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Original New York Cast The Golden Apple

Sleeve:The Golden Apple

Elektra EKL 5000 (Mono)

Side 1

  • Overture
  • My Love is on the Way
  • The Heroes Come Home
  • It Was a Glad Adventure
  • Come Along Boys
  • It's the Going Home Together
  • Mother Hare's Prophecy
  • Helen is Always Willing
  • The Judgement of Paris
  • Lazy Afternoon
  • The Departure for Rhododendron

Side 2

  • My Picture in the Papers
  • Hector's Song
  • Wind Flowers
  • Store-bought Suit
  • Calypso
  • Scylla and Charybdis
  • Goona-Goona
  • Doomed, Doomed, Doomed
  • Circe
  • Ulysses' Soliloquy
  • Finale
  • The Sewing Bee
  • The Tirade
  • Going Home Together

A stage musical based on Homer's Odyssey. Released by arrangement with RCA (original number LOC 1014). As usual the Elektra cover design is different, and better, than the original.


Billy Faier and Milt Okun The Folk Song Kit/How to Play Folk Guitar

Sleeve:The Folk Song Kit/How to Play Folk GuitarAlt sleeve:The Folk Song Kit/How to Play Folk Guitar

Elektra EKL 5001 (Mono)

Released: 1958

Production: Jac Holzman

Engineering: Jac Holzman

Side 1 - Guitar Instruction with Billy Faier

  • Standard Note "A"
  • A Chord, E Chord, Skip to My Lou
  • Down in the Valley
  • D Chord, Exercise 1
  • Home on the Range
  • 2/4 Basic Strum, Skip to My Lou
  • 3/4 Basic Strum, Down in the Valley, Home on the Range
  • G Chord, Exercise 2
  • Chords: B7 C F E7 A7 D7 G7
  • Am Chord, Em Chord, St. James Infirmary
  • Venezuela
  • Greensleeves: A Final Word

Side 2 - 20 Favourite Folk Songs with Milt Okun

  • Cindy
  • Shenandoah
  • Streets of Laredo
  • Barbara Allen
  • Red River Valley
  • Sweet Betsy from Pike
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Black Is the Color
  • The Golden Vanity
  • Gently Johnny, My Jingalo
  • Jennie Jenkins
  • On Top of Old Smoky
  • Eggs and Marrowbone
  • Turtle Dove
  • I Wish I Was Single Again
  • Jesse James
  • Joshua
  • Mr Frog Went A-Courting
  • Wayfaring Stranger
  • 900 Miles

The album exists with number EK-KIT with a cover image showing the parts of the kit (though with 5001 numbers on the discs ... at least on the copy I have) and as EKL5001 with a cover showing a line drawing of a guitarist and the title 'How to Play Folk Guitar'.


Orchestra Conducted by Robert Kreis Dramatic Cue Music and Mood Music: Volume 1

Sleeve:Dramatic Cue Music and Mood Music: Volume 1

Elektra EKL 5002 (Mono) EKS 75002 (Stereo)

Production: Mark Abramson

Recorded: Sonofon Sudios, Vienna

Side A

  • Western Theme
  • Young Love
  • Machine Age
  • Oriental Theme
  • Build-Up Of Emotion
  • French Court
  • Tragedy Prelude
  • Tragedy Bridge A
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Surface Of Mars

Side B

  • Dawn
  • Fairy Tale
  • Air Power
  • Heavenly Theme
  • Farce Intro
  • Farce Prelude
  • Farce Bridge A
  • Farce Bridge B
  • Farce Tag
  • Joyous Theme
  • Patriotic Theme
  • Mystery
  • Globe Theatre
  • Reverie
  • Spooky Theme
  • Sickbed Theme

Like the sound effects, but not as popular, these recordings were aimed at amateur movie makers and the like. The sleeves include a pretty open licence agreement, even including free use for non-commercial TV. The discs were recorded in Vienna, possibly to circumvent a costly involvement with the American Federation of Musicians.


Orchestra Conducted by Robert Kreis Dramatic Cue Music and Mood Music: Volume 2

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Elektra EKL 5003 (Mono) EKS 75003 (Stereo)

Production: Mark Abramson

Recorded: Sonofon Studios, Vienna

Side A

  • Circus
  • Love Theme A
  • Dramatic Prelude A
  • Dramatic Prelude B
  • Dramatic Fanfare
  • Dramatic Opening
  • Dramatic Bridge A
  • Dramatic Bridge B
  • Dramatic Tag
  • Dramatic Finale
  • Dramatic Epilogue
  • Springtime
  • Sinister Theme
  • Romantic Bridge
  • Washington
  • Space Or Science Theme
  • Rule Britannia
  • Death

