Del-Fi Records
DFLP 1203
1959
Here's one of the more inventive "exotica" period albums that I've unearthed. I would call this a concept album. Bob Keene composed and directed the music. Keene blended what seems to me to be African and "Voodoo" pop influences that were emerging in music during the late 50s along with jazz, some Yma Sumac sound-alike voices and what I might term a "beat" feel which may account for the repetitive and hypnotic effect of the entire record.
Girl voices, Behana: Elsa Nilsson. Male voice, Wakusi: Earl Burton. Clarinet, Zeneku. Bob Keene. Drums of Africa: Earl Burton.
Generally, I would post only a sample. But this recording needs to be heard in full. There are additional postings of this album online if you are looking for the album broken down into tracks.
Thanks Mark. My research on Elsa Nilsson brought me here. Elsa and her twin sister As The Nilsson Sisters, they did U.S.O. tours with bob Hope and Spike Jones and recorded several singles for Coral and Capitol in the fifties.
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