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New Les Baxter CD

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It's a compilation on El Records called African Jazz/Jungle Jazz, and it can be pre-ordered at Amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/African-Jazz-Jungle-Baxter/dp/B003ODL3QA/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1M7TTWF7XQXED&colid=3M3VL3N33ZJED

The tracks aren't listed, but I found them elsewhere:

  1. CONGO TRAIN
  2. ELEPHANT TRAIL
  3. BANANA BOY
  4. SAFARI
  5. MOMBASA AFTER MIDNIGHT
  6. RAIN
  7. LOST CITY
  8. WALKIN' WATUSI
  9. OSTRICH HUNT
  10. CAIRO BAZAAR
  11. JUNGALERO
  12. BALINESE BONGOS
  13. BRAZILIA
  14. RAIN FOREST
  15. PAPAGAYO
  16. AMAZON FALLS
  17. COCO
  18. CARNIVAL MERENGUE
  19. ISLE OF CUBA
  20. BLUE JUNGLE
  21. VOODOO DREAMS
  22. ONE THOUSAND COCKATOOS
  23. GO CHANGO
  24. JUNGLE BRAVA

I imagine that these will be mastered from vinyl because of the EU 50-year copyright law, but that's not the worst thing in the world.

I'll be curious to see what's mono and what's stereo. The mono African Jazz blows away the stereo.

T

FWIW, there's an inexpensive 2-disc set called "Les Baxter - Four Classic Albums," containing South Pacific, African Jazz, Jungle Jazz, and Wild Guitars. It can be seen at musicmelon.co.uk under the Jazz titles. Packaging says "Digitally remastered and enhanced for superior quality." Not exactly sure what that means, but the recordings sound pretty good to me. Acquired mine at sirendisc.com.

T

Has anyone picked up the new comp on El? How does it sound?

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