From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #367 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, April 9 1999 Volume 02 : Number 367 In This Digest: (exotica) Tommy Mattola (exotica) Kay Starr/Lee Wiley (exotica) The DEFINITIVE Answers to all your Gap related questions!!! (exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 4/9/99 Re: (exotica) Hawaiian Shirts Re: (exotica) Me, the Gap and the damn zeitgeist Re: Subject: Re: (exotica) Movie "The Beat Generation" (exotica) Tony Schwartz (exotica) Napoleon Complex? (exotica) Re: More Kriminalfilmusik: Martin Bottcher (exotica) Re: I'm feelin' a little vocal today: Novi Quartet (exotica) [PR] "Tiki Sampler" the best from ULTRA-LOUNGE! (exotica) More Twistin' (exotica) Spaghetti Western soundtracks -- part I (exotica) Spaghetti Western soundtracks -- part 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:29:46 -0700 (PDT) From: d th Subject: (exotica) Tommy Mattola Some interesting trivia: Tommy Mattola plays the guitar lick on COnnie Francis' "Who's Sorry Now".....so I guess he goes back a long way. DH! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:30:53 -0700 (PDT) From: d th Subject: (exotica) Kay Starr/Lee Wiley Someone, I don't remember who, asked me about some really old Kay Starr and Lee Wiley stuff. I found a great web-site that has it, http://baldwin-streetmusic.hypermart.net DH! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:06:05 EDT From: Thinkmatic@aol.com Subject: (exotica) The DEFINITIVE Answers to all your Gap related questions!!! There is only one true comprehensive source for information on coolness and=20 how to posses this elusive trait. =20 That would be me and my upcoming book tentatively titles, =93The Gap Is A=20 Clothing Store, And Coolness Is A Whole Lot More=94. =20 I liked this phrase so much in fact that last month I had it tattooed up and=20 down both of my legs in three inch letters. I=92m hopping it will be a real=20 conversation piece at the beach this coming summer.=20 Anyway, my new book will help clarify the difference between something that=20 is cool and something that is just plain dangerous, like wearing a chain=20 between your pierced nostril and your pierced vas deferens. As a side note,=20 I do believe that The Gap is now offering free vas definers piercing with th= e=20 purchase of and pair of chinos. =20 I=92ll notify you all when the book is available. Pick up a copy, it may he= lp=20 you avoid some painful fashion choices. Regards, Roy G. B. # 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, 9 Apr 1999 12:26:25 -0400 From: "Dom Ciccone" Subject: (exotica) Martinis With Mancini Playlist. 4/9/99 "Martinis With Mancini" now broadcasting Friday's at from 6-9 AM. WJUL 91= .5 in Lowell Massachusetts. Besides honoring Martin Denny who will be 88 on April 10th. Today=92s pro= gram was our =93Lets Make A Millennium Baby Special Edition=94. Biologists say= that couples who want a baby born on January 1, 2000 should seek to conceive o= n April 9. If conception occurs there is a six percent chance (the highest) that the baby will be born on January 1st. The exotic music of Martin Denny interspersed with lush romantic vocals. Mood music for happy couples planning on a happy delivery to usher in the next millenium! The web page: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/ Your comments always welcomed. The Playlist: I Could Happen To You, Bjork The Folks Who Live On The Hill, George Shearing Temptation, Martin Denny (LP) Sway, Julie London A Taste Of Honey, Martin Denny (LP) Love Is Here To Stay, Nat King Cole Beyond The Reef, Martin Denny (LP) How Deep Is The Ocean, Diana Krall Makin=92 Whoopie, Frank Sinatra Return To Paradise, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Hong Kong Blues, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Busy Port, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Lotus Land, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Satin Doll, Martin Denny (LP) Save Your Love For Me, Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley Blue Paradise, Martin Denny (LP) Love, Your Magic Is Everywhere, Johnny Mathis Soshu Night Serenade, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Island Dreams, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Japanese Farewell Song, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) Singing Bamboos, Martin Denny (Scamp) Misty, Dakota Staton Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Martin Denny (LP) Baby, Baby, All The Time, Nat King Cole Take 5, Martin Denny (LP) Easy Living, Dinah Washington Stranger In Paradise, Martin Denny (LP) Real Live Girl, Matt Monroe I Love Your Loving Ways, Nina Simone Clair De Lune, Martin Denny (LP) How Sweet It Is To Be In Love, Johnny Hartman My Reverie, Martin Denny (LP) I Don=92t Want To Set The World On Fire, The Ink Spots Like Young, Martin Denny (LP) Our Love Is Here To Stay, Natalie Cole More, Martin Denny (LP) Love Me, Love Me, Dean Martin Route 66, Martin Denny (LP) I=92m In The Mood For Love, Julie London Violetta, Martin Denny (LP) Cool, Martin Denny (LP) Charade, Sarah Vaughan America, Martin Denny (LP) Since I Fell For You, Jimmy Witherspoon The Wild One, Martin Denny (LP) The Nearness Of You, Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong Wedding Song, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) They Say It=92s Wonderful, Johnny Hartman/ John Coltrane Exodus, Martin Denny (LP) This Is My Beloved, Etta Jones Ebb Tide, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) S=92Wonderful, Sarah Vaughan (Request!) Harlem Nocturn, Martin Denny (LP) Makin=92 Whoopie, Dr John Candy, Dr John Quiet Village, Martin Denny (Scamp CD) # 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, 9 Apr 1999 08:52:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) Hawaiian Shirts Another source is the lovely Walmartish Target chain (refered to by some Denver locals as "Target [pronounced, Tar-jee] Boutique) is selling them. Picked one up that was festooned with little martini glasses and spitted cocktail olives. Dirt cheap; no compunction. Odd place, though - they have a little postal thing, a food court and an ATM. Lacking only a bar to effect a tacky, insular world. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 16:31:58 -0700 From: Jeff Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Me, the Gap and the damn zeitgeist Nat Kone wrote: > Most of the people seeing that go-go ad wouldn't know that that kind of > music is part of a narrow little trend right now. > What's frightening is that the ad people don't seem to care. > That's frightening because not caring is actually kind of cool and if > they've become genuinely cool, then we are really in trouble. Don't worry, Nat--they're uncool. It's a year-and-a-half-old response to Austin Powers, that's all. Methinks you thinks too deeply sometimes (but keep it up!). EZ does it, Jeff Phillips - --=20 Director of Concert Production |=AF( http://www.philharmonia.org Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | \ jphillips@philharmonia.org 333 Market Street, Plaza Suite | =BA \ phone (415) 495-7445 San Francisco, California 94105 |=86=86=86=86| fax (415) 495-747= 3 # 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, 09 Apr 1999 12:18:08 -0400 From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: Subject: Re: (exotica) Movie "The Beat Generation" At 12:25 AM 4/9/99 EDT, Dlsmay@aol.com wrote: >--David (collecting Beatnik exploitation at every opportunity) I don't know anything about beatnik exploitation material so this might be "old hat" (should that be "beret"?) for you beatnik collectors but the only piece of beatnik cheese is by Spike Jones and I have it on this quasi-stereo demonstration LP. I can't find the record at this moment. (Or I just don't want to do the necessary excavation.) But I've seen it around. It's got a picture of an unusually happy woman wearing headphones. Anyway the piece starts off with an interview with a mad scientist and then he introduces his creation which is a two-headed beatnik. And then the very dumb-sounding beatniks sing a tune, one word at a time, bouncing back and forth between the two speakers. If somebody doesn't immediately respond with the name of that tune and where you can find it, I'll "dig" out that record. And while I'm on the subject of Spike Jones, don't you just love "Pimples and Braces"? It's kind of amazing that Spike Jones could do a tune that would remind me so much of the Hombres' "Let it all hang out". Nat # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 13:00:02 -0500 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Tony Schwartz At 10:07 AM 10/6/98 -0400, Randall Rothenberg wrote: > Yes, I know about the Tony Schwartz records -- and I'm proud to >say I know Tony Schwartz himself. Tony, who is now in his 70s, is one of >the great bridgers of the gap between media theory and media practice. The LostAndFoundSound Project folks put together a nice portrait of and interview with Tony Schwartz. Here's the URL for the RealAudio link: http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/onair/990226.schwartz.html February 26, 1999 Tony Schwartz A profile of Tony Schwartz, an innovative and inspired sound gatherer, recording the sounds of America since 1945. A man who will venture no further than his postal zone, Mr. Schwartz has made more than 30,000 home recordings in the streets, delis, cabs, playgrounds and stoops of his New York neighborhood. "30,000 Recordings Later" Listen with RealAudio in 14.4 or 28.8 flavors. Produced by The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva This week on Lost & Found Sound, a profile of Tony Schwartz, an innovative and inspired sound gatherer, recording the sounds of America since 1945. TONY SCHWARTZ: "New York 19" was the non-commercial musical life of my postal zone. And the postal zone was New York 19 at that time. It's 10019 now. That was the area I could travel in. I'm not able to travel far. I have agoraphobia and in walking I could just go around my postal zone in the midst of Manhattan. I made the first portable recorder. I brought the VU meter from inside the case to the top so I could look down at it and see how loud things were and I put a strap on it so I could hang it over my shoulder, that was in 1945. I could go record children in the park doing jump rope rhymes. And I recorded the street festivals. I made fourteen records for Folkways records you can see them up there. The children's games of the streets -- I called it "1-2-3 and a Zing-Zing-Zing." "I won't go to Macys any more more more. There's a big fat policeman at the door door door..." I was interested in the sound around us. To order Tony Schwartz's Folkway recordings, or to contact Mr. Schwartz: tony@schwartz.net Or visit his website at: http://www.tony.schwartz.net # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:20:57 +0200 From: "Arjan Plug" Subject: (exotica) Napoleon Complex? The CD (on Vampire Records) , not for the faint of heart, is available from Midnight Records (www.midnightrecords.com) tracklist: napoleon XIV - They're coming to take me away, ha-haa! Josephine VX - I'm happy they took you away, ha-haa! Henry the IX - Don't take me back, oh-nooo! The Emperor - I'm Normal Napoleon XIV - The place where the nuts hunt the squirrels Malepertus II - Ich glaab', die hole mich ab Josephine XIII - Down on the funny farm (oy vey) Napoleon Puppy - Ellos me quieren lievar Floris VI - Ze nemen me eindelijk mee, ha-haa! Kim Fowley - They're coming to take me away, ha-haa! Rose Brooks - They're coming to take me away, ha-haa! Teddy and Darryl - They took you away, i'm glad i'm glad I Balordi - venqono a portarci via ah, aah! Los Ovnis - Napoleon XIV Hugo de Groot - Ze nemen me eindelijk mee, ha-haa! Napoleon XIV - They're coming to get me again, ha-haa! Mad Dog Society - They're coming to take me away, ha-haa! Inhuman Orchestra - They're coming to take me... Snopek & the Unexploded Bomb - They're coming to take me away Lard - They're coming to take me away Arjan # 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, 9 Apr 1999 16:42:25 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: More Kriminalfilmusik: Martin Bottcher At 10:48 -0600 99/04/08, Brian Karasick wrote: >..........two volumes of similar material with >the identical title but by another German musical heavyweight, Martin >Bottcher. Anyone heard these..... Very disappointing. Sounds like intermission music: gentle, friendly, cautious, sleepy and restrained (not really sophisticated though)... instead of dangerous and action-packed. It's rather boring and uninteresting, (even for cocktail music standards), not just over-relaxed. Sounds like Bert Kaempfert conducting while sleepwalking. From track 10 onwards, it gets a bit better, at one point it even swings. There's almost no jazz influence here, in big contrast with Peter Thomas' music. Speaking of Mr. Thomas: "Besonders in der Nacht" could have been written by him: a lunatic laughs and screams, and several zounds turn it into a mad, demented piece of music. Several tracks feel outdated, with an antique Glenn Miller "swing" sound. Not really recommended. my rating: 2/5 Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:49:11 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: I'm feelin' a little vocal today: Novi Quartet Thinkmatic@aol.com wrote: >Would anyone like to yammer for a bit about any of these vocal groups or any >other similar wailin' groovies that come to mind, Novi Quartet: "Novi In Wonderland" CD: A wordless, modern jazz version of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. # 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, 09 Apr 1999 13:40:17 -0500 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) [PR] "Tiki Sampler" the best from ULTRA-LOUNGE! Hollywood And Vine WHAT'S ONLINE AT HOLLYWOOD AND VINE Thursday, April 8, 1999 ---------------------------------------------------- "TIKI SAMPLER" COLLECTION FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST ULTRA-LOUNGE ALBUMS For fans of nostalgia, of vocal pop, of the weird and the exotica of the lounge scene and the underground swing culture, of artists such as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Cherry Poppin' Daddies, the Grammy Award-winning Ultra-Lounge Series is back with another round of intoxicating sounds. From the million-selling album series that propelled lounge higher than a chimp-driven space pod comes the the Tiki Sampler (Capitol Records), released May 4, 1999, distributed by EMI Music Distribution. Specially packaged in an exotic Polynesian bamboo motif, Tiki Sampler is the new counterpart to Ultra-Lounge's wildly popular Leopard Skin Sampler, released three years ago and winner of a Grammy Award. It's also the 23rd title added to this ever-widening CD collection since its launch in 1996. In the blender for over two years, the Tiki Sampler features 23 full-length selections--17 from Volumes 13-18 of the Ultra-Lounge Series (TV Town, Bossa Novaville, Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too, Mondo Hollywood, Bongoland and Bottoms Up!) and the "Ultra-Lounge Presents" releases On The Rocks Part I & II, The Romantic Moods Of Jackie Gleason, The Exotic Sounds Of Martin Denny,The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter and Baxter's Best, plus six bonus tracks previously unreleased under the Ultra-Lounge banner. (There are also two hidden tracks. Shhhhh!) From musical greats such as singers Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson and Mel Torme, to legendary bandleaders/arrangers Nelson Riddle and Billy May; from the well-known Louis Prima to the obscure Wanda de Sah; from exotica icons Les Baxter and Martin Denny to comedian Jackie Gleason; from TV theme songs to lounge versions of '60s rock songs, the Tiki Sampler is the ultimate musical lava lamp. Song Title/Artist 1. The Munsters Theme - Jack Marshall 2. My Three Sons - Nelson Riddle 3. So Danco Samba - Wanda de Sah 4. The Look Of Love - Billy May 5. The Boy From Ipanema - Peggy Lee 6. Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima 7. Theme From "The Apartment" - Tito Rodriguez 8 . Moon River - Henry Jerome 9. The Inch Worm - Jack Costanzo 10. Brazil - Tino Contreras 11. Oh, Honey - Gloria Wood 12. Guys And Dolls - Terry Snyder 13. Light My Fire - Zacharias 14. Happy Together - Mel Torme 15. Go Chango - Les Baxter 16. Cubano Chant - Martin Denny 17. A Taste Of Honey - Jackie Gleason 18. Come On-a My House* - Julie London 19. Wives & Lovers* - Lena Horne 20. Get Smart/Casino Royale* - The Agents/Frank Pourcel 21. Wave* - Nancy Wilson 22. My Baby Just Cares For Me* - June Hutton 23. I Dig Chicks* - Jonah Jones *Previously unreleased on any Ultra-Lounge Series album # 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, 9 Apr 1999 13:51:43 -0500 From: "Brian Karasick" Subject: (exotica) More Twistin' Arjan wrote: > (exotica) new sixties comps > >?.*****v/a-Twistin' Time vol.2 (Knight lp). And while we're out on the > >floor why not twist the night away with Tyrone A'Saurus And His > >Cro- Magnons ?, one of the 18 bands on here that took a stab at > >bein' the next Chubby Checker. Most of this stuff is cheesy as > >heck, but as King Curtis states here; "the Arthur Murray Twist > >made me a hero, before I learned to twist I was a social zero".***** While we're on the subject, there's a new Bear Family release called "Twist in Germany" for all you Germanophiles out there. Cover art looks to be top notch and Bear family is among the best reissue labels in existance when it comes to thorough notes. I've heard some of the cuts on an old Schlagerparade record I have and they're among my favourites. Granted it's an acquired taste... but try it... you may be pleasantly surprised! V/A - TWIST IN GERMANY - BEAR FAMILY - BCD 16186 AH CHUBBY CHECKER : Der Twist beginnt BILLY SANDERS : Hallo Mister Twist CATERINA VALENTE & SILVIO FRANCESCO : The Peppermint Twist JOEY DEE : Bitte bitte Baby FREDDIE DAVIS und die COLIBRIS : Peppermint Twist Time GRANT TRACY : Ya Ya Twist YVONNE CARR=C9 : Geisha Twist OLIVER TWIST & THE HAPPY TWISTLER : Der Twist CHARLY COTTON und seine TWIST-MAKERS : Der Liebestraum als Twist JIMMY BANK und die MARKS : Little Twisting Star JACK HAMMER : Kissin=92 Twist PAUL W=DCRGES : Twist ist gut f=FCr die Linie VIVI BACH= : Tivoli Twist JOEY DEE mit FATS AND HIS CATS : No, No FREDY BROCK und seine TWIST-MAKERS : Schaut, schaut das ist meine Braut JOHN LAMERS : Bitte bleib bei mir! CATERINA VALENTE & SILVIO FRANCESCO : Popocatepetl Twist RONNY BAER : Twist, Twist Senora NORA NOVA : M=E4nner gibt=92s wie Sand am Meer TEDDY PARKER : Nachtexpress nach St. Tropez PEPPINO DI CAPRI : St. Tropez Twist CHUBBY CHECKER : Autobahn Baby MAX GREGER : Twist Around The Clock JIMMY BANK und die MARKS : Der Twist der nie zu Ende geht NINA WESTEN : Karussell Twist OLIVER TWIST & THE HAPPY TWISTLER : Twist f=FCr Gina RALF BENDIX : Babysitter-Twist BENNY QUICK : Twist um Mitternacht mit Susi PETER VAN ECK und sein QUINTETT : Spiegel Twist LES CHAKACHAS : Der Twist ist pass=E9 Here is the BF site but be warned, this is not an easy label to find in stores! I've managed to find the Canadian distributor who happens to be in Quebec and he told me these things are rarely stocked as they are so specalized. Any decent store should be able to special order though. http://www.bear-family.de Brian Karasick Physical Planner McGill University Montreal, Canada # 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, 9 Apr 1999 20:35:27 +0200 From: "Arjan Plug" Subject: (exotica) Spaghetti Western soundtracks -- part I The following review below was posted on the Cowabunga-list (surf and oth= er instrumental music) last week, thought it might be of interest to this li= st too. I'm sending it in two parts, hope it doesn't bounce again... Arjan <><><><><><><> - ---Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: L White Datum: zaterdag 3 april 1999 22:44 Onderwerp: Spaghetti Western soundtracks -- warning: long post Review them All and Come Back Alone: The Moon Dawg Guide to Spaghetti Western Soundtrack CDs key: ***** =3D brilliant, essential even for non-collectors of the genre **** =3D highly recommended *** =3D good, well worth having ** =3D fair, worth having for collectors * =3D yawn, only if you have money to burn (#) =3D # of instrumental tracks from the film included, typically 2-4 mins. long each s =3D suite, i.e. medley of themes from the film, typically 5-8 mins. long v =3D vocal with lyrics Note: Full spaghetti soundtrack albums typically contain some number of non-melodic =93suspense=94 tracks interspersed with multiple repetitio= ns of the main theme. Some have a few =93saloon music=94 tracks. If you ha= ve no patience for such music, stay away from the full soundtrack albums and stick with the compilations. Coming from a grounding in surf music, I have a strong preference for hummable melodies, and I=92ve rated