Exotic dancers
Esquivel and his Orchestra “Strings Aflame” (1958) Vik Alternate Cover from Argentina. Here’s the original RCA Victor cover:
Despite the “strings” in the title, this one actually swings quite well, and has a bit of an exotic gypsy flavor to it, augmented by cool spacey production that makes the strings hum with a strange other-worldly tonality. The set’s filled with the usual crazy Esquivel arrangements, and includes the cuts “Turkish March”, “Andalusian Sky”, “Misirlou”, and “Gypsy Lament”. (Dusty Groove)
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
This alt Argentina cover is totally boss…not that I had a problem with ‘Smokey Goldfinger’ version on LS, but the Vic cover is very cool. Weird costume that the model is wearing, her goofy crouch/position…and the gold plated Fern in the foreground. Zowie!
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
That alternate cover is incredible!