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Cocktail Nation 248 Best Of The Best Releases 2012



best of the best music releases this week on the show as we take a look at some of the releases of 2012... This week we will play those tracks and replay some of the interviews around those releases.

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Jimmy Psycho That Old Black Magic
James Morrison The Masterplan
Sunday Combo Womp
Spy Fi Espia En Vaciones
Jimmy Vargas Lust Angeles
Laurie Allyn Paradise
Martini Kings Dance Of The Virgins
Tiki Joes Ocean Soul Of The Sea
Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited Enter the Tiger
Martita Brake Shaken Not Stirred
Orchestra Superstring Kalopia
Barry Morgan Touch Of You

 

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Cocktail Nation Repeat 99-Jack Jones

Koop Kooper is on vacation so it’s the best of the best rerun shows of the Cocktail Nation
Coming up on this best of show, we find out about the life of Jack Jones, there’s new music from Waitiki 7 and Don Tiki, plus all the regular Cocktail Nation features!

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Mike Flowers Pops ~ Wonderwall
Combustible Edison ~ Millionaires Holiday
Jack Jones ~ The Mood I’m In
Chris Connor ~ S’Wonderful
Jack Costanzo ~ Latin Fever
Hugo Montenegro ~ Come Spy With Me
Waitiki 7 ~ Coronation
Tikiyaki Orchestra ~ Bachelor Number3
Chaino ~ Sumac
Esquivel ~ Latin-esque
Liz Geyson ~ You turn me on baby
Frank Bennet Your’e Too Hip
Don Tiki ~ The Forbidden Finger
Mancini ~ A shot in the dark
Frank Sinatra ~ Strangers in the Night
Fire and Theft ~ Tainted Dream
Jackie Gleason ~ I’m in the Mood for Love

 

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Cocktail Nation Repeat 58-Kooper falls for the cascading strings
A big show once again as we delve into the world of easy listening orchestoral pop with expert and author on the subject Jack Crosley from New York.... new release to dvd for 2009 that I am sure will interest you....some news from mr bongo Jack Costanzo and ofcourse a look at the world of swank.

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Project Pimento—A Shot In The Dark

Scott Morschauser-Somas Las Bolas

Frank Pourcel-Only You

Jackie Davis-Love is just around the corner

Mantovani - Andalucia

Jack Costanzo-Can Can Overture

Don Tiki—Bam-Boozled

Arthur Lyman-Fire down below

Eartha Kitt-April in Portugal

Robert Drasnin-Warm Night Wind

Si Zenter-I've found a new baby

Diana Krall-You're My Thrill

Royal Crown Revue-Take a long drink for me

Sally Street-I'm a Woman

Mark Copeland-Without a song

 

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Repeat Cocktail Nation 66-Home Movies from Hawaii

On the show we head to Hawaii with an incredible collection of home movies by Melbourne hepcat Rohan Pugh plus your chance to win your very own copy...got a track from the latest Big Bad Voodoo Daddy album....some news on the downfall of the Muzak corporation plus a really cool book on tiki mugs for you.

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John Barry 7-James Bond Theme
Lea Delaria-Call Me
Martin Denny-Quiet Village
Love Jones-Lil Black Book
Robert Drasden-voodoo
Joe Loco-Nightmare
Jimmy Vargas and the Black Dahlia's-Can Can Hell Mambo
Cocktail Preachers-Martini 50
Lushy-Bella Beretta
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy-How Big Can You Get
Octobop—Playboy Theme
Paige Delancey-Black Coffee
Al Cailoa-Man from Uncle
Jackie Gleason Velvet Brass—You're Driving Me Crazy

 

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Cocktail Nation REPEAT 71-Bob Newhart swings by the Penthouse
On the show we have a laugh with Bob Newhart from his famous album the buttoned down mind of Bob Newhart

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Cocktail Preachers-Spy Fi
Waitiki-Ruby
Chet Baker-Oh You Crazy Moon
Anita O'Day-Fly Me To The Moon
Sammy Davis Jr.—Someone Nice Like You
Blossom Dearie - Quiet Times
Lushy-Suspicious Melody
Frank Sinatra-I concentrate on you
Tiki Cowboys-Tiki Lady -
Roni Perez I'd rather have you
Les Baxter - Hong Kong Cable Car
SG Sound-Escapade Velocity
Martini Kings-Tequila
J.J. Debout - Sun-Kissed Chicks
Martin Denny—Jungle Flower

 

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Cocktail Nation repeat 81 Sam Butera


Cocktail Nation spinning the latest and greatest classic and neo lounge, a look at the world of swank plus tonight we take a look at the life of the recently departed Sam Butera with a special interview that was recorded back stage with Sam in 1999.
I’ve been out record collecting again and found some fantastic original albums I’ve tracked down in the record bins of charity stores that I’ll play for you.

