Panic The Son Of Shock
The Creed Taylor OrchestraCompositions By Kenyon Hopkins
ABC Paramount
Creed Taylor's follow up to his great album titled SHOCK.
From the back cover: One point first: if you think, upon first hearing it, that this album is simply a kind of Muzak for morticians, you may disqualify yourself right from the start. It's a free country.
Side one on this LP seems to lack the atmosphere I was expecting. It seems a bit too "Spike Jones" for me. That is, with the exception the 5th track titled Out Of This World. This song has a great 50s science fiction feel to it and end unexpectedly with dogs barking.
Side two plays for me much better. The tracks are titled Heartaches, Rain Alpine Honeymoon, A Shot In The Dark, The Fastest Gun and No Smoking. They are moody, atmospheric and quirky.
OMG you found a Creed Taylor? HOW AMAZING! I have been looking for both this and Shock. DeSoto has them both. I think Sal does as well.
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