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!
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Harry James & His Orchestra
Pickwick SPC-3126
From the back cover: Now on the eve of the 1970s, Harry James is producing fresh new sounds – we invite you to enjoy them.
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Mexicali Rose
Streets Of Laredo
Malaguena Salerosa
Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Going Out Of My Head
Don't Be That Way
A Taste Of Honey
I Can Dream, Can't I
Here's another LP in the series of cover albums jammed full of impossible musical moments by orchestra conductor Terry Baxter and producer Betsy Cohen.
Music To Help You Stop Smoking
Living Strings
RCA Camden CAL-821
1964
From the back cover: Reach for a melodious bud… instead of a butt.
Autumn Leaves
April In Paris
Medley- The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful, In The Night, If There Is Someone LovelierThan You
Medley - Clair De Lune, Yellow Bird
Theme From Carnival
Penthouse Serenade
If Ever I Would Leave You
Love's Old Street Song
Medley - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto In B-Flat Minor - Chopin: Polonaise In A-Flat
Needless to say, this album is no "introduction to graphic design". Why Westminster, having published many fine album covers spent no money on this design, is a mystery to me.
The contents, for the most part, also seem "budget" or "dashed" together. The stereo engineering sounds weak to my ears. However, Ralph Font's cover of Tabu (or Taboo) is worth posting as a sample to compare with any mono versions that may floating around out there.
I thought I had the Font's LP that this track was lifted from, but I can't find the copy. Instead, check out this super fun Font project: Longhair Goes Cha-Cha
Sabre Dance - Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Espana - Vienna State Orchestra
Castaldo March - Deutschmeister
Bank Holiday - Vienna State Orchestra
Trepak - Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Toccata In D Minor - Carl Weinrich
Sound Effects
A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Mary Lou Brewer
Tabu - Ralph Font
Dixie - Dick Leibert
Peg-Leg Menegue - Ferrante and Teicher
The Spirit Of Christmas
Yippee-Ole
Western Songs The Latin Way
Melino And His Orchestra
Jubilee JLP 1042
1957
Blending traditional western song titles and Latin rhythm suggests that this is one album that I should not purchase. However, the black fishnet hose clad model on the cover demands that I must purchase the album. And so here the record is, hose cheesecake and cha cha cowboy rhythm song sample, featured now in The Atomic Attic.
Actually, the album presents a pretty decent Latin set that is only slightly "western" in sound, although the Cha Cha dance beat does sound somewhat like a horse plodding down the dirt street of some gold rush town.
From the back cover: Introduced at the world-famous Grossinger, N.Y. Country Club, where Melino has been featured with his band the past two hears, "Yodelin' Cowboy" (the only vocal number) as greeted with such enthusiastic reaction that Melino was prompted to refashion a raft of well-known Western airs in Latin tempos.
On The Trail
Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddles
Yodelin' Cowboy Cha-Cha
Tumbling Tumble Weeds
Along The Navajo Trail
The Last Roundup
Don't Fence Me In
You Are My Sunshine
I'm An Old Cowhand
Empty Saddles
Wagon Wheels
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
For Reminiscent Lovers
Romantic Songs By Bill Doggett
King Records 706
1960
Nice, subdued lounge set from organist Bill Dogget featuring this sexy cover of Angel Eyes.
A Sinner Kissed An Angel
My Romance
Accent On Youth
A Sunday King Of Love
For All We Know
Imagination
Angel Eyes
Trav'lin Light
My Foolish Heart
I'm Yours
If I Should Lose You
Good-Bye