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XLounge, exotica, bachelor pad, instrumental pop, and Hi-Fi gems!


Subliminal Sounds (Sweden), 2016. New Copy (reissue)
Vibes, piano, percussion, and a stunning array of really wonderful grooves – not "fake" retro-styled electric numbers, nor any sort of too-easy covers of classics – and instead this great blend of original material played by a very cool group – one who mix together equal ... LP, Vinyl record album
El (UK), 1958. New Copy
CD...$3.99 13.99
A pretty groovy album of instrumental tracks from arranger Wally Stott – an artist who'd later craft the beautiful backdrops for some of Scott Walker's solo records! The style here is a bit more 50s instrumental – larger orchestrations with some touches of jazz, as Stott serves up a ... CD
Liberty, 1959. New Copy (reissue)
An aquatic-themed album from Martin Denny – and one that seems to take him to some of the same south seas territory that Les Baxter was exploring at the time! Of course, the Martin Denny approach is leaner and more compact – lots of great percussion, piano, and vibes – plus those ... LP, Vinyl record album
Liberty/Jackpot, Late 1950s. New Copy (reissue)
Martin Denny's music always takes us away to the tropics – and this set is a whole Forbidden Island of exotica tunes! The record features the classic Denny exotica quartet with Augie Colon and Julius Wechter – plus some additional guest players on flute, percussion, and guitar – ... LP, Vinyl record album
Righteous (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. Used 2 CD
A deep dig into the farther reaches of the exotica boom of the late 50s – served up with the same sort of focus on unusual tracks that we love on the other collections from Lux & Ivy! Given the raunchy sound of The Cramps, you might not expect the duo to have as strong of an ear for the ... CD
Del-Fi/Everland (Austria), Early 60s. New Copy 2LP
An incredibly evocative record – one of the strangest of its kind, and an audio treasure that we've loved for years! Eden Ahbez first came into public prominence as the man who wrote "Nature Boy" for Nat King Cole – a dark, moody tune that was as mysterious and earthy as the ... LP, Vinyl record album
RCA/Be With (UK), 1967. New Copy (reissue)
One of the coolest, grooviest albums ever cut by trumpeter Al Hirt – and maybe the funkiest as well, thanks to some killer soul arrangements by the great Teacho Wiltshire! Teacho handled plenty of great soul material in the 60s – and here, he sets up some smoking arrangements that have ... LP, Vinyl record album
Subliminal Sounds (Sweden), 2013. New Copy (reissue)
Contemporary exotica from Ixtahuele – a group who get just the right blend of vibes, piano, and percussion to take us back to the glory days of the genre in the 50s! And maybe even better than most, the combo never try to add anything in, or make things too modern or complex – just the ... LP, Vinyl record album
Liberty/Jackpot, Early 1960s. New Copy (reissue)
A great entry in the classic run of exotica albums by Martin Denny – one that adds in a bit more percussion than usual to the mix – all sorts of gongs, chimes, and other instruments – including some great bits from Eastern sources, which really helps expand the sound of the music! ... LP, Vinyl record album
Righteous (UK), Late 50s. New Copy
Four full albums from the great Martin Denny – presented here with bonus tracks too! First up is the initial Exotica album – the birth of a sound and the birth of a legend – Martin Denny's first album in the Exotica series, and a record so great it named an entire genre! Denny ... CD
Audio Fidelity, 1960. Very Good
(Cover has small splits, light wear & aging.) LP, Vinyl record album
CBS, 1984. Near Mint- Gatefold
(Includes the lined Masterworks sleeve. Cover has light wear.) LP, Vinyl record album

Jack Marshall

18th Century Jazz
Capitol, Late 50s. Very Good+
Goofy "18th Century" jazziness, played by a tight west coast studio sextet that features Shelly Mann, Milt Raskin, Harry Klee, and Jack Marshall on guitar. The tracks are jazz standards, but they're given a sort of plucked sound, and layed out with some sort of stepping classical grooves. ... LP, Vinyl record album

Henry Mancini & Doc Severinsen

Brass, Ivory, & Strings
RCA, 1973. Very Good+
Very groovy 70s work from Henry Mancini – way more than you might expect from the strings in the title! The album's got a pretty upbeat feel at times – a mix of gentle rhythms, swirling strings, and instrumentation that includes Hank on piano and Doc Severinsen on trumpet – both ... LP, Vinyl record album