Side B

  • The Old South
  • Big City
  • Cartoon
  • Love Theme
  • Military Theme
  • Moods Of The Forest
  • Religious Theme
  • Agitation
  • Mysterious Night
  • Sophisticated Society
  • Drum Roll And Tag
  • Prehistoric Theme

Orchestra Conducted by Robert Kreis Dramatic Cue Music and Mood Music: Volume 3

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Elektra EKL 5004 (Mono) EKS 75004 (Stereo)

Production: Mark Abramson

Recorded: Sonofon Studios, Vienna

Side A

  • Main Title A
  • Main Title B
  • Main Title C
  • Main Title D
  • The Sea
  • Waltz Bridge
  • Coronation Procession
  • Solitude
  • Chorale
  • Winter
  • Silent Movie
  • Suspense Bridge A
  • Suspense Bridge B
  • Suspense Bridge C
  • Suspense Bridge D
  • Medieval Theme
  • Doom

Side B

  • Egyptian Theme
  • Bucolilc Country Theme
  • News Of The World
  • Serenade
  • Comedy Prelude
  • Comedy Bridge A
  • Comedy Bridge B
  • Comedy Tag A
  • Comedy Tag B
  • Comedy Tag C
  • Sense Of The Unknown
  • Royal Procession
  • Horror Theme
  • Military Attack
  • Funeral March

The Doors The Soft Parade

Sleeve:The Soft Parade

Elektra EKS 75005 (Stereo)

Released: July 1969

Production: Paul A Rothchild

Engineering: Bruce Botnick

Recorded: Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • Tell all the People
  • Touch Me
  • Shaman's Blues
  • Do It
  • Easy Ride

Side 2

  • Wild Child
  • Runnin' Blue
  • Wishful Sinful
  • The Soft Parade

You have to overlook the earlier 5000 numbered discs: this was the start of the 5000s as a 'premium' series, selling for a dollar more than the 4000s.


David Frye I Am The President

Sleeve:I Am The President

Elektra EKS 75006 (Stereo)

Released: December 1969

Production: Mark Abramson

Engineering: Fred Christie

Recorded: Mediasound Studios NY

Side 1

  • Victory Speech
  • New Tenants
  • Rocky Reports
  • Oh Dad Poor Dad
  • Historic Words
  • Golda Goes Washington
  • Ten O'clock Shadow
  • Hush Hush Sweet Spiro
  • Dear Henry Cabot

Side 2

  • A Presidential Trip
  • Blessed Event
  • Late Night At The Office
  • Inside Hubert
  • And The Winner Is
  • It's A Gas
  • Dear Dick
  • Swing Vote
  • Echoes Of His Mind
  • Press Conference

David Frye was the comedian who impersonated Richard Nixon. This album, and Mr Frye, were even written up in Time Magazine.


The Doors Morrison Hotel

Sleeve:Morrison Hotel

Elektra EKS 75007 (Stereo)

Released: February 1970

Production: Paul A Rothchild

Engineering: Bruce Botnick

Side 1: Hard Rock Cafe

  • Roadhouse Blues
  • Waiting for the Sun
  • You Make Me Real
  • Peace Frog
  • Blue Sunday
  • Ship of Fools

Side 2: Morrison Hotel

  • Land Ho!
  • The Spy
  • Queen of the Highway
  • Indian Summer
  • Maggie M'Gill

Presumably it was deliberate that this disc is 75007 when the first Doors album was 74007.

Spanish issue of this (from the Franco era) substitutes 'Not to Touch the Earth' for 'Peace Frog'. Amazing that the Spanish authorities understood the subject of the song!


Josh White The Best Of Josh White

Sleeve:The Best Of Josh White

Elektra EKS 75008 (Stereo)

Production: Jac Holzman ('occasional selections' by Mark Abramson)

Engineering: Jac Holzman

Side 1

  • Free and Equal Blues
  • Where Were You, Baby?
  • You Don't Know My Mind
  • Sam Hall
  • Run, Mona, Run
  • Timber
  • Takin' Names
  • St James Infirmary

Side 2

  • One Meat Ball
  • Peter
  • Jelly, Jelly
  • Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed
  • Halleleu
  • Prison Bound Blues

Side 3

  • Midnight Special
  • Told My Captain
  • Going Home Boys
  • Trouble
  • Silicosis Blues
  • Southern Exposure
  • Empty Bed Blues

Side 4

  • The Story Of John Henry

Double album.


The Doors 13

Sleeve:13

Elektra EKS 75009 (Stereo)

Side 1

  • Enciende mi Fuego (Light My Fire)
  • La Gente es Extreña (People Are Strange)
  • El Hombre de la Puerta Trasera (Back Door Man)
  • Paseo al Claro de Luna (Moonlight Drive)
  • La Nave de Cristal (Crystal Ship)
  • Roadhouse Blues

Side 2

  • Tocame (Touch Me)
  • Amame dos Veces (Love Me Two Times)
  • Estas Perdida, Muchachita (You're Lost, Little Girl)
  • Hola, te Quiero (Hello, I Love You)
  • Land Ho
  • Niño Silvestre (Wild Child)
  • El Soldado Desconocido (Unknown Soldier)

Another discographical anomoly.

