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▀▄ Artist... Les Baxter
░ Title.... The Lost Episode
Label.... Dionysus
Year..... 1995
Genre.... Easy Listening
Rip Date. 02.09.2003
Grabber.. EAC
Source... CDDA
Encoder.. LAME 3.90.3
Quality.. 192kbps/44.1kHz
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Weird release of a rare live performance (on some TV
show) by Les Baxter. Huge thanks and props to sFE and
all the other groups releasing great
lounge/tiki/exotica/OST, you guys rock! Enjoy.
"The liner notes caution the listener: Note: This record
was mastered from an old videotape. While every possible
step was taken in the transfer and mastering steps, the
source tape itself was not pristine. There are a few
glitches. They're not the engineer's fault, nor did they
happen in the mastering. Sure, the sound quality might
be better, but the historical importance of this
recording more than compensates. To actually hear Les
Baxter, live, introduce such classics as "Quiet
village", "Ruby", and "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing"
obliterates these fidelity imperfections. The lush
orchestration of "Quiet Village" demonstrating the
contrast between Baxter's vision and Denny's hit single.
Betty Ford's vocal on "Ruby" will amaze you and send
shivers down your spine (and cats out of the room). A
swinging "Chopsticks" fuses many a Baxter gold record
into a hot mambo surrounded by the familiar piano lesson
tune. Closing this album, a grand version of "Love Is A
Many Splendored Thing" with just the right oriental
touch. Not an album for picky audiophiles, but an
invaluable document for those who love exotica and can
overlook the blemishes."
Biography - allmusic.com: "Les Baxter is a pianist who
composed and arranged for the top swing bands of the
'40s and '50s, but he is better-known as the founder of
an exotica, a variation of easy listening that glorified
the sounds and styles of Polynesia, Africa, and South
America, even as they retained the traditional
string-and-horn arrangements of instrumental pop.
Exotica became a massively popular trend in the '50s,
with thousands of record buyers listening to Baxter,
Martin Denny, and their imitators. Baxter also pioneered
the use of the electronic instrument the theremin, which
has a haunting, howling sound.
Les Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory and
Pepperdine College in Los Angeles. After he completed
school, he abandoned the piano and became a vocalist.
When he was 23, he joined Mel Torme's Mel-Tones. The
group sang on Artie Shaw records, including the hit
"What is This Thing Called Love."
In 1950, he became an arranger and conductor for Capitol
Records, working on hits by Nat King Cole, including
"Mona Lisa." Around the same time, Baxter began
recording his own albums. In 1948, he released a
triple-78 album called, Music Out of the Moon which
ushered in space age pop with its use of the theremin.
Four years later, he began recording exotica albums with
Le Sacre Du Sauvage.
On his early '50s singles Baxter was relatively
straightforward, performing versions of standards like
the number one hits "Unchained Melody" and "The Poor
People of Paris," but on his albums he experimented with
all sorts of world musics, adapting them for his
orchestra. As he was recording his exotica albums,
Baxter was also the musical director for the radio show
Halls of Ivy, plus Abbott & Costello radio shows; he
also composed over 100 film scores, concentrating on
horror movies and teenage musicals and comedies, though
he also did dramas like Giant.
Baxter's heyday was in the '50s and '60s. Although he
continued to compose and record in the '70s, his output
was sporadic. Nevertheless, a cult following formed
around his exotica recordings that persisted into the
'90s."
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01: Les Baxter - It's a Big Wide -
Wonderful World -
02: Les Baxter - Quiet Village -
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04: Les Baxter - Lover -
05: Les Baxter - Chopsticks -
06: Les Baxter - Love is a -
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