From: exotica-owner@xmission.com To: exotica-digest@xmission.com Subject: exotica Digest V2 #9 Reply-To: exotica@xmission.com Errors-To: exotica-owner@xmission.com Precedence: exotica Digest Monday, 8 July 1996 Volume 02 : Number 009 In this issue: KFJC-FM LIve on The Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KFJC-FM LIve on The Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vacation Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Re: Lounge madness Ryko's Exotica releases Re: Ryko's Exotica releases "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Re: New Question Re: DUHHHHHHHHHH! Spy Jazz Recent Scores Re: Spy Jazz Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Re: Spy Jazz Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Re: Spy Jazz Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the exotica or exotica-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Diamond Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 19:53:38 +0000 Subject: KFJC-FM LIve on The Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello all, Lovers of strange and exotic music. Psychedelic and noise, hard core, throat core, all kinds of Reggae. Garage, Surf, Lounge, Outer Space, Techno, Blues, Hip Hop, Bluegrass, Alternative Country, Girl Pop, Power Pop, Big ol' Giant Footstompin Guitars!!!!, International Esquivel, SEX, Ping Pong Percussion, Bongo Instruction, Charles Manson, Anton La Vey, Jack Kerouac, Beatniks New is stuff we've never heard and mannn...we've heard it all;)))) Please go to http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc This is the web site for KFJC-FM This is the web site for where I do a radio show Sundays 9AM-12Noon. It is a _super eclectic_ radio station as we are non-commercial, free form college community (San Francisco bay area, CA USA - Los Altos Hills, CA USA to be exact. I promise you a full $$ refund if this doesn't blow your ever lovin' mind~!@#$& On the main page there are pointers/links to our; a) Survey... So the "big wigs" at KFJC can decide whether it's worth it to have us Live on the Web LIVE Radio on the internet. Some of the show's that _might_ make it there are; Phil Dirt's Surf's Up/Phil's Garage, Robert Emmett and his Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show, Jack Diamond's House of Games, Spliff Skankin''s Jah's Music and more!!!!!!! If we do this YOU can hear everything that the powers that be at KFJC decide what they want the world to hear. In other words WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE WORLD!!!!!!! And that's alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me, I'm the dj ;) But only if YOU go there and say yes to our survey. Comprende' Senor and Senorita's ? ;)) Also on our Main Page is our b) Music Database where YOU can type in a keyword and have the entrire KFJC music Libraray kick back everything it has. BUT you have to go there to do that. http://www.cygnus.com/kfjc Then we would never leave you out in the cold without c) DJ playlists and reviews of music added to the KFJC Libraries on a weekly basis You can also see my web page ***Where Nothing Here is For Sale*** and see close to 70 album cover scans and my 1940's and 50's Hawaiin print shirts (not for sale), Esquivel Interview, Cool Links page, etc etc So go there right now !!!!!!!!! ;) and send me some mail from there too ;-)> All seriousness aside ;) and Most sincerely, Jack Diamond ------------------------------ From: GEEK4VINYL@aol.com Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 23:55:06 -0400 Subject: KFJC-FM LIve on The Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friends... I lived in the Santa Clara Valley for quite some time and dialed into KFJC regularly. It is a really great station and deserves to be heard!!! Jack Diamond's outstanding and informative program has helped me so much in learning all about this great music. You'll love it! I now live in San Francisco. Although Los Altos is only about 35 miles from here, I can no longer pick up the station. :( It would be a real treat if the * big wigs * at KFJC would turn us all onto the House of Games. I urge you to visit Jack's page and fill out the survey! Dig? ------------------------------ From: "Lazlo Nibble" Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 06:19:53 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Vacation I'm going to be out of town for a few days. If you try to post to the list and your messages don't get through, it may be because you're not subscribed to the list from the exact same address you're posting from. Ordinarily I just pass these messages on to the list by hand but since I won't be here... Sorry for any inconvenience over the next few days. - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ------------------------------ From: eric Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 12:23:12 -0800 Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) there are only two vinal