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Various Artists: Destination Desert - 32 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (CD)

1-CD with 28-page booklet, 32 tracks. Total playing time approx. 77 min.

  • Off to the desert, embark on a R 'n' R trip to the orient, to exotic destinations and distant cities: this CD edition from the 'Destination' series on Bear Family Records® is all about rock 'n' roll and sheikhs, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba and faraway places like Baghdad and Istanbul. 
  • Musical companions include Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Reed, Art Neville, Dinah Washington, The Fendermen and Preston Love.
  • The playlist from the 1950s and early '60s provides Caravan, Come With Me To The Casbah, Turkish Doghouse, Ahab The Arab, Sinbad, Ali Ben Ghazi and more musical highlights.
  • Charmingly written liner notes and info on each performer by music historian Bill Dahl and careful re-mastering round out a delightful project.

If you were astride a mighty camel while fearlessly navigating the wind-swept sands of the Sahara, good old-fashioned rock and roll would be just about the last commodity you would expect to encounter. 

Yet such fantastic scenarios inspired a slew of songs set to exotically rocking rhythms, their unusual narratives constructed around sheiks, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba, and far-off locales like Bagdad and Istanbul. Those happen to be the very subjects dominating Bear Family’s ‘Destination Desert – 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures.‘ 

Some very unexpected names turn up on this anthology that you’d never expect to see searing their feet in such scorching, sun-strewn climes: rockabilly guitar ace Jerry Reed, for example, or sax wailer Preston Love, or New Orleans piano pounder Art Neville. 

Glamorous R&B chanteuses Dinah Washington and Big Maybelle seem highly unlikely candidates to hop aboard a dromedary, but they’re here as well. The Fendermen, The Polk Brothers, and Bobby Christian offer contrasting treatments of Duke Ellington’s immortal Caravan, while Ganimian and His Orientals extend the irresistible invitation Come With Me To The Casbah and Kent Westberry demonstrates how to do the Turkish Doghouse Rock. 

By the time you complete this sweat-soaked journey in the good company of Ahab The Arab, Sinbad, and Ali Ben Ghazi, you’ll be ready for a blast of air conditioning and an ice-cold libation!
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Various - Destination... - Destination Desert - 32 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (CD) CD 1
01 Rockin' In Bagdad Jerry Reed
02 Ali Baba The Champs
03 Caravan Rock The Polk Brothers
04 Pasha The Ramrocks
05 Shish Ka Bob Rock Eddie 'The Sheik' Kochak
06 Oasis The Majestics
07 That's A Pretty Good Love Big Maybelle
08 Ali Ben Ghazi Jack Hammer
09 Habibi Twist The Latins
10 Hari's Harem The Slaves
11 Camel Walk -part I The Saxons
12 Ahab The Arab Jo Ann Campbell
13 Ali Baba's Boogie Preston Love
14 Sheik Of Araby The Colts
15 One Arabian Night Dinah Washington
16 Caravan The Fendermen
17 Aladdin's Lamp Ferlin Husky
18 In A Persian Market (Stereo) Leroy Holmes
19 Oriental Rock Bill Haley and His Comets
20 Sinbad Bobby Freeman
21 Sands Of Arabia The Teentones
22 Come With Me To The Casbah Ganimian and His Orientals
23 Ali Baba Dave And The Customs
24 Arabian Love Call Art Neville
25 King Tut Rock The Socialites
26 Zooba! The Big Sound of Don Ralke
27 Princess Of Persia Billy Grammer
28 Sheba Johnny & The Hurricanes
29 Turkish Doghouse Rock Kent Westberry
30 Istanbul The Renegades
31 Ali Baba The Sandpipers
32 Caravan Bobby Christian
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19 May 2024

24 Apr 2024

Fantastic collection

This CD is even better than I imagined. So many songs of the Arabian Desert theme sound I never knew existed all on one CD.

1 Feb 2024

Highly recommended

Recently jammed this on a road trip with my kids (early 20s/late teens) and we all had a blast listening to it. Highly recommended.

13 Nov 2023

This album is simply irresistible...

Bear Family Records remains heaven but also financial hell for lovers of all kinds of roots music. Every release from this label is a textbook example of careful archiving. You come across the most diverse and bizarre themes. This time, Bear Family takes us to the think-about land of Ali Baba, where rock heroes like Jerry Reed, Bill Haley, Johnny and The Hurricanes and other lesser-known icons performed in local clubs. Song titles like 'Pasha', 'Ahab The Arab', 'Arabian Love Call', 'Shish Ka Bob Rock' and 'In A Persian Market' clearly show the mood and content.

The enclosed booklet is full of out-there information about the bands and arties, including vintage photos and film posters with slogans like 'The Shapes That Shook A Harem Empire' and 'Open Sesame To A World Of Magical Arabian Nights Splendor!' The back cover featuresthe ultimate pin-up Betty Page in Oriental attire. Don't forget to check out the other destinations such as 'Beach', 'Moon', 'Chicksville U.S.A.!', 'Lust', 'Forbidden Planet' and 'Jurassic Land'. This album is simply irresistible and extremely educational at the same time.

(Georges Tonla Briquet, Back To The Roots #124 , November 2023)

27 Oct 2023

Ab in die Wüste!

