One look at the bright faces on the cover of this album (pianist/bandleader Juan Garcia Esquivel and vocalists Yvonne DeBourbon and Sharon Michaels), and listeners will know exactly what to expect. This is sunny, kitschy lounge music at its finest; in fact, the set here was recorded live at La Margarita restaurant in Chicago during December of 1974, with easy-listening icon Esquivel guiding his ensemble through a series of giddy exotica tunes. For listeners wondering what Esquivel's studio creations might sound like in concert, here is the glitter-bedecked answer.