From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #265 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 Monday, December 14 1998 Volume 02 : Number 265 In This Digest: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen avaliable on CD Re: (exotica) Phil Moore exotica!! (exotica) Good Day Thrifting Re: (exotica) Re: Heino sites (exotica) The Surfmen (exotica) Re:Moroders Moog (exotica) Philadelphia record stores (exotica) Re: Keith Mansfield's Carnaby Street (exotica) 3" CDs - A Reply from TDK (exotica) Re: Moroder (exotica) Lew Grade,Kenneth Houseman,Pradeep,John Addison obits (exotica) #11 ISSUE OF COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC MAGAZINE IS HERE!! (exotica) Sergio Mendes (exotica) Taping Tech Re: (exotica) Phil Moore exotica!! -Reply Re: (exotica) Good Day Thrifting/Carmen/etc... Re: (exotica) Sergio Mendes (exotica) RE: Taping Tech ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:08:30 EST From: SLarry3595@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) The Surfmen avaliable on CD One of the albums by the Surfmen is avaliable on CD from CD Universe. Larry # Need help using (or leaving) this 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, 13 Dec 1998 23:47:40 PST From: "Magnus Sandberg" Subject: Re: (exotica) Phil Moore exotica!! Phil Moore indeed is one of my great heroes! You have just found one of the most fantastic exotica LPs I know of, and I am very jealous... If anyone have a copy for sale or any other great Phil Moore LP I have excellent stuff for trade. I only have one LP with Phil Moore, also a real killer called "New York Sweet" (Mercury MG 20763) From the Liner Notes: "Horns honk, trains roar, boats whistle.. all these sounds of a teeming city are combined with sensitive orchestrations to bring you one man's Manhattan" The record begins with Phil talking to the listener from the Empire State Building, and then in music describing some of New Yorks buildings, parks, ferrys etc with lots of environmental sounds from the City. Its a brilliant jazz album, sometimes it's near to exotica and quite experimental for its day I should say. Released in the early 60s I think. And it has excellent sound, as the other Mercury albums I've got from this period. Phil Moore is also the man behind Leda Annests "Portrait of Leda" LP which I will let someone else describe since I havent heard the whole album. Only got one side that was a bonustrack on Les Baxters "The Passions" bootleg CD. For more titles visit the Space Age Pop standards page on composers. Congratulations! Magnus >> There is mention that Phil Moore wrote some production scores to Kismet and Panama Hattie... but not really any indication if he's done anything else. Any one have any info on this guy? If his other albums are as good as this one we've got a contender. >> ______________________________________________________ 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:29:56 EST From: Pearmania@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Good Day Thrifting I decided to visit an "antique" store in Laporte, Indiana that I hadn't been to in a year. This store has a lot of mostly forgettable records, but I did come away with a few gems: EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN BY THE VOICES OF WALTER SCHUMANN I have heard of this album but never came across anyone who actually owned a copy. Unfortunately, it skips in a few spots, but is overall, listenable. Paul Frees narrates the events of a rocket trip (in Captain's Log fashion) while Schumann's choir fills the background with mostly wordless vocals. Leith Stevens arranged and conducted the orchestra which sounds a bit like the soundtrack to 1950's epic sci-fi film with some Holst-like and Stravinskian moments -- at times bizarre, at times somewhat cliche'. As far as I can tell, there are no electronics or theremin on the album. The melodrama makes it an oddity, though. DROP DEAD -- AN EXERCISE IN HORROR BY ARCH OBOLER I expected this one to have some music on it, but it is all drama and dialogue. It's a bit like a radio show. Apparently, Oboler actually had a radio show in the 30's and 40's called "Lights Out" which was the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" of its time. It's an oddity, but I don't see listening to it very often. It's far more corny than Hitchcock (it features an imitation Peter Lorre voice on one track). The liner notes mention Oboler's latest film, One Plus One, allowing me to date it at about 1961. BLACK MASS LUCIFER BY MORT GARSON This is from 1975. It could be classified as a Moog record, but is probably a little too abstract and academically presented to be included in the lounge genre. It does have some chilling moments, though, which make the term 'academic' a bit unfair. It reminds me of a Moogy Nurse With Wound or of some of Throbbing Gristle's instrumental numbers. It has no vocals or chanting like you might expect from the title, but does have some percussion which help darken the overall mood. I left a couple of curious albums behind including one from the 70's called 'Space Age Fandangos' by a group called Carmen. I believe