playing Burns Guitars through Vox AC30's. Now I always thought that Hank was a Strat man..... Unfortunately as it was a kids show and I suppose the Soundtrack is too old, it couldn't take full advantage of the cinema's big Dolby Sounsdsystem (I was there for 'Battle Royale' earlier in the week and that was a real rumbler). Anyway thats a minor carp. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > Europeans have all the fun. Johnny Quest and the Jetsons, much as I liked > them, don't have nuthin on Supermarionation or theme songs by Barry Gray. > > Clayton > > > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Bruce Lee OST Question Date: 15 Oct 2001 09:36:18 +0100 I saw a Bruce Lee OST that I don't have, it appears to be a Hong Kong one, going fairly cheap. What are they like? I wish I could remember which one it was. I have the western ones for 'Enter the Dragon' (I like) and 'Game of Death' (I don't like). Thanks El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2hhcmxlcyBNb3NlbGV5?= Subject: (exotica) =?UTF-8?B?UkU6IChleG90aWNhKSBSZSBILlMuRy4gKGhpZGRlbiBzaXRhciBn?= Date: 15 Oct 2001 10:20:09 +0100 Hang on. I have that record (a recent score in California) and it's = lame isn't it? If I had a turntable set up at home I'd give it another go. = But it does have a great cover! Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com=20 -----Original Message----- Sent: 14 October 2001 00:53 In a message dated 10/12/01 3:25:13 PM, Kahuna.K@hamburg.de writes: << Here is a late entry, but loaded with hidden sitars. And what a = electric=20 sitar sound!!! JOE HARNELL =E2=80=9CBOSSA NOW!=E2=80=9D CBS Stereo sbp233455 >> I found this one early on, and what an LP it truly is....and a guru-vee cover=20 to boot # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: (exotica) Totally off topic (about Playstation) Date: 15 Oct 2001 10:00:40 -0400 Mail me back personally - here's a question............ Does the PS One have the "shake rattle 'n roll" joystick controller = option......... In other words, does the joystick vibrate when explosions, etc. occur? Thanks - 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: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Bruce Lee OST Question Date: 15 Oct 2001 15:38:11 +0100 G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk wrote: > > I saw a Bruce Lee OST that I don't have, it appears to be a Hong Kong one, > going fairly cheap. What are they like? > > I wish I could remember which one it was. > > I have the western ones for 'Enter the Dragon' (I like) and 'Game of Death' > (I don't like). Game of Death came out a long time after Bruce Lee's death, which might explain the poor soundtrack (it's a poor film, too). have yet to see his first two films, so can't comment on the soundtracks... On a documentary the other night they showed long sections of the original footage for Game of Death, not the remade one, and it had a great soundtrack (assuming they hadn't added sound for the documentary). the fight scenes were amazing too. his other films were (IIRC): The Big Boss (Fists of Fury in US) Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection in US) The Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon in US) Enter the Dragon Game of Death (unfinished) Game of Death (posthumous one) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) drying out your collection Date: 15 Oct 2001 14:58:42 EDT In a message dated 10/14/01 11:02:12 PM, pinwhiz@ihug.co.nz writes: << The one question on storage I still have is: Would swapping the LP liners from paper to plastic help??? Not really...the moisture would only get trapped further when inside plastic...My guess is that the dehumidifier will do its job surprisingly well. Is there any serious reason why not? What do people recommend :) (I seem to remember reading somewhere audiophile types complaining that Plastic ones generate more static & records thus attract more dust?) >> Paper really should be fine unless your basement is Jungalia 2...Like I said, they don't call 'em dehumidifiers for nothing!...Just don't overload a fusebox...Hopefully you have 100 amp service..... a GFI plug wouldn't hurt either...JB/still a basement kinda fella # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) corrupt cds list Date: 15 Oct 2001 22:40:53 -0400 Verfied new-fangled CDs listed: http://www.fatchucks.com/corruptcds/index.html --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) new album uploaded Date: 15 Oct 2001 19:36:19 -0700 honey west is gone and a new album has replaced it. this time around, it's one of my all-time favorites, which continues to maintain a solid position in my top ten desert island picks. A DOG'S LIFE - An Actual Story In Sound As Broadcast On The CBS Radio Workshop Tony Schwartz Folkways Records 1958 http://www.basichip.com/dogs_life/dogs_life.htm In 1956, Tony obtained his dog, "Tina". From that day on, he started recording the sounds of the dog and the people with whom he and Tina came in contact. He documented on tape the sounds of all the situations Tina led him into. After a year of taping Tina's life, he went to CBS with his idea. A program was developed and broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. Arrangements were later made to release the program as a record. "A Dog's Life" is a story in sound of people's relation to a dog. Recorded in New York's Upper East Side, you'll hear the actual people Tony came into contact with - many with that thick New York accent that is music to my ears - as he goes through the process of raising his puppy. I hope you like it :) TONY SCHWARTZ, acknowledged master of electronic media, has created more than 20,000 radio and television spots for products, political candidates and non-profit public interest groups. Schwartz has been described as a "media guru", a "media genius" and a "media muscleman". The tobacco industry even VOLUNTARILY stopped their advertising on radio and television after Schwartz's produced the first anti-smoking ad to ever appear (children dressing in their parents' clothing, in front of a mirror). The American Cancer Society credits this ad, and others that followed, with the tobacco industry's decision to go off the air, rather than compete with Schwartz's ad campaign. "Documenting life in sound and pictures" is something Tony Schwartz has been doing since 1945, when he bought his first Webcor wire recorder and began to record the people and sounds around him. From this hobby developed one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of voices, both prominent and unknown, street sounds and music, a collection that resulted in nineteen phonograph albums for Folkways and Columbia 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: Michael Jemmeson Subject: (exotica) Don Tracy - A Night With the Voodoo Family Date: 16 Oct 2001 10:09:39 +0100 (apologies if this has been asked before) i couldn't find out anything about this album on the web - does anyone have it, and is it any good? it's an EMI Studio 2 one. 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: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) Don Tracy - A Night With the Voodoo Family Date: 16 Oct 2001 10:24:19 +0100 Great cover with African tribesmen, late 50s/early 60s bland exotica with African drumming, nothing special. If its mint and between 5 and 8 dollars or pounds it's worth it. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com -----Original Message----- Sent: 16 October 2001 10:10 (apologies if this has been asked before) i couldn't find out anything about this album on the web - does anyone have it, and is it any good? it's an EMI Studio 2 one. 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. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) lounge revival not dead Date: 16 Oct 2001 10:18:35 +0100 I went to see Japanese Space Metallers Acid Mother Temple last night, very good - especially with the bass player yelling 'Brighton Rock!' at intervals. Between the bands they had a DJ playing noisy contemporary music, and then halfway through his set he played Denny's 'Quiet Village'. I was all confused, it sounded great though, of course (so loud). El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Subject: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 16 Oct 2001 18:18:08 +0200 Hi there- A quick plug for a new group at audiogalaxy.com called loungexotica. Drop in for chat about the latest in martini music, space age bachelor or whatever you wanna call this stuff. http://www.audiogalaxy.com -Joe # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 16 Oct 2001 12:53:41 -0400 At 06:18 PM 10/16/01 +0200, Joe wrote: > >Hi there- > >A quick plug for a new group at audiogalaxy.com called loungexotica. A new "group" of what kind? A chat room? I didn't see any reference to chatting on the site. And while I'm here, is there a good MP3 site out there somewhere? And what's the best free mp3 software? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) audiogalaxy group Date: 16 Oct 2001 13:27:17 -0400 >And while I'm here, is there a good MP3 site out there somewhere? Not being a big downloader (dialup connection), I don't really know. I think it's a kind of nomadic situation, with the the RIAA shutting sources down as much as possible. But I'm certain some other folks here on the list can give you the skinny. >And what's the best free mp3 software? All the software you could want can be found here: http://dailymp3.com/main.html I use WinAmp for playback and BladeEnc for encoding. --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) audiogalaxy group Date: 16 Oct 2001 19:02:59 +0100 www.gnutella.com - Download Limewire, the new and totally excellent Napster. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com -----Original Message----- Sent: 16 October 2001 18:27 >And while I'm here, is there a good MP3 site out there somewhere? Not being a big downloader (dialup connection), I don't really know. I think it's a kind of nomadic situation, with the the RIAA shutting sources down as much as possible. But I'm certain some other folks here on the list can give you the skinny. >And what's the best free mp3 software? All the software you could want can be found here: http://dailymp3.com/main.html I use WinAmp for playback and BladeEnc for encoding. --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Charles Moseley Subject: RE: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 16 Oct 2001 19:25:32 +0100 Or is that www.gnutella.co.uk..... -----Original Message----- Sent: 16 October 2001 19:03 www.gnutella.com - Download Limewire, the new and totally excellent Napster. Charlie Charles Moseley Editor - C3 magazine 3 St Peters Street, London, N1 8JD Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 3313 Fax: +44 (0)20 7226 8586 ISDN: +44 (0)20 7359 6756 www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com www.c3mag.com -----Original Message----- Sent: 16 October 2001 18:27 >And while I'm here, is there a good MP3 site out there somewhere? Not being a big downloader (dialup connection), I don't really know. I think it's a kind of nomadic situation, with the the RIAA shutting sources down as much as possible. But I'm certain some other folks here on the list can give you the skinny. >And what's the best free mp3 software? All the software you could want can be found here: http://dailymp3.com/main.html I use WinAmp for playback and BladeEnc for encoding. --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this 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. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) cool song on MP3.com Date: 16 Oct 2001 21:52:53 +0200 Check out the song 'Record Collector' on this site: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/107/tony_a_ward.html It's cool! Alan, MP3.com is also a good source of weird 'n' wonderful MP3's. 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: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 16 Oct 2001 18:09:12 +0100 azed@pathcom.com wrote: > > At 06:18 PM 10/16/01 +0200, Joe wrote: > > > >Hi there- > > > >A quick plug for a new group at audiogalaxy.com called loungexotica. > > A new "group" of what kind? A chat room? I didn't see any reference to > chatting on the site. > > And while I'm here, is there a good MP3 site out there somewhere? err... Audiogalaxy! you need to 'download satellite', which is a small program which does the downloading/uploading of files - the searching is done via the website (unlike Napster which was all one locally-running program). And > what's the best free mp3 software? Winamp and MusicMatchJukebox are both ok, and free. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LukeHiNite@aol.com Subject: (exotica) The Long Patton Rave Date: 16 Oct 2001 16:34:44 EDT I have to say I gave up writing record reviews shortly after college. Years before that I was often in heavy competion with fellow field-events team member Bob Guida on weekly jaunts to King Carol and Sam Goody to thumb through the Belzona and Yazoo bins; worrying about how to apply the $4.79 correctly on a blues record, without anyone to really give us good advice. One oft-rejected but well-read jacket was the OJL Patton; their old copy had filthy and tattered plastic, and week-to-week slightly less shrink wrap. Bob and I independently would read Bernie Kaltzko's notes, then opt out for a Son House, another anthology, and the race of discovery was on. When we'd meet to play music on the weekends, first we'd listen to the booty and compare our finds. Bob weakened first on Patton and called me, played some on the phone, "some weird distant guy who plays slide too". Years later a friend in Virginia who junked "Dirt Road" - cracked in three places, let me talk him out of it and we listened to it on a crank up in a motel room near Lynchburg. I said wow. Today i said wow again, like that first time looking at the Paramount label that said "Charley Patton" spinning for the first time. Icon. I'm talking visuals here only because everyone getting this letter has heard the music and read silly blues books describing the music. (You might have read good books too). revenantrecords.com The set was handed to me by my brother an hour ago---"it's a heavy little box like a box of 78s". Oh? I wasn't prepared to open and see the single greatest piece of packaging art I have ever scarfed an eyeload on. And the sound ain't bad too, but this is about a delight to the eye and the feel of a great rare old linen volume that is fresh and new...and the most imaginative array of visuals, embossing, mechanics and flavor that speaks first to those people popularly known as "record collectors". To hold it and page through text and graphics housed in a true "album" of yore (I refuse to say "retro") is the most persuasive draw into another time that can possibly exist for the housing of the medium known as the CD. I can't do justice with words to describe the signals firing deep inside when confronted with an array of 1920s advertizing art reproduced impeccably, fresh and new, all cradling and decorating a complete-as-can-be document in sound of a musical life that has touched us all in so many ways. No matter how comfortable you are with the tattered old Fahey paperback, smudgy lps or even a precious original or two, you will hold and behold the Revenant set with a mixture of some renewed wonderment, a heavy (in both ways) magnetized reverence, and the greatest sense of convenience and power -to set you into the easy chair with pipe and single malt and reading lamp and enjoy the flickering lights of your CD player harken your old speakers to let you into Patton's sphere in the most poetic setting one could hope for in 2001. Art, in a product's packaging, or maybe in real life, can be argued away by some. Chintzy mimeographs on 1960s small runs did well enough to enlighten some enough to hear Patton's music at one time. I remember a term used in classical studies--"absolute music"-- but this set must surely be absolute art; the most bold, fearless, and succesful attempt to do for the eye and even one's imagination as the music contained therein. Revenant has made a tabernacle, even with its proper traces of gold, for the music of the Delta's founding father. pvc 10/16/2001 www.secretmuseum.net tune in: wfmu.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: "nytab@pipeline.com" Subject: RE: (exotica) The Long Patton Rave Date: 16 Oct 2001 17:07:37 -0400 Thanks for justifying my urge to splurge $160 on these 7 CDs, Pat! I guess if I don't go to Academy records for a few weeks, I'll have it saved up. Lou mailto:lousmith@pipeline.com Original Message: ----------------- revenantrecords.com The set was handed to me by my brother an hour ago---"it's a heavy little box like a box of 78s". Oh? Art, in a product's packaging, or maybe in real life, can be argued away by some. Chintzy mimeographs on 1960s small runs did well enough to enlighten some enough to hear Patton's music at one time. I remember a term used in classical studies--"absolute music"-- but this set must surely be absolute art; the most bold, fearless, and succesful attempt to do for the eye and even one's imagination as the music contained therein. Revenant has made a tabernacle, even with its proper traces of gold, for the music of the Delta's founding father. pvc 10/16/2001 www.secretmuseum.net tune in: wfmu.org , email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 16 Oct 2001 17:26:19 EDT In a message Kahuna.K@hamburg.de wrote: >JOE HARNELL =E2=80=9CBOSSA NOW!=E2=80=9D CBS Stereo sbp233455 >The stringed instruments include Al Caiola-type guitar, bellzoukie, Vinnie=20 Bell >wet-sound guitar and the electric sitar that is much associated with Vincen= t >Bell.=20 Another hidden sitar gem belongs to Johnny Scott from "Southern Library of=20 Recorded Music", an LP I scooped up at DustyGroove while recalling the=20 Johnny Scott track on Scamp's "Music For TV Dinners: The 60's". The library=20 track is called "Sitar Sitter" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mimi Mayer Subject: (exotica) Basic Hip's got a rival.... Date: 17 Oct 2001 16:35:23 -0500 for serving up whole recordings via the Net. Looks like you moved into this growth industry before Amazon, BH. I seriously doubt Amazon will boldly post entire Honey West records though. Mimi AMAZON TO STREAM CDs TO CUSTOMERS Amazon has found another way to sell music -- it's offering streamed versions of CDs that haven't yet been released to the public. Shoppers who order an unreleased CD will be able to listen to the entire album -- streamed over the Internet -- until the CD arrives in the mail. "They want to encourage pre-orders of CDs," says one marketing analyst. Customers will not be able to download a permanent copy of the CD, but will have unlimited use until the CD is released. (Investor's Business Daily 16 Oct 2001 -- print only) Copyright 2001. NewsScan Daily (R) is a publication of NewsScan.com Inc. Mimi Mayer | Principal | Palindrome Studio Serious Word Play That Achieves Business Goals Marketing Writing | Web Content | Communications Project Management mimim@texas.net | 512.441.0537 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bigshot Subject: (exotica) Re: The Long Patton Rave Date: 16 Oct 2001 15:01:23 -0700 >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:34:44 EDT >From: LukeHiNite@aol.com >Subject: (exotica) The Long Patton Rave The nice thing about this set is that it includes stickers of the original 78 labels that you can stick on your Doris Day and Vaughan Monroe 78s to make them fetch big bucks at ebay. (Don't laugh... it is going to happen.) See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) Cover Power - Beck's 50 best LP covers Date: 16 Oct 2001 19:13:55 -0700 the november issue of Vanity Fair is the music issue which includes a "best of" list of Becks 50 top LP covers. The article is supposedly written by Beck Hansen himself. "exotica" related titles are Dick Hyman - Age of Electronicus Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real Some of the others - all pictured with little "reviews" of why he likes them: Bjork - Homogenic Devo - Freedom Of Choice David Bowie - Pinups Black Sabbath - Never Say Die! Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Roxy Music - Country Life Kraftwerk - Computer World The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Frank Sinatra - No One Cares Michael Jackson - Off The Wall Lou Reed - Transformer Phil Ochs - Rehersals For Retirement T. Rex - Electric Warrior The Beatles - Revolver Issac Hayes - Black Moses # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (moritzR) Subject: Re: (exotica) new album uploaded Date: 17 Oct 2001 10:35:00 +0200 basic hip schrieb: > honey west is gone and a new album has replaced it. > > A DOG'S LIFE - An Actual Story In Sound As Broadcast On The CBS Radio > Workshop > Thanks again, Mr. Hip, for this incredible service. It's a cute record, although I miss music a bit. The way you do it, is a "classic" from the beginning. The cover, the MP3s and a little comment by yourself about the album on one internet page - perfect. I used all of the information for my cover artwork of A Dog's Life... It could be a very interesting perspective for mailing lists like this, if more people would join in this kind of service and provide unknown hard to get albums online like this. Often I miss the fun of discussing records simply because I can't listen to them. I hope to get more web space soon and then start my own first publication of a rare exotica album... --Mo ........................... studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.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: Joe Subject: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 17 Oct 2001 14:43:19 +0200 Oops pardon my verbiage... you can't really chat at audiogalaxy. The groups in audiogalaxy are more of a message board. You can also trade mp3s of interest. I think audiogalaxy is better than napster ever was, since you can search and then queue any file that was ever shared on the service and then download it once it becomes available again. Your queue is also saved via the browser, so you can queue up hundreds of tunes and then just wait for 'em to come flooding in. Until they get the shutdown order, that is. -Joe (formerly enok lite) Join the loungexotica group at http://audiogalaxy.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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 17 Oct 2001 13:57:39 +0100 Joe wrote: > > Oops pardon my verbiage... you can't really chat at audiogalaxy. The > groups in audiogalaxy are more of a message board. You can also trade > mp3s of interest. > > I think audiogalaxy is better than napster ever was, since you can > search and then queue any file that was ever shared on the service and > then download it once it becomes available again. Your queue is also > saved via the browser, so you can queue up hundreds of tunes and then > just wait for 'em to come flooding in. > > Until they get the shutdown order, that is. they do search for and prevent access to any copyrighted songs - which is why a lot of the tracks on AudioGalaxy have the artist/track name the wrong way round, or the album title in with the track name etc, but it's still easy to find plenty of stuff. The search results returned are much better than Napster's hopeless search. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) new album uploaded Date: 17 Oct 2001 06:47:34 -0700 > It could be a very interesting perspective for mailing lists >like this, if more people would join in this kind of service >and provide unknown hard to get albums online like this. >Often I miss the fun of discussing records simply >because I can't listen to them. Hey, thanks! Glad to do it. Ever since I was a kid, I liked to play records for people. My friends, my mom, anybody I could get to sit still long enough. I'm terrified of a microphone, so a broadcasting career was never a consideration :) It's very easy to do and does not take a whole lot of time either. The essentials are you do need more web storage than the personal space ISP's give free with their service. I pay about twenty bucks a month for 100MB. This is in addition to my cable service, another requirement (or DSL) to upload the files quickly and recieve streams and downloads in the blink of an eye. Other than that, a wav editor (I don't know if you need this - I use one), a MP3 encoding program (a free internet download), a scanner and a program to make a single web page (you can use Microsoft Word) are about all you need. On the other hand, if a person has never created or upload files to the internet, I could see it being quite an undertaking. I'd be glad to lend a hand to anyone with any questions. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RoTone@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Tiki Coloring Book Date: 17 Oct 2001 10:02:30 EDT My girlfriend and I visited the Museum of Natural History here in DC to catch an IMAX movie on caves. Before going in we stopped by the gift shop to look around and, to my surprise, I spotted "A coloring book of Ancient Hawaii". It has great text in it, explaining the life and importance of Kamehameha as well as the Hawaiian way of life. Pertinent to this list were the many pictures of tiki gods inside (black and white drawings- you have to color them yourself, of course). And great pictures they are. Well worth the $2.95 we spent. Just thought I would pass on this experience- jon cook # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Zippy meets Tiki Date: 17 Oct 2001 11:50:11 -0400 Today's Zippy comic... Zippy engages an Easter island idol in conversation: http://www.sfgate.com/comics/graphics/zippy/3.gif M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.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: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obits] John Collins, Etta Jones Date: 17 Oct 2001 12:01:47 -0400 October 17, 2001 John Collins, Noted Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 (AP) — The jazz guitarist John Collins, who played with Nat King Cole for more than a decade, died here on Oct. 4. He was 83. Mr. Collins was born in Montgomery, Ala., and grew up in Chicago. His mother, Georgia Gorham, was a pianist and bandleader. He briefly played clarinet before switching to guitar and moving to New York, where he played with prominent jazzmen like the pianist Art Tatum. Mr. Collins accompanied Billie Holiday and the saxophonist Lester Young in the 1940's and played in bands led by Benny Carter and Fletcher Henderson. He served in the Army during World War II and played in Army bands. Esquire magazine gave Mr. Collins its New Star award as best guitarist of 1947, his lone jazz poll honor. Mr. Collins's 14-year association with Cole began in 1951, when he replaced Oscar Moore on guitar in the Cole trio. Mr. Collins played with Cole until the latter's death in 1965. Mr. Collins went on to tour Europe with his own group. He played occasionally around Southern California in the 1990's but worked mainly as a private teacher. He is survived by his wife, Naomi; two daughters; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/14/obit.collins.ap/ ============ http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=etta+jones&hc=0&hs=0 r.i.p. Etta Jones # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) new album uploaded Date: 17 Oct 2001 14:22:36 -0400 At 06:47 AM 10/17/01 -0700, basic hip wrote: .