Before hip hop there was be bop
James Moody BE BOP “Tomorrow’s Music Today” Metronome Records (From Lp cover lover, Mika)
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(7 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) Loading ...OH, F LI C K
“Flick The Little Fire Engine” MGM Records
(5 votes, average: 3.2 out of 5) Loading ...Surreal killer
The Recorded Detailman.. When YOU are really free to listen…
So there’s more to this than meets the eye (or ear). Like Jackie Gleason famously tapping Salvador Dali for the cover of his easy listening pablum, this use of de Chirico-like artwork, is the inconcrous cover of a promotional record put out by ENZYPAN - an antacid and the “first thought in digestive disturbances” From the back cover: “Whether dyspepsia of functional, secretory or nervous origin; whether manifest by nausea and regurgitation, or by flatulence, gas pressure, irritable colon; whether accompanied by fermentative or putrefactive processes”
The music is “Le Tableau de L’Operation de la Taille” (”The Table of a Bladder Operation” ) by French composer, Marin Marais (1656-1728). The only musical description of a surgical operation. This record,circa 1950, offers the first modern performance and first recording of this unusual composition. It includes the recorded commentary of the composer’s original annotations announcing the phases of the progressing operation. The performance is by the Dutch viola da gamba player, Carel Boomkamp, accompanied by the French harpsichordist, Denyse Gouarne. One final note, this odd piece of medical and advertising history is a 10″ 78 RPM pressing on deep red vinyl.
(22 votes, average: 4.41 out of 5) Loading ...Truth or consequences
“It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie” Bell Records.
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The Storyland Theater presents “Tick-Tock-Tale” Music composed and conducted by Paul Creston. Written and directed by Jules Werner. A Sonora album.
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“Hallowe’en” Composed and Narrated by Lionel Barrymore Story and Lyrics by Dailey Paskman. MGM Records
(24 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt”
“Three Wise Monkeys” for $.29. A Tops For Tots 78 record. “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil”
(22 votes, average: 3.59 out of 5) Loading ...The devil you know
TV’s “Truth or Consequences” game show host Ralph Edwards “acts as Master of Ceremonies for an evening of hilarity” “Let’s Have a Party - A Complete Program of Games, Stunts and Contests” on Mercury Records. An album of 78’s.
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“Space Songs” “Trip in a Rocket Ship” and “On the Moon” Peter Pan Records. A 7″ 78 RPM record. Just $.29.
(10 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5) Loading ...Lee Wiley
Two rare Lee Wiley 78’s on Schirmer from Vintage Vanguard. Wiley was the first singer to do songbook albums. I’ve always liked her version of “Careless Love,” but she’s was always good. A later Lp “West of the Moon” (1956) is worth finding.
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