I recognized the bass player's name, John Glascock, as a Jethro-Tull alumnus. Instrumentation included castanets and flamenco guitar as well as mellotron and electric keyboards. If anyone can recommend this one, I might go back for it. Sean # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:43:05 +0100 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Heino sites > and screen sprayed all over with > >black-brown paint.... > > Why black-brown? > "...schwarz-braun ist die Haselnuss..." BTW: That Heino 60th birthday TV show was such an unbelievable idiotic embarrassing bullshit, that I became absolutely pessimistic for the future of this country. While on the other channel the FC Bayern Muenchen outclassed Bayer Leverkusen in a first division soccer match, an absurd ghost show of aged showstars celebrated Heino's birthday live from the Philipshalle in Duesseldorf - "only a few hundred meters from where he was born" - and all qualified for the list of lethal weirdness easily. It started real nice with a Heino ballet: The girls were all dressed in the obscure star's famous red dinner jacket, blond wig, sunglasses and performed a dance that was a mixture of aerobic and military drill. But as soon as "stars" like Eric Sylvester, Roger Wittaker or "Howie" Carpendale took over, I started becoming really nervous and wanted to bite pieces out of my carpet. A freaky terribly looking just recentely recovered from a bad heart attack Drafi Deutscher ghost was shown, but couldn't sing due to the state of his health. Heino-producer Ralf Bendix approached - incredibly fat, bald head, cowboy-outfit (lives in America) and recieved the "Golden Heino" award by Heino himself. And he was so MOVED. Ridiculous!!! The worst moment though- and I badly wanted to emigrate from Germany at that point- was when a group named "Zillertaler Sch=FCrzenj=E4ger" entere= d the podium. For all non-german residents: This band is supposed to be a "Volksmusikgruppe", in fact they are momentarily the best-selling band in Germany of all categories. Now, the title of the song of this folk-music-band from the lovely Zillertal was "Easy Rider auf dem Highway ins Paradies" (I believe you can easily translate that yourself) and the singer wore a Harley Davidson cap. AaaaaCH!!!! I'm seeking for cultural asylum now in a far away country and I hope someone takes me. Good night - I've had it 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:44:58 EST From: Pearmania@aol.com Subject: (exotica) The Surfmen On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 at 17:38:09 -0500 Nat Kone wrote, >Well I have two Surfmen records, both on Somerset, one the notorious "the >romantic lure of Exotic Island" - with the great cover of the half-naked >top half of a woman emerging from an orchid - and the other one "the >romantic lure of Hawaii" and I think they're pretty consistent and similar. I have both of these, too, and I must admit, I find the Exotic Island album much more interesting. The analogy to Stanley Black's Exotic Percussion seems right on. The Hawaii record has a much more standard Hawaiian sound. I'll pull it out and double check, but I don't remember as many birdcalls or eerie wordless vocals on the Hawaii record. Sean # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:01:09 -0000 From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Re:Moroders Moog As much as I hate to disagree with Nat the best Giorgio Moroder stuff has got to be from the 70's, but its not all synthesisers so be warned. He did most of Donna Summers 70's disco records and some are like 'I feel love', there are some standard disco songs, and some disco/rock'n'roll hybrids like I feel love. He also did the soundtrack for Midnight Express which has the mighty 'Chase' in it and some truly terrible rock ballads. I think Moroder was also one of the members of the 'Munich Music Machine', I was looking at it in a shop recently and recall seeing his name on the back. I think he did some production for Blondie or Debbie Harry in the early eighties too. I also suspect that this is the tip of the iceberg, I recall someone appealing to a lurker who had an in depth knowledge to come forward about this very subject during the summer. There was no response then either. I think it'll be a long search for you El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.sgillitt.dircon.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 08:28:40 From: Jay Schwartz Subject: (exotica) Philadelphia record stores To whomever was asking about worthy Philadelphia record stores for exotica, check out these 4 stores within a two block radius: Philadelphia Record Exchange, 5th Street below South Street Check out both stores that are a few storefronts apart (one is mostly rock, one is mostly jazz). Book Trader, 5th Street at South Street (NW corner) records are in the back Cue Records, 4th Street below South Street Find a few Free Design and other new reissues at Space Boy Records, also very close on South Street between 4th & 5th Sts. And you should also go to Ninth Street Books and Records in the Italian Market at 9th & Catherine Sts., which is a ten minute