8 Classic Albums

Arthur Lyman had played in Martin Denny's band in 1954 to 1957. As the story goes ~One night Lyman had 'a little to drink', and when they began playing Lyman let out a few bird calls.The audience started answering back with all kinds of weird cries, and bird calls became a trademark of Lyman's sound.When Denny's 1957 hit of "Quite Village ignited a national mania for all things Hawaiian,Lyman left Denny's band to create his own group which was a similar style, but more flamboyant.His for-most trademark is bird calls. Like other Exocita bands, the marimba, tambourine, cowbells,wind chimes, cocktail drums, boobams, conch shells and other exotic instruments are used to spice up arrangementsThese four C.D.'s contain 8 of Lyman's first 9 albums from 1957 to 1960, with 97 tracks, and over 4 1/2 in length.(His seventh album "Arthur Lyman on Broadway" from 1959 isn't here)During Lyman's heyday he had three songs on the pop chart, the first two are here & their B-sides.1. Taboo ~ B/W ~ Dahil Sayo2. Yellow Bird ~ B/W ~ Havah NagilahThe third song "Love For Sale" from 1963 isn't here, as it didn't fall with-in the time period this set covers.Disc One ~ Lyman's first & second albums"Leis Of Jazz" - 1957 -- (quite jazzy)"Taboo" - 1958 -- (classic Taboo)Disc Two ~ Lyman's third & fourth albums."Hawaiian Sunset" - 1958 -- (beautiful Hawaiian music)"Bwana A" - 1958 -- (traditional Exocita music)Disc Three ~ Lyman's fifth & sixth albums"Legend Of Pele" - 1958 -- (especially spirited)"Bahia" - 1959 -- (traditional Exocita music)Disc Four ~ Lyman's eighth & ninth albums"Taboo 2" - 1959 -- ( excellent, classic Taboo)"Percussion Spectacular" - 1960 -- (many nice songs)Re-issued as "Yellow Bird"With this being all instrumental, and much of this set I've heard here for the first timeit's difficult to tell that tracks are correct.I noticed on "Legend Of Pele" the song "Fascination" listed as track 11, is actually located on track 10,which is easy enough to type the correct information in.There's no liner notes, but this collection is a bargain price, and has excellent sound.

This is a great bargain - it really is eight albums, condensed down onto four audio CDs, with complete and accurate track listings. You could easily spend five times the money and get only half of this music, buying individual CDs - if you can find them, that is. The audio quality is very good. You don't need a precision CD transfer to reproduce all the audio content of the original recordings - these were made back in the 1950s, when stereo was 'the new hot thing.' The only downside is that you don't get the original album cover art (which was great - colorful, sensual and very Tiki-fied!) for the individual albums.

I've always liked Arthur Lyman, so the music is 5 stars & the quality of this recording is NO STARS. I gave up after 2 tries. The CDs are hopelessly mislabeled so if you want to identify any of the music, you'd better know the tunes beforehand. The response to my complaint about the first set I received was so slow that I had to ask Amazon for help. After I received the second replacement set & realized that the labeling on that one was even worse, I just gave up & asked for a refund, also asking Amazon to help assure I would receive credit, which I did get. This seems like a great deal...all these albums for so little $, but I'd try to go another route to get the tunes.

8 of Arthur Lyman's best albums in one 4 CD set! The sound of this set is just amazing. Great care was taken in the transfer to insure the full sonic quality of these albums is there. Arthur Lyman produced some of the best Exotica music ever. If you love lounge exotica music I would highly recommend this set. You get only the music and there is not booklet or liner notes but considering you get 8 classic albums for less that $15.00 makes this one of the best deals going. So pull out the tiki gods and find some umbrellas for your drinks and relax and enjoy the music.

FANTASTIC AND WELL WORTH THE $$ SPENT--CALL IT PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE MUSIC IF YOU LIKE--THE BIRDS CALLING OUT AND THE JUNGLE SOUNDS. IT IS GREAT, ALL FOUR CD'S GET YOU IN THE MOOD TO GO TO THE ISLAND'S EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO A LITTLE LAKE CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE. YOU CAN PRETEND CAN'T YOU? ALMOST LIKE BEING IN HAWAII GREAT BUY!!!

The remasters of these eight album sets are excellent. I now have three of them-- Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny and Dinah Washington. The only thing quirky about them are the song listings that come up on the computer, when the discs are being played. They are not necessarily accurate, and some of them don't come up at all, displaying as "unknown tracks". That is a small inconvenience. I bought them for the music, not the accuracy of the track ID's.

When I first gave Arthur Lyman a listen I din't think it was a rich & exotic as say Martin Denny or Les Baxter but the more I listened to it the more i felt the mood he had created when making these exotic recordings! I really like these series of 8 classic albums and highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get a large collection fast & cheap with good sound quality!

In the old days I remember played taboo and yellow bird entered the hit parade. Not every track is to take to an ipod but plenty . Autumm leaves is great with the latin tempo after a slow beginning. Everybody is talking about the sound. Try your best receiver!! I was delayed this compilation afraid of being all mono versions and the quality of the finished product. Go for it!.

This is a surprising well recorded collection of music ranging from some unforgettable tunes to some average ones. Glad I bought it though and a bargain for the pennies it cost.

very good

Great value,had originals on vinyl, original masters were that good that they did not need any tweaking when converted to digital , they were recorded on a modified Ampex 3 channel tape deck and recorded in an alluminium dome recording studio very good quality.This type of music is perhaps a required taste but great music.and well played,Escape from stress. sit back and enjoy.

一年以上前にＮＨＫＦＭ放送でアーサーライマンの曲がかかっているのを聴き、懐かしさで感激しました。すぐアマゾンで検索したけど種類が少なく外国から取り寄せで注文はしたものの１年たっても未入荷の連絡通知が続いていました。それでも辛抱ずよくアマゾンを検索していたところＣＤ４枚組で千円そこそこの安価盤が出てきました。注文していた１枚二千円あまりの輸入盤をキャンセルしてこちらを早速、注文して取り寄せました。このアーサーライマンを初めて聞いたのは私が２０歳頃で今から５５年前くらいです。その時１枚のＬＰを購入したけど友達に貸したままでした。その中の曲はイエロー・バード、タブー、ハワイアンの曲、日本の曲、いろいろ入っていました。演奏もトロピカルでエキゾチックで上手なのか下手なのか首をかしげながら聞いていました。ＣＤが届き早速、聴いていますが何とも言えない懐かしさと素晴らしい楽団で有ることを認識しました。四枚組を聴きレパートの広さに驚いています。特にＬＥＩＳ　ＯＦ　ＪＡＺＺの素晴らしさには感激しました。バイブの演奏が素晴らしくて寝る前に聴いています。唯、懐かしさだけでなく改めてすごい楽団だと思いました。

アーサー・ライマンってモンド・ラウンジミュージックの括りで認識されてて、マーチン・デニーのフォロワー的な評価のされ方なんじゃないかな。このｃｄを通して聴いてみると、それだけでは納まらない演奏のすごさがありますね。もちろんサウンドの方向性なんかは、エキゾなんだけど。演奏のノリはやはりジャズで熱くなってくるところがあります。日本の曲やクレツマー・ミュージックの「ハバナギラ」なんかもあって、驚かされた。これは再発見です。