Contributions are pouring in left and right. This one from Splendagrass. And boy is it a goody. Ever heard of Incredibly Strange Music? This would certainly qualify. I searched the web for info on this offering and found very little. Mostly Dr. Demento links. So you get the picture on this ones genre.
Take 60's and 70's hits rework them into a 1930's arrangements complete with Rudy Vallee style vocals and you have the The Templeton Twins with Teddy Turners Bunson Burners. Great stuff, great rip and a great listen. "Light My Fire" is the sound selection above, and all of the remaining selections are equally good!
Thanks again to those who take the time to rip and share their precious vinyl with Licorice Pizza and our visitors. Splendagrass, joeberl and last and certainly not least, the roving Sharemeister of Easy Listening, LoungeTracks.
Also, check out our Featured Blog - Dr. Forrest's Cheese Factory (found at the end of the blogroll) specifically this post for the album Silly Beatles! The Templeton Twins make an appearance on this album with "Yesterday"
And from now on what your looking for is in the Comments! Leave one while your there.
I saw that Mr. X has reposted his Bongo Compilation. While taking inventory in the pantry I found these frozen in time Bongo relics. Not my rip but worth a listen if you have never heard them. This music stretches across many genres...
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. The band's output consisted of instrumental music in the funk genre, characterised by the prominence of bongo drums and conga drums.
Although the band released two albums, 1973's Bongo Rock and 1974's Return of the Incredible Bongo Band, the band is best known for its cover of "Apache", a song originally made popular by The Shadows. This record languished in relative obscurity until the late 1970s, when it was adopted by early hip-hop artists, including pioneering DJs Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, for the uncommonly long percussion break in the middle of the song. Subsequently, many of the Incredible Bongo Band's other releases were sampled by hip-hop producers, and the "Apache" break remains a staple of many producers in drum and bass. The song received popular attention again in 2001 when it was featured in an ad for an Acura SUV. Recently, music critic Will Hermes did an article on Apache and the Incredible Bongo Band for the New York Times.
The song "Let There Be Drums," which was made famous by Sandy Nelson and also performed by The Ventures, was used as the theme song for the long running television show "Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling" during the 1980s.
Highly reccomended reading is the NY Times article All Rise for the National Anthem of Hip-Hop for more background on Michael Viner, the originator of the The Incredible Bongo Band. Quite a unique story and he has a very interesting background.
Bongo Rock
01 - Bongolia 02 - Bongo Rock '72 03 - Apache 04 - Dueling Bongos 05 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 06 - Last Bongo In Belgium 07 - Let There Be Drums 08 - Raunchy '73
The Return Of
01 - Kiburi (Part 1) 02 - When The Bed Breaks Down, I'll Meet You In The Spring 03 - Sing Sing Sing 04 - Pipeline 05 - Wipeout 06 - Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley, Your Tie's Caught In Your Zipper 07 - Slightly Reminiscent Of Topsy, Parts One, Two And Three 08 - Sharp Nine 09 - I Can't Get No Satisfaction 10 - Got The Sun In The Morning And The Daughter At Night 11 - Ohkey Dokey Bongo Band
Here is a real unusual group of recordings. I was searching around for a cover for an upcoming Bobby Hammack post and ran accross the site above. It looks like it is abandoned but maybe not. Most of the links are dead there, but the music is alive and well. Maybe some of you already have this but it was new to me!
The site states that they don't mind if the music is shared and the artists welcome it. This set is hard to describe but it's like Exotica meets Techno meets Space Age Pop! Sort of is and sort of isn't...It appears that the music was contributed by the folks that were part of a forum called the Exotica Mailing List. You will recognize some of the names, WeirdoMusic and Sem Sinatra are two I know of.
