Last night I discovered that a bunch of oddio sites have been posting songs and album cover art of Enoch Light's albums.
The late Enoch Light was a bandleader famous for using "ping pong stereo" effects: bouncing sound from the left and right channels. The effect was put to good use on his two most popular albums, Persuasive Percussion and Provocative Percussion, both issued in the 1950s.
The cover art of his 60s LPs are phantasmagorically trippy blends of exotica, erotica, and psychedelia. The music on many of his albums of the era, however, sound like a slightly (very slightly) more hip version of Lawrence Welk. Lucky for me, I love Lawrence Welk's sound.
Coincidentally, this morning Sebastian of PCL LinkDump sent me an email which explained why the oddio community is hot for Enoch right now:
According to Robbie Baldock (manager of The Enoch Light Website): "18 August 2005 sees the 100th anniversary of the birth of Enoch Light.
On that date please charge your glasses and toast the memory of the father of ping pong stereo.
To help with the global party, if you have any Enoch Light recordings or mixes you're happy to share with the world, please let me know. Here are two to get the celebrations under way:" http://www.enochlight.com/
Find uploads:
http://dennyesq.blogspot.com/ (7 albums in 7 days)
http://www.weirdomusic.com/enochlight.htm
http://www.oddiooverplay.com/, will soon join in.
And more coming up!
Please, consider spreading the word.
