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Verve had a 'Folkways' series which included classical recordings from the Polygram/DG catalogue. For example, tenor Fritz Wunderlich. They had a number of non-jazz issues but the catalogue varied considerably but items often went out of print. Johannes J. Bos-Beijer Director BBACE ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Goldberg<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Verve, but not Jazz >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. > > >----------------- >Diamond Productions >Preserving the past for the future. Dave Bradley President Off the top of my head I can think of several non-jazz verve recordings including the first album by Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, The Blues Project, and there are folk recordings by Dave van Ronk, Patrick Sky and quite a few others. Eric Goldberg