Various Artists - Destination Desert: 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures (Various Artists) (CD)

Destination Desert: 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures 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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Jerry Reed - Rockin' In Bagdad
2. The Champs - Ali Baba (2 rmst.)
3. The Polk Brothers - Caravan Rock
4. The Ramrocks - Pasha
5. The Silver-Tones - Arabian Rock
6. Eddie 'The Sheik' Kochak - Shish Ka Bob Rock
7. The Majestics - Oasis
8. Big Maybelle - That's A Pretty Good Love
9. Jack Hammer - Ali Ben Ghazi
10. The Latins - Habibi Twist
11. The Slaves - Hari's Harem
12. The Saxons - Camel Walk -part I
13. Jo Ann Campbell - Ahab The Arab
14. Preston Love - Ali Baba's Boogie
15. The Colts - Sheik Of Araby
16. Dinah Washington - One Arabian Night
17. The Fendermen - Caravan
18. Ferlin Husky - Aladdin's Lamp
19. Leroy Holmes - In A Persian Market
20. Bill Haley and His Comets - Oriental Rock
21. Bobby Freeman - Sinbad
22. The Teentones - Sands Of Arabia
23. Ganimian and His Orientals - Come With Me To The Casbah
24. Dave ; The Customs - Ali Baba
25. Art Neville - Arabian Love Call
26. The Socialties - King Tut Rock
27. The Big Sound Of Don Ralke - Zooba!
28. Billy Grammer - Princess Of Persia
29. Johnny and The Hurricanes - Sheba
30. Kent Westberry - Turkish Doghouse Rock
31. The Renegades - Istanbul
32. The Sandpipers - Ali Baba
33. Bobby Christian - Caravan