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Quiet Village/The Enchanted Sea
(1997)
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Martin Denny is rightfully known as the king of exotica/lounge music. The music is defined by breezy, middle of the road, early-60's pop arrangements buttressed by sound effects of ocean, wildlife, birds, and other natural phenomenon. Scamp Records out of New York has done an excellent job of reissuing his original albums, and this CD, which ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 4: Bachelor Pad Royale
(1996)
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As the title implies, the songs on this 18-song compilation were intended for bachelors who wanted to create a suitably suave atmosphere between the mid-'50s and mid-'60s. So although the music draws from jazz (both big band and cool), lounge pop, and film/TV soundtracks, it's primarily designed to set a mood or background. That means that when it ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
(1996)
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An 18-song exhumation of the Capitol exotica back catalog, placing old standbys like Martin Denny, Les Baxter, and Yma Sumac alongside lesser-knowns like Webley Edwards, Bas Sheva, and the wonderfully-named 80 Drums Around the World. This favors easy listening-friendly exotica, rather than the style at its most outrageous. It may be too ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 14: Bossa Novaville
(1997)
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
(1997)
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The 16th volume of the Ultra-Lounge series is one of its finest. As its subtitle indicates, Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood focuses on soundtrack music reinterpreted in a lounge style. This tactic works nicely because the material chosen is resilient enough to withstand the interesting interpretations they get here: Good examples include ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up
(1997)
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Ultra-Lounge Sampler
(1996)
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 17: Bongoland
(1997)
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The lounge songs of the '50s and '60s on this compilation are all dominated by the pulsating rhythms of the bongo drum. As with other instrument-specific CDs in the Ultra Lounge series (Saxophobia, Organs in Orbit), it can be too much. However, there is some great mood music here, perfect for creating a Latin-tinted party ambience. "Taboo," by Leo ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 11: Organs in Orbit
(1996)
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The organ has a respected slot in the space age pop/lounge lineup, and Organs in Orbit gives the Hammond its due by featuring 18 cuts in the style, originally recorded for Capitol in the 1950s and 1960s. It's a long way from here to Jimmy Smith, and you should check any hopes for funkiness at the door. If you've got a yen for the inimitable ...
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The Best of Martin Denny's Exotica
(2006)
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Since the mid-'90s resurgence of easy listening or space age bachelor pad music, the majority of both original LPs and compilations by the pioneers of the genre -- Esquivel, Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman, and Martin Denny -- saw a glut of reissues, both good and bad. Unfortunately, the best of those discs aren't as easy to find some ten years later as ...
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The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny [Capitol]
(1996)
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Part of the great exotica resurgence of the earl '90s, this compilation from "Tiki God" Martin Denny is about as good a beach accompaniment as one could hope for. Over the span of 43 tracks, Denny and his able-bodied band provide both islanders and the landlocked with the perfect kitschy soundtrack to a hot summer night. His biggest hit, the Les ...
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Greatest Hits
(1994)
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Martin Denny
This passable Greatest Hits collection from the Curb label may only yield a scant ten songs from the vast arsenal of exotic goodness that is the Tiki torch world of Martin Denny, but as far as budget-priced compilations, one could do a whole lot worse. "The Enchanted Sea," "Quiet Village," "Hawaiian Wedding Song," "Martinique," and "A Taste of ...
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Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler
(1999)
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Capitol's virtually unending series of lounge/exotica compilations gets its own retrospective with Ultra Lounge: Tiki Sampler, a collection of tracks from several volumes of the Ultra Lounge series plus On the Rocks, Vols. 1-2 and single-artist sets devoted to Jackie Gleason, Martin Denny and Les Baxter. It's not a bad buy at that, distilling ...
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Forbidden Island/Primitiva
(1996)
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Martin Denny
This two-fer combines Martin Denny's third and fourth LPs into one single-disc CD reissue, with new liner notes by Martin himself augmenting the original artwork. If you're interested enough in this exotica bandleader to want more than a greatest-hits collection, it's a good investment. The fidelity's much better than what you're likely to find if ...
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Best of Moog: Electronic Pop Hits from the 60's & 70's
(1999)
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Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 1
(1997)
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Extending their kitschy Ultra-Lounge series to its logical conclusion, Capitol Records prepared its own variation of Rhino's Golden Throats discs with the two volumes of On the Rocks. The idea is to gather a number of '60s rock & roll staples -- "Light My Fire," "Mellow Yellow," "A Hard Day's Night," etc. -- as they were covered by mainstream pop ...
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Afro-Desia: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
(1959)
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Nominally, this represents Martin Denny's attempt to evoke the ambience of the African continent, after having done the same for the South Pacific via a series of early albums. Denny does use marimba, vibes, bongos, congas, and timbales -- not to mention sound effects of a buzzing tsetse fly and the rain forest. But the result is even less ...
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Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Pt. 2
(1997)
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Christmas Cocktails, Vol. 2 is an entertaining but unspectacular collection of classic carols performed in a lounge fashion. For connoisseurs of kitsch, it's an entertaining disc, but other listeners might find the camp a little too much to take. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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The Best of Martin Denny [EMI]
(1998)
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This is a compilation of previously released recordings. This album is notable for its large color photo of the group. Tony Wilds, All Music Guide
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The Very Best of Martin Denny
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This is a compilation of previously released recordings. Tony Wilds, All Music Guide
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Exotica
(1957)
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Martin Denny
Exotica introduced the hit "Quiet Village," catapulted the ersatz musical idiom of the same name, and brought much attention to the Martin Denny Group from visitors to the group's base in Hawaii. Even the gorgeous jacket photo -- of "exotica girl" Sandy Warner peeking out from a bamboo curtain -- is a classic of the era. With all this going for it ...
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A Taste of Honey
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Martin Denny
Taking a tip from George Shearing, Martin Denny cruised through most of the '60s with a slew of bossa nova and jazz cocktail albums. Denny's late-'50s exotica records had established him as a name to reckon with in bachelor pad circles, but were only good for a limited stretch. Denny didn't forsake this period completely, though, when he turned to ...
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Primitiva
(1958)
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Martin Denny
With an assortment of titles like "Burma Train," "M'Gambo Mambo," "Bangkok Cockfight," "Dites Moi," "Jamaica Farwell," "Flamingo," and "M'Bira," it's apparent that Denny was trying to be all things to all people here. It is one of his more diverse outings, though, if only for the sheer variety of instruments employed. Say what you will about the ...
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The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny [Rev-Ola]
(2003)
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Prior to the release of this 2003 compilation, there had been several other CDs also titled "The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny," either as the full title or part of the title. Those included a two-CD 1996 anthology on Capitol with the exact same title; Scamp's The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny: Forbidden Island & Primitiva, which packaged together ...
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Greatest Piano Hits
(1998)
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Greatest Piano Hits features a seemingly random selection of popular songs performed by various pianists, including Roger Williams and Floyd Cramer. It's intended for little more than use as easy-listening background music, and for that purpose, it's quite effective. Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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