This generic album cover was made to hold 78’s (which were often released in brown paper sleeves without cover art) It wasn’t until the late forties/early fifties that illustration and then photography were used to package individual records.
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Talking Comics was a series of 78’s on the Belda Records label that came with a comic book and sheet music so you could play along. The record was a narrated story with music. This cartoon looks like a precursor to Hanna-Barbera’s great Squidly-diddly (who shall be featured here soon)!
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Black Orpheus on Philips. This beautiful cover comes from Lartaun Perez and his personal collection. Lartaun suggests that it may be “the first bossa-nova in history”. Thanks for sending!
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JULIAN CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (Leader-Alto Sax); JOHN COLTRANE (Tenor Sax);WYNTON KELLY (Piano); PAUL CHAMBERS (Bass); JIMMY COBB (Drums)
LIMEHOUSE BLUES (Furber-Braham) Harms, Inc. (ASCAP) 4:39.
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA (Prank Perkins & Mitchell Parish) Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 6:15.
WABASH (Julian Adderley) Pure Music (BMI) 5:44.
GRAND CENTRAL (John Coltrane) Jowcol Music, Inc.(BMI) 4:33.
YOU’RE A WEAVER OF DREAMS (Victor Young & Jack Elliott) Kassner Music (ASCAP) 5:31.
THE SLEEPER (John Coltrane) Jowcol Music, Inc. (BMI) 7:15.
This session was cut in Chicago while all the above were sidemen working with Miles Davis’ group at the Sutherland Hotel in 1959!
This epochal jazz session was recorded in February, 1959, at universal Recording’s Studio B, Chicago, with Bernie Clapper, president of the firm, at the audio controls. In order to achieve the epitome in cohesive sound and coordination, the group was set up very tight, the way they worked in personal engagements. Microphone sets were worked out to make for the most possible directivity of sound with very little crossover, because this is fundamentally a session which featured solos by these outstanding progressive jazzmen.
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Zounds! The Lennie Niehaus Octet! Contemporary Records! 1954!
Another beautiful William Claxton cover photograph! Rich color! Elegant design! Natural beauty! High style! Cool jazz!
The best of late fifties West Coast Jazz featuring the sounds of Niehaus on Alto; Bill Perkins, Tenor; Pepper Adams, Baritone Sax; Shelly Manne, Drums; Red Mitchell, Bass; Lou Levy, Piano; Bob Enevoldsen, Trombone and others!
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