Jungle Shadows IV (Flash Strap Mix)

Various Artists

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Album Title: Jungle Shadows IV (Flash Strap Mix)

Artist(s): Various Artists

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Genre(s)/Style(s): Exotica

Track Listing:

PART ONE

  1. Have You Been To Baia? (from Three Caballeros)
  2. Baia- Cults Percussion Ensemble
  3. Four Mills Brothers- The Radio*
  4. Riverboat- Lee Dorsey (composed by Allen Toussaint)*
  5. Slave (feat. Bert Inniss and the National Recording Orchestra)- Mighty Sparrow
  6. Aren’t You Glad- Beach Boys
  7. Summertime- Sharon Marie (produced by Brian Wilson)
  8. Out On The Rolling Sea When Jesus Speak To Me- Van Dyke Parks (cover of a song by Bahamian musician Joseph Spence, and apparently an occasional bonus track on some reissues of Discover America)
  9. Sinnerman (1956 original with vocal by Will Holt)- Les Baxter (recording of the classic spiritual from which most modern versions are derived)
  10. Our Prayer- Beach Boys
  11. Born Again Cretin- Robert Wyatt
  12. Out Of The City (Into Country Life)- Allen Toussaint
  13. Storm Chant of the Skraelings- Robert Calvert (from Lucky Leif and the Longships, a concept album dealing with how American culture might have been different had the Vikings managed to colonise the continent, produced by Brian Eno)
  14. Surf Rider- Eden Ahbez
  15. Taboo- Buddy Collette (jazz version of the Margarita Lecuona composition from the awesome album Polynesia)
  16. Hindou- Lecuona Cuban Boys
  17. Caravan- The Mills Brothers (A capella, save for the guitar accompaniment)
  18. Danse Arabe- Xavier Cugat (Rhumba version of the Tchaikovsky composition from The Nutcracker)

PART TWO

  1. You Belong To My Heart (from Three Caballeros)
  2. Bing Crosby- The Lion*
  3. Occapella- Lee Dorsey (composed by Allen Toussaint)*
  4. Bacon Fat- Andre Williams & His New Group
  5. John Jones- Rudy Mills*
  6. Tambo, Tambo- La Cumbia Soledeña
  7. Taboo- Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra (1950’s Trinidadian, an intense reworking of the M. Lecuona composition)
  8. River Come Down- Andre Tanker (the Trinidadian genius)
  9. Take Me Away From The River- Fletcher Henderson 
  10. G-Man Hoover- Sir Lancelot
  11. I Wish I Was a Cowboy- S.E. Rogie (Sierra Leonian palm wine guitarist)
  12. Cool Water- Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
  13. Cool, Cool Water- Beach Boys
  14. Ports O’ Call- Paul Page
  15. Ode to Tobago- Lord Kitchener*
  16. Jingle Bells- Brute Force Steel Bands

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