Mi Amigo, Machito

Israeli Sha Sha Sha

Mi Amigo, Machito

Machito and His Orchestra
Cover Photo: Alfred Gescheidt
Forum SF 9038
1959

Cheek To Cheek
An Affair To Remember
Cooking Cooking
Desierto
Cathy Cha Cha Cha
Rumba Ace
Santa Cruz
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Remember Me
Sunny Ray
No Down Payment
Israeli Sha Sha Sha

Night Mist - The George Shearing Quintet With Voices

Cubano Chant

Night Mist
The George Shearing Quintet With Voices
Featuring The Voices Of The Jud Conlon Choir
Arrangements by George Shearing and Jud Conlon
Capitol Records T 943
1962

From the back cover: For the most part, this mood is sensuous, evocative. There is excitement of another kind too. Cubano Chant highlights the combined choir, quintet and bongos, in a flash of ritualistic West Indian color.

Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Darn That Dream
In Other Words
Long Ago And Far Away
Imagination
Yours Sincerely
Night Mist
Where Are You
A Handful Of Stars
You're My Girl
Cubano Chant

Themes From The Movies

Dragnet

Themes From The Movies
Featuring Great Hollywood Vocalists And Orchestras
Top L1519

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
The High & The Mighty
Stranger In Paradise
Moonglow & Theme From "Picnic"
3 Coins In The Fountain
Secret Love
Man With The Golden Arm
Song From "Moulin Rouge"
It's A Woman's World
Ruby
Young At Heart
Dragnet

Albert Spalding Plays

Clair De Lune

Albert Spalding Plays
Recorded at Boston University
With Jules Wolffers, accompanist
Halo 50296

Albert Spalding August 15, 1988 - May 26, 1953

From Spalding's wiki page: In 1944, Spalding gave a legendary concert to thousands of terrified refugees stranded in a cave near Naples during a (WWII) bombing raid.

Hungarian Dance No. 1
Hungarian Dance No. 2
Clair De Lune
Sonatina
Ave Maria
Maleguena
Playera
Vide Breve
Nana
Prelude In F Sharp Minor

Rains In The Tropics - The Gene Rains Group

The Song Of Delilah

Rains In The Tropics
Songs And Sounds Of Far Away Lands
The Gene Rains Group
Decca DL 4348
1962

This from Gene Rains wiki page: Today, Rains is considered the third man of Exotica, behind Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. Although he did not achieve the level of renown of Denny or Lyman, Rains' albums nonetheless are textbook examples of the style of Exotica.

From the back cover: The late, incomparable Alfred Apaka discovered a fresh new sound in four young Hawaiian instrumentalists calling themselves The Gene Rains Group. Convinced that their provocative originally warranted a wider audience than that available to them at the small clubs they had been playing, Apaka arranged for their appearance at the Shell Bar of Waikiki's Fabulous Hawaiian Village Hotel.

Some successes, like some avalanches, require a little shove to set them in motion. Their great potential coming to full flower on the stage of the Shell Bar, it wasn't long before the group became one of the most popular acts in the Islands. Now, two extraordinarily successful Decca albums later, they are international favorites.

Gene, on vibes, sets the pace for the group; the drums are in the capable hands of Allen Watanabe; Archie Grant takes charge of the bass; and Byron Peterson's forte is the piano. Each of the boys, however, can and does double on almost anything – including a unique collection of rare and authentic percussive instruments (rhythm logs, conch shells, Burmese bells, nose flutes, the samisen, etc.) The group's sound – amplified through unique skill and versatility far beyond what might be expected of so small an ensemble – characteristically exhibits a a strong tropical and Near-Eastern influence.

Bangkok Cock Fight
Tiki
The Song Of Delilah
Mapuana
Soshu Night Serenade
Off Shore
Shadow Of Love
Lonely Winter
I Will Always Love You
Flamingo
Shangri-La
Jasmine And Joe

Dancing With My Fair Lady - The Harwyn Quartet

Just You Wait

Dancing With My Fair Lady
The Harwyn Quartet
Harmony 7032

Herb Waters - piano
Reggie Merrill - clarinet
Garry Gillis - drums
Ed Bruno - bass

Enjoy a minty fresh sound file from a sealed copy. The price printed on the plastic sleeve: $1.98

On The Street Where You Live
Wouldn't It Be Lovely
Ascot Gavotte
The Rain In Spain
I Could Have Danced All Night
Show Me
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Just You Look
With A Little Bit Of Luck
I'm An Ordinary Man
Without You
Get Me To The Church On Time

Jumpin' At The Left Bank - The John La Salle Quartet

Out Of This World

Jumpin' At The Left Bank
The John La Salle Quartet
John La Salle, Bill Smith, Marlene Ver Planck and Hugh Martin
Capitol Records T 1176

From the back cover: Dick Kollmar, in whose Left Bank cafe the group got it's start, fills in with some vital statistics: "When Johnnie La Salle sings, the message gets through, but large! Happily, he has chosen colleagues who have mastered this same crazy magic. Only the show-wise have it, and this group has it to spare.

Welcome To The Left Bank
Let There Be Love
I'll Never Smile Again
Tired Of Love
Jus' Sick Blues
Out Of This World
Just In Time
Clementine
Jumpin' At The Left Bank
Dee Die Soe
Everybody Loves My Baby

Enchantment From Hawaii - Hawaiian Islanders

Makaha

Enchantment From Hawaii
By The Hawaiian Islanders
Cameo C-1035

Sweet Leilani
Moon Of Manakoora
Sweet Someone
Nani Waimea
Mapuana
Minoi Minoi
Sea Breeze
Ebb Tide
Maururu A Vau
On The Beach At Waikiki
Makaha
Vahine Anamite

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Pennies From Heaven - Doris Drew

Girls! Girls! Girls!
A Vocal Spectacular
Tops L 1689

The Way You Look Tonight - Connie Haines
Summertime - Norma Zimmer
Pennies From Heaven - Doris Drew
Bewitched - Marilyn Maxwell
My Funny Valentine - June Hutton
The Lady Is A Tramp - Martha Tilton
You Don't Know What Love Is - Fran Warren
Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Georgia Carr
I'll Never Smile Again - Lillian Roth
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Lena Horne

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - Living Marimbas

Walk On By

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
And Other Bacharach David Hits
Living Marimbas
Arranged and Conducted by Leo Addeo
Produced by Ethel Gabriel
RCA Camden CAS - 2400
1970

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
This Guy's In Love With You
Alfie
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Walk On By
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
I Say A Little Prayer
What The World Needs Now Is Love
The Window Of The World