Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 9

Aloha!!!

I am pleased, at this moment, to present the 9th Volume in the Continuing-to-Grow collection of Versions of Les Baxter's "Quiet Village".

Yep! It's more of the same! I hope that you'll find some of it interesting. 

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 9 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 9 - Mega

 

01. Quiet Village - Pancho Graham
02. Quiet Village - Phil Gomez & The Jazzbos
03. Here Comes the Bus ⧸ Quiet Village - Sorbet Choir
04. Quiet, Village! - The Waitiki 7 w/ The Galliard String Quartet & Zaccai Curtis
05. Quiet Village - Toucans Steel Drum Band
06. Quiet Village - Stephen Fierros
07. Quiet Village - Chill
08. Quiet Village - Italian Surf Academy
09. Quiet Village - John Newman / Flying Eye Music
10. Quiet Village - Kope Kahuna
11. Quiet Village - Retro Piano Guy
12. Quiet Village - The M-SQUAD Hollywood Soundtrack Quintet
13. Quiet Village - Orquesta Música Maravillosa
14. Quiet Village - Gordon Samuelson
15. Quiet Village - Ricky​Shake
16. Quiet Village (2025 Mix) - Animal Magnetism
17. Villa Quieta - Sergio Pérez y su Organo
18. Quiet Village Fly - Smash Up Fun !!

Man Cannot Live on "Quiet Village" Alone…

As it seems that it may take a bit of time to collect enough "new" tracks to complete the next volume of "Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village", I thought this would be an opportunity to share a couple of other collections that suggest that I might not be that weird after all. Or, at least, that there are others just as weird out there!

Klauhütte Bangzeit 200, also known as KB Zed or shortened as KBZ 200, was a team headed up by Canadian pianist, visual and sound artist Gordon 'El Gordo' Monahan. Beginning in 1991, Monahan began a series of 12- to 18-Hour Long Performance Art Presentations during which the three most popular and exemplary pieces of the Exotica Catalog were repeated, in the same order, either as live performances by different artists or groups, or by playing old vinyl records of each of them.

The songs in question were "Quiet Village" (Les Baxter),
"Tabu / Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona) and "Caravan" (Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington).

The performance events were referred to as "Irritainment in Sound".

A limited edition of 50 video tapes was released, in 1996, titled "Another Taboo Caravan Into Quiet Village - The KBZ 200 in Munich", of a performance in featuring Monahan, Alex Hacke, Bastiaan Maris, Eric Mingus, GenKen, Gordon W, Jim Sharpe, John Henry Nyenhuis, Larry Seven, Laura Kikauka, Maria Zastra, Mediamorph, Michael Evans, Roland Wolf, Sir Spinner Fine Vinyl, Stiletto Studios & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE. I've never seen it. You've never seen it. We'll never see it.

Also in 1996, the first of two Compact Discs were released consisting of existing versions, from Various Artists, of the Three Exotica Masterpieces. This was followed by a second collection in 1998.

 

 

 

The Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 1 - MediaFire

 

The Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 1 - Mega

 

01. The Surfmen - Quiet Village
02. Robin Richmond - Taboo
03. Irv Cottler - Caravan
04. Len Stevens & His Orchestra - Quiet Village
05. The Aliis - Taboo
06. Sir Julian - Caravan
07. The Ensemble Of Seven - Quiet Village
08. The South Sea Serenaders - Taboo
09. Buddy Merrill - Caravan
10. Eddie Baxter - Quiet Village
11. The Flying Guitar - Taboo
12. Jack Anderson - Caravan
13. Vinnie Bell - Quiet Village
14. Tarragano & His Orchestra - Taboo
15. Billy Vaughn - Caravan
16. The Exotic Guitars - Quiet Village
17. Terry Snyder - Taboo
18. Dick Hyman - Caravan
19. The Clebanoff Strings - Quiet Village
20. Winifred Atwell - Taboo
21. Eddie Layton - Caravan

 

 

The Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 2 - MediaFire

The Exotic Trilogy, Vol. 2 - Mega

 

01. Ted Auletta - Quiet Village
02. Douglas Gamley - Tabu
03. The Three Suns - Caravan
04. The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett - Quiet Village
05. Billy May - Tabu
06. Living Guitars - Caravan
07. Bill Justis - Quiet Village
08. Hal Schutz - Tabu
09. Marty Gold - Caravan
10. The Aliis - Quiet Village
11. The Ensemble of Seven - Tabu
12. Enoch Light - Caravan
13. Ferrante & Teicher - Quiet Village
14. Geri Galian - Tabu
15. Lloyd Burry - Caravan
16. Hawaiian Brass - Quiet Village
17. Orizaba - Tabu
18. Hal Mooney - Caravan
19. Al Bollington - Quiet Village
20. Al Hirt - Tabu
21. George Wright - Caravan

 

Hope you're all having a wonderful Spring!

More soon!

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 8: More!!! More!!! MORE!!!

Alrighty, then! I am pleased, ladies and gentlemen,
to present the latest batch of the ever-growing collection of different versions of
The Greatest Example of Exotica Goodness of All-Time: Les Baxter's "Quiet Village"

This collection contains a couple of groovy "Remix" versions,
some Nice Reinterpretations and the Impressively Long Live Recording,
made in 1984 and released in 1990, by Blues Guitar Legends Danny Gatton and Tom Principato.

