From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #199 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 Sunday, August 30 1998 Volume 02 : Number 199 In This Digest: Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!) Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!) (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney (exotica) Claudine Longet (exotica) Re: Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers! (exotica) Bio Ritmo Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet RE: (exotica) Claudine Longet (exotica) This Week on The Retro Cocktail Hour (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? (exotica) auctions Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? Re: (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney (exotica) George Cates and Art/Hal Mooney (exotica) Roots Reminder (exotica) Hotel "Difficult-to-find" Easy compilations (exotica) Avengers movie Re: (exotica) Avengers movie (exotica) Roots Reminder (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 30 Re: (exotica) Roots Reminder (exotica) The Big Lebowski Re: (exotica) Avengers movie Re: (exotica) FM Weirdness Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski (exotica) Swap List Re: (exotica) The Moon of Manakoora Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski (exotica) Rapa Nui (the movie) (exotica) Annotated, extended Playlist Fantastica # 59 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:16:18 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!) In a message dated 98-08-28 09:45:49 EDT, you write: << From my e-mail? Cut and paste them. >> i don't think it works this way. if you go to "cd player" if find and open the one that says configuration settings you will see that here are special numbers and codes that link the titles with the cd (this assumes you have entered a cd and it's titles into CD Player. note that track one actually equals "0", and track 2 equals "1". does this help. 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: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:40:21 -0400 From: jmperl@juno.com (Jonathan M Perl) Subject: Re: (exotica) References for the nosy (like me!) Great site advice, Brian. I am a regular visitor to all the sites you mention, with the exception of cddb, which I will have to check out. I would add the following. Not all are brilliant now, but they are improving all the time: http://us.imdb.com/Search/soundtracks I have a bookmark right into the soundtrack search section of the internet movie database. http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category306/index.html Yes, it's the records section of ebay, the auction site which now has enough traffic for there to be some really interesting stuff there. Discovering this ruined my life! Also handy for finding actual snapshots of market value for things, as you can search completed auctions. http://www.lyrics.ch/ Reasonable selection of lyrics. Good for finding the lyrics of old standards, since a lot of Frank Sinatra compilations have been entered. http://www.dejanews.com/ The newsgroup archive. Handy for finding stuff for sale (a search for 'FS' AND what you are looking for will generally bring it up if it is there). rec.music.marketplace.vinyl is the key group. regards Jonny _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:40:13 -0700 (PDT) From: d th Subject: (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney Some stuff: Having seen pics of Hal and Art Mooney on record sleeves and covers, I can assure you that they are two diferent people. Art Mooney, bandleader, had a huge, huge hit in the 40's with "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover." Hal Mooney, arranger and producer, did extensive work at Rca and Mercury from the 40's-60's, and was married to Kay Starr, among others. Darren! _________________________________________________________ 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, 28 Aug 1998 09:40:44 -0700 From: Eb Subject: (exotica) Claudine Longet Someone emailed me this query, and I don't know the answer. Help? - --- I've been going crazy trying to find out which male artist did a duet with Claudine around 1972-73. I don't know the title, but the chorus is something like this: "How you make me quiver, How you make me smile, ?????????????????????? Guess I'm gonna stay here for awhile." That's all I know! As far as I know, this song isn't on any of her albums, rather it appears on the album done by the male artist she sang with. Any idea? (I'd be eternally grateful!) - --- Help? Eb Cuddle Up With Claudine: http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/longet/ # Need help using (or leaving) this 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, 28 Aug 1998 14:11:50 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers! >From: Lang Thompson >I saw this title listed in a mail-order catalog with no other info except >that it was in the soundtracks section. Does anybody know what it is? _someone_ (forgot to include the writer's name) on this list wrote: Sort of an Ennio Morricone tribute flavored with sinister spaghetti western instrumentals... it is NOT the soundtrack to "Duck You Sucker". Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:30:12 -0500 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Bio Ritmo Noticed the following in the racks today. Thumbs up/down anyone? Dig the Percussive Poolside Persuasion of ... Bio Ritmo: Rumba baby Rumba! (1998;Triloka) - -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: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:35:22 -0400 From: cheryl Subject: Re: (exotica) Claudine Longet Eb wrote: > > Someone emailed me this query, and I don't know the answer. Help? > --- > I've been going crazy trying to find out which male artist did a duet > with Claudine around 1972-73. I don't know the title, but the chorus is > something like this: > > "How you make me quiver, > How you make me smile, > ?????????????????????? > Guess I'm gonna stay here for awhile." If I'm not mistaken, the third and fourth lines were: "with all this love I have to give you I guess I'm going to stay with you a while" I remember this song, but I seem to believe it was done by a group called the Bells. It may have been called "Stay A While" - I 'm not 100% sure on that. I don't recall any Claudine Longet connection, unless she was in the group. It was a really breathy song, that stuck in the top-40 for a while. Now I'm really showing my age.... cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:11:28 -0500 From: "Indy Rutks" Subject: RE: (exotica) Claudine Longet cheryl wrote: > > Eb wrote: > > > > Someone emailed me this query, and I don't know the answer. Help? > > --- > > I've been going crazy trying to find out which male artist did a duet > > with Claudine around 1972-73. I don't know the title, but the chorus is > > something like this: > > > > "How you make me quiver, > > How you make me smile, > > ?????????????????????? > > Guess I'm gonna stay here for awhile." > > If I'm not mistaken, the third and fourth lines were: > "with all this love I have to give you > I guess I'm going to stay with you a while" > > I remember this song, but I seem to believe it was done by a group > called the Bells. It may have been called "Stay A While" - I 'm not > 100% sure on that. I don't recall any Claudine Longet connection, > unless she was in the group. It was a really breathy song, that stuck > in the top-40 for a while. Now I'm really showing my age.... Cheryl is correct! The song is "Stay Awhile" by The Bells. You can find it on the Rhino compilation "Have A Nice Day - Vol. 4". - -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:27:53 +0000 From: Darrell Brogdon Subject: (exotica) This Week on The Retro Cocktail Hour New show available in RealAudio at The Retro Cocktail Hour website, this week featuring jungle jazz by Les Baxter, Martin Denny and Ted Auletta, tunes by Mancini, Light and Esquivel, plus Mr. Bongo, crime jazz by Kenyon Hopkins and the Jankowski Singers' very Teutonic rendering of "Light My Fire". It's two hours of space age pop, with a new show added to the site every week. Requires RealPlayer 5.0 or G2 and at least a 28.8 Internet connection. Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html Enjoy! Darrell Brogdon Program Director KANU Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 dbrogdon@ukans.edu http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:19:42 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? Anybody care to give their pro's and con's of the CD Players listed at: http://www.cddb.com/downloads/index.html I am still on the quest to get a new program that can automatically load the tracks for me. Thanks, Robert # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:44:05 -0400 From: Mark Benton Reed Subject: Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > Anybody care to give their pro's and con's of the CD Players listed at: > > http://www.cddb.com/downloads/index.html I downloaded a shareware version of CATraxx. It works great as an inventory tool. The full version is $39, I think. I purchased book inventory software (CATbooks) from the same author. It is nothing short of fantastic. For $29 I have what I believe to be an almost perfect book inventory system (and I have a few thousand books). On the demo of CATraxx I tried the feature which imports data from cddb. In a matter of seconds the full track data on a cd is loaded. I do have some obscure cds it couldn't identify, though. This is a problem with cddb, not CATraxx. As soon as I get most of my books catalogued, I plan to buy the full version of CATraxx and start on my cds, lps, 45s, and 8-tracks. Mark Reed Phenix City, AL mbr@phenixcable.