From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #1073 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 Friday, November 23 2001 Volume 02 : Number 1073 In This Digest: (exotica) Re: JUNGLE DRUMS the Lecuona tune Re: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones. 1997 on Pavilion. Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones Re: (exotica) Re: Georgie Fame Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones, NOW, its... Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries (exotica) Georgie Fame/Tijuana Brass/BVOD/BasicHip (exotica) Jungle Drums (exotica) Moondog (exotica) Marlene Dietrich Re: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries (exotica) Guy Warren Re: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries (exotica) [obit] Jerry Jerome Re: (exotica) Georgie Fame/Tijuana Brass/BVOD/BasicHip Re: (exotica) Guy Warren Re: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries (exotica) VERY EARLY exotica / JUNGLE DRUMS (exotica) Re: Georgie Fame Re: (exotica) Re: Georgie Fame (exotica) More gorgeous Georgie Re: (exotica) au Go Go (wasGeorgie Fame/Tijuana Brass/BVOD/BasicHip) Re: (exotica) VERY EARLY exotica / JUNGLE DRUMS (exotica) Axolotl-Sounds (exotica) Andre Williams and Va Va Voom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 07:28:27 -0800 From: Paul Penna Subject: (exotica) Re: JUNGLE DRUMS the Lecuona tune chuck wrote: >There's a great early version of the song sung by an extremely >young Dinah Shore with the Xavier Cugat Orchestra. Cugat first >recorded this in the late 1920's and Dina sang the words to her >wonderful version dated late twenties or early thirties. You can >pick this up on a cd entitled something like Xavier Cugat with Dina >Shore or Cugat the Early Years. Wrong decade - Dinah Shore's "Jungle Drums" with Cugat was recorded in October 1939 (she would have only been 12 years old in 1929!). Cugat's first record contract, with RCA, started in 1933. The dates I've seen given for the song itself are 1929 and 1933. Possibly the former is for the composition or publishing of the original Lecuona tune, and the latter for the version with English lyrics by Carmen Lombardo and Charles O'Flynn. No word as to who penned the "ooohh ooohhs" in the Stanley Black version. # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:52:48 -0500 From: "M.Ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones. 1997 on Pavilion. >Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones. 1997 on Pavilion. > >Has this been mentioned on the list before? An A to Z with articles >(reprinted linear notes?) by the likes of Irwin Chusid and R.J. Smith. Is that the one that swiped said liner notes without permission or payment and was sued off the shelves? I remember that incident being discussed, if not exactly which book it was. M.Ace mace@ookworld.com http://ookworld.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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:06:24 EST From: Stilgloria@aol.com Subject: Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones In a message dated 11/21/01 5:39:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk writes: << The only record I have of his is a single of 'Yeah, Yeah' from some time in the mid sixties. >> He also had a hit with The BAllad of Bonnie and Clyde Gloria # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:07:16 EST From: Stilgloria@aol.com Subject: Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones In a message dated 11/21/01 5:39:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk writes: << exotica@xmission.com >> BTW, speaking of Georgie Fame, have you heard the CD he did with Van Morrison. It's fantastic. Gloria # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:12:17 +0100 From: Ton =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCckert?= Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Georgie Fame >> Georgie Fame >> In the seventies he did some duets with Alan Price (of Animals infamy)= and >> had a hit with 'The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde' as I recall. And a duet hit with 'Rosetta'... (... "are you betta, are you well,=20 well, well," I had a hit with it too, almost, but that's a whole=20 different story with little relevance to this list and it's not of=20 your business anyway). There are guest appearances of Georgie Fame on two tracks of "BIG", the third album by the Dutch ensemble "New Cool Collective": on 'Miss Bitch'=20 and on 'You can have her'. And there's an instrumental version of Yeh=20 Yeh on their second album "MORE soul jazz latin flavours nineties vibes". Recommended. Cheers, Ton *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***=20 *** Ton R=FCckert Mozartstraat 12 5914RB Venlo The Netherlands *** *** mojoto@plex.nl http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto 31/0 773545386 *** ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ http://www.members.tripod.com/king8egg/exoticaring.html ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~=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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:39:10 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones, NOW, its... >He also had a hit with The BAllad of Bonnie and Clyde Which, in my opinion is not him at his best. I prefer the "Yeh, Yeh" era for Fame. There is a "20 Beat Classics" CD that seems to have a good selection of Fame's stuff from that era, but does not include my favorite track of his, which is "Telegram". If you like Fame, you may also like the "Graham Bond ORGANisation", which featured the 2/3 of Cream that wasn't Eric Clapton. Their first two albums, "The Sound of '65" and "There's a Bond Between Us" (I am very proud to say that I actually have "There's..." on LP) are on a double CD for the first time in years and the original albums go for big bucks nowadays, so now is a good time to take advantage of this. "Spanish Blues" by them is actually a little...oh, um, exotic and features Bond playing organ and alto sax simultaneously! Well, I still haven't talked about my San Francisco finds, so I will talk about my Citrus Heights, CA finds (just outside of Sacramento). At The Thrift Store (that is the name, folks!), I found: Passports to Pleasure - Raoul Meynard. What I have heard, I liked! Dancing on the Continent - Lester Lanin. The LP was open, but the perforated plastic sleeve has not been, so the record is mint. Is it worth opening? The Soupy Sales Show - Beat up like no one's business, but still tracks. Musical people on the record were Neal Hefti and Jimmie Haskell! Sure enough, it has the delightfully demented theme song of his. The comedy is geared for kids, though. Themes for African Drums - Guy Warren (Kofi Ghanaba). WHAAA!? Here I was in an area of the country that was not the most ethnically diverse and THIS popped up. What I have heard I have liked here, too. Too bad this hasn't been reissued. Volunteered Slavery - Roland Kirk. WHAAA!? Here I was in an area of the country that was not the most ethnically diverse and THIS popped up. What I have heard I have liked here, too. Total cost, $5.60. Not a bad day at all. Sorry that I haven't been too detailed in my posts, I have been in the process of moving. WHAAA!? Here I was..., Brian Phillips # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:58:38 -0000 From: "Charles Moseley" Subject: Re: Georgie Fame was: (exotica) Easy! The Lexicon of Lounge, by Dylan Jones Georgie Fame's Get Away LP is fantastic - very black soul by a white boy that falls into the mod/hammond/cheap soul genre. Music Talk is the standout track. A great record, with paisley all over it! Charlie >Georgie Fame is a British based Piano/Organ player. He became famous in the >60's, I can't remember who he was playing with, on the Soho R'n'B scene. >The only record I have of his is a single of 'Yeah, Yeah' from some time in >the mid sixties. But I think he had bigger hits at the time, he was >certainly a familiar enough name to me at the time. > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:17:36 From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries >Themes for African Drums - Guy Warren (Kofi Ghanaba). WHAAA!? Here I was >in an area of the country that was not the most ethnically diverse and THIS >popped up. I often wonder at this phenomenon. Just when I think I can almost psychically intuite the selection of records before stepping foot inside a given thrift store, I come across some anomalous ethnic head-scratcher. Like that stash o' 60's Brazilian Bossa-Nova LP's (on Brazilian labels, moreover) in a Lubbock antiques store, or, in a San Antonio flea market, 3 different sealed boogaloo LP's (Pete Terrace, Kent Gomez, Louie Rey) on MIO, Pete Terrace's tiny NYC-based Latin label. Or, most of all, Blowfly's x-rated party rap LP in a church(!) thrift store in the heart of Lancaster County, PA. I had to muster all of my courage to lay out my $0.25 for that one, lest the kindly old church lady running the 60's-era cash register take an extra-long glance at it, and subject me to her damning scrutiny accordingly (praying later for my salvation). To my vast relief, she took no especial notice. Happy Fangs-giving to everyone, Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:22:06 -0800 From: DJ Marco Subject: (exotica) Georgie Fame/Tijuana Brass/BVOD/BasicHip Hello all: I'm new to the list but I'm glad I joined! These are great subjects everybody's bringing up. I'm more partial to groovier, funkier late 60s-early 70s sounds, not so much into vegas lounge (except Dino, my wife's favorite) or hawaiian exotica proper, though my vinyl unearthings touch on that pretty frequently, and I do dig some of it. Need more clarification? Peep my club playlists at http://www.thestepgods.com/honeymachine/ Multiple responses to multiple postings: > The name Georgie Fame sounds really familiar.. Thanks to the other posters for some background on Mr. Fame. I've got his '66(?) GET AWAY LP and among some laidback numbers and midtempo soul stuff, he absolutely wails on the Hammond on the great raw dance tracks "El Bandito" & "Last Night," the latter of which I've played at my DJ nights. Speaking of which, I hope nobody considers my earlier HONEY MACHINE club posting to be spam 'cos I think any Exotica listmembers in NC would dig the sounds. Come on out! It's free! > "The Tijuana Brass Sound" show What? No Guadalajara Kings? I picked up a Liberty 45 by 'em the other week (can't remember the song title) and it's got that great TB sound, but with a crisper, more danceable (to me) go-go beat. Nice. And how about The American Patrol? It's a pretty good James Last record on Warner Bros. (got for a buck, again last week!) whose liner notes are all about defending American music from south of the border invaders! But what do you get in the grooves? You guessed it: Tijuana Brass ripoffs! I highly recommend James Last's other LPs "Hair" (superfunky w/ psychedelic phased-out horn sections) & "Voodoo Party" (again superfunky, with more bongos than a Mongo Santamaria boxset). > Basic Hip: Adventurers Wow this was a great time to join the list. An LP I've been searching out for awhile, and now I've got it burned to CD w/ the cover, too! Thank you! I didn't realize that Bjork sampled one of the tracks for her "Human Behavior." Now I do. African Lament is downloading now... > Beyond the Valley of the Dolls THANK YOU whoever posted the alert about the lbx version of one of my top 5 films of all time on AMC last week. I read the posting just as the first showing was wrapping up so I set my VCR for the 4am showing and now I've got a lbx copy. Awesome. I actually met stars Cynthia Myers & Edy Williams at a convention a couple of years back and had them sign my BVOD poster. Both were VERY nice, though Edy was kinda spacy...! > Tony Scott: Music for Yoga (or something like that) I just saw this when I picked up a Gabor Szabo LP but I passed on it. After someone's post about it, I'm now hoping it's still at the store! Yeah, I dig that "psychedelic California lounge" sound, too. Gerald Wilson Orchestra has some great songs in that vein. Check out his "California Soul" LP. Best Szabo LPs: "Light My Fire" w/ Bob Thiele and "Sky and Diamonds" (or something like that, again) w/ the California Dreamers. The latter is a little hokey, but there are some nice moments. Both feature sitar in the background. Hey, anybody familiar w/ the Les & Larry Elgart LP, "..au Go Go"? I just got it on a whim and it's some pretty cool '66 era Austin Powers-style mod big band stuff. Did they put out any other LPs in a similar vein? Also, how about The Big Game Hunters? They have an AMAZING song "See the Cheetah" that I found on a UNI 45 recently: jazzy feel w/ a midtempo gogo beat, bongos, sexy flute, and great female vocals ("See the Cheetah, bayyybay. He looks so groooovy!"). Anybody have their background or info on other releases? I don't post to lists very often, mostly lurk, but this is a great list with great folks. Maybe I'll change my ways! - -Mark - ----------------- DJ Marco http://www.thestepgods.com/djmarco/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 02:10:20 +0800 From: "Jonny Perl" Subject: (exotica) Jungle Drums > anyone knows great VOCAL versions of Lecuonas exotica classic JUNGLE DRUMS ? As far as vocal versions of this song, the only one I've ever heard have used its spanish title - 'Carabali'. It's actually a little disappointing though. But it's on a great Caterina Valente LP, 'Com Edmundo Ros', aka 'Fire and Frenzy'. The album is also notable for an astoundingly brilliant vocal 'miserlou' with a pulsating cha cha rhythm tacked on. There's a soundsample for this on my site at: http://www.musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=398 I think my favorite ever version of Jungle drums is the wonderfully atmospheric Xavier Cugat version on 'Viva Cugat'. hope everyone is doing well, jonny Currently really enjoying: Milt Jackson and Big Brass - 'For someone I love' from 1963 - really super cool wailing jazz instrumentals with vibes - sounds like a cross between Mancini and those Angelo Badalamenti soundtracks to David Lynch movies. - -- recommend songs at www.musicaltaste.com ____________________________________________________ Talk More, Pay Less with Net2Phone Direct(R), up to 1500 minutes free! http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?143 Powered by Outblaze # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:37:16 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Pearman Subject: (exotica) Moondog Last weekend, I posted about an LP by Kenny Graham and His Satellites called "Moondog and Suncat Suites". To celebrate my recent upgrade to high-speed connectivity and to show my appreciation for similar gestures by Basic Hip and others, I have uploaded the LP in its entirety at: http://www.suzukied.org/moondogsuncat.html Enjoy, Sean _____________________________________________________________ Enjoy the hip cats and magical martinis at the world's most famous martini bar, Chatini! http://www.chatini.