Spock’s Record Round-Up

Friday, July 29, 2011

Ray Martin and His Orchestra

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This 1965 album is another compilation of covers themes.  If you're familiar with Teddy Randazzo's Girl from U.N.C.L.E . music...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Herbie Mann Is SUPER

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... at least for six minutes or so. Actually, the whole album is kind of cute. Here are the tracks: 1 Superman 5:32 2 Etagui 5:13 ...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Hawaiian classics for the Hula

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I found this jewel -- where else -- but in a thrift store over the weekend.  Cheesy but fun. It's a 10" EP.  If you do a searc...
Friday, July 22, 2011

MA-25 - Over Reaction

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Another collection of atomic and/or nuclear-themed songs. Here are the songs: 1 - Hydrogen Bomb Al Rex 1959 2 - The H-Bomb's Thu...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Interesting for Completists

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Originally, the way I understand it, Georges Delerue was hired to compose the soundtrack to the Disney adaptation of Ray Bradbury's ultr...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Some Love Doesn't Fade

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...and that's my love for Western Swing. You can see one of these Texas Playboys record covers up there at the top of the page, behind...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Skip Martin's Scheherajazz

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This is a fun and great arrangement of the Rimsky-Korsakov classic.  Although the cover calls it "a symphony in jazz by the VIDEO A...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Galactic Hits, Baby!

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...as performed by the Odyssey Orchestra, that is. Here are the out-of-this-world tracks: 01 - The Empire Strikes Back (Main Theme) ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Bab-a-LOO!

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For the Bicentennial Celebration of the Fourth of July, 1976, Joyce and I went with my big brother to visit my sister Sue and her husband in...
Friday, July 8, 2011

There's Something Going On ... Where?

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This album is copyrighted 1982 by RCA.  It contains music from horror/SF films. It's interesting in that I really don;t know why the...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Disco Dracula

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Can you count the "do-do-do-doots"?  I think not. This cover image reminds me of Eddie Money's video for "I Think I'...
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Monday, July 4, 2011

Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Extra-Terrestrials . . .

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Howdy and happy Fourth of July! The Now Sound Orchestra first came to my attention when at Skaggs Albertsons I came across, in their bin o...
Friday, July 1, 2011

This ...Is Creepy Music

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After a long search, I was thrilled to find a full soundtrack for the wonderfully creepy Salem's Lot 1979 miniseries. The only downsi...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Coming on Friday

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Extra credit if you guess it!   

Another Guilty Pleasure

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While the movie 1941 is mostly considered to be a huge disaster in most ways -- story, waste of good actors on cheese, etc, I like the John ...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Renaissance Music Festival

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Why these dances are called "Pleghmish Dances," I don't know. Nobody SOUNDS sick. These are the pieces to the Festival...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Space Movies Spectacular!

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Plus, in Electrifying Stereo!  (that makes it all better, I guess) Here's a dub of a cassette performed by  the London Philharmonic / ...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Relax, It's Summer

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You can sit in the air conditioning (if you're smart) and play this album in the background on low volume.  Ah!  The sounds of the outdo...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Themes from ET and More, 1982

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Here's another of those "cover" albums of popular fantasy/sci-fi movies.  But for some reason this is one of my favorites.  Es...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Songs Our Mummy Taught Us

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Rumor has it that "Dor" was "poet" Rod McKuen. Be that as it may, this is a fun record from 1959.  Here are the tracks...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The World of James Bond Adventure!

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More great arrangements by Roland Shaw and his orchestra, along with a few cloying arrangements with cloying vocals. Here are the tracks on...
Monday, June 13, 2011

A non-scary Monster Concert!

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"Monster" as in, it's a BIG one -- 10 pianos, 16 pianists!  Here are the tracks: 01 - Stars and Stripes Forever 02 - William...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Music of the Crusades

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I admit that I have a real affection for this style of music. These are the tracks:   1 - La quinte estampie reale Anonymous, F...
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