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: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:37:01 +0000 From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) auctions Auctions sort of give people an idea what the marketplace for used records is like. Of course, one of the problems is that in sealed bid auctions, you often aren't informed of what the winning bid was. However, you will know what the records won't cost: your losing bids. Jack Costanzo records seem to run at least $10 in auctions now. Julie London: $5 to $7.50 each (although Calendar Girl will set you back at least $15). You can't get Irving Fields Bagels and Bongos for less than $3.50. Sauter-Finnegan also seems popular...at least $7.50 an album. I was surprised. The only Esquivel record in the auction I got...$10. I would have expected to have a losing bid...but maybe with the CD out now, the demand for used LPs of his is less. Mancini records are quite plentiful, so $3.50 to $5.00 should get you a nice stereo version of most of his albums. The exception is the More Music from Peter Gunn album, which must be priced $7.50 for the stereo version (or higher). I haven't yet seen his rarer soundtrack albums at auction but wouldn't doubt that $10 would only be for starters. You can get some Xavier Cugat albums at $3.50. Enoch Light, Perez Prado, Kenyon Hopkins, Dick Schory...(you know the list) tends to be more like $5 each album according to my experience. Thought you'd be interested. Do you have any contrary information from your auction experiences? This is for auctions with reasonable minimum bids, not where the prices start at $15! Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:06:42 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? Thanks Mark, I have been working with Notify CD which is a free program this evening. I finally got it up and going. I will report to the list in a few days and let you know if it is a keeper. Robert In a message dated 98-08-28 22:48:44 EDT, you write: << Subj: Re: (exotica) So which CD Player do you like? Date: 98-08-28 22:48:44 EDT From: mbr@phenixcable.net (Mark Benton Reed) To: Rcbrooksod@aol.com, exotica@xmission.com Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > Anybody care to give their pro's and con's of the CD Players listed at: > > http://www.cddb.com/downloads/index.html I downloaded a shareware version of CATraxx. It works great as an inventory tool. The full version is $39, I think. I purchased book inventory software (CATbooks) from the same author. It is nothing short of fantastic. For $29 I have what I believe to be an almost perfect book inventory system (and I have a few thousand books). On the demo of CATraxx I tried the feature which imports data from cddb. In a matter of seconds the full track data on a cd is loaded. I do have some obscure cds it couldn't identify, though. This is a problem with cddb, not CATraxx. As soon as I get most of my books catalogued, I plan to buy the full version of CATraxx and start on my cds, lps, 45s, and 8-tracks. Mark Reed Phenix City, AL mbr@phenixcable.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: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:05:18 +0200 From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" Subject: Re: (exotica) Hal/Art Mooney d th wrote: > > Having seen pics of Hal and Art Mooney on record sleeves and covers, I > can assure you that they are two diferent people. > > Art Mooney, bandleader, had a huge, huge hit in the 40's with "I'm > Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover." > > Hal Mooney, arranger and producer, did extensive work at Rca and > Mercury from the 40's-60's, and was married to Kay Starr, among others. > > Darren! Thanks for the info. One other interesting fact about Hal Mooney (full name: Harold Mooney) is that he is the composer of the song "Swamp fire", which was recorded by Martin Denny, Enoch Light and Morton Gould. Marco # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 09:17:12 From: Brad Bigelow Subject: (exotica) George Cates and Art/Hal Mooney For more info on George Cates (of "Polynesian Percussion" fame), you can find his biography and discography at: http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/cates.htm To answer another question, Art and Hal Mooney are not the same person or even related. Hal was mainly a producer, arranger, and A&R man, working for Mercury in the 1950s and then for Time Records in the early 1960s. Hal produced some excellent space age pop records, particularly his "Ballet with a Beat," a collection of jazzed-up arrangements of classical ballet numbers on Mercury. Art was a small-time dance band leader who recorded a few albums for marginal labels--worth listening to for 50 cents, but not worth going out of your way to search for. Brad spaceagepop@earthlink.