Media Condition:  Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country:    US  
Released:  1958
Genre:       Jazz, Pop, Folk World & Country
Style:         Easy Listening, Space-Age, Pacific, Hawaiian, Exotica

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Notes:

Variation with mono catalog number (R 806) on sleeve, but with stereo catalog number (SR 806) on labels and matrix/runout.
STEREO printed vertically on labels. 
"Side 1" and "Side 2" appear under "SR 806" on A & B side labels, respectively.

Silver sticker on front cover, top right: "This is an incomparable HiFi STEREO Disc by High Fidelity Recordings, Inc."

Subtitle on front cover: "The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman"

Title on cover spine: "Arthur Lyman's Taboo" 

Artist's name on labels: "The Arthur Lyman Group"

Note on back cover: "Use standard RIAA bass boost and treble roll off"

"Included in the astounding array of percussions heard are congas, bongos, tymbali, cocktail drums, boobams, cowbell, asses' jaw, conch shell (heard at the opening and close of "Kalua") and guido, as well as the more ordinary percussions, such as tambourine, snare drums, wood block, cymbals, chinese gong and sleigh bells."

[l465444 pressing as indicated by narrow H in runout parallel to groove, and 70mm pressing ring.

A1. Taboo
A2. Kalua
A3. Ringo Oiwake
A4. Sea Breeze
A5. Misirlou
A6. China Clipper
B1. Sim Sim
B2. Katsumi Love Theme
B3. Caravan
B4. Akaka Falls
B5. Dahil Sayo
B6. Hilo March

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout SR 806A D12
Matrix / Runout SR 806B D12
Matrix / Runout STEREO-R-806-A-D6 H
Matrix / Runout STEREO-R-806-B-D6 H

Recorded At The Kaiser Aluminum Dome
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood