Post #726839 by Dr. Zarkov on Wed, Sep 3, 2014 5:10 PM

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: September 3, 2014

On this week’s show we once again penetrated the exogenous zone of pop and exotica, and along the way we took the time to tip our tributary Trilbys to that American original, the brilliant but crazed composer and original inventor of early electronic instruments Raymond Scott, who was born in September 1908.

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1. “Ojai," the 1949 side recorded by Joe Lutcher and found on the magnifico mélange: Mambo Jukebox – Rumba and Afro Latin Accented Rhythm & Blues 1949-1960.

2. The 1937 version of the song “The Penguin” came from the reckless retrospective: The Music of Raymond Scott – Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights.

3. “Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals” found on the auspicious album: Celebration on the Planet Mars: A Tribute to Raymond Scott by The Beau Hunks Sextette, who all hail from the Netherlands. The band’s name is taken from title of 1931 Laurel & Hardy Movie about the French Foreign Legion and includes. Robert Veen on Tenor Sax & Clarinet, Ronald Jansen Heijtmajer on Clarinet, Menno Daams on Trumpet, Jakob Klaasse on Piano & Celeste, Gert-Jan Blom on Bass and Louis Debij on Percussion.

4. “Lego-Marsch” by Oleg Kostrow, taken from the commie compilation: Russkie Wig-Out! Surf -- Electro/Exotica From Behind the Iron Curtain.

5. The Raymond Scott composition “Power House” performed in 1963 by Spike Jones, appearing on the cathode ray collection: TV Town – Prime-Time Tunes From the Tube/Ultra Lounge No. 13.

6. “Elizabeth Foster Goose” by Bruce Haack, the Canadian composer & electronic music pioneer: his career paralleled Raymond Scott’s in many ways, drawn from the ultimate sampler CD: Music for Gracious Living 2.

7. “Firewalking” by Truus (a/k/a Gertruda de Groot) from her 2009 album: Ritualis.

8. “Joy” by Les Baxter and His Orchestra from their 1954 loquacious LP: The Passions, featuring Bas Sheva on Vocals.

9. A television commercial soundtrack written in the early 1960s for Baltimore Gas & Electric Company by Raymond Scott that appears on his completest compilation: Manhattan Research Inc.

10. “I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter,” sung in 1937 by Ivie Anderson with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, found on her righteous retrospective: I've Got the World on a String, featuring his grace on Piano.

11. “Moonlight Moods” by Tiki Joe's Ocean from the superlative CD: Under the Midnight Sun.

12. “Mini Skirt” by the renowned Mexican composer that was from his highlight album: The Best of Esquivel.

13. “Polynesian Bolero,” taken from Voodoo II – More Exotic Sounds of Robert Drasnin.

14. “The Queen Chant (Li Liu E),” composed by John Kaladana featured on the 1958 landmark LP: Exotica II, and taken from the capacious collection: The Exciting Sounds of Martin Denny – Exotica, with Denny on Piano and featuring Arthur Lyman on Vibes.

15. “Soul Surfin'” by The Mermen from their surftastical CD: Krill Slippin’ with Jim Thomas on Electric Guitar, Allen Whitman on Bass and Martyn Jones on Drums.

16. “Tequila Bum Bum” performed by Montefiori Cocktail on the copacetic concoction: Far Out – Swinging Bachelor Pad Music.