[U.S. Navy] - Someone Special
released on LP [no date given]
This is one of those records that were intended for use by radio stations for airing recruiting pitches for the U.S. Navy or what are called public service messages. I'll make an educational guess that this was produced sometime during the 1970s.
The intended recipients include smart folks being encouraged to enter into training programs for advanced electronics and nuclear energy, those who don't want to serve all the time being offered training in Naval Reserves, and former Navy personnel being courted to come back to the Navy. National and local versions of these messages are on opposite sides of the LP. Side 2 of the LP includes instrumental versions of the music used. The music is played in various styles such as Latin, soul, rock, and country. From what I can tell, the different musical styles were supposed to be used for targeting various demographic segments throughout the U.S. It's too bad that there's not more music as I rather enjoyed it especially the Latin versions. It sounds a lot better than the shit music being used nowadays in public service announcement/recruiting pitches for the military.
Telling from the condition of the vinyl and the jacket, it seems to have been used quite a bit or people could have mishandled the record. Someone thought this record was worth a quarter when he or she tried to sell this copy. (I paid $1 for it at a thrift store.) Whoever priced this 25 cents didn't do a good job of covering up the torn part. I'll bet that someone else tried to sell this earlier and put a price tag on it. Then either the person who priced this 25 cents or someone else attempted to peel off the original price tag and ended up tearing a portion of the cover.
I'm sure this record is not special in the collectors' market, but that doesn't mean that whoever listens or comes in possession of it is any less special.
Tracklisting:
Side 1
1. Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version] {0:56}
2. Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version] {0:27}
3. Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Vocal with recorded national insert {0:58}
4. Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version] {1:00}
5. Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version] {0:31}
6. Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Vocal with recorded national insert {1:01}
7. Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version] {1:00}
8. Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version] {0:32}
9. Re-enlistment: Vocal with recorded national insert {1:01}
10. Where Do I Go from Here? {2:23}
Side 2
1. Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version] {1:00}
2. Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version] {0:30}
3. Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version] {1:00}
4. Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version] {0:32}
5. Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version] {1:01}
6. Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version] {0:31}
7. Instrumental Version: Latin Ritmo Ochoa {1:00}
8. Instrumental Version: Latin Ritmo Ochoa {0:31}
9. Instrumental Version: Latin Gourdiente {1:00}
10. Instrumental Version: Latin Gourdiente {0:31}
11. Instrumental Version: Medium Rock {0:32}
12. Instrumental Version: Folk Rock {0:30}
13. Instrumental Version: Soul {0:31}
14. Instrumental Version: Country and Western {0:31}