 

 Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 8 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 8 - Mega

 

01. Quiet Village - Prime Time
02. Quiet Village (Les Baxter Rhythm Generator Lounge Club Re-Remix) - Rhythm Generator
03. Quiet Village (Justin Robertson Revtone Remix) - Martin Denny
04. Quiet Village - Transhumanity
05. Quiet Village - Les Allumeurs Variables
06. Quiet Village - Rick Merino
07. Quiet Village - Scott Gillham
08. Quiet Village - Danny Gatton & Tom Principato
09. Quiet Village - Ron Maass w/ Dave Gower
10. Quiet Village - The Patojos
11. Quiet Village - O'Lyn Callahan
12. Quiet Village - サザン・エキゾティックス
13. Quiet Village - Bobby Black
14. Quiet Village - Barry Hall
15. Quiet Village - Nick Viscuso
16. Quiet Village '92 Mix - Melon

 

I hope you all find it entertaining and enjoyable.

I'll get to work on Volume 9 soon!

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.

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 7 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 7 - Mega

 

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'!

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!!!

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 6 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 6 - Mega

 

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!

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!!!

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 5 - MediaFire

 

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 5 - Mega

 

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!!!

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!

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 4 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 4 -Mega

 

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!

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!!!

 Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 3 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 3 - Mega

 

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!

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.

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 2 - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village, Vol. 2 - Mega

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.

 

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village - MediaFire

Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village - Mega

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!

Yma Sumac: Legend of the Sun Virgin

The Queen of Exotica

This post continues the Hukilau influenced theme with an Exotica Masterpiece. I was among those lucky enough to meet this lovely woman, Yma Sumac, at Hukilau in 2005. Lemme tell ya, folks... This chick is Exotica incarnate!

If, somehow, you have avoided becoming familiar with her over the years, please scurry on over to the Space Age Pop Music Page (http://www.spaceagepop.com/sumac.htm) and read all about her. There is also a great deal of information about her provided on the Last.fm site, at http://www.last.fm/music/Yma+Sumac/+wiki.

See also these expressly Yma-centric websites at:
http://www.yma-sumac.com/
and
http://www.sunvirgin.com/

This record is composed of pretty serious music which tells the story of The Sun Virgin. The notes on the back of the album cover explain it thusly:

A native Peruvian and descendant of the Inca Kings, Miss Sumac draws the inspiration for this new album from her colorful background and heritage. The ancient Incas worshiped the Sun God and the Moon Goddess Quilla. Every year the most beautiful maidens were selected to become Virgins of the Sun, serving in the convent which rivaled in splendor the Inca's palace.

The sacred flame was entrusted to the Virgins and if by neglect it was allowed to go out, it was believed that some terrible disaster would follow.

The Virgin assumed holy vows which bound her to the temple service. Should she prove unfaithful to her vows, she was buried alive, while her lover was strangled, and the village to which she belonged, razed "so that no stone stood upon another."

Damn!

Click on the following picture (and all the album covers posted on this site) 'cause it's a beauty, boy howdy!

Yma Sumac: Legend of the Sun Virgin

1. Karibe Taki
2. Witallia!
3. Lament
4. Kon Tiki
5. Montana
6. Zana
7. No Es Vida
8. Kuyaway (Inca Love Song)
9. Suray Suray
10. Mamallay!
11. Panarima
12. Ccori Canastitay

The Polynesians: Aloha Hawaii

Travel Halfway to Hawaii with The Tuna Melt

This record was recorded by actual Hawaiians. The songs on it, though, were for the most part composed by Caucasian men from The Mainland. Some of them had probably never even been to Hawaii.

Music such as this is commonly refered to as "Hapa Haole" music. Hapa means Half in Hawaiian. Haole is the Hawaiian word for White Guys, or those of European bloodlineage.

There are a lot of folks that don't like this type of music. They are welcome to ignore this post. There are others who enjoy it immensely, but who feel guilty for doing so because of some weird political reasons. They are welcome to download this record, listen to it often, and not tell anyone how much fun they're having.

I could not save the final track of this record (Track 5, Side 2: Loch Lomond), so I left it out of the post. It was simply scratched to pieces. I would say that I'm sorry, but I'm not.

The Polynesians: Aloha Hawaii

1. To You Sweetheart, Aloha
2. Pulupe
3. Kalua
4. Beauty Hula
5. Aloha Oe
6. Song of the Islands
7. Tomi Tomi
8. Beyond the Reef
9. Lovely Hula Hands

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny: Exotic Percussion

Tuna Melt Exotica!

For the next month (or so) The Tuna Melt is going to be concentrating on Things Related to TIKI. The wife and I are headed down to Fort Lauderdale in a couple of weeks to attend the 2007 installment of The Hukilau, a celebration of Midcentury Polynesian Pop Culture. Go here now to see what that's all about: http://www.thehukilau.com/2007/.

I'm sure that many of you are already tuned in to what Exotica Music is and is all about. For those who are not, however, allow me to introduce The King.

Martin Denny invented the genre and he did it all by himself. People like to point out that Les Baxter wrote the song "Quiet Village" in 1951, but it was Denny who recorded the Quintessential "Quiet Village" in 1957. And he did it on his own terms, with his own band and with his own bird calls.

This record came out four years into the Exotica craze in 1961. Percussion was a big thing about that time, so Exotic Percussion was just natural. The instruments listed as having been used on this record include: Tuned Burmese Gongs, Wood Chimes, Steel Chimes, Samisen, Magna Harp, Celeste, Celestette, Ipo, Marimba, Bongos, Wind Chimes, Vibes, Piccolo Xylophones, Marimbula and Everyone's Favorites, of course, BOO BAMS!!!

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny: Exotic Percussion

1. My Tane (My Man)
2. Cumana
3. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
4. Day Delight
5. Moonlight on the Ganges
6. Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
7. Misirlou
8. Anna
9. Song of the Bayou
10. Moonlight and Shadows
11. My Shawl
12. The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish