Martin Denny- Deep Exotica: Music From Martin Denny's Lush (Uk) (CD)
Four albums plus bonus tracks from the master of exotica Martin Denny. Mono reproductions of the key albums that launched the space age bachelor pad music trend in the late 1950s. Complete with bird calls, deranged percussion, super cool vibes and Denny's distinctive piano. Including a host of hit records that launched a thousand copyists and ensured that the tiki trend, easy listening and the call of the islands would blossom. Featuring the super expensive (if you seek them out on vinyl) original mono mixes. It was 1957, down in Hawaii; some jazz guys had come in to take up the slack at the bar, playing subtle cool sounds while people drank and talked. It was the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Wakiki. The room was filled with palm trees and bamboo curtains, it was a sanctuary in the madness of the place, a stopping off point for the weary traveller, a refuge from reality. The band did long stints, fuelled by the free bar; the exotic setting slowly infused itself into their music, got under their skin. What started as a few bird calls amid the scraped percussion, shuffling drums, tinkling piano and offset vibes soon became the signature sound of the bar. The "sound effects", created by the players, increased and through chance, misfortune, rum and possibly initially boredom, exotica was born.
Tracklist:
- Quiet Village
- Return to Paradise 03 Hong Kong Blues 04 Busy Port
- Lotus Land
- Similau
- Stone God
- Jungle Flower
- China Nights (????)
- Ah Me Furi (???)
- Waipo
- Love Dance
- Shoshu Night Serenade
- Island of Dreams
- Japanese Farewell Song
- Singing Bamboos
- The Queen Chant (Li Liu E)
- The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
- Escales
- When First I Love
- August Bells
- Bacoa
- Ebb Tide
- Rush Hour in Hong Kong
- Llama Serenade
- The Enchanted Sea
- Jungle River Boat
- Harbor Lights
- Manila
- Mama Iti E Papa E
- Bamboo Lullaby
- Ringo Oiwake
- Moon of Manakoora
- Limehouse Blues
- Beautiful Kahana
- Caravan
- Congo Train
- Hello, Young Lovers
- Stranger in Paradise
- Hawaiian War Chant
- Coronation
- Sake Rock
- Paradise Found
- Firecracker
- Martinique
- My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Cha Cha Cha
- Tune from Rangoon
- Happy Talk
- Pagan Love Song
- Laura
- Quiet Village
Four albums plus bonus tracks from the master of exotica Martin Denny. Mono reproductions of the key albums that launched the space age bachelor pad music trend in the late 1950s. Complete with bird calls, deranged percussion, super cool vibes and Denny's distinctive piano. Including a host of hit records that launched a thousand copyists and ensured that the tiki trend, easy listening and the call of the islands would blossom. Featuring the super expensive (if you seek them out on vinyl) original mono mixes. It was 1957, down in Hawaii; some jazz guys had come in to take up the slack at the bar, playing subtle cool sounds while people drank and talked. It was the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Wakiki. The room was filled with palm trees and bamboo curtains, it was a sanctuary in the madness of the place, a stopping off point for the weary traveller, a refuge from reality. The band did long stints, fuelled by the free bar; the exotic setting slowly infused itself into their music, got under their skin. What started as a few bird calls amid the scraped percussion, shuffling drums, tinkling piano and offset vibes soon became the signature sound of the bar. The "sound effects", created by the players, increased and through chance, misfortune, rum and possibly initially boredom, exotica was born.
Tracklist:
- Quiet Village
- Return to Paradise 03 Hong Kong Blues 04 Busy Port
- Lotus Land
- Similau
- Stone God
- Jungle Flower
- China Nights (????)
- Ah Me Furi (???)
- Waipo
- Love Dance
- Shoshu Night Serenade
- Island of Dreams
- Japanese Farewell Song
- Singing Bamboos
- The Queen Chant (Li Liu E)
- The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
- Escales
- When First I Love
- August Bells
- Bacoa
- Ebb Tide
- Rush Hour in Hong Kong
- Llama Serenade
- The Enchanted Sea
- Jungle River Boat
- Harbor Lights
- Manila
- Mama Iti E Papa E
- Bamboo Lullaby
- Ringo Oiwake
- Moon of Manakoora
- Limehouse Blues
- Beautiful Kahana
- Caravan
- Congo Train
- Hello, Young Lovers
- Stranger in Paradise
- Hawaiian War Chant
- Coronation
- Sake Rock
- Paradise Found
- Firecracker
- Martinique
- My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Cha Cha Cha
- Tune from Rangoon
- Happy Talk
- Pagan Love Song
- Laura
- Quiet Village