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: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:15:13 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Roots Reminder I sometimes like revisit sites to refresh my memory on all the things I forgot. Thought these items might be of interest. "Quiet Village," 1951 Music by Les Baxter Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica. Written by Les Baxter for his 1951 concept album, "The Ritual of the Savage," it became a Top 40 hit in 1959 when Martin Denny played it on his breakthrough album, "Exotica." From that point on, no self-respecting exotica artist could pass up the chance to record his interpretation of "Quiet Village." Denny's hit also benefited from the popularity of all things Hawaiian which surrounded Hawaii's becoming the 50th state in 1959. Which is a little odd, in my opinion, since it's not really the catchiest melody. I suspect it has as much to do with the aura of the exotica suggested by the name and theme of the song as any inherent musical quality. Recording "Quiet Village" is almost a rite of passage, something a musician had to do to qualify as a bona fide exotica artiste. Contrary to popular belief, there IS at least one vocal version of the song, by Don Ho, in an unforgettable medley with "Hawaii Five-O." "Moon of Manakoora," 1937 Words Frank Loesser Music Alfred Newman Having written the melody as part of the incidental music for Douglas Fairbanks Senior's early sound version of "Robinson Crusoe," Alfred Newman reused it as the theme for the film, "The Hurricane." Manakoora was tropical island on which the film took place. Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour played native lovers; Raymond Massey was the colonial governor who upset the natural balance of society--the climactic hurricane, one assumes, is the penalty for messing with nature, making this the first ecological adventure. A perfect melody for a romantic scene on the beach, with palm trees swaying in the background and the moon reflecting off the serene ocean. Not surprisingly, though--that was what Newman was writing for. (from: The Space Age Pop Standards Page - http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/index.htm) On a related note: I continue to be impressed with the Cate's album "Polynesian Percussion". The best cut in my humble opinion is Moon of Manakoora, which started me going thru my records and CD's to listen to the various other versions. The Baxter version is quite spectacular also and (true to my Denny-esque nature) Martin Denny's version is excellent to. I always find it interesting how in those days a dozen people would record the same tune and the public did not view it as "copy-cat". That is quite unlike today. Hope everybody is having a fun weekend. I got the tiki torches gassed up and am planning a "little luau" this evening. Any need to ask what kinda music I got planned? i didn't think so. 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: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:37:23 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Hotel "Difficult-to-find" Easy compilations Chuckwrote: "There are four Hotel Easy compilations, St Tropez, London, Rome & Paris. All are excellent examples of true easy listening and the cuts are well chosen obscure instrumental gems. I really recommend Hotel Easy." i have tried everywhere, but can't locate these, not even with UK mailorder companies (Esprit, Pastel...) anyone knows a (European) source? thanx! Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:32:40 +0100 From: Hugh Petfield Subject: (exotica) Avengers movie Any readers seen this film yet? If so, is it as bad as the reviews say? HP # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:20:52 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Avengers movie > Subject: (exotica) Avengers movie > > Any readers seen this film yet? If so, > is it as bad as the reviews say? A friend reports that while it wasn't great, it was not nearly as bad as the reviews claimed. But of course, it's all subjective. 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: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:36:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Roots Reminder At 01:15 PM 8/29/98 EDT, Robert wrote: >I sometimes like revisit sites to refresh my memory on all the things I >forgot. Thought these items might be of interest. >"Quiet Village," 1951 >Music by Les Baxter Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica. >Contrary to popular belief, there IS at least one vocal version of the song, >by Don Ho, in an unforgettable medley with "Hawaii Five-O." And there's another vocal version by Darla Hood (x-Little Rascals). - -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: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:40:13 -0400 From: cheryl Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, August 30 Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is 1 hour of full galactical wonder, and