Show 77: The Akron-Montreal Crossover Show!

Thrifting for Tunes moves
to a much more suitable hour for cocktails!

NEW DAY AND TIME!
Sundays at 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST on LuxuriaMusic.com

To celebrate Thrifting for Tunes' move to its new day and time,
John T. and fellow LuxuriaMusic personality,
Tothar, host of the Beyondophonic Action Hour,
present

The Akron-Montreal Crossover Shows!

A two-hour affirmation of civic pride!

Tothar drops in to host a segment of Thrifting for Tunes...
And the fun continues on The Beyondophonic Action Hour
with John T. taking over part of the action...

Did you know...?

• Montoni's Pizza in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip is modeled after Luigi's Restaurant in downtown Akron.
• Because of its Underground City, Montreal is often referred to as "Two Cities in One."
• Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron in 1935.
• Montreal is renowned for its "Montreal-style" smoked-meat sandwiches and bagels.
• Akron is the winner of an All-American City award in 198, 1995, and 2008.
• Montreal has so many churches, Mark Twain once noted, "This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn't throw a brick without breaking a church window."
• Italian-American mobster Rosario Borgio arrived in Akron in the early 1900s and established one of the first organized crime operations in the Midwest during the 20th century.
• Montreal's Mount Royal Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York's Central Park.
  

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SET 1: Montreal - City Songs
(airs on Thrifting for Tunes)

Song : : Montreal, My Hometown
Artist : : The CKGM Singers (PAMS of Dallas)
Album : : single

Song : : Have a Ball in Montreal
Artist : : The CKGM Singers
Album : : single

Song : : À Rosemont sous la pluie
Artist : : Guylaine Guy
Album : : Montréal en 28 chansons

Song : : Montréal en cinq couplets
Artist : : Les Bachots
Album : : Montréal en 28 chansons

Song : : Hey Friend, Say Friend
Artist : : Donald Lautrec
Album : : single

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SET 2: Expo 67 / Montreal's Tiki Heritage
(airs on Thrifting for Tunes)

Song : : On s'en souviendra
Artist : : Guy Godin
Album : : single

Song : : Un Jour, Un Jour
Artist : : Michèle Richard
Album : : single

Song : : Expo Track (Sounds/Impressions of Expo)
Artist : : John T. (montage)
Album : : N/A

Song : : Last Train to Expo 67
Artist : : The Melodians
Album : : single

Song : : Pink Cocktail
Artist : : Mai Tai Orchestra
Album : : N/A

Song : : When You Dream About Hawaii
Artist : : Mai Tai Orchestra
Album : : N/A

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SET 3: Montreal Artists
(airs on The Beyondophonic Action Hour)

Song : : Safety Dance
Artist : : P.R. Kantate
Album : : D**k in Jeschäft

Song : : As The Years Go By
Artist : : Mashmakhan
Album : : single

Song : : Sugar Sugar
Artist : : Tony Mottola
Album : : Guitar Factory

Song : : Wives And Lovers
Artist : : Dave Mullaney
Album : : Switched On Bacharach

Song : : Suzanne
Artist : : Gary McFarland
Album : : Today

Song : : It Was A Very Good Year
Artist : : William Shatner
Album : : The Transformed Man

Thrifting for Tunes — NEW DAY AND TIME!

Thrifting for Tunes moves
to a much more suitable hour for cocktails!

NEW DAY AND TIME!
Sundays at 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST on LuxuriaMusic.com

And to celebrate the move, I've put together something special
with fellow LuxuriaMusic personality,
Tothar, host of the Beyondophonic Action Hour.

The Akron-Montreal Crossover Shows!

The Green Hornet and Kato meet the Dynamic Duo...
The Clampetts visit Petticoat Junction...
Ritchie and the Fonz double-date Laverne and Shirley...
Boss Hogg downs some chow at Mel's Diner...

And now...
John T. and Tothar team up for the Akron-Montreal Crossover Shows!!!

Proving that DJs know no borders, on Sunday, December 7th,
Thrifting for Tunes and The Beyondophonic Action Hour
come together for a two-hour affirmation of civic pride!

The municipal flag waving begins at 6 pm pacific/9 pm eastern,
as Tothar drops in to host a segment of Thrifting for Tunes (on its new day and time!)... And the fun continues on The Beyondophonic Action Hour at 7 pm pacific/10 pm eastern with John T. taking over part of the action...

Metropolitan melodies, local lunacy... and two guys expounding on the virtues of their respective hometowns!

Did you know...?

• Montoni's Pizza in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip is modeled after Luigi's Restaurant in downtown Akron.
• Because of its Underground City, Montreal is often referred to as "Two Cities in One."
• Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron in 1935.
• Montreal is renowned for its "Montreal-style" smoked-meat sandwiches and bagels.
• Akron is the winner of an All-American City award in 198, 1995, and 2008.
• Montreal has so many churches, Mark Twain once noted, "This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn't throw a brick without breaking a church window."
• Italian-American mobster Rosario Borgio arrived in Akron in the early 1900s and established one of the first organized crime operations in the Midwest during the 20th century.
• Montreal's Mount Royal Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York's Central Park.

The Thrifting for Tunes-Beyondophonic Action Hour
Akron-Montreal Crossover Shows...
Sunday, December 7th, 6-8 pm pacific / 9-11 pm eastern

Plenty more coming up in December
as Thrifting for Tunes settles into its new timeslot...

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Show 76: Ennio Morricone Special - Part 2

BUON COMPLEANNO MAESTRO!

Ennio Morricone turns 80 on November 10!
Thrifting for Tunes brings LuxuriaMusic's Morricone Week
to a close with its
ENNIO MORRICONE SPECIAL - PART 2

First airing on November 15 in my usual time slot...
(Rebroadcast on November 10 at 11 am PST/2 pm EST)

Following up last week's
sampling of spaghetti western scores,
Part 2 features a few Morricone scores for
French and Italian crime thrillers of the 60s and 70s,
as well as his work as a pop composer/arranger
for such artists as Mina, Rita Monico, and Luigi Tenco.

