Ten inch LPs; do we know the full story?

[Teasing the Korean]

The generally accepted first pop music "concept" (as opposed to "songbook") album was on Columbia 78s - Frank Sinatra,'s The Voice.from 1946. That was also Columbia's first pop catalog item to be released as an LP.

We can split hairs over what constitutes a "concept" album and what constitutes "pop" music, but you can make a strong case for the Andre Kostelanetz Columbia album Exotic Music (1945) as an example of a very early concept album.  Also, the same year as The Voice (1946), Gordon Jenkins released Manhattan Tower, a concept album if there ever was one, conceived specifically as an album. 

Other early examples of pop concept albums released as both 78 and 10" albums would include Yma Sumac's Voice of the Xtabay, Les Baxter's Ritual of the Savage, and Harry Revel's Music Out of the Moon, Perfume Set to Music, and Music for Peace of Mind. 

Edited October 14, 2015 by Teasing

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

"Maybe there was a government recall, who knows?"

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i got this one dawg!

 

 

Edited October 15, 2015 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[Quasimado]

 I know there were some early Pacific Jazz 78s, as well as EPs well into the mid(?) 1950s ...

James Harrod covers those here:

http://pacificjazz.blogspot.jp/2012/04/this-initial-post-covers-all-of-78-rpm.html

Q

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Lord!

Well, I knew I was missing a lot of stuff by ignoring the west coast stuff - so thanks to you ALL. (Sorry though, it ain't gonna make me start listening to it :))

MG