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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:45:19 -0800 From: "JamesBGerwitz" Subject: (exotica) Marlene Dietrich > I downloaded a little film excerpt from an early Marlene Dietrich > movie, it should be early 20s, but I'm not sure. It has amazingly >wild jungle drums, heavy ritualistic type of pagan exotica jazz, >tropical tribal stage deco and hula gogo dancers. This is the notorious "Hot Voodoo" number from the movie "Blonde Venus" (1932), directed by Josef von Sternberg. >>>> Or could it have been this week's Britney Spears special on HBO? Maybe Dietrich's entrance inspired Don Martin's "National Gorilla Suit Day" cartoon in Mad Magazine? No video clip, but you can listen to Marlene's Hot Voodoo here: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/blondven/blondven.html Reminds me of Irving Berlin's Monkey-Doodle-Doo number from the Marx Brothers' 1929 film version of their stage play The Cocoanuts. The IMDB credits Hot Voodoo composer Ralph Rainger with songs in the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business(1931) and Horse Feathers (1932). See Dietrich model the latest in cabaret exotica loungewear, she and her group looking like the 30's Version of the Jacksons: http://www.thing.de/shift/Tamtam1.htm Speaking of cabaret, a restored 2-disc special edition of The Blue Angel comes out on Region 1 DVD 11/27. junglejim # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:49:39 -0500 From: "David Hoffman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries Just when I think I can almost >psychically intuite the selection of records before stepping foot inside a >given thrift store, I come across some anomalous ethnic head-scratcher. >Like that stash o' 60's Brazilian Bossa-Nova LP's (on Brazilian labels, >moreover) in a Lubbock antiques store, or, in a San Antonio flea market, 3 >different sealed boogaloo LP's (Pete Terrace, Kent Gomez, Louie Rey) on >MIO, >Pete Terrace's tiny NYC-based Latin label. Once got 60 salsa records from the 1970s in Hopewell, VA--Willie Colon, Johnny Pacheco, Roberto Torres, etc. Price was marked $1 each--but when the lady saw me looking through the stack, she came over and said she sell them at .25 each. So much for intuition. I've abandoned that approach. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:55:51 -0500 From: "David Hoffman" Subject: (exotica) Guy Warren >Themes for African Drums - Guy Warren (Kofi Ghanaba). WHAAA!? Here I was >in an area of the country that was not the most ethnically diverse and THIS >popped up. What I have heard I have liked here, too. Too bad this hasn't >been reissued. From what I've read, this is a "real" (whatever that means) collectible, Warren's US releases described in one source [World Music--The Rough Guide] as "legendary recordings now worth their weight in gold". And musically satisfying, as well. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:03:00 -0500 From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries At 05:17 PM 11/21/01, Daniel Shiman wrote: > >>Themes for African Drums - Guy Warren (Kofi Ghanaba). WHAAA!? Here I was >>in an area of the country that was not the most ethnically diverse and THIS >>popped up. > >I often wonder at this phenomenon. Just when I think I can almost >psychically intuite the selection of records before stepping foot inside a >given thrift store, I come across some anomalous ethnic head-scratcher. >Like that stash o' 60's Brazilian Bossa-Nova LP's (on Brazilian labels, >moreover) in a Lubbock antiques store, I can sort of understand your surprise. I experience it myself. But my surprise is usually not about ethnicity but about "hipness". That Guy Warren Africa record wasn't made for African Americans, I don't think. It wasn't African Americans who wanted a record that promoted the image of the noble savage. I don't think. As far as your Bossa Nova surprises, I think there are always rational explanations for all such things. It wasn't Aliens. Somebody bought those records. It's as simple as that. Maybe they were presents someone bought for their friend because they thought their friend was especially hip. Usually when I find these surprising records, they're in good shape, suggesting to me that whoever ended up with them didn't play them much. AZ # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:07:51 -0500 From: Subject: (exotica) [obit] Jerry Jerome November 21, 2001 Jerry Jerome, Tenor Saxophonist of Big Band Era and Beyond, Dies at 89 SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 20 — Jerry Jerome, a tenor saxophone player who was a featured soloist with the Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Red Norvo and