the soundtracks accordingly. ENNIO MORRICONE The originator and master of the spaghetti western. In contrast to the grand, herioc scores that composers like Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, and Dmitri Tiomkin provided for grand, heroic Hollywood westerns, Morricone provided scores to match the bleak, grotesque, and often over-the-top westerns of Italian directors like Leone, Corbucci, Tessari, and Sollima. His innovative arrangements characteristically featured electric guitar (an instrument Morricone reportedly could play himself, and whose specific tones in each arrangement he carefully chose), acoustic guitar, harmonica, solo trumpet (sometimes recalling Nino Rota=92s scores for Fellini, sometimes mariachi music), oboe or ocarina, and of course the incredible whistling of Alessandro Alessandroni. The Legendary Italian Westerns (RCA 9974-2-R) ***** [31 tracks, 73:31] Gunfight at Red Sands (v); Guns Don=92t Argue (2+v); A Fistful of Dollars (7); A Gun for Ringo [aka A Pistol for Ringo] (4); For a Few Dollars More (8); Ringo Rides Again [aka The Return of Ringo, aka Pistolero] (1); 7 Guns for the MacGregors (2); Death Rides a Horse (1); Once Upon a Time in the West (4) - -- Essential. Best place to get the genre-defining scores to =93Fistful=94 (includes everything on the original soundtrack LP except the reprise-it-all suite on side B) and =93Few Dollars More,=94 both of which are strong from start to finish. Plus you get the gorgeous title track to the pre-Leone western =93Guns Don=92t Argue=94 (later covered by late, great spaghetti-surf band Death Valley), and a sample of =93Once Upon a Time in the West.=94 Widely available at $10 or less, a real bargain. Informative liner notes are included. Western Quintet (DRG 32907) *** [2 CDs, 54 tracks, 156:41 --hey, how does DRG fit more than 74 minutes on each disc?] Il Mio Nome e=92 Nessuno [My Name is Nobody] (10); Occhio all Penna [A Fist Goes West] (15); Giu=92 la Testa [A Fistful of Dynamite/ Duck you Sucker] (11); Tepepa [Blood and Guns] (10); Vamos a Matar, Companeros [Companeros!] (8) - -- The first three films are comedic, the last two set in Mexico, and the scores reflect this. They=92re not as bleak/grotesque/compelling as the famous scores to the Eastwood-Leone trilogy, and to me not nearly as memorable, with the exception of a couple of tracks from My Name is Nobody. As with all DRG releases, and unlike the Beat releases listed below, there are informative liner notes. Death Rides a Horse / A Pistol for Ringo / The Return of Ringo (RCA Italy OST 107)*** [26 tracks, 56:01] Death Rides a Horse (7+v); A Pistol for Ringo [aka A Gun for Ringo] (9+v); The Return of Ringo [aka Ringo Rides Again, aka Pistolero] (7+v) - -- Death Rides a Horse is a memorable and dramatic flute-dominated score (the movie is great, too). Pistol for Ringo is okay; I can=92t say much for the third one. Once Upon a Time in the West *** [13 tracks, 38:23] - --I have the LP; I know there=92s a CD version available, but I don=92t have release data. I personally don=92t care much for the saccharine-strings title track, but there=92s some great gnarly fuzz guitar and harmonica on the incidental tracks. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly ]/ La Resa dei Conti [The Big Gundown] (Vivimusica VCDS 70060) **** [24 tracks, 58:27] Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (10+v); La Resa dei Conti (12+v) - --The title theme of the first score is, of course, definitive and indispensible. Yes, even if you got tired of the 30 seconds of it behind that Microsoft commercial about the schoolkids measuring saguaro cactuses (ironically, the movie was filmed in Spain, where unless I'm wrong there are no saguaros). The rest of the score is okay, but not up to Fistful or Few Dollars More. La Resa dei Conti has gnarly guitar work on a few tracks. Il Mercenario [A Professional Gun]/ Faccia a Faccia [Face to Face] (Vivimusica VCDS 7018) *** [31 tracks, 60:54] Il Mercenario (15); Faccia a Faccia (16) - --The first score has the most incredibly virtuosic whistling of chromatic scales; the second has a lot of nonmelodic filler =93suspense=94 tracks. Navajo Joe (Legend CD 21) ** [16 tracks] - --Title track is memorable; much of the rest is restatements or =93suspense=94 filler. DOMINIC FRONTIERE: Hang =91em High / ENNIO MORRICONE: Guns for San Sebastian (Sony AK 47705) ** [24 tracks, 66:12] Hang =91em High (10); Kelly=92s Heroes (Schifrin)(1); Guns (13) - --Quick, which other Morricone theme does the overture to Guns sound so much like? I do believe it=92s the secondary theme (=93Mucchio Selvaggio= =94) to My Name is Nobody. Hang =91em High sounds better here, as done by electric guitar and harmonica than in the Booker T & the MGs organ-led cover version. The pairing isn=92t really so odd, even though the movie wasn=92t produced in Europe, so isn=92t *technicall= y* a spaghetti western, because Frontiere=92s work was clearly Morricone-inspired. BRUNO NICOLAI After Morricone, Nicolai was the most Morricone-like and my favorite of the maestri degli spaghetti. He started out as Morricone=92s conductor, so the resemblance isn=92t surprising. Buon Funerale Amigos ... paga Sartana / Gli Fumavano le Colt ... Lo Chimavano Camposanto (Beat