The Retro Cocktail Hour
Series produced by Kansas Public Radio
Swinging bachelor pad music, exotica, bossa nova and groovy movie soundtracks.
The Retro Cocktail Hour is a weekly hi-fi highball of vintage "bachelor pad" music, exotica, private eye jazz and eccentric, overstimulated pop music of the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
The show's spiced with everything from obscure Italian B-movie soundtracks and bossa nova to contemporary bands like Don Tiki, the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys, Waitiki, the Tikiyaki Orchestra, the Italian Secret Service, Balanco and others.
Featured artists: Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Perez Prado, Raymond Scott, Juan Esquivel, Arthur Lyman, Tito Puente, Pete Rugolo, Dead Ringer, Nelson Riddle, Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble, Dean Elliott, The Blue Hawaiians, etc.
Availability: Weekly 1- or 2-hour shows, with one :30 optional cutaway per hour.
77 Pieces
Bought by WPCA-LP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WKMS, KSUT, KCME and more
- Added: Nov 14, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 16
Bought by Radio New Zealand, WPCA-LP, KBFG-LP, WKMS, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more
- Added: Nov 08, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 17
Bought by Radio New Zealand, KBFG-LP, WPCA-LP, KGOU, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more
- Added: Nov 02, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 16
Bought by Radio New Zealand, KRCB-FM "Radio 91", 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGOU, WKMS and more
- Added: Oct 24, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 19
Bought by Radio New Zealand, WKMS, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KGOU, KSUT and more
- Added: Oct 18, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 17
Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WKMS, WSKG, KCME, WJFF and more
- Added: Oct 08, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 17
Bought by WKMS, WSKG, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KCME, WJFF and more
- Added: Oct 04, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 15
- Added: Sep 27, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 16
Bought by WSKG, KGOU, KCME, KSUT, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more
- Added: Sep 20, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 14
Bought by KRPS, KBFG-LP, KRCB-FM "Radio 91", KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSUT and more
- Added: Sep 13, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 16
Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KBFG-LP, KCME, WSKG, KSUT and more
- Added: Sep 06, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 14
Bought by Radio New Zealand, KCME, WKMS, KGOU, WSKG and more
- Added: Jul 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 16
- Added: Jul 06, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 15
Bought by Radio New Zealand, KBFG-LP, Goat Radio, WKMS, WSKG and more
- Added: Jun 28, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 15
Bought by Radio New Zealand, WJFF, KGOU, KBFG-LP, KSUT and more
- Added: Jun 20, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 13
Bought by Radio New Zealand, KSUT, WPCA-LP, KHNS, WJFF and more
- Added: Jun 14, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 13
Bought by Radio New Zealand, KSUT, WSKG, WJFF, KBFG-LP and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 13
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 14
- Added: May 24, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 11
Bought by Radio New Zealand, WSKG, KSUT, KHNS, WJFF and more
- Added: May 17, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 14