Artie Shaw orchestras in the Big Band era, died at his home here on Saturday. He was 89. Mr. Jerome later became a successful musical director and conductor on radio and television and established a music business, scoring and arranging commercial jingles, including "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should." Mr. Jerome, who lived in Sarasota since the mid-1970's, was the resident host of the city's annual jazz festival. He was playing until recently at festivals and at local clubs and was scheduled to perform on Dec. 10 for the Charlotte County Jazz Society. He also continued to record. Three years ago Arbors Records released a CD, "Something Old, Something New," with tunes recorded at recent sessions as well as songs from years ago with stars like Teddy Wilson, Bob Haggart and Bobby Hackett. The CD's sequel, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue," is scheduled for release in December. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Jerome started playing the saxophone while in high school in Plainfield, N.J. He attended college and medical school at the University of Alabama. In 1936 he toured the country with the bandleader Harry Reser and his Clicquot Club Eskimos. He moved on to Miller's original orchestra and then to the Norvo band. He joined the Benny Goodman orchestra at the height of its popularity, in 1938. When Goodman broke up his band in 1940, Mr. Jerome joined the Artie Shaw group. While with Shaw he appeared in the film "Second Chorus" with Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith. Mr. Jerome is survived by his wife, Elaine; four sons, Al, Bill, Jim and Jerry; a stepson, David Frankel; two daughters, Joanne Kelvin and Barbara Mazzei; two sisters, Dorothy Kahn and Elsie Abeles; a brother, Irv; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22jerry+jerome%22 http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B1zrj28gc053a # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:14:28 -0500 From: azed@pathcom.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Georgie Fame/Tijuana Brass/BVOD/BasicHip At 12:22 PM 11/21/01 -0800, DJ Marco wrote: > >Hey, anybody familiar w/ the Les & Larry Elgart LP, "..au Go Go"? I just got >it on a whim and it's some pretty cool '66 era Austin Powers-style mod big >band stuff. Did they put out any other LPs in a similar vein? > Welcome Marco. I think it's time you take a trip back into the exotica archive. That Les and Larry record has been discussed extensively, especially by me, as the quintessential Now Sound record. Lately I've decided that Les and Larry deserve to be elevated into the pantheon, the canon, whatever you want to call it. I used to think they were just also-rans and that record you referred to was just an anomaly. But I've changed my mind. And that change came when I heard their "Nashville Country Sound" record and especially their version of the Band tune "Rag Mama Rag". It's the most beautifully arranged chunk of cheese I've ever heard. Oh and by the way Marco, my new heroes Les and Larry also made a follow-up record to the "au go go" record called of course, "More au go go" but it's not as good as the first one. Seems like you have a lot of the same Now Sound Go-Go tastes as some of us here so keep posting. PLEASE! AZ # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:29:05 From: "Daniel Shiman" Subject: Re: (exotica) Guy Warren >From what I've read, this is a "real" (whatever that means) collectible, >Warren's US releases described in one source [World Music--The Rough Guide] >as "legendary recordings now worth their weight in gold". And musically >satisfying, as well. > >David > > > Funny, those Guy Warren records still seem to kinda fall through the cracks, interesting to hear that they've assumed the "legendary" mantle. Anyways, they really are great and unusual. As that World Music Guide may have mentioned, he had, I think, 3 domestic releases: "Africa Speaks, America Answers" (or something like that, it was my favorite and his 1st release - late 50's - and his jazziest, with Red Saunders' big jazz orchestra); "Themes for African Drums" (worth it alone for the futuristic "The Talking Drum Looks Ahead" with space-age vibraphone and and almost "out" jazz feel to it); and "African Rhythms", an early 60's Decca release which I'm still trying to track down. If'n yer a record hound, you can occasionally spot his LP's on ebay for *sometimes* reasonable (by ebay standards) prices. Like, $10-15. best, Dan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp # 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:29:57 -0800 From: crymad Subject: Re: (exotica) Aliens put this record here, and other X-Files mysteries Daniel Shiman wrote: > > Or, most of all, Blowfly's > x-rated party rap LP in a church(!) thrift store in the heart of Lancaster > County, PA. I had to muster all of my courage to lay out my $0.25 for that > one, lest the kindly old church