Howdy Folks! Welcome to The UnEarthed In The Atomic Attic album blog! Here you will find a wide variety of unusual Space Age Vinyl finds that feature good quality cover scans, jacket notes and audio samples for you to enjoy. I'm here to have fun and hope you will share in my process of discovery!
Teen Beat Discotheque
Living Guitars
Produced by Ethel Gabriel
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
RCA Camden CAS-804
1965
Very good "Living Guitars" set featuring classic Space-Age sounding arrangements.
Do The Clam
Lollipop
The Watusi
Lemon Tree
Shake
Teen Beat
The "In" Crowd
Hullabaloo
The Jerk
All Day And All Of The Night
Favorite Show Tunes
Volume 2
The Sorkin Stings
Concert-Disc CS-37
1959
Comin' Through The Rye
Sophisticated Lady
I'll Follow My Secret Heart
When You Wish Upon A Star
Bye Bye Blues
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
Somewhere Over The Rain Bow
Oh! What A Beautiful Morning
Long Ago And Far Away
I Got Rhythm
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Richard Hayman And His Orchestra
MercuryMG20123
1956
From the back cover: Richard Hayman – whose brilliant harmonica solo work is a dramatic mainstay of this film-theme package – is himself a graduate of Hollywood's musical movie field. During the forties, the composer-conductor received most of his early training at the studios.
He worked as a soloist and with his own harmonica group on such hit Betty Grable musicals as "Coney Island" and "Sweet Rosie O'Grady," and as arranger and performer in many great MGM musical clicks, including "Meet Me In St. Louis," "As Thousands Cheer," and "Girl Crazy." His arrangement credits at 20th-Century Fox include the memorable musical version of "State Fair" with score, of course, by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Ruby
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Sadie Thompson's Song
Gina
Eyes Of Blue
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Terry's Theme
Vera Cruz
Anna
Joey's Theme
The High And The Mighty
Sweet Swingin' Chariot
Pop Gospel Hits With Soul
Somerset SF-20400
Recorded live by the Sensational New Messengers Of Happiness - The Pearls Of Joy - The Jordan Couriers - The Booker T. Jackson Singers - Doc Bagby And His Moving Hammond Organ And Band
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
That's All Right
Down By The Riverside
Dry Bones
Move In The Room
I Got Shoes
Saints Go Marching In
Didn't It Rain
Joshua Fit The Battle
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Every Time I Feel The Spirit
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
Jazz Festival
With Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry, Teddy Wilson, Rufus Jones
Wyncote W 9031 Stereo
1964
Various artist set featuring tracks that compliment each other. Nice budget release from Wyncote.
Bossa Nove De Funk - Maynard Ferguson
Rollin' - Rufus Jones
Sid's Mark - Clary Terry
Just About That Time - Rufus Jones
Tread Ye Lightly - Clark Terry
Sidney's Soliloquy - Teddy Wilson
Danny Boy - Maynard Ferguson
Aluminum Baby - Rufus Jones
I Only Have Eyes For You
America's Greatest Popular Guitarist
Tony Mottola
Producer: Enoch Light
Associate Producers: Tony Mottola and Jeff Hest
Arrangements: Tony Mottola
Project 3 PR 5094SD
1975
Budget set released after Enoch Light retired from the music business in 1974. Cheaply produced jacket with a sticker pasted over and replacing the Total Sound address on the back cover with the name and address of the "new" manufacture and distributor: "Seagull Enterprises".
Even though the entire project is "budget-minded" small combo lounge pop you are still treated to Mottola's amazingly clean, rich-sounding guitar work.
I Only Have Eyes For You
One
Send In The Clowns
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
What I Did For Love
Jelly Belly
Our day Will Come
Time In A Bottle
The Most Beautiful Girl
Solace
A Stranger In Town
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Jequibau
Mario Albanese
His Piano And Orchestra
Epic LN 24192
1965
From the back cover: Jequibau was created by pianist-composure Mario Albanese and Ciro Pereira, and it has been hailed by Brazil's most celebrated musicians and composers as one of the most exciting and important rhythms they've ever heard. Noted conductor Luis Arruda Paes cites the unusual 5/4 beat as "a fluent melodic sound, which one can hear and follow in a natural way, without contriving any strong beat."
Tarde Quente
O Fim
Sim
Foi Assim
No Balanco Do Jequibau
Modulando
Ciranda
Se Nao
Jequibau
Experando O Sol
I Know How It Feels to Be Lonely
Morgana King
Produced by Pete Spargo
Arranged and Conducted by Jimmie Hazard
Engineer: Lee Herschberg
Remix Engineer: Dave Greene
Cover Photo: Don Ornitz
Liner Photo: John Engstead
Art Direction: Any R. Lehman
Verve V6-5061
1968
From the back cover: Morgana King sings sotto voice but her impact registers on the seismograph at Cal Tel. She is, as the French say, "a friend of the heart."
The ingredients are there: the musical soul of her Sicilian heritage, early dramatic training; long and educating maturation as an artist; the minor key wail of Hebrew chants absorbed as if by osmosis from her nearness to a neighborhood synagogue; an ear-opening exposure to the rhythms and quiet style of South America; a life of highs of total acceptance and the soul-tearing lows of tragedy. All of these are in the interpretations of the songs she sings. She is, like all great singers, first and foremost an interpreter, a sensitive actress with the added, blessed lagniappe of a classic vocal instrument.
Tomorrow Never Knows
Since I Fell For You
Sunshine Superman
Warm Eyes And Bright
Didn't We
Feelin' Groovy
I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely
Eleanor Rigby
I Can Do A Trick
Where Am I Going
Got To Get You Into My Life
Only Know I Loved You
This package is a bit dated when compared to other current 1960 "mood" releases. None-the-less, Hamilton created a very good budget priced mood set that was made special by the addition of Paul Horn's sexy woodwind solos.
From the back cover: Paul Horn is an extremely talented young artist with virtuoso ability in the entire family of woodwind instruments. A serious student of music (with a Bachelor's Degree from Oberlin College, and a Master's from the Manhattan School of Music). Paul is equally adept as a jazz soloist, having performed with distinction in the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra and with the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Woodwind solos by Paul Horn.
From Billboard - March 14, 1960: Good mood album with Hal Match's name value possibly accounting for some additional business. Lush string sound is applied to the likes of "I'll Be Around," "Moonlight Becomes You," "Please" and "Don't Blame Me." Arrangements are relatively simple, and tho not especially varied do make the disk suitable for background use.
Candy
I'll Be Around
Contented
But Beautiful
Oh, You Crazy Moon
Moonlight Becomes You
I'll Buy That Dream
Please
Sunday, Monday, Or Aways
It Could Happen To You
Don't Blame Me
Jeannine, I Dream Of Lilac time
From the back cover: Floyd Robinson, plays something that is a cross between the blue grass music and the rock and roll beat. Floyd plays a 12 string guitar – the newest fad since the Beatles. But this is really more than a fad, it's a whole trend in music that will soon come into its own.
Walk Right In
12 String Bossa Nova
High Born Lady
Under The Double Eagle
12 String Boogie
Arkansas Traveler
Red Wing
Wildwood Flowers
Grandfather's Clock
Fingers On Fire
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Billy In The Low Ground
