WP/STEREO – 1891 / 21904 – Aura Records An article from the April 14, 1962 edition of Billboard Music Week under the headline “World Pacific Celebrates 10th Year” noted that Bock launched his label a decade earlier “…with a total investment of $350 and ‘a burning desire to record Gerry Mulligan.’” The article went on […]
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WP/STEREO – 1870 / 21890 The albums covered in this segment as well as albums in previous segments document Bock’s attempt to boost sales via pop oriented material using front line jazz musicians like Bud Shank, Chet Baker, and Joe Pass; along with arrangers Bob Florence, George Tipton, and Jack Nietzsche. Guest producers in this […]
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WP/STEREO – 1860 / 1868 The albums covered in this segment as well as albums in previous segments document Bock’s attempt to boost sales via pop oriented material using front line jazz musicians like Bud Shank, Chet Baker, and Joe Pass; along with arrangers Bob Florence, George Tipton, and Jack Nietzsche. Guest producers in this […]
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WP/STEREO – 1850 / 1859 The albums covered in this segment as well as albums in previous segments document Bock’s attempt to boost sales via pop oriented material using front line jazz musicians like Bud Shank, Chet Baker, and Joe Pass; along with arrangers Bob Florence, George Tipton, and Jack Nietzsche. Guest producers in this […]
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WP/STEREO – 1840 / 1849 Will Thornbury interviewed Dick Bock initially in 1963 and again in 1984 as part of his ongoing documentation of jazz on the West Coast. The interviews covered a wide range of topics regarding Bock’s Pacific Jazz and World Pacific years. When Bock sold the company to Liberty he was kept […]
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WP/STEREO – 1830 / 1839 The 1800 series was another mixed bag with Latin, comedy, folk, blues, Broadway shows, rock, pop, and everything else that did not fit anywhere else.
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WP/STEREO – 1821 / 1829 The 1800 series was another mixed bag with Latin, comedy, folk, blues, Broadway shows, rock, pop, and everything else that did not fit anywhere else.
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WP/STEREO – 1811 / 1820 The 1800 series was another mixed bag with Latin, comedy, folk, blues, Broadway shows, rock, pop, and everything else that did not fit anywhere else. The Sandells album was a new departure for World-Pacific although the earlier surfing soundtracks by Bud Shank were also aimed at a young male market.
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WP/STEREO – 1801 / 1810 The 1800 series was another mixed bag with Latin, comedy, folk, blues, Broadway shows, rock, pop, and everything else that did not fit anywhere else. Albums that appeared in the 1400 series were issued again as 1800 numbers.
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