By request, here's a re-up of a 1961 album recorded by Lew Davies & his Orchestra for Enoch Light's Command Records label called "Strange Interlude." Unlike your usual Command stereophonic hi-fi upbeat gimmickry, this one's low-key, creepy. Songs like "The Witching Hour," "Old Devil Moon" and "In A Mist" live up to the odd mood suggested by their titles. Unusual instruments like the theremin, Ondioline (an early electronic keyboard) and hammered dulcimers were featured. After finding it in the dollar bin of a used record store, I played the heck out of it. I had never heard an album quite like it before.
Lew Davies & his Orchestra "Strange Interlude"
Side 1
Riders in the Sky
Strange Interlude
In a Mist
Gone with the Wind
Wild Goose
Intermezzo
Side 2
Old Devil Moon
Ebb Tide
The Riddle Song
The Witching Hour
Laura
Spellbound
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