Post #479165 by MrFab on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 3:46 PM

1950 - Yma Sumac "Voice of the Xtabay"

1951 - Korla Pandit:
THE GRAND MOGHUL SUITE, KORLA PANDIT'S MUSICAL GEMS, REMEMB'RING (all 1951)

1952 - Les Baxter "Ritual of the Savage"

Can any of you scholars think of any other early ones, pre-Denny? "Exotica" didn't come out til '57.
This album is what got me thinking about this subject:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/08/the-percussive-phil-kraus.html
It's not dated, but looks pretty early. Good stuff too - "Buffoon" is nicely creepy.