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Geoff Love
Heat WaveParlophone/Warner (Japan), 1959. New Copy
Fantastic early work from Geoff Love – an arranger we mostly know for his easy instrumental albums of the 70s – but who works here in a very different mode! The record's got a sound that really lives up to its steamy cover – a mix of jazz and exotic modes that are handled with a ... CD
Warren Baker with Paul Tanner & Andre Montero
Music For Heavenly BodiesOmega/Modern Harmonic, 1958. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)
LP...$23.99
24.99
There's two sorts of heavenly bodies on the cover – but the real charms of the record lie inside, as the set's overflowing with incredible early theremin recordings! The album features spacey orchestral settings arranged by Warren Baker, and conducted by Andre Montero – plus fantastic ... LP, Vinyl record album
Mort Garson
Zodiac Cosmic SoundsElektra/El (UK), 1967. New Copy
The Zodiac never sounded so spooky – and the album's one of the first in a trend that explored astrology with funky musical backings! The music for the set was put together by moogy maestro Mort Garson – then making a transition from being a straight easy arranger in the early 60s, to ... CD
MGM/Omni (Australia), 1963/1969. New Copy
CD...$16.99
19.99
Incredible work from the great Dick Hyman – two of his hippest electric albums back to back on a single CD, with great bonus cuts too! First up is Moon Gas – one of the greatest albums that Dick Hyman ever recorded – a mad mix of keyboards that more than lives up to its name and ... CD
Mike Sammes Singers & The John Gregory Orchestra
Channel West (TV Western Themes/El (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy 2 CDs
CD...$8.99
13.99
Two very different slices of work from the Brit easy scene at the start of the 60s – TV music from arranger John Gregory, and a set of swinging vocal sides from the great Mike Sammes Singers! Gregory dominates the first record – which is split between an album of western themes, mostly ... CD
Attilio ''Art'' Mineo
Man In Space With SoundsModern Harmonic, 1962. New Copy
Wonderful sounds from space – put together in a rare album that was initially issued in a small batch, to coincide with the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962! For the set, Art Mineo comes up with an amazing batch of spacey sounds that were played at the fair in conjunction with a machine called ... CD
Attilio ''Art'' Mineo
Man In Space With Sounds (colored vinyl)Modern Harmonic, 1962. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)
Wonderful sounds from space – put together in a rare album that was initially issued in a small batch, to coincide with the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962! For the set, Art Mineo comes up with an amazing batch of spacey sounds that were played at the fair in conjunction with a machine called ... LP, Vinyl record album
Eden Ahbez & Others
Wild Boy – The Lost Songs Of Eden Ahbez (180 gram pressing)Bear Family (Germany), 1950s/1960s. New Copy Gatefold
LP...$28.99
31.99
A much-needed look at the untapped musical legacy of Eden Ahbez – the west coast mystic who's best remembered for delivering the song "Nature Boy" to Nat King Cole (legendarily walking in barefooted during a recording session!) – but who also made a range of other great music ... LP, Vinyl record album
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
WarmA&M/Herb Alpert, 1969. New Copy Gatefold
A fantastic record from the late 60s years of Herb Alpert – a time when the trumpeter was really opening up his sound, and starting to hit some of the same cool styles of his other great acts on the A&M label! Gone are the trademark Cali-Mex arrangements of the early Tijuana Brass ... CD
Warren Barker
Music Of Desire – The Exotic Rhythms Of Warren BarkerWarner (Japan), 1960. New Copy
Wonderful work from Warren Barker – one of the lesser-known exotica talents at the start of the 60s – but only because he was also working in a variety of other instrumental modes at the time! Barker's charts are always nicely playful – and that approach also holds true here ... CD
Nelson Riddle
Nat – An Orchestral Portrait Of Nat King ColeReprise/Warner (Japan), 1965. New Copy
A great tribute to Nat King Cole by Nelson Riddle – the arranger whose 50s work with the singer helped break Cole out of the trio format and into pop charts! As with all of Riddle's work, the music here is never straight pop – nor is it sleepy easy listening – because there's a ... CD
Herb Alpert & The TJB
You Smile – The Song BeginsA&M, 1974. New Copy Gatefold
CD...$7.99
11.98
Nice one from Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – working with arranger Quincy Jones! You Smile – The Song Begins comes at a pretty interesting point in which Herb was still working in the Spanish-inflected, jazzy instrumental groove of earlier years – but in a fresh way after a ... CD
Leda Annest/
Portrait Of Leda
Columbia, Late 50s. New Copy (reissue)
A wonderfully moody session from the late 50s – one that features the eerie vocals of Leda Annest over the orchestrations of Phil Moore! Leda's got a haunting voice that's somewhere in the range of Yma Sumac, but a bit less dramatic – more kind of a wordless instrument, used amidst the ... LP, Vinyl record album
Herb Alpert
SummertimeA&M/Herb Alpert, 1971. New Copy Gatefold
CD...$7.99
11.98
Late 60s brilliance from the legendary Herb Alpert – one of a few key records that has him reinventing his style for a whole new generation! Herb name-checks Gil Evans, Miles Davis, and Ahmad Jamal in the notes – and he's definitely opening up the style of his arrangements here – ... CD
Al Caiola
Sounds For Spies & Private EyesUnited Artists, Mid 60s. Near Mint-
Groovy guitarist Al lays down a tasty set of 60s spy and cop themes – all with a Leroy Holmes production style that's similar to other pop soundtrack work on United Artists. The album features the original cut "The Bronze Doll", plus groovy theme music like "The Eye In Flat ... LP, Vinyl record album
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Whipped Cream & Other DelightsA&M, 1965. Very Good+
Trumpety magic from Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – a record that's known not only for its classic cover of a model dipped in whipped cream, but also for it's tremendously groovy groove! The Tijuana sound is very firmly in place by the time of this set – Mexican-inspired, but ... LP, Vinyl record album
Spike Jones
New Band Of Spike Jones Plays Hank Williams HitsLiberty, 1965. Sealed
... LP, Vinyl record album
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
WarmA&M, Late 60s. Near Mint-
A fantastic record from the late 60s years of Herb Alpert – a time when the trumpeter was really opening up his sound, and starting to hit some of the same cool styles of his other great acts on the A&M label! Gone are the trademark Cali-Mex arrangements of the early Tijuana Brass ... LP, Vinyl record album
