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Ports of Paradise was originally issued by Capitol in 1960 as an exotica orchestral and vocal album centered on the various parts of the South Pacific -- Hawaii in particular (which makes it no mistake that Mountain Apple decided to reissue it on CD). Essentially, it is a misguided theme recording with the voices of Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, and Mavis Rivers along with wildly overblown orchestration, unhinged dynamics, and a sense of otherness that was common for the space age pop and mood music of the era. While one can hear elements of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony in here, and even bits of Debussy's La Mer, what is heard most is something like Mantovani meeting Lawrence Welk, Guy Lombardo, and Eugene Ormandy with the Boston Pops fronted by vocalists imagining the South Pacific after having only read books about it. The reading of "My Little Grass Shack" is particularly hilarious.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Alfred Newman, Composer, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - Ken Darby, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Randy Starr, Composer - Frank Metis, Composer - Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - Ken Darby, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, Composer, MainArtist - Mack Gordon, Composer - Bill Miller, Producer - Ken Darby, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Jack Brooks, Composer - Bill Miller, Producer - Ken Darby, MainArtist - Eddie Lund, Composer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - MAEWA KAIHAN, ComposerLyricist - CLEMENT SCOTT, ComposerLyricist - Ken Darby, MainArtist - Dorothy Stewart, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - HARRY OWENS, Composer - Ken Darby, MainArtist - Mavis Rivers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, Composer, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - Ken Darby, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Thomas Harrison, Composer - Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - Johnny Noble, Composer - Ken Darby, MainArtist - Mavis Rivers, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Cogswell, Composer - The Ken Dary Singers, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - Ken Darby, MainArtist - Charles King, Composer - Milton Raskin, Composer - Norma Zimmer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, Composer, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - Bill Lee, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Darby, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Alfred Newman, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Producer - HARRY OWENS, ComposerLyricist - Ken Darby, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Ports of Paradise was originally issued by Capitol in 1960 as an exotica orchestral and vocal album centered on the various parts of the South Pacific -- Hawaii in particular (which makes it no mistake that Mountain Apple decided to reissue it on CD). Essentially, it is a misguided theme recording with the voices of Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, and Mavis Rivers along with wildly overblown orchestration, unhinged dynamics, and a sense of otherness that was common for the space age pop and mood music of the era. While one can hear elements of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony in here, and even bits of Debussy's La Mer, what is heard most is something like Mantovani meeting Lawrence Welk, Guy Lombardo, and Eugene Ormandy with the Boston Pops fronted by vocalists imagining the South Pacific after having only read books about it. The reading of "My Little Grass Shack" is particularly hilarious.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:02
- Main artists: Alfred Newman Ken Darby
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
© 1960 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1960 Capitol Records, LLC
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