Limbo Party - Ivy Pete And His Limbomaniacs

Limbo All De Way Home

Limbo Party
Ivy Pete and his Limbomaniacs
Sommerset SF-17600
1962

A disclaimer from the back cover: We recommend you do not try the flame bit on the pole... this is for real experts or drunks that live near a firehouse. If your local department store doesn't have a set of Limbo poles in stock, make your own.

From Billboard - November 17, 1962: The Limbo is all the rage as the dance of the moment and both kids and adults have taken to it. Here's a calypso group which plays a flock of familiar items in this genre, all with basically the same beat. You can limbo to  them all. At the same time, non-dancing fans who simply like calypso will find this combo to their liking. The well-known (for the most part) repertoire includes "Jamaica Farewell," "Sly Mongoose," "Mary Add" and "Man Smart, Woman Smarter." Can be a steady rack item, while the craze holds on.

Jamaica Farewell
Little Brown Skin Girl
Sly Mongoose
I Adore Her
Donkey Wants Water
Limbo Mah
Mary Add
Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell
Liza, See Me Here
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Limbo All De Way Home

The Sacred Idol - Les Baxter

Acapulco

The Sacred Idol

Les Baxter
Strange And Exotic Music Keyed To The Mysterious Legends Of The Feathered Serpent Of The Aztecs
From the motion picture "The Sacred Idol" produced by Edward Nassour

Produced by Voyle Gilmore
Capitol Records ST1293
1960

Procession Of The Princes

The Feathered Serpent Of The Aztecs

Pool Of Love

Aqueducts

The Games

Conquistadores

Gardens Of The Moon

Temple Of Gold

Pyramid Of The Sun

The High Priest Of The Aztecs

Acapulco

The Art Of Belly Dancing - George Abdo

Meenie Yaba

The Art Of Belly Dancing
George Abdo and His Flames of Araby Orchestra

Music Of The Middle East

Chorus: Vina Haddad, Florence Salamy, Norma K. Haddad

Design: Edward Buxbaum

Cover Photo of Belly Dancer: Juliana by Tasso Mavris

Recorded for Monitor by Rick Tinory Productions
Monitor Music Of The World 

Monitor MFS 752 

1973

Eli Nazarian - Kanoon

Peter Koury - Oud

Paul Der Ananian - Violin

Martin Yaffee - Oboe

Steve Kouyoumjian - Derbecki (Clay Drum)

Sarkis Sarkisian - Cocktail Drum

Ken Kalajian - Bass Guitar

Leon Kalajian - Claves

Vina Haddad - Finger Cymbals

Raks Musri - Egyptian Dance

Meenie Yaba - Where Is My Love

Rak's Araby - Dance Araby

Hadouni, Hadouni (Your Bewitching Eyes)

Rak's Al-Sultan - Dance Of The Sultans

Rak's Oh World!

Rak's Pharonic

Gameel Gamal (Oh, Beautiful Dancer)

Rak's Gamal - Deser Dancer

Nasam Alayna El-Hawa (Oh, Winds Of Magic)

Rak's Siretzi (Come Back, My Love)

Charlene Prickett Does Floors

Charlene Prickett Does Floors

Charlene Prickett Does Floors

And Aerobics

Produced by Mark Holden

Arranged by Allan Bell, Frankie Nelson, Neil MacCallum

Recorded at Thunder Road Studios, Calgary, Canada

Engineer: Mark Holden

Cover Leotard by Dance Center

Photograph: Heidi Kirst

Design and Artwork: Stefan A. Bell

Rubicon Records

1983

Vocals - Sherry Kennedy, Fritz Nouisser, Rudi Rockenschaub

Keyboards, Guitars - Frankie Nelson

Synthesizers - Ted Alexander

Tenor, Alto, Bariton, Sax - Neil MacCallum

Tenor, Alto Sax, Vocals - Mark Holden

Trumpet - Sandy Barter, Dan Johnson

Trombone - Brian Walley, Mark Johnson

Strings - Sue Eddleman, Sheldon Nadler, Kathryn Stewart, Janice Amsel, Barbara Schneider, Dianne Valentine, Jeff Plotnick, Theresa Plotnick, Susan Nadler

Conducted by Allan Bell

Choir of the Cathedral Church of The Holy Redeemer

Conducted by Terrance Fullerton

Warm-Up

Legs

Abdominals

Upper Body

Bum

Cardio-Vascular Aerobics

Legs

Cool Down

Symphonie Fantastique - Ataulfo Argent

Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique

Episode de la vie d'un artist

Opus 14
Altaulfo Argenta conducting The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
London Records LL 3016

From the back cover: Ataulfo Argenta was born at Castro Urdiales, Santander, in 1913. At the age of thirteen he entered the Conservatory of Madrid, where he won the Kristina Nilsson Prize enabling him to continue his musical studies in Belgium and Germany. In the latter country he was appointed professor of the piano at the Conservatory of Cassel before returning to Spain at the end of the Civil War.

