The Stark Reality ‎– Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop (1970)

Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop is the singular album by Bostonian jazz-rock/psych combo the Stark Reality, released in 1970 as a two-LP set and reissued in 2015 as a three-LP set with bonus tracks on Now-Again.

Tracklist (Now-Again):
A1. “Junkman’s Song”
A2. “Thirty Days Hath September”
A3. “Cooking”
B1. “Dreams”
B2. “Grandfather Clock”
C1. “Shooting Stars”
C2. “Rocket Ship”
C3. “Bustin’ Out of Doors”
D1. “Comrades”
D2. “All You Need to Make Music” [bonus]
E1. “Merry Go Round”
E2. “The Whale”
E3. “The Old Prospector”
E4. “Traveling”
F1. “Clouds”
F2. “Swing High” [bonus]
F3. “Blue Pillow” [bonus]

Credits:
John Abercrombie — guitar
Phil Morrison — bass
Vinnie Johnson — drums
Monty Stark — vibraphone, vocals

The Stark Reality — producer
Bud Stockham — engineer
Jim Bourne — art direction, photography
Mel Dietmeier — cover art
Hoagy Carmichael — songwriter