Vinyl Album - Oscar Brand - Tell It To The Marines - Elektra

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Oscar Brand
Title:	Tell It To The Marines
Label:	Elektra
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	EKS-7174
Date:	Feb 1960
Format:	Stereo LP (also Mono LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Oscar Brand	Honey Baby		Rate
A2	Oscar Brand	Call Out The Corps		Rate
A3	Oscar Brand	Man In The Moon		Rate
A4	Oscar Brand	The Reserves' Lament		Rate
A5	Oscar Brand	Wake Island		Rate
A6	Oscar Brand	Dinky Die		Rate
A7	Oscar Brand	Gee, But I Wanna Go Home		Rate
B1	Oscar Brand	The United States Marines		Rate
B2	Oscar Brand	Moving On		Rate
B3	Oscar Brand	Pua Pua		Rate
B4	Oscar Brand	Cuts And Guts		Rate
B5	Oscar Brand	Old Number Nine		Rate
B6	Oscar Brand	Bless 'Em All		Rate
B7	Oscar Brand	The Marines' Hymn		Rate

Notes

Production supervisor Jac Holzman.
All songs adapted and arranged by Oscar Brand.
Mono release is EKL-174.

For the cover photo, Elektra's art director, William S. Harvey, posed as the drill instructor; Oscar Brand as the recruit.
There are two cover versions, both of which exist for the mono LP, with slight differences in design:
1. Harvey wears a garrison cap with Marines emblem (withdrawn)
2. Harvey wears a drill instructor's cap with brim

Images

Number: 1807810 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: JazzBlues Description: first (earlier) cover design	Number: 3452104 Uploaded By: annaloog Description: Elektra EKS-7174, "Tell It To The Marines", Side 1 label (1959-1960)	Number: 3452105 Uploaded By: annaloog Description: Elektra EKS-7174, "Tell It To The Marines", Side 2 label (1959-1960)	Number: 2180889 Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS ● Description: Front cover
Number: 2180890 Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS ● Description: Back cover	Number: 2180891 Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS ● Description: Side 1 - gold / tan label (1966-'68)	Number: 2180892 Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS ● Description: Side 2 - gold / tan label (1966-'68)	Number: 844216 Uploaded By: TheDroid Description: Front Cover - second (later) design
Number: 844217 Uploaded By: TheDroid Description: Back Cover	Number: 844223 Uploaded By: TheDroid Description: Side One Label - red label (1969-1970)	Number: 844224 Uploaded By: TheDroid Description: Side Two Label - red label (1969-1970)

Comments and Reviews


edlongus SUBS ● 31st Dec 2023		Release month added, based on Page 46 of the 13 February 1960 issue of The Cash Box Magazine, under February Album Releases (Mono and Stereo). I note that the Mono issue in 45worlds shows a September 1959 release, so my information source may be incorrect?!?



annaloog 31st Dec 2023		Light blue early "Stereo" label images added, that came with my Type 1 cover design copy.



annaloog 29th Jun 2019		The red labels [images #844223 and 844224] are from a 1969-1970s re-pressing.



TheDroid 10th Feb 2017		The original cover had a brimless hat on the "drill instructor", which was corrected to the type of hat shown here.



BEATLEJOHN 10th Feb 2017		I remember that my Dad had this album with a different cover, the Sargent had a different hat....John