Visit ENNIO MORRICONE'S official website here.

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SET 1

Song : : L'Ultima Corrida
Film : : Theorem (Teorema) (1968)

Song : : Ma Non Troppo Erotico
Film : : The Burglars (Gli Scassinatori / Le Casse) (1971)

Song : : Thrilling
Vocalist : : Rita Monico
Film : : Thrilling (1965)

Song : : Doricamente
Film : : Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (Le Foto Proibite Di Una Signora Per Bene) (1970)

Song : : Fruscio Di Foglie Verdi
Film : : Theorem (Teorema) (1968)

Song : : Se Telefonando
Artist : : Mina

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SET 2

Song : : The Ballad Of Hank McCain Part 1
Song : : The Ballad Of Hank McCain Part 2
Song : : The Ballad Of Hank McCain Part 3
Vocalist : : Jackie Lynton
Film : : Machine Gun McCain (Gli Intocabili) (1969)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : Violent City (Città Violenta) (1970)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (1970)

Song : : Atto Di Dolore
Film : : Ogro (1979)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : Peur Sur La Ville (1975)

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SET 3

Song : : Alla Luce Del Giorno
Film : : Love Circle (Metti Una Sera A Cena) (1969)

Song : : Alegretto Per Signora
Film : : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (1970)

Song : : Intermezzino Pop
Film : : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (1970)

Song : : Giocoso, Gioioso
Film : : Evil Fingers / The 5th Cord (Giornata Nera Per l’Ariete) (1971)

Song : : Beat No.3
Film : : Theorem (Teorema) (1968)

Song : : Ninna Nanna Per Adulti
Film : : Dirty Angels (Vergogna Schifosi) (1969)

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OUTRO

Song : : Tra Tanta Gente
Vocalist : : Luigi Tenco
Film : : La Cuccagna (1962)

Show 75: Ennio Morricone Special - Part 1

BUON COMPLEANNO MAESTRO!

Ennio Morricone turns 80 on November 10!
Thrifting for Tunes is celebrating by kicking off
LuxuriaMusic's Morricone Week with its
ENNIO MORRICONE SPECIAL - PART 1

First airing on November 8 in my usual time slot...
(Rebroadcast on November 10 at 4 am PST/7 am EST)

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to my last
all-you-can-eat spaghetti buffet,
it's time to get back in the kitchen for more!

Part 1 of the Morricone special focuses on the maestro's western scores...
We'll be staying away from the more iconic Leone films for the most part
and exploring music from films by directors
Sergio Corbucci, Damiano Damiani, Giulio Petroni, and more,
featuring vocals by Alessandroni's Cantori Moderni, Peter Tevis, Christy, etc.

Visit ENNIO MORRICONE'S official website here.

Tune in for more next week!

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SET 1

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : Navajo Joe (1966)

Song : : A Gringo Like Me
Vocalist : : Peter Tevis
Film : : Gunfight at Red Sands (Duello nel Texas) (1963)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : A Gun for Ringo (Una Pistola Per Ringo) (1965)

Song : : Home to My Love
Vocalist : : ?
Film : : The Hills Red Red (Un Fiume di Dollari) (1966)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : The Hills Red Red (Un Fiume di Dollari) (1966)

Song : : Messico Che Vorrei
Vocalist : : Christy
Film : : Tepepa (Blood and Guns) (1968)

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SET 2

Song : : Main Theme
Vocalist : : Christy
Film : : Run Man Run (Corri Uomo Corri) (1967)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : The Mercenary (Il Mercenario) (1968)

Song : : Mucchio Selvaggio
Film : : My Name is Nobody (Il Mio Nome E Nessuno) (1973)

Song : : A Fistful of Dollars
Vocalist : : Peter Tevis
Film : : A Fistful of Dollars (Per Un Pugno Di Dollari) (1964)

Song : : Journey (Viaggio)
Film : : The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio) (1968)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : 5 Man Army (Un Esercito di Cinque Uomini) (1969)

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SET 3

Song : : Marcia Degli Acattoni
Film : : Duck, You Sucker! / A Fistful of Dynamite (Giù La Testa) (1971)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : Here we go again, eh Providence? (Ci Risiamo, Vero Provvidenza?) (1973)

Song : : Main Theme
Film : : Genius (Un Genio, Due Compari, Un Pollo) (1975)

Song : : Sonny
Film : : Bandera Bandits / Sonny and Jed (Banda J.S.: La Cronaca criminale del Far West) (1973)

Song : : Il Pinguino
Film : : Compañeros (Vamos a matar Compañeros) (1970)

Song : : Here's To You
Vocalist : : Georges Moustaki
Film : : Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)

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OUTRO

Song : : The Morricone Themes (Live)
Artist : : Wall of Voodoo
Album : : Live at Magic Mountain - bootleg

Show 74: Happy Halloween!

It's the Thrifting for Tunes
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
First airing on October 25 in my usual time slot...
Repeat on October 31 at noon (listen as you get your costume ready!)

The Mauna Loa Lounge gets extra spooky,
and Zombies are on the house!!!
(see recipe way down below)

Have a happily haunted Halloween folks...
and enjoy this sickly set of
spoken word weirdness and ghoulish grooves!

