"Bettie Page: Danger Girl - Burlesque Music" 1996 - VA

A killer set of crime/spy-jazz tunes from the Marlowlynn & Chappell music libraries. Not entirely sure what the connection is to Betty Page, but it was a great idea to include lots of piccies of her in the booklet.The first of 5 QDK Betty Page releases that have come out since the mid-90s. Each of the CDs (there is also a CD-ROM release) is packaged in a deluxe digipak with huge booklets of original photographs by renowned photographers Irving Klaw and Bunny Yeager.
"The stunning foldout packaging features dozens of classic Irving Klaw photos of Betty Page at the very pinnacle of her modeling career. The disc itself is an excellent collection of 22 tracks of 'spy jazz.' Dramatic, horn-driven arrangements, heavy on the percussion (bongos and tympani abound) and twangy early-60s guitars.
The lack of liner notes leaves the origins of these tracks to the listener's imagination, but given the titles (e.g., 'Path of Crime' 'Johnny's Dive' 'The Big Strip' and the title track, Danger Girl') one can conjure up some great sources. The composer list will be unfamiliar to all but avid soundtrack collectors, with John Barry (Bond films and an extensive career in movie scores) being the best known. The obscurity of the music's origins, however, only adds to the overall air of this package's mystery." (Forced Exposure)trax:
1. Malcolm Lockyer - Teledrama (a) 2. Mel Young - The Killer 3. John Barry - Mood One (a) 4. Johnny Hawksworth - Sweet And Sour 5. John Cacavas - Agent Who 6. Edward White - Path Of Crime 7. Roger Roger - Sidewalk Blues 8. Eric Delaney - Driving Drums 9. Mel Young - The Dark Room 10. Robert Farnon - Johnny's Dive 11. Cy Pyne - The Big Strip 12. Malcolm Lockyer - Tearaway Brass 13. Steve Race - Bass Designs 14. Robert Farnon - Riviera Chase 15. Johnny Hawksworth - Danger Girl 16. Robert Farnon - Ton Up 17. Harald Winkler - Three Crimes 18. Siegfried Franz - Crime Action 1 19. Jack Dorsey - Something Cool 20. Malcolm Lockyer - Depression 21. Johnny Burt - Fall Out 22. Roger Webb - Top Secret
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