peter thomas you can get in the usa, one is chariots of the gods (great) the other is uncle toms cabin ( so so.) eric ------------------------------ From: Sevo Stille Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 00:50:03 +0200 Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) Sevo Stille wrote: > > --- Forwarded mail from exotica@xmission.com > > Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:50:13 -0400 > To: exotica@xmission.com > From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) > Subject: Re: Peter Thomas (The New Astronautic Sound) > Reply-To: exotica@xmission.com > > Why Peter Thomas is unknown outside of Germany (and Austria and > Switzerland) is a shame, as he is the equal of a Morricone, Barry, > Goldsmith, etc. Besides his film and television scores, he produced much > production music and a number of EZ Listening albums. Besides the 2 CD's > listed above, there is one more collection from Polygram Germany that > features more of the latter. Folks in North America can try to track down > his soundtrack to "Chariots of the Gods?" Probably the biggest problem in popularizing Peter Thomas is the obscurity of most of his recordings - he was by no means a recording star. Apart from the current re-releases and samplers, the only recording I own where he was fully credited on the album front is the Raumpatrouille O.S.T. On most records, he seems to be only listed in the fine print as composer, band leader or producer, which, along with his rather common name makes compiling a discography rather a futile task - I still do not even know for sure whether the "P. Thomas" credited as composer on the Waikikis (a German Hawaii-exploitation band) "Hawaii Tattoo" is THE Peter Thomas or just a namesake. Peter Thomas oddball for today: There is a live recording of Cauby Peixoto and Leny Evensong ("Um drink com Cauby e Leny", hot records L.P.H. 5003) from Brazil, where "Peter Thomas e seu conjunto" are credited as the band for the B side. 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: "Laura Taylor" Date: 4 Jul 1996 11:53:05 -0400 Subject: Re: Lounge madness RE>Lounge madness 7/4/96 I've tried to reply before, but the message was kicked back, so I posted again...but, yeah, I'll trade you an enzo plus other bad lounge singer tape for one of the passions! Let's get started! Let me know how you want to proceed... lounge laura laura@wusf.usf.edu - -------------------------------------- Date: 7/4/96 11:50 AM To: Laura Taylor From: STEFAN KERY Dear Laura, the only release I know of is The Passions 10" box with Les Baxter. I have a M copy myself and it's totally incredible. One song from that was on the Incredibly Strange comps. the whole 10" was also booted for one of those "limited edition 1000 copies CDs". I collect odd and rare lounge vocal/instrumental records from all over the world and would be very keen on hearing Enzo Di Terrizi, never heard him before. Maybe we could trade tapes? I'm compiling a CD compilation of this kind of stuff. All the best Stefan ------------------------------ From: Ottotemp@aol.com Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 13:37:19 -0400 Subject: Ryko's Exotica releases David, The list of future releases and qualified writers for the liner notes ( Brother Cleve, Jerry Casale, et al. ) is very impressive indeed! In addition to having the Tiki News crew do the Arthur Lyman releases you may want to consider these unsung west coast neo-Exotica heroes Byron Werner Coined the phrase Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. Bought his first Lyman record when he was a kid back in 1972 for $.10 Essentially is responsible for the Esquivel revival (though he denies it) as he turned Matt Groening, Mark Mothersbaugh, and I believe Irwin Chusid on to the E-man (as Byron calls him) 818/362-5881 15778 Cobalt, Sylmar, CA 91342 Skip Heller Musicologist, writer, musician currently involved with Yma Sumac band. He is the guy who is wholely responsible for bringing Les Baxter back into the public spotlight. EVERY Les interview by a current young writer can be traced back to Skip. He just finished Les liner notes for Scamp. 213/661-4345 Senor Amor (& Joey Sehee) radio and club dj. Co-host of long running "Molotov Cocktail Hour" and of the Wonderful World of Joey Show. Seor has worked on Livin Lounge for Criterium and penned liners for a Capitol release which escapes me at the moment 213/733-3852 Steve & Strike Co-promoters of Exoticon '95. These guys are no babes in the woods. Strike has been doing a once a year Exotica show on KALX Berkeley for 10 years and is currently writing liner notes for ?? (I forget) He also works at Record Surplus - the best used record store on the planet. Steve owns his own reocrd store and is producing Rhinos Crime Jazz compilation. 