amylsacks' photos with the keyword: record

Upper left: Field & Stream magazine, June 1958; Lower left and right: The New Yorker , May 9th, 1953; Upper right: The New Yorker , August 15th, 1953.

Any minute now, they'll find out that the kids put Spike Jones on there as a prank. From National Geographic magazine.

"Here assembled for the first time DESIGN RECORDS presents one of the greatest assemblages of modern jazz talent ever recorded..."

Oh, great. My sweats are still in the dryer so I've gotta' wear this after work. From the April issue of Better Homes & Gardens .

After two highballs, it gets really tough to say "Monogrammed Phonograph" over and over again, but by that time nobody really minds. From the September 1st issue of Collier's magazine.

"Gee, Thanks, Mary Lou! This is the swellest party ever! I'll crank up the Pat Boone if you'll get me more of that Hot Tomato Tea Cocktail!" "Oh, Bobby!" [swoon]

Cover of a 45 RPM "single" with two short instrumentals on each side. Barbara Carroll penned them in her signature bop-meets-cabaret style. Born in 1924, she's still playing and singing today. You can find her homepage here .

Only Commies would doubt the wholesomeness and magical properties of asbestos! From the November issue of Sunset magazine.

"Here are five illustrious ladies, all of whom are in the class known as Peerless Performers. All are so expert at 'tickling the ivories' that they have won important places in the honor roll of American jazz. They are, to put it concisely, Queens of the Keyboard. Each one has her distinctive style, yet all of them have that pianistic manner which is characteristic and non-masculine..." Blah, blah, blah... Seriously, the whole back cover of this Decca 10"/EP drips with reassurance that women aren't stealing away Men's Sacred Manly Magic by daring to play jazz. Gah. Anyway, it's a lovely design, though it has diddly to do with the styles of music actually on the record. YouTube can help you hear what these talented women sounded like, all except Ann Jenkins. Sadly, there seems to be nothing readily available about her on the 'net. More details about the record can be found here.

"During the past decade, modern jazz has been the spearhead in widening the audience for jazz in general-- and as the head of that spear, the piano has opened ears that hitherto had been closed to what, to them, were the harsher sounds of the trumpet, trombone and saxophone..." -- Ira Gitler, from the notes on back.

Who else breathes a tad easier as we leave behind the Anchovy Parade? Some other recipes: Chicken Livers in Sherry, Crab Au Gratin, Caviar on Hot Toast, Caviar Nests, Chopped Herring, Chicken Liver Pate, Clam and Cream Cheese, Chinese Chicken Livers, Curried Shrimp on Toast, Deviled Eggs, and Deviled Ham Biscuits.

"This is Dedicated Jazz-- the jazz of musicians who are proud of their musical heritage-- of the music they made with men of great musical distinction-- and who dedicate these very very recently-recorded offering to the leaders under whom they served who helped them achieve their own current eminence in jazz..." -- George T. Simon, from the notes on back