Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature - George Russell

Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature
Composed and Produced by George Russell

Executive-Producer: Bob Thiele
Artwork (Textil Print): Anna Russell
Design: Marit Jerstad
Photography:  Owe Ahlström, Peter Lindholm
Engineer: Bjørnar Andresen, Göte Nilsson

Recorded live at the Sonja Henie/Niels Onstad Center For The Arts, on April 28th, 1969, at Høvikodden, near Oslo, Norway.
The electronic tapes was composed in the Electronic Music Studios (EMS) of the Swedish Radio in Stockholm.
The tapes of African vocals and lute was recorded by Cal Floyd in 1967 in Nile headquarters region of North Uganda.
Flying Dutchman - FD 10124
Distributed by Atco Records
1971

Personel:

Pianon: George Russell

Bass: Red Mitchell

Drums: Jon Christensen

Electric Guitar: Terje Rypdal

Tenor Saxophone: Jan Garbarek
Trumpet: Manfred Schoof

Available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample. Presented here to share the cover art.  

Hud - Joe Harnell And His Orchestra

Harlem Nocturne

Hud

Joe Harnell And His Orchestra
Arrangements: Joe Harnell
Photo Credit: William Maund
Kapp Records KL 1339
1963

From Billboard - August 31, 1963: Joe Harnell has come up with a bright and sophisticated collection of current pop standards and motion picture tunes. The treatment is full ork all the way, laced with the Harnell piano.

Hud
More
I Only Have Eyes For You
Once In A Lifetime
In The Still Of The Night
The Dawn Of Love
Sukiyaki
If Ever I Would Leave You
Harlem Nocturne
Who Am I
Come Away With Me
Dancing In The Dark

Tops In Pops

Danny Boy

Tops In Pops
Ultraphonic
5020K

Here we have a completely ridiculous pre-printed cover with track titles poorly printed at the top. There are no brass or marching band tunes on the record (I suspected as much from the track list).

The song covers aren't horrible and Danny Boy is pretty cool!

The Theme From Ben Casey And Other Great TV Shows

Theme From The Hawaiian Spectacular

The Theme From Ben Casey And Other Great TV Shows
Diplomat DS 2269

Studio group or tracks collected from a variety of sources. No credits.

Theme From Ben Casey
Theme From Cheyenne
Theme From The Late Show
Theme From Arthur Murray's TV Party
Theme From The French Review
Theme From Dr. Kildare
Theme From Victory At Sea
Theme From The Danny Thomas TV Show
Theme From The Alfred Hitchcock TV Show
Theme From The Hawaiian Spectacular

Soundstage Spectacular - Terry Baxter

To Sir With Love

Soundstage Spectacular
The Columbia Soundstage Orchestra Conducted By Terry Baxter
Columbia P2S 5284
1969 CBS Direct Marketing Services

Here's one of those albums that most collectors leave in the thrift bin. But I thought covers of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a tune from Barbarella and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Theme might be interesting. I also remembered buying a Terry Baxter three record boxed easy listening set that featured a few wild pop tune covers including a cover of Whole Lotta Love.

This record is fun light pop/easy with weird synth bridges between a few songs that don't seem to have any place in the record.

Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center

Otto Luening: Gargoyles

Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
Columbia MS 6566
1961

Created, in part, on a RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer delivered to the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in 1959. The Mark II was built to suit Ussachevsky and Babbit (artists credited on the back cover of this LP).

About My Music Blogs

There are (almost) no links on my blog that allow for the download of entire albums.

If you don't see an audio sample posted under the image of the album cover the reason is that the album (at the time of the posting) can be found for sale on CD and or by digital download. Ownership of the material may still be questionable but I always err on the side of caution when dealing with rights.

I've received email from relatives who are happy that their family members haven't been forgotten and from folks who enjoy the more obscure recordings I share online. This blog is for those folks and is not a vehicle to distribute entire works in a wholesale fashion to avoid copy protection.

I own the record posted and the cover image is my scan of that record. I set out to make my blogs an introduction to the works I have collected and I hope that, once your interest is perked, that you can find a copy for your own collection.

With all that said, I do try to provide family members with digital files who no longer have a copy of the original record and or to folks who are more throughly researching a particular artist. But you need to email me and give me some reason to help you out. Even in those cases be forewarned that I sometimes don't file entire records digitally and, due to the way I have to store records, it is almost impossible for me to locate any one album without great effort.

I do apologize to everyone else who has been looking long and hard for a recording. I do my best to try and help anyway I can, but I can't respond to all of the requests I've receive.

Music To Strip By Gentleman Jim And The Palace Pit Orchestra

Temptation

Music To Strip By Gentleman Jim And The Palace Pit Orchestra
Burlesque Party Fun At Home
Alshire S-5150

This record, while not total lounge sleaze, seems closer to the budget basement grind fare that you may have heard at an "old fashion" strip club. There are also a few more "sophisticated" tunes like the sample I posted above.

Ann Corio Presents How To Strip For Your Husband

Ann Corio Presents How To Strip For Your Husband
Music To Make Marriage Merrier
Orchestra Conducted By Sonny Lester
Roulette SR 25186
1962

This is just a guess, but I think that this project was arranged by Lester and Roulette and Corio's name was added to help sell records. Strangely... why didn't Roulette use a photo of Corio on the cover? The record did come with an "instruction" booklet. The copy I found had been stripped of the book... so I can't say if her likeness appeared on that piece.

The music is an uneven mix of standard big band bump and grind and, thankfully a few more interesting and exotic sounding tunes.

Music To Strip By - Bob Freeman

Flamingo

Music To Strip By
Bob Freeman
Surprise 101

This obscure album originally came with a real "G" string on the cover. Notches were cut on both sides to hold the underwear in place. I was able to find an image of the original cover. Which also demonstrates that the album was released in stereo.

Strip Blues

This is bump and grind music... but the sound is not as "sleazy" lounge as it could be. And a few tunes even rise above the hammering drum beat to play more like a 60s private eye TV track.