Most irritating Exotica album and song - Tiki Music

RD Rum Demon Member Portland, Oregon Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 254	RD Rum Demon Posted posted on Wed, Mar 14, 2007 8:37 AM I'm not a fan of the buzzing fly, or screeching females, but my vote for "worst""exotica" album of all times has to go to disk #4 of the Reader's Digest Pop Organ Varieties. I guess you could call this one a "bandwagon" release. The other three disks span genres from latin to polka to ragtime. But the fourth platter is all about the South Sea Island Magic. Maybe it's not "exotica" by some standards, but it sure tries to spin a mood. A friend once told me that he won a contest to find the worst album ever by finding this one. He spent a good portion of a party guarding the turntable as it spun through all four LPs of magic. It must have been a pretty good party not to have been completely defused by his audio terrorism. My guess is that everyone moved to other rooms. Having said all this, I must confess that I truly LOVE this album. The whole set. If you've ever seen Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers, you may remember the music that the evil penguin played all night to drive Gromit crazy. Pop Organ Varieties is cut from that exact same cloth. It's like the music you might have heard at a roller rink before top 40 took over. It also has the most fantastic version of Hawaiian War Chant I've heard outside of the tiki room. I have purchased this set at least four times. It's hard for me to see it and not pick it up. There's always somebody whose life I can brighten by dropping this in their lap. That's a lot of love for under $5. You have to wonder what price was paid back in the day by those who sent away for this gem. On a final note, the guy I originally got my first copy of this from managed to rip it all on to mp3 recently. Unfortunately, there's a high pitched squeal just barely audible over everything. I'm still on the fence as to whether or not this really hurts the experience, or merely updates it for these modern times... MUGS MUGS MUGS!!! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrum_demonQQhtZ-1 http://www.rumdemon.com [ Edited by: Rum Demon 2007-03-14 17:00 ]

I'm not a fan of the buzzing fly, or screeching females, but my vote for "worst""exotica" album of all times has to go to disk #4 of the Reader's Digest Pop Organ Varieties.

I guess you could call this one a "bandwagon" release. The other three disks span genres from latin to polka to ragtime. But the fourth platter is all about the South Sea Island Magic. Maybe it's not "exotica" by some standards, but it sure tries to spin a mood.

A friend once told me that he won a contest to find the worst album ever by finding this one. He spent a good portion of a party guarding the turntable as it spun through all four LPs of magic. It must have been a pretty good party not to have been completely defused by his audio terrorism. My guess is that everyone moved to other rooms.

Having said all this, I must confess that I truly LOVE this album. The whole set. If you've ever seen Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers, you may remember the music that the evil penguin played all night to drive Gromit crazy. Pop Organ Varieties is cut from that exact same cloth. It's like the music you might have heard at a roller rink before top 40 took over.

It also has the most fantastic version of Hawaiian War Chant I've heard outside of the tiki room.

I have purchased this set at least four times. It's hard for me to see it and not pick it up. There's always somebody whose life I can brighten by dropping this in their lap. That's a lot of love for under $5. You have to wonder what price was paid back in the day by those who sent away for this gem.

On a final note, the guy I originally got my first copy of this from managed to rip it all on to mp3 recently. Unfortunately, there's a high pitched squeal just barely audible over everything. I'm still on the fence as to whether or not this really hurts the experience, or merely updates it for these modern times...

MUGS MUGS MUGS!!!
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrum_demonQQhtZ-1
http://www.rumdemon.com

[ Edited by: Rum Demon 2007-03-14 17:00 ]

Post #291807 by Rum Demon on Wed, Mar 14, 2007 8:37 AM