Author: Jeff Vorzimmer Date: To: Strange and unusual music. Subject: [Exotica] The Girls from Paramaribo,
was Songs Forced on Detainees by US Jailers
>> Don't be dissin' my boy. I love Berry Lipman. He's the perfect meeting >> of Burt Bacharach with Love Unlimited Orchestra.
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> My thoughts exactly. "The Girls from Paramaribo" is a nearly perfect
> song. One rather gloomy day I sent a copy to a colleague who teaches
> German and told him it was just what he needed. He agreed I was right.
Yeah, that's one of my Lipman favs as well as "Beach Party in Santa Cruz". I always thought that the instrumental version of Paramaribo was remixed from the vocal version since I never found an album or CD with an instrumental version.
