Dream Weapons present: PERPETUAL VACATION C90

In essence an Exotica-mix, but that only makes up for about half of its musical content. Every track holds a certain exotic mystique, primarily made by westerners from a time when the world was smaller - and we northerners dreamt ourselves to faraway places. Places that for everyman would forever remain just a dream -Moahaha

1 Roger Williams - Sunrise, Sunset
2 Louise Manning - The Ship of Love
3 Harvey Anderson - Jivaro
4 Lynn Taitt & The Boys - Storm Warning  
5 Kitty Ford - Harry’s Harem
6 Russ Garcia - Red Sands of Mars
7 Nelson Riddle - Love Tide
8 Dana - The Far Off Place (movie-rip version)
9 Takeshi Kobayashi and his Blue Hawaiians - Ariran
10 Ruth Christie - Strange Exotic Melody
11 Jim Pierce - Seventh Veil
12 Faye King - Voodoo
13 Chaos inc. - Daktari Ooh Ah
14 Frank & Jo Byers - Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song, Parakeets, Doveas & Peacocks
15 Pedro Berrios - Chino Soy
16 Eddie Kay Octet - Song of India
17 Fred Lowery - Sleepy Lagoon
18 Chaquito & His Orchestra - Song Of Orpheus

19 Ted Auletta - Pool of Love
20 Dave Wilson - Oriental
21 Jack de Mello - Earth Heritage
22 Kenny Graham and His Satellites - Tropical Sun
23 Maria Elena and the Twilights - Temptation
24 Nino Nardini - Soothsayer
25 Cosmic Eye - Dream Sequence Part 5
26 Danny - Hiljainen Kitara
27 Jack Lesmana - Iti
28 Versa-Tones - Cobra
29 Eloise Trio - Similau
30 A. F. Lavagnino E La Sua Orchestra - La Regina Dell'harem
31 Satyajit Ray - Pantomime
32 New Starts - Ali Baba’s Tent
33 George Cates - Ka-lu-a
34 Sonny Lester - The Belly Dancer's Waltz
35 Cynthia Richards - Jungle Fever
36 Gianni Marchetti - Chukeba Bay

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Dream Weapons present: LITTLE DITTIES C60

Nothing deep or conceptual about this one:). It's just an enjoyable mix filled to the brim with charming melodies and sweet sounds originating from both the eastern and the western hemispheres. 23 instrumental tunes with some wordless vocal here and there. I enjoy them all immensely and think they fit each other well. Good, clean, quirky fun for the whole family! -Moahaha

1 Rahbani Brothers - Quaseedat Hube, Pt. 2
2 David Michael & Chorale - Wow!
3 Tsai Young-Ji - On the Sedan Chair / 上花轿
4 The Black Fire - Magnum
5 Bob Kojima and his Orchestra - Jusan-Ya
6 Roger Davy - En Jouant Au Cerceau Sur Neptune
7 Braen's Machine - Ritmica Sportiva
8 J. Nilovic, C. Sauvage, D. Sucky - Shepherd’s Song
9 The Phantoms - Walk On the Wild Side  
10 Artie Barsamian - Sweet Spring
11 Tong Aik Super Five - Don't Be Afraid Shanshan
12 Eyes of Blue - Extra Hour

13 Arnie Derksen & Chisé - Similou
14 Ihsan Al Munzer - Greenfield / السهل الأخضر
15 Lothlorien - Solfeggietto
16 Oscar Young Electone Band / 奧斯卡電子琴音樂
 - The Bright Moon Sends My Love From a Thousand Miles / 明月千里寄相思
17 Cindy & Sue - Temple Love
18 Charles Bernstein - White Salt
19 Neli - Ki Bood (instrumental version)
20 Takeshi Kobayashi and his Blue Hawaiians - Man-Churian Girl
21 Liu Chia-Chang / 劉家昌 - Jumping Ash Theme /《跳灰
22 Hotel Hilton Electone Band / 希爾頓大飯店電子樂隊演奏
 - White Plum Blossom / 白梅之恋
23 Anders Koppel - Budbringeren

