8 Classic Albums

Arthur Lyman had played in Martin Denny's band in 1954 to 1957. As the story goes ~ One night Lyman had 'a little to drink', and when they began playing Lyman let out a few bird calls. The audience started answering back with all kinds of weird cries, and bird calls became a trademark of Lyman's sound. When Denny's 1957 hit of "Quite Village ignited a national mania for all things Hawaiian, Lyman left Denny's band to create his own group which was a similar style, but more flamboyant. His for-most trademark is bird calls. Like other Exocita bands, the marimba, tambourine, cowbells, wind chimes, cocktail drums, boobams, conch shells and other exotic instruments are used to spice up arrangements These four C.D.'s contain 8 of Lyman's first 9 albums from 1957 to 1960, with 97 tracks, and over 4 1/2 in length. (His seventh album "Arthur Lyman on Broadway" from 1959 isn't here) During Lyman's heyday he had three songs on the pop chart, the first two are here & their B-sides. 1. Taboo ~ B/W ~ Dahil Sayo 2. Yellow Bird ~ B/W ~ Havah Nagilah The third song "Love For Sale" from 1963 isn't here, as it didn't fall with-in the time period this set covers. Disc One ~ Lyman's first & second albums "Leis Of Jazz" - 1957 -- (quite jazzy) "Taboo" - 1958 -- (classic Taboo) Disc Two ~ Lyman's third & fourth albums. "Hawaiian Sunset" - 1958 -- (beautiful Hawaiian music) "Bwana A" - 1958 -- (traditional Exocita music) Disc Three ~ Lyman's fifth & sixth albums "Legend Of Pele" - 1958 -- (especially spirited) "Bahia" - 1959 -- (traditional Exocita music) Disc Four ~ Lyman's eighth & ninth albums "Taboo 2" - 1959 -- ( excellent, classic Taboo) "Percussion Spectacular" - 1960 -- (many nice songs) Re-issued as "Yellow Bird" With this being all instrumental, and much of this set I've heard here for the first time it's difficult to tell that tracks are correct. I noticed on "Legend Of Pele" the song "Fascination" listed as track 11, is actually located on track 10, which is easy enough to type the correct information in. There's no liner notes, but this collection is a bargain price, and has excellent sound.

8 of Arthur Lyman's best albums in one 4 CD set! The sound of this set is just amazing. Great care was taken in the transfer to insure the full sonic quality of these albums is there. Arthur Lyman produced some of the best Exotica music ever. If you love lounge exotica music I would highly recommend this set. You get only the music and there is not booklet or liner notes but considering you get 8 classic albums for less that $15.00 makes this one of the best deals going. So pull out the tiki gods and find some umbrellas for your drinks and relax and enjoy the music.

When I first gave Arthur Lyman a listen I din't think it was a rich & exotic as say Martin Denny or Les Baxter but the more I listened to it the more i felt the mood he had created when making these exotic recordings! I really like these series of 8 classic albums and highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get a large collection fast & cheap with good sound quality!

FANTASTIC AND WELL WORTH THE $$ SPENT--CALL IT PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE MUSIC IF YOU LIKE--THE BIRDS CALLING OUT AND THE JUNGLE SOUNDS. IT IS GREAT, ALL FOUR CD'S GET YOU IN THE MOOD TO GO TO THE ISLAND'S EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO A LITTLE LAKE CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE. YOU CAN PRETEND CAN'T YOU? ALMOST LIKE BEING IN HAWAII GREAT BUY!!!

In the old days I remember played taboo and yellow bird entered the hit parade. Not every track is to take to an ipod but plenty . Autumm leaves is great with the latin tempo after a slow beginning. Everybody is talking about the sound. Try your best receiver!! I was delayed this compilation afraid of being all mono versions and the quality of the finished product. Go for it!.

This is a great bargain - it really is eight albums, condensed down onto four audio CDs, with complete and accurate track listings. You could easily spend five times the money and get only half of this music, buying individual CDs - if you can find them, that is. The audio quality is very good. You don't need a precision CD transfer to reproduce all the audio content of the original recordings - these were made back in the 1950s, when stereo was 'the new hot thing.' The only downside is that you don't get the original album cover art (which was great - colorful, sensual and very Tiki-fied!) for the individual albums.

Good buy, Taked me back a bit, Girlfriend got me "Taboo" for my 16th birthday, long, long time ago

Great listening music. Love having this as background for reading, driving, pretty much anything. It's relaxing and also upbeat. Brings back memories of when I was a kid in the 1960's. So nice to hear again. I got CD set and it's great.

Great value,had originals on vinyl, original masters were that good that they did not need any tweaking when converted to digital , they were recorded on a modified Ampex 3 channel tape deck and recorded in an alluminium dome recording studio very good quality.This type of music is perhaps a required taste but great music.and well played,Escape from stress. sit back and enjoy.