213/667-2528 ------------------------------ From: bcleve@tiac.net (Brother Cleve) Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 21:56:55 -0400 Subject: Re: Ryko's Exotica releases >Byron Werner >Essentially is responsible for the Esquivel revival ...... and I believe >Irwin Chusid on to >the E-man (as Byron calls him) He did in fact turn Irwin on to both the E-man and Raymond Scott (both Byron and soul singer/record fanatic Barrence Whitfield discovered Scott 78's almost simutaneously in different parts of the country, and sent tapes of the music to Irwin, an old pal of both). cheers, cleve ------------------------------ From: james b gerwitz Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 20:17:20 -0700 Subject: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Spotted a small Esquivel pic on the cover of this mag (next to Mr. = Murder Ballad Nick Cave), above the subheader "Easy Listening and Lounge = Revival Special." Within were some short but interesting interviews with the usual = suspects, Byron Werner, J. Lanza, Irwin C., plus some longer ones = (including brief discographies & lots of photos) with Esquivel, Denny = and Ravin' Ray Conniff, who explains the genesis of his sound, and why = "Do The Bop" is a collector's item. =20 Definitely worth the $3, if its still on the stands. Also, this mag = includes the first print ad I've seen for Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic = Dance Party, tho I have allowed my Tiger Beat subscription to expire, so = may have missed it there. ------------------------------ From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik Engstroem) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 10:39:49 +0100 Subject: Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 The first mention of Nick Cave on this list I assume: >Spotted a small Esquivel pic on the cover of this mag (next to Mr. Murder >Ballad Nick Cave), It may please you to know that Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds have recorded a track with no other than Scott Walker. The result, "To have and to hold", will be on the soundtrack for "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". All from issue 24 of the Melody Maker. Henrik =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Henrik Engstr=F6m - - - - - - - - - Elegans Promotion - ----------------------------------------------------------- Swing! Email: elegans@algonet.se Address: Regementsgatan 20 S-211 42 Malm=F6 phone: +46 (0)40 798 58 SWEDEN ------------------------------ From: xander@SIRIUS.COM Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 12:43:30 -0700 Subject: Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 >It may please you to know that Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds have >recorded a track with no other than Scott Walker. The result, "To have and >to hold", will be on the soundtrack for "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". I seem to remember this film and soundtrack coming out several years ago. Most likely in '89? - I remember seeing adverts for it at some point while I was living in Germany (a land where Nick is a God). An Aussie affair, I think. Maybe Nick played in it? And some of his cronies did the soundtrack? Alexander ------------------------------ From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 96 17:46:39 EDT Subject: Re: New Question Michael, I just picked up the Coyle and Sharpe CD ON THE LOOSE and am now rabid for anything else. Are there any other CDs? I know Mel Sharpe did a few solo albums for Rhino, are those still in print? Eagerly awaiting MIRACLES, Patrick ------------------------------ From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 96 00:36:04 EDT Subject: Re: DUHHHHHHHHHH! >I just picked up the Coyle and Sharpe CD ON THE LOOSE and am now >rabid for anything else. Are there any other CDs? I know Mel >Sharpe did a few solo albums for Rhino, are those still in print? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hey there everybody, I really apologize, I seen it happ'n before but I never thought that *I* would actually ever do it myself! I was sending a message out to someone and sent it to the whole dang list. What the heck! Does any body else have any info on Coyle and Sharpe? Their ON THE LOOSE CD is FANTASTIC. New Frontier era guerilla comedy! ------------------------------ From: Dlsmay@aol.com Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 03:12:40 -0400 Subject: Spy Jazz My article on SPY JAZZ was just published in the LA slick-cover zine SCRAM (distributed through Tower Records, so you should be able to find it. Look for an exotic, veiled women on the cover). It includes Jack Diamond's 20 Favorite Crime Jazz albums (or at least his top 20 when he wrote me on the subject last year), and my ruminations about discovering this wonderful corner of instrumental pop and such genius composers and arrangers as: Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Pete Rugolo, Kenyon Hopkins, Leith Stevens, Lalo Schifrin and Quincy Jones. The mag also has an excellent overview of The Zombies (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING!), Bubbblegum Rock, and a truly clever fake-history of Rodent Rock (like, The Chipmunks and The Nutty Squirrels). My article is followed by a gruesomely gripping dissertation on Mortuary Cosmetics: Wound Filler, Bruise Bleach, Maggott Repellent, and most poignantly, Infant Finishing Powder. Check it out. ------------------------------ From: Dlsmay@aol.com Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 03:13:42 -0400 Subject: Recent Scores I've had some dazzling new scores recently, and thought I'd share with the list. THE AVENGERS - Starlog/Varese Sarabande, Soundtrack Series Vol. III, music composed and conducted by Laurie Johnson. Has the original Theme, and "The New Avengers - Main Title" (the 70s revival with Joanna Lumley of Ab-Fab fame), several cues from individual episodes ("The Joker" being the best) and a whole side of Johnson's early 80s work on THE PROFESSIONALS. The latter is in the same sub-SHAFT vein as "Starsky and Hutch." In other words, lots of wah-wah peddle. And that's a good thing. WARREN BARKER IS IN - Warner Bros. Warren composed a number of the cooler cuts on the indispensible 77 SUNSET STRIP soundtrack. Here he devotes almost an entire side to the cocoa bean: "Cappucino" "Cafe Espresso" and "Black Coffee." SON OF A GUNN - Shelly Manne and his Men Play More Music from Peter Gunn. Fascinating jazz re-interpetations of Mancini's themes, done by the original players. Here's the jacket description of one cut: "In 'Blue Steel' the walking bass figure in the original is retained but the Manne version is less menacing more moody, The marimba, whidh Feldman also played on Shely's first Peter Gunn album helps create an unusual setting." Less menacing, more moody - - got that? HELL TO ETERNITY - Leith Stevens on Warwick Records. I picked this up because Leith did the immortal JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF THE WILD ONE, and because the personnel looked promising: Shelly Manne (again) on drums, Plas Johnson on tenor Sax, Pete Condoli, Ted Nash - the usual L.A. session-jazz stalwarts. Mancini's Men. Though this is the soundtrack for a WWII flick, the score is pure 1960. Dig the titles, Daddio: "Hey, Honey, Go! Go!" "Three Quarts" "Here, Chick Chick Chick" Hey that's a promising topic for the list - the coolest titles for instrumentals. Most of my favs are from the Spy Jazz category. A few samples: "Blues for Beatniks" - John Barry from BEAT GIRL; "Blues for a Dead Chick" from BURKE'S LAW; "Goofin' at the Coffeehouse" - Mancini, 'natch; "Greenwich Village Rumble" - Elmer Bernstein, from STACCATO; "Black Rebel's Ride" - Leith Stevens, from the aforementioned JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF THE WILD THING; "Moonlight on Skid Row" - Fred Katz. Of course, the all-time champs in this category are probably Harry Partch and Charles Mingus... ------------------------------ From: "kevin king" Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 13:10:16 -0500 Subject: Re: Spy Jazz > My article on SPY JAZZ was just published in the LA slick-cover zine SCRAM > (distributed through Tower Records, so you should be able to find > it. Would that be available on the East coast? I've never seen SCRAM. The Spy Jazz site now has low-fi cover scans and more sounds. Check it out at - http://www.radix.net/~xanadu/spyjazz/spyjazz.html kevin ------------------------------ From: elegans@algonet.se (Henrik Engstroem) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 19:48:39 +0100 Subject: Re: "Seconds" Magazine #37, Spring 96 Hm, I should brush up on my English. I missed a slight part of the article. It's a forthcoming movie by the same director. And yes, Nick did act in "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". I stand corrected. Henrik >>It may please you to know that Nick Cave and some of the Bad Seeds have >>recorded a track with no other than Scott Walker. The result, "To have and >>to hold", will be on the soundtrack for "Ghosts of the Civil Dead". > >I seem to remember this film and soundtrack coming out several years ago. >Most likely in '89? - I remember seeing adverts for it at some point while >I was living in Germany (a land where Nick is a God). An Aussie affair, I >think. Maybe Nick played in it? And some of his cronies did the >soundtrack? > >Alexander ------------------------------ From: Sassyodd@aol.com Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 23:50:37 -0400 Subject: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Hi all, I'm fairly new to the mailing list and this is the first time I have written. I just started collecting lounge/exotica and noticed and picked up quite a few Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66/'77 albums and 8-tracks. Is anyone else out there into these folks? They can really kick. Anyway, i'm looking for any current info on this band, are they still around, etc. please let me know. Tim (sassy