Les Baxter
Space Escapade
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Released 20/04/09. The Founding-Father of Exotica, Les Baxter’s wild inventiveness has made him a hero to modern artists as diverse as Jello Biafra and Beck. Exotica became a hugely popular trend from the early fifties; with the onset of international jet travel, making it possible for middle-class Americans to simulate an authentic travelogue experience in the comfort of their suburban homes, “The Music of Les Baxter is never sad of gloomy – it is full of the adventure of life, the sounds of exotic lands and the free spirit of life close to nature”.
Space Escapade (not re-issued or digitalised in the half century since it’s original release) is the holy grail to Baxterites and students of the Exotica genre; showcasing all of the eclecticism and sensual orchestral effects that are Baxter’s remarkable trademark. The historic restoration of Space Escapade is complimented by an attractive special feature; a programme of extremely rare Les Baxter single A & B sides from the fifties; sweet and subtle gems never before re-issued in any context and digitalised here for the first time.
Space Escapade Shooting Star / Moonscape / Mr. Robot / The City / A Distant Star / The Commuter / Winds Of Sirius / The Other Side Of The Moon / Somewhere In Space (A Look Back At Earth) / Earth Light / The Lady Is Blue / Saturday Night On Saturn/ Rare Les Baxter Single A & B Sides - Cornflakes / Havana / The Trouble With Harry / Sinner Man / The Left Arm Of Buddha / Melodia Loca (The Chilean Crazy Song) / The Clown On The Eiffel Tower / Designing Woman / Venezuela / Ricordate Marcellino / La Panse (The Little Flower) / Love Song From "Houseboat"
Cab Calloway - The Hi-De-Ho Mancrrev164
Released 13/04/09. Cab Calloway: International Jazz Hall Of Famer; Broadway actor; Professor of Jive, whose dictionaries of African-American slang were the official reference works in the New York Library for decades; Bandleader and King Of Hi-De-Ho! Indeed His Hi-De-Highness of Ho-De-Ho, whose immense popularity allowed him to enjoy a six decade recording career, despite the fact that his biggest hits from the 1930s referenced the Harlem drug culture!
His signature song ‘Minnie The Moocher’, first topped the Pop best-seller chart at the height of the jazz age in 1931 and last climbed the R&B chart 47 years later at the height of the disco era, two years before Cab donned his tails to perform the song memorably on screen in “The Blues Brothers”. Revived countless times afterwards in films on both the big screen (“The Mask”) and small (“Jeeves & Wooster”) and ads galore, inspiring Joe Jackson to release a whole LP as a tribute, titled “Jumpin' Jive” after Cab's massive 1939 hit song of the same name.
This compilation, chosen from the best of Cab's 1940s swing era output, includes the powerful 1942 recut of ‘Minnie’ along with his R&B chart hits ‘The Honeydripper’ and ‘The Calloway Boogie’ and also covers of big hits such as ‘Shot Gun Boogie’, ‘The Jungle King’ and ‘One For My Baby’. Also included is an uber-rare soundtrack recording of ‘Geechee Joe’ from the 1943 blockbuster movie “Stormy Weather”.
Minnie The Moocher (1942 version) / Your Voice / The Hi-De-Ho Man / Everybody Eats When They Come To My House / Foo A Little Bally-Ho / Two Blocks Down, Turn To The Left / Boo wah! Boo wah! / One For My Baby / Are You All Reet? / Que Pasa Chica / The Calloway Boogie /Ol' Joe Louis / Frosty Morning / Come On With The "Come On" / The Jungle King / The Honeydripper / Roomin' House Boogie / Hey Now! Hey now! / I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped / I Want To Rock / Are You Hep To The Jive? / Shot Gun Boogie / A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird / oh! Gram'pa / San Francisco Fan / Geechie Joe (From "Stormy Weather")
Chad & Jeremy
The Ark
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Released 27/04/09. After our proud release of Chad & Jeremy's "Of Cabbages And Kings", we now present their followup, "The Ark". Put together by the same Gary Usher-helmed team with the same sumptuous results, this is an amazing album.
Little were Chad and Jeremy to know it would be their swansong as 1960s recording artists...they should have stuck with it!
With songs informed by their own personal Brit oddyssey through 1960s California and their support for RFK's presidential campaign, this is a very fitting addition to the great run of Psychpop we've had lately...and one of the best!
Emancipation Of Mr.X / Sunstroke / Ark / Raven / Imagination / Painted Dayglow Smile / Pipe Dream / Transatlantic Trauma 1966 / Sidewalk Requiem Los Angeles June 5th And 6th / Pantheistic / Study For Guitar And Large Bird / Paxton Quigley's Had The Course / You Need Feet / Song Of The Love Child (Tobey's Song) / Letter To A London Girl / Pipe Dream (Alternate Version)
Tommy James and The Shondells
Crystal Blue Symphonies: The Psychedelic Years
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Released 27/04/09. Wow, another in our splendid series of overlooked Psychpop...and what a corker it is! In Europe at least, Tommy James is kind of the forgotten man of the 1960s...hit after hit, and what's available in Europe? Nothing much! After a run of megahits that included ‘Mony Mony’ (come on, everyone remembers that!), Tommy was ready to unleash his very own psychpop masterpieces…two fabulous albums released in short order, Crimson and Clover and Cellophane Symphony…veritable orgies of bendy pop, psych extravaganzas, early Moogs, theremins and tremolo!
These are two albums long overdue for the RevOla treatment and here they are both in one handy place!
Crimson & Clover / Kathleen Mcarthur / I Am A Tangerine / Do Something To Me / Crystal Blue Persuasion / Sugar On Sunday - Tommy James / Breakaway / Smokey Roads / I'm Alive / Crimson & / Clover (Reprise) / Cellophane Symphony / Makin' Good Time / Evergreen / Sweet Cherry Wine / Papa Rolled His Own / Changes Loved One / I Know Who I Am / Love Of A Woman / On Behalf Of The Entire Staff & Management
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