From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #105 Reply-To: exotica-digest Sender: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes exotica-digest Thursday, May 7 1998 Volume 02 : Number 105 In This Digest: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON) Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica) Re: (exotica) James Bond cars (exotica) Teletubbies Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner RE: (exotica) smylonylon Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection (exotica) Zorn Re: (exotica) Zorn (exotica) Columbo theme (exotica) Re: Bond books Re: (exotica) Zorn Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner Re: (exotica) Zorn RE: (exotica) Parents record collection Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner Re: (exotica) Teletubbies (exotica) greetings RE: (exotica) Parents record collection Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner RE: (exotica) Parents record collection Re: (exotica) Parents record collection (exotica) fwd: Industrial designer Joshua Lippincott dies Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's (exotica) the most exotic record found in my parents' collection: (exotica) Re: Siesta Records Re: (exotica) James Bond cars Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON) (exotica) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:29:43 -0500 (exotica) Baxter's "Tiki" on CD Re: (exotica) Parents record collection (exotica) Your record collection (exotica) Record Collection Software (exotica) Zorn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 07:37:03 PDT From: "Magnus Sandberg" Subject: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection >For all y'all: > >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection, >exotica-wise? For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter, a 10" >LP. Not much but "Great Mambos" by Perez Prado maybe. Hot mambos, cute covergirl. But the most important LP I found back home is a blues LP called "Angola prisoners Blues" recorded at Angola State prison where the bluesmen Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey and Guitar Welch were inmates at the time (1960?). That LP hooked me onto Country blues in the 80s, and Robert Pete Williams still remains (after 5-6 more LPs) my favorite bluessinger. He made Grown So Ugly btw, later covered excellently by Captain Beefheart. - -- Magnus ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:41:29 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON) Jill Mingo wrote: > And I am going to PopKomm again. > It's a business thang, of course. > U2? I will also be there . Business thAng, shure! Me and my publisher will introduce my book called "Popkatalog Vol.1 / Postpsychedelische Malerei", 128 pages full color hard cover, if you know what I mean... Also featuring: 10 pages of Tiki-Art plus other exotic goodies. Be prepared! Make shure we meet! Kekipi MO tiki # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:42:11 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: GARY MOSCHELES (NEW Exotica) DJJimmyBee wrote: > please consider writing your stuff in one e-mail as opposed to a separate e- > mail for every topic--the temptation at this address is to simply delete Why? A list member interested in James Bond might not wanna read everything about Zager & Evans at the same time. My remarks are always subject-related. I don't understand your point. MO # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:42:39 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond cars >>This BMW slant is interesting. In the books, Ian Fleming still had a "post war' dislike of things German. The villians often drove German cars (Draco in Moonraker and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, et. al.). Actually many of the villians had "German blood". Fleming would relate Bond's appreciation for the German cars but Bond "would never consider owning one". Keep this mind these are Fleming's observations not mine. For one, I live in South Carolina -- the only place where the Z3 is made and the most favorite car I ever owned was a 1976 BMW 2002 (which had an excellent Blaupundt radio that I use to listen to a "Walk in the Black Forrest" on -- there -- I tied in a music thread). Robert<< I had a 1802 which is basically the same model, only a different engine. What color was yours? Orange? Mine was black... THE James Bond Car is of course the Aston Martin. But these days: You never know who buys whom, like BMW bought Rolls Royce, so even driving a good old "Strolls Nice" wouldn't help 007 to be "English" in his car preferences. Like Daimler Benz and Chrysler now want to fusion... MO # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:55:08 EDT From: BasicHip Subject: (exotica) Teletubbies I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one- year olds. A very unusual (odd), highly creative program from Britian with music, song and stories to match. Andrew McCrorie-Shand wrote and performs the quirky music. The Teletubbies (little alien-like creatures with TV's in their stomachs) strange giggles and whispers are all over the place and Tim Whitnall narrates. Check it out if you are into this kind of thing. For some reason, Johan came to mind. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 08:57:46 -0600 From: Jill Mingo Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner >Yes, Sy Zentner! I just finished making a compilation tape last evening >and capped it with a couple of Zentner tunes: Dragons and Demons and his >version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD >comps. it may have been included on? Great song). Although I can't >recall the name of the lp, it is really quite good. Zentner, I believe, >started out in Billy May's band. This is from that "Exotica Suite" LP which is a Si Zentner/Martin Denny collaboration, composed by Les Baxter. Or so the cover says. It is a great track, me thinks. Jill "Mingo-go" # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:59:09 -0400 From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: RE: (exotica) smylonylon > As for directions, it's in > the opposite direction from Other Music, Prince Street, Screaming Mimi's > etc., and if you're walking towards it it's on the right side of the > street. > Jordana, Could you rephrase this? Walking towards it from what direction, north or south? Whether it is on my left or right is relative to the way I am walking. What is the cross street? Is it closer to Astor or Houston? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 08:00:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Turner Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection > > But the most important LP I found back home is a blues LP called "Angola > prisoners Blues" recorded at Angola State prison where the bluesmen > Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey and Guitar Welch were inmates at the > time (1960?). That LP hooked me onto Country blues in the 80s, and > Robert Pete Williams still remains (after 5-6 more LPs) my favorite > bluessinger. He made Grown So Ugly btw, later covered excellently by > Captain Beefheart. FYI, "Angola Prisoner's Blues" was reissued (last year, I think) on CD by Arhoolie, with previously-unreleased tracks. - -- Mark Turner | "Slow Train to Dawn" with Rocky Rococo mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 3-7AM, 89.7 KFJC, Los Altos Hills, CA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:53:25 -0400 From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: (exotica) Zorn Pardon me, but who is John Zorn? I think I know a guy by that name, but is that him? Charlieman > At 01:30 PM 06/05/98 UT, peter_risser@cinfin.com wrote: > > > >There's been some debate over on the Zorn list > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:07:43 EDT From: BasicHip Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn << Pardon me, but who is John Zorn? >> Per the All-Music Guide: It is possible to call John Zorn a "jazz" musician, but that would be much too limiting a description. While jazz feeling is present in a good deal of his work, and the idea of improvisation is vitally important to him, Zorn doesn't operate within any idiom's framework, drawing from just about any musical, cultural or noise source that a fellow who grew up in the TV and LP eras could experience. This eclecticism gone haywire can result in such wildly jump- cutting works as Spillane, whose plethora of diverse and incompatible styles makes for a listening experience akin to constantly punching the station buttons on a car radio. Zorn believes that the age of the composer as an "autonomous musical mind" had come to an end in the late 20th century; hence the collaborative nature of much of his work, both with active musicians and music and styles of the past. Like Mel Brooks, the zany film director, many of Zorn's works are tributes to certain musical touchstones of his -- such as Ennio Morricone, Sonny Clark and Ornette Coleman -- all filtered through his unpredictable hall of mirrors. While it would be foolhardy to single out a handful of dominant influences, Zorn's music seems very close in spirit to that of Warner Bros. cartoon composer Carl Stalling, both in its transformation of found material and manic, antic moods. This calculating wild man started playing the piano as a child before taking up the guitar and flute at age ten. By the time he was 14, Zorn had discovered contemporary classical music and began composing; his college years in St. Louis brought about his introduction to avant-garde jazz, particularly that of Anthony Braxton. He dropped out of college, settled in lower Manhattan, and began working with free improvisers, rock bands, and tape, sometimes working duck and bird calls into his arsenal. After putting out releases on tiny domestic and poorly distributed import labels, Zorn signed with Elektra- Nonesuch in the mid-1980s, which increased his visibility considerably. Along the way, he has formed tribute bands to play the music of Coleman, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and others; featured musicians as diverse as Big John Patton, Tim Berne, Bill Frisell and the Kronos Quartet; and assembled a group called Masada that merges Coleman with Yiddish music. Jazz buffs should be directed to his Coleman tribute album Spy Vs. Spy (Nonesuch), which makes exciting, thrashing yet concise hashes of 17 Ornette tunes with a quintet. -- Richard S. Ginell, back to me... The only thing I have from him is his very short, very INTENSE, "Cynical Hysterie Hour", which is the score to a Japanese animated film. Although it took awhile to "get it", I've grown too like it quite a bit. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:25:03 -0400 From: Larry House Subject: (exotica) Columbo theme I'm sure I remember a news or entertainment feature from the 70's that showed an electric violin being used for the TV theme for the "Columbo" show. Larry House. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:33:20 -0600 From: mike clifford Subject: (exotica) Re: Bond books I want to echo the used book store suggestion, and maybe add thrift shops abnd garage sales. It's been my experience that, like Herb Alpert lps, bond paperbacks seem to turn up pretty often in the used bins. I don't think I've ever spent more than $1 on an old Bond paperback, usually less. In a related note - anyone else have the "Music to Read James Bond by" album? don't have it with me here, but some fun stuff, if memory serves, and a great cover w/ the gold-leafed girl, what else, reading Fleming books. I also really reccomend reading the books to get a better perspective on the "real" Bond, especially if you've been poisoned by the last few years of movies. And I've got to say, as bad as the Dalton and Brosnan flix may be, are they worse than "A View to a Kill?" Sorry about the digression...at least I mentioned the album. mike > ><< How are the Bonds books? Which are the best ones? Suggestions please! > Plus exotica goes beyond just music. >> > >These are some of my opinions of good Bond books: > >Casino Royale (the first) >Moonraker >Diamonds are Forever >Live and Let Die >Thunderball >Goldfinger >On Her Majesty's Secret Service > > >These are the early one's -- the later ones were softened along with Flemings >post war cynicism. The post Fleming Books written by Gardner as epilogues at >the best. Run through the classics first. > >These make for great summer reading -- easy to pick up and put down. I would >suggests the used paperback book stores. > >Hope this thread is ok people. > >Robert > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:45:19 -0700 From: "Christopher Elkins" Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn <..snip..> >>many of Zorn's works are tributes to certain musical >>touchstones of his -- such as Ennio Morricone <..snip..> IMHO, Zorn's most accessible album (and my own personal favorite) is "Big Gundown: Music of Ennio Morricone" (Nonesuch, 75597 79139 2). It comprises various interpretations of Morricone tunes as orchestrated by Zorn. Some are true to the original, while most are, shall we say, uniquely rendered. I don't think he actually plays on any of the tracks, but a lot of his New York art scene friends do -- Fred Frith, Arto Lindsay, Anton Fier, Bill Frizzell, etc. If for nothing else, this album is worth getting just for the theme from "Battle of Algiers", complete with turntable scratching. ... christopher elkins ... # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:15:11 -1000 From: sfunk@pop.adn.com (Stephen Funk) Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner >... and his >version of Tiki (anyone know what Baxter lp this appeared on? Or any CD >comps. it may have been included on? Great song). CD-wise: I'm pretty sure it's on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" double CD on Captiol. - - Steve *** *** *** Steve Funk (sfunk@pop.adn.com) Anchorage, AK USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:42:45 -0400 From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner At 08:57 AM 07/05/98 -0600, Jill Mingo wrote: >This is from that "Exotica Suite" LP which is a Si Zentner/Martin Denny >collaboration, composed by Les Baxter. That's the one with the piece of burlap on the cover, right? I passed it up at the beginning of this journey because it was $15 and I thought the price laughable. Later a collector of this stuff said I should have grabbed it. I don't know but I haven't seen it since. The burlap was a nice touch, have to admit. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:42:48 -0400 From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn At 10:53 AM 07/05/98 -0400, Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD wrote: > >Pardon me, but who is John Zorn? I think I know a guy by that name, but is >that him? This should probably be answered by someone who IS on the Zorn list but certainly there's a connection between music discussed here and some of Zorn's output. In fact, I think that Zorn is one of the forces that led me "back" to the music discussed here. For one, there's his Naked City band and records with all their "crime music" references. (One of the best concerts I've ever seen.) And there's a cut on his Morricone tribute album ("The Big Gundown") called "Erotico (The Burglars)" which is one of the coolest exotica-sounding cuts I've ever heard. I think I've seen it here on someone's playlist. And someone could make the argument that Zorn's klezmer-influenced records are exotica but I'm not going to be the one to suggest that klezmer IS exotica. I'm considering that Zorn list. We actually have a mutual friend. (Me and Zorn that is, not me and the list.) I just don't know if I want to impose my opinions on a whole new group of folks. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:43:36 -0400 From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG NNAD" Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection It's a toss up between Arthur Lyman "Taboo Vol. II" or The Ventures "A-Go-Go". They both rule in their own special way. Charlieman > >For all y'all: > > > >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection, > >exotica-wise? For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter, > a 10" > >LP. > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:12:38 +0000 From: Ron Grandia Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's Johan Dada Vis wrote: > > hi Ron! > > I KNOW what MPEG Layer 3 is, i just didn't know the abbrev. This occurred to me well after I sent my message. Type first, ask questions later. That's me. I guess MP3 is a nickname of sorts. See, I was right! You did know. > i think the file size of 10:1 compressed files is still too huge for > the current bandwith of the 'net, hence the success of the rather > lousy quality of realaudio. Agreed But at least it facilitates the exchange of files you KNOW you want. You just have to be committed to the lengthy load time. I should break out the calculator and figger how long it would take to up/download a FANTASTICA! program (probably WAY too long, but not as long as the Postal Service, eh?) > i'd like to find that site you mention, sounds intruiging, > thanx for mentioning it! http://www.nordicdms.com/CollectorsRecords/ It looks as though they have seriously revamped the site. I'm interested in going back and looking around, as I have not been there for a long time. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:17:05 PDT From: "Ben Waugh" Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner No, I checked this one. I'm pretty sure it wasn't on there; could be wrong, though. The Zentner lp I was taping may be a best of - so it may well be that the track first showed up on the Denny/Zenter collaboration? >CD-wise: I'm pretty sure it's on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" double CD >on Captiol. > >- Steve ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 21:22:54 +0200 From: breithel@lund.mail.telia.com (Ingemar Breithel) Subject: Re: (exotica) Teletubbies BasicHip wrote: >I just picked up a CD from the Teletubbies television show marketed for one- >year olds. > >A very unusual (odd), highly creative program from Britian with music, song >and stories to match. Andrew McCrorie-Shand wrote and performs the quirky >music. Cheezus! Not THE Andrew McCrorie-Shand?? But it must be.... none other than the leader of Druid, the most pompous of progressive rock groups from the 70s! Their first album "Toward the Sun" from 1975 is one of the more blatant Yes rip-offs in existence, down to the pilfered songtitles and lyrics, not to mention the castrato vocalist. And Mr. McCrorie-Shand's Rick Wakeman-like synthesizer antics are another amusing highlight. Well, this only goes to show, as so many times before, that anything and anyone will sooner or later turn up on the list.... "Tales from Topographic Oceans" has been mentioned in the past, so why not Druid? What's next, Fruupp? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:29:11 -0700 From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson Subject: (exotica) greetings Hello, I'm new on the list. I'm Dave and I like many genres of music, including many of the personal definitions of "exotica" I've seen described here. I'm a stickler for categorizing my music library (each song) in many ways - year of release (or recording), songwriter, etc. I try and make an honest attempt at research, and I appreciate the reference books and resources I've seen mentioned here. So, I'll probably pop on once in a while with a question regarding the year of a song or an album - I hope no one gets too annoyed. Or I'll pop on with a comment. Those are sure to annoy. Thanks - Dave # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 98 12:35:51 -0800 From: brian@headspace.com (Brian Salter) Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection >> > >> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection, >> >exotica-wise? For me, it would be "Le Sacre du Savage" de Les Baxter, >> a 10" >> >LP. >> I also found this one, along with Tamboo, in my mom's discarded LPs out in the garage one day... but the album that takes the cake is 'Zodiac Cosmic Sounds' by Mort Garson. That one really made me wonder... ;) - -Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Salter brian@headspace.com / bsalter@slip.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:52:44 +0000 From: Ron Grandia Subject: Re: (exotica) Re:Parents record collection Magnus Sandberg wrote: > > >For all y'all: > > > >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection Hmmmm.... That would have to be Heintje, the singin'est little Dutch cherub ya ever did see. He was Dutch, but sang in German. It was mixed in with all those RCA red vinyl records of God-knows-what. That's as hip as it gets. Oooooooh! Wait! I'm having a flashback on a Nancy Sinatra Album... Probably my first encounter with cheesecake on an album. She's reclining in a that tight black and white striped outfit. Yeeeeessssss! How did that get mixed in with all the Perry Como albums? My clearest musical memories of the happy household was Sunday mornings listening to Hugo Schneider on KBAY's European music program. It was mostly German. My dad who lived throught the occupation of Holland called it "Singing along wih the enemy." The only song I can actually remember is "the Third Man Theme." Everything else is just a blur of oompah. Also, KFOG at the time was a "Beautiful Music" station, and I believe a lot of exotica standards were imprinted on my psyche from hours of having it in the background. KFOG's signature was the sound of a San Francisco fogorn, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAmmmp! with a loooong decaying echo. I love that sound. They still use it from time to time, but KFOG is now a pretty mediocre classic-rock station. Also, I was aware of the fact that KFOG in particular had a fantastic sound. It had a stereo presence that would keep me between the speakers for hours. Another memory is my mother LUNGING for the radio to turn off Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra. Both sent her into spastic fits of disgust. This bothered me because I truly LOVED the song "Something Stupid" by Frank and Nancy. At one time it was in regular rotation on either KBAY or KFOG. Hooboy! a flood of memories. Great thread! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 98 13:04:45 -0800 From: brian@headspace.com (Brian Salter) Subject: Re: (exotica) Sy Zentner > >That's the one with the piece of burlap on the cover, right? I passed it >up at the beginning of this journey because it was $15 and I thought the >price laughable. Later a collector of this stuff said I should have >grabbed it. I don't know but I haven't seen it since. The burlap was a >nice touch, have to admit. > I would say that if you're used to paying $10-15 for these kind of records, then Exotica Suite would be worth picking up... exciting music and a beautiful sounding recording. It would be a great album even without the burlap! (but some people don't like it on account of it's not being pure exotic Dennyism... it has a lot of driving big band arrangements mixed in, which I happen to like... and the arrangements and playing are top notch, IMO) Recently I DJ'd a wedding reception , and when I played 'Jungle Train' from this album, the newlyweds came out and had their first dance... now there's an endorsement for you! - -Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Salter brian@headspace.com / bsalter@slip.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 13:23:36 -0700 (PDT) From: chuck Subject: RE: (exotica) Parents record collection >> >What is the hippest record that you found in your parent's collection, exotica-wise? For me it was definitely Quiet Villiage by Martin Denny, but the coolest song was Blen Blen Blen with the great Miguelito Valdez on vocals for the Xavier Cughat Orchestra on some cracked in half record Big Band Greatest Hits, an RCA compilation. I always wondered if the crack hurt my stylus or needle as it was sometimes called. Special mention should go to Perez Prado- Maria Bonita! _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 13:33:07 +0000 From: Ron Grandia Subject: Re: (exotica) Parents record collection Chucke writes: > Special mention should go to Perez Prado- Maria Bonita! Aaaaaay-Yaaaaaay-Yaaaaaaay-YAIII!!!!!! (Hoooo!) Don't get me STARTED! The beginning of that song is PRICELESS. So's the picture of "PREZ" on the cover, with his head kinda resting on one hand all thoughtful-like. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 22:12:51 GMT From: lousmith@pipeline.com (Lou Smith) Subject: (exotica) fwd: Industrial designer Joshua Lippincott dies > NEW YORK, May 7 (AFP) - Industrial designer Joshua Gordon >Lippincott, known for creating the Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup >logos, has died, the New York Times reported Thursday. > Lippincott's grandson Jonathan told the daily his grandfather >died at the family's home in New Haven, Connecticut, at the age of >89. > An engineer by training, Lippincott also designed the 1947 >Tucker automobile known as the "Tucker Torpedo," of which only 46 >were produced. > Lippincott's soup can design was the inspiration for Andy Warhol >and the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:18:18 +0000 From: Ron Grandia Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Looking for Exotica Mp3's > http://www.nordicdms.com/CollectorsRecords/ It looks as though > they have seriously revamped the site. I'm interested in going back and > looking around, as I have not been there for a long time. In my haste to reply to Johan, I sent this URL without checking it out first. It still does not have the variety necessary to be truly useful. It had some worthwhile MP3's for download, though not anything to excited over. It is however an interesting concept: Buying music and receiving it via the internet. They also offer a portable MP3 player - Like a Walkman, but with no moving parts! The "Collectors Vinyl" area is a joke. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 16:29:41 -0500 (CDT) From: LABUSH@DELTA.IS.TCU.EDU Subject: (exotica) the most exotic record found in my parents' collection: I once found in my parents' record collection a Moog record called "Blues Current" that had all-Moog versions of blues standards . . . it had a giant electrical plug on the cover. Lisa labush@student.tcu.edu FemmeMiamMiam@yahoo.com http://delta.is.tcu.edu/~labush = Lisa's Metropical Laboratoire. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:53:10 -0700 (PDT) From: chuck Subject: (exotica) Re: Siesta Records Greetings to all Exotic Listers: Been out and worn out from the jazz fest & I finally took the time to listen to two great cds I purchased from a small independent company called Roundabout Records. p o box 76302 Washington DC 20013-6302 202/543-5465 The first cd was a various artist compilation on Siesta call Expresso. This cd nails the suave sophisticated easy listening sound that we seem to be drifting away from with the Now Sound . I can't recommend this Expresso cd enough, just about every song nails it. Way too cool ! I would like to know more about the Siesta artists and plan to buy some more. Is anyone familiar with Siesta arists Laila Amazon, La Buena Vida , Holiday, Minema, Moving Pictures, Loius Phillipe or the Red Sleeping Beauty Sountrack? The other cd I got was Music for Marshmellow Lovers on the Marina lable. This cd has remakes of Barbarella & kites by Free Design & I am a Kitten. The whole cd is great cutesy popsy easy lisenting Special thanks to whoever posted the Marina web site. The Marshmallow Lovers cd is just about the same songs and artists as is found on the Songs for the Jet Set cd on Siesta , What gives? The Siesta web site is at http://www.get.es/Siesta/enter/enter.htm Thanks for all the great postings that have been going on. Chuck _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:06:29 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) James Bond cars Just one hour ago I read that not BMW but VW buys Rolls Royce. To me that sounds like McDonalds running the "Chez Bocuse" or something... But I'm totally off exotica-road now... One of my paintings represents a Tiki-VW, all wooden with Tikis and Bones and carvings...I never understand why todays cars lack any sense of imagination. MO (in the BMW-capital Munich) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:06:48 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) tapes (SMYLONYLON) >>Coolerama. Wish I was able to actually READ your book. Guess I'd better brush up on my German.<< No need, it's mostly all pictures. The text, "art theory", is only in it to cheat the conceptionalists a bit. Also we will have English translations later. MO # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 16:36:00 -0600 From: "Steven Peterson" Subject: (exotica) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:29:43 -0500 Hello to all, My name is Steve Peterson. I'm new to the list. Exotica is what I'm into(Denny,Lyman, Baxter,ect). I hope I can benefit and be of benefit to the list. Thanks! Steve speterso@isoa.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:53:51 -1000 From: sfunk@pop.adn.com (Stephen Funk) Subject: (exotica) Baxter's "Tiki" on CD Just went home for lunch and double checked this, for anyone who's interested... I was in fact WRONG about "Tiki" being on "The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter" CD. The Martin Denny/Sy Zentner version of "Tiki" IS on "The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny" compilation. Always get those two confused... lots of the same tunes, differnet arrangements. I stand corrected, and so forth. - - Steve *** *** *** Steve Funk (sfunk@pop.adn.com) Anchorage, AK USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 20:15:57 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Parents record collection My folks didn't seem to acquire many records, so there's not a lot of competition, leaving a winner more or less by default... Joe Bushkin - "Nightsounds" (Capitol). With arrangments by Kenyon Hopkins. Joe plays piano. The odd thing is that this is a promo copy, and it doesn't just have the usual "For Promotional Use Only - Not For Sale" sticker on the cover. The label is yellow with black print, and along with the normal info, says (in fairly large type): "Sample Album for Radio-TV program use" Along with a smaller, "Not For Sale - Restricted To Promotional Use Only". Is this unusual? Did this record ever go into public release? Why is the sky blue? Switching channels here, no advice on mildew? Maybe you thought I was being wimpy about a little smell? No, I don't mind a *little* smell (heck, I like the smell of old books). But these specimens have real heavy-duty, room-filling, "knock you off your feet & bring a tear to your eye" odor! Not to mention the organic "texturing" on the covers. Is there a way to get it off without ruining the art? Anyway to cut the stench? Is there a cure? Please, before it takes over the whole building! Thanks. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 20:29:43 -0500 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Your record collection OK then, what (exotic) music from *your* collection have you turned your parents on to? Zamphir's early Romanian pan-flute releases worked for my folks, and Mickey Katz (it mystifies me how they hadn't heard him before). I couldn't tell them anything about Light Classics or Beautiful Music (or BM Radio, as we called it) 'cause that was what was on the radio 24/7. - --Lou # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 20:36:50 -0400 From: Mark Benton Reed Subject: (exotica) Record Collection Software Can anyone share what kind of software they use to catalog their cd/vinyl/8track and/or book collections? I'm getting ready to look for some, and I would like opinions. Many thanks! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:22:15 -0700 From: "Larson/Thomas" Subject: (exotica) Zorn To me, Zorn's work has always seemed "calculated" rather than inspired--like a dancer with years of lessons but no natural sense of rhythm or movement. Just my 2 cents. Sorry if I upset anyone. Jerry Larson # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of exotica-digest V2 #105 *****************************