This set comes with all the gear: Case Cover, back and insert art as well as the CD art
Anyway here for your listening pleasure is Volume 1 of Two Zombies Later. Volume 2 is just below this post. Make sure you go to the link under the cover above. There are some very interesting liner notes for each of these songs
Track List
01 - Shaken Not Stirred - Br. Cleve & His Lush Orchestra 02 - Bongo Avenger - Eric & Ryan Kilkenny 03 - Wah Factor 3 - Marble 04 - Nature Boy - Philip Jackson 05 - Exotica Revisited - Jeff Chenault And Andrew Izold 06 - Kitty's Daydream (Longhair Mix) - Tipsy 07 - The Lonely Bull - Scotch & Soda (Max Mcmillan) 08 - The Natives Are Restless - Don Tiki 09 - Fi Music Direction - Acapulco 2000 - Jack Fetterman And The In Hi 10 - Quiet Spillage - The Weird Lovemakers 11 - Spy Perfume - Skip Heller's Hot Seven 12 - Brilliant Pillows (Many Moons) - Otis Fodder 13 - Love Theme From Astroslut - Astroslut 14 - Jungle Village - Der Plan 15 - Up In Flames - Misty Roses 16 - If Jesus Came - Künstler Treu (Bad words in this one-Parental Guidance suggested) 17 - Toryansay - Sem Sinatra
Reviewer: aaron m - - January 22, 2006 Subject: who "Exotica" is possibly the lamest genre name used, world over, and I dont know who the majority of these people are but the simple fact that such an exhaustive collection of space age lounge music can be put together with taste and smart+fun sounding contributions is pleasing in its own right.
As for the sound, it's the style of future/space cocktail lounge music originally laid by the likes of Esquivel! and carried on by bands like Combustible Edison, The Coctails, Stereolab, etc.
Good stuff. Is this possibly the same person using a aliases? It would almost be more surprisingly if it wasnt...
Reviewer: kareneliot - - January 20, 2006 Subject: A. K. A.: Martinibomb For those of you that may not know... Eric and Ryan Kilkenny from volume 1, track 2 (Bongo Avenger), are also known as "The Martinibomb". These 5 stars are just for them alone.
Check out their other Comfort Stand releases, you will probably like "The Coconut MonkeyRocket" If this style of music is up your alley.
Reviewer: JustinM - - January 8, 2006 Subject: Fun stuff! Pour yourself a mai-tai & kick back! Well-produced, loads of fun-- this album updates the 'exotica' sound, tossing in some sampling, electronics & synths for a modern audience. Diverse songs from diverse bands.
Reviewer: hermetiko - - April 14, 2005 Subject: Gran disco!!! me encanta este disco, no paro de escucharlo!!!!!
Reviewer: rjnagle - - March 23, 2005 Subject: a lovely understated Nature Boy IBID to everybody; I just wanted to point out how lovely (and yes, melancholy) Philip Jackson's Nature Boy piece is. The sound collages are a good counterpoint to it.
Reviewer: AppleGirl - - June 23, 2004 Subject: This needs to be on your iPod Exotica deluxe! An impressive collection of songs by an even more impressive collection of talented artists who truly "get it." First-quality tiki, exotica, groove-spy, cocktail, with a chill edge. These songs will make your summer more excellent.
I dowloaded nearly every track from my Southern California trailer park while wearing my fez and drinking a tasty concoction of whatever booze was left in the cupboard. Now I have to bid on more tikis for sale on e-bay. Chin Chin.
Reviewer: purusha - - February 4, 2004 Subject: hmm smootchy smootchy simply amazing. reminds me of good old martin denny's exotica masterpieces and david shea and scanner's electronica for young lovers. plus more!
Reviewer: OddioOverplay - - December 19, 2003 Subject: Fantastica! A refreshing release with top-notch music and top-notch packaging. You may find that a few tracks are not to your liking, but you are bound to find many more that you LOVE in this 2-CD set. The collection has wide appeal, so wide that folks in their 80s love it just as well as the little kids! Eat up!
Reviewer: simon c - - December 12, 2003 Subject: superlative exotica compilation Just spectacularly good - even for those who are only mild fans of exotica, like myself. Highlights such as Don Tiki, Tipsy, amazing moog action from Dana Countryman, and much much more. This compilation will make you want to repair to the Tonga Room in San Francisco and partake of their fifteen-dollar boat-sized cocktails. Must.. download.. now..
01 - A Walk Through The Powerhouse - Mr. Melvis 02 - Fiber, Ruler Of Pinakel - Weirdomusic 03 - Whammo - Djfreshmoney 04 - Cocktails In Space - Dana Countryman 05 - Drift - Jan Fornell 06 - Moonlight Zombie Dance - Bruce Lenkei 07 - Fuad Motel - Bumpenstein 08 - Pingpong Voodoo - Narcotic Syntax 09 - Venom - Hybe 10 - Farid - Astronauts From Maghreb - Impro 11 - You People - Black Sash 12 - Nomuzic - Blissful In Enchantro - Mental Anguish 13 - Walk On By - Songs To Drink And Drive By 14 - Island Knockin' - Magnus Sandberg