walk from the other area. # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:04:09 +0000 From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: (exotica) Re: Keith Mansfield's Carnaby Street An LP to showcase the swinging famous London street. Featuring original compositions from Keith Mansfield. Four superb tunes - instrumental pop classics with strong bass, big drums, tambourines and wordless vocals. A slightly different Young Scene is on the LP and something called Funky Fanfare is a re-working of a track from his This Is Keith Mansfield LP. Overall this is a very good LP - hammonds a plenty in exciting arrangements with top production. Keith Mansfield, Pete Moore, John Schroeder, Mark Wirtz all sit very well together. Does anybody on the list have any other Keith Mansfield works? Also got a Japanese LP at the weekend - Jerry Goldsmith's In Like Flint and Our Man Flint soundtracks on one LP - 1966ish. Not bad soundtracks but I'd have to give them a bigger listen to appreciate them properly. I also saw The Ipcress File has been reissued (bootlegged). Is there no end? Charles # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 08:36:41 -0500 From: Peter Risser Subject: (exotica) 3" CDs - A Reply from TDK Pretty basic, but at least they answered! === Many thanks for your e-mail concerning TDK CD-R media. We appreciate having this opportunity to correspond with you. Regrettably, our 18 and 21 minute, 80mm CD-R's were discontinued in 1996, and are therefore no longer available. Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us and for choosing TDK as a preferred brand of recording media. If we can be of some assistance in the future, please let us know. === So, if anyone happens to run across any of these in an out of the way record shop, I'd be curious as to how expensive they are. I'd sure like to try a few. See ya! Peter # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:46:26 +0100 From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) Re: Moroder http://www.i-breeze.com/ato/glist.html Looka here! Moroder's covers and record descriptions. Not all of them, but quite many! 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 11:11:35 -0600 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Lew Grade,Kenneth Houseman,Pradeep,John Addison obits *Lew Grade =20 see also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-grade.html =09 LONDON (AP) -- Lew Grade, the legendary, cigar-chomping entertainment tycoon who founded Britain's first commercially funded television company, died Sunday of heart failure two weeks after undergoing surgery. He was 91.= =20 Grade, whose projects included the TV series ``The Saint,'' and the movie ``On Golden Pond,'' gave up an early dancing career and started a small showbiz agency in 1934.=20 Twenty-one years later, he founded Associated Television, the first commercially funded channel launched in Britain to compete with the British Broadcasting Corp.=20 ATV dominated much of British popular television through the 50s, 60s and= 70s.=20 Grade, who was knighted in 1963 and given a life peerage in 1976, rode showbiz rapids for 70 years -- with a string of TV hits, some movie flops, fantastic deal-making skills, and memorable one-liners.=20 Born Louis Winogradsky on Christmas Day 1906 in Tokmak, Ukraine, he came to London at age six. His family became a showbiz dynasty -- one nephew heads Britain's Channel 4 and a brother ran a music and electronics business.=20 *Kenneth Houseman =09 GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Kenneth ``Chip'' Houseman, a wildlife cinematographer who made films on all seven continents, died in the crash of a Thai Airways jet Friday.=20 Houseman was killed when the Airbus A310-200 crashed in a swamp during a storm in Thailand.=20 Houseman's fiancee and technical assistant, Helen Gromme, was also killed in the crash, said Roy Houseman, the filmmaker's brother. They had lived in Jackson, Wyo.=20 Houseman, who grew up in Great Falls, had been filming an ABC documentary on gibbon monkeys. He and Ms. Gromme were flying to Bangkok, Thailand, to show their footage to a network producer.=20 In 18 years of making films, Houseman filmed polar bears in the Arctic, grizzly bears in Russia, tigers in India, chimpanzees in Africa and wolves in Alaska. Clients included the Public Broadcasting Service and National Geographic.=20 *Pradeep =09 NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Pradeep, a master of Hindi poetry and a favorite of Indian prime ministers and paupers alike, died Friday after suffering from acute bronchitis. He was 83.=20 Pradeep, who used only one name, was the favorite poet of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who this year conferred on him India's highest honor for lifetime contribution to cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.=20 Pradeep's Hindi ballad ``O my countrymen,'' written in response to the Chinese attack on India in 1962, brought tears to the eyes of the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, at a concert.=20 His soulful film lyrics, many sung by him, stirred the hearts of millions for decades and became classics. He wrote more than 1,500 songs.