Exotica - The Exciting Sounds of Martin Denny by Martin Denny

Release date: May 1957
Recording date: December 1956
Label: Liberty
Catalog number: LRP 3034
Format: 12" LP
Comments: Mono release. Re-issued in stereo in 1959 (LST 7034), after the big success of Denny's single "Quiet Village". The title of this album was later coined to describe a genre of music popularized by Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman and others.

Tracks

	Title	Performer	Written by	Info
i	Busy Port	Martin Denny	Les Baxter	Originally by Les Baxter and His Orchestra
i	China Nights	Martin Denny	Nobuyuki Takeoka, Yaso Saijō	Originally by 渡邊はま子 (Hamako Watanabe)
i	Hong Kong Blues	Martin Denny	Hoagy Carmichael	Originally by Hoagy Carmichael with Perry Botkin and His Orchestra
i	Jungle Flower	Martin Denny	Les Baxter	Originally by Les Baxter and His Orchestra
i	Lotus Land	Martin Denny	Cyril Scott	Originally by Cyril Scott
i	Love Dance	Martin Denny	Les Baxter	Originally by Les Baxter and His Orchestra
i	Quiet Village	The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny	Les Baxter	Originally by Les Baxter and His Orchestra
i	Return to Paradise	Martin Denny	Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington	Originally by Percy Faith and His Orch. REL, Kitty White BRD
i	Similau	Martin Denny	Arden Clar, Harry Coleman	Originally by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
i	Stone God	Martin Denny	Les Baxter	Originally by Les Baxter and His Orchestra
i	Waipio	Martin Denny	George Allen, Mekia Kealakai	Originally by (unknown)