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Cy Coleman-Playboys Theme
Dom Halpin-Out Of The Blue
Sam Butera and the Witnesses-Dig That Crazy Chick
Jackie Gleason-Temptation
Martini Kings-Because of You
Arthur Lyman-Carabunta
Sylvia Telles-Discussao
Cocktail Angst- Rhumba Of The Saints
Tikiyaki Orchestra-Makaha
Fisherman—Hell Toupee
Kava Kon-Chinese Surfer
The SG Sound-I Feel the Earth Move
Octobop-Have you Hugged your Martian Today
Richard Cheese - Spiderman
Jack Constanzo—Young Man With a Horn
Pete King-The Height Of The Spy Season
Jimmy Psycho tubular bells
Barbara Lusch Light my fire

 

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Cocktail Nation 250 Vintage Los Angeles


Koop Kooper back on the radio for 2013.
This week we head to Los Angeles to talk to the daughter of the great Al Martino. Her name is Alison and she has an interesting collection of pictures of Los Angeles, we'll take a look at the lives of the late great Patti Page and Jack Klugman.
Got lots of great events to put into your calendar plus the swankiest lounge and exotica on the planet.

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New Gary Burton Quartet Did You Get It
Barbara Lusch So Nice
Richard Hayman Only Memories
Michael Civisica Love Walked In
Tiki Joes Ocean Belles Of Bombay
Plas Johnson Pink Panther
Pat Longo Rhapsody In Blue
Patti Page The Thrill Is Gone
Jimmy Psycho Munsters Theme
Julie London Must Be Catchin
Richard Hayman Night Love
Roland Shaw and his orch -James Bond Theme
Serge Gainsbourg Leau A La Bouche

 

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Cocktail Nation 250 - Sincerely, Patti Page

The swank party is set for go,the music is set on the turntable, the lights are dimmed and the drinks are chilled as we take a look at the life of the late great Patti Page, I've dug out an interview with her from a few years ago
For those who like a lid to go with their bag of fruit I will let you know about a very cool hat company. There's new on the blonde bombshell that is Marilyn Monroe, news on my print version of my book which is out now.

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Nicol Gomez Caballo Negro
Royal Crown Review Walkin Like Brando
Patti Page Love for Sale
Pink Martini Sympatique
Barbara Lusch Light My Fire
Martini Kings Deep Into Midnight
Oscar Peterson Trio Triste
Pat Longo Come What May
Arthur Lyman Midnight Sun
Tiki Joes Ocean Tiki Joe A Go Go
Jonah Jones Judy
Annie Ross You're Nearer
Bob Thompson Star Fire
SG Sound Satellite Feed
Jimmy Psycho Scooby Doo

 

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Cocktail nation 251-Mad Monster Cocktail Party
They say that to host a perfect soire you need great food, great music and the perfect mix of guests from lots of backgrounds and interests.
Will if we were to apply principal to a swank radio show well I think we may have hit the zenith of swank ness.......on the show this week a man who has taken spookey tunes of the bmovie world and made them hip and cool for a young and exotic crowd. We talk advertising and irony straight from a life in the penthouse article for ultraswank.net plus I have the best lounge and exotica music as our interesting guests .

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Frank Bennett Everyones a Winner
Sue Raney Aren't You Glad You're You
Jimmy Psycho-That Ol Black Magic
Enoch Light -Perdido
Robert Hicks-Richard Diamond Theme
Martini Kings Just One Of Those Things
Billy May Brassmens Holiday
Nutty Purple Panther
Nicole Witt-Cool And Indifferent
Mel Torme- In The Evening
Joe Torres-Cha Cha
Kahuna Kawentezman Kava Village
Earl Hagen I Spy
Si Zentner James Bond Theme

 

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Cocktail Nation 252 Breakfast At Tiffany's


Ok here's a quote for you "I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other".
The film, Breakfast At Tiffany's is our focus this week and movie expert Kramer takes the elevator up to the penthouse as we talk loungin bachelor pad movies.
We have news from Mr Ho's Orchestrotica plus word that Vic Flick is selling that infamous guitar that's behind the 007 Theme.