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Dream Weapons present: AGE OF GOLD C60

Was the post-war era of 1950-1960 an age of gold - or a golden age? I don’t know, probably for those who were young back then. Youth is everyone's golden era, so I could have written exactly that about almost any period of time. But post-war is surely better than war. I stole the title from Bunuels surrealist movie L’Age d’Or (well, the english title), because it has this nice, nostalgic ring to it. By now it probably goes without saying that: here's another hour of intercontinental golden oldies! Guess I said it anyway. Nothing but highlights here! I think that every single time I share a mix though -Moahaha

1 Georges Jouvin Orchestra - Maruzella
2 The Tokyo Serenaders - Yuuraku Cho de Aimasho
3 The Four Knights - Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues
4 Alain Romans - Tango de thé Dansant
5 Jaycee Hill - Crash-Out
6 Carole Bennett - Haunted Lover
7 Fred Lowery - The Moon of Mankoora
8 Tomás Campos con Waldo de los Ríos - Zamba de la Toldería
9 Club Nisei Orchestra - Hana Kotoba No Uta
10 Webley Edwards - Thoughts of Love
11 Morton Gould - La Comparsa

12 Ferlin Husky - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
13 André Popp - Mon Coeur Attend
14 The King Sisters - Sweet Leilani
15 Rollee McGill - Helena Mambo
16 Jack Ary - Tu M'etais Destinee
17 Teruko Akatsuki / 暁テル子 - Liberal Ginza / りべらる銀座
18 The Paseo Jazz Band - Paseo Blues
19 Vanja Orico - Chanson du Jangadeiro
20 Ali Beirut's Orientales - Chifti
21 Krontjong Ensemble Pantja Warna - Hatiku
22 David Carroll - Madrid

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Antropocen & Distant Drums reuploads

I don't know for how long these have been unavailable, but at some point one of our older file transfer accounts... died. And these two 2016-mixtapes (DWp's 14th & 32rd) only had that one download-option. Let me know if you stumbled over any other of our mixes that needs a reupload. Just click on the image to get to the original post:) -Moahaha

Dream Weapons present: THE WELCOME PUNCH C60:

I threw a party for my birthday not long ago, and on the cover you can see me eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first guests. The idea was to compile music for that first hour at a party - or any kind of festive gathering. There’s a lot of considerations to be taken. It’s basically background music for conversing, but it needs to be fun and hold a semi-danceable beat - although no one’s gonna dance just yet. If you don’t have a party planned sometime in the near future, pour yourself a drink, play this  - and pretend. That’s the magic of music -Moahaha 

-For the four of you that downloaded the mix shortly after I posted it: I had to take down and re-upload everything, as there was a strange "skip-issue" with song no. 4 (White Salt) - now replaced with Sahara

1 Franco Micalizzi - L'ultimo Cacciatore (Seq. 5)
2 Jef Gilson feat. Célia - Le Blanc Coton
3 Jackie DeShannon - Effervescent Blue
4 Hans Stockhold - Sahara
5 Kirsti Sparboe - Hvem Har Sagt Jeg Savner Deg
6 Catherine Spaak - Sogni E Niente Più
7 Jacques Loussier  - Clara's Jerk
8 Ellie Greenwich - You Don't Know
9 Retta Young & The Devotions - The Dawning of Love
10 Orkest Ruud Bos - Sexy Music
11 Maria Creuza - Amor de Mae
12 Etienne Cap and his Orchestra - Luna Di Miele

13 Hagood Hardy & the Montage - I'll Take Love
14 Gino Marinacci - Ostinato
15 Neptunes Empire - Wichita Falls
16 Ian & The Zodiacs - It Ain't Necessarily So
17 Hiroshi Wada - Suzukane No Michi
18 The Darlettes - Lost
19 Ziad Rahbani - Kyrie Eleison (version 2)
20 Silvia Telles - Chora Tua Tristeza
21 Roberto Menescal - Amazonas
22 Caterina Valente - Franqueza
23 George Cates - Chant of the Jungle

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... and if you'd like some more easy listening like this, simply press the Easy Listening-tag (but if it's in combination with say tags such as Experimental or Avantgarde, it't probably not all easy on the ears:)

Dream Weapons present: (STOP AND) SMELL THE ROSES C60

It’s summer and sunny outside. I feel that it's time for another golden hour of oldies.  Eleven songs and (as often before) eleven matching instrumentals. Like my previous «A Million Dreams Ago» this collection contains nothing but oh so lovely, long forgotten* non-rockin’ delights from the 1950’s. And that’s what the world needs right now. At least here in my world -Moahaha 

*I suppose hardly anyone noticed these back when they were new either.

