1966 RARE EXOTICA Gene Rains "The Call Of The Tropics" STEREO LP Tiki LOUNGE
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Gene Rains is a vibraphonist and leader of the Gene Rains Group, a jazz quartet from Hawaii that played a musical style known as Exotica. Rains' short career spanned the early to the mid-1960s and consisted of 4 LP recordings released on Decca Records and the Vocalion label. These LPs were released during the golden era of Hawaiian and Exotica music and the Tiki culture in the United States. The Gene Rains Group repertoire featured popular Hawaiian and Polynesian Island melodies as well as popular American tunes of the era.

Gene Rains was "discovered" by the enormously popular Hawaiian crooner of the era, Alfred Apaka. At the time, Apaka was the talent director for the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii. Apaka recruited the Gene Rains Group to perform in the Shell Bar at the Hawaiian Village, which was the hot spot for the Island's top performers, including Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. It was also Alfred Apaka who introduced Rains to Decca Records.

Gene Rains And His Group – The Call Of The Tropics
Label: Vocalion – VL 73785
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Nov 1966

A1 Ebb Tide 3:43 A2 Harbor Lights 2:42 A3 Strange Cargo A4 Bird Of Paradise 2:50 A5 Tropic Trade Winds 2:30

B1 Jungle Drums = Canto Karabali 2:59 B2 The Hawaiian Wedding Song = Ke Kali Ne Au 2:40 B3 Tangi Tahiti (The Call Of Tahiti) 3:10


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