Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2014 May 14 • Wednesday

Kenyon Hopkins had some other gigs besides soundtracks. Consider this Sound Tour: Hawaii record.

This was one of a series of records from a collaboration of Verve and Esquire. Sound tours of France, Spain and Italy are also listed inside.

The music is great, exotica jazz with excellent steel guitar and percussion.

But what's really of note here is the lost art of the album. Consider first the way this record opens out like shuttered windows.

It took me a moment to realize that the the record came out of the sleeve from the top, not the side.

On the right-hand side is a booklet with wonderful illustrations.

It would be nice to know the names of all the musicians who played on it. The only info given is that Boat Whistles are provided by The Matson Line, Phil Woods is the alto sax soloist, Joe Wilder the trumpet soloist and Jerome Richardson and Phil Bodner the flute soloists.

If, however, you want to know what microphones were used on what instruments, they've got you covered.