RMS Mauretania (1906) RMS Mauretania (1906) RMS "Mauretania" was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the completion of in 1911. "Mauretania" became a favourite among her passengers. She captured the Eastbound Blue Riband on her maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the Westbound Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her 1909 season. She held both speed records for 20 years. The ship's name was taken from the ancient Roman province
The Way-Out Record for Children was recorded in 1967 by Haack and Nelson (credited as Miss Nelson) with Tony and Harry Spiridakis, Risa and Mara Sokolsky and Praxiteles Pandel, although the album is primarily credited to Haack. It was the first volume in the series for three years. Although Haack's usage of electronic instrumentation had featured in the series since the first volume, he had turned his attention to creating wholly electronic music for children by the time of "The Way-Out Record for Children", which was the first album to exemplify this. Brend writes: "Simple, repetitive and rhythmic, it was like kindergarten Kraftwerk, its innocence