Jungle Jive! Go Exotic With Kari Wuhrer!

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 1999)
• Original Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Del-Fi Records
• ASIN: B00000I081
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Seduction - Voices Of Africa

2. Swahili - Bob Keene Orchestra

3. Native Love - The Enchanters

4. Jungle Fever - The Shadows

5. Beachcomber Song - The Rockyfellers

6. Moonglow Cha Cha Cha - The Executives

7. Rum And Coca Cola - Pepino

8. Bongo Twist - Preston Epps

9. Karate Again - The Bedwells

10. Night Rain - Voices Of Africa

11. Warsaw Concerto - The Philharmonics

12. Woman Needs Man - The Rockyfellers

13. Mandarin Mambo - Pepino

14. On The Alamo - The Executives

15. La Cubalibra - Rene Hall Orchestra

16. Terror - The Grippers

17. On The Ginza - Yo Yo Hashi

18. Uprising - Voices Of Africa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Cool, May 29, 2004

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Gomez Addams (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jungle Jive! Go Exotic With Kari Wuhrer! (Audio CD)

This CD is a really fun collection of odd songs that you won't find anywhere else. If you dig retro music like the Capital Utlra Lounge Series, you won't be dissapointed. The Cd is a bit uneaven and gets a little slow in the middle, but well worth it for the following songs: Native Love (my favorite track by far!), Jungle Fever (I could do without the added sound effects), Beachcomber Song, Rum and Coca-Cola, Bongo Twist, Karate Again (instramental), Woman Needs Man (silly but fun banana song), Cubalibr(instramental) and Terror (a really cool Ventures sounding instramental). There are a lot of these retro CD compilations out there, and let's face it, some are great but others really rip you off. This is a great CD (part of a three cd set...Jungle Jive, Pool Party and Beach Party). And...I don't know how much I would trust a reviewer who doesn't realize that the very funny liner notes are fictional. The packaging is well done, even the disc is printed in full color and Kari Wuhrer is some really nice eye candy!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars We have no bananas., April 28, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jungle Jive! Go Exotic With Kari Wuhrer! (Audio CD)

This is a rather uneven compilation album featuring rare recordings from the Del-Fi Records vaults. The songs loosely have an "exotic" theme, but they are in a variety of styles. Some of the styles are lounge instrumetal, pop vocal, rock and roll, surf, latin and some that are hard to catagorize. "Native Love" is an "exotic rocker" that has a strangely Buddy Hollyesque feel to it. Another odd one is "On the Ginza", which in an instrumental that has a woman saying Japanese phrases periodically. My favorites are the tracks by the Rockyfellers (a family group from the Philippines that had a hit with "Killer Joe" in 1963) and Pepino (played by Tony Martinez on The Real McCoys sitcom). Pepino's "Rum and Coca Cola" is a great Desi Arnez soundalike song. There are some songs here that aren't that great. But fans of unusual sounds will probably find something to enjoy here.