Bebe Barron

A landmark moment in both cinema and electronic music history returns to vinyl with the reissue of the legendary soundtrack to Forbidden Planet by Bebe and Louis Barron. This release represents far more than a simple reissue - it's the restoration of an absolute milestone that fundamentally changed both film scoring and electronic music forever, marking the first time an entirely electronic score was created for a major feature film. Recorded in 1956 by the visionary husband-and-wife team Bebe a…

FIRST PRESSThis book launched the current Lounge Music Revival and has single-handedly caused the re-release of hundreds of neglected recordings (virtually every LP pictured has been brought back into print). Featured album cover art is now the hipster style imitated by rock bands. Incredibly Strange Music surveys "easy listening, " "exotica, " and "celebrity" (massive categories in themselves) as well as recordings by (singing) cops and (polka-playing) priest, undertakers, religious ventriloqui…