back on the hunt
The Hunt
“Back On the Hunt”
Visa #7013
1980
Darkest, sweatiest Africa
The Guy Warren Sounds
“Themes for African Drums”
RCA Victor #LPM-1864
1959
Guy Warren was from Ghana. No, that’s not him on the cover.
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Surfing into your heart
The Surfers
“Tahiti”
HiFi #R417
I like the wristwatch tanline on the guy on the left.
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Legend of the Sun Virgin
Yma Sumac
“Legend of the Sun Virgin”
Capitol Records
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As if torn from the pages of National Geographic
Anna Russell
“In Darkest Africa”
Columbia #ML5195
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Hawaiian Holiday
Leni Okehu and his Surfboarders
“Hawaiian Holiday”
Bravo K-105
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The Many-Splendored Plastic Feathers of…
Los Indios Tabajaras
“The Many-Splendored Guitars of…”
RCA Victor #LSP-3413
1965
Selected track titles:
I’m Gettin’ Sentimemtal Over You
Begin the Beguine
Johnny Guitar
Comme Ci, Comme Ca
Guitarist Nato Lima apparently lives in New York and still performs occasionally. Here’s a bio from 1981.
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Los WTF’s Taba-jaras
Los Indios Taba-jaras
“Popular and Folk Songs of Latin America”
Vox #STPL 151.080
Looks like someone raided the costume closet and got a little carried away.
