Adolf Hitler (Excerpt from Edmond De Luca's "Conquerors of the Ages" The London Philharmonic
Somerset SF-11400
1961 (stereo version)
Budget label release.
This record has it all that includes a weird looking cover and the number one track on the A side titled Adolf Hitler. On further investigation, apparently Luca wrote an entire piece of music that featured all the most "popular" conquerors. Including Hitler. Very little information can be found online about this project.
The back cover states: To Test Your Stereo Equipment of Scare Hell Out of Your Neighbors.
I'm not exactly sure what the hell Somerset was up to... Surely they just wanted to make a buck packaging songs they paid nothing for.
The second track on the A side is Fire Goddess by The Surfmen is a very cool track is followed by a scary organ track and then.... WTF... La Paloma? An exercise in musical contrasts! I get it! Scare your neighbors! LOL!
What a fun record!
OMG I have to have this record! WHat a gem!
ReplyDeleteI found a copy. Thanks for turning me on to it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for triggering my memory! Found this record in 1975, sans cover, under/behind the seat of a 1956 Ford pickup that my father had just purchased. Played it to death on my cheesy Sears Silvertone console stereo. Fast forward to 1990--lent it to a friend who was a program manager at nearby college radio station, and he left it on the rear deck of his car on a hot sunny day (guess what happened). Now trying to find a digital copy somewhere online...
ReplyDeleteI had this in vinyl in the '60's but don't have a vinyl player now. Is this available on CD.
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