The Retro Cocktail Hour #415
Series: The Retro Cocktail Hour
From: Kansas Public Radio
Length: 01:57:35
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The Retro Cocktail Hour is actually TWO hours -- a weekly hi-fi highball of vintage "bachelor pad" music, exotica, private eye jazz and eccentric pop of the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
The show's spiced with everything from obscure Italian B-movie soundtracks and bossa nova to contemporary bands like Don Tiki, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys, the Italian Secret Service, Balanco and others.
Featured artists: Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Perez Prado, Raymond Scott, Juan Esquivel, Arthur Lyman, Tito Puente, Pete Rugolo, Dead Ringer, Nelson Riddle, Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble, Dean Elliott, The Blue Hawaiians, etc.
Availability: 13 2-hour shows, with one :30 optional cutaway per hour.
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Piece Description
The Retro Cocktail Hour is actually TWO hours -- a weekly hi-fi highball of vintage "bachelor pad" music, exotica, private eye jazz and eccentric pop of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. The show's spiced with everything from obscure Italian B-movie soundtracks and bossa nova to contemporary bands like Don Tiki, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys, the Italian Secret Service, Balanco and others. Featured artists: Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Perez Prado, Raymond Scott, Juan Esquivel, Arthur Lyman, Tito Puente, Pete Rugolo, Dead Ringer, Nelson Riddle, Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble, Dean Elliott, The Blue Hawaiians, etc. Availability: 13 2-hour shows, with one :30 optional cutaway per hour.
Broadcast History
The Retro Cocktail Hour has been aired on Kansas Public Radio since 1995. At the show's website, listeners all over the world can access an on-demand archive of past shows in RealAudio.
Timing and Cues
1:57:35
Hour 1 58:35
Hour 2 59:00
Optional cutaway Hour 1 31:40-32:20
Optional cutaway Hour 2 29:35 - 30:26
Cutaway outcue: "...a production of Kansas Public Radio."
Musical Works
THE RETRO COCKTAIL HOUR
Pgm. #415
(* denotes LP / OST = Original Soundtrack)
Title: Runnin' Wild
Artist: Dick Schory's Percussion and Brass Ensemble
Album: Runnin' Wild
Label: RCA LSA-2306 *
Title: The Flight of the Bumblebee
Artist: Ray Martin and his Orchestra
Album: Dynamica
Label: RCA LSA-2287 *
Title: Anything Goes
Artist: Terry Snyder and his Orchestra
Album: Footlight Percussion
Label: United Artists WWS-8508 *
Title: That Old Black Magic
Artist: Esquivel and his Orchestra
Album: Other Worlds, Other Sounds
Label: RCA LSP-1753 *
Title: Riviera
Artist: Shay Torrent
Album: Sound Spectrum
Label: Mercury SR-60091 *
Title: In the Still of the Night
Artist: The Randy Heller Percussionists
Album: Precocious Percussion
Label: Pickwick 14212
Title: All I Need Is You
Artist: Laurie Allyn
Album: Paradise
Label: VSOP 111 / Mode 130
Title: Ballet du Bongo (Parts 1 and 2)
Artist: Jack Costanzo / Marty Paich Octet
Album: Tenors West
Label: GNP 21 *
Title: Heat Wave
Artist: Bobby Christian and his Orchestra
Album: All That Jazz
Label: Orion (no number)
Title: Flamingo
Artist: The Gene Rains Group
Album: Rains in the Tropics
Label: Decca DL-74348 *
Title: Tramp Steamer to Singapore
Artist: Les Baxter and his Orchestra
Album: Ports of Pleasure
Label: Capitol-EMI ST-868 *
Title: In a Persian Market
Artist: Paul Conrad
Album: Exotic Paradise
Label: Mahalo M-3010 *
Title: Taboo
Artist: Buddy Collette
Album: Polynesia
Label: Music and Sound (no number)
Title: House of Dawn
Artist: Dominic Frontiere and his Orchestra
Album: Pagan Festival
Label: Columbia CS-8084 *
Title: Yumba Marumba
Artist: Marty Wilson and his Orchestra
Album: Jun'gala
Label: Warner Bros. WS-1326 *
Title: El Diablito
Artist: Jack Costanzo
Album: Mr. Bongo Has Brass
Label: Zephyr 12003 *
Title: Mickey?s Cha Cha
Artist: Martin Bottcher
Album: Kriminalfilmmusik von Martin Bottcher
Label: BSC/Rough Trade 307.6518.2
Title: Chino
Artist: Shorty Rogers and his Orchestra
Album: The Wild One OST
Label: Decca DL-8349 *
Title: Detention Class Blues
Artist: Nick Venet
Album: Theme from Mr. Novak and Other High School Themes
Label: MGM SE-4222 *
Title: Plasma, Scotch and ?
Artist: Leith Stevens
Album: The Interns OST
Label: Colpix SCP-427 *
Title: Nancy?s Theme
Artist: Earle Hagen
Album: The New Interns OST
Label: Colpix SCP-473 *
Title: Ho Ba La La
Artist: Mel Torme
Album: That?s All
Label: Columbia/Legacy 65165
Title: Bright Shining Stars
Artist: Pete Jacques and his Orchestra
Album: Holiday in Brazil
Label: Brigade Mondaine BM002
Title: Cabasa Samba
Artist: Pete Winslow
Album: Summer Songbirds
Label: Pulp Flavor DD024
Title: Marrakesh Express
Artist: Stan Getz
Album: Talkin? Verve: With a Twist
Label: Verve 537 914-2
Title: The Cat
Artist: Henry Mancini and his Orchestra
Album: Mancini ?67
Label: RCA LSP-3694 *
Title: Walk On the Wild Side
Artist: Little Richie Varola
Album: Little Richie Varola
Label: Verve V6-8722 *
Title: Bring On the Girls
Artist: Ambros Seelos and his Orchestra
Album: Funky Songs for Private Eyes
Label: Brigade Mondaine BM001
Title: Friday Foster
Artist: Radio commercial
Album: Super Bad, Super Black
Label: XXX 3901
Title: Boiling Point
Artist: Soul City Orchestra
Album: Red Light Zone
Label: DeWolfe DWS/LP 3387 *
Title: Theme from Shaft
Artist: The Generation Gap
Album: The Generation Gap Plays Theme from Shaft
Label: RCA Camden CAS-2548 *
Title: Key Hunter
Artist: Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys
Album: Twin Perfect Collection
Label: Teichiku 35767
Title: Theme from Nowhere
Artist: Kai Winding and his Orchestra
Album: Mondo Cane #2
Label: Verve V6-8573 *
Title: Hey Hey Hey
Artist: Orchestra Romain Domani
Album: Lounge A Go-Go!!
Label: Rambling 2016




