Don Ralke Orchestra • The Savage And The Sensuous

 

Review by Jason Ankeny
The Savage and the Sensuous remains one of the most evocative and colorful jungle exotica records ever made, and the title is a perfect summation, capturing the polar extremes of Don Ralke's potently physical music. Ralke's work on myriad Hollywood soundtracks clearly informs the music's vividly cinematic appeal: primal flurries of bongos and congas direct the listener through the unexpected twists and turns of the jungle path, while flutes and pianos flutter in and out of the arrangements like exotic birds in flight. It's a listening experience in the truest, most palpable sense of the phrase. The CD was reissued on a Collectables label two-fer CD alongside its predecessor But You've Never Heard Gershwin with Bongos.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-savage-and-the-sensuous-mw0000581363

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Reseña de Jason Ankeny
The Savage and the Sensuous sigue siendo uno de los discos de exótica selvática más evocadores y coloridos jamás grabados, y el título es un resumen perfecto, que captura los extremos polares de la potente música física de Don Ralke. El trabajo de Ralke en innumerables bandas sonoras de Hollywood influye claramente en el vívido atractivo cinematográfico de la música: ráfagas primarias de bongos y congas dirigen al oyente a través de los giros inesperados del camino de la selva, mientras que flautas y pianos revolotean dentro y fuera de los arreglos como aves exóticas en vuelo. Es una experiencia auditiva en el sentido más verdadero y palpable de la expresión. El álbum se reeditó en un CD doble del sello Collectables junto a su predecesor But You've Never Heard Gershwin with Bongos.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-savage-and-the-sensuous-mw0000581363

Tracks:
1 - Safrodesia
2 - Face Beside The Fire
3 - Ju-Ju Man
4 - Black Panther
5 - Zulu Magic
6 - Moon Goddess
7 - Head Hunter
8 - Saoco
9 - The Mystery Of Yambuya
10 - Voodoo Princess
11 - Ritual Of The Cobra
12 - Poison Dart
13 - Mombasa
14 - Sacrifice Of The Maidens
15 - Pasion Caliente
16 - Belleza Y Diablo
17 - Session Grande


Credits:
    Composed By – Donald E. Ralke* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 17), Vidal-Duran (tracks: 8)
    Cover – Henri Rousseau
    Liner Notes [Sleevenotes] – Darrell Brogden
    Reissue Producer – Michael S. Fishberg
    Remastered By – Peter Rynston

Tracks 1-14 recorded in true stereo at Goldstar Studios September, 1959
Tracks 15-17 recorded at Telesonic Sound in 1958 (electronically enhanced to simulate stereo)
Tracks 15-17: bonus tracks originally from album "Bongo Madness"
Cover artwork: from "The Dream" by Henri Rousseau (1910)
Percussion instruments used: boo bams, drums, jaw bones, congas, claves, guiros, maracas, tom toms, tympani, temple blocks, wood blocks, cowbells, tambourine

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