Vol. 8-Cocktail Capers (1996) (Baxter/Wood/Pell/Rose/Caiola )

Product Summary Label: Emd/capitol UPC: 00724383759620 Release Date: 7/9/1996 Buy.com Sku: 60135547 Item#: MP2DXN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Roller Coaster - Les Baxter (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 2. Hey! Bellboy! - Gloria Wood ~ Various Artists 3. This Could Be The Start Of Something - Dave Pell ~ Various Artists 4. Pink Panther Theme, The - Hollywood Studio Orchestra ~ Various Artists 5. Like Young - David Rose ~ Various Artists 6. Underwater Chase - Al Caiola ~ Various Artists 7. Binga Banga Bongo / Percolator - Terry Snyder & The Allstars/Earl Palmer ~ Various Artists 8. Call Me - The New Classic Singers ~ Various Artists 9. Mountain Greenery - The Ernie Freeman Combo ~ Various Artists 10. Charade - Si Zentner ~ Various Artists 11. Shooting Star / Jungalero - Les Baxter ~ Various Artists 12. Honorable Hong Kong Rock - The Out-Islanders ~ Various Artists 13. Odd Job Man / I Wanna Be A James Bond Girl - Leroy Holmes ~ Various Artists 14. Heap Big Chief - Muzzy Marcellino & His House Party Group ~ Various Artists 15. Blue Danube Rock - Jonah Jones Quartet ~ Various Artists 16. Pussy Cat - Cy Coleman ~ Various Artists 17. Teach Me Tiger - April Stevens ~ Various Artists 18. Lolita Ya Ya - Nelson Riddle (from "Lolita") ~ Various Artists 19. Continental Monolougue, The ~ Various Artists (C) Capitol   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Recorded between February 23, 1951 and April 13, 1967. Includes liner notes by RJ Smith. Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. This is part of Capitol Records' Ultra-Lounge series. If you've been following the Ultra-Lounge series this far, you know what to expect: a mixture of stars (Les Baxter, Nelson Riddle) and no-names from the Capitol vaults, playing space age pop/cocktail music of all hues in the 1950s and 1960s. Yet this has an edge over most of the previous titles in the series: there's more of a sense of swing, groove, even (dare we say) danger on much of this, albeit danger of a very safe sort. Hints of rock'n'roll and spy music even creep in from time to time, with James Bond-type reverb guitar decorating cuts like Al Caiola's "Underwater Chase," and top rock & roll session drummer Earl Palmer getting into the bongo/lounge vibe on "Binga Banga Bongo/Percolator." Another highlight is the highly sought-after theme song to Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film Lolita, performed as a tongue-in-cheek rock & roll satire by Nelson Riddle (with surfish twangy guitar, orchestration, and a chipper chorus of young girls adding wordless "ya-ya" vocals throughout). ~ Richie Unterberger Producer: Brad Benedict (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 07/09/1996 Original Release Date : 1996 Catalog ID : 37596 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 56m : 36s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724383759620    Product Image