Zounds! What Sounds! / Music from a Surplus Store [Special Limited Edition]

Big Band and Jack Fascinato Dean Elliott & His Swinging Big (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Special Limited Edition
• Label: Junkyard Records
• ASIN: B000PQHW9G
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #462,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Junkyard Records JY9206. Two rare albums on one 1995 CD--"American masterpieces of orchestration with sound effects": ZOUNDS! WHAT SOUNDS! by Dean Elliott & His Swinging Big, Big Band and MUSIC FROM A SURPLUS STORE by Jack Fascinato. 24 tracks: Baubles Bangles & Beads, It's All Right with Me, Rain, Will You Still Be Mine?, You Do Something to Me, They Didn't Believe Me, The Lonesome Road, All of You, Trees, It's a Lonesome Old Town, You're the Top, I Didn't Know What Time it Was; Oily Bird, Pixie Pipes Parade, Sweepy Time, Rub-A-Dub, Chinatown Bricklayer, Adios Castanets, Latin Hardware, Makin' Tracks, An Old Saw, Basket Weaving, Foggy Recollections, and Spring, Sprang, Sprung.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly strange music lovers: you MUST have this!, July 5, 2007

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Shockadelic (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zounds! What Sounds! / Music from a Surplus Store (Audio CD)

What do a cement mixer, a man coughing, and a woman slamming a car door and running off in high heels have in common? They're among the sounds used as INSTRUMENTATION on Dean Elliot's cartoonish jazz-meets-sound effects 1962 album "Zounds! What Sounds!".

If you already own any of these compilations, you've already heard a taste:

Cocktail Mix, Vol. 1: Bachelor's Guide To The Galaxy ("Will You Still Be Mine")

RE/SEARCH Incredibly Strange Music, Volume I ("Lonesome Road")

Ultra-Lounge Volume Three: Space Capades ("Lonesome Road" and "You're The Top").

If you're not sure whether to fork out the dough for Elliot's CD, buy these comps first, as they will not only convince you of the necessity, but also have many other tracks worth having.

The Amazon listing is for a bootleg 2-on-1 with Jack Fascinatos' "Music From a Surplus Store". I don't know about Fascinatos' music as I bought the official remastered CD of Elliot's album only, released by Basta in 2001.

Note: Amazon has no listing for the Basta release, so check with any sellers first to make sure which CD they're actually selling.

The track listing for Elliot's album is:

1. It's All Right With Me

2. Rain

3. Baubles, Bangles and Beads

4. Will You Still Be Mine

5. You Do Something To Me

6. They Didn't Believe Me

7. The Lonesome Road

8. All Of You

9. Trees

10. It's a Lonesome Old Town

11. You're The Top

12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

It's only 33 minutes long, but as you'll be playing it non-stop for 5 weeks that doesn't really matter, does it? MUST HAVE!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars I've been enjoying this album for nearly 43 years!, September 9, 2009

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Mike Femyer "M.O.R. Collector" (Phoenix AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zounds! What Sounds! / Music from a Surplus Store (Audio CD)

Well, I've enjoyed the Dean Elliott Capitol stereo reel to reel tape since 1966-67, and the record album from 1969. I don't know what the other album in this collection is, but I truly enjoy the Dean Elliott recording. (I just don't know if I'd pay these prices to get this CD. (my opinion!)

Knowing that the recording studios didn't have too many tracks to work with back then, it must have been quite a headache to synchronize the sounds with the band. Still, the sounds back up the music quite well as well as sometimes carry the melody. The only problem for a listener today is what the heck some of those sounds are. I won't go into them here, but there are some exotic sounds in the music.

Back in the sixties when this album first came out Capitol records supplied a program service to radio stations highlighting music from Capitol recording artists. The show, "Silver Platters," had Mr. Elliott on as a guest, but didn't say much more than what can be found on the back album cover. Still, it was interesting that the album would be promoted along with the likes of Nat King Cole and other Capitol stars.

If you like big band type music with the novelty of sound effects contributing very nice to the songs then the "Zounds! What Sounds" album is for you.

Happy listening.