Ken Nordine ORIG US LP Colors NM 1966 MONO DG Philips PHM200224 Beat Poetry

Ken Nordine

Original US LP released in 1966 on the Deep Groove philips Records label. Cat: PHM20024. This album is in MONO.

Over the next several months we have the pleasure of listing a spectacular vinyl collection of over 6000 LP's. This collection consisting of mostly Jazz but also Blues, Folk ,Rock, Soundtracks and Classical was kept in amazing condition. Most of the records were played once, transferred to tape for listening and then stored away in cliplock sealed bags in specially made cupboards. The overall condition of this collection is sublime to say the least and whatever items I list as Near Mint you can be assured that it was probaly only ever played once!! Over the last few weeks you may have noticed some of the lovely jazz & rock titles I have listed, these are just the tip of the iceberg here. I hope you enjoy seeing these listings as much as I have in offering them. 

There aren't many artists who could get away with creating an album of short eclectic odes to the various relatives and extended kinfolk of Roy G. Biv (aka the primary color continuum of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). But then again, there are few (if any) like word-jazz architect Ken Nordine. At the core is Nordine's mind and voice. No one who "tuned in" to radio and/or TV during the late '50s and early '60s or, for that matter, at any point through the next millennium could escape his omniscient, commanding, and reassuring intonations. Colors (1966) began as a short-lived series of radio commercials written and voiced at the behest of the Fuller Paint Company. The spots ran as scheduled; however, at the end of the campaign listeners began calling radio stations to request they be rebroadcast. Once word got back to Nordine, he rewrote the scripts sans sponsor of course and composed a few new hues to the initial order of ten. To accompany these quirky paeans, Nordine wisely chose the multi-talented Dick Campbell as his musical director. Campbell had contributed to the broadcast ads, providing apt sonic representations of Nordine's oft unconventional literal interpretations of a predominantly visual medium. Each selection runs roughly 90 seconds and represents a specific shade most of which are variations of those found on the aforementioned primary spectrum.

Tracks: Olive/ Burgandy/ Green/ Maroon/ Chartreuse/ White/ Azure/ Magenta/ Purple/ Russet/ Blue/ Gold.

There are no signs of spindle marks on labels. Record is in Near Mint condition. Cover has light ring wear, a light sticker stain on top fron tright corner and a few tiny surface tears around edges and is in VG+ condition.

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