Buddy Collette exotica

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i do not have these two in my collection:

The Polynesians- Aloha To Jazz (Bel Canto)

Buddy Collette- Polynesia (Music + Sound)

has -anyone- of you heard these two, and if so can you comment. aboustely need these in my collection

[Teasing the Korean]

The former has Buddy Collette only on side 2.

The latter is a great exotica LP including narration and vocals by the great Marni Nixon.

If you want exotica, you really need both.

However, if you want Buddy Collette LPs, you can probably live without both.

I would not part with either.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

are they really both just really small LA labels...

[Teasing the Korean]

They are small labels, can't confirm if they're LA or not. Both are impossible to find. They are available as downloads if you look in the right places. I would recommend downloading both before you seek out vinyl. You will have a long wait, and they'll cost you.

In the mean time, how about spinning "Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat," one of my favorite LPs from the Crown label, featuring Buddy Collette and the Latin Jazz All Stars?

[Hot Ptah]

To hear individual songs from these albums, check the archived playlists at:

http://kpr.ku.edu/retro/

[clifford_thornton]

Music + Sound was apparently a small LA label and Polynesia is the only record they released. Goes for about $200. Cool cover.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i agree these both are rare. if i was in LA i might have a better shot. i WILL find them, absolute buddy collette essentials...yea ive seen the prices on polynesia....yowsers...

[Hot Ptah]

  On 10/30/2011 at 12:20 AM, chewy said:

i agree these both are rare. if i was in LA i might have a better shot. i WILL find them, absolute buddy collette essentials...yea ive seen the prices on polynesia....yowsers...

I was lucky. After hearing "Polynesia" several years ago on Kansas Public Radio's "Retro Cocktail Hour" show, created and hosted by Darrell Brogden, I was able to find a copy of "Polynesia" on ebay for a fraction of what has been quoted in this thread.

[Teasing the Korean]

http://www.amazon.co...xotica classics

[sidewinder]

Trunk Records here in the UK have just issued a vinyl reissue of ‘Polynesia’. Nicely done, good sound - and currently in stock at Dusty. 

Music + Sound were out of Arizona I think, not LA and this was likely a private (or semi private) release, hence the scarcity.

Edited September 21, 2019 by sidewinder

[Teasing the Korean]

Side 2 of Polynesia is incredible.  The poetry sounds like the delusional, fever-dream ramblings of a shipwrecked sailor who has contracted a tropical disease.  

Which is one of the highest compliments I could possibly pay to a record. 

Edited September 21, 2019 by Teasing the Korean

[sidewinder]

With recitation by actor Robert Sorrells, subsequently to become a convicted murderer. Exotic, indeed !

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

.  hey well i never tracked it down but i do have this tampa which is really this other rare one-

 

 

 

 

 

 

are you kidding me, i knew bel canto made reels n such- but look at THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! this album sure got around-- even crown released it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wait a min look at this one

 

 

 

 

So bel canto was like the earlist tape companys for all the indie jazz labels

heres a DOT bel canto

Edited October 2, 2019 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez