Show 92: Music for a Summer Luau

More new releases for summer 09!

This week:
Music for a summer luau with
new tunes by Le Maï Taï Orchestra,
and a slew of Hawaiian, hapa hoale,
steel guitar, and uke music!

Also, see below for one of
Le Maï Taï Orchestra's favorites:
the Aku Aku cocktail...

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SET 1:

Song : : When You Dream About Hawaï
Album : : I Found My Wahine
Artist : : Le Maï Taï Orchestra

Song : : Steel Guitar Hop
Album : : Tempos of Tahiti
Artist : : Catamaran Serenaders

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

Song : : Hawaiian Paradise
Album : : Hawaiian Percussion
Artist : : Billy Mure

Song : : The Luau Song
Album : : Aloha Moods
Artist : : The Longines Symphonette Society

Song : : Paradise Island
Album : : Paradise Island
Artist : : Wout Steenhuis

Song : : Hawaii Tattoo
Album : : Hawaii Tattoo
Artist : : Martin Denny

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SET 2:

Song : : Red Sails In The Sunset
Album : : I Found My Wahine
Artist : : Le Maï Taï Orchestra

Song : : Isle of Paradise
Album : : More Hawaii in Hi-Fi
Artist : : Leo Addeo

Song : : My Isle of Golden Dreams
Album : : Adventures in Paradise
Artist : : Alfred Apaka

Song : : South Sea Island Magic
Album : : Music of the Islands
Artist : : The Mauna Loa Islanders

Song : : Kon Tiki
Album : : The Enchanted Sound of the Islanders
Artist : : The Islanders

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

Song : : Chant of the Jungle
Album : : Polynesian Percussion
Artist : : George Cates

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SET 3:

Song : : Pink Hawaï (Aka Pink Cocktail)
Album : : I Found My Wahine
Artist : : Le Maï Taï Orchestra

Song : : I'm Carrying A Tiki Torch For You
Album : : Paradise Lost & Found
Artist : : King Kukulele And The Friki Tikis

Song : : Hello, Aloha How Are You
Album : : Paradise Regained
Artist : : Leo Addeo

Song : : Sophisticated Hula
Album : : Hawaiian Golden Hits
Artist : : The Royal Hawaiian Guitars

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

Song : : Hano Hano
Film : : The Romantic Lure Of Hawaii
Artist : : The Surfmen

Song : : My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii [Cha-Cha-Cha]
Film : : Quiet Village
Artist : : Martin Denny

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OUTRO:

Song : : Blue Hawaï
Album : : I Found My Wahine
Artist : : Le Maï Taï Orchestra

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"Aku Aku" Cocktail
(Le Maï Taï Orchestra's favorite cocktail
at the Coconut Motel & Bar in Trois-Rivières)

• 3/4 oz lemon juice
  
• 1 tsp powdered sugar
• 1/2 oz falernum
• 1/2 oz dark rum
• 1 oz light rum
  

• Dissolve sugar in lemon juice
• Pour juice, along with other ingredients, into a shaker over ice cubes
• Shake and strain into a cocktail glass filled with crushed ice
  

Show 91: Sounds for Sophisticated Savages

More great new music for the summer!

This week we sample
The Tikiyaki Orchestra's all-new
"Swingin' Sounds for the Jungle JetSet"

along with a few more sounds for
sophisticated suburban savages!

Also, see below for the
Jet Set cocktail...

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SET 1: Sunset

Song : : Sunset on the Kona Kai
Album : : Swingin' Sounds for the Jungle Jetset
Artist : : Tikiyaki Orchestra

Song : : Sunset Over Kona
Album : : Sunset Over Kona
Artist : : Alex Keack

Song : : Diana
Film : : Orchestra Superstring
Artist : : Orchestra Superstring

Song : : Blood Of The Earth (Or The Sun Sets Red In The West)
Album : : The Shadow Of Your Smile
Artist : : Friends Of Dean Martinez

Song : : Softly Sally
Album : : Betty Page Jungle Girl
Artist : : Roger Webb

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SET 2: Swingin'

Song : : Bachelor #3
Album : : Swingin' Sounds for the Jungle Jetset
Artist : : Tikiyaki Orchestra

Song : : Tiger Shark
Album : : Paradise Island
Artist : : Wout Steenhuis

Song : : Music To Watch Girls By
Album : : You And The Night
Artist : : Shiro Michi All Stars

Song : : Wow
Album : : Sounds in the Night
Artist : : Russ Garcia

Song : : Cocktails in Space
Album : : Two Zombies Later
Artist : : Dana Countryman

Song : : Prisonero del Mar
Album : : Sounds Of The Sonic Sixties
Artist : : Dana Countryman

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SET 3: Stumblin' to sunrise

Song : : Poho Moku
Album : : Swingin' Sounds for the Jungle Jetset
Artist : : Tikiyaki Orchestra

Song : : Sophisticated Savage
Album : : The Ritual Of The Savage
Artist : : Les Baxter

Song : : Breaking Point
Album : : Betty Page Jungle Girl
Artist : : Malcolm Lockyer

Song : : Come Closer To Me
Album : : Tropical Fantasy
Artist : : Michel Magne & His Orchestra

Song : : Sand in My Shoes
Film : : Polynesian Fantasy
Artist : : The Out-Islanders

Song : : Pineapple Lilt
Film : : Rendezvous In Okonkuluku
Artist : : Waitiki

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OUTRO:

Song : : Last Sampan to Kowloon
Album : : Swingin' Sounds for the Jungle Jetset
Artist : : Tikiyaki Orchestra

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"Jet Set" Cocktail

My "tweaked" version

• 1/4 oz blue Curaçao
• 1/2 oz dark rum
• 1/4 oz banana liqueur
  
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
  
• 1 oz pineapple juice
  
• 2 oz cream
  

• Blend ingredients with crushed ice
• Pour into a tiki mug
  
• Garnish with a pineapple chunk

Original German version

• 2 cl blue Curaçao
• 2 cl lemon juice
• 1 tsp sugar
  
• 4 cl pineapple juice
  
• 100 g yogurt
  

• Blend ingredients
  
• Pour into a large wine glass
  
• Garnish with a pineapple chunk