Arthur Lyman's Greatest Hits

Long before the term "World Music" was coined, before the Buddha Bar series mixed cool down tempo lounge music with an "exotic" world vibe, long before "space age bachelor pad" helped to define lounge music's reemergence in the nineties, before funky drum-kit break-beats, before nature sounds started creeping into New Age music, long before Mobile Fidelity Labs made state of the art, audiophile stereo recordings, there was Arthur Lyman. One of Hawaii's most revered entertainers; it was Lyman who crafted the sound of "exotica". This compilation provides a comprehensive overview of his vast catalog of albums, concentrating on the biggest hits including "Yellow Bird," "Blue Hawaii" and "Midnight Sun". All selections newly remastered.