Martin Denny Forbidden Island LP cover - Tiki Music

T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 1:41 PM from the liner notes (written by Martin Denny himself) of Scamp Records 1996 CD release of 1958's Forbidden Island: "In 1960 someone came along with the bright idea that Forbidden Island would sell more albums if it had a little more sexual allure to it. So they shot a new cover with a model who provided a provocative, suggestive look with a tantalizing pose with a cherry between her lips." -- Martin Denny A little more Forbidden Island info from the same liner notes: "Around this time I was appearing at Don the Beachcomber's in Waikiki, when my friend Charles Griffith, who had written lyrics to some of the songs I had composed, was getting ready to produce and direct the film Forbidden Island at Trader Vic's. The film starred Jon Hall who played a scuba diver trying to find a sunken treasure before a gang of crooks did. Charles asked me to play a cameo part of a piano player in a bar, like Sam the piano player in Casablanca. He also let me use the title of Forbidden Island for what became my third album for Liberty Records." :tiki:

from the liner notes (written by Martin Denny himself) of Scamp Records 1996 CD release of 1958's Forbidden Island:

"In 1960 someone came along with the bright idea that Forbidden Island would sell more albums if it had a little more sexual allure to it. So they shot a new cover with a model who provided a provocative, suggestive look with a tantalizing pose with a cherry between her lips."
-- Martin Denny

A little more Forbidden Island info from the same liner notes:

"Around this time I was appearing at Don the Beachcomber's in Waikiki, when my friend Charles Griffith, who had written lyrics to some of the songs I had composed, was getting ready to produce and direct the film Forbidden Island at Trader Vic's. The film starred Jon Hall who played a scuba diver trying to find a sunken treasure before a gang of crooks did. Charles asked me to play a cameo part of a piano player in a bar, like Sam the piano player in Casablanca. He also let me use the title of Forbidden Island for what became my third album for Liberty Records."

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Post #26650 by Traderpup on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 1:41 PM