CDCR 39) ***** [21 tracks, 50:25] Buon Funerale Amigos ... paga Sartana (aka Have a Good Funeral, My Friend) (11); Gli Fumavano le Colt ... Lo Chimavano Camposanto (10) - -- All killer, no filler! These are two of the few scores that bear repeated listening from start to finish. =93Buon Funerale Amigos=94 (fro= m 1970) is my single favorite spaghetti western soundtrack, Morricone notwithstanding. Great melodic theme (which has been rearranged inventively for guitars and covered by Rick Mills=92 great spaghetti-western band The Hellbenders), great moody variations. =93Gli Fumavano le Colt=94 is also very cool. Two tracks from each score appear on the compilation =93My Delicious Spaghetti Western=94 (see below), but there=92s much more to hear. Land Raiders (Prometheus 128) *** (Prometheus PCD 128) [14 tracks, 42:38] - -- Made a year earlier, this score strongly anticipates the melody and arrangements of =93Buon Funerale Amigos=94. (Or, you could say that BFA almost recapitulates Land Raiders.) Rightly considered one of the great spaghetti soundtracks, and essential for the completist, but if you have BFA, you can pass on it. (Of course, you=92re unlikely to run across it unless you *are* a completist looking for it.) Il Mio Nome e' Shangai Joe / I Giorni della Violenza ** (EMI/ Point CDCR 123) [15 tracks, 72:59] Shagai Joe (14), I Giorni (37:45 suite) - -- Made in 1973, =93Shangai Joe=94 shamelessly recycles the main theme fr= om BFA, but the far-eastern-sounding incidental music adds new melodies and interesting variations. =93Giorni=94 is a forgettable Hollywoodish score. Un Uomo Chiamato Apocalisse Joe / Lo Chiamavano Tresette **** (Beat CDCR 45) [31 tracks, 76:57] Apocalisse Joe (17); Tresette (14) - -- The stars are almost entirely for the first score, which is melodic, compelling, listenable all the way through, and -- best of all -- heavy on the fuzz guitar. The 17 tracks move back and forth nicely between varied statements of a moody theme (featuring fuzz guitar, harpsichord, some kind of flute or ocarina, and oboe) and a galloping theme (guitar, brass, and strings). The second is a lighthearted orchestral score with bluegrass (banjo and fiddle) and honky-tonk passages. 100,000 Dollari per Ringo (Pan CDS 2501) ** [16 tracks, 41:20] - --A couple of guitar-led pieces are good, but the rest is more orchestral and Hollywoodish than Nicolai=92s better scores. FRANCESCO DE MASI The most prolific spaghetti maestro after Morricone, De Masi had one foot in the camp of pre-spaghetti (Hollywood) westerns and one foot in the Morricone camp. Western Soundtracks (Beat CDCR 22) *** [28 tracks, 69:42] Vado ... L'ammazzo e Torno (8+v); Sartana non Perdona (5+2v); Ammazzali Tutti e Torna Solo (7+2v); Ben & Charlie (3) - -- The best all-around De Masi collection. The most melodic tracks are also on the compilation =93My Delicious Spaghetti Western,=94 but the remainder is also listenable. L'Uomo Della Valle Maledetta / La Sfida dei MacKenna / ...E Venne il Tempo di Uccidere (Beat CDCR 47) *** [33 tracks, 70:42] L'Uomo Della Valle Maledetta (15); La Sfida dei MacKenna (10); ...E Venne il Tempo di Uccidere (8) - -- The first score is ho-hum in a pre-spaghetti style; the second is one of De Masi=92s best, very much in the Morricone vein; the third is pretty good. Il Segno del Coyote / C'e Sartana ... Vendi la Pistola e Comprati la Bara (Beat CDCR 40) ** [21 tracks, 49:21] Il Segno (13); C=92e Sartana [aka Fistful of Lead] (7); bonus jingle track - -- Il Segno was a Zorro-clone movie, and the score is forgettable. C'e Sartana is a great movie, but after the cool main theme (comped on MDSW), there's not much added by the rest. Il Ranch degli Spietati / Una Bara per lo Sceriffo (Beat CDCR 44) ** [25 tracks, 47:10] Una Bara per lo Sceriffo (7+v); Il Ranch degli Spietati [aka Oklahoma John] (16+v) - --Un Bara varies between (a) melancholy harmonica over acoustic strumming, and (b) grand brass and strings over reverbed guitar and snare drum providing hoofbeat rhythms. Il Ranch continues the same formula. Lone Wolf McQuade (Beat CDCR 26) ** (24 tracks, 58:00) - --Okay, the movie (set in the present, made for US television) isn=92t technically a spaghetti western, but the soundtrack is in that style (with Alessandroni=92s whistling and de Gemini=92s harmonica), =93updated= =94 with synthesized keyboards. Good main title, but inconsistently interesting after that. 7 Dollari sul Rosso / Quella Sporca Storia nel West (CAM CSE 800-124) *** [33 tracks, 71:15] 7 Dollari (13+v); Storia (18+v) - --Not only lotsa minutes on the CD, but two very hummable scores. DE MASI: Ringo il Caviliere Solitario / GIAN PIERO REVERBERI: Una Colt in Pugno al Diavolo / BRUNO NICOLAI: L=92Ultimo Mercenario (Beat CDCR 32) ** [19 tracks, 57:49] Ringo il Caviliere Solitario (7); Una Colt in Pugno al Diavolo (4); L=92Ultimo Mercenario (8) - -- Odd combination. De Masi=92s score is very good. The few tracks from Reverberi=92s (what a great name!) are even better. But Nicolai=92s doesn=92t belong here, as it goes to a WWII movie, so you don=92t get all that much spaghetti per dollar spent. I don=92t know why Beat didn=92t instead include De Masi=92s =9315 Forche=94 (see next). ANGELO FRANCESCO LAVAGINO: Gli Specialisti / FRANCESCO