This catalogue number seems unoccupied expect for its use in Venezuela for the 'Doors 13' album which bears a different cover to the worldwide release on EKS 74079. The back of the Venezuelan LP features the photo from the front of the other version. The titles listed, Spanish with English in parenthesis, are as shown on the cover and the labels. I love the Spanish for 'Back Door Man': 'El Hombre de la Puerta Trasera'.

It is likely that Doors 13 was originally intended for this catalogue number world-wide. The change would have been made to reduce the cover price, as the 5000 series sold for a dollar more than the 4000 series.

I suggested to Jac that the Venezuelans didn't get the memo about the change. He just said that they did ... and didn't look happy.


Judy Collins Whales and Nightingales

Sleeve:Whales and Nightingales

Elektra EKS 75010 (Stereo)

Released: 1971

Production: Mark Abramson

Engineering: John Haeny

Side 1

  • Song for David
  • Sons of
  • The Patriot Game
  • Prothalamium
  • Golden Thread
  • Gene's Song
  • Farewell to Tarwathie

Side 2

  • Time Passes Slowly
  • Marieke
  • Nightingale I
  • Nightingale II
  • Simple Gifts
  • Amazing Grace

'Amazing Grace' became a worldwide hit, but this album also contains the sounds of Humpback Wales singing on 'Farewell to Tarwathie', courtesy of Dr Roger Payne.


The Doors L A Woman

Sleeve:L A Woman

Elektra EKS 75011 (Stereo)

Released: April 1971

Production: Bruce Botnick and the Doors

Recorded: Doors Workshop, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • The Changeling
  • Love Her Madly
  • Been Down So Long
  • Cars Hiss by my Window
  • L A Woman

Side 2

  • L'America
  • Hyacinth House
  • Crawling King Snake
  • The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
  • Riders on the Storm

The magic between the Doors and Paul Rothchild seemes to have run out as the sessions for this album began. The production was handed over to Bruce Botnick who took the band over to their rehearsal studio with a set of equipment to record and they moved 'down' from 16 to 8 tracks.

Early copies of this album have a multi-part sleeve with a die-cut clear window in the front and rounded edges to the outer cover.

The Elektra billboard on Sunset, which promoted this album, was directly opposite the site where the original billboard to promote the first Doors album was placed.

The storm effects on 'Riders on the Storm' came from the Elektra sound effects library. Bruce Botnick remembers that he just lined the two tapes up (Doors 8-track and SFX tape), pressed play and 'it just happened'.


Various Artists A Child's Garden Of Grass

Sleeve:A Child's Garden Of Grass

Elektra EKS 75012 (Stereo)

Released: 1971

Production: Ron Jacobs for Watermark Inc

Engineering: John Horton

Recorded: Increase Records' Farm Studios, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • History Of Marijuana
  • Acquiring Marijuana/General Effects
  • Creativity
  • Physical Effects
  • Psychological Effects
  • Time And Space
  • Getting Hung-Up
  • Funniness

Side 2

  • Meditation
  • Eating Food
  • Listening To Music
  • Making Love
  • Physical Games

There was a book of the same name by Jack S Margolis and Richard Clorfene. Neither that nor this album were intended to be taken seriously. For some reason the widespread legalisation of pot that this album predicted has been taking a long time to arrive.

This disc was originally supposed to be EKS 74090 (an acetate with this number exists and has been seen on eBay) and also exists as a boxed set number CGG-1 which was produced for promotional purposes and included the book along with an abridged version of the disc. The promo disc, CGG 1, is listed here under 'Other US'.


The Butterfield Blues Band Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'

Sleeve:Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'

Elektra EKS 75013 (Stereo)

Production: Paul A Rothchild

Engineering: Fritz Richmond, Bruce Botnick, Marc Harmon, Todd Rundgren

Side 1

  • Play On
  • One Thousand Ways
  • Pretty Woman
  • Little Piece Of Dying
  • Song For Lee

Side 2

  • Trainman
  • Night Child
  • Drowned In My Own Tears
  • Blind Leading The Blind

Todd Rundgren is credited as mixing engineer.


Judy Collins Living

Sleeve:Living

Elektra EKS 75014 (Stereo)

Released: 1971

Production: Mark Abramson

Engineering: John Haeny

Recorded: Various venues

Side 1

  • Joan of Arc
  • Four Strong Winds
  • Vietnam Love Song
  • Innisfree (The Lake of Innisfree)
  • Song for Judith (Open the Door)

Side 2

  • All Things are Quite Silent
  • Easy Times
  • Chelsea Morning
  • Famous Blue Raincoat
  • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

Live album recorded during Judy's 1970 concert tour.


Bread Baby I'm - A Want You

Sleeve:Baby I'm - A Want You

Elektra EKS 75015 (Stereo) EQ 5015 (Quad)

Released: 1972

Production: David Gates

Engineering: Armin Steiner

Recorded: Sound Recorders and Sound Labs, Hollywood

Side 1

  • Mother Freedom
  • Baby I'm - A Want You
  • Down on My Knees
  • Everything I Own
  • Nobody Like You
  • Diary

Side 2

  • Dream Lady
  • Daughter
  • Games of Magic
  • This Isn't What the Governmeant
  • Just Like Yesterday
  • I Don't Love You

Lyric insert included.


Carly Simon Anticipation

Sleeve:Anticipation

Elektra EKS 75016 (Stereo)

Released: 1971

Production: Paul Samwell-Smith for Silven Productions Ltd

Engineering: Michael Bobak

Side 1

  • Anticipation
  • Legend in Your Own Time
  • Our First Day Together
  • The Girl You Think You See
  • Summer's Coming Around Again

Side 2

  • Share the End
  • The Garden
  • Three Days
  • Julie Through the Glass
  • I've Got to Have You

Lyric and photo sheet included. An out-take from the cover shoot shows a somewhat cross lady in the middle of the shot, presumably having just walked through the gate, with Carly laughing behind her.


The Doors Other Voices

Sleeve:Other Voices

Elektra EKS 75017 (Stereo)

Released: October 1971

Production: The Doors and Bruce Botnick

Recorded: The Doors Workshop

Side 1

  • In The Eyes Of The Sun
  • Variety Is The Spice Of Life
  • Ships W/Sails
  • Tightrope Ride

Side 2

  • Down On The Farm
  • I'm Horny I'm Stoned
  • Wandering Musician
  • Hang On To Your Life

The Doors without Jim. Vocals shared by Ray and Robby.


Carol Hall Beads and Feathers

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Elektra EKS 75018 (Stereo)

Released: March 1972

Production: Russ Miller and Marlin Greene

Engineering: Gene Eichelberger (Nashville), Marlin Greene and Tom Hummer (Los Angeles)

Recorded: Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville and Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles.

Side 1

  • Carnival Man
  • Sandy
  • Thank You Babe
  • Hello My Old Friend
  • Uncle Malcolm

Side 2

  • Sunday Lady
  • Nana
  • Hard Times Lovin
  • My House
  • Charlie's Waiting For The Snow
  • I Never Thought Anything This Good Could Happen to Me

Lyrics and photo sheet included.


John Kongos Kongos

Sleeve:Kongos

Elektra EKS 75019 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Gus Dudgen of Tuesday Productions

Engineering: Roy Baker (remix)

Recorded: Trident, Air London and Mortlake Studios, London

Side 1

  • Tokoloshe Man
  • Jubilee Cloud
  • Gold
  • Lift Me From The Ground
  • Come On Down Jesus

Side 2

  • I Would Have A Good Time
  • Try To Touch Just One
  • Tomorrow I'll Go
  • He's Gonna Step On You Again

Lyric sheet included. Licensed from Fly records in the UK. UK sleeve was black and white while the US cover added colour.


Bernie Taupin Bernie Taupin

Sleeve:Bernie Taupin

Elektra EKS 75020 (Stereo)

Released: 1971

Production: Gus Dudgen

Engineering: Clive Franks and Robin Geoffrey Cable (remix)

Recorded: DJM Studio and Trident Studio (remix), London

Side 1

  • Birth
  • The Greatest Discovery
  • Flatters (a beginning)
  • Brothers Together
  • Rowston Manor
  • End Of A Day
  • To A Grandfather
  • Solitude
  • Conclusion

Side 2

  • When The Heron Wakes
  • Like Summer Tempests
  • Today's Hero
  • Sisters Of The Cross
  • Brothers Together Again
  • Verses After Dark
  • La Petite Marionette
  • Ratcatcher
  • The Visitor

Elton John's lyricist read his poetry on this album and was accompanied by some famous friends including Caleb Quaye, Davey Johnstone and Shawn Phillips. UK issue was on Rocket (Elton's label) and had a different sleeve. This disc was originally going to be EKS 74110 and this number is referenced on the insert sheet and this matrix number appears, crossed out, on the released discs. EKS 74110 was not used. Lyrics and photo sheet included.


Lindisfarne Fog On The Tyne

Sleeve:Fog On The Tyne

Elektra EKS 75021 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Bob Johnston

Engineering: Ken Scott

Recorded: Trident Studios

Side 1

  • Meet Me On The Corner
  • Alright On The Night
  • Uncle Sam
  • Together Forever
  • January Song

Side 2

  • Peter Brophy Don't Care
  • City Song
  • Passing Ghosts
  • Train In G Major
  • Fog On The Tyne

Licensed from Charisma Records in the UK (CAS 1050). The US version has a different typography on the sleeve. Lyric sheet included.


