Welcome to The Tuna Melt Music Sharity Blog!

It is here that I post old records that I've ripped
to Mp3 format (and grouped in .ZIP files) via File Sharing Sites,
album cover scans and, sometimes,
somewhat coherent ramblings related to said shares.

Most of the items shared are rips of Out-of-Print
(or, at least, very difficult to acquire)
Vinyl Records from my own collection,
or Compilations ("Seasonal" or "Genre-Specific") made up of Mp3 files
either digitally collected or ripped from Compact Disk.

Come on in. Look around.
Scroll downward to find available links.
I hope you find something you like.

If you don't,
you can always come back later, as the variety
of what is made available should be pretty wide-ranging.


Monday, September 16, 2024

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 7: Even More of an On-Going, Hopefully "Not Too Tiresome" Series of Tropical Tremendousness

 

Holy Creepers!!!

You mean… There's MORE!?!

Okay… I kinda realize that I said there was more (more like MORE!!!) in the last post.

Still…

Yep!

Here it is.

 
01. Quiet Village - Giorgio Cuscito
 02. Quiet Village - Jungle Island Experience
03. Quiet Village - Dominic Cangelosi
04. Quiet Village on Fire Cracker - 畏れながら奏で奉ります (Goufzo Music Mobile Suit)
05. Quiet Village - Christopher-Joel Carter, IV
06. Quiet Village - Edward Alstrom
07. Quiet Village - Tempsion
08. Quiet Village - Salsa ‘78 Orchestra
09. Quiet Village - Nathan Aweau
10. Quiet Village - The Apogees
11. Quiet Village - Dick Contino
12. Quiet Village - Brian King
13. Quiet Village - Tim Laskey
14. Quiet Village - VibeXotica
15. Quiet Village - Music Music Music
16. Quiet Village - Fritz O'Hara
17. Quiet Village - Johnny Sharp
18. Quiet Village - Uncle Kiki
19. Quiet Village - Adele Urbiztondo
20. Quiet Village - Martin Denny w/ Jimmy Buffet
 
 
As always, there is, at some point, More to Come!
Please Enjoy! Stay Warm! Quit Yer Bitchin'!

Friday, February 02, 2024

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 6: The Temporarily Last, and Yet Not Least, of a Coninuing Series of Exotic Excitementations

And so… We suddenly come to the end of the list of what I, so far, have been able to gather in addition to the original collections by Xtabay.

It is, in no way, the end of what I've collected so far. I'm doing my best, however, to divide the volumes in this compilation series into sets that will fit onto a CD. That way, you can listen to them, one at a time, in your automobile without having to mess with any of that New-Fangled USB Thumb-Drive crap, or a Satellite Radio Station, or anything owned by Alphabet, or Meta, or any other of the corporations who wish only to replace their Human Customers with Artificially Intelligent Idiot Boxes who, when responding to Price Hikes, simply Print More Money!!!

It's true. I am attempting to SAVE THE WORLD FROM ITSELF!!!

Like that's gonna happen, right?

I'll add the next collection as soon as I'm able to fill it in.

Chicks and Dudes, Boys and Girls, Guys and Dames, Here It Is…
The Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 6!!!


 
01. Quiet Village - Robert Walter
 02. Quiet Village - The Quiet Villagers
03. Quiet Village - Martini Kings
04. Quiet Village - Friendly Science Orchestra
05. Quiet Village - hackedepicciotto
06. Quiet Village - The Ukeladies
07. Quiet Village - Brett Barnes
08. Quiet Village (DubVersion) - Water Melon Group
09. My Quiet Village - Perizomata
10. Quiet Village - Bo Axelzon & His Exotic Orchestra
11. Martin Denny's Quiet Village - NickToda
12. Quiet Village - Capitão Fausto & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
13. Quiet Village ALL STAR JAM! -
The Thurston Howlies w/ SHAG, Sven Kirsten & Matteo "Hukilau" Brown
14. Unquiet Village - Nukegara w/ Michio "Shambi" Ishida & The World Records All Stars
15. Warm Ups — Quiet Village - Bonnie Prudden
16. Watersongh - Virk Astroblab
 
There is, at some point, More to Come!
Please enjoy what we've got so far!

