This 1958 Warner Bros. album featuring twelve songs by Irving Taylor was the precursor to the Irving Taylor LP released the following year, The Whimsical World of Irving Taylor (also on Warner Bros.), which shared four tracks from this long-player. As with the latter record, this one has a lot of subtle, absurd satire to turn your head ("I'm Filled with That Empty Feeling", "We Did the Samba in Shamokin", "The Brooklyn Beguine"). I'm happy to own a copy for the sake of owning an Irving Taylor product but equally happy to own it as a record with cover art by William Box, whose work graced the covers of six immortal jazz titles on the Mode Records label from 1957, including the record you wished you owned the most right now, the Warne Marsh Quartet's Music for Prancing.
Jimmy Joyce "When the Crab Grass Blooms Again"
Allan Davies, Earl Brown, Joe Pryor "In a Cafeteria with You"
Robie Lester "I'm Filled with That Empty Feeling"
Joe Pryor "Myrtle"
Sue Allen "All of the Time"
Gil Mershon & Ginny O'Connor "I'll Never Forget Those Unforgettable Never To Be Forgotten Memories"
Earl Brown "Pachalafaka"
Key Howard "Anywhere on Earth"
Robie Lester "Just My Sol"
Allen Davies "I'll Write a Symphony"
Ginny O'Connor, Sue Allen, Loulie Jean Norman "We Did the Samba in Shamokin"
Gil Mershon "The Brooklyn Beguine"
DISCLAIMER: To the best of my knowledge, this work is out of print and not available for purchase in any format. If you are the artist and are planning a reissue, please let me know and I’ll remove it from the blog. Also please get in touch if you’ve lost your art &/or sound masters and would like to talk with me about my restoration work.
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