lady running the 60's-era cash register take > an extra-long glance at it, and subject me to her damning scrutiny > accordingly (praying later for my salvation). To my vast relief, she took > no especial notice. Just recently I was flipping through a box of bland orchestral music records in church thrift and came to an unmarked LP box set. I was expecting more of the same music, but inside was Sex Pistols File, a four record set of SP live bootleg recordings. The box was unmarked because the label was inside with the records. And very fine, near mint records to boot. As no rude language or images were visible from the outside, I had no hesitation in taking it up to the church lady cashier and handing her the record with my 25 cents. - --crymad # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 03:51:02 +0100 (MET) From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: (exotica) VERY EARLY exotica / JUNGLE DRUMS One example is Karavan ( Wiedoeft ; Olman ) -Coleman's Orchestra Recorded: [ca. Dec 1919] His Master's Voice that I did download from from http://www2.nlc-bnc.ca/gramophone/ (this was a tip from a list member here, BTW very much thanks !) (Mo: I did give you a cd with it some times ago (various 6) ) This just recalls a newspaper story that I did read some times ago: In the 17th Century when the Turks where short before conquer Vienna, it became FASHION in the big Royal Families like in Berlin and Vienna to hold Janitscharen Orchestras. Turkisch food and Clothes became popular. Finally they let play these oriental musicians WITH the traditional Classic Orchestras for an unusual exotic result. So what where the latest trends in Rome back then ? Or in Egypt ? any other early exotic trends known ? Martin Chuck wrote: I argued that Cugat's Jungle Drums was the first Exotica song. After hanging out with Kafka and getting exposed to so much music in the last few years I doubt its the first exotica song. Something from the turn of the century is my guess. - -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:04:32 +0100 (MET) From: Hemmel@gmx.net Subject: (exotica) Re: Georgie Fame But they left out three of his hottest tunes: Somebody stole my thunder (will fill any dancefloor anytime) seventh son no thanks oh, I just see that his fantastic Sunny cover is also not on it Martin Mo wrote: ....a-box with a book-sized hard-cover-booklet 3 years ago, which can be reco= mmended highly. It's called "The In-Crowd" - -- visit the ***Space Escapade*** Exotic Club Pop Entertainment with Guests and the Lemon Squeezer Sound System at the Atomic Cafe, Neuturmstr. 5, Munich, every Tuesday Night http://www.atomic.de/ GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:49:56 +0100 From: moritzR@t-online.de (moritzR) Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Georgie Fame Hemmel@gmx.net schrieb: > But they left out three of his hottest tunes: > Somebody stole my thunder (will fill any dancefloor anytime) > seventh son > no thanks > > oh, I just see that his fantastic Sunny cover is also not on it maybe you should compile an even more definitive Georgie best-of CD yourself! - --Mo ............................ studio ® http://moritzR.de exotica@web.de ............................ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:04:13 +0000 From: alan miller Subject: (exotica) More gorgeous Georgie Hey, Only just joined the list but happily feel i have something to contribute straight away. Those with a taste for Georgie should check out his 1969 CBS 7" release "peaceful". A lovely slice of groovy folk pop produced by none other than Keith Mansfield. It might have been mentioned already but the Mar-keys original version of "last night" is well wroth a listen, and a version of "music talk" done by Stevie Wonder in Italian(!) is on available on the new Mo-Plen 4000 compilation. Alan hushpuppy69@mailandnews.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:33:06 -0500 From: "Domenic Ciccone" Subject: Re: (exotica) au Go Go (wasGeorgie Fame/Tijuana Brass/BVOD/BasicHip) > >Hey, anybody familiar w/ the Les & Larry Elgart LP, "..au Go Go"? I just got > >it on a whim and it's some pretty cool '66 era Austin Powers-style mod big > >band stuff. Did they put out any other LPs in a similar vein? > And that change came when I heard their "Nashville Country Sound" record > and especially their version of the Band tune "Rag Mama Rag". > It's the most beautifully arranged chunk of cheese I've ever heard. > Oh and by the way Marco, my new heroes Les and Larry also made a follow-up > record to the "au go go" record called of course, "More au go go" but it's > not as good as the first one. > Seems like you have a lot of the same Now Sound Go-Go tastes as some of us > here so keep posting. PLEASE! Guess who was playing on the radio while I was reading this post? Les and Larry Elgart. Cool and Strange Music Mag #11 has a pretty neat article called "Shake Your Pacemaker The Big Bands Meet The Swingin' Sixties". Author Brad Bigelow must mention at least 30 LP's. John C here on the list is joining me after the hockey game on WJUL Saturday Dec 1st and were going playing and discussing music like this. Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" WJUL Lowell 91.5FM Friday's 6-9AM EST http://www.geocities.com/martinimancini/ http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/listen.html (On Real Audio) http://wjul.cs.uml.edu/ (Station web page) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 18:49:26 +0000 From: KK Subject: Re: (exotica) VERY EARLY exotica / JUNGLE DRUMS very early Exotica, that could include some music written as stock/library music for silent movies. There is music described as “cannibalistic” f.e. in E. Rapée’s Ratgeber zur musikalischen Filmillustration (Lyra) 1926 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:40:21 -0500 From: "Telstar" Subject: (exotica) Axolotl-Sounds Some exoticats may be interested in a discussion group I moderate called Axolotl-Sounds. It doesn't focus on exotica or lounge, but deals with other unusual types of music (mostly of the art-damaged variety). Find out more at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Axolotl-Sounds Hope to see ya there... Allan # 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, 23 Nov 2001 11:28:54 -0000 From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Andre Williams and Va Va Voom Thanks to everyone who was talking about Andre Williams last year, I finally got to see him last night, and had a great night out. A lot more Exotic than I'd anticipated, too. First up on stage was the MC, white jacket, bow tie, snow leopardskin fez..... Then the dancing girls, 3 girls called Babs, in little black numbers, with chairs. Very nice. They danced to one of the sleaziest saxophone records I've ever heard, it wasn't Jazz, it wasn't RnB, it was just slow rolling and dirty. Then the Va Va Voom house band, I didn't catch their name, as I was a little refreshed. Trumpet, Saxophone, Trombone, guitar, Double Bass, Keyboards (Piano and Organ) and drums. Their theme was 'A Shot in the dark' then Stella Starr joined them onstage and they kicked into 'Caravan'. Some excellent solo's made up for Stella's vocal shortcomings. Next up were three ballads I didn't know, but they were a little more suited to the Starr vocals. Then a man in a gold jacket with a quiff joined them and they did 'Human Fly', an Elvis song and a Chuck Berry number, Stella came back for a sleazier number and that was that. Great. At this point, one of my friends, who I'd had to talk into coming said 'That was great, I've had my money 's worth, it doesn't matter if the rest of the evening is crap'. The DJ played some great tunes in a brief interval (a version of 'Green Onions' with a Harmonica and Organ anyone?). Then Stella came back and took off some clothes in the best burlesque manner. She wasn't wearing many, and didn't take many of them off, and finished off with some tassle twirling. Another brief interval and some Va Va Voom links: http://www.thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk/brighton__hove/leisure/club_reviews/v avavavoom.html http://www.teaseorama.com/vavavoom.html [VA Va Voom do one off's more or less monthly, at various places in Brighton (and abroad), I have friends who go they sound like fun.] Then the band came on. 'Green Hornet'. They looked the part, scrawny, unhealthy white trash (I think someone said they were Dutch, though). Drums, guitar, and keyboards. I didn't know a Korg could sound so good, even an old one. The sound was great, somewhere between ? and the mysterians and those 80's US Goth Rockabilly bands. The dancing girls came back, too, one each side of the stage on platforms. Andre loved that. Oh yes. The man himself came on in a Red Zoot suit and got straight down to it. I'm not familiar with his repertoire at all, so it was all a bit vague, he started with what seemed to be some sort of anthem (lots of 'Hallelujah's' in there), and a couple of standards ('Proud Mary'), and he wasn't in good voice. His set was split into two parts wit h the Green Hornet playing a couple of songs in the break, and he let rip on the last song for each half, and you could see the fire in those songs and get some idea of how he would have been. By the time he finished it was well past closing time, the house lights came up, but we managed to get him back for another version of the anthem and a real sleazy song directed at the dancing girls (as had several of the others). Its the first time in a long time that I'd seen anyone called back after the lights had gone up, todays youth seem to give up and go home. A great night. So thanks for the tip Exoticats... El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com djcheesemaster@elvis.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # 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 #1073 ******************************