=20 Pradeep, born Ramchandra Narayanji Dwivedi, was influenced by the struggle of Indian revolutionaries against colonial British rule, and his lyrics were hugely popular patriotic numbers. Several angered the British colonialists.= =20 BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- John Addison, the composer best known for his Oscar- and Emmy-winning scores for movies and television, including the music to ``Tom Jones,'' has died at 78.=20 Addison died Monday after suffering a stroke at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, said James Goldstone, a family friend.=20 Addison spent five years on the faculty of the Royal College of Music in London, and his early compositions were primarily chamber works.=20 He began composing for the theater, movies and television in the 1950s, then won an Academy Award for his score of the 1963 movie ``Tom Jones'' and was nominated for another for ``Sleuth.''=20 He won a British Academy Award for the 1977 movie ``A Bridge Too Far'' and was nominated for another for ``Swashbuckler.'' He won his Emmy for the theme ``Murder, She Wrote.''=20 He also composed for London theater companies, including a score for Laurence Olivier's staging of ``Hamlet.''=20 He moved from California to Vermont with his wife, Pamela, eight years ago, and continued to compose chamber and symphonic pieces.=20 ``Bassoon Concertina'' premiered last summer in Manchester, England, and he had just completed a commissioned chamber piece several weeks ago.=20 Addison is survived by his wife, Pamela, a sister, two sons, one stepson, a daughter, a stepdaughter and six grandchildren.=20 Musical memorial services will be held later in Vermont and London, Goldstone said.=20 1990 The Phantom of the Opera [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1988 Shadow on the Sun [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1987 Bride of Boogedy [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1987 Strange Voices [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1986 Something in Common [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1986 Dead Man's Folly [TV] =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Agatha Christie's 'Dead Man's Folly' Composer (Music Score)= =A0=20 1985 Thirteen at Dinner [TV] =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner Composer (Music Score)= =A0=20 1985 Code Name: Emerald [TV] =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Emerald Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1984 Grace Quigley =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley [1985] Composer= (Music Score) =A0=20 1983 Ellis Island [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1983 Strange Invaders Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1982 Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1982 Eleanor: First Lady of the World [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1982 I Was a Mail Order Bride [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1981 Mistress of Paradise [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1980 Highpoint Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1979 Love's Savage Fury [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1979 Danger in the Skies =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Pilot (U.S. title) Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1979 Like Normal People [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1978 The Bastard [TV] =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka The Kent Chronicles Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1978 Black Beauty [anim] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1978 A Death in Canaan [TV] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1977 A Bridge Too Far Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1977 Joseph Andrews Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1976 The Seven Percent Solution Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1976 Swashbuckler =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Scarlet Buccaneer Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1976 Ride a Wild Pony =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Born to Run Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1975 Born to Run [TV] =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Ride a Wild Pony (U.S. title) Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1974 Dead Cert Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1974 Luther Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1972 Cry of the Penguins =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Mr. Forbush and the Penguins [1971] Composer (Music Score)= =A0=20 1972 Sleuth Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1970 Brotherly Love =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Country Dance [1969] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1970 Start the Revolution without Me Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1967 Smashing Time Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1967 The Honey Pot =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Anyone For Venice? =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka It Comes Up Murder =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Mr. Fox of Venice Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1966 Torn Curtain Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1966 Time Lost and Time Remembered =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka I Was Happy Here Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1966 The Uncle Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1966 A Fine Madness Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1965 The Loved One Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Moll Flanders Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1964 Girl with Green Eyes Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision =A0=20 1964 The Model Murder Case Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision =A0=20 1964 Guns at Batasi Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision =A0=20 1963 Tom Jones Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision =A0=20 1962 Go to Blazes Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Rebel with a Cause Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1961 His and Hers Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1961 A Taste of Honey Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision =A0=20 1960 School for Scoundrels Composer (Music Score) / Screenwriter =A0=20 1960 A French Mistress Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1960 The Entertainer Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1959 I Was Monty's Double =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken [1958] Musical= Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1959 Charlton-Brown of the F.O. =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Man in a Cocked Hat (U.S. title) Composer (Music Score) =A0= =20 1958 Three Men in a Boat Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1958 Lucky Jim Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1958 Look Back in Anger Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1958 All at Sea =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka Barnacle Bill [1957] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1957 The Shiralee Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1956 A Private's Progress Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1956 Reach for the Sky Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 The Cockleshell Heroes Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 That Lady Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 The Light Touch Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 Touch and Go Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 Josephine and Men Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 One Good Turn Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1955 Make Me an Offer Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1954 The End of the Road Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1954 The Black Knight Composer (Music Score)=20 1954 Paratrooper =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka The Red Beret [1953] Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1954 The Maggie =A0=A0=A0=A0 aka High and Dry (U.S. title) Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1953 Terror on a Train Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1953 Time Gentlemen Please? Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1953 The Man Between composer (Music Score)=20 1952 The Hour of Thirteen Composer (Music Score) / Musical Direction/Supervision =A0=20 1952 Brandy for the Parson Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1951 The Light Touch Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1951 High Treason Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1951 Pool of London Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1950 Seven Days to Noon Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 1948 The Guinea Pig Composer (Music Score) =A0=20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 11:12:01 -0600 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) #11 ISSUE OF COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC MAGAZINE IS HERE!! Here's the latest Press Release from Dana Countryman, publisher of C&S!M. - -Lou THE #11 ISSUE OF COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC MAGAZINE IS HERE!! IT'S TRULY OUR BIGGEST ISSUE EVER! Starting with this new issue, we've gone FULL-SIZE!