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SET 1

Song : : Desolation Theme
Artist : : Ken Nordine, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz
Album : : Stay Awake, Music from Vintage Disney Films

Song : : Entrance
Artist : : Stan Ridgway and Pietra Wexstun
Album : : Blood, Miniature Paintings of Sorrow and Fear

Song : : Black Mass
Artist : : Les Baxter
Album : : The Dunwich Horror (original score)

Song : : The Witches, The Witches
Artist : : David Greenberger
Album : : Duplex Halloween Planet

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SET 2

Song : : The Raven
Artist : : Christopher Walken
Album : : Closed on Account of Rabies

Song : : Ulalume
Artist : : Buddy Morrow
Album : : Poe for Moderns

Song : : My Eye
Artist : : Brian Dewan
Album : : Tells the Story

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SET 3

Song : : Zombi
Artist : : Richard Hayman
Album : : Voodoo!

Song : : Voodoo Dreams
Artist : : Les Baxter
Album : : The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter

Song : : Mamba
Artist : : Richard Hayman
Album : : Voodoo!

Song : : Zambezi
Artist : : Les Baxter
Album : : The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter

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SET 4

Song : : Run Home Screamin’
Artist : : David Greenberger
Album : : Duplex Halloween Planet

Song : : Severed
Artist : : John Gilmore & Skip Heller
Album : : Laid Bare

Song : : The Pit and the Pendulum
Artist : : Buddy Morrow
Album : : Poe for Moderns

Song : : Tricks or Treat
Artist : : David Greenberger
Album : : Duplex Halloween Planet

Song : : Selected Readings from RAT CATCHING
Artist : : Crispin Hellion Glover
Album : : THE BIG PROBLEM ≠ the solution. The Solution = LET IT BE

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OUTRO

Song : : Goblin Dance
Artist : : Gershon Kingsley and Peter Waldron
Album : : Ghostly Sounds

Song : : Ai Margini della Follia
Artist : : I Goblin
Album : : Zombie, Le crepuscule des morts vivants

Song : : Outro
Artist : : Gershon Kingsley and Peter Waldron
Album : : Ghostly Sounds

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The Mauna Loa Lounge's
Halloween ZOMBIE Cocktail

• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1/4 oz grenadine
• 1/4 oz falernum
• 1 oz Havana Club Añejo Reserva rum
• 1-1/2 oz Appleton Estate V/X Jamaican rum
• 1/2 151 rum
• 1/8 oz Sambucca
• Dash Angostura bitters
• Handful of crushed ice

• Blend all ingredients for a few seconds
• Pour into a tall glass
• Add ice cubes to fill
• Garnish with a mint sprig

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From the archives...
a Halloween blast from the past

PUNKINS

In those days, we’d actually dance when we went out to the clubs. We were wannabe new wave rude boy skasters out on Halloween... a big deal when you’re still into all kinds of gory horror movies.

Some of our nuevo wavo acquaintances had some punky acquaintances who were in this punk band that was playing in a club for a Halloween party (and in costume too! One guy we knew did all their makeup. He was an amateur movie stuntman and makeup artist who’d actually done all the bloody effects for this cheap Canadian horror flick — about a big retarded guy with a chainsaw — filmed up north just outside the city).

So I was a zombie with a cleaver in my head and guts hanging out of my belly (another amazing use for condoms!) and we were all backstage after the show as the band was peeling the rubber off their faces. This one girl — probably the only really decadent, anarchist girl I’ve ever really spoken to — at one point grabbed my bottle of fake blood and emptied it out all over my head and shirt. This was a hell of a lot of fake blood! In keeping with the spirit of the evening, of Halloween and of punky anarchy, I wound up and gave the girl a good kick in the ass, sending her swearing down the hallway.

We got out of there and headed up to another Halloween party in a huge mainstream disco right in the heart of downtown. The blood was wet all over me and it was a cold Halloween, so by the time we’d walked over to the disco, I really needed a bathroom.

I was pushing my way through the crowd but people kept stopping me and admiring my bloody makeup job. In a particularly tight spot in a passageway near the washrooms, I ran right into this guy’s chest... a huge guy... but I was so frustrated, I just pushed him and said “Move, fuck!” Looking up, I was stunned to see that the chest belonged to David Hasselhoff (this was post-Knight Rider but pre-Baywatch). Who’d have known he’d be a big star, a chart-topping singer in Europe?

The people at the disco took my picture but I didn’t win any prize for my costume... one of the last Halloween parties I attended.

Show 73: October 2008

"HEARING DOUBLE" SHOW
First airing on October 4... Repeat on October 18

No, you are not imagining things...
we are playing every song twice!!!

And as if "hearing double" ain't enough,
see below for the
Double Vision cocktail recipe!

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SET 1

Song : : I Say A Little Prayer
Artist : : Brasilia Modern Six
Album : : Estreia

Song : : Poinciana
Artist : : Claus Ogerman
Album : : Watusi Trumpets

Song : : St. Louis Blues Boogie
Artist : : Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
Album : : Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
Click here for a picture of Johnny trying to pick up my mom!

Song : : Shangri-La
Artist : : Robert Maxwell
Album : : The Harp In Hi-Fi

Song : : Copacabana
Artist : : Michel Magne
Album : : Tropical Fantasy

Song : : My Quiet Village
Artist : : Darla Hood
Album : : Ray Note 25

Song : : Bali Hai
Artist : : George Cates
Album : : Hawaii

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SET 2

Song : : Ebb Tide
Artist : : Woody Martens
Album : : The Wild And Mild Sides Of...

