Here’s the original playlist from the first jungle party, which debuted May Day of 1992:
| title | artist |
| The Mooch | Duke Ellington & Orch (1958) |
| It’s Nearly Africa | XTC |
| Amazonas | Strunz & Farah |
| Daktari theme | S. Mann |
| Initiation/Trance | Homrich/Gascoigne |
| Stranded in the Jungle | Cadets |
| Quiet Village | Martin Denny |
| Shango | Michael Olatunji |
| Swingin’ Safari | Billy Vaughn & Orch |
| George of the Jungle | theme |
| Jungle Book | theme |
| Jungle Flower | Martin Denny |
| Bungle in the Jungle | Jethro Tull |
| Sounds of Hatari | Henry Mancini |
| Me Voy A Belén | Columbia – Oxalá |
| Amatoto | Balafón Marimba Ensemble |
| I Am the Lion | Neil Diamond |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Tokens |
| Love Dance | Martin Denny |
| Cougar Run | Mickey Hart |
| Monkey Chant | from Bali |
| Baia | Joe Carioca |
| The Burning Forest | Junior Homrich & Brian Gascoigne |
| Song of the Rain Forest | David Amram |
| Exotica | Martin Denny |
| Bare Necessities | Phil Harris |
| Marianne | Hilltoppers (Terry Gilkyson) |
| Bamboo Jew’s Harp | from Papua New Guinea |
| Caravan | Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators |
| Witallia | Yma Sumac |
| Udu Chant | Mickey Hart |
| Nhimutimu | Balafón Marimba Ensemble |
| Queen Chant | Martin Denny |
| Sudurum Kambosora | A.B. Konte & M. Jobate |
| Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals | Carl Stalling |
| Huixamatli (Luna Llena) | Strunz & Farah |
| Tarzan | theme |
| Abba Dabba Honeymoon | kids’ cassette |
| Monkey See, Monkey Do | Michael Franks |
| I Wanna Be Like You | Los Lobos |
| Iyanu “Surprises” | Mickey Hart |
| Bamboo | Peter, Paul & Mary |
| The Lost Incas | Big Guitars from Texas |
| Simba | Martin Denny |
| Cutting Branches | Penguin Café Orchestra |
| Nhemamusasa | Magaya |
| Mashamba Nzou | Balafón Marimba Ensemble |
| Rainmaker | Strunz & Farah |
| Tune from Rangoon | Martin Denny |
| Katumbo | Les Troubadours |
| Jungle Work | Warren Zevon |
| Kuyaway (Incan Love Song) | Yma Sumac |
| Baia | Percy Faith |
| Jewe | Mickey Hart |
| Martinique | Martin Denny |
| Dancing Sorcerer | Mickey Hart |
| excerpt from Fourth World Possible Musics | Brian Eno & Jon Hassell |
| these tunes came later: | |
| Tropical Paradise | Firesign Theater |
| Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) | Louis Prima |
| Gitarzan | Ray Stevens |
| Apeman | Kinks |
| The Jungle Line | Leonard Cohen & Herbie Hancock |
| The Jungle Line | Joni Mitchell |
| Voodoo Dreams/Voodoo | Les Baxter |
| Alika | Webley Edwards |
| Hana Maui | Chick Floyd & His Orchestra |
| Hypnotique | Martin Denny |
| Jungle Rhumba | Xavier Cugat |
| Jungle Blues | Jelly Roll Morton |
| Jungle Love | Steve Miller Band |
| Jungle Jamboree | Duke Ellington |
| Swamp Fire | Martin Denny |
| Babalu | Yma Sumac |
| end |
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