Following is a quicky tour around the world as we knew it then (or at least to the late 60's), starting with Sir Les and finishing with Roger's Wide Wonderful World vision..
Ports of Pleasure - Les Baxter - Capital - 1957
African Jazz - Les Baxter - Capital - unknown date
Ritual of the Savage - Les Baxter - Capital - date unknown
Strings, Guitars, Voices! - Les Baxter - Pickwick/33 - after 1960
Ports of Paradise - Alfred Newman & Ken Darby - Capital - 1960
Tour of the World - Les Petits Chanteurs A' La Croix De Bois
Parlophone - 1957
Many Moods of Arthur Lyman - Arthur Lyman - Hifirecords - date unknown
Taboo - Arthur Lyman - Hifirecords - date unknown
Taboo Vol. 2 - Arthur Lyman - Hifirecords - date unknown
Bwana a - Arthur Lyman - Hifirecords - date unknown
South Pacific - Johnny Douglas Orchestra
- World Record Light Music - date unknown
South Pacific - Marc La Salle Orchestra
- Astor - date unknown
Far Away Places - Enoch Light Orchestra - Command - 1961
Far Away Places Volume 2 - Enoch Light Orchestra
Command - after 1961
Tropicana - Hugo Blanco - Karussell - date unknown
Stereo Spectacular!! - Milt Rogers Orchestra - Calendar - date unknown
It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World - Roger Williams
London Records - date unknown
Working along the same musical vein I also include this gaggle of National Anthems...
National Anthems of the World Volume 1 - Michael Reynolds
Major records - date unknown
National Anthems and Their Stories - DickWhittinghill & Camarata
Disneyland - 1965
Sample of interior art and Australian page
...and while I'm at it I'll also include these last two 101 Strings Quad Spectrum Sound Series releases
101 Strings - Astor- date unknown
Les Baxter & 101 Strings - Astor - date unknown
This brings us back to Les Baxter after our journey around the world at many exotic ports of call. Soon I'll be posting more of Les, as he and his Orc fit into other collections waiting to be recorded..
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