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Gleason credits himself with the cover painting. According to the back cover, this is his 14th album.
This album is another fine understated effort that only Gleason seems to be able to pull off. The music drifts through both sides of the set creating a soothing atmosphere that is easy to get lost in.
The Disadvantages Of You
The Brass Ring
Phil Bodner
Dunhill D-50017
1967
One of Enoch Light's stable of musicians, Phil Bodner created a mid to late 60s sound known as The Now Sound. California Dreaming is an example of that light swinging vibe.
Taboo
Exotic Rhythms Of The Jungle
Chief Walatghi and his Afro-Drummers
Silver Seal UT-139
This set, with artist credit removed, was also released on Promenade Records 2125. The back cover indicates that the Promenade record is a "Cawands's Group" project. The song titles are probably correct on that issue.
This is a terrific "jungle-drums/traditional vocal chant/exotica" set.
Arbaini
Charinde
How-nes
Lesha-Kai
Facii
Aboo
De Voo
Rejagee
Hope
Od Amit
Johnny Duffy At The Magnificent Theater Pipe Organ An Excursion In Hi Fi Liberty SL 9003 1956
This is an interesting Liberty project. When you open the book-fold jacket you are met with not only a spread of copy and photos, but also a four page insert which tells the story of the organ that was used to make this recording. Another organist of note, the actor best remembered for his role as George Wilson on CBS's TV series Dennis The Menance, Joseph Kerns, had his house built around this organ which was purchased from Warner Brothers Studio in 1955. The insert features photos of the space age exterior and interior of the home along with additional photos of the organ. I can't find any mention online of the house.
The album isn't consistent conceptually but there are a few atmospheric tunes to enjoy and of course, there is the great jacket to collect.
From Billboard - December 22, 1956: A meticulous engineering job has been done on this waxing of performance by a superior organist on a superior instrument. For pipe organ enthusiasts the sound will frequently be a revelation. Duffy has chosen a well-balanced program, mostly standards plus a couple of his own compositions, which offer a sampling of his instrument's virtuosity in a variety of musical moods. This should be fine sales bait for lovers of pipe organ listening.
Port Au Prince Cuban Love Song Come Back To Sorrento Cross Country Moon Of Makakoora Cornish Rhapsody Moonlight On The Ganges It Happened In Monterey Autumn In Rome Down The Old Ox Road Pigalle American Rhapsody
Cinemagic Sounds Switched-On Movie Music Richard Hayman And His Orchestra Command ABC 941S 1969
After Enoch Light sold Command to ABC the quality of jacket design went down hill. Graphic design real estate is wasted on this book-fold. But the music is still awesome and the engineering is remains excellent.
This album falls towards the end of Hayman's discography.
Theme From The Killing Of Sister George Theme From For The Love Of Ivy Consider Yourself From Oliver Magic Carpet Ride From Candy Don't Rain On My Parade From Funny Girl Theme From Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Theme From The Shoes Of The Fisherman Listen To The Sea From Ice Station Zebra Joanna's Waltz From Joanna Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds From Yellow Submarine Theme From Take The Money And Run
Hi-Dee-Fi
Lenny Dee
Organ Solos With A Beat
Decca Records DL 8406
1957
On of the many great graphic and whacky cover illustrations that you'll find gracing Lenny Dee's album jackets. This appears to be his 5th album release. Dee received a nice release blurb ("...sparkles as usual...") in the Feburary 2, 1957 issue of Billboard.
Typical Dee percussive style augmented with touches of space age vibe. Stormy Weather is a nice track, available as download from Amazon.
OK... this is the LP release of a popular novelty recording which featured songs about classic arcade games and uses sound effects from that game to help sell the tune. Apparently, the album was completely re-recorded for a 1999 and 2002 release.
The story (from Wikipedia) is that Buckner and Garcia could not obtain rights at that time from Sony and were forced to recreate a lot of the sound effects which disappointed many fans who then began a search for the original vinyl.
