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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Jungle Jive

Welcome back to the jungle, baby.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Light the tiki torches, break out the umbrella drinks and get set to sacrifice a virgin to the volcano gods: Once again, reissue kings Del-Fi do that voodoo that they do so well with this collection of tropical exotica.

These 18 long-lost classic-rock treasures are straight out of some wild, wild kingdom — a land of 1,000 dances like the Mongolian cha-cha, the bongo twist and the calypso mambo, pounded out by primitive ’50s and ’60s acts with names like The Enchanters, The Rockyfellers and The Executives. Welcome back to the jungle, baby.