1 The Browns - Margo (The Ninth of May)
2 Hal McKusick Octet - How Long Has This Been Going On
3 Pearl Bailey - Hit the Road To Dreamland
4 Marty Wilson - Harlem Nocturne
5 Eunice Davis - Get Your Enjoy’s
6 Pernambuco e Seu Conjunto - Kalu
7 The Baton of Andre Brummer - Tumba
8 Don Ralke - Deserted Harem
9 John LaSalle Quartet - Dee Die Doe
10 Muzzy Marcellino - Street-scene
11 The Tarriers - Lonesome Traveler

12 Alain Romans / Aimé Barelli - Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
13 Herminia Silva - A Nova Tendhina
14 All-Star Orchestra - De Fune
15 Flo Sandon's - Refranes
16 The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - The Green Country (New England Mood)
17 The Diamond Head Beachcombers - Across the Sea
18 The Trumpeteers - Home Don't Seem Like Home
19 Frank Hunter - Lost Plateau
20 Onilda Figueiredo - A Beira Mar
21 Mandolin' Club de Paris - Cinquième danse
22 June Hutton - I Had A Little Too Much To Dream Last Night

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Dream Weapons present: TILL THE END O' THE WORLD WITH YOU C60

Alternatively «dance till the end o’ the world with you». Another collection of both schmaltzy and gently romantic oldies. It’ll fill you (or me) with nostalgia, melancholy and the forbidden longing for those good ol’ postwar days of optimism, joy and innocence. A time that probably never existed - but we can dream, can’t we? -Moahaha

1 Nelson Riddle - Bali Ha'i
2 Fairuz - Ya Mayla Âal Ghoussoun
3 Kazuko Matsuo - Koi ni Inochi o
4 Davie Allan & The Arrows - Camel Walk
5 Johnny Cymbal - The Water Was Red
6 Richard Anthony - I Who Have Nothing
7 Richie Allen - A Touch of Blues
8 Abbe Lane - We're Not Children
9 Pia Colombo - La Belle De Nuit
10 The Norman Amadio Trio - Enchantment
11 Alice Babs - Vildandens Sång

12 Tiny Young - Mon Futur Et Mon Passe
13 John Scott Trotter - Uska Dara
14 Silvia Telles - Mágoa
15 Charlene Bartley - Sand In My Shoes
16 Barry Gray - Big Ben Strikes Again: Until Midnight
17 Michèle Arnaud - Timoléon le Jardinier
18 Ritmo Natural - Augusta
19 Ad Van Den Hoed Quartet - Die Violette Nacht
20 Jackie Lawrence - Buenas Noches Mi Amor
21 José Guardiola - Quisiera
22 Everardo Ordaz - Rhumba Rhapsody

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(Audius blocked this mix, which is why I'm trying Hearthis) 

Dream Weapons present: THE HUMMINGBIRDS C60

 

 

Outside my window its all grey and the rain is pouring down. I find myself in need of a mindtrip with a summerly sort of vibe. Which is exactly what I’m offering you all as well. 

