The Retro Cocktail Hour #478
Series: The Retro Cocktail Hour
From: Kansas Public Radio
Length: 01:58:00
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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 and Windows Media.
Transcript
THE RETRO COCKTAIL HOUR
Pgm. #478
(* denotes LP / OST = Original Soundtrack)
Title: Gillette Cha Cha
Artist: Rene Bloch and his Orchestra
Album: Latin Heat with a Beat!
Label: Stereo Sound SA-6 *
Title: Green Eyes
Artist: Bob Florence Big Band
Album: Bongos/Reeds/Brass
Label: HiFi L-1001 *
Title: Mambo Loco
Artist: Willie Rodriguez
Album: A Bunch of Bongos
Label: Grand Award GS 253 SD *
Title: Avocadoes
Artist: Chico O'Farrill and his Orchestra
Album: Cuban Blues
Label: Verve 533 256-2
Title: Afro-Mambo Alegre
Artist: Don Ralke
Album: Bongo Madness
Label: Crown CLP-5019 *
Title: Patan
Artist: Les Baxter and his Orchestra
Album: Tamboo!
Label: Capitol T-655 *
Title: Shadow of Love
Artist: The Gene Rains Group
Album: Rains in the Tropics
Label: Decca DL-74348 *
Title: Jungle Drums
Artist: The Surfers
Album: High Tide
Label: HiFi R411 *...
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Timing and Cues
Total time: 1:58:00
Hour 1 - 59:00
Optional station cutaway occurs at 29:28. Cutaway cue: "...a production of Kansas Public Radio." (:30 MUSIC)
Hour 1 OQ: "...kpr.ku.edu-slash-retro."
Hour 2 - 59:00
Optional station cutaway occurs at 30:15
Cutaway cue: "...from Kansas Public Radio." (:30 MUSIC)
Hour 2 - 59:00
Optional OQ at 57:44
OQ: "...at the University of Kansas, Lawrence."
Following a :01 pause, fill music continues to 59:00.
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