Song : : Deep Night
Artist : : Frank Comstock
Album : : Music from Outer Space

Song : : Nature Boy
Artist : : Leonard Nimoy
Album : : The Touch of Leonard Nimoy

Song : : Nature Boy
Artist : : Bo Axelzon and his exotic orchestra
Album : : Tiki Twilight

Song : : Deep Night
Artist : : Paul Conrad
Album : : Exotic Paradise

Song : : Ebb Tide
Artist : : Shiro Michi All Stars
Album : : You And The Night

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SET 3

Song : : Bali Ha'i
Artist : : Phil Moore
Album : : Polynesian Paradise

Song : : Quiet Village
Artist : : Bo Axelzon and his exotic orchestra
Album : : Tiki Twilight

Song : : Copacabana
Artist : : Augie Colón
Album : : Chant Of The Jungle

Song : : Shangri-La
Artist : : Arthur Lyman
Album : : Pearly Shells

Song : : St. Louis Blues
Artist : : Martin Denny
Album : : Hypnotique

Song : : Poinciana
Artist : : Frank Hunter
Album : : White Goddess

Song : : I Say a Little Prayer
Artist : : Siw Malmkvist
Album : : Love and other crimes' (TV special/Sweden/1968)

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DOUBLE VISION Cocktail

• 1-1/2 oz vodka
• 1-1/2 oz coconut rum
• 1/2 oz sweet & sour mix
• a splash of orange juice
• a splash of pineapple juice
• 2 drops grenadine
• Shake with cracked ice
• Strain into a cocktail glass

Show 72: September 2008

First airing on September 6... Repeat on September 20

This month's show is a little bit more guitar-oriented
than our last couple of vibes-heavy shows.

Guitar man Al Caiola, born on September 7, 1920,
is our the Artist of the Month...

And our cocktail is a new creation, based on an old
Don the Beachcomber drink dating back to the 1930s...

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SET 1

Song : : A Quiet Thing
Artist : : Al Caiola
Album : : Sounds for Spies and Private Eyes

Check out Al, still going strong today... here

Song : : Hawaii (Main Title)
Artist : : Living Guitars
Album : : Flamingo and Other Favorites

Song : : Whoopee Cushion (Blue Cave)
Artist : : Hoodoo Gurus
Album : : Blue Cave (US Version)

Song : : Polynesian Fever
Artist : : Exotic Sounds Of The Surfmen
Album : : The Romantic Lure Of Hawaii

Song : : Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
Artist : : Chet Atkins
Album : : The Other Chet Atkins

Song : : The Natives Are Restless Tonight
Artist : : Enoch Light
Album : : Provocative Percussion Vol. 2

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WAIT AND SEE Cocktail

• 1/2 oz lime
• 1/2 oz orange juice
• 1/2 oz Falernum
• 1/4 oz sugar syrup
• 3/4 oz Havana Club rum (7 year)
• 3/4 oz El Dorado Demerara rum
  
• 1/8 grenadine
• dash bitters
• Shake with crushed ice
• Pour all into a large rocks glass
• Garnish with a cocktail cherry

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SET 2

Song : : Lujon
Artist : : Oranj Symphonette
Album : : Plays Mancini

Song : : Noctopia
Artist : : Clouseaux
Album : : Lagoon!

Song : : Ambrosia
Artist : : Orchestra Superstring
Album : : Orchestra Superstring

Song : : Mountain High, Valley Low
Artist : : Raymond Scott Orchestrette
Album : : Pushbutton Parfait

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SET 3

Song : : Surfing Girl
Artist : : The Waikikis
Album : : Midnight Luau

Song : : Little Brown Gal
Artist : : Catamaran Serenaders
Album : : Tempos of Tahiti

Song : : Tahitian Nights
Artist : : The Islanders
Album : : Adventures in Paradise

Song : : Moonlight Becomes You
Artist : : Wout Steenhuis
Album : : Paradise Island

Song : : Adventures In Paradise
Artist : : Leo Addeo
Album : : Paradise Regained

Song : : Tabu
Artist : : Terry Snyder & The All Stars
Album : : Persuasive Percussion

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THE NON-TIKI TIKI TUNE OF THE DAY

Song : : Tabú
Artist : : Lalo Schifrin
Album : : Black Widow

Show 71: August 2008

First airing on August 2...
Repeat on August 16


HURRICANE SPECIAL!

Oh the places I go to stock up on the right kinds of rum!
I even sailed right through the first hurricane of the season
on a recent rum-buying expedition...

So this month's show is inspired by that fateful trip...
One hour of vintage exotica about the rain, the wind, and the sea!
Plus...
a Dark and Stormy cocktail to help steady us through the storm!

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SET 1: RAIN

Song :: Legend Of The Rain
Artist :: Arthur Lyman
Album :: Bahia

Song :: Rain
Artist :: Martin Denny
Album :: In Person

Song :: Rains Of Okavango
Artist :: Tak Shindo
Album :: Mganga

Song :: Blue Rain
Artist :: The Islanders
Album :: The Enchanted Sound of the Islanders

Song :: Don't Rain On My Parade
Artist :: Arthur Lyman
Album :: Polynesia

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DARK AND STORMY Cocktail

• 2 oz dark rum (preferably Gosling's Black Seal, or use a good aged Havana Club if you can get your hands on it)
• 3 oz ginger beer (try to find an especially zesty variety, something with a little kick)
• Dash of bitters
• Lime wedge
• Build the ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice cubes.
• Give the lime wedge a squeeze before using it as garnish.
• Serve in a highball glass (9 oz)

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SET 2: WIND

Song :: Tropic Trade Winds
Artist :: Gene Rains
Album :: The Call Of The Tropics

Song :: Warm Night Wind
Artist :: Robert Drasnin
Album :: Voodoo!