DE MASI: 15 Forche per un Assassino (Beat CDCR 28) ** [22 tracks, 58:08] Gli Specialisti (11); 15 Forche per un Assassino (11) - -- A bit of fuzz guitar on one incidental track of =93Gli Specialisti,=94 otherwise pleasant but nothing special. =9315 Forche=94 has a catchy tit= le track and some lively Mexicana incidental tracks. # 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, 9 Apr 1999 20:35:45 +0200 From: "Arjan Plug" Subject: (exotica) Spaghetti Western soundtracks -- part 2 LUIS BACALOV Bacalov=92s incidental tracks tend toward less melody, more dissonance than Morricone=92s. The Italian Western of Luis Bacalov (Vivimusica 7014) *** [28 tracks, 73:10] Django (5+v); Quien Sabe [aka A Bullet for the General] (5); La Piu Grande Rapina del West (5); L=92Oro dei Bravados (4); Si Puo Fare ... Amigo (s+v); Sugar Colt (6) - --A good-value-for-money sampler of Bacalov=92s work. Il Grande Duello / Si Puo' Fare ... Amigo (EMI/ Point PRCD 120) *** [24 tracks, 57:11] Il Grande Duello (10); Si Puo=92 Fare ... Amigo (13+v) - --The main theme to the first movie is one of the great spaghetti melodies, arranged for lonesome harmonica, woodwinds, and moody whistling. It is inventively restated and varied throughout the score. The second movie is a comedy, but the score is less lightweight than you might expect. The rrangements are an interesting mix of harmonica, woodwinds, and strings, with occasional glockenspiel and fuzz guitar. La Piu Grande Rapina del West / L'Oro dei Bravados (EMI GDM 2008) ** [22 tracks, 62:00] La Piu Grande Rapina (13); L'Oro (9) - --The first score is lightweight. The second offers three versions of a simple title theme, masterfully arranged for acoustic and fuzz guitars, harmonica, harspichord, jew=92s harp, whistling, and clarinet. The incidental tracks are unusually varied and listenable. Django (Alhambra A 8930) *** [15+3v tracks, 41:12] - --A fine main theme (interestingly placed as track 9) and Mexicana incidental music. A Man Called Noon (Alhambra A 8935) * [13 tracks, 31:02] - --The main theme is kinda saccharine; the rest is fairly bland (perhaps appropriately, given that Richard Crenna was the star of the movie -- although the movie is pretty good). PIERO PICCIONI ...Si Incontri Sartana Prega per la tua Morte ** (EMI/ Point PRCD 124) [27 tracks, 58:16] - --The organ-led main theme (=93Sycamore Trails=94) and reprises sound almost like Booker T. doing a spaghetti western (except for the additional harpsichord), which is cool enough. The rest is mostly piano-dominated background music. PICCIONI: Quel Caldo Maledetto Giorno di Fuoco / Attento Gringo ... E=92 Tornato Sabata / MANUEL DE SICA: Lo Chiamavano Verita (Beat CDCR 31) * [19 tracks, 45:21] Quel Caldo (12); Attento Gringo (3); Verita (4) - --The jazzy, organ-led main theme for Quel Caldo (you also get 5 reprises, plus a bunch of virtually tuneless =93suspense=94 tracks) foreshadows Piccioni=92s later work on Italian soft-core films (check out the comps Beat at Cinecitta, vols. 1&2), though there is spaghetti-ish harmonica on some tracks. Nothing special in the other two scores. STELVIO CIPRIANI The Bounty Killer / Un Uomo, Un Cavallo, Una Pistola / Nevada (CAM CSE 800-147) *** [27 tracks, 62:22] Bounty Killer (9); Uomo (11); Nevada (6+v) - -- The first two scores are very Morricone-like and catchy. LALLO GORI Buckaroo [Il Winchester che non Perdona] *** (Beat CDCR 42) [19+v tracks, 46:05] - --Good galloping main theme with trumpet; the best incidental tracks feature acoustic guitars, electric bass, and the great harmonica of Franco de Gemini. BENEDETTO GHIGLIA Adios Gringo / Un Dollaro tra i Denti [A Stranger in Town] (CAM 1CSE 800-119) ** [25 tracks, 56:13] Adios (16); Dollaro (9) - --The title theme to the first movie is good, but do you really need 10 (!!) versions, arranged for different instruments? And 4 versions of the secondary theme? The second score is almost as repetitive, but features cool guitar tones. DANIELE PATUCCHI Los Amigos (CAM CSE 075) * [9 tracks, 26:54] - --The mellow trumpets and flutes make this sound more like music for a =9170s British TV show than for a spaghetti western. Maybe it=92s mercif= ul that it=92s so short. VARIOUS ARTISTS KOJUCHAROV & MANCUSO: Una Lunga Fila di Croci / RUSTICHELLI: Tutti per uno Botte per Tutti / MIGLIARDI: Prega il Morto e Ammazza il Vivo (Beat CDCR 35) *** [31 tracks, 74:50] Una Lunga Fila (6+2v); Tutti per Uno (13); Prega il Morto (8+2v) - --This disc starts slowly but gets better. Two tracks made it on to the MDSW comp, but it=92s all pretty good. The first score is fairly standard; the second is a curious mix of Mexicana and Orientalia, with a little bit of Circus thrown in. The third -- for a Chuck Connors vehicle -- is dark, dissonant, and percussive, in interesting ways. My Delicious Spaghetti Western (Dago Red 102-2) ***** [16 tracks, 41:25] DE MASI: C=92e Sartana ... Vendi la Pistola e Comprati la Bara [aka Fistful of Lead] (1); Vado ... L=92Ammazzo e Torno (3+v); Ammazzali Tutti e Torna Solo (v); Sartana non Perdona (1); Il Segno del Coyote (1); NICOLAI: Buon Funerale Amigos ... Paga Sartana [aka Have a Good Funeral, My Friend] (2); Gli Fumavano le Colt ... Lo Chiamavano Camposanto (2); GORI: Buckaroo (2); MIGLIARDI: Prega