This original looking Liberty Black Label Stereo LP has White Hot Stamper WONDERFULLY EXOTIC SOUND. This copy is so super spacious and sweet it’s positively dripping with ambience. It’s EXACTLY the kind of sound you expect from Denny and his Island bandmates.
We played a big pile of Martin Denny records during our shootout, not having enough clean copies of any one of them to do it the way we would with rock or jazz records, and this pressing was CLEARLY the best of the bunch.
Picture yourself on a beautiful South Pacific island. Now imagine you’re in a jazz bar on the mainland. Combine the two moods into one glorious sound and you have the music of Martin Denny!
Side One
A+++ White Hot Stamper sound, the best Denny record we have ever played! It’s so clear and transparent, your speakers just disappear in the huge space your listening room has now become. Zero distortion, zero smear, an extended top end — no other copy could touch it!
This is the sound of Tubey Magic. No recordings will ever be made like this again, and no CD will ever capture what is in the grooves of this record.
Side Two
A++ to A+++, very close to side one sonically but just missing some of that side’s amazingly extended top end. We dropped the grade for this side by one half grade. Hard to imagine to better sides ending up on one LP.
Track four, March of the Siamese Children is DEMO DISC QUALITY!
TRACK LISTING
Side One
Cobra
Port Au Prince
Exotica
Little China Doll
Bali Hai
Narcissus Queen
Side Two
Goony Birds
Sim Sim
Primitiva
March of the Siamese Children
Sakura
Forbidden Island
AMG 4 Star Review
Denny recorded his third album shortly after suffering a key loss in his ranks with the. defection of vibraphonist Arthur Lyman, who left to start his own successful solo career. Lyman also recruited a rhythm section that had formerly worked with Denny, who carried on by replacing him with vibraphonist Julius Wechter. At any rate, Martin’s sound didn’t change much, mixing island sounds, easy listening, and Asian/world music accents. This has compositions by Denny, Wechter, and Les Baxter, as well as some exoticized standards.