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Colors
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0753027095428
Label: Asphodel Records
Manufacturer: Asphodel Records
MPN: 954
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Asphodel Records
Release Date: May 09, 2000
Studio: Asphodel Records
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Editorial Review:
The voice-over man from a thousand commercials, Ken Nordine registers in your subconscious instantly: Wait, I know that guy! Smooth as an ice sculpture and ringing with "the voice of our sponsor," Nordine has personified authority since the 1960s. It's disorienting at first to hear the way Nordine lets go on this record with a Beat-inspired, mellifluous-sounding, Dr. Seuss-like exploration of the meanings of different colors. Many of the pieces are parables on racism and human behavior, but they're also totally silly, and meant to be. Recorded in the late 1960s, the 34 tracks manage to be sort of psychedelically goofy but charming at the same time. "Absolute gray is the grayest gray / That's the same distance from absolute white as it is from absolute black," Nordine almost-sings to a delightful, freeform studio backing of hip jazz. All your mix tapes will be very happy that you've bought this strange record to flavor them with. --Mike McGonigal
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ken Nordine's "Colors"
I was first introduced to this recording in the 60's when Ken sent me a tape preview of this fascinating album. Over the years I lost the tape and missed his magnificent voice describing the very essence of each color so vividly you could "see" them dance inside your mind! Now I can finally relive the experience with this new album!!
Cullen Newman
Rating: - "There's the month of June....MAROON."
This album truly is weird as heck, but man, I love it anyway.
"Colors" is a strange little jewel of a relic from the mid-1960s, featuring the deep-voiced Ken Nordine reading groovy poetry over jazzy instrumentals. Each, um...song (if you can call them that?) is about half a minute long and tells a little story about every color imaginable, from Black and White to Azure, Beige, and Muddy. Many of the colors are personified: Olive and Russet are trendy hipsters, Puce suffers from low ... Read More
Rating:  - review? what review?
i still have not recieved the cd from amazon,so how can i review it? hey amazon, how about sending me the cd so i can review it.either that, or refund me my money for the purchase.
Rating: - In the beginning, or long before that.
Ken Nordine was commisioned by a paint company to write several commercials about colors. He recorded the spoken word ads backed by free form jazz. They commercials got so much acclaim, that he decided to record an album where he redid the spots (without mentioning the name of the paint company this time), adding many more colors. All the pieces are around a minute and a half long. Some of the tracks can be taken as social commentary, but most of them are just Nordine having fun saying whatever ... Read More
Rating: - Genius
I have only recently been introduced to Ken Nordine and since them moment i listened to "Colors" I've been preaching its glories to all around. There is no satisfactory explanation for Nordine's exploration of psychadelic existential beat. Its simply brilliant.
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