From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: LES, MARTIN AND HENRY Date: 01 May 1996 11:34:05 -0400 "Laura Taylor" wrote: >Does anyone have a complete discography of any of these fine >composers/arrangers(Les Baxter, Martin Denny or Henry Mancini), or know where >one/some can be found? Check out Mancini's excellent autobiography "Did They Mention The Music?" for a discography/filmography up to 1980. It's out of print (and hardcover only), but check your local library (that's where I found it). Br. Cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: James Last. yes, James Last!!! Date: 01 May 1996 19:54:23 +0100 i heard one track by james last on the radio that was COMPLETELY different from the dreck he usually produces, with lots of african percussion and wild latin rhythms, really crazy and great! but i don't know the title of the lp, or the song title; and i haven't found a james last specialist yet... (i do know he made an lp called "mystique", but i'm not sure if that is the one) can anyone of you help identifying this exotica treasure? Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: WFMU Record Fair May 4-5 Date: 01 May 1996 15:40:04 -0400 (EDT) THE WFMU SPRING RECORD FAIR Saturday May 4 - 11 am - 8 pm Sunday May 5 - 11 am - 7 pm @ Mary Help of Christians Church, 440 E. 12th St, NY (near Ave. A) admission $4.00 (special early boid rate: $10 @ 10 AM) RECORDS, CDS, LIVE BROADCASTING, BEER and CELEBRITY-SIGHTINGS This is the coolest record fair in the world. Besides having the widest variety of music (rock, soul, jazz, country, old, new, acoustic, spoken word, weirdo, ethnic, outsider, vinyl, CD, 45s, 10", etc. etc.), unlike ALL other record fairs, WFMU's is populated entirely by GOOD-LOOKING DEALERS! Some are even WOMEN!!!! Most record fairs, as you know, are plagued with proto-nerds, people --mostly GUYS and their mousy, tag-along girlfriends--with bad complexions, poor hygiene, and no fashion sense, who are Socially Retarded, i.e., people with NO LIVES outside their erotic fixation with the little holes in 12" albums. When they flip through record bins, they invariably DROOL on the merchandise. The WFMU Record Fair boasts smart-looking, sophisticated dealers. Many have graduated from high school! Others have kept outside jobs for as long as two years!! They bathe several times a week!! Besides the great selection of music, you'll find these dealers OOZING CHARISMA at No Extra Charge! SO, if you've been avoiding record fairs because you don't want to associate with Losers, visit the WFMU Drool-Free Record Fair this weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: The Stylophone Date: 01 May 1996 17:07:38 -0400 "Laura Taylor" wrote: > RE>>The Stylophone >I just *want* one, if anyone can tell me price/availability Availability is impossibly low. Finding one is about as easy as finding a (RCA or Maestro) Theremin or an Ondioline......not impossible, but very tough. I asked around in England a year or two ago (where they were made), and most shop owners laughed out loud. A fellow at the BBC told me that the demand is far greater than the supply. They weren't the most popular things in their day. BTW, when I used to see the Beach Boys back in the early 70's, the instrument Mike Love played on "Good Vibrations" looked exactly like the Stylophone (which I hadn't heard of at the time). Can anyone corroborate that it was? >what about the avails of DOLOMITE/RUDY RAY MOORE? Just about all of Rudy Ray's Kent recordings have been back in print for a number of years now, but on cassette only. The best places to check, obviously, are record shops in black neighborhoods. Oddly enough, many Blockbuster Video stores carry Rudy Ray's films (the city stores, anyway). Rent them all, especially the incredible "Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law". Br.Cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: Bootleg CDs Date: 01 May 1996 16:18:41 -0400 (EDT) SOme recently asked about acquiring those "Limited Edition" CDs which have been floating around at exotically steep prices; specifically, the Les Baxter/Harry Revel theremin albums, Martin Denny's Moog album, Hal Blaine, Leo Diamond, Esquivel '68, etc etc etc--all issued as "two-fers." Fact is, these are bootlegs, transferred from scuffed vinyl. The perp is on the loose, but for now, he's been shut down. As to why the majors don't reissue this stuff--many folks, myself included, have been working on getting this stuff out legitimately for years. These deals take time (my Bar/None Esquivel reissues took two years, my Columbia Raymond Scott took three). But thanks to Mr. Bootlegger, at least one project (can't name the label) has been scuttled. The label now believes the market has been served, however badly, by Mr. B's illicit release. In addition, this scumbag has been depriving artists and composers of their rightful royalties on sales of these records. And, if it's the little guy you're concerned about, he screwed an unsuspecting mastering engineer out of between $8,000-9,000 before he took flight. If anyone knows the guy's name or can provide leads on his whereabouts, a number of record labels, publishers, the RIAA, and at least one mastering plant would appreciate the info. I would too. I'd like to have a little "chat" with this cretin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Re: LES, MARTIN AND HENRY Date: 01 May 1996 18:44:41 -0400 "Laura Taylor" wrote: >Does anyone have a complete discography of any of these fine >composers/arrangers(Les Baxter, Martin Denny or Henry Mancini), or know where >one/some can be found? Check out Mancini's excellent autobiography "Did They Mention The Music?" for a discography/filmography up to 1980. It's out of print (and hardcover only), but check your local library (that's where I found it). Br. Cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Destroying the American Maois Date: 02 May 1996 02:57:20 -0400 Heard today that the epic Americana Easter Is Tikis flanking the Tropicana in Vegas are being demo'd. Anyone heard details of this travesty? Meanwhile interest in Tiki builds: July 10 - September 21 Anaheim Museum hosts "Native Drums in the Orange Grove" an exhibit of OC Tiki including hotels, apartments, restaurants and some Disneyana 241 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California (714) 778-3301 Aloha Otto von Stroheim Tiki News ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Letters to an editor Date: 02 May 1996 03:31:08 -0400 Strobe, Congratulations on being the first to publish a negative review of Exoticon '95. I apologize on behalf of myself and my partners for the lack of bar service and the large crowd. I'd like to point out that we were also unhappy with the bar but we were FORCED to use this service as part of the agreement to rent the hall. The bar manager was well aware of the size and type of crowd that would be attending and we felt beforehand that he would be able to handle the job because he often does private clubs at the Park Plaza Hotel. We were wrong. What I particularly don't understand about your review of the show was your comment about the promoters "making out like bandits." First off you must be assuming that we got some take of the bar. We did not. Or maybe you mean that we made a lot of money at the door because you had to pay to get in. Obviously several hundred other folks were more than happy to pay $12.50 ($11 in advance). Keep in mind that Combustible Edison's previous LA show was higher than this and that was only to see them. Exoticon attendees also got to see The Phantom Surfers, Joey Altruda Sextet, 5 other bands, two dance troupes, and 3 djs. Attendees received a free program as they entered and they could go shopping if they didn't care for the bands that was playing in the main ballroom. I think it was the Exoticon patrons who made out like bandits as they hauled off near mint quality copies of Quiet Village (priced at $5.00!!) with the money they saved at the door. Besides, it took every spare after-work hour for three months to make this happen. If you think the payoff was comparable, again, you are wrong. Lastly, what does the amount of profits to promoters have to do with reviewing a show anyway? Why don't you include those types of details for shows at the Whiskey or the Troubadour? Because you are afraid you may not get free tickets? You obviously weren't there to enjoy the show otherwise you would have realized that this was not a crowd of people "trying to relive a movement that happened before they were even born." Every one of the bands who performed focus primarily on new, original material and that is what the crowd came to see. Not to wallow in nostalgia as you try to suggest in your short review. Not only did we receive dozens of compliments from folks who attended (including Matt Groening and Mark Mothersbaugh who each went out of their way to thank us in person) all of the bands and djs were very happy with the ENTIRE show. If you attend this year please introduce yourself. I'll buy you a drink since it seems to be the deciding factor of whether or not you enjoy the band. Sincerely, Otto von Stroheim Exoticon Productions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: "The Song is You"--Frank Sinatra Date: 02 May 1996 06:07:25 -0400 If you have any interest in studio arrangers like Nelson Riddle or Gordon Jenkins or studio musicians like Al Viola or Tony Mottola, I highly recommend checking out Will Friedwald's new book, "Frank Sinatra--The Song is You." Even if you're not interested in Sinatra, Friedwald provides more biographical information on the arrangers, composers, and record labels that Sinatra worked with than any other author I've come across. He discusses things like the background of the tune, "Fly Me to the Moon" (originally a waltz number known as "In Other Words" until Sinatra reshaped it. Friedwald does tend to put all other singers several steps below his idol Frank, but you can overlook that given the wealth of material never before presented. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joerg Nijmeijer Subject: Re: James Last. yes, James Last!!! Date: 02 May 1996 16:52:50 +0200 At 19:54 01.05.96 +0100, you wrote: >i heard one track by james last on the radio that was COMPLETELY different >from the dreck he usually produces, with lots of african percussion and >wild latin rhythms, really crazy and great! but i don't know the title of >the lp, or the song title; and i haven't found a james last specialist >yet... >(i do know he made an lp called "mystique", but i'm not sure if that is the one) >can anyone of you help identifying this exotica treasure? hi, it could be "Se A Cado" from the LP "Voodoo Party" ... This track can also be found on Mojo #3 ... peace, joerg -"Censorship is a very unfunky thing"- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dan `Lounge Lieutenant' Gresham" Subject: Re: James Last. yes, James Last!!! Date: 02 May 1996 16:25:58 +0100 (BST) On Wed, 1 May 1996, Johan Dada Vis wrote: > i heard one track by james last on the radio that was COMPLETELY different > from the dreck he usually produces, with lots of african percussion and > wild latin rhythms, really crazy and great! but i don't know the title of > the lp, or the song title; and i haven't found a james last specialist > yet... > (i do know he made an lp called "mystique", but i'm not sure if that > is the one) can anyone of you help identifying this exotica treasure? > > Greetings from Johan I don't know about this, but James Last did release an _amazing_ version of Aquarius - on The Very Best of James Last. It's out of this world. A kicking bass line and drum beat, and heavily phased strings and brass. It's a real winner. I don't rate much of the stuff he did, but this is great (I think his Winchester Cathedral is pretty nice too, though...) Take it easy, Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: MUSIC FOR A BACHELOR'S DEN not available? Date: 02 May 1996 19:50:46 +0100 >From: DCCOMPACT@aol.com >Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 01:50:47 -0400 >To: johan.devis@ping.be >Subject: Re: MUSIC FOR A BACHELOR'S DEN not available? > >We sell all of our CD mail order, especially Bachelor Den Volumes 2 through >6!! >Just call 800 301 MUSIC and whip out your Visa. They are on sale for only >$10.00 each mail order only, regularly $12.98. When you call ask for a free >catalog. Or call and get a catalog and then mail a check. > >Who are these idiots at AB CD? Tell them to call their Passport Distribution >representative and get them!! Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daneel Olivaw Subject: Re: help me with lenny dee Date: 02 May 1996 16:01:28 +0600 Here is an updated Lenny Dee discography: DL 74112 "Golden Organ Favorites" DL 74146 "Happy Holi-Dee" DL 74429 "By Popular Dee-Mand" DL 74498 "Something Special" DL 74315 "Lenny Dee in Hollywood!" DL 74365 "Lenny Dee Down South" DL 74572 "Most Requested" DL 74632 "Sweethearts on Parade" DL 74654 "The Lenny Dee Tour" DL 78796 "Mellow-Dee" DL 78857 "Lenny Dee Plays the Hits" DL 78913 "The Lenny Dee Show" DL 78978 "Songs Everybody Knows" DL 4706 "My Favorite Things" DL 8114 "Dee-Lightful!" DL 8165 "Dee-Lirious" DL 8275 "Dee-Licious" DL 8308 "Dee-Most!" DL 8406 "Hi-Dee-Fi" DL 8497 "Mr. Dee Goes to Town" DL 8718 "Dee-Latin" As Jeff said, the 5-digit DL numbers that begin with 7 are in stereo and the last four digits is the number for the mono version. I suspect that the one that I have (My Favorite Things) has a 74706 corresponding release, but since I have no way of proving that, I thought it would be best if I didn't assume it. The others that I added to Jeff's list were on the back of My Favorite Things. Keep adding on, guys! Emmett Pepper TT3MM3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: Dick Hyman (second try) Date: 03 May 1996 07:12:39 -0700 Hi all This is the second attempt at mailing this message in - the first one doesn't seem to have ever appeared on the mailing list! Went to see the new Woody Allen movie the other week, "MIghty Aphrodite", and as the credits rolled I noticed that connected with the music score was none other than a certain Dick Hyman, specifically with a harmony choir who appear at the end of the film. Could this be the same Dick Hyman as he who made all those groo-vee Moog albums in the early 70s? Does anyone know for sure? On another tack, UK readers who have seen BBC2's "Home Front" DIY show just lately might have noticed that whoever picks the music for same has certainly been out there buying those space age pop reissues. for example Esquivel accompanying how-to-paint-your-floor !! keep on groovin Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newline.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re: Dick Hyman Date: 03 May 1996 08:13:32 -0600 (MDT) Also noticed that a certain Dick Hyman was music supervisor on "Radio Days" and often wondered if he was one and the same. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Junbste@aol.com Subject: Bootlegs & New Releases Date: 03 May 1996 13:56:20 -0400 Thanks for your warning about the bootleg twofers. Could you tell me which ones to avoid besides the ones you mentioned? I do not want to contribute to this despicable situation. I know there was a spirited discussion back in December about this subject and someone had defended the right to produce & sell Les Baxter boots at the time. Right here on the exotica page! I thought he was defending the indefensible by ripping off people and using inferior sources such as scuffy vinyl. Another cretin. I want ligitimate releases taken directly from the master tapes (when they exist) and some sort of compensation and royalties sent to the artist for their work. With all the releases comming out by exotica artists, there shouldn't be as big a demand for bootlegs as there was. But I guess some people are desperate. I also heard that you be reissuing the Three (or is it Four) Suns releases for the fall. Can you tell us what your plans are? Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: miracles and vox Date: 03 May 1996 13:06:47 -0400 1:00 PM 5/3/96 I'm searching for two records, in vain: 1. MIRACLES(les baxter and yma sumac) 2. The "Vox" demo record, released in the 1960s, with either THE ELECTRIC PRUNES or a band pretending to be them... also, any mailing lists out there that deal in weird 60s rock(like the aforementioned record?) Anxiously, laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: miracles and vox Date: 03 May 1996 12:36:02 PST Good luck with Miracles! It was released on London in the mid-70s and is quite rare. It's the only Yma record I'm missing (It's easier to find the Coral 10" of her early stuff!) The Vox commercial is The Electric Prunes. It was originally issued on a 7" to radio stations in 1966. It is available on Pebbles Vol. 2 (CD and vinyl). You can get that through Bomp, Get Hip, Anti, etc. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET 1:00 PM 5/3/96 I'm searching for two records, in vain: 1. MIRACLES(les baxter and yma sumac) 2. The "Vox" demo record, released in the 1960s, with either THE ELECTRIC PRUNES or a band pretending to be them... also, any mailing lists out there that deal in weird 60s rock(like the aforementioned record?) Anxiously, laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: This theme will self destruct... Date: 03 May 1996 20:44:48 -0500 MAJOR CHEESE ALERT!!!! if you have not encountered the Adam Clayton/Larry Mullens mangling of the "Mission Impossible" theme, then by all means avoid it like generic gin. to say this is an affront to the genius of Lalo is an understatement. i mean, HOW IN HELL can you screw up such a perfect theme? well 1/2 of U2 prove how (with assistance from a few remixers)...don't even bother... on other crass marketing notes...check Vik's this weekend for the latest attempt by a major to co-opt our beloved Space Age Pop. i'll leave it say...Space Age Bachelor Classical...and let you view the cheesy marketing plan after it gets the first "Shrine of the Living Unhip Award". finally...while sworn to secrecy...recently saw the track listing to the second volume of one of this year's hippest collections...all i can say is it looks to be even more swank than the first...any more and i will fear for my life... spring is here and that means blender season!!! i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SYoungNYC@aol.com Subject: Re: WFMU Record Fair May 4-5 Date: 04 May 1996 00:17:18 -0400 Wouldn't you know it, I'm going to be out of town this weekend (the Letterman show is going to San Francisco for a week.) Damn. Sounds like happy hunting grounds for my kinds of records. And of course, I wouldn't mind a flock of vinyl dealers almost as easy on the eyes as myself. Have a good show, Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ML Compton Subject: Unidentified subject! Date: 03 May 1996 23:00:08 -0700 Howdy to whomever may be out there, I just subscribed to this list. I'm looking for some information. Does anybody know the release order of all the Yma Sumac records. Years would be helpful also. Thanks, --ML COMPTON THIS WEEK'S HIGH POINTS - The albums "Hawaii" by THE HIGH LLAMAS and "Change My Life" by EPIC SOUNDTRACKS. Steely Dan, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon and Brian Wilson still live on these albums! PROLAPSE !LIVE! with Stereolab. The comic book "One Life Furnished In Early Moorcock (Elric #0)" by NEIL GAIMAN and P.CRAIG RUSSELL. It's for anyone who had a favorite author as a kid. QUOTE OF THE WEEK - "I want to be a woman, a good Muslim and listen to the B-52s loud. I don't see any contradiction in that." - ZAINAH ANWAR, Sister of Islam, Malaysia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: the mystery bonus track on "Shaken not stirred" cd Date: 04 May 1996 19:45:11 +0100 is "James Bond Theme" by the James Bond Sextet Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BROGDON Subject: Want to buy "Fantastica"/Russ Garcia Date: 04 May 1996 13:42:11 -0500 (CDT) Anybody know where/how I can get a copy of "Fantastica" by Russ Garcia? Will spring for CD or LP. The CD was apparently out on a Japanese label but I'm having trouble getting it. Anybody out there have this for sale stateside? Darrell Brogdon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: (Fwd) Re: Dick Hyman (second try) Date: 04 May 1996 17:55:11 -0600 (MDT) Phil - One and the same! Dick Hyman has written and played music for a lot of Woody Allen movies. I'm going to be faxing off a bundle of questions to Dick for my Enoch Light WWW site soon and I'll let you know when there's something there to read! Robbie Spaced Out - The Enoch Light WWW Site *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** http://www-edin.easynet.co.uk/rcb/light/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: SPACE SAFARI Date: 05 May 1996 15:29:26 -0600 (MDT) Announcing the imminent arrival of suave new listening ambience - SPACE SAFARI. Starting here in Edinburgh on Sunday 19 May (9pm - 1am), this new (monthly?) club of mine will aim to take you to the limits of audio fidelity and, through the use of the latest techniques of stereo recording, convince you that you really are listening to actual music. To ensure that your listening enjoyment is kept to this high standard, there will also be periodic stereo tests of your ears (including 10kHz test signals especially for the ladies). Dress code is strictly: formal astro-suit / private dick / ballgown from Dimenson X or naked (with silver body paint). But perhaps the best part ladies and gentlemen is that - it's FREE! So, hoppers, if you value your reputation - be there! Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Day of the Bizarre Record... Date: 05 May 1996 15:29:26 -0600 (MDT) Hi all - Felt I just had to write as today's car boot sale yielded three utterly strange records:- 1. Stethoscopic Heart Record Yep, an LP of heartbeats. The best part is the instructions on how best to listen to it: "This record is best listened to with a stethoscope. Sit comfortably with the ear piece in place and simply hold the chest piece in your hand (one seems to hear better with one's eyes closed)." !!! 2. Music and Bird Songs: Sounds from Nature, with Commentary and Analysis - presented by CBS Music Supervisor James Fassett. "The voices of ten birds and six frogs are heard on this record at their natural speed; then some are slowed down, as much as eight times. Some of the melodies that result have an unearthly beauty; others are weird and strange." Too right! - some of the results sound like something Bebe and Louis Barron might have cooked up. 3. The Great Stalacpipe Organ 7" (presented by Luray Caverns Virginia) "Stalactite after stalactite have been tuned by a grinding process to concert pitch. Each one is equipped with a striking mechanism, a rubber-tipped plunger that, fired by the impulse of an electric discharge, strikes the stalactite and brings forth a musical tone. ... selections were played by Mr Sprinkle and by the 'robot organist'." Anyone heard about this?! As you might gather from the above description, the result sounds less organ like and more ethereal piano... Truly strange. And after listening to that lot, I felt distinctly transported to another realm! Robbie Spaced Out - the Enoch Light WWW Site *** *** *** *** *** *** *** http://www-edin.easynet.co.uk/rcb/light/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: Want to buy "Fantastica"/Russ Garcia Date: 05 May 1996 19:04:01 -0400 They had a copy of FANTATICA at Medium Rare Records here in San Francisco (on Market Street - call information for the number, they do orders over the phone). I inquired about it and they noted that they had sold their one copy but they could order another (it was an import). But they also noted the import was quite expensive (about $30) and I might be better off waiting for a domestic release. Still, they indicated they could get it if I wanted to fork over the cash and was content to wait a bit. Good hunting... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Subject: Combustible Europe Date: 05 May 1996 20:07:41 -0400 Hello For all our friends in Europe, Combustible Edison is pleased to announce the dates of their first European tour. Check out our web site (foundwithin "The bands" at http://www.subpop.com) for updates. Sorry about not listing the venues, but if you're in any of these cities, I'm sure you'll find us. >>>May 9 London >>>10 Amsterdam >>>11 Krefeld, Germany >>>12 Antwerp, Belgium >>>13 Hamburg, Germany >>>14 Bochum, Germany >>>15 Bielefeld, Germany >>>16 Koln, Germany >>>18 Berlin >>>19 Bremen Germany >>>20 Offenbach >>>22 Paris >>>24 Barcelona, Spain >>>25 Madrid, Spain >>>26 Valencia, Spain >>>28 Basel, Switzerland >>>29 Zurich, Switzerland >>>30 Bern, Switzerland >>>31 Lausanne, Switzerland >>>June 1 Freiburg, Germany >>>2 Ulm, Germany >>>4 Vienna, Austria >>>5 Linz, Austria >>>6 Schorndorf, Germany >>>7 Munchen, Germany >>>8 Marburg, Germany >>>10 London cheers! a votre sante! salud! prosit! br cleve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AMcCon@aol.com Subject: Rudy Ray Moore on CD Date: 05 May 1996 21:20:56 -0400 On Sun, May 5, 1996, Brother Cleve wrote: >Just about all of Rudy Ray's Kent recordings have been back in print for a >number of years now, but on cassette only. The best places to check, >obviously, are record shops in black neighborhoods. Actually, I have a CD of Rudy's "Good Ole Big Ones" on Kent with a 1995 copyright. It's much better than the recent Greatest Hits package, IMO. Also IMO, Brother Cleve's track on the new Mancini tribute is tres tasty. Arn AMcCon@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Space Safari Date: 06 May 1996 04:51:13 -0600 (MDT) Robbie, Couldn't send this message to you directly, got an error. I actually live in Glasgow (DJ too) and you made no mention of where your club actually is. Where should I go? Sounds interesting (although I'm not too into dress codes). Thanks! Jill "Mingo-go" Mingo Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: lenny dee Date: 06 May 1996 20:08:13 +0100 i found a couple of uk released lenyy dee albums: "Georgy girl" (Decca super sound stereo SSS108) which has 4 or 5 ok tracks "turn around look at me" (MCA MUPS 379) which sucks = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Want to buy "Fantastica"/Russ Garcia Date: 06 May 1996 20:08:22 +0100 BROGDON asked: >Anybody know where/how I can get a copy of "Fantastica" by Russ Garcia? Will >spring for CD or LP. The CD was apparently out on a Japanese label but I'm >having trouble getting it. Anybody out there have this for sale stateside? Banzaii has it: "http://www.lainet.com/~cdbanzai/"... for $40 :( i DO hope this is released in the us soon! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: retransmitting for phil Date: 06 May 1996 16:21:17 -0400 -------------- Special condition follows -------------- Unable to deliver mail after 1 day(s). Recipient(s): phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Message-ID: Return-Receipt-To: "Laura Taylor" X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP/QM 3.0.0 -------------- Message follows -------------- RE>Dick Hyman (second try) 5/5/96 Hi! I sort of know Dick Hyman(we both live in FL and I've interviewed him.) He also composed and arranged scores for EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX, ZELIG, AND BULLETS OVER BROADWAY(Btw, he had a bit part in there.) Anything else? laura@wusf.usf.edu Hi all This is the second attempt at mailing this message in - the first one doesn't seem to have ever appeared on the mailing list! Went to see the new Woody Allen movie the other week, "MIghty Aphrodite", and as the credits rolled I noticed that connected with the music score was none other than a certain Dick Hyman, specifically with a harmony choir who appear at the end of the film. Could this be the same Dick Hyman as he who made all those groo-vee Moog albums in the early 70s? Does anyone know for sure? On another tack, UK readers who have seen BBC2's "Home Front" DIY show just lately might have noticed that whoever picks the music for same has certainly been out there buying those space age pop reissues. for example Esquivel accompanying how-to-paint-your-floor !! keep on groovin Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEnsley589@aol.com Subject: Re: Combustible Europe Date: 06 May 1996 21:01:50 -0400 The Europeans are truly lucky to be graced by Com Ed's fabulousness... My girlfriend Lacey and I were lucky enough to catch the band's recent show in New Orleans, and we were treated to evening that transended music and lept into true, unmittigated ecstasy. Special thanks are due to Brother Cleve and Miss Lily Banquette (she complimented my tie!) for being kind enough to chat with us post-show, and to The Millionaire, who was kind enough to call me on his own dime to do an interview the next day... Which brings me to my own crass commercialism: The next issue of PIGEONHOLE (my zine) should be out in 2-3 weeks and this is the "Sophistication" issue featuring interviews with Combustible Edison, Love Jones, a large piece on Lounge Culture, a piece on why Henry Mancini's work isn't fluff, a guide to fine wine and a woman's view of Bachelor Pad music. Plus: Interviews with Spot and Who Hit John, a first-person account of what really goes on inside funeral homes, tons of reviews, fiction and more. As an added bonus, Issue #2 also features an exclusive cover by and interview with Poster Artist Frank Kozik. You can check out our someone bare web site at http://www.angelfire.com/free/pigeonhole.html Exotically Yours, Mike Ensley PIGEONHOLE Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Desmond K. Hill" Subject: _electric__ shocks Date: 07 May 1996 12:29:11 +0000 Latest issue out now & available free to subscribers. E C L E C T R I C I T Y is an e-zine supplying back-up data about tracks programmed on radio &/or played at parties in/around the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area. It's freely available to subscribers & is simply a means of responding to audience interest. (To subscribe just e-mail 'subscribe' in the message body, to electric@anubis23.demon.co.uk). __electric__ has been described as "an eclectic, eccentric new music show." It's purposefully designed for armchair travellers, headphone beatniks and insomniacs. With a series of late evening programmes we drawn upon an audio addiction that recognises only enthusiastic eclecticism, and is both waiting and willing to take risks. We use radio practically as a medium for conveying mood music and generally rather sound sound works at the edges of experimentation. Stay tuned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: Re: Dick Hyman (second try) Date: 06 May 1996 05:47:43 -0400 >Went to see the new Woody Allen movie the other week, "MIghty >Aphrodite", and as the credits rolled I noticed that connected with the >music score was none other than a certain Dick Hyman, specifically with >a harmony choir who appear at the end of the film. Could this be the >same Dick Hyman as he who made all those groo-vee Moog albums in the >early 70s? Does anyone know for sure? This is the same guy. Dick Hyman has been the musical director for most of Woody Allen's movies since the late 1970s. His best original score work was for "Zelig." Aside from film work, Hyman has concentrated on jazz and performances of works by jazz greats such as Fats Waller and James P. Johnson. Hyman is a musical chameleon (ala Zelig) who was profiled in The Atlantic Magazine last year. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moruzzi@aol.com Subject: Re: Recent Esquivel discovery Date: 07 May 1996 13:31:44 -0400 I just picked up a copy of "Otros Mundos, Otros Sonidos" (Other Worlds, Other Sounds) in mono. The cover has the same illustration of the prancing woman with her red scarf. However, the background on this Mexican pressing is an otherworldly yellow green. Not as pretty as the U.S. cover, if I do say so myself. Currently I'm still missing from my collection the maestro's first and last albums: "To Love Again" and "Esquivel '68." I have everything in between, including a copy of "The Genius of Esquivel" which Juan Garcia autographed "I hope you will enjoy this Mrs. O'Conner, Sincerely, Esquivel"! Any more news (Brother Cleve) on the "See it in Sound" recording? Pete Moruzzi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: Recent Esquivel discovery Date: 07 May 1996 10:54:22 PST Last Sunday, I picked up a mono version of the "Latin-Esque" album. It does not have the die-cut sleeve, but the front pretty much resembles the stereo version. There is what looks like a gold sticker (that is actually printed on the jacket) that says something like "Now available on Hi Fidelity at a regular price". I had no idea that this album was available in mono! Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. I traded a copy of Johnny Rebel's "Kajun Klu Klux Klan", that I had just found moments earlier for $3.00, for the Esquivel mono. Swap meets are fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Junbste@aol.com Subject: Re: Want to buy "Fantastica"/Russ Garcia Date: 08 May 1996 16:50:46 -0400 This is one album that seems to crop up from time to time on the exotica page. I think that Capitol/EMI owns the masters to this album, so the chances that it will be released in it's original form aren't very good. CEMA seems to have other plans and my guess is the Russ Garcia album isn't one of them. I hope I'm wrong. Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: james b gerwitz Subject: Karloff's Thriller Music Date: 08 May 1996 16:21:32 -0700 Recently discovered the 60's "Thriller" shows being rerun on the Sci-Fi = cable channel at midnight PST on Thurs, Fri, & Sat. While the Pete = Rugolo theme music is great, so is the rest of the music during the = show, with lots of atmospheric creepy jazz (the child murderer music was = especially unnerving). Recent shows were scored by Rugolo and Jerry = Goldsmith, and in the most memorable, bandleader John Ireland stole = some voodoo music and wrote a Mingus-like "Voodoo Rhapsody". Of course = he paid the price, but there was at least 10-15 minutes of wild voodoo = music. The stories are pretty good too, more malevolent than The = Twilight Zone, and Boris was still a powerful presence. Highly = recommended ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: Ray Conniff is still at it Date: 09 May 1996 06:02:27 -0400 Ray Conniff must have found not only the formula for easy-listening success but also for longevity. He just put out a CD on Sony (CDZ-81650) titled "40th Anniversary" that features his trademark vocal-chorus-as-brass-and-reed-section sound as well as Ray himself on trombone (which is no small feat for a guy pushing 80). It's all Latin material, including that old war horse, "Girl from Ipanema." Sounds like a slice of 70s Europop. Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bbigelow@netrail.net (Brad Bigelow) Subject: Exotica Literature Date: 09 May 1996 06:08:57 -0400 How about some suggestions for exotica literature? What would one read while "Ritual of the Savage" or "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin" plays in the background? A few of my candidates: Warren Miller's "The Cool World" Bernard Wolfe's "The Late Risers" or other novels Phillip K. Dick's mainstream novels Ian Fleming's James Bond novels Any others? Mickey Spillane? Any jungle exotica books? Brad Bigelow bbigelow@netrail.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Junbste@aol.com Subject: Francis Lai - A Man and A Woman/Live for Life soundtrack twofer Date: 09 May 1996 19:24:33 -0400 DRG has just released a twofer of Francis Lai soundtracks for "Un Homme et Une Femme" (A Man & A Woman) and "Live for Life". Not only was the former the Grand Prixe Winner, 1966 Cannes Film Festival, but it contained that popular title "la la la la" theme that seems to stick in one's head like glue. I didn't care to much for the rest of the soundtrack for it is mostly vocals sung in french. The "Live for Life" (1967) soundtrack is another story though. Great mood music with plenty of hammond organ and strings with few vocals. Really odd, light stuff. I like. Should be readily available at record stores or through mail order. Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: Exotica Literature Date: 09 May 1996 22:25:50 -0400 On the subject of Exotica Literature, I recently posted to the Mystery Newsgroup requesting scenes of Tiki Bars in hard boiled mysteries (as the heydey of the paperback original mystery and Tiki culture were coeval). I had run across a great Tiki Bar description in Charles Willeford's Camus-esque THE PICKUP (including a band that played the Theremin?!), and then saw a reference in a Ross MacDonald book to the Tiki Bowl that used to exist in LA (whatta concept! I'd join a league if it was at a Tiki Bowl). Recently I came across a novel by Noel Coward from the early 60s, titled POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE set in a fictional South Pacific island, Samola that seemed perfectly in keeping with the Polynesian Pop mystique. Another Willeford novel, WILD WIVES (reissued in the late 80s by RE/Search, and recently remaindered) has a cool scene in a bar with a band that sounds almost like The Three Suns (guitar, accordion, percussion) that the protagonist tips to play Duke Ellington's "I've Got it Bad" 30 times in a row. Suave. I suspect that Richard Prather's Shell Scott mysteries (which were a slightly parodic variation on the Mickey Spillane style) would be perfect for the more extravagent space age pop variations. Also, I'd recommend any fantasy fiction of the Lost World genre - very similar in intent to the exotica impule. A.M. Merrit's novels, H. Rider Haggard's SHE and ALLEN QUARTERMAIN, and E.R. Burroughs Tarzan novels that take place in the lost city of Opar. If anybody remembers any Tiki Bar scenes in fiction they've read, please e-mail me with the reference - the list will go in the Tiki Times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: "The Song is You"--Frank Sinatra Date: 09 May 1996 21:51:00 -0600 (MDT) > If you have any interest in studio arrangers like Nelson Riddle or Gordon > Jenkins or studio musicians like Al Viola or Tony Mottola, I highly > recommend checking out Will Friedwald's new book, "Frank Sinatra--The Song > is You." Ooo, Brad, this is scary -- I'm reading exotica (as opposed to just fretting about the mail problems) for the first time in a month and when your post came up the Reprise Collection version of "The Song Is You" was playing on the stereo . . . :-) I've been hemming and hawing over buying this book for months, and even had it in my hands when I was at Borders on my lunch break yesterday . . . -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: help needed for my exotica releases overview Date: 09 May 1996 19:33:34 +0100 i've split up the whole list into sections by genre; these are the sections: blues_&_R&B cartoon celebrities contemporay covers easy_&_kitsch ethnic exotic exotic_&_lounge_&_SAP (compilations) film_&_TV guitars_&_strings ISM jazz Moog_&_electronics novelty novelty_covers orchestral_&_classical other_featured_instruments (accordion...) percussion R&R Space_Age_Pop vocals xmas and these are some artists/records that i have difficulty with filing: John Barry The EMI Years Volume 1, 2 & 3 -----> spy? Quincy Jones Big Band Bossa Novas Plays (Music) For Pussy Cats Plays The Hip Hits Nancy Sinatra Boots How does that grab you ? Nancy in London Scott Walker Scott Two any help is appreciated! = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Morton Gould Date: 10 May 1996 01:53:52 -0500 Any opinions on the re-releases? I just saw at least six or seven bonus track-less cds besides Jungle Drums and am curious as to whether this stuff is really that good. On vinyl I only have Temptation, which I like mainly for it's cover. So how about it, do these LPs merit separate re-releases? Also, any news from the WFMU record fair? Also, also, if anyone knows how to obtain the soundtrack from the Quay Brothers' "Institute Benjamenta" I'd be very grateful if they'd pass that information on. Saw it for the second time this evening - I hope it gives me nightmares.. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Exotica Literature Date: 10 May 1996 02:00:11 -0500 How about sabpm as a background for Don DeLillo? I'm thinking of White Noise or Players. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Batutis, Joe" Subject: Re: "The Song is You"--Frank Sinatra Date: 10 May 1996 09:40:42 EST I read this book and recommend it highly. Made me appreciate the merits of the musicians, composers and arrangers all the more. Well written and entertaining. I'd say it's the most readable book on music making I've ever read. (well, maybe a tie with Last Train to Memphis) Anyone out there read his other book on jazz singing? -Joe B. Insert shameless plug for Odd Music Page here: http://www.amexpub.com/jbatutis/noddmusic/oddmusic.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs (lengthy!) Date: 10 May 1996 09:34:10 -0600 (MDT) I largely sat out of the lengthy "debate" about CD boots earlier this year, largely because I thought there was nothing really to "debate". But since I was cc'ed by Irwin Chusid - yes it was I who was asking about the availbility of these CDs - I thought I'd better respond! > Fact is, these are bootlegs, transferred from scuffed vinyl. At the risk of incriminating myself(!) I have two of these CDs - and, in my ears, the sound quality isn't much/any different to that of, say, the Incredibly Strange CDs which were also mastered from occasionally crackly vinyl (and of course in many cases this is the only way to get CD issues made, the original tapes having long since disappeared). In fact, I quite like the CD player producing crackles and pops now and again! > The perp is on the loose, but for now, he's been shut down. As to why the > majors don't reissue this stuff--many folks, myself included, have > been working on getting this stuff out legitimately for years. These > deals take time (my Bar/None Esquivel reissues took two years, my > Columbia Raymond Scott took three). But thanks to Mr. Bootlegger, at > least one project (can't name the label) has been scuttled. The > label now believes the market has been served, however badly, by Mr. > B's illicit release. My congratulations to you Irwin on your efforts to get these classics reissued (and good luck with the Three Suns catalogue!), but this seems fairly strange logic on the part of the labels: if these CD boots have indeed been pressed in editions of only 1,000 then how can this be seen to be "serving the market"?! Either the label concerned has very low hopes for any issue it might have released or perhaps there are more than 1,000 copies of each of the CDs in circulation... Whatever the case, this sounds like sour grapes from the legit labels who are in fact just paying the price for being hopelessly slow in catching on to the new popularity of this music. Surely a more mature response would be to recognise this demand and either issue the same thing much cheaper, thereby undermining (and putting out of business) the bootlegger (and, believe me, I would *much* prefer to buy a legit copy - better quality and money going to the artist/estate), or capitalise on these releases (and this new found popularity of the genre) and dig another, possibly related, gem up from the vaults - there's not exactly a dearth of material from the 50s and 60s needing to be dusted down and reissued (Dick Schory, Enoch Light, Dick Hyman etc etc etc)!!! > SOme recently asked about acquiring those "Limited Edition" CDs which > have been floating around at exotically steep prices... Actually, I think that paying 20-30 pounds for, say, the "Music Out of the Moon" CD (which I *don't* have by the way!) is preferable to buying a copy of the original for $100 (as seen on the Vinyl Lives list recently). And this brings me to the main point which I feel demolishes the whole argument - and this point was made in the earlier debate: no-one seems to be too bothered about people making big (or even quite reasonable) bucks out of second-hand dealing - and the original artists are certainly not seeing any of this accumulating profit each time the record changes hands - how is this *any* different from a boot CD?! In the case of the original changing hands, yes the artist gets the money the first time it was bought but nothing after that. In the case of the CD boot, the artist get the money from the LP the first time it was bought and nothing after that either! If there is no difference and you all feel strongly about this issue, then we should be as scornful of dealers as we are of booters - personally, I think both are performing an excellent service in keeping interest in and enthusiasm for this music alive. The other main argument in favour of these CDs revolves round an old chestnut: does anyone in the UK remember that pathetic "home taping is killing music" argument sponsored by the major labels in the early 80s? What struck me then as stupid (and which I feel is just as relevant here) is that it is precisely those people who tape loads of records, exchange them with friends and even buy live bootlegs that keep the music industry fat and healthy - these are the fanatics, the people who buy everything they can get their hands on by a particular artist. You can be sure that your average punter isn't going to be interested in, let alone track down, copies of these boot CDs. Anyone who's bought a copy of the "Exotic Moog" CD for example will almost certainly already own huge swathes of exotica and bachelor pad music - both original and CD reissue, these latter purchases benefitting the artist directly of course. In other words, sales of these CDs *do* benefit the artist, albeit indirectly. [But of course, remember that, to return to the previous point, even someone with a huge collection of thrift store raids benefits the original recording artist NOT ONE CENT!] > In addition, this scumbag has been depriving artists and composers of > their rightful royalties on sales of these records. As above, I have my doubts that there are actually any differences between these CD boots and multi-generation original copies which spiral in "value". > And, if it's the little guy you're concerned about, he screwed an > unsuspecting mastering engineer out of between $8,000-9,000 before > he took flight. Fine point - I certainly am not condoning direct thievery and this is terrible behaviour - this is a much stronger argument for boycotting the CDs than any copyright breaking argument as all that lies behind that argument in my eyes is major label greed to have a slice of the pie. I hope that makes my views clearer! My mind is not a closed space and I welcome anyone's views/ideas which might move me more in Irwin's direction. Let's not turn this list into the arena of hate mail it was in danger of being earlier this year!!! Put on the Three Suns' "Swingin' on a Star" and smile! Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: The A to Z of British TV themes Date: 10 May 1996 19:25:48 +0100 can any British reader of this list tell something about "The A to Z of British TV themes volume 1 -> 3" (Play it Again) does this contain spy/crime stuff as on "the easy project" or "the sound gallery"? = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: The Exotic Beatles Date: 10 May 1996 19:25:58 +0100 I've just added the sleeve notes of vol 1 & 2 to my home page. Jim Phelan of exotica records told me there will be a third volume later this year! He also has a message for you all: We have in our vaults in excess of 1000 cover versions of fab 4 tracks, but we are constantly searching for more previously undiscovered gems; exotic, bizarre or simply charming interpretations of Beatles songs. To this end we would welcome any suggestions, recordings or information that might help in compiling further volumes. Please send any of the above or the following to the Exotica address: bag pipes, steel band, musical box, classical, jazz, Chinese, Russian, Welch etc, etc, versions... thank you. The address is on my home page too, with the track listings. DADA'QUARIUMS: "http://www.ping.be/~ping1241/index.html" = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: your mail Date: 10 May 1996 18:40:23 +0100 (BST) On Fri, 10 May 1996, Robbie said: ----snip---- > Actually, I think that paying 20-30 pounds for, say, the "Music Out of > the Moon" CD (which I *don't* have by the way!) is preferable to buying > a copy of the original for $100 (as seen on the Vinyl Lives list recently). ----snip---- My personal feeling is that putting out CD reissues of super rare things like this undermines the market, and really pisses of people who have the dedication to save up for the original. Nothing annoys me more as a dj than spending weeks or months searching for a track, only for it to be put out on some compilation, or for it to be reissued on some cd. This might be viewed as snobbery, and it can be argued that this music should be enjoyed by everybody, but that's just my personal opinion. Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: snobbery Date: 10 May 1996 16:42:26 >undermines the market Is that all it is these days? I guess the market value of my exotica collection is way up there these days since I've been collecting this stuff for about a decade. Maybe I should just cash in - everyone else seems to be... My biggest annoyance of late is that one of my hobbies has been turned into some dumb hipster fad, complete with all sorts of dumb rules. I guess it'll all be over by the end of the summer though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: peterp@inch.com (Peter Principle) Subject: Jim Fassett Date: 10 May 1996 13:07:29 -0400 Robbie Baldock recently mentioned > Music and Bird Songs: Sounds from Nature, with Commentary and > Analysis - presented by CBS Music Supervisor James Fassett. > > "The voices of ten birds and six frogs are heard on this record > at their natural speed; then some are slowed down, as much as > eight times. Some of the melodies that result have an unearthly > beauty; others are weird and strange." > > Too right! - some of the results sound like something Bebe and Louis > Barron might have cooked up. Yes Jim Fassett is extremely important to me. When I was young, before we had a television set we used to listen to the radio, and as a musically oriented child I was encouraged to listen to Leonard Bernstein's program *A Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra* a monthly program which was on the Columbia Broadcasting Network. This show was, as you can imagine, an exploration into identifying instruments and orchestration techniques and was very enlightening, but my favorite part was the opening act: Jim Fassett, who always broadcast for 15 minutes as an intro, and he took recordings from Central Park here in NY and cut them up and made short musique concrete pieces which were full of the seasonal sounds. He then described and demonstrated his tape editting techniques. This was the most fascinating thing I had ever heard and I was completely enthralled by the possibilities of mechanically changing sound etc. and needless to say this was a definite influence on my future work. The real item to seek out is the LP Jim Fassett *Symphony of the Birds* on Ficker C1002 which includes a 16 minute suite of amazing tape constructed instrumental music using bird calls and a few other forest animals as source material. Absolutely incredible and suprisingly melodic for the genre. It's one of the few records that always gets my cat climbing the walls especially during the movement where everything is slowed down by 3 octaves. Side 2 is a spoken tour of Mr. Fassetts editing technique with examples of all the bird calls used on the 1st side played at various speeds and backwards etc. as a deconstruction which is styled like his CBS radio show. There are also a number of 10 inch EPs on Columbia from his 50's radio show each with a short collage at the end and a kind of *identify these sounds* challenge for the listener. Later, in the 70's I think, he made a record called something like the sounds of Scandanavia which is not concrete at all, but is an amusingly boring travelog with voiceover but no tape pyrotechnics. I also have a 10 inch EP with the same title as that listed by Robbie above, but it's on Cornell University Records complete with *graphic analysis of part of the winter wren's song prepared by Dr. William R. Fish* on the cover...Yow! Another great 12 inch LP of his is called *Strange to Your Ears* the Fabulous World of Sound on Columbia ML 4938 on which my promo copy sticker says a release date of Jan 1, 1955 and it consists of what appears to be 4 of his radio programs possibly culled form 2 previousd 10 inch EPs(?), but nothing reaches the sublime heights of the privately issued Symphony in which he edits thinking musically instead of for shock value and moves completely away from narration for the duration of his Symphony which undoubtedly was the result of a massive work compared to the other short bits released on his other records. It says in the liner notes that the Symphony was also broadcast on his CBS show, but no date is given. BTW good to see the list working again as I missed a few digests but they've recently started appearing again. Cheers Peter Principle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: Things Go Better With Coke Date: 10 May 1996 22:00:55 -0400 Exoti-kats and kittens... Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. Fifty or so tracks in this collection of Coca-Cola commercials from 1965 to 1969. It features the Bee Gees, Moody Blues, Box Tops, Vogues, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Lulu, Vanilla Fudge, Nancy Sinatra and lots more all doing sixty second musical spots in praise of Coke. On CD. Can anyone confirm such an animal exists? So far, I am getting "I dunno's". :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: Irwin Allen Date: 10 May 1996 22:01:05 -0400 Friends... A six (yes, SIX!!!!) CD box set featuring the work of Irwin Allen's sci-fi televison scores has been released. Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, etc. Somewhere in the eighty dollar range...extensive liner notes and rare photos are promised. I have not seen it, but sounds like my cup-o-tea. The Fantastic World of Irwin Allen is the title. If anyone has listened to it, please share your impressions. Thanks... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PeteKitsch@aol.com Subject: Re: help me with lenny dee Date: 10 May 1996 23:03:07 -0400 In a message dated 96-05-05 04:21:00 EDT, epepper@vt.edu (Daneel Olivaw) wrote: >Here is an updated Lenny Dee discography: > [snip] Here's an addition to your list: DL 74994 Gentle on My Mind I picked that up this past weekend during an orgy of yard sales, flea markets and church rummage sales. I came up with enough good albums to do this week's show (except for two songs) off of only new albums. Some of the other good scores: Sandy Warner "Fair & Warner;" Jackie Gleason "Afrodesia" & "Music Around the World;" Hernry Mancini "Breakfast at Tiffany's" AND "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin;" Keely Smith "Swingin' Pretty;" The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett "50 Guitars Go Italiano;" Enoch Light & His Orchestra "Sound/35MM;" Leo Addeo & His Orchestra "Hawaii in Hi-Fi" & "Far Away Places" (Orchestra AND Chorus); The Three Suns "Twilight Memories" AND "Happy-Go-Lucky-Sound" (no jacket - rats!); Joe Harnell His Piano & Orchestra "Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops;" Earl Grant "Midnight Sun;" Midnight String Quartet "Spanish Rhapsodies for Young Lovers;" Paul Weston & His Music from Hollywood "Moonlight Becomes You;" Enoch Light & the Light Brigade "Dimension 3" at a dollar a pop plus two of those Reader's Digest 5 LP box sets ("Love Is Blue" and "Hawaiian Paradise") for only 50 cents each! I haven't even had time to listen to them all yet! Peter MUSIC FOR BETTER LIVING hosted by Valerie & Peter WZBC 90.3 FM Newton/Boston Wednesdays 6-7pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: your mail Date: 10 May 1996 21:37:42 -0600 (MDT) > >Dan said: >My personal feeling is that putting out CD reissues of super rare things >like this undermines the market, and really pisses of people who have the >dedication to save up for the original. Nothing annoys me more as a dj >than spending weeks or months searching for a track, only for it to be >put out on some compilation, or for it to be reissued on some cd. This >might be viewed as snobbery, and it can be argued that this music should >be enjoyed by everybody, but that's just my personal opinion. > >Well, Dan, it is my personal feeling that this attitude really sucks. If you get that worked up about reissues, you can always feel proud that you own the original, as if anyone really would care. As a DJ, when things get reissued, it just makes it an even bigger challenge for me to go out there and find something just a little bit extra special. Anyone can grab a list of well known good rare records and go into an expensive collectors shop and pay the cash. Finding something rare, good and cheap is a real talent. Reissues fuel interest in this music and allow DJs to actually get work playing this music. Every one of the musicians who made these records, put their music on vinyl because they wanted it to be appreciated by a wide audience. Reissues allow for this to happen. If having all those special expensive originals are so important, why don't you just cover up your covers and labels so that no one else can nick your tunes? A good DJ is not just about having the right tunes, it's also about playing the tunes at the right time and gaging audience response. Someone else could come along and play the exact same records as me, but I am confident that I would arrange them in a way to give maximum audience pleasure. If you really go through so much trouble to get your records, I can't understand how something like a reissue would set you off. Sorry. Jill > > > Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs (lengthy!) Date: 10 May 1996 21:51:06 -0600 (MDT) >To: "Robbie Baldock" >From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) >Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs (lengthy!) > >> >>In response to Robbie's posting on the CD boots, I have to say on the=20 whole, I agree with Robbie. Might I also add that the trend in reissues from= =20 these major labels seems to be towards compilations of best trax, much like= =20 the compilation of Irwin's first ESQUIVEL CD. While that CD got me "into"=20 Esquivel, and I personally appreciate it very much, as well as many=20 thousands of others, now I want to buy his whole catalogue, which is not=20 available except through SECOND HAND DEALERS, who often charge outrageous=20 prices. I was pleased to "Music Out of the Moon" on that bootleg CD=20 (actually, it has an address on it so I don't know how the average punter=20 would know it is a boot anyway!) so that I could finally get to hear it. Had= =20 I seen it in a shop for =A320, I might have bought it on it's own. Instead,= I=20 got 3 (!) rare theramin LPs for that price. And learned that I don't think= =20 it is particularly that good anyway! > >The problem is the majors are too slow to respond, and there probably isn't= =20 that big of demand for these LPs in their entirety. Just reissue=20 compilations. Which is a shame. Because most of the people on this list=20 probably would like the originals full length issues rereleased, but we, of= =20 course, are the minority. > >Sure, I would like to see the artists get paid. Obviously. But I don't=20 think these bootleggers made very much money out of this. Not on 1000 CDs. I= =20 am all for the underground music industry, and doubt very much that these=20 bootleggers are the horned beasties that they have been portrayed as in this= =20 list.=20 > >Long live the underground! > >Jill > Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sevo@anubis.inm.de (Sevo Stille) Subject: Reissues (was Re: your mail) Date: 11 May 1996 15:09:55 -0500 On May 10, 6:40pm, Dan Gresham wrote: > My personal feeling is that putting out CD reissues of super rare things > like this undermines the market, and really pisses of people who have the > dedication to save up for the original. If you are into markets, you should probably collect stock, not records. Records - whether originals or reissues - which have a price tag of more than 10-20$ seem to be fairly pointless for my DJ work, IMHO - they already have an audience which knows them far too well. >Nothing annoys me more as a dj > than spending weeks or months searching for a track, only for it to be > put out on some compilation, or for it to be reissued on some cd. This > might be viewed as snobbery, and it can be argued that this music should > be enjoyed by everybody, but that's just my personal opinion. I can agree that music which has been reissued lacks the "wow, I've never heard anything like that" feeling. But that is hardly the fault of the reissues - whenever there is a market big enough to bear reissues, the whole genre already has grown faddish, with settled rituals and fixed audience expectations. Audiences want to hear the big names not because they know them from reissues - the reissues are produced because they have an audience. Sevo -- Sevo Stille sevo@inm.de Web Department sevo_stille@f.maus.de Institut fuer Neue Medien Tel: ++49 (69) 94196314 Daimlerstrasse 32 Fax: ++49 (69) 94196322 D 60314 Frankfurt a.M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: The A to Z of British TV themes Date: 11 May 1996 10:14:54 -0500 > can any British reader of this list tell something about > "The A to Z of British TV themes volume 1 -> 3" (Play it Again) > does this contain spy/crime stuff as on "the easy project" or "the sound > gallery"? I saw volume two the other day and it had a variety of British TV themes ranging from the New Avengers to All Creatures Great And Small. There wasn't any particular theme other than that they were all British TV. The tracks someone else listed from volume one looked more interesting that what I saw on two, but it looks to be all original music. Oops! I'm not British, sorry for posting this. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Scrunda@aol.com Subject: Re: Things Go Better With Coke Date: 11 May 1996 10:27:57 -0400 Call Midnight Records in NYC, They do retail and Mailorder. They have at least 2 or 3 records of the stuff you want, or they can order them. There's also a 7-up compilation. sorry I don't have their # handy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Raymond Scott Date: 11 May 1996 11:45:05 EDT Does anyone know if there is just one INTERESTING, NEW, or INVENTIVE arrangement of a Raymond Scott's composition? Don't get me wrong, I love Raymond Scott. It just seems that when people cover his material they never seem to stray to far from Scott's arrangments, making it all sound the same. I guess it wouldn't be such a big deal if we hadn't had Carl Stalling, Bugs and Daffy drilling so much of this music into our heads for our entire childhoods. Wouldn't it be kind of nice to have the Residents or Tom Waits do a tribute album? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ajackson@yorku.ca (Anthony Jackson) Subject: Re: Things Go Better With Coke Date: 11 May 1996 14:05:47 -0500 >Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. Fifty or so tracks >in this collection of Coca-Cola commercials from 1965 to 1969. It features >the Bee Gees, Moody Blues, Box Tops, Vogues, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Lulu, >Vanilla Fudge, Nancy Sinatra and lots more all doing sixty second musical >spots in praise of Coke. On CD. > >Can anyone confirm such an animal exists? So far, I am getting "I dunno's". I've seen it available up here in Toronto at either HMV or Tower Records, I don't remember which, but I do know that it exists. I think I found it in the TV themes section. Aj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Re: exotica-digest Digest V96 #31 Date: 11 May 1996 10:33:29 +0000 >and these are some artists/records that i have difficulty with filing: > >John Barry The EMI Years Volume 1, 2 & 3 -----> spy? >Quincy Jones Big Band Bossa Novas > Plays (Music) For Pussy Cats > Plays The Hip Hits >Nancy Sinatra Boots > How does that grab you ? > Nancy in London >Scott Walker Scott Two > >any help is appreciated! > >= Johan |)/\|)/\ John Barry from _thios collection_ is Rock and Roll/R & B/Rockabilly Quincy Jones is Jazz and Pop Nany Sinatra is Pop Not familiar with Scott Walker Jack Diamond http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc/diamond "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 JD Ciao for now Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: My 2 cents on the boots Date: 11 May 1996 10:49:31 +0000 Hello, I have almost all of the ltd edition cd boots that were released and the only complaint that I have had with _any_ of the _recordings_ is that the 1st 1, Kenyon Hopkins-Shock Music in Hi-Fi, Nightmare!,and half of Panic, Son of Shock were not recorded high enough. Considering the rarity of some of these lp's like Astro Sounds, Psychedelic Percussion, Stones, all 3 10" theremin records, Moog Indigo, Esquivel 68 in Stereophonico ! -- Zounds! What Sounds! and maybe more just off the top of my head, the sound quiality and recordings are quite excellent for what they are. Michel Magne'-Tropical Fantasies...do you know how rare that record is ? It was very interesting how I came to buy that cd. I had just traded that exact record plus Ron Goodwin's-Music From Outer Space FOR Yma Sumac-Miracles, Del Close and John Brent-How To Speak Hip (w/ Booklet) and 1 other killer that escapes my mind right now. 3 killer records for those 2 and I was kind of feeling like I missed that Magne' record onnacountta it is pretty out there and I walked into this store in SF and there was the boot...Needless to say I bought it ever gleefully skipping and laughing down the street Sincerely... "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 JD Ciao for now Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cbennet0@counsel.com (Caressa Bennet -- Atty-Caressa Bennett - Washington ) Subject: Coke Date: 11 May 1996 18:24:11 EDT To: exotica, Inet Exoti-kats and kittens... Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. Fifty or so tracks in this collection of Coca-Cola commercials from 1965 to 1969. It features the Bee Gees, Moody Blues, Box Tops, Vogues, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Lulu, Vanilla Fudge, Nancy Sinatra and lots more all doing sixty second musical spots in praise of Coke. On CD. Can anyone confirm such an animal exists? So far, I am getting "I dunno's". :) This album does indeed exist. I know its available from Collectors Choice. Call for a catalogue at 1-800-923-1122. Michael Bennet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Indulis R. Rutks" Subject: Space Age Bachelor Pad Music article on WWW Date: 11 May 1996 22:33:36 For those who may have missed the print version of the cover story in Goldmine issue #411 (April 26, 1996) entitled "What the heck is Space Age Bachelor Pad Music?!", it is currently on the WorldWideWeb. The address is http://www.krause.com/goldmine/is_411/cvrstry/cvrstry.htm - Indy Rutks (rutk0002@maroon.tc.umn.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Collector's Choice Music Date: 11 May 1996 22:02:00 -0600 (MDT) >> Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. > > This album does indeed exist. I know its available from > Collectors Choice. Call for a catalogue at 1-800-923-1122. I STROOOONGLY second Michael's suggestion of this catalogue. Every time an issue comes in I have to repress the urge to mark the entire thing "yes" and send it back. Prices are generally list, but good lord, the selection! The back cover of the March catalog has all the Yma Sumac reissues plus the third Bear Family Doris Day box and a Fred Waring disc, the New Releases section opens with their own series of rare Big Band reissues (including discs with the Vaughn Monroe and Alvino Rey orchestras) and a slew of imported Living Stereo reissues (Three Suns, Perez Prado)...did you know there was an 8CD box set of *all* the Capitol Louis Prima/Keely Smith/Sam Butera material? I didn't...plus you can buy most/all of the Time-Life CDs onesey-twosey... -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: your mail Date: 11 May 1996 22:15:20 -0600 (MDT) > My personal feeling is that putting out CD reissues of super rare things > like this undermines the market, and really pisses of people who have the > dedication to save up for the original. I have to join the chorus of folks here who don't have much respect for this position -- the measure you propose here isn't "dedication" but "wealth". If I were a DJ I'd rather have people be impressed by my skill at selecting the music I play, not by the depth of my wallet. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jbtwist@aol.com Subject: Korla Pandit Video Date: 12 May 1996 00:25:48 -0400 I've spent the last day mesmerized by the unflinching gaze of Korla Pandit, as he and assorted dancers wove their cosmic spells, communicating the timeless unspoken message "mellow out, dude." This was caused by the arrival of the 1 hr b/w compilation video of Mr. Pandit's old TV shows that I ordered from Cult Movies magazine for $9.95 postpaid. While the audio quality is not great, he is an amazing presence, and it's fun to watch him play drums on the organ. And those eyes, no wonder all those 50's houswives were hypnotized ! Well, off for my bejeweled turban fitting, which like Korla, I shall wear with a dark suit and matching pocket hanky. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Ross Subject: Ethel Azama & The Denny Connection Date: 11 May 1996 22:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Recently I picked up a mint copy of the Martin Denny-produced LP "EXOTIC DREAMS -- the enticing voice of ETHEL AZAMA." Can anybody tell me more about Azama (her voice really IS enticing, especially on the island- flavored songs) -- when the album was produced -- and if Denny produced more LPs by her or any other artists? Thanks... Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Collector's Choice Music Date: 12 May 1996 00:02:24 -0600 (MDT) >>> Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. >> >> This album does indeed exist. I know its available from >> Collectors Choice. Call for a catalogue at 1-800-923-1122. > Hey. This sounds great. One thing. 1 800 numbers don't work anywhere but in the USA. Any real code for this company???? Thanks! Jill Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Ethel Azama & The Denny Connection Date: 12 May 1996 12:38:05 -0400 Denny also produced two Chick Floyd Records - "Hula La" and "Little Grass Shack" as well as the first Augie Colon solo album "Sophisticated Savage". Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Collector's Choice Music Date: 12 May 1996 12:39:56 -0400 Their fax number is 1-708-775-3355 Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: Collector's Choice Music Date: 12 May 1996 10:58:03 -0600 (MDT) > Hey. This sounds great. One thing. 1 800 numbers don't work anywhere but in > the USA. Any real code for this company???? Collectors' Choice Music P.O. Box 838 Itasca, IL 60143-0838 Fax: 1-708-775-3355 (orders) mcatalog@ccmusic.com Sorry, but I can't find a non-800 voice number anywhere in the catalog! -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: Things Go Better With Coke/How To... albums Date: 12 May 1996 19:45:47 +0100 In message <960510220053_396048878@emout17.mail.aol.com>, GEEK4VINYL@aol.com writes >Exoti-kats and kittens... > >Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. Fifty or so tracks >in this collection of Coca-Cola commercials from 1965 to 1969. It features >the Bee Gees, Moody Blues, Box Tops, Vogues, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Lulu, >Vanilla Fudge, Nancy Sinatra and lots more all doing sixty second musical >spots in praise of Coke. On CD. > >Can anyone confirm such an animal exists? So far, I am getting "I dunno's". well there is certainly a CD comp of Coke promos around at the moment but I can't confirm the track listing since I don't have it myself. But I have seen it in the shops here in London several times just lately. while I'm here ... picked up a wacky Decca LP "How to Pass Your Driving Test" for stlg1.00 today, it's a hoot. dating from 1966 and delivered in true BBC type English, rather like the spoken links on Decca's famous "Stereo Sound" album from the late 50s (as later sampled by ColdCut, Steinksi & Mass Media and others) Anyhow the reason for my mentioning this is the note on the sleeve which mentions the album being a whole series of "How To..." releases. Does anyone know any of the other titles? Thrift stores, flea markets... donchaluvem! Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: Ethel Azama & The Denny Connection Date: 12 May 1996 23:36:19 +0200 (MET DST) >Recently I picked up a mint copy of the Martin Denny-produced LP "EXOTIC=20 >DREAMS -- the enticing voice of ETHEL AZAMA." Can anybody tell me more=20 >about Azama (her voice really IS enticing, especially on the island-=20 >flavored songs) -- when the album was produced -- and if Denny produced=20 >more LPs by her or any other artists? > >Thanks... Michael Hi gang, Here is a weird fact about the incredible "Exotic Dreams" Lp: compare the sleeve for it with Denny=B4s "Hypnotique" LP and your in for a= =20 freaky surprise. The photos are from the same session! and who else than=20 Sandy Warner (the Exotic Girl) is on the sleeve. Her face is out of focus to= =20 make you think it might be Ethel Azama (maybe she was too exotic looking?) Aloha Stefan/Subliminal Sounds =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: Collector's Choice Music Date: 12 May 1996 23:42:19 +0200 (MET DST) >>>> Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. >>> >>> This album does indeed exist. I know its available from >>> Collectors Choice. Call for a catalogue at 1-800-923-1122. >> >Hey. This sounds great. One thing. 1 800 numbers don't work anywhere but in >the USA. Any real code for this company???? > >Thanks! > >Jill Jill, You could easily score the CD in the UK. It's distributed by Greyhound Records in London. Their phone # is : 171 - 924 1166 Aloha Stefan/Subliminal Sounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: james b gerwitz Subject: Sandra Bernhard's ReelWild Cinema Date: 12 May 1996 15:43:02 -0700 Sexy Sandy's is now hosting a show at midnight Sundays on USA cable = (ReelWild Cinema) showing old exploitation movies and shorts. It appears = that the stuff comes from the Something Weird Video archives. I've just = seen it the last two weeks, but there have been some good "exotic" = shorts with the wild strip music we all know and love. Plus there were = some playtex living bra commercials with the fabulous disembodied = floating bra (obviously modelled by Ray Conniff's chorus of disembodied = voices). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Discreets@aol.com Subject: Back to the "Boots"... Date: 12 May 1996 21:42:28 -0400 Hi! Could someone please send me or post a list of which "Exotica" Lps were released on CD in the supposedly limited edition series. Thought on which ones are the best would also be appreciated! Thanks in advance! Discreetly... L.B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dr Rhythm Subject: delay Date: 13 May 1996 11:09:33 +0000 (GMT) I've just recived a message that I posted on April 22nd. Presumably it's just been wandering around the digital ether since then. Bizarre!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dr Rhythm Subject: a-z of british tv themes Date: 13 May 1996 10:11:24 +0000 (GMT) Morning all I can provide track details for volumes 1 and 2. They are indeed on Play it again Sam. Volume 1 1/1 The Avengers Theme 1/2 Captain Scarlet 1/3 Busy Boy 1/4 The Champions 1/5 Crossroads 1/6 Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler? 1/7 Danger Man (High Wire) 1/8 Department S 1/9 Bond Street Parade 1/10 Doctor Who 1/11 Emmerdale Farm 1/12 Fireball 1/13 The Forsyte Saga (Elizabeth Tudor) 1/14 Hadleigh 1/15 Hancock's Tune 1/16 Maigret 1/17 Man Alive 1/18 A Man In A Suitcase 1/19 No Hiding Place 1/20 Please Sir 1/21 The Power Game 1/22 Return Of The Saint 1/23 The Saint 1/24 Sportsnight 1/25 Steptoe And Son (Old Ned) 1/26 Stingray 1/27 Thank Your Lucky Stars 1/28 Thunderbirds Theme 1/29 Sucu Sucu 1/30 Theme From Z Cars Volume 2 1/1 Galloping Home 1/2 Piano Parchment (A) 1/3 Motivation (Angels) 1/4 Las Vegas 1/5 That's Livin' Alright 1/6 Soul Limbo 1/7 Bergerac 1/8 Home 1/9 The Loner 1/10 Danger Man 1/11 Doctor Who 1/12 The Dandy 1/13 Four Feather Falls 1/14 Private Eye 1/15 Grandstand 1/16 Comedy Hour 1/17 The Human Jungle 1/18 Hit And Miss 1/19 The Liver Birds 1/20 Up To Date 1/21 The New Avengers 1/22 Sleepy Shores 1/23 The Persuaders 1/24 Holy Mackerel 1/25 Supercar 1/26 Tales Of The Unexpected 1/27 Upstairs Downstairs 1/28 Eye Level 1/29 Left Bank Two 1/30 Whatever Happened To You? As you can see, there's a fair amount of dross but also some undoubted classics. Cheers Doctor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Hartung Subject: Re: Sandra Bernhard's ReelWild Cinema Date: 13 May 1996 08:52:47 -0500 (CDT) On Sun, 12 May 1996, james b gerwitz wrote: > Sexy Sandy's is now hosting a show at midnight Sundays on USA cable >(ReelWild Cinema) showing old exploitation movies and shorts. It appears >that the stuff comes from the Something Weird Video archives. I've just >seen it the last two weeks, but there have been some good "exotic" shorts >with the wild strip music we all know and love. Plus there were some >playtex living bra commercials with the fabulous disembodied floating bra >(obviously modelled by Ray Conniff's chorus of disembodied voices). > > This show (Reelwild Cinema) will be repeated tonight 5/13/95 (early Tuesday morning) on the USA cable network at 12:30 AM Central Time. Check your own TV listings for the time in your area. BH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: Conniff Bops! Date: 13 May 1996 10:20:12 -0400 I have not heard much Ray Conniff, but when I picked up his record "Dance The Bop!" (Columbia CL 1004, no date) I knew it wasn't his usual stuff. Complete with a dance instruction booklet, it's a bopping finger snapping thing with lots of guitar (one tune is called "Play a Gittar Solo" - with that spelling). Other tunes: Doin the Twister, Just Boppin', Honky - Tonk Around, The Flea Hop. Is this totally out of character for him? Anybody know anything about this disc? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: Raymond Scott Date: 13 May 1996 11:20:01 Jim Foetus and the Pizz did a version of Powerhouse under the name "Garage Monsters." The arrangement is pretty standard, but the production is a bit hyped up - sort of industrial. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: Korla Pandit Video & List Ques. for Lazlo Date: 13 May 1996 11:19:41 -0600 (MDT) > On a separate note, a question for Lazlo - is it the fault of my e-mail > system that all messages on this list are attributed to > "exotica@xmission.com" as author? I'd like to know who's behind certain > postings, but if the author doesn't sign, I'm outta luck. It's probably your email system -- the list software leaves the "From:" line intact. Not knowing what package you're using, it's hard for me to make any recommendations about reconfiguring it to work as expected; you might have better luck with your local admins. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Things Go Better With Coke Date: 13 May 1996 19:42:16 +0100 GEEK4VINYL@aol.com wrote: >....Things Go Better With Coke. Fifty or so tracks >in this collection of Coca-Cola commercials from 1965 to 1969. It features >the Bee Gees, Moody Blues, Box Tops, Vogues, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Lulu, >Vanilla Fudge, Nancy Sinatra and lots more all doing sixty second musical >spots in praise of Coke. On CD. > >Can anyone confirm such an animal exists? sure it exists, it's "Coca-Cola commercials - 65 sensational tracks" it was once reviewed in the record collector, but i couldn't find that review... i also don't remember where i got it... to make it even worse, there's no label mentioned; it only sez "CC1" and "manufactured in south america"; it was quite expensive, i payed $31 for it. sound quality is very good, and it has a "copyright" text. other featured artists: troggs, vanilla fudge, ray charles & aretha franklin... each artist has 2 different versions of that same coke tune, each in their own style! = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Morton Gould Date: 13 May 1996 19:42:07 +0100 "kevin king" wrote: >Any opinions on the re-releases? IMHO, if there ever was a mistitled lp, than it must be Jungle drums, as there are almost no drums on it at all, and it hasn't 1 drop of jungle atmosphere on it; if you expect something like Drasnin's "Voodoo" or Baxter's "Tamboo", you'll be disappointed. = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: vox-n-fl Date: 13 May 1996 14:15:56 -0400 2:14 PM 5/13/96 Some of you were very helpful my first time around asking about the ELECTRIC PRUNE VOX demo. Could someone please be *very* specific about what volume of PEBBLES does it appear on, and the title of the compilation as well? And, out of curiosity, how many of you are in Florida? Laura-loungin' in Tampa.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: vox-n-fl Date: 13 May 1996 11:37:09 PST Pebbles Vol. 2, both the Lp & CD! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET 2:14 PM 5/13/96 Some of you were very helpful my first time around asking about the ELECTRIC PRUNE VOX demo. Could someone please be *very* specific about what volume of PEBBLES does it appear on, and the title of the compilation as well? And, out of curiosity, how many of you are in Florida? Laura-loungin' in Tampa.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: Re: Ethel Azama & The Denny Connection Date: 13 May 1996 08:38:47 -1000 At 07:14 PM 5/11/96 -1000, you wrote: >Recently I picked up a mint copy of the Martin Denny-produced LP "EXOTIC >DREAMS -- the enticing voice of ETHEL AZAMA." Can anybody tell me more >about Azama (her voice really IS enticing, especially on the island- >flavored songs) -- when the album was produced -- and if Denny produced >more LPs by her or any other artists? Ethel Azama is a local lounge singer here in Hawaii. I haven't heard of her for a while so I don't know if she is still performing. I'll ask my parents when I get a chance. They'd probably know more. My sister was a friend of Ethel Azama's daughter, although not a close one I suppose. Aloha from Hawaii, Grant China ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "T. Duda" Subject: Arthur Lyman on radio show Date: 10 May 1996 18:14:34 -1000 Arthur Lyman has agreed to come down and talk story on my somewhat occasional exotica show. Does anyone have any particular questions or lines of discussion that might be interesting to present during the show? I will probably do the obvious -- ask about the old times, his story, what he thinks of the resurgence of interest in his music over the last 10 years or so, etc. If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know. Also for those of you who are here on Oahu, tune in to KTUH this Wednesday from 9 to noon...he'll be there for the full 3 hrs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: New Yorica Date: 13 May 1996 20:26:31 +0100 (BST) Hey there I just picked up a great compilation called NEW YORICA. The sub-title is "Culture Clash in New York City - Experiments in Latin Music 1970-77". I know this isn't strictly exotica, but if anyone wants, I'll more than happily post the track listing. It's a big pile of really pretty rare hardcore latin released on the legendary Soul Jazz label. Soul Jazz is a record shop in London, England that sells lots of really hard to get stuff. They also rerelease lots of hard to get obscurities. This is their latest offering, and I'd highly recommend it, particularly if you're into 14 minute tracks which consist of 10 Puerto Ricans going for gold with their bongos, congas and flutes. Pretty good! Dan xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Dan Gresham College of Hild & Bede Durham ENGLAND DH1 1SZ D.L.Gresham@durham.ac.uk studio@gresham.demon.co.uk http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d5f89g/ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BROGDON Subject: Esquivel's OTHER WORLDS Date: 13 May 1996 16:54:55 -0500 (CDT) Anybody know anything about a CD release of Esquivel's OTHER WORLDS, OTHER SOUNDS on May 6? This apparently isn't MORE OF OTHER WORLDS, etc., which is already out. I'm seeing OTHER WORLDS, OTHER SOUNDS turning up in some in import catalogues. What's the deal? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs Date: 13 May 1996 11:13:36 Ok, before we go back into this whole discussion let get our terminology correct. Bootleg - an unauthorized record, i.e. a concert that was secretly taped and then pressed. Pirate - a pirated copy of a a released record (i.e. what we're really talking about) These aren't the same thing. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Esquerlita@aol.com Subject: Re: Esquivel's OTHER WORLDS Date: 13 May 1996 19:53:59 -0400 Oh, my friend; you haven't lived until you've heard those other sounds! Zounds!!! This is the ORIGINAL album (of which I have 2 vinyl copies) what started it all. By all means, rush and buy, rush, rush, rush! It Had to Be You is the loveliest and spaciest arrangement ever created, and those ZU ZUs will get you gigglin' faster than an Appalacian toe-sucker. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Esquerlita@aol.com Subject: Re: snobbery Date: 13 May 1996 20:03:45 -0400 Dear Friend: I hope so, that this will soon die down, but I dreadfully doubt it. Seeing young girls wearing cocktail gowns from Contempo Casuals and all their boyfriends in thick square-rims, their music of choice, those icky (to la hip) but delightfully so rhythms and pulsations will stick around a bit longer as the quaint music of choice. But there's always garage sales, God Bless 'em. Take comfort, for what you have now, you cherish, and what they have will once again be making the rounds. Esquerlita ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Re: Irwin Allen Date: 13 May 1996 21:24:05 -0500 >A six (yes, SIX!!!!) CD box set featuring the work of Irwin Allen's sci-fi >televison scores has been released. Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, >Lost in Space, etc. Somewhere in the eighty dollar range...extensive liner >notes and rare photos are promised. I have not seen it, but sounds like my >cup-o-tea. The Fantastic World of Irwin Allen is the title. a bit more info can be found in Vik's News... i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Batutis, Joe" Subject: Re: Things Go Better With Coke Date: 13 May 1996 09:55:35 EST Hey, I have a sample from "Things Go Better with Coke" on my ODD Music Page.... http://www.amexpub.com/jbatutis/noddmusic/oddmusic.html enjoy, Joe B. >Exoti-kats and kittens... >Got wind of the following....Things Go Better With Coke. Fifty or so tracks >in this collection of Coca-Cola commercials from 1965 to 1969. It features >the Bee Gees, Moody Blues, Box Tops, Vogues, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Lulu, >Vanilla Fudge, Nancy Sinatra and lots more all doing sixty second musical >spots in praise of Coke. On CD. >Can anyone confirm such an animal exists? So far, I am getting "I dunno's". :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: KFJC-FM Playlists available on the web !! Date: 13 May 1996 18:44:34 +0000 Hello all, Playlists available on line from the most outrageously eclectic,exotic, esoteric and un-beeeee-lieve-a-ble radio station in the world as we know it. Non-Commercial of course ! Http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc Click on DJ Play Lists and not only see the playlist of music only played on KFJC-FM _but_ click on the highlighted title and read the review from our esteemed cast of characters known as the dj's who play them. Like me fer instance ;-)> This is gonna "rock your world" like never before ! Thank you very much PS Lazlo, you're the best ! Really;-)>> "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cbennet0@counsel.com (Caressa Bennet -- Atty-Caressa Bennett - Washington ) Subject: Electric Prunes vox Date: 13 May 1996 23:17:05 EDT To: exotica, Inet Some of you were very helpful my first time around asking about the ELECTRIC PRUNE VOX demo. Could someone please be *very* specific about what volume of PEBBLES does it appear on, and the title of the compilation as well? ------------------- I'm pretty sure it was on volume 1 of the vinyl series (if not, definitely volume 2). The CD versions compiled stuff from different volumes, and I'm not sure if it's even on there (though someone made a serious mistake in judgement if it's not). Michael Bennet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newline.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Re: Korla Pandit Video & List Ques. for Lazlo Date: 13 May 1996 11:03:52 -0600 (MDT) "I've spent the last day mesmerized by the unflinching gaze of Korla Pandit, as he and assorted dancers wove their cosmic spells..." OK - I've been debating whether to order this, but now I'm sold. Does the $9.95 including shipping? Couldn't get a number for Cult Movies from information. On a separate note, a question for Lazlo - is it the fault of my e-mail system that all messages on this list are attributed to "exotica@xmission.com" as author? I'd like to know who's behind certain postings, but if the author doesn't sign, I'm outta luck. Anything I can do? Thanks, Anita ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Yma Sumac interview on WWW Date: 14 May 1996 9:20:59 Just thought you'd like this: http://www.villagevoice.com/laweekly/ink/music.html mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: Books to listen to Music By Date: 14 May 1996 09:20:45 PDT Regarding an earlier subject... I forget now who brought it up, but Philip K. Dick's mianstream stuff is good, but let's not forget his mention of the "Penfield Mood Organ" in, I believe, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," if not other sci-fi works of his. It strikes me as so near the idea of a Moog. I have been using my Minimoog as a mood organ for a while now, it's quite nifty to play to the wife during foreplay... More than you all wanted to know, I'm sure. Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: F.Y.I./dick hyman Date: 14 May 1996 13:25:25 -0400 5/14/96 1:25 PM F.Y.I./dick hyman others have been asking...so sorry for any redundancy...lounge laura Hi, Phil...I tried to respond to this before, but my message was kicked back...At any rate, Dick is the same of the MOOG and Enoch Light records...He has also composed and arranged music for EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX...and ZELIG...besides doing that, he also had a bit part in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY(a conducter, natch!) He's a cool guy...I interviewed this year at his home in Venice, FL. Any other questions, feel free to ask, Lounge Laura Hey exoticats Went to see Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" the other wk and guess what, as the credits rolled I noticed that one Dick Hyman had been involved with the music, specifically a harmony choir who appear on the sountrack at the end of the movie. Anyone know if this is the same Dick Hyman, the one who did all those groo-vee Moog albums etc ??!? interestedly Phil -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: look what i found in cdnow's catalog Date: 14 May 1996 19:38:48 +0100 BAXTER*LES/MARTIN DENNY -- MOOG ROCK / EXOTIC MOOG $26.97 ELECTRONIC VANGUARD EV-906-2 Origin: USA This is an import title. PERREY*JEAN JACQUES -- MOOG INDIGO $26.97 ELECTRONIC VANGUARD EV-905-2 Origin: USA This is an import title. "Origin: USA... This is an import title" strange ;) maybe they have the other twofers too? = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sax Therapy Subject: whistling music Date: 14 May 1996 11:43:57 -0600 (MDT) I was listening to a tune by UB40 the other day that had some nice whistling in the arrangement. This brought to mind other records i have with whistling on them. I'm sure many of us are mailiar with Whistling Jack Smith who I would put in the exotica class. There's also Ron McCory who whistles jazz. So with your help I'd like to put together a discography of whistling tracks on record. Please e-mail me directly so as not to burden the group with excess mail. When I get a big enough list I'll send it to the group. Thanks for your assistance. -Saul :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HOUSEOBOB@aol.com Subject: LIST PROBLEMS Date: 14 May 1996 19:00:46 -0400 Dear Lazlo, I post things from time to time and they never seem to show up on the list. I seem to be getting a fair amount of postings, though. Yesterday i sent a note about Ray Conniff's "Do the Bop" and never saw it on the list. Did you see it? Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Voxx Wah Wah Peddle Date: 15 May 1996 00:16:48 -0400 I have here in my hands the vinyl LP PEBBLES vol. 2. Which contains on Side 1, Track 4 a (bonus track) - which is in fact the Electric Prunes Voxx Wah Wah radio ad. "Make your guitar sound like a sitar!...It's the Voxx Wah Wah Peddle - It's what's Happening! Now!" PEBBLES VOL. 2. I toss this onto compilation tapes with some regularity (similarly the DROP OUT WITH THE BARRUCUDAS CD is worth owning simply for its way cool vintage 60s Barracuda ad). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: The Dolphin Date: 15 May 1996 00:16:52 -0400 Here's the excerpt from Charles Willeford's THE PICKUP that prompted my investigation into Tiki Noir: The last night club we were in was The Dolphin. I had been there once before, when I was in the chips, and I knew Helen would like it. It's a club you have to know about or you can't find it. It's down an alley off Divisadero Street and I had to explain to the taxicab driver how to get there. There isn't any lettered sign over the door; just a large, blue neon fish blinking intermittently, and the fish itself doesn't look like a dolphin. But once inside you know you're in The Dolphin, because the name is in blue letters on the menu, and the prices won't let you forget where you are. We entered and luckily found a booth well away from the bar. The club is designed with a South Seas effect, and the drinks are served in tall, thick glasses, the size and shape of a vase. The booth we sat in was very soft, padded thickly with foam rubber, and both of us had had enough to drink to appreciate the atmosphere and the deep, gloomy lighting that made it almost impossible to see across the room. The waiter appeared at our table out of the darkness and handed each of us a menu. He was a Mexican, naked except for a grass skirt, and made up to look like an islander of some sort: there were blue and yellow streaks of paint on his brown face, and he wore a shark's-teeth necklace. "Do you still have the Dolphin Special?" I asked him. "Certainly," he said politely. "And something to eat? Poi, dried squid, bird's-nest soup, breadfruit au gratin, sago palm salad--" Helen's laugh startled the waiter. "No thanks," she said. "I guess I'm not hungry." "Just bring us two of the Dolphin Specials," I told him. He nodded solemnly and left for the bar. The Special is a good drink; it contains five varieties of rum, mint, plenty of snow-ice, and it's decorated with orange slices, pineapple slices and cherries with a sprinklihng of sugar cane gratings floating on top. I needed at least two of them. I had to build up my nerve. After the waiter brought our drinks I lighted cigarettes and we smoked silently, dumping the ashes into the large abalone shell on the table that served as an ash-tray. The trio hummed into action and the music floating our way gave me a wistful feeling of nostalgia. The trio consisted of chimes, theremin and electric guitar and the unsual quality of the theremin prevented me from recognizing the melody of the song although I was certain I knew what it was. ********** Cool, non? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: Re: Korla Pandit Video & List Ques. for Lazlo Date: 15 May 1996 00:28:49 -0400 In a message dated 96-05-15 00:22:44 EDT, Anita writes: >OK - I've been debating whether to order this, but now I'm sold. > Does the $9.95 including shipping? Couldn't get a number for Cult > Movies from information. Do not debate....this is a * STEAL * at ten bucks including the shipping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: find of the day Date: 15 May 1996 00:38:54 -0500 While out today, I stopped by a local thrift store. Not much there, but in one of the four or five dusty stacks of mainly trashed records was a clean copy of Cecil Holmes' Music For Soulful Lovers from 1973. I had good expectations judging from his soundtrack album (from which 2001 is taken on Sound Spectrum). Most of the selections are cover versions of contemporary soul hits, but done with the same blaxploitation-like instrumentation and effects as on the soundtrack album. The two standouts are unquestionably Soulful Love and Loving You Hurts So Bad. Both of these feature voice-overs ala Barry White provided by Mr. Holmes himself, only he does it more like Jack Webb! These are two of the most riotous tracks I've ever heard. Sample: "Just let yourself go. Cecil is going to take goood care of you, baby. It's going to be just fine, soooo fine. (background singers: Oooooh, so fine! ... Soulful love, ooooh baby!) Did I tell you that I love ya? Ooh I luuuuv ya!" The cover has a smooth dude with plaid flairs about to get lucky with a lounging temptress on the modular sofa. Great record. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Joerg Nijmeijer" Subject: Re: look what i found in cdnow's catalog (moog indigo) Date: 15 May 1996 14:03:46 +0000 > PERREY*JEAN JACQUES -- MOOG INDIGO $26.97 > ELECTRONIC VANGUARD EV-905-2 > Origin: USA > This is an import title. I got the (just released) Vinyl on BGP (cat# BGPZ1103). And this one is pressed in the UK. This "origin USA + import title" could definitely be a hint for a bootie. But it would never ever tell label and cat.-no. !!! EV could have licenced it - but then it wouldn't be listed as import. peace, joerg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEnsley589@aol.com Subject: Re: Korla Pandit Video Date: 15 May 1996 11:54:50 -0400 > Does the $9.95 including shipping? Couldn't get a number for >Cult >Movies from information. I think it does. Cult Movies address is: 6201 Sunset Blvd. Suite 152, Hollywood, CA 90028. Cult Movies is one of my favorite maga'Zines, and Issue 16 also has a cool Pandit interview. BTW, has anyone else on the list seen "Teenage Tupelo" starring the lovely D'Lana? There's an interview with J. Michael McCarthy, the film's director, writer, producer, etc., in issue 16 also. This exploitation tribute is a beautiful thing to behold and has killer tunes by the fabulous Impala. Highly reccomended! Mike Ensley PIGEONHOLE Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tob@ramboll.dk Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Holly & Vangelis Date: 15 May 1996 04:56:03 -0600 (MDT) I have it - and it's a lonely quite version - very Holly. It starts with a simple octave-builded synth octave and then Holly's voice takes over. First humming then singing. The rest of the double CD is very mixed - some rough - some pop, but anyway a bunch of great artists singing Elvis. - Torben ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Message was resent -- Original recipients were: Holly also recorded in 1990 "Love me tender" for the Elvis anniversery on NME-sampler! Has anyone of you out there got this Sampler??