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Pink Martini Mas Que Nada
Tito Puente Pa Las Rumbero
Mancini Breakfast at Tiffanys
Mancini Something For Cat
Vic Flick Shaken
Nutty Rhumb a With The Devil
Laurie Allyn All I Need
Mr Ho's Orchestrotica -Phoenix Goodbye
Cal Tjader You'll Never Get To Heaven
Si Zentner From Russia With Love
Narco Lounge Combo Seduction
Tiki Joes Ocean Hypnotica
BSharp Band Destination Moon
Combustible Edison-Doir
Tikiyaki Orchestra Lahaina Morning Rain
Jackie Gleason Mickey

 

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Cocktail Nation 253 Hollywood Canteen



the lights are low the music is up high on the hi fi, the curtains are open to reveal a gorgeous Sydney skyline and the city buzzes below while I gather the latest and greatest lounge and exotica cds assembled into pile in the only radio studio 52 flights above the city of Sydney as this week we make a long distance phone call to hollywood to find out about the Hollywood Cafe, we find out about the Global Martini Tour Test, head back to our childhood to talk about an essential toy of the mid 20th century and I'll tell you how to own some Bond history.

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Martini Kings Zou Biscou Biscou
Lushy French 75
Si Zentner The Fugitive Theme
Beverly Kenney A Womans Intuition
Don Tiki Chinatown Bar Cha Cha
Lex Baxter Havana
Diana Krall Night We Called It A Day
Jackie Gleason-Alone Together
Mancini Quiet Village
Yma Sumac Bo Mambo
Kenny Sasaki Owl
Blue Zombies Soul Finger
Frank Sinatra All My Tomorrow
Alvino Rey Night Train

 

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Cocktail Nation 254 Mambo Madness



it's the mambo beat and this week we hook into the mambo craze of the fifties with interviews from the big names of Mambo,this is the place where bright flourescent neon mixes with the white jackets of the mariachi band. It's smoky, sweaty, and passionate.

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Dom Halpin Mambo
Mambo Jambo Dave Barbour
Israel Cachao Lopez Mambo
Rupert Clemedore Mambo Metronome
Cocktail Angst Muy Psycho Mambo
Don Swan and His Orch Hooray For Hollywood
Jack Costanzo Peter Gunn Mambo
Tito Puente Pa Los Rumberos
Billy May Hernandos Hideaway
Ethel Smith Tico Tico
Blue Dahlias Brazil
Chuy Reyes And His Orch Oink Oink Mambo
John Buzon I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Jimmy Vargas Can Can Hell Mambo
Pink Martini No Hay Problema

 

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Cocktail Nation 255 The Way You Wear Your Hat


We are talking about the humble lid on this weeks show as John Penman from Penman Hats. There's some Mad Men Season Six News plus we are talking Modernism Week and a look at the world of swank as we check out the best parties from across the globe

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Lalo Schfirin Mission Impossible

Joey Altruda Remembering Jobim
Martini Kings Bags Groove

Oscar Peterson-Georgia On my Mind

Jackie Gleason All We Know

Kenny Sasaki Erotica Exotica

Kayleen Peoples How Insensitive
Janet Seidel My Gentleman Friend

Chet Baker Tenderly

Spy Fi Then Play Down

Bobby Darin Softly As I Leave You

Paul Phillips Naked City

 

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Cocktail Nation 256 The Guide For The Married Man.



Sometimes the modern world can be too much, often it's not just the painful pop culture that can grind you to a pulp with its incessant screeching like finger nails down a chalkboard. Often you can want to get away from it all, to get into that time machine of your mind....the best way, movies, music and books.
Tonight we head back to 1967 to talk loungin bachelor pad movies with Kramer. I've got an amazing doco to tell you about plus the best classic and new lounge from across the globe.

