Golden Melodies From Japan by Paul Mark, His Orchestra And Voices released on Imperial in 1961.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"Golden Melodies From Japan by Paul Mark is the Honolulu-based pianist and organist’s second album where he carves out his vision of Japanese Exotica in the whopping amount of 14 tracks. Released on Imperial Records in 1961, it is a very important work (though not many people have heard it, let alone of it), as it embodies an interstitial position: it sits right in-between Mark’s much better known East To West (1961) which is a live recording with a septet at Honolulu’s Oasis Night Club and supercharged with galactic organ textures, koto, shamisen and guitar twangs as well as bongo blebs on the one hand, and his quirkily titled edutainment corker 12½ Geishas Must Be Right (1963) on the other hand which features orchestral strings, harps..."

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev277_paulmark_goldenmelodiesfromjapan/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d62Xm7yUDkM&list=RDd62Xm7yUDkM&start_radio=1

#PaulMark #Exotica #SpaceAgePop #Lounge #Japan #Music #AmbientExotica

Ended the weekend and welcomed the week after a walk with Warm Wave an album by Latin jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader fronting an orchestra arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman recorded in 1964 and released on the Verve label.

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook stated, "If an album ever betrayed Cal Tjader's affinity for former boss George Shearing's ultra-smooth cocktail style, then Warm Wave would be it ... this is less standard Latin lounge Tjader and more an analog to Jackie Gleason's polished easy-listening sound. Tjader's solos are so smooth, in fact, that they practically disappear into Claus Ogerman's opaque arrangements. If you are in the business of collecting classic lounge records, this rates as a good one". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7KTqpY5NBA&list=RDR7KTqpY5NBA&start_radio=1

#CalTjader #ClausOgerman #Vibraphone #Jazz #Lounge #Exotica #SpaceAgePop #Music #VerveRecords

Ended the weekend and welcomed the week after a walk with The Subtle Sound Of David Snell by David Snell released on Decca in 1966.

David Snell (born 12 May 1936) is a British harpist, composer and conductor who has worked across a wide range of genres, from jazz, pop and soundtracks through to library music and classical concert works. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wR5wbJDUsw&list=PLcydzjelTJojUhKHsWL76ZnG4svMOzAcg&index=1

#DavidSnell #Harp #EasyListening #Jazz #Lounge #SpaceAgePop #Exotica #Music

Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wendesday with Harp And Soul by David Snell released on Columbia in 1966.

David Snell - Harp And Soul Review

David Snell's Harp And Soul-yeah, that 1966 LP-is one of those records you stumble on while digging through crates, half expecting to hate it, then end up playing it three times in a row. It's not flashy. Doesn't scream for attention. But damn if it doesn't settle into your bones after a while. Snell, mostly known as a session harpist and later a film score conductor, steps out here as both player and co-conductor (alongside Johnny Scott, who also handles flute and orchestra duties). And honestly? He holds his own. First off, the harp. You'd think it'd be twee. Or worse-background noise for a department store in 1972. But Snell doesn't let it get syrupy. He's got this dry, almost percussive touch...

https://david-snellhr.bandcamp.com/album/harp-and-soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfbPffD1_dY&list=RDCfbPffD1_dY&start_radio=1

#DavidSnell #Jazz #Harp #JohnnyScott #BritJazz #LibraryMusic #Music #SpaceAgePop

Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with East To West by Paul Mark and His Orchestra released on Imperial in 1961.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"There is no Exotica album like Paul Mark's East To West..no other act or orchestra can unchain the same multiplicity of Lounge, Space-Age, Exotica and Far Eastern traces...

The incessant mixture of Paul Mark's Hammond organ and celeste with the gongs, xylophone, koto and shamisen is awe-inspiring and unique in the Exotica landscape. Some tunes are Rock-like and joyful thanks to the simulation of a fairground organ, others bathe in mystique and darker half-tones. Exotica fans who are fond of the Japanese tonality will be happy to know that East To West features two to three tunes that reappear a bit more regularly in their favorite genre. The rest is excitingly alien and deliciously strange.."

