I am currently working on re-mastering an LP by Mason Williams. Williams is one of the prototypical one-hit wonders, his tune "Classical Gas" made it into the charts in 1968, after which time, as far as most of the general public was concerned he, like other one-hit wonders of the time such as Fred Neil, disappeared from view. However, as the Wikipedia profile shows, Williams, a native of Texas, is something of a renaissance man, active as a musician, songwriter, comedian, comedy writer, and more recently as a musical archivist. The LP re-mastering will be a labor of love, because this is one rather scratched LP in its original form.
The interesting thing about the LP (and the sort-of-subject of this posting) is the use of the bookend concept in LPs. It is not often used, but I like it. On this LP, the opening of the LP itself is the sound of a door opening, and the very end of the LP is the sound of the same door closing again. Simple and very effective. The only other time I can remember a door closing being used on a tune is the door-closing effect at the end of Toto's song "Run Manuela Run" from their epynonymous first LP in 1978.
Another example of a bookend in my collection is the opening and ending of the Santana LP "Borboletta", an LP that is heavy with Brazilian influences due to the presence on the LP of husband-and-wife team Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. The opening tune of that LP is the Airto Moreira solo percussion track "Spring Manifestations", which I have actually cut out, edited, and used as an intro to my Brasil music playlist. The last track on the LP is "Borboletta", again a solo percussion excursion by Airto.
Yet another example is the Eagles LP "Desperado", which opens with the ballad "Doolin' Dalton" and ends with "Doolin' Dalton - Reprise". (Of course, I could have predicted that this would be my favorite Eagles LP and also their lowest-selling...)
I am going to search for other examples of bookends in my music collection now...