Albums
Exotica (LRP 3034) with Arthur Lyman on vibes
Exotica (LST 7034) stereo with Julius Wechter replacing Lyman
Exotica II (LST 7006/LRP 3077)
Forbidden Island (LST 7001/LRP 3081)
Primitiva (LST 7023/LRP 3087)
Hypnotique (LST 7102/LRP 3102)
Afro-Desia (LST 7111/LRP 3111)
Exotica III (LST 7116/LRP 3116)
Quiet Village (LST 7122/LRP 3122)
STEREO ...The Visual Sound (Liberty compilation, LST 100) features "Stranger In Paradise" from Quiet Village
The Enchanted Sea (LST 7141/LRP 3141)
Exotic Sounds From The Silver Screen (LST 7158/LRP 3158)
Exotic Sounds VIsit Broadway (LST 7163/LRP 3163)
Demonstration Record (Liberty promotional album MM 406-mono/SS 506-stereo) features "Love For Sale" and "September Song" from Exotic Sounds Visit Broadway
Exotic Percussion (LST 7168/LRP 3168)
Best Of (LST 6602/LRP 5502)
Romantica (LST 7207/LRP 3207)
In Person (LST 7224/LRP 3224)
Exotica Suite (LMM 13020) with Si Zentner composed by Les Baxter
A Taste of Honey (LST 7237/LRP 3237)
Another Taste Of Honey (LSP 7277/LRP 3277)
The Versatile Martin Denny (LST 7307/LRP 3307)
A Taste Of Hits (LST 7328/LRP 3328)
Latin Village (LST 7378/LRP 3378)
Hawaii Tattoo (LST 7394/LRP 3394)
Spanish Village (LST 7409/LRP 3409)
20 Golden Hawaiian Hits (LST 7415/LRP 3415)
Martin Denny (LST 7438/LRP 3430)
Hawaii Goes A Go Go! (LST 7445/LRP 3445)
Exotica Today (LST 7465/LRP 3465)
Golden Greats (LST 7467/LRP 3467)
Hawaii (LST 7488/LRP 3488)
Exotica Classica (LST 7513/LRP 3513)
A Taste OF India (LST 7550/LRP 3550)
Martin Denny Plays... (SLBY 1301/LST 7428)...EMI UK collection from 1966
Exotic Love (LST 7621/LRP 3585)
Exotic Moog (LST 7621)
From Maui With Love (First America FA 7743)
Exotica (re-issue) (United Artists LM 1009)
Enchanted Isle (LN 10195)
Paradise Moods (Sunset Records 5102
Sayonara (Sunset Records 5169)
Exotic Night (Sunset Records 5199)
Very Best Of (United Artists 383)
Exotica '90 (Japanese release) (TOCP 6160)
Paradise (Pair 1267)
The Exotic Sounds (import) (EMI 5657)
Enchanted Islands (CEMA 56638)
Quiet Village: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny/Greatest Hits (Curb 77685)
Exotica: The Best Of (Rhino 70774)
Afro-Desia (Scamp 9702)
Exotica I & II (Scamp 9712)
Forbidden Island & Primitiva (Scamp 9713)
Hypnotique & Exotica III (Scamp 9714)
The Exotic Sounds of Don Tiki
Singles
Quiet Village (2:43)/Midnight Cowboy (2:20) (Liberty 56126) ...from "Exotic Moog"
Scimetar (2:30)/My First Romance (2:16) (Liberty 55328)
The Payoff (2:32)/Cast Your Fate to The Wind(2:11) (Liberty 55514)
Quiet Village/Llama Serenade (Liberty FF-55162)
Martinique/Sake Rock (Liberty 55199)
The Enchanted Sea/Stranger In Paradise (Liberty F-55212)
A Taste Of Honey (2:58)/The Brighter Side (1:50) (Liberty LB-1432/LB-1433)
Everything Beautiful Happens At Night/Sugar Cane (Liberty F-55655)
Hawaii Tattoo/White Silver Sands (Liberty 55754)
Sucu-Sucu (2:04)(Rojas)/Paradise Cove (2:22)(Ray Hunt) (Liberty F-55426)
Hawaiian Village (2:15)(Leon Pober)/Aloha Oe (1:45)(adpt. Florence-Pell) (Liberty LB-2110)
La Paloma/Call Me (Liberty 55851)
Enchanted Sea/Quiet Village (Liberty F-54507)
Tiny Bubbles/Hawaiian Wedding Song (Liberty F-54555)
Ah Me Furi/Hong Kong Blues (Liberty F-55089)
Frankie and Johnny/Banana Choo Choo (Liberty F-55236)
Fandango/Bonsoir Dame (Liberty F-55384)
Quiet Village/Bossa Nova (Liberty F-55561)
Little Boat/More (Liberty F-55571)
Once Is Enough/Something Latin (Liberty F-55629)
Angelito/Latin Village (Liberty F-55717)
Tiny Bubbles/Hawaii (Liberty F-55928)
My Tane (My Man) (2:31)(Goupil-Gump-Noble)(from Exotic Percussion - LRP 3168)/"Volcano" (2:13)(Les Baxter)(non-LP B-side) (Liberty F-55301 mono)
Open-Ended Interview [5:55] (Liberty MD-514 Audition Record, for D.J. use)
Denny as Producer
Augie Colon "Sophisticated Savage" (LST 7101/LRP 3101)
Ethel Azama "Exotic Dreams" (LST 7104/LRP 3104)
Chick Floyd "Hula La" (LST 7106/LRP 3106)
Chick Floyd "Little Grass Shack" (LST 7129/LRP 3129)
Sacred Submissions
Denny devotee James Cimarusti sends the following:The Exotica EPs
"Exotica" (mono) was also released as a series of 3 Extended Play 45's. Part 1(Liberty LEP-1-3034) has the following tracks-Side 1: 1. Quiet Village; 2. Return to Paradise-Side 2:1. Stone God; 2. Jungle Flower. I assume parts 2 & 3 are LEP-2-3034 and LEP-3-3034. If the above tracks are the first 4 songs on the album, the other 8 should follow in the same order. The third 45 in this set, which has the last two songs from side 1 and 2 on the LP on its respective sides.
