Destination Desert: 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (CD)

Destination Desert: 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (CD)

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Off to the desert, embark on a R 'n' R trip to the orient, to exotic destinations and distant cities: this CD edition from the 'Destination' series on Bear Family Records® is all about rock 'n' roll and sheikhs, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba and faraway places like Baghdad and Istanbul. -Musical companions include Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Reed, Art Neville, Dinah Washington, The Fendermen and Preston Love. -The playlist from the 1950s and early '60s provides Caravan, Come With Me To The Casbah, Turkish Doghouse, Ahab The Arab, Sinbad, Ali Ben Ghazi and more musical highlights. -Charmingly written liner notes and info on each performer by music historian Bill Dahl and careful re-mastering round out a delightful project. If you were astride a mighty camel while fearlessly navigating the wind-swept sands of the Sahara, good old-fashioned rock and roll would be just about the last commodity you would expect to encounter. Yet such fantastic scenarios inspired a slew of songs set to exotically rocking rhythms, their unusual narratives constructed around sheiks, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba, and far-off locales like Bagdad and Istanbul. Those happen to be the very subjects dominating Bear Family's 'Destination Desert - 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures.' Some very unexpected names turn up on this anthology that you'd never expect to see searing their feet in such scorching, sun-strewn climes: rockabilly guitar ace Jerry Reed, for example, or sax wailer Preston Love, or New Orleans piano pounder Art Neville. Glamorous R&B chanteuses Dinah Washington and Big Maybelle seem highly unlikely candidates to hop aboard a dromedary, but they're here as well. The Fendermen, The Polk Brothers, and Bobby Christian offer contrasting treatments of Duke Ellington's immortal Caravan.

Track Listing

  • Jerry Reed - Rockin' In Bagdad
  • The Champs - Ali Baba (2 rmst.)
  • The Polk Brothers - Caravan Rock
  • The Ramrocks - Pasha
  • The Silver-Tones - Arabian Rock
  • Eddie 'The Sheik' Kochak - Shish Ka Bob Rock
  • The Majestics - Oasis
  • Big Maybelle - That's A Pretty Good Love
  • Jack Hammer - Ali Ben Ghazi
  • The Latins - Habibi Twist
  • The Slaves - Hari's Harem
  • The Saxons - Camel Walk -part I
  • Jo Ann Campbell - Ahab The Arab
  • Preston Love - Ali Baba's Boogie
  • The Colts - Sheik Of Araby
  • Dinah Washington - One Arabian Night
  • The Fendermen - Caravan
  • Ferlin Husky - Aladdin's Lamp
  • Leroy Holmes - In A Persian Market
  • Bill Haley and His Comets - Oriental Rock
  • Bobby Freeman - Sinbad
  • The Teentones - Sands Of Arabia
  • Ganimian and His Orientals - Come With Me To The Casbah
  • Dave & The Customs - Ali Baba
  • Art Neville - Arabian Love Call
  • The Socialties - King Tut Rock
  • The Big Sound Of Don Ralke - Zooba!
  • Billy Grammer - Princess Of Persia
  • Johnny and The Hurricanes - Sheba
  • Kent Westberry - Turkish Doghouse Rock
  • The Renegades - Istanbul
  • The Sandpipers - Ali Baba
  • Bobby Christian - Caravan