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Xtabay - Lure of the Unknown Love

Xtabay, a lovely young Incan virgin, fell in love with a prince of an Aztec kingdom. It was a forbidden love, however, for he was high born and she was but a simple peasant..The young girl, unable to keep the secret in her heart, sang to the mountains, the wind, whoever would listen to her song. Her voice was so penetrating and enchanting that ultimately it reached and killed the far off prince.

Please post all requests and suggestions here. Any contributions are welcome especially rare and unusual stuff. My email is xtabay4@gmail.com

UPDATE:

Check the comments for links to over 30 Enoch Light albums.

If Serge Gainsbourg is your thing check the comments for loads of albums.

Les Baxter - Academy Award Winners - Soul of the Drums

Freshly ripped at 320kps by yours truly here's a truly odd coupling of one of Les' best exotica albums and one of his very good 'straight' recordings.

Les' didn't make many albums for Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records so maybe that's why these two ended up on the same CD.

Anyway go to the Baxter blog for this and other goodies.

Warren Barker - William Holden presents a Musical Touch of Faraway Places

A fine exotica album from 1959 and its a request. One of the longest titles I can remember for a lounge album and Holden seems to be there to lend his name and likeness to the project. Wonder if it helped sales any?

The album certainly doesn't need any help its very good indeed.

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Ennio Morricone - Classic Italian Soundtracks

I uploaded the first CD of this important retrospective of Morricone's work ages ago. I've decided to post this first and depending on the reaction I will upload CD 2.

Superbly recorded I picked this up still shrink wrapped in a local op shop. I've digitised it at 320kps so the quality is excellent but its quite a large file so its in two parts.

If you like Morricone's work and want to extend your collection past the Leone stuff have a listen and let me know if you want me to upload the second CD.

Track list for both CDs in the comments.

Part 1 Part 2 You might need this to join the parts Link

Augie Colon - Sophisticated Savage

For those that were after this album a kind person has anonymously uploaded the file. Its in two files, one for each side but I'm sure that won't worry the true fan.

Had a listen, nice clean sound at 320kps Link

Here's the album split into tracks thanks to bunnyboy link

Savage Beat Of Augie Colón, The* - Sophisticated Savage
Label: Liberty
Catalog#: LRP 3101
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1959

Producer - Martin Denny

Tracklisting:

A1 Colón (3:08) Written By - J. Wechter
A2 Tierra Va Tembla (2:40) Written By - M. Merceron
A3 Okolehau (2:26) Written By - M. Denny
A4 I'll Always Be In Love With You (Siempre Te Quiero) (2:10)
A5 El Doctor (2:20) Written By - J. Rodriguez
A6 Tabu (2:25) Written By - M. Lecuona
B1 Tambo (2:18) Written By - S. Mendez
B2 Manuela Boy (2:15) Written By - J. Noble
B3 Tu Has Sabido (2:36) Written By - R. Seijo
B4 Minamahal Sinsamba (2:50) Written By - Arevalo
B5 The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (2:17)

Manny Albam - I Had the Craziest Dream

Here's a link in answer to a request for this album by big band legend Manny Albam. I've got a couple more by him so if I get enough interest I'll post em.

Les Baxter - Festival of the Gnomes

Found a copy of this also which I didn't even know existed before I did the Baxter album list on the blog. Nice light orchestral music in a sort of Tchaikovsky vein.

Les Baxter - Confetti, Jungle Jazz and Teen Drums

Now added to the Baxter blog.

My Three Suns album collection

I've shared a few albums of this fabulous fun group but I can't see a reference to them in this blog so here's the albums I've shared so far.

Check out Michael David Toth's The Three Suns Universe. Lots of information and albums to check out for this amazing group.

Rapidshare folder link

Git this one here

And this one here

By the way does anyone have this apparently great album by Three Suns member Al Nevins?

Les Baxter update

I've uploaded some more Baxter albums to the Les Baxter blog and found some links to some more albums. I've put them in the list of albums in the sidebar so check there to fill in your Baxter collection.

The Capitol collection (pre 1962) is looking pretty good with most essential albums there and only a few more albums to upload and find.