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bryan Jare Cuevas Subject: Moog Fluting & Daydreams Date: 14 May 1996 23:27:53 -0600 (MDT) Two questions: (1) I'm looking for an album by The Ebony Godfather (aka Joe Thomas) called "Moog Fluting"....a wonderful wah-wah inspired jazz-funk moog experience from 1974. Any information would be greatly appreciated. (2) Lately I've been mesmerized by John Cameron's "Half Forgotten Daydreams" from the recent Sound Gallery compilation. Could someone out there please tell me more about Mr. Cameron's music - on what Cameron album does this tune originally appear and does the rest of the lp capture a similar mood? Thanks bryan j. cuevas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: "Exotica" CD's Date: 15 May 1996 08:16:10 +0000 >From: Discreets@aol.com >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Back to the "Boots"... >Hi! >Could someone please send me or post a list of which "Exotica" Lps were >released on CD in the supposedly limited edition series. Thought on which >ones are the best would also be appreciated! Thanks in advance! GET THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: List Ques. for Lazlo Date: 15 May 1996 12:16:55 -0500 > > On a separate note, a question for Lazlo - is it the fault of my e-mail > > system that all messages on this list are attributed to > > "exotica@xmission.com" as author? I'd like to know who's behind certain > > postings, but if the author doesn't sign, I'm outta luck. > > It's probably your email system -- the list software leaves the "From:" > line intact. Not knowing what package you're using, it's hard for me to > make any recommendations about reconfiguring it to work as expected; you > might have better luck with your local admins. > The same thing's been happening to me, using Pegasus, ever since the software switchover. The "From" field in the message is correct, but the "From" column in the mail list is not - just reads exotica@xmission.com, which also appears in the "Forwarded by" field in the message. I'm also getting a lot of "Bad Messages" from the exotica list, none from any of the other six or seven I'm subscribed to. kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Ethel Azama Date: 15 May 1996 08:33:13 +0000 Ethel Azama was a pop vocalist who as far as I know has 2 releases on Liberty. Her 2nd release is titled "Cool Heat" and Viktrola just bought a copy from me. Maybe Scamp is going to re-release it, I don't know. She is backed by Marty Paich and his orchestra featuring the great late Art Pepper on Alto Saxophone as well as (I'm sure) a bevy of other west coast jazz/studio greats. _Maybe_ Bud Shank, Buddy Collette, Bob Cooper, Barney Kessel, Don Fagerquist Pete and Conte Candoli-any of those names do anything for you ? Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, Osie Johnson, Frank Rosolino... Marty Paich was a great west coast arranger who also did arrangements for Ray Charles among many others. Sincerely, Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: FWD>Returned Mail Date: 15 May 1996 13:37:10 -0400 Mail*Link(r) SMTP FWD>Returned Mail PLEASE MAKE SURE PHIL CLARK-WHOSE MAIL IS ALWAYS RETURNED TO ME---SEES THIS...THANKS! -------------- Special condition follows -------------- Unable to deliver mail after 1 day(s). Recipient(s): phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Message-ID: Return-Receipt-To: "Laura Taylor" X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP/QM 3.0.0 -------------- Message follows -------------- RE>Dick Hyman 5/14/96 Hi, Phil...I tried to respond to this before, but my message was kicked back...At any rate, Dick is the same of the MOOG and Enoch Light records...He has also composed and arranged music for EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX...and ZELIG...besides doing that, he also had a bit part in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY(a conducter, natch!) He's a cool guy...I interviewed this year at his home in Venice, FL. Any other questions, feel free to ask, Lounge Laura Hey exoticats Went to see Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" the other wk and guess what, as the credits rolled I noticed that one Dick Hyman had been involved with the music, specifically a harmony choir who appear on the sountrack at the end of the movie. Anyone know if this is the same Dick Hyman, the one who did all those groo-vee Moog albums etc ??!? interestedly Phil -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Esquivel CDs Date: 15 May 1996 19:53:58 +0100 mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) wrote: >these major labels seems to be towards compilations of best trax, much like >the compilation of Irwin's first ESQUIVEL CD. While that CD got me "into" >Esquivel..., now I want to buy his whole catalogue, which is not >available except through SECOND HAND DEALERS these 2 full albums CD rereleases _are_ avail.: More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds (Now Reprise's Archive series 2-45844, USA, 1995 4 Corners of the World (RCA 985627, Germany, 1995) = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: My 2 cents on the boots Date: 15 May 1996 19:54:19 +0100 dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) wrote: >...the sound quiality and recordings are quite excellent for what they are. sound quality may be ok, but mastering was far from perfect: "psychedelic percussion" has 1 track missing "orienta" too, and "night of the tiger" is split into 2 tracks (8+9) >Michel Magne'-Tropical Fantasies...do you know how rare that record is ? it's my favorite! incredible sounds, almost novelty stuff! = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: THE BOOTS, and LES BAXTER'S "THE LOST EPISODE" Date: 15 May 1996 11:38:19 PST Hi, I haven't been posting much as work has been pretty intensive but I have been reading everything that is coming through. I still believe that bootlegs more than serve a necessary purpose for music fans. One of my most treasured records is the very first boot I purchased, in a head shop back in '70 (I was in the 6th grade!) titled "Homogenized Beatles". It contained one side of the original "Let It Be" record that was released to radio stations long before it was re-mixed by Spector. The B side contained Beatles tracks that, at that time, were unavailable on albums ("I'm Down" etc). While I consider a copy of an in print record to be a 'pirate', I think that when a record is long unavailable and is reproduced, it falls into the 'boot' category. Funny thing here is that I was posting like a fiend during the whole bootleg argument here on the list a few months ago, but I never purchased any of those repros that everyone was fighting about (being the vinyl of almost all those titles resides comfy in my collection). However, I was glad to know that the stuff was available to those who desired it, but didn't want to pay the outrageous collectors prices, or wait for someone to reissue 'em legit. Here is an example of why these repros serve their purpose. These are some 60s garage / psych records that I purchased. A mint copy of this record: the price I paid for the 'boot'': QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS "ACTION": $50.00 / $10.00 MYSTIC SIVA: $300.00 / $15.00 (glad to pay the $15.00 vs the $300.00 when I listened to this one and found out that it SUCKS) RISING STORM "CALM BEFORE": $300.00 / $10.00 (AND TAKE NOTE THAT WHEN THIS ONE WAS REISSUED LEGIT, YEARS AFTER THE REPRO, I GOT THAT ONE AS WELL! The 'boot' version of this did not screw up the market for the legit one either!) Did anyone read the Billboard interview with George Harrison when he said that he totally forgot The Beatles ever recorded the track "If You've Got Troubles" until he listened to a boot of the ultra-rare track series that a friend sent to him? Regarding Les Baxter; We found the original 2" master video of the Les Baxter "Sound Of The 60s" TV program, and re-transferred the audio. The copies of "The Lost Episode" with the new audio transfer will be out in the stores within the month. You can identify these because they have a sticker on the front proclaiming "REMASTERED". The sound is 1000% better! For you analog heads out there, the 10" version has NOT been digitized! The transfer was made to a full-track mono tape head, and cut on the same Scully lathe and Westrex mono head that was used at Capitol in the 50s! We even put the 'eccentric' shut-off groove that you see on all pre-1960 albums! Once again, we thank Leslie Baxter, Les' daughter, for all her help in releasing these live tracks. Over and out! Lee Joseph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs (lengthy!) Date: 15 May 1996 16:07:21 -0400 (EDT) On Fri, 10 May 1996, Robbie Baldock wrote: > no-one seems to be too bothered about people making big (or even > quite reasonable) bucks out of second-hand dealing - and the original > artists are certainly not seeing any of this accumulating profit each > time the record changes hands - how is this *any* different from a > boot CD?!.... Big difference: A second-hand dealer is selling a piece of property (record) which was purchased or acquired, and which he owns. A bootlegger is selling property (recordings and published compositions) which do not belong to him, thereby violating copyright law. One act is lawful, one is criminal. > I certainly am not condoning direct thievery [of the mastering engineers > fees] and this is terrible behaviour - this is a much stronger argument > for boycotting the CDs than any copyright breaking argument as all that > lies behind that argument in my eyes is major label greed to have a > slice of the pie. How come when a major label tries to capitalize on a market by selling recordings they legitimately own, this is "greed," but when a bootlegger tries to market recordings he does not own, this is "performing an excellent service in keeping interest and enthusiasm for this music alive"? Do you really think that for this bootlegger, profit was a secondary concern? He's a hustler and a scam artist, motivated by money, not art. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: YMA SUMAC ON ERNIE KOVAKS Date: 15 May 1996 13:29:15 PST This kind of serves as a video clip want list! Ernie Kovaks was a huge fan of Yma's (she even gets mentioned in one of Percy Dovetonsils poems). She was on one of his shows! I've heard of an amazing performance by Louis Prima and Keely Smith doing "That Old Black Magic" on the Ed Sullivan show. Does anyone know of any other documented appearances of our exotic and pop (oops...lounge) heroes and heroines on TV? If anyone can get me a copy of the above mentioned performances, I'll give 'em their choice of 4 CDs or LPs from the Dionysus/Hell Yeah/Bacchus Archives catalog! Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: eaganca Subject: Re: Conniff Bops! Date: 15 May 1996 16:58:02 -0400 () HOUSEOBOB@aol.com wrote: >I have not heard much Ray Conniff, but when I picked up his record "Dance The >Bop!" (Columbia CL 1004, no date) I knew it wasn't his usual stuff. Complete >with a dance instruction booklet, it's a bopping finger snapping thing with >lots of guitar >(one tune is called "Play a Gittar Solo" - with that spelling). Other tunes: >Doin the Twister, Just Boppin', Honky - Tonk Around, The Flea Hop. Is this >totally out of character for him? Anybody know anything about this disc? Conniff can be quite the two-faced chameleon sometimes: his music is analagous to Beethoven's in that respect. Unquestionably, Ray and Ludwig are similar in many more ways, but the "3 period" thing certainly stands out. Ray started out arranging big-band style music, soon adding voices but treating them solely as instruments. I'm guessing "Dance the Bop!" comes from this period. When he realized how popular (and different!) his chorus was in comparison to the band/orchestra, he shifted gears and featured the singers by giving them words (oh my!) along with their bop-doo-wah-doo-dahs. This allowed Ray to more easily (and copiously) cover the "hit parade" of his day. This brings us to his third period, beginning in 1975 or so, where he was least respected and understood by his listeners (again, *just* like Beethoven--are these guys related?), when Ray ceased to cover old standards and sought to redefine the musical landscape as it was being harvested. Thus we get such misunderstood gems such as "I will Survive," Ray's Bee Gees cover album, "After the Lovin'," "Theme from S.W.A.T.," on up through 1986 with "Say You, Say Me." Ray sought to introduce this new, brash, hip music to his fans who, along with him, were approaching old age. He made a valiant effort for a worthy cause; I'm sure we all would appreciate such a genius today to help us understand the music all the kids are listening to...what I wouldn't give to be able to have Ray Conniff and the Singers help me understand the Raspberries, Hooter and the Catfish, etc. Sure, I'm full of crap and merely kidding around. But I sometimes wonder how many great songs of the '40s, '50s and '60s I never would have learned to love had it not been for Ray's accessible and familiar introductions to them. EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "William Blaylock" Subject: Re: List Ques. for Lazlo Date: 15 May 1996 15:01:46 -600 > > > On a separate note, a question for Lazlo - is it the fault of my e-mail > > > system that all messages on this list are attributed to > > > "exotica@xmission.com" as author? I'd like to know who's behind certain > > > postings, but if the author doesn't sign, I'm outta luck. > > > > It's probably your email system -- the list software leaves the "From:" > > line intact. Not knowing what package you're using, it's hard for me to > > make any recommendations about reconfiguring it to work as expected; you > > might have better luck with your local admins. > > > > The same thing's been happening to me, using Pegasus, ever since the > software switchover. The "From" field in the message is correct, but > the "From" column in the mail list is not - just reads > exotica@xmission.com, which also appears in the "Forwarded by" field > in the message. I'm also getting a lot of "Bad Messages" from the > exotica list, none from any of the other six or seven I'm subscribed > to. here are the headers as I get them in pegasus if it helps anyone. Date forwarded: Wed, 15 May 1996 10:19:05 -0600 (MDT) Date sent: Wed, 15 May 1996 12:16:55 -0500 Send reply to: xanadu@radix.net Priority: normal Forwarded by: exotica@xmission.com Police your children DON't allow the government to do it. All opinions are mine alone -- W. A. Blaylock wblalok@xmission.com -- -- Comfortable Software PO box 526092 Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84152-6092 -- -- Finger me for info and talk info (801)549-6052 -- -- ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/w/wblalok watch for new number soon -- -- http://www.xmission.com/~wblalok -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: Conniff Bops! Date: 15 May 1996 14:21:37 +0000 > appreciate such a genius today to help us understand the music all > the kids are listening to...what I wouldn't give to be able to have > Ray Conniff and the Singers help me understand the Raspberries, > Hooter and the Catfish, etc. > > Sure, I'm full of crap and merely kidding around. Actually, I think you're right on the money! Steve Sando Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: List Ques. for Lazlo Date: 15 May 1996 15:45:07 -0600 (MDT) >>>> On a separate note, a question for Lazlo - is it the fault of my >>>> e-mail system that all messages on this list are attributed to >>>> "exotica@xmission.com" as author? >>> >>> It's probably your email system -- the list software leaves the >>> "From:" line intact. >> >> The same thing's been happening to me, using Pegasus, ever since the >> software switchover. The "From" field in the message is correct, but the >> "From" column in the mail list is not - just reads exotica@xmission.com, >> which also appears in the "Forwarded by" field in the message. > > here are the headers as I get them in pegasus if it helps anyone. > > Date forwarded: Wed, 15 May 1996 10:19:05 -0600 (MDT) > From: "kevin king" > To: exotica@xmission.com > Date sent: Wed, 15 May 1996 12:16:55 -0500 > Subject: Re: List Ques. for Lazlo > Send reply to: xanadu@radix.net > Priority: normal > Forwarded by: exotica@xmission.com It's not clear to me from this example what the problem is. The From: line given in the example above is correct, isn't it? Are you saying that your mailers aren't displaying the name in the From: line as the name of the sender? It might help if you could forward an example of a set of headers from a message that Pegasus (et al.) seems to be able to interpret properly. >> I'm also getting a lot of "Bad Messages" from the exotica list, none >> from any of the other six or seven I'm subscribed to. I don't know what a "Bad Message" is in this context, as I don't use Pegasus. Does the software give you any diagnostics other than just "Bad Message?" As far as I know, the list software is following all the relevant mail RFCs. If someone can point to something specific that the list software is doing wrong, I can see about getting it changed, but so far it really does look like your mail software is the one breaking the rules in some way, not the list software. (This may all be moot when we go back to majordomo but I have no idea when that's going to happen.) -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Re: look what i found in cdnow's catalog (moog indigo) Date: 15 May 1996 15:56:56 -0600 (MDT) >> PERREY*JEAN JACQUES -- MOOG INDIGO $26.97 >> ELECTRONIC VANGUARD EV-905-2 >> Origin: USA >> This is an import title. > > This "origin USA + import title" could definitely be a hint for a > bootie. But it would never ever tell label and cat.-no. !!! It's the boot. All the "Electronic Vanguard" stuff is bootleg. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Free Stuff Date: 15 May 1996 17:37:50 -0600 Hey gang, Just thought I would let everbody know about a thing a deal we having going on our site we are offering a sampler disc of all the stuff on the TRG label, be forewarned it is in't exotica ( well Savage Aural Hotbed definetly qualifes as modern Exotica) It has Rock a Billy, Punk ,Pop, and alll that other alternative type stuff. Check it out http://twintone.com/trg On a unreleated note, I bought my first Three suns records damn their good, corny but good. Your Pal Chris END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Katie Eagan & Jeff Phillips Subject: Re: Third Man Theme (was Re: Conniff Bops!) Date: 15 May 1996 21:00:11 -0900 (PDT) On Wed, 15 May 1996, Renata Hansen wrote: > Both Ray and Ludwig mastered the art of recycling. Well, all music is recycled from Gregorian chant anyway. I know Ray covered at least one Romantic composer ("A Fifth of Tchaikovsky" from his "After the Lovin'" album) but has anyone heard any Ray-thoven? He obviously titled that one after Walter Murphy's splendorous "A Fifth of Beethoven" from Saturday Night Fever; I wonder if he ever covered it as well? > Perhaps one might say Ray > is more of a genius, actually. Ray has (is he dead yet?) nothing to hide. "I'm not dead yet!" Good point, Renata. What with Milla Vanilla and all, it's refreshing to see an artist bask in the sea of duplication, mockery and homogeneity, rather than denying its existence and running scared. > We're still uncovering Ludwig's thefts, however. Supposedly (according to > NPR) Beethoven's 5th was actually written a decade earlier by some faceless > French Revolutionary. Are plaster Ray Conniff busts available? For shame, van B. I'll be the first to replace Ludvig with Ray on my toy piano. EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: TWO MARTIN DENNY QUESTIONS Date: 16 May 1996 12:53:42 -0400 1. What's your opinion of EXOTIC NIGHT? I have the chance to get it for $6 at a local record store...is it worth it? 2. What covers does Sandy Warner grace? Is she also on PRIMATIVA? Is that really her hair? What happened to her? I guess that's more than two questions... Chronically posting, Lounge Laura If you want to reply to me directly and spare the list: laura@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Pebbles compilations Date: 16 May 1996 19:42:15 +0100 as we have a Pebbles-specialist here (lee@anti.com) i would like to sak if he knows on which Pebbles vi-olume this track appears: Jefferson Handkerchief: Allergic to flowers this is one of the most hilarious psychedelic songs i have ever heard! thanx! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium tel: 32-2-466.46.40 fax: 32-2-466.07.55 *************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale *************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: the supposedly limited edition series Date: 16 May 1996 19:42:33 +0100 Discreets@aol.com asked: >>Could someone please send me or post a list of which "Exotica" Lps were >>released on CD in the supposedly limited edition series yma sumac: miracles + 101 Strings: Astrosounds martin denny: exotic moog + les baxter: moog rock les baxter: the passions dean elliot: zounds! + jack fascinato: surplus store harry revel: music out of the moon & for peace of mind & parfume Hal Blaine: Psychedelic Percussion + Emil Richards: Stones Marko Polo Adventures: Orienta + Michel Magne: Tropical Fantasy jj perrey: moog indigo + amazing new electronic pop sound esquivel: 1968 + the genius of mrs. Miller: ??? Ferrante & Teicher: ??? The 10th Victim Soundtrack + ? Les Baxter: African Jazz + Jungle Jazz Leo Diamond: Skin Diver Suite + ? = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Esquivel's OTHER WORLDS Date: 16 May 1996 19:42:08 +0100 Esquerlita@aol.com wrote: >Oh, my friend; you haven't lived until you've heard those other sounds! >...By all means, rush and buy, rush, rush, rush! ok, but would you please chare the label info with us please? thanx. = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: pebbles Date: 16 May 1996 13:54:22 EDT >as we have a Pebbles-specialist here (lee@anti.com) i would like to sak if >he knows on which Pebbles vi-olume this track appears: > Jefferson Handkerchief: Allergic to flowers >this is one of the most hilarious psychedelic songs i have ever heard! >thanx! DO WE HAVE A PEBBLES SPECIALIST? I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A MAILING LIST SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT TYPE OF MUSIC, OR CAN WE POST THOSE QUESTIONS HERE? THE PHRASE "EXOTIC" CAN BE TAKEN TO MEAN ALOT OF THINGS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: Pebbles compilations Date: 16 May 1996 11:02:06 PST That would be Volume 4, the "Psychedelic" one! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET as we have a Pebbles-specialist here (lee@anti.com) i would like to sak if he knows on which Pebbles vi-olume this track appears: Jefferson Handkerchief: Allergic to flowers this is one of the most hilarious psychedelic songs i have ever heard! thanx! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium tel: 32-2-466.46.40 fax: 32-2-466.07.55 *************************************************************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale *************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Grant China Subject: Re: Arthur Lyman on radio show Date: 16 May 1996 08:45:42 -1000 At 09:19 AM 5/13/96 -1000, you wrote: >Arthur Lyman has agreed to come down and talk story on my somewhat occasional exotica >show. Does anyone have any particular questions or lines of discussion that might be >interesting to present during the show? I will probably do the obvious -- ask about the >old times, his story, what he thinks of the resurgence of interest in his music over the >last 10 years or so, etc. If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know. Also for >those of you who are here on Oahu, tune in to KTUH this Wednesday from 9 to noon...he'll >be there for the full 3 hrs. Um, unfortunately I had to work yesterday from 9 to noon and since KTUH puts out about as much wattage as a cheap flashlight I couldn't pick up the interview. Will it be replayed any time in the future (preferably in the evening)? Also, maybe you could send a summary, or even better a whole transcript, to the whole mailing list. Aloha, Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: Re: TWO MARTIN DENNY QUESTIONS Date: 16 May 1996 16:12:46 -0400 In a message dated 96-05-16 13:04:29 EDT, chronic Laura writes: :) >1. What's your opinion of EXOTIC NIGHT? I have the chance to get it for $6 >at a local record store...is it worth it? I have not heard it, but for six bucks (less than a ticket to see Babe) I would not hesitate. >2. What covers does Sandy Warner grace? Is she also on PRIMATIVA? Is that >really her hair? What happened to her? All the early Dennys...Exotica 1, 2 and 3, Afro-desia (dyed blonde), Enchanted Sea, yes..PRIMITIVA...I think this is where she is at her hottest...Quiet Village, and is that her on Forbidden Island? I am sure I forgot to mention some others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: Moog items! Date: 16 May 1996 15:03:01 PDT All: For any of you interested in Moog stuff, records and the units themselves, check these two sites out! First, the Restless Records release of "Moog Cookbook" which includes covers of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" done a la JJ. Perrey, Enoch Light "Spaced Out" should drop by here and listen to samples, among other things: http://www.tt.net/restless/moog Also, can you believe it... Moog is back in business! They are going to re-release the Minimoog and the Series 9000 Modular Systems! Unbelievable! http://www.moogmusic.com/home.html The "Moog Cookbook" was mentioned earlier on the Exotica Mailing List, so if anyone is interested in the record, the above will help you. I know some others out there will find the Moog Music Company information useful as well. Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cbennet0@counsel.com (Caressa Bennet -- Atty-Caressa Bennett - Washington ) Subject: Pebbles Date: 16 May 1996 19:52:09 EDT To: exotica, Inet Although I could certainly be wrong (indeed I was with my recollection of the Voxx commercial), I would almost swear that the psychedelic volume of Pebbles (w/Jefferson Handkerchief, et al.) was #3 and that Surf was #4. Too lazy to go upstairs and check, Michael Bennet That would be Volume 4, the "Psychedelic" one! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Pebbles compilations Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET Date: 5/16/96 10:45 AM as we have a Pebbles-specialist here (lee@anti.com) i would like to sak if he knows on which Pebbles vi-olume this track appears: Jefferson Handkerchief: Allergic to flowers this is one of the most hilarious psychedelic songs i have ever heard! thanx! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium tel: 32-2-466.46.40 fax: 32-2-466.07.55 ********************************************** ***************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale ******************************* ******************************************** ************************************************************ Senders Internet Address exotica-request@xmission.com ************************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: Pebbles Date: 16 May 1996 16:59:41 PST Oh geez, you are right! Vol. 3 is the Psych one and vol 4 is the Surf one! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET To: exotica, Inet Although I could certainly be wrong (indeed I was with my recollection of the Voxx commercial), I would almost swear that the psychedelic volume of Pebbles (w/Jefferson Handkerchief, et al.) was #3 and that Surf was #4. Too lazy to go upstairs and check, Michael Bennet That would be Volume 4, the "Psychedelic" one! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Pebbles compilations Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET Date: 5/16/96 10:45 AM as we have a Pebbles-specialist here (lee@anti.com) i would like to sak if he knows on which Pebbles vi-olume this track appears: Jefferson Handkerchief: Allergic to flowers this is one of the most hilarious psychedelic songs i have ever heard! thanx! = Johan |)/\|)/\ Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium tel: 32-2-466.46.40 fax: 32-2-466.07.55 ********************************************** ***************************** DADA'QUARIUMS "www.ping.be/~ping1241/" has exotica reviews + exotica/novelty records for sale ******************************* ******************************************** ************************************************************ Senders Internet Address exotica-request@xmission.com ************************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: TWO MARTIN DENNY QUESTIONS Date: 16 May 1996 20:46:01 -0400 Exotic Night is a little on the easy listening side, not all that exotic (nary a bird call in ear shot) but quite pleasant cocktail stuff and well worth six bucks. Sandy Warner does not appear on the original Forbidden Island cover (featuring palm trees and a big tiki head), however I believe it is her on the re-issue cover with a cherry in her mouth. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 16 May 1996 18:15:56 -0600 (MDT) Irwin Chusid wrote:- >Big difference: A second-hand dealer is selling a piece of property >(record) which was purchased or acquired, and which he owns. A >bootlegger is selling property (recordings and published compositions) >which do not belong to him, thereby violating copyright law. One act >is lawful, one is criminal. I take your point but I still don't think the difference is "big" - certainly "one is lawful, one is criminal" but that doesn't ultimately equate with "right" or "wrong". If your main concern is royalties to the recording artist (which surely is the whole point of copyright) then, as I said, there is no difference - the artist gets their royalty either way and then the music is passed on to a new "owner", after which point the artist gets no more! You seem to be more concerned that a law has been broken than whether in fact it actually makes any difference! BTW, wouldn't it be great if on LPs/CDs there was some sort of contact address for the artist so that people buying it second-hand (or boot) could make voluntary payments to the artist?! I don't know how many people would respond to this but it does seem a shame that these artists in particular are having their records passed around for sometimes huge sums of money with nothing going back to them... >How come when a major label tries to capitalize on a market by selling >recordings they legitimately own, this is "greed," but when a >bootlegger tries to market recordings he does not own, this is >"performing an excellent service in keeping interest and enthusiasm >for this music alive"? This isn't quite what I was saying! I think *both* record labels and bootleggers are a positive influence in keeping this music popular. I agree, you could say that both are "greedy" for a slice of the action - I attributed this more to the record labels just because of that distinctive taste of sour grapes I detected in the way you described the record companies responding, not by doing anything constructive like releasing something else (or releasing much cheaper editions of the same recording*) but by moaning about how this guy has "served the market". I'd just like to see the labels grow up a bit! Surely the one lesson from all this which should be pounding the labels at the moment is GET THIS STUFF RELEASED BEFORE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS WASTED!!! [* - isn't this ultimately the most obvious way to put the bootlegger (sorry, pirate!) out of business? Or are the record labels too proud to admit that this guy would effectively be dictating what gets released? If they start speeding their act up a little they could very quickly turn the tables...] >Do you really think that for this bootlegger, profit was a secondary >concern? He's a hustler and a scam artist, motivated by money, not >art. I disagree! Why would someone go to the trouble of researching not only _which_ of these very obscure releases are likely to have some "underground" popularity - but also arrange the releases so that the two LPs on each CD complement each other. When I saw "Astro Sounds" and "Miracles" on the same CD I thought "what?!" but of course it makes perfect sense when you hear it! Also, "Music Out of the Moon" is currently fetching 100 dollars and upwards - this guy could easily have charged double what he was asking and still sold bucketloads of this CD... Whoever it is that is is producing these CDs certainly knows their music and knows how to source it. If his prime and only goal is money then why isn't he/she(?) selling live Smaching Pumpkins tapes?! >I appreciate your comments about bootlegs. Please don't take my last >reply as a personal indictment of you for attempting to find grounds >for defending bootleggers. I'm sure you're an honorable and >intelligent man. I don't want the vehemence of my response >misconstrued as a personal attack on you. My anger is aimed at the >pencil-dick who's been marketing these bootlegs. As I said at the close of my previous response, I don't like to think of myself as having fixed opinions on *any* subject (this incidentally isn't woolly-minded but a conscious decision not to cling too strongly to anything, even opinions - blame that on my Buddhist friends!). I am still happy to be persuaded... Also, I always prefer open-ness in discussion and I would say again that wherever possible I will buy legit releases, be they new or second hand. But sometimes, the only way to hear something is to walk those shadier paths! Oh, and my Buddhist friends would also say that *anger* is a pretty negative emotion! Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: John Cameron/Sound Gallery Date: 15 May 1996 19:53:10 +0100 In message <199605151634.KAA13186@mail.xmission.com>, exotica-digest- request@xmission.com writes >(2) Lately I've been mesmerized by John Cameron's "Half Forgotten >Daydreams" from the recent Sound Gallery compilation. Could >someone out there please tell me more about Mr. Cameron's music >- on what Cameron album does this tune originally appear and >does the rest of the lp capture a similar mood? AFAIK it's from one of those KPM (Keith Prowse Music) music library albums. I don't have the title, sorry. background info: these albums are (supposedly) industry-only collections of mood music released by a number of different companies from the late 60s onwards - De Wolfe, KPM etc etc there are hundreds of them and some are really cool! They make up about half the material on Sound Gallery; the other half mostly comes from EMI's Studio Two imprint (except perhaps "Shout About Pepsi" which is from a 99p supermarket album!) Such hot session players as Keith Mansfield/Alan Hawkshaw etc have recorded some of these discs, whilst others feature "made up" orchestras/groups of sessioneers. The music is all unavailable elsewhere, indeed that's the point, since the material is intended for use by TV & film people looking for something to match a specific mood but which should not be an established hit or well-known theme. I have a couple of KPM albums and they're getting harder to find now (unsurprisingly) Hope this is of interest swingingly Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk PS Second volumes of Sound Gallery and Easy Project imminent... imminent... -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jan Fornell Subject: Re: Scott Walker Date: 17 May 1996 21:06:00 +0900 Last week, Johan Dada Vis asked for help with filing Scott Walker's Scott Two. Put it under vocals (male), since the reason to listen to Scott Walker is his Voice, rather than his songs which really are unclassifiable anyway. Though he started as a pop singer (in the Walker Brothers), and has been a major influence on two generations of British pop singers, his own solo stuff over the past three decades has very little to do with pop (or rock or jazz or exotica, for that matter), but ranges from the gloomy to the profoundly abstruse. With a lesser voice most of it would have been terrible, but he gets away with it. Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jan Fornell Subject: My 2 yen about the boots Date: 17 May 1996 21:04:00 +0900 I agree with Robbie, Jill, Jack, Lee and others that those boots fill a useful function. Here in Japan they are sold as the genuine article by a fairly straight chain of record stores. (They might even be legal here for that matter, since the copyright laws are different than in the U.S., and most of that material is old enough to have passed into the public domain.) The prices are about the same as for other American imports ($15 - 20), which is cheaper than the local produce, but that is Japan for you. While I have enjoyed the music of Martin Denny, Les Baxter & co for about 15 years now, I have never lived in any place where such stuff was readily available. In Japan, where I have been living for the past 10 years, such things as "garage sales" or "thrift stores" simply don't exist. There are a few specialist stores for jazz collectors where I have seen some exotica but at exorbitant prices ($150 for Les Baxter's "Jungle Jazz", anyone?) Originally, I come from Sweden but there is not much exotica there either, although my grandmother once found a Martin Denny album in excellent condition for me in her backyard garbage can! While some of those boots are very good, some I could definitely live without, and I'm very glad I was able to find that out without investing serious money. Now, if someone were to release that Elsa Popping record, or the weird Eskimo Kola Beldy mentioned by Jello Biafra in "Incredibly Strange Music, vol II"... Here are some additions to Johan Dada's list: Les Baxter: Tamboo (one track missing) + Ritual of the Savage Zounds! What Sounds! + Music from a Surplus Store also, Les Baxter's African Jazz is coupled with Tak Shindo's "Mganga!", not "Jungle Jazz" (which I haven't seen released yet). Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: Scott Walker Date: 17 May 1996 11:35:33 -0400 (EDT) Jan Fornell writes: >Last week, Johan Dada Vis asked for help with filing Scott Walker's >Scott Two. My understanding is that Razor and Tie is going to be issuing Scott Walker's solo albums in the U.S. sometime over the summer, for what that's worth. --Jon Johnson erik@top.monad.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Freitas Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 17 May 1996 11:05:49 Robbie said: >I take your point but I still don't think the difference is "big" - >certainly "one is lawful, one is criminal" but that doesn't >ultimately equate with "right" or "wrong". If your main concern is >royalties to the recording artist (which surely is the whole point of >copyright) then, as I said, there is no difference - the artist gets >their royalty either way and then the music is passed on to a new >"owner", after which point the artist gets no more! I guess it bears mentioning that many times even when a album is reissued by whomever owns the masters, many times the artist doesn't see a penny. Artists often perform their music as a "work for hire" and as a result, unless they own the publishing rights to the songs performed, the label owes them no money. Many times artists perform other people's songs, or even if they wrote the songs they performed they sell the publishing rights and thus don't collect publishing royaties either. You can blame the artists for being short sighted, but generally the choice given them is, if you want to record you play by our rules and that means signing it all away. There are tons of great musicians whose music you hear on the radio every day, who haven't seen a cent of money for their music in decades. While the labels guilty of screwing over the artists have often behaved more or less legally, their actions are hardly moral. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jbr109@psu.edu (jordana robinson) Subject: Barbarella Date: 17 May 1996 11:27:13 -0400 Does anyone know if the soundtrack to _Barbarella_ was ever released? Re-watching it yesterday, I finally remembered to see who performed/wrote the music. It wasn't Hubler & Schwab (_Vampyros Lesbos_) as I'd suspected, but, of all people, the Bob Crewe Generation, of _Music to Watch Girls By_ fame. Any info on that album, as well as anything in the same genre, would be greatly appreciated. -Jordana ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Sandy Warner Date: 17 May 1996 10:16:28 +0000 Sandy Warner graced all of Martin Denny's early LP's Maybe about 12 record covers as far as Denny Goes. She did other model jobs for Liberty of which 1 is; Don Swan and his Orchestra - Latino Vol 2 Great record BTW, but then again "you" can't miss with Liberty "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: 72241.731@CompuServe.COM Subject: Loungecore Giveaway Date: 17 May 1996 14:22:42 EDT Exoticans-- Sequel Records has passed along 35 prizes from their Loungecore/Easy Project collection to be given away at Space Age Bachelor Pad Music on the WWW, but here's the twist -- the top five prizes, complete sets of the Sequel Loungecore CDs, will go to the five best answers to the Name the Genre contest. This 1964 through 1976 sutff isn't SABPM -- it's too late for that -- but what do we call it? Polyester Exotica? Leisure Suit Swing? You can do better than that. Stop by http://www.interport.net/~joholmes/index.html to enter -- you can only enter from the contest page. -=-Joe =----------------------------------------------------= = Space Age Bachelor Pad Music on the World Wide Web = = http://www.interport.net/~joholmes/index.html = =----------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Lalo Schifrin in Glasgow (July) Date: 17 May 1996 15:27:52 -0600 (MDT) Hi all - Just spotted that Lalo Schifrin is playing at the Glasgow Jazz Festival in July. However, before you all get too excited, he doesn't appear to be doing any film music - it's billed as one of his "Symphonic Jazz" gigs. Shame... Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Les Baxter / Neil Norman LP Date: 17 May 1996 15:27:53 -0600 (MDT) And there's more... Saw today a GNP budget LP reissue of a compilation of sci-fi themes (from 50s B-movies (hoorah!) up to Star Wars/Close Encounters (boo!)). It At least one of these is written by Neil Norman and he plays theremin in places. I was put off buying it as the selections are all very short 1.5 - 2.5 mins and there are quite a few more recent film themes - it was recorded in 1979-80. The cover is really nice though: shot from Forbidden Planet. Anyone heard this and can persuade me to buy it? Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: William Straw Subject: Recent Acquisitions Date: 17 May 1996 19:38:21 -0400 I scored a number of beauties today. At Dave's Record Mine, a little hole-in-the-wall in Montreal I've been frequenting for years, I got, still in their plastic wrap, Tony Mottola, Lush, Latin & Lovely Enoch Light and the Light Brigade, The Brass Menagerie 1973 Enoch Light and his Orchestra, Beatles Classics Enoch Light and the Light Brigade, Spanish Strings and then, unwrapped, but in fine condition Brazilian pressing of Walter Wanderley, E Samba The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra, Music for Relaxation two Billy Vaughn albums, Moon over Naples and Theme from the Sundowners and the 1970 album "Take It and Smile" by Eve. This is from Lee Hazlewood Productions, and the session players include Hal Blaine, Ry Cooder, and Sneaky Pete Kleinow. Will Straw Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions 3465 rue Peel, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 Phone: (514) 398 7667; Fax: (514) 398 4934 http://www.facl.mcgill.ca/gpc/crccii/crccii.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Marilyn Monroe Date: 17 May 1996 19:53:01 EDT Dig, if you will, the picture... my girlfriend and I were in Pottery Barn in the local mall the other day and the in-store music was this KILLER mix of honest-to-goodness, high quality, high fidelity Exotica! The most mind-bending song I heard while in the store was something that sounded like Prez Prado. The only vocal to the song was the band calling out the words "Marilyn Monroe". Has anyone ever heard of this tune? Anyone know where to find it on disc? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Marilyn Monroe Date: 17 May 1996 21:48:33 -0400 At 07:53 PM 5/17/96 EDT, you wrote: > > >Dig, if you will, the picture... my girlfriend and I were in Pottery Barn >in the local mall the other day and the in-store music was this KILLER >mix of honest-to-goodness, high quality, high fidelity Exotica! > >The most mind-bending song I heard while in the store was something >that sounded like Prez Prado. The only vocal to the song was the >band calling out the words "Marilyn Monroe". > >Has anyone ever heard of this tune? Anyone know where to find it on disc? Yeah it's on a Perez Prado twofer, Havana 3 A.M. / Mambo! I think it's called "Marilyn Monroe Mambo" and was recorded around 1956. This twofer is available from Bear Family Records as an import from Germany. I don't have their mailing address handy but someone else might be able to help you there. Hope this helps, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: peterp@inch.com (Peter Principle) Subject: Re: exotica-digest Digest V96 #34 Date: 17 May 1996 23:01:49 -0400 > Jefferson Handkerchief: Allergic to flowers > >this is one of the most hilarious psychedelic songs i have ever heard! >thanx! >Greetings from Johan |)/\|)/\ johan.devis@ping.be > Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium According to my recollections this is on the vol 3 of the vinyl series of Pebbles (BFD) anyway although there's a better transfer on Mindrockers (Line) vol 1. BTW both are probably boots That said how about a thread of a few overlooked Belgian lounge acts like: The Monks and Nuns --psuedonym for Roland Thyssen and Orchestra Pradomania --Francis Bay Big Band recorded at Brussels World Fair anything by Willy Albimoor I especially liked the heavily organ driven small ensembles from the 70's like: Andre Brassuer on multi-sound organ this is really Tasty (actually 60's) Tchip Tchip Electronic Music System a bit on the sleepy side but with good intent and 70's sound design extrordinaire Flamenco Moog -Dan Lacksman Association with EMS synth quite chirpy Taboo -Albert de Cock on Wersi-organ fabulous not to mention Belgiums own surf band: the Waikikis doing Hawaii's Greatest Hits with Hammond organ and Nashville style peddle steel --all the standards we know and expect. I can just imagine the band stuck between post -Dallas- fashion and that perfect wave at Ostend. While I lived in Brussels (early 80's) there was a great club in the city center called "Les Follies de Les Annees Soixante" where they played lounge records, had a very Jet Set environment and bar (the DJ wore a Tux) and the obligatory console organ. It was at that time (of course this was pre-assimilation) the haunt of drunken middle aged rich people --absolutely cool. We also used to drink and even recorded at the Archiduke a piano bar which was a haunt of greats on the international circuit like Nat King Cole who often appeared there but before I left it got trendy and went new wave. I actually remember seeing quite a bit of live lounge band activity while there. Is this still going? caio Peter Principle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 18 May 1996 00:53:52 -0400 Riobbie - In July "Astro Sounds" will be properly re-issued through Scamp - digitally remastered from the original tapes with added tracks - this proper reissue with proper sound quality almost did not occur because of this bootlegger had already dropped 1000 unorthorized copies into the marketplace. I'm sure you'll agree that there is really a very finite number of copies that can be sold on a title like this and to have 1000 sales taken away right from the start by some guy who knows this is a cult record, but also is releasing this to make a lot of money per copy(as he is neither paying the artists or the publishing) - rather than doing so to provide a "service" to the marketplace...It is my hope that enough people who have bought this title transfered from a tinny-sounding, scratched-up copy will want to get the real thing, otherwise this title will have been released in vain. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Marilyn Monroe Date: 18 May 1996 01:01:39 -0400 You are in luck - that track appears on the Bear Family label CD "Havana 3 AM / Mambo Mania" - which I highly recommend...you can get it for $19.95 from Collector's Choice 1-800-923-1122 Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: John Cameron/Sound Gallery Date: 18 May 1996 01:08:29 -0400 Hello Phil! _ just to let everyone on this side of the pond know, Scamp will be releasing Sound Gallery 2 on CD & LP simultaneously with EMI UK, the cover features the same model as on the first volume, but this time done up as a Roy Lichtenstein painting...there are more tracks and moreof a variety of tunes than on volume one including George Martin's "Theme One" and Lord Sitar's manic cover of the Who's "I Can See For Miles", more Keith Mansfield stuff as well as Laurie Johnson! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: MIRACLES Date: 18 May 1996 10:04:41 EDT Does anyone know if there are plans to legitimatly re-release YMA SUMAC'S "MIRACLES" album? If I'm not mistaken, I've heard this described as THE most INSANE thing she ever recorded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: SG & EP Date: 18 May 1996 10:22:09 EDT If someone posted it, I must have missed it. Can anyone tell me where to call or who to sleep with in order to get my grubby little hands on Sound Gallery and the Easy Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AMcCon@aol.com Subject: More on boots Date: 18 May 1996 10:36:49 -0400 Regarding the news of Scamp's impending re-release of ASTRO-SOUNDS, and speaking as someone who did buy the boot version, I'll bet I'm not alone in saying I'll buy the Scamp version the instant it hits the stores. Maybe even a couple copies for friends. To repeat a point made by someone several days ago: these "boots" have served a fanatical sliver of the market. If Scamp had announced their release of ASTRO-SOUNDS several months ago, I would have gladly waited even a year for the legitimate release, thereby being a straight-shooter *and* saving several dollars. But not knowing that this album would ever see an officially sanctioned release, I plunked $25 down for the boot. And I would do it again to hear such an amazing album. I look forward to the improved sound quality of the legitimate release, and I thank the Tiki Gods for Scamp. Would that there were other labels out there with the same agenda. Arn AMcCon@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Yma Sumac Date: 18 May 1996 08:10:06 +0000 IMHO, considering she created an ORIGINAL SOUND, all of Yma Sumac's records are "The Most Insane Things She Ever Did!!!!!!!!!!!! Miracles is bee-yooooooo-tee-fooooool psych with Yma moaning ang groaning, oooing and aaahing wordlessly, wonderfully. It's her last record, produced by Les Baxter with all of the titles written and composed by Les but to say that it's her best is ludicrous, imho. "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: Les Baxter / Neil Norman LP Date: 18 May 1996 19:18:19 +0200 (MET DST) Robbie wrote: >Saw today a GNP budget LP reissue of a compilation of sci-fi themes=20 >(from 50s B-movies (hoorah!) up to Star Wars/Close Encounters (boo!)). =20 >It At least one of these is written by Neil Norman and he plays=20 >theremin in places. > >I was put off buying it as the selections are all very short 1.5 -=20 >2.5 mins and there are quite a few more recent film themes - it was=20 >recorded in 1979-80. > >The cover is really nice though: shot from Forbidden Planet. > >Anyone heard this and can persuade me to buy it? >Robbie Can=B4t really recomend them as I think their very uninspired except for=20 Baxter=B4s and Norman=B4s own compositions, and have an awful "early 80s= sound". The most interesting thing Neil Norman did is "Phaser Laser" (incredible=20 nightmare space psych) which is on one of his other LPs + a old bootleg=20 compilation called "Good Roots".=20 Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 18 May 1996 19:28:41 +0200 (MET DST) Aloha Ashley, you can surely sign me up for a copy if you include some cool extra tracks from the 101 Strings "Sounds of Today" LP: "Stone Baroque", "Karma Sitar", "Blues for the Guru" and "Strings for Ravi". They would fit right in. On the other hand I suspect the "Astro Sounds" LP is more Animated Egg than 101 Strings. Maybe you can enlighten me concerning this mystery? Aloha Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Re: MIRACLES Date: 18 May 1996 19:37:52 +0200 (MET DST) Patrick wrote: >Does anyone know if there are plans to legitimatly re-release >YMA SUMAC'S "MIRACLES" album? If I'm not mistaken, I've heard >this described as THE most INSANE thing she ever recorded. No it=B4s not! It=B4s actually her most boring record. Here 50=B4s= recordings are=20 miles beyond this lame attempt at psych rock. Ok there are a few good cuts= =20 but this is definitely not the first record you should get with her. "Legend= =20 of the Xtabay" for example is supreme real exotic-psych and put Beatles so= =20 called masterpiece "SGT. Peppers...." LP to shame. But hey this is strictly my opinion. Aloha Stefan=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cbennet0@counsel.com (Caressa Bennet -- Atty-Caressa Bennett - Washington ) Subject: digest Date: 18 May 1996 16:14:41 EDT To: exotica, Inet Does anyone know if there's a way to get this list in digest form? I think I've tried to in the past unsuccessfully. Michael Bennet cbennet0@counsel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: Speaking of Yma Sumac.... Date: 18 May 1996 21:14:56 -0400 Yma Sumac is appearing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on June 5 and 6. I saw this advertised in SF Weekly. Tickets are twenty five bucks...a little $$$, but how often do you get to see a real, live Incan Princess? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PeteKitsch@aol.com Subject: Re: Raymond Scott Date: 18 May 1996 21:33:33 -0400 In a message dated 96-05-15 00:14:07 EDT, you write: >Jim Foetus and the Pizz did a version of Powerhouse under the name "Garage >Monsters." The arrangement is pretty standard, but the production is a bit >hyped up - sort of industrial. I'm a little suprised that no one mentioned this yet, but The Tiki Tones do a surf version of "Powerhouse" on their Enchanted Tiki Tones 7" EP on Dionysis. (Other tracks are "Sneaky Tiki," "A Go-Go Drum" and "Tum-Tiki.") Recommended. Peter Music for Better Living MFBL web page coming soon! http://members.aol.com/Hifibliss/mfbl.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: Re: Barbarella Date: 18 May 1996 16:50:04 +0100 In message <199605171633.MAA25666@r05n01.cac.psu.edu>, jordana robinson writes >Does anyone know if the soundtrack to _Barbarella_ was ever released? >Re-watching it yesterday, I finally remembered to see who performed/wrote >the music. It wasn't Hubler & Schwab (_Vampyros Lesbos_) as I'd suspected, >but, of all people, the Bob Crewe Generation, of _Music to Watch Girls By_ >fame. Any info on that album, as well as anything in the same genre, would >be greatly appreciated. > >-Jordana > yep it was released in 1968 on Stateside in the UK and DynoVoice in the US. it's hard to find now but AFAIK a CD reissue is somewhere in the pipeline, here in the UK anyhow. (thru EMI) the Bob Crewe Generation collaborated with a band called the Glitterhouse to do the Barbarella ost. both outfits also released some other albums, but I don't have anyofem so I can't tell you what they're like. hope this helps Phil -- Phil Clark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) Subject: Exotica in Sweden Date: 19 May 1996 14:30:42 +0200 (MET DST) LIVING DYNAMIC HI-FI STEREO ACTION! BO AXELZON & HIS EXOTIC SOUNDS 10=94 inch record! SUBLIMINAL SOUNDS are proud to present the premier recording by Swedens only= =20 authentic Exotica/SABP/IS/EL/Lounge act! A blazing hi-fi dispaly of brass= =20 and percussion, chock full of exotic instrumentation to dazzle your=20 imagination. These exot-nicks are currently the house band at Stockholms=20 Tiki Room (the only Tiki Bar/Lounge Club in town) and have been playing this= =20 music since the 50=B4s! If your interested in their limited edition 10=94 inch housed in a beautiful= =20 exotica sleeve send me a e-mail.=20 Aloha Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PeteKitsch@aol.com Subject: New website Date: 19 May 1996 11:48:48 -0400 Hi all -- Just a quick note to let you all know that our radio show's page is finally up on the web. Our show? Music for Better Living, of course! The site is kinda bare bones right now, just playlists and links, pretty much. But we're always open for suggestions. Also, if you know of any good links we left off, please tell us. Be seeing you, Valerie & Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Barbarella Date: 19 May 1996 11:03:09 -0600 (MDT) >Does anyone know if the soundtrack to _Barbarella_ was ever released? >Re-watching it yesterday, I finally remembered to see who performed/wrote >the music. It wasn't Hubler & Schwab (_Vampyros Lesbos_) as I'd suspected, >but, of all people, the Bob Crewe Generation, of _Music to Watch Girls By_ >fame. Any info on that album, as well as anything in the same genre, would >be greatly appreciated. > >-Jordana > >Jordana, Yes, I know it exists because my friend has it!! If you need any other info on it and the rest of the list can't help, email me back, and I will hassle my friend for more info. Jill > Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Bear Family records Date: 19 May 1996 19:27:14 +0100 >Yeah it's on a Perez Prado twofer, Havana 3 A.M. / Mambo! I think it's >called "Marilyn Monroe Mambo" and was recorded around 1956. This twofer is >available from Bear Family Records as an import from Germany. Bear Family Records: specialised in country and R&R. Complete free catalogue on request. PO Box 1154, 27727 Hambergen, Germany
tel: 49-4794/93000 & fax 49-4794/930020 = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tristan Subject: Yma sumac 78's Date: 19 May 1996 14:49:47 -0400 (EDT) I am new to the list but have a quick question regarding Yma Sumac. Was "Land of the Xtabay" originally released as a 78? Several years ago I picked up a copy at at library book sale and was just curious. Unfortunately two of the records were broken by my own carelessly(they were the only ones that were audible). Any info would be helpful... Thanks.. tristan cutshaw Deiphilus@infoave.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Yma sumac 78's Date: 19 May 1996 16:27:35 -0400 I am unaware of "Voice Of Xtaby" being released on 78...you might be confusing it's original release as a 10" album or possible as a boxed set of 45 rpm singles. Regards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 19 May 1996 17:40:45 -0400 At 12:53 AM 5/18/96 -0400, you wrote: >Riobbie >- In July "Astro Sounds" will be properly re-issued through Scamp - digitally >remastered from the original tapes with added tracks - this proper reissue >with proper sound quality almost did not occur because of this bootlegger > had already dropped 1000 unorthorized copies into the marketplace. I'm sure >you'll agree that there is really a very finite number of copies that can be >sold on a title like this and to have 1000 sales taken away right from the >start by some guy who knows this is a cult record, but also is releasing >this to make a lot of money per copy(as he is neither paying the artists or >the publishing) - rather than doing so to provide a "service" to the >marketplace...It is my hope that enough people who have bought this title >transfered from a tinny-sounding, scratched-up copy will want to get the real >thing, otherwise this title will have been released in vain. >Ashley Hey Ashley, that's great!!! I can't thank you all (Scamp) for doing enough to release this neglected music. I do not buy bootlegs because I will go on the assumption that it will be released legitimately some day. In the meantime, I do without. I will not buy an inferior recording that sounds like scuffy vinyl. Not that I can't stop others from doing so, but I will not be a part of it. Keep up the great work. By the way, I am listening to "Sound Gallery" all the time now. I find it very relaxing. Looking froward to the Denny release here in a couple of days. Thanks, Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: viktrola@usa.nai.net Subject: Vik's Newsletter V1.6 Date: 19 May 1996 17:57:46 -0500 Wow...things sure seem to be getting busy at Vik's. So much to do and so little time. Vik took a break last weekend to jet to Detroit and shop the swank thrift and second-hand stores of the Motor City. Many wonderful finds at prices far below the extortion of the East Coast! Much thanks to all who have recently stopped by the lounge offering kind words and suggestions. Vik's always welcomes any thing you have to say or offer. Suggestions, comments, articles, and the like should be sent to viktrola@nai.net. One final note...Vik would like to start a gallery of swinging lounge flyers. So many of todays new lounges are creating truly wonderous flyers and postcards. You can e-mail JPEG or GIF files to viktrola@nai.net or drop Vik a line for a snail mail. If Vik gets enough, he will add a Swank Gallery to the lounge... And without further ado... =========================================================================== The Lounge Primer (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/primer.html) Vik has decided to take it upon himself to guide those new to this lounge thing. This week finds part on of the Lounge Primer...Required Reading. Books, magazines and web 'zines to start the new (or even old) hipster on the path to swankness. If you have any suggestions...send the to viktrola@nai.net. =========================================================================== In the News (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/mnews.html) Joseph Lanza gets exotic with Time-Life...Fantasy to release Korla Pandit collection...GNP Cresendo presents the fantasy world of Irwin Allen...the mysterious Madame X...and the Estrus Cocktail Companion...RETRO explores vices...Time-Life gets into Exotic Moods...Brunwick releasing Hollywood Hi-Fi Companion. Also, a news flash from the folks at Dionysus concerning a remastered version of the Les Baxter "Lost Episode" (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/diony.html#baxflash) =========================================================================== The lounge magazine Back Issues (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lomagb.html) So you have found the latest issue of lounge to be truly swinging, and you hunger for more. Now you van gaze upon the back issues and sate your hunger...collect the whole set!!! =========================================================================== Lounge Links (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/viklink.html) The never ending search for all things swank in the 'net continues. Expanded list of places, music, magazines and more in this crazy Swank Generation network! =========================================================================== May exotica be your guide... The Temple of Denny (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/denny.html) recently acquired two more goddesses for "Hawaii Tattoo" and "Hawaii Goes A Go-Go", as well as some corrected information in the "Sacred Songs." The Scamp Room (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/scamp.html) has a preview of the Denny "Exotica I/Exotica II" re-issue with cover art from the CD and line-up information. Also, check out the track listing for the Walter Wanderley collection! =========================================================================== The Casino Biscotti (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/casino.html) +++The Jac Zinder Stereo Test+++ In association with the hip folks at Catasonic. Vik's has 10 copies of Jac Zinder' "Chairs I Have Known" CD to give away. Drop by the casino and match the record label with its sound moniker and mail it to viktrola@nai.net. First 10 correct entries will win a CD. The Sound Gallery Leisure Suit Defense contest continues...defend the leisure suit in 37 words or less and win your choice of The Sound Gallery CD or LP. Check out those who have already won in the Scamp Room (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/scamp2.html) =========================================================================== Also...Jet Set (http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/jet.html) with departures for Santa Barbara, Miami, Boston and Vancouver... COMING SOON>>>Dean Martin...Bossa Brava...Suggested Sounds =========================================================================== i remain... Vik Trola Vik Trola's Lounge Of Self Indulgence http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/lounge.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: William Straw Subject: The Brass Ring Date: 19 May 1996 18:29:25 -0400 I just came home with the frontrunner for this week's fave record: The Best of the Brass Ring (Featuring Phil Bodner) on ABC/Dunhill. Quintessential late 1960s grown-up party music. And to think of the years I spent passing over Brass Ring records in thrift stores . . . Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions 3465 rue Peel, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 Phone: (514) 398 7667; Fax: (514) 398 4934 http://www.facl.mcgill.ca/gpc/crccii/crccii.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEnsley589@aol.com Subject: Re: Yma sumac 78's Date: 19 May 1996 18:47:46 -0400 >I am unaware of "Voice Of Xtaby" being released on 78...you >might be >confusing it's original release as a 10" album or possible as a >boxed set of >45 rpm singles. >Regards >Ashley "Voice" was definitely released on 78s. That is the format that my fiancee' (the beautiful and mysterious ESQUERLITA, ; )) and I own. Also, many of our 78s feature ads on the sleeves for "Voice," so it must have been a big 78 release. Mike Ensley PIGEONHOLE Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: New website Date: 19 May 1996 23:54:47 +0100 (BST) On Sun, 19 May 1996 PeteKitsch@aol.com wrote: > Hi all -- > > Just a quick note to let you all know that our radio show's page is finally > up on the web. Our show? Music for Better Living, of course! The site is > kinda bare bones right now, just playlists and links, pretty much. But we're > always open for suggestions. Also, if you know of any good links we left off, > please tell us. > > Be seeing you, > > Valerie & Peter Do you think you could tell us where this is...? Dan ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Atomic Books Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 19 May 1996 19:01:49 -0400 (EDT) > >- In July "Astro Sounds" will be properly re-issued through Scamp - digitally > >remastered from the original tapes with added tracks - this proper reissue > >with proper sound quality almost did not occur because of this bootlegger > > had already dropped 1000 unorthorized copies into the marketplace. I'm sure > >you'll agree that there is really a very finite number of copies that can be > >sold on a title like this and to have 1000 sales taken away right from the > >start by some guy who knows this is a cult record, but also is releasing > >this to make a lot of money per copy(as he is neither paying the artists or > >the publishing) - rather than doing so to provide a "service" to the > >marketplace...It is my hope that enough people who have bought this title > >transfered from a tinny-sounding, scratched-up copy will want to get the real > >thing, otherwise this title will have been released in vain. > >Ashley I honestly can't buy into the rationale of how 1,000 bootlegs will affect the sales of the rerelease. A record company (even a small one!) exists to make money, and if they see a bootlegger making $$$'s off of music that THEY can legitimately release it will probably prompt them to do so. You wouldn't be rereleasing Astro Sounds if you honestly thought the market was tapped. C'mon, read Rolling Stone or Spin--the lounge/exotica/whatever craze is *HIP*. I would think that the bootlegger actually did your market research for you--he discovered that there was a demand that he capitalized on before you did. Of course now that you'll be issuing the legit release he may be stuck with a shitload of boots, which is kinda funny. I can't see either party--the bootlegger or the record company--issuing a product as a "public service." C'mon, there's a profit motive involved, no matter how cool the product is. Considering the *ANAL* nature of most space-age-bachelor-pad-o-philes, they'll probably jump at the chance to purchase the legit version of Astro Sounds. I know I will, and I've never even seen or heard of the bootleg. Actually, I'm amazed that bootlegging has hit this market, but then again, I'm kinda sheltered here in Baltimore, sticking to my 50 cent thrift store records and occasional CD reissues. Considering the popular nature of this whole market, you'll probably sell a hell of a lot more than 1,000 copies if you use the right distro channels, which I'm sure you are. Atomic Books, "Literary Finds for Mutated Minds" 229 W Read St, Baltimore, MD 21201 410.728.5490 Send $3 for 116 page catalog of Sleaze, Mayhem, Freaks, Drugs, Conspiracy, Zines, Comics & more! Visit us online at http://www.atomicbooks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Esquerlita@aol.com Subject: Re: Yma sumac 78's and their origin Date: 19 May 1996 19:22:10 -0400 Yes, this lovely record was originally a set, with credit for arrangement going to "Leslie Baxter!" The most otherworldly sounds this side of Esquivel. Esquerlita P.S. Does anyone know how long ago L. Baxter died? I read an article in Hypno last year about him, so I know it wasn't that long ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tristan Subject: re:yma sumac 78's Date: 19 May 1996 19:54:27 -0400 (EDT) I cannot believe what I was thinking when I wrote "Land" instead of "Voice." Anyway the copy I own is 4 78's in a notebook style box with lovely Yma gracing the cover and inside sleeves.. It reads Capital CD 244 on the spine. Each side has a single track.. I so regret sitting on two of them... Also could someone post the collector's choice number again... I deleted it before I could write it down. Thanks Tristan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Yma sumac 78's Date: 19 May 1996 22:35:54 -0400 Thanks for clearing that up! I dind't realize they were still doing 78's that late into the 50's! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ccarlson@boston.wgl.com Subject: Recently Acquired/Cockatils and... Date: 18 May 1996 15:49:32 -0600 (MDT) A copy of this has also been posted to rec.music.collecting.vinyl. Ok here's two gems I got last weekend. The first one is Gilbey's Gin Rock Opera Mix, RCA Special Promotions (PRS-403(BNR-S8831)). This RCA promo has a bunch of quasi-rock opera recordings (Living Strings do Superstar, Henry Mancini does the Overture from Tommy!) but the real attraction is the gatefold cover with full color cocktail picture and recipes for the following libations: Aquarius; Handshaker, Nature*Mates, Tom-Tom, Superstar, Rock Opera, Wolf-Bane (!), Afro-Disc, Sunshine (uh-oh) and XIX (pronounced Ex-eye-ex. Very cool. The second one is Symposium in Blues, RCA Presentation Album from Merck Sharp & Dohme (PRM-235) This promo has a bunch a very good blues tracks by the likes of Leroy Carr, Washboard Sam, Louis Armstrong, Joe Williams and others. I didn't even know it was a gatefold until I got it home. Inside is a huge blurb for Elavil, an anti-depressant/mood elevating drug.. Used for clinical depression. Got the blues? Not anymore, pal! The front cover has a picture of an obviously treated young lady in a soft-focus world of her own. Condition on both, VG/F. Total cash outlay: $1.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Re: Barbarella Date: 18 May 1996 17:18:53 -0600 (MDT) Jordana - I *have* the soundtrack LP to Barbarella! It's on Dynovoice (DY 31908) and has nice track descriptions as well we notes from Bob Crewe, Roger Vadim and Dino de Laurentiis. Eg: "BARBARELLA - Out of a cumbersome plastic spaces suit emerges Barbarella stripped down to the nitty gritty, covered by only the letters of the main titles as they float across the screen." Or... "FIGHT IN FLIGHT - Flying high above the Labyrinth on the whirring white wings of her amorous angel. power-packed, mini-missiled, high-booted, plastic-suited, ever-ready Barbarella tans the hides of the looming lethal leathered men - zap." !!! If you'd like more, let me know! Robbie Spaced Out - the Enoch Light WWW Site *** *** *** *** *** *** *** http://www-edin.easynet.co.uk/rcb/light/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Thrift Score Date: 19 May 1996 21:16:38 -0600 (MDT) Just thought I'd poke my head in and rattle off what I turned up this weekend: Richard Hayman And His Orchestra: Campfire Songs (Mercury SR-60169) Carillo, et al.: Hi-Fi In An Oriental Garden (ABC-Paramount ABCS-224) Juan Silos Jr.: Filipiniana (Villar MLP-5001) Juan Silos Jr. and his Rondalla: Philippine Folk Music (Villar MLP-5054) Victor Wood: Pilipino (Plaka Pilipino TSP-5077) Jimmie Driftwood: The Westward Movement (RCA Living Stereo LSP-2171) Johnny Nash: Johnny Nash (ABC-Paramount ABCS-244) Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra: Bongos From The South (London Phase 4 SP-44003) Los Admiradores: Bongos (Command RS-809 SD) Woody Woodbury: Looks At Love And Life (Stereoddities MW-1) Woody Woodbury's "Laughing Room" (Stereoddities MW-2) Jonathan Winters: The Wonderful World Of Jonathan Winters (Verve MG V-15009) Jonathan Winters: Down To Earth (Verve MG V-15011) Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America (Capitol W-1573) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Furtwangler Conducts Wagner (RCA LHMV-1049) -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sax Therapy Subject: Re: Yma Sumac Date: 18 May 1996 20:31:11 -0600 (MDT) Jack Diamond wrote: > > IMHO, considering she created an ORIGINAL SOUND, all of Yma Sumac's records > are "The Most Insane Things She Ever Did!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Miracles is bee-yooooooo-tee-fooooool psych with Yma moaning ang groaning, > oooing and aaahing wordlessly, wonderfully. I agree, Jack. It's a great record. I was doing radio at the time it came out and I gave it regular airplay. Used to love going into it from a cut by Black Sabbath or Deep Purple or even some Can. The listeners gave it a thumbs up. BTW check out my web site for some playlists from the 70's that included a lot exotica, obscure, esoteric and normal music. http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania/triad.html :| :| <::< .::\ \:/ :::| :::| :~~/ :::| .::\ :::\ :\:| >::> `::| /:\ :| :|:| :::, :| `::| :::/ `::| saul smaizys/saxmania@ripco.com :| .,:' .........................web page=http://pages.ripco.com/~saxmania .............................voice (312)907.8229 fax (312)907.8521 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: 101 Strings-Astro Sounds... Date: 19 May 1996 19:59:35 +0000 >------------------------------ >Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 19:28:41 +0200 (MET DST) >From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! >Message-Id: <199605181728.TAA15441@mailbox.swip.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Aloha Ashley, >you can surely sign me up for a copy if you include some cool extra tracks >from the 101 Strings "Sounds of Today" LP: "Stone Baroque", "Karma Sitar", >"Blues for the Guru" and "Strings for Ravi". They would fit right in. On the >other hand I suspect the "Astro Sounds" LP is more Animated Egg than 101 >Strings. Maybe you can enlighten me concerning this mystery? >Aloha >Stefan Stefan, In the year 1967, 3 LP's were released on Alshire and Somerset 1 on Alshire was The Animated Egg and the other on Somerset is called Haircut and The Impossibles (title escapes me) Also in that same year, 101 Strings released Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000 which is mostly tracks from the Animated Egg release PLUS 3 from the Haircut and the Imposibles record. They added sound effects, echos, etc and of course the 101 Strings Orcherstra to create a totally original sound that doesn't exist anywhere else on record. That's what I'm real big on. Original sounds Tracks from all 3 of these records are scattered about on different Alshire/Somerset releases like Million SAeller Hits of Today There are 2 "titles" from the Animated Egg release but are actually Astro Sounds. Hope this helps. Please peruse my web page(s) at http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc/diamond I love talking about music ;)))) Personally I think a track from Tortura would fit right in "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no leisurely innocuous diversion. It's a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under its influence including myself, to irrational, compulsive and sometimes fanatical extremes." 3-93 Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Bo Axelzon-Exotic Sounds Date: 19 May 1996 20:11:25 +0000 >------------------------------ >Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 14:30:42 +0200 (MET DST) >From: stefan.kery@mailbox.swipnet.se (STEFAN KERY) >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Exotica in Sweden >LIVING DYNAMIC HI-FI STEREO ACTION! >BO AXELZON & HIS EXOTIC SOUNDS 10=94 inch record! >SUBLIMINAL SOUNDS are proud to present the premier recording by Swedens only authentic Exotica/SABP/IS/EL/Lounge act! A blazing hi-fi dispaly of brass >and percussion, chock full of exotic instrumentation to dazzle your >imagination. These exot-nicks are currently the house band at Stockholms >Tiki Room (the only Tiki Bar/Lounge Club in town) and have been playing this >music since the 50's > >If your interested in their limited edition 10 inch housed in a beautiful >exotica sleeve send me a e-mail. >Aloha >Stefan ************************************************************** I played this on my show this morning and am reviewing it for KFJC-FM which we will most definitely add to our Current Library. All of the shows that aren't what we call "Specialty" are required by Programming to play a minimum of 35% Current of all that they do play thereby spreadfing the word of what is new KFJC considers "new music" to be what we and our listeners _haven't heard_ before. That encompasses alot!! Current is defined as whatever the music dept adds to KFJC. It is on a 6 week rotation. Check out our latest adds or our incredible music search database at http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc _Really great_ record here. Bo Axelzon-Exotic Sounds 5 stars Thanx Lazlo!! Jack Diamond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: 78's into the 50's Date: 19 May 1996 20:22:13 +0000 >Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 22:35:54 -0400 >From: LTepedino@aol.com >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Re: Yma sumac 78's >Message-ID: <960519223554_297796958@emout16.mail.aol.com> > >Thanks for clearing that up! I dind't realize they were still doing 78's >that late into the 50's! >Ashley Oh yeah, definitely ! There are Elvis 78's. I believe it all changed and happened at the same time or thereabouts. 78's ended when 45's started and then 10" lp's and then 12" lp's. all around 54, if I'm not mistaken ;) I just bought a bee-yooooo-teeee-fooooool copy of the 78 RPM set of Music Out of The Moon in a Book with inside Liner Notes and dated 1947!!!! and we all know that it was also released in a 45 rpm set, 10" lp., and then on a 12" LP on 1 side with Peace of Mind on the other. The 78 RPM is actually _the real deal_ for alot of records that came out in the late 40's thru the early 50's and then re-released later. Jazz, R & B, Blues, Country, Steel Guitar, Western Swing, Rockabilly, Rick and Roll, Elvis... Boy that was fun Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: saxmania@rci.ripco.com (Sax Therapy) Subject: esp-disk Date: 19 May 1996 22:14:14 -0600 (MDT) esp-disk out of new york in the 60's has to be one of my favorite labels. They relesed disks by Albert Ayler, Sun Ra, Patty Waters, Cromagnon, Godz, Erika and many other that are truly unique and original. You might not like some of it but you'll have to admit you've never heard anything like it. Like you haven't lived till you've heard Patty Waters. I once did a set on the radio using Patty, Yoko, Yma and Bas Sheva...very interesting. BTW anybody have a copy of Cromagnon or any of the other more extreme ESP material that I could get some tape copies or original vinyls from? Exotically-Saul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: William Straw Subject: Frank Comstock Date: 20 May 1996 00:46:29 -0400 One of today's purchases was the album 'Patterns' by Frank Comstock, who had worked as an arranger since 1943 and, among other things, did the music for Jay Ward cartoons. Does anyone know if he's the same Frank Comstock who arranged the 1993 "The Three Musketeers" soundtrack song "All For Love," sung by Bryan Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart (three candidates for a post-revolutionary firing squad, for sure)? It's hard to imagine, lifespan-wise, but if it isn't the same Frank, is it a son? Will Straw Will Straw Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications/ Director, The Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions 3465 rue Peel, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 Phone: (514) 398 7667; Fax: (514) 398 4934 http://www.facl.mcgill.ca/gpc/crccii/crccii.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erik@top.monad.net Subject: Re: 78's into the 50's Date: 20 May 1996 08:42:38 -0400 (EDT) >> >>Thanks for clearing that up! I dind't realize they were still doing 78's >>that late into the 50's! >>Ashley > >Oh yeah, definitely ! There are Elvis 78's. I believe it all changed and >happened at the same time or thereabouts. > >78's ended when 45's started and then 10" lp's and then 12" lp's. >all around 54, if I'm not mistaken ;) 78's ended production even later in less-developed countries. India didn't stop production until sometime in the mid-'60's. There are, I'm told, Beatles 78's, for example, that were released in India. Rhino Records also did a couple of specialty boxed sets a few years ago for jukebox collectors who have jukeboxes that use 78's. They pressed up 78's of material that came out after the demise of the 78 in the U.S.--stuff like Frankie Valli and whatnot--and released the boxes for the 78 jukebox collectors' market. I saw one of the boxes once at Tower Records in Boston and it was like picking up a couple of cinderblocks. --Jon Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cbennet0@counsel.com (Caressa Bennet -- Atty-Caressa Bennett - Washington ) Subject: Collectors' Choice Date: 20 May 1996 10:06:39 EDT To: exotica, Inet The phone # is 1-800-923-1122. -- mb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: eaganca Subject: Re: New website Date: 20 May 1996 12:27:21 -0400 () >Just a quick note to let you all know that our radio show's page is finally >up on the web. Our show? Music for Better Living, of course! The site is >kinda bare bones right now, just playlists and links, pretty much. But we're >always open for suggestions. Also, if you know of any good links we left off, >please tell us. > >Be seeing you, > >Valerie & Peter And an even quicker note, to give 'em URL: http://members.aol.com/Hifibliss/mfbl.htm EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: tubesox@sirius.com () (windy) () Subject: Re: esp-disk Date: 20 May 1996 09:51:21 -0700 At 10:14 pm 05.19.1996, Sax Therapy wrote: >BTW anybody >have a copy of Cromagnon or any of the other more extreme ESP >material that I could get some tape copies or original vinyls from? i do believe all or at least most of the esp titles have been reissued on cd, and at reasonable prices too. (the store i run sells them for 11.98.) we have carried the cromagnon record. hope this helps, windy () () () ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: Yma sumac 78's Date: 20 May 1996 10:54:23 PST Yep, the original issue of "Voice Of The Xtaby" was a 78 album. I've got one! ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET I am unaware of "Voice Of Xtaby" being released on 78...you might be confusing it's original release as a 10" album or possible as a boxed set of 45 rpm singles. Regards Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Florida- An exoti-tiki sta Date: 20 May 1996 14:00:10 -0400 Does any one know who of the old school exotica-bachelor-pad(blah, blah, etc) musicians is alive and kicking in the State of Florida? I'm trying to do a news report for my radio station on "Florida Exotica." So far, I have an interview with Dick Hyman, and will probe Lenny Dee this week... Please help! Thanks, Lounge Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 20 May 1996 11:39:07 PST Ashley, I'm thrilled that "Astro Sounds" will be out legit like! Not only do I want one for myself, I'm gonna do an initial order of at least 20 for Anti-mail order. As much as I'm not anti-bootleg, I don't stock "full artist" boot re-issues in the catalog, (the exception being some of the 50s-60s comps off of impossibly rare singles). I think that your reissue will not be in the least affected by the boot as many stores and mail-order companies will jump on the chance to stock your release! Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET Riobbie - In July "Astro Sounds" will be properly re-issued through Scamp - digitally remastered from the original tapes with added tracks - this proper reissue with proper sound quality almost did not occur because of this bootlegger had already dropped 1000 unorthorized copies into the marketplace. I'm sure you'll agree that there is really a very finite number of copies that can be sold on a title like this and to have 1000 sales taken away right from the start by some guy who knows this is a cult record, but also is releasing this to make a lot of money per copy(as he is neither paying the artists or the publishing) - rather than doing so to provide a "service" to the marketplace...It is my hope that enough people who have bought this title transfered from a tinny-sounding, scratched-up copy will want to get the real thing, otherwise this title will have been released in vain. Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 20 May 1996 13:06:19 -0600 >I honestly can't buy into the rationale of how 1,000 bootlegs will affect >the sales of the re-release. A record company (even a small one!) exists to >make money, and if they see a bootlegger making >$$$'s off of music that THEY can legitimately release it will probably >prompt them to do so. This is Sooo Untrue, 1,000 records can definitely make a difference, especially on a record like this. let's say this record will sell potentially 5,000 copies, well now aprox 1/5 of that audience has already been tapped. now add to this that the consumer isn't sure wither they are buying the bootleg or the official release ,do you spend the money on this uncertainty or do you blow your cash on a nice safe major re release? Thusly even more market depleted. Now add to this mix all the costs incurred by the record company: Manufacturing, Royalties, licensing fees, Re-mastering costs, and just regular office costs. All this on a record that probably wholesales at $8.00 if the label is doing ultra fab it may make as much as a $1.50 a record that is if it doesn't all come back in returns. As opposed to the bootlegger who probably made $15-18 a record non returnable Speaking as someone who runs a tiny indy label but with super great distribution. I just tend to take this stuff really seriously, reissues are a difficult gambit at best (especially on the indy level) and with more companies having there back catalogues being eaten up and things worthy of re-release becoming harder and more expensive to find boot legs can be the final nail in the coffin. For what it's worth I think Scamp totally rocks , and I do not envy what they have to deal with to get there. END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re: 78's into the 50's Date: 20 May 1996 12:08:00 PST >Thanks for clearing that up! I didn't realize they were still doing 78's >that late into the 50's! ----78s were manufactured up 'till 1960 (but at that point it was pretty much square dance records for schools) 78's ended when 45's started and then 10" lp's and then 12" lp's. all around 54, if I'm not mistaken ;) >>>78s and 45s were made simultaneously up till the end of the 50s. Kind of like the mono/stereo formats for Lps. The later the release, the less 78s and the more 45s were manufactured. You would not believe the sound from a mint 78, played back on a audiophile turntable. It surely blows away any compact disc! It's like they had the recording technology, but not the playback technology at that point in time. Shure still makes a stylus that will play the wider 78 groove. I just bought a bee-yooooo-teeee-fooooool copy of the 78 RPM set of Music Out of The Moon in a Book with inside Liner Notes and dated 1947!!!! and we all know that it was also released in a 45 rpm set, 10" lp., and then on a 12" LP on 1 side with Peace of Mind on the other. >>>And it sounds much better than the 10" 33 version. At that point, the 'microgroove' technology was in its infancy and that record was mastered so quiet, even mint copies sound scratchy. The 78 is a blast though! The 78 RPM is actually _the real deal_ for a lot of records that came out in the late 40's thru the early 50's and then re-released later. Jazz, R & B, Blues, Country, Steel Guitar, Western Swing, Rockabilly, Rick and Roll, Elvis... >>>The bottom end on most R&B, western swing, rockabilly and rock 'n' roll 78s is absolutely delicious! >>>78s were made in The Philippines and Africa, up until 1969! The guy who masters my vinyl collects those things. Apparently, they wanted to make records for people to play in the jungles on wind up players since they didn't have electricity. They were EQd especially for the huge acoustic horns, and sound like they were recorded over a telephone! We listened to several of 'em one night. Some of the African 'pop' records are pretty cool. The 78 of The Beatles "Devil In Her Heart" (on Parliphone, no less) was bizarre; it sounded like my parents old Admiral TV from the 50s. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Sando" Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 20 May 1996 14:48:30 +0000 I just have to chime in as a fan, collector and record producer. I'm sure I'm sending a mixed message but it's not all that black and white. 1. The majors are lazy. They own the masters. They have recording studios. They can call Harry Fox and get the mechanicals. To re-issue an entire Lp would be no sweat and I think most of us would rather have an Lp rather than a compilation. 2. I want Scamp to get filthy rich and keep doing what they're doing. They've introduced me to some great things. I will happily purchase AstroSounds or any other of the pirates when they are released, even though I have them. 3. I beg to differ: > Thusly even more market depleted. Now add to this mix all the costs > incurred by the record company: Manufacturing, Royalties, licensing > fees, Re-mastering costs, and just regular office costs. All this > on a record that probably wholesales at $8.00 if the label is doing > ultra fab it may make as much as a $1.50 a record that is if it > doesn't all come back in returns. These costs are minimal if you know what you're doing. If you are making $1.50 on 5,000 units you are in the wrong business. Also, I don't think any major label would even consider licensing the rights to its catalogue without at least a 10,000 unit minimum. The limited edition 1,000 (which isn't a "sold" figure, only a production number, if it even is valid) isn't as much of a dent, especially if as suspected we pirate customers also purchase the legitmate versions. > companies having there back catalogues being > eaten up and things worthy of re-release becoming harder and more > expensive to find boot legs can be the final nail in the coffin. I don't even think we've sctrached the surface! 4. I think the bottom line is we all want as many great things as possible available on CD and we want to see artists/copyright holders compensated. However, as of two weeks ago Capitol had plans to re-issue only 2 Les Baxter CDs, one of them is 'Baxter's Best' which is pretty much a yawn. I'd say the pirates are here to stay until things get better. It seems a shame that the entire Partridge Family catalogue is available and MIRACLES isn't. Coconut Grove, publishers of MisterLUCKY PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.wco.com/~coconutg/ "Strange how potent cheap music is" - Noel Coward ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Yma sumac 78's and their origin Date: 20 May 1996 17:37:45 -0600 (MDT) >Yes, this lovely record was originally a set, with credit for arrangement >going to "Leslie Baxter!" The most otherworldly sounds this side of >Esquivel. > >Esquerlita > >P.S. Does anyone know how long ago L. Baxter died? I read an article in >Hypno last year about him, so I know it wasn't that long ago. > >Les, died in January of this year. There was an article in THE WIRE magazine (march issue I think). The Wire can be contacted at...(shit, I don't have an issue on hand. Can someone else help me here??) If you don't get an Email address for The Wire, contact me back. I will have it the end of next week, if not sooner. Jill > Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PeteKitsch@aol.com Subject: Re: New website Date: 20 May 1996 22:22:38 -0400 In a message dated 96-05-19 18:55:03 EDT, D.L.Gresham@durham.ac.uk writes: >Do you think you could tell us where this is...? > >Dan ;) Oh my, how embarassing! The URL for the Music for Better Living site is: http://members.aol.com/Hifibliss/mfbl.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hans.GEVAERT@SCIC.cec.be Subject: Bacharach and Russ Meyer Date: 21 May 1996 11:58:36 +0200 Hi, 1- I am searching desperately for more information about an album called : THE LOOK OF LOVE ; CLASSIC SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH I found it also in CDnow (where I do not yet want to buy it) : VARIOUS ARTISTS (L) -- LOOK OF LOVE (BACHARAC CLASIX) 766482274222 Special Order etc. This is an import title. $28.97 Is it the one containing the "best" versions of his famous songs ? What is the songlist (or part of it) ? Is it a double CD ? 2- I recently bought one of the "Original Soundtracks of Russ Meyer", i.e. tho one with Mudhoney. Terrible !!!!!!!!! It is like watching the movie while your are in another room. In the background your hear some music while the actors are speaking, you hear cars speeding away,etc... Yeh, the movie, but not the images. I hate it ! The images and not the sound would have been much better :-) Hans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: Bacharach and Russ Meyer Date: 21 May 1996 14:31:00 +0100 (BST) On Tue, 21 May 1996 Hans.GEVAERT@SCIC.cec.be wrote: > I am searching desperately for more information about an album called : > THE LOOK OF LOVE ; CLASSIC SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH > > Is it the one containing the "best" versions of his famous songs ? > What is the songlist (or part of it) ? > Is it a double CD ? If this is the one I think it is (the cd I've seen in record shop over here [uk]) then it's not that special. It's just got some fairly standard Bacharach on it. If you're after the more interesting stuff he did (like Casino Royale and the instrumental Look of Loves) then this isn't for you. If you haven't got any of his standards then get it. It's things like A House is not a Home, Look of Love, Wives and Lovers. I wouldn't buy it, but then again, I've got all the originals on original lps. Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Rhodewalt Subject: finds Date: 20 May 1996 21:55:46 -0600 (MDT) Other people are always bragging. Now it's my turn: Tonight. Indio library. Baxter, Denny, Apaka, various Hawaiian, Lyman, including "Latitude 20" (late '60s, named after the restaurant he played at in Torrance CA -- where I saw him in '67 or so). Some near mint covers, a few rarities horribly "cut out" (literally, with scissors). Record condition, generally fine. 27 records. 