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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: November 4, 2015
On this week’s show we once again ambled through the ample amphitheater of pop and exotica music in all its impressive inerrancy.
Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm Eastern Time (2-3 pm on the West Coast) at http://www.radiofairfax.org. The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9
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“Hilo,” recorded in 1929 by Sol Hoopii’s Novelty Trio with Aiona’s Saxophones, and found on the appetizing anthology: Jazz Goes Hawaiian.
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“Tiger Rag,” the 1917 song by the Original Dixieland Jass Band, whose recording of it was considered one of the first jazz records, performed here by the Londoner Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders on his raucous retrospective: Crazy Rhythm Hawaiian Swing.
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“Wang Wang Blues,” a caper cut in 1928 by the Sam Ku West Harmony Boys and drawn from the bulging box set: It’s Hotter in Hawaii. This is an instrumental version of the 1920 song composed by Henry Busse, Gus Mueller and Theron E. "Buster" Johnson, with lyrics by Leo Wood
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“Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai (The Plants of the Sea)” by the Hawaiian group Hapa, drawn from their self-titled CD also called Hapa, featuring Keli'i Kaneali'i and Barry Flanagan on vocals and Guitars.
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“Pupu Ni'ihau (The Shells of Ni’ihau)” sung by Nina Keali'iwahamana, whose last name means “Chief Who Speaks With Authority,” on her outstanding album recorded in the 1970s in London titled: Nina, arranged and conducted and recording produced by Jack DeMello.
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“Steelin' the Chimes,” composed and performed by Jerry Byrd and taken from his incomparable compact disc: Master of the Steel Guitar, Volume One.
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“Pua Pakalana” sung by Emma Veary and Robyn Kneubuhl, apprehended from the distaff anthology: Wahine, spotlighting the talents of women musicians from the islands of Maui and Hawaii.
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“Trigger Fantasy,” inked by Trigger Alpert and waxed by vibraphone master Arthur Lyman on his 1959 lovely LP: Leis of Jazz, featuring Alan Soares on Piano and John Kramer on Bass, recorded at the Henry J. Kaiser Aluminum Geodesic Dome, Honolulu.
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The Les Baxter composition: “Bangkok Cockfight,” interpolated on the 1962 long playing exotic excursion,: Rains in the Tropics: Songs and Sounds of Far Away Lands. Featuring Gene Rains on Vibes and Byron F. Peterson on Piano.
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“The Enchanted Isle,” taken from the superlitious CD set: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny.
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“Who's Sorry Now?” the 1923 song by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, recorded by Juan Garcia Esquivel on his 1960 luscious LP: Infinity in Sound, Volume 2.
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“Yellow Sun,” waxed by the Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus on their 1967 LP: African Blue.
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“Ventilator R-80” by the Spanish group: Ojos De Brujo, found on the copacetic collection: Feet – A Global Dance Party.
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The 1960 classic “Forbidden Island” recorded by The Islanders and drawn with tongs from the combustive compilation: Popcorn Exotica – R&B, Soul & Exotic Rockers From the ‘50s & ‘60s.
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The matchless masterpiece “Hello, I Love You, and Goodbye (The Aloha Song)” by The Crazed Mugs on their tidily titled album: Find Forbidden Island, featuring Pablus on Vocals and Kanekila on Rickenbacker seven-string Frying Pan Lap Steel Guitar.
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“Maunaloa,” the song composed by Helen Lindsey Parker performed by The Peter Moon Band on their 1982 satisfactional CD: Cane Fire! with Bobby Hall on Vocal, Peter Moon on Six-String Ukulele, Steve Wofford on the ‘Ohe Hano Ihu Nose Flute, Merv Ching on Ipu Drum and ‘ili’ili Percussion Stones, Cyril Pahinui on Steel Guitars and ‘Ili’ili stones, and Martin Pahinui on Bass.
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