pre order expected 26/07/24
Exotica
Artist Martin Denny
Format:Vinyl / 12" Album
Label:Number One Essentials
Catalogue No:291004
Barcode:8436563185571
Genre:Lounge
No of Discs:1
Release Date:26 Jul 2024
Track Listings
Disc 1
1Quiet Village
2Return to Paradise
3Hong Kong Blues
4Busy Port
5Lotus Land
6Similau
7Stardust
8The Enchanted Sea
9Stone God
10Jungle Flower
11China Nights (Shina No Yoru)
12Ah Me Furi
13Waipio
14Love Dance
15Martinique
16Misirlou
Description
The complete LP + 4 bonus tracks - the original mono version on limited edition 180g virgin vinyl with special liner notes by writer and BBC broadcaster Brain Morton. American pianist and composer Martin Denny (1911-2016) developed a new music genre during the mid-1950s that combined jazz, Hawaiian music, Latin rhythms, bird calls, and exotic instruments such as kotos, gamelans, and Burmese temple bells into the sound that became known as "exotica."
Best known as the "father of Exotica," Denny was responsible for the genre's biggest hit of all time with his version of Les Baxter's 'Quiet Village',included here on this LP.
Exoticawas his debut album. First released in May of 1957, it topped the Billboard's charts in 1959. Originally recorded in mono, the album was entirely rerecorded in stereo in 1958 with the same musicians apart from vibraphonist Julius Wechter - replaced by Arthur Lyman. However, Denny always preferred the original mono version presented here.
