1960 HiFi / Stereo Review 5-page article on Exotica (scanned) - Tiki Music

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 4:47 PM On 2010-01-18 11:20, JOHN-O wrote: The "omissions" here are interesting. Also no Yma, but maybe by this time she was being associated with other musical genres. Or was she grouped into Exotica afterward during the revival period? I wasn't too surprised that Robert Drasnin wasn't mentioned (there are probably others who released relatively obscure exotica that also weren't mentioned) but I was very surprised that Yma Sumac was not included, as her records were very popular (at least it seems so because they've been fairly easy to find in thrift stores) and Les Baxter was involved. I think you may be right John-O, perhaps she was considered more in the Latin genre.

On 2010-01-18 11:20, JOHN-O wrote:

The "omissions" here are interesting.

Also no Yma, but maybe by this time she was being associated with other musical genres. Or was she grouped into Exotica afterward during the revival period?

I wasn't too surprised that Robert Drasnin wasn't mentioned (there are probably others who released relatively obscure exotica that also weren't mentioned) but I was very surprised that Yma Sumac was not included, as her records were very popular (at least it seems so because they've been fairly easy to find in thrift stores) and Les Baxter was involved.

I think you may be right John-O, perhaps she was considered more in the Latin genre.

Post #505290 by thejab on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 4:47 PM