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Cary Ginell wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/18/2005 6:30:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Hi all, > > I have a question about Verve Records, but it's not about Jazz. I have a > wonderful psych/pop album by "The Gordian Knot" which is from the late 60s > and is on Verve. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if this was a real > big departure for the label or if they regularly had non-Jazz releases? I > know they are known for Jazz, but don't know much else about the label. > > Thanks for your time. > > Actually they were the first label to feature standup comedy performers on a > regular basis. Beginning with Mort Sahl and continuing with the likes of > Shelley Berman, Jonathan Winters, and others, they helped stimulate the standup > craze of the late '50s and early '60s. > > Cary Ginell > Origin Jazz Library > www.originjazz.com They even issued Ricky Nelson's first sides! Three, to be exact..a Barney Kessel instrumental made up the 4th side, all issued on 78. Spike Jones did a couple of singles and LPs for them shortly after leaving RCA, they did pop orchestral material, they even had an lp by Linus Pauling (which was in the 15000 series, I believe, surrounded by Shelley Berman, Mort Sahl and Jackie Mason). dl