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Vonratnick
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 28, 2006
Posts: 94
From: Melbourne Australia
|  Posted: 2008-04-22 3:42 pm Permalink
I'm widening my musical knowledge thanks to TC. I heard a really nice exotica piece by Tak Shindo on a podcast recently and thought I was time to get to know him better.
What Tak albums can you recommend as a starter.
Tks
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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2539
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2008-04-22 6:40 pm Permalink
I suspect that you heard "Bali Hai" on the podcast. I have "Mganga"
and I think it's very cool. Worth tracking down but I'm not sure where
you would find any of his stuff.
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 6161
From: Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2008-04-22 7:16 pm Permalink
There are a couple of items on iTunes (including Bali Hai), which is actually on an Ultra Lounge album.
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Vonratnick
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 28, 2006
Posts: 94
From: Melbourne Australia
| Posted: 2008-04-22 8:19 pm Permalink
I'll talk to my daughter about the iTunes thingy, and I'll have another look at my Ultra Lounge stuff.
No seminal re-issues by this guy then?
Thanks again
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Jeff Central
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 1680
From: Columbus, Ohio
| Posted: 2008-04-23 03:39 am Permalink
No reissues that I am aware of. Tak Shindo could definitely use a compilation CD.
Here is some info from a previous thread..............
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=24810&forum=11&hilite=tak%20shindo
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
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Quiet Village Idiot
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 13, 2007
Posts: 152
From: Stockholm, Sweden
| Posted: 2008-04-24 01:59 am Permalink
Mganga! was reissued on CD together with Les Baxter's African Jazz. There's a copy on eBay right now.
However, I understand that this CD is a bootleg and that the sound quality is none too good, i.e. it sounds like an amateurish vinyl rip, so I can't really recommend it.
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Jeff Central
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 1680
From: Columbus, Ohio
| Posted: 2008-04-24 09:00 am Permalink
This is a definite bootleg. I have not heard it so I am not sure what the sound quality is like. You're better off looking for the vinyl. Both of those albums pop up pretty frequently.
I do like the Betty Page picture though!! 
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
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