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.
Additional Files
- Generic Promo 1 (Stations_Generic_1_NoTag.mp2)
- Generic Promo 2 (Stations_Generic_2_NoTag.mp2)
- Generic Promo 3 (Stations_Generic_3_NoTag.mp2)
- Generic Promo 4 (Stations_Generic_4_NoTag.mp2)
- Generic Promo 1 - Says "tonight" (Stations_Generic-Tonight_1_NoTag.mp2)
- Generic Promo 2 - Says "tonight" (Stations_Generic-Tonight_2_NoTag.mp2)
- RCH Logo 1 (logo_hires.jpg)
- RCH Logo 2 (retro-cocktail.jpg)
- Host Darrell Brogdon (Tonga_Room.jpg)
96 Pieces
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- Added: Dec 30, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 24
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- Added: Dec 23, 2022
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- Added: Dec 20, 2022
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- Added: Dec 14, 2022
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- Added: Dec 06, 2022
- Length: 02:57:00
- Purchases: 32
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- Added: Nov 29, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
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- Added: Nov 22, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
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- Added: Nov 14, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 29
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- Added: Nov 09, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 24
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- Added: Nov 02, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 26
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- Added: Oct 25, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 25
Bought by KGOU, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KCHU, KJZX-Austin, Radio Catskill and more
- Added: Aug 10, 2023
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 31
Bought by Radio Catskill, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLVT and more
- Added: Oct 13, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 20
Bought by WMTNradio, KGOU, KCHU, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KJZX-Austin and more
- Added: Oct 04, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 33
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- Added: Sep 28, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 31
Bought by WMTNradio, KGOU, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KJZX-Austin, RADIOLEX and more
- Added: Sep 21, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
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- Added: Sep 13, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 30
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, RADIOLEX, and KMXT
- Added: Sep 12, 2022
- Length: 01:24:08
- Purchases: 3
Bought by WMTNradio, KGOU, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio Catskill, KHNS and more
- Added: Sep 07, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 32
Bought by WMTNradio, KGOU, Radio Catskill, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KBBI Alaska and more
- Added: Aug 30, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 31
