Les Baxter Kaleidoscope

There’s a lot of great exotica music out there on the blogs that I’ve really enjoyed — hard to find stuff that you don’t see everyday. Here’s one I’ve yet to come across on the tubes. It’s an early Les Baxter release from 1955. There are some classics on here including April in Portugal, Atlantis, Blue Tango and Tropicana. The record is in remarkably good shape for being over 50 years old, but you’ll find a few pops and clicks. I’ve tried to clean it up a little. I found this for 50 cents at a yard sale.

Here’s an Invitation:

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Kaleidoscope.zip (28MB)