Rael Gone Jazzシリーズは他の廉価盤シリーズでは出ていないようなマーティン・デニーやレス・バクスターなどの元祖ラウンジの大御所たちの レコードをまとめて一気に聴けるのが何と言っても醍醐味です。そして今回はアーサー・ライマンがついに登場したということで、 値段も現在、かなり安くなっていて、即買いさせてもらいました。 エキゾチックなヴィブラフォン満載ですが、思った以上にしっかりジャズしてるなーと感じました。 レス・バクスターのようなファニーでコズミックな感じはありませんが、オシャレでスリリングな演奏が十二分に楽しめますよ。ぜひ。 以下曲目です。 (disc1) LEIS OF JAZZ / TABOO 01． Leis Of Jazz 02． Trigger Fantasy 03． The Lady Is A Tramp 04． Body And Soul 05． Gypsy In My Soul 06． Lullaby Of The Leaves 07． On The Street Where You Live 08． My Funny Valentine 09． The Way You Look Tonight 10． How High The Moon 11． Lullaby Of Birdland 12． Aloha Oe 13． Taboo 14． Love Song Of Kalua 15． Ringo Oiwake 16． Sea Breeze 17． Misirlou 18． China Clipper 19． Sim Sim 20． Katsumi Love Theme 21． Caravan 22． Akaka Falls 23． Dahil Sayo 24． Hilo March (disc2) HAWAIAN SUNSET / BWANA A 01． Hawaiian War Chant 02． Sweet Leilani 03． Imi Au Ia De 04． My Tane 05． Whispering Reef Lullaby 06． Na Lei O Hawaii 07． Hiilawe 08． Isle Of Golden Dreams 09． Mapuana 10． Waipio 11． Kawohikukapulani 12． Ke Kali Nei Au 13． Harbor Lights 14． Bwana A 15． South Pacific Moonlight 16． Moon Over A Ruined Castle 17． Waikiki Serenade 18． La Paloma 19． Otome San 20． Canton Rose 21． Blue Sands 22． Malaguena 23． Vera Cruz 24． Pua Carnation 25． Colonel Bogey's March (disc3) LEGEND OF PELE / BAHIA 1.Pele 2.Fire Down Below 3.Ye Lai Sian 4.Hana Pele 5.Hana Maui 6.Cumana 7.Scheherazade 8.Cubana Chant 9.Magic Island 10.Tropical (kinkajou) 11.Fascination 12.76 Trombones 13.Bahia 14.Jungle Jalopy 15.Legend Of The Rain 16.Bamboo 17.Return To Me 18.Caribbean Nights 19.Quiet Village 20.Tropical 21.Happy Voodoo 22.Busy Port 23.Beyond The Reef 24.Maui Chimes (disc4) TABOO 2 / PERCUSSION SPECTACULAR(YELLOW BIRD) 1.Taboo Tu 2.Ebb Tide 3.Babalik Ka Rin 4.Sakura 5.Moon Of Manakoora 6.Jungle Fantasy 7.Love Dance 8.Return To Paradise 9.Hi Lili Hi Lo 10.Mangwani Mpulele 11.Bautiful Kahana 12.Koni Au I Ka Wai 13.Havah Nagilah 14.Yellow Bird 15.Ravel's Bolero 16.Autumn Leaves 17.Arrive Derce Roma 18.Sweet And Lovely 19.Bamboo Tamboo 20.Andalusia 21.Adventures In Paradise 22.Granada 23.September Song 24.John Henry

This is a surprising well recorded collection of music ranging from some unforgettable tunes to some average ones. Glad I bought it though and a bargain for the pennies it cost.

一年以上前にＮＨＫＦＭ放送でアーサーライマンの曲がかかっているのを聴き、懐かしさで感激しました。すぐアマゾンで検索したけど種類が少なく外国から取り寄せで注文はしたものの１年たっても未入荷の連絡通知が続いていました。それでも辛抱ずよくアマゾンを検索していたところＣＤ４枚組で千円そこそこの安価盤が出てきました。注文していた１枚二千円あまりの輸入盤をキャンセルしてこちらを早速、注文して取り寄せました。このアーサーライマンを初めて聞いたのは私が２０歳頃で今から５５年前くらいです。その時１枚のＬＰを購入したけど友達に貸したままでした。その中の曲はイエロー・バード、タブー、ハワイアンの曲、日本の曲、いろいろ入っていました。演奏もトロピカルでエキゾチックで上手なのか下手なのか首をかしげながら聞いていました。ＣＤが届き早速、聴いて いますが何とも言えない懐かしさと素晴らしい楽団で有ることを認識しました。四枚組を聴きレパートの広さに驚いています。特にＬＥＩＳ ＯＦ ＪＡＺＺの素晴らしさには感激しました。バイブの演奏が素晴らしくて寝る前に聴いています。唯、懐かしさだけでなく改めてすごい楽団だと思いました。

very good