La Matriarca The Libertine (1968)

The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini (1968). A great little album of Latiny tunes from Henry Mancini - played by a very hip lineup of west coast jazzmen! The rhythms have a great mix of Latin influences and Mancini magic - the kind of grooves you'd hear on his 60s soundtracks at the time, played by a lineup that includes Bud Shank and Tom Scott on reeds, Buddy Childers and Pete Candoli on trumpets, Ray Brown on acoustic bass, Max Bennett on fender bass, Larry Bunker on percussion, and Shelly Manne on drums. The vibe is nice and relaxed - a bit more upbeat than bossa, but not as all-out as other RCA Latin sessions - thanks to Mancini's nice sense of warmth and space in the arrangements…

The Turtles - The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands (1968) {2017 2CD Edsel Deluxe Remastered Edition EDSK7120}
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© 1968, 2017 Edsel Records / Flo & Eddie Inc. / Demon Music | EDSK 7120
Pop Rock / AM Pop / Folk-Rock / Sunshine Pop / Psychedelic

The Turtles enjoyed eighteen US hit singles between 1965 and 1970, three of which (“Happy Together”, “She’d Rather Be With Me” and “Elenore”) were also huge hits in the UK. From their original incarnation as surf band The Crossfires, all the way to their final single, the Turtles traversed several different musical paths during their career. It is precisely this power through diversity that makes the Turtles’ body of work one of the most rewarding and enjoyable of the 1960’s – they never met a genre they didn’t like. Edsel Records is proud to present the band’s six albums, each as a 2 CD digipak set.

Chad & Jeremy - The Ark (1968) {Columbia–Sony Music Japan, MHCP-979 rel 2006, Cardboard Sleeve}
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© 1968, 2006 Columbia / Sony Music Japan | MHCP-979
Rock / Pop / Psychedelic / Baroque Pop / British Invasion

While The Ark contained nothing quite as elaborate as "The Progress Suite" that had taken up one whole side of Of Cabbages and Kings, it was another psychedelic mishmash of styles – Indian one minute, musichall the next – of a kind so many popular performers had been indulging in at the time in hopes of making the next Sgt. Pepper. The difference was that most of Chad & Jeremy's peers had gotten it out of their systems the year before. But C&J were upper-class types who took naturally to the pretensions of the form – they thought they were making Art. Their listeners thought differently: The Ark missed the charts, and Chad & Jeremy broke up.