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The discography you might need to compile yourself, as I don't know of a
single resource for Bax' non-commercial work, but stumble into it all the
time. He was incredibly productive beyond his
commercial albums, and a lot of his best work seems to have gone in that
sphere rather than his regular issue LPs.

Check out the minute-long theme that starts at 5:08 of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09w693akZcU

You may wish to contact these folks:
http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/lesbaxter/collection/index.html

"Proof ref" sounds like an early stage of album assembly, and perhaps Les
decided to do his album over once he heard this disc. Bear in mind that Les
composed and conducted an incredible amount of
"Hi-Q" music for Capitol, and perhaps this is a gathering of Hi-Qs that was
assembled in advance of "Space Escapade," a sort of workprint of ideas
towards the album.

Uncle Dave
Lebanon, OH


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Roger Kulp <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> I have a nice collection of exotica.I have something like all but three of
> the known  "golden age" records of the 50s and 60s,as well as jukebox
> mini-LPs,and some of Les Baxter's records not commercially released,like
> "The Sound of Selling",so I was pretty excited when I found a mint minus
> Capitol Les Baxter lacquer at a local record show today for $7.00. This may
> be an early version of the "Space Escapade".It says "Music From Outer
> Space" and Les Baxter,on a Capitol label that looks just like this.
> http://www.popsike.com/Les-Baxter-Jungle-Jazz-Capitol-acetate-US-1959/300580858594.html except it says Form 5029 Rev 8/54 on the bottom.It is double sided. There
> is no master number,but it says "Proof ref" instead at bottom. Does anybody
> know about the recording of this album?Were there working versions that
> differed from the commercially issued one? While we're at it,can anyone
> provide a discography of all of Baxter's records not commercially
> released,such as those made for various company's ad campaigns? Thanks in
> advanceRoger
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