>Other than that, a wav editor (I don't know if you need this - I use one), a >MP3 encoding program (a free internet download), a scanner and a program to >make a single web page (you can use Microsoft Word) are about all you need. > >On the other hand, if a person has never created or upload files to the >internet, I could see it being quite an undertaking. > >I'd be glad to lend a hand to anyone with any questions. Well I was thinking of putting a few tunes on my website to go with my "music-related" articles. I'm not sure if I have the space or not. And I don't have the good internet connection either. But I'm patient. So, where's the best place to download mp3 software? It's an interesting idea Moritz (when did you slip back onto the list??) had about actually making the music you're talking about available online so people can hear it and not just hear about it. Some people just want to hear everything. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Philip Jackson Subject: Re: (exotica) new album uploaded Date: 18 Oct 2001 06:21:50 +1000 on 17/10/01 11:47 PM, basic hip at basichip@home.com wrote: > Other than that, a wav editor (I don't know if you need this - I use one), a > MP3 encoding program (a free internet download), a scanner and a program to > make a single web page (you can use Microsoft Word) are about all you need. Mr Hip, I've enjoyed that download too thanks. One minor technical comment. As the album is originally mono you could either encode in mono and halve the size of the files (which would help us slow dialup modem folk) or increase the bit rate and therefore the fidelity of the of the mono mp3's. Just a thought but thanks for the uploads anyway. -- Philip # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) mp3 software download Date: 17 Oct 2001 15:32:05 -0700 > where's the best place to download mp3 software? here's one place that offers a free download: http://www.musicmatch.com/ I use a different program by AudioCatalyst: http://www.xingtech.com/mp3/audiocatalyst/ but aren't they all the same? Maybe not. I really don't know, I don't keep up with this stuff. I'm not a technical person at all, so if I can do it, anybody can! Extra web space is required if you are uploading entire albums. But you can conserve space by encoding at a lower rate or just using clips of a track, like a minute or so in length. Or encode at mono (thanks Philip!) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Re H.S.G. (hidden sitar gems) Date: 18 Oct 2001 00:58:56 +0200 (MEST) Talking about hast, anyone knows where that track HIPPIES with SITAR from Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg and Sascha Distell (so it is written on the sleeve, not Sacha Distel) originally came from, that is on that comp called Finderskeepers (FatCity Recordings, FC LP005, distributed by Groove Attack www.grooveattack.com) ? (DJs take note: it is not a hot dancefloor groover, but an ok warm up tune) all the info that is on the comp is that it was writen by Bardot/Distel and the comment: french right winger bb takes a political day off to lay down some eastern (!) flavours alongside co-icon distell and and undisputed genius msr. Gainsbourg on this rarer than frogs teeth anti hippie jam..... -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.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: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Looking for a song title Date: 17 Oct 2001 19:04:09 EDT Aloha gang, Tiki Bob here. Safe and sound and de-lurking for a few moments. I was in California doing a tiki tour last week and found a nostalgia station that played much of the music we love. In Kings County about 2 hours north of Los Angeles. I am trying to find the title of a song I heard. It is very similar to "Parisian Women" by Cy Coleman, which can be found on the Ultra Lounge "A Bachelor in Paris CD," Track 6. It has a honky tonk sounding piano that will play about 15 notes and then repeat the notes in slight variation, especially at the end. It has a quick tempo and the melody is very repetitive. The piano has a real "tinny" sound and at parts there are singers that La La and Bum Bum in the background. It does not sound "Can-Can-like" tho. The Coleman song mentioned above has that French flair but uses accordions and plucking violins. The tune I am looking for is more piano, though it has that similar late 50's "French Sound" that was popular at the time. Sorry about the strange description. Maybe somebody will connect with what I am trying to say and can give me some direction. I hope all is well with each exoticat on the list. Balmy regards, TB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: (exotica) full album download sites Date: 17 Oct 2001 16:05:15 -0700 My brother just got a cable modem, so I'm all set to try some serious downloading -- no more of this 56k nonsense. Any other sites like basic hip's with full album uploads of music favored by this mailing list? --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Benito Vergara" Subject: RE: (exotica) audiogalaxy group Date: 17 Oct 2001 16:28:37 -0700 I don't know much about the net, so I don't know the full implications of this, but type in "audiogalaxy" and "spyware" in Google and see what you think. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com > [mailto:owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of azed@pathcom.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:54 AM > And while I'm here, is there a good MP3 site out there somewhere? And > what's the best free mp3 software? As far as software goes, here are my choices: Winamp (http://www.winamp.com): for playing and wave file decoding CDex (http://www.cdex.n3.net): for ripping and converting to mp3 (using the Lame mp3 encoder -- supposedly better than Xing, which cuts off higher frequencies or something) And for mp3 sites, are you referring to "legal" mp3s? Because if not, then Usenet is certainly the way to go. Later, Ben http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: 12832406 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Howard" Subject: Re: (exotica) Looking for a song title Date: 17 Oct 2001 20:50:38 -0400 Hi Bob ! There's a new Luxuria message board in the opening stages... I don't want to post the URL here since some might consider it spam. If you want me to tell you, e-mail me personally...! Carl Howard Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor Alien Abduction Coordinator Communist Dupe Extraordinaire ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:04 PM > I hope all is well with each exoticat on the list. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: (exotica) Light my fire Date: 18 Oct 2001 03:50:51 -0400 I mentioned The Free Design to a friend of mine and he told me that they played his high school. He went to a very strict school. It might have been Catholic, I didn't ask. The school officials were actually worried that The Free Design would be too "wild" for the students. And maybe that was because of the "Lettermen" incident. They booked a Lettermen concert but specifically asked them not to perform their "hit" Light My Fire. The Lettermen apparently agreed. But I guess the boys wanted to let their freak flags fly because they started to sing it anyway. At which point, the school officials ended the concert. I wish that was my memory. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Zippy / Tiki continues Date: 18 Oct 2001 11:27:19 -0400 Zippy's conversation with the Moai continues: http://www.sfgate.com/comics/graphics/zippy/4.gif --M.Ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com (by way of Mimi Mayer ) Subject: (exotica) Light my fire Date: 19 Oct 2001 11:07:31 -0500 A wonderful story, AZ. Thanks! Mimi ... But I guess the boys wanted to let their freak flags fly because they started to sing it anyway. At which point, the school officials ended the concert. I wish that was my memory. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Jay Livingston Date: 18 Oct 2001 14:53:29 -0400 October 18, 2001 Jay Livingston, Who Co-Wrote Hit Songs for the Movies, Dies at 86 By RICHARD SEVERO,NYTimes Jay Livingston, the pop composer and lyricist who collaborated with Ray Evans on three movie songs that won Academy Awards - "Mona Lisa," "Que Será, Será" and "Buttons and Bows" - died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 86 and lived in Los Angeles. In their heyday in the 1940's and 50's the team of Livingston and Evans turned out songs for film after film and wrote many tunes that became jukebox hits. They were "the last of the great songwriters in Hollywood," Warren Craig wrote in his book "The Greatest Songwriters of Hollywood." . The team won their first best-song Oscar for "Buttons and Bows," a bouncy tune from the 1948 comedy Western "The Paleface." It was introduced by Bob Hope, playing the timid dentist Painless Potter, who sang it to a rootin'-tootin' Jane Russell. Dinah Shore recorded it, among others, and had the big jukebox hit. "Mona Lisa" was written in 1950 for a modest Alan Ladd vehicle called "Captain Carey, U.S.A." In the movie, the song was used to send a signal to Italian partisans during World War II, but Mr. Livingston and Mr. Evans thought that perhaps "Mona Lisa" might have a life after the movie, so one day they visited Nat (King) Cole at his home to interest him in recording the song. They almost didn't succeed. A little girl was playing happily in the house and raised such a ruckus that it was difficult for Mr. Cole to concentrate on the song. "My daughter, Natalie," Mr. Cole explained patiently, as she romped, giggled and screamed. But Mr. Cole decided to record it. He probably did not know that the song had started out as "Prima Donna" but was changed because Mr. Evans's wife, Wyn, thought that "Mona Lisa" sounded a lot nicer. Mr. Cole liked the tune but was not so sure that a song with the same name as a Renaissance painting would sell to a mass audience. His bosses at Capitol Records put it on the B side of a record that contained a song they thought would surely become a hit, "The Greatest Inventor of Them All." "Mona Lisa" not only won an Oscar, but also became a huge jukebox success and later a standard. And in 1986 it provided the inspiration for the movie "Mona Lisa," starring Bob Hoskins. "Que Será, Será" ("Whatever Will Be, Will Be") was sung by Doris Day in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), an Alfred Hitchcock remake of a film of the same name that he had first directed in 1934. In the later movie, Miss Day was in a cavernous house filled with nefarious international wrongdoers, and she belted out "Que Será, Será" so that her young son, who had been kidnapped and was being held upstairs, would know that she and her husband (James Stewart) had come to the rescue. Once again the best song Oscar went to Livingston and Evans, Miss Day's recording of the song was a hit. Other Livingston-Evans songs that received Oscar nominations included "The Cat and the Canary," which was heard in "Why Girls Leave Home" (1945); "Tammy," heard in "Tammy and the Bachelor," which became a hit recording for Debbie Reynolds in 1957; "Almost in Your Arms" from "Houseboat" (1957), with Sophia Loren and Cary Grant; and "Dear Heart" from the 1964 movie of the same name, which starred Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page. Andy Williams had a big hit with "Dear Heart," singing the plaintive Livingston-Evans lyrics with music by Henry Mancini. Another hit was "Golden Earrings," a wistful song in a minor key from the 1947 movie of the same name, starring Ray Milland, disguised as a Gypsy, and Marlene Dietrich, playing the Gypsy he had learned to love. The music was written by Victor Young from a Hungarian melody; Mr. Livingston and Mr. Evans teamed up to produce the lyrics. In the movie it is sung in a robust basso by Murvyn Vye, but it was Peggy Lee's recording that made the charts. Another Livingston tune with fame was "To Each His Own." The song, which was written to publicize the film of the same title but was not used in it, became a big hit in 1946 for several performers - Eddy Howard, the Ink Spots, Tony Martin, Freddy Martin and the Modernaires. Mr. Livingston was directed by his wife Lynne to change the lyrics for the song that became "Silver Bells," a Christmas standard first sung by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in "The Lemon Drop Kid" in 1951. The song was originally written as "Tinkle Bells," but Mrs. Livingston admonished her husband, "Are you out of your mind?" The song remains among the most popular Christmas songs; Mr. Livingston frequently referred to it as "our annuity." By 1995, it had sold 140 million recordings and was sung for years by Mr. Hope in his Christmas specials. Jay Livingston was born on March 28, 1915, in McDonald, Pa., the son of Alan Livingston and the former Rosa Wachtel. When he went to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1930's he started a dance band and became friendly with Mr. Evans, from the upstate New York town of Salamanca, who played the saxophone and clarinet. After graduation they decided to try their hand at songwriting and moved to New York. In World War II Mr. Livingston served in the Army and Mr. Evans was employed by an aircraft company. They worked sporadically and part time. One of their earliest writing jobs was creating songs for the popular singer Martha Tilton. They played nightclubs, proms and cruise ships and wrote special material for the comedy team of Olsen & Johnson. In 1944 they were summoned to Hollywood; their benefactor was Johnny Mercer, the great songwriter, who liked their work. They won their first Oscar nomination for "The Cat and the Canary" in their first year of studio work. Over the years the team of Livingston and Evans contributed songs to more than 80 movies, many with Bob Hope, some for Hitchcock. Among the films are "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1946), "My Favorite Brunette" (1947), "Whispering Smith" (1948), "Sorrowful Jones" (1949), "The Streets of Laredo" (1949), "Fancy Pants" (1950), "Here Comes the Groom" (1951), "That's My Boy" (1951), "Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick" (1952), "Mr. Roberts" (1954), "Lucy Gallant" (1955), "Istanbul" (1956), "Vertigo" (1957), "The James Dean Story" (1957), "This Happy Feeling" (1958), "Harlow" (1965), "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" (1966), "Torn Curtain" (1966), "Wait Until Dark" (1967) and "Fox Trot" (1976). They also worked with the great arrangers and composers of movie music, among them Percy Faith, Max Steiner, Neal Hefti, David Rose, Jimmy McHugh, Franz Waxman and Sammy Cahn. The team tried the theater without much success, and when rock 'n' roll arrived, their kind of music was not much in demand in Hollywood. They would appear from time to time: audiences at the popular "Lyrics and Lyricists" series at the 92d Street Y in New York remember Mr. Livingston, a tall, thin man with a pleasant voice, spoofing the title songs that he had written for movies like "When Worlds Collide" and "The Mole People." Mr. Livingston is survived by his second wife, Shirley Mitchell of Los Angeles; his daughter, Travlyn Talmadge of Nashville, from his first marriage, to the former Lynne Gordon; his brother, Alan Livingston, the president of Capitol Records, also of Los Angeles; a granddaughter; and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Evans is still living, in Los Angeles. After their movie heyday, the pair wrote the theme music for long-running television series like "Bonanza" and "Mr. Ed." It is Ray Livingston's voice heard singing, "A horse is a horse/of course, of course . . ." http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Jay+Livingston%22 http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=B99948 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) [obit] Jay Livingston Date: 18 Oct 2001 15:59:08 EDT Etta Jones died yesterday too...often compared to Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bertrand Chaumelle" Subject: (exotica) re: HSG Date: 18 Oct 2001 22:15:15 +0200 Hi all, I'm new to the List. The Bardot/ Gainsbourg/ Distel track originates from a one-hour Bardot TV-special that was made about 30 years ago. It's available on VHS here in France ("Bardot Show"). Bertrand >Talking about hast, anyone knows where that track HIPPIES with SITAR from >Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg and Sascha Distell (so it is written on the >sleeve, not Sacha Distel) originally came from, that is on that comp called >Finderskeepers (FatCity Recordings, FC LP005, distributed by Groove Attack # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Etta Jones Date: 18 Oct 2001 17:13:11 -0400 Singer Etta Jones Dies at 72; Won Eubie Blake Jazz Award By Adam Bernstein Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 18, 2001; Page B06 Etta Jones, 72, a jazz singer whose sinuous, after-midnight style could be heard on about 25 albums and at countless club dates, and who was best known for her 1960 recording of "Don't Go to Strangers," died of complications from cancer Oct. 16 at her home in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She also had a residence in Washington. "Don't Go to Strangers" earned more than $1 million for the Prestige label. Since then, Ms. Jones became a respected interpreter of standards like "Stormy Weather," "Say It Isn't So," "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" and "But Not For Me." Fond of improvising, she told the audience during a 1998 Kennedy Center concert with pianist Billy Taylor and his trio: "I never sing [a song] the same way again. I can't even sing along to my own records." Ms. Jones received Grammy Award nominations for "Save Your Love For Me" (Muse, 1981) and "My Buddy: The Songs of Buddy Johnson" (HighNote Records, 1998). She died on the day her most recent album was released, "Etta Jones Sings Lady Day" (HighNote), a tribute to Billie Holiday. Of all those with whom she performed, including saxophonist Illinois Jacquet at Carnegie Hall, her most recognizable partner was tenor saxophonist Houston Person. They were first booked together in 1968 at Jimmy McPhail's Gold Room in the District, and until their final date together three weeks ago, their interaction was often likened to the fruitful pairing of Holiday and saxophonist Lester Young in the 1930s. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch reviewer called their collaboration "one of those rare musical matches in which each artist complements the other -- without any battles for the spotlight." "We didn't have any egos or anything," Person said in an interview yesterday. Despite her long career, Ms. Jones never achieved household name recognition and was considered a hidden treasure to fans such as Taylor. "All I want to do is work, make a decent salary and have friends," she once told an interviewer. "What's so good about this singing business is that I have friends all over the world. And without singing, I wouldn't have that." Ms. Jones, a native of Aiken, S.C., grew up in New York, where her parents encouraged her singing. At 15, she lost a talent contest, but pianist-bandleader Buddy Johnson hired her anyway. In 1944, she made her first recording, for composer-critic Leonard Feather. Through the 1940s, she recorded with clarinetist Barney Bigard, guitarist Kenny Burrell and vibraphonist Milt Jackson, among others. She became a vocalist for three years with legendary pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines. Beginning in 1952, she tried to carve a solo career but had to work as an elevator operator, a seamstress and an album stuffer to make ends meet. Then came "Don't Go to Strangers." She worked for the Prestige label during the next five years and then toured Japan with drummer-bandleader Art Blakey in 1970. She made many recordings for the Muse label from the mid-1970s to mid-1990s, when she became affiliated with its successor firm, HighNote. During the past decade, she performed with pianist Benny Green and blues pianist and singer Charles Brown. "When I first started, I had to do some songs I didn't care for, but now I more or less sing what I want to sing," she told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1993. "I want a good lyric. I don't want nonsense. I like heavy dramatic tunes -- a tune that's saying something, like Sammy Cahn's 'All the Way.' " She received the Eubie Blake Jazz Award and the International Women in Jazz Foundation's lifetime achievement award. Survivors include her husband, John Medlock of Washington; two sisters; and a granddaughter. A daughter from a previous marriage predeceased her. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1ETTA|JONES http://www.google.com/search?q=%22etta+jones%22 http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&lang=any&query=%22etta+jones%22 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) Fwd: 1,300 good books FREE this Sunday! (Brooklyn) Date: 19 Oct 2001 11:50:36 -0400 I'm passing this along for Citizen Kafka -- sorry for the intrusion. You may be interested to know that this library comes from the art director for Vanguard Records, and there are a lot of interesting art and music things... Lou Citizen Kafka wrote: > Hello, friends, fellow citizens, and total strangers, I have a large library acquired from the estate of a family friend (95 years old) in storage. I can't afford the rent, so it's sell (Saturday 10/20), give away (Sunday 10/21), or throw away (too dreadful to contemplate). Location: 202 Tillary Street, Brooklyn at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge. 1 block east of Flatbush Ave. American Self Storage (next to the firehouse), room B025 (main floor). What and When: Selling 3,500 books 50 cents to $5 - Saturday 10/20 9 am to 6 pm. Selling all books $2 a bagful - Sunday 10/21 9 am to 2 pm. ALL BOOKS FREE! - Sunday 10/21 2 pm to 6 pm. also selling great heavy handmade and commercial old wooden shelving, thousands of magazines, some records, and other stuff. The magazines and shelves will be free on Sunday afternoon also. If you don't live near NY and/or have no wish to receive this e-mail, i apologize. This is a PERSONAL sale, not an ongoing business. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience, this is a matter of urgency and necessity for me, not an indulgence. Have a good weekend, and i hope to see you if you live near enough to come by. Citizen Kafka -- Listen ANY TIME to the Secret Museum: http://www.citizenkafka.com/ Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air" NEW DAY! - every SUNDAY 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM -- Listen ANY TIME to the Secret Museum: http://www.citizenkafka.com/ Citizen Kafka, Producer of "The Secret Museum of the Air" NEW DAY! - every SUNDAY 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Paul Mauriat Date: 19 Oct 2001 14:55:09 EDT By the way... Does anybody know which Paul Mauriat album has his version of Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez? I know it exists. -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: Rob Crowther Subject: (exotica) Evolution Revolution Date: 19 Oct 2001 13:23:19 -0700 I'm interested in finding out if there are any recordings of the 'Evolution Revolution?' It comes from the circa 1970 Saturday kids show Lance Link Secret Chimp, which featured live chimps in a spoof of spy/crime shows like Get Smart. The Evolution Revolution was Lance Link's band, and I seem to remember they had videos of the group on some of the episodes. Any info would be appreciated. Rob ******************************************* I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. --Frank Sinatra Rob Crowther mrsuave@mistersuave.com www.mistersuave.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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Two Items Date: 19 Oct 2001 19:42:46 EDT http://www.bassland.net/jamerson.html for those who enjoyed the bass playing on Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her" Item 2...Wasn't the Electric Indian's "Keem-O-Sabe" LP praised to high heaven here recently? I hope so because I just bought it from my neighbor--aged 68--who sold me a bunch of stuff cheap while moving to a condo...She had a pretty groovy basement decorated in a 6T's faux apres-ski motif. I offered to buy her curved bar--coated with 1961 space age tile, but alas, it was attached to the paneled walls. She even had early 6T's speakers on the wall by the ceiling in the corners behind the bar....Woe is me. I got a few other LP's from her collection including a stereo test 7" single! and a few LP's we know and love including" Shirley Bassey "This Is My Life" Enoch Light Presents "Underground: 7 Great Guitars with the NOW Sound" Sandy Nelson "Manhattan Spiritual" Santo & Johnny "The Best That Could Happen" Earl Bostic "Plays Sweet Tunes of the Fantastic 50's" Leroy Holmes "Themes from New Provocative Films" (now i can dump my starter copy) Bobbi Martin "With Love" featuring "For The Love Of Him"...a great tune for those who like Dionne's Burt Bacharach material which clearly inspired its creation # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: (exotica) evolution revolution Date: 19 Oct 2001 21:01:48 -0400 apparently so, and i new cd to boot! here are your lancelot links... http://home.att.net/~bubblegumusic/lancelot.htm lance and other cartoon music here http://www.wingnuttoons.com/ToonsCD.html get videotape here http://www.wingnuttoons.com/ToonsVideo.html#L bump > >I'm interested in finding out if there are any recordings of the 'Evolution > >Revolution?' It comes from the circa 1970 Saturday kids show Lance Link > >Secret Chimp, which featured live chimps in a spoof of spy/crime shows like > >Get Smart. The Evolution Revolution was Lance Link's band, and I seem to > >remember they had videos of the group on some of the episodes. > > > >Any info would be appreciated. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Evolution Revolution Date: 19 Oct 2001 23:11:18 EDT Yup there's an album out on CBS. Most songs are by Steve Hoffman, who also produced. The single "Sha La Love You" was produced by Steve Barri (ex Fantastic Baggy, ex Grass Root) who had become an in-house staff producer at ABC. It's great, rockin' bubblegum. Harder than most, with a big guitar sound. Personally very fond of "Rolling In the Clover" and "Yummy Love." # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Japanese record collectors - another experience Date: 19 Oct 2001 23:44:40 -0400 I know its a long time past, but I have to share this one. I was in my usual record store today and saw a near new portable record player that looked battery operated. I asked the guys in the store about it and they said it belonged to the Japanese guy at the back of the store... and this is what he was buying... 2 - 2 cubic foot boxes full of LPs and a smaller box ful; of 7"s. He apparently owns a store in Japan. But what surprised them was the kind of stuff he was buying as typically they sell Japanese collectors Jazz records. This guy was buying Martin Denny and all sorts of stuff from exotica to new wave. They also noted that if it weren't for these people the store could not survive. So the good news is you can't generalize about Japanese tastes, and the bad... as usual, they still seem to like the same things I do... Brian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Two Items Date: 20 Oct 2001 00:48:11 -0400 At 07:42 PM 10/19/01 EDT, DJJimmyBee@aol.com wrote: > >Item 2...Wasn't the Electric Indian's "Keem-O-Sabe" LP praised to high heaven >here recently? I hope so because I just bought it from my neighbor--aged >68--who sold me a bunch of stuff cheap while moving to a condo.. I can't imagine you not liking that record. The only knock against it could be that it's almost too good, in the sense of not being all that cheesy. But if you like the Claus Ogerman Now Soundish records or El Chicano or maybe Booker T or Willie Mitchell's instrumental records, you're pretty well guaranteed to like this one. I love the idea of your hipster neighbour having all these records. I hope they didn't charge you too much though. I think I've mentioned this recently but I must say I absolutely love this record: >Leroy Holmes "Themes from New Provocative Films" That's all. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Two Items Date: 19 Oct 2001 22:43:09 -0700 azed@pathcom.com wrote: > I think I've mentioned this recently but I must say I absolutely love this > record: > > >Leroy Holmes "Themes from New Provocative Films" Hmmm, was this record a disappointment. I was expecting sultry sounds. I challenge any man to even hold an erection while the kooky tunes on this record play. --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Electric Indian "Keem-O-Sabe" LP Date: 20 Oct 2001 10:03:10 EDT In a message dated 10/20/01 12:49:19 AM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << I can't imagine you not liking that record. The only knock against it could be that it's almost too good, in the sense of not being all that cheesy. But if you like the Claus Ogerman Now Soundish records or El Chicano or maybe Booker T or Willie Mitchell's instrumental records, you're pretty well guaranteed to like this one. >> I listened last night and you are right...I LOVE it. Then I read the credits. Vince Montana producing lots of it...Liners by a Philly DJ at WDAS...Clearly a pre-precursor to MFSB and the whole Philly thing, truly a one of a kind LP. But Alan was on the money with his comparisons...It leans ever so slightly in a poppish direction but has soul and rhythm to spare. Two tums up...JB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Two Items Date: 20 Oct 2001 10:05:53 EDT In a message dated 10/20/01 12:49:19 AM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << I love the idea of your hipster neighbour having all these records. I hope they didn't charge you too much though. >> the funny thing is she's been my neighbor for 8 years now, she just put her hubby in a nursing home and we have her granddaughter over all the time to play with our kidz. It was a whole aspect of her I never dreamed possible. I gave her a buck an LP (also got that Baroque Bacharach LP referred to on that other list...is it that good???) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: (exotica) site up Date: 20 Oct 2001 11:30:28 -0700 (PDT) Hey kids- our new site is finally up...let us know what you think! http://www.dontiki.com Aloha, FF __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: "Doug Dale" Subject: (exotica) Kenyon Hopkins Strange One Date: 20 Oct 2001 17:58:44 -0700 I got The Strange One on Friday in the mail from e-bay and I just wanted to thank David Hoffman and Basic Hip for recommending it. David Hoffman: The Strange One is an excellent soundtrack, much much better I think than Baby Doll and Mr. Buddwing. Basic Hip: But do keep an eye out for "The Strange One" on Coral. That has just the sound you are after. It's an earlier title, late 1950s. Smoky, gritty, rotton to the core jazz. It's pretty cool. I love ot a lot. That's what I love about this list. It keeps me from buying duds and only cool stuff. Love that Hopkins! Also scored Tak Shindo's Accent on Bamboo on Friday from a church sidewalk sale on 57th St. in New York City for a buck. Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, October 21 Date: 20 Oct 2001 23:40:56 -0400 Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at: http://www.ckut.ca As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome. Space Bop #164 Super Secret City Of Soundsville This week, lots of new musical treats for your listening pleasure... The Transistors: Mission On Venus (Gak Sato Custom Mix) "Mission On Venus" Bis: Super Secret City Of Soundsville Song (Extended) (Remixed by Ursula 1000) "The Powerpuff Girls - Super Secret City Of Soundsville Single" (thanks, Alex!) The Maxwell Implosion: Lizzard "New Testament Of Funk 2001" Le Hammond Inferno: Move Your MP3 "My First Political Dance Album" Max Turner: Trigblotch (version von Felix Kubin) "Matchbox Jump And Jeepbeats" Malente: It's Gonna Blow Ya Mindz "New Testament Of Funk 2001" Organic Audio: This Could Really Happen "New Testament Of Funk 2001" The Bad Examples: Endlos Kurzer Sommer "Merino EP" Volker Metz: Dirka S Jabiky "Iron Curtain Revisited" Luke Vibert & BJ Cole: Swing Lite - Alright (Heavy Swing - Version by Metrophonics) "New Testament Of Funk 2001" Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@primus.ca brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.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: "Otis Fodder" Subject: (exotica) Nova Nights Freak Out Party - Thursday November 25th Date: 21 Oct 2001 00:59:19 -0700 Greetings and salutations, If you happen to be in the New York area this coming Thursday, October 25th drop on by... "Nova Nights Freak Out" It will take place at The Den @ Two Boots (44 Avenue A & East 3rd St., NYC) at 8:00 p.m. and admission is $10, which includes one drink. The acts for the evening are as follows: --Beth Sorrentino: The former lead singer and songwriter of critically-acclaimed Suddenly, Tammy! will play a solo set featuring her mesmerizing material. Originally from Lancaster, PA, Beth was on performing hiatus for some time. But she has been working on new material, she is performing again, and see her now you must. --R. Stevie Moore: Ever since the debut performance of Nova Social in Boonton, NJ, the heads of your humble hosts and curators have spun when confronted with the unstoppable force of life and music that is R. Stevie Moore. He is the prized petunia of the Garden State--Moore's incredible back catalog of material (anywhere from 1,500 to 5,000 songs?) and inimitable stage presence make him the cat's pajamas. --The Bran Flakes: Coming all the way from Seattle for an extended "Nova Nights" appearance, you will experience humorous, childish, surreal, even danceable sound collage. Featuring a special performance by Michelle Boulé (singing her hit smash 'Mr Snuggles') and video by Slowcore Pictures. A special audience participation event will happen, but all details are withheld until the night of the show as a fun surprise. You will leave this show smiling and wishing to revisit or remix your Lawrence Welk records. The Den at Two Boots is located at 44 Avenue A (at East 3rd Street), New York, NY 10009, phone: (212) 254 - 0800. By Subway: Take the F train to the Second Avenue exit, walk east to Avenue A. "The Den" is located in between Two Boots Video and Two Boots Pizza at the NE corner of Avenue A & East 3rd St. Hope to see you there and if we don't, then we wish you a happy Halloween in advance. Otis and Mildred www.thebranflakes.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: "Otis Fodder" Subject: (exotica) RE: Nova Nights Freak Out Party - Thursday OCTOBER 25th Date: 21 Oct 2001 01:14:25 -0700 Forgive the title (that mentioned November 25th) ... The Nova Nights Freak Out Party is October 25th. This coming Thursday. Sent out on the spur and it's late. - Otis # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Anybody remember Crash Course In Science? Date: 21 Oct 2001 10:21:23 -0400 Hi all; I'm looking for info on the group "Crash Course In Science", who were based (I believe) in Philadelphia, in the early 80s. (they had a minor hit with "Kitchen Motors", which is still a great song, if you ask me...) Anyone know who the members of the group were, and what they're up to now? (I'm asking this on behalf of someone who wants to reissue their music) Any info anyone can give me would be much appreciated. 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: tikiman Subject: (exotica) site up Date: 19 Oct 2001 14:17:48 -0700 (PDT) hey kids- finally got our new site up...let me know what you think aloha, Fluid Floyd http://www.dontiki.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: Subject: (exotica) re: HSG Date: 22 Oct 2001 03:55:03 +0200 (MEST) Bonjour Bertrand, welcome to the List ! ...and thank you for the info ! I did not thought that I will get the answer that fast ! Martin Hi all, I'm new to the List. The Bardot/ Gainsbourg/ Distel track originates from a one-hour Bardot TV-special that was made about 30 years ago. It's available on VHS here in France ("Bardot Show"). Bertrand >Talking about hast, anyone knows where that track HIPPIES with SITAR from >Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg and Sascha Distell (so it is written on the >sleeve, not Sacha Distel) originally came from, that is on that comp called >Finderskeepers (FatCity Recordings, FC LP005, distributed by Groove Attack -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.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: moritzR@t-online.de (moritzR) Subject: Re: Subject: (exotica) re: HSG Date: 22 Oct 2001 10:24:36 +0200 Hemmel@gmx.net schrieb: > I did not thought that > I will get the answer that fast ! > > > The Bardot/ Gainsbourg/ Distel track originates from a one-hour Bardot > TV-special that was made about 30 years ago. It's available on VHS here in > France ("Bardot Show"). > And by the way: I have it. --Mo ........................... studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.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: Philip Jackson Subject: (exotica) New York and Washington shows by a friend of mine from Australia Date: 22 Oct 2001 20:02:06 +1000 Listers, A good friend of mine, David Chesworth, who I have recorded with and known for many years is braving international air travel and bringing his ensemble to the USA this week. I've included the dates and venues below. If anyone can get along to hear him I'm sure you'll enjoy it. You can go here http://www.waxsm.com.au/ensemble for info and audio samples from his recordings including "Exotica Suite". Say hi from me if you catch up with him. Philip -- ------ Forwarded Message Yes good idea. We're performing as part of the BAM Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Friday 26th of October at 9pm in the BAMcafe. Admission is free but you have to buy $10 worth of food or drinks I think. You will be able to buy both our CD's too. We also play in the Bang on a Can Marathon on the Sunday but only for about 15 mins.It's like the Bg Day Out for whacky contemporary music so all bands only get a small time on stage. Then on the 30th we play at the Kennedy Centre in Washington. The gig is at 6pm and is in their outside venue and is free. This performance is also being simulcast on the web. I can get details if you think it worthwhile. I'd be very happy for you to let some folk in Ny or Washington know about these shows See you soon David ------ End of Forwarded Message # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Bruce Lee OST's Date: 22 Oct 2001 11:24:32 +0100 I went back to the shop that had the Bruce Lee OST cheap, and this week they had 3! So I bought 'em (and the best of Blue Brazil, which I've not really listened to). None are dated and all are pressed in Japan (original price printed on the sleeve is 2,500 Yen, that may help someone with a working knowledge of Japanese record buying date them I suppose) on the Tam label. The sleeves are pretty rough. Fist OF Fury - Joseph Koo, Ku Chia Hua - YX 70001 Lyrics by James Wong, sung by Mike Remedios. The main theme is great, a tell the story stirring theme sung by Mike Remedios (why do I know that name?) along the lines of the Water Margin Theme. The rest of the music reminds me of some of Ennio Morricone's western scores, orchestral, disturbing. There is a lot of dialogue (in English) and plenty of those Kung Fu sound effects. Full sleeve notes. In Chinese (? big square pictograms rather than the smaller more fluid ones I associate with Japan). Is Joseph Koo Ku Chia Hua? Way of the Dragon - Joseph Koo - YX7011 Lyrics by James Wong, sung by Mike Remedios More of the same, I think this one has some whistling on it, too. The picture of Bruce on the cover is slightly less blurry. Tower of Death - Kirth Mormin (this may be wrong, I can't read my own handwriting) - YX28022 Lyrics by Casey Lunkin, no singer listed Different Kettle of fish this one, a vocal and instrumental of a quite good Disco/Funk track, a truly terrible pop song that I would date to the early eighties. If I had too. Still, plenty of FX. Nice front sleeve, no sleeve notes whatever on it. Could this be 'Game of Death' in disguise? Its the record I saw first and I think the unrecognisable name is what threw me. I like the disco cuts on Tower of death, but the one that cuts it for me is the 'Fist of Fury' for the main theme, something about his hand being a hand unless you cross him when it become 'A Fist! Its the Fist of Furyeeeeeeee!'. Also It seems a bit bizarre to have middle eastern records with the English dubbed soundtrack snippets. Something for budding Depth Charge wannabees anyway. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Bruce Lee OST's Date: 22 Oct 2001 11:54:55 +0100 G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk wrote: > > Tower of Death - Kirth Mormin (this may be wrong, I can't read my own > handwriting) - YX28022 > Lyrics by Casey Lunkin, no singer listed > Different Kettle of fish this one, a vocal and instrumental of a quite good > Disco/Funk track, a truly terrible pop song that I would date to the early > eighties. If I had too. Still, plenty of FX. Nice front sleeve, no > sleeve notes whatever on it. Could this be 'Game of Death' in disguise? Its > the record I saw first and I think the unrecognisable name is what threw me. a quick Google reveals it's another posthumous one, 1978, a.k.a Game of Death 2, using left-over footage from the 'real' films and Bruce Lee lookalikes. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Bruce Lee OST's Date: 22 Oct 2001 12:03:13 +0100 Thanks Michael, I've been looking it up on the IMDB too, it has Sammo Hung and a lot of the other 'Yuen' family members from the opera School Jackie Chan attended involved in it. One of the reviews described it as a trashy great. The IMDB doesn't list a score so I can't check the name. And it seems Joseph Koo is Ku Chia Hua too, but that wasn't so hard to spot. He has a dozen or so film scores listed including 'A better tomorrow 2' starring the God Like Chow Yun Fat. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > > Tower of Death - Kirth Mormin (this may be wrong, I can't read my own > > handwriting) - YX28022 > > Lyrics by Casey Lunkin, no singer listed > > Different Kettle of fish this one, a vocal and instrumental of a quite > good > > Disco/Funk track, a truly terrible pop song that I would date to the > early > > eighties. If I had too. Still, plenty of FX. Nice front sleeve, no > > sleeve notes whatever on it. Could this be 'Game of Death' in disguise? > Its > > the record I saw first and I think the unrecognisable name is what threw > me. > a quick Google reveals it's another posthumous one, 1978, a.k.a Game of > Death 2, using left-over footage from the 'real' films and Bruce Lee > lookalikes. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Joe Lubin Date: 22 Oct 2001 10:13:48 -0400 October 20, 2001 Joe Lubin, 84, Co-Writer of 'Tutti Frutti,' Dies LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (AP) — Joe Lubin, who wrote numerous songs for popular Doris Day movies during the 1960's and later wrote "Tutti Frutti" with Little Richard, died on Oct. 9. He was 84. Born in London, Mr. Lubin began his career as a teenager under the guidance of the composer Noel Gray. With songs like "The Shoemaker's Serenade," "I Keep Forgetting to Remember" and "Till Stars Forget to Shine," he became one of England's most successful songwriters during World War II. After coming to the United States in 1947, he wrote songs recorded by Pat Boone, Bob Hope, Petula Clark, Denny Vaughn and Lainie Kazan, among others. In the 1960's he began writing music for Ms. Day, including title songs for the films "Teacher's Pet," "Move Over Darling," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" and "The Glass Bottom Boat." During the 70's he composed for the television series "Bonanza" and "High Chaparral." http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&lang=any&query=%22joe+lubin%22 http://www.google.com/search?q=%22joe+lubin%22 http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=R308092#SONGSAPPEAR http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=B100295 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) [obit] Joe Lubin Date: 22 Oct 2001 11:17:10 -0400 >Joe Lubin, 84, Co-Writer of 'Tutti Frutti,' Dies Small note of trivia: Little Richard came in with a naughty lyric which was originally, "Awopbopaloobopa-good G** D****!/Tutti-Frutti, good booty!", which he sang, reportedly, without the asterisks. Needless to say: Also, needless to say, it was changed to "Awopbopaloobopalopbompbomp/Tutti-Frutti, oh Rudy" (for you sticklers, it ends "...bam-Boom", it doesn't start that way) Just got back from San Francisco, will post finds soon, 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: Re: (exotica) [obit] Joe Lubin Date: 22 Oct 2001 11:17:10 -0400 >Joe Lubin, 84, Co-Writer of 'Tutti Frutti,' Dies Small note of trivia: Little Richard came in with a naughty lyric which was originally, "Awopbopaloobopa-good G** D****!/Tutti-Frutti, good booty!", which he sang, reportedly, without the asterisks. Needless to say: Also, needless to say, it was changed to "Awopbopaloobopalopbompbomp/Tutti-Frutti, oh Rudy" (for you sticklers, it ends "...bam-Boom", it doesn't start that way) Just got back from San Francisco, will post finds soon, 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: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour Date: 22 Oct 2001 16:38:15 -0500 On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, we'll power up Richard Hayman's "Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine". Also on tap -- bongorific bon bons whipped up by Jack Costanzo, Machito and Augie Colon; outer space exotica from "Captain Scarlet" and "Space Patrol"; bossas by Ennio Morricone, Balanco and Walter Wanderley; new tunes from Seksu Roba, the Cocktail Mood Experience and Phil the Tremolo King; plus jungle jazz for the "Original Swinger". To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the web, just visit: http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html While you're there, enter our CD giveaway to win the Moon-Rays' new single, "Creature Features". Comments and requests always welcome. Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Saturday 7:00pm - 9:00pm http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ukans.edu/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: Mimi Mayer Subject: Re: (exotica) re: HSG? Date: 23 Oct 2001 17:13:31 -0500 Calling this an HSGem is pushin' it--more like an HSRhinestone...but I've very fond of a Steve Allen faux hippie collaboration with Gabor Szabo and Hal Blaine called Songs for Gentle People. Recorded on Dunhill during Steve's psychedelic period. I'd guess it would appeal to the soft popsters here would also along with the Now Sound folk. These are all -instrumental tunes, some cutesy (the march called Here Comes Sargeant Pepper), many with strings (So Nice, serving a fine sitar break in the center), some straight ahead mid-60s pop recastings of hits o' the day (Something Stupid, 59th St. Bridge Song, Groovin', (If You're Goin' to) San Francisco). Szabo's tunes Fox, Flowers and Love, and Flower Revolution get pretty trippy, man. Bonus goodies: Shrewd liners by Nat Hentoff. And sitar and harpsichord on most cuts. Plus you can puzzle as I have over why Steve's pupil's on the cover photo look so funny. Just found a second copy, which will wing its way to Europe shortly. Dan, let me know if you wanna burn a CD. Enjoying this slow-mo discussion of HRGs, Mimi # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) re: HSG? Date: 22 Oct 2001 23:27:55 -0400 At 05:13 PM 10/23/01 -0500, Mimi Mayer wrote: > >Calling this an HSGem is pushin' it--more like an HSRhinestone...but I've >very fond of a Steve Allen faux hippie collaboration with Gabor Szabo and >Hal Blaine called Songs for Gentle People. That sounds like a record I should have. If you find a third copy.... Gabor was quite the little hippie experimenter, eh? He finally got some props in the new Vanity Fair, even if it is just for the cover of his record. Then again, were he to be rediscovered, he'd have to answer for that record he made with Gary McFarland, which though I have a soft spot for it, is probably the most ill-advised record either of them ever made. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mimi Mayer Subject: (exotica) Now Microsoft got away, the Justice Department is going Date: 24 Oct 2001 00:28:25 -0500 the music industry. This news may make some of you happy. Take it away, M.Ace. Mimi Aggressive Strategy Brought On Inquiry of Recording Industry By MATT RICHTEL Forseveral years, some consumers and financial analysts have accused the major record labels of moving too slowly onto the Internet. Now, the government and the companies' competitors are saying the labels may have moved online too aggressively. Those accusations are behind an antitrust investigation, which the Justice Department disclosed last week. In essence, the government is exploring whether the recording industry is trying to illegally dominate distribution of music on the Internet..... http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/technology/ebusiness/22TUNE.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: Kevin Crossman Subject: Re: (exotica) Don Tiki site up Date: 22 Oct 2001 22:40:52 -0700 tikiman wrote: > our new site is finally up...let us know what you > think! > http://www.dontiki.com Floyd (and list members) What a fabulous site! I don't normally like Flash sites but this one is great. Lots of great "vibe" on this site, and some deep content, samples, and more! Yet another reason to look for vigins to sacrifice at the volcano (that is you on the Virgin Sacrifice isn't it!) Only wish the Trading Post could take credit cards rather than checks. Congrats on a fabulous website! (feel free to use my comments if you wish...) Kevin Crossman The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai Website -- *********************************************************** * Kevin Crossman kevin@kevdo.com * * http://www.kevdo.com - The Narrow Interest Portal * * Lip Balm Anonymous, Ultimate Mai Tai, Exotica Archive * *********************************************************** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sean Pearman Subject: (exotica) Obscure Les Baxter LP Date: 23 Oct 2001 04:37:30 -0700 (PDT) Anyone ever heard of this Baxter LP? I've never seen or heard of this before? Any good? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1475767925 Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: Sean Pearman Subject: (exotica) Obscure Les Baxter LP Date: 23 Oct 2001 04:42:03 -0700 (PDT) Anyone ever heard of this Les Baxter LP? I've never seen or heard of this before. Any good http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1475767925 Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: Re: (exotica) Obscure Les Baxter LP Date: 23 Oct 2001 07:59:06 -0500 > Anyone ever heard of this Baxter LP? I've never seen or heard of this > before? Any good? Hey, Sean-- I have a copy of this. It's been a while since I listened to it but, as I recall it's pretty straightforward ballet music, somewhat in the vein of Ibert or Offenbach. And not composed by Les Baxter; he conducted the recording. Didn't strike me as particularly exotic, though it's a real curiosity piece. Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ku.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ku.edu/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: "cheryl" Subject: Re: (exotica) Obscure Les Baxter LP Date: 23 Oct 2001 09:02:54 -0400 You'll notice if you look on the bottom of the LP scan, it says "a ballet fantasy". I've never heard of this one before, but that should give you some idea of what to expect. He did a lot of orchestral stuff, so I doubt if this one's going to be up there with the exotica standards (although I could be wrong...) cheryl > > Anyone ever heard of this Baxter LP? I've never seen or heard of this before? Any good? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1475767925 > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Dale" Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter Date: 23 Oct 2001 09:04:35 -0700 One of Les Baxter's orchestral, non-exotic LPs, I'd like to recommend is: "Love is a Fabulous Thing" Every cut is good. It's got jazz, blues, fast paced production music, a whistle tune, rock & roll tune, and sweeping ballad (movie sounding) love themes. Mine's in stereo and I'd highly recommend it. Anybody else know of any non-exotic ones that are also good but you wouldn't know it from the cover, types? Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) re: HSG? Date: 23 Oct 2001 09:22:51 -0500 > > Then again, were he to be rediscovered, he'd have to answer for that record > he made with Gary McFarland, which though I have a soft spot for it, is > probably the most ill-advised record either of them ever made. > I agree, and yet somehow I've got a soft spot for that album as well. False starts and wrong lyrics in Norwegian Wood, off-key vocals throughout, the weird "Yamaha Mama" and "You Will Pay"--and yet, "Simpatico" and a couple of other songs on the album are great tunes for both of them, so it's not too difficult for me to sit through the weaker ones. I'm blanking on the one that I really like, but it will come to me as soon as I send this off. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) collectors'vinyls for sale and more Date: 23 Oct 2001 16:36:33 +0100 hi everyone, today I just made a quick update to http://ecl3ctic.gemm.com through Roberto Zamori there are dozens of vinyls sold by private collectors. The first 30 or so titles have been put online today. I advice to click on "browse all" and check the whole list. If you exclude a few non-soundtracks items at the beginning, most of the rest is new on that page. i don't have those items here so if you need more info on conditions etc. please write and i'll do my best. Most of the items are available in single copies. There are rare Morricone, John Barry, De Masi, Rota, Nascimbene and much more. Some of the prices are absurd (a couple of discs are above $100 and one of them is more than 250$...) and I couldn't buy them for me. But as I said these are sold by private collectors and we're just doing a service to them... if you don't like - just don't buy. I won't be offended. ;) Some of the discs could be available for different prices on Gemm itself or on Ebay. Also on the page there are still the usual things I have at my place: a few Hexacord releases, a Kutmusic electronic album (LadyGodiva's Operation w/ Nina Hagen) and some other crap ;) I will have to post at least another 100 items or so in the next few weeks and will repost in here when everything is online. Between the other stuff in the list I have noted a Masaru Satoh 10 LP collection that can be also purchased in separate LPs... err. This is not yet online. Also, there are some new Hexacord titles directly available from me: -Marco Werba "Il conte di Melissa" (CD - new soundtrack released in 2001) -Riz Ortolani "Cosi' dolce... cosi' perversa" (LP only) -Guido & Maurizio De Angelis "Keoma / Il Cacciatore di squali" (LP only) note that the LPs are limited to 500 copies and have not been released yet. They can be already ordered through the page and as soon as Hexacord ships them (in a couple weeks I think) they will be sent out. Keoma seems particularly wanted these days and the CD that Hexacord did a few years ago has been deleted. Il Conte di Melissa has been released but my copies will arrive together with the vinyls. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Obscure Les Baxter LP Date: 23 Oct 2001 10:05:12 -0400 Boy, does Darrell gnome or what? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Rev. Howard Finster Date: 23 Oct 2001 13:14:22 -0400 October 23, 2001 The Rev. Howard Finster, Georgia Folk Artist, Dies at 84 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Howard Finster, a Baptist preacher whose evangelical faith, outgoing personality and compulsive work habits made him one of the most prominent and prolific folk artists of the 20th century, died yesterday in a hospital in Rome, Ga. He was 84 and lived in Summerville, Ga., a few miles from the Paradise Garden, the junk-and-cement environment that brought him his first recognition in the middle 1970's. His death was announced on his Web site, www.finster.com, and on his phone message at 1-800-FINSTER. Both said that "he is more alive now than he ever has been" and that "he never met a person that he didn't love." By the time he died, Mr. Finster, who called himself a "second Noah," was a celebrity in his own right. He played his banjo on Johnny Carson's television show, designed an award- winning record album cover for the Talking Heads and executed paintings to hang in the Library of Congress. He appeared at folk music festivals, a conference on Elvis and art schools around the country. Lee Kogan, director of the Folk Art Institute at the American Museum of Folk Art, called him "one of the most important self-taught artists of the 20th century" and cited his ability to "imaginatively transform humble everyday material others would call junk." She noted that a wire construction of a train in the museum's collection includes a long written list of possible art materials that begins, "There is no limit what you can make with fence wire, yard chairs, tables, houses. . . ." A list of the detritus that went into Mr. Finster's Paradise Garden, located 90 miles northwest of Atlanta, would probably fill a book. The other cornerstone of his fame is his densely apocalyptic text-image paintings, which he seemed to produce at assembly-line rates. Their lush, extravagantly crowded surfaces form latter-day illuminated manuscripts and cover subjects that include heaven and hell, tales from the Bible and American history and popular culture. But his prominence was certainly aided by his stream-of-consciousness talk, his combination of modesty and absolute certainty in both his faith and his talent, and his nonstop religious visions. He claimed to have had his first at the age of 3 when he was visited by his dead sister, Abby. Mr. Finster's work emerged at a time when traditional definitions of folk art were being expanded to include a diverse range of faith-driven, stylistically raw work known as outsider art that was frequently made by Southern blacks and whites who eked out livings as farmers or repairmen. Mr. Finster both benefited from and helped define this change. While other outsider giants like Martin Ramirez, Bill Traylor and Henry Darger were discovered after their deaths, Mr. Finster was very much alive. He reveled in the attention, seeing it as a means to spread the word of God. He once told an interviewer that he was drawn to Elvis Presley not so much for his music but because "he could have won more souls than anybody in the world." His work also dovetailed with developments in contemporary art, specifically the return of figurative painting in the 1980's. Mr. Finster was born in 1916 in Valley Head, Ala., one of the 13 children of Samuel and Lula A. Finster. He left school at 14 after completing the sixth grade and became a Baptist preacher two years later. In 1935 he married Pauline Freeman, who survives him along with four daughters, Earlene Brown, Gladys Wilson and Beverly Finster, all of Summerville, and Thelma Bradshaw of Conyers, Ga.; a son, Roy Finster, of Summerville; and 15 grandchildren, more than 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Over the next three decades he toured Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee preaching at tent revivals and conducting baptisms, weddings and funerals. In an effort to reach more people, he published his sermons in local newspapers at his own expense. He also began to write poetry, both about preaching and about his job in a fabric mill. In 1941 he settled with his family in Trion, Ga., supporting them by doing carpentry, plumbing and even house building, as well as Finster's Arts & Crafts, which produced "family picture" clocks by the hundreds. He also began repairing and rebuilding bicycles to sell cheaply to families that could not afford new ones. His art evolved organically out of his activities as a preacher and his growing body of self-taught artisanal knowledge. His first combinations of words and images occurred in the blackboard diagrams that he made while teaching Sunday school and called "chalkwork." He began to build his first garden museum in Trion in 1945. In 1961 he bought land in Pennville, Ga., just outside Summerville, and began constructing the Paradise Garden. Over an infrastructure of bicycle frames, he fashioned a concrete surface of sculptured faces, figures and animals and expanses of exuberant mosaic incorporating bottle caps, jewelry, glass, machine parts, dashboard figures, even his son's tonsils in a jar. In 1981 Mr. Finster expanded the garden in an adjacent lot with an abandoned church, converting the structure into the World's Folk Art Church by adding a 16-sided cupola that he built without plans. By the late 1970's, the garden was a pilgrimage for folk-art groupies and religious believers alike, the East Coast equivalent of Simon Rodia's great Watts Towers in Los Angeles. Mr. Finster began to paint in 1976 after an image appeared on his thumb while he was painting a bicycle. His paintings, which have the same crowded lushness as the garden and are more intricately interwoven with language, were not limited to flat surfaces, but spread across objects, like shoes, metal barrels, gourds, even his white Cadillac. Mr. Finster had his first solo show in a commercial gallery at Phyllis Kind Gallery in Chicago in 1979, and another at Ms. Kind's New York gallery in 1981. His work is in the collections of dozens of museums. Until slowed by illness and rheumatism, Mr. Finster worked incessantly, carefully numbering each effort. A 1995 article in The New York Times began by noting that he was finishing up his 36,892nd piece of art. He said he slept in his clothes and subsisted on 20-minute naps, working around the clock. In a 1989 monograph by J. F. Turner, Mr. Finster said he did not fear death. "Death is not my problem. My problem is getting all my jobs done well before I leave, for I know there's nothing to do in the holy land where I am going." http://www.finster.com/ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1HOWARD|FINSTER http://www.google.com/search?q=%22howard+finster%22 http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&lang=any&query=%22howard+finster%22 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) re: HSG? Date: 23 Oct 2001 14:20:15 EDT In a message dated 10/22/01 11:36:32 PM, azed@pathcom.com writes: << Then again, were he to be rediscovered, he'd have to answer for that record he made with Gary McFarland, which though I have a soft spot for it, is probably the most ill-advised record either of them ever made. >> the cover alone is worth the rekkid # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Wages Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter Date: 23 Oct 2001 14:13:43 -0500 > Anybody else know of any non-exotic ones that are also good but you wouldn't > know it from the cover, types? > > Doug My Baxter collection ain't huge, but here is my two cents: The "Movie Themes" record he did with the 101 Strings has three Baxter originals that are quite good and pretty much in line with the "Que Mango!" record. The best cut is probably "Love Beat of the City." Pretty generic cover. My copy is Alshire S-5324. The "Hell's Belles" soundtrack is really good too, but you'd probably know that from the cover... Paul # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "F. Cobalt" Subject: (exotica) Tak Shindo Date: 23 Oct 2001 12:04:34 -0700 >Also scored Tak Shindo's Accent on Bamboo on Friday >from a church sidewalk >sale on 57th St. in New York City for a buck. > >Doug Tak Shindo is wonderful and very much underappreciated. Keep an eye out for Brass and Bamboo as well. Mr. Unlucky Make a difference, help support the relief efforts in the U.S. http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/september11.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Dale" Subject: Re: (exotica) Tak Shindo Date: 23 Oct 2001 16:49:52 -0700 Me: Scored Tak Shindo's "Accent on Bamboo". Mr. Unlucky: Tak Shindo is wonderful and very much underappreciated. Keep an eye out for "Brass and Bamboo" as well. I already have "Brass and Bamboo" which is what led me to "Accent on Bamboo". Now all I need is "Far East Goes Western" and then I think I am complete. Anyone have that one? Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Tony Mottola LPs Date: 23 Oct 2001 22:06:07 +0100 Does anyone out there happen to have copies of these LPs: Project 3 5094 Tony Mottola - I Only Have Eyes For You Project 3 6025/6 Tony Mottola - Feelings It's in connection with a reissue project I'm involved with. Robbie Spaced Out - the Enoch Light website http://www.enochlight.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: Clayton Black Subject: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 23 Oct 2001 17:11:42 -0500 One of my favorite albums is a compilation of Francis Lai tunes from "A Man and a Woman" on one side and "Live for Life" on the other. And one of my favorite covers of any tune is Enoch Light's version of Live for Life. Are there other greats by Lai or does this pretty much exhaust the good stuff by him? I have the feeling I'm forgetting one major thing by him, but is his work limited to just a few things or is there a whole treasure-trove of Lai waiting for me to discover? Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter Date: 23 Oct 2001 17:13:33 -0400 Doug You've got a great Baxter album! It's nice to hear the variety of moods and tempos he produces here. And mine's, alas, in mono. I can recommend four more with good music, covers not in the exotcia category. 'Round the World with Les Baxter--only two cuts by Baxter, but some sprightly selections nevertheless. [Capitol T780] Confetti--"These are songs of the day and songs of the night, but almost all are songs of love"--the cover says "a potpourri of European instrumentals"--only one Baxter song [Capitol T1029] Million Seller Hits, Baxter with 101 Strings--8 songs by Baxter [Alshire S-5188] Caribbean Moonlight--although described on the back as having "all the exotic beauty of tropical nights" the music is relatively straightforward and quite good. Lecuona's "Taboo" is the opening selection. Also has a good rendition of "Temptation" and other Latin songs. This is one of my favorites beyond the exotica tradition. [Capitol T733] David Doug Dale wrote: >One of Les Baxter's orchestral, non-exotic LPs, I'd like to recommend is: >"Love is a Fabulous Thing" > >Every cut is good. It's got jazz, blues, fast paced production music, a >whistle tune, rock & roll tune, and sweeping ballad (movie sounding) love >themes. Mine's in stereo and I'd highly recommend it. > >Anybody else know of any non-exotic ones that are also good but you >wouldn't >know it from the cover, types? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Obscure Les Baxter LP Date: 23 Oct 2001 17:20:57 -0400 Hey, it's great to know that "Festival of the Gnomes" really exists! I first came across a reference to it in a publication sent to record dealers called Recordaid[July-August 1959], but I'd never seen it or heard of anyone who knew of its reality. It apparently also was released in a set of 45s'. This edition of Recordaid was a "special" edition, listing inactive titles. I have one regular edition of this guide for each of the years between 1960-1969. The entries are arranged by artist. If anyone wants me to check anything for them, let me know. David >From: Sean Pearman > > >Anyone ever heard of this Baxter LP? I've never seen or heard of this >before? Any good? > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1475767925 > >Sean > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Wages Subject: Re: (exotica) Tak Shindo Date: 23 Oct 2001 17:37:17 -0500 Yeah, I have it. Bought it off eBay. Odd record. There is also "Mganga" which is African-influenced, but I don't have it yet. He also was involved in a record called "The Yellow Unicorn" w/ Rod McKuen, and I'm pretty sure he released some stuff in Japan. What's Shindo up to these days? I did a Google search a few months back, and it seems he is (or was?) teaching music at some university in southern California. I don't remember exactly. Anybody know for sure? Paul > I already have "Brass and Bamboo" which is what led me to "Accent on > Bamboo". > Now all I need is "Far East Goes Western" and then I think I am complete. > Anyone have that one? > > Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Tak Shindo Date: 23 Oct 2001 14:59:49 -0700 (PDT) Then there's M'Ganga... --- Doug Dale wrote: > I already have "Brass and Bamboo" which is what > led me to "Accent on > Bamboo". > Now all I need is "Far East Goes Western" and then I > think I am complete. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 23 Oct 2001 18:19:10 -0400 At 05:11 PM 10/23/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: > >One of my favorite albums is a compilation of Francis Lai tunes from "A Man >and a Woman" on one side and "Live for Life" on the other. And one of my >favorite covers of any tune is Enoch Light's version of Live for Life. Are >there other greats by Lai or does this pretty much exhaust the good stuff by >him? Are you kidding? There are other great soundtracks by him. And there are great records where he covers other people's material. It's all good and some of it is better than that. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sean Pearman Subject: Re: (exotica) Tak Shindo Date: 23 Oct 2001 15:32:44 -0700 (PDT) I've got another Tak Shindo LP called "Sea Of Spring" which has a similar sound to the tracks Shindo did for "The Yellow Unicorn" It's not as essential as "Mganga" but well worth having. Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter Date: 23 Oct 2001 19:38:31 EDT In a message dated 10/23/01 5:14:22 PM, dvh592341@hotmail.com writes: << Anybody else know of any non-exotic ones that are also good but you wouldn't < Subject: Re: (exotica) Les Baxter Date: 23 Oct 2001 17:26:53 -0700 Ooo, ooo, that's a good one, DJJB! There's a mystery wordless vocalist on there named "Tiki" who is great. I wonder who she is? Put on Peking Tiger, A Night With Cleopatra or Bird Of Paradise right now! You'll be glad you did :) Congrats on a super find! > This falls under the more exotic realm, but as long as Les is the subject, > "The Primitive and the Passionate" on Reprise (R9-6048 ST). Produced by Chuck > Sagle, appears to be a later effort by the man. I just got it and don't > recall it being discussed here # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Dale" Subject: Re: (exotica) Tak Shindo & Les Baxter Date: 23 Oct 2001 20:28:24 -0700 I forgot I Have "Mganga". Wasn't thinking of it as a Shindo record. Got it as a bootleg cd 2fer with Les Baxter's African Jazz. Was more excited about African Jazz at the time, but grew fond of Mganga too. Don't have the Primitive and the Passionate but it's on my list of wants. Along with the Don Tiare/Les Baxter work. Very interested in that because I have a piano music book called "Les Baxter's Exotic Themes" with 15 piano songs, most of them say they were recorded by Don Tiare & his "Orchestre Exotique" on Mercury. It's a great book and I love fiddling around on my piano. Not a professional but I loves to play. Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Dale" Subject: (exotica) Les Baxter's Exotic Themes Piano Solos Date: 23 Oct 2001 20:32:15 -0700 For those interested in the cotents of Les Baxter's Exotic Themes Piano Solos book they are: Bankok Cock-Fight Bougainvillia Cockatoo Corazon Crickets of Karachi The Girl Behind the Bamboo Curtain Jacaranda Jungle Trail Pua Quai Bir-Hackeim Quiet Village River of Dreams Sampan Landing Shadows Sunrise at Kowloon copyright 1963 by Granite Music Corp. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) water, water everywhere Date: 23 Oct 2001 21:53:09 -0400 An informal survey... When cleaning records with water, how many of you worry about the minerals (and etc) in tap water and go the length of using distilled water? How many say the heck with it and use tap water, with the benefit of a fresh stream of water for the rinse cycle? I suppose it's a bit like the old 'bath vs. shower' debate. thanks, M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.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: Larry Usselman Subject: Re: (exotica) water, water everywhere Date: 23 Oct 2001 22:16:17 -0400 I've been using a mixture of 2/3 distilled water, 1/3 isopropyl alcohol, and a couple of drops of dish detergent as the cleaning fluid in a Nitty Gritty record cleaning machine. I figure as long as I've invested the money in the machine and take the time to clean any newly-arrived vinyl, I might as well spend another penny or two and use the distilled H2O. It's mostly thrift shop and yard sale finds, but I even clean brand new vinyl before putting it on the turntable. The sonic difference between a properly scrubbed, cleaned, and vacuum-dried record and one that's only been brushed, if at all, is amazing. I suspect that tap water might not be a problem if you don't have hard water with a lot of dissolved minerals, but why take the chance? If you're planning on keeping a record for many years and clean it frequently, you could be building up a coating of mineral gunk in the grooves that might accelerate wear and affect the sound. Larry At 09:53 PM 10/23/01 -0400, you wrote: >An informal survey... > >When cleaning records with water, how many of you worry about the minerals >(and etc) in tap water and go the length of using distilled water? How >many say the heck with it and use tap water, with the benefit of a fresh >stream of water for the rinse cycle? I suppose it's a bit like the old >'bath vs. shower' debate. > >M.Ace mace@ookworld.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: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: (exotica) TIPSY TAKES LAS VEGAS!!! Date: 23 Oct 2001 22:27:58 EDT Guess what, gang? TIPSY is going to play live in Fabulous Las Vegas (!!!) on Saturday November 10th, at the extremely swanky Venus Lounge and Tiki Bar at the Venetian hotel and Casino , with cool local Dj Bazooka Joe spinning DEEP exotica, spaceball lounge, groovy soundtracks, now sounds, bump'n'grind, and boogaloo. look out! -dave g # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) On the signpost up ahead... Date: 23 Oct 2001 22:58:08 -0500 Recently I came across a record by Raymond Scott -- "On the Swinging Side", which has tunes done by his short-lived dance band around 1950. One of the tunes, "Twilight Zone", features a theremin! I know he did lots of stuff later on with electronic instruments (mostly of his own design) but this is the first Scott recording I've heard with a theremin. Anybody know the story on this one? According to the liners, "recording date and personnel unknown" for this particular tune, but everything else on the album was recorded in 1950, so it must have been done around the same time. Sam Hoffman was the go-to guy on theremin at the time -- you think it's him? Anyway, I'll play it on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, if anybody wants to hear it. Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ku.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ku.edu/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: Kevin Crossman Subject: (exotica) Sad News for Arthur Lyman Fans Date: 23 Oct 2001 21:53:27 -0700 I have been informed of some very sad news for fans of Arthur Lyman. According to reports, Lyman is quite ill - grim prospects in fact, according the folks I've been in contact with. There will be a historical tribute and fund-raiser to help with the medical bills at the Honolulu Elks Lodge on Nov. 11th. Those of us on the mainland may contribute to the fund. Here are the details. The Lyman benefit will consist of a canoe regatta (this will include anything that can be paddled; regular canoes, one man canoes, kayaks, paddleboards, etc. The race starts at Moanalua Bay (Hawaii Kai) and ends at the Lodge. The entire Lodge/Club facility will be closed and entry will be by $25.00 admission open to the public. This $25.00 will go to Arthur's benefit. There will be music all day, upstairs and downstairs. The event will start at 8:00 am and end at about 6:00 pm. Donations can be sent to the Honolulu Elks Lodge, 2933 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815. Check payable to the "Honolulu Elks Lodge/Arthur Lyman Fund" For more information you may contact the Elks Lodge at elks616@lava.net I recently wrote an article for Oahu's IS Magazine on the top 5 Mai Tais on Oahu. My number one favorite Mai Tai of all time was the Mai Tai at the New Otani Hotel while Lyman performed during his Friday lunchtime solo gigs. This was in large part due to the gracious gentleman who performed for several sets, taking requests from the assembled and genially posed for photos and signed autographs. The man who had given so much to so many over the years was humble and touched when I complimented noted that **his** version of "Love Dance" (not Baxter's or Denny's) was my favorite. I will treasure my memories of Arthur's performances on record and in person, even though I was born long after his rise to fame. I would encourage all of you to send best wishes as well as a contribution to the man known to many as the Tiki God! :-( Kevin Crossman The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/ -- *********************************************************** * Kevin Crossman kevin@kevdo.com * * http://www.kevdo.com - The Narrow Interest Portal * * Lip Balm Anonymous, Ultimate Mai Tai, Exotica Archive * *********************************************************** # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Howard" Subject: Re: (exotica) Sad News for Arthur Lyman Fans Date: 24 Oct 2001 03:36:51 -0400 I'm prepared to send him LOVE vibes (pun groovily intended)! I'd do more, but... hell I'm going speedily broke here in Nowheresville, Ohio. Carl Howard Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor Alien Abduction Coordinator Communist Dupe Extraordinaire ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:53 AM > > I have been informed of some very sad news for fans of Arthur Lyman. > According to reports, Lyman is quite ill - grim prospects in fact, > according the folks I've been in contact with. > > There will be a historical tribute and fund-raiser to help with the > medical bills at the Honolulu Elks Lodge on Nov. 11th. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Halloween Date: 24 Oct 2001 11:15:14 +0100 Hmmm, about time for the annual Halloween lists, I reckon. Especially as I'm actually doing a Halloween party this year. Now I've got suitable records from more or less all genres, but I'm lacking suitable songs from loungier acts so any suggestions there would be appreciated (I ran out of ideas at Sinatra's Witchcraft - thats not too good, is it?). El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 24 Oct 2001 09:12:41 -0500 Are >> there other greats by Lai or does this pretty much exhaust the good stuff by >> him? > > Are you kidding? > Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. All I've ever seen have been Live for Life and A Man and a Woman, and he doesn't generate as much discussion as people like Morricone or Umiliani, and certainly not Les Baxter, so I'm looking for enlightenment. I take it the other stuff is hard to come by? El Maestro's post leads me to think that I may never see another Lai album unless I'm really lucky. But at least I'm glad to know that there's yet another treasure trove out there waiting for me to discover. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) water, water everywhere Date: 24 Oct 2001 09:21:18 -0500 > An informal survey... > > When cleaning records with water, how many of you worry about the minerals > (and etc) in tap water and go the length of using distilled water? How many > say the heck with it and use tap water, with the benefit of a fresh stream > of water for the rinse cycle? I suppose it's a bit like the old 'bath vs. > shower' debate. > Guilty of limited diligence. I only use tap water and soap, followed by a soft paper towel dry. The results on some albums is super, but many (even that I would buy) are beyond real help. If only I could improve my copy of Ding Dong Dandy Christmas (but it still sounds great even with the sizzling bacon). Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 24 Oct 2001 14:27:20 +0100 Hey, Clayton, steady on, I didn't mean to imply that his work was super sought after, just the breadth of it. You don't notice much apart from 'a man and a woman' and I suspect a lot of his output has never seen the light of day outside France, but that was the case with the Italian soundtrackers you mention until very recently. We've seen the start of hopefully a lot of French reissuing, the Serge Gainsbourg re-issues last year, the Shake Sauvage compilation and wasn't there a Shake Sauvage OST or something similar, too. You know things could be looking up, and if collectors are after stuff, that usually means its worth someone's while to put it out. Mind you that means buying New Records, but if you've been getting the Irma and Dago Red LP's then thats not new. Sorry, I didn't mean to encourage despondency, I meant to encourage enthusiasm. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. All I've ever seen have been Live for > Life > and A Man and a Woman, and he doesn't generate as much discussion as > people > like Morricone or Umiliani, and certainly not Les Baxter, so I'm looking > for > enlightenment. I take it the other stuff is hard to come by? El > Maestro's > post leads me to think that I may never see another Lai album unless I'm > really lucky. But at least I'm glad to know that there's yet another > treasure trove out there waiting for me to discover. > > Clayton > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 24 Oct 2001 10:14:57 -0400 Those interested in Lai should visit his official site at: http://www.francis-lai.com/lai/eng/homeus.html At the site is this news: We are pleased to announce that the official release of the complete works of Francis Lai is due in April 2001. You may now view the complete list of songs, film soundtracks, television or film themes that will be included in this special edition of 15 CDs. Does anyone recall some weird rumors about Lai's actual musical abilities? I seem to recall some scuttlebutt that he could only whistle a melody line - it was his "arranger" who composed the music. After this arranger died, Lai would still take on commissions but never deliver any music. Am I inventing this memory? Has anyone else ever heard this?? Lou Clayton Black wrote: > Are >> there other greats by Lai or does this pretty much exhaust the good stuff by >> him? > > Are you kidding? > Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. All I've ever seen have been Live for Life and A Man and a Woman, and he doesn't generate as much discussion as people like Morricone or Umiliani, and certainly not Les Baxter, so I'm looking for enlightenment. I take it the other stuff is hard to come by? El Maestro's post leads me to think that I may never see another Lai album unless I'm really lucky. But at least I'm glad to know that there's yet another treasure trove out there waiting for me to discover. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 24 Oct 2001 10:24:05 -0400 on 10/24/01 10:14 AM, lousmith@pipeline.com at lousmith@pipeline.com wrote: > Does anyone recall some weird rumors about Lai's actual musical abilities? I > seem to recall some scuttlebutt that he could only whistle a melody line - it > was his "arranger" who composed the music. After this arranger died, Lai would > still take on commissions but never deliver any music. Am I inventing this > memory? Has anyone else ever heard this?? yeah, that story was related to me by Pete Rugolo a few years back, so I assume it's true. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 24 Oct 2001 10:37:22 -0400 on 10/24/01 10:24 AM, Br. Cleve at brcleve@mindspring.com wrote: > > on 10/24/01 10:14 AM, lousmith@pipeline.com at lousmith@pipeline.com wrote: > >> Does anyone recall some weird rumors about Lai's actual musical abilities? I >> seem to recall some scuttlebutt that he could only whistle a melody line - it >> was his "arranger" who composed the music. After this arranger died, Lai >> would >> still take on commissions but never deliver any music. Am I inventing this >> memory? Has anyone else ever heard this?? remembering more -- Lai plays keyboards, I recall, so I think he wrote his melodies that way. He was not able to score music, I was told, so his arranger took care of all that (a common practice even with composers who do know how to score). I don't know about the part about the arranger dying. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: H.S.G. (was: Re: (exotica) Paul Mauriat (sp??)) Date: 24 Oct 2001 15:40:21 +0100 Daniel Shiman wrote: > > I forgot to mention, if it's hidden sitars yer seeking, check out Richie > Havens' "Something Else Again" LP for its title track. Features Havens with > some very rudimentary sitar plunking, and everybody's funky flautist, Jeremy > Steig, as well as his crack band, the Satyrs. No singing, either. It's > really worth a listen, and not at all what one'd expect from Havens. i got this at the weekend for 1.50 and was very impressed. most of the album is in that jazzy acoustic sound, like Terry Callier, or 'Astral Weeks'. what are his other albums like? i only know his version of 'Going Back To My Roots' from 1980, which is an absolute killer IMO - the best version around that i've heard # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jan Fornell Subject: Re: (exotica) Francis Lai Date: 24 Oct 2001 23:56:29 +0900 Lai appears playing the accordion (and usually wearing dark sunglasses) in a number of films by Claude Lelouch, to most of whose films he's written the music. Jan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TempoBlock@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) On the signpost up ahead... Date: 24 Oct 2001 10:56:04 EDT In a message dated 10/24/01 3:40:56 AM, owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com writes:... >One of the tunes, "Twilight Zone", features a theremin! >... Anybody know the story on this one? That's not a Theremin -- it's the first version of his keyboard instrument that he called, "THE CLAVIVOX." Details here: http://RaymondScott.com/Clavivox.html 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: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) water, water everywhere Date: 24 Oct 2001 16:13:12 +0100 "M.Ace" wrote: > > An informal survey... > > When cleaning records with water, how many of you worry about the minerals > (and etc) in tap water and go the length of using distilled water? How many > say the heck with it and use tap water, with the benefit of a fresh stream > of water for the rinse cycle? I suppose it's a bit like the old 'bath vs. > shower' debate. i think the benefits of getting the dust etc off outweigh the problems of using tap water, but then i only clean ones that look or sound dusty - clean-looking ones that don't crackle i leave alone. i just do them in the sink in a washing up bowl that only gets used for records, using Fairy liquid and a small paintbrush, and then just lean them against a wall to dry for 24 hours. kitchen roll here always feels a bit rough to dry them with. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) On the signpost up ahead... Date: 24 Oct 2001 10:34:47 -0500 > >One of the tunes, "Twilight Zone", features a theremin! > That's not a Theremin -- it's the first version of his keyboard > instrument that he called, "THE CLAVIVOX." Wow! You could've fooled me. Thanks for the information! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Saturday 7:00pm - 9:00pm http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ukans.edu/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: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Halloween Date: 24 Oct 2001 11:48:57 -0500 > Hmmm, about time for the annual Halloween lists, I reckon. Especially as > I'm actually doing a Halloween party this year. > > Now I've got suitable records from more or less all genres, but I'm lacking > suitable songs from loungier acts so any suggestions there would be > appreciated (I ran out of ideas at Sinatra's Witchcraft - thats not too > good, is it?). > There's a pretty wacky Richard Maltby tune called "The Rockin' Ghost" (I'll have to check at home the album it's on--maybe Manhattan Bandstand) that I've put on a tape. It's not too Big Bandish sounding, and its full of audio hijinx. I also think Mancini's "A Shot in the Dark" has the right feel to it. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Halloween Date: 24 Oct 2001 11:55:52 -0400 There's always Mr. Ghost Goes to Town by the John Buzon Trio! Live from the BarBuzon School of Modeling, 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: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Halloween Date: 24 Oct 2001 12:01:56 -0400 Would Gary Burton's A Genuine Tong Funeral count? Lou http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Amtom961odepo AMG EXPERT REVIEW: One of vibraphonist Gary Burton's most intriguing recordings, A Genuine Tong Funeral (Carla Bley's suite which musically depicts attitudes toward death) was called by its composer a "Dark Opera Without Words." Burton's classic Quartet (which also includes guitarist Larry Coryell, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bob Moses) is augmented by six notable all-stars: soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, trumpeter Mike Mantler, Gato Barbieri on tenor, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, Howard Johnson on tuba and baritone and Bley herself on piano and organ. The music is dramatic, occasionally a little humorous, and a superb showcase for Gary Burton's vibes. — Scott Yanow 1. The Opening (Bley) - 1:27 2. Interlude: Shovels - :43 3. The Survivors (Bley) - :34 4. Grave Train - 3:57 5. Death Rolls (Bley) - 1:34 6. Morning, Pt. 1 (Bley) - 1:42 7. Interlude: Lament/Intermission Music (Bley) - 4:28 8. Silent Spring (Bley) - 8:00 9. Fanfare - :40 10. Mother of the Dead Man (Bley) - 2:14 11. Some Dirge (Bley) - 7:49 12. Morning, Pt. 2 - 1:19 13. The New Funeral March - 2:43 14. The New National Anthem [*] (Bley) - 5:54 15. The Survivors [*] (Bley) - :48 16. Lofty Fake Anagram: June 15, 1967 - 4:55 17. Feelings and Things [*] (Bley) - 4:09 18. Fleurette Africaine [*] (Bley) - 3:43 19. I'm Your Pal (Swallow) - 3:07 20. Lines [*] (Bley) - -5:-3 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) MOFO on the air Date: 24 Oct 2001 12:09:49 -0400 All fans of our Otis F. Odder and the BranFlakes should be tuned into WFMU for the next 4 hours as he and Mildred take over Irwin's shows. Webcast is available at http://wfmu.org and of course the shows will be archived for future downloading. 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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Halloween Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:19:38 +0100 lousmith@pipeline.com wrote: > > Would Gary Burton's A Genuine Tong Funeral count? I've been really lazy in posting finds etc (i.e. posted none) over past year, and meant to post something about this. It's a really good album, from start to finish, save for one Larry Coryell guitar solo I could do without. It's not particularly creepy, but there are a few funeral march type moments. Can anyone explain what the 'Tong' in the title means, though. Neither the liner notes nor the web have been able to explain it. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) water, water everywhere Date: 24 Oct 2001 15:32:10 EDT In a message dated 10/23/01 9:52:47 PM, mace@ookworld.com writes: << How many say the heck with it and use tap water, with the benefit of a fresh stream of water for the rinse cycle? I >> tap water, dish detergent, around and around the rekkid, outside and in, both sides over and over, rinse very well, dry in rack overnight...stuff back in jacket with fresh plastic coating, often with a new 12" white innersleeve...Welcome to my collection Mr. Rekkid, may you have a long and fruitful stay and never wear out your welcome # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tikiman Subject: Re: (exotica) Sad News for Arthur Lyman Fans Date: 24 Oct 2001 13:47:03 -0700 (PDT) Sad but true. Kevin's got more info on the details of the event than we do. my understanding is that Arthur has cancer that has gotten into his liver and has lost considerable weight, rather frail, prospects not good. Perry and I met with Martin Denny and a rep from the Elks Club to plan the fundraiser to help with his medical bills on Nov 11, Veteran's Day. Arthur was a member there, and lots of his friends and old time musicians want to help. Our part is to back Martin along with Augie Colon, Harold Chang, Archie Grant, plus Lopaka Colon and Jake Shimabukuro, ukelele wiz of local group Colon (in honor of his father). Marty hopes that Arthur is up for joining the group for Yellow Bird and Taboo. we've taken many friends and fans to the Friday gig Kev describes so well... always regal, humble and accessible. please help out if you can. A Caravan of Aloha, Fluid Floyd --- Kevin Crossman wrote: > > I have been informed of some very sad news for fans > of Arthur Lyman. > According to reports, Lyman is quite ill - grim > prospects in fact, > according the folks I've been in contact with. > > There will be a historical tribute and fund-raiser > to help with the > medical bills at the Honolulu Elks Lodge on Nov. > 11th. > > Those of us on the mainland may contribute to the > fund. Here are the details. > > The Lyman benefit will consist of a canoe regatta > (this will include > anything that can be paddled; regular canoes, one > man canoes, kayaks, > paddleboards, etc. The race starts at Moanalua Bay > (Hawaii Kai) and ends > at the Lodge. The entire Lodge/Club facility will > be closed and entry > will be by $25.00 admission open to the public. > This $25.00 will go to > Arthur's benefit. There will be music all day, > upstairs and downstairs. > The event will start at 8:00 am and end at about > 6:00 pm. > > Donations can be sent to the Honolulu Elks Lodge, > 2933 Kalakaua Ave, > Honolulu, HI 96815. > Check payable to the "Honolulu Elks Lodge/Arthur > Lyman Fund" > > For more information you may contact the Elks Lodge > at elks616@lava.net > > I recently wrote an article for Oahu's IS Magazine > on the top 5 Mai Tais > on Oahu. My number one favorite Mai Tai of all time > was the Mai Tai at > the New Otani Hotel while Lyman performed during his > Friday lunchtime > solo gigs. This was in large part due to the > gracious gentleman who > performed for several sets, taking requests from the > assembled and > genially posed for photos and signed autographs. The > man who had given > so much to so many over the years was humble and > touched when I > complimented noted that **his** version of "Love > Dance" (not Baxter's or > Denny's) was my favorite. I will treasure my > memories of Arthur's > performances on record and in person, even though I > was born long after > his rise to fame. > > I would encourage all of you to send best wishes as > well as a > contribution to the man known to many as the Tiki > God! > > :-( > > Kevin Crossman > The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai > http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: bigshot Subject: (exotica) Cleaning Records Date: 24 Oct 2001 14:04:13 -0700 >Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:53:09 -0400 >From: "M.Ace" >Subject: (exotica) water, water everywhere > >When cleaning records with water, how many of you worry about the minerals >(and etc) in tap water and go the length of using distilled water? I do... If the record is particularly dirty, I find that distilled white vinegar is really good at cutting dirt without leaving any residue. After the vinegar I wipe it with distilled water and dry it with a soft towel. Works like magic! See ya Steve Stephen Worth bigshot@spumco.com The Web: http://www.spumco.com Usenet: alt.animation.spumco Palace: cartoonsforum.com:9994 Spumco International 10859 Burbank Bl. Suite A North Hollywood, CA 91601 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Cleaning Records Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:11:55 -0400 Our Exotica List FAQ includes the following: Q: What is the best way to clean really dirty old records? A: The purist, or someone with many records to deal with, should investigate the various wet/vacuum record cleaners from Nitty Gritty, VPI, or The Audio Advisor. Although the cost of these machines is high, users are uniformly positive about them. A description of "archivally correct" storage and cleaning of sound recordings can be found at: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/care.html However, people on a budget or with more casual needs usually do fine washing records in the kitchen sink with dish soap and a clean sponge. Tap water in many areas can leave behind a "crunchy" mineral residue when it evaporates, so give a final rinse in distilled water--or at least be vigilant in shaking and blotting away any water droplets clinging to the disk. --------- I use a VPI 16.5 with the VPI cleaning fluid, no alcohol added. This is the greatest sound system upgrade I've ever made -- not even a new stylus produces as much of a sonic improvement. The Disc Doctor's products (http://discdoc.com/) are also highly recommended. And a carbon fibre brush is an excellent investment as well:http://www.sleevetown.com/vinyl-cleaning.shtml 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: paul dean Subject: Re: (exotica) water, water everywhere Date: 24 Oct 2001 16:20:21 -0500 I appreciate the recipe, Larry! I have a VPI cleaner which is just fantastic, and which I recommend. The black box. It REALLY makes a difference in the sound of a typical thrift store 45. The cleaning fluid for VPIs and Nitty Grittys are both pretty expensive; I've heard from people who always cut it with distilled water. But my point is . . . does anyone know what's in the "real" juice? And are there any other recipes out there? thanks, paul dean on 10/23/01 9:16 PM, Larry Usselman at lju@pa.net wrote: > I've been using a mixture of 2/3 distilled water, 1/3 isopropyl alcohol, > and a couple of drops of dish detergent as the cleaning fluid in a Nitty > Gritty record cleaning machine. I figure as long as I've invested the money > in the machine and take the time to clean any newly-arrived vinyl, I might > as well spend another penny or two and use the distilled H2O. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) water, water everywhere Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:57:31 -0400 paul dean wrote: > The cleaning fluid for VPIs and Nitty Grittys are both pretty expensive; I've heard from people who always cut it with distilled water. But my point is . . . does anyone know what's in the "real" juice? And are there any other recipes out there? ----------- You want to go to:http://www.laventure.net/tourist/pvx.htm and order this issue of Primyl Vinyl:VOL 2 #1 - Do It Yourself vacuum record cleaning machines under $50./ Ten Home brew cleaning formulas Essentially, cleaning fluids include distilled water, oil soluble surfactants and water soluble surfactants to dissolve oil, grease and dirt. There's a tendency now to stay away from alcohol, which can leach out crucial components of the vinyl's structure. Here's what one archive recommends: The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) recommends the use of nonionic, ethelyne oxide condensates surfactants to clean sound recordings. The CCI does not foresee long-term problems associated with the use of nonionic surfactants such as Tergitol. Tergitol 15-S-3 is an oil soluble surfactant and 15-S-9 is a water soluble surfactant. Combined they remove a wide range of dirt and greases and can safely be used on sound recordings. Use 0.25 part of Tergitol 15-S-3 and 0.25 parts of Tergitol 15-S-9 per 100 parts of distilled water. (These products are available in small quantities from TALAS (Division of Technical Library Service Inc) 213 West 35th Street, New York, N.Y. (212) 465-8722. http://talasonline.com/) The recording must then be rinsed thoroughly with distilled water to eliminate any trace of detergent residue. ------- As you can see, it doesn't take a lot of the surfactant added to the distilled water in order to produce a safe and effective cleaner. 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: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) water, water...how about "wet playing"? Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:16:06 -0700 sorry if this is a repeat...I don't think it went through the first time... > This talk of tap vs distilled water made me think of some interesting info I > stumbled across awhile ago. Has anybody (in their right mind) tried this: > > How about "wet playing"? > > One option you might like to consider is "wet playing". The idea here is to > flood the LP with a suitable liquid while it is being played, in the hope > that dirt which normally sits in the grooves (and will therefore be tracked > by the stylus) will be lifted into suspension and therefore will not > influence the stylus. > Other people have different views as to why wet playing works. There is a > school of thought that it's not really anything to do with lifting dirt into > suspension, but rather that it alters the damping of the stylus and/or > allows the stylus to aquaplane over minor imperfections. > > I should also report that some people state that wet playing actually > damages the groove wall. The argument is as follows. When you play an LP, > the (hard) diamond stylus deforms the (soft) vinyl groove. When played > normally (ie. dry), the friction causes the vinyl to heat up, which allows > it to deform and return to its original shape after a while. If, however, > the LP is played wet, the fluid acts as a coolant which prevents the > deformation, allowing the stylus instead to carve slivers of vinyl off the > groove walls. > > Others have reported that wet playing can cause a kind of sludge (ie. the > dirt from the LP suspended in the liquid) to accumulate on the stylus. This > would then dry and harden, be very difficult to clean off, and cause > subsequent mistracking. I've not noticed this myself, but would guess that > the scale of this problem would be affected by how dirty the LP is, the > exact composition of the liquid used, and how highly polished the stylus is. > > I have experimented with wet playing, and it does indeed reduce some (but by > no means all) forms of surface noise. There are a number of issues, though: > > What liquid should be used? You certainly must not use tap water, as it is > full of contaminents. Distilled water is the obvious base liquid, but it is > not a particularly good solvent, and so any dirt which is stuck to the > grooves is unlikely to be lifted. Adding an amount of alcohol can help > matters here, but it tends to evaporate off the LP surface before the side > has finished playing; closing the turntable lid while playing may help > reduce the evaporation rate. > After playing an LP wet, the dirt in suspension drops back into the grooves > at very inconvenient places. This results in the surface noise being > significantly increased if you subsequently play the record dry. Therefore, > after playing a record wet, you really need to continue to play it wet > thereafter. > The most successful wet-play method I've ever come across is a product > called "Lencoclean", which tracks the LP like a second pickup arm, applying > the solution locally to just that part being played. I haven't used it for > over 20 years now, but it is still available. Lenco have a website (in > German), but it's a little difficult to navigate, and the last time I > visited it I couldn't find Lencoclean mentioned anywhere. An online store > that can supply Lencoclean is Conrad Electronics. > I must point out that I have no authoritative knowledge about wet playing, > but feel that if I discuss it at all, it is important to mention all the > opinions of which I am aware. > > the URL to which this information comes can be found here: > > http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/lp-cdr.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: "Justin Bartlett" Subject: (exotica) Re: Cleaning Records Date: 25 Oct 2001 11:58:02 +1000 An ex-radio guy once told me to clean LPs with an ice cube. Rubbing it around, with the grooves. Has anyone ever heard this, or tried it themselves? Justin from OZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) water, water everywhere Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:57:31 -0400 paul dean wrote: > The cleaning fluid for VPIs and Nitty Grittys are both pretty expensive; I've heard from people who always cut it with distilled water. But my point is . . . does anyone know what's in the "real" juice? And are there any other recipes out there? ----------- You want to go to:http://www.laventure.net/tourist/pvx.htm and order this issue of Primyl Vinyl:VOL 2 #1 - Do It Yourself vacuum record cleaning machines under $50./ Ten Home brew cleaning formulas Essentially, cleaning fluids include distilled water, oil soluble surfactants and water soluble surfactants to dissolve oil, grease and dirt. There's a tendency now to stay away from alcohol, which can leach out crucial components of the vinyl's structure. Here's what one archive recommends: The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) recommends the use of nonionic, ethelyne oxide condensates surfactants to clean sound recordings. The CCI does not foresee long-term problems associated with the use of nonionic surfactants such as Tergitol. Tergitol 15-S-3 is an oil soluble surfactant and 15-S-9 is a water soluble surfactant. Combined they remove a wide range of dirt and greases and can safely be used on sound recordings. Use 0.25 part of Tergitol 15-S-3 and 0.25 parts of Tergitol 15-S-9 per 100 parts of distilled water. (These products are available in small quantities from TALAS (Division of Technical Library Service Inc) 213 West 35th Street, New York, N.Y. (212) 465-8722. http://talasonline.com/) The recording must then be rinsed thoroughly with distilled water to eliminate any trace of detergent residue. ------- As you can see, it doesn't take a lot of the surfactant added to the distilled water in order to produce a safe and effective cleaner. 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: Philip Jackson Subject: Re: (exotica) Halloween Date: 25 Oct 2001 17:07:27 +1000 on 24/10/01 8:15 PM, G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk at G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk wrote: > Now I've got suitable records from more or less all genres, but I'm lacking > suitable songs from loungier acts so any suggestions there would be > appreciated (I ran out of ideas at Sinatra's Witchcraft - thats not too > good, is it?). There's a great Sheldon Allman track available as a free download from emusic.com at the moment "These Goulish Things Behind Me Are You". I have another take on "Ghoulish Things" by Fay De Witt (very loungey) which I could put up as an mp3 if any one wants it. Philip -- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Philip Jackson Subject: Re: (exotica) Halloween Date: 25 Oct 2001 20:30:06 +1000 on 25/10/01 5:07 PM, Philip Jackson at pdj@mpx.com.au wrote: > I have another take on "Ghoulish Things" by Fay De Witt (very loungey) which > I could put up as an mp3 if any one wants it. I've put the track up for anyone who wants it so go grab it before halloween. It's at http://www.fidelitarium.com/oddments/ -- ghoulish.mp3 2mb Mono 80kps. Philip # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Halloween Date: 25 Oct 2001 13:08:24 +0100 Thanks Philip, sounds good. Who I s Fay de Witt? I've never heard of her. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > on 25/10/01 5:07 PM, Philip Jackson at pdj@mpx.com.au wrote: > > > I have another take on "Ghoulish Things" by Fay De Witt (very loungey) > which > > I could put up as an mp3 if any one wants it. > > I've put the track up for anyone who wants it so go grab it before > halloween. > > It's at http://www.fidelitarium.com/oddments/ > -- > > > Philip # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 08:34:42 -0400 Got a request here that would make great Exotica list chatter. Some female vocals that I can think of the Serge Gainsbour/ Jane Birkin duet doing Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus, Astroslut doing Fondue Rendezous. What else? Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL Lowell 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) > Here's a sort of vague request for the show: Do you have any songs that > feature women wimpering, purring, sighing, ooohing, aaahing, laughing, > orgasming, etc (not necessarily all in the same song)? I was trying today to > come up with a reason why I liked a certain variety of seemingly unrelated > songs of many genres, and I came up with the fact that they all featured a > woman vocalist unually gifted in making pretty musical but non verbal > noises. Here are some examples: "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer; "Things" by > Nancy Sinatra; "Love Alive" by Heart; then there's that thing you play, I am > not sure her name, I think it's in French but it doesn't matter, she's just > making delicious wimpers and purring all the way through -- do you know > which one I mean? > > Anyway, I was wondering if you could think of anything that might fit the > bill here, in your repertoire? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 05:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Arlene Tiger (w/ The Clay Pitts Orchestra): Female Animal; Bas Sheva w/ Baxter; Sally Blair: Similau. And early Wanda Jackson fits the bill for me too (esp. "Love Your Baby")... --- Domenic Ciccone wrote: > > Got a request here that would make great Exotica > list chatter. Some female > vocals that I can think of > the Serge Gainsbour/ Jane Birkin duet doing Je > T'aime, Moi Non Plus, > Astroslut doing Fondue Rendezous. What else? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Forwarded from another list......... Date: 25 Oct 2001 09:21:08 -0400 Just a curious FYI: <> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] George Feyer Date: 25 Oct 2001 10:10:28 -0400 Full obit at: http://nytimes.com/2001/10/25/obituaries/25FEYE.html October 25, 2001 George Feyer, Cafe Pianist and Entertainer, Dies at 92 By DOUGLAS MARTIN George Feyer, a gifted pianist and delightfully versatile entertainer who charmed Manhattan cafe society at the Carlyle, Stanhope and Waldorf-Astoria hotels for three decades, died on Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Mr. Feyer mixed an education in classical music with a love of pop, then added a dash of his Maurice Chevalier singing voice and a spicy pinch of topical comment to concoct an entertainment cocktail to amuse his sophisticated audiences. Among Mr. Feyer's witty specialties was linking pop lyrics to classical tunes, mixing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," for example. Mr. Feyer was born in Budapest on Oct. 27, 1908. His mother, a piano teacher, tied his legs to the piano bench to force him to practice, Mr. Feyer's son, Robert, said. Mr. Feyer nonetheless went on to become a brilliant student at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where one of his classmates was Georg Solti, the conductor, who became a lifelong friend. He then disappointed teachers and others who expected him to follow a classical career by turning to pop music after his graduation in 1932. His son said his decision was treated as a minor scandal at the time. One of his first jobs was playing the accompaniment for silent movies, but he soon graduated to nightclubs. He and his partner, a drummer, began working around Europe. In Paris one of their fans was the exiled Duke of Windsor; he liked accordion music, and the two drew straws to see who would learn to play the instrument. Mr. Feyer won; the drummer had to learn the accordion. He made many recordings, mainly on the Vox label in the mid-1950's, his son said. His "Echoes" album series included "Echoes of Paris" and "Echoes of Broadway." "If there is any originality in my arrangements, it lies in the fact that they do not try to be original," he wrote in an essay. "They are based on the eternal laws of music, which apply equally whether you play classical or popular, Mozart or Jerome Kern, Brahms or Johann Strauss." http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B3xotk60x9krw http://www.google.com/search?q=%22george+feyer%22 http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&lang=any&query=%22george+feyer%22 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] George Feyer Date: 25 Oct 2001 10:19:06 -0500 > Among Mr. Feyer's witty specialties was linking pop lyrics to classical tunes, > mixing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," for > example. Does a recording of this exist? Has anybody heard it? > > "If there is any originality in my arrangements, it lies in the fact that they > do not try to be original," he wrote in an essay. Aside from the fact that the first quote would seem to contradict that idea, this pretty much sums up the one Feyer album I have. I think the story of his turn away from classical is a fitting answer to being tied to the piano bench in his youth. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 15:22:53 +0100 > Well, theres the 101 strings 'Astro Sounds'. the tracks towards the end > of side 2. > And on the exciting sounds of today too, I think, but it may be the same > tracks. > The Vampyros Lesbos OST has some moaning on it. > Theres plenty on the Italia Erotica LP as you would expect. > I'm sure theres some on Barbarella on the orgasmotron track(?). Or at > least some nice cooing. > > There must be loads more surely > > In other acoustic places theres 'Oy Loco' by Sun Electric on a more early > 90's House/Ambient tip. And Yoko eating Ice Cream on 'Walking on Thin > Ice'..... > > El Maestro Con Queso > > djcheesemaster@yahoo.com > djcheesemaster@elvis.com > grr@brighton.ac.uk > http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm > http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > > a request here that would make great Exotica list chatter. Some > female > vocals that I can think of > the Serge Gainsbour/ Jane Birkin duet doing Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus, > Astroslut doing Fondue Rendezous. What else? > > Domenic Ciccone > > > Here's a sort of vague request for the show: Do you have any songs > that > > feature women wimpering, purring, sighing, ooohing, aaahing, > laughing, > > orgasming, etc (not necessarily all in the same song)? I was > trying today > to > > come up with a reason why I liked a certain variety of seemingly > unrelated > > songs of many genres, and I came up with the fact that they all > featured a > > woman vocalist unually gifted in making pretty musical but non > verbal > > noises. Here are some examples: "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer; > "Things" by > > Nancy Sinatra; "Love Alive" by Heart; then there's that thing you > play, I > am > > not sure her name, I think it's in French but it doesn't matter, > she's > just > > making delicious wimpers and purring all the way through -- do you > know > > which one I mean? > > > > Anyway, I was wondering if you could think of anything that might > fit the > > bill here, in your repertoire? > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Harding Subject: (exotica) Re: whimpering girls Date: 25 Oct 2001 11:05:53 -0400 I just got april stevens and nino tempo's album. There's a few on amazon. Teach my tiger is AWESOME and she does this wa wa wa waaah thing that is HOT # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicola Battista Subject: Re: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 19:19:48 +0100 not quite exotica but speaking of "sexy women voices"... http://www.mp3.com/gina79 yes they have this kind of stuff too on Mp3.com... DjB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mikac Subject: Re: (exotica) Cleaning Records Date: 25 Oct 2001 13:43:18 -0400 Mikac lean out tree with flat round thing. Brother giraffe lick dirt off. Then round thing sound good. Ukaliptus smell good too. Mikac back from far adventure. Other world deep under Mount Xabat. Jade and gold towers taller than highest trees in jungle. Crystal huts so big take many days journey cross room. Brother animals Mikac never see before. Green people talk without moving mouth. Make Mikac head hurt. Magic things Mikac not understand. Some things Mikac understand. Pretty eagle princess like Mikac. Ugly squid devil man not like Mikac. Some parts adventures same old same old. But no flat round things find anywhere! Arrrrrrrrrrr. me Mikac # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Nightrider theme Date: 25 Oct 2001 19:05:20 +0100 Does anybody know where I can find the theme to Nightrider on vinyl? TV Tunes LPs? Any other suggestions? And I am now unemployed and living the life of Reilly in Peckham. Fantastic! I just found the Gunter Kalmann's 'Somewhere my love'. Is that right? The I Monster sample anyway. And tomorrow I am on a record shelf building mission. 12 pieces of 36" x 12" MDF and a couple of days of dust and toil. Charlie At home on a new email address. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: (exotica) H.S.G. : Richie Havens Date: 25 Oct 2001 18:24:44 I'm not too familiar with Havens' oeuvre, but I tend to think that "Something Else Again" is one of his jazzier and more psychedelic efforts. I've glanced at the credits on his other LP's and I don't recall sitars being listed. Generally I stereotype him as a late 60's-type folkie. I'd be happy to hear that he has some other groovy cuts worth hearing, though. -Dan >i got this at the weekend for 1.50 and was very impressed. most of the >album is in that jazzy acoustic sound, like Terry Callier, or 'Astral >Weeks'. what are his other albums like? i only know his version of >'Going Back To My Roots' from 1980, which is an absolute killer IMO - >the best version around that i've heard > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 14:55:05 -0400 At 08:34 AM 10/25/01 -0400, Domenic Ciccone wrote: > >Got a request here that would make great Exotica list chatter. Some female >vocals that I can think of >the Serge Gainsbour/ Jane Birkin duet doing Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus, >Astroslut doing Fondue Rendezous. What else? That's a little general, sexy women's voices. I'm just glad nobody included any Della Reese records because just one viewing of "Touched by an Angel" makes that idea kind of gross. I'm assuming you mean women being overtly sexy, even flirtatious or orgasmic. There's a great little tune on John Zorn's tribute to Ennio Morricone "The Big Gundown". Basically really cool moaning with organ by Big John Patton. And then of course, there are Morricone cuts which use a similar - but not quite as extreme - form of female moaning. If you have the John Zorn record, maybe you also have Kip Hanrahan's "Days and Nights of blue luck inverted" in which there's that pretty sultry cut "Love is like a cigarette". Tben there's Charo. And Amanda Lear. I go along with the April Stevens. Her "Teach me Tiger" record is pure sexy and coquettish. Claudine Longet. I always thought "A man in a raincoat" was kind of creepy. I could never figure out what the song was about but I always pictured a little girl in a park meeting a man wearing nothing but a raincoat. If that's sexy to you, try Little Marcy. Sexiness is in the eye of the beholder, no? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ryangmartin@webtv.net (Ryan Martin) Subject: (exotica) Cleaning Records Date: 25 Oct 2001 13:56:13 -0500 (CDT) I came across this recipe for a record cleaning solution. 1 gallon distilled water 1 pint 90% rubbing alcohol 30-40 drops(3-4 ml) of photo-flo I found the photo-flo at a camera store. Seems to work good with my Allsop Orbitrac. Ryan http://community.webtv.net/cabinessence/RyansBeachBoysCDR # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 14:10:14 -0500 I've always liked "Jungle Fever" by The Chakachas. -Indy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 15:54:47 -0400 Not Exotica, but I remember worrying if my Mom would be upset if she caught me listening to "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia on the radio. I was so young that I just thought it was icky. Aye, yi-yi-yi, Brian Phillips P.S. Hi-Hi # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices - Sylvia Robinson Date: 25 Oct 2001 20:13:31 Oh man that is a great song from one sexy and smart lady. I have a tattered copy of her "Pillow Talk" LP, and there's one song in particular, "Not On the Outside", where she somehow manages to introduce her band members one by one and still sound coy and sexy (as if she were beckoning us to join her, and her band, and their instruments, in the bedroom). Her cooing and crooning on the whole LP is quite seductive, and to my mind stands above other 70's boudouir soul that I've heard. -Dan >me listening to "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia on the radio. I was so young that >I just thought it was icky. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 25 Oct 2001 15:18:24 -0500 Another entry from me... from the summer of 1974, "Wild Thing" by Fancy (with, er, vocals by former Penthouse Pet Helen Court) -Indy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices-girls who say "Oooo!" Date: 25 Oct 2001 16:31:51 -0400 Does Jackie Gleason count? 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: "Doug Dale" Subject: Re: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices-girls who say "Oooo!" Date: 25 Oct 2001 16:41:02 -0700 Lou asked: Does Jackie Gleason count? or Joe E. Ross in drag...Oooo Ooo Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Spoozys..... Date: 25 Oct 2001 09:17:00 -0400 Has anyone heard these guys? They're a Japanese band that are described as Devo meets Dick Dale. I think they have two complete albums out "Spoozys" and "Super Earth." Anyone in Japan that could try to score one of these for me? (They list at = $30/$40 through GEMM). Thanks - 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: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: RE: (exotica) saturday garage sale gearjammin' Date: 25 Oct 2001 19:12:40 -0400 Just catching up on the emails... Hal Blaine's Deuces "T's", Roadsters & Drums have some very nice tracks on it. Picked it up thru Sundazed records. Each track starts and ends with drag strip racing sound effects. Nice to hear only a few tracks at a time. After a while the intense drumming/surf/roadhouse jazz just begins to wear on you. Domenic > This Saturday's surprising trend was budget label hot rod records. I > haven't had a chance to listen yet (hoping for an effect like library music > for mid-60s zero budget drag race/surf film shorts, or at least cheerily > generic twangery), so I'll let their entertaining blurbs speak for themselves. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 dean Subject: (exotica) gearjammin' Date: 25 Oct 2001 19:33:28 -0500 on 10/25/01 6:12 PM, Domenic Ciccone at djdciccone@hotmail.com wrote: > > Each track starts and ends with drag strip racing sound effects. Nice to > hear only a few tracks at a time. I agree. I love my drag strip records, but I'm perplexed by them too. They remind me of the scene in It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad (?) World, where the mechanics are in their garage listening to a recording of one of their past races. They are hootin' and hollerin' like they're having MORE fun than they did at the original event! It's hilarious. paul dean # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Erik Hoel" Subject: RE: (exotica) Cleaning Records Date: 25 Oct 2001 18:18:54 -0700 Ryan writes: > I came across this recipe for a record cleaning solution. > > 1 gallon distilled water > 1 pint 90% rubbing alcohol > 30-40 drops(3-4 ml) of photo-flo > > I found the photo-flo at a camera store. Seems to work good with my > Allsop Orbitrac. Good idea - Kodak Photo-Flo is an excellent wetting agent - this is what keeps water drying marks/residue off of film negatives. This is crucial for a good record cleaning solution (and sure beats Jet-Dry). Erik # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: Re: (exotica) Don Tiki site up Date: 25 Oct 2001 23:20:11 -0400 Kevin wrote: > I don't normally like Flash sites but this one is great. Yes! Another favourite is 'Scrupdillyishousland', courtesy of The Branflakes! I think Flash is the best thing that's happened to the webpage in a very long time... Sure its slower to load up, but in many instances worth the effort. Most any Flash site owners offer a non-flash alternative anyway. But honestly, there is some really awesome work out there to discover... Brian # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) [obit] Soraya Date: 26 Oct 2001 11:14:45 +0100 CNN Italia yesterday had news about the death of Soraya Esfandiary, ex-wife of the shah Reza Pahlevi of Persia. She was found dead in Paris by a chambermaid; probably her death was for natural causes. I could not find a corresponding english article in CNN Europe or CNN.com... so I am briefly reporting what I've read on the italian article and some other things... Soraya was famous in Europe in the 1950s-1960s not only for being the empress of Persia but also part of the Roman jet-set during the years of the "dolce vita" and later (after her husband left her because she couldn't have children) also had a brief career within the Italian flm industry. She was in the movie "I tre volti" ("the three faces", a movie divided into 3 episodes directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini and Franco Indovina and starring popular comedian Alberto Sordi; soundtrack by Piero Piccioni as in most of Sordi's movies). Producer Dino De Laurentiis wanted to make her a movie star. She fell in love with Franco Indovina and was happy for a few years, until the guy tragically died in a plane crash in Punta Raisi, with other 104 people, in 1972. Soraya then lived in Paris and won various times the prize "The Best" for her elegance. A guy famous for creating new varieties of flowers and roses, Vittorio Barni, created a new type of red rose for Soraya. She died at the age of 70. This is the original article in Italian, with a pic - and a photo gallery which opens in a separate page: http://cnnitalia.it/2001/MONDO/europa/10/25/soraya/index.html DjB p.s.: now the scary bit: when a few days ago I posted here to inform of the presence of some expensive LPs sold by Italian collectors on my page http://ecl3ctic.gemm.com I also informed you that some of those had outrageous prices. The most expensive one I had posted was Piero Piccioni "Soraya - I tre volti"... p.p.s. Franco Indovina was recently remembered in Taormina FilmFest 2001 and articles about him (in Italian and English and also mentioning "I tre volti") are available here. http://www.taorminafilmfest.it/2001/en/infoscheet/indovina_en.asp p.p.p.s. this is another page about one of the episodes of I tre volti: http://mfadt.parsons.edu/~cmy/antonioni/filmsinfo/shortfilms/masf65.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: lousmith@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Princess Soraya Date: 26 Oct 2001 10:40:16 -0400 October 26, 2001 Princess Soraya, Shah's Wife, Dies at 69 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS, Oct. 25 (AP) — Princess Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari, the second wife of the former shah of Iran, has died in Paris, a former Iranian official close to the family said today. She was 69. She died in her Paris apartment, according to a former minister of the shah, A. M. Madjidi. The cause and day of death were unclear. The princess was born on June 22, 1932, to a German mother and a father who was a member of Iran's powerful Bakhtiari family. She married Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi on Feb. 12, 1951, after his divorce from Princess Fawzia, sister of King Farouk of Egypt, who had had no sons who could have inherited the throne. In 1958, the shah divorced Soraya after they failed to have children. Though she lost the title of empress, the shah conferred on her the title of "royal princess" at the time of the divorce. He later married a French-educated architecture student, Farah, who became empress, bearing two sons and two daughters in their two-decade marriage. The shah died of cancer in 1980 after being swept from the throne by the Islamic revolution. One of the shah's daughters, Leila, 31, died in London in June from a drug overdose. Soraya never remarried. She traveled extensively in Europe, aspiring at one point to a movie career. The story of her divorce inspired a French songwriter, Françoise Mallet-Jorris, to write "Je Veux Pleurer Comme Soraya" ("I Want to Cry Like Soraya"). The former empress published an autobiography in 1991, "Le Palais des Solitudes" ("The Palace of Solitudes"). # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Stuck in Houston Date: 26 Oct 2001 09:30:59 -0700 (PDT) I'm in Houston for a while and want to thrift, go to record stores or enjoy a cool spot, preferably Tiki if I get a chance. Any recommendations ? Thanks for any help Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Re: whimpering girls Date: 26 Oct 2001 12:59:24 -0400 <> You've GOT to be kidding me!!! That wa wa wa waaah cracks me up every = time!! The rest of the song is OK - but that's waaaaaaaaaaaaay overboard. - 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: "jonathan richardson" Subject: Re: (exotica) Spoozys..... Date: 26 Oct 2001 09:51:54 -0700 >Has anyone heard these guys? >They're a Japanese band that are described as Devo meets Dick Dale. I have heard them and I have seen them live as well. They opened up for Mooney Suzuki about a year ago. They are indeed Devo meets Dick Dale, and add a little science fiction space New Wave. They came out dressed in space suits complete with helmets and everything, they were extremely energetic and in your face, jumping up and down and doing a lot of screaming. a really great show, they couldnt have been older than 20 yrs old each. fantastic. Nice guys (and one girl) too, didnt speak very much english, but I got everything that they were saying. >I think they have two complete albums out "Spoozys" and "Super Earth." > >Anyone in Japan that could try to score one of these for me? (They list at >$30/$40 through GEMM). they have one album out domestically (in the states that is) that lists for around $15 or so. im sure its still available look for it, and see them live if you have the chance -jonny yuma _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 26 Oct 2001 14:04:36 -0400 on 10/25/01 8:34 AM, Domenic Ciccone at djdciccone@hotmail.com wrote: > > Got a request here that would make great Exotica list chatter. Some female > vocals that I can think of > the Serge Gainsbour/ Jane Birkin duet doing Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus, > Astroslut doing Fondue Rendezous. What else? There's an compilation due out pretty soon called "The Big 'O'", a collection of moaning orgasm records. It'll be an Australian release, featuring mostly early 70's European tracks. br cleve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Sexy Women's Voices Date: 26 Oct 2001 13:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Sweetback Losing His Cherry (from OST "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"). Nice grunts, moaning and feminine commentary - complements the gospel music. SB delivers the goods while church is in session. ptl. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Don Tiki Date: 26 Oct 2001 17:24:42 EDT All the leaves are brown here in Boston, and the sky is gray, but Don Tiki has me "Skinny Dipping" nonetheless. Keepin' the exotica flame burnin' on their second release, "Skinny Dipping with Don Tiki", Fluid Floyd, Perry Coma and the cast summon forth some Authentic Modern Exotica for the Age of Electronica. Fans of the mighty Don will not be disappointed. This effort, no regurgitation of their first and fabulous release, finds some provocative new true to form instrumentation, vocalizing, a bit of sampling (a hypnotist on what sounds like a self-help LP from the 50's) and the instrumental goodness we cherish. My favorite track on first listen is "El Producto" but that could change with a puff of a 5 cent cigar. Without giving too much away, let me simply say that Don Tiki has returned to give Exotica a new day....Use some today..JB # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, October 28 Date: 27 Oct 2001 18:30:28 -0400 Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at: http://www.ckut.ca As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome. Space Bop #165 Spooky This week, it's our annual Halloween show - and we're going to be playing the better part of a great Halloween compilation, "Spooky", put together by Peter Risser (thanks again, Peter!). Boo!! Danny Elfman: This Is Halloween Theme From Dark Shadows Classics iv: Spooky The Five Blobs: The Blob Bob McFadden: The Mummy Los Straitjackets: Theme From The Munsters Anton LaVey: Satan Takes A Holiday Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs: Haunted House The Who: Boris The Spider Barenaked Ladies: Grim Grinning Ghosts (hey, it's even got Canadian content!!) Sons Of The Pioneers: Ghost Riders In The Sky Jack Rivers: Haunted House Boogie The Five Jones Boys: Mr. Ghost Goes To Town Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Halloween Spooks John Zorn: Death Waltz Fantasy Bobby "Boris" Pickett: Me And My Mummy Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put A Spell On You The Bees: Voices Green And Purple Johnny Fuller: Haunted House Tom Waits: What's He Building? Barry Adamson: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening cheryls@primus.ca brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.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: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 16:33:13 +0100 (MET) Anyone know this ? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1477887464 is it good ? is tomorrow never knows also with sitar? There is also an exotica LP by Don Randi. (Jungle Adventure in Music and Sound) Can someone recommend it ? Thanks Martin -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.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: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 10:52:34 EST Not familiar with this, but I can recommend Joe Goldmark's Steelin' the Beatles, a fairly recent steel guitar instrumental record of Beatles tunes. His earlier record All Over The Road had covers of Steely Dan, Allman Brothers and Zappa ("Peaches in Regalia"), plus "Spanish Moon" which would've made Santo & Johnny weep with pleasure. << Anyone know this ? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1477887464 is it good ? is tomorrow never knows also with sitar? There is also an exotica LP by Don Randi. (Jungle Adventure in Music and Sound) Can someone recommend it ? Thanks Martin -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.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: Clayton Black Subject: (exotica) Cookie Carr Date: 28 Oct 2001 11:55:51 -0500 I picked up an album yesterday at a nearby Goodwill by "Cookie Carr." It's on the Grand Award label, which led me to think that this was one of Dick Hyman's numerous pseudonyms. Does anybody know about this? By the way, I also picked up the album with the classic "hand" cover, Eddie Baxter's "Temptation." It's not quite as interesting as I had hoped, but it does have its moments and has potential to grow on me. I also couldn't pass up "Ros at the Opera." The cover alone is worth the price--a valkyrie with a big conga drum between her legs. I know a lot of people on the list don't think too much of Edmundo, but I love anybody who puts the Sound of Music and Opera highlights to a Latin beat. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "william" Subject: (exotica) re: spoozys Date: 29 Oct 2001 00:46:45 +0800 >They're a Japanese band that are described as Devo meets Dick Dale. > >I think they have two complete albums out "Spoozys" and "Super Earth." > >Anyone in Japan that could try to score one of these for me? (They list at = >$30/$40 through GEMM). you might try cdjapan. i've never used them before but quite a few people from the p5 list seem to order things from them. not sure if they'll be cheaper than gemm or not. but most japanese full length releases retail for close to 30 u.s. dollars. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search.html?type=NC&word=spoozys&restrict=CD william in taipei. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Erik Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 18:32:54 +0100 When I was on a fleamarket about a week ago there was a guy there selling a number of very nice looking Beatles-cover lps. I was tempted, but I didn't know any of them and he was asking $20-$30 a piece for them... So I walked on and a few minutes later I saw "Lennon & McCartney Tijuana Style" by the Torero Band. This one cost me only $1. (It's also on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D1478535016) Do you guys know this record? It's released by EMI but the sleeve notes are in French and Dutch. The amazing thing: it's pretty good! The condition of the record is not too bad and the happy mariachi orchestra has that warm stereo sound... Trumpets and percussion comming from all directions :) It's like Se=F1or Coconut and Sergio Mendes pretending to be the Beatles! I've got another one that's called: "Million copy best sellers made famous by THE BEATLES sung by Russ Sainty with the Johnny Arthey Sound". With BEATLES in huge capitals of course.. This one is kinda funny in it's own horrible way... The sleeve notes start with: "There can't be a single original thing left to be said about the fou= r Liverpudlians..." And there's little original about this lp. Well, there's = a nice girl holding a tambourine on the cover but it sounds nothing like the Torero Band :) Can anyone recommend other Beatles-covers lps? (or rereleases?) Erik # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mimi Mayer Subject: Re: (exotica) Cookie Carr Date: 29 Oct 2001 12:08:28 -0600 At 11:55 AM 10/28/01 -0500, Clayton Black wro... I know a lot >of people on the list don't think too much of Edmundo, but I love anybody >who puts the Sound of Music and Opera highlights to a Latin beat. I vacillate about Edmundo myself, Clayton. But that opera highlights record sounds so intriguing. Just last weekend I bought Heading South ...of the Border with the hilarious Light My Fire and The Skaters Waltz. Also bought three-forths of the Ring Cycle. Please say more about Ros at the Opera. Is it Tosca arias as congas, that sort of thing? Anything from La Boheme, an opera to which I'm strangely drawn? TIA, Mimi # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Paging Alan Zweig Date: 28 Oct 2001 15:13:37 EST Sorry for the intrusion...If Alan Zweig could kindly once again send me his address, his soft-pop compilation is burned... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 15:35:26 -0500 Erik wrote >Can anyone recommend other Beatles-covers lps? (or rereleases?) > >Erik The Charles River Boys (Boston) did a great bluegrass album called Beatles Country. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 13:11:07 -0800 Erik wrote: > > Can anyone recommend other Beatles-covers lps? (or rereleases?) Instrumental Beatle covers by anonymous studio musician groups abound in Japan. And they're cheap too, easy to find in the 100 yen bins. Now's your chance to turn the tables on those dirty Jap collectors and invade *their* vinyl turf for plundering. --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Cookie Carr Date: 28 Oct 2001 16:19:54 -0500 At 11:55 AM 10/28/01 -0500, Clayton Black wrote: > >I picked up an album yesterday at a nearby Goodwill by "Cookie Carr." It's >on the Grand Award label, which led me to think that this was one of Dick >Hyman's numerous pseudonyms. Does anybody know about this? I have that record. It never occurred to me it was Dick Hyman. If it was, it was an off day for him. Not that it's bad. It's just not Dick. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 16:59:13 -0500 At 04:33 PM 10/28/01 +0100, Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > >Anyone know this ? > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1477887464 > >is it good ? is tomorrow never knows also with sitar? > >There is also an exotica LP by Don Randi. (Jungle Adventure in Music and >Sound) Can someone recommend it ? I can't quite recommend it. But I can try to tell you why I can't quite recommend it. Yes "Tomorrow Never Knows" has sitar. Or something like sitar. I can't actually be sure it's not a guitar played a bit weird. The thing I like about this record is that it confirms my fantasy that "If you can think of it, someone probably made it". Don Randi not only made a record called "Revolver Jazz" but he also made one called "Rubber Soul Jazz", though that one was put out under the monicker of "The Music Company". But neither of them are all that good. For instance, someone else here mentioned The Torero Brass. I have their "Plays the Beatles" record and in my opinion, it cuts Don Randi to shreds. The Torero Brass are on the Arc label, which is a cheapo Canadian label. I doubt they existed as a real band but they rock! Don Randi was apparently a very central figure in the L.A. session world and even a decent jazz pianist but you couldn't prove it by these records. I would pick up either of his Beatle jazz records if they were a couple of bucks - and I did - but I wouldn't pay that auction price at ebay. I wish there were some universal term for arrangements that do almost nothing but play the melody. Arrangements that don't do anything more than they have to. That's what those Don Randi Beatle records are like. Kind of like Roger Williams (even though I've heard him throw in some cool things here and there.) Moving on to other all-Beatle records. Well obviously the king is the Hollyridge Strings. And I think the ones with Stu Philips are pretty great, not to knock Mort Garson who did the rest. But that's only if you're sick like me and you love strings. If you like strings but Hollyridge is just a bit soft for you, look for the Leon Young String Chorale and their record "Liverpool Sound for Strings". The best all-Beatle records I ever owned were Buddy Morrow's "Big Band Beatlemania", Bob Leaper's "Big Band Beatle Songs" and Frank Chacksfield "Plays the Beatles Song Book". They are now gathered on one CDR along with the Torero Brass and the Mustang's organ record "The Beatles Song book" (And if you call 1-800 Paulisdead, I'll send you your copy.) There are other good ones. And even the Don Randi is growing on me as I'm writing this. I just don't think it's worth quite that much money. As far as other Don Randi records go, there's this one I've had for a while that's getting a bit of attention these days. It's Don Randi plays the theme from Romeo and Juliet" The reason it's getting attention is because it's produced by David Axelrod and apparently there's a cut on it that's been famously sampled. I had it because when I heard it in the store, there was one amazing cut on it. But now I can't find it. Still it's a nice record. I think that's enough information for one day. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bertrand Chaumelle" Subject: Fw: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 28 Oct 2001 23:42:16 +0100 My favorite Beatles cover record: "Chet Atkins Picks On The Beatles" (1966) on RCA Victor LP, CD, or even Stero8 cartridge... Bertrand ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 9:35 PM Erik wrote >Can anyone recommend other Beatles-covers lps? (or rereleases?) > >Erik The Charles River Boys (Boston) did a great bluegrass album called Beatles Country. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: "basic hip" Subject: (exotica) Upload of the Week Date: 28 Oct 2001 15:56:58 -0800 This week's upload is Chiitra Neogy's sensuous reading of The Perfumed Garden. Enjoy the entire LP here: http://basichip.com/album/album.htm Un-joy! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 01:38:03 +0100 (MET) wow, thanks for that detailed info Alan ! Martin BTW. talking about Beatles covers, I can recommend a more novelty funny one: Sydney Thompson and his Orch.: Latin American Fiesta, The Beatles Greatest Successes. It is about 1965 and the beatle tunes are coverd in Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba and Paso Doble (very funny, as it sounds like a Bavarian Brass Combo in a beer tent at the Oktoberfest Prost ! > At 04:33 PM 10/28/01 +0100, Hemmel@gmx.net wrote: > > > >Anyone know this ? > > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1477887464 > > > >is it good ? is tomorrow never knows also with sitar? > > > >There is also an exotica LP by Don Randi. (Jungle Adventure in Music and > >Sound) Can someone recommend it ? > > I can't quite recommend it. But I can try to tell you why I can't quite > recommend it. > Yes "Tomorrow Never Knows" has sitar. Or something like sitar. I can't > actually be sure it's not a guitar played a bit weird. > > The thing I like about this record is that it confirms my fantasy that "If > you can think of it, someone probably made it". > Don Randi not only made a record called "Revolver Jazz" but he also made > one called "Rubber Soul Jazz", though that one was put out under the > monicker of "The Music Company". > But neither of them are all that good. > For instance, someone else here mentioned The Torero Brass. I have their > "Plays the Beatles" record and in my opinion, it cuts Don Randi to shreds. > The Torero Brass are on the Arc label, which is a cheapo Canadian label. > I > doubt they existed as a real band but they rock! > Don Randi was apparently a very central figure in the L.A. session world > and even a decent jazz pianist but you couldn't prove it by these records. > I would pick up either of his Beatle jazz records if they were a couple of > bucks - and I did - but I wouldn't pay that auction price at ebay. > I wish there were some universal term for arrangements that do almost > nothing but play the melody. Arrangements that don't do anything more > than > they have to. That's what those Don Randi Beatle records are like. > Kind of like Roger Williams (even though I've heard him throw in some cool > things here and there.) > > Moving on to other all-Beatle records. Well obviously the king is the > Hollyridge Strings. And I think the ones with Stu Philips are pretty > great, not to knock Mort Garson who did the rest. > But that's only if you're sick like me and you love strings. > If you like strings but Hollyridge is just a bit soft for you, look for > the > Leon Young String Chorale and their record "Liverpool Sound for Strings". > > The best all-Beatle records I ever owned were Buddy Morrow's "Big Band > Beatlemania", Bob Leaper's "Big Band Beatle Songs" and Frank Chacksfield > "Plays the Beatles Song Book". > They are now gathered on one CDR along with the Torero Brass and the > Mustang's organ record "The Beatles Song book" > > (And if you call 1-800 Paulisdead, I'll send you your copy.) > > There are other good ones. And even the Don Randi is growing on me as I'm > writing this. I just don't think it's worth quite that much money. > > As far as other Don Randi records go, there's this one I've had for a > while > that's getting a bit of attention these days. It's Don Randi plays the > theme from Romeo and Juliet" > The reason it's getting attention is because it's produced by David > Axelrod > and apparently there's a cut on it that's been famously sampled. > I had it because when I heard it in the store, there was one amazing cut > on > it. But now I can't find it. > Still it's a nice record. > > I think that's enough information for one day. > > AZ > -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.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: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) more FREE books, NY Times article, and Citizen Kafka Date: 28 Oct 2001 22:31:03 -0500 Here's a follow-up message from Citizen Kafka about the book sale he had last week. Sorry for the intrusion if you find this OT. Lou Hi, all, There's a great article in the Sunday New York Times, the City Section, 10/28, about my big sale last week: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/nyregion/thecity/28BOOK.html Here's the same article on the Secret Museum website: http://www.citizenkafka.com/sale/nyt.html The next sale will be on Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4, Saturday 9 am to 6 pm Sunday noon to 7 pm http://www.citizenkafka.com/sale/ the FREE books will be available on Sunday from 5 to 7 pm, but the whole weekend will have remarkable objects sold cheap! Details are at the bottom of this letter. This event was really quite special, and much more than just a sale. Many of my friends came down just to say hello and browse, and most all of the "customers" who came were people who somehow were like-minded. Over 200 people came during the weekend because friends or friends of friends had forwarded the sales e-mail. This created a large pool of people of 2nd and 3rd degrees of separation - an amazingly social and interesting group. Here's a telling observation: usually, there's a lot of competition and veiled hostility at sales like this, even including pushing and arguing over who saw/touched/picked up a book/record/antique first. Here, even with valuable books going for free (one person got (free) a first edition ezra pound from 1921) there was mainly friendly bantering and a lot of "hey, i see you're looking for astronomy books; did you see this one?" In any case, this letter is a media alert (to the NY Times article) and advanced notice for the next sale. It would greatly help if you could forward this to as many friends as you can. If you did this last time, it helped make the last sale a success (see the article). I was able to pay 3 months of rent on one room, which actually brought me up to date until November 4th! Thanks in advance for helping, and i hope you can make it down next weekend! take care, Citizen Kafka (Richie) =================================== I have over 1,200 BOXES of 'stuff' which have not been opened yet. I'm opening about 250 boxes fresh for this sale (Saturday), and over 100 more freshly opened (never before sold from) for Sunday! Thousands of books, from Jules Halfant's library (see article), other libraries and accumulations, PLUS MY PERSONAL BOOKS! Artwork (Jules Halfant, others) * Jules's art includes Vanguard record cover art, alternates/tests, 1940s and 50s fashion newspaper ads, notebooks and drawings 1927 - 1979, book cover art, and printed record cover slicks. Photos - black and white glossies and small prints by famous photographers used/submitted for record covers - Jazz, folk, blues, psychedelic, rock. household - kitchen, tools, etc. from Jules and MY HOUSEHOLD (yes, Annie said OK). toys - (my 7 year olds "excess" and grown out of) - hundreds (yes, Sarah picked them out and said OK). records - 78s, 45s, 33s, plus CDs, tapes, etc. (no, i'm not happy about this, but it's either sell and give them away or throw them away or have them taken away when i can't pay the rent). misc. - the most interesting part - some of my accumulated odd objects. Guaranteed fascinating, bargains, and fun. Details... Saturday November 3rd - 9 am sharp to 6 pm. The sale begins! Sunday November 4th (NY Marathon day) - noon to 7 pm. noon to 3 pm - full sale, with 100s of boxes newly opened for Sunday, and some "deep" discounts... 3 to 5 PM - Books $2/bag. Bring your own bags and boxes! There is a standard unit bag size (see here for details): http://www.citizenkafka.com/sale/ 5 to 7 pm - the FREE book time! Thousands of books, FREE!! If you were there last time you know how great this was; late on Sunday afternoon someone found and took (FREE) a first edition Ezra Pound from 1921, catalog value $200+. 202 Tillary Street, Storage room B025 1 small block off Flatbush Ave, next to the firehouse. Parking available, close to many subways. call me at: 718 246-3816 or e-mail ckafka@mindspring.com for details and information. Thanks, see you there! citizen kafka PS: I'm also selling great heavy handmade and commercial old wooden shelving, and thousands of magazines. Most magazines and some shelves will be free on Sunday afternoon also. If you don't live near NY and/or have no wish to receive this e-mail, i apologize. This is a PERSONAL sale, not an ongoing business. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience, this is a matter of urgency and necessity for me, not an indulgence. Have a good weekend, and i hope to see you if you live near enough to come by. Citizen Kafka -- Listen ANY TIME to the Secret Museum: http://www.citizenkafka.com/ Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air" NEW DAY! - every SUNDAY 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Manuel" Subject: (exotica) Re: Moaning sounds Date: 28 Oct 2001 23:42:41 -0500 Serge Gainsbourg has several songs with loud moaning (don't know if someone has mentioned the epic Love on the Beat). Also the new Stereo Total record (I saw them live at the Knitting Factory and they were GREAT!!!) has a couple of songs with moaning, but these are fun and smiley moans, nothing like Love on the Beat -where you begin to think that someone was being ripped apart. The two songs are in fact the same one (about the pleasures to be had when three people share a bed), only that one of them has French and the other English vocals. By the way, the new record is called Musique Automatique, it is great as ever and I think it's available now in the US. Bye, Manuel Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.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: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour Date: 29 Oct 2001 08:27:46 -0600 Ghosts and goblins abound on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast! It's the annual Halloween bash, chockful of groovy ghoulies and terrifyingly toe-tapping tunes from Buddy Morrow's "Poe for Moderns", "Music To Be Murdered By", "Shock: Music in Hi-Fi" and many others, all served up in glorious "scareo". There's spooky outer space exotica; familiar TV themes from The Twilight Zone, Thriller, The Addams Family, et al; Halloween hits by Combustible Edison, Peter Thomas, The Moon-Rays, Zacherley, Les Baxter, Marty Manning and Raymond Scott, among others. We'll also visit the Retro Cocktail Hour Trailer Park, for several "coming attractions" previews of films like "The Crawling Hand", "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman", "The Spider", "The Giant Gila Monster" and lots more. To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the web, just visit: http://kanu.ku.edu/retro.html Happy Halloween! Darrell Brogdon The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Saturday 7:00pm - 9:00pm http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ukans.edu/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: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 14:51:55 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1477887464 > > > >is it good ? is tomorrow never knows also with sitar? > > >I can't quite recommend it. But I can try to tell you why I can't quite >recommend it. >Yes "Tomorrow Never Knows" has sitar. Or something like sitar. I can't >actually be sure it's not a guitar played a bit weird. > My 2 bits on this album is that it's really pretty cool. Most significant to me is that the album contains one of the only 2 jazz versions of "Tomorrow Never Knows" (that I know of), and, like the original, Randi's is really dark and driving and hypnotic. I seem to recall Randi playing harpsichord on it, with some weird, vaguely melodic guitar making drone-like background noise. There's some other really groovy song, too, was it "Love You Too"? - it has similar instrumentation. "She Said, She Said" was disappointing, though. In my skewed universe, it's worth the $10. -Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: (exotica) Emil Richards - "New Time Element" Date: 29 Oct 2001 14:58:38 Emil Richards - "New Time Element" I have been consistently outbid on this by Exotica list people, so I KNOW some of you have the skinny on this. How is it? Most importantly, any sitars? -Dan, who sheepishly asks "are you a mod or a raga" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) Emil Richards - "New Time Element" Date: 29 Oct 2001 07:25:11 -0800 > Emil Richards - "New Time Element" > > I have been consistently outbid on this by Exotica list people, so I KNOW > some of you have the skinny on this. How is it? I have this quirky album. That's a good way to describe it - quirky. I don't remember any sitars on it, but it has been awhile since I listened. And looking at the liner notes, their are references and thanks to Harihar Rao, a student of Ravi Shankar. I'd better go listen to "Blue Hari" now...got a second? Let me check. No, no sitar on that one, but their is something that sounds like a slide whistle. I told you it was quirky! What the "New Time Element:" refers to is time signitures as 7/8, 5/4, 11/8, etc applied to varied melodies at Georgy Girl, Sunny, Havah Nagilah and Take Five. Pretty cool - I'd give it a thumbs up. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Re: Moaning sounds Date: 29 Oct 2001 10:32:58 -0500 "Musique Automatique" is scheduled for release next week in North America (although it's for sale at the Stereo Total concerts). Saw them last night in Montreal, and yes they were good. As for the audience, well... I don't know about other cities - do the young'uns dress up like it's Halloween for concerts elsewhere? (and I don't think they were wearing special Halloween costumes - let's put it that way...) Perhaps I'm just getting too old for concerts. Nah.... cheryl > Also the new Stereo Total record (I saw them live at the Knitting Factory and they were GREAT!!!) has a couple of songs with moaning, but these are fun and smiley moans, nothing like Love on the Beat -where you begin to think that someone was being ripped apart. The two songs are in fact the same one (about the pleasures to be had when three people share a bed), only that one of them has French and the other English vocals. > > By the way, the new record is called Musique Automatique, it is great as ever and I think it's available now in the US. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moritzR@t-online.de (moritzR) Subject: Re: (exotica) Upload of the Week Date: 29 Oct 2001 17:28:38 +0100 basic hip schrieb: > This week's upload is Chiitra Neogy's sensuous reading of The Perfumed > Garden. > > Enjoy the entire LP here: > > http://basichip.com/album/album.htm Thanks for another edition of UotW. I already scared my girlfriend away with the "content" of this album. She thought it's horrible. I thought it's cute, although I'm not sure how to react, if exposed in reality to a girl like that. Looks like your upload specials are dedicated to word music however... --Mo ........................... studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.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: "james brouwer" Subject: Re: (exotica) Emil Richards - "New Time Element" Date: 29 Oct 2001 16:35:26 +0000 re > > Emil Richards - "New Time Element" For what it is worth, I found it really boring. Nothing really out-there or interestingly melodic. I guess it's quirky, but not in a good way. I never play it. "Stones" is way better IMHO. I may even have a second copy of "new time" floating around if you want it (I can't remember if I sold it). Try looking on GEMM too. jb _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) Upload of the Week Date: 29 Oct 2001 09:03:40 -0800 studio ® http://moritzR.de > Thanks for another edition of UotW. I already scared my girlfriend away with the "content" of this album. Hee hee - glad to pass it along. But it should not scare her - it is all about making sure that the woman has had her share of "the pleasure". Force her to sit through "Woman Is Like A Fruit" :) >Looks like your upload specials are dedicated to word music however... Stick around! It just worked out that way so far. I'm really not sure why I have picked what I have, there will be something for everyone eventually... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rob Crowther Subject: RE: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 10:32:22 -0800 Another great Beatles cover album is Count Basie and his orchestra doing big band, jazz send ups of Beatle hits. I can't remember the exact title, but I think it's called Basie's Beatle Bag. Includes Help!, Can't buy me love and about ten other tracks. ******************************************* I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. --Frank Sinatra Rob Crowther mrsuave@mistersuave.com www.mistersuave.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:42 PM My favorite Beatles cover record: "Chet Atkins Picks On The Beatles" (1966) on RCA Victor LP, CD, or even Stero8 cartridge... Bertrand ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 9:35 PM Erik wrote >Can anyone recommend other Beatles-covers lps? (or rereleases?) > >Erik The Charles River Boys (Boston) did a great bluegrass album called Beatles Country. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this 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. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 15:53:02 -0500 At 02:51 PM 10/29/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: .> >My 2 bits on this album is that it's really pretty cool. Most significant >to me is that the album contains one of the only 2 jazz versions of >"Tomorrow Never Knows" (that I know of), and, like the original, Randi's is >really dark and driving and hypnotic. . If you want the best version of "Tomorrow never knows" that I've ever heard, I can't remember the name of the record but it's by Carmen McRae. Sitars and everything. Her rather unusual voice may be an acquired taste but it perfectly suits this song. In fact it improves the song. I wouldn't quibble with anyone over the relative worth of the Don Randi record. I just happen to think his playing is rather ham-fisted and un-groovy compared to what I hope for when I spy a jazz-rock Now Sound record. For me the standard is Howard Roberts who made almost ten perfect records in the sixties, with a variety of groovy organ players including Dave Grusin. Still I have two of Don Randi's Beatle tributes and I've kept them so there must be soemthing I like about them but I think that what that thing is that I like is the very fact that he made them. I've owned lots of Beatle instrumental tributes but Don's the only guy who took on individual records cut by cut. The only one I know anyway. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "jonathan richardson" Subject: RE: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 12:58:18 -0800 >Another great Beatles cover album is Count Basie and his orchestra doing >big >band, jazz send ups of Beatle hits. I can't remember the exact title, but >I >think it's called Basie's Beatle Bag. Includes Help!, Can't buy me love >and >about ten other tracks. The one I have is called Basie on the Beatles. It doesnt have Help! or Cant Buy Me Love, but it does have a great versions of Come Together and Eleanor Rigby I guess Basie really dug the Beatles to do 2 different records by them -jonny _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Emil Richards - "New Time Element" Date: 29 Oct 2001 16:02:45 -0500 At 07:25 AM 10/29/01 -0800, basic hip wrote: > > >> Emil Richards - "New Time Element" >> >> I have been consistently outbid on this by Exotica list people, so I KNOW >> some of you have the skinny on this. How is it? > >I have this quirky album. That's a good way to describe it - quirky. A couple of weeks ago, I put this on CDR for someone on this list and I realized I had never really listened to it before. I was actually going to write to this list and recommend it to Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman fans. Or if you can make this stretch, I was even going to recommend it to fans of the current band Calexico. I put this on a CDR with Don Sebesky's truly great record "The Jazz Rock Syndrome". But it's nothing like that record and if that's what you're expecting - as I was initially - then you're probably going to be disappointed. I can understand why someone else here found it boring. It's a very quiet, even subtle record. Mostly vibes (or marimbas?) and strings. The fact that everything is played in an unusual time signature is kind of cool but that's not what I like about this record. I just think it's a beautifully arranged, slightly exotic, quiet record. But once again, I have to warn you that I love quiet, string-laden soundtrack stuff by the likes of Michel Legrand and Francis Lai. To me, this record is like Martin Denny on acid. But he's having a very quiet trip. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 21:09:10 My hands-down favorite take on "Tomorrow Never Knows" is by Junior Parker. It came out on a late-60's Capitol LP (on which he performed a number of Beatles covers), and on a 45 (b/w "Lady Madonna), which is how I know of it. Slow and harrowing and utterly effective, and - despite the minimal instrumentation and absence of sitars - somehow MORE psychedelic than the original. Let us know if you think of that Carmen McRae record, it sounds like something that might inadvertantly show up fer cheep in the local record stores. I like her voice. -Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 29 Oct 2001 16:13:05 -0500 At 09:09 PM 10/29/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: > >Let us know if you think of that Carmen McRae record, it sounds like >something that might inadvertantly show up fer cheep in the local record >stores. I like her voice. I'm going to put it on Mp3. I'm going to figure that out. I think this version deserves it. As a public service. Does Easy CD Creator make them for you? (By the way, my first CD burner, by A-Open with Nero software, burned out completely after three weeks of moderate usage. I bought a Sony and the difference is day and night. Warn your friends about A-Open.) AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Philip Jackson Subject: Re: (exotica) Beatles jazz and exotica Don Randi Date: 30 Oct 2001 09:53:58 +1100 on 30/10/01 7:53 AM, azed@pathcom.com at azed@pathcom.com wrote: > I've owned lots of Beatle instrumental tributes but Don's the only guy who > took on individual records cut by cut. > The only one I know anyway. Well there is George Benson's "The Other Side Of Abbey Road" on CTI. Philip -- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Clayton Black Subject: Re: (exotica) Cookie Carr Date: 29 Oct 2001 18:40:28 -0500 > I vacillate about Edmundo myself, Clayton. But that opera highlights record > sounds so intriguing. Just last weekend I bought Heading South ...of the > Border with the hilarious Light My Fire and The Skaters Waltz. Also bought > three-forths of the Ring Cycle. Please say more about Ros at the Opera. Is > it Tosca arias as congas, that sort of thing? Anything from La Boheme, an > opera to which I'm strangely drawn? > TIA, Mimi Here's the tracklist. "Tosca arias as congas" is a good way to put it. I have to say, I like this album quite a lot. Now, of course, I also like Charles Magnante doing Rachmaninoff on the accordion, which sends my wife into apoplectic fits, but . . . Carmen, Toreador's Song Rigoletto, The Quartet Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo Rigoletto, Caro Nome Faust, Flower Song La Traviata, Drinking Song Marriage of Figaro, So Sir Page Barber of Seville, Una Voce Poco Fa Martha, Soft and Pure Carmen, Habanera Rigoletto, La Donna e Mobile Lohengrin, Bridal March. No Puccini in the bunch, I'm afraid. Maybe that's a good thing. All of the songs are pretty good, but I'd give the Toreador's Song and "Soft and Pure" the highest marks among them. Clayton # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) [LavaLamp] Playlist for Mondo Bongos Oct 31, 2001 Date: 29 Oct 2001 19:39:02 -0500 Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wednesday morning at 9 (EST) on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The show is also available on the web at http://www.uoguelph.ca/~cfru-fm It's the happiest time of the year...so...The Halloween Show! The Cramps - Human Fly "Gravest Hits" Incredibly Strange Creatures trailer 45 Grave - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood "Darker Scratcher" Howard Shore - Main Title "Ed Wood" ost Vampires Sound Incorporation - Droge CX 9 "Vampyros Lesbos" ost The Cramps - Under The Wire "Psychedelic Jungle" The Creed Taylor Orchestra - The Crank "Shock Music in Hi-Fi" Eddie Novak - Psycho "Wavy Gravy" Lon Chaney Jr - Song From Spider Baby "Not Of This Earth! ost The Moontrekkers - Night Of The Vampire "It's Hard To Believe It!" Fuzztones - The Witch "Hanging Out At Midnight" Man or Astroman? - Invasion Of The Dragonmen "Is It...Man or Astroman?" Satan's Pilgrims - Ghoulash "Estrus Sizzlers" Henry The IX - Don't Take Me Back "Psychedelic Unknowns" Porter Waggoner - Rubber Room "Wavy Gravy" Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Hear Voices "Voodoo Jive" Satan's Pilgrims - Haunted House Of Rock "Soul Pilgrim" Sonny Day - The Creature From Outer Space "Universe Rocketin' " Moses Longpiece - Slide Her Under The Door "Wavy Gravy" + Graveyard Tramps and The Vault of Horror trailers. ...scary stuff. Allan The Mondo Bongos Homepage http://communities.msn.ca/MondoBongos # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Dale" Subject: (exotica) Emil Richards: New Time Element Date: 30 Oct 2001 06:19:39 -0800 Just wanted to add my two cents regarding Emil Richards: New Time Element. I received three boxes of mostly instrumental albums from a friend's Dad. Lot's of shlocky looking covers and scratchy records. None were ever recommended from this list. I had a decision to make on my own, without our list's help. Keep them or to Good Will? The sound was awful on these records but they were free. And a friend wanted me to enjoy them. I gave them all away except the Emil Richards: New Time Element. And it's very scratchy as well. But, I dig it. I notice on the liner notes that Emil wrote, someone he thanks was a student of Ravi Shankar and that the 7/8, 5/4, 11/8, etc. rhythm's come from India. It also says that Emil was a vibrophonist for George Shearing. More importantly than Shearing, since getting this album, I'd read on the Exotica List that Emil played vibes on The Surfman's "Exotic Island" or my version with the South Sea Serenaders. That's it. No more cents to add. Doug # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Langley Schools Music Project Date: 30 Oct 2001 05:46:53 -0800 (PST) From yesterday's W. Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3681-2001Oct28.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Amon Tobin Date: 30 Oct 2001 10:06:25 -0500 Am listening to a few of his LP's on the net at work - interesting stuff = with a lot of samples from obscure exotica/rockabilly (some *really* = obscure rockabilly)............. Any comments on this guy? - 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: "james brouwer" Subject: (exotica) BackWard Playlist - Halloween Date: 30 Oct 2001 15:54:07 +0000 Carved pumpkins and cheap candies for two solid hours: 1) 30 seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu; "Datapanik..." 2) Hush Puppy Hush - Wee Willie Shantz 3) Spider and The Fly - The Wicked 4) I Am The Fly - Wire; "Chairs Missing" 5) I'm A Bug - The Urinals 6) Human Fly - The Cramps; "Bad Music for Bad People" 7) Curse of the Hearse - Terry Teene; "Only in America" 8) Rituals - Bush Tetras; "Better Late..." 9) Horror House - Psychic TV; "Towards Thee..." 10) "Scream Blacula Scream!" Film trailer 11) Blacula Strikes! - Gene Page; "Blacula" OST 12) Morticia's Theme - Vic Mizzy; "Addam's Family" OST 13) Season Of The Witch - Enoch Light; "Brass Menagerie 73" 14) Ghost Ship - Kenyon Hopkins; "Nightmare!" 15) Devil Cult - Les Baxter; "Dunwich Horror" OST 16) Orgies - Louise Huebner; "Seduction Through Witchcraft" 17) Return of Evil Bill - Clinic; "Internal Wrangler" 18) I Command The House of The Devil - The Fugs; "Adult Minds..." 19) When The Night Falls - The Eyes; "Nuggets II" 20) Night On Bald Mountain - Marty Manning; "Twilight Zone" 21) C.Q. - The Outsiders (Dutch); "C.Q." 22) The Irremediable - Ruth White; "Flowers of Evil" 23) "so long Matt..." - anon.; "One of One" 24) Sacrifice - Pierre Henry; "Machine Danse" 25) Small Was Fast - Pere Ubu; "New Picnic Time" 26) Sensorium - Clock DVA; "Thirst" 27) Newsreel - Fadgadget; "Fireside Favorites" 28) Ghost Rider - Suicide; "Suicide" 29) Penetration - Iggy and the Stooges; "Raw Power" 30) Clock on The Wall - Ava Snelling 31) Rollercoaster - 13th Floor Elevators 32) Shadows of The Night - Robert Corbert; "Dark Shadows" OST 33) Monster Cocktail - Les Maledictus Sound 34) Phantom 309 - Red Sovine; "Greatest Hits" 35) Way Out Mummy - Kwentin Quisp; "Bent, Batty..." 36) Theme For A Creature Under The Sea - Milton Delugg 37) Head Shrinker - The Vampires; "At The Monster Ball" 38) The Thing - The Twisted 39) Black Cat - Scotty McKay; "Beat Jazz" 40) Electronic Insides of Dr Krieg - Riders of the Mark 41) Halloween Main Title - John Carpenter; "Halloween" OST "The Back-Ward" can be heard Wednesday mornings immediately following Mondo Bongos, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am EST on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome. The show is also available in RealAudio. Click on "Listen to us live via the net" at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~cfru-fm/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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@defectiverecords.com (Bump Stadelman) Subject: Re: (exotica) Amon Tobin Date: 30 Oct 2001 11:50:37 -0400 some hate him, some love him. i like him, not so much the earlier drum and bass stuff but the newer things like the SUPERMODIFIED cd i dug on last year. my favorite track, the first cut on the album, Get Your Snack On was used on some car commercial this year. have not heard anything more recent. some of the tunes still hold up but not as much as i thought. definitely worth a listen though. on Ninja Tune. sorry i can not be more descript, i am lame that way, and i have a sears repairman in my kitchen... >Am listening to a few of his LP's on the net at work - interesting stuff >with a lot of samples from obscure exotica/rockabilly (some *really* >obscure rockabilly)............. > >Any comments on this guy? > >- Nate ******************************************************* my two cents... http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=79571&group=webcast some comic relief amongst the madness http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/bert.htm Don't Believe the Hype... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/oct2001/bush-o16.shtml by Barry Grey THE BUSH LEGACY OF HORROR Read all about George W's bloodline agendas http://www.tarpley.net/bushb.htm by Webstar Tarpley and Anton Chaikin who's Osama Bin Laden and what has the USA done to create him? http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html by Michel Chossudovsky-Professor of Economics, Univ. of Ottawa MAKE SENSE, NOT WAR. BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD- M.K.GHANDI IN A TIME OF UNIVERSAL DECEIT, TELLING THE TRUTH IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT - GEORGE ORWELL # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Amon Tobin Date: 30 Oct 2001 10:59:58 -0500 <> Ha!Ha! :-) - 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: Michael Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Amon Tobin Date: 30 Oct 2001 15:39:42 +0000 Nathan Miner wrote: > > Am listening to a few of his LP's on the net at work - interesting stuff with a lot of samples from obscure exotica/rockabilly (some *really* obscure rockabilly)............. > > Any comments on this guy? I think a few people here (inc. me) liked the SuperModified LP when it came out. along with The Cinematic Orchestra, he's better than most of those sort of Ninja Tune types # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Amon Tobin Date: 30 Oct 2001 11:37:31 -0500 I'm a big fan of his - my favourite CD is "Permutation". Another very interesting (and slightly atypical) Ninja act is Mr. Scruff - he uses very interesting samples (especially bits of spoken word), and slightly catchier melodies - he's worth checking out, if you're not familiar with his music. cheryl Am listening to a few of his LP's on the net at work - interesting stuff with a lot of samples from obscure exotica/rockabilly (some *really* obscure rockabilly)............. Any comments on this guy? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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: (exotica) Vern Stoltz' CAnnot Become Obsolete Christmas CD Date: 30 Oct 2001 12:42:25 -0800 I am the happy owner of Vern's fine compilation of christmas music, however, it got separated from the track listing in my last move. Would some be so kind as to forward the track listing by email or better yet, post it here for all to see. It's a great comp. Thanks! Ron Grandia # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Lenkei Subject: (exotica) Les Baxter Date: 30 Oct 2001 21:55:13 -0500 (EST) Just got me a copy of his "Brazil Now" album. It must be from the mid-sixties or later, judging by the track list. Some nice, gentle now-soundish stuff with a latin beat. A real Sergio Mendes influence on his version of "Goin out of my head". Same sort of arrangement. Could almost be a Brasil '66 track except for the wordless vocals. Also a groovy version of "Born Free", a song that usually, I rather despise. A nice find. - bruce ++++++++++++++++++++ Lenkei Design www.lenkeidesign.com ++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit The Exotica Review As many exotica/lounge record reviews as possible! on the web at: www.bway.net/~er ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) tricky tv treats Date: 30 Oct 2001 22:10:01 -0500 Pick of the litter from the free movie channels on Halloween (Wednesday) night... TCM lists Carl Dreyer's "Vampyr" (1932) at 8:00pm (eastern) and F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922) at 9:30pm. Everything else has already run dozens of times previously. M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.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: itsvern@attglobal.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Cannot Become Obsolete Christmas CD Date: 30 Oct 2001 22:37:52 -0500 > > >I am the happy owner of Vern's fine compilation of christmas music, >Would some be so kind as to forward the track listing by email or better >yet, post it here for all to see. > Here it is Vern 1. Santa Claus is Here Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Lennon Sisters 2. Christmas Chopsticks ( the Night Before Christmas) . . . Jan Garber & his orchestra 3. I'd Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus . . . . . . . . . . .Hugo Winterhalter & orchestra & chorus 4. I Wanna Do More Than Whistle (Under the Mistletoe) . The Sparklers & Alice Lon 5. He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gene Autrey 6. Too Fat for the Chimney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gisele Mackenzie 7. Mele Kalikimaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haleloke Kahauoopua 8. Christmas Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugo Winterhalter & orchestra & chorus 9. Christmas in de Tropics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The De Paur Chorus (featuring Hamilton Grandison) 10. Winter Wonderland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arthur Lyman 11. Deck the Halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hi-Los 12. Mister Santa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Dee & the Anita Kerr Singers 13. Mr and Mrs Santa Claus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eddie Weaver 14. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ferrante & Teicher 15. Russian Sleigh Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Three Suns 16. Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Dee 17. Yulesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Byrnes 18. The Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street . . . . . . Northern Calloway (Dave) 19. Here Comes Santa Claus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ramsey Lewis Trio 20. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlowe Morris 21. Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy McGriff 22. Silver Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booker T and the MGs 23. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tijuana Voices with Brass 24. Senor Santa Claus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis Prima 25. Santa Claus is Coming to Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sandler and Young 26. Santa Claus is Coming to Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Four Seasons 27. The Now Sound Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Free Design 28/29. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Airmen of Note 30. Santa Claus is Coming to Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sy Mann 31. Remember Bethlehem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dee Mullins 32. I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree . . . . . . . . . . . Loretta Lynn 33. I'm Trimming my Christmas Tree with Teardrops . . . . Ernest Tubb & his Texas Troubadours 34/35. Christmas in November (excerpt) . . . . . . . . . . . . Elton Britt & the Pinetoppers # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Cannot Become Obsolete Christmas CD Date: 30 Oct 2001 22:49:25 EST In a message dated 10/30/01 10:39:22 PM, itsvern@attglobal.net writes: << I am the happy owner of Vern's fine compilation of christmas music, >> same here....just got it out for dj play over the holidaze...gigs for companies that can afford to have one this year, that is # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Otis Fodder" Subject: (exotica) Interstellar Cafe - Specials for November Date: 30 Oct 2001 21:14:46 -0800 Monthly specials have been added to The Interstellar Cafe for November: http://www.interstellarcafe.com/audioarchives/specials.html 3 Full LPs this time around including: Bob Rosengarden & Phil Kraus "Percussion, Playful and Pretty" (RCA/Victor CSP-113) [1965] Del Close & John Brent "How To Speak Hip" (Mercury SR-61245) [195?] Ethel Merman "The Ethel Merman Disco Album" (A&M SP-4775) [1979] Enjoy. Your Pal, Otis www.interstellarcafe.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: "Robert McKenna" Subject: (exotica) Gotan Project Date: 31 Oct 2001 13:40:21 I've been meaning to mention the Gotan Project here for at least the last month but work's been hectic. I only have one EP from them a 10" called 'Santa Maria (del Buenos Ayre)' if my memory serves me. It's on Ya Basta! records and is quite obviously French. If you are a fan of tango and dub I think you'd like it. I love it of course. Though it's probably a wee bit mellow for my kind of dancefloor. Since then I heard another cut on the radio, more vocal and still good. I believe they have 3 eps and that all three have now been collected on an album. Always good to hear bandoneon on a 'dance' record. The only other example I have is the rather strange 'happy birthday' tango by UFO. As I'm sure you hipsters know 'gotan' is Argentinian backslang for tango. It wouldn't really be used much now, more of a gangster movie thing I believe. Check them out, rob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert McKenna" Subject: Re: (exotica) Amon Tobin Date: 31 Oct 2001 14:05:54 I actually found 'supermodified' a bit too slow and underwater. Maybe because I bought the bad sex ep (I love Chris Morris, but it's not that fun to listen to with the vocals buried in the mix), and prefer his period preceding that when he made evil, sick, dirty, fast jazz that you could play at a rave without being shot. His drum and bass era (that Bump was mentioning) was mostly done under his trip hop alias of Cujo. I think Cujo has been retired. I have a bunch of his stuff using other names and a fictitious collaboration album with one wicked track on it. I think a decent example of his cujo work and why i like Amon on a more upbeat tip is on a Compost compilation (root down from Rainer Truby I think). His tune is driving jazz breakbeats with analogue synth filtering. You could dance to it, but most of the record has that kind of somnolent fuzak noodling Compost artists will revert to if given rein. rob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Amon Tobin Date: 31 Oct 2001 10:25:47 -0500 << I actually found 'supermodified' a bit too slow and underwater.>> I think that's what drew me to it!!! I like the term "underwater!" Slow = is good when it's *interestingly* so. The few "hyper" jazz cuts I've heard were a bit much. - 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: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: RE: (exotica) Amon Tobin Date: 31 Oct 2001 16:13:36 -0000 have the Mr Scruff LP and some of it is extraordinarily good, and some is very dull. While we're on the topic, one of my local record shops has a moondog LP that says 'as sampled by Mr Scruff on get a move on' on a sticker. This true? I know Moondog has been discussed before, but would this be a good LP to check out? Its cheap for a new one, but I'm feeling meanspirited at the moment. Get a move on is the track I heard that made me buy the record, very groovy odd looped jazz. The only Amon Tobin stuff I've heard must be the Jazzy noodling that Rob referred too, I found it very uninspiring I'm afraid. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ > I'm a big fan of his - my favourite CD is "Permutation". Another very > interesting (and slightly atypical) Ninja act is Mr. Scruff - he uses very > interesting samples (especially bits of spoken word), and slightly > catchier > melodies - he's worth checking out, if you're not familiar with his music. > > cheryl > > From: "Nathan Miner" > Am listening to a few of his LP's on the net at work - interesting stuff > with a lot of samples from obscure exotica/rockabilly (some *really* > obscure > rockabilly)............. > > Any comments on this guy? > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Gotan Project Date: 31 Oct 2001 11:45:24 -0500 I love Gotan Project - the new album is due out any day now. There are 3 10" singles by them; the second one has a great version of "Last Tango In Paris" theme, and the third they cover Zappa's "Chunga's Revenge". Not for the dancefloor, but definitely for the lounge. Two of the members have another project called Stereo Action Unlimited, who just released their 2nd single, "Lovelight", a few weeks ago. It's a gorgeous bossa nova, along with 3 very cool remixes. There's a good Ya Basta compilation that came out a few months ago that's highly recommended, it's a great label. br cleve on 10/31/01 8:40 AM, Robert McKenna at rmckenna@hotmail.com wrote: > > I've been meaning to mention the Gotan Project here for at least the last > month but work's been hectic. I only have one EP from them a 10" called > 'Santa Maria (del Buenos Ayre)' if my memory serves me. It's on Ya Basta! > records and is quite obviously French. If you are a fan of tango and dub I > think you'd like it. I love it of course. Though it's probably a wee bit > mellow for my kind of dancefloor. Since then I heard another cut on the > radio, more vocal and still good. I believe they have 3 eps and that all > three have now been collected on an album. Always good to hear bandoneon on > a 'dance' record. The only other example I have is the rather strange 'happy > birthday' tango by UFO. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Jemmeson Subject: Re: (exotica) Amon Tobin Date: 31 Oct 2001 16:55:57 +0000 G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk wrote: > > have the Mr Scruff LP and some of it is extraordinarily good, and some is > very dull. > While we're on the topic, one of my local record shops has a moondog LP that > says 'as sampled by Mr Scruff on get a move on' on a sticker. > This true? > I know Moondog has been discussed before, but would this be a good LP to > check out? Its cheap for a new one, but I'm feeling meanspirited at the > moment. > > Get a move on is the track I heard that made me buy the record, very groovy > odd looped jazz. i was about to post on the Moondog/Mr Scruff thing yesterday, but got sidetracked. i really liked the Mr Scruff track, one of my favourite tracks ever, probably, but i became very disappointed with it after hearing the Moondog track (Lament #1 - Bird's Lament) which it is almost entirely sampled from. I thought it was very cleverly (and musically) pieced together from multiple sources. haven't had time to listen to the rest of the Moondog record yet though. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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) Interstellar Cafe - Specials for November Date: 31 Oct 2001 19:10:06 +0100 > Del Close & John Brent > "How To Speak Hip" Now I know where Basic Hip got his name from! By the way, great work, Otis. Good to see that you added larger cover scans. 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: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Gotan Project Date: 31 Oct 2001 14:27:19 EST In a message dated 10/31/01 11:45:01 AM, brcleve@mindspring.com writes: << Stereo Action Unlimited, who just released their 2nd single, "Lovelight", >> I recommend this one for neo-lounge aficionados, not of the Om-Lounge variety--thankfully--but of the true-to-list-form "lounge" sound...Dusty had their single in July...there's even a "Tiki" mix...mine's has two mixes, both highly playable # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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 Gingerich Subject: (exotica)WFMU Rekkid Fair?? Date: 31 Oct 2001 16:10:16 -0500 Hey, anyone out there in the list setting up shop this weekend (11/3)? would love to come by and say hi at your booth this sat.... pg # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing 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.R. Rolya" Subject: (exotica) wfmu record fair/shameless plug Date: 31 Oct 2001 17:39:31 -0500 hello, Once again it's time for the wonderful WFMU record fair in New York. It's taking place on friday evening and all day saturday and sunday at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th St.). Check out the 'FMU site for more details (www.wfmu.org/recfair/) And once again it's time for my selfish promotional plug: if you're at the record fair, be sure to drop by the Triage table (table F16 - saturday only) and say hello! We'll have plenty of new cds and vinyl including the just-released Shaggs tribute album, Raymond Scott recordings (including "Manhattan Research" on vinyl if our shipment comes in on time), "Music to Drink Beer" compilations, "Schoolgirl Report", Bran Flakes, much of the Trikont catalogue (La Paloma - everyone needs all four cds!, "Flashbacks" compilation, etc.), Luke Vibert's "Nuggets" compilation, and much, much more. - BR Triage br@triagemusic.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.