Part 2 of my Colours set: songs talking about colours in their different ways. The idea for making these sets started thanks to Ken Nordine, who make an album called Colors in 1966. Colors began as a short-lived series of radio commercials written and voiced at the behest of the Fuller Paint Company. The spots ran as scheduled; however, at the end of the campaign listeners began calling radio stations to request they be rebroadcast. Once word got back to Nordine, he rewrote the scripts -- sans sponsor of course -- and composed a few new hues to the initial order of ten. To accompany these quirky paeans, Nordine wisely chose the multi-talented Dick Campbell as his musical director. Campbell had contributed to the broadcast ads, providing apt sonic representations of Nordine's oft unconventional literal interpretations of a predominantly visual medium. Each selection runs roughly 90 seconds and represents a specific shade -- most of which are variations of those found on the aforementioned primary spectrum.
artist - song
Ken Nordine - Sepia
Delia Derbyshire/Barry Bermange - Colour
Psychic TV - Silver and Gold
Colin Stetson - All the Colors Bleached to White
José Maceda - Colors Without Rhythm
Munch Room - Cross Colors
Laurie Spiegel - Pentachrome
Sun Ra - Blue Soul
Les Realizes Dénudés - La Mal Rouge
Fantastic Palace - Magenta Gas Cloud
Rob Jo Star Band - Black Sun
Stan Hubbs - Golden Rose
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Psychic TV - Colour Climax
The Groundhogs - Cherry Red
The Banshees - Project Blue
Korean Black Eyes - Nights In White Satin
Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions
Ken Nordine - Puce