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.

01. Martin Denny - Quiet Village02. Arthur Lyman - Yellow Bird03. Augie Colón - Jungle Drums04. Don Tiki - Exotica '9705. Frank Hunter - White Goddess06. Les Baxter - Voodoo Dreams07. Martini Kings - Las Nuedas08. Robert Drasnin - Chant Of The Moon09. Sad Salamanders - The Exotic Sandy Warner10. Stolen Idols - Black Orchid11. The Surfmen - fire Goddess12. Waitiki - Voodoo Love13. Warren Barker -

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

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

I'll put interesting videos here I come across so check it out.To kick things off 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

Les Baxter's first recorded efforts as producer and arranger.Posted on Les Baxter Tribute blog

For long time requester Kevin here's the great Jack Costanzo's cool album with one of the classic covers. Link

A beautiful album from Martin Denny protege Ethel Azama. Ethel. Another great album cover. Not a bad album of polynesian music either.They certainly knew how to get your attention in the 70s. Bare view What an album! What a cover! Oh yes heres the music. Gene Rains mega post TropicsCall of the TropicsLotus LandAcross the Sea For those who wanted it here's my own rip of this

Here's a request, the wonderfully exotic Ports of Paradise with a couple of tunes by Mavis Rivers.Link

There was some demand for this a while back but it got lost in the shuffle. Anyway here it is courtesy of freewave. Link

I've been advised that the original link for this fine collection is dead so I've uploaded it here.

Took some nice photos on a Buderim bushwalk the other day. Its only a 10 minute drive from where I am and the creek running down the hill flows into the Maroochy River and is nice and full after recent rains.The rain forest is beautifully preserved but the suburbs encroach on all sides and there's pressure by wealthy people to build on the hillside with its magnificent views of the Sunshine Coast

Here's one of Les' later albums but up to his usual high standards and the 101 Strings are along for the ride too.link

Not a Teutonic finishing school its a style of electronic music using mainly analog mainframe synths like the Moog Modular together with early sequencers and then the warm melodic sounds of guitars, keyboards and sound effects to humanise the sound.It was started in the 70s by pioneers such as Klaus Schultze and most famously Tangerine Dream. Later proponents like Redshift and Ian Boddy keep the

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Here's a request Ray Martin's imaginative Sound of Sight. Love that Jack Davis cover too, he of Mad Magazine fame.herePrevious Ray Martin share Excitement Inc is here

There was a request for Bongos Flutes etc so here it is together with Bongo-Drums which has one of the great cheesecake covers.Both in stereo the first album 320k and the second 192k (with some surface noise but not enough to spoil the listen).Bongos FlutesBongo-drums

As requested here's Dick Hyman's early synth and organ noodlings with Mayo's etheral singing. Only 128k but it sounds pretty good and its a breeze for me to upload and you to download.LinkLinks to more Hyman albums:The Age of Electronicus hereFantomfingers HereThe following are available on the net: (links for all in the sidebar)The Man From O.R.G.A.N. Electric EclecticsDick Hyman and His

Another stellar set I picked up when I used to be a regular at the bargain bins of music shops.This one is a 3Cd set of 60s and 70s band leader maestro Tony Hatch who mentored such acts as Petula Clark and the Searchers and had a handy number of albums in his own right.Each disc concentrates on a different aspect of Tony's career: easy listening guru, hitmaker for various vocal acts and hip TV

I was thinking of maybe highlighting some old posts to see if any newer visitors might be interested in them. I could start with some of the most popular ones and then follow up with some less popular albums.Anyhow I came across this album and it only has 2 downloads so far. I have a feeling I was going to share it but someone beat me to it. Anyway I thought I would post it anyway as any Les