can be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada. Comments and questions welcome. Space Bop #13 - Loungin' Around Freddy Martin & His Orchestra: Bubbles In The Wine "TV Town(Ultra Lounge #13)" Cocktails, anyone? Dimitri From Paris: Une Very Stylish Fille "Sacre Bleu" Esquivel: Sentimental Journey "Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music" The CD that started this whole exotica obsession with us! Marty Gold: Caravan "Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 2" Because you can never have too many versions of this song! Billy Strange: Casino Royale "Secret Agent File" A little less spy and crime-jazz-like than the rest of the CD, but good nonetheless! Pascal Comelade: Le Grand Pianonaniste "L'Argot du Bruit" Pascal Comelade: Domisiladore "L'Argot du Bruit" Two fun tracks from the new Comelade CD - be warned, however, that while it is good, it is slightly more mainstream than his others, especially the two songs featuring PJ Harvey. The Ventures: Theme From "A Summer Place" "Hawaii Five-0" The Ventures at their mellowest. Arthur Lyman: Love Is Blue "Sonic Sixties" Lyman doing his version of this standard. Horst Wende: Sugarbush "Stop Look And Listen! Vol. 3" Not as overly accordion-like as some of his other stuff, this one's quite good (as is the whole album, which is a Polydor Germany compilation from the 60s) Si Zentner: Mr. Lucky "TV Town (Ultra Lounge #13)" The Clebanoff Strings: Quiet Village "Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 1" Another song that you just can't have too many versions of! The two CDs in this trilogy are a welcome addition to any exotica collection. The Three Suns: Jungle Drums "Movin' 'n' Groovin'" A Stereo Action album that makes full use of the technology - includes a great version of Caravan, which is also on the Exotic Trilogy. Martin Denny: Congo Train "Exotica 3" Because you can't really call it lounging around without including Martin Denny! Pyrolator: Die Hangebruckenbauer "Wunderland" Definite Denny influences here, interpreted by Pyrolator! Henry Mancini: Susan "Cocktail Mix: Soundtracks With A Twist" Perez Prado: My Roberta "Big Hits By Prado" The more I listen to this album, the more I prefer Prado's versions of the songs to others - especially his version of Patricia! Burt Bacharach: Stripping Really Isn't Sexy Is It? "Cocktail Mix: Soundtracks With A Twist" Al Hirt: Tabu "Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 2" cheryls@dsuper.net brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:16:52 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Roots Reminder << In a message dated 98-08-29 14:37:52 EDT, Lou wrote: << At 01:15 PM 8/29/98 EDT, Robert wrote: >I sometimes like revisit sites to refresh my memory on all the things I >forgot. Thought these items might be of interest. >"Quiet Village," 1951 >Music by Les Baxter Quiet Village" epitomizes exotica. >Contrary to popular belief, there IS at least one vocal version of the song, >by Don Ho, in an unforgettable medley with "Hawaii Five-O." And there's another vocal version by Darla Hood (x-Little Rascals). and there is some loungy Spanish (or mabye Italian) guy who sings the intro in his native tongue then sings Quiet Village in english. this can be found on the Exotic Trilogy Vol. 1. and by the by, has anyone reviewed Vol 2? where can it be had??? 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: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:27:36 -0400 From: Nat Kone Subject: (exotica) The Big Lebowski I rented "The Big Lebowski" the other night and I loved it. It also had a great soundtrack. I wouldn't buy the record but the music really worked in the film. In any case, there's a scene where Jeff Bridges' character visits this porn producer played by Ben Gazzara and there's definite "exotica" playing in the background. In fact it was a record I own but I couldn't remember what it was. It was really hard to read the music credits at the end but there was a Henry Mancini cut listed. That might have been it. It sounded like it could have been a cut from his exotica/Hawaiian record "The Versatile Henry Mancini", one of my faves but I don't know. Anyone help? Maybe someone who rented the film and has better eyes than me. Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:36:36 +0000 From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Avengers movie At 06:32 PM 8/29/98 +0100, Hugh wrote: >Any readers seen this film [The Avengers] yet? If so, >is it as bad as the reviews say? A friend of mine put out a "bad movie alert" to me, but it was too late. She suggested watching episodes from the colour Diana Rigg episodes instead. If you expect the movie to ever exceed the original Steed and Mrs. Peel, then don't go. While Uma Thurman is sexy in some ways, she is not the kind of sexy that Diana Rigg played Mrs. Peel as. I think, in general, the movie was just a bit too cold. I never felt the original TV series was cold, even when cold war was a common topic! There are many things in the movie to be thankful for: the continuance of certain traditions (dress, music, strange villains, melding of science and villainy, the characters, the wackiness and yet simultaneous danger of the situations). The movie could have been far worse. However, it could have been better. If Ralph Fiennes had been a tad more humorous and easy going, if Mother had been a bit more active and engaging, and if certain gratuitous special effects were not added (the blowing up of certain landmarks for no apparent reason), it would have been much more appreciated. I don't think Sean Connery could be faulted. In fact, if they had focused more on his ideosyncracies, it might have been a better movie...although it would have also been less "The Avengers." If you can see it without thinking about the original TV series too much, it should be a decent picture. I'd go back to see it just for Uma's outfits. That does not make it a good movie, but it makes it more than the utter trash some critics make it out to be. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program. Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 03:50:49 EDT From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) FM Weirdness In a message dated 8/24/98 3:53:37 PM, you wrote: < Subject: Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski Nat wrote: >I rented "The Big Lebowski" the other night and I loved it. >It also had a great soundtrack. >It was really hard to read the music credits at the end but there was a >Henry Mancini cut listed. I haven't seen the film, but I was in a record store and this wonderful track was played and I asked the assistant who it was they were playing. It was Henry Mancini, and I believe the title is "Lujon". I didn't hear it, but according to CD Universe's (glowing) review of the sountdtrack album, there's an Yma Sumac track in the film too, called "Ataypura". Nat/anyone, if you find out what Mancini album this track is on, please advise! Thanks. Hugh. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 12:07:38 +0000 From: the curator Subject: (exotica) Swap List Folks After doing a couple of successful swaps with members of the list i'm keen to carry on ... if anyone would like to see my swaplist of no longer neededalbums and CDs please mail me privately and we'll get the ball rolling ... friendly Sem Sinatra # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:45:05 -0500 From: mimim@texas.net (Mimi Mayer) Subject: Re: (exotica) The Moon of Manakoora Robert B's posting on "The Moon of Manakoora" send me racing to my LPs, where I discovered four versions of the song, all quite different. Exoticats with a taste for the tiki sound might search for these records. What other covers of "Moon" would anyone recommend? What do y'all think of these arrangements? Ferrante & Teicher w/ Orchestra, "Pianos in Paradise" (United Artists, mono, 3230). A later F&T release, it's heavy on strings with bits of the piano duo's signature flourishes and keyboard runs. Touches of steel guitar add an exotic flavor. Undistinguished. The Polynesians, "Beautiful Hawaii" (Crown stereo, CST 214). "Authentic" sound with vocals for those who like Hawaiian music performed by real Hawaiians. Mellow, slow tempoed, and lovely. Steel guitar leads with vibes embellishments and vocals. Ross, I think I recognize Gabby Pahinui's unique baritone here. Do you know this record? Were The Polynesians one of the front bands of the Pahinui brothers? Douglas Gamley and His Orchestra, from Record 3, entitled "South Sea Island Magic", Side 6, entitled "Pacific Panorama", a '68 Readers Digest release (stereo, RD4-67-3). Don't have the box so can't tell you the title of this multidisk set. Instrumental with bits of Polynesian percussion and bongos. Deeply romantic. Recommended. 50 Guitars of Tony Garrett, "50 Guitars Visit Hawaii" (Liberty/Premier stereo, LSS 14022). The best of the foursome, exotic percussion meets Latin tempos. Steel guitar lead shifts to the 50 Guitars sound. Slightly up tempo and way too brief for my taste. Give me more. LP art collectors, hunt for this record! Extravagant gatefold jacket with eyepopping hot hues on white and a diecut (!) sunburst on the front, plus wonderful period type, illustrations, and photos. The Lamour film "Hurricane" also recommended as surprisingly good. Will probably air because it's timely during North America's tropical storm season. Aloha, MimiM # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 10:58:15 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) The Big Lebowski Dear Nat, In a message dated 98-08-29 20:29:43 EDT, you write: << In any case, there's a scene where Jeff Bridges' character visits this porn producer played by Ben Gazzara and there's definite "exotica" playing in the background. >> and <> Well Nat, as to the former I cannot help. I usually don't rent movies that are about the porn industry, I just go straight to the source and rent the porn movies. As to the latter, come to Charleston and we'll talk. My optician has a great pair of Esquivel-esque glasses which I am sure can help. Which is better? One or Two? 