Friday, January 26, 2024

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 5: Continuing Additions to an Incredibly Silent, Somewhat Metropolitan Assumption

Okay Already… If you've made it this far I figure you must be in it for the long haul.

That being said… The collection of preexisting materials and data so arranged to form a new original work under the law of copyright continues!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I Present… The Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 5!!!

 
 
01. Quiet Village - The Exotic Guitars
02. Quiet Village - Donny Diaz
03. Quiet Village - L'Ensemble Instrumental Des Iles
04. Quiet Village - Don Telling's Island Mysteries
05. Quiet Village - The Beachcomber Trio
06. Quiet Village - Jungle Partners
07. Quiet Village - George Wright
08. Quiet Village - Jon Hall
09. My Quiet Village - Mavis Rivers
10. Quiet Village - The Tampicos
11. Quiet Village - Blue Pau
12. Quiet Village - Martinas & His Music
13. Quiet Village - Francis Bay & His Orchestra
14. Quiet Village - George Cates & His Orchestra
15. Quiet Village - Tiki Paradise
16. Quiet Village - The MidCenturions
17. Quiet Village - The Tiki Torches
18. Quiet Village - Thomas Zunk
19. Quiet Village (Piano Lounge Mix) - Uptown Piano Man
 
Please Enjoy! And…
Once Enjoyed,  Enjoy Again and Again!!!

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 4:
Ongoing Iterations of an Original Upload Conglomeration

WHAT!?! Still Here?!?

Alrighty, then! Nice to see so many in search of even more quiet villages. Be aware, I'm not promising directions to QUIETER Villages. I can only direct you to Quiet Villages to which you, perhaps, have not been previously directed.

More Quiet Villages, as Opposed to Villages that are More Quiet.

If you like Villages that are Quiet, continue to follow the path down which I lead.

If you HATE (or ARE OTHERWISE INTOLERANT of) VILLAGE SOUNDS, get yerself some Friggin' Earplugs! And Download This Marvelous Collection!


 
01. Quiet Village - The Waitiki 7
02. Quiet Village - Jerry Sun
03. Quiet Village - The Five Glow Tones
04. Quiet Village - The Longines Symphonette
05. Quiet Village - Project: Pimento
06. Quiet Village - Odell Brown & The Organ-Izers
07. Quiet Village - Five-Eaux
08. Quiet Village - George LaSalle Orchestra
09. Quiet Village - Electrospinner
10. Quiet Village - Water Melon Group
11. Quiet Village - Jimmy Virani
12. Quiet Village - Len Stevens & His Orchestra
13. Quiet Village - The Manakooras
14. Quiet Village '67 - Theophile & Bernard
15. Quiet Village - Fisherman
16. Quiet Village - Martini Kings
17. Quiet Village - Living Percussion
18. Quiet Village - Frank Barclay & His Paradise Orchestra & Chorus
 
Might There Be More!?! I Mean… How Could There Be?!?
    Oh, Well… I Guess We'll Find Out!

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 3:
Beginnings of a New Post Bonanza

Okay… As interesting as all of the items that Xtabay collected were, like 18 years ago, he was limited by the technology with which he was dealing at the time. Of course, the technology he was dealing with was so advanced that he thought he was in a sort-of Digital Technology Wonderland! My, how time flies…

After listening to the Xtabay Compilations for nearly two decades, and being made aware of other existing as well as a few NEW versions of Quiet Village, I decided to see if I could put another collection of different renditions, by different artists, of The Tiki Theme Song together.

Boy Howdy, was I in for a SHOCK!?! This is the first batch of those covers that I was able to gather together. I warn you… THERE ARE OTHERS!!!