Song :: Tradewind
Artist :: Eden Ahbez
Album :: Eden's Island

Song :: Cast Your Fate to the Wind
Artist :: Arthur Lyman
Album :: Pearly Shells

Song :: Trade Winds
Artist :: Les Baxter
Album :: Bora Bora (Original Soundtrack)

Song :: Trade Winds
Artist :: Phil Moore
Album :: Polynesian Paradise

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SET 3: SEA

Song :: Sea Breeze
Artist :: The Out-Islanders
Album :: Polynesian Fantasy

Song :: Off Shore
Artist :: Gene Rains
Album :: Rains in the Tropics

Song :: The Naked Sea
Artist :: Gene Rains
Album :: Lotus Land

Song :: Beyond the Reef
Artist :: Bill Jaffee and his Islanders
Album :: Hawaiian Paradise

Song :: Emerald Sea
Artist :: Les Baxter
Album :: Bora Bora (Original Soundtrack)

Song :: Far Across The Sea
Artist :: The Gene Rains Group
Album :: Far Across The Sea

Song :: Strange Cargo
Artist :: The Gene Rains Group
Album :: Far Across The Sea

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Song :: Reckless Night on Board an Oceanliner
Artist :: Raymond Scott
Album :: Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights

Show 70: Lee Hazlewood Special

Airs July 9th (3 p.m. pacific / 6 p.m. eastern)
and in my regular timeslot on July 12

"you play that stuff in the mauna loa lounge? sheesh. why don't you change the name to scruffy whiskers caveman hour?"
-Recent Luxuriamusic.com forum post

As regular listeners know, Thrifting for Tunes is not always just about Mai Tais and Martin Denny...

We occasionally get the urge to step out from behind the bar and venture out into other parts of the Mauna Loa Lounge... like into the kitchen for the odd spaghetti western special... or onto the back porch, as is the case for our annual Lee Hazlewood tribute.

Lee would have turned 79 on July 9 of this year (he unfortunately passed away last August).

Last year's special featured excerpts from Lee's 1969 Swedish TV special Love and Other Crimes.

For this year's special, I let Lee do all the talking — and thankfully, all the singing too —, squeezing in just about as much of an almost-career-spanning retrospective of his solo work as I could get away with in a one-hour slot, and concluding with a bit of narration and three live songs from his final tour in 2002...

Hopefully, it all comes together nicely and sounds somewhat autobiographical.

Luxuriamusic's Space Patrol host Carl Howard said it best:

"Hazlewood would have been the first to tear himself down as any sort of awesome legend or urban cowboy or what-have-you. He fled the United States just at the point that he would have been turned into the kind of AM Radio fodder that people like Glen Campbell represented. He made Nancy Sinatra out of whole cloth in a way her daddy never did. He left his stamp and consciously moved on, then stayed around long enough to scratch his head every time some latter generation of fans caught up with him... and laughed at it all."

www.somevelvetmorning.net

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Lee Hazlewood bio - excerpt 1

Song :: Mannford, Oklahoma
Album :: Something Special

Song :: In Our Time
Album :: Lee Hazlewoodism, it's Cause and Cure

Song :: Cold Hard Times
Album :: Cowboy in Sweden

Song :: I Move Around
Album :: The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood

Song :: Ten Or 11 Towns Ago
Album :: 13

Song :: This Town
Album :: Something Special

Lee Hazlewood bio - excerpt 2

Song :: Friday's Child
Album :: Friday's Child

Song :: My Baby Cried All Night Long
Album :: The Many Sides of Lee

Song :: Hey Cowboy
Album :: Cowboy in Sweden

Song :: You Look Like A Lady
Album :: 13

Song :: Forget Marie
Album :: Love and Other Crimes

Lee Hazlewood bio - excerpt 3

Song :: Your Sweet Love
Album :: The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood

Song :: After Six
Album :: Lee Hazlewoodism, it's Cause and Cure

Song :: A Taste Of You
Album :: For Every Solution There's A Problem

Song :: Won't You Tell Your Dreams
Album :: Requiem For An Almost Lady

Song :: Rainbow Woman
Album :: Reprise single

Lee Hazlewood bio - excerpt 4

Song :: Stone Cold Blues
Album :: Something Special

Song :: Love And Other Crimes (Live)
Album :: The Lycantrope Tour

Song :: She Comes Running (Live)
Album :: The Lycantrope Tour

Lee Hazlewood end text

Song :: My Autumns Done Come (Live)
Album :: The Lycantrope Tour

Show 69: July 2008

First airing on July 5... Repeat on July 28

TIME FOR SUMMER VACATION!
including

• our Artist of the Month!
• a fun set by a few talented wahines!
• and a summertime/holiday/beach/vacation set!

Plus

• the Polynesian Chi Chi cocktail
• and The Non-Tiki Tiki Tune of the Day!

* * *

SET 1: ARTIST OF THE MONTH: Billy Mure

Song :: Pink Hawaii
Album :: Hawaiian Percussion

Song :: April In Portugal
Album :: Fireworks

Song :: Kalua
Album :: Hawaiian Percussion

Song :: Peanut Vendor
Album :: Fireworks

Song :: Song of the Islands
Album :: Hawaiian Percussion

Song :: Chopsticks Guitar
Album :: Supersonic Guitars in Hi-Fi

* * *

CHI CHI Cocktail

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz cream of coconut
• 4.5 oz pineapple juice
• 1 cup crushed ice

Blend ingredients for 30 seconds.
Pour into a hurricane glass.
Garnish with a pineapple slice and a maraschino cherry.

* * *

SET 2: WAHINES!

Song :: When Hilo Hattie Does The Hilo Hop
Artist :: Hilo Hattie
Album :: At The Hawaiian Village

Song :: Little Brown Gal
Artist :: Dorothy Lamour (with Dick McIntire & his Harmony Hawaiians)
Album :: Favorite Hawaiian Songs (EP)

Song :: Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree
Artist :: Ethel Azama
Album :: Exotic Dreams

Song :: Luau Cha Cha Cha
Artist :: Annette Funicello
Album :: Hawaiiannette

Song :: Bo Mambo
Artist :: Yma Sumac
Album :: Mambo!

