Renata Tebaldi As Tosca

Renata Tebaldi As Tosca
London Records 5280
195?

I'm not into this music form, but I love vintage London Record cover art. And here's another stunning example. Simple, dramatic and perfect. Photo credit: Sedge Le Blang.

The Mystic Moods Of Love Orchestra

The Mystic Moods Of Love

The Mystic Moods Orchestra
Philips PHS 600-260
1968

Well, I was hoping to post a sample, but apparently this Mystic Moods project was popular enough to be in print on CD.

This is my first exposure to Mystic Moods (having found this LP at a thrift).

You can read all about Brad Miller and Mystic Moods on Space Age Pop.

The deal is on this LP and apparently other Miller projects is that Miller likes to combine sound effects with his brand of easy listening. Rain starts off this LP and it storms all the way through the LP. According to the notes Miller recorded these effects just for this project. At first I thought all the rain would be annoying but the layering of music and sound effects does create a pleasant and interesting mood. The sound effects helps to blend one track into another. The blending of tracks is an appealing technique that creates more of a single soundscape rather then an LP with a collection of individual tracks.

This is one of my favorite space age easy listening records.

Eddie Layton - Organ Sounds & Percussion

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Eddie Layton
Organ Sounds & Percussion
Perfect Presence Sound
Mercury Records PPS 6029

I'm having trouble dating this LP. This is an album from Mercury's Perfect Presence Sound Series. I think this series was started in 1961. The cover "look" and gatefold is strikingly similar to those found on Enoch Light's Command Label product from the same period. And Light was one of the first to use 35mm film to record. So I'm not sure who is the trend setter. I think Mercury followed Light's lead.

None-the-less, like Command projects, this is a well engineered "space pop" LP with a few exotica flavored tracks mixed in with the more standard tracks.

Are You Satisfied - Bill Ruff with Herbie Layne's Orchestra and Chorus - Gateway Records Cincinnati, Ohio

Tutti Fruiti - Jack Daniels With Herbie Layne's Orchestra and Chorus - Gateway Top Tune Cincinnati Ohio

The Gypsy Baron - OKeh 4678

The Voice Of Miliza Korjus

Delibes Lakme (Bell Song)

The Voice Of Miliza Korjus
RCA CAMDEN CAL 297
1959

Terrific 2 color cover on RCA's budget label.

This LP has a bit of a hollywood flare to it. Korjus did work in a number of films. She was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress for her first film appearance in The Great Waltz (1938).

Of note, in 1944 or thereabouts she settled in Los Angeles and founded Venus Records so that she could release her earlier recordings.

This type of music is outside of what I collect. But I must admit that a blood red cover with a beautiful woman screeching in a foreign language always gets my attention. OK... I know she isn't "screeching"! The sample posted isn't too far away from what you might find on a Yma Sumac exotica LP.

Enjoy!

Young Ho! Go Chevron! 1965 Standard Oil Company Promo Record

This "record" is an 8 x 8 inch sheet of very thin red plastic. The sound is surprisingly good.

The same promo in three speeds. I'm not sure how the promotional item was distributed. Radio station ad?

8 Top Hits 3318 - Enoch Light Label

I Want You To Be My Baby

8 Top Hits
Waldorf Music Hall Records
MH 3318
195?

Another in the series of budget records created exclusively for Woolworths Department Stores by Enoch Light probably in the mid 1950s.

There is one way cool tune by Trudy Richards on this 10 inch 33 RPM.

Any Old Time - The Detroiters - Cameo 9309 - Vintage 1920s Fox Trot

If I Had A Talking Picture Of You - Eddie Brown And His Orchestra - Cameo 9309 - 1920s 78 RMP Fox Trot

Mary Lou - Charles Kaley - Abelyman's California Orchestra - Brunswick 3135 - Vintage Fot Trot 78 RMP 1920s

Do You Believe In Dreams - Charles Kaley - Abelyman's California Orchestra - Brunswick 3135 - 1920s 78 RPM