-The Americas is the natural habitat of the hummingbird and Latin America is primarily where they live. Much like my similarly themed: La Flor De Sur and Southwards before, I’ve collected a dozen sweet old songs and almost as many (dance) tunes - either originating from, or inspired by musical traditions from  somewhere south of Miami. Or maybe south of Key West. Once again prepare yourself for melodramatic voices, great melodies, infectious rhythms and much beauty! -Moahaha

1 Magdalena Castro - Tenias Que Marcharte
2 Unknown/Caribbean Rhythms - A Colombian Pasillo
3 Noite Ilustrada - Nada Me Embaraça
4 Ritmo Natural - Bolero Natural 2
5 Onilda Figueiredo - Duas Cruzes
6 Les Shleu Shleu - Compas X
7 Claudia Moreno - Ronda
8 Hermanas Serrano - Casanova
9 Hank Levine - Swingin' Village
10 Antonio Maciel - Zacamandu

11 Preston Epps - Bongos in Paradise
12 Maria Creuza - Apelo
13 Johnny Spencer and the Kona Koasters - s' Pacifica
14 Royal Hemmingways - Suena Con Esta Noche
15 The Diamond Head Beachcombers - Beyond the Reef
16 Quinteto Ternura - Ele e Ela
17 Trio Irakitan - Ave Maria No Morro
18 Daniela Casa - Aconcagua
19 Iwalani Kamahele & Charles Miller - E Maliu Mai
20 Arsenio Rodriguez - Mona

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Dream Weapons present: PORT OF CALL C60

Back in the days you had to either know - or be a seaman to have heard the music of the world. But today I’m your captain inviting you all on a musical treasure hunt. Get ready for another dizzying round trip of the seven seas - and back in time -Moahaha 

1 Rene Hall & His Band - Cleo (1958)
2 Adelina Garcia - Desesperadamente (1940)
3 Odete Amaral - A Batucada Começou (1941)
4 Irany e seu Conjunto - Que Murmurem (1957)
5 Josephine Baker - Sous Le Ciel d'Afrique (1935)
6 Rita Drangsholt - Sigøynerfiolinen (1945)
7 Naushad - Dance Music (1954)
8 이난영 / Lee Nan Young - 과거몽  / Lost in the Past (1940)
9 The Haitian Orchestra - Sous Les Palmiers (1939)
10 Siss Hartmann - Plukke En Høne Med Deg (1955)

11 Djuwita - Perahu Ladju (1955)
12 Roy Smeck and his Paradise Serenaders - I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (1957)
13 Xavier Cugat feat. Dinah Shore - Jungle Drums (1952)
14 Carol Bruce - Carioca (1941)
15 Mohamed Abdel Wahab - El Mamaljk (1948)
16 Shiraz  - Khitayyi (1957)
17 Tak Shindo - Huts of Kichwamba (1958)
18 Jean Lumiere - Le Caravanier (1940)
19 Damia - La Nuit en Mer (1936)
20 Hank Mardigian - Chefte Telli (1958)

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Dream Weapons present: SEABEDS C60

An underwater lounge music fantasy. Just dive in… the water is clear, warm and inviting -Moahaha

                       

1 Armando Sciascia - Moon on the Sea
2 Brian Bennett - The Swan 1
3 The Smith-Glamann Quintet - Lotus Land
4 André Hossein - Nocturne Vietnamien
5 Wlodzimierz Nahorny - Melodia Z Filmu Dziura W Ziemi
6 Michel Gonet  - The Mermaid
7 Ray Russell - Bright Water
8 Camille Sauvage - Yedo
9 Harpo Marx - Imagination

10 Медео - Сайгаки
11 Медікус / Ігор Хома - Ой зацвіли фіялоньки
12 Patrick Godfrey - All Along
13 Alan Parker - Rainy Sunday
14 John Sangster - Procession Of Tadpoles And Waterstriders
15 Bruno Nicolai – Il Mare
16 Muzzy Marcellino - My Tani
17 Eje Thelin Group - Curved Space
18 Vangelis - Movement One

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Dream Weapons present: SUNSET, SUNRISE C60

 

 

Spring is here!! This surely means the much sought-after summer of 2021 is just around the corner as well. I aimed for Sunset, Sunrise to sound like your dream holiday on a paradise island of yesteryear. Looking forward whilst longing back so to speak. A dozen plus one magical tunes packed with strings, flutes, kīkākilas, vibes, kotos, bongos, congas, boo bams, gongs, whistling and humming (m.m.)… accompanied by six enchanting songs. In a coconutshell: here’s another exotica-mix! -Moahaha