Percy Faith

Disco Party
CBS, 1975. Near Mint-
A sweet little disco party from Percy Faith – a man who cut some pretty sleepy records in the 60s, but really managed to open up his groove in the 70s! The whole thing's maybe the same disco take on older instrumental styles that Henry Mancini would cut a bit during the period, too – ... LP, Vinyl record album
RCA, 1958. Near Mint-
A classic bit of percussion madness from RCA – featuring conductor Dick Schory at the head of the "biggest battery of percussion west of Cape Canaveral"! The set was recorded in Chicago, and includes local studio talents like Bobby Christian and Johnny Frigo, as well as Schory ... LP, Vinyl record album
RCA, 1952. Very Good
(Cover has top & bottom seam splitting with clear tape, discoloration from age & light wear.) LP, Vinyl record album
Command, Late 60s. Near Mint- Gatefold
A pretty great album of groovy tracks from Toots! This one's less in a straight jazz mode than it is in kind of a jazzy easy style – similar to some of Gabor Szabo's work on Impulse from the same time, with a breezy blend of orchestrations, light instrumental solos on flute, vibes, and ... LP, Vinyl record album

Martin Denny

Exotica Vol 3
Liberty, 1959. Near Mint-
Sublime late 50s work from Martin Denny – his third album under the Exotica banner, and almost a deeper and weirder album than the other two! The sound here is extremely haunting – even more freed from conventional melody than the rest, and very fixated on the tonal possibilities that ... LP, Vinyl record album

Johnny Williams

Rhythm In Motion
Columbia, 1961. Very Good+
An early 60s Columbia classic from Johnny Williams – a rare album of stereo-heavy instrumentals done in a style that's quite similar to the RCA Stereo Action series of the time – with lots of unusual instrumentation, and a wide-ranging sound that leaps back and forth from speaker to ... LP, Vinyl record album

Capes & Masks (Shorty Rogers)

Comic Book Heroes
Mainstream, Mid 60s. Very Good+
Fantastic stuff! The Capes & Masks are actually a crack studio team led by Shorty Rogers and Irving Joseph, and on this LP they lay down some of the most dynamic, crazy instrumental work we've heard in a long time! The theme is Super Hero madness, and the music is very camp, but also very ... LP, Vinyl record album
RCA, 1966. Near Mint-
One of our favorite parody covers of Whipped Cream & Other Delights! LP, Vinyl record album
Capitol, 1960. Very Good+
Brit easy exotica! Ron Goodwin was to the British easy scene of the 50s what Les Baxter was to that of the US – a very capable leader with a talent for impeccable arrangements of many different styles, and a mode of going global that really brought the whole thing home. The album was issued ... LP, Vinyl record album

Raymond Lefevre

Soul Symphonies
Seven Seas/Riviera (Japan), 1971. Very Good+ Gatefold
Nice work from the grooviest period of this French arranger – upbeat takes on classical themes, but given a sweet 70s Euro spin! LP, Vinyl record album

John Keating

Space Experience 2
EMI (UK), 1975. Very Good+
Sweet space age funk from the great John Keating – a great follow up to the initial Space Experience record! As with the first, this one's got some excellent originals – like "Asteroid", "Stereoskopia", "Counterglow", and "Earthshine" – ... LP, Vinyl record album

George Milstein

Music To Grow Plants
PIP, Mid 70s. Very Good+
(Includes the booklet and a split obi. Cover has minimal wear.) LP, Vinyl record album
RCA, 1968. Very Good+
A great little album of Latiny tunes from Henry Mancini – played by a very hip lineup of west coast jazzmen! The rhythms have a great mix of Latin influences and Mancini magic – the kind of grooves you'd hear on his 60s soundtracks at the time, played by a lineup that includes Bud ... LP, Vinyl record album
Cannon (Japan), 1974. Near Mint- Gatefold
Classical pieces by Strauss, Gounod, Ponchielli, Schubert, Grieg, Ketelbey, Bach, Khachaturian, Saint-Saens, and Debussy performed on Yamaha GX-707. LP, Vinyl record album
RCA (Japan), Early 70s. Near Mint-
(Japanese Quadraphonic pressing.) LP, Vinyl record album

All Star Drummers

Cats Go Wild
United Artists, Early 60s. Near Mint-
"America's Greatest Drummers" in a percussion spectacular with a lot of loud exotic sounding tracks like "Boka Butu", "Ja Ki Lin", "Noma", and "Bambu". I don't know if we'd use the word "greatest" in describing the drummers – ... LP, Vinyl record album

