Kono Tiki Island

I tried to upload this fine little Hawaiian/Exotica (Hawaiianotica?) LP once before but my copy sucked, quality-wise. Got a new copy and it ...

I don't know much about Tahitian pop music but I do know that some of the more traditional sounding tamure type stuff usually has a ver...

Recorded Live in the Tapa Room of the Hawaiian Village Hotel. Maybe you thought Hilo Hattie's was just a chain store? From the liner n...

This was a booklet plus LP that was sold or given away to tourists by City Bank of Honolulu. Its a fairly large book that gives an overview ...

This is a really neat little Kalikimaka themed album that I give you just in time for the holidays! Its yet another fake live album. The con...

As requested by Chris, a repost of The Fantastic Strings Orchestra can be found in the original post here . Chris also requested Milt Raskin...

While it's not the best exotica album of all time, Brass and Bamboo does contain what I consider to be one of the top three exotica trac...

Piano based Exotica Lite . Frankie was a legendary big band pianist that continued to record and play live long after the demise of big band...

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the Webley Edwards series. For those who are not, the short story is that for 3-plus decades Mr E...

Perfect Percussion by The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland. From 1961 on World-Pacific Records. Roy Harte and Milt Holland, pe...

A nice piece of fairly standard piano jazz from 1963. Wynton Kelly, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; wi...

This one's quite a bit better than it might appear to be, if you are one who tends to judge an LP by its cover. Its a faux live album, ...