1 Jan Lindblad - Mera Dil Ye Pugri
2 Paul Mark- Gion Kouta
3 Ìxtahuele - Mareld
4 Muzzy Marcellino - Beyond the Reef
5 Stanley Black - Flamingo
6 Eve Boswell - Moon Above Malaya
7 Edmond De Luca - The Trek
8 Lombardo Twins - Arabian Drums
9 Linda Lawson - Where Flamingos Fly

10 Luis Enriquez - Mercato Delle Schiave
11 Tak Shindo - For You
12 Billy Ward, voc. Eddie Herring - Moonlight and Shadows
13 Bob Kojima and his Orchestra - Genroku Hanami Odori
14 Group Thirty Orchestra - Caracao
15 Bing Crosby - Home in Hawaii
16 Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica - Moai Thief
17 George De Fretes - Sweet Luana
18 Les Paul & Mary Ford - Farewell
19 Sam Taylor - Lullaby of Itsuki

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-and for more exotica check out Sunward & Distant Drums

Dream Weapons present: THE WILD ONES C60

This time I wanted to compile the ultimate soundtrack for a non-existing B-movie. Let's say its an unnecessarily violent, mildly entertaining Bonnie & Clydeish cash-in flick with a killer score and a moderately large cult following. Something like that.

-Gorgeous themes, groovin’ tunes, hip chansons, soul bangers, occult psych, far out exotica… its got a little bit of everything. And the action seemingly takes place on several continents. Yeah this one was mostly put together to entertain myself - and you. It almost qualifies as a "party mix" -Moahaha

1 Codreanu Maria Petrovna/ Мария Кодриану - У одиноких тополей
2 Aut'Chose - Une Saison En Enfer
3 Thomas Elerth - Beatin’ It
4 A Gethsémani - Primavera Cha Cha
5 Puccio Roelens - Leewards
6 Soul Brothers Inc. - I Don't Think We Are Going Back Again
7 Rino De Filippi - Calcolatore Elettronico
8 Sophie's Dream - Walpurgis
9 Afro-Blues Quintet Plus One - Victims Of Change

10 Idris Muhammad - New Orleans
11 Orquestra CBD - Tema da Zorra
12 Nahid Akhtar - Saturday Night
13 Maurice Jarre - Roxanne
14 Yma Sumac - Sansa
15 Spectre - Elephant, Mosquito
16 Barney Wilen - Zombizar Reloaded
17 Masami Kawahara & The Exotic Sounds - Taboo

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Dream Weapons present: REMONTANT C60

Seems we’ve all withered away for the most of this year and everyone's in need of a reblooming. But spring is nowhere near and all we can do is dream.

-So let your mind wander whilst listening to this bouquet of twenty reascended tunes from when the world was young. Visit our planet’s past ports and harbours, dance and drink your way through ballrooms, jazz clubs, saloons, opium dens, bars and castles. Make a stop in some small countryside village and smell its fresh, unpolluted air. Highbrow, lowbrow, in tears or laughter - a tragedy or a comedy. It doesn’t matter as long as you’re free -Moahaha

1 Julie Joy - Podes Voltar
2 The Mena Moeria Minstrels - South Sea Breeze
3 Luis Carbonell - Así Es Mi Suelo Cubano
4 Alfred Newman & Ken Darby - Whispering Wind
5 Stu Phillips & His Orchestra - Tropical Summer
6 Nora Ney - Meu Lamento
7 Bola Sete & Therezinha Bittencourt - Mulher Rendeira
8 Sonny Lester - Daughter of The Nile
9 Diahann Carroll - Love Is Just a Word
10 Linda Lawson - Never Like This

11 Werner Müller And His Orchestra - The Banquet
12 Kondo Keiko - Bulan Dagoan
13 Black Cats - Mikansei Rockambo
14 Buddy Sarkissian And His Mecca Four With Fred Elias - Desert Moods
15 Sudha Malhotra - Mere Nadeem Mere Hamsafar
16 Pratima Banerjee - Fande Poria Bhoga Kanda
17 Ara Bartevian Orchestra (feat. Kevork Yanbekian Folk Band) - Grounk
18 Kay Starr - Two Brothers
19 Cantadores di Palmira / Lina Huarte - El Asombro de Damasco: "Por esta noche"
20 Verlye Mills - Autumn Leaves

