Space Capades

Volume 3: Space-Capades (Capitol 35176)

18 whacked-out, vintage masterpieces from the planet Earth. Space Capades features inter-galactic numbers such as Les Baxter's "Moon Moods" and "Saturday Night On Saturn" and Billy May's "This Room Is My Castle Of Quiet." So suit up and strap on your jet pack. These astro-nuts-of-notes are sure to put your ears in orbit. Zoom!

Back in the 50's and early 60's, technology redesigned our homes. Ovens cleaned themselves, washing machines turned themselves off, refrigerators defrosted automatically...leisure time was pouring forth like a leaky beanbag chair. Buckminister Fuller, whose Dymaxion House might have been the very first bachelor pad, was reimagining the living space. Wilhelm Reich's orgone box, a kind of customized photo booth designed to cure cancer and heighten orgasms, titillated America. A whole lot of nutty professors were out there, soon to give birth to a suburban sprawl of test-tube babies. Some of them did it in laboratories, but some labored in the recording studio with a brio that would have brought a smile to Mr. Wizard's gentle visage.

"Gay Spirits" - David Rose and HIs Orchestra
"Lover" - Richard Marino and His Orchestra
"Moon Moods" - Les Baxter and His Orchestra
"Power House" - The Bobby Hammack Combo
"Drivin' Around The Block" - Dickie Harrel
"Calcutta" - Les Baxter
"Holiday For Strings" - The Voices Of Walter Schumann
"You're The Top" - Dean Elliott and His Big Band
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Joe "Fingers" Carr/80 Drums Around The World
"Stumbling" - Tak Shindo
"Sabre Dance" - Les Baxter and His Orchestra
"This Room Is My Castle Of Quiet" - Billy May and His Orchestra
"I Get A Kick Out Of You" - Felix Slatkin
"Satan Takes A Holiday" - Jack Malmsteen
"Puttin' On The Ritz" - Terry Snyder
"Blues In The Night" - Alvino Rey and His Orchestra
"Saturday Night On Saturn" - Les Baxter and His Orchestra
"Lonesome Road" - Dean Elliott and His Big Band