The Alabama State Troupers Road Show

Sleeve:Road Show

Elektra EKS 75022 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Don Nix

Engineering: Bruce Botnick

Recorded: Long Beach Civic Auditorium and Pasadena Civic Auditorium, California

Side 1

  • Furry's Blues
  • Brownsville
  • I'm Black
  • A Chicken Ain't Nothin But A Bird

Side 2

  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  • Amos Burke
  • Mighty Time
  • Jesus On The Mainline
  • Mary Louise
  • Yes I Do Understand

Side 3

  • Opening
  • Living In The Country
  • Joa-Bim
  • Dixie
  • Heavy Makes You Happy
  • Iuka

Side 4

  • Furry's Rap
  • Asphalt Outlaw Hero
  • Olena
  • My Fathers House
  • Going Down

Double live album. The Troopers are Don Nix, Jeanie Green, Furry Lewis, the Mt Zion Band and the Mt Zion Choir. The discs are configured for autochanger with sides 1 and 4 together and sides 2 and 3 together. There's an odd typo that means that the song title, Furry's Rap, is treated on the label and sleeve as if it's the title of the side.


Harry Chapin Heads & Tales

Sleeve:Heads & Tales

Elektra EKS 75023 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Jac Holzman

Engineering: Bruce Morgan

Recorded: Elektra Sound Recorders Studio A, Los Angeles

Side 1 - Heads

  • Could You Put Your Light On, Please
  • Greyhound
  • Everybody's Lonely
  • Sometime, Somewhere Wife
  • Empty

Side 2 - Tales

  • Taxi
  • Any Old Kind of Day
  • Dogtown
  • Same Sad Singer

Jac Holzman was so excited by Harry's talent that he got back into the producer's chair one last time. The package has a die-cut front sleeve through which a photo of Harry on the lyric and photo insert shows.


JF Murphy and Salt J F Murphy and Salt

Sleeve:J F Murphy and Salt

Elektra EKS 75024 (Stereo)

Released: March 1972

Production: Eddie Kramer for Remarkable Productions Inc

Engineering: Eddie Kramer

Recorded: University of Hartford, Nassau Community College and Trenton State College. Mix at Electric Lady Studios, New York

Side 1

  • The Example
  • First Born
  • Waiting Hymn Of The Republic
  • Silver Horn

Side 2

  • Country Jam
  • Soft September
  • Kansas City
  • If Wishes Were Horses

Recorded in concert at three colleges although 'If Wishes were Horses' was a studio recording at Electric Lady.


The Wackers Hot Wacks

Sleeve:Hot Wacks

Elektra EKS 75025 (Stereo)

Released: March 1972

Production: Gary Usher

Engineering: Michael LaChance, Ritchie Moore

Recorded: Mostly at André Perry's Studio A in Montreal and also Wally Heider Studio C in San Francisco

Side 1

  • I Hardly Know Her Name
  • We Can Be
  • Oh My Love
  • Wait and See
  • Do You Know The Reason

Side 2

  • Breathe Easy
  • Time Will Carry On
  • Maybe Tomorrow
  • Hot Wacks
  • Anytime/Anyday
  • Find Your Own Way
  • Time Will Carry On (Won't It)

Group member Bob Segarini was in various bands over the years besides the Wackers, including Family Tree, another Elektra signing, Roxy, from whom the Wackers derived, and the Dudes. A sheet of poetry by Cherie Porter is included. The recording venues and engineers were various amongst the list above. This album wasn't released in the UK and I fear I may have been the only DJ to play their music over here.


Audience Lunch

Sleeve:Lunch

Elektra EKS 75026 (Stereo)

Released: March 1972

Production: Gus Dudgeon

Engineering: David Hentschel

Recorded: Trident Studios, London

Side 1

  • Stand By The Door
  • Seven Sore Bruises
  • Hula Girl
  • Ain't The Man You Need
  • In Accord

Side 2

  • Barracuda Dan
  • Thunder And Lightnin'
  • Party Games
  • Trombone Gulch
  • Buy Me An Island

Licensed from Charisma Records (UK): catalogue number CAS 1054. The US version has different typography on the sleeve.


Ronee Blakley Ronee Blakley

Sleeve:Ronee Blakley

Elektra EKS 75027 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Robert W Zachary Jr

Engineering: John Haeny

Side 1

  • Dues
  • Sleepin' Sickness Blues
  • Attachment
  • Down To The River
  • Gabriel

Side 2

  • I Lied
  • Along The Shore
  • Fred Hampton
  • Cock O' The Walk
  • Bluebird
  • Graduation Tune

Lyric sheet included with some copies.


