Various - Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights (Blue Vinyl)

NUMERO - NUM065LP-C4

It was a musical cocktail born in a marketing meeting: Two parts easy listening, one part jazz, a healthy dollop of conga drums, a sprinkling of bird calls, and a pinch of textless choir. Serve garnished with an alluring female on the album jacket for best results. Exotica! The soundtrack for a mythical air conditioned Eden, packaged for mid-century, tiki torch-wielding armchair safariers. Be it mosquito-bitten torch singers, landlocked surf quartets, fad-chasing jazz combos, mad genius band leaders, D-list actors, or a middle aged loner programming bird calls into a Hammond, Exotica was always more concerned with what geography might sound like over who was conducting. Captured across three albums are 48 (54 on the CD) curious examples of the short-lived genre's reach, each summoning their own sonic visions of Shangri La, bringing their versions of the Pacific, Africa, and the Orient to the hinterlands of America. Technicolor Paradise is where one makes it, after all.

Daiquiri Dirges
Side A:
Chuck "Big Guitar" Ernest With The Satellite Band - Blue Oasis
The Sound Breakers - Marooned
The Wailers - Driftwood
Lenny And The Thundertones - The Moon Of Manakoora
Biscaynes With Co-Encidentals - Midnight In Montevideo
Red Garrison And His Zodiacs - Chant Of The Jungle
The Palatons - Jungle Guitar
Chayns - Live With The Moon

Side B:
Bailey's Nervous Kats Feat. James Mills - Cobra
The Blazers - Sound Of Mecca
The Gems - Slave Girl
Jerry & The Catalinas - The Arabian Knight
The Jaguars - Night Walker
The Shelltones - Blue Castaway
The Blue Bells - Atlantis
Bill & Jean Bradway - Paradise Isle

Rhum Rhapsodies
Side C:
The Melody Mates - Enchantment
Don Reed Feat. The Voice Of Love - Nature Boy
The Baton Of Andre Brummer - Tumba
Darla Hood - Silent Island
Martha Raye With Phil Moore Orchestra - Lotus Land
Baha'i Victory Chorus - Nightingale Of Paradise
Carmen - Isle Of Love
The Monzas - Forever Walks A Drifter

Side D:
Akim - Voodoo Drums
Don Sargent & His Buddies - Voodoo Kiss
Joan Joyce Trio - Captured
Pony Sherrell - Tobago
Jerry Warren & The Valids - Enchantress
The Centuries - Polynesian Paradise
The Potted Palm - My House Of Grass
The Castiles - Enchantment

Mai Tai Mambos
Side E:
Five Glow Tones - Quiet Village
Modesto Duran & Orchestra - Silent Island
Ross Anderson Chorus & Orchestra - Tam-bu Theme
Bobby Christian - Caravan
Bruce Norman Quintet - Arabian Rhythm
The Slaves - Hari's Harem
Arnie Derksen & Chisé - Similou
The Three Bars Feat. Nicky Roberts - Caribbean Cruise

Side F:
Robert Drasnin - Chant Of The Moon
The Blue Jeans - Moon Mist
Artie Barsamian - The Enchanting Melody
Eddie Kochak & Hakki Obidia - Jazz In Port Said
Gene Sikora & The Irrationals - Tanganyika
Bobby Paris - Dark Continent
Chico Jose - Locura (Madness)
Clyde Derby - Lost Island

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