Genre and style
Space age pop brought innovation to popular music in several ways—these albums in the early 1950s attend to include some of the earliest examples of concept albums,"The Beatles 1967 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is often cited as the first concept album. But Space Age Pop artists were recording them as soon as the LP came out in the late 1940s.", Page 10, ''Exotiquarium: Album Art from the Space Age'', Jennifer McKnight-Trontz and Lenny Dee, St. Martin's Press Music/Songbooks, 1999, and embraced the earliest form of four-track recordings introduced in 1957."Between 1957 and the introduction of quadraphonic (four-channel) recordings in the 1970s, Space Age Pop artists made stereo an essential factor in choosing instruments and composing their music.", Page 10, ''Exotiquarium: Album Art from the Space Age'', Jennifer McKnight-Trontz and Lenny Dee, St. Martin's Press Music/Songbooks, 1999, Even though the genre takes on a variety of approaches in style,Resurgence
Space age pop, largely forgotten after the late 1960s, underwent an enormous surge in popularity in the early 1990s, leading to the release in 1994 of the signature CD compilation of the space age pop music of_CD_compilations
*_''Melodies_and_Mischief:_The_History_of_Space_Age_Pop_Vol._1'',_RCA_07863_66645-2 *_''Mallets_in_Wonderland:_The_History_of_Space_Age_Pop_Vol._2,''_RCA_07863_66646-2 *_''The_Stereo_Action_Dimension:_History_of_Space_Age_Pop_Vol._3'',_RCA_07863_66647-2 *_''Ultra-Lounge,_Vol._3:_Space_Capades'',_Capitol_7_2438-35176-2 *_"RE/SEARCH:_Incredibly_Strange_Music_Vols._1_&_2,"_Caroline_Records_1993_(Vol._1)_&_Asphodel_Records_1995_(Vol._2)_Notable_1950s_and_1960s_recordings_
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* ''Melodies and Mischief: The History of Space Age Pop Vol. 1'', RCA 07863 66645-2 * ''Mallets in Wonderland: The History of Space Age Pop Vol. 2,'' RCA 07863 66646-2 * ''The Stereo Action Dimension: History of Space Age Pop Vol. 3'', RCA 07863 66647-2 * ''Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 3: Space Capades'', Capitol 7 2438-35176-2 * "RE/SEARCH: Incredibly Strange Music Vols. 1 & 2," Caroline Records 1993 (Vol. 1) & Asphodel Records 1995 (Vol. 2)Notable 1950s and 1960s recordings
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