Song :: My Quiet Village
Artist :: Darla Hood
Album :: Ray Note single

* * *

SET 3: SUMMERTIME/BEACH/VACATION/HOLIDAY SET

Song :: Summertime
Artist :: Martin Denny
Album :: Hypnotique

Song :: Allah's Holiday
Artist :: Marty Gold and His Orchestra
Album :: Skin Tight

Song :: Theme from "A Summer Place"
Artist :: The Three Suns
Album :: Fever & Smoke

Song :: On The Beach at Waikiki
Artist :: The Outriggers
Album :: Captivation

Song :: Surf Rider
Artist :: Eden Ahbez
Album :: Eden's Island

Song :: Wave
Artist :: Susumu Arima and His Misty Sounds
Album :: The Dock Of The Bay - New Created Sounds

Song :: The Enchanted Sea
Artist :: The Islanders
Album :: The Enchanted Sound of the Islanders

Song :: Forbidden Waters
Artist :: Webley Edwards
Album :: Fire Goddess

Song :: Moonlight Swim
Artist :: Micky Curtis and His City Crows
Album :: On the Beach

* * *

THE NON-TIKI TIKI TUNE OF THE DAY

Song :: Es Gibt Kein Bier Auf Hawaii
Artist :: The Waikikis
Album :: Christmas in Hawaii

Show 68: June 2008

First airing on June 7... Repeat on June 21

EXOTICA GOES LATIN!
It's exotica with a latin beat... or is is latin music with an exotic twist?

It all gets so confusing sometimes...

plus:
2 Artists of the Month!
Mayan Sacrifice cocktail!
NEW: The Non-Tiki Tiki Tune of the Day!

* * *

SET 1: ARTISTS OF THE MONTH:

DOMENIC FRONTIERE (June 17, 1931)
Read some background info about film and TV composer, accordionist, and alleged ticket scalper Domenic Frontiere at the still and always informative spaceagepop.com...

Song :: Jaguar God
Album :: Pagan Festival

Song :: Festival
Album :: Pagan Festival

LALO SCHIFRIN (June 21, 1932)
Noted pianist, composer, and arranger Lalo Schifrin has an official website with plenty of info, including an extensive biography and discography, here...

Song :: Borneo
Album :: Several Shades Of Jade (Cal Tjader, arr. Schifrin)

Song :: Dissolving
Album :: There's A Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On

Song :: The Wave
Album :: Piano Strings And Bossa Nova

* * *

MAYAN SACRIFICE Cocktail

• .5 oz tequila
• .5 oz 151 proof rum
• 1 oz Kahlua
• 1 oz vodka

Pour Kahlua into a small rocks or old fashioned glass. Add 151 rum and tequila. Top with vodka. Ignite the vodka and allow to burn for a few seconds. Extinguish and quickly put a straw in the glass (making sure to go down to the bottom of the glass). Drink up!

* * *

SET 2: EXOTICA GOES LATIN - PART 1

Song :: Siboney
Artist :: Martin Denny
Album :: Afro-Desia

Song :: Carnavalito
Artist :: Warren Barker
Album :: A Musical Touch of Far Away Places

Song :: Besame Mucho
Artist :: Michel Magne
Album :: Tropical Fantasy

Song :: Paraiso
Artist :: Clouseaux
Album :: Beyond Good and Evil

Song :: Tabou
Artist :: Lecuona Cuban Boys
Album :: Latin Lounge

* * *

SET 3: EXOTICA GOES LATIN - PART 2

Song :: The Breeze and I
Artist :: The Islanders
Album :: The Enchanted Sound of the Islanders

Song :: Amapola
Artist :: Michel Magne
Album :: Tropical Fantasy

Song :: Frenesi
Artist :: Bo Axelzon & his Exotic Orchestra
Album :: Tiki Twilight

Song :: Copacabana
Artist :: Augie Colón
Album :: Chant Of The Jungle

Song :: Manha De Carnaval
Artist :: Martin Denny
Album :: Latin Village

Song :: Jungle Drums
Artist :: Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
Album :: Latin Lounge

* * *

THE NON-TIKI TIKI TUNE OF THE DAY

Song :: A Man Without Love
Album :: Basil Henriques & The Waikiki Islanders
Artist :: Hawaiian Nights

Show 67: May 2008

First airing on May 3... Repeat on May 17

2 COCKTAILS... 3 SUNS... 7 ORGANS!
Three fun sets of music (and a couple o' cocktails too!)

* * *

SET 1: ARTIST OF THE MONTH: MORTY NEVINS (May 26, 1917)
Morty Nevins was the accordion-playing third of The Three Suns — one of our favorite groups here in the lounge — and he also wrote the Suns' big hit "Twilight Time."

For everything you always wanted to know about The Three Suns but were afraid to ask, ENTER THE THREE SUNS UNIVERSE...

Song :: African Waltz
Album :: A Swingin' Thing

Song :: Night in Hawaii
Album :: The Three Suns in Japan

Song :: Like Young
Album :: Fever & Smoke

Song :: Blue Twilight
Album :: Swingin' on a Star

Song :: Ruby
Album :: On A Magic Carpet

Song :: Movin' 'n' Groovin'
Album :: Movin' 'n' Groovin'

Song :: The Message
Album :: Here Come the Suns (EP)

* * *

SET 2: GROOVY ORGAN SOUNDS FROM BRAZIL
Brilliant Brazilian organist Walter Wanderley was also born in May (May 12, 1932). Here, along with one track by Wanderley to start things off, are several other outstanding organ sounds from Brazil...

Song :: Taste Of Sadness
Album :: Talkin' Verve
Artist :: Walter Wanderley

Song :: Chorou Chorou
Album :: Samba Do Bom
Artist :: Conjunto De Samba De Balanco

Song :: Negro
Album :: Balanco, Balanco, Balanco
Artist :: Ely Arcoverde Com Conjunto

Song :: Rio
Album :: Evolucao
Artist :: Manfredo

Song :: Amelia
Album :: Tremendao
Artist :: Eumir Deodato

Song :: O Caderninho
Album :: Repeteco Outra Vez
Artist :: Bossa 4

Song :: Vila Rica
Album :: Alta Tensao
Artist :: Sergio Carvalho

* * *

SET 3: JUNGLE EXOTICA Exotica with a jungle theme this month... and two jungle cocktails to sip as you listen:

JUNGLE ROCKET

• 1.25 oz banana Liqueur
• 1.25 oz Triple Sec
• 1.25 oz Midori
• 4 oz orange juice
• dash grenadine

Pour ingredients (except grenadine) into a shaker filled with ice; shake and pour into a tall glass. Add a dash of grenadine and serve.

