Exotica finds in different places - Tiki Music

STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Tue, Dec 14, 2004 10:53 AM Judging from what I find strictly at garage sales, I'd have to say that Arthur Lyman's "Taboo" (with the lava cover) is the most common lp in this part of Southern California. I have eight of those, followed by 5 copies of Martin Denny's "Exotica 1", then 4 copies each of Arthur Lyman's "Bahia" and Les Baxter's "Ports of Paradise", followed by 3 copies of "Ritual of the Savage". Exotica records in general seem to be fairly common at Southern California garage and estate sales. Just about every title you can think of has shown up at least once in my hunting. Arthur Lyman is by far the most common, followed by Martin Denny. Also, if I didn't live in Southern Cal I don't think I'd have such good luck finding Korla Pandit records, since he was a Los Angeles phenomenom. I love collecting his albums. The album that has eluded me the longest is Arthur Lyman's "Taboo 2", with the shrunken head on the cover. But luckilly one of those turned up just a few months ago. Happy Day! Bellybongo - I'd love to see the labels on those Danish and Swedish versions of yours. Also, I'm still hunting for that "Rainy Night in Shangri-La" lp myself. I've got one other Lonely Harpsichord lp and while researching it, saw a review of the "Rainy Night in Shangri-La" which said it was quite a good Exotica album. I may have to bite the bullet and buy it on Ebay, as no one seems to be bidding on these yet. Happy Hunting in Sweden! Sabu [ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2004-12-14 11:05 ]

Judging from what I find strictly at garage sales, I'd have to say that Arthur Lyman's "Taboo" (with the lava cover) is the most common lp in this part of Southern California. I have eight of those, followed by 5 copies of Martin Denny's "Exotica 1", then 4 copies each of Arthur Lyman's "Bahia" and Les Baxter's "Ports of Paradise", followed by 3 copies of "Ritual of the Savage".

Exotica records in general seem to be fairly common at Southern California garage and estate sales. Just about every title you can think of has shown up at least once in my hunting. Arthur Lyman is by far the most common, followed by Martin Denny. Also, if I didn't live in Southern Cal I don't think I'd have such good luck finding Korla Pandit records, since he was a Los Angeles phenomenom. I love collecting his albums.

The album that has eluded me the longest is Arthur Lyman's "Taboo 2", with the shrunken head on the cover. But luckilly one of those turned up just a few months ago.
Happy Day!

Bellybongo - I'd love to see the labels on those Danish and Swedish versions of yours. Also, I'm still hunting for that "Rainy Night in Shangri-La" lp myself. I've got one other Lonely Harpsichord lp and while researching it, saw a review of the "Rainy Night in Shangri-La" which said it was quite a good Exotica album. I may have to bite the bullet and buy it on Ebay, as no one seems to be bidding on these yet. Happy Hunting in Sweden!

Sabu

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2004-12-14 11:05 ]

Post #130946 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Tue, Dec 14, 2004 10:53 AM