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Nutty Rhumba With The Devil

Octobop Jeru
Turtles The Guide for the Married Man

Martini Kings Swingin Shepard Blues

Mancini Love Story

Jimmy Vargas Torchin The El Rocco

New Gary Burton Quartet Did you get it

Esquivel Surfboard

Julie London What Is This Thing Called Love

Narco Lounge Combo Caravan

Jackie Gleason Serenade in Blue

Frank Sinatra Mr Success

Spy Fi Bryces Theme

Necrotonez Fare Thee Well

Billy May I Gotta Have You

 

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Cocktail Nation 257 Bible Storyland

My favourite time is late night, when the noise of the city settles down to a a dull roar, the phone doesn't ring and the night goes on forever.
the tinkling of piano jazz on the hi fi fills the background void and thinking becomes more clear, work gets done, thoughts are formed and ideas generated
This week on the snow we talk to a man by the name of Harvey Jordan who has an incredible story about a theme park that never got built.
Some amazing mad men news about a pending lawsuit from a sixties model who's image was used on the show plus the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

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Janet Seidel A Man And A Woman
Arthur Lyman Autumn Leaves
Tikiyaki Orchestra Stranded In Paradise
Nicole Witt Cool And Indifferent
Xavier Cugat Brazil
Seth Mc Farlane Music Is Much Better Than Words
Sergio Mendez Mas Que Nada
Jackie Gleason From Russia WIth Love
Barbara Lusch So Nice
Jack Costanzo Latin Fever
Antonio Carlos Jobim Captain Bacardi
Kenny Sasaki Beach Bunny

 

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Cocktail Nation 258-The Worlds Greatest Parties

I've always loved parties, big parties, little parties, swank parties.
To me it's the expectation of wonderful stories and friendships strengthened by the occasion.
New friends and old friends coming together.
Parties can be held for lots of reasons or no reason at all so tonight we will talk about the forty
greets parties in Literature with society gal Suzette Field from London and we talk to trash movie
expert Andrew Leavold who is going to tell us about a Filipino James Bond midget.

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Orchestra Superstring Silberstrasse
Nutty Same Old Song and Scat
Pink Martini Mayonaka No Bossa Nova
Wynton Marsalis Loose Duck
John Barry 007 Theme
Montefiori Cocktail Gne Gne
Paris Mitchell Strings Night and Day
Chet Baker Forgetful
Tito Puente Ritual Drum Dance
Leonard Nimoy Music To Watch Girls By
Metrolites Today We Kill Tomorrow We Spy
Truly Pitts Take 5

 

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Cocktail Nation 259 New York New York

one of my favourite places in the world is New York city. Sadly I am too young to have been caught in the whirl wind of excitement that the big apple provided back in the fifties and sixties, but I can go there in my mind with the large number of songs written about the big apple.

So this week its an all New York show as we take a trip in the time machine of our minds visiting the Rockefeller centre, central park, the Chrysler building and the Empire State Building and all those marvellous places from the city that never sleeps

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Frank Sinatra Theme From New York New York

Blossom Dearie Manhattan

Tony Bennett Lullaby of Broadway

Bob Thompson SubManhatten Blues

Dave Bruebeck Take Five

Knightsbridge Theme from the apartment

Esquivel Harlem Nocturne

Mark Copeland I happen to like New York

Mel Torme Sunday in New York

Billy May Late Late Show

Nelson Riddle Naked City Theme

Jose Madeira Broadway Cha Cha

Enoch Light Autumn In New York

Blue Martinis Great City

Billy May The Odd Couple

Mancini Breakfast At Tiffanys

 

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Since the other day I've started listening to the latest two podcasts, and it's great stuff! I'm mainly an instrumental jazz fan, but vocal lounge is quickly becoming a favorite.

 

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great to hear from you! thanks for the kind words

 

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Cocktail Nation 260 The Party

When it comes to holding a party in your swank pad you want it to go off with out a hitch, this week Kramer stops by to talk about a movie where it all goes wrong..The Party staring Peter Sellers. This is one of those films that you will laugh so much you will cry and forevermore will have quotes and scenes etched in your memory. My favourite part of the film is when Peter Sellers manages to lose his slip on shoe,and ofcourse we can’t forget Birdy Num Num!
Movie Critic Kramer has some interesting facts to share about the Party with us, and we have news on how to win a copy of my book Koop Koopers Cocktail Nation The Interviews and I’ll let you know about a cool video series on you tube to check out.

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New Morty Show Ladies Man
Nutty Frankenmunster
Henry Mancini The Party
Ray Anthony September Song
Orchestra Superstring Shapale
Martini Kings Agua De Ber
Esquivel Harlem La Mantilla
Stan Getz Penthouse Serenade
Narco Lounge Combo bright Lights Big City
Mr Ho’s Orchestorica Terre Exotique
Laurie Allyn Take Me In Your Arms
Kenny Sasaki Fly Me To The Island
Astrud Gilberto Insensatez