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Here's the mp3 cover art with correct spelling (I originally wrote Remortant):

20ft Radio & Dream Weapons present: SUNWARD C60

Exotica tends to get lumped into the easy listening-section. But although a thing of beauty its often got a remarkably eerie and dramatic atmosphere. A lot of «serious music» is surely an easier listen… Anyway to spice things up a little extra in between all the hip beach and jungle-soundscapes I’ve managed to dig up seven wondrously exotic vintage songs for you as well. If you dig this stuff even half as much as I do, you’re in for a real treat! -Moahaha

1 The Islanders - City Under the Sea
2 Zespół Instrumentalny Marka Sewena - Cubanacan
3 Annette Hanshaw - Maui Girl
4 Hector Zazou - Le Passage de la Frontière
5 Giuliano Sorgini - Rhinoceros
6 Mantovani & Tipica Orchestra - Aloha Marimba
7 George Cates - Now Is The Hour
8 Stanley Wilson - Ritual of the Fertility Tree
9 Charles Bud Dant & His Orchestra - Forevermore
10 Fantastic Strings Orchestra - Luna Llena
11 Ted Auletta - The Sound of Exotica

12 Alfred Alpaka - Dark Moon
13 Edmundo Ros & His Band - Zombie
14 David Carroll - Love Theme (From "The World Of Suzie Wong")
15 Vera Lynn - Drifting and Dreaming
16 Lyle Ritz - Hana Maui
17 Toshiaki Yokota & Primitive Community - Black Narcissus
18 Frances Langford - Tropical Magic
19 Cal Tjader - Buhutu (Nanigo 6/8)
20 Bruno Nicolai - Bodo
21 Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders (feat. George Barclay) - It Happened in Kaloha
22 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra - Spell of Deatra

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Dream Weapons present: DISTANT DRUMS C90

Distant Drums is my attempt at compiling an exotica or rather just an exotic-sounding mix - or maybe a few tunes here simply remind me of the sun and the ocean. Anyway I decided not to allow myself to include any of the usual suspects. I've loved the sound of this criminally underrated genre ever since I got Martin Denny's A Taste of Honey for free at a flea market a little over 20 years ago (hardly exotica and far from being among his best, but it did the trick). So here's a light, gentle and deliciously inauthentic 90-minute tour around everywhere in the world westerners consider east or south -Moahaha

 

1. Helen Merrill - Mountain High, Valley Low

2. The Surfmen - Tahiti Sunrise

3. Herbie Mann - Incense

4. Korla Pandit - Kumar (1958 vers.)

5. Dilip Roy - Camel Rider

6. Leo Addeo - Blue Hawaii

7. Dion Ralke – Black Panther

8. Sam Cooke - Bali H'ai

9. Ron Goodwin - Farewell to Lebanon

10. April Stevens - I'll Wait For Your Love

11. Lalo Schifrin - The Wave

12. Secret Chiefs 3 - Ship of Fools

13. Katsuhisa Hattori - Kaze (2024 reupload bonus/replacement)

14. Dinah Shore - My Isle of Golden Dreams

15. The Polynesians - Marcelle-A-Vahini

16. Yonca Stüdyo Orkestrası - Yunus

17. Annette Hanshaw - Pagan Love Song

18. Sun Ra - Tiny Pyramids

19. Cal Tjader - The Fakir

20. Alan Lorber - Hang on to a Dream

21. Hugo Montenegro - Mongolian Horsemen

22. Ida Brun - Tu Jouais La Comedie

23. John Zorn - Po'o'uli

24. The Melody Mates - Enchantement

25. Hugo Blanco - Orquidea Arabe

26. Walter Wanderlay - Canto de Ossanha

27. Kitty Daisey - Swingin Hawaii

28. Frank & Jo Byers - Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song Bubbles & Waterfall (2024 reupload-bonus)

 

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