JSngry Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Richard Bock had his Indian bag, Bob Weinstock had a bag of his own, it appears. Edited December 15, 2011 by JSngry Quote
JSngry Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Edited December 15, 2011 by JSngry Quote
Dan Gould Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Proof that Bob wasn't lying when he told me that profits from big hits on Prestige got plowed back into new labels and new recordings. But no RVG Series on these? Quote
JSngry Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Posted December 15, 2011 Swingers, recorded at RVG! ++ I wonder of any of these, especially the "ethnic" recordings, are noteworthy. Quote
Neal Pomea Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) This is the cover of one of the most important Cajun French music lps ever. Austin Pitre on fiddle, Lurlin LeJeune on guitar, Melton Molitor on accordion. I love this album and this photo! Recorded by Dr. Harry Oster of LSU ~1956. Some of it was re-released officially by Arhoolie. Write up: here Edited December 15, 2011 by Neal Pomea Quote
mikeweil Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Interesting that those oriental albums are all by Pontos Greeks or Armenians - both ethnicities that were forced into migration and exile by the Turcs at various times. Many of them found a new home in the USA. Quote
JSngry Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Posted December 16, 2011 This is the cover of one of the most important Cajun French music lps ever. Austin Pitre on fiddle, Lurlin LeJeune on guitar, Melton Molitor on accordion. I love this album and this photo! Recorded by Dr. Harry Oster of LSU ~1956. Some of it was re-released officially by Arhoolie. Write up: here How did that ever get to Bob Weinstock? Quote
brownie Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 Another label from the Prestige staple (Don Schlitten produced this one): The Lively Arts label catalogue: Prestige Lively Arts 30000 series (12 inch LP) LA 30001 Billy Dee Williams - Let's Misbehave LA 30002 A Taste Of Hermione Baddeley LA 30003 Roddy McDowall Reads The Horror Stories Of H.P. Lovecraft LA 30004 Burgess Meredith Reads Ray Bradbury LA 30005 Larry Storch Reads Philip Roth's Epstein LA 30006 James Mason Reads The Imp Of The Perverse And Other Stories By Edgar Allen Poe LA 30007 James Mason Reads Herman Melville's Bartleby, The Scrivener LA 30008 Morris Carnovsky Reads Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground LA 30009 Norman Mailer Reads Norman Mailer Quote
Christiern Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 Don Schlitten also produced the Burgess Meredith reads Ray Bradbury album, which was wonderful. The Billy Dee Williams cabaret album, "Let's Misbehave", was terrible—I gave it to Aretha, who wanted it badly (for non-musical reasons). Then, too, there is Los Morenos, a Flamenco album that Rudy engineered and I produced—they brought their own roll-away wooden dance floor. These non-jazz sets don't necessarily reflect Bob Weinstock's taste. Quote
Dan Gould Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 That Roddy McDowell LP gives me a late idea for Christmas present, if I could find it ... Quote
Neal Pomea Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 Write up: here How did that ever get to Bob Weinstock? From what I understand it was self-financed by Prof. Oster for the Louisiana Folklore Society then pitched to Prestige International and Folk for distribution. Lease expired and he then sold his tapes to Arhoolie. Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 Neal thanks for that link - are there MP3s associated with that site? Quote
Neal Pomea Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 Neal thanks for that link - are there MP3s associated with that site? Sure are! I don't know sound editing, unfortunately, so some are quite mossy. Quote
JSngry Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Posted December 22, 2011 Flamingo Chris Albertson/RVG style! No Chris here, but still RVG: Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted December 22, 2011 Report Posted December 22, 2011 I've actually seen the "East of Athens" LP once when I was in Istanbul. I should have bought it, but I didn't want to carry it around for my entire vacation. Quote
Christiern Posted December 22, 2011 Report Posted December 22, 2011 Thanks Jim! How did you ever dig up that album? I had forgotten that Don Schlitten conceived and arranged for this—a concept album? I've never before seen an "arranged for" credit, I doubt if Don had to work hard to get them, their floor, and castanets to Englewood Cliffs! Also wonder why I was asked to produce the session, and why the call came from Bob Weinstock. In fact, I have been wondering about this album since July 22, 1961. BTW, that hole in the album is not from a Flamenco hater's bullet—it indicated that the record was a promotional copy. At Prestige, it was drilled by Pop Weinstock, Bob's father, who manned a huge floor model drill and did his best to aim between the record's natural hole and the label's edge. Quote
JSngry Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Posted December 22, 2011 Sounds as if you're just as curious about it as I am! That record, and many others seen in this thread are being showcased in a sharity blog, the name of which matches that of a certain Coltrane album that could be paraphrased as "Solar Sea Vessel". More information than that would likely incur the wrath of the board's rules, so let's let that be that. But I find it fascinating how the interest in "world music" that began in earnest in the late 50s/early 60s manifest itself on jazz labels like Prestige & World Pacific/Pacific Jazz, and...who else? And then when I see Chris Albertson producing a flamingo record, I'm all like WHOA!!! There's also a thread going on here (in this same Discography forum) about the Riverside children's records. Any input you might care to give on that would certainly be welcome, as I know that you had a very good relationship with Bill Grauer, and this endeavor seemed to be of real interest to him. Quote
king ubu Posted December 22, 2011 Report Posted December 22, 2011 Wow, amazing! Love the "Near East" label! And the one on the first "Holy Modal Rounders", too! Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted December 23, 2011 Report Posted December 23, 2011 Wow, amazing! Love the "Near East" label! And the one on the first "Holy Modal Rounders", too! I spotted this one today at a local record shop. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted December 24, 2011 Report Posted December 24, 2011 @ hardbop: THATS the one with the different rvg stamp ive never seen on any other lp thats like a teeny tiny block 'RVG' stamp Quote
Christiern Posted December 29, 2011 Report Posted December 29, 2011 Jim, I don't recall a Riverside children's series, as such (Wonderland Records came after I left), but there were some comedy albums like Louis Nye's "Heigh-Ho Madison Avenue," which they spent a lot of money promoting (the PR kit came in a black briefcase). Barrett Clark, a stage actor/director/TV writer, produced several drama-oriented releases, as well as the immortal "Sounds of the Home" series of dripping faucets and slamming screen doors, "Sounds of Sebring" and other fun rev'ed up albums, etc. He was also—though rather regrettably—the audio engineer on my "Chicago: The Living Legends" series. BTW, my favorite Limerick comes from one of Barrett's albums: On the breast of a woman named Gail, was tattooed the price of her tail, and on her behind, for the sake of the blind, was the same information in braille. Quote
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