I Ain't Gonna Mambo (50s R&B with a latin beat)

betty jean morris - i ain't gonna mambo
donald woods & the velaires - man from utopia
jonsey's combo featuring fletcher smith's squares - ting ting boom scat
larry ligett - perdido mambo
etta james - market place
johnny otis - willie did the cha cha
roy brown - slow down little eva
jimmy mccracklin & his blues blasters - beer tavern girl
memphis slim & the house rockers - guitar cha cha cha
jack mcvea with al smith & the savoys - chop chop boom
andre williams & the don juans - going down to tia juana
larry darnell - who showed my baby how to love me
brother woodman & the chanters featuring gene ford - watts
chase canfil - woke up this morning
byron lee & the dragonaires - dragons paradise
sticks evans & the afro-americans - africa laments
junior wells - cha cha cha in blue
joe liggins - they were doing the mambo
mercy baby - love's voodoo

Courlander's Almanac No.3: Familiar Music in Strange Places

A radio program from 1956 hosted by ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, who recorded tons of stuff for Folkways. I've had this record for years, but it was recently released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways, so this will only be here for a little while. It's a real hoot!

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An Island of Sanity (Tiki Party Vol.1)

spike jones
johnny richards - ochun
king fleming - stand by pt. 2
byron lee (probably?) - dragon's paradise
eddie gomez - cuban mist
mariano merceron - noche en el congo
richard lemos - quiet village
george cates - chant of the jungle
malekowa & the tradewinds - kokohi
the kingpins - ungaua pt. 1
diabolito - the jungle
los zombies de antonio escobar - la pajarera
edmund de luca & trans world symphony orchestra - the trek
dominic frontiere - house of pleasure
hilo hawaiians - akaka falls
luke leilani - swinging palm trees
nick venet - talking surf
billy mure - in a persian market
remo biondi - lament for lana
donald & the delighters - elephant walk
johnny lytle - village caller
eddie greenberg - tu boca
johnny recardo - felitah
lincoln chase - deep in the jungle pt. 2
earle hagen - new interns watusi
sticks evans & the afro-americans - africa laments
kwan-dito's - kwan-dito's theme
arabian nights - night in arabia
kenny kotwitz quartet - adelita

Smiley's Comeback Party

Mostly early-to-mid sixties popular music today. Starts off upbeat but drifts into blues, slow drags, and novelty. Hope you enjoy...

part one


tommy frontera - be mine
bobby comstock & the counts - you can't judge a book
erma franklin - don't wait
karel duba - drummer's dream
chet orr - be satisfied
jimmy lovemaker - soul
troy dodds - the earthquake
kerry adams - i just found love
little hooks - something money can't buy
harold hopkins - glamour girl
veniece - 18 days
frankie brunson - ward 13
mckinley mitchell - no love
sonny knight - besame mucho
beachniks - like stoned
kaiser foil  - do the switch

part two


? (life LFLP144) - 1.3
sandra sanger & arulan - ?
torquetts - bacardi
john j. moses - night out
bo dud & johnny twist - i am back
johnny jones - strung out
three flames - honolulu rose
malekowa & the tradewinds - kokohi
nick nastos - jazz banana
four finks - wiki wiki woo
whispering pigg - darlene
lamotta brothers & the virgin islanders - voodoo woman
box & bleacher society - movin' with the giants

Joy, Hope, and Pleasure

Joy, Hope & Pleasure by Vg- on Mixcloud

living truth - freedom bell version
wando - sumida
jon lucien - greater than i
SE rogie - koneh pelawo-beh ngii-jakaw
yaseen mohamed - mahaba maskini
yagnik & sargam - more ghar aye
moroder - leopard tree dream
yukio yung - my favorite ratbag
kliche - international klein blue
bohannon - come & dance with me
bobby moore - anything man 2
first class - sing me & my gemini
milton nascimento - simples
jeffmajors - room 400
loose ends - hanging
rebbie jackson edit
gaston - japanese smurf
HBM
LSR1015 - 2.1
upsetters - 3 x 3
inez brooks - chilling out
candi staton - summertime
yutaka yokokura - the rest of my life

prequel to a hasbeen, part two

T. Cary & W Burt excerpt
Imre Mihaly Bereczky - Kanasztulok-Dallam (recorded in Hungary by Bartok, 1914)
Stuart Dempster - Standing Waves
Kent Carter - Song for Cannonball
Laraaji - Dance #3
Youngs, Wickham-Smith, A Band - Zene
Empire Centrafricain OCORA 101 excerpt
William Stafford - In the Museum
Tod Dockstader - Drone
Bulent Arel - Capriccio for T.V.
Golden Voyage - Crystal Carousel excerpt
buddy dial edit
Baba Ram Dass excerpt
Joaquin Bautista - Flor de Canela (recorded in Michoacan by Henrietta Yurchenko, 1964-5)

prequel to a hasbeen, part one

Vladimir Ussachevsky - Wireless Fantasy
Quiet Sun - RFD
Biota - Vagabones excerpt
Glaxo Babies - Dahij
bamboo drums (recorded in Tahiti by Mazaire)
Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra/CPEMS - Synthesis (composed by Otto Leuning)
Edgar Froese - Maroubra Bay excerpt
Vasilisk - Acqua
Mic Holwin - Amon Ra
Alden Ashforth - Sailing to Byzantium
Swami Kriya Ramananda - Devata
Song of the Greek Mountains (PHILIPS PCC613)
rulie garcia/CSM edit
bollywood edit





stay tuned for a part two

Funhouse Atlantic City

A white label pressed 10" disc that came from the late father of a friend of mine. He would play this record for the rides in a carnival fun house, I would guess in the 1950's and 60's. Anyway, please accept today's offering as somewhat of a placeholder until i can get another mix together. Mind the gap!

Chunka Bo Bo

who says the oldies market is dead? here we have a typically unwieldy slew of ancient killers all personally exhumed from their original 45 rpms by yours truly, save one. please do crank it.

part one

the busters - bust out
thornton sisters - watch your step
pete & repeat - but still i do
wilbert harrison - don't drop it
barry darvell - geronimo stomp
the del mingos - young queen chunka bo bo
satan & deciples - mummy's curse
james mills - cobra
the dinks - nina kocka nina
the divots - dry cereal
huelyn duvall - three months to kill
rockin' ronald - cuttin' out
classie ballou - crazy mambo
christine kittrel - i ain't nothing but a fool
chuck danzy - git down



part 2

big bob dougherty - squeezer
the butanes - don't forget
hot tamales - hum double bubble
rudy and oscar martinez - la bamba
willie echols - here comes the night
chuck higgins - here i'm is
earl hooker - chicken
king ivory lee - rockin' in the cocanut top
rose johnson with fats gaines - rough house rose
rollee mcgill - rhythm rockin blues
bill taylor & the cyclones - nelda jane
tomko trio - carol
goyo's cats - mezcal
the wildtones - martian band
sony dupan - looney & goon
silky & the shantungs - fink
the zodiacs - another little darlin'

Period Peace

hi. i'll be posting every two weeks, starting last week. this mix we got here is a real mixed bunch but i tried to keep the spirit pretty uniform. electric guitar and organ, seagulls and surf, loner/us versus them mentality. mostly sixties too.

remo biondi- lament for lana
king fleming - stand by pt. 2
charlie ventura - east of suez
sticks evans & afro-americans - africa laments
arabian nights - night in arabia
JP& the turnpikes_ - navajo
ronny underwood - night jet
toni harper - never trust a stranger
caymmi & quarteto em cy - historia de pescadores
cal tjader - curtain call
potters clay - are these your thoughts
charles lloyd - ship excerpt
islanders - king of the surf
monzas - forever walks a drifter
johnny heartsman - lovelorn flame
denny walters - i know i'm losing you
los xochimilcas - mazatlan
los yencas - y la amo
la brigada - nada
gary mcfarout - wine & bread
LA county COPE - sacramento playhouse
charles lamont - before it's over
vietnam war actuality
fawns - wish you were here
chico buarque - ua cheia
carr & kahl - daphne
unknown solo piano (white label 45)
kentfield elementary honor band - its the time of the year
the mustang - acid test