=20 Yes, we're abandoned our small format (half-legal) and increased the size of the magazine to the traditional size (Time Magazine equivalent size.) At 56 pages, it's beautifully offset-printed, with a cool color cover, lots of high-quality photos, great articles, tons of new wacky and weird CD reviews and it's more fun than ever! The new issue features: =95 A cover story/exclusive interview with DAVIE ALLAN, written by diehard collector and fan, Seth Wimpfheimer. Seth interviews Mr. Allan, and delves deeply into the behind the scenes recording sessions of the pioneer Surf/Fuzz guitar god. =95 A look at the grooviest music the Big Bands ever pumped out, with Brad Bigelow's BIG BANDS GO GROOVY article. Yes, after the Swing Era peaked, many old-time bandleaders got hip and led their musicians of the '60s through some of the coolest (and strangest) covers of '60s pop songs. Read all about which ones are the greatest to hunt for. =95 A feature article about THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, one of pop music's= quirkiest and most charming duos. Writer Rich Wilhelm interviews GIANT John Linnell and discusses TMBG's career and future projects. =95 A tour though some of the coolest and strangest record stores in= Missouri, in Timothy Friend's KANSAS CITY RECORD STORE REPORT.=20 =95 Writer David Greenberger interviews GEORGE LOWE, the voice of Cartoon Planet's SPACE GHOST - COAST TO COAST. We find out about Mr. Lowe's background and insight into his wacky voice-over character in this fun interview. =95 A short look at three of the oddest records of the '60s, in Ed Kaz' ED= KAZ KOLUMN. Ed takes us through a short detour of his personal collection to point out a few of the odder ones! =95 Our Centerfold is a spread of some of the coolest JACK DAVIS LP COVERS ever created, courtesy of the Ross Hartsough collection. Just a small but cool sampling of this great Mad Magazine illustrator's voluminous body of LP cover art. =95 A short piece of the music (yes, I said MUSIC) of EVEL KNEIVEL. Probably one of the strangest cash-in LPs ever recorded, the stunt driver never sings a word on the LP that Alan Patterson describes! =95 Speaking of bizarre records, Lara 7 tells all about one of the most FLIPPED OUT CHILDREN'S RECORDS OF ALL TIME. Created by Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson, "Dance to the Music" encouraged children back in the '70s to explore astral projection and other experimental concepts, bordering on the edge of going too far! Read all about this strange, strange record. =95 Right in keeping with the holidays, Wilhelm Murg discusses some of the strangest Christmas records ever in RECORDS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE. 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Magazine 1101 Colby Ave. Everett, WA USA 98201 ******************************************** Hey, take a look at our Web Site at=20 There are lots of fun LP covers to download, lots of cool links to other great related websites, scads more info about the magazine, and even reviews of the mag by other magazines! # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:32:29 -0500 From: Peter Risser Subject: (exotica) Sergio Mendes I got this "Greatest Hits" album and it pretty much blows. Mais Que Nada is good, but the rest are pretty much stinkers. I do remember someone on this list saying that he had one or two good albums. Can anyone recommend any? Because I sort of like the style, just not the song choices. Peter # Need help using (or leaving) this 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:52:32 -0500 From: Ross Orr Subject: (exotica) Taping Tech First, I am going to apologize to people who were already bored with this geeky topic when I brought it up last year. . . just delete this. Michele said: >I recorded my Iron >Maiden albums on the SA's and man, did it sound bad - it was like listening to >the AM radio. Gotta use SAX for vinyl. And Mo asked: >Does anybody possibly know what the "accubias"-modulation really does? I >never understood what it is and what it does to the sound. It's a little hard to say anything reliable about the "sound" of different tapes, because there is such a huge variability between people's tape *decks.* The heads can get magnetized or dirty, the bias settings can be off. . . 0dB on the meter may be miscalibrated. . . the tape head can be positioned weirdly. . . (e.g., I once got a tape from Brad which sounded really murky on my deck--until I stuffed a wad of paper under the cassette, to shift the tape upwards slightly. Then it was fine!) "Bias" is an inaudible ultrasonic signal sent to the record head, which modifies how the tape records treble sounds. The idea is that the bias level needs to be matched to the magnetic properties of the tape formula, so that a natural-sounding treble level is recorded. All decks have a switch to make the coarse adjustment between "Normal" and "High Bias" tapes--but some have a fine adjustment knob as well. You just compare the source and playback by listening, until the tape no longer sounds brighter or duller than the source. But if this setting is way off, it has MUCH more of an effect on the sound than any difference between tape brands. Basically a "better" tape has a very slightly extended treble response, and a slightly lower hiss floor--and if you care about any of that, even the cheapest Metal tape beats all all other kinds hands down. But when recording from old records, jeez, is a little hiss and treble roll-off really a bad thing? I've been very happy taping my records onto cheap old TDK Ds. . . The most scientific comparison of cassette tapes I have seen was in the June 1993 issue of _Audio_ magazine. This was based on actual measurements, where all the brands of tapes were tested using the same carefully prepared Nakamichi deck. The reviewer weighted all the different factors according to his perception of their audibility, to give a composite ranking--but all the raw measurements were published as well. (I wish _Audio_ would repeat this sometime, rating today's tapes.) The most interesting finding was that there was substantial overlap in ranking between the Normal (Type I) and the High Bias (Type II) tapes. So for example TDK DS-X, Sony ES-1, and Maxell XLI normal tapes all ranked about the same as many mid-level chrome tapes. I quote: " . . .If you peruse the Tables, you'll find that many Type I tapes have better upper-midrange/lower-treble MOLs and SOLs [two measurements of saturation level] than the the typical Type II tape. This suggests that for a lot of music, you should record at a *higher* level on a good Type I tape than on a Type II. . . . " So I know this may shock you, but a lot of the difference between the profusion of different "grades" of tape appears to be pure marketeering. . . no bias here, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:28:59 -0500 From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Phil Moore exotica!! -Reply All this talk about Phil Moore amazes me.=20 Then again, I didn't really rave over Stanley Black's "Exotic Percussion" = but I now love that album. Looks like I'll have to spin that Phil Moore exotica stuff one more time - = It's "not bad" but certainly nothing to compare with the Surfmen or Denny = and "that bunch." - - Nate # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:37:42 -0500 From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Good Day Thrifting/Carmen/etc... >I left a couple of curious albums behind including one from the 70's called >'Space Age Fandangos' by a group called Carmen. I have Carmen - "Fandangos In Space" (ABC, 1974). It's an interesting specimen from that wacky era. Prog rock with a bit of glam and a big flamenco influence. A more interesting listen than a lot of prog rock, but if you're allergic to that sort of thing, you are warned. The flamenco dance segments are certainly unique. I can just imagine the studio engineers debating what mics would be best for recording foot stomps. Carmen was managed by Bowie's outfit, MainMan (album produced by Tony Visconti) and made an appearance on Bowie's legendary "Midnight Special" TV episode (the one that included Bowie and Marianne Faithfull (in a nun's habit, or was that Bowie) dueting on "I Got You Babe"). Mo, don't feel too wounded by the Heino TV special. We've got plenty here that makes one want to pull one's own head off. Since the thread is still hanging around, I'll note a preference for Maxell XLII-S. For me they're richer and smoother sounding than the plain XLII tapes, which I find to be kind of inconsistent in response. I *think* the "S" line uses thicker tape too. They're heavier when mailed, anyway. I wound up going to Maxell years ago, 'cause they were the only ones that didn't jam on me. For any of you who are into odd bric-a-brac, the index page of my site is currently illustrated with a weird ceramic Santa that family memories date to somewhere around the late 1940s. Brand-name on the bottom is "Kreiss". 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:36:07 -0600 From: grinderman@juno.com (Jeffery Hess) Subject: Re: (exotica) Sergio Mendes Peter Risser writes: >I do remember someone on this list saying that he had one or two good >albums. Equinox is excellent. My favorite tune is "Chove Shuva (Constant Rain)" Jeff ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html 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: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:03:07 -0500 From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG" Subject: (exotica) RE: Taping Tech > no bias here, > > > --Ross > Thank you, Ross, for bringing some sanity to the subject. From the engineering perspective, bias adjustment and head adjustment are indeed the two *most* important aspects of analog recording, next to clean heads, hands down. Any of you engineers out there that have the bias-adjustable Tascam decks our there know *how* different the bias can be among the big three tapemakers. I am also 'biased' toward normal (type I) tape. I have been swearing by the Maxell XL-1 for years. Does anyone remember the TDK OD and AD normal bias tapes? Boy, I sure wish they would bring those back, they were the best! Have I just dated myself? The other way of fixing bad recordings to tape is with equalizers. I am surprized that nobody on the list seems interested in these marvelous tools. The purists say they add noise and distort the timbre of what the artist/producer wanted to present. I say baloney, I can use EQ to compensate for bias inaccuracies during recording and playback *and* make those lousy $100 speakers sound listenable. Enoch Light used normal bias 35mm mag stock. He's my MAN! surfing the chaos, Charlieman # Need help using (or leaving) this 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 #265 *****************************