Crestview CRV 801 (Mono)
Released: April 1963
Production: Jim Dickson
Engineering: Charles Tacot
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Crestview was an imprint that Elektra used mostly for repackaging of albums; or as Billboard put it (on Jan 12th 1963) "to deal in far out and offbeat waxings".
The name, it seems, comes from the name of the Beverley Hills telephone exchange where Elektra's west coast office connected. The label was launched with a full-page ad in Billboard on April 13th 1963, described as "A feast fit for a famished lion". It was to have been called something else, presumably based on the lion in the logo, but the name had to change at the last minute as someone else started using the original one. So Crestview it became. This album is one of those on the mantlepiece in the cover shot for Dylans Bringing it all Back Home album.
Elektra EKS 74047 is a reissue of this LP. For more info on his lordship, see www.lordbuckley.com
Crestview CRV 802 (Mono)
Released: 1963
Production: James Dickson
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Fred Engelberg's first album, said to be "a rare insight into a rare human being" (in a Crestview catalogue sheet).
Crestview CRV 803 (Mono) CRS 7803 (Stereo)
Released: April 1963
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Reissue of 'Spook Along With Zacherley', Elektra 190. Cover Art by Jack Davis of Mad Magazine. Ive seen reissues of this, on green/orange vinyl, from 2017 but still on Crestview.
Crestview CRV 804 (Mono) CRS 7804 (Stereo)
Released: April 1963
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Reissue of 'Hairy Jazz', Elektra 176.
Crestview CRV 805 (Mono) CRS 7805 (Stereo)
Released: April 1963
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Reissue of 'Gold Coast Saturday Night', Elektra 167. Also reissued in 1969 on Nonesuch H 72026 under the title 'Voices of Africa'.
Crestview CRV 806 (Mono) CRS 7806 (Stereo)
Hootenanny albums were all the range in the early days of the 'trad folk' boom in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Elektra did its bit with two such compilations which included some tracks not available elsewhere.
Crestview CRV 807 (Mono) CRS 7807 (Stereo)
Released: September 1963
Production: Jac Holzman
The sleeve notes include a generous plug for Folkways, Vanguard, Tradition and Prestige Records as well as suggesting the buyer takes out a subscription to 'Sing Out' magazine.