JUNGLE MANIA

• 1 oz blue curaçao
• 1 oz Galliano
• 1 oz orange juice

Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice; shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Song :: Jungle Drums
Album :: Chant Of The Jungle
Artist :: Augie Colón

Song :: Jungle Fantasy
Album :: Jun'gala
Artist :: Marty Wilson and His Orchestra

Song :: Jungle Jalopy
Album :: Bahia
Artist :: Arthur Lyman

Song :: Jungle Madness
Album :: Hypnotique
Artist :: Martin Denny

Song :: Jungle Romance
Album :: The Romantic Lure Of Hawaii
Artist :: Exotic Sounds Of The Surfmen

* * *

OUTRO
Song :: Jungle Mystery
Album :: Jungle Obsession
Artist :: Nino Nardini & Roger Roger

Show 66: April 2008

APRIL IS BIRTHDAY MONTH...

Seems like a whole lot of folks I know celebrate birthdays in April
(my birthday even squeaks in there at the end of the month)...

So this month's entire show is a tribute to folks born in April... including a whole slew of artists whose music we love to play in the Lounge...
A set by exotica king Martin Denny,
a set of favorites featuring other musical styles we enjoy,
and a whole other set of exotica to close off the show.

So, join us for a birthday cocktail, or two, or three...

* * *

SET 1: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN DENNY (April 10)

Song :: Call Me
Album :: Hawaii Goes A Go-Go

Song :: Angelito
Album :: Latin Village

Song :: Moonlight and Shadows
Album :: Exotic Percussion

Song :: Latin Village
Album :: Latin Village

Song :: Pearls (Mexican Pearls)
Album :: Hawaii Goes A Go-Go

Song :: Quiet Village
Album :: Exotic Moog

* * *

SET 2: MORE APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Song :: 1-2-3
Album :: Themes for the "In" Crowd
Artist :: Percy Faith (April 7)

Song :: Old Devil Moon
Album :: The Discotheque Dance Album
Artist :: Tony Mottola (April 18), Dick Hyman, Doc Severinson, Bob Haggart

Song :: The Joker
Album :: Watusi Trumpets
Artist :: Claus Ogerman (April 29)

Song :: Beatnik
Album :: Jazz From Great TV Shows
Artist :: Det Moor Orchestra (Bob Mersey - April 7)

Song :: The Man with the Golden Arm (written by Elmer Bernstein - April 4)
Album :: Per-cuss-ive Jazz
Artist :: Peter Appleyard

Song :: Guitar USA
Album :: Guitar USA
Artist :: Tony Mottola (April 18)

Song :: Moon River (written by Henry Mancini - April 16)
Album :: An Enchanted Evening With Herbie Marks
Artist :: Herbie Marks

* * *

COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH
Here's something I found called the "8th Birthday Cocktail"
Who's 8th birthday? No clue... but enjoy the drink anyway.
- 3/4 oz raspberry liqueur (chambord)
- 1/4 oz dark creme de cacao
- 1 oz vodka
- 1 oz milk
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a martini glass

* * *

SET 3: EXOTICA BIRTHDAYS

Song :: Nature Boy (written by Eden Ahbez - April 15)
Album :: Tiki Twilight
Artist :: Bo Axelzon and his Exotic Orchestra

Song :: The Old Boat
Album :: Eden's Island
Artist :: Eden Ahbez

Song :: Market Place
Album :: Eden's Island
Artist :: Eden Ahbez

Song :: Moonflowers
Album :: A Musical Touch of Far Away Places
Artist :: Warren Barker (April 16)

Song :: Lujon (written by Henry Mancini - April 16)
Album :: Oranj Symphonette Plays Mancini
Artist :: Oranj Symphonette

Song :: When Two Trees Fall In Love
Album :: Inside the Sound
Artist :: Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (Bill Finegan - April 3)

Song :: The Breeze And I
Album :: Shangri-La
Artist :: Robert Maxwell (April 19)

* * *

OUTRO

Song :: Nature Boy (written by Eden Ahbez - April 15)
Album :: The Touch of Leonard Nimoy
Artist :: Leonard Nimoy

Show 65: March 2008

AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT SPAGHETTI BUFFET
AT THE MAUNA LOA LOUNGE?!?!

Yup, we're moving the show into the kitchen this month
while the Mauna Loa Lounge is being refurbished...
No Mai Tais... but all the spaghetti you want!

And along with it, an hour's worth of Spaghetti Western soundtracks
and Euro film scores featuring our artist of the month,
Alessandro Alessandroni (b. March 15, 1925) and his Cantori Moderni.

So, why spaghetti?
Well, I'm still all fired up after seeing these guys (+ video)
in performance last week... so Euro western music it is!

Also, our artist of the month had a hand in some of the greatest
spaghetti western scores of the 60s and 70s...

So there... (back to our regularly scheduled programming next month).