odd@aol.com) ------------------------------ From: Joe Marchi Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 00:26:00 -0700 Subject: Re: Spy Jazz Do you have an address for SCRAM magazine or any info on obtaining a copy? At 03:12 AM 7/7/96 -0400, you wrote: >My article on SPY JAZZ was just published in the LA slick-cover zine SCRAM >(distributed through Tower Records, so you should be able to find it. Look >for an exotic, veiled women on the cover). It includes Jack Diamond's 20 >Favorite Crime Jazz albums (or at least his top 20 when he wrote me on the >subject last year), and my ruminations about discovering this wonderful >corner of instrumental pop and such genius composers and arrangers as: Henry >Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Pete Rugolo, Kenyon Hopkins, Leith Stevens, Lalo >Schifrin and Quincy Jones. The mag also has an excellent overview of The >Zombies (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING!), Bubbblegum Rock, and a truly clever >fake-history of Rodent Rock (like, The Chipmunks and The Nutty Squirrels). > My article is followed by a gruesomely gripping dissertation on Mortuary >Cosmetics: Wound Filler, Bruise Bleach, Maggott Repellent, and most >poignantly, Infant Finishing Powder. Check it out. > > - --------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------- looselip@crl.com Check out my web page at http://www.crl.com/~looselip for information on Independent Music, Cable Descramblers, and the infamous Group 42 CD ROM!!! ------------------------------ From: "kevin king" Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 04:37:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 > Hi all, I'm fairly new to the mailing list and this is the first time I have > written. I just started collecting lounge/exotica and noticed and picked up > quite a few Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66/'77 albums and 8-tracks. Is anyone > else out there into these folks? Yes! I get the sense they're kind of looked down upon (like Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream) just because they're so common, but I just love three of their early LP's - the first, Equinox and Look Around. Some of the hippest swinger grooves around imo. Lovely vocals and infectious rhythmic pop arrangements. Easy listening's version of ABBA? There's a Sergio Mendes site somewhere on the web - don't have the URL but I think the owner is on this list. And by the way, there's a version of Batacuda on Towa Tei's Future Listening that's killer! kevin king xanadu@radix.net http://www.radix.net/~xanadu ------------------------------ From: lroberts@oacis.com (Laurence Roberts RD) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 08:56:48 -0700 Subject: Re: Spy Jazz Scram's address: PO Box 461626 Hollywood, CA 90046-1626 The cover price is $4, but by mail you should probably send $5. Larry-bob lroberts@oacis.com ------------------------------ From: AMcCon@aol.com Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:27:15 -0400 Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 In light of this recent thread on Sergio and his posse, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me which Brasil '66 album includes the song "Chelsea Morning," and has it been released on CD? Thanks. Arn AMcCon@aol.com ------------------------------ From: jpmckay@cyborganic.net (Paul McKay) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:27:41 -0500 Subject: Re: Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Yep, some of us are VERY into this group. In fact I rank Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 as one of my favorite musical groups of all time (though I'm really not terribly fond of some of the later incarnations). Sergio is still performing in his native Brazil both solo and with members of his various bands. There is a very short biography of Sergio and a complete discography (courtesy of Steve Sidoruk) on the Sergio page at my web site (http://www.cyborganic.net/People/jpmckay/sergio.html). I myself tend to prefer the earlier recordings such as "Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66" Ciao, Paul jpmckay@cyborganic.net Visit Swank-O-Rama: New, Improved and MOVED http://www.cyborganic.net/People/jpmckay ------------------------------ End of exotica Digest V2 #9 *************************** To subscribe to exotica Digest, send the command: subscribe exotica-digest in the body of a message to "majordomo@xmission.com". If you want to subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then append that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-exotica": subscribe exotica-digest local-exotica@your.domain.net A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace all instances of "exotica-digest" in the commands above with "exotica". Back issues are available for anonymous FTP from ftp.xmission.com, in pub/lists/exotica/archive. 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