The King of Space-Age Pop, the genius of Mexican composer-arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel lay in his audacious instrumentation; his blending together of exotic sounds from other cultures and experimentation with the new tonal palettes that were becoming available in the mid-fifties period from which these, his earliest commercial recordings, derived. Esquivel has been proclaimed by Brian Wilson and by Simpsons creator Matt Groening,

"Who'd have thought that out of a genre as debased as easy listening would come something so mind-curdlingly bizarre and beautiful." This set comprises the first digital release of Esquivel'simpossibly rare first album Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel from 1957 coupled with To Love Again; a collection of singles and 78'srecorded in Mexico between 1954-57.

Collar De Perlas / Poupurri Curiel / Medley / Goya Universidad / Una Y Otra Vez Sketch Glenn Miller / Tren Nocturno / Nereidas / No Seas Asi / Capullito De Alheli / Bailando Sabras / Politecnico Rock And Roll / To Love Gain / Port-Au-Prince / Amor / Moonlight Enchantment / Nightingale / Nocturnal / Jungle Drums / Vereda Tropical / Hornblower's Serenade / Besame Mucho / Siboney / Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You

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