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Les Baxter was an innovator of two forms of easy listening lounge music: exotica and space age pop. A fair jazz pianist, Baxter's real strengths were as an arranger. In the late 1940s, he started bringing exotic, percussion-heavy instrumentation together with lush, melodic strings and elements of big band swing. During this post-World War Two period, Baxter's island-mad exotic themes worked as aural vacations for newly transplanted suburbanites and his music also became a staple in Polynesian-themed Tiki bars. With song titles such as "Taboo," "City of Veils," and "Harem Silks from Bombay," it's easy to see how Baxter's music (like the Tiki lounges the music was played in) was built around hopeful eroticism as much as dreamy exoticism. In 1958, Baxter shot his steamy sounds up to the heavens with Space Escapade, which imaged islands in the sky full of booze and willing women who came in every color of the rainbow. After this, Baxter kept updating his signature sound for the changing times but by the late 1960s his music started to sound old fashioned. Ironically, this was an era when America's youth started acting like the very same wild, lascivious natives who were portrayed as fantasy objects in Baxter's songs. Thankfully, there's been a revived interest in Baxter's "movies for the ears" music. Long considered "cheesy," much of Baxter's work is highly imaginative and often exploratory in nature (for instance, an exotic theme in an unusual tempo will suddenly kick into a hot jazz number in 4/4 time before spinning off into an entirely new direction). But Les Baxter was never pretentious about being musically inventive and the sheer entertainment value found in his work is the main reason his old records are once again in print.
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    Baxter Les Madic / Unchained Melody (special order)
7" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 7"+CDR 1 listed $42

    Baxter Les Manhattan
7" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 2 listed $16 - $35

    Baxter Les Maracangalha - Capitol 1248 (4
EP 1 listed $94

    Baxter Les Master Of The World S/t (special order)
lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. LP+CDR 1 listed $55

    Baxter Les Melodia Loca / Foreign Intrigu (special order)
45 and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 7"+CDR 1 listed $40

    Baxter Les Michelle-little Girl Lonely ()
HBR 456 3 listed $5 - $35

    Baxter Les Midnight On The Cliffs-dream R
Capitol 2950 1954 4 listed $5 - $40

    Baxter Les Modern Waltzes (special order)
10" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 10"+CD 1 listed $60

    Baxter Les Monika (special order)
7" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 7"+CDR 1 listed $33

    Baxter Les Moog Rock - Gnp
2 listed $73 - $391

    Baxter Les Moon Was Yellow (special order)
7" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 7"+CDR 1 listed $33

    Baxter Les & 101 S Million Seller Hits (special order)
als 5188x278c cassette rare! cond: mint- title: million seller hits easy listening. Casset 1 listed $42

    Baxter Les & Orche Michelle Little Girl Lonely (special order)
7" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 7"+CDR 1 listed $39

    Baxter, les Madic / Unchained Melody
7" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 7" 1 listed $12

    Baxter, les Manhattan/love Theme From The
capitol-2632 manhattan/love theme from the robe vg++ style: inst./jazz. 5 listed $4 - $31

    Baxter, les Master Of The World
ost / stereo. Varese VC81070 5 listed $4 - $68

    Baxter, les Medic / Unchained Melody (special order) 7"+CDR 1 listed $32

    Baxter, les Melodia Loca / Foreign Intrigu
45 and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 3 listed $10 - $36

    Baxter, les Michelle/little Girl Lonely (special order) 7"+CDR 1 listed $38

    Baxter, les Midnight On The Cliffs / Dream
45 and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 4 listed $10 - $65

    Baxter, les Milord / Sabre Dance 2 listed $4 - $29

    Baxter, les Modern Waltzes
10" and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 3 listed $8 - $16

    Baxter, les Moog Rock
lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 6 listed $23 - $72

    Baxter, les More Love Than Your Love / The 2 listed $34 - $36

    Baxter, les Music Of The 60's
Capitol MB 2255 196 LP 1 listed $15

    Baxter, les My Heart In Portugal / Come Pr (special order) 7"+CDR 1 listed $36

    Baxter, les My Name Is God B: Lord Is My S (special order) 7"+CDR 1 listed $44

    Baxter, les & His More Love Than Your Love/the H
some light static, sticker on label. CAPITOL F2845 7" 1 listed $10

    Baxter, les & Othe Music Styled For You (special order) LP+CDR 1 listed $49

    Baxter, les / 101 Stri Million Seller Hits (special order)
als 5188x278c cassette rare! cond: mint- title: million seller hits easy listening. LP+CDR 1 listed $67

    Baxter, les/leonard Pe Midnight On The Cliffs
CAPITOL F2950 7" 1 listed $8

   Les Baxter Master Of The World
ost / stereo. Varese VC81070 3 listed $16 - $28

    Les Baxter Milord
Capitol F 4249 picture cov 7" 1 listed $27

   Les Baxter Moog Rock
lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 2 listed $40 - $84

    Les Baxter Music For Peace Of Mind - Out
LP 1 listed $288

    Les Baxter - Nelson Ri Million Seller Hits - Bridge O
rare 2lp set, gatefold, les baxter on one and nelson riddle on the other. Alshire 2123 2LP 1 listed $43

    Les Baxter Soundtrack Master Of The World - Lp (special order) LP+CDR 1 listed $62

    Les Baxter&his Cho Manhattan/love Theme From The (special order)
capitol-2632 manhattan/love theme from the robe vg++ style: inst./jazz. 7" 1 listed $7

    Les Baxter&leonard Moonlight On The Cliffs/dream (special order)
capitol-2950 moonlight on the cliffs/dream rhapsody vg++ style: inst./jazz. 7" 1 listed $7

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