Symposium in Blues for a Merck Antidepressant

Symposium in Blues371
Symposium in Blues372
Symposium in Blues373

Symposium in Blues, RCA Victor PRM 235. 1966. A Presentation album from Merck, Sharp and Dohme. A blues album to advertise Elavil HCI antidepressant. Great idea!

Acts on the album are Leroy Carr, Washboard Sam, the fabulous Lonnie Johnson, Walter Davis, Leadbelly, Wingy Manone, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Artie Shaw, Ethel Waters, and Joe Williams. Notes by the editor of New Encyclopedia of Jazz, Leonard Feather. Symposium in Blues for sale

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009, by Robert Lindsey and is filed under "Music, , , , , , , ". You can leave a response here, or send a Trackback from your own site.

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3 Responses “Symposium in Blues for a Merck Antidepressant”

  1. Keith says:
    October 16, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    Looks like a pretty cool record. Have a good weekend.

  2. Amy says:
    October 23, 2009 at 2:34 am

    what the heck – looks like they were almost encouraging it

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