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K Kaiwaza Tiki Socialite Waikiki Beach, Hawaii Joined: Aug 06, 2003 Posts: 563	K Kaiwaza Posted posted on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 1:34 PM Moving into some "exotica" lps nows, again, I'm going to try & just stick with either lps that seems pretty rare or interesting in some other way. It wasn't too long ago that I first saw a dvd release of the film "Mondo Cane" & became interested in all the follow-up "cash-in" films that were made after it. I saw this budget label lp (Viking) and was interested in the title "Theme From Mondo Cane & Other Horror Music" by "Ugella & Viking Pops Orchestra." I mean, I didn't consider "Mondo Cane" a HORROR film and the theme (More) is actually quite popular & beautiful. So, what the heck would this recording be...? Well, it's an orchestral version of "More" followed by seven tracks by CHAINO. Yeah, it's definitely Chaino tracks lifted from other lps. Fascinating. I'm not exactly sure why I enjoy this record so much. Pictured on the cover is NOT a model, but the songstress featured, Diane Adrian. Darn...I forgot to snap the back cover...I'll add it later as it has GREAT shots of her hamming it up in "native garb." It says Diane has toured the Caribbean many times and collected the material heard in this album. She sings in a combination of English, French or patois or something...with a full Western orchestra with added percussion. There's something very intriguing about listening to a semi-operatic singer "going native" with her renditions of supposedly actual voodoo chants. You go, Diane! I imagine many of us have at least ONE copy of this LP in our collections. WE know about the Luke Leilani budget LPs..well, this is the budget label "exotica" recording of drumming & African/Haitian/Whatever voodoo vocals that was reissued under a hundred different names & titles. I do love when it was released as "Tahitian Percussion" because it CLEARLY isn't...but I find this jacket to be fetching & I honestly have seldom seen it around the thrift or record shops. Imean, one is always stumbling across blondes in the jungle, right? Paradise is a state of mind. [ Edited by: Kaiwaza 2009-11-18 12:34 ]

Moving into some "exotica" lps nows, again, I'm going to try & just stick with either lps that seems pretty rare or interesting in some other way.

It wasn't too long ago that I first saw a dvd release of the film "Mondo Cane" & became interested in all the follow-up "cash-in" films that were made after it. I saw this budget label lp (Viking) and was interested in the title "Theme From Mondo Cane & Other Horror Music" by "Ugella & Viking Pops Orchestra." I mean, I didn't consider "Mondo Cane" a HORROR film and the theme (More) is actually quite popular & beautiful. So, what the heck would this recording be...?
Well, it's an orchestral version of "More" followed by seven tracks by CHAINO. Yeah, it's definitely Chaino tracks lifted from other lps. Fascinating.

I'm not exactly sure why I enjoy this record so much. Pictured on the cover is NOT a model, but the songstress featured, Diane Adrian. Darn...I forgot to snap the back cover...I'll add it later as it has GREAT shots of her hamming it up in "native garb." It says Diane has toured the Caribbean many times and collected the material heard in this album. She sings in a combination of English, French or patois or something...with a full Western orchestra with added percussion. There's something very intriguing about listening to a semi-operatic singer "going native" with her renditions of supposedly actual voodoo chants. You go, Diane!

I imagine many of us have at least ONE copy of this LP in our collections. WE know about the Luke Leilani budget LPs..well, this is the budget label "exotica" recording of drumming & African/Haitian/Whatever voodoo vocals that was reissued under a hundred different names & titles. I do love when it was released as "Tahitian Percussion" because it CLEARLY isn't...but I find this jacket to be fetching & I honestly have seldom seen it around the thrift or record shops.
Imean, one is always stumbling across blondes in the jungle, right?

Paradise is a state of mind.

[ Edited by: Kaiwaza 2009-11-18 12:34 ]

Post #494113 by Kaiwaza on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 1:34 PM