* * *

SET 1: SPAGHETTI WESTERN FAVOURITES
Song :: Main Titles
Film :: Un esercito di cinque uomini
Artist :: Ennio Morricone

Song :: Main Titles
Film :: C'e Sartana... Vendi La Pistola E Comprati La Bara!
Artist :: Francesco DeMasi

Song :: Main Titles
Film :: Django
Artist :: Luis Enrique Bacalov (vocal: Roberto Fia)

Trailer :: The Stranger and The Gunfighter

Song :: Main Titles (Vocal version)
Film :: Uno Straniero A Paso Bravo
Artist :: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (vocal: Vittorio Bezzi)

Song :: Alternate Main Titles — Beat Version
Film :: Nel nome del Padre, del Figlio e della Colt
Artist :: Pierro Piccioni

Song :: Main Titles
Film :: All 'Ombra Di Una Colt
Artist :: Nico Fidenco

* * *

SET 2: ALESSANDRO ALESSANDRONI & THE WESTERN
(all feature contributions by Alessandroni and his Modern Singers)

Trailer :: Return of Sabata

Song :: E Tornato Sabata (Hai Chiusu Un'Altra Volta)
Film :: E Tornato Sabata (Hai Chiusu Un'Altra Volta)
Artist :: Marcello Giombini

Song :: What Am I Doing?
Film :: Che C'Entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione?
Artist :: Ennio Morricone

Song :: Main Titles
Film :: El Puro
Artist :: Alessandro Alessandroni

Song :: Single Side A
Film :: Indio Black
Artist :: Bruno Nicolai

Trailer :: The Mercenary

Song :: Mucchio Selvaggio
Film :: Il Mio Nome E Nessuno
Artist :: Ennio Morricone

* * *

SET 3: ALESSANDRO ALESSANDRONI & OTHER EURO FILMS
(all feature contributions by Alessandroni and his Modern Singers)

Song :: Beat 700
Film :: N/A (production music)
Artist :: Franco De Gemini & Alessandro Alessandroni

Song :: Alla Luce Del Giorno
Film :: Metti Una Sera A Cena
Artist :: Ennio Morricone

Song :: Main Titles
Film :: A Qualsiasi Prezzo
Artist :: Luis Enrique Bacalov

Song :: The Getaway
Film :: Sette Volte Sette
Artist :: Armando Trovajoli

Song :: Sulla Riviera
Film :: N/A (production music)
Artist :: Franco De Gemini & Alessandro Alessandroni

Song :: Bob & Helen
Film :: La Morte Bussa Due Volte
Artist :: Piero Umiliani

* * *

OUTRO

Song :: Fruscio Di Foglie Verdi
Film :: Teorema
Artist :: Ennio Morricone

Show 64: February 2008

LOVE IS IN THE AIR IN THE MAUNA LOA LOUNGE!

Okay, Valentine's Day is a couple of weeks away...
But who says we can't jump the gun
with two sets of "songs of love."
Love songs, songs about love, or at the very least,
a bunch of songs with the word "love" in the title.

Also, an expanded version of the Pagan Love Song set
from last February (+ our "Love Potion" cocktail recipe!)

But first, a few songs by our artists of the month for February...

* * *

SET 1: ARTISTS OF THE MONTH (FEBRUARY)
Song :: Yellow Bird
Artist :: Arthur Lyman Group (February 2, 1932-February 24, 2002)
Album :: Hi-Fi single

Song :: Sim Sim
Artist :: The Arthur Lyman Group
Album :: Music for a Bachelor's Den, Vol. 2: Exotica

Song :: Busy Port
Artist :: Arthur Lyman
Album :: Bahia

Song :: Casa Forte
Artist :: Sergio Mendes (February 11, 1941- )
Album :: The Fool On The Hill

Song :: Music For Old Invalids
Artist :: Fred Katz (February 25, 1919- )
Album :: The Little Shop of Horrors (Soundtrack)

Song :: Paradise
Artist :: Roy Smeck (February 6, 1900-April 5, 1994) Album :: Adventures in Paradise

* * *

SET 2: THINK LOVE

Song :: Pensate Amore (Think Love)
Artist :: Ted Nichols
Album :: The Man Called Flintstone

Song :: Nothing Ever Changes My Love
Artist :: The Lovers
Album :: Lover Lover Lover

Song :: I Love You
Artist :: Eddy Manson
Album :: Percussion Sounds and the Harmonica

Song :: Lover
Artist :: Marty Gold and His Orchestra
Album :: Skin Tight

Song :: From Russia With Love
Artist :: Carlos Piper Orquestra
Album :: O Som Espetacular

Song :: Somebody Loves Me
Artist :: Enoch Light
Album :: Provocative Percussion

Song :: Portrait Of My Love
Artist :: Kai Winding
Album :: Mondo Cane #2

Song :: Love Child
Artist :: Tony Mottola
Album :: Guitar Underground

Song :: Felicia, My Love
Artist :: Les Baxter
Album :: Les Baxter

Song :: Love Letters In The Sand
Artist :: The Three Suns
Album :: Twilight Memories

Song :: Love Theme
Artist :: The Sleepwalk Guitars of Dan & Dale
Album :: Thunderball and the Original Dan & Dale Themes

* * *

SET 3: PAGAN LOVE SONG
Love Potion •1-1/2 oz. light rum
•1/4 oz. Cointreau
•1/4 oz. creme de banane
•1/2 oz. pineapple juice
•3 oz. milk
•3 drops grenadine
Pour all ingredients into a tall Zombie glass filled with crushed ice. Stir.

Song :: Pagan Love Song
Artist :: Catamaran Serenaders
Album :: Tempos of Tahiti

Song :: Pagan Love Song
Artist :: George Cates
Album :: Polynesian Percussion

Song :: Pagan Love Song
Artist :: Phil Moore
Album :: Polynesian Paradise

Song :: Pagan Love Song
Artist :: Bill Jaffee and his Islanders
Album :: Hawaiian Paradise

Song :: Pagan Love Song
Artist :: The Islanders
Album :: Adventures in Paradise

* * *

OUTRO

Song :: Love Song from Mutiny On The Bounty
Artist :: Catamaran Serenaders
Album :: Tempos of Tahiti