10 cents each. Bruce -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Atomic Books Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 21 May 1996 13:06:41 -0400 (EDT) On Mon, 20 May 1996, Chris Strouth wrote: > This is Sooo Untrue, 1,000 records can definitely make a difference, > especially on a record like this. let's say this record will sell > potentially 5,000 copies, well now aprox 1/5 of that audience has already > been tapped. now add to this that the consumer isn't sure wither they are > buying the bootleg or the official release ,do you spend the money on this > uncertainty or do you blow your cash on a nice safe major re release? Ok, if only 5,000 copies are being printed, I can buy into this line of thinking. Did the bootleg guy actually print 1,000 copies? How many do you think have been sold already? I would have guessed he's only sold a few hundred already, but then again I'm on the East Coast and have no idea how big the lounge thing is getting. How many copies of the Ultra-Lounge series and the Rhino series are out there? Did they print major numbers or low runs? > Thusly even more market depleted. Now add to this mix all the costs > incurred by the record company: Manufacturing, Royalties, licensing fees, > Re-mastering costs, and just regular office costs. All this on a record > that probably wholesales at $8.00 if the label is doing ultra fab it may > make as much as a $1.50 a record that is if it doesn't all come back in > returns. I agree 100%. Still, if the release is popular, the record label stands to make $$$s. Otherwise they wouldn't do it. But I know what you mean about low returns--the things we publish return very little, even though we do it anyways. > I just tend to take this stuff really seriously, reissues are a difficult > gambit at best (especially on the indy level) and with more companies > having there back catalogues being eaten up and things worthy of re-release > becoming harder and more expensive to find boot legs can be the final nail > in the coffin. Well I'm just glad that there are companies finally rereleasing back catalogues. Bootlegs annoy me, as do space-age-bachelor sellers that are hawking scratchy Martin Denny records for 25 bucks a pop. Half the fun was discovering something new and kitschy that only cost a quarter. I just hope that labels recognize that lounge bootlegs are becoming a profitable venture, and that they beat the bootleggers to the punch and keep the re-releases coming. > For what it's worth I think Scamp totally rocks , and I do not envy what > they have to deal with to get there. Yup, I think they're great too--I know I have some of their Cds floating around here tho I can't remember which right now! Scott Huffines Atomic Books, "Literary Finds for Mutated Minds" 229 W Read St, Baltimore, MD 21201 410.728.5490 Send $3 for 116 page catalog of Sleaze, Mayhem, Freaks, Drugs, Conspiracy, Zines, Comics & more! Visit us online at http://www.atomicbooks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: prospect@tt.net (Chris Strouth) Subject: Re: "Limited Edition" CDs - the spiritual dimension! Date: 21 May 1996 11:28:42 -0600 >1. The majors are lazy. They own the masters. They have recording >studios. They can call Harry Fox and get the mechanicals. To re-issue >an entire LP would be no sweat and I think most of us would rather >have an LP rather than a compilation. True, but we were not talking about a Major Label, sure it would be no sweat for a major to do it, but what would be the point, when they can do a skajillion compilations that all the fans will buy, and when the market seems just about to peak out they can release the individual records and get a good percentage of the fans to buy the material again. It 's not like there is this big love of music by the majors. It's about money and how they can best maximize their investment, I am not knocking them for it. But we should be honest about it. (and before anyone starts warming up their blow torches I do realize that there are exceptions, but I think you are kidding yourself if you think that Capitol is one.) >These costs are minimal if you know what you're doing. If you are >making $1.50 on 5,000 units you are in the wrong business. Also, I >don't think any major label would even consider licensing the rights >to its catalogue without at least a 10,000 unit minimum. This is true do you want to bet royalties on 10,000 records, the point is it's a risk and if it wasn't you would see allot more people do it . And as for the $1.50 amount I just threw that out as a guide (but for the Indies it really isn't that far off, especially if they are manufactured and distributed by somebody else.) >> companies having there back catalogues being >> eaten up and things worthy of re-release becoming harder and more >> expensive to find boot legs can be the final nail in the coffin. >I don't even think we've scratched the surface! I f you have any suggestions I would really love to hear them, anything that we have went after was priced so as to really limit the possibility of making money on our investment, and what we could get didn't really seem worth it. (not that the world doesn't need Wally Jaggerillo on CD) END OF TRANSMISSION... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: Sound Gallery and the Easy Project Date: 21 May 1996 19:33:29 +0100 patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) wrote: >Can anyone tell me >where to call or who to sleep with in order to get my grubby >little hands on Sound Gallery and the Easy Project i think they're released both in the uk & us; if you want the uk version, check out Pastel Blue Records: "http://www.demon.co.uk/pastel" = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Bacharach and Russ Meyer Date: 21 May 1996 14:19:44 -0500 > Is it the one containing the "best" versions of his famous songs ? > What is the songlist (or part of it) ? > Is it a double CD ? My personal opinion, and I might be alone on this one, is that the recent Dionne Warwick collection is the quintessential cd. It was released on Rhino in '89 and includes 24 of the catchiest big hits (only 2 not by Bacharach/David). Truly a great, great cd. That one and the Casino Royale soundtrack are my fave Bacharachs. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Mark Miester) Subject: Re: Bacharach and Russ Meyer Date: 21 May 1996 14:28:54 -0500 >> Is it the one containing the "best" versions of his famous songs ? >> What is the songlist (or part of it) ? >> Is it a double CD ? > >My personal opinion, and I might be alone on this one, is that the >recent Dionne Warwick collection is the quintessential cd. It was >released on Rhino in '89 and includes 24 of the catchiest big hits >(only 2 not by Bacharach/David). Truly a great, great cd. That one >and the Casino Royale soundtrack are my fave Bacharachs. > I wholeheartedly agree that the "Dionne Warwick Collection" is the best single volume (and hence most economical) intro to Bacharach's pop material. However, I haven't seen "The Look of Love: The Classic Songs of Burt Bacharach" up close. I believe it adds some great tracks by the likes of Dusty Springfield and other non-Warwick performers, but it also adds "Arthur's Theme," if you can stomach that. If the original poster is not in a hurry, Rhino is scheduled to release a three-CD set next year (the tentative, potentially confusing title is also "THe Look of Love") that will cover Burt's entire career. It should be magnificent. And lastly, for fans of Exotica, I highly recommend seeking out Burt's solo albums, virtually every one of which is a winner. Generally, they include lush instrumental arrangements of his pop hits, often with quirky insturmentation (tin whistle, electric piano, etc.), sometimes with girlie chorus vocals and sometimes with Burt himself on vocals (a special treat!). If I had to pick them in order of preference, I'd recommend: 1) Hit Maker (American title: Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits, a collection of British instrumental singles, I believe) 2) Reach Out (Burt's first album, rather than singles collection, featuring great, lush arrangements) 3) Make It Easy on Yourself (predominately instrumental versions of "Promises, Promises" Broadway score, but also "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "This Guy's In Love") 4) Living Together, Growing Together (a guilty pleasure; lots of gentle folk pop songs some of which are from the "Lost Horizon" soundtrack) 5) Burt Bacharach (features Mexican Divorce, Close to You, One Less Bell to Answer, the extended Wives and Lovers) 6) Futures (cheesy 70s pop; you can skip this one) 7) Woman (ditto) And a couple of side notes: Burt's soundtracks (let's ignore "Arthur" and "Lost Horizon") are great examples of hip, swinging 60s pop. In addition to "Casino Royale," there's also "After the Fox" and "What's New, Pussycat?" In an entirely different vein is the lovely "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," which introduced the wonderful "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" but also features the swingin, Ray Charles Singers-like scat of "South American Getaway." A great one. And finally, the "Promises, Promises" original cast recording is one of my favorite records of all time, featuring the wonderfully understated original version of "I'll Never Fall In Love Again," with Jerry Orbach on vocals no less! Take care, Mark, Burt-o-phile ______________________________________________________________________________ Mark Miester Phone: (504) 865-5714 Editor Fax: (504) 865-5621 Office of University Publications e-mail: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu 300 Hebert Hall, Tulane University WWW: http://mark.pubs.tulane.edu/ New Orleans, La 70118 ______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: misant@ic.net Subject: misanthropy 511 playlist Date: 21 May 1996 18:32:02 -0500 Misanthropy 511 p.o.box 23093 detroit, mi 48223 e-mail: misant@ic.net This is an update for the Misanthropy 511 radio show. Misanthropy 511 is heard for 2 hours weekly at CJAM, 91.5 fm, Windsor, Ontario. The show can be heard throughout the metropolitan Windsor/ Detroit, Michigan area. We would like to thank all who have sent us promos. It is greatly appreciated. The performance side of Misanthropy, ³The Hearing Trumpet², recently released a 60min. cass of material. Write or e-mail for more info. David Warmbier & Greg Hallock MAY 13, 1996 ARTIST----------TITLE-------------------CD/LP/CASS---------LABEL DANIEL MENCHE--blood sand pt.1---------blood sand---------NOISE RAPOON---------shakkirah---------------recurring----------SOLEILMOON RYOJI IKEDA----untitled 071295---------v.a. a fault..nothing---ASH RAYMOND SCOTT--and the dish ran away --the secret 7-------TOP RANK LINDA LAWSON---like young--------------v.a. bachelors den-DCC MADELYN BYRNE--part 1------------------surfacing----------M. BYRNE PIERRE HENRY---variations pour une porte..-variations...--MANTRA BLACK TAPE..BLUE GIRL--track 5---------remnants purity e.p.-PROJEKT BRUCE GILBERT--ovo mix-----------------ovo mix------------MUTE ASTROEPUS------side 1------------------revelation album---AUDIOPHILE HEAD & LEG-----itıs time for toast-----in your dreams-----SEELAND GILBERT/ HAMPSON/ KE---quad------------v.a. 180 degrees---MUTE K2-------------dance macabre #1--------dance macabre------AUDIOPHILE CREVICE--------crevice(edit)-----------crevice------------UNCLE BUZZ M. BEHRENS-----intermatter-------------v.a. a fault..nothing--ASH DORD-----------blue--------------------non objective world-EXPERIMENTAL CLAUDINE LONGET-here, there, & everywhere-claudine--------A&M DJ SPOOKY------phase interlude---------songs dead dreamer-ASPHODEL MAUVE SIDESHOW-the chill---------------blood will tell----VENTRICLE MARTIN DENNY---who shot..hole..sombrero---spanish village-LIBERTY MAY 20, 1996 VARIOUS--------side 1 (edit)-----------touch radio--------TOUCH NOCTURNAL EMIS-track 1-----------------drowning sea..bliss-TOUCH ZıEV-----------documenta---------------one foot in the grave-TOUCH SANDOZ---------orgasmatron-------------orgasmatron---------TOUCH TOUCH 33-------the crucible------------meridians 1--------TOUCH SCANNER--------track 5-----------------scanner 2----------ASH THE HAFLER TRIO--a thirsty fish--------a thirsty fish-----TOUCH SAYNO PRODUCTIONS-side 1---------------waterglass---------TOUCH MOTHER TONGUE--who---------------------mother tongue------TOUCH J. DUNCAN/A. MCKENZIE---track 1--------contact------------TOUCH DISINFORMATION-datastorm pt.1----------ghost shells-------ASH DROME----------mesmerized--------------v.a. mesmer variations-ASH SOLIMAN GAMIL--dance of ka-------------ankh---------------TOUCH STRAFE FUR REBELLION-love bees---------vogel--------------TOUCH ALBANIAN FOLK MUSIC----vlora-------there where avalanche...TOUCH ETANT DONNES---montre toi--------------aurore-------------TOUCH HILMAR O. HILMARSSON---snatisıs death--children of nature-TOUCH TOUCH 33-------gending gending---------islands inbetween--TOUCH SETI-----------track 2-----------------knowledge----------ASH INDICATE-------track 3-----------------whelm--------------TOUCH PHILIP JECK----harry & krishna---------loopholes----------TOUCH JOHN DUNCAN----program-----------------send---------------TOUCH THESE ARE GREAT TIMES TO BE A MISANTHROPIST ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Sound Gallery and the Easy Project Date: 21 May 1996 21:10:06 -0400 You can order the Sound Gallery in US from Atomic Beat Mail Order (310) 556-1144 - they have both the vinyl and cd versions Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: The Market Date: 21 May 1996 19:19:35 +0000 Y'know...I had heard that RCA wanted only a minimum of 5,000 units sold for the 1st Esquivel re-issues on Bar/None I said 5,000 UNITS????!!!!!!!! Is that all ?????????? I found it hard to believe but... look who's making the decisions Do _these people_ really know what's going on ? I don't think they did then....and NOW, RCA's market is not this one. They are going back a long ways into a market that _they_ haven't had anything to do with for 35 years. I think it's easier for "smaller" labels to know what's going on with this _whole crazy thing_, that if you woulda asked me even as short a time as 5 years ago; "Do you think anyone else is ever going to discover Esquivel"? I'da said "No fuckin' way" It is tooooooooooo cool Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: peterp@inch.com (Peter Principle) Subject: Re: indie reissues Date: 22 May 1996 00:12:24 -0400 Steve Sando wrote... >These costs are minimal if you know what you're doing. If you are >making $1.50 on 5,000 units you are in the wrong business. Also, I >don't think any major label would even consider licensing the rights >to its catalogue without at least a 10,000 unit minimum. There you've said a mouthful. Despite the apparent popularity of a given music or even a specific LP/CD the actual selling of more than 5000 copies by a truly independent label is not as easy as it sounds. I'd bet you'd be surprised at the actual sales figures of some of what you think are big selling indie releases if you leave those artists that later had successful careers with a major off the list. The fact that majors expect advances on sales that exceed this amount is exactly why reissuing is so hard for an indie and why the loss of those purchasers of a counterfeit copy who might not buy the "proper release" can mean that an attempt at a legitimate reissue is not pursued further. BTW does your remark about being in the wrong business mean that you side with that element that is only in it for the money? If so then many things you might have been interested in will be buried forever if only "safe reissues" are generated by all this interest in obscure musics. Not everything is going to go over big. Sometimes one has to answer to a higher calling. Crammed World have released 3 volumes of North African 78's transfered at great expense to CD, carefully researched and lavishly packaged with rare period photos in the booklet. Despite these being available for 2 years none has sold 5000 copies and it might be years before they did, but we didn't make as many as that. What we did do was make available to interested people a library of music which might otherwise have gone unexplored. Of course there are other titles in our catalog that will help make continued existance possible. Just as a for instance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mimis@gonix.com Subject: Rack your brain at The Roots of Lounge Date: 22 May 1996 00:35:48 +0000 The Roots of Lounge Competition #2 asks for the ultimate Piano Lounge song set-- you might win an Erroll Garner CD courtesy of Rykodisc. Plus, check out budget discs featuring the early days of Disco on "The Cheap Seats." Swank on by the URL below for details. See ya there! -- / ----- --- - Mimi Schneider mimis@gonix.com | The Roots of Lounge has moved: [|] http://www.gonix.com/rol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: allmusic@wco.com Subject: Some interesting new releases.... Date: 21 May 1996 23:39:33 +0000 Thought you'd like to know about some new arrivals, impending releases and back-in- stocks at All Music Services, a record/CD special order and search service in San Francisco, specializing in vocals and offbeat stuff. E-mail me if you'd like more info.... CD NEW ARRIVALS / ON ORDER: "Three Russ Meyer Soundtracks, vol. 3 [Motorpsycho, Mudhoney & Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers}, w/ deluxe 28-pg book of photos, many in shattering color "Exotica 1 & 2," Martin Denny "Product Music"--original cast recordings from industrial shows. Highlights: "My Bathroom is a Private Kind of Place," "Hooray for Human Engineering," ""Dance the Slurp," "Look at this Tub," "The Frito Twist," "The Eight Seasons of Chromalox" "Mad Grooves," various artists. Musical MADness from MAD Magazine, from the '50s through the '80s "Superfonics," Caterina Valente--hysteria-laden stereo arrangements for large orchestra and 50s vocalist. I think it should have been titled "Into the Maelstrom with Caterina Valente". "Dino Latino/Dean Martin French Style"--import, 2 LPs on 1 CD "'S Wonderful/'S Marvelous," Ray Conniff--two LPs on one CD "The Silencers" (LP only, mint), soundtrack starring Dean Martin RCA Japan is releasing a series of CDs of RCA/Vik girl singers of the '50s. Some are genuinely talented, others merely babe-a-licious. The latest batch includes: "The Lady in Red," Abbe Lane "The Vivacious One," Ann-Margret "In a Swingin' Mood," Ann Gilbert "Bistro Ballads," Audrey Morris "Holding Hands at Midnight," Dinah Shore "Gisele Mackenzie" "Live at the St. Regis," Julie Wilson "The West Coast Sound, the Broadway Sound," Nancy Malcomb Other titles in the series include: "The Body Sings," Marie MacDonald "Bachelor's Paradise," Ann-Margret "Weekend of a Private Secretary," Charlene Bartley with Tito Puente's Orchestra "Be Mine Tonight," Abbe Lane "Jaye P. Morgan" "After Midnight," Helen Grayco "Follow Me," Kathy Barr "My Old Flame," Julie Wilson "I'm a Dreamer," Gale Robbins BOOKS: "Hollywood Hi-Fi: Over 100 of the Most Outrageous Celebrity Recordings Ever!" "Goldmine's Celebrity Vocals Price Guide" BACK IN STOCK: "The Worst," the Ed Wood musical by Josh Alan "Don't You Call Me Mama," Arbess Williams--funky blues featuring "Don't You Call Me Mama ('Cause You're Too Old & Ugly To Be a Son of Mine" and "(You Think You Got) Honey on Your Sugar Cane ('Cause You've Been Dippin' it All Over Town)" "5000 Fingers of Dr. T" soundtrack (LP only) PREORDERS: "Endless Summer," legendary surf soundtrack, music by the Sandals RCA Living Stereo series (imports): Esquivel, "Other Worlds, Other Sounds" "Two Sides of Hugo Winterhalter" "You're My Girl," Norman Luboff Choir "Xavier Cugat In France, Spain & Italy" "Pops & Prado," Perez Prado "The Mancini Touch" "Bob & Ray's Stereo Spectacular," various artists "Music for Bang, Barroom and Harp," Dick Schory Previous titles in this series include: "Four Corners of the World," Esquivel "More Music from Peter Gunn," Henry Mancini "Sweet & Savage," Los Indios Tabajaras Tito Puente & Buddy Morrow "Blues and the Beat," Henry Mancini "Superfonics," Caterina Valente (see above) Michael Mascioli All Music Services 530 14th St., suite 9 San Francisco, CA 94103 Ph: (415) 864-8222 Fax: (415) 864-7222 ************************ "Do the bunch of you promise to succumb wholeheartedly to the merriment?!?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: 78s into the 50s Date: 22 May 1996 11:29:31 -0700 hi all Re the recent thread on the phasing-out of 78s etc, AFAIK 78s were produced here in the UK up till 1959/1960, the exact "cease" date being dependent on individual record labels. In the "changeover to 45" years running up to that time, some releases were available on 78 only, some on 78 and 45 and some on 45 only. After 1960 though a few big sellers were still pressed up on UK 78 discs for export, this went on right up till the mid 60s, for example there were a whole load of Beatles singles exported on 78s to Asian countries, among other locations, where presumably technology was still catching up. Needless to say these are real rarities now! The "box set of 78s" releases I think were mostly confined in the UK to classical sets - these can still be found clogging up junk stores for about 50 pence a throw... Interestingly on the same thread I've recently seen a modern turntable available with a 78rpm setting alongside the more usual 33 & 45, and a special 78 stylus is available for the standard Stanton 500 cart - presumably for transcription purposes. It's good to know that if you look hard enough, you can find these things. Maybe I'll dig out my 100 or so 78s sometime :-) cheers Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: anita_serwacki@newline.com (ANITA SERWACKI) Subject: Exotica Italia Date: 22 May 1996 08:10:22 -0600 (MDT) Does this stuff exist in Italy? I'll be doing the Venice, Florence, Rome thing next month and wonder if anyone has any suggestions for cocktail lounges and record stores in those cities. Anita anita_serwacki@newlinecinema.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Gimmer Nicholson Date: 22 May 1996 19:22:14 +0100 can anyone comment on Gimmer Nicholson's "Christopher Idylls" reissued on cd by Rounder/Lucky Seven? = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Mancini meets 70's Australian Love Poetry Date: 22 May 1996 16:09:00 -0600 (MDT) Hi all - Just picked up an astonishingly cheesy lurve LP from '77: "Just You and Me Together Love" - Henry Mancini (yea, 'tis he!) with Aussie radio show host and (cough) "bard" John Laws. As you might expect, the music is lush and lovely (drums (Shelly Manne) strings, trumpets, vibes, Monica Mancini "doo doo dooing" and some pretty naff synths) with Laws rambling on and on and on with some of the most stomach- churning love lines I've ever heard. It's hard to truly represent this in mere words but here are some choice moments: "I've just been thinking about the beauty in this world darling mine, and your's wins this time and every time..." "the times without you then become a retrospection of the bottom drawer of my memory. That's where all the good things are hidden - and you're one of them." "even sweat is sweet when me make it together" "you know, it's a good thing I'm not Santa Claus - 'cos if I was, I'd fill my bag with love and I'd never get past your house." "just smother your warm lips in desire and then let me smudge you into tranquility with love" "I'll take you right to the peaks of my love and then the two of us can tumble locked together into the valley of peace." "your beauty is all flowers" Henry, what were you thinking?! Has anyone else come across this beauty? Robbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Spaced Out - seeking Jeff Boyd Date: 22 May 1996 16:08:52 -0600 (MDT) Can *Jeff Boyd* please contact me as the email address on the recent mail he sent me doesn't work. Robbie Spaced Out - the Enoch Light WWW Site *** *** *** *** *** *** *** http://www-edin.easynet.co.uk/rcb/light/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Happy B'Day Robert Moog! Date: 23 May 1996 10:38:27 -0500 Don't know if it's been mentioned here before, but there's an excellent site on Robert Moog at: http://www.discovery.com/DCO/doc/1012/world/yourstory/moog/moogopener. tml It's part of the Discovery Channel site. There are further history of electronic music links. kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: This is for Ernest Date: 23 May 1996 12:30:23 -0400 This is for Ernest 5/21/96 to whom I can't "reply." Howdy, yourself...I live in Tampa, but I bet Lakeland is incredible for exotica-shopping-a lot of forgotten souls and their record collections...all up for grabs in what is thankfully for you a very unhip city...(i-e no savvy collectors running amuck buying what is rightfully YOURS!) Didn't know about the Vinyl Museum sale...but I haven't seen a lot of great e-z listening stuff there..What do you know about it? Also, I'm in a new-wave/punk band The Baskervils...we're always looking for new places to gig, anything in Lakeland? Thanks, Lounge Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: Re: THE LOOK OF LOVE ; CLASSIC SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH Date: 23 May 1996 19:49:17 +0100 Hans.GEVAERT@SCIC.cec.be (yes, another belgian on the list! at last! :) wrote >I am searching desperately for more information about an album called : >THE LOOK OF LOVE ; CLASSIC SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH > >I found it also in CDnow (where I do not yet want to buy it) : >VARIOUS ARTISTS (L) -- LOOK OF LOVE (BACHARAC CLASIX) >766482274222 >Special Order etc. >This is an import title. $28.97 i'm not sure if this is a bb album, or a set of covers, as it says VARIOUS ARTISTS? also, whenever i find a cd in cdnow/cdconnection/cdworld/abcds that is this expensive, i'm sure it is an import; in this case the people of cdnow are even as kind to say this. it doesn't make sense to buy a euro import in the us, so, you'd better search for it in a european online database (gmx: telnet: "musicexpress.com" or Pastel Blue "http://www.demon.co.uk/pastel") happy hunting! = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Irwin Chusid Subject: Re: exotica-digest Digest V96 #36 Date: 23 May 1996 20:05:11 -0400 (EDT) A few recent Raymond Scott cover versions, per a recent inquiry: Coctails: "Penguin/Powerhouse" medley (SOL 45) Kronos Quartet: "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" (Elektra/Nonesuch) Tom McDermott & His Jazz Hellions: "Twilight in Turkey" Steroid Maximus: "Powerhouse" (same version as Garage Monsters) Coffee: "Coming Down to Earth" (Blackjack 45) Don Byron: has just completed recording "Penguin," "Powerhouse," "Boy Scout in Switzerland," "War Dance for Wooden Indians," "The Quintet Plays Carmen," and one other, I forget which Soul Coughing: "Bus to Beelzebub" confers 50% writing credit to Scott for using "Powerhouse; their upcoming album includes "Disseminated," which (brilliantly) samples "The Penguin," also 50% writer credit to RS Beau Hunks Sextette (a.k.a. Wooden Indians): entire 19 track album of Scott tunes, entitled CELEBRATION ON THE PLANET MARS (Koch, US); the BH6 are working on a double album of more Scott tunes for release later this year; they have already recorded about half the selections The Boys: "The Saga Continues..." - rap tune based on "Powerhouse" (Motown) Phillip Johnston's Big Trouble: "Powerhouse" (Black Saint Records?) Spike Jones' 1963 unreleased recording of "Powerhouse" came out two years ago (BMG) there are others.....update soon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brendan McGuire Subject: Joe Friday? Date: 23 May 1996 23:29:44 -0600 (MDT) Hello, I was watching TLC late one night and saw that there is an album of the guy's from Dragnet (Friday) reading poetry. I'd reeeeaaaly wanna get that and would be willing to trade for it, if anyone has it. If anyone knows where to get it, I'd appreciate that too. I'm sorry if this has been brought up previously, but I'm not subscribed to the list for the summer, so I don't have full mailbox waiting for me, when I get back to school, but I do have access to my account for the time being, so please respond directly to this e-mail address, along with the list, if you wish. Thanks. Emmett Pepper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Rhodewalt Subject: Stereolab and Lalo S. Date: 24 May 1996 23:25:21 -0600 (MDT) fyi: Stereolab interview and music in RealAudio is available: http://www.kcrw.org/g/live.html This page should also soon have this morning's interview with Lalo Schifrin, which was entertaining and enlightening. Bruce -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lazlo Nibble" Subject: Lego Exotica Date: 25 May 1996 18:55:39 -0600 (MDT) I just couldn't let this pass unmentioned -- I was stalking the aisles at Toys'R'Us today and noticed that Lego has a series of Polynesian Islander playsets! They include little Lego stereotypical-island-native people, with headdresses and shields and spears and everything. One kit lets you build the little king guy's throne, with a big evil-looking totem head behind it and all kinds of Lego palm trees and stuff. Very neat, if ungodly expensive . . . And along the same Polynesian lines, the first issue of surfing cartoonist Mary Fleener's comic "Fleener" is out. This is a wordless story of a tribe of little tiki guys and is lots of fun. Any decent comic shop should have it or be able to get it. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: re: Stereolab Date: 25 May 1996 23:13:57 -0500 > Stereolab interview and music in RealAudio is available: > > http://www.kcrw.org/g/live.html Just saw the groop live last night and they were even tighter than when I saw them last year. Literally entrancing 20 minute or so encore of "Stomach Worm," strobe lights and all. Truly amazing - don't miss. First concert I've wished I had a tape recorder at (not to bring up the bootleg issue again, please). There is a video clip of "Noise Of Carpet" available at the eMpTyV site. Luuuuv this band!!!! Also, for those into moog pop: The Moog Cookbook is a must have. Genuinely clever and amusing covers, no skimping here. Can't help smiling while listening to this one. Mom likes it too. kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Koldys Subject: CDs 4 sale Date: 27 May 1996 15:07:03 -0400 OK, I've GOT to make some shelf space, and so I'm cleaning out some of my CDs. If any of these interests you, just Email me. All prices include USPS postage within the USA: DCC Bachelor's Den series: Vol 1, 2, 3, and 4 $25 [four CDs] Bainbridge "Strictly Ballroom" series Vol 1, 2, 3 (Don't let the title fool you; these are actually reissues from the Time Records catalog, by people like Caiola, Montenegro, Orizaba, Hayman, Hal Mooney, and the like. Lots of hot latin rhythms, offbeat percussion arrangements, and the occasional waltz and polka too!) $15 [three CDs] Buy either of the above and for an extra $5 I'll throw in a sealed copy of Ultra-Lounge "Wild and Swinging"! mkoldys@rust.net "Even bagpipes will not speak when stomach is empty." --Charlie Chan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: X? Date: 27 May 1996 16:53:32 -0400 I just saw a *fab* movie I recommend to each and every hipster on this list..It's called "X"-or subtitled THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES...made in 1963...The soundtrack is UNBELIEVABLE and composed by our man Les Baxter....I know it's a slim chance, but was that sound-track ever released? I ask with tears of hopelessness in my eyes... Lounge Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ernest Haynes Subject: Harry Revel, Les Baxter and Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman Date: 27 May 1996 20:54:27 -0400 Howdy, I found a set of 78's this weekend that i was hoping someone out there = could tell me a little about. The set is called "Perfume Set To Music" = and consists of six songs on three 78 rpm, 10 inch records. i don't = have anything to play 78s on, so I have no idea what it sounds like. = The cover credits Music by Harry Revel-Orchestra And Chorus Conducted by = Leslie Baxter-Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman And The Theremin. It certainly = looks like it will sound interesting, but I'll have to wait until I can = get a player. Can anyone tell me anymore about this? ernie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LTepedino@aol.com Subject: Re: Harry Revel, Les Baxter and Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman Date: 27 May 1996 22:04:11 -0400 Boy did you hit paydirt...you just got perhaps the rarest Theremin album around! Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Stimpy@aol.com Subject: RCA Living Stereo imports Date: 28 May 1996 19:58:12 -0400 Does anyone know if the RCA Living Stereo series imports are going to be released domestically in the U.S.? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Esquerlita@aol.com Subject: Touch of Evil Date: 28 May 1996 21:07:29 -0400 Did Henry Mancini's hip and swingin' soundtrack to "Touch of Evil" (with Orson Welles) ever make it to record? If so, does anybody have it? And how much? Esquerlita ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Koldys Subject: Re: CDs 4 sale! Date: 28 May 1996 21:23:09 -0400 The CDs I offered have all been snapped up. Thanks to all who replied. If I get another bout of shelf-pruning mania, you'll hear from me. mkoldys@rust.net "Even bagpipes will not speak when stomach is empty." --Charlie Chan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Touch of Evil and other treats Date: 28 May 1996 22:20:26 -0400 TOUCH OF EVIL is currently in print on CD by Varese Sarabande. It was my introduction to the mighty world of Spy/Crime Jazz and sucked me down through a bongo vortex to hipster Nirvana. If you like ToE, track down the German import for the MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. which compiles the two 60s albums on one CD and features such snazzy jazzy composers as Morton Stevens ("Hawaii Five-Oh"), Lalo Schifrin ("Mission: Impossible") and Jerry Goldsmith (too many to mention, but let us just note the U.N.C.L.E. theme and the equally cool "In Like Flint"). Or you can start hitting the soundtrack LP bins and look for anything composed by Mancini, Pete Rugolo, Kenyon Hopkins - the usual jazzbo suspects. Speaking of jazz crimes, I scored Kenyon Hopkins' EAST SIDE/WEST SIDE soundtrack - 1963 TV drama featuring George C. Scott - great stuff. Snag it if you see it. Got that at the new record store near the Haight - Monster Records. By the by, I scored early Ferrante and Teicher, SOUNDS OF TOMORROW (the stylishly weird treated piano period) at Flat Plastic Sound on Clement this weekend. Only $4 for a VG/G copy with its iconic Space Age Bachelor Pad cover. They had an excellent selection of mood music vinyl priced to sell, and they're having a 1/3 off sale this Saturday on all vinyl. Check it out. You can work in a trip to Green Apple books (where they have some excellent hard-boiled ephemera - I got a great Dell original Beatniks-in-Paris book there, EASY LIVING, a 1970 paperback titled CARNIVAL about that nearly lost American tradition, and the new FILM NOIR READER) and Revolver Records (where I picked up cheap, decent copies of Glenn Campbell and Andy Williams greatest hits as I explore the weird world of Non-Rock 60s Pop. Can't go wrong with Jimmy Webb tunes, and Mancini/Mercer movie themes). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert P. Krajewski" Subject: Re: Touch of Evil Date: 28 May 1996 22:27:32 -0400 The soundtrack for "A Touch of Evil" is available on Varese Sarabende records; I picked up the CD in January, so it's probably still in print. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: A Few Finds Date: 28 May 1996 23:42:04 -0500 Found a few treats today for a buck each (and NM!): The Exciting Pianos of Ferrante and Teicher This is on Pickwick, nice cover with two identical pictures of a left hand on the keyboard. It's prepared piano with no background lush. How High The Moon I recognize from With Percussion. Sabre Dance and Temptation are the other high points. The rest is low key mood music. Ferrante and Teicher - Fireworks I think this must be the stereo version of Hi-Fireworks. It's all early spastic prepared piano and wonderful. The Versatile Henry Mancini This is so much weirder than I expected, love the vocals and looming organ! Versatile indeed - more like The Creepy. What WAS he thinking? Command Stereo Check Out One side of bleeping and clacking between narration by Charles Stark. The other side features sample cuts from the early series also introduced by Stark. Cugat Cavalcade Xavier's greatest hits with an even greater cover of himself holding a chihuahua and surrounded by five younger babes. Yes, he's grinning! Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium Electronic noodling commisioned by Nonesuch. Happily hunting..... kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Mancini's Touch of Evil Date: 28 May 1996 22:00:20 +0000 >Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 21:07:29 -0400 >From: Esquerlita@aol.com >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Touch of Evil >Did Henry Mancini's hip and swingin' soundtrack to "Touch of Evil" (with >Orson Welles) ever make it to record? If so, does anybody have it? And how >much? > >Esquerlita Dig you name man. Wild!! Yes, Mancini's score which is 1 of his very 1st was originally released in 59 on Challenge under the title of Touch of Evil. This record included only half of the score. In 1963, Challenge released The Wild Side of Henry Mancini, sub-titled Touch of Evil with a diff.catalog #. This included the rest AND BEST of the soundtrack including a bongo and conga instrumental that is not even available today. Jack Costanzo-Bongos Mike Pacheco-Congas Barney Kessel-Guitar Pete Candoli-Trumpet Plas Johnson-Tenor Sax Dave Pell-Baritone Sax Ray Sherman-Piano Rollie Bundock-String Bass Red Norvo-Vibes Larry Bunker-Drums ****NOTE**** I've only seen 4 copies of this record and they were all white label promos, so who knows if it was ever released commercially ? In the mid or so 70's Citadel released both Challenge LP's minus the Latin Percussion piece only on "Wild Side" on 1 LP. Varese Sarabande which I believe was Citadel re-released this same release on CD a few years ago. It is fucking pure genius. Thanks for asking, I love talking about music ;-)> Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dyemund@best.com (Jack Diamond) Subject: Perfume 78's Set Date: 28 May 1996 21:46:40 +0000 >Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 20:54:27 -0400 >From: Ernest Haynes >To: "'exotica@xmission.com'" >Subject: Harry Revel, Les Baxter and Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman >Howdy, > >I found a set of 78's this weekend that i was hoping someone out there = >could tell me a little about. The set is called "Perfume Set To Music" = >and consists of six songs on three 78 rpm, 10 inch records. i don't = >have anything to play 78s on, so I have no idea what it sounds like. = >The cover credits Music by Harry Revel-Orchestra And Chorus Conducted by = >Leslie Baxter-Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman And The Theremin. It certainly = >looks like it will sound interesting, but I'll have to wait until I can = >get a player. Can anyone tell me anymore about this? > >ernie >------------------------------ >Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 22:04:11 -0400 >From: LTepedino@aol.com >To: exotica@xmission.com >Subject: Re: Harry Revel, Les Baxter and Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman >Boy did you hit paydirt...you just got perhaps the rarest Theremin album >around! >Ashley ____________________________________ AND the most boring. Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (Mark Miester) Subject: Command Records? Date: 29 May 1996 09:00:26 -0500 Sorry if this is a patently obvious question, but I wonder if anyone has any comments about/suggestions for Command Records purchases. A while back I found Terry Snider's Persuasive Percussions Vol.2 which I thought was just insane. More recently I discovered the Discoteque Album, which is even more so, a non-stop collection of 60s pop played in the hyperactive, Esquivel-like style. It includes versions of Henry VIII I Am and (a personal fave) A Taste of Honey. Just amazing. From the songs included, I assume it came out around 1966, although I don't have the record in front of me to check. Does anyone have any information on Command Records or suggestions of other records to look for? Cheers, Mark ______________________________________________________________________________ Mark Miester Phone: (504) 865-5714 Editor Fax: (504) 865-5621 Office of University Publications e-mail: mark@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu 300 Hebert Hall, Tulane University WWW: http://mark.pubs.tulane.edu/ New Orleans, La 70118 ______________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: Touch of Evil Date: 29 May 1996 10:13:01 -0400 At 09:07 PM 5/28/96 -0400, you wrote: >Did Henry Mancini's hip and swingin' soundtrack to "Touch of Evil" (with >Orson Welles) ever make it to record? If so, does anybody have it? And how >much? Yes, it did when the film came out in 1958. It is also available on CD from Varese Sarabande. Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jcab@melbpc.org.au (John Carew) Subject: Re: Mancini meets 70's Australian Love Poetry Date: 30 May 1996 01:45:28 +1000 (EST) >Hi all - > >Just picked up an astonishingly cheesy lurve LP from '77: "Just You >and Me Together Love" - Henry Mancini (yea, 'tis he!) with Aussie >radio show host and (cough) "bard" John Laws. As you might expect, >the music is lush and lovely (drums (Shelly Manne) strings, trumpets, >vibes, Monica Mancini "doo doo dooing" and some pretty naff synths) >with Laws rambling on and on and on with some of the most stomach- >churning love lines I've ever heard. > I've never heard the album but John Laws is somewhat of a hero to me and my fellow Australians. There was a late night comedy show here a while back called "Denton" that had an look-a-like actor reading John Laws poetry. The good news is his work is even better when he takes on series issues. Death was a funny one. I'll see if I can find some of his poetry and post it to anyone who is interested. * Beep... Beep... The Schruber-Machine and DaG: Fast faxed to the future. (jcab@melbpc.org.au) Jcab *jcan* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: Re: Perfume 78's Set Date: 29 May 1996 12:12:20 -0500 >>>I found a set of 78's this weekend that i was hoping someone out there = >>>could tell me a little about. The set is called "Perfume Set To Music" = >>Boy did you hit paydirt...you just got perhaps the rarest Theremin album >>around! >>Ashley > AND the most boring. Not true! In fact, Perfume got me on first listen with its melodies, while Moon and Peace of Mind took longer to sink in. It's far from boring, you've chanced upon a gem! kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: RCA Living Stereo Series imports Date: 29 May 1996 12:57:48 -0400 I am looking for the following titles in your list: 1.) Esquivel - Other Worlds, Other Sounds 2.) Henry Mancini - The Mancini Touch 3.) Dick Schory - Music for Bang, Barrom and Harp I believe these are German imports issued by BMG/RCA. Correct? I already have "More Music From Peter Gunn" and it is well worth getting. I also might be interested in "Bob & Ray's Stereo Spectacular" and Los Indios Tabjaras "Sweet & Savage". Have you heard these? What are they like? Is the Bruce Brown "Endless Summer" soundtrack, the original one released on World Pacific records back in 1966? Who is releasing it? Capitol/EMI owns the Pacific Jazz/World Pacific catalogue if I'm not mistaken. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you (all). Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bstewart@ids2.idsonline.com Subject: Re: RCA Living Stereo imports Date: 29 May 1996 13:06:51 -0400 At 07:58 PM 5/28/96 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone know if the RCA Living Stereo series imports are going to be >released domestically in the U.S.? I wouldn't hold my breath too long. You probably are better off getting the German imports for the time being. The German market is much more specialized and finnicky than here in the U.S. I guess companies like BMG think we will only be satisfied with the likes of Madonna and Michael Bolton. You know, those psuedo-crooners. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Rhodewalt Subject: Rapa Nui Date: 29 May 1996 15:28:21 -0600 (MDT) The most remote inhabited place on earth? This month's Tiki Publishing trivia contest is all about Easter Island, aka Rapa Nui. As always, prizes go to the top five scorers. http://www.tikipub.com/cgi-bin/contesta.cgi (after May 31) Bruce Rhodewalt -- Creative Tiki Publishing 78-365 Highway 111, #241 Internet http://www.tikipub.com La Quinta, CA 92253 solutions kahuna@tikipub.com 619/342-3418 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ernest Haynes Subject: RE: Command Records? Date: 29 May 1996 20:53:15 -0400 ---------- Sorry if this is a patently obvious question, but I wonder if anyone has any comments about/suggestions for Command Records purchases. Does anyone have any information on Command Records or suggestions of = other records to look for? I'd like to second this request. I see lots of records on this label = and don't know the gems from the junk. I did pick up Dick Hyman's = Concerto Electro because I'd heard the name on this list and because of = the incredibly tasteless paint-by-numbers cover. I wasn't too impressed = by the music, though. But my point is, which recordings should I buy on = sight? ernie PS-I also got two 5 record sets of various Command artists put together = by GE. (One set is missing two records) Has anyone else seen these? I = believe they are called the Silver Sound Series, Edition 1 and 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ernest Haynes Subject: RE: Perfume 78's Set Date: 29 May 1996 21:17:34 -0400 >>>I found a set of 78's this weekend that i was hoping someone out = there =3D >>>could tell me a little about. The set is called "Perfume Set To = Music" =3D >>Boy did you hit paydirt...you just got perhaps the rarest Theremin = album >>around! >>Ashley > AND the most boring. Not true! In fact, Perfume got me on first listen with its melodies,=20 while Moon and Peace of Mind took longer to sink in. It's far from=20 boring, you've chanced upon a gem! Well, everybody seems to have an opinion of my records except me. I = have no way to play them, and no place around here carries those special = CDs that everyone got so excited about recently. Anybody know if these = 78s were later released on 33? Is there anybody out there in Central = Florida that is willing to tape these for me? Any help would be = appreciated. Oh, if anybody is interested, I could type in the liner = notes from the set. They aren't as good as some I've seen, but they're = OK. ernie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert P. Krajewski" Subject: Those Exotic Beatles Date: 29 May 1996 22:39:58 -0400 Kind of ironic, considering that the Beatles and the horse they rode in on pretty much pushed exotica and other forms of jazz-influenced post-WWII pop off the charts and made scruffy authenticity (well, not really, but you know what I mean) a main mode of the pop charts from the mid-60s onward. For example, "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" is basically a forward-looking piece of retroexotica, made when Martin Denny was still making records, but without birdcalls. Although it was released as the B-side of "Let It Be" in 1969, the basic tracks were recorded 1967. That's Brian Jones on saxophone, by the way. And check this out on page 83 of _With a Little Help From My Friends_ by George Martin (Little, Brown, 1994): Creating atmosphere and sound-pictures... that was my bag. I did a lot of it before the Beatles even came along. In 1962 Parlophone issued a single called: 'Time Beat/Waltz In Orbit,' a compilation of electronic sounds, composed by a certain 'Ray Cathode' -- me ! So, anybody heard any of this Ray Cathode stuff ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kevin king" Subject: RE: Command Records? Date: 29 May 1996 23:01:51 -0500 > Does anyone have any information on Command Records or suggestions of other > records to look for? > > > I'd like to second this request. I see lots of records on this label and don't know the gems from the junk. I did pick up Dick Hyman's Concerto Electro because I'd heard the name on this list and > ecause of the incredibly tasteless paint-by-numbers cover. I wasn't too impressed by the music, though. But my point is, which recordings should I buy on sight? Persuasive Percussion 1 and 2 Provocative Percussion 1 and 2 Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's Far Away Places 1 and 2 Reeds And Percussion Bongos - Los Admiradores Strange Interlude - Lew Davies Mr. Big - Tony Mottola Moog - Dick Hyman Age Of Electronicus - Dick Hyman Electric Latin Love Machine - Richard Hayman Copper-Plated Integrated Circuit - Walter Sear others?...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Katie Eagan & Jeff Phillips Subject: RE: Command Records? Date: 30 May 1996 07:58:03 -0900 (PDT) On Wed, 29 May 1996, kevin king wrote: > > > Does anyone have any information on Command Records or suggestions > > > of other records to look for? > > I'd like to second this request. I see lots of records on this label > > and don't know the gems from the junk. I did pick up Dick Hyman's > > Concerto Electro because I'd heard the name on this list and > > ecause of the incredibly tasteless paint-by-numbers cover. I wasn't > > too impressed by the music, though. But my point is, which recordings > > should I buy on sight? > Persuasive Percussion 1 and 2 > Provocative Percussion 1 and 2 > Pertinent Percussion Cha Cha's > Far Away Places 1 and 2 > Reeds And Percussion > Bongos - Los Admiradores > Strange Interlude - Lew Davies > Mr. Big - Tony Mottola > Moog - Dick Hyman > Age Of Electronicus - Dick Hyman > Electric Latin Love Machine - Richard Hayman > Copper-Plated Integrated Circuit - Walter Sear > > others?...... You can also follow my "toll-free number" rule: buy anything numbered from RS 800 to around RS 900 (when those calls start costing $1.99 a minute!), which is when Enoch Light stopped originating and producing for Command Records and started up Project 3. However, in addition to those listed above you should definitely check out Discotheque Vol. 2 (for the original poster who loved Vol. 1) A New Concept of Great Cole Porter Songs Dimension *3* Sound/35MM and if you love the Ray Conniff Singers (who doesn't?) you'll want to get some of the Ray Charles Singers in the toll-free range. What's most fun about these records is that 99% of the time when you hear a guitar, it's Tony Mottola; the organ, it's Dick Hyman; and that smooth-talking trumpet is Doc Severinsen. Kind of like keeping your ear out for the unmistakable Herb Alpert on all of those A&M records. EZ does it, Jeff Phillips eaganca@cleo.bc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Clark Subject: Radio 1 "Easy Listening" night Mon 27th May Date: 30 May 1996 13:38:31 -0700 Hi all Apparently wunnerful Radio One did a whole four hour exploration of "the EZ phenomenon" on Monday last. Did anyone by chance tape it? I'd looove a copy (reel or cassette). Email me and let's make a deal... TIA Phil phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Gresham Subject: Re: Radio 1 "Easy Listening" night Mon 27th May Date: 30 May 1996 15:09:51 +0100 (BST) On Thu, 30 May 1996, Phil Clark wrote: > Hi all > > Apparently wunnerful Radio One did a whole four hour exploration of "the > EZ phenomenon" on Monday last. > > Did anyone by chance tape it? I'd looove a copy (reel or cassette). > > Email me and let's make a deal... > > TIA > Phil > phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk I didn't record this, but I heard that it was pretty lame - apart from a short set from DJ Mr Karminsky, it was all mainstream cheap stuff like Mantovani and Dusty Springfield. They even did an ALL TIME EASY TOP TEN, that had Petula Clark at Number 2. Need I say more...! Still, you have to give them some credit. Even if they are a couple of years behind... Later Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cscheffy@kinglet.Berkeley.EDU (Clark Scheffy) Subject: Command... Date: 30 May 1996 09:12:11 PDT let me add: Spaced Out and any Free Design records ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: command........... Date: 30 May 1996 12:50:24 -0400 Let me add my 2cents about the Command question... 1. Is THE ELECTRIC ELECTICS OF DICK HYMAN or his ELECTRIC ORGAN album included on this thread? If not, this Command collector highly recommends them... 2. Also, look for faux Command records. It's at home, so I can't remember what label it was on, but I have this album that's designed to look like a Command album...The funny parts are that its called EXOTIC PERCUSSION AND BRILLIANT BRASS, and although the band is pretty good, it has the most exaggerated animal screams, ala' Martin Denny...They're not an enhancement, they're WAY up in the mix...One has a screaming ape of some kind... a new thread possibility...what about Stripper albums? My brother has one that' s very much like the first scene of FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL, KILL!, where these drunks are yelling at a stripper, and the band sounds drunk, too... Lounge-on, Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mingo@cqm.co.uk (Jill Mingo) Subject: Re: Radio 1 "Easy Listening" night Mon 27th May Date: 30 May 1996 11:21:17 -0600 (MDT) >On Thu, 30 May 1996, Phil Clark wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Apparently wunnerful Radio One did a whole four hour exploration of "the >> EZ phenomenon" on Monday last. >> >> Did anyone by chance tape it? I'd looove a copy (reel or cassette). >> >> Email me and let's make a deal... >> >> TIA >> Phil >> phil@stimpy.demon.co.uk > >I might know someone with a tape. I was part of the quiz BOUDOIR team (the winners, natch!, though I only knew the answer to one question. It was so British based it meant nothing to me, a Yank!) and I know that this part was taped. Whether or not they taped the whole show, I am not sure. It was pretty lame, as Dan said, on the whole. I didn't even listen to it all as the sounds were so boring. But they did play some YMA SUMAC, after all. About what you would expect really from a Radio One show. Jill > > > Colloquium Internet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lee@anti.com Subject: Re[2]: Perfume 78's Set Date: 30 May 1996 11:24:49 PST "Music Set To Perfume" was issued on a 10" 33. I believe that Ernie Kovaks used something off of that record for his Percy Dovetonsils skits. Lee ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Author: exotica@xmission.com at INTERNET >>>I found a set of 78's this weekend that i was hoping someone out = there =3D >>>could tell me a little about. The set is called "Perfume Set To = Music" =3D >>Boy did you hit paydirt...you just got perhaps the rarest Theremin = album >>around! >>Ashley > AND the most boring. Not true! In fact, Perfume got me on first listen with its melodies,=20 while Moon and Peace of Mind took longer to sink in. It's far from=20 boring, you've chanced upon a gem! Well, everybody seems to have an opinion of my records except me. I = have no way to play them, and no place around here carries those special = CDs that everyone got so excited about recently. Anybody know if these = 78s were later released on 33? Is there anybody out there in Central = Florida that is willing to tape these for me? Any help would be = appreciated. Oh, if anybody is interested, I could type in the liner = notes from the set. They aren't as good as some I've seen, but they're = OK. ernie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kenneth H Ellzey" Subject: Re: command........... Date: 30 May 1996 15:19:54 -0400 On May 30, 12:50pm, Laura Taylor wrote: > Let me add my 2cents about the Command question... > 2. Also, look for faux Command records. It's at home, so I can't remember > what label it was on, but I have this album that's designed to look like a > Command album...The funny parts are that its called EXOTIC PERCUSSION AND > BRILLIANT BRASS, and although the band is pretty good, it has the most > exaggerated animal screams, ala' Martin Denny...They're not an enhancement, > they're WAY up in the mix...One has a screaming ape of some kind... > >-- End of excerpt from Laura Taylor I, too, have this album. The label is Directional Sound, and there is at least one other by this same aggregation on that label. The band is John Evans and his Orchestra, all of whom, including John, were members of Francis Bay's Big Band, otherwise known as the Bay Big Band. This is a Belgian swing orchestra, very much dedicated to the swing band era ala Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, etc. They were associated with the Brussels World Fair (late 50's) and released a long series of albums on the Omega label, each album dedicated to the compositions associated with a particular swing band leader, be it Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey or what have you. I have one dedicated to the music of Ted Heath, and quite frankly, it rocks! This group is quite excellent by jazz standards (and any others), even if you don't particularly care for the person whose compositions they are doing. The Omega label was an early proponent of stereo, and their pressings, I have found, are amazingly good even after 36 years. The above mentioned Directional Sound release, as well as the other one I have seen by this group, have liner notes by Nat Hentoff- the "jazz guy". Don't pass these up! -Ken Ellzey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ricardo Wang Subject: Re: Those Exotic Beatles Date: 30 May 1996 14:57:00 -0700 (PDT) of course the beatles and their incredible pop writing made it possible for so many cool exotica, easy-listening, and experimental artists to produce amazing covers (from the 101 strings to bongwater!) i have a tape of these sorts of covers i'd love to trade for similar or a couple bucks. ricardo wang 1002 olympia ave n.e. olympia wa 98506. On Wed, 29 May 1996, Robert P. Krajewski wrote: > Kind of ironic, considering that the Beatles and the horse they rode in > on pretty much pushed exotica and other forms of jazz-influenced > post-WWII pop off the charts and made scruffy authenticity (well, not > really, but you know what I mean) a main mode of the pop charts from the > mid-60s onward. > > For example, "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" is basically a > forward-looking piece of retroexotica, made when Martin Denny was still > making records, but without birdcalls. Although it was released as the > B-side of "Let It Be" in 1969, the basic tracks were recorded 1967. > That's Brian Jones on saxophone, by the way. > > And check this out on page 83 of _With a Little Help From My Friends_ by > George Martin (Little, Brown, 1994): > > Creating atmosphere and sound-pictures... that was my bag. > I did a lot of it before the Beatles even came along. In > 1962 Parlophone issued a single called: 'Time Beat/Waltz > In Orbit,' a compilation of electronic sounds, composed by > a certain 'Ray Cathode' -- me ! > > So, anybody heard any of this Ray Cathode stuff ? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tristan Subject: Yma Sumac Tour dates.. Date: 31 May 1996 02:35:50 -0400 (EDT) Does anyone know if Yma is planning to perform anywhere other than San Francisco? If so please post any info... Thanks Tristan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johan.devis@ping.be (Johan Dada Vis) Subject: new Mike Flowers Pops single cd Date: 31 May 1996 19:23:14 +0100 LIGHT MY FIRE (don't know the exact label: F-LONCD384) this Doors classic got the same treatment as "wonderwall". = Johan |)/\|)/\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Subject: Re: new Mike Flowers Pops single cd Date: 31 May 1996 14:04:11 EDT ----- Begin Included Message ----- >LIGHT MY FIRE (don't know the exact label: F-LONCD384) >this Doors classic got the same treatment as "wonderwall". ___________________________________ HOW WOULD THAT MAKE IT ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE DOORS VERSION? I LOVE THE DOORS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY COME OFF LIKE "MURPH AND THE MAGICTONES" FROM "THE BLUES BROTHERS". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: huge@SIRIUS.COM (David Bailey) Subject: Towa Tei's Exotica-hop Date: 31 May 1996 11:27:38 -0800 We've all heard of Hip-hop, trip-hop, etc. Now I've heard "exotica-hop" from Towa Tei (from Dee-lite.) His CD "Future Listening" features some very wacky exotica songs sprinkled amongst the usual computer-dance music. And his guest vocalists are (mostly) Bebel Gilberto (daughter of Astrud) and Maki Nomiya of Pizzicato Five...Wow! Also featured are Ryuichi Sakamoto (on piano) and Arto Lindsay. I especially enjoyed the song "Batacuda." Check it out! David Bailey Huge Graphics http://www.sirius.com/~huge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: gene@cadmus.com (Gene Hopstetter, Jr.) Subject: Mort Garson, anyone? Date: 31 May 1996 15:03:13 -0400 Howdy all, I'm looking for any information regarding a certain Mr. Mort Garson. The album "Black Mass by Lucifer" (UNI, later MCA records, 1971), which contains some of the grooviest space and magical moog noodling I've ever heard, has his name on it, and I'm wondering if someone has more info about him. "Don't let Western civilization make a dipshit out of you..." -- Spot 1019 +++++++++++++++++ Internet Publishing Specialist + Gene Hopstetter, Jr. + Cadmus Digital Solutions +++++++++++++++++ http://cjs.cadmus.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Laura Taylor" Subject: Re: new Mike Flowers Pops s Date: 31 May 1996 14:56:05 -0400 RE>>new Mike Flowers Pops single cd 5/31/96 thems fightin' words about the Doors... Lounge-Lizard Laura ----- Begin Included Message ----- >LIGHT MY FIRE (don't know the exact label: F-LONCD384) >this Doors classic got the same treatment as "wonderwall". ___________________________________ HOW WOULD THAT MAKE IT ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE DOORS VERSION? I LOVE THE DOORS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY COME OFF LIKE "MURPH AND THE MAGICTONES" FROM "THE BLUES BROTHERS". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ricardo Wang Subject: Re: Towa Tei's Exotica-hop Date: 31 May 1996 17:56:01 -0700 (PDT) i'd second the reccomendation, it's a damn fine record, but really it is much more of an acid jazz record than hip hop. the easy listening and exotica samples work perfectly in this framework and this is becoming a frequent trend in club music. imagine bringing the lounge onto the dance floor! - rwang On Fri, 31 May 1996, David Bailey wrote: > We've all heard of Hip-hop, trip-hop, etc. Now I've heard "exotica-hop" > from Towa Tei (from Dee-lite.) His CD "Future Listening" features some very > wacky exotica songs sprinkled amongst the usual computer-dance music. And > his guest vocalists are (mostly) Bebel Gilberto (daughter of Astrud) and > Maki Nomiya of Pizzicato Five...Wow! Also featured are Ryuichi Sakamoto (on > piano) and Arto Lindsay. I especially enjoyed the song "Batacuda." Check it > out! > > > David Bailey > Huge Graphics > http://www.sirius.com/~huge > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: james b gerwitz Subject: Sequel Loungecore Stickers Date: 31 May 1996 19:04:02 -0700 Any comments on two Sequel compilations sporting the "Loungecore" = sticker, same as on "The Easy Project" ?=20 One is "Highly Strung" , looks like 60's Britpop. The other is something = like " Girls Can Be Wrong About Boys," a girl singer comp. =20 Did the British non-invasion groups and girl groups become lounge when = I wasn't looking, or does the marketing department at Sequel see $$$ = in the "L" word, a la RCA's shameless stickers on Morton Gould ? (Die = Ring de Nibelungen - the Roots of Lounge ? Could be..) TheSequel's Easy Project was OK, tho I much prefer Sound = Gallery.....mmmm, those incredible Half Forgotten Daydreams. Are the above 2 Cd's cluttering up the EZ section, or do they sneak in = the back door through the pop vocal category ? I do worship the = Ronettes, Cookies, Astrud, and Claudine, so would like to know if anyone = else has taken a chance on that one. =20 Jim G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SYoungNYC@aol.com Subject: Re: Mort Garson, anyone? Date: 31 May 1996 22:11:57 -0400 I once had an album called Patchcord Productions Presents The Connection, which was a sampler of commercials featuring electronic music by Mort Garson. I remember it had actual commercials from Lincoln-Mercury, Lucky Lager beer, and I think Chock Full O' Nuts coffee. It was from circa 1970. The back cover showed Mort with his black plastic frame glasses and enormous sideburns. Alas, I no longer have the album, having traded it for something else. I know I've seen his name associated with one or two other projects as well. . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Subject: Re: Mort Garson, anyone? Date: 31 May 1996 23:44:59 -0400 In a message dated 96-05-31 15:07:27 EDT, you write: >Howdy all, > >I'm looking for any information regarding a certain Mr. Mort Garson. The >album "Black Mass by Lucifer" (UNI, later MCA records, 1971), which >contains some of the grooviest space and magical moog noodling I've ever >heard, has his name on it, and I'm wondering if someone has more info about >him. I am sitting here holding the three Mort Garson titles that I own. They are: Zodiac Cosmic Sounds (Elektra) - spoken word and electronic music describing the twelve astrological signs. The notes insist that this record "must be played in the dark". It should, I have and it is out of this world. The Wozard of Iz (A & M) - "....the electronic odyssey of Dorothy attempts to fuse words with wires and create a contemporary version of the children's classic". Very creative, very original and very, very unusual. Someone once made the remark that this LP reminded them of the cast of The Wiz stoned on weed and drunk. Right on. Signs of the Zodiac: Cancer (A & M) - Besides the Cosmic Sounds above, Garson made twelve LP's featuring each and every birth sign. I have only skimmed through this one. More late sixties gold. I don't know much about Mort Garson's background at all. On all of these albums, he composed and "realized" the electronic music. Jacques Wilson did much of the writing and some spoken word...Paul Beaver is in there, too. I like my Mort Garson records. Alot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Duda Subject: Re: Ethel Azama & The Denny Connection Date: 20 May 1996 21:18:05 -1000 Spoke with Arthur Lyman recently about Ethel Azama...she is one of the great jazz singers he says...when he recorded 'Leis of Jazz' he was hoping to have her participating throughout it, but on producer's demands only was able to include her on Lullaby of the Leaves...he doesn't know what she's up to now... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Duda Subject: Re: Finds, finds, finds! Date: 21 May 1996 19:42:08 -1000 kevin king wrote: > > Arthur Lyman - Bwana a > Taboo vol.2 > The Taboo has shrunken heads on the cover. Is there a story behind this > besides the amusing liner note stating they're authentic? "This > cover is different." Which was first, the heads or the volcano ala > vol 1? > Yeah, I just had to ask Lyman about this one...he said he really had no control over what was put on the covers of his releases...someone at the label did it...he was under the impression that the heads were indeed real...no interesting stories...probably have to talk to the person at the label who came up with the idea... "This cover is different." -- I would guess was just a snide comment on the uniqueness of the cover and wasn't implying that there was more than one cover for this release...