il Morto ed Ammazza il Vivo (1); KOJUCHAROV - MANCUSO: Una Lunga Fila di Croci (1) - -- If you=92re looking for an introduction to the greatest spaghetti composers after Morricone, this is the perfect place to start. If you=92re already prepared to take a big plunge, you could skip this disc and just buy the Nicolai, De Masi, Gori, and Kojucharov-Mancuso soundtracks on the Beat label that are excerpted here. The Fantastic World of Spaghetti Western (Vivimusica 7016) *** [30 tracks, 64:14] MORRICONE: Vamos a Matar Companeros (v), Tepepa (v), I Crudeli [aka The Hellbenders] (4), Che C=92entriamo noi con la Rivoluzione? (1); ORTOLANI: Una Ragione per Vivere e Una per Morire (4); PICCIONI: Se Incontri Sartana Prega per la tua Morte (4); Trovaioli: I Lunchi Giorni della Vendetta (5); DE MASI: [Sette] Winchester per un Massacro (3+v); ABRIL: Texas, Addio (5+v) - --Only place I know to get four tracks from Morricone=92s percussive cool-jazz-spaghetti score to =93The Hellbenders=94, plus some other good stuff. Wanted Dead or Alive (CAM 900-020) *** [20 tracks, 68:25] MORRICONE: Duello nel Texas (s), La Banda J&S - Cronaca Criminale del Far West (2); LAVAGNINO: 5,000 Dollari sull=92Asso (1); PICCIONI: Minnesota Clay (2); FERRIO: Un Dollaro Bucato (1); Vivi or Preferibilimente Morti (v); GHIGLIA: Adios Gringo (1); CIPRIANI: The Bounty Killer (s); Un Uomo, Un Cavallo, Una Pistola (1); DE MASI: Arizona Colt (v); Quella Sporca Storia nel West (v); RUSTICHELLI: Dio Perdona ... Io No (s); NICOLAI: Corri, Uomo Corri (2); COLAROSSI: All=92Ultimo Sangue (1); BACALOV: Il Prezzo del Potere (1); PATUCCHI: Los Amigos (2) - --Good compilation of highlights from soundtracks available on the CAM label. Spaghetti Westerns vol. 1 (DRG 32905) ***** [2 discs, 77 tracks, 152:06] DI STEFANO: Shango [aka The Invincible Gun] (3); DE MASI: Quanto Costa Morire (2+v); DONAGGIO: Amore Piombe e Furore (2); BIXIO: Ed Ora Raccomana L=92anima a Dio [aka And Now Recommend Your Soul to God] (1+v); IGANTE, NADIN, & BASCERANO: Wanted Johnny Texas (3), Prega Dio e Scavati la Fossa [aka Pray to God and Dig your Grave] (3); FERRIO: Quei Disperati che Puzzano di Sudore e di Morte [aka Los Desperados] (4), Amico Stammi Lontano Almeno un Palmo [aka Ben and Charlie](6); SIMONETTI: Kid il Monello del West (1); PREGADIO: Deserto di Fuoco (2+v); BIXIO, FRIZZI, & TEMPERA: Carambola (3), Carambola Filotto Tutti in Buca (2); MORRICONE: Giu=92 la Testa [aka Duck you Sucker, aka A Fistful of Dynamite](1); LAVAGNINO: Uno Straniero a Paso Bravo (2+v), Requium per un Gringo (4); Johnny West il Mancino (3+v); ORTOLANI: La Notte dei Serpenti (5+v); RUSTICHELLI: Vado Vedo e Sparo (2); UMILIANI: Roy Colt & Winchester Jack (s); MARTELLI: Sartana nella Valle degli Avvoltoi (3), Ancora Dollari per i McGregors (1) - --Essential. Where else are you going to hear themes to so many obscure spaghetti westerns? Some of the composers are equally obscure, but here you get just the high points of their Morricone-style film work. Spaghetti Westerns vol. 2 (DRG 32909) **** [2 discs, 63 tracks, 150:49] NICOLAI: 100,000 Dollari per Ringo (1); SAVINA: I Due Gringos del Texas (3); PREGADIO & RIZZATI: Django, L=92Ultimo Killer (4); BACALOV: Si Puo=92 Fare ... Amigo (2+v), La Piu=92 Grande Rapina del West (1), L=92Oro dei Bravados (1), Il Grande Duello (2), Quien Sabe? [aka A Bullet for the General] (1), Sugar Colt (1), I Quattro del Pater Noster (3), Monta in Sella, Figlio di ... (4), Lo Chiamavano King [aka His Name was King] (1+s), La Morte Sull=92Alta Collina (2), Partirono Preti e Tornarono Curati (2+v), Django (v); Lo Chiamavano Mezzogiorno [aka A Man Called Noon] (1); MORRICONE: Tepepa (1), Vamos a Matar, Companeros (1), I Crudeli [aka The Hellbenders] (1), Che C=92Entriamo noi con la Rivoluzione? (1), Il Mio Nome e=92 Nessuno [aka My Name is Nobody]; ORTOLANI: Una Ragione per Vivere e Una per Morire [aka A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die](1); PICCIONI: Io non Perdona ... Uccido (3), Nel Nome del Padre, del Figlio e della Colt (2), Una Colt in Mano al Diavolo (2), Se Incontri Sartana, Prega per la tua Morte (2); TALLINO: Killer, Adios! (4); TROVAIOLI: I Lunghi Giorni della Vendetta (1); ABRIL: Texas Addio (v); DE MASI: Sette Winchester per un Massacro (1); PES: Professionisti per un Massacro (s); PREGADIO: Un Buco in Fronte (7) - --One fewer star than vol. 1 because more of these tracks are available elsewhere. A note on web CD sellers: I found the following sources reliable -- they filled my entire order promptly, or consulted me before shipping when they couldn=92t: Rodeo Records, http://www.eburg.com/~rrecords/strack-a.html CheapThrills Records http://www.cheapthrills.ca CAM Soundtracks Italy, http://www.cam-ost.it ($15 per disc, s&h included) Qualitron, http://www.qualitron (only source for many of the Beat (Italy) discs, $17 each, 10% off for 10 or more) Mass Music, http://www.massmusic.com Intrada, http://www.intrada.com. Less reliable source (i.e. sent a very partial fill without consultation): http://www.everycd.com (although they are cheap, if you use the free trial month and don=92t pay the annual membership fee). - --Moon Dawg # 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 #367 *****************************