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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 7-8-15 Pop & Exotica

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: July 8, 2015

On this week’s show we once again extroversionized our propensity for pop and exotica music in all its riotous range.

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

  1. “Ciribiribin,” waxed in 1922 by Frank Ferera on Lap Steel Guitar and Louise Ferera on Acoustic Guitar – perhaps the earliest example of what we term exotica music – taken from the historical document: Hawaiians in Paris – 1916-1926.

  2. “There's Nothing Else to Do in Ma-La-Ka-Mo-Ka-Lu” composed by Cliff Friend and Sidney D. Mitchell, recorded in 1934 and found on the righteous retrospective: Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartette – Classic Hawaiian Steel Guitar Performances 1933-34, with Mr. Hoopii on Acoustic Steel Guitar.

  3. “Hawaiian Cowboy,” the 1938 performance by Sol K. Bright’s Hollywaiians found on the clamorous compilation: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics – Historic Recordings 1927-1938.

  4. “Sleepy Lagoon,” drawn from the 1962 insularial album: Hawaiian Favorites by Alfred Apaka & Danny Stewart’s Hawaiians.

  5. “E Ku'u Baby Hot Cha Cha,” the 1935 song composed and sung by Lena Machado in a 1962 Los Angeles recording featured on her reliquarious retrospective: Hawaiian Song Bird, with Billy Hew Len on Steel Guitar, Cy Ludington on Guitar and Arranger Bennie Saks (Sakimaki) on Piano.

  6. The classic tune inked by Ernesto Lecuona, “Tabu,” performed in 1942 by Machito and His Afro-Cubans, spotlighting Miguel “Mr. Babalu” Valdes on Vocal, and taken from the anthemic anthology: Ritmo Caliente.

  7. “Balinese Bongos,” by Les Baxter and His Orchestra for their 1959 LP: African Jazz.

  8. “Bwana Toshi” by the master Vibes and Xylophone player Arthur Lyman, found on his copious collection: Music of Hawaii.

  9. “Captain Lush Black Box Recording” by The Tikiyaki Orchestra from their scintillacious CD: Aloha, Baby! Featuring Jim Bacchi on Ukulele and Gary Brandin on Steel Guitar.

  10. “De Gas Pipe She's Leakin' Joe,” recorded by a youthful Sarah Vaughan in 1950, with Jimmy Jones on Piano and Mundell Lowe on Electric Guitar, drawn from her bountiful box set: Young Sassy.

  11. “Sweet Georgia Brown,” the classic song written in 1925 by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey, and taken from the 1956 verticulated LP: Pick Yourself Up With Anita O’Day, who was accompanied by Bunny Bregman’s Orchestra, including Paul Smith on Piano, Al Hendrickson on Electric Guitar and Alvin Stoller on Drums.

  12. “I Want You to Be My Baby,” inked by none other than Jon Hendricks and waxed by Louis Prima Jr. on his 2012 combustive compact disc: Return of the Wildest, with Sarah Speigel on Vocal, Louis Prima Jr. on Trumpet, Ryan McKay on Electric Guitar, Marco Fox and Gregg Fox on Keyboards, Marco Palos on Tenor Sax, Philip Clevinger on Trombone, Ted Schumacher on Trumpet, Michael Gerbino on Bass and A.D. Adams on Drums.

  13. “Paradise,” composed by Nacio Herb Brown and Gordon Clifford and warbled by our convivial canary Toni Harper on her 1960 lapidarial LP: Nigh Mood, with Jimmy Rowles on Piano, Larry Bunker on Vibes, Art Pepper and Bud Shank on Alto Sax, Bill Perkins and Jack Montrose on Tenor Sax, Jack Nimitz on Baritone Sax, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Dick Collins and Al Porcino on Trumpets, Frank Rosolino, Bob Fitzpatrick and Pete Carpenter on Trombones, Red Callender on Tuba, Joe Mondragon on Bass and Mel Lewis on Drums.

  14. “Apache,” performed in 1962 and found on the clangorous collection: The Ventures Play Telstar, the Lonely Bull & Others – Ventures in Space.

  15. “Tiki Gods Theme” recorded by Eliot Easton’s Tiki Gods on their superlaticious CD: Easton Island, featuring Mr. Easton – a member of the rock band The Cars – on Electric Guitar, with Wondermints members Nick “Nicky Wonder” Walusko on Electric Guitar, Chris Reccardi on Bass and Michael D’Amico on Drums and Percussion.

  16. “Delayrium,” by the Finnish band Laika and the Cosmonauts from their “Best Of” album: Cosmopolis, with Mikko Lanikinen on Electric Guitar, Matti Pitsinki on Organ and Guitar, Tom Nyman on Bass and Janne Haavisto on Drums.

  17. “Lost Lagoon (Reprise),” from the moist CD: Lagoon! by the Houston band: Clouseaux, featuring Jay Brooks on Bass and Jon Best on Vibes. The album title refers to Sig’s Lagoon Record Store in Houston and the word “lagoon,” which was used by Beatniks in their jargon as the equivalent of “cool.”

  18. “Raglan,” by The Mermen from their alimentarial album: Food for Other Fish, with the song’s composer Jim Thomas on Electric Guitar, Allen Whitman on Bass and Martyn Jones on Drums.

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