What woz the 1st Double album?
cart...@vianet.net.au
What (and when) was the first double album ? Im guessing that the Beatles
white album from 1968 was the first
Chris P. Mezzolesta
On 13 Jan 1998 07:49:03 GMT, cart...@vianet.net.au wrote:
>What (and when) was the first double album ? Im guessing that the Beatles
>white album from 1968 was the first
As far as the rock era, the Mothers of Invention "Freak Out!" from
1965 was an early one, usually attributed as the first (do we count
1964's "The Beatles Story"? uhhhhhhhh)
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Claus Povlsen
Maybe others but here are at least two before 1968
The Beatles Story (Capitol) 1964 US release, spoken each side to each
member w. background music
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 1966 US A classic!
Claus
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Ben Ellis
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>As far as the rock era, the Mothers of Invention "Freak Out!" from
>1965 was an early one, usually attributed as the first (do we count
Freak Out came out in 1966. I always heard it was Donovans ' A Gift
from a Flower to a Garden' but don't know for sure.
B Moke
Double albums (classical and pop) were not unknown during the
fifties....possibly as early as 1949 for the longer classical works.
Bob Moke
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There were conventional gatefold doubles, binder sets, and box sets with 12"
33rpms at least from the early 50s in jazz, classical, and film music. As for
rock music, there were comp doubles and box sets from the 50s. I had an old10
record set one time of r&b and one whole lp was the Platters' album on Federal!
As far as non-comp rock related ones here's a few that come to mind:
- Jimmy Clanton "Jimmy's Happy/ Jimmy's Blue" (60, issued on black and as well
as red vinyl)
- Beatles vs. Four Seasons (64)
- Huey Piano Smith & the Clowns "Having a Good Time"/ Frankie Ford "Let's Take
a Sea Cruise" (I know the first was right might have been a different lp on the
flip. The front cover was the Huey and the back cover was the original front of
the other Ace release. The originals were `59 not sure when they were packaged
together).
- Lloyd Price Band "1963 Grand Lodge Meeting" (private press 2lp set with one
side featuring the Lloyd Price Band.
Ron
Randy Darrah
hum...@aol.com (Humano) wrote:
>There were conventional gatefold doubles, binder sets, and box sets with 12"
>33rpms at least from the early 50s in jazz, classical, and film music.
When Columbia first began issuing Lps, they released 101 single Lps on
the same day in 1947. By 1948, they were repackaging and selling
original issue "tombstone cover" operas into 2-Lp complete sets with a
special binding application to keep them together. When these ran out,
they reissued them again with the more familiar gatefold cover
arrangement. "La Traviata" is one that comes to mind that Columbia did
this to. So, double albums have been around since within the first year
of the Lp's introduction, and La Traviata might be the first.