In 1944 Argenta made his debut as an orchestral conductor, directing the Madrid Chamber Orchestra. The following year he directed the National Orchestra of Madrid with such success that in 1946 he was appointed its principal conductor. Since then he appeared with outstanding success in various European centers, including Paris, Rome and Vienna, and also toured South America. In the summer of 1952 he directed a most successful festival of Spanish music at Granada. He met a tragic death via a motor accident (January 1958) shortly after having completed the present recording.

First Movement: Reveries, passions (Largo – Allegro agitato ed appassionato assai)

Second Movement: Un Bal (Valse: Allegro non troppo)

Third Movement: Scene aux champs (Adagio) (Part 1)

Third Movement: Scene aux champs (Adagio)(Concluded)

Fourth Movement: Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo)

Fifth Movement: Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Larghetto–Allegro)

Voodoo - Richard Hayman And His Orchestra

Voodoo

Voodoo
Richard Hayman And His Orchestra
Mercury Records SR 60147
1959

Danse Calinda

Conjuration

Spell Of Death

Incantation

Afro

Zombi

Voodoo

Mamba

Haiti

Midnight Ritual

Gris-Gris

Invocation

Enoch Light Discotheque

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Enoch Light And His Orchestra
Discotheque

Dance... Dance... Dance

Originated and Produced  by Enoch Light

Arrangements by Lew Davis

Associate Producers: Julie Klages and Robert Byrne

Recording Chief: Fred Christie

Mastering: George Piros (stereo), John Johnson (monaural)

Command Records RS 33-873

1964

Enoch Light And His Orchestra
Discotheque

Dance... Dance... Dance...
Command (Pickwick reissue) STEREO SPC-3639

1978

Dream Lover

Down By The Riverside

Tintarella Di Luna

Hello, Dolly! (Bossa Nova from the musical "Hello Dolly")

If I Had A Hammer

I Want To Hold Your Hand

And I Love Her

Watermelon Man

I Want To Be Happy

The Best Rhumbas - Juan Vicari

The Best Rhumbas

The Best Rhumbas
Played by Juan Vicari and his Orchestra
Royale 18120 (10-inch 33 rpm)

1956

Siboney

Mama Inez

Ombo

My Shawl

Bim Bam Boom

La Cucaracha

Rhumba in E Minor

Rhumba Popular

Rhumba Cuba

Contrasts - David Carroll

 

Thunderbird

Contrasts

David Carroll and His Orchestra
Mercury Wing SRW 12508

1959

From the back cover: David Carroll, veteran musician and arranger with many name bands before joining Mercury Records as an artist and repertoire executive, has both camps united in selections on this record. Carroll evidences real separation when the alto sax or trumpet or other solo instrument is featured. On the ensemble portions, where the entire orchestra is working, he develops the ideal "wall of sound."

Swinging Sweethearts

Do You Ever Think Of Me

Yours (Quiereme Mucho)

The Ski Song (Slalom)

Live A Little

Thunderbird

Twice Around The Island

Ducky

All I Do Is Dream Of You

A Beautiful Lady In Blue

Have You Ever Been Lonely

Cute Little Wiggle

Come Sailing In - The Lord Saints Calypso Group

The Tattooed Lady

Come Sailing In

The Lord Saints Calypso Group
Record "Live" on the Norwegian Caribbean Lines M/V Skyward
Art Records Manufacturing Co.
Souvenir Records SLP-302

From the back cover: SERGIUS WILKINSON, popularly known in the Calypso world asa the Lord Saint, is the vocalist and leader of the group. He also plays the maracas to set the rhythm of the band. Not new to the Calypso scene, Saint has been singing for the past decade and has played nearly every spot in St. Thomas, including the Virgin Islands Hilton and the Carib- bean Hotel. He was crowned Calypso King of St. Kitts for the two con- secutive years of 1962-1963. Saint worked alone at first, accompaning himself with his guitar, until early in 1968, when he joined the Joel Myers Group to fill a ten-month engagement at the San Jeronimo Hilton, the Puerto Rico Sheraton, and the El Conquistador, ending the engagement in November at the Flamboyant Hotel in Curacao. Shortly thereafter, Saint formed his own group and went to Florida, where they played engagements in several cities, closing at the Colony Beach Club on Longboat Key in Sarasota. Following this, the Lord Saints Group were engaged by the Norwegian Caribbean Lines and they played first on the SUNWARD, later transferring to the SKYWARD.

