I enjoyed a short but challenging (and foggy) ride past Niagara Falls and the subsequent Niagara Parkway and Niagara Gorge past the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station, the Butterfly Conservatory, The Floral Clock et al to Queenston Heights and back, and now that I'm showered and recovered it's time for breakfast and this Exploring New Sounds in Stereo by Esquivel and his Orchestra.
Exploring New Sounds in Stereo is the first of the typical Esquivel albums from which most Exotica compilations draw heavily.
There is a lot to recommend it. Whatchamacallit is probably his second best-loved tune (released also as a single backed with the non-LP track, I Feel Merely Marvelous). The track features the ondioline, an electronic-organ-like instrument often associated with the theremin. And on Exploring New Sounds in Stereo, there is indeed theremin in Esquivel's spacy treatment of Spellbound (from the movie of the same name). Other highlights include the exotic Bella Mora, the cheesy My Number One Love, and The 3rd Man Theme.
If there's a better way to begin your breakfast, I haven't heard of it.
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