Marlin Greene Tiptoe Past The Dragon

Sleeve:Tiptoe Past The Dragon

Elektra EKS 75028 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Engineering: Jerry Masters, Steve Smith, Marlin Greene, Bruce Morgan, Terry Manning

Recorded: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios; Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles; Quinvy Studios, Muscle Shoals

Side 1

  • Grand Illusion
  • Masquerade Ball
  • Jonathan's Dream
  • My Country Breakdown
  • Forest Ranger
  • Gemini Gypsy

Side 2

  • Ponce De Leon
  • Who's The Captain Of Your Ship of Dreams
  • Fields Of Clover
  • Good Christian Cowboy
  • Tiptoe Past The Dragon

Illustrated lyric sheet included.


Sailcat Motorcycle Mama

Sleeve:Motorcycle Mama

Elektra EKS 75029 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Pete Carr

Engineering: Pete Carr, Tom Russell

Recorded: Widget Recording, Muscle Shoals

Side 1

  • Rainbow Road
  • The Thief
  • Highway Rider/Highway Riff
  • The Dream

Side 2

  • If You've Got A Daughter
  • Ambush
  • B B Gunn
  • It'll Be A Long Long Time
  • Motorcycle Mama
  • Walking Together Backwards
  • On The Brighter Side Of It All

A very illustrated gatefold sleeve, like a cartoon strip, done by Jack Davis.


Judy Collins Colors of the Day - The Best of Judy Collins

Sleeve:Colors of the Day - The Best of Judy CollinsAlt sleeve:Colors of the Day - The Best of Judy Collins

Elektra EKS 75030 (Stereo) EQ 5030 (Quad)

Released: 1972

Production: Mark Abramson

Side 1

  • Someday Soon
  • Since You Asked
  • Both Sides Now
  • Sons of
  • Suzanne
  • Farewell to Tarwathie

Side 2

  • Who Knows Where the Time Goes
  • Sunny Goodge Street
  • My Father
  • Albatross
  • In My Life
  • Amazing Grace

This album was entitled 'Amazing Grace' in the UK, where that track had been a number one hit.


Aztec Two-Step Aztec Two-Step

Sleeve:Aztec Two-Step

Elektra EKS 75031 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Jerry Yester for Timana Enterprises

Engineering: Ben Taylor

Recorded: Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • Baking
  • Killing Me
  • The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On the Road)
  • The Infidel
  • So Easy
  • Prisoner

Side 2

  • Strangers
  • Almost Apocalypse
  • Dancers All
  • Cockroach Cacophony
  • Highway Song

Lyric sheet included.


David Ackles American Gothic

Sleeve:American Gothic

Elektra EKS 75032 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Bernie Taupin

Engineering: Damon Lyon-Shaw assisted by Hugh Jones

Recorded: IBC Sound Recording Studios, London

Side 1

  • American Gothic
  • Love's Enough
  • Ballad of the Ship of State
  • One Night Stand
  • Oh, California!
  • Another Friday Night

Side 2

  • Family Band
  • Midnight Carousel
  • Waiting for the Moving Van
  • Blues for Billy Whitecloud
  • Montana Song

Lyric sheet included.


Jubal Jubal

Sleeve:Jubal

Elektra EKS 75033 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Dennis Linde, Rob Galbraith, Alan Rush, Randy Cullers, Terry Dearmore

Engineering: Wayne Moss

Recorded: Cinderella Studio, Madison

Side 1

  • Lay me Down
  • Friendly Goodbye
  • Yesterday (I Threw my Life Away)
  • Really not a Rocker
  • Morning of my Life
  • For Becky

Side 2

  • Talk to me Tonight
  • I'd Hate to be a Black Man
  • Courage of Your Convictions
  • Ridin'
  • Castles in the Sand

Group members produced their own compositions.


The New Seekers Circles

Sleeve:Circles

Elektra EKS 75034 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: David Mackay for Leon Henry Productions Ltd

Engineering: Roger Quested, Mike Claydon, John Pantry, Mike Butcher

Recorded: Morgan Studios and IBC Studios London

Side 1

  • Dance Dance Dance
  • Changes IV
  • I Can Say You're Beautiful
  • Holy Rollin'
  • Just An Old Fashioned Love Song
  • Mystic Queen

Side 2

  • Beg, Steal Or Borrow
  • A Perfect Love
  • The World I Wish For You
  • Out On The Edge Of Beyond
  • Jean's Little Street Cafe
  • Circles

The Doors Best of the Doors

Alt sleeve:Best of the Doors

Elektra 6E 5035 (Stereo) EQ 5035 (Quad)

Released: August 1973

Production: Paul A Rothchild; Bruce Botnick and the Doors

Engineering: Bruce Botnick

Side 1

  • Who do you Love
  • Soul Kitchen
  • Hello, I love you
  • People are Strange
  • Riders on the Storm

Side 2

  • Touch Me
  • Love me Two Times
  • Take it as it Comes
  • Moonlight Drive
  • Light My Fire

Originally this album was a Quad-only release but it was eventually released in stereo as 6E 5035.


