Space Age Sounds of Tomorrow

Another Space Age mix from Swank Daddy. A couple of tracks from Señor Coconut 's CD El Baile Alemán. Kraftwerk covers. Start digging:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Schmidt

 

01. Russ Garcia - Into Space
02. Bernie Green - Futura
03. Marty Gold - The Moon Was Yellow
04. Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Moon Gas
05. Lew Davies - Strange Interlude
06. Bernie Green - Out of This World
07. Bob & Phil and the Orchestra - Out of Nowhere
08. Perry Kingsely - Visa to the Stars
09. Senor Coconut y Su Conjunto - The Robots
10. Esquivel - My Blue Heaven
11. Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Star Eyes
12. Russ Garcia - Venus
13. Esquivel - Magic is the Moonlight
14. Jerry Fielding - City of Brass
15. Senor Coconut y Su Conjunto - The Man Machine
16. Vinnie Bell - The World We Knew

Tropical Treasures

Another "classic exotica" compilation from SwankDaddy.

Enjoyed hearing the newer exotica groups like Waikiki., Tikiyaki Orchestra. And the wonderful Blue Hawaiians. The last track, a great reminder how cool "Honorable Hong Kong Rock"  is first heard by many of us on "Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers."

01. Alfred Newman - Ports of Pleasure
02. Martin Denny - Moonlight & Shadows
03. Tikiyaki Orchestra - Exotique
04. Douglas Gamely - Taboo
05. Waitiki - Primitiva
06. Blue Hawaiians - Martini Five-O
07. Les Baxter - Voodoo Dream
08. Kai Winding - China Nights
09. Frank Hunter - White Goddess
10. Les Baxter - Tahiti - A Night At Sea
11. Les Baxter - Amazon Falls
12. George Cates - Chant of the Jungle
13. Douglas Gamley - Blue Coral
14. Les Baxter - Congo Train
15. Alfred Newman - Whispering Winds
16. Out Islanders - Honorable Hong Kong Rock

True Crime Jazz

Swank Daddy's 3rd share to the Exotica groups. Hitting us hard, then treating us easy. With favorites from Bernstein, Mancini and others.

 

Passage To Paradise

Swank Daddy's Exotica music submittal to the group.

At both music forums we like to talk about a variety of music. If you hit Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Esquivel you're going to be game for most stuff.

My take on Exotica is about one type of music blending with another? Martin Denny, a jazz piano player, moves to Hawaii for gigs. Before you know it he's adding Eastern and Polynesian instruments, and by accident frog and bird calls. The story is not too different from Jazz musicians in NYC being influenced by the Cubans around the corner.

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Space Age Shocker!

One of my favorite blogs is Your Pal Doug's Pals. A collection of latest blog rips of Our-Kind-of-Music. "What will tides bring in" kind of place to go to.

In 2010 some blogs got wacked and never came back. Including Swank Daddy.

Here Swank  collected a few Space Age classics along with a surprise surf shortie; The Big Hurt by The Vanduras.

Appreciate the hard working bloggers. If they strive on comments leave one.  I fondly remember the early bloggers. If you burned out and stopped, or got burned, keep in mind you were not forgotten and your efforts were appreciated!

Next week, a classic Space Age mix tape coming up. Created when tapes were actually tapes.