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev205_paulmark_easttowest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoccJKwAUw&list=PLqx8HE-cr3HuxH1xoHvcLOMvsJvoFSkOF&index=8

#PaulMark #Exotica #SpaceAgePop #Music #Lounge

Panic The Son Of Shock by The Creed Taylor Orchestra, released in 1960 by ABC Paramount.

Evil exotica? Death jazz? ‘Orrible orchestral? Whatever you decide to call it, it’s a bit strange that the pair of albums
are presented here back to front, with Panic: Son Of Shock first. That aside, what we have are 24 cues of varying quality, but all following the simple,
brave concept of sound pictures with added horror, terror, madness or just plain good old weirdness. Cues are little
vignettes, with subjects drowning, blowing themselves up, driving into trains, smashing stuff, making intense
anonymous phone calls – all the time set to and accompanied by perfect
instrumental picture music. - Record Collector Mag reviewing a CD reissue of this and the previous Shock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_X_ClWveYQ

#CreedTaylor #SpaceAgePop #Novelty #Music #KenyonHopkins

Infinity In Sound by Esquivel, released on RCA Victor in 1960.

"Esquivel actually enjoyed a long and varied career, of which his space age pop recordings were only a portion..The radio (and later television and film) work actually gave him valuable experience in the art of quickly devising varied background music and orchestral arrangements, which he'd put to good use when he began recording for RCA in the late '50s.

This was the era in which stereo albums were first starting to be marketed. Esquivel took advantage of this development to use his albums as laboratories of sorts to explore the spectrum of recorded sound, as reflected in LP titles like Other Worlds, Other Sounds and Four Corners of the World. He employed then-exotic instruments such as the theremin, the ondioline, early Fender Rhodes keyboards, Chinese bells, bass accordion, and a Boom-Bam (a 24-bongo - kit tuned to F) to get what he wanted. Richie Unterberger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q2vjrhA2RQ&list=RD-Q2vjrhA2RQ&start_radio=1

#Esquivel #SpaceAgePop #Music

Ended Monday and welcomed Tuesday after a swim with Mother Earth's Plantasia an electronic album by Mort Garson released in 1976.

...The music on this album was composed specifically for plants to listen to. Garson was inspired by his wife, who grew many plants in their home. Garson used a Moog synthesizer to compose the album...

The album had a very limited distribution upon release, only being available to people who bought a houseplant from a store called Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles or those who purchased a Simmons mattress from a Sears outlet, both of which came with the record. As a result, the album failed to attain widespread popularity around the time of its release. However, it has since gained a cult following as an early work of electronic music - Wikipedia

https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/mother-earths-plantasia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRXLYnwKL8c&list=RDdRXLYnwKL8c&start_radio=1

#MortGarson #Moogsynthesizer #Moog #Music #SpaceAgePop #MotherEarthsPlantasia

LAIKA « Coming Down Glass »(1994) ROYAUME-UNI - Too Pure

🎧 https://youtu.be/UuEEb0WKnJA?list=OLAK5uy_m6yW45OHEAHz6KOVuMThA2ueNcAZp-JXU

#musicselection #1990s
#electronics #downtempo #spaceagepop #triphop

Hit Maker!: Burt Bacharach Plays the Burt Bacharach Hits is the debut album by the American composer Burt Bacharach. The album was recorded in London, with uncredited vocals by the Breakaways, and the musicians included Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Big Jim Sullivan, and members of the Ted Heath band.

Kapp Records first released the album around April 1965. That October, the label reissued the album as The Man!, adding "What's New Pussycat?" and "My Little Red Book" to the track listing. In 1969, the label reissued the album again, re-titling it Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits. This reissue, with a woman on a red cover, featured in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwpnsPwznBM&list=PLueJ77HP0tu_y7d-G7-Nk82iVXY8KRrS1&index=2

#BurtBacharach #spaceagepop #easylistening #JimmyPage #JohnPaulJones #BigJimSullivan #TedHeath #60spop #music