Word: albums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Aretha Franklin (Ray Bryant Trio; Columbia). A first album by a new young (18) singer who came out of a Detroit gospel church with a voice of impressive size and some annoying mannerisms-aching swoops and ecstatic quavers. Included are All Night Long, Maybe I'm a Fool, Who Needs You? rendered in moods that vary from torchy to tempestuous...
Dual Piano Jazz (Dave McKenna, Hal Overton; Bethlehem). An inspired teaming of two pianists who organize their twining duets with admirable clarity and liquid ease. Monk's Mood and Ruby, My Dear-both by Thelonious-are worth the price of the album...
Nuzzling Birds. New York Times Financial Columnist Burton Crane has put out an album called Stock Market Profits for the Sophisticated Investor, presumably for the investor who is not sophisticated enough to read Crane's columns or books. Occupying six twelve-inch sides, it is as long as many complete operas, is salted with Crane's forthright advice: "Get the hell out at the first sign of high water...
...course, is Topic A, and a new recording on the subject is Live with Love, starring British Psychologist Keith Cammeron, soon to be released in the U.S. On the album jacket there is a woodland scene that includes one full-breasted wench, two nuzzling birds and three enormous bees. Inside is the sort of sex-education lecture that would weight the eyelids of a twelve-year-old ("Let's begin with the egg..."), redeemed now and then by snippets of fascinating information, such as the fact that the male testicle, in Cammeron's words, is actually "a mass...
...Fair Lady is the fairest lady in all Broadway's history and is still adding feathers to her beplumed hat. Fair Lady has grossed $18 million on Broadway, $37 million on the road and abroad, $15 million from sales of the original cast album -each an alltime record. Last week Warner Bros, offered $5,500,000 for the film rights-the highest price ever bid by Hollywood for a Broadway production (previous record: $2,270,000 for South Pacific...