The Ship The Ship: A Contemporary Folk Music Journey

Sleeve:The Ship: A Contemporary Folk Music Journey

Elektra EKS 75036 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Gary Usher

Engineering: Roger Francisco, Richie Moore

Side 1

  • The Ship
  • The Order
  • Innocence
  • The Man
  • The Calm
  • The Storm

Side 2

  • Lost
  • Island
  • The Reason
  • The Return
  • The Ship

Gatefold sleeve with lyrics. John Tobler, in the press kit for this LP, described this as a "fitting successor" to the Zodiac Cosmic Sounds album, with vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Beach Boys.


Curt Boetcher There's An Innocent Face

Sleeve:There's An Innocent Face

Elektra EKS 75037 (Stereo)

Released: 1973

Production: Curt Boetcher and Webb Burrel for Land-O-Lakes Productions

Engineering: Curt Boetcher, Web Burrel, Gary Usher, Buddy King

Recorded: Buddy King Home Studios

Side 1

  • I Love You More Each Day
  • Such A Lady
  • She'll Stay With You
  • Love You Yes I Do
  • Without Her
  • Bobby California

Side 2

  • The Choice Is Yours
  • Malachi Star
  • Lay Down
  • I've Been Wrong
  • Wufferton Frog

Curt had been a member of the Association and Millenium and was a demon vocal arranger. He was signed to Elektra in 1971 and warned Jac Holzman that his album would take a long time to produce. It finally came out in 1973, which explains the out-of-sequence catalogue number.

This is almost a solo effort, along the lines of the Emmit Rhodes albums that Boetcher had worked on, although here he was asisted by a multi-instrumentalist named Webb Burrel.


The Doors Full Circle

Sleeve:Full Circle

Elektra EKS 75038 (Stereo)

Released: July 1972

Production: The Doors

Engineering: Henry Lewey

Recorded: A&M Studios, Hollywood

Side 1

  • Get Up And Dance
  • 4 Billion Souls
  • Verdilac
  • Hardwood Floor
  • Good Rockin'

Side 2

  • The Mosquito
  • The Piano Bird
  • It Slipped My Mind
  • The Peking King and The New York Queen

Early US copies included a 'cut out and keep' Zoetrope as part of the cover design.


Atomic Rooster Made In England

Sleeve:Made In England

Elektra EKS 75039 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Vincent Crane by arrangement with GM Prod

Side 1

  • Time Take My Life
  • Stand By Me
  • Little Bit Of Inner Air
  • Don't Know What Went Wrong
  • Never To Lose

Side 2

  • Introduction
  • Breathless
  • Space Cowboy
  • People You Can't Trust
  • All In Satan's Name
  • Close Your Eyes

Personnel includes legendary singer Chris Farlowe. Cover art by Abe Gurvin. This was originally released (with a different cover) in the UK on Dawn DNLS 3049.


Casey Kelly Casey Kelly

Sleeve:Casey Kelly

Elektra EKS 75040 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Richard Sanford Orshoff

Engineering: Richard Sanford Orshoff

Recorded: Crystal Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood

Side 1

  • Silver Meteor
  • Making Believe
  • Run Away
  • Poor Boy
  • For Miss Julie

Side 2

  • A Good Love is Like a Good Song
  • You Can't Get There From Here
  • Escaping Reality
  • Resign Yourself to Me
  • Visiting an old Friend

Odd note that Escaping Reality is not mono compatible. Lyric sheet included.


Goodthunder Goodthunder

Sleeve:Goodthunder

Elektra EKS 75041 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Paul A Rothchild

Engineering: Fritz Richmond

Recorded: Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • I Can't Get Thru to You
  • For a Breath
  • Moonship
  • Home Again

Side 2

  • Sentries
  • POW
  • Rollin' up my Mind
  • Barking at the Ants

Described in the press flyer as a California band with an Indian (ie Native American, Hopi in this case) name and an English soul. Lyric sheet included.


Harry Chapin Sniper and Other Love Songs

Sleeve:Sniper and Other Love Songs

Elektra EKS 75042 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Fred Kewley

Engineering: Bruce Morgan

Side 1

  • Sunday Morning Sunshine
  • Sniper
  • And the Baby Never Cries
  • Burning Herself

Side 2

  • Barefoot Boy
  • Better Place to Be
  • Circle
  • Woman Child
  • Winter Song

The gatefold sleeve includes the lyrics, presented as prose. The album credits, on the back cover, are also written as prose rather than the usual list.