Exotica Favourites - An Xtabay sampler

01. Martin Denny - Quiet Village
02. Arthur Lyman - Yellow Bird
03. Augie Colón - Jungle Drums
04. Don Tiki - Exotica '97
05. Frank Hunter - White Goddess
06. Les Baxter - Voodoo Dreams
07. Martini Kings - Las Nuedas
08. Robert Drasnin - Chant Of The Moon
09. Sad Salamanders - The Exotic Sandy Warner
10. Stolen Idols - Black Orchid
11. The Surfmen - fire Goddess
12. Waitiki - Voodoo Love
13. Warren Barker - Moonflowers
14. Ted Auletta - The Sound Of Exotica
15. John Evans - Temptation
16. Axel Stordahl - The Moon Of Manakoora
17. Marty Wilson - Jungle Fantasy
18. Gene Rains - Lotus Land
19. Tak Shindo - Mganga
20. Richard Hayman - Voodoo
21. Don Tiare - Girl Behind The Bamboo Curtain
22. Nino Nardini & Roger Roger - Jungle Obsession
23. Michael Magna - Bahia
24. Henry Mancini - The Sounds Of Hatari

Well I rose to the challenge and picked 24 exotica tunes which while not necessarily the best are representative of the style of music called 'exotica'. Its a pretty good sampling of old and new classics and quirky examples all sonically enhanced for your listening pleasure.

There's some more laid back and evocative tunes like Lyman's Yellow Bird and the Surfmen's Fire Goddess.

There's more traditional exotica like Martin Denny's version of Quiet Village as no collection would be complete without Denny or that tune, there's possibly my favourite Baxter tune Voodoo Dreams one of the best and most exotic tunes ever, modern groups like the excellent Martini Kings and Waitiki and even the weirdest exotica tune ever Magne's Bahia where it sounds like every bird call he could find was included even a duck quacker.

So here then is my modest effort. Hopefully you'll find something interesting here.

Link

Ultra Lounge Series - Mondo Exotica

One commenter in the Requests section has newly discovered exotica and asked me to provide my 20 starter songs to sort of get them introduced to this genre. This of course is an almost impossible task as it would be hard enough just to pick say the best 20 of Les Baxter who is just one artist.

I'm going to give it a go but I think somehow it will have a few more songs than 20.

Anyhow in the meantime here is the first CD in the Ultra Lounge series and it is an almost perfect exotica starting point and in fact was my first CD purchase in this genre.

I was going to upload this at 320kps as this album is sadly now deleted but the Hot Sauce Lounge has already done so so here is the link.

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Hits the Hits

I've got a couple of Shawn Lee's albums and this multi instrumentalist is the funky off spring of such library music greats as Brian Bennett and Alan Hawkshaw. I've now found a great selection of albums by him I didn't have and I've been busily giving them a listen.

The above album is perhaps the pick of the bunch with one track had me looking to see if the player hadn't switched to a funky Ramsey Lewis track. There's also a nice instro version of Aussie singing budgie Kylie Minogue's big hit "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind".

I'd say get em while you can. Link

The Video Page

I'll put interesting videos here I come across so check it out.

Nurse Diesel

Nurse Diesel heads the pecking order at the Psychotic Institute for the Very Very Nervous, Cloris Leachman is marvelous as usual and her cantilevered bras are a wonder to behold.

"Those who are tardy do not get fruitcup"

"Nurse Diesel is my right hand man, err woman"

Perfect Sleep

Here's a viral video promo for a stinker film called the Perfect Sleep. Gary Oldman is hilarious, "now, that was shit!....i seen it three times and i'm still taking the medication......you know who should avoid this movie?everyone EVERYONE!!!!!"

I still can't figure out why he saw it three times.

Somebody called Bas Rutten who seems a rather child like wrestler type completely spits the dummy and hilariously takes it out on a punching bag thingie.

Oh and "the man who thinks he's god" Bono is there for the ride too.

I suspect this is a put on but if so its a really bad one because I certainly won't be seeing this pile of doodoo.