The Retro Cocktail Hour #416
Series: The Retro Cocktail Hour
From: Kansas Public Radio
Length: 01:57:32
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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: 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: 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
1:57:31
Hour 1 59:26
Hour 2 58:05
Optional cutaway Hour 1 31:56 - 32:34
Optional cutaway Hour 2 29:08 - 29:45
Cutaway outcue: "...a production of Kansas Public Radio."
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Geoffrey Tozer
Posted on June 16, 2006 at 08:06 AM | Permalink
Review of The Retro Cocktail Hour #416
This show captures a time in music that is sweet with nostalgia and hip to the max. I especially dug the Hansel & Gretel jive fairy tale. The host is informative and fun to listen to. Just exactly the kind of thing I want to hear when I turn on my radio.