Variety Talent - Song Poem

Soul Power (Sullivan)

Time Was (Grestick)

The Butterfly Of Japan (Donaldson/Dickey)

Variety Talent
Hit Records International Presents: Variety Talent
Frank Bishop - Howard Reed - Allen King Keller

Jamaican Drums - Royal Steel Band Of Kingston, Jamaica

The Breeze And I

Jamaican Drums

Royal Steel Band Of Kingston, Jamaica
Adventures In Sound
Columbia WL 121
1958

Originally sold in 1958 for $4.95.

Mambo Mento
Habanera
The Breeze And I
Toselli's Serenade
Montego Jump-Up
Jamaica Jump-Up
Marche Militaire
Schubert's Serenade
Soja Man
The Peanut Vendor
Minuet In G
Mango Walk

Batman And Other Super Men - The Revengers

Our Man Flint

Batman And Other Super Men
The Revengers
MGM Records M/MS-565
1966

Super duper stuff from a mystery band.

Love Me Tonight - The Windmills Of Your Mind

Secret Mission

Love Me Tonight
The Windmills Of Your Mind
Dolph Scott
Diplomat DS 2475

I can't find any info on Dolph Scott.  This could be the only record he made.

The music is a curious blend of easy listening/lounge piano blended with pop/jazz accents. It has a 60s private press small combo lounge vibe to it.

Yellow Bird - Jamaica Duke & The Mento Swingers

Jamaica Calling

Yellow Bird
Jamaica Duke & The Mento Swingers

Produced by Carlton Lee

Photo: Herbert Gordon

Design: Grimax Advertising, Ltd.
Dynamic Sounds Recording - Jamaica - SLP 004

Autographed by Jamaica Duke (Reginald Kirten) - 24 Feb. 1972

Personnel:

Lead Singer: Jamaica Duke

Clarinet: Olia Gonzalez

Banjo: Charles Harrison

Violin: Vernel Vassel

Maracas: Percy Gayle

Guitar: Alwyn Stanford

Bass Guitar: Paul Wilson

Bongos: Sidney Gregory

Yellow Bird

Fire Fire

Jamaica Farewell

Shame & Scandal

Mr. Walker

Wings Of A Dove

Chicken Chest

Island Calling

Matilda

For Men Only

Pepper Hot Baby

For Men Only
Arranged and Conducted By Lew Raymond
Tops L1583
1957

Jane Mansfield cover. Mansfield won a Golden Globe in 1957 for New Star Of The Year – Actress beating Carroll Baker and Natalie Wood. In 1959 her mainstream film roles had dried up but she continued to make low-budget films and stay in the public eye until her death in a car accident in 1967.

The record, of course, isn't"naughty". This is pop recording featuring decent unnamed studio vocalists.

The Astromusical House Of Virgo

Satisfaction

The Astromusical House Of Virgo
Sign Of The Craftsman Or Critic
Arranged and Conducted by Ed Bland
Producer: Paul Robinson
Designer: Oscar De Larenta
Booklet The Astrological Series/Volume 1 by Carroll Righter
GWP Records
Astro Stereo 1006
1969

A series of mood/easy listening LPs featuring Astrological Signs as the conceptual theme which is supported graphically by the work of popular fashion designers who dress the women posed for the cover art.

Hey Jude
The Autumn Of My Life
Meditation
Sophisticated Lady
Mona Lisa
Solitude
September Song
Autumn Leaves
Satisfaction
I'll Get By
Fascination

A Musical Essay On Dixieland Jazz - With The Eight Balls

A Musical Essay On Dixieland Jazz

With The Oleika Eight Balls
Lemco 701

A recording celebrating the roots of Jazz (Funeral Music). Each track gets a brief introduction.

The record features a terrific cover signed by all the members of the Eight Balls!

From the back cover: The Eight Balls formed as a specialty Dixieland group in 1957, and, as all are active members of the Brass Band, they are not recognized as an official unit of Oleika Temple (Lexington, Kentucky). The group is completely self supporting and, as unofficial Goodwill Ambassadors of Oleika, play only for Shrine and Masonic functions.

Members of the group have been honored by a number of special awards, including being commissioned as Kentucky Colonels by the Governor Of Kentucky; receiving the Order of the Braying Burro from Past Imperial Potentate Barney Collins; being appointed, in Spring 1970, Honorary Mayors of the City of Bessemer, Ala., by Past Potentate Jess Lanier, Zamora Temple, the official Mayor.

Sounds Of Today - 101 Strings

I'm A Man

Sounds Of Today
101 Strings
Alshire S-5078
1972

From the back cover: Played by the world's largest orchestra hit songs from the era of soul, psychedelia and the new generation – over 130 players "turned on" with the songs and sounds of today – the most astounding "trip" ever to be taped.

101's Astro-Sounds may be 101's most astounding "trip", but this LP comes in a close second. This is a great light pop album with a fun psych edge.

Monty Kelly is credited for the arrangements, and if I'm reading the song credits correctly he wrote four of the tunes (Stone Baroque, Karma Sitar, Blues For The Guru and Strings For Ravi).

Bravo Hi-Fi - Howard Hanson

Cuban Overture

Bravo Hi-Fi
Howard Hanson
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Olympian/Mercury MG 50166
1958

Here we have an obscure three track orchestral album. Track titles include: Cuban Overture/Gershwin, Mexican Rhapsody/McBride and Latin-Amercian Symphonette/Gould. This is a fun album that wins you over first with the fab cover art and then the music, which has a nice period pop flavor to it.