 
01. Quiet Village - Deryn Trainer
02. Quiet Village - 101 Strings
03. Quiet Village - Willie Restum
04. Quiet Village - El Chicano
05. Quiet Village - Billy Joe Winghead
06. Quiet Village - Don Cunningham Quartet
07. Quiet Village - The Tikigraphs
08. Quiet Village Cha Cha - Modesto Durán y su Charanga Kings
09. Quiet Village - Hiroshi Okazaki & His Star Gazers feat. Kayoko Ishu
10. Quiet Village - Lee Hazlewood's Woodchucks
11. Quiet Village - Danny Gatton
12. Quiet Village - Wynton Kelly
13. My Quiet Village - Darla Hood
14. Quiet Village - Cocktail Inn
15. Quiet Village - The Tiki Collective
16. Quiet Village - Dulzaides Quinteto y Orquesta
17. Quiet Village - The Ritchie Family
18. Quiet Village - The Ukadelics
19. Quiet Village - Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
 
Hopin' Ya Diggit! Like I sed… More to Come!

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 2:
A Continuing Repost Extravaganza

This, Volume 2 of the Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village compilation set collected by Xtabay, is the continuation of what was begun with the original batch.

A whole bunch of good Quiet Village recordings, by a whole bunch of good bands including a United States Military Steel Drum Ensemble, a legendary Blues Guitarist, and a Couple of Tards.




01. Quiet Village - 10th Naval District Steelband
02. Quiet Village - Al Bollington
03. Quiet Village - The Astronauts
04. Quiet Village - Bill Justis
05. Quiet Village - Danny Gatton
06. Quiet Village - Earl Grant
07. Quiet Village - The Ensemble of Seven
08. Quiet Village - Ferrante & Teicher
09. Quiet Village - Longines Symphonette Society
10. Quiet Village - Johnny Gibbs & His Orchestra
11. Quiet Village - Jonathan Knight
12. Quiet Village - Leo Addeo & His Orchestra
13. Quiet Village - My Skinny Wonderland
14. Quiet Village - Don Hicks & Friends
15. Quiet Village - Ray Lindsay
16. Quiet Village - The Aliis
17. Quiet Village - Vinnie Bell
18. Quiet Village - Whitey Theador
19. Quiet Village - H.B. Barmun & His Orchestra
20. Quiet Village - The Tards
21. Quiet Village -The Ventures
 
Please to Enjoy! More Even After!

Quiet Village: A Repost Extravaganza

Way back in the first decade of the 21st Century there was this Blog, operated by a fella from Australia who refered to himself as Xtabay, called "Xtabay's World". It started out on blognow.com.au (a site that ceased to exist at some point during Xtabay's operation) and end up on blogger.com (There are still a few Dead Links to it over there in the SideBar on the right side of this page). It was ASTOUNDING!!!

Xtabay specialized in posting Vintage Exotica (which is the vast majority of Exotica that existed at the time), Lounge and Space Age Pop, but he would occasionally sneak in some Jazz, Rock, Punk or whatever else he felt appropriate.

He put together several Compilations of Single Songs as recorded in different styles, in different genres and/or by different artists over the years he was in operation.

The best of these, imho, was "Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village". He put together two collections of "The Exotica/Tiki National Anthem" (at a size which was common at the time, each able to be burned onto a Compact Disk).

This collection was posted at Xtabay's World in, I'm pretty sure, 2006. It contains 21 different recordings of "Quiet Village" including the original, by Les Baxter, and others by Martin Denny, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Pete Rugolo, Don Tiare The Surfmen, and Others.

 


01. Quiet Village - Arthur Lyman
02. Quiet Village - The Clebanoff Strings
03. Quiet Village - Don Tiare & His Orchestra Exotique
04. Quiet Village - Eddie Baxter
05. Quiet Village - El Coco
06. Quiet Village - Frankie Carle
07. Quiet Village - Henry Mancini
08. Quiet Village - John Evans / Chaino & His African Drums
09. Quiet Village - Lalo Schifrin
10. Quiet Village (Duophonic [Artificial Stereo] Version) - Les Baxter
11. Quiet Village (Mono Version) - Les Baxter
12. Quiet Village Bossa Nova - Martin Denny
13. Quiet Village (Mono Version) - Martin Denny
14. Quiet Village (Moog Version) - Martin Denny
15. Quiet Village - Martin Denny
16. Quiet Village (Cha Cha Cha) - Pete Rugolo
17. Quiet Village - The Royal Tees
18. Quiet Village - The Surfmen
19. Quiet Village - Ted Auletta
20. Quiet Village - Tommy Garrett
21. Quiet Village -Webley Edwards
 
Please to Enjoy! More to Come!