listening records, Eartha Kitt talks about her own records and the scandal
caused by her performance at President Johnson’s White House, Gershon
Kingsley reminisces about his first recordings on a Moog synthesizer, and
Martin Denny talks about the world of exotica. Vol. 2 features Jello Biafra on
Les Baxter, Robert Moog on the theremin, Juan Esquivel on the Latin music
of the 1950s, and Yma Sumac on her own mythical life. Both volumes contain
many, many more interviews and articles than what we’ve just mentioned
here, but these are just a few examples of why these books belong in every
music-lover’s collection.278 Part V: The Part of Tens