Les Baxter - Thinking of You (1954)
As promised here is my first of (hopefully) many more vinyl shares. First up is a real classic by Les Baxter. Found it on a auction site here in Sweden for about $6, what a bargain. Although this isn't a Exotica record per se, it is still very recognisable if you have heard Les Baxter's work before. Most of the songs on it are loungy and soft - perfect for a rainy night in front of the fire place.
01) Thinking of You
02) Speak Low
03) Because of You
04) With my Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
05) I Love Paris
06) Miss You
07) Nevertheless
08) Lost in Meditation
09) Mine
10) The Nearness of You
11) Vieni, Vieni
12) Little White Lies
Posted at 3:47 PM | 14 comments | links to this post 
My name is Chris and I live in Sweden. I love the 50s and 60s lifestyle and design. I am very fascinated by the architecture of the period too, for instance googie, modernism, the work of Joseph Eichler, John Lautner and Arne Jacobsen's international style. I have a large archive with space-age, library, bossa, cocktail, retro soundtracks and exotica music. I also believe that things were better in the old days.
14 Comments:
mmm one of the few albums of Les Baxter I haven't got. Thanks muchly.
May 13, 2006 9:46 AM
YES! Thank you, that was marvellous!
May 13, 2006 10:51 AM
is this a 10" record? it looks like the only les baxter record i ever found in a thrift store, which sadly i no longer own.
May 13, 2006 8:38 PM
Nopes, this a 12" record. With noise-reduction, clicks och pops removal and what not by yours truly.
May 13, 2006 8:42 PM
Congratulations Chris for your first share!
I hope all your stuff is as this one! GREAT!
May 14, 2006 12:15 AM
Thanks Phil! I really enjoy your vinyl rips too, keep up the good work!
May 14, 2006 2:21 AM
Very nice. Thanks you!
May 14, 2006 5:33 PM
Congratulations Chris on your first album! Once again the sound clarity is stupendous! Great choice, and like xtabay said, I don't have this one either. Thanks for bringing me back to a simpler time.
May 26, 2006 4:29 AM
Thanks Doug, I always try my best! The sound would probably been better if my vinyl player had a better pickup, still using the player I got at a thrift store for free a couple of years back. Talk to you soon!
May 26, 2006 3:18 PM
Too bad Baxter was a real fraud, almost always using ghost writers
April 30, 2007 9:48 PM
Hi,
Can you repost this baxter's album ?
Thanks a lot...
Alex.
August 3, 2007 2:10 PM
Umm... maybe. But you didn't say the magic word Alex ;-)
August 5, 2007 3:16 PM
Hello there Chris - Just to say I like Ultra Swank very much - the combination of fascinating architecture flashbacks and lush sounds is mighty fine indeed. Whatever you do, please don't stop posting! And as "Anonymous" (aka Alex !?!?) can't seem to get his fingers around the "right word", I will gladly say: Please, could you re-post this Les Baxter album, Chris? I am quite new to this music scene and am just discovering the joys of Mr Baxter! Anyway, very best wishes to you and a Merry Christmas, sir.
December 14, 2007 7:08 PM
Hi Chris, I write from Uruguay, South America!! your page is awesome!!
Please, can you repost this album,
Thanks
Hernan
June 5, 2008 3:05 PM
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