Alibaba, Aladin & Co. im US-Schlager der 50er und 60er

Der bunte und mit seinen Ausgrabungen immer wieder köstliche musikalische Strauß der „Destination“-Serie von Bear Family hat eine neue schillernde exotische Blüte getrieben: „Destination Desert“: Also ab in die Wüste! Stefan Kohne hat die Archive nach Pop-Juwelen durchsucht, die zwischen 1955 und 1966 den offenbar besonders für Amerikaner faszinierenden Vorderen Orient so in Pop-Songs umgesetzt haben, wie der kleine Moritz oder besser der kleine Sam sich eine Welt zwischen Wüstensand, Basaren, Harems und Tausendundeiner Nacht vorgestellt haben mag.

Da steckte viel Exotik und Erotik (in den USA seinerzeit noch ziemlich gewagt) drin, die von Künstlern wie Jerry Reed, Eddie Kochak, Billy Grammer, Art Neville, Bill Haley, Bobby Freeman oder Jo Ann Campbell mit viel Witz zu oft höchst originellen Songs geformt wurden. Fleißig wurde in Märchenbücher geschmökert, bei musikalischen Vorbildern geräubert und Bekanntes wurde erfolgreich interpretiert, man denke nur an den Jazz-Klassiker Caravan von Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington, das in dieser Sammlung alleine dreimal auftaucht. The Polk Brothers haben 1958 einen feinen Caravan Rock daraus gemacht, The Fendermen haben 1962 im damals populären klirrenden Gitarren-Sound die Karawane schier galoppieren lassen, und Drummer Bobby Christian 1959 hat mit betörendem nonverbalem weiblichen Choral und einem Gitarristen auf den Spuren Duane Eddys eine veritable Harems-Nummer daraus geformt.


Apropos Harem: Die Cover-Illustration stimmt gefährlich lüstern darauf ein, am Ende des Booklets darf die in Deutschland durch „Der Tiger von Eschnapur“ bekannt gewordene Debra Paget ein wenig Appetit machen und die legendäre Burlesque-Ikone Betty Page schmückt die CD-Rückseite mit sexy Hüftschwung. Sven T. Uhrmann und Stefan Kohne haben neben den Filmplakaten im Innenteil des 28seitigen Booklets das wunderbar typische Bildmaterial ausgesucht und bearbeitet. Besungen, bzw. beklimpert wird der Harem übrigens nur einmal von The Slaves in Hari's Harem. Keine Nummer zum Träumen.

Aber Scheichs und Oasen gibt es, Alibaba gleich dreimal von The Champs (1958), Preston Love (1955), The Sandpipers (schöne Nummer 1966), dazu Sindbad und Aladin, man bewegt sich in Persien (In A Persian Market und Princess Of Persia), der Türkei (Turkish Doghouse Rock und Istanbul) und in Arabien rauf und runter.


The Colts besingen 1957 in einer feinen Vokalnummer grandios The Sheik of Araby, ein bereits 1922 komponiertes Stück, das 1960 durch die Version von Fats Domino bekannter, aber nicht besser wurde.
Daß das alles zwangsläufig zu kuriosen Klangbildern und Texten (z.B. Turkish Doghouse Rock) führt ist auf diesem Sampler reichlich zu finden, eine CD, die viel Spaß macht. Das beigegebene Booklet mit vielen Abbildungen, sorgfältigen Recherchen und Texten von The Sheik rundet die Sache perfekt.

Frank Becker, Musenblätter 11.08.2023

8 Sep 2023

An album that makes you dream away.

'Destination Desert' is a nice sequel in the 'Destination' series. An album that makes you dream away.

Lambert Smits (Keys & Chords)

12 Aug 2023

Sheik, Rattle & Roll

*****

11 Aug 2023

Ein wunderbar einmaliger und geradezu erstaunlicher, exotischer R’n‘R-Trip.

In der Wüste lebt man allein von der Hoffnung auf die nächste Oase. Unvorstellbar ist hingegen auf den unendlichen Sanddünen ein Rock’n’Roll-Geflüster.

Dennoch hat die „Bear Family“ 32 Lieder aus diesem herausgebuddelt, die aus der Mitte der Fünfzigerjahre bis Mitte der Sechzigerjahre stammen und deren Rhythmen exotisch sowie deren Geschichten von eben jenen fernen Orten handeln.

Die Songs sind dementsprechend mit ´Caravan Rock´, ´Rockin‘ In Bagdad´, ´One Arabian Night´, ´Come With Me To The Casbah´, ´Turkish Doghouse´, ´Ahab The Arab´ oder ´Sinbad´ betitelt und werden von Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Reed, Art Neville, Dinah Washington und Big Maybelle, The Fendermen und The Polk Brothers vorgetragen.

Ein wunderbar einmaliger und geradezu erstaunlicher, exotischer R’n‘R-Trip.
Streetclip, JUli 2023

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Tracklist
Various - Destination... - Destination Desert - 32 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (CD) CD 1
01 Rockin' In Bagdad
02 Ali Baba
03 Caravan Rock
04 Pasha
05 Shish Ka Bob Rock
06 Oasis
07 That's A Pretty Good Love
08 Ali Ben Ghazi
09 Habibi Twist
10 Hari's Harem
11 Camel Walk -part I
12 Ahab The Arab
13 Ali Baba's Boogie
14 Sheik Of Araby
15 One Arabian Night
16 Caravan
17 Aladdin's Lamp
18 In A Persian Market (Stereo)
19 Oriental Rock
20 Sinbad
21 Sands Of Arabia
22 Come With Me To The Casbah
23 Ali Baba
24 Arabian Love Call
25 King Tut Rock
26 Zooba!
27 Princess Of Persia
28 Sheba
29 Turkish Doghouse Rock
30 Istanbul
31 Ali Baba
32 Caravan