LORIS CAINES is one of the outstanding self taught Tenor Pan players of the West Indies. His nonchalant manner would be deceiving if his expertise with the Pans were not so obvious. He has devoted many years of his young life to the steel drums and was the first runner-up in the Tenor Pan soloist competition at the C.H.S. Auditorium of St. Thomas in 1967. He arranges for the group, which is in itself remarkable, inasmuch as he does not read music.

HANSEL TYSON plays the Bass Pans and plays them well, despite the fact that he never really worked full time at them until 1968. He has made three previous recordings, including one called the Steel Band Hymnal, with the Rid-O-Pest Steel Band. Hansel, in the past, has always worked with the big bands; but he now prefers small bands, as he finds that it requires more concentration. He plays piano also, but says that there is no greater challange than playing the Steel Drum Bass in the key of B!

DENZIL BURROUGHS is the player of the double Guitar Pans although he plays any of the drums well, including the Tenor and Bass Pans. It is only for the past year and a half he has confined himself to the Guitar Pans. In 1966 he formed his own band, but the strain of leadership with its many responsi- bilities was too much. As he said, when the strain is in, the fun is out! So, for the present at least, he will remain a player and the assistant arranger.

Haiti Cherie

Shame And Scandal

January Girl

Sylvie

Blood Thicker Than Water

The Village Ram

Come Back To The Virgin Isles

Tattooed Lady

John B. Sail

Yellow Bird

A Woman's Figure

Mary Ann

The Musical World of Oliver Pacini

Hawaiian Wedding Song

The Musical World of Oliver Pacini

Arrangements: Oliver Pacini, Goh Misawa, Johnny Powers, Manuel Felix Velasquez

Musical Director: Goh Misawa

Studio: Kojimachi, Toyko

Orchestra: "Clippers"

Conducted by Ryuse Takabe, Leader, Goh Misawa

Engineers: Satoru Nakano, Hiromasa Torigai

Cover Design: Takeshi Futami

Photography: Mainland Studio, Hong Kong

Model: Etsuko Pacini
Cordak Records - Studio City, CA 

From the back cover: The Musical World Of Oliver Pacini is, indeed, a collection of music from all over the world as played in a great part of the world by this international artist who has lugged an amplified accordion, a set of vibes, a trumpet and trombone and two hundred pounds of other equipment a couple of million miles into the hearts of some nineteen countries.

Oliver Pacini's life has truly been a world of music. Coming from a musical family (there was once a Pacini Orchestra with four brothers and a sister), his experience has been wide and his dedication intense.

A few years ago saw the beginning of travels to far places and since then, islanders on specks of land in the Pacific as well as primitive tribesmen in the jungles and mountains of South East Asia have looked at and listened with astonished delight to this musical Californian. And applause has been generously bestowed by staid hotel audiences in Bombay, swinging sophisticates in the posh supper clubs of Japan and Taiwan, gala crowds in the Philippines, our Jet Set and pleasure seekers in the Northwest and Romantic Hawaii and thousands of appreciative G.I.'s all over the Far East.

Lehuanani (Sweet Something/Mapuana)

Anniversary Song/Misirlou

Green Leaves Of Summer 

Jalousie

Charade/I Left My Heart In San Francisco

I Look At You

Chitarra Romano

Canadian Sunset

Hava Nagillah 

Doll Dance

Hawaiian Wedding Song

Music For Expectant Fathers

Spanish Garden

Music For Expectant Fathers

Out Of Wedlock
Larry Williams Quartette featuring Merle Cain
Recorded Live At The Malibu Lounge-Hapeville, GA
Talent Mart Production
Kin-Tel Studios - Atlanta, Georgia

SoN 62651

The set is an uneven package that features live numbers, a few cornball novelty tunes and a few songs that are way out there... Take for instance this instrumental, "Spanish Garden"!

What Now My Love

Wildwood Flower

Where Are You Going?

Spanish Garden

Satin Doll

Lot O' Livin'

Rabbit Rag

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Country Shuffle

Danny Boy