Posts Tagged ‘ exotica ’

Mombasa Love Songs

December 26, 2010
Mombasa Love Songs

Just spun this delicious dose of 1950s exotica this afternoon, while dozing on the armchair and half-watching a Star Trek movie. Like many of these Righteous releases, it packs two half-hour LPs onto a single CD, but the skilled curators at work on this series do their themed pairings with considerably more care than...

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Jazzy & E-Z Xmas Special

December 17, 2010

The Sound Projector Radio Show 17th December 2010 Lalo Schifrin, ‘Dragonfly’ (1976) From Black Widow, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT ZK 65128 CD (1997) Som Psicodelico, ‘Watermelon Man’ From Mondo Bossa, SML 307.3169 CD Modern Jazz Quartet, ‘Variations on a Christmas Theme’ (1972) From Plastic Dreams, ATLANTIC MASTERS 8122747022 CD The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, ‘Waltz...

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Dreams of New York

November 30, 2010
Dreams of New York

I’ve had a lot of fun with this superb compilation CD New York City: Manhattan Moods (RIGHTEOUS PSALM 23:43), the latest from the UK Righteous label and another revelation in terms of orchestral easy-listening hidden treasures from the US which are new to this listener. The CD compiles three items, starting off with the...

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Three Righteous Blows

November 21, 2009
Three Righteous Blows

These are three tempting reissue items from the UK Righteous label, which arrived here around August this year…they feature original sleeve art (back and front) reproduced in virtually unadulterated form, scholarly notes from Dave Henderson of Mojo magazine, and I think they are distributed by Cherry Red in the UK. All for sale on...

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Yma Sumac RIP (TSP radio 07/11/08)

November 8, 2008

Yma Sumac: ‘Xtabay’ (1950) From Voice of the Xtabay and other Exotic Delights, UK REV-OLA CREV034CD (1995) ‘Kon-Tiki’ (1955) From Legend of The Sun Virgin, USA CAPITOL RECORDS SM-299 LP ‘Five Bottles Mambo’ (1956) From Mambo!, FRANCE CAPITOL 4832692 CD (1995) ‘Jivaro’ (1957) From Legend of The Jivaro, FRANCE CAPITOL RECORDS 1552981 LP (1984)...

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The Sound Projector Lush Christmas Show 2006 (TSP radio show 22/12/06)

December 22, 2006

Marcel, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ From Heavy Christmas, GERMANY SECOND BATTLE SB043 CD (1997) Original issue GERMANY PILZ 1971 The Residents, ‘Fire’ (1972) From Meet The Residents, EUROPE TORSO CD 416 (1988) Magical Power Mako, ‘Blue Dot’ From Blue Dot, JAPAN BELLE ANTIQUE 95131 CD (1995) Frank Zappa and The Mothers...

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Space Soon (TSP radio show 08/09/06)

September 8, 2006

Special 2-hour show on a pre-determined Resonance 104.4 FM theme The B-52′s, ‘Planet Claire’ From The B-52′s, UK ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 9580 LP (1979) Comets On Fire, ‘Ghost of the Cosmos’ From Comets On Fire, USA ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES VIRUS 301 CD (2003) Spacemen 3, ‘Suicide’ From Losing Touch With Your Mind, BOOTLEG LP ...

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Songs with Strings (TSP radio show 07/01/05)

January 7, 2005

Scott Walker, ‘It’s Raining Today’ (1969) From Scott 3, UK FONTANA 510 881-2 CD (1992) Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood, ‘Down from Dover’ From Did You Ever, UK RCA VICTOR SF8240 LP (1971) Nico, ‘Little Sister’ From Chelsea Girl, UK MGM RECORDS MGM SELECT 2353 025 LP (1971) Kate Bush, ‘The Infant Kiss’ From...

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