Lindisfarne Dingly Dell

Sleeve:Dingly Dell

Elektra EKS 75043 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Bob Johnston

Engineering: Bob Potter

Recorded: Island Studios, London

Side 1

  • All Fall Down
  • Plankton's Lament
  • Bring Down The Government
  • Poor Old Ireland
  • Don't Ask Me
  • O, No, Not Again

Side 2

  • Dingle Regatta
  • Wake Up Little Sister
  • Go Back
  • Court In The Act
  • Mandolin King
  • Dingly Dell

Originally released in the UK on Charisma CAS 1057 with a very plain cover.


Plainsong In Search of Amelia Earhart

Sleeve:In Search of Amelia Earhart

Elektra EKS 75044 (Stereo)

Released: October 1972

Production: Sandy Roberton

Engineering: Jerry Boys

Recorded: Sound Techniques, London

Side 1

  • For The Second Time
  • Yo Yo Man
  • Louise
  • Call The Tune
  • Diesel On My Tail
  • Amelia Earhart's Last Flight

Side 2

  • I'll Fly Away
  • True Story Of Amelia Earhart
  • Even The Guiding Light
  • Side Roads
  • Raider

Including Ian Matthews and Andy Roberts, both of whom also recorded solo albums for Elektra. It was rare for Elektra to sign British acts for the world, so they made a big thing of this first album by Plainsong. The band did record a second, which wasn't issued and the members went their separate ways, with Ian going to LA. The band later reformed to record and do live performances.

The gatefold cover also includes a lyric booklet which itself includes a short piece about Amelia Earhart. The acknowledgements include a thanks to Paul Kriwaczek for his string organ. Paul, who was a BBC radio producer, invented this instrument and Andy Roberts was one of its few exponents.


Sweet Salvation Sweet Salvation

Sleeve:Sweet Salvation

Elektra EKS 75045 (Stereo)

Released: October 1972

Production: Russ Miller and Mike Patterson

Engineering: Fritz Richmond

Recorded: Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • Do a Number
  • Ain't Nobody's Fault but Your Own
  • I Just Find Myself Falling
  • Who's a Blue
  • Sail Away

Side 2

  • Carry me Home
  • Have You Ever Had the Blues
  • Keep on Pushin'
  • Stick With Me
  • Rock Steady

You can't see it in the image here but the cover is embossed with a double-S design.


The Wackers Shredder

Sleeve:Shredder

Elektra EKS 75046 (Stereo)

Released: October 1972

Production: Mark Abramson

Engineering: Nelson Vipond

Recorded: André Perry's Studio, Montreal

Side 1 - Shredder 1

  • Day and Night
  • Hey Lawdy Lawdy
  • I'll Believe In You
  • Put Myself To Sleep
  • Eventually, Even You Even Me
  • Coming Apart

Side 2 - Shredder 2

  • It's My Life
  • Beach Song
  • Buck Duckdog Memorial Jam (Our Ship's Comin' In; My Old Lady; You Really Got Me)
  • Last Dance

Bread Guitar Man

Sleeve:Guitar Man

Elektra EKS 75047 (Stereo)

Released: October 1972

Production: David Gates

Engineering: Armin Steiner

Recorded: Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

Side 1

  • Welcome To The Music
  • The Guitar Man
  • Make It By Yourself
  • Aubrey
  • Fancy Dancer
  • Sweet Surrender

Side 2

  • Tecolote
  • Let Me Go
  • Yours For Life
  • Picture In Your Mind
  • Don't Tell Me No
  • Didn't Even Know Her Name

The lead guitar on 'Guitar Man' was Larry Knechtel. Package includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics. Cover painting by Bob Ziering. The rear cover has an illustration of multiple hands playing guitars, reminiscent of a Sabicas cover of yore.


Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb Portland

Sleeve:Portland

Elektra EKS 75048 (Stereo)

Released: 1972

Production: Marlin Greene and Greg Branson for Sunny Day Productions

Engineering: Marlin Greene, Greg Branson, Bill Blue, Tom Know, Stan Algol

Side 1

  • Send it Over
  • Reborn
  • Portland Rain
  • Love Lost Lady
  • Everything you Knew
  • Kac

Side 2

  • Our Sweet Love
  • Just for Awhile
  • Ogan Tea
  • You Make Me Love You
  • I Wanna Live

Lyric sheet included.


Carly Simon No Secrets

Sleeve:No Secrets

Elektra EKS 75049 (Stereo) EQ 5049 (Quad)

Released: 1972

Production: Richard Perry

Engineering: Robin Cable

Recorded: Trident Studios London

Side 1

  • The Right Thing to Do
  • The Carter Family
  • You're So Vain
  • His Friends are More than Fond of Robin
  • We Have No Secrets

Side 2

  • Embrace Me, You Child
  • Waited so Long
  • It Was so Easy
  • Night Owl
  • When You Close Your Eyes

Lyrics included on inner sleeve.