Music out of the Moon + Perfume Set to Music
by Les Baxter
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Eight Classic Albums 4cd box Reel To Reel Music Company 2019
The music ripped straight from vinyl onto cd. You hear the tics and warn out grooves here and there. But that also kinda adds to the musical charm on this low low budget box.
"Les Baxter is the leading figure in the history of exotica. Wherever exotica went, Les Baxter was there, often leading the way. His work for Capitol Records in the 1950s introduced most of the major movements in exotica. His 1950 album, "Music Out of the Moon," featured the theremin and was probably the best-selling theremin album of all time--and also founded the "space" school of exotica. In 1951, he did the same for the "jungle" school of exotica with his landmark "Ritual of the Savage" LP, for which he wrote the theme song of exotica: "Quiet Village." He crested the European cover wave with his only number one hit, "Poor People of Paris," in 1956. He produced and wrote most of the first album by the four-octave Peruvian songstress, Yma Sumac, "Voice of the Xtabay" (I've always wondered if "Xtabay" was pig Latin for "Baxter"). And he can be credited with anticipating the percussion school with his all-drums album, "Skins! Bongo Party with Les Baxter." (http://www.spaceagepop.com/baxter.htm) http://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDMWpdi0EfZ14o0Agt31BxbWZN_vTSxy0 http://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kWGhwfMffJWebBcLtjwwNBRwho9ziGBss http://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m6ooWuEX3GyxHKmlFlnc8DbUBbg3RsoM0
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