Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos

Good Morning Starshine

Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos

The London Festival Orchestra
Destination
London SP 44135
1969

Groovy dreamy cover with groovy dreamy easy listening pop covers on the inside.

Bachelor pad and lime green leisure suits.

Ronnie Aldrich

Persuasive Percussion Volume 4

Oh Lady Be Good

Persuasive Percussion Volume 4
Enoch Light and The Command All Stars
Command Records RS 830 SD
Originated and Produced by Enoch Light 1961

This cover was designed By Charles E. Murphy.

Another nice LP that repeats the blend of jazz and 60s flavored easy listening pop found on Volume 3. Once again, we hear the crystal clear Command Label sound (Recording Chief Robert Fine).

Persuasive Percussion Volume 3

Bingo Bango Bongo Baby

Persuasive Percussion Volume 3
Enoch Light
The Command All Stars
Command RS 33-817.
1960 Grand Award Publishing Co.

Excellent album, as I've come to expect from Enoch Light's Command record label. Excellent engineering is the hallmark of projects coming out of Command under Light.

Even though this volume of Persuasive Percussion came out just a year after volume 1 (which is heavily exotic) you can hear Light's music (direction) pushing through "space age bachelor pad" music towards 60s jazz/easy listening hybrid. Doc Severinsen is listed in this iteration of The Command All-Stars. Severinsen became the house band leader on The Johnny Carson Show in 1967.

And again we have a marvelous cover designed by Josef Albers. This "style" of cover art graced many of The Command products. As an image, the designs always managed, with the upmost simplicity, to capture what the project is all about. The cover design is by Josef Albers.

This LP was never released on CD to the best of my knowledge. So enjoy one of the cooler track as an example.

Persuasive Percussion Volume 1

Tabu

Persuasive Percussion
Enoch Light
Terry Snyder and The All Stars
Command RS 800 S.D.
1959 Award Publishing Corporation

Excellent album, as I've come to expect from Enoch Light's Command record label. Excellent engineering is the hallmark of projects coming out of Command under Light.

There are many great exotica flavored tracks on this LP.

This is the first volume in the Persuasive Percussion releases and the first LP coming out of Command with a gate fold. The gate fold offered space on the jacket to explain the process of how the record was made and to give the listener some info on each track. And of course, as an artist, I love the minimalist cover art. This "style" of cover art graced many of The Command products.  As an image, the designs always managed, with the upmost simplicity, to capture what the project is all about. The cover design is by Josef Albers.

By way of example, I offer Tabu (yes, not Taboo... none-the-less, this is a cover of that popular exotica song). It's amazing.

This LP is no longer in print (on CD).

Karen and Chubby

Walt Disney's

Karen And Cubby Sing Songs Together DBR-75
45 rpm

What can I say? This is an unopened sealed copy. I know... you are SO jealous!

Old Chisholm Trail

The Lone Prairie

With Vocal and Full Orchestra
The Record Corporation Of America, Inc. N. 6003 P
Vocalist Andy Gainey
Production Bob Bollard
194?

Great 6.5 inch 78 rpm children's picture disc.

Enjoy!

The Lone Prairie

The Lone Prairie
With Vocal and Full Orchestra
The Record Corporation Of America, Inc. N. 6003 P
Vocalist Rue Knapp
Production Bob Bollard
194?

Great 6.5 inch 78 rpm children's picture disc.

Enjoy!

Tom Cat

Tom Cat
The Tightrope Walker & Circus Animals
Arranged and Recorded by Voco Inc. 802
Artist: Bob Kennedy

Fun 1948 vintage 7" 78 rpm children's picture disc record.

Sorry the record is so beat up that I couldn't record from it.

Ellis In Wonderland

Ellis In Wonderland
Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
Columbia CL 933 1957

Terrific cheesecake cover art helps dress up an dreamy easy listening LP.

This record is in release on CD with another Ellis project: Let's Get Away From It All. So I won't be featuring a sample. The track You're My Girl has a nice exotica touch to it.

Earl Bostic Plays Sweet Tunes Of The Fantastic 50s

Canadian Sunset

Earl Bostic Plays Sweet Tunes Of The Fantastic 50s
King Records 602, 1959

Terrific cover art of an X-15 illustrated by L. Paleno. The X-15 was one of the devices leading America into the space age. There is a newspaper clipping on the rear jacket cover that describes the craft.

The album is a nice blend of 50s pop, jazz and exotica with Bostic up front belting out tunes on his sax.

More on Bostic found on this great site: Space Age Pop