Post #169084 by ikitnrev on Thu, Jun 30, 2005 10:24 PM

Based on the 'Top 100 LPs' website, I think that 1958 was the best year for exotica music.
#97 'Orienta' The Markko Polo Adventurers
#90 'Hypnotique' Martin Denny
#85 'Exploring New Sounds in Stereo' Esquivel
#76 'Taboo' Arthur Lyman
#31 'Other Worlds, Other Sounds' Esquivel
#30 'Music from Peter Gunn' Henry Mancini

Oddly enough, Martin Denny's 'Quiet Village' did not make the top 100 for 1959, although his 'Afro-Desia' LP made the list that year(#59). Denny's 'Exotica' LP is listed at #75 for 1957

'Eden's Island' by Eden Ahbez is listed at #28 for 1960.

Vern