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67 Melody Lane Ken Griffin At The Wurlitzer Organ 18 Selections From The Ken Griffin TV Film Series “67 Melody Lane” Columbia Records, 1950s “What I find funny about this cover is that the star himself is the small BW figure shown on the TV set, not the guy in the large color pic. The album itself is (musically) unlistenable.” — lp cover lover, Nicholas West
Canciones de America con Ernesto Hill Olvera RCA Victor This is really kind of beautiful. The orange glow. The dramatic light on her shoulder, neck and hands. The yellow wisp of illuminated, exhaled smoke. His posture and hand poised just like that. His ring. His cool shades.
Brother Jack McDuff “Hot Barbeque” Prestige Records (1966) With George Benson. I real organ-guitar groover! Check it out!
Baby-Face Willette “Behind the 8 Ball” Argo. (1964) Gene Barge (Sax (Alto), Baby Face Willette (Organ), Jerold Donavon (Drums), Ben White (Guitar) Esmond Edwards (Producer), Ron Malo (Engineer), Don Bronstein (Design), Don Bronstein (Cover Photo) His masterpiece, and one of the greatest Hammond organ albums ever, is his Blue Note release “Face to Face.” This is his second LP for Argo and his last as a leader. Baby-Face soon after disappeared and, while unconfirmed, is said to have passed away in 1971.
George H. Jenner at Console of Baldwin PR2000 Organ. “Fingers Four Touch On Sounds”
One of the joys of album cover design during the golden age of the fifties and sixties was the freedom that designers had to do crazy things. Here’s another example of that “hey I got an idea – let’s do it” attitude. Steve Allen (at the Wurlitzer Electric Piano!) “Electrified Favorites” from the guys at Coral.