Ralph Hunter Choir

Wild Wild West
RCA, 1959. Near Mint-
(Black label Living Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has minimal wear.) LP, Vinyl record album

Helmut Zacharias

Zacharius Plays The Hits
Capitol, 1968. Near Mint-
Easily the grooviest album ever recorded by German violin maestro Helmut Zacharius – a late 60s session done for Capitol Records, with plenty of sunshiney pop touches! The initial approach here is similar to other Zacharius work of the 60s – instrumental tracks with violin in the lead ... LP, Vinyl record album
Warner, 1969. Sealed
LP...$9.99 14.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
Command, 1959. Very Good+ Gatefold
(70s issue.) LP, Vinyl record album

Ron Goodwin

Adventure
Columbia/EMI (UK), 1966. Near Mint-
A classic from the Studio 2 years at EMI – a set that has some nicely dramatic moments from the great Ron Goodwin! LP, Vinyl record album

Don Tiare & His Enchanting Violins

Strings Over Hawaii
Warner, 1961. Sealed
(Stereo pressing, still sealed with a cutout hole and round sticker spot.) LP, Vinyl record album
Elay, 1972. Very Good
(Cover has some light wear.) LP, Vinyl record album

Billy May

Band Is Born
Capitol, Mid 50s. Very Good+
Features Murray McEachern on trombone, Fred Follensby on tenor, and Alvin Stoller on drums. LP, Vinyl record album
AVI, 1975. Very Good+
Vince is a lucky man – he's got Liberace to guide him on the piano – as he serves up a mix of jazz and classical-themed numbers here, all set to arrangements by Art Freeman! LP, Vinyl record album

Marty Gold

In A Young Mood
RCA, 1964. Near Mint-
LP...$4.99 14.99
(Original German stereo pressing. Cover has ring impressions, bumped and bent corners, lightly bent sides, sticker spot at the top right, and a name and date written in pen in back.) LP, Vinyl record album
Columbia, 1968. Near Mint-
(70s stereo Masterworks pressing.) LP, Vinyl record album

Ira Ironstrings (Alvino Rey)

Ira Ironstrings Plays With Matches
Warner, 1969. Very Good+
(Gold label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.) LP, Vinyl record album
Warner, 1959. Very Good+
(Gold label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear, yellowing from age, some peeled spots in ring-form at the top, and small marks and remnants from price sticker removal.) LP, Vinyl record album

Various

Hits 67
Music For Pleasure (UK), 1967. Near Mint-
Uncredited covers of top hits from 1967 – with titles that include "Penny Lane", "Green Green Grass Of Home", "Sitting In The Park", and more. LP, Vinyl record album

Various

Spectrum One
Century, Early 1970s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold
With selections by USAF Academy Concert Band, University Of Missouri Conservatory Of Music, Rhode Island Senior High School Orchestra, North Hollywood II Ward Mormon Church Choir, David W McCormick, Sammy Nestico, USAF Falconaires, and others. LP, Vinyl record album
ABC/Paramount, 1962. Near Mint-
(Mono pressing.) LP, Vinyl record album

Hank Marvin

Without A Word
Demon, 2017. Near Mint-
LP...$4.99 14.99
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a small corner bump, but looks great overall.) LP, Vinyl record album
Warner/Tartare, 1958. Very Good+
A great takeoff on the late 50s idea of "music for . . . " – the idea that a record could be recorded for some sort of specific need or audience! The backings are by Henry Mancini, but the overall conception is clearly the work of Irving Taylor – who comes up with some great ... LP, Vinyl record album

Hugo Montenegro

This Is Hugo Montenegro
RCA, 1960s. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold
Groovy 2LP set that includes some of the best work that Hugo Montenegro did for RCA during the 60s – including a number of nice cuts from some of his famous soundtracks! Titles include "Theme From The Fox", "Lady In Cement", "Good Morning Sunshine", "Aquariu ... LP, Vinyl record album

Esquivel

Esquivel 1968
RCA, 1968. Near Mint-
This is such a great record! Unlike Esquivel's earlier albums for RCA, this one was recorded in Mexico, and issued mostly only in the Latin market, which has made it his hardest to get. The sound is a lot more Latin-oriented than his those sides, recorded with a tighter combo though the ... LP, Vinyl record album
 
Updated October 15, 2024


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