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░ ▒ █ Les Baxter - the Primitive and the Passionate █ █ ░
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▓ ▒ █ Supplier : sfE Date : Jun-26-2003 █ ▒ ▓
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█ ▓ w/ help of : cdex 1.40b/lame Trax : 12 ▓ █
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█ █ label : Reprise █ █
█ █ code : R9-6048 █ █
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█ █ comments : [http://spaceagepopagogo.tripod.com/] █ █
█ █ Les Baxter is the leading figure in the █ █
█ █ history of exotica. Wherever exotica █ █
█ █ went, Les Baxter was there, often █ █
█ █ leading the way. His work for Capitol █ █
█ █ Records in the 1950s introduced most of █ █
█ █ the major movements in exotica. His 1950 █ █
█ █ album, "Music Out of the Moon," featured █ █
█ █ the theremin and was probably the █ █
█ █ best-selling theremin album of all █ █
█ █ time--and also founded the "space" █ █
█ █ school of exotica. In 1951, he did the █ █
█ █ same for the "jungle" school of exotica █ █
█ █ with his landmark "Ritual of the Savage" █ █
█ █ LP, for which he wrote the theme song of █ █
█ █ exotica: "Quiet Village." He crested the █ █
█ █ European cover wave with his only number █ █
█ █ one hit, "Poor People of Paris," in █ █
█ █ 1956. He produced and wrote most of the █ █
█ █ first album by the four-octave Peruvian █ █
█ █ songstress, Yma Sumac, "Voice of the █ █
█ █ Xtabay" (I've always wondered if █ █
█ █ "Xtabay" was pig Latin for "Baxter"). █ █
█ █ And he can be credited with anticipating █ █
█ █ the percussion school with his all-drums █ █
█ █ album, "Skins! Bongo Party with Les █ █
█ █ Baxter." █ █
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█ █ Baxter started performing in his teens █ █
█ █ as a concert pianist. He studied music █ █
█ █ formally at the Detroit Conservatory of █ █
█ █ Music and Pepperdine College. He worked █ █
█ █ as a tenor sax player, and then as a █ █
█ █ singer eventually getting hired as a █ █
█ █ member of the Mel-Tones, a harmony group █ █
█ █ formed by Mel Torme around 1947. Baxter █ █
█ █ quit to work for NBC Radio as a one of a █ █
█ █ vocal quartet that sang on Pepsodent █ █
█ █ commercials on Bob Hope's radio show. He █ █
█ █ began arranging and ended up as musical █ █
█ █ director for Bob Hope and, later, Abbott █ █
█ █ and Costello. He continued with █ █
█ █ occasional vocal work as late as 1952, █ █
█ █ when he was in the back-up quartet on █ █
█ █ Frank DeVol's hit, "Love Letters in the █ █
█ █ Sand." His first album, "Music Out of █ █
█ █ the Moon," featured a choir, one cello, █ █
█ █ one French horn, a rhythm section, and a █ █
█ █ theremin. Baxter said of it, "No one had █ █
█ █ heard of a combination like that. It was █ █
█ █ a little weird. I didn't know what █ █
█ █ popular records were. I didn't know what █ █
█ █ I was doing." █ █
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█ █ At Capitol Records, where he primarily █ █
█ █ worked writing arrangements and █ █
█ █ conducting the orchestra on recording █ █
█ █ sessions for such singers as Frank █ █
█ █ Sinatra and Bob Eberle. He was involved █ █
█ █ in a historic session with Nat King Cole █ █
█ █ that included "Mona Lisa," "Nature Boy," █ █
█ █ and "Too Young"--although the █ █
█ █ arrangements for the latter were █ █
█ █ actually done by Nelson Riddle, not █ █
█ █ Baxter as some (including himself) later █ █
█ █ claimed. He also arranged and conducted █ █
█ █ on a series of LPs released under the █ █
█ █ name of dance studio entrepeneur Arthur █ █
█ █ Murray. █ █
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█ █ Like a number of Capitol's house █ █
█ █ arrangers, Baxter was able to record his █ █
█ █ own arrangements and, often, █ █
█ █ composition. Some arrangers didn't put █ █
█ █ much energy into such recordings, but █ █
█ █ Baxter clearly found them vital creative █ █
█ █ outlets and experimented with a variety █ █
█ █ of themes, musical devices, and genres. █ █
█ █ Of these, his "Ritual of the Savage" has █ █
█ █ become a classic in its own right, a █ █
█ █ musical travelogue accompanied by █ █
█ █ recorded jungle noises and bird calls █ █
█ █ that later inspired Martin Denny, Arthur █ █
█ █ Lyman, and others. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Baxter recorded for Capitol until 1962, █ █
█ █ when he began to focus on film scores, █ █
█ █ particularly for Roger Corman's American █ █
█ █ International studio. Feature scoring █ █
█ █ credits include "The Pit and the █ █
█ █ Pendulum," "Beach Blanket Bingo," █ █
█ █ "Operation Bikini," and many other now █ █
█ █ cult-favorite B-grade movies. █ █
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█ █ Baxter also worked in radio and █ █
█ █ television. He was the music arranger █ █
█ █ for the Bob Hope and Abbott & Costello █ █
█ █ radio shows and wrote and arranged for █ █
█ █ such TV shows as "Cliffhangers," "The █ █
█ █ Milton Berle Show," "The Tycoon" and █ █
█ █ "The Gumby Special." He briefly hosted █ █
█ █ his own variety show in southern █ █
█ █ California. He also dabbled in acting, █ █
█ █ appearing in "College Capers" (1954) and █ █
█ █ "Untamed Youth" (1957) with Mamie Van █ █
█ █ Doren and Eddie Cochran. █ █
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█ █ He retired to Newport Beach, but █ █
█ █ continued to write and, occasionally, █ █
█ █ perform. He was by all accounts █ █
█ █ delighted with the recent revival of █ █
█ █ interest in exotica. █ █
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▒ █ █ [ tracklist ] █ █ ▒
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█ █ A1.Fiesta Brava [02:45] █ █
█ █ A2.Tenderly [02:56] █ █
█ █ A3.Peking Tiger [02:13] █ █
█ █ A4.Laura [02:11] █ █
█ █ A5.A Night With Cleopatra [04:38] █ █
█ █ A6.Via Veneto [01:53] █ █
█ █ B1.Bird of Paradise [02:51] █ █
█ █ B2.Slave Ship [02:31] █ █
█ █ B3.Manchurain Melody [01:37] █ █
█ █ B4.A Taste of Honey [02:23] █ █
█ █ B5.Congale' [01:49] █ █
█ █ B6.Little Girl Blue [02:10] █ █
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