V3 Space Capades Ultra-Lounge: Various: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Gay Spirits - David Rose And His Orchestra

2. Lover - Richard Marino And His Orchestra

3. Moon Moods - Les Baxter And His Orchestra

4. Power House - The Bobby Hammack Combo

5. Drivin' Around The Block - Dickie Harrell

6. Calcutta - Les Baxter

7. Holiday For Strings - The Voices Of Walter Schumann

8. You're The Top - Dean Elliott And His Big Band

9. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Joe 'Fingers'Carr/80 Drums Around The World

10. Stumbling - Tak Shindo

11. Sabre Dance - Les Baxter And His Orchestra

12. This Room Is My Castle Of Quiet - Billy May and his Orchestra

13. I Get A Kick Out Of You - Felix Slatkin

14. Satan Takes A Holiday - Jack Malmsten

15. Puttin' On The Ritz - Terry Snyder

16. Blues In The Night - Alvino Rey And His Orchestra

17. Saturday Night On Saturn - Les Baxter And His Orchestra

18. Lonesome Road - Dean Elliott And His Big Band

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5.0 out of 5 stars best of the series, Dec 18 2010

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Brian Maitland (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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Maybe it's just my tastes but this lounge music really cracks me up. It is sort of Spike Jones taken to the far off planets. You'll absolutely love the Dean Elliot & His Big Band track "Lonesome Road" with its eep-op-ork Jet Screamer of "The Jetsons" like pops, beeps and whistles.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Light on the sci-fi, but still heavy on the fun, Feb 27 2004

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Well, there isn't much to say that hasn't already been said by previous reviewers. This volume is, without a doubt, my favorite of the Ultra-Lounge series (Organs In Orbit following close in second place). The title alone is an inkling to the fun that awaits you behind the clear plastic doors of this disc's case. Make sure you know what you're getting yourself into, though. You won't find any bleeps, bloops or general "futuristic" sounds here. What you CAN expect, however, is upbeat, campy production music from the Atomic Age and an 18 track lineup that you'll play over and over again.

The disc opens with "Gay Spirits," a sweet, flowing melody featuring some light pizzicato (typical of similar orchestrations of the period). "Lover," a seductive, bassy jazz tune, seems like the perfect mood music... until the tempo increases mid-song. Les Baxter's "Moon Moods" incorporates cheesy choruses of "doo"s, "aah"s & "ooh"s. "Power House" is a... well, power house of xylophone scales and a popular choice among cartoonists for factory scenes. Angelic choruses and pizzicato strings make up the energetic "Holiday For Strings." The zany "You're The Top" features an assortment of random noises, including telephone rings, bells & whacks. A swingin instrumental of "Istanbul" with a fantastic bongo solo in the middle of the track, keeps the ball rolling. "Stumbling" is a short number, but still succeeds at getting your toes tapping. Another cartoon favorite is "Sabre Dance" by the indispensable Les Baxter. "This Room" is just about the only tune on this album with a science fiction -type feel to it. A perfect combination of orchestra & theremin will fly you to the moon in no time! Felix Slatkins' instrumental of "I Get A Kick Out of You" is enjoyable, though incomparable to Sinatra's version. The jazzy "Satan Takes A Holiday" sounds like a spy theme in overdrive. Any classic movie junkie should recognize "Puttin' On The Ritz" from the Irving Berlin musical of the same name and "Blues In The Night" ought to be universally known (or at least vaguely familiar). "Saturday Night On Saturn" is more intense than other Baxter numbers featured on this disc, however, the cartoonish feel is never compromised. Finally, "Lonesome Road" concludes the album with some wacky sound effects (car horns, bangs, crashes, etc) set to an orchestral background.

This collection earns my five-stars and has to be, without a doubt, one of my top buys of 2004. If this cheery volume of Ultra-Lounge was right up your alley, be sure to check out "Music For TV Dinners" for more fun, cheesy listening.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a lot of retro campy fun..., Dec 1 2003

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Sexy Lexy (la mirda, ca) - See all my reviews

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No this isn't nessicarily high quality jazz, but it's low quality chhezy listening at it's best, actually the 1st track on here is the best, or an amazing percussion filled Puttin on the ritz, which starts off as a mamabo and halfway through turns into the middle part of Benny Goodmans' famous original arrangement of Sing, Sing, Sing, complete with a gene Krupa like drummer! You'll enjoy hearing what people in the 50's though space travel music was supposed to sound like, it's fun, plus there are plenty of standards, like Blues in the night with a huge pedal steel guitar solo. Fun stuff, to get wasted on martinis, pink chmapainge, warm brandy, and a good bottle of wine and listen and might as well smoke a cigar to this too, music this loungy shouldn't be wasted with idle moments, heck you can even swing dance to this stuff(as long as you've got one hand free to hald your tall martini glass)...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spaced-Out Fun!
I really just bought this volume for "Puttin' On the Ritz" and hoped that I'd like the rest. Imagin my surprise when the whole thing was incredible! Read more

Published on Jan 16 2000 by loungelizard7

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent CD. Best of the series.
When i first heard this CD in a friends stereo i hated it. I thought it was too weird. Then I realized that I kept wanting to hear it so I bought my own copy. Read more

Published on Sep 20 1999