Autumn '73 - Daniel

Daniel

20 Hit Songs
Autumn '73
Recorded By The Sound Effects
QMO 118

Great budget record marketed to unwary buyers as "hit songs". But who are The Sound Effects? Not hit makers I can assure you. But they can take a lame successful pop song and make it even more lame... but somehow more fun for me.

Check out all three posts from this treasure. Oh, and did you notice the lame cover art?

Autumn '73 - Saturday Night's Alright For Lame Covers

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

20 Hit Songs

Autumn '73

Recorded By The Sound Effects

QMO 118

Another wonderfully horrible cover.

Autumn '73 - Brother Louie

Brother Louie

20 Hit Songs
Autumn '73
Recorded By The Sound Effects
QMO 118

A punishing version of this classic tune. Enjoy!

AC DC Let There Be Rock

AC DC

Let There Be Rock
Atco 36-151
1977

I don't collect rock anymore, but one album I still own is this autographed copy of Let There Be Rock with Bon Scott's signature.

The history behind the LP and AC DC's appeal for me started before I got out of high school in 1975. I bought AC DC's first LP and remember reading a review of the work. The reviewer felt the work was "raw" and "primitive". The review wasn't positive. Remember, what most kids were listening to was a very refined or slick form of rock and roll coming from heavy weights like Peter Frampton or Queen. I knew, even then, that AC DC had something and that "raw" quality wasn't a bad thing.

I saw AC DC play The Agora Theatre in Columbus Ohio (a converted movie theatre located on High Street in the OSU campus entertainment area). They kicked ass.

The next time they came to town, I did not see the show, but I did go to a record store in town where they made an appearance and had this LP signed.

My memory is that the boys appeared to be a bit shy, a little befuddled and possibly high. But they were smiling and seemed to be enjoying the attention.

Mallet Magic - Harry Breuer And His Quintet

La Rosita

Mallet Magic
Harry Breuer and his Quintet
Audio Fidelity AFLP 1825
1957

Great space age cover design on the outside, photography by Bob Witt with light space age jazz/pop on the inside. This is Breuer's run up to Mallet Mischief. The "Mischief" jacket is featured on the cover of Incredibly Strange Music Volume One. This record was a platform for demonstrating "high fidelity" or stereo, although this record, 1825, is the monaural release. The engineering is very good. The last track on the B side is a nice exotica number.

Mallet Mischief
Harry Breuer and his Quintet Vol. 2
Audio Fidelity AFLP 1882
1958

From November 24, 1958 Billboard: Breuer and his crew serve a listenable set of international favorites, done in attractive various tempos. His facility with percussion instruments is nicely demonstrated. Sound is excellent, and buys can also be lured from hi-fi bugs. Good potential.

Latino - Don Swan

La Furiosa

Latino Volume Two
Don Swan
Liberty Records LRP 3161
Monoral 1960

This was the last of five records Swan produced under contract for Liberty Records.

Terrific space age cover design by Pate/Francis & Assocs. Photography: Garrett-Howard.

Bright and cool Latin flavored bachelor pad music with exotica flourishes.

Read about Don Swan on Space Age Pop.

Music Of Bali

Music Of Bali
Westminster Hi-Fi
XWN 2209
1958

Wonderful 2 record set of Balinese music recorded by The Argo Record Co., Ltd. during actual performance at the Winter Garden Theatre in London, in asscociation with Derrick de Marney for and in behalf of the Indonesian Government.

Music is performed by The Gamelan Orchestra from Pliatan, Indonesia. Directed by Anak Gde Mandera. The record set comes with pamphlet insert describing instruments with historical information.

Terrific REAL exotica music. I offer side one as an example of the treasures contained in the set. Titles: The Overture, Kapi Raja (King Of The Apes), Tumulilingan (Bumblebees) and Kechak.

Guess Who's Coming Home

Guess Who's Coming Home

Black Fighting Men Recorded Live In Vietnam
Black Fourm
1972 Motown Record

Great slice of raw war time anger on vinyl. Recordings of actual participants made over two years, 1967 and 69, by Wallace Terry and released in 1972. This recording reveals a side of the war that folks interested in the period might want to review to help form a more complete a picture of the war. Available on CD through Amazon.

The Boys

Kickin' Around

Kickin Around
The Boys
Rome Records
Columbus, OH RLP-4133

This is a two record set that is autographed by three of the band members.

Why two records? They don't call these record projects "vanity" for nothing.

Kickin' Around does have a nice 70s cheese/funk flavor to it.