Genre: Easy Listening
Places I remember: My dad's collection
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/ Gear costume: California Dreaming is nicely arranged and the Batman Theme is bold and brassy.
Active compensatory factors: This is at the meatier end of the Easy Listening genre but it still conforms to the norms - orchestral/jazzy versions of hits of the day (the sound of the time) by The Beatles, Beach Boys and Herb Alpert (Spanish Flea). It's all here, plus the garish girly having fun cover. The shoddily prepared wrinkled backdrop is eerily appropriate.
It's all very swinging 1966.
Larry Elgart is the alto saxophonist, his brother Les plays trumpet.
Dad loved this stuff - let's just say I didn't share his enthusiasm back in 1966 when I was 9.
Now? I can listen to it in the right spirit - in a vaguely warm, nostalgic glow.
They don't make 'em like this anymore!
Where do they all belong? Next up in this section is George Martin's more authentic, but equally easy listening, take on some Beatle chunes.
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