On the album "Hawaii Calls: Waikiki!", Presented by Webley Edwards (Capitol T-772),with the Hawaii Calls Orchestra and Chorus featuring Haunani with Al Kealoha Perry. (Info taken from label). Recorded live on the beach at Waikiki(from the album cover), you will find the song "Island of Dreams" written by Martin Denny and Bob Laine. I don't think Martin Denny is on this track-it's just his composition (and one I'm not familiar with).
Other submissions
The Ritchie Family covers "Quiet Village" on a Rhino disco compilation. The chorus disco-whispers: "you saexy thing, you turn me on" under a bed of disco-fied tropicalness.
--lsd@bitstream.net
Exotic Moog
Many objects throughout history have attained mythical and near mythical status. The Holy Grail, Bermuda Triangle, and the perfect Mai-Tai to name a few. To the Denny worshipper, Exotic Moog stands as their near myth. Rare and coveted, it often sells at collector prices and occasionly shows up when unexpected. The Temple offers this cover and the liner notes in the hope they will ease the journey of the pilgrim seeking their grail...
Producers: Dave Pell and Lanky Linstrot
Arranger: Clark Gassman
Engineer: Lanky Linstrot
Art Direction: Gabor Halmos
Cover Photography: Tommy Mitchell
Time was when Rudy Vallee sang "My Time Is Your Time" with a big band
behind him, someone turned on a recording machine, and you had a record.
If the third trombone slid a little too far in the sixteenth bar, or that
clarinet solo in the bridge was not quite right, you had to live with it -
or record the whole song again. Recording has come so far since then that
it really bears little relation to the crude early records. An analogy
might be Lindbergh as compared with an Apollo moon shot.
New innovations in the instruments themselves have led also to a whole new
world of music. Now Martin Denny plays the keyboard of a Moog synthesizer
and records his music on an 8-track recording apparatus that can solo out
any instrument in the band individually, or blend them together with
extreme precision. The synthesizer itself is probably the most unique
instrument to ever be invented. It resembles a telephone switchboard in
appearance, yet can imitate any instrument in the orchestra - it is the
daddy of electronics in music.
Dave Pell and Lanky Linstrot, co-producers of the album, sat in the booth
working the knobs, listening, directing and eating pastrami. Martin was in
the studio with a small group of musicians creating the most unusual, and
some of the most exciting music of his career. He has achieved unorthodox
sounds from unorthodox compositions. For nostalgia's sake, he recorded
"Quiet Village," his first big hit, with striking results. Other rather
unlikely tunes are included - unlikely because you wouldn't normally expect
they be done with electronics - songs like: "Yellow Bird," "Cast Your Fate
To The Wind," "A Taste Of Honey," "Let It Be Me," and "The Enchanted Sea."
Each is done with another of the endless sound variations of the Moog. The
results must be heard.
Martin's music here is largely experimental - the Moog synthesizer is, at
least for now, still experimental in nature. No one is really sure what
the potential is. The effects are far-reaching... so much so that there's
no question this is music of the future.
Side OneQuiet Village
I Talk To The Trees
Yellow Bird
The Enchanted Sea
Delilah
Let Go (Canto de Ossanha)
Side Two
Midnight Cowboy
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Let It Be Me (Je T'Appartiens)
A Taste Of Honey
Was It Really Love
Love Me Tonight (All Fine Della Strada)
The Temple wishes to thank Todd, Dean, and Mark for their moog offerings.