OOOOOO _____    I like this EXOTIC music !     :-D
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......artist:   Perez Prado
.......title:   Voodoo suit / Exotic suite of the Americas
......origin:   Germany
........type:   cd
.......label:   Bear Family BCD 15463
.......price:   DEM 30, USD 20
distribution:   Bear Family Records, PO Box 1154, 27727 Hambergen, Germany;
                tel: 4794/93000; fax: 4794/930020
                (free catalog available)
........year:   1995 re-issue of 1954 and 1962 LP
.......genre:   exotica, jazz
....duration:   67:28

..TRACK LIST:   The Voodoo Suite (& Shorty Rogers) (23:12)
                St. James infirmary
                In the mood
                I can't get started
                Jumping at the Woodside
                Stomping at the Savoy
                Music makers

                Exotic Suite of the Americas (16:24)
                Midnight in Jamaica
                Mama yo quiero
                Son of a gun
                Jacqueline and Caroline
                El relicario
                I could have danced all night

        When I saw this "Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite" CD listed in the Bear
Family catalog, I thought: "Woow, something with such a title *must* be
good; but what is it doing in a catalog devoted to R&R?". Still don't know
what got Bear Family into re-issuing these 2 LP's from 1954 and 1962, but
*good* it is. Even more: this is BEAUTIFULL!
        The 2 long main Suites - each divided into several contrasting
movements - have little to do with his well known mambo stuff:
"The Voodoo Suite" has a lot of African percussion, a big band sound, and a
dark, heavy, mysterious ... well, voodoo ! atmosphere... and then suddenly
things get happier and Perez even shouts his "hu!".
"Exotic Suite" is also very haunting, and has some nice strings.
The other 12 tracks are not bad, but not as strong as the 2 suites, much
more  light hearted also.
        As always with Bear, there are extensive liner notes; the original
"Voodoo Suite" artwork is re-used and adapted a bit as the front cover, and
both the original covers are pictured (together) on the back of the
booklet.

One of my favorite re-issues of this year :)

PS:
- mentioned price is without postage, as this changes from country to country
- when contacting the mentioned address, always include a stamp (or IRC) &
  addressed return envelop!
- I have no idea at all about the availability through shops, sorry.

Greatings from Johan
               johan.devis@ping.be          (home: Wivina 15, 1702, Belgium)