Martin Denny - Quiet Village (1957) f. Arthur Lyman

Mai Tai (Classic Tiki Drink) Recipe

Mai Tai (LCBO friendly version of) Trader Vic's Classic Recipe

           Ingredients:

                  1 oz. Freshly squeezed Lime juice

                  1 oz. Orgeat

                  1/2 oz.Triple Sec*

                  2 oz Dark Jamaican Rum

                  Fill Glass with ice and shake

                  Garnish: drop lime shell in glass as garnish, mint sprig

*Original 1944 recipe calls for Orange Curacao which isn't available in Ontario,by substituting Triple sec it raises the sweetness which is why i upped the lime juice.
Blue Curacao can be substituted for Triple Sec (gives the drink a weird greenish hue)

CHEERS~Doc Cyclops
Mai Tai History

Tiki Buys #2:Mugs & Mixes

Below is a few of my latest purchases:1st up the Tiki Mugs

 

Purple Tiki Mug

 

 

 

Headhunter Tiki Mug - available in Green & Brown(X)

 

Shiny Black Tiki Mug

 

 

Green Tiki Shoy Glass

 

 

 

Next up the Mixes: 

B.G. Reynolds' Orgeat Syrup

 

B.G. Reynolds' Falernum

 

 

Lime Juicer

 

 

Langhorns – Spybeat (2003)

The Shadows – Wonderful Land (1962)

Happy "Birth" Day Isla S.

Welcome to the world Isla Sinclair (born November 25, 2015 @8:30 pm)

I can't wait to see you.

Love~Uncle Cyclops

Tiki Buys #1:Mugs & Mixes

Below is a few of my latest purchases:1st up the Tiki Mugs

 Lean, Mean, Green Tiki Mug

 Tan Tiki Mug

 Easter Island Tiki

 Black Easter Island Tiki Mug

Next up the Mixes:

B.G. Reynolds' Don's Mix

Le Lab Sirop Tiki 1930 Falernum

The above were all purchased from BYOB Cocktail Emporium.

Note:I don't recommend ordering online as one mug was received broken due to no bubble wrap.

The Supertones - Stranger In Paradise (2001)

(LP) Martin Denny - Exotica (1957)

The Classic Tiki Lounge Sounds of the Martin Denny Group

Here's his first album including the hit single "Quiet Jungle"


Exotica is the first album by Martin Denny, released in 1957. It contained Denny's most famous song, "Quiet Village", and spawned an entire genre bearing its name. It was recorded in Webley Edwards' studio (not, as often reported, the Aluminum Dome at Henry J. Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Complex) in Waikiki in December 1956. The album topped Billboard's charts in 1959.
The original album was recorded in mono. It was re-recorded in stereo in 1958; by then, however, Denny's popular sideman Arthur Lyman had left the group, and was replaced by Julius Wechter. Denny preferred the original mono version: "It has the original spark, the excitement, the feeling we were breaking new ground."

Track listing

1.  Quiet Village  (Les Baxter) – 3:39
2.  Return to Paradise  (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:19
3.  Hong Kong Blues  (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:15
4.  Busy Port  (Baxter) – 2:50
5.  Lotus Land  (Cyril Scott) – 2:22
6.  Similau  (Arden Clar, Harry Coleman) – 1:57
7.  Stone God  (Baxter) – 3:07
8.  Jungle Flower  (Baxter) – 1:46
9.  China Nights  (Shina No Yoru) (Nobuyuki Takeoka) – 2:01
10.  Ah Me Furi  (Gil Baumgart) – 2:08
11.  Waipio  (Francis Brown) – 3:11
12.  Love Dance  (Baxter) – 2:29

Link for a Listen mp3

If you like this I urge you to buy the CD or better yet the Mono vinyl.
 Cheers~Dr.Cyclops

The Art of Brad 'Tiki-Shark' Parker

 Here are some examples of the amazing art of Brad 'Tiki-Shark' Parker

http://www.tikishark.com/

The Original Zombie (1934) Recipe

Don the Beachcomber's Zombie (1934)

The original version, the one that started it all, as served at Don the Beachcomber's famed Hollywood restaurant. This was the drink that made Don's reputation and secured his place in cocktail history.

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Don's Mix*
1/2 oz. Falernum
1 1/2 oz. Gold Puerto Rican Rum
1 1/2 oz. Aged Jamaican Rum
1 oz. 151-proof Lemon Hart Demerara Rum
1 Dash. Angostura Bitters
6 drops. (1/8 tsp.) Pernod
1 tsp. Grenadine
6 oz. (3/4 cup) Crushed Ice

Directions:

Put everything in a blender. Blend at high speed for no more than 5 seconds. Pour into a chimney glass. Add ice cubes to fill. Garnish with a mint sprig.
*Don's Mix was one of the Beachcomber's secret ingredients. It's made by combining 2 parts grapefruit juice with 1 part cinnamon syrup. It is also available for purchase from B.G. Reynolds' syrups.

My Notes:

I have tested this and it is the 'Real Deal' .No Faux-Zombie tastes like this Evil Behemoth.
 WORD Of WARNING
Though it is Alcohol Heavy it is masked by the spices and juices so I recommend that you have 2 or 3 Drinks max.

CHEERS~Doc Cyclops

Source:

Jeff Berry
Beachbum Berry's Sippin' SafariClub Tiki Press/SLG Publishing, 2007

Kai Winding - Spinner (1963)

Kai Winding - More (1963)