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: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 11:41:24 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) Rapa Nui (the movie) "Rapa Nui" (1994) airs on TNT, Wednesday night, 11:00pm (eastern daylight time). Kevin Costner is a co-producer, which is a bit of a warning flag for me. Still, I recall it being discussed on here the other year by our absent Rapa Nui / Easter Island scholar, Tony Wilds, and I think he didn't hate it. There's an amusing review by Roger Ebert here: http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1994/09/943200.html Somehow, I can't imagine all of that toplessness will make it onto TNT intact. 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: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:12:33 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Annotated, extended Playlist Fantastica # 59 Fantastica runs on: * Radio Scorpio, FM 106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday 15-16 h. * Radio Centraal, FM 103.9, Antwerpen, Belgium, at irregular times in their "Night Machine". * at even more irregular times, on KKUD "bootleg radio", San Jose, CA, USA. Fantastica # 59 title: Countdown - identification: countdown 1. Velvet Fogg: "Telstar '69" o compil. "Instrumental Diamonds 3: Out Of This World" o CD, Sequel NEX CD 244, UK, 1992 | +++++ o info: The best one in this series of 3! "Telstar '69" is psych drenched in fuzz and flanging. 2. Jack Arel: "Strange galaxy" o album "Dance & Mood music de Jack Arel" (avec Jean Claude Petit & Pierre Dutour, compiled by the House Of Bamboo) o Double LP, Virgin 8 44025, UK, 1997 | ++++ o info: Late 60's early 70's production music from Chappell. Funky swinging EZ. One track ("Soft winds") sounds very close to Steely Dan going instro! The fourth side contains his ambitious "Four seasons" suite, which is prog EZ at its best, very symphonic, with elaborate arrangements, tempo and instrumentation changes galore, really impressing! 3. The Muppets: "Pigs in Space, the next generation" o home-recording "Muppets Tonight" o recorded from TV | not rated 4. Kamagurka, Eddy Wally, Herr Seele: "In het heelal (Wally in space) - edit" o album "When giants meet!" o LP, Telstar, Belgium, 1990 | +++ o info: Eddy Wally is Flanders King of the schlager, performing even in China! Kamagurka is one of the most cynic cartoonists of Belgium. They combined forces in a Star Trek spoof series on TV. The forthcoming LP was issued by Telstar, which is a Dutch label devoted to the high art of schlager music. It was also deleted very quickly, once Mister Wally realised what a fool he made out of himself. 5. Attileo Mineo: "Welcome to tomorrow" o album "Man In Space With Sounds!" o CD, Subliminal Sounds SUBXMCD-604, Sweden, 1997 + USA, 1998 | +++++ o info: Plenty of futuristic music has been recorded over the past decades - especially on the dawning of the space age - but how much of it is STILL futuristic? This concept album is, and think of it: it was recorded way back in the early 1950's, that's more than 40 years ago! This is the music that was used at the Seattle World's Fair of 1962. Its combination of moody string orchestrations, theatre organ (?) and weird out-of-this-world electronics is strikingly dark, spooky, mysterious and industrial, not exactly the kind of stuff you'd expect to hear at a popular fair... some people at that time might have thought of it as avant gardistic noise - or at least noisy - music ... It's also slightly in contrast with the bright future that was portrayed by the fair's attractions and described by the narrator (the CD contains the 2 complete different LP versions that were issued in 1962: one with, and another without the spoken comments; there's also a limited issue LP reissue on the Spannish Wah-Wah label, with better graphics and more informative liner notes - contact: wah-wah@mx3.redestb.es). Mastered from an original more or less mint LP copy, which is still far better than nothing, since this is an extremely rare LP! If you liked Russ Garcia's "Fantastica" album, then you defenitely should buy this CD! 6. Russ Garcia: "Monsters of Jupiter" o album "Fantastica - Music From Outer Space" o CD, Toshiba-EMI TOCP-8325, Japan, 1994 or 1996 | +++++ o info: Classic outer space electronics exotica reissued on CD. 7. Ken Nordine: "Outer space" o album "Son of Word Jazz" o LP, Mono Dot DLP3096, USA | +++++ o info: "Outer space" combines the genius of Nordine's Words with cool electronic noises in a conversation between a man and a Martian. 8. Leonard Nimoy: "Twinkle twinkle little earth" o album "Mr Spock presents music from outer space" o LP, Rediffusion stereo ZS 156, UK issue, 1973 | +++++ o info: Combination of groovy (instromental) versions of the "Star Trek" theme, "Music to watch SPACE girls by", and "Mission impossible"... with more embarrassing narrative material, like "Twinkle twinkle little earth". Exists on CD, see details in my "eXotica Releases Overview". 9. Spike Jones, featuring George Rock: "Captain of the spaceship" o single "Captain of the spaceship" o cassette copy of 7", RCA Little Nipper Series WY-472, USA, 1953 | ++++ o info: Georgie Rock flies around in his spaceship, and blasts space pirates out of this universe with his atomic guns. Very rare single, glad to have a cassette copy! 10. The Twisters: "Count down intro" o compil. "The Madness Invasion Volume 3" o LP, GMG Venus in Furs, France, 1988 | +++ o info: Wild and primitive 50's and 60's rock 'n roll. 11. Enoch Light: "Fly me to the moon" o album "Let's dance the bossa nova" o CDR copy of LP, Command RS 851-SD, USA | +++ o info: Not as good as "Big Band Bossa Nova", but it still has its nice moments. 12. The Jay-Hawks: "The creature (from outer space)" o compil. "The Madness Invasion Volume 3" o see above mention of this record for more details 13. Don Miller: "Missile monkey" o compil. "Bent, batty and 'bnoxious!" o LP, Torture 000-NO! (bootleg), USA, 198? | +++++ o info: Highly recommended, if you like stupid "Wavy Gravy" stuff. I actually think this is far better than "Wavy Gravy", much more "demented". 14. Radio theme: "X minus one" o compil. "Themes like old times" (90 genuine original program openings from the most famous radio shows...) o CD, Radio Yesteryear, USA, 1990 | +++++ o info: highly recommended! There's a lot of use of a Theatre organ on these themes compilation, many themes from mystery and adventure series. Contact: 15. Radio play: "Lost in time - montage" o home-recording "The Underground Culture Vulture" o cassette | not rated 16. Vincent Price + Bob Crewe: "Witchcraft, Magic & Barbarella MIX" o album "Witchcraft & Magic; An Adventure In Demonology" + "Barbarella" o Double LP, Capitol SWBB-342, USA + CDR, home recorded bootleg, USA, 1998 o info: "Witchcraft & Magic" is four sides of mysterious blabla about witches and their magic powers. About 5 interventions by hilarious cliche witches casting their spells while bent over their boiling "soup". A bit of electronics thrown in here and there for the spooky effect. 17. Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo: "Stella by starlight" o album "Moon gas" o CDR copy of LP, MGM E/SE 4110, USA, 196? | +++++ o info: Sampled by Tipsy. There are some truely strange and outer space organ sounds happening here! 18. Uri Geller + Sound Effects: "Velvet galaxy vibrations MIX" o album "Uri Geller" o LP, Polydor 2371 510 | ++++ o info: Just like Nimoy's "Mr Spock" LP, this one combines camp and cool. 19. The Tornados: "Earthy" o album "The EP collection" o CD, See For Miles 445, UK, 1996 + USA, 1997 | ++++ o Review: "http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/A/Tornadosepcollection.htm" o info: Corrected track list included in the review! 20. L. Ron Hubbard: "The Drone" o album "Space jazz" (the soundtrack of the book "Battlefield Earth") o LP, Applause 9000, USA, 1982 | +++ o info: Pompous, ridiculous, so-called futuristic music, all performed on the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument. Only 1 track is jazzy, by the way. 21. Jim Samuels: "Star Trek theme" o compil. "Star Trek comedy" o LP, Vince Emery Productions, USA, 198? | + 22. Jimmy Haskel: "Starlight" o album "Countdown" o CDR copy of LP, Imperial, USA | +++++ o info: Electronic space rock 'n roll, quite rare, and beautiful/funny/way out there! . This same CDr (sold by Jack D.) also contains "Barbarella"... 23. Buddy Morrow, featuring President Kennedy and astro-talk: "Men into space MIX" o album "Double Impact" o LP, RCA Victor LSP-2180stereo, USA, 1960 | ++++ o info: Excellent and big arrangements of 1959 and 1960 detective, SF, western, and adventure TV themes. With: Men into space; Hawaiian eye; Staccato's theme; The Deputy; Riverboat theme; Bourbon Street Beat; Bonanza; Twilight zone; San Francisco Blues; The untouchables; Markham Theme; International detective. 24. Angelo F. Lavagnino: "Space devils" o compil. "Erotica Italia" o CD, BMG/Arista 74321541932/Bistro LC 3484, UK, 1998 | ++++ o info: PROS: varied, 20 good to excellent tracks, lots of wordless vocals, 2 sitar tracks. CONS: no liner notes, no mentioning of the featured original soundtrack titles... boo! album ratings: +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk the radio pages + "eXotica Releases Overview" on my